05-01-13

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Ithaca Police Cuts

‘Chewed Away ’ at Dept ., O f cers S ay

By SARAH CUTLER Sun Senior Writer

Five months after the City of Ithaca approved cutting the number of Ithaca Police Department officers by nine in an effort to close the city’s $3-million budget deficit, IPD says it is operating with minimum staffing at “mission critical,” according to IPD public information officer Jamie Williamson

“We are at our bare minimum right now ”

K e v i n S l a t t e r y

Though the department avoided laying off any of its officers, it did not fill nine of its vacant positions, which eliminated patrol, fleet maintenance, traffic officer, temporar y investigator and administrative positions and decreased the number of officers to 64

“We are now at the ‘have to do’ stage rather than the ‘nice to do’ stage, ” Williamson said “At mission critical, we can only achieve our core missions and are unable to implement new programs or projects ” IPD officers protested the cuts –– which have also affected the Ithaca Fire Department –– at a Common Council meeting last fall when Myrick proposed them, arguing that a limited staff would endanger officers’ safety

“We are at our bare minimum right now, ” IPD officer Kevin Slattery told the council at the meeting last fall “The bottom line is there are no more areas where we can make cuts ” IPD officer Michael Nelson, who has worked at the

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C.U. Rai se s $500 M In 2012-13 Perio d

By JONATHAN SWARTZ Sun Senior Writer

Working to eclipse what was Cornell’s best year of fundraising –– $773 8 million for the 2011-12 fiscal year –– the University has raised $500 1 million for the 2012-13 fiscal year ending on June 30, according to Richard Banks ’72, associate vice president for alumni affairs and development

Though Cornell has “been running three to five percent ahead of last year consistently throughout this entire year, ” the University does not believe that this year ’ s fundraising will be as successful as last year ’ s, according to Banks

Banks said that Chuck Feeney’s ’56 $350 million donation for the tech campus made it possible for Cornell to raise as much money as it did last year

“[That] doesn’t happen every year, ” Banks said “Nonetheless, the results this year will be very good –– among the best years in our history ”

Tables P rotest Policy Change

Resolution would have clari ed role of permits in student protests

By TALIA JUBAS Sun Contributor

T h e Un i ve r s i t y A s s e m b l y motioned to indefinitely table a resolution that aimed to clarify the university protest policy at a meeting Tuesday evening Members reached a consensus that the language of the University policy is unclear and that they should not move too hastily in changing the policy without further information and community feedback

Spurred by criticism of its handling of a confrontation between the C o r n e l l Is r a e l Pu b l i c A f f a i r s Committee and Students for Justice i n Pa l e s t i n e o n Ho Pl a z a l a s t November, the University has examined the purported inconsistencies b e t we e n i t s C a m p u s C o d e o f Conduct and its enforcement of policy The proposed policy change would amend the Campus Code of Conduct to clarify the requisite procedure stud e n t s s h o u l d f o l l ow w h e n u s i n g University property for protests, stating definitively that a permit is not required, though students would still be able to submit them

Still, a permit would still be recommended, which was a source of confusion to many at the meeting This lack of clarity was continually brought into question

“There’s a lot of discussion about the meaning of various words,” said Dean of Faculty Joseph Burns, Ph D ’66

Burns raised the possibility of the

policy not needing to be changed at all

“I think it’s generally agreed that the Ho Plaza incident was mishandled I don’t think that necessarily means that the rules have to change,” Burns said

Bu r n s n o t e d t h a t t h e Fa c u l t y Senate was actively investigating the Ho Plaza incident and working on issuing a formal report

Voting on the resolution prior to the release of that information would be premature, he said

“It seems to me as though we ’ re sort of rushing to get this out, and I don’t see anything that will hurt by waiting until the fall,” he said

Max Ajl grad, a member of SJP

who coordinated the demonstration in November, echoed Burns’ sentiment

“I don’t think you can have an accurate sense of what procedures need to change until you have an accurate sense of how exactly those procedures broke down,” he said

Darlene Evans, senior lecturer for the Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines, a self-described “witness” of the Ho Plaza incident, addressed similar issues The proposal “tacitly allows the same thing to happen again,” she said Evans also expressed concern that

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Weird News of the Week

Indian Man Arrested for Letting Son, 9, Drive Ferrari

NEW DELHI (AP)

Police in India have arrested a man who allowed his 9-year-old son to drive his Ferrari

Mohammed Nisham was arrested on charges of endangering the life of a child and allowing a minor to drive, said Inspector Biju Kumar He was released after posting bail of 5,000 r upees ($92), Kumar said Nisham’s wife filmed the boy driving the spor ts car on his 9th bir thday two weeks ago with his 5-year-old brother in the passenger seat The video was widely watched on YouTube and created an outrage across India, causing police to file charges

India’s economic boom has created a class of superrich, whose excesses are frequently in the ne ws

Police Inspector M V Verghese said the boy’s father, who has a thriving tobacco and real estate business, owns 18 cars wor th an estimated $4 million

The boy’s parents were unabashed “I am proud of him He’s been driving since he was 5,” said his mother, Amal Nisham

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Lamborghini and Bentley and other cars

“It was his 9th bir thday, and since he was insisting for months, we allowed him to drive the Ferrari He is a cautious and confident driver,” she told television channel NDTV

“It’s not easy for a child to achieve such a feat at this young age, ” she said

Department’s concrete pig is back in the pink and ready for another 20 years of duty

The Daily Astorian reports the pig was dropped off at the station in 1993 by someone who didn’t stay to explain the gift

Unoffended, the police promptly adopted the animal and left it in place

But two decades took a toll, washing off the pink paint, pitting the surface, loosening the ears

Michael Peden, the 16-year-old grandson of a department administrator, took on the restoration chores as an Eagle Scout project

TAMPA, Fla (AP) Organizers of the Saturday event placed $10 cubic zirconia stones in the bottom of 399 of 400 champagne glasses The prized diamond, donated by Continental Wholesale Diamonds, was placed in the last

The problem? Eighty-year-old Miriam Tucker accidentally swallowed it

Tucker told local ne ws media that she didn’t want to put her finger in the champagne, so she drank a bit While laughing with women at the table, she realized she swallowed it

C.U. Students, Professors Eagerly Await Gates Hall

By SARAH MEYERS Sun Staff Wr ter

As Gates Hall rises on campus, information science and computer science students and professors expressed excitement and anticipation for the building’s opening

The new $60-million computing and information sciences building founded in part by a $25-million gift from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will include a large conference room, various project labs and a four-stor y atrium It is tentatively scheduled to be completed in Dec 2013, according to the Gates Hall blog on Cornell’s website

Halpern said that, as of now, the building is set to house all faculty offices from both the information science and computer science departments

Madeleine Corneli ’15, an information sciences major, said she feels proud when she gazes upon the partially-constructed building, which she described as already “ ver y impressive ”

“Gates [Hall] adds a lot of focus and relevance to the information science major because having a new building legitimizes the program I’m obviously looking forward to having the building and facilities it will provide,” Corneli said “It is a bit of a downer that we’ll only have the building for my last year or so ”

Prof Joe Halpern, chair of the comput-

er science department, said that although Gates Hall will be a “nice, new building,” he is more excited to oversee increased collaboration between the computer science and information science departments that will come with the building’s opening

“ The most important thing is the interaction with information science,” Halpern said “I’m hoping to see a lot of collaboration There’s already a lot of interaction between the two departments, but I think that being in the same physical location will facilitate interactions ”

Prof David Bindel, computer science, said he sees the housing of the two departments together as a natural extension of the close relationship between the related disciplines

“It makes a lot of sense for the [information science] and [computer science] departments to finally be in the same building,” Bindel said “ We’re two units that are in the same college, and there’s a lot of overlap between the people and research ”

Students, meanwhile, are excited about what they see as the building’s convenient location The information science department will be moving to Gates from its current location on 301 College Ave , and the computer science department will move from Upson Hall

“It will be ver y nice to not have to trek to Collegetown for classes and work It’s

easy to avoid going to office hours and talk to professors when you have the excuse, ‘It’s such a long walk,’” Corneli said Clara Thomas ’15 echoed Corneli’s sentiment, saying many of her classes are located in places all over campus and that she is “just happy not to have to walk to Ives for [computer science] classes anymore ” “ In f o [ s c i e n c e ] i s b u r s t i n g a t t h e seams, ” said Halpern “ They’re desperate to move ”

In addition to providing additional space for labs and collaborative workspaces, the building will provide a “focal point” that will help students “identify more ” with the computer and information science majors, Halpern said Corneli agreed, saying that she thinks the building will “ encourage a communi-

ty ” in the information science major by fostering a “homey feel ” Michael Rosenfeld ’15, a computer science major, added that the building will both bring “ great opportunities” and be a beautiful addition to the campus landscape “I’m excited,” he said “If it’s anything like the pictures, I’m excited to walk into the future ” Students also said they anticipate that the building will increase the departments’ presence on campus “ The fact that this all happened at the same time as the tech campus really brings attention to computing and technology at Cornell,” Tarn Susumpow ’15 said

Gannett, Greek System Hope to Bolster Health on Campus

By LAUREN AVERY Sun Senior Writer

The Greek system hopes to take on a new role at Cornell by partnering with Gannett Health Ser vices to make students more aware of physical and mental health resources on campus

As part of the initiative, which began in Januar y, fraternity and s o

v e s named health and wellness chairs undergo training; they also meet ever y two weeks to inform their houses about wellness-related events and resources offered by the University while reporting to Gannett about health within

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Angela Falisi ’12, a public health fellow at Gannett

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“bridge the gap between students and the University” by distributing publications about healthy lifestyles, referring students to resources on campus and bringing programs about stress reduction, nutrition and other wellness topics to houses, according to Falisi

Three fraternity chapters Delta Upsilon, Chi Phi and Psi Upsilon and three sorority chapters Sigma Delta Tau, Delta Gamma and Pi Beta Phi selected a total of nine representatives to participate in the

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more chapters and student organizations in the coming semesters, according to current health and wellness chairs

Current par ticipants in the program say the purpose of the initiative is to connect the Greek system with the University in order to address health issues among students

“ T h e Gr e e k He a l t h a n d Wellness Committee is a great way to bring members of Greek life together to learn strategies and collectively brainstorm ways to support the physical and mental well-being of members of our individual chapters as well as the

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l c o m m u n i t y, ” Jeanie Gribben ’15, a health and wellness chair for Sigma Delta Tau, said in an email

Falisi said that, although the program is still in its pilot phase, t h e In t e r f r a t e r n i t y C o u n c i l ,

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Council of Mental Health and Welfare at Cornell have been r e c e p t i v e to the prog r a m More than

2 0 c h a pt e r s h a v e a l r e a d y e x p r e s s e d interest in g e t t i n g involved, Falisi added

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health focus,” said Lane Wendel ’14, a health and wellness chair for Sigma Delta Tau “I’m happy to see it expanding to that part of t h e C o r n e l l community ” A c c

“I think the Greek system was the one community that lacked that health focus.” L a n e We n d e l ’ 1 4

“ The current chairs have been integral in helping us to improve the program, and we definitely want to expand to other chapters or any student group on campus that has a tight bond,” Falisi said

St u d e n t t r a i n i n g c u r r e n t l y consists of listening skills works h o p s a n d t h e No t i c e a n d Respond: Friend 2 Friend service, a Gannett Health Ser vices program that teaches students how to reach out to friends who may be struggling with healthrelated issues, according to Falisi

However, current chairs said they hope to broaden the training to be more comprehensive

“Next semester, we hope to expand to have training in first response and in things like CPR so we can be a better health resource, ” Gribben said

Current chairs said a major feature of the program is the direct link between Greek houses and Gannett Health Ser vices as well as other resources on campus

“Being in a sorority, I noticed that there are a lot of health resources on campus, but I think

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Health and Wellness Initiative this semester say that the program has already had beneficial effects within individual houses and in the Greek system as a whole

“My experience on the board this semester has provided me with valuable training in mental h e a l t h a n d

tions It has enhanced my experience in my own chapter and has given me the unique opportunity to work closely with members of other chapters,” Gribben said in a statement “I truly value being a part of this program, and I look for ward to my future participation ”

Lauren Avery can be reached at lavery@cornellsun com

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D ay Hall: NY C Tech Boosting Fundrai sing

FUNDRAISING

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Of the $500 1 million raised this year, $23 7 million was raised by the Cornell Annual Fund, which provides immediate-impact and unrestricted support to the University, according to Joseph Lyons ’98, director of the Cornell Annual Fund

The Cornell Annual Fund includes a fund for the University, a fund for undergraduate student aid, a fund for each of the undergraduate colleges and professional schools, as well as a fund for some of the university-wide units, such as athletics and Student and Academic Services, according to Lyons

“Every gift has an impact at Cornell, but gifts [to the Annual Fund] give the widest level of flexibility and also create an extraordinary impact, because our leaders can aggregate gifts at all levels from thousands of donors to invest in things they might otherwise not be able to, ” Lyons said

Banks said that since the University launched of its “Cornell Now” fundraising campaign in October 2006 –– with a goal to reach $4 75 billion by 2015 –– Cornell has seen an overall “steady upward trend in giving ”

“We were steadily increasing in giving until the financial crisis in 2008-09, which slowed giving dramatically for approximately 18 months,” Banks said “We have been on a good growth trajectory since the economy began to recover back in 2010 ”

Echoing Banks, Charles Phlegar, vice president for alumni affairs and development, said the current stability of the stock market and economy has encouraged people to make donations over the last two years

Phlegar said the University’s Strategic Plan, which was launched in 2010 to outline Cornell’s educational and public engagement goals through 2015, “translates into a well articulated vision for the University and one that people can get behind and support ”

Phlegar added that, overall, the Cornell NYC Tech Campus has had a “tremendously positive effect” on donations to the University on all levels

Banks said larger gifts –– such as Ir win Jacobs ’56 and Joan Jacobs’ ’52 recent $133-million gift to Cornell NYC Tech –– heavily influence the total amount the University raises each year

According to Banks, although larger gifts have a bigger impact on the total amount raised, gifts range in size and gifts average “in the vicinity of $750 ”

Lyons said a common misconception is the notion that small gifts do not make a difference; the reality is that “gifts of any size make a difference,” he said “ The percentage of alumni who give each year is included as a measure of alumni satisfaction in the US News & World Report [college] rankings,” he said “Strong participation rates contribute to a strong ranking, and thus increase the reputation of Cornell and strengthen the value

of a Cornell degree ”

According to Banks, since the launch of the “Cornell Now” campaign in 2006, the University has raised $300 million in undergraduate scholarship support and continued to prioritize scholarships in its fundraising efforts

“The grants and scholarships we award help us recruit and enroll academically exceptional students from diverse economic backgrounds,” said Lee Melvin, associate vice provost for enrollment

Lyons said the University’s fundraising efforts are critical to ensuring that Cornell remains a “first-rate institution for education and research ”

“Gifts help the University remain open to all, and ensures that we are not just a good university, but rather an exceptional university to study and learn at, ” Lyons said

Lyons also emphasized the need to continue to engage current students and young alumni “ to ensure Cornell remains the exceptional place we know it to be ”

“We are investing in more student and young alumni programming that is beginning to have a great effect on our ability to raise money [For example, young alumni] just recently held a very successful Duff Ball in New York City that resulted in amazing participation and philanthropy from our young alums,” Phlegar said “It is really a good time for philanthropy at Cornell ”

Jonathan Swartz can be reached at jswartz@cornellsun com

IPD: ‘All We Can Do Is Answer Calls’

BUDGET CUTS

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d t h e c u t s h a v e changed the depar tment from being proactive in preventing crime to reacting to crimes that have already been committed

“ To be proactive, you need more of a presence out there for the bad guy to see, ” he said “But now, all we can do is answer calls ”

The depar tment does not yet have enough data to assess the impact of the cuts on officer safety and crime in the city, according to Williamson However, he said fe wer officers will “100 percent directly result in more crime,” citing studies which he said have shown criminals pay attention to the number of police officers on the street

In addition, the elimination of administrative positions has meant administrative responsibilities are added to other employees’ loads, leading to loss of a quality control filter for paper work used in prosecution, Williamson said Though the IPD has tried to avoid having officers work over time,

many have had to take on extra work to accommodate for the decrease in staffing, Nelson said “I can say with confidence that if we had more people, more officers, the likelihood of events [like the recent shooting and stabbings downtown] occurring would decrease or greatly decrease,” he said “More officers on the street means less crime ”

Williamson said that although he appreciates Mayor Svante Myrick’s ’09 willingness to make difficult decisions for the benefit of the Ithaca community, the loss of officers has negatively impacted the depar tment

“I like that the mayor isn’t afraid to make tough decisions for the betterment of the Ithaca community,” Williamson said “[But his budgets cuts] really che wed away at the core of our depar tment We had great expectations and aspirations for the depar tment, and this really undermines them ”

Sarah Cutler can be reached at scutler@cornellsun com

Proposal Is ‘Confusing , ’ Prof S ays

POLICY

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the assembly did not yet have all the information necessary to vote and cautioned that the U A proposal would result in a “further restriction” of the freedom of speech

Prof Rachel Weil, history, a member of the codes and judicial committee, said she voted against this proposal because “I find it confusing ” Although the policy states that a permit is not required,

there is still a sense of strong encouragement to obtain one, according to Weil Furthermore, it is unclear how free speech works within “reasonable time, place and manner restrictions,” she said Prof Risa Lieberwitz, industrial and labor relations, highlighted what she described as fundamental flaws in the U A ’ s proceedings “Procedure so far violates U A charter and bylaws,” Lieberwitz said “There’s no public notice of the

agenda for this meeting,” she said There also has not been adequate time to receive comments and debate the changes, according to Leiberwitz

Student Assembly representative Peter Scelflo ’15 motioned to table the resolution, saying, “I absolutely think we need to keep this conversation going a little bit longer ”

Talia Jubas can be reached at tfj23@cornell edu

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W hat About the Working Cla ss, Cornell?

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couple weeks after receiving a personal email from President David Skorton, and the alluring promise of winning $10, I completed the PULSE survey After clicking through seven pages of multiple choice “How much do you agree?” and “How would you rate Cornell’s ability?” and “What’s your overall feel?” kinds of questions, I got to the generic short answer: “Any other comments?” Normally, I just stare at that question and breeze on past (I’ve already answered about 50 questions, what more do you want?), but for some reason I stopped and actually put some thought into what more Cornell could do for diversity I went back to the page where I was asked to answer how respectful I thought Cornell and the student body is toward various groups: International students, LGBT students, transfer students, female students, minority students, and discovered that one type of student was not on that list: The working class The University cares about what gender you are, where you ’ re from, your race and your sexual orientation, but not your socioeconomic status future Don’t get me wrong, Cornell is incredibly generous with financial aid and, because of that students like me can afford to come here However, there is a weird gap between people who get a full-ride and those whose family can afford tuition: Cornell’s working class Let me clarify, when I say Cornell’s “working class,” I am referring to the population of students who work for money to pay for tuition, living expenses or to support their family back home, not just students who pick up a job to earn a little extra spending money For this subset of people, Cornell makes it extremely difficult to make ends meet I work about 10 hours a week here, and I enjoy my job However, despite working nearly 150 hours last semester, I was still under my work study quota I am not the only person in this boat I have heard stories from people who work 20+ hours a week and still can ’ t pay their bills; I know people who work three jobs, and people who work to send money back home to their families

There is a lack of understanding toward working Cornell students outside of the dining halls, gyms and libraries where they spend their time One only has to overhear conversations or scroll through Cornell Confessions to find stories about people who cannot afford a smartphone or data plan, people who cannot join a sport or club because of the fees or people who feel excluded because they cannot buy their fraternity or sorority’s gear Portions of the Cornell population have no understanding of the challenges working students face, just

as portions of the population do not understand what it means to be gay, international, female, transgender, Black or Hispanic Structurally, there is little in place to support and represent these students Take the Student Assembly, for example The Student Assembly has positions specifically set aside to deal with concerns relating to women, transfer students, LGBTQ students, international students and minorities But where’s the working class representation? Oh wait, they’re probably busy balancing 20 hours of work plus 20 credits

Some of you might be wondering whether the University really should treat low socioeconomic status as a minority classification and thus provide structural support for working students After all, this is America You can change your socioeconomic status, right? Well, we are trying why do you think we are here in the first place?

For a University that claims to welcome all sorts of diversity and tries extremely hard to be inclusive, it is unnerving that the administration mostly ignores the working class demographic Furthermore, if the University wants to improve diversity and support all students, socioeconomic status needs to be taken into consideration

Now, I’m not asking for much On a University level, a raise in student wages would be nice, but let’s be realistic My working peers and I don’t want pity, or not having to work or hiking up everyone else’s tuition All we want is some recognition and appreciation that working students are a minority and have their own struggles For starters, a question on the PULSE survey, an SA position, even a skit during Tapestry, would be small ways the University could recognize this group To my peers: I am happy for you if you don’t have to worry about tuition But next time you make a mess on Friday night at RPCC, recognize that someone has to clean that up, and he or she may have Friday night plans, too If you shop in class, appreciate that that formal dress you just bought costs more than some of your peers will make in semester Don’t give your friends a hard time for not buying new clothes, not having a smartphone or being reluctant for going out to eat And next time I take a survey with a chance of being paid, I would love to get that 10 bucks Because hey, $10 for half an hour? That’s the best offer Cornell’s going to give me

Emily Miller is a freshman in the College of Human Ecolog y Feedback may be sent to opinion@cor nellsun com Guest Room appears periodically this semester

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“Wasn't there just action by the University Assembly to allow the University and police to install more surveillance cameras around campus, broadening the use of where it is acceptable to install and using such video monitoring? Change to the protest policy AND a change to the policy governing video surveillance on campus Oh joy ” big brother’s big sister

Re: “Cornell Mulls Changes to Policy on Protests, Permits,” News published April 30, 2013

Jon Weinberg | In Focus

Three Years in Focus

Ic o u r s e , t h a t m e a n s a b re a k f r o m t h e m o n o t o n o u s , n e v e r - e n d i n g s c h e d u l e o f c l a s s e s , b u t i t a l s o m e a n s t h a t y o u m u s t c o n f r o n t t h e re s u l t o f s u r f i n g t h e w e b d u r i n g l e c t u re s i n s t e a d o f p a y i n g a t t e n t i o n A n d w h i l e i t i s i m p o r t a n t t o s t u d y f o r e n d l e s s h o u r s i n o rd e r t o d o t h e b e s t t h a t y o u c a n o r s p e n d e n d -

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Ol i n l i b r a r y c o n f e re n c e r o o m a t t e m p t i n g t o a c c o mp l i s h a b i t o f p re - s t u d y - w e e k s t u d y i n g , I re c e i v e d a t e x t m e s s a g e f r o m a f r i e n d w h o l i v e s o n E a s t Bu f f a l o St re e t t o c o m e v i s i t W h e n I i n c re d u l o u s l y i n q u i re d w h y I w o u l d f o r g o p re c i o u s l i b r a r y t i m e t o v i s i t h i m i n C o l l e g e t ow n , h e a l m o s t i m m e d i a t e l y re s p o n d e d :

“ Pe o p l e a re s k a t e b o a rd i n g d ow n Bu f f a l o , t h a t ’ s w h y ”

In t r i g u e d b y t h e c o n c e p t , I p a c k e d u p m y b a c k p a c k a n d s t a l l e d w r i t i n g t h i s c o l u m n i n o rd e r t o s e e

w h a t t h e r u c k u s w a s a l l a b o u t A f t e r I t re k k e d f r o m

C e n t r a l c a m p u s t o t h e h e a r t o f C o l l e g e t ow n , I c a m e a c r o s s It h a c a Sk a t e Ja m a q u i r k y g a t h e r i n g o f m o re 2 0 0 s k a t e b o a rd e r s f r o m a c r o s s t h e Un i t e d

St a t e s T h e h i l l a t t h e t o p o f E a s t Bu f f a l o d re w t h e s k a t e b o a rd e r s b e c a u s e o f i t s ov e r w h e l m i n g l y s t e e p 1 5 - p e r c e n t g r a d e a n d , I ’d l i k e t o t h i n k , b e c a u s e o f t h e n u m e r o u s C o r n e l l s t u d e n t s c a m p e d o n r o o f t o p s w a t c h i n g t h e m a t t e m p t t o s t a y o n t h e i r b o a rd s w h i l e c a re e n i n g d ow n t h e h i l l A f t e r e n j oy i n g t h e e n s u i n g s c h a d e n f re u d e f r o m s e e i n g p e o p l e r u n n i n g i n t o h a y b a l e s f o r a n h o u r o r s o , I d e c i d e d t o re t u r n t o t h e l i b r a r y, a n d I f o u n d m y s e l f f a r m o re p r o d u c t i v e T h e re a re a n u m b e r o f s i m i l a r l y e c c e n t r i c It h a c a a c t i v i t i e s t h a t t a k e p l a c e b e n e a t h t h e m i d - Ma y s u ns h i n e A l t h o u g h i t i s i m p o r t a n t t o p e r u s e t h e c o nt e n t s o f y o u r t e x t b o o k , i t i s p a r a m o u n t t o m e n t a l h e a l t h , a n d e v e n a c a d e m i c p r o d u c t i v i t y, t h a t y o u e x p l o re t h e s e q u i n t e s s e n t i a l l y “ It h a c a n ” e v e n t s i n b e t w e e n l i b r a r y s e s s i o n s W h e t h e r y o u r e x p l o r a t i o n c o m e s i n t h e f o r m o f r u n n i n g i n t o o l d f r i e n d s o n t h e Sl o p e , t a k i n g a t r i p t o t h e It h a c a Fa r m e r s ’ Ma r k e t o n o n e o f t h e f e w re m a i n i n g Su n d a y s o r a t t

’ ve never been good at saying goodbye, so writing this piece is difficult I debated treating my 43rd and final column in The Sun much like any other No single topic or issue, though, can encapsulate my four years at Cornell, three of them as a columnist Instead, I want to use this space, one final time, to share my journey as a Sun columnist and discuss what it has taught me about my time on the Hill

The goal of my column has always been to offer a student perspective on issues affecting the Cornell community, whether local, national or global in scope As busy college students, we often fail to see the relevance of broader policies and decisions to our daily lives I hope that my column, “In Focus,” has been a lens through which readers could find their place in debates they wouldn’t typically engage in The greatest threat to the success of our generation of Cornellians is apathy, and I hope that you have come away from reading my column empowered to take a stance, whether in agreement or disagreement with my conclusions

Over three years, I have been able to focus in on a wide variety of topics and issues Some were national issues, such as health care reform, the role of college athletics, metrics by which colleges are evaluated, voting, MOOCs and unpaid internships Others were largely confined to Cornell, like hazing in our Greek system, the role of the Student Assembly, our religious holiday policy, our international experiences initiative, the campus climate for women and minorities and the relationship between students and Day Hall And yet other columns evaluated more general themes, from our use of social media and the internet, to career prospects, to our weekend drinking culture, to the status of political discourse to the role of character in our daily lives Finally, some columns reflected my outlook on Cornell at the best of times (the end of a successful year) and the worst of times

(burnout)

Yet, in the process of writing and publishing “In Focus,” it is the Cornell community that has, in many ways, led me to focus in on my own perspective and values, not vice versa For example, my opposition to hazing has increased considerably, while my skepticism regarding our compulsive use of social media continues I now recognize the difficulties in actualizing goals relating to student governance but I have found many allies in both the student body and administration for improving relations and reinforcing conduct more becoming of our University

No matter where you graduate school or fin employment, your alle is to Cornell Big Red Especially when it comes to hockey

columns, perspective and time here

I firmly believe that if you love someone or something, you seek to improve that person or institution whenever possible, no matter how close to perfect that person or institution may be I hope that my love for Cornell has been clear Accordingly, I leave you with some ways I hope you will choose to improve our community

First, reinforce the power of perspective As Cornellians, we pride ourselves on doing everything to the extreme, from classwork to case races, but in the process, we tend to lose sight of the bigger picture The rel-

Writing this column has ser ved as a continual reminder of why I love Cornell This is a place where I cannot walk from class to class without seeing someone I know, and five people I don’t It is a place where I became well-versed in the social sciences, while also having the opportunity to diversify my education at my discretion It is a place where every weekend, the question was not whether there was a party, game, concert or speaker worth attending, but which of the myriad events to choose from It really is a place where “ any person can find instruction in any study ” This philosophy extends to every facet of the Cornell experience We are able to find solace in smaller academic and social communities, and constantly enrich ourselves through daily experimentation To love Cornell is to find your place on the Hill, and also to venture beyond your comfort zone It was through discovering my niches and broadening my experiences that I found meaning in my

ative isolation of Ithaca leads us to believe that success on every prelim and at every mixer is tantamount to life and death In a world where many our age face genocide and poverty, such problems are minute and, in fact, good to have It behooves us to consider how lucky we are and to accordingly contain our stress and mental anguish

Second, I urge you to channel your energy into finding collaborative solutions instead of perpetuating diametric conflicts It disappoints me that many in the Greek community still condone hazing instead of recognizing opportunities to work toward implementing productive alternatives It also disappoints me that some students felt the need to anonymously mount a vitriolic, demeaning and downright hateful campaign against a student trustee candidate instead of contributing to a meaningful conversation Inevitably, conflicts within our community will exist insofar as we blind ourselves to other perspectives

and potential solutions If you define your interests and come to the table prepared for an open dialogue on important issues, others will join you

Finally, never stop being a Cornellian and applying the lessons and skills you acquired here We shouldn’t see senior year as the end of our time as members of the Cornell community True, the center of “ campus ” may shift from Collegetown to Murray Hill after graduation, but leaving Ithaca doesn’t mean leaving behind the things we loved about our time here Keep in touch with friends, professors and administrators Continue to write, sing, play and partake in activities that defined your college experience Think critically and use your education to do something you love If that happens to be investment banking, wonderful, but know that success is purely predicated on personal meaning and satisfaction, no matter the associated prestige I almost forgot the last lesson: No matter where you attend graduate school or find employment, your allegiance is to the Cornell Big Red Especially when it comes to hockey

To ever yone who has played a role in my Cornell experience: Thank you Thank you to my Sammy brothers, close professors, mentors, mentees, statistics students, the Senior Class Campaign, fellow club members, fellow ILRies, fellow 121s Thank you to my editors Tony, Dani, Ruby, Liz, Mom and Dad And thank you to all who have read this column over the past three years and hopefully used it as a starting point for discussion I can only hope you have gained as much from “In Focus” and your Cornell experience as I have Hail to thee, our alma mater! Hail, all hail, Cornell!

SCIENCE

By JUNSUK AHN Sun Contr butor

The Institute of Food Technologist Student Association Product Development team, led by co-captains Kyle Clark ’14 and Katie Strickland ’14, was looking to receive feedback at the festival in order to decide on a food concept The team was in the process of developing an idea to participate at the national IFTSA competition held in Chicago this summer from July 13 to 16 T

Students Develop New Food Pr oduct: Squashetti

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Cajun Cooking and Chemistry

By JACQUELINE CAROZZA

O n Ap r i l 9 , t h re e s t u d e n t teams combined Cajun cooking and chemistr y in a national competition as part of the American Chemical Society’s New Orleans

c o n f e re n c e , w h i c h w a s t h e m e d “ T h e C h e m i s t r y o f Fo o d a n d Energy ” The competition, titled “ C o m m u n i c a t i n g C h e m i s t r y : Cajun Cooking,” was organized by Prof Gavin Sacks M S ’01 Ph D ’05, food science, and Prof

Justin Miller, chemistr y, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

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University were selected as finalists out of a dozen of applications to c o m p e t e a t Di c k i e Bre n n a n ' s steakhouse in the French Quarter The students’ task? To deliver a compelling, scientifically rigorous c o o k i n g d e m o n s t r a t i o n t h a t catered to the theme of Creole or Cajun cooking Both Creole and C a j u n c u i s i n e s o r i g i n a t e d i n

Louisiana and were heavily influenced by French recipes and techniques

Participants were encouraged to develop their presentations as if they were on a food-related television show

“ We wanted the students to come up with at presentation that t h e y c o u l d i m a g i n e s o m e o n e watching television to be drawn in and stuck on their channel,” Sacks said

T h e t e a m s i n ve s t i g a t e d a n d presented the chemistr y that drives the flavors and textures of traditional Louisiana recipes

“ We intentionally didn’t give a lot of guidance for what the presentations were to look like, and students came from ver y different perspectives – 1 [group] did a cooking show, one was more of a documentar y style, and the third approached it more like an experiment, ” Sacks said

First on the menu was Fresno State’s gumbo, a one-pot stew that usually includes seafood and vegetables with a base of roux, a thickener made by carefully heati n g f l o u r a n d o i l T h e t e a m applied biochemical principles to e x p l a i n t h e g e l a t i n i z a t i o n a n d caramelization that is responsible for the roux, often described as one of the of the “mother sauces ” of French cooking Flour, one of the main ingredients of the roux, contains starch, long chains of sugars, and amino acids, the building blocks of pro-

teins Heating flour in oil causes the sugars to react with the amino acids, which results in browning –this famous cooking reaction is c a l l e d t h e Ma i l l a rd re a c t i o n Manipulating the heating condit i o n s c h a n g e s t h e c h e m i s t r y behind the roux, which includes many other caramelization reactions in addition to the Maillard browning process, leading to different aromas and colors

The second course was provided by the team from College of the O z a r k s , w h i c h a l s o e x p l o re d another classic Cajun roux-based d i s h – c r a w f i s h é t o u f f é e In Fre n c h , “ é t o u f f é e ” m e a n s “ t o s m o t h e r, ” w h i c h d e s c r i b e s t h e method of cooking the meat covered with a thin layer of vegetables and sauce The students explored the chemistr y of the ingredients in é t o u f f é e , i n c l u d i n g c o m p o u n d s such as capsaicin which is responsible for the heat of peppers

“ They made a mock-up of a cooking show with a Southern host who was giving the audience instructions on how to make an étouffée, but would periodically cut away to other group members to explain the chemistr y, ” Sacks said

Last up was dessert, provided by the Cornell team The students explored the science behind making pecan pie with the perfect consistency

“You want a gelatinous, rich, creamy, custard-like filling You don’t want something weak and

runny that drips off the plate, but you also don t want something impossible to chew,” Sacks said

The pie filling is a gel – a solid dispersed in a liquid – which, in the case of pecan pie, is made from combining eggs and corn syrup

T h e s e c re t t o a c h i e v i n g t h a t creamy pecan filling lies in the role that protein and metal ions, both present in egg yolks, play in stabilizing the gel To demonstrate the importance of these key components, the Cornell team made a host of pecan pies by adapting the original recipe to include all egg whites, all egg yolks, gelatin, and other egg substitutes

The students performed their demonstrations for a group of 100 attendees and also provided samples to the audience members

After evaluating the chemistry and the clarity of the presentations, the judges, a panel of food science experts including Shirley Corriher, Harold McGee, Darin Nesbit, and Prof Terry Acree, food science, declared the contest a three-way tie

Sacks said that he and Miller a re l o o k i n g a h e a d t o f u t u re American Chemical Society conf e re n c e s , w h e re t h e l o c a t i o n s would lend themselves well to a study of the local cuisine The August 2014 meeting is scheduled to be San Francisco: the home of Ghirardelli chocolate and a large wine-producing region

Jacqueline Carozza can be reached at jcarozza@cornellsun com

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Life of an Enemy of the People

BY MEREDITH JOYCE Sun Staff Writer

Ithaca College Theater finished its 2012-13 season with six thought-provoking performances of Arthur Miller s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People at Hoerner Theater in Dillingham Center The performers’ objective portrayal of the emotional struggle to find truth in the public made for a puzzling experience that gave no immediate conclusions

In 1882, Ibsen wrote An Enemy of the People in response to the public outcry against his play Ghosts The protagonist, Dr Thomas Stockmann, was intended to represent Ibsen’s own voice

His brave struggle to do the right thing and speak what he believes to be the truth eventually sets the town ’ s liberal newspaper, his brother the mayor and the majority of his small coastal Norwegian town against him Before his tragic downfall, Dr Stockmann is an incredibly social townsperson; he’s respected for his outgoing personality and is joined at his dinner table by sailors, teachers, politicians and writers alike Dr Stockmann and his brother, the mayor, invest a large amount of money in the development of baths in their Norwegian town The baths are expected to be a huge success, but Dr Stockmann discovers that the waters are contaminated with waste from the town ’ s tannery Fearing that the bath’s tourists will become seriously ill, Dr Stockmann sends these important findings to his brother and the local press Unfortunately, the solution he proposes would be costly to the town, the mayor fears that addressing the contamination problem will lead to the town ’ s financial demise Stockmann hears this worry but, believing it’s his duty to prevent illness, he speaks out anyway Dr Stockmann is shocked to find that neither the authorities, nor the public nor his own once-supportive friends and brother believe his findings The public refuses to believe that Dr Stockmann’s claims are true and turns on him en masse, labeling him “ an Enemy of the People ” By the end of this struggle, Dr Stockmann and his family are evicted from their home and forced to consider fleeing to America for safety

As the protagonist moves from being a popular doctor to a stigmatized unemployed misfit, the play explores the theme of individualism in groups According to Dr Stockmann, and very possi-

bly Ibsen, the individual is superior to the multitude in matters of right and wrong The reason being that the many are easily influenced by the self-advancing demagogues like the Mayor At the close of the play, as Stockmann stands evicted from his brokenwindowed home, he declares, “The strongest man in the world is the man who stands most alone

A minority may be right; a majority is always wrong ”

Arthur Miller, known for the individualistic The Crucible, adapted Ibsen’s version in 1950 after being brought before the House Un-American Activities Committee for alleged Communist affiliations to make a similar point The Ithaca College Theater program choose to stage this play in 2013 for reasons of a parallel persuasion to Mr Miller’s Play Director Robert Moss, the previous artistic director of Ithaca’s Hangar Theater, says, “The clearest analogy of the play is to the hydrofracking issue in Tompkins County It’s a modern battle that seems to pit jobs and money against the environment, and the environment almost always loses that battle ” Also echoed in the program ’ s notes, Dramaturg Ben Shipley writes, “Some studies demonstrate the benefits [of hydrofracking], others the liabilities The monetary benefits to those folks who lease their lands are huge But are there serious health risks?” He says, If Doctor Stockmann were in Ithaca today, he d surely be effectively and actively lobbying against the hydrofracking industry because of the risks it presents But many local landowners are in support and are signing leases that are financially tempting ” Ithaca College Theater is hoping to “illuminate the issues from the safe distance of 1882 Norway” in order to “stimulate important discussions and to help people make up their minds ” The stage at Hoerner Theater felt like a movie screen Each scene is filled with multiple characters, all going on with their lives in their own little worlds eating dinner, eavesdropping on the couch, stealing apples, being ignorant of her apples being stolen Two characters would come forward to talk to each other as a crowd continued to scurry and chat and Peter had a silent mouthed argument on the left side of the stage This setup made the play complicated in the sense that it felt off-center; you could listen to the character speaking, or you could follow a mischievous character ’ s actions happening in the corner This served to hit upon the underlying questions of who s right and who do we listen to

Dan Berlingeri played Dr Thomas Stockmann with energy He threw canes, danced with heavy legs and preached to the crowd with spit coming out of his mouth For such a serious and nuanced topic, there were a lot of funny moments: “You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth” Stockman said Overall, the play never informs the audience which side they should take, or clears up uncertainties The viewer never finds out whether Dr Stockmann was really right about his findings of contamination A good metaphor for the play came in a loud scene in the second act Dr Stockmann is standing on a table over a crowd of townspeople, screaming in an attempt to defend himself It’s so chaotic that it’s hard to tell where to focus your attention Do we try to listen to the protagonist and his opinions, or do we focus on the rest of the stage as they scream and move? There is no way to tell, but I think I certainly learned that no matter what the individual is saying, it’s hard to ignore the majority

Meredith Joyce is a junior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations She can be reached at mjoyce@cornellsun com

M o t h e r H u n g e r: S i s t e r a t C o r n e l l C i n e m a

“All happy families are alike, but all unhappy families are unhappy in their own way ” If only Tolstoy had known what he was getting us all into with that one I’m not sure how many narratives tag-lined “the ties that bind” or familial bonds,” complications of the family dynamic” or “blood is thicker than water ” the cinematic canon can possibly hold, but we have to be getting towards carrying capacity Sister (L’enfant d’en haut), the fourth feature film from French-Swiss director Ursula Meier, is another such film, centered around a pair of siblings who are struggling to survive in a seeming-wasteland

The film is set in the desolation of a vegetation-less valley that sits in the shadow of a looming luxury ski resort, and follows a Swiss boy named Simon (Kacey Mottet Klein) who lives with his sister Louise (Léa Seydoux) in a mostly-abandoned housing complex Jaque Mandelbaum for The Guardian describes these “cruel physical and atmospheric contrasts between the two worlds, high and low;” truly, though the film has all the appropriate trappings to be a melodramatic socioeconomic case study, it steers clear of social comment and remains interested in the aesthetics of juxtaposition While Simon lives in the dreary shadow of wealth, he is upwardly aspirational his is an entrepreneurial life of the most unlikely variety

Though Simon is seen first in a chairlift peacefully enjoying his lunch amongst the wealthy vacationers, it is revealed early on that he is far from benign Simon steals expensive skis and other gear from the resort and sells them as “clearance items” to neighborhood kids, professional skiers and a resort-employee middleman At twelve years old, he is the primary financial provider for himself and his sis-

ter Louise, who is in her twenties and habitually disappearing with one or the other of a string of mostly-faceless boyfriends Despite his obvious adoration of his big sister and fierce loyalty to her, Simon is never meant to be a standard working-class hero

He is shifty-eyed and conniving, justifying his crimes saying the rich skiers will “Just buy another,” and pushing the limits of his precarious enterprise time and again He is fascinated by one of the wealthy families at the resort and tries to win over the kind, platinum blonde mother (Gillian Anderson) by offering to pay for her lunch with a wad of cash He tries to steal a man ’ s backpack while his back is turned and receives a public beating, but shakes it off “Mother hunger,” a term of Toni Morrison’s, the desire “ to be one or to have one, ” is a prominent theme in Sister Simon experiences this longing openly and consciously, and no more poignantly than when he finally accepts that Louis will not be back from her latest bender in time for Christmas

He solemnly saws down a fir tree sapling, carting it home on the same sled he steals his wares with

He enjoys providing for Louise and is overjoyed to indoctrinate her into the family business, tenderly instructing her on how to buff scratches out of used skis His affection comes up against a brick wall Louise leaves midlesson with a dark-haired boyfriend in a red BMW, and she continually waltzes in and out of his life in her high-heeled white leather boots In one scene, Simon pays Louise all of his remaining money to let him sleep in her

bed with her In another, he watches her lead a man to her room as he somberly breaks two cigarettes and plugs his ears with the filters

Despite all the ways that Louise expresses her lack of love for him, Simon is persistent In fact, his every motion in the movie seems calculated and cyclical, like he has seen and done it all before The story follows one ski season Christmas to Easter and promises that Simon’s career is on a track more akin to the circular motion of the chair lift he starts and ends the movie riding in What’s more is that the major plot twist of the movie presents an emotional revelation that should change the plot’s trajectory but doesn’t Louise and Simon continue going through the motions of survival, apparently unscathed

The movie is obviously subtitled, translated from Swiss-French, and perhaps the full experience of the dialogue would make this relationship read as more developed and interesting As is, it’s a tragic but simplistic story of a little boy who is loved by no one even the person who is most obligated to try The resentments are the standard ones of obligation and responsibility, and the sprinkling of displayed tendernesses are the habitual ones pulled from any Lifetime Original Movie about a broken home Klein shines when he’s on his own, moving back and forth between his two worlds, the master manipulator, the criminal who’s sold his soul for a piece of the pie It’s when his charade falters and he’s supposed to show vulnerability with his stonyfaced sister that the movie falls flat

Kaitlyn Tiffany is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at ktiffany@cornellsun com

By James Rainis

By Mike Sosnick

Wild Nothing is known for calm,

washes and lofty vocals “A Dancing Shell,” the new single from Jack Tatum’s b a n d’s

, attempts to change that Ever ything from the single’s neon patterned album art to its sparkly lead bucks the modern chillwave trend and hearkens back to the

tracked talking in the verses and the phaser-laden synth solo are direct nods to the era of the Talking Heads Combined with the funky, driving bass line, this single is actually danceable, something completely unheard of for Wild Nothing

Despite changing his influences this time around, “A Dancing Shell” is still ver y obviously Tatum He accompanies the disco march with creative synthesizer fills and an ethereal chorus, creating a new wave dance track with distinctive touches and a notably Wild Nothing structure Although Tatum sings, “Just a dancing shell here to make you happy I have no feelings, I have no thoughts,” the single manages to elevate mindless dance pop into something more emotional and intelligent

T h e N a t i on a

“Se a o f L o ve ”

By Kai Sam Ng

Back in 2010, The New York Times wrote about indie rock band the National’s songwriting process Brothers Aaron and Bryce Dessner come up with hundreds of ideas and run them through vocalist Matt Berninger, who accepts or shoots them down Those ideas get filtered out into some “heavy metal thing,” at which point the other band members push back and dismiss it as “Berninger black-fantasy guitar ” The resulting consensus is the National’s unique sound, which although constantly evolving, maintains elements of garage rock and blues mixed with an ironic and masculine emotional heaviness

“Sea of Love,” from The National’s upcoming album Trouble Will Find Me, hints at a move from High Violet’s stadium rock to a grittier garage rock aesthetic Their performance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, exhibited the National’s suave clothes that hardly convey “rock band,” but, more importantly, their outstanding performance shows hints of their highart sensibility falling apart Beyond the glasses and fading hairlines, Berninger’s voice yelps in the climax, a dramatic shift from his usual brooding baritone “I see you rushing now, ” he cries over the brooding guitars, delivering honest anguish, not irony, in the end They might be getting old, but “Sea of Love” proves that these dads have still got it

is

Sterotypes Are Moder n

When I was a freshman at the University of Michigan, shortly after the Foxconn suicides, I remember a drunken man telling me that I broke his iPhone and that I should jump off a building That hasn’t happened again since I transferred to Cornell, but a week ago I remembered his statement It made me wonder: If iPhones didn’t exist, what would he have said instead?

What immediately came to me was not an answer, but a realization: Stereotypes are not a holdover from a backwards era Stereotypes are as modern as the iPhone that my drunken Michigan man broke Once they are disproven, they become history as newer ones take their place

Other writers have covered stereotypes of all gravities and groups better than I can, but those stereotypes that affect me the most being Chinese, and broadly, being Asian have a strange histor y that is worth exploring What in the world happened between the mid19th Century’s “yellow peril” and the founding of the present day concept that Asians are studious and good at math? What better place is there to figure it out than art?

Anna May Wong was the “Dragon Lady,” a femme fatale who schemes and seduces white men in her villainous plots The “Dragon Lady” portrayal disappeared after the ’30s, while its male counterpart disappeared so rapidly that it doesn’t even have a name Both Wong and Hayakawa left for Europe out of frustration for being typecasted in negative roles

Just before both actors left American cinema, two trends began The first was a gradual disappearance of Asians in the 30s, and the start of ostensibly Asian characters being played by white actors instead The movie adaption of Pearl S Buck’s The Good Earth is an example of “yellowface:” MGM cast white actors against Buck’s wishes for a story about destitute Chinese farmers Some Asian actors were in the movie, but played supporting roles

My favorite has to be The Mysterious Mr

Political cartoons of scrawny Asian men with slanted eyes were a barometer of the anti-Asian sentiment that culminated in the Chinese Exclusion Act, but that’s history class stuff That narrative follows a typical progressive track that started off with racist backwardness but ended like a fair y tale Hollywood shows something else In the beginning, Asian-Americans actors were cast as seductive and forbidden sex symbols Sessue Hayakawa was the Byronic alpha male, tantalizingly forbidden to white women

Wong, where Bela Lugosi, pioneering actor of the horror genre, plays the harmless Mr Wong, who turns out to be an evil gang leader seeking the “ Twelve Coins of Confucius ” It stars a Chinese man with a Hungarian accent talk about bad typecast and stereotype combinations Yellowface still exists the movie adaption of Avatar: The Last Airbender had a completely white protagonist cast One actor, quelling the criticism, said, “hopefully the audience will suspend disbelief ” when he pulls his hair up, “shaves the sides” and gets a tan

The second trend is the acceleration and

permeation of the “Butterfly” stereotype, shown best by Anna May Wong in one of Hollywood’s first color films, The Toll of the Sea Calling the stereotype “Butterfly” is not coincidental both the name and the film were derived from Puccini’s Madame Butterfly However, what set the film (and thus the stereotype) apart from others was its portrayal of Asian womenn Wong wasn ’ t quixotically romantic, but naïve and juvenile Unlike the opera, where Butterfly gives up her son so she can see her American lover who hides in shame, Wong is “educated” to give up the child very straightforwardly by her American lover and his wife

Oracle’s guardian in The Matrix Reloaded, is an asexual killing machine that does as told

The naiveté her character exhibits still persists today with portrayals of Asian women as a model minority deprived of sexual knowledge

After Hayakawa left, Asian men too were quickly desexualized: Mr Yunioshi in Breakfast at Tiffany’s is the typical example, but this trend is also visible in the martial arts movie genre Yes, Bruce Lee challenged the scrawny image of the male Asian body, but, like Hayakawa, he seems to be an exception

A sense of aloofness and Oriental expertise transformed martial artists into benevolent and asexual fighters There is no leadership, only subordination Kato, the trusty Japanese sidekick in the comic series The Green Hornet, conveniently doubles as a valet Seraph, the

Realizing stereotypes as modern is crucial it reorients the agency of subalternity, which we always attribute to a societal structure, upon ourselves “Everyone’s a little bit racist,” a song in the Broadway show Avenue Q goes, “but everybody’s just about as racist as you!” When stereotypes pop up that didn’t previously exist, we have no one to blame but ourselves We forget that we too create and reinforce stereotypes, and that we have the power to dismantle them Stereotypes aren ’ t just structural problems out of our control But, does anyone really care?

Kai Sam Ng is a junior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He can be reached at kng@cornellsun com You ve Got to be Kitsching Me runs alternate Wednesdays this semester

Sun Sudoku

C.U. Pl ayers Move On

FOOTBALL

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Bay] is a great landing spot, ” Tretter said “I’m looking forward to getting to know Aaron and to learn from him and see what he does to defenses ”

As a wide receiver, Tasker will have to form a similar relationship with his quarterback Phil Rivers Rivers led the Chargers to a 14-2 record in his first season as the starting quarterback, and in 2007 led San Diego to its first playoff win since 1994

“I’m very excited to work with [him] I think it’s a good fit for me and a good opportunity,” Tasker said

A New York boy hailing from East Aurora, Tasker has the luxury of getting to play in Southern California

“I mean, it’s Southern Cali there’s no weather that is better,” Tasker said “I also have some friends in San Diego which makes it more fun, and maybe I’ll try to live in California for some time ”

As a fellow offensive lineman, Tretter cannot help but be compared to Boothe, who became a two-time Super Bowl champion after the Giants beat the Patriots in 2011

“Kevin has been great, giving me pointers and tips along the way, and he congratulated me when he heard the news, ” Tretter said “I can ’ t complain with that comparison He’s done a great job, so I’d love to be able to follow in his footsteps ”

As roommates and teammates since their freshman year, Tasker and Tretter have seen each other through ups and downs, injuries and recoveries However, according to Tasker, sharing this moment has legitimized their hard work

“It’s been cool We’ve been roommates for four years; it’s been a fun process to share together, getting ready for the draft,” Tasker said “It’s a funny coincidence that now we both get this chance to make a career out of this game ”

With two Red players making the next step to professional football this year, there is hope for Tretter and Tasker’s teammates that, someday, they too might hear their name called by an NFL team

“It just takes hard work, it takes sacrificing, but mostly it takes a positive attitude,” Tasker said “You’re not going to be everything you want as a football player, so you need to have a positive attitude You’ve got to remember to have fun with it and live in the moment ”

Tretter had similar advice for the younger generation of Cornell football players

“You’ve got to dedicate yourself every day, make the right decisions on and off the field, and put the extra work in,” he said “You have to do something extra if you want to separate yourself from everyone else ”

For now, Tretter and Tasker have the opportunity to soak in the accomplishment of moving on to the next level of the game they love However, they both understand that the outcome of this weekend was just the first step in what is sure to be a long and difficult journey

“There’s still a lot of work ahead if I want to make my dreams come true, ” Tasker said

Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun com

Ritter ’13 R e ect s on

Four Years on the Hill

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and caught the soccer bug in the meantime

3) Wrestling NCAAs in Philadelphia

In March 2011, I had the chance to cover the wrestling team when it went to the NCAA Tournament in Philadelphia It was my first time attending a meet for Cornell outside of the cozy Friedman Center, and it was overwhelming to say the least It was probably one of the best experiences I’ve had at The Sun I also got to watch Kyle Dake wrestle on the center mat from press row So epic

4) Visiting the Boat House

Back when I first started writing for The Sun, I volunteered to write about the men ’ s heavyweight and lightweight rowing teams I had no clue what rowing entailed or what an erg machine was; however, after a 7 a m trip to the Cornell Boat House, where heavyweight head coach Todd Kennett ’91 took me out on the launch (in the rain no less) and explained everything, I have a newfound understanding and appreciation for the spor t Rowers are some of the most underrated athletes at Cornell (#nopromo)

5) The 2011 Harvard Game

If you haven’t witnessed Harvard come to Lynah before, you are missing out I’ve only seen it once, but it was memorable I saw one man blow up a sex doll and throw it on the ice, and another man asked me if he could show me the barracuda in his pants which, surprisingly was not an innuendo, but actually a three foot long, semi-frozen dead fish

6) Sports Supplements

Creating the various extra supplements we produce each semester is an experience The first one I was responsible for was the 2011 Winter Supplement and it featured the men ’ s swimming team and wrestler Kyle Dake on the covers While supplements take forever to painstakingly coordinate, they represent a great accomplishment when they are complete The special cover shoots are an added bonus, as the most recent football one only furthered my crush on Jeff Mathews cat ’ s outta the bag on that one!

The rest of this column can be found at cornellsun com

Lauren Ritter can be reached at lritter@cornellsun com

Red Key S ociety Hosts Field D ay and Cornell Cup

By HALEY VELASCO Sun Sports Editor

The First Annual Red Key Field Day, co-sponsored by the Meinig Family Cornell National Scholars was hosted and attended by over

100 athletes from more than 15 teams to provide a day of spor ts and fun for the local Ithaca community

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purpose was to expand the rela-

Athletic Community and the local Ithaca community

For two-and-a-half hours, the

schools and youth programs such as OURS & YOURS The athletes and community members par ticipated in spor ts such as lacrosse, gymnastics, field hockey, ultimate frisbee and soccer

Throughout the day, a meet and greet station with food and water allowed children to get to know the Cornell athletes At the end of the event, Cornell Athletics gear was raffled off for the par ticipants The Red Key Athlete Honor Society also star ted an inter-athleti c s c o m p e t i t i o n t h a t re c o g n i z e s

Cornell’s student-athletes for their leadership and contribution to the C o r n e l l a n d It h a c a c o m m u n ities

The Cornell Cup motivated the varsity teams to thrive in the classroom, excel in competition, par ticipate in community ser vice projects, offer suppor t to other Cornell varsity teams and attend Student Athlete Advisor y Council and Red Key-sponsored events

T h i s y e a r ’ s w i n n e r w a s

wrestling team, which aside from having stellar per formances in the s

community and Cornell athletic involvement

“It’s pretty awesome to be given an award like this, our team loves giving back to the community and attending other athletic events, ” senior wrestler Kyle Dake said

“Regardless if we got an award like this we would still give back, but it is nice to get cool shir ts and a tiny bit of recognition “

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i m a r y involvements is Big Red Buddies; the team volunteers at the Cornell Child Care Center

The team also par ticipated in t h r

including the 21 Run organized by the Men’s Lacrosse Team and worked three youth wrestling tournaments over the year

“I can ’ t think of any team that deser ves it more than wrestling this year, ” senior fencer Beverly Yang said “If there was any team we could count on to be at a game or bring volunteers for events, it was the wrestling team ” Looking ahead to the future, the Red Key Society hopes to keep t h e c

increase the internal competition between teams

“ We’re looking into putting a permanent scoreboard in Bar tels, as well as continue posting results on the facebook page to grow the name of Cornell cup and what it represents, ” Yang said “It’s really improved the sense of community among all the teams this year, and I hope that it only makes teams closer in the future ”

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Women’s Lacrosse

SOPHOMORES

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Clare MacManus

Women’s Soccer

Position: Midfield

Stats:

• Earned All-Ivy Second Team honors after appearing in all 16 games for Cornell

• Ranked fourth on the team with 18 goals this season

Danielle Letourneau W Squash

Stats:

• Ranked seventh in the country and was placed on the All-Ivy League First Team

Stephen Mozia Track

Position: Thrower

Stats:

• Holds the school and freshman record in the shot put with a distance of 62’ 8”

Connor Buczek M Lacrosse

Position: Midfield

Stats:

• Snatched two goals and one assist to win the Ivy League title over Brown

J.D. Whetsel Baseball

Position: Forward

Stats:

• Leads the team in runs (25), total bases (51), stolen bases (17) and .306 average

Position: Goalkeeper

Stats: • Recorded 28 saves in her freshman campaign, earned an 8 85 goals against average and racked up a 538 save percentage

Ryann

Todd M Squash

Stats:

• Led Cornell with 17 victories against just five losses from the middle of the lineup

Kate Roach Rowing

Stats:

• Rowed in the second varsity eight as a freshman, finishing sixth overall at the Ivy League championships and placing 14th at NCAAs

Red Preps for Heps Championships

By JUAN CARLOS TOLEDO Sun Staff Wr ter

It is Heps week for the men ’ s and women ’ s track and field teams A year of training is going to culminate this weekend at Princeton, where the Red will compete to claim the outdoor Heps championship

In the last weekend of competition before the Heps, the track and field teams competed at the historic Penn Relays and hosted the Big Red Invite

“Penn Relays was very good for the most part We had some tremendous performances, some of the top performances in Cornell track history Stephen Mozia won the championship of America with a new school record,” men ’ s head coach Stephen Taylor said “The 4x100m relay won the IC4A section of the relay, running the second fastest time ever by an Ivy League team Rob Robbins had the longest throw of the meet in the javelin ”

Notable performances from the men ’ s team included the 4x100m relay team of Ryan Hynes, Jedidiah Adarquah-Yiadom, Bruno Hortelano-Roig and Kinsley Ojukwu claiming first place in the IC4A Championship division with a time of 40 24 seconds, sophomore Stephen Mozia winning the shot put Championship division at 63’ to break a 38-year-old Cornell record in the event and sophomore Robert Robbins claiming the college division of the javelin with a heave of 231’ 10”

Women’s head coach Rich Bowman spoke about how this past weekend once again demonstrated how well his team has performed all season

“It was really one of the best Penn Relays we ’ ve had since I’ve been here,” he said “The kids were great There were all kinds of wonderful things happen The whole season ’ s been great The Sunday meet was fantastic too We’re really proud of where [the team] is

going right now ”

Notable women ’ s performances included senior cocaptain Victoria Imbesi claiming the Eastern Shot Put title with a throw of 48’10 25”, junior Rachel Sorna winning the 3K championship in 9:20 36 and a team of sophomore Mina Amick-Alexis (14 3), freshman Hillary Holmes (14 3), junior Zaakirah Daniels (14 1) and freshman Kayla Wong (14 9) winning the Shuttle Hurdle relay in 57 59

“It absolutely says that we have the potential to score a lot of points as a team, ” Taylor said “Across the board, as a coach you look for your top 36 athletes to compete at the Heps, and everyone of those guys is moving in the right direction ”

With their eyes now set on claiming the Heps title and bringing it back to Cornell, both coaches spoke about what it’s going to take for their teams to emerge victorious

“Well I just think they need to keep doing the same things that they’ve been doing,” Bowman said “They’ll do well if they continue to follow the process, keep doing what they’re doing and listen If they’re comfortable in their own skin, they’ll be fine ”

Taylor said he wants his team to realize its potential and to set the bar high

“I’ll be most pleased with their ability to put themselves in situations in which they can fail and not be afraid,” he said “I think self doubt is a valuable piece of realism, but constant self doubt keeps you down ”

In the end though, Taylor laid out a blueprint for how to win the Heps

“It’s going to take them competing unconsciously, laying it on the line with no fear and scrapping for every possible point in every event, ” he said

Juan Carlos Toledo can be reached at jtoledo@cornellsun com

Meredith Drummond Swimming

Position: Free/Breast/IM

Stats:

• Placed seventh in the 200 breast at Ivies

• Set records in the 200 IM and 200 IM S a m F l e c

Maddie Breen Equestrian

Stats:

• Placed fourth in the Intermediate Flat Class at the Ivy League Championships

Stats:

• Played in all 22 matches while grabbing a 14-5 record in singles and 152 in doubles

Lauren Frazier W. Tennis

Stats:

• Earned the best winning percentage in singles for Cornell with a 800 record

• Won all 10 of her nonleague matches

Baseball Finishes S eason

By HALEY VELASCO Sun Sports Editor

The final weekend of regular season play came with an away doubleheader against Princeton on Friday and a home doubleheader on Sunday

In the first game of the series, the Red took down the Tigers, 4-2 The action came in the third inning when junior Ryan Plantier started with a solo homerun to left field his second homer of the week and the third of the season The rest of the action came with two outs, as junior Chris Cruz knocked out a single which put sophomore J D Whetsel into scoring position Tom D’Alessandro snatched a walk and junior Spenser Souza knocked a single up the center, which scored two

Cornell sophomore Nick Busto was credited with the win with 5 2 innings The Tigers were only able to break Busto’s shutout in the sixth inning with one run but scored again in the seventh However, Cornell walked away with the “W ”

The second game of the day brought the same for the Red but overall the team only had two hits through six innings Those two were enough to give Cornell a 2-0 win over Princeton

“Friday started off really hot We went in there with that little bit of motivation,” senior Brenton Peters

said “We had the opportunity to get into the Ivy League Championship if things fell into place, but it didn’t work out ”

Cornell and Princeton matched up again on Sunday at noon to mark the third face-off and to celebrate the Red seniors on Senior Day Despite being back on the Hill, the Red could not keep the momentum from Friday, and the team dropped both games to the Tigers, 5-2 in 10 innings and 4-1

“Sunday was a little bit of a different story We just couldn’t get anything going as far as support for our pitchers They did outstanding as always, but we just couldn’t put runs up on the board The second game we started all of the seniors,” Peters said “It was kind of cool getting to play my last game with them We couldn’t bounce back, but I enjoyed the last season ”

Cornell wrapped up its season tied for second in the Lou Gehrig Division after the losses on Sunday Cornell finished the season 23-17 overall and 11-9 in the Ivy League During his last few days on the Hill, Peters gave a bit of advice to his younger teammates for next season

“Take care of business early,” he said

Haley Velasco can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun com

The Highlight R e el

Forsomeone who usually has no trouble coming up with something to say, I’m finding myself at a loss for words as I sit here in Apollo’s (attempting) to write my last column My time at The Sun has been a life-defining experience and I am struggling to find the words to convey the myriad of emotions I’m feeling

Therefore, I have decided to do a Top-10 highlight reel rather than a farewell column There is

Lauren Ritter

Five for Fighting

something too final about saying goodbye, and frankly, I’m not ready to close my chapter with The Sun just yet So, without further introduction:

1) “Men’s Tennis Comes Back Strong To Kick Off Spring Play”

Five semesters ago, I wrote my first bylined article for The Sun The fact that it took me over three days, two nerve-racking interviews and one good cry to reach the formidable 465-word piece is beside the point Looking back on the story, it wasn ’ t anything special just your average recap of the men ’ s tennis team ’ s winter schedule However, to me, it was the beginning of a twoyear love affair with sports journalism, Cornell Athletics and The Sun

2) Men’s Soccer 2011-12

I was privileged enough to cover the men ’ s soccer team for the past two seasons I have been witness to heartbreaking losses, triumphant victories and history being made as the 2012 team brought home the Ivy League title For the girl who didn’t know the rules of the game two years ago to the girl who could probably diagram different play formations now, I think I’ve come a long way

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Position:

Defense

Stats:

Jillian Saulnier

Women’s Hockey

Position:

Defenseman

Stats:

• Earned spots on the ECAC Hockey Second Team and All-Ivy First Team

• Set a career high with 33 assists ninth-all time in a single season

• Led the team with 20 assists and power-play scoring with 11 points

• Chosen as an All-Ivy League Second Team selection

Men’s Basketball

Position: Forward

Stats:

• Earned first-team All-Ivy League honors after averaging 11 5 points in 27 starts

• Led the Ivy League in defensive rebounding

S eniors J.C. Tretter, Luke Tasker Get Drafted Into NFL

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Sitting in his home in Akron, N Y on Saturday, surrounded by friends and family, senior offensive lineman J C Tretter heard

the phone ringing first The area code on the screen read Green Bay, Wis Just a few moments later, Tretter watched on television as his name was called as the 25th pick of the fourth round by the Green Bay Packers in the

2013 NFL Draft “

excitement in the room, ” Tretter said “ There were about twelve

uncle, cousins and grandpa It was such a tight-knit group and ever yone was filled with joy and e

moment ”

One of Tretter’s teammates that sat through the gr ueling hours of Thursday and Friday’s

receiver Luke Tasker Tasker who has roomed with Tretter since freshman year got some thrilling news of his own just one day later, when he signed a free a

h e Sa n Diego Chargers

“ Me a n d [ Ta s k e r ] a re b e s t friends and roommates; he was at my house Thursday and Friday and came back to be with his family on Saturday,” Tretter said “It’s an exciting time for both of us being on a team next year, but

it’s also a great time for the Cornell Big Red nation ” Though Tasker went undrafte d t h r o u g h t h e s e v e n - r o u n d selection process t h a t s p a n n e d t h r e e f u l l d a y s , he was picked up by the Chargers

a s o n e o f 2 3 undrafted players to join their roster

“I’m excited and grateful to be going to the Chargers, but I’m also grateful to the people who h a v e h e l p e d m e a t C o r n e l l , ” Tasker said “I’m thankful to my family for all the support I’ve been given throughout my life I wouldn’t be here without all of them ”

The two seniors are the first Red football players to go pro s i n c e Su p e r B ow l c h a m p i o n K e v i n B o o t h e ’ 0 6 Tr e t t e r ’ s

h e highest since Seth Payne ’97 was chosen as the 114th overall pick Tretter will fly out to Green

Bay on May 9, joining a team that won the AFC championship and the Super Bowl in 2010, and finished 15-1 in the 2011 season He will be assimilating into a city that thrives on the success of its football team

“It’s an exciting time for both of us being on a team next year

Tretter has spent the last three years protecting the blind side of

Mathews Now, he will be fighting to protect super bowl champion and MVP Aaron Rodgers at the next level “I couldn’t be happier; [Green