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Two Alumni Successfully Petition for Trustee Candidacy

run-up to the 2017 trustee election, candidates call for fossil fuel divestment

By JUSTIN PARK Sun Staff Writer

After gathering over 400 petition signatures, Linda Copman ’83 and Joe Rowland ’73 have earned their status as write-in candidates for the March 2017 alumni-at-large positions on the Board of Trustees

Copman and Rowland said they plan to advance the push for carbon neutrality and put discussion of fossil fuel divestment back onto the table

The two nominees launched their petition last June with the goal of continuing efforts to make Cornell carbon neutral by 2035 and revising the Board of Trustees’ position on divestment

Traditionally, the Alumni-Elected Trustees candidates must be nominated when the Committee on Alumni Trustee Nominations reviews the profiles and select a small pool of potential candidates, according to the University

The ultimate selection of eight top candidates is made

believe there are opportunities to find agreement moving forward, by engaging in respectful and honest dialogue

by the Board of Trustees Chair “who then offers candidacy to those on the list in the order of their ranking; first four to reply positively run on the ballot ”

“My goal is to respectfully continue the conversation, based on the truth that the global scientific community continues to reveal,” said Copman, who helped develop Cornell’s Climate Action Plan “I believe that there are opportunities to find agreement moving for ward, by engaging in respectful and honest dialogue As a Cornell Trustee, I am prepared to do the work necessary to find the

Eye to the sky

C.U. Democrats Endorse

By MADELINE COHEN Sun Assistant News Ed tor

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o r n e l l D e m o c r a t s a nnounced Tuesday night that they will endorse former Secretar y of State Hillar y Clinton for president and “strongly suppor t ” her

c a n d i d a c y t h i s f a l l C o r n e l l Republicans plan to make an announcement about the 2016 election by the end of this week, according to Chair Olivia Corn ’19

Cornell Democrats President Kevin Kowale wski ’17 said the group plans to campaign aggressively for Clinton on campus this fall

“ T h e C o r n e l l D e m o c r a t s s t ro n g l y s u p p o r t Hi l l a r y Clinton and we will be w o r k i n g h a r d t o e l e c t h e r i n No v e m b

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i d “ When the election gets closer, we will put out a voter guide with a full list of endorsements ” Both groups spoke to The Sun this summer, sharing their reactions to their par ties’ conv e n t i o n s h o s t e d i n C l e v e l a n d and Philadelphia, respectively R

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In July, Cornell Republican leadership diverged on whether Donald Tr ump ’ s law and order m e s s a g

h e R e p u b l i c a n National Convention resonated with Americans or revealed an alarming authoritarian leaning in the candidate

best way forward,” she said

Rowland called for fossil fuel divestment last year, emphasizing that it is “time to move on ”

“In the case of divestment, we are witnessing the revocation of a ‘social license’ which the fossil fuel industry has enjoyed and often abused for the past 250 years, ”

Rowland said “This license has brought us to where we stand today with all that is good, bad and ugly about the fossil fuel era ”

Copman and Rowland both expressed a desire to work with the board to find a viable solution to this dilemma

“Achieving climate neutrality will require open-minded dialogue, informed debate and full engagement with the economic, social and environmental challenges we face,” Copman said “Coming together to address environmental and related challenges is something we need to do, and the sooner we begin this process, the better ”

Corn said she believed the c o n ve n t i o n ’ s d a rk e r m e s s a g e managed to reach vot-

The National Institutes of Health granted $1 million to researchers from Cornell University, University of California, San Francisco and the Infectious Diseases Institute in Kampala, Uganda for the development of technology for a diagnosis of Kaposi’s sarcoma a cancer frequently related to HIV infections

The four-year grant will help fight one of the most common cancers with high morbidity and mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the University According to Dr Ethel Cesarman, pathology and laborator y medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, the project’s goal is to create “ an easy diagnostic method that can be implemented in

small rural clinics, so that diagnosis can be made in early stages and still be cured with available treatments ”

Prof David Erickson, mechanical and aerospace engineering, said solar-powered systems developed at Cornell will enable medical technicians to obtain biopsy samples

The solar thermal polymerase chain reaction system, KS Detect, can be used to run diagnostic tests of Kaposi’s sarcoma via a smartphone app in 30 minutes, according to the University

Cesarman added that the project’s success may expand its methods to other diseases, impacting the survival of other patients

Compiled by Yun Soo Kim

O R I E N TAT I O N W E E K E V E N T S

Thursday, August 25, 2016 To d a y

Signal to Code: 50 Years of Media Art in the Rose Goldsen Archive Exhibition

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m - 5 p m , 112 Mann Library

Finding Your Way: Maps 101 2 p m , Lower Level, Olin Library

Tobias Doerr Microbioloy Seminar 4 p m , 105 Riley-Robb Hall

Student Assembly Meeting 4:45 - 6:30 p m , Memorial Room, Willard Straight Hall

Free Showing of Dragon Inn for New Students 9:30 - 11:30 p m , Willard Straight Theatre

Geunis Loci: Landscape paintings by Wynn Yarrow

9:30 a m - 6: p m , Brian C Nevin Welcome Center

Jumping Genes and Jumping Cancers

12:15 - 1:15 p m , Boyce Thompson Institute Auditorium

Dean of Students Candidate Open Forum

1:30 - 2:30 p m , G10 Biotechnology Building

Anthropology Colloquium: Laurence Ralph 3 - 4:30 p m , 165 McGraw Hall

C U Performing and Media Arts Town Hall 4:30 p m , Flex Theatre, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

Bienvenidos BBQ 7 - 9 p m , Anna Comstock Hall, Latino Living Center

Cornell Games Club Weekly Meeting 7 p m , 156 - 164 Goldwin Smith Hall

Free Showing of Captain America: Civil War

9:30 - 11:50 p m ,Willard Straight Theatre

Late Night Breakfast at Okenshields 10 p m - Midnight, Okenshields Dining Room

Alum Summits Tallest North American Peak

By JOSEPHINE CHU Sun News Editor

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Students Win Top Prize for Inventing New Yogurt

By KYLE OEFELEIN Sun Staff Writer

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a t Da v i s , re c e i ve d a standing ovation after his lecture Wednesday evening where he discussed his work’s relationship to environmental conservation

Describing his own works, Snyder said he strives “ to hold both history and wilderness in mind” and for his poems to “approach the true measure of things and stand against the unbal-

m a n y o t h e r t h i n g s , b u t i n t h e e n d , i t w a s c o m p l e t e l y w o r t h i t I c a m e o u t o f i t s t r o n g e r t h a n e v e r ” K i m s a i d h e w a s a c c o m p an i e d b y t e n o t h e r “ e x t re m e l y s t r o n g c l i m b e r s ” f o r h i s t h re ew e e k j o u r n e y t o t h e s u m m i t T h e y c a r r i e d a l l t h e i r e q u i pm e n t o n t h e i r p a c k s a n d s l e d s “ O u r g r o u p w a s s o s t r o n g d h h e r a l w a y s w i l ln e v e r s t o p p e d a y, ” h e s a i d i t s o m e h o w d u p t h a t w e m m i t e d t h e l e s t p e a k i n No r t h A m e r i c a o n t h e Fo u r t h o f Ju l y ! It w a s c r a z y b e c a u s e t h a t w a s t h e d a y w e p l a n n e d o n s u m -

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on this planet ” Ac c o rd i n g t o t h e event ’ s program, Snyder is a “founding member of the Beat Generation” a cultural and literary movement that explored a n d i n f l u e n c e d American culture postWorld War II and is deeply involved in environmental conservation Sn yd e r ’ s e x t e n s i ve involvement in environmental activism includes holding a position as a Fo re s t Se r v i c e Fi re Lookout He has lived in t h e w a t e r s h e d o f t h e South Yuba River since Fo u r C o

ance and ignorance of our times,” according to the event program

Ma n y o f Sn yd e r ’ s works aim to instill an “ e c o l o g i c a l c o n s c i o u s -

Josephine Chu can be reached at jchu@cornell edu

by his role as a husband, father and steward of the land,” according to The Poetry Foundation

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ness in the reader” and to reflect “ a concern for t h e e n v i ro n m e n t a n d t h e p l i g h t o f t h e American Indian as well as insights engendered

translations of Eastern Asian works and his own work “ to weave together a picture of understanding how we keep on living and working

C.U. Democrats Warn Against Trump Presidency

ers who “rightly have fears, given [that] random acts of terror that have been committed here in the United States, and around the world ”

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McLaughlin ’18, said he found the presidential nominees statements such as, “‘I alone can fix it,” concerning as they “make [ Tr ump] out to be more of a strongman than a unifier ” “

“Speaking out at the RNC may have been a poor decision for Senator Cruz in the long run.”

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“Speaking out at the RNC may have been a poor decision for Senator Cr uz in the long r un ”

Despite these divergent opinions among members of its board, Cornell Republicans will issue an announcement about the election by the end of this week, according to Corn She did not clarify whether the group would endorse a candidate

Discussing the DNC

On the other hand, leaders of Cornell Democrats praised the display of par ty unity in Philadelphia this summer as different factions rallied around Clinton at the Democratic National Convention

Cornell Democrats Secretar y Natalie Brown ’18 shared how, in par ticular, Sen Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt ) suppor t of Clinton has helped to create a cohesive platform that reaches young Democratic suppor ters

the best convention speeches of all time ”

"I believe Michelle Obama did a great job of explaining to voters exactly what was at stake this Nov e m b e r a n d why they should vote for Clinton,” she said

“I hope more Republicans begin to speak out against the dangerous idea of electing such a man ”

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Tr ump presidency in reflecting on both conventions, creating an atmosphere even tenser

Republicans prepare their announcement

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McLaughlin said “In my opinion, the Republican Par ty inches closer and closer to authoritarianism with this law and order motif ”

First Vice Chair Ir vin McCullough ’18 also criticized Sen Ted Cr uz ’ s (R-Texas) decision not to endorse Tr ump in Cleveland

“If Donald Tr ump loses, Senator Cr uz and the # Ne

“Sanders has helped attract younger voters to the par ty and has encouraged them to be politically active,” she said “Clinton has brought the voice of foreign and domestic experience and has helped set a mature tone for the par ty, a clear distinction from the RNC ”

Kowalewski also praised President Barack Obama’s speech at the convention, sharing his hope that his speech will “help to re-energize the coalition that turned out for Obama in 2008 and 2012” in this electoral cycle for Clinton

Hooja praised First Lady Michelle Obama, whose speech, she said, will “undoubtedly go down as one of

Write-in Candidates Stress

Importance of Divestment

“Getting on the ballot is a great success. That in itself is a big statement by Cornell alumni.”

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mental impact

“By utilizing acid whey, a byproduct of Greek yogurt production, and whey protein, a sub-product of cheese production, this beverage re-utilizes two ingredients which typically go to waste, ” Vila explained Alan Reed, competition chair, expressed his excitement for the creativity that emerges at each competition

“The growing innovation these students bring to bear each year is incredible, and it’s very exciting for our industry,” Reed said in the release “Now we ’ re seeing tr ue innovation where the students are developing revolutionary new food product concepts that contain at least 51 percent dairy ingredients ”

Vila said the one challenge the team faced was increasing the stability of the popping boba

“We employed reverse spherific a t i o n i n s t

rd method and formulated the popping boba in varying concentrations of calcium lactate solution to increase its elasticity and stability,” she explained While the product was a success at the competition, Vila said the team does not have any immediate plans to further market the products

“Most of us are still working on our graduate degrees,” Vila said “Although we [would] like to have startups, we still have to complete our studies ”

Kowalewski stressed that one of the “ most impor tant points of this election” is that Donald Tr ump is not a normal candidate

“ We should be careful not to normalize his stunning ignorance, hateful views, authoritarian tendencies, and his vicious attacks against anyone who dares critique him,” he said “I want to believe that the Republican Par ty is better than Tr ump and I hope that more Republicans begin to speak out against the dangerous idea of electing such a man ”

Famed Poet Shares Travel Insights

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Editorial

Cornell Republicans Must Renounce Trump

THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE REPUBLICANS plan to “make an announcement ” later this week and are likely preparing to endorse a presidential candidate One particular candidate poses an imminent threat to the values of our countr y and our campus

From its founding, Cornell has been a progressive institution, striving to foster an egalitarian and diverse campus Although never perfectly implemented, the motto ‘ any person, any study’ was and remains a radical notion: that ever y student should have an equal opportunity to receive an excellent education Regardless of socioeconomic status, race, gender, sexual orientation or physical ability, ever y student is equal in the pursuit of higher education

Donald Trump’s candidacy is antithetical to these ideals In the past year, Trump has demonstrated a fundamental callousness and cruelty toward entire populations of the United States He is the first presidential candidate in years not only to personally insult his opponents, but also to launch aggressive and bigoted attacks on various sectors of this countr y The Republican nominee has called for a ban of Muslim immigrants entering the United States, mocked the disabled, insulted prisoners of war, called for and sparked violence against his opponents and validated the reintroduction of dog whistle racism in national political discourse

These actions, and much else in Trump’s platform, defy the values of equality and diversity that are fundamental to both our collegiate and national values There are countless reasons for members of the Cornell community, including the Cornell Republicans, to renounce Trump:

• With Cornellians working together in classes and clubs and organizing around social issues, this campus is a testament to the collective strength and creativity of collaboration A man who declares to the countr y that he “alone can fix it” has no place in our constitutional democracy, and we cannot support these authoritarian instincts on a campus devoted to collective progress

• As a diverse community that includes Muslim students, veterans, immigrants and people of color, we must promote respect and inclusion by disavowing a nominee who treats them with unabashed contempt One of the greatest values of a Cornell education is the richness in learning that results from the collaboration and discourse of 14,000 unique individuals Cornellians, who are more privileged than many American citizens for living in such a rich community, have the responsibility to defend diversity both on and off campus

• As a research institution, Cornell is also a bastion of cutting edge academic study Trump who has called climate change a “pseudoscientific theor y ” and called the National Institutes of Health “terrible” indulges in blatant anti-intellectualism that defies reason and fact He is a man who is more likely to mock than applaud this campus ’ efforts to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035

• The Cornell community is ser ved and strengthened by newspapers and other media organizations, including The Cornell Daily Sun Trump’s threats to “loosen libel laws” and repeated revocation of press credentials flies in the face of the protections of the First Amendment A free press is the lifeblood of democracy; to limit its reach is a betrayal of our founding document and a thinly veiled attempt to limit the agency and knowledge of American citizens

The list of Trump’s policy weaknesses and character failings is endless In the face of a clear and present danger to the American experiment, we as students and patriots must call for a higher standard of morality and devotion to our countr y ’ s creed This summer, the Har vard Republicans Club took a bold step in this direction when they decided not to endorse their party ’ s nominee for the first time in 138 years Labeling Trump’s “flirtations with fascism” a threat “unparalleled in the histor y of our democracy, ” the Har vard students also called on other college Republicans to condemn Trump We are optimistic that Cornell Republicans will prove as courageous and principled as their Har vard peers

As a community that celebrates all differences, including differences of opinion, we encourage campus Republicans to continue a tradition of open and civil political discourse that will enrich all campus discussion and debate But to either support Donald Trump or stand by silently as he marches toward the general election is a decision that transcends political differences and endangers America By renouncing Trump, the Cornell Republicans would not only remain loyal to their conser vative values, but also reaffirm the ideals of our university and countr y

Embracing The Now

Formy first column of the semester, I originally intended to publish an article I began writing in the summer It was a sweltering hot day in July, I remember, and I had been jostled around on a crowded train for far too many hours I was left with only my thoughts and not much else, with the cramped spaces leaving all else impossible Strange things happen when my mind is left entirely alone with time to ponder, reflect, think and analyze; some of my proudest epiphanies are born when I’m forced on these long rides A particular thought hit me on the train and from there, my fingers were flying No capitalization, no punctuation, just the use of my frequently forgotten Notes app on my iPhone When I finally had the time to put my jumbled thoughts down and form coherent sentences, it was an article I was proud of; one I was excited for others to read and think about But in my hurried mess to finish my own work, I almost forgot to read what my fellow writers had published upon coming back to school And when I read them, that’s when I knew I had made a mistake

Most writers were nostalgic, reminiscing on their times at Cornell and the wonders of such an incredible institution Others discussed what they had learned from the school and the people that shaped their overall experiences My heart swelled with the love and pride I have for this school and the excitement that I know almost everyone feels upon their return

But I also felt a strange sense of guilt for not writing about coming back Although I knew it was up to me to choose what topic I wanted to write about, I hadn’t tuned into how I actually felt With my thought that I had to submit an article once I arrived and produce something that would be worth reading, I had simply ignored my present experiences that were truly worth writing about

That’s the thing about Cornell We fall into a hole of spending too much time on one task, of putting our entire effort into finishing something and making it the best we can But we forget about the present and what matters in the moment And since I’ve been back, I sure haven’t been thinking about any of the stuff I wrote about on that bumpy journey on a train I ’ ve

h returning back to Ithaca I’ve been happy with Orientation Week, which was an

absolute whirlwind, and r unning into friends I hadn’t seen all summer as well as seeing those I had seen almost every other week for fear of being apart for too long I’ve been happy with moving into a new house and being surrounded by gorges and open skies and waterfalls again But most importantly, I’ve been happy with being confident As a freshman, I was self-conscious about who I was with and where I was going The trek to collegetown that first night was one filled with anxiety, excitement and everything in between The contrast between that first night and the one I had just a few days ago made me recognize how many strong relationships I had built over the school year and how ecstatic I was to be back

And that’s what I want to write about I want people to know that college is a constant bombardment of homework, quizzes, projects and prelims Cornell makes us work our hardest, strive for the best and desire more And the reason so many of us power through is because it’s worth it in the end Sure, good grades affirm that we worked hard But these small pockets of joy render even the worst grade bearable When we talk about college years from now, we can quickly discuss the failed prelim or the forgotten paper or the disastrous group project But it’s the stories of the people we ’ ve met and the things we ’ ve done that will stand out The laughter and the h e a r t a c h e T h e m e m o r i e s a n d t h e moments we wish really wish we could forget We get so caught up in a single task and pour all our energy into one thing that we tend to overlook the people surrounding us, the environment we are in and the emotions we are feeling all of which can alter our actions and decisions There is no doubt that working hard and attempting our best at everything we do is important for success But so is staying true to ourselves and listening to how we feel in the present moment And it’s perfectly okay to act upon that With the start of classes and the hectic rush of a new school year on its way, I know that embracing the present will keep me sane and happy And that’s all I can ask for in this crazy, college world

Gaby Leung is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at gl376@cornell edu Serendipitous Musings appears alternate Thursdays this semester

Ihate that I have to write yet another article about Donald Trump I hate every time I see him on my TV, phone or computer I hate that I’m so used to it

Maybe this isn’t the most profound article But I just want to think out loud about how we ’ ve gotten to this point Somehow, Trump is a real thing we need to worry about That’s not to say he came out of nowhere The wave of resentment he rode has been building and building for the entirety of the Obama presidency But we should still be shocked that someone as dangerous as Trump commandeered the political system of our country

Of course, he holds no office or actual power, and hopefully he never will Yet, through his consistent machinations of the media, his incitement of hate and his obfuscation of critical policy issues, Trump has already done a good deal of damage to our country He has shown that blind outrage can be an effective substitute for a vision; that ignorance is no obstacle to the highest office in the land Trump has fanned the flames of xenophobia and racism, burning down the norms of tolerance that have dominated for the past several decades I cannot pretend that racist attitudes have not percolated within the GOP for many years Indeed, the success of Trump has proved to be a vindication of those who have long asserted that racial politics play a

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major role in the American right wing

However, these racist elements have always been denied, viewed with the degree of shame they properly deserves No more It is now okay to call for the prohibition of an entire religion and to attack federal judges on the basis of ethnicity Republican officials may have condemned Trump’s most overtly bigoted statements, but when they continue to endorse him, what else does it signal other than tacit acceptance of his ideas?

Look beyond the ideological nativism that drives his campaign, and Trump’s personal characteristics serve as a repulsive supplement Trump has criticized Obama as a “divider,” but whenever possible, he has chosen to rip the nation apart for his own political advantage For example, the tragedy in Orlando, when he attempted to exploit the tragic murder of 49 people at a gay nightclub Before the names of the victims were even released, he was boasting on Twitter that he was right about terrorism

Few other statements could have revealed such a callous disregard for human life

Cynically, he would soon start using the LGBTQ community as another arrow in his quiver of Islamophobic attacks

When cer tain members of the Republican Par ty continually expressed hope that Trump would pivot to being a more tolerable candidate, nothing of the

sort ever happened Throughout the summer, Trump remained embroiled in sophomoric feuds and unacceptably offensive scandals The Republican National Convention, his opportunity to reintroduce himself to the public, descended into a uniquely dystopian view of America “I alone can fix it,” bellowed Trump, once again pulling away the veil on his darkest tendencies His authoritarian pledge of unilateral action should’ve been a scandal, but his supporters loved it

Frankly, I could go on and on There’s his deep indulgence of the racist alt-right, and his repetition of nonsensical conspiracies about Hillary Clinton’s personal health Indeed, his overall view of the world is best defined as conspiratorial Trump has frequently claimed that the election will be rigged, setting the stage for a constitutional crisis following his loss in November This type of basic challenge to his opponent ’ s legitimacy would be unprecedented It appears likely to happen It appears that no one particularly cares right now

And that is the problem His flaws are so great, and are so many, that they are actually diminished With a handful of exceptions, most notably his racist attacks against the Khan family, Trump’s flagrant misconduct all blends together Supported by cowardly members of his own party and a media that has frequently failed to challenge him,

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Trump remains in contention as a major party candidate Sure, Trump will say something offensive today, and we will be offended The same will be true tomorrow But even Democrats will let it fade away We are comfortable with how uncomfortable he makes us

Despite the tone of this column, I am still optimistic about this election Hillary Clinton may not be entirely perfect, but no candidate is Building on her decades in public service, she has put together a plan that would move our country in a much better direction And I’m nearly certain that Hillar y Clinton will win, and that Democrats will make gains in our dysfunctional Congress Nearly, however, isn’t good enough No matter how small the chance is, none of us can risk handing the Oval Office to a racist buffoon who has no understanding of the things that make America great

Yes, Trump does still hurt to watch Such an assault on everything we stand for should be painful But through our slow-exposure, and normalization to this hateful man, we are becoming numb And that numbness is the false relief that this country can never succumb to

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If you haven’t seen Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster, you may be under the impression that it is a dark comedy about modern romance At least, that’s how the movie’s social media accounts and many reviewers portray it “Still haven’t seen the year ’ s wildest comedy?” asks a tweet in @LobsterFilm’s stream An out-of-context gif of Ariane Labed twirling in the forest accompanies the post

This representation, bolstered by trailers that cut out any mention of the movie’s most disturbing aspects, needs to be corrected While watching The Lobster, I kept noticing the drastic differences between the movie I expected and the one I was v i e w i n g Moments of The Lobster explicitly show violence to an extreme such that, if I had known about them on the way in, I probably would have passed on seeing it

two workers acting out a pantomime rape

The inconsistent treatment of themes and details is the common factor in Lanthimos’ exposition of the society, not an occasional mistake or simplification The dystopia also requires that state-approved couples must have something in common a shared musical talent, frequent nosebleeds David attempts to pair up with a sociopath (Aggeliki Papoulia) by pretending to also lack emotions and succeeds for a while When he attempts to re-

Be forewarned that this review is going to give away important plot points from the movie and, as I’ll be discussing the disturbing elements I wish I had known about, this review will also discuss violence, suicide and sexual assault Viewers should know about The Lobster’ s sadism and violence before buying a ticket based on tags like “dark comedy ”

The Lobster: doubtlessly dark, dubiously comedic The movie has been successful in both the festival circuit (winning Jur y Prize at Cannes and other awards) and the press Most reviewers describe the movie as such: The Lobster uses dark humor and absurdity to lampoon societal pressures to find a partner

The movie’s plot easily lends itself to this reading In a dystopia, single people spend 45 days in a state-run propaganda- and punishment-filled hotel to find a partner Failure to do so within the time limit leads to being surgically transformed into an animal of their choice (Guess where the title comes from ) Writer/director Lanthimos aptly chose a concept that piqued black humor fans’ interest When filling out his bleak society, however, he falters

The details that would best illuminate the workings of Lanthimos’ dystopia are neglected or grotesquely distorted for laughs When protagonist/Joaquin Phoenix in Herknockoff David (Collin Farrell) checks into The Hotel, the clerk (Nancy Onu) asks him for his sexual orientation He asks if he can register as bisexual and gets a deadpan response: the option was eliminated last summer for operational reasons In the moment, it is a funny take on how bureaucratic formalities distort and simplify sexuality But a few scenes later, The Hotel’s pro-couple propaganda is starkly heteronormative, even though the check-in shows that the dystopia recognizes homosexuality The clumsy shift occurs during a scene that seemingly exists only to allow Lanthimos to deliver a grotesque “joke” in which The Hotel’s propaganda includes

assimilate into society with another outcast (Rachel Weisz), however, they run through a list of potential commonalities, ultimately unable to find one

But if David and his earlier partner could share their lack of emotions, why can ’ t David and the other escapee share their deep emotions?

The shared quality requirement varies greatly from specific to intangible examples The inconsistency grows from the fact that Lanthimos foregoes explaining the intricacies of his societal rules in order to focus on disturbing imagery and cultivate a jarring atmosphere

Consequently, the movie fails to work as satire Lanthimos does not seem interested in parodying the strangeness of dating as much as the movie s marketing states Instead, he tries to challenge the viewer with disturbing imager y, scene after scene Even the twist that gives the movie its name and gets the most airtime and page space in trailers and ads almost entirely disappears by the halfway point

Given that the movie’s distressing imagery is not embedded in a coherent outline, the extreme violence that Lanthimos portrays, but hides in trailers, seems sadistic

Stated bluntly: some images are irrefutably disturbing and upsetting to many viewers Seeing a woman ’ s mangled body and hearing her gasping screams after she attempts suicide is disturbing A dog slowly bleeding to death in a bathroom is disturbing A pile of bodies strewn on the pavement as nonchalant observers look on is disturbing A pantomime rape played for laughs is disturbing And, because of Lanthimos’ inability or unwillingness to embed any of these images in a symbolic frame work, they never become more than horrifying and offensive

This is not to say that terrifying imagery, on its own, has no place in art Distressing imagery should not be cut out, especially when it pushes viewers to confront important ideas that we usually ignore (Hermann Nitsch’s work with slaughter, for example) Even as a supposed critique of dating, however, The

Lobster works harder to create a harrowing alternative reality than to discuss the real-world topics it supposedly addresses

Furthermore, The Lobster is a reminder that even at their most detached, extreme, surreal or experimental, creators still tip their hand as to who they assume will be in the audience When a creator offers an alternative society of their own making, note who is present and who is absent

In this case, Lanthimos’ movie would be better described as a take on white, heterosexual, upper-middle class dating Two people of color appear in the movie, both in minor roles, for a total of three scenes After the check-in scene that shows homosexuality and heterosexuality as options on equal bureaucratic footing, we see a gay couple for a few seconds out of the entire movie, blurred out in the corner of the screen

On the other hand, the explicit erasure of bisexuality is the movie’s sole strong societal criticism The check-in scene wryly repeats the doubts and disqualifications that lead to a belief that bisexuality is less real than homosexuality and heterosexuality, and to biphobia

In the end, my criticisms of The Lobster deal not just with the movie as a final work, but as a misleadingly

marketed work Would I still rail against the movie if its trailers and ads warned viewers about its violence? Maybe, I can ’ t say for sure Lanthimos’ failure to create a believable society, compelling characters or an interesting plot remains Yet, except for the rare moviegoer who picks a film at random, we interact with movies as final products, but also through trailers, ads and reviews Reviewing The Lobster without considering the clever and quirky ads that lure potential viewers ignores that its producers cast the work in two lights: light, share-

ready trailers and a brutal product

A Facebook ad suggests I visit thelobster-movie com, where a tenquestion test offers to tell me which animal I should choose if I fail to find a partner I should become a lobster, an ant or a camel, the test determines How fitting

This article was originally published on June 14, 2016 It can be read in its entirety on cornellsun com

Shay Collins is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at scollins@cornellsun com

BY HARINI KANNAN Sun Staff Writer

When you watch Stranger Things, you are immediately transpor ted into a relic of the 1980s It was a time when adventure was sought out, science was deemed cool and heroism was somewhat synonymous with nerdiness We are introduced to our heros four boys around ten years old who strive for scientific explo-

r a t i o n , f a n t a s t i c a l a d v e n t u r e a n d unbreakable friendship and, as viewers, immediately become attached to them From the beginning of the first episode, there is an underlying element of supernaturalness that becomes much more over t later in the hour However, unlike most shows for which the basis of the stor yline is made up of supernatural

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t random, irrelevant or redundant They aren ’ t taking over the world in hordes, or tr ying to wipe out the human race The supernatural aspects of Stranger Things are explained and relevant More than anything, they are novel Nowhere before has a “demogorgon” (the type of monster in the show) been utilized This is the first supernatural horror thriller in which you feel intelligent watching it and gripped for the right reasons The show pulls together accessible science which is appealing to wider audiences

with its theories of alternate realities, as well as plausible historical myster y The historical backdrop of the show utilizes a cold-war intensive CIA program which is eager to leverage its scientific discoveries over America’s cold war enemies, the Soviets

The show is a beautiful blend between horror and humor, keeping you on the edge of your seat with its more thrilling aspects, but letting you relax here and there with much needed comedic relief The characters in the show are not only heroic, multi-dimensional and amusing, but they are also relatable The pangs of fear the adults feel for their missing loved ones resonates with any audience, while the tenacity and curiosity of our four young boys brings us all back to our childhoods The love and romance of our young adult characters caught in the midst of conflict and trauma brings back feelings we probably all have felt (even if our conflict doesn’t involve our friends being whisked away by monsters) We

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human curiosity It is rather riveting and novel to have a show so deeply rooted in the positivity of human curiosity, especially when it seems like we live in a society which often fails to question what is and what could be We are trapped within our social apps, mundane classwork a

activity We never stop to question or ask why cer tain things are the way they are Our four main characters live and thrive off of never taking for granted what science has proven, or what society tells them is fact Stranger Things provides an alternate way of looking at the world, and after each episode you want to live with the same curiosity as those in the show do To an extent, ever y major character in the show ends up opening up to different realities, different explanations and alternatives This leap of faith only stems from those who believe that you must question ever ything and cannot believe ever ything that is spoonfed to you

more than just admirable, but heroic given their age and their abnormal scenarios The show displays a love between characters that is different from the type of love between friends and lovers we usually see in television There is a level of purity in the relationships between the main characters, especially the five children, that induces feelings of both nostalgia and yearning Stranger Things introduces a reality to viewers that is different from what is normally seen The reality that Stranger Things provides us with is one in which people are unbridledly curious, unwaveringly loyal and unfathomably kind and pure It gives us a glimpse of a world in which we have an unflinching perseverance to go after those we love, genuine forgiveness for those we conflict with and a steadfast tr ust in those we care about, regardless of how crazy they sound or seem Above the horror thriller and the 80s nostalgia, Stranger Things provides audiences a reason to question what already is, and makes us wonder what could be P u t t i n ’ t h e ‘ S c i e n c e ’ i n S c i e n c e F i c t i o n

because, even in this supernatural and almost-unrealistic world, somehow we see genuine glimpses of our reality projected into theirs; all their fears, anxieties, victories and joys become palpable emotions for us as if we are living them as well

The most impor tant aspect of this show is that it champions the idea of

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I’m scratching my head and listening to Flood Network over and over and over again, but I just can ’ t figure it out At first glance it seems like there’s no way an album so steeped in internet culture, electronic beats and that post-ironic brand of savvy melancholia which has come to define bedroom maestros the world over could possibly have sprung into itself sounding so brashly little like anything else in the world But excepting Dey’s first EP, asdfasdf it does It’s an album to itself, and a remarkable, confusing, comforting, vulnerable, terrifying, difficult one at that

Maybe Flood Network owes its singularity to the fact that the album operates like its title: as a flood network It’s an album about information and outwardness, an album which hurls itself at its listener s feet without the ability to turn or even look backwards It’s a sort of Orpheus for the internet age, whose Eurydice is sheer tangles of coded, intangible information and whose purpose for plunging itself into whatever and every depth it plunges itself into is, like the internet’s expanse and the music it contains, quite a bit more muddled and many-sided than any crusty Classical metaphor could ever capture Flood Network is data and arithmetic and sequences and synapses

Katie Dey isn’t stealing from anyone Maybe she’s a sponge, and Flood Network is her expunging everything she’s soaked up into her brain after countless strings of moments of just sitting and absorbing But what comes out on the other end of that wringing has been thoroughly sloshed and altered; not just soaked but sort of transformed That’s probably why Flood Network sounds so unique: It engages with everything and becomes an idea, a melange of words and symbols and searches and programs And while its purpose is partly to synthesize all of that information into some kind of meaningful something, that’s not all it does

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But there is even more from this show from which we learn at a human level, and that is the value of friends and family Throughout the show, communication and strength is only successful for these characters once they show emotional suppor t, belief and forgiveness to each other Especially with the younger members of the show, the audience sees how even through all their conflict, strife

A Katie Dey tweet from July 22 True or not, Flood Network is psychedelically fractal If a Mandelbrot set listens to this album maybe it will become a person

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and miser y they still are able to see each other’s perspectives and come to comprom

Harini Kannan is a junior in the College of Ar ts and Sciences She can be reached at hk473@cornell edu

The google image search result for “Australia ” My kneejerk reaction is to say that Dey’s home has quite a bit to do with her art, but I haven’t had the time (and probably never

will) to figure out why or even decide if I’m right Taking a look at her continent might help though She labels all of her music with the Bandcamp tag “Melbourne ”

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Keys on your keyboard and every other track on Flood Network, depending on where your mind is at The former are functional, standard and definite The latter are instrumental, varied and punctuating Compare the latter to The Red Krayola’s “Free Form Freak-Out” tracks: both sets of intermittent, otherworldly aural floodgates by artists tittering at the fringe, defining the ethos of their day’s sound

“ be e n aw ake to o lo ng i wa nt to d m e ve r yo ne sch op e nh au e r q uo te s and ta lk abo ut G od but i won ’ t d ue to f e ar ”

Another tweet from July 22 As far as I can tell, “God” is the only capitalized word (besides Carly Rae Jepsen) in any of Katie Dey’s tweets

“ Wo n ’ t so me bo dy he l p me / f e e ls lik e I ’ m cove re d in f le a s ”

The lyric from “Fleas” immediately following the one I mentioned earlier It still doesn t illumine the difference between networks and neurons, because I guess either could conjure up the feeling of crawling fleas over skin

“ jus t g oo g le d ‘wh y c r y la ug h s ame bra in f e e ling ba by’ ”

A final tweet from July 22 Dey also labels all of her music under the Bandcamp tag “kids ”

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Four Senior Captains Will Lead Cornell Football in 2016

Team election results in all-senior captains this season

in a 47-21 loss to Princeton, catching six passes for 96 yards

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four tight end totalled 72 yards

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The three new captains will look to fill the void left by J J Fives ’16, Luke Hagy ’16 and Rush Imhotep ’16.

Like Rogers, Sullivan also had a strong game against the Tigers The six-foot-

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Volleyball Is Con dent

Vande Berg stresses that the team is on the cusp of a real

upcoming season will be his fourth as a r vegular starter The Whitefish Bay, Wisc native has now started 27 straight games for the Red With Norris likely out for the season, Weber is the sole captain on the defensive end

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revival All that is left to accomplish is taking hold of the opportunity

“I really want to see the turnaround come to fruition,” she said “ We were so close in so many matches last year and we

do not want that feeling again ” This year, the team parted w i t h j u s t o n e s e n i o r, s o t h e remaining players have gotten a good feel for working with one another

“ We have the p o t e n t i a l t o b e v e r y g o o d t h i s year, ” Vande Berg said “I want our s t u d e n t - a t h l e t e s to feel confident in that ”

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Poudrier, Woods Selected in 2016 CWHL Draft

The

two classmates now make 10 ex-Cornell

By JACK KANTOR Sun Assistant Sports Editor

women playing pro hockey

other teammates in December of 2015

Two more Cornellians entered the professional sports realm on

Mo n d a y,

Taylor Woods ’16 were selected in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League Draft alongside 74 other players

T h e Mo n

Canadiennes picked defenseman

Poudrier’s 2015-16 season was highlighted by a career-high 84 blocked shots In a key conference matchup against Dartmouth in January, the defenseman scored a game-winner in a 5-3 victory over the Green Wi

accolades over her four years She was named to the ECAC Hockey

Poudrier and Woods now make it 10 former Cornell women playing professional hockey in both the CWHL and National Women’s Hockey League.

Poudrier at the 10th pick overall in the draft She is now the sixth Cornellian to be drafted in the first 10 picks of the past four CWHL drafts

In t h e f i f t h ro u n d , t h e Brampton Thunder, located in Southern Ontario, selected former Red forward Woods with the 23rd overall pick Poudrier and Woods now make it 10 former Cornell women playing profess i o n a l h o c k

t t h e c u

moment, in both the CWHL and Na t i o n a l Wo m e n ’ s Ho c k e y League, the professional league within the United States

The pair were able to get drafted by putting up solid numbers and exhibiting quality hockey during their time with the Red Poudrier managed to tally 19 goals and 54 assists during her time 121 games at Cornell The former captain was also named to Te

in 2015 and second-team

also named to second-team last year, and during her first season in 2013, she was named to the ECAC Hockey all-tournament team It was in that postseason that Woods scored a hat trick, along with an assist, in the semifinals against St Lawrence Woods played forward mostly for Cornell, but was also deployed at defense from time to time In 130 career games, the Manitoba native totaled 80 points, with 33 goals and 47 assists Wo o d s a n d Po u d r i e r j o i n many other Cornellians in the CWHL Five former members of the Red currently play for the 2016 Clarkson Cup champion, the Calgary Inferno Woods is reunited with Laura Fortino ’13 on the Thunder, and Poudrier will join Lauriane Rougeau ’13 in Montreal

Jack Kantor can be reached at jkantor@cornellsun com

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to an

Losing Very Few Seniors, Volleyball Optimistic About Imminent Season, Hopes for Steady Success

By ACHINDRA KRISHNA Sun Staff Writer

o k s t o i m p rove u p o n t h e i r 6 - 1 8 ( 2 - 1 2 Iv y ) re c o rd f ro m l a s t s e a s o n Ho p i n g f o r a f re s h s t a r t , h e a d c o a c h

Tr u d y Va n d e Be r g i s o p t i m i s t i c a b o u t t h e t e a m ’ s e f f o r t s b e f o r e t h e s e a s o n g e t s u n d e r w a y “ T h e y a re d o i n g g re a t , ” Va n d e Be r g s a i d “ I f e e l t h a t i t h a s b e e n a s m o o t h t r a n s i t i o n a n d t h e y a re l e a r n i n g t h e s y st e m q u i c k l y T h e y a re a l l g re a t p l a ye r s a n d a re p u s h i n g t h e r e t u r n e r s t o b e e ve n b e t t e r ” L a s t ye a r t h e t e a m s t a r t e d t h e i r s e a s o n o u t s t r o n g i n t h e We s t Po i n t To u r n a m e n t b y w i n n i n g t h e f i r s t g a m e a g a i n s t W i l l i a m a n d Ma r y i n a f i ve - s e t t h r i l l e r T h e y t h e n

“ We a re g i v i n g o u t p i z z a t o t h e f i r s t 1 0 0 s t u d e n t s w h o a t t e n d , ” s h e s a i d T h a t s h owd ow n w i l l t a k e p l a c e , o n Se p t e m b e r 2 n d , s e r v i n g a s t h e s e c o n d m a t c h i n a d o u b l e h e a d e r a t h o m e T h e t e a m i s a l s o l o o k i n g f o r w a rd t o Ha r va rd , o f c o u r s e , a n d Ya l e a s we l l a s t h e s e a s o n u n w i n d s T h e s t a r t o f

“I feel that it has been a smooth transition and they are learning the system quickly ”

c l e a n e d u p Io n a C o l l e g e i n s t r a i g h t s e t s r i g h t a f t e r, b u t u l t i m a t e l y l o s t t h e i r f i r s t g a m e o f t h e s e a s o n i n t h e f i n a l s a g a i n s t A r m y A s f o r b i g g a m e s t o l o o k f o r w a rd t o t h i s s e m e s t e r, Va n d e Be r g h a s a l re a d y s t a r t e d m a rk e t i n g t h e b i g m a t c h a g a i n s t

C o l g a t e

Consistency Will Be Key for Women’s Soccer

By CHARLES COTTON Sun Staff Writer

Following a successful 2015 campaign, the Cornell women ’ s soccer team hopes to fix their mistakes from last year to have a more consistent season, and ultimately, an Ivy League title

Last year was a big step forward for the team, which fin-

i s h e d 9 - 4 - 4 ( 2 - 4 - 1

ended with a 8-9 (2-5) record

In 2015, the Red got off to a

quick start, winning eight of its first 10 and remaining undefeated until mid-October Before a loss in the 12th game of the season, Cornell was the last unbeaten team in all of Division I soccer The defensive minded group also shut out ever y opponent until the 10th game another Division I best

The momentum would soon run short, however, as the Red won just one of its final seven games, leaving the team with a

mouth going into the long offseason Still, head coach Patrick

Farmer views last season as a great success

“Last year was a significant step for ward in a number of ways, ” he said “ They earned quite a bit of national recognition for a program that hasn’t had a tremendous amount of that in the past ”

Despite the bursts of successes, an overall mediocre Ivy record and some tough losses late in the ye

“I think that we have to get to a level where we ’ re competitive in

ever y game if we put in a good performance,” he said “ The next step for the program is to be winning the Ivy League, not just being more competitive in it ”

“The next step for the program is to be winning the Ivy League, not just being more competitive in it ”

H

In the offseason, Cornell lost four seniors and added seven freshmen Leadership is a skill that’s tough to replace, but the incoming class boasts a skillset that should keep the club competitive

“ The four seniors we lost had a

program, but this is the best incoming freshman class since I ’ ve b e e n h e re , ” Fa r

s a i d “ These freshmen are extremely talented They’re already fitting in great ”

In an attempt to replace the lost leadership, the team named seniors Kelsey Tierney, Elizabeth Crowell and Kailey Joyce team captains for this season Tierney was in goal for ever y minute of last season and led the nation in goals against average for much of the year, ultimately finishing in seventh She also earned first t

n

i d e teammate and now fellow captain Crowell Crowell led Cornell in scoring

last season, finishing the season with nine points The final captain, Joyce, was a critical member of the nationally renowned Red defense and will again need to play a key part in continuing t h e t

u ccess In less than a w

Red will kick off a particu-

arguably the toughest in recent histor y Non-conference games a

State, Rutgers and Seton Hall should all be tall challenges for Cornell Although they do not count toward Ivy standings, the

games will ser ve to set the tone for the all-important second half of the schedule “ We have to actually be winning some of those non-conference games to feel that we ’ ve got a shot in the Ivy League later in the year, ” Farmer said “ Then we need some strong results early in league play as well ” Time will tell how the season unfolds, but if the offseason is any sign, the team should be in good shape

Action gets under way Sunday at 1 p m in Loudonville, New York

Charles Cotton can be reached at ccotton@cornellsun com

Coach, New Hopes for Strikers

By SAM HUMMEL Sun Staff Writer

By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Sports Editor

i t i o n l a s t ye a r Hi s s e a s o n i s i n d o u b t a f t e r t h e m i d d l e l i n e b a c k e r s u f f e re d a r u p t u re d Ac h i l l e s d u r i n g p re s e as o n c a m p a n d re c e n t l y u n d e rwe n t s u r g e r y t o re p a i r i t Hi s p re s e n c e i n t h e c e n t e r o f t h e d e f e n s e w i l l l i k e l y b e m i s s e d a s h e w a s o n e o f t h e k e y f a c e t s o f t h e d e f e n s i ve u n i t s o f t h e p a s t t w o ye a r s In h i s s e c o n d ye a r a s a s t a r t e r l a s t ye a r, h e l e d t h e t e a m i n t a c k l e s f o r a l o s s a n d s a c k s a n d w a s i n t h e t o p 1 0 i n t h e l e a g u e i n e a c h o f t h e t h o s e c a t e g o r i e s No r r i s w a s a l s o f o u r t h o n t h e t e a m i n t a c k l e s H e w a s c r i t i c a l i n t h e t e a m ’ s l o n e v i c t o r y o v e r C o l u m b i a l a s t s e a s o n , r e g i st e r i n g e i g h t t a c k l e s a n d a f o rc e d f u m b l e A f i f

W i t h s i g h t s o n a n Iv y

L e a g u e t i t l e , t h e Re d w a s t e d n o t i m e g e t t i n g b a c k i n t o h a rd , i n t e n s e t r a i n i n g t o p re p a re f o r

t h e i r u p c o m i n g s e a s o n “ We s t a r t e d t r a i n i n g o n Fr i d a y a n d t h i s i s o u r f i r s t d a y

Senior Ben Rogers begins this season hot off a strong performace last year [he] led the team in yards and receptions. See FOOTBALL page 13

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