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Nazaire Recalled as Details of Death Emerge

Students, faculty praise victim’s sense of humor, ambition at vigil

By SO HYUNG KIM Sun Staff Wr ter

Over 100 community members gathered in Muller Chapel at Ithaca College Monday afternoon to honor Anthony Nazaire, 19, an Ithaca College student who was fatally stabbed on Cornell’s campus early Sunday morning Friends, family, faculty and fellow IC students attended the vigil, which was organized by Ithaca College and led by Father Carsten P Martensen, the director of campus ministry

“It’s great that we are all here, t o g e t h e r, a

thank God and one another, for one [Anthony Nazaire] who came into our midst,” Martensen said “Each one of our lives are different because of Anthony Whether we knew him or not, he’s had such an enormous impact and we must be grateful for that ” Faculty members shared their va r i o u s m e m o r i e s o f Nazaire Sean Reid, dean of the school of business, remembered Nazaire as a n a m b i t i o u s s t u d e n t who was “driven to be excellent ”

active,” Tastle said “I saw him more while he was here than I saw some of my advisees I had for four years I’ll always remember his desire to do more ”

People also shared personal stories of Nazaire, many of which were highly emotional and left the audience in tears One student described him as a “ ray of sunshine” while another said that it was impossible to be around Nazaire for more than five minutes without laughing A m

“One of the things he said to me was, ‘I need to be successful,’ and he had a plan for how to be successful,” Reid said “Every faculty member from every discipline I talked to said he was really fired up [The] most common thing people said was that he was a joy to have in class ” Nazaire’s advisor, Prof William J Tastle, management, echoed Reid’s sentiment and praised Nazaire’s sense of purpose

“[Nazaire] knew what he wanted to do and he was

speakers also encouraged others to support one another during the tragic time to build a better community

“To experience this kind of act creates a significant amount of energy, a disproportionate negative energy, ” said Sean Eversley Bradwell, director of programs and outreach “I want to try to encourage you to do something about that energy to honor Anthony, to turn that energy into something positive and to commit to it ”

“Let us not forget Anthony,” Martensen said “Let us make sure he lives in all of us ”

By JOSEPHINE CHU Sun News Editor

A video released by the New York Daily News shows Ithaca College student Anthony Nazaire, 19, dancing at the Cornell fraternity Omega Psi Phi orientation week party on Saturday night, shortly before the stabbing incident that ended his life

The video provided by Glenni Rodriguez, an Ithaca College sophomore features Nazaire near the center of a circle of partygoers dancing to a mixtape track by Bronx rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie

Rahiem Williams accidentally knocked into another partygoer, causing the confrontations that appeared in the police report, according to Nazaire’s older sister Kiara Nazaire, 24

Dean of Students Candidate Touts Campus Involvement

By ZOE FERGUSON Sun Senior Writer

In an open forum Monday, the second of three candidates for the position of the dean of students said that as dean, she would emphasize the importance of communication with and among students of various cultural identities

Brandi P Jones, who currently serves as associate dean of graduate affairs in the

school of engineering and applied science at Princeton University, said she began her career in student advocacy as a student activist during her undergraduate years at California State University at Long Beach

“I came to this profession having been a student leader and a very vocal student activist, on and off campus, ” Jones said An active member of a sorority, the Black Student Union, and a cheerleading team as an undergrad, she said, “I appreciate and value student voice ”

Jones told an audience of approximately 40 students, faculty, and staff that she saw three main reasons why she would be an ideal fit for Cornell: her “demonstrated leadership,” experience in practicing student advocacy, and scholarship in higher education and student development

Noting that she has worked at institutions of varying

and style, including small liberal

colleges and large public universities, Jones

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By ALEXA ESKENAZI Sun Staff Writer

Charles Cooper Jr grad is quite busy these days

He is pursuing his M B A t C ll ning the infrastructur firm AirRail, all while t time to hike and kaya side

Oh, and Cooper is running for New Yo City Council

Cooper is running to be the councilman for district nine which includes Manhattan neighborhoods West Harlem, M o r n i n g s i d e H e i g h t s , Manhattanville, and Hamilton Heights to “make a substantial change” in the lives of New Yorkers

“When the opportu nities come along, w have to take it,” he s “Because in this life, wh do is bigger than just the city council race as is bigger than me community and it is ab stantial change ”

S t u d e n t s’ S t o r i e s

On the council, he hopes to continue to help make business diversity in New York City a reality

“I think this [position would] allow me to hold city agencies accountable to making sure that minority and women owned business and local nefit from this ecogine of New York e said ooper not only makes oint to give back to he New York City community, but he also spent a year and a half working with the Liberian government on

Cooper emigrated from Liberia to New York City at age twelve, fleeing a civil war with his mother, two siblings and virtually nothing else

“It was only by the grace of God that we were lucky enough to have friends and extended family to help us out, ” Cooper said “Because of that I’m here today, so when it comes to community, I’ve always been someone to see the need to give back because someone gave back to me ”

Cooper is a leader in the Harlem community, serving as the vice chair of the Manhattan Community Board 9, where he worked on Columbia University’s $7 billion campus expansion, and focused on ensuring local business inclusion He also helped to reform the West Harlem Local Development Corporation, a nonprofit tasked with dispensing millions of dollars to the Harlem Community, according to his campaign website

While working with the African-American clergy and Hispanic business leadership, Cooper continuously leads a push for full minority business participation in New York City He was directly involved in setting the goal of 30 percent “Minority and Women Owned Enterprises” on all state projects

know that I have U S but to also go help folks back h said

After Cooper family moved to t States, his mothe two to three jobs t for her family But job was a challeng as it is for many n grants, accord Cooper Cooper hopes to open mo tunities for advan the immigrant com “ Whether yo immigrant, wheth black, white, green one of the thi impacts all of our b

projects four years ago “I was happy to see the country that I left as a child and to

is jobs and whether we can provide for our families,” Cooper said “I’m passionate about moving the community forward and to create jobs and opportunities for local businesses ” Harlem has one of the highest unemployment rates in New York City, and represents an untapped retail market, according to Cooper

“My goal is to work directly with the local small businesses in a coordinated effort and strategy to market that area not only city wide but internationally,” he said “Everyone knows Harlem for its arts, business and entertainment, but it is not being marketed properly ”

As a former New York City middle school teacher who worked for the Department of Education for six years, Cooper is also passionate about education He sees the formable years of zero to three as fundamentally important to children’s learning, and he said he wants to expand the New York State pre-kindergarten program to include children ages zero to three He pointed out that studies show that children who lack the proper resources during that stage of development demonstrate a greater chance of needing assistance services in the future

“If you look at it from an economic standpoint, it makes sense to invest in our children at a very early age than to invest in them at a later age because it will be far more expensive and is will not be as productive as it could be,” he said

To fellow Cornellians who are considering entering the political realm, Cooper offers words of encouragement, adding, “If you need help, I’m here ”

“The Cornellians I’ve met have been very genuine and passionate, not only for their profession or for their study, but for giving back to the community,” Cooper said “I

Cornell Sets Fundraising Record for 2016 Fiscal Year

By RUBY YU Sun Staff Wr ter

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“Our donors support all aspects of University life from financial aid to high level research.”

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Candidate Promises to Represent Diverse Student Interests

CANDIDATE Continued from page 1

s a i d h e r “ s p e c i a l re l a t i o n s h i p ” w i t h s t u d e n t s h a s b e e n “ t h e highlight of [her] career ”

“I’ve always been visible and ver y much engaged with the student experience,” Jones said “I find ways to get involved across campus ”

If selected the ne w dean of students, Jones said she would make an effor t to create oppor tunities for students from diff e r e n t c u l t u r a l b a c kground, and especially u n d e r r e p r e s e n t e d s t udents, to engage in conversation with Cornell administrators

engage, I won ’ t say it’s a loss,”

she added, “but I’ll say we ’ ve lost an oppor tunity ” Jones described p ro g r a m s s h e h a s i n

Technology to create safe spaces for conversation around mental h e a

graduate students who may not have felt comfor table discussing these subjects outright

As dean of students, Jones said her first action would be assessment of campus climate “I’m not talking about sur-

“I think we need to pay attention to students’ perceptions and attitudes that are shaped by institutional history and culture.”

Brandi P Jones

“ There can ’ t be one Cornell

e x p e r i e n c e , ” Jo n e s s a i d “ We probably would like for there to be, but the tr uth is, ever yone does not experience this institution in the same way I think we need to pay attention to students’ perceptions and attitudes that are shaped by institutional histor y and culture ”

Jones emphasized the import a n c e o f c r e a t i n g i n t e n t i o n a l venues for students to engage in dialogue about cultural difference and progress on campus, warning that while a diverse stud e n t b o d y i s “ g r e a t , ” c o l l e g e campuses “ must move beyond n u m b e r s o f s t u d e n t s a s e n d goals ”

“If you don’t create intentional oppor tunities for [students] to

Jones also mentioned campus conditions that are specific to C

university

“On campuses like Cornell, we have things that have existed for a long time, and sometimes t

they’ve existed for a long time,”

Jones said With a changing stu-

that the office of the dean of stu-

d

determine whether existing prac-

population

strong belief in shared governance, a concept that has stirred debate in the Student Assembly and across campus “ My p e r s o n

voices of students who fall outside of the margins ” After assessing campus climate, Jones said she would embark on

ject: creating accountability at all levels of the University

Julia Montejo ’17, vice president for diversity and inclusion for the Student Assembly, asked Jo

more accountability for tenured faculty Citing student experience of biased treatment from p

dents “oftentimes face the barrier that we ’ re told that it’s really

accountable ”

Jones said she would work to create “ ways that we can hold depar tments and par ticular faculty accountable ” “ The reality is, are they going to get fired? Probably not, ” she said “ The way you begin to hold [tenured faculty members] a

their chain ” Ashton Cooper ’18, president o f H a v e n , a s k e d h

would work on behalf of a variety of LGBT student identities a s t h e

s responded that as dean of students, she “[does] not have to be the one speaking ” “ There are times when it’s

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necessar y for the dean of students to be the voice, but I would not miss the oppor tunity to have student leadership standing alongside me, ” Jones said “It would be my role just to be an advocate for all students ”

Zoe Ferguson can be reached at zferguson@cornellsun com

Nazaire Stabbed After Attending Omega Psi Phi Event

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“[Nazaire] was with his friend, his friend bumped a girl by accident and he apologized,” Kiara Nazaire told the Daily News “Both of them apologized, even my brother apologized, and he didn't bump the girl ”

Hundreds of students attended the party at Willard Straight Hall, according to the Ithaca Police Department Cornell Presidents Hunter R R a w l i n g s I I

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y that the Omega Psi Phi fraternity a fraternity that ident

African-American has been

“I’m going to a party for the first and last time for the year You know I’m coming in early I don’t stay out ”

Willard Straight Hall during the first week of classes for several years

Several physical altercations took place after the event ended, according to the IPD Cornell Police found the two men stabbed in front of Olin Hall, after responding to a report of a large fight at approximately 1:57 a m on Sunday, The Sun previously reported

Omega Psi Phi President Adebowale Sordiq Sodeke said the event was scheduled to end at 2 a m but all attendees were out of Willard Straight Hall by 1:45 a m

Sodeke said the two Ithaca College students were at the party but he did not know them personally His account differed slightly from the police report, insisting that there was only one physical altercation outside, not several Sodeke added that the event was a “successful” one and ever yone was “happy ” He stressed that the incident occurred after the event was completely over Nazaire was transported to Cayuga Medical Center and later pronounced dead The other student was flown t o Up s t a t e

injuries and has since been released

K i a r a Na

Williams was also stabbed in the brawl but sur vived She added that Williams later called her, saying he felt responsible and wanted to apologize

“It's not his fault,” Kiara Nazaire told the Daily News “ They didn't ask for it I know my brother my brother ' s not gonna argue with any girls ” Nazaire’s mother, Katia Toussaint, said her son called her moments before leaving for the party that night, vowing that it would be his one night out before “buckling down and focusing on his studies,” the Daily News

CUEMS Celebrates 40 Years Of Community Service

Plans to increase presence, public health efforts

By ZACH SILVER Sun Assistant Sports Editor

With 40 years of experience under its b e l t , C o r n e l l Un i v e r s i t y E m e r g e n c y Medical Ser vices held a ceremony Friday to commemorate its milestone anniver-

“We are hoping to increase the presence of CUEMS by increasing our community education efforts ” Prawallika Gangidi ’17

sar y on Cornell’s campus on the Ar ts Quad

The event which came at the tail end of a week-long celebration included various amenities, including an inflatable obstacle course, therapy dogs and a

f r e e i c e c r e a m t r u c k , a c c o r d i n g t o

Pr a w a l l i k a G a n g i d i ’ 1 7 , d i r e c t o r o f CUEMS

“By hosting this celebration we w a n t e d t o not only showc a s e s o m e o f the things that C U E M S d o e s but we wanted to give back to the community in some way, ” she said

“ We hope that this celebration will increase awareness and allow more people to learn about what we do, and better understand the resources on campus, ” she said I

, CUEMS also hosted several events last week to raise awareness about impor tant health issues that impact Cornell students

The group promoted a “Mine Not Yours” campaign to prevent the spread of i n f e c t i o u s d i s e a s e by s h a r i n g d r i n k i n g cups, taught individuals at RPCC how to take blood pressure and hosted a handsonly CPR event on Ho Plaza, according to Gangidi

“ We are hoping to increase the presence of CUEMS by increasing our community education effor ts, ” she said “ We have been doing well with ne w initiatives over the past couple of years but we hope to be an even more integral par t of the community We will be working with G

Health Initiatives to increase our collaboration and our p u b l i c h

“We are here for the community and we want students to feel comfortable calling for medical attention.”

While Gangidi hoped that students enjoyed last week’s festivities, she also said she is optimistic that events will help Cornellians gain useful knowledge about CUEMS and its presence on campus

reported

“I'm going to a party for the first and last time for the year, ” Nazaire told his mom, according to Toussaint “ You know I'm coming in early I don’t stay out ”

Kiara Nazaire told the police the family has one suspect in the “senseless slaying” and urged anyone with knowledge of the incident to come for ward

“If you have anything don't be a coward, don't feel like it's snitching,” Kiara Nazaire said “Anthony didn't deser ve this He wasn ' t a troubled kid ”

“ We offer our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of the deceased student, 19-year-old Anthony Nazaire of Brooklyn, NY,” Rawlings said in a statement today “Our thoughts are also with the injured student, who has been released from the hospital ”

New York State Senator Jesse Hamilton also encouraged the community to “honor Anthony Nazaire’s life and memor y ” in a press release today

“ The cruelty of senseless violence knows no boundaries as to geography, background or age it strikes with a suddenness and a starkness that can end in a desolation, in a despair at the injustice of a promising young soul taken far too soon, ” Hamilton said “ We cannot surrender to those feelings of despair ”

Josephine Chu can be reached at jchu@cornellsun com

effor

the group does not plan to accomplishing this goal by dramatically increasing membership

“CUEMS usually consists of around 60 to 70 members,” said Viraj Khetani, membership officer of CUEMS “Our

general membership stays pretty consistent We have two membership drives ever y year We generally accept about 8-15 members each drive ”

Above all else, the group hopes last week will enable CUEMS to recommit to its mission and better aid students in the future As a student-r un group, Gangidi hopes that the team is able to break down the reluctance students feel about calling for medical help

“ We hold ourselves to the highest clinical standards and all our members undergo a rigorous training program, ” she said “ With that said, we are your fellow peers We are here for the community and we want students to feel comfor table calling for medical attention and that there are no stigmas associated with doing so

Zach Silver can be reached at zsilver@cornellsun com

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Letter to the Editor

On Zen and poetry

To t h e E d i t o r :

Sometimes, I feel a surge of pride in Cornell students as a collective mass While this generalized feeling goes against my cognitive grain, it happens often enough for me to conclude that overall, we have a good selection process One such surge happened last Wednesday when the elderly poet Gar y Snyder, a cultural hero for many of us from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, came to campus to speak The lecture room in Kennedy Hall was packed Many of my students arrived over an hour early to get seats As the room filled to capacity and people star ted sitting on the floor, individual seats here and there were offered to a handful of people I watched as students who had been there earlier offered seats to grey haired folks arriving just in time I heard one student say, “No way am I keeping my chair when I can easily just sit on the floor and an elderly person can ’ t ” This par ticular student had been there for well over an hour This played out in what I saw to be about a dozen or more cases all over the auditorium: students standing and offering their seats to older people (In another case, I later learned an older person insisted on a seat a student had saved for her friend, and then slept through the entire lecture )

The woman in charge of getting people seated and enforcing the code then said, flatly, “Anyone who is sitting on the floor and who does not have a seat must now leave ” What disturbed me was that not a single person who had been offered a chair out of kindness by a young person stood up and offered their seat back to the student sitting on the floor, who now, because of their act of kindness, had to leave A grey haired couple in front of me who had arrived at 5:25 and were given seats by students, now simply sat stone still while those same students were literally right next to them, sadly packing their things to go I offered my seat to the retreating students leaving, was repeatedly refused, and finally another young woman came and sat on the edge of my chair

In the end, the lecture wasn ’ t that great I was thrilled to hear one of my favorite poems, “Hay for the Horses” read by the man who wrote it But as I sat there, a bit bored by Snyder’s ramblings, waiting for him to read his poetr y, I reflected long and hard about the little generational drama that had played out in front of me We have a lot to learn from our students about civility, generosity and kindness Maybe they can teach us a thing about Zen and poetr y too

P r o f Ja n e - M a r i e L a w, A s i a n s t u d i e s

CORRECTIONS

A previous version of an Aug 23 News article, “‘Saturday Night Live’ Comedian Pete Davidson to Perform at Cornell,” incorrectly stated that tickets for the event would go on sale this week In fact, both general and student tickets will be sold next week

A previous version of an Aug 21 News article, “Summer Officials Prepare for Consequences of Summer Drought” incorrectly quoted source Dan Cogan as stating that Ithaca receives its water from Six Mile Creek, when instead he had said that Cornell University’s water flows from Fall Creek

A previous version of an Aug 29 Sports article, “ , ” incorrectly stated that the captains of the women ’ s cross country team were Taylor Spillane, Jackie Katzman and Delphi Cleveland In fact, the captains are Taylor Spillane, Shannon Hugard and Delphi Cleveland

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Arnav Ghosh can be reached at aghosh@cornellsun com

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Kanye West’s Buffalo Dystopia

BY SHAY COLLINS Arts & Entertainment Editor

8 : 1 2 p m : We arrive in Buffalo Jack bought a pass online that lets us park in a clearing under a bridge A sign bolted to a cement support lists the rates $75 daily maximum It’s dark and we ’ re in a half-awake state from driving on Western New York backroads into fading light

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8 : 2 2 p m : The Kanye cult-of-personality is already buzzing “No one but Kanye would have a line this long,” friends tell each other Except many concerts do, and some have longer, like European EDM concerts and Middle America metal festivals It becomes a theme during the night: No one but Kanye could do this or that Kanye as catalyst, Kanye as ultimate creator

8 : 4 5 p m : At 8:35 I told Jack I would start keeping track of how long we waited on line Ten minutes later, some black-suited security manager makes a decision to re-open the gates and the crowd surges forward One n e o n - ve s t e d g u crew cut stand first glass doors up after getting concert-goers pe cum-therapy do and combined w Pepsi earlier, I fe rate out of my b

8 : 5 9 p m : dystopia The F ground arena w royales and tech orange lighting a make the whole Kanye isn’t la but don’t specif time The waiti stare at the thou and safe, like a machine Sitting a dark arena whi the haziness, I am from the top an prove to love scr the show

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that I dread at punk shows is gone Anyone can be a Kanye fan

9 : 4 1 p m : A “Seven Nation Army” chant spreads through the crowd Every smoke machine check gets a cheer People must have heard about the suspended stage that Kanye debuted in Indianapolis, because concert-goers in the general admission section lie on the floor, staring up at the matte black rigs From above we try to guess which are lights and which make up the stage

ing with the crowd He rarely banters, except when he tells the crowd, “It’s a great year to be a Kanye fan” as the intro to “Wolves” plays The concert lacks a clear progression Kanye plays strands of The Life of Pablo songs in a row, but cuts tracks short and restarts songs without explanation Older hits like “Jesus Walks” and “Flashing Lights” jut out against an emotional core of “Only One” and “Runaway ”

I lose my sense of time for hours at a time Kanye reportedly split his Indianapolis show between the suspended stage and a second platform He remains on the stage for the whole night in Buffalo, occasionally shouting out to D J s who work in almost complete darkness and rarely break between songs

1 1 : 5 0 p m : Kanye ends with the beginning of The Life of Pablo A white spotlight shines down on to the floor One fan stands in the light A few others join him

Then, as a young girl prays in t h e i n t ro d u c t i o n t o “Ultralight Beam,” more fans cram into the circle In the end, however, the light is meant for Kanye He kneels with his arms at his sides as t h e s t a g e s l ow l y d r i f t s towards the light at the other end of the arena He finally enters the light as the gospel outro reverberates through the hall, filling it with massive harmonies before letting t h e s i l e n c e g row K a n ye sways in and out of the light, redeemed, but not completely

1 1 : 5 8 p m : There’s no c a t h a r s i s K a n ye ’ s s t a g e descends to the ground The crowd’s cheers grow; hopefully he’ll play a few songs from round Maybe he’ll break the barrier and walk into the But an assistant unhooks Kanye’s cable and he walks of the arena through a side tunnel The lights turn on one cheers for an encore because no one expects one crowd dissipates and sadness sets in While I ride down scalators, I try to suppress the thought that it was, after ust a concert A concert by a person whom I’ve never but whom my friends and I think a lot about A conof songs I love watched with close friends in an otherdly environment But still just a concert In the end, emporariness of it all really gets to me

2 : 0 5 a m : My phone batter y ’ s plummeting but I a picture on Instagram before I fall asleep in the car oose one of Kanye sitting cross-legged on the stage e he sings “Only One ” One of his hands rests on his es and he holds the mic up to his mouth with the r The photo isn’t of Kanye himself, but of the masscreen on one end of the floor that played live footage ng the show Sometimes on stage he paused to stare at creen, quietly gazing at himself in the midst of thous

2 : 1 7 a m : Raymond puts on a C D his parents ed when he was growing up All of the text on the C D Chinese so no one knows anything about the music or made it The music’s devoid of distinguishing features e, trumpet, guitar, bass, piano, drums all possibly ed on a keyboard play simple songs It’s the oppoof Kanye’s complex web of references and sample, but ascinating and makes us all happy No one really talks t the show We talk about whose phone to use for tions and debate stopping for McDonald’s I fall asleep wo hours

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Nostalgia that seemingly endless pool of artistic inspiration motivates at least half (by my less-thanscientific calculation) of this year ’ s major pop culture moments, from Netflix’s Stranger Things all the way to Frank Ocean’s Blond(e) As source material, it’s a tricky beast, at its best capable of drawing on shared memories to remind us what made something great in the first place At its worst, though, nostalgia invites a kitschy reimagining of the past that too often morphs into revisionist history Perhaps nowhere is this division more hotly debated than in the realm of hip-hop, a former subculture whose influence now runs far beyond its original parameters, sparking important questions as to how it should continue to evolve while remaining true to its roots

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w i t h i n o n e t r a c k T h e m u s i c g ro u n d s i t s e l f a g a i n , t h i s t i m e t a k i n g o n a b i t t e r n a t u re T h i s p o r t i o n o f t h e a l b u m re s e m b l e s l e s s o f a d re a m b u t r a t h e r a d i s c o rd a n t n i g h t m a re “ So l o ( Re p r i s e ) ” o f f e r s a g l i m p s e o f A n d r é 3 0 0 0 ’ s t a l e n t , a s h e r a p s s e ve r a l ve r s e s a t l i g h t n i n g s p e e d ove r m i n o r t r i a d s a n d o m i n o u s b a s s d ro p s T h e n e x t s e ve r a l t r a c k s p l a y l i k e a s t r i n g o f b a d m e m o r i e s , f o r m i n g a m a n i c t r i p t h a t f i n a l l y re s o l ve s w i t h “ Fu t u r a Fre e ” T h i s l a s t s o n g re s e m b l e s t h e c a l m a f t e r a s t o r m Oc e a n ’ s re s i g n e d b u t n o t n e c e s s a r i l y n e g a t i ve , re f l e c t i o n o n l i f e a n d m u s i c T h e ove r a l l t o n a l a rc h o f t h e a l b u m o f f e r s a n i n t e re s t i n g c o n t r a s t t h a t i s i m p l i ci t l y s u g g e s t i ve o f a d re a m t h a t t u r n s i n t o a n i g h t m a re , o r a re l a t i o n s h i p t h a t d o e s n ’ t l a s t Oc e a n e x p l o re s a n u m b e r o f t o p i c s o n Bl o n d e , ye t a l l s e e m t o s u p p o r t t h e m a t i c va r i a t i o n s o f s e l f - i d e n t i t y On e s u c h e x p re s s i o n i n vo l ve s Oc e a n ’ s i d e n t i t y a s a n a r t i s t a t t h i s p o i n t i n h i s c a re e r ; p e r h a p s “ Ni k e s ” a d d re s s e s t h i s m o t i ve m o s t t h o ro u g h l y W h e n Oc e a n ’ s p i t c h e d - u p vo i c e f i n a l l y b re a k s , h e f i r s t s i n g s “ We’l l l e t yo u g u y s p ro p h e s y / We’l l l e t yo u g u y s p ro p h e s y / We g o n ’ s e e t h e f u t u re f i r s t ” De s p i t e t h e f a n a t i c a l s p e c ul a t i o n t h a t o c c u r re d p r i o r t

Nick Swan is a sophomore in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He can be reached at nswan@cornellsun com

founders Driven by a concern of drifting too far from its origins, hip-hop’s older guard often asserts the late-’80s and early ’90s as the genre ’ s Golden Age rap in its purest form Staples, a guy whose music suggests little patience for nostalgia, refutes that claim on the simple basis of hip-hop’s increased popularity

At the same time, the genre ’ s scope has grown more nebulous, and elements of it pervade most popular music today The

“No one alive can name me one rapper that was bigger than the Backstreet Boys, NSYNC or Spice Girls was in the ’90s and mean it,” asserted rapper Vince Staples in a recent interview with Noisey “And no one can name an artist bigger than the rappers now, bigger than Kanye West specifically, without it being kind of subjective He’s the rock star He’s the biggest artist, to me, in the world ” Fact checks aside, the 23 year-old Long Beach native delineates an obvious trend: that hip-hop, in the last decade, has reached new peaks of pop culture dominance unknown to the genre ’ s

technique of sampling, for example as innovated and subsequently popularized by hip-hop D J s and producers is among the most useful tools in the modern music producer’s arsenal Have the bearded woodsmen of Bon Iver become hip-hop ar tists by building their recent music around samples and guesting on Kanye albums? Is Anthony Kiedis (of Red Hot Chili Peppers fame), in fact, just a really bad rapper who wound up in a rock band? These questions stem partially from an unnecessary need to categorize anything and everything, but they also emphasize the

absurd challenge that is trying to keep track of hip-hop’s influence on music and culture throughout the last 40 years How then, can the particularities of the genre ’ s origin story birthed in part out of racial struggles and systemic injustices glossed over in history books be guaranteed a place in the collective conscience?

With these lofty goals in mind, and armed with well-intentioned nostalgia, Netflix’s new series The Getdown cuts through all the noise around hip-hop’s evolution to deliver a representation of its founding, as rooted in a distinct time and place That place is a vividly realized Bronx circa 1977, brought to you by Baz Luhrmann, the notoriously excessive Australian director responsible for your high school English teacher’s least favorite adaptation of The Great Gatsby Thankfully, he enlists a team of individuals far more qualified to bring this particular story to computer screens everywhere, including playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, music journalist Nelson George and a slew of game-changing hip-hop artists including Kool Herc, Afrikaa Bambaataa and Nas

As both art and entertainment, I should mention that The Getdown is far from perfect Its first episode, especially, is jarringly paced and a slog to get through, clocking in at over 90 minutes and still somehow failing to properly introduce the main cast of characters The rest of the show continues as a disjointed mess, bogging down moments of brilliance with unnecessary

melodrama and extended conversations that do little to provide depth or advance the narrative The dialogue itself is stilted but honest, a case of uneven writing resurrected by a great cast, including breakout star Justice Smith, Hamilton the Musical’s Daveed Diggs, Dope’s Shameik Moore and Jaden Smith a man who needs no introduction (but deser ves your follow on Twitter)

As all Luhrmann projects, The Getdown is defined by its sleek sur face The overblown aesthetics (and gorgeous color palette) are part of the point here, incorporating the elements of Blaxploitation, camp and kung-fu films that inspired early hiphop artists In creating and mythologizing the world of the late 1970s Bronx, Luhrmann and his team powerfully root this story in its specifics The level of historical accuracy, as fortified by anecdotes from the veritable hip-hop historians working behind the scenes, is vital to the show’s entertainment value as well as its political intent

Amidst increasingly loud and often problematic discourse on issues of cultural appropriation and where hip-hop is heading, a visual representation that establishes where it comes from feels timely, even when it’s not enough

Chris Stanton is a senior in the College of Ar ts and Sciences Really Terrible! And Such Small Por tions appears alternate Tuesdays this semester He can be reached at cstanton@cornellsun com

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recover from as Sacred Heart’s defense stymied Cornell The Red showed some life in the second quarter and, for a brief moment, seemed poised to take the lead, but a fumble from junior running back Josh Sweet at the goal line caused a huge momentum shift and Sacred Heart took a 176 lead The Pioneers would never look back

44-24 Loss to Brown

Against Brown, the Red once again fell in a deep hole, trailing 21-3 by the end of the first quarter Cornell began to fight back with a field goal and a touchdown in the second quarter, but the Bears answered each score with a strike of their own and held a commanding 34-10 lead at the half

47-21 Loss to Princeton

With Hagy back in the starting lineup, Cornell took on Princeton, still hungry for its first win The Red held the Tigers scoreless in the first quarter, but then the levee broke and Princeton scored two touchdowns in each of the next three quarters The Red ended with 444 yards of offense, but struggled to make plays when it mattered most A Princeton 100-yard kickoff return early in the fourth quarter effectively put the game away

21-3 Loss to Dartmouth

Like the Harvard game, Cornell jumped on nationally-ranked Dartmouth early, scoring the first points of the game, a field goal with 1:50 left in the first quarter But from there on out it was all Dartmouth The Ivy champion Green scored twice in the second quarter and once more in the third quarter, all the while playing controlled, dominant defense on the Red’s struggling offense Dartmouth’s vaunted defense ended up limiting Cornell to just 13 first downs and 194 yards of total offense

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In Joey Bosa Debacle, San Diego Fails Again

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This was widely considered an excellent draft choice that would contribute to the team immediately and vastly improve the Chargers defense Bosa marks the first time that the Chargers have had a pick in the top 10 since 2004 and the team ’ s highest pick since 1998

With a highly-touted rookie in their grasp, the Chargers are expected to be a much better team this season However, contract negotiations with Bosa have made this offseason, yet again, very rocky

The Chargers ownership and front office have made many significant blunders over the years (letting go of Drew Brees, not firing Norv Turner, drafting Ryan Leaf, firing Marty Schottenheimer, etc), but after a miserable season in San Diego, and ugly battles with city government, the Chargers mishandling of Bosa comes with poor timing

The Chargers and Bosa were in a fight almost as ugly and public as their stadium battle Bosa’s mother publically called out Chargers management, claiming that Bosa should have “pulled an Eli Manning,” which angered San Diego fans This, of course, references the 2004 draft, when the Chargers selected Manning even though he made it public he would not play for them if drafted They did anyway, and he was later traded to the Giants

Bosa was, by far, the longest contract holdout since 2011, when a new labor deal was renegotiated making holdouts less common Bosa’s displeasure came when the Chargers wanted to defer some of his signing bonus to

2017, but Bosa wanted to receive all his money this season

The Chargers had until the start of the regular season to sign Bosa and used nearly that full amount of time Both sides would have lost had Bosa not signed, with the Chargers losing out on a potential franchise player, and Bosa having to wait until the next draft to play in the NFL

Thankfully (if you are a Chargers fan), the team signed Bosa to a four-year contract today The Chargers sent out a press release expressing that Bosa had not accepted their best offer, which featured an 85 percent payout upfront of Bosa’s signing bonus $17 million dollars with a 15 percent deferment to March of next year

The Chargers and Bosa saga with a happy ending, at least compared to the nastiness of their public contract dispute Bosa still must come into a Chargers’ training camp having missed the first half and losing an opportunity to mesh with a team that has been training for months without him The Chargers lost even more faith from their fan base and potentially hurt their bid for a new stadium by another public skirmish over money

The situation should have been dealt with much earlier and behind closed doors for both the sake of Bosa and the Chargers’ ownership, but at least both sides came to a consensus This salvages a good amount of value from the situation, but both sides hurt themselves in their contract stalemate

Runners Hope Offseason Pays Dividends

By CHARLES COTTON Sun Staff Writer

It was a windy late October day when the men ’ s cross countr y team delivered a valiant performance in Ne w York’s Van Cortlandt Park, falling just 10 points shy of an Ivy League title One of the closest run Heps of alltime, the result was only good enough for a fourth place finish, but the runners still put together an excellent showing

Two weeks later, the Red took third place in NCAA regionals, falling just one spot shy of an NCAA Championship bid Two runners did make the trip to Louisville, Kentucky for the event, the first time in over 20 years for Cornell’s program

Both of them Ben Rainero and Brian Eimstad graduated in the spring, leaving a deep void to fill Despite this loss, men ’ s cross country head coach Zeb Lang feels his new freshmen class will help out

“We graduated our two NCAA qualifiers from last season, but we have a solid crew of seven incoming freshmen here now to help us continue our success, ” he said

Nearly all of the men ’ s cross country team also competes in distance events as part of the track and field team, and numerous members of the team ran very well

“Our senior trio of James Gowans, David Taylor, and Mark Tedder are all coming off of

incredible track seasons, ” Lang said “All three qualified for the NCAA East Regional meet in May, and Gowans established himself as one of the best milers in the countr y at the NCAA Championships indoors and outdoors ” He ran an extremely impressive 3:58 mile back in February, just the 459th sub four minute mile ever run

This offseason has been a very productive one and he hopes the team ’ s motivation and work ethic manifest themselves in results, according to Lang

“The training has been going extremely well,” he said “The guys are hungry, happy, and healthy coming into the new year ”

The calendar for this year

includes just five meets before Ivy Championships, but Lang has stressed the importance of the socalled regular season and working hard every day

“ We have 12 weeks to NCAAs,” he said “That is plenty of time to lay a strong foundation of workouts We don’t over-hype any one race, but when we race, we aren ’ t farming for cupcakes We bring it We have scheduled national-class competitions all fall, so there’s not a soft spot anywhere on our schedule ” Still, the season comes down to the Red’s performance in November during championship season

“ We are training for November,” Lang added “ We

intend to give it our all to qualify as a team for the NCAA Championships and make another run at the Ivy Heps title in the process ”

Heps take place in late October and NCAA Championships follow a few weeks later in November, but the season gets underway in two weeks, and coach Lang is looking forward to his team ’ s chemistry coming together

“I can ’ t wait to see how this team gels as a unit,” he said “Each year the team chemistry is a bit different ”

Lang is also excited to see the further progression of his new senior class all of whom he coached as freshmen in his first season at the helm

“Since I started coaching the group, our first recruiting class has now reached senior year, ” he said “Our first recruits now lead the team, and it’s been amazing to watch these guys develop It’s a ton of fun to see this group of distance runners blossom ” Time will tell if those seniors can use their experience to lead the Red to the promised land later on in the year

Action gets under way September 10 at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational hosted by Penn State, where several nationally recognized teams are slated to compete

Charles Cotton can be reached at ccotton@cornellsun com

Women’s Soccer Wins First Game 1-0

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ward, the Red still has six more games to get ready Ivy League play, which begins on September 23 at Columbia

“At this point in the season we have a couple of tough non-conference games coming up, so I think we ’ re really going to try and use those to prepare for the Ivy games, ” DeLoach added

The team would like to use this stretch of games to prepare for Ivy foes, and in the end, hopes it prepares them for a long run in the postseason

“We know that we can be competitive in ever y game, and I think that one of our overall team goals is to finish with a better record in our Ivy League season and to better o u r Iv y L e a g u e r a n k i n g , ” Pullano said

Shan Dhaliwal can be reached at sdhaliwal@cornellsun com

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Strikers Start Hot With 1-0 Win Over N.Y. Foes

By SHAN DHALIWAL Sun Assistant Sports Editor

For the second year in a row, the women ’ s soccer team kicked their season off against in-state opponent Siena College While last year ’ s opener ended in a draw, this year ’ s saw Cornell get the better of the Saint Bernards in a 1-0 win

Junior forward Paige DeLoach had the team ’ s lone goal in the fifth minute which was all that was necessary to secure the win The Red’s defense, and especially senior goalkeeper Kelsey Tierney, was able to hold off the Saints for the game ’ s last 85 minutes

“Overall, I think the team played very well through the heat and tough conditions,” DeLoach said

The Red fired eight shots, three on goal, and Tierney made four saves of her own to help the Red start the season on a positive note

“ We came out with great competitive spirit and energy which is very influential in setting the tone for the season, ” said junior for ward Tess Pullano “We moved the ball around well and created some great chances ”

Despite the win, both DeLoach and Pullano stressed that maintaining a high energy throughout the game is something the team can improve upon “During the second half our level of play and possession dropped a lot, which I think boiled down to us not having a lot of game fitness and experience playing together,” DeLoach said “As the

Oh, San Diego ...

For the San Diego Chargers, no offseason is too quiet Even if they have a mundane season, the team still finds a way to stay relevant in the offseason, but usually not for the right reasons

The Chargers finished last season with four wins, leaving them ahead of only the Tennessee Titans and Cleveland Browns The team ’ s franchise quarterback Philip Rivers is entering into his 13th season at the age of 34 and begins the first year of a four-year extension Age has not impacted Rivers’s play too drastically, though, as he put together a stellar season in 201516 by racking up the second most yards and the 12th most touchdowns of any quarterback in the league

Despite this, the team as a whole failed to reach

the playoffs for the fifth time in six seasons and watched their rivals in Denver win the Superbowl

This offseason, they also lost long-time free safety Eric Weddle to free agency after a series of contract disputes with the team The mediocrity of the Chargers was further overshadowed by the dark cloud of a potential move to Los Angeles

Ownership has had a public battle with the local San Diego government, pressuring the city and their taxpayers into building a new stadium by threatening a move to Los Angeles A 4-12 season seemed like a disappointing end to a somewhat successful yet championship-less era for the Chargers in San Diego, but they agreed to remain located in San Diego for at least the 2016 season

The one positive thing about a poor season is the high draft pick that comes with it The best thing that came out of the 2015 season for the Chargers was being awarded the third overall pick, where they selected all-American defensive end Joey Bosa out of

season goes on and as we get more used to playing with each other, we should be able to keep our level of play up through the second half ”

“We just need to keep working on our competitiveness and toughness in front of the net so we are able to finish more of the chances we create, ” Pullano added “This will definitely be a goal moving forward ”

Three of the Red’s 11 starters were freshmen, and freshman midfielder Juliana Comer picked up her first collegiate assist in the win The three freshman starters are part

of the eight new additions to the roster announced at the beginning of the season

“Our freshmen are really cool and seem to be adjusting well to the team and to school,” DeLoach said “We did a lot of team bonding during preseason, and we spend time together everyday to strengthen the bonds we have to create a stronger team ”

Acclimating the freshmen to college soccer and college life in general isnot always up to them, according to the seasoned veterans

“As a junior, I really try and talk to the freshmen as much as possible on and off the field, both about soccer and life in general because I know that when I was a freshman it meant a lot when the upperclassmen reached out to me, ” Pullano said “Knowing people on campus as a freshman always makes you feel so much more comfortable ” Comer who played in first collegiate game ever Sunday looked and acted like she had been on the college field for years

“I think we did a good job of keeping our shape on defense and staying compact in the middle,” she said “We did a good job of supporting each other’s passes and moving around to get into space to get the ball ” Hoping to carry their momentum for-

Anatomy of a 1-9 Football Season

By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Sports Editor

Last year, the Cornell football team stumbled to a 1-9 record, and, in a fashion similar to the 2014 season, the team picked up its lone victory against Columbia in the second to last week of the season

With the announcement of the team ’ s four captains and the 2016 campaign is fast approaching, it is a good time to look back on last year ’ s one-win season

19-14 Loss to Bucknell

The Red opened the 2015 season with a clash against Bucknell on homecoming Cornell sputtered out of the gate, making men-tal mistakes on both sides of the ball In what would a yearlong trend, the team mis goals and failed to capitaliz opportunities Yet despite the b ders, the team played well eno to open up a 14-10 lead with than two minutes to go Bu “miraculous” throw from Buck quarterback R J Nitti on a fo and-goal from the 10-yard l Cornell into the locker room stinging loss to start the season

33-26 Loss to Yale

In the second game of the an away match against Yale the men found their footin early, taking a 26-7 lead with a few minutes to go in the first half Then it all began to unravel A long kickoff return toward the end of the half allowed the Bulldogs to sc begin to close the gap After halftime, Yale clamped down on the Red, shut-

ting out a Cornell offense that had been so potent just minutes before The Bulldogs scored 20 points in the second half, dropping the Red to 0-2

28-21 Loss to Colgate

Following the defeat at Yale, Cornell welcomed Colgate to Ithaca for the first Friday night game in program history The Red came out of the gate stagnant, letting the Raiders’ dynamic playmaking quarterback Jake Melville have a field day Melville ended the contest with 257 yards through the air to go with his 97 rushing yards Colgate took a 28-7 lead into the fourth quarter The Red attempted a massive comeback, scoring twice to put the team down by a touchdown with just over four

plete passes from senior quarterback Robert Somborn from 10 yards away from the goal line ended the Red’s hope to knock off Colgate

40-3 Loss to Harvard Up next for the Red came defending champion and nationally ranked Harvard The Crimson took a 17-3 lead into the half, but this time there was no late rally from the Red Harvard’s dominant offense tacked on 23 more points in the second half, holding Cornell scoreless The loss was the Red’s 10th straight deficit against the Crimson

31-6 Loss to Sacred Heart Next Cornell traveled to Sacred Heart to take on the Pioneers An