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University Sees Spike

In D.O. Matriculants

Over 150 percent rise in enrollees since ’08

Cornell has seen a 153 percent increase in the number of matriculants to osteopathic medical schools between 2008 and 2013, according to Rebecca Sparrow, executive director of Cornell Career Services

This figure supports national trends which recently came to light after the publication of a The New York Times piece with the number of students enrolling in osteopathic medical schools increasing and approximately a quarter of all medical school graduates coming from such schools

“The numbers are small though the percentage is high,” Sparrow said of the figure “In 2008, we only had 15 matriculants in D O schools, jumping up to 38 in 2013 But the interesting thing is that the big jump happened between 2008 and 2009, so we went from 15 matriculants in 2008 to 26 in 2009, and it’s gradually increased to 38 in 2013 ”

Sparrow added that the University’s trend of students applying to D O schools appears to be “ stronger ” than the national one

“Looking at the numbers, we had almost a 50 percent jump in number of applications from Cornell [to D O schools] from 2008 to 2009, but nowhere near that kind of an increase [in the national trend] between those two years or even from 2008 to

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Members of the Cornell community rallied

response to the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by police officers last month in Ferguson, Missouri

Black Students United with support from student groups Islamic Alliance for Justice and Students for Justice in Palestine, as well as Cornell faculty members organized and led the “Rally on

Cornell Entrepreneurship Kickoff Aims

By ZOE FERGUSON Sun Staff Writer

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C.U. Students Targeted by Paintball Gun; Investigation Ongoing, Police Say

Over the past week, multiple students have repor ted to police that they have been str uck by paintballs while on campus, according to the C o r n e l l Un i v e r s i t y Po l i c e Depar tment

A “black or dark-colored sedan” driving around campus has targeted students with a paintball gun that would be discharged while moving, according to police Mutliple incidents have been repor ted at different locations on campus Tuesday and last Thursday between 5:45 p m and 11 p m

Under Ne w York State law, pos-

session of “ any sor t of weapon that fires a projectile is illegal on campus, ” according to police “ This behavior is intolerable on campus or off,” police said in a crime aler t sent to Cornellians Wednesday evening Police are continuing to investigate the incidents Officials said they “strongly encourage anyone who has been a victim of this harassment” or anyone else with information regarding the incident to contact CUPD

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Thursdays at 626: The Israeli/Palestinian Conflict Today Noon - 1 p m , 626 Thurston Avenue

The Skills Gap and African Development 2:30 - 4 p m , G08 Uris Hall

Student Assembly Meeting

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Douglas Elmendorf, Director of the Congressional Budget Office

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Tjaden to Undergo Major Renovations

By MEGAN COSSEY ’98

Students in the College of Art, Architecture and Planning were greeted with one less building and a slew of changes this semester as construction plans began on Tjaden Hall

The complete overhaul of Tjaden, which houses the art department, is the first step in a larger $29 million renovation project of the four buildings which make up the architecture college

Asbestos removal began this summer, forcing faculty offices and classrooms into Sibley Hall and the Foundry until completion of the Tjaden project, according to Prof Robert Bertoia, chair of the art department

Bertoia said that administrators indicated Tjaden construction will be complete by January 1998, but added that, “We’ll believe it when we see it ”

Bertoia explained that actual construction on the building will not begin until the University comes to a decision about construction bids, which are still coming in at this late date He added that he would not be surprised if the project was several months behind schedule

Plans for Tjaden, which was built in 1883, include the construction of a new elevator, the renovation of plumbing, heating, fire detection and alarm systems and a complete overhaul of the existing floor plan The new renovations will be constructed in accordance with the American Disabilities Act

Due to the reshuffling, graduate students in the City and Regional Planning Department were told last semester to expect new temporary facilities at Pleasant Grove Apartments on north campus to leave Sibley space open for art department faculty

But instead, CRP grads returned this semester to find their offices housed in mobile units outside of Helen Newman Hall, explained Prof Porus Olpadwala, chair of CRP

“There have been so many plans and there have been so many pitfalls,” Olpadwala said, though overall, “things are okay ”

Currently, students and faculty in the CRP and art department are adjusting to the changes and trying to make the transition as smooth as possible

“It’s a big move like this, little problems crop up every day,” Olpadwala said

Professors, Students Examine Ferguson Shooting in Panel

Prof: Unarmed minority teenager’s death could inspire next Civil Rights Movement

By ASHLEY COLLIS-BURGESS Sun Staff Writer

Cornellians examined American race relations and the social implications of the way police handled the Aug 9 shooting of an unarmed black teenager Wednesday in Fe r g u s o n , M i

a Studies and Research Center

Du r i n g t h e p a n e l d i s c u s s i o n , Pro f Travis Gosa, Africana studies, said he h o p e s t h a t M i c h a e l Brown will not be a “forgotten casualty [in a] white supremacist” America

He added that the symbolism of Brown’s d e a t h c o u l d i n s p i r e p o

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difficult for the average white american to express empathy for Black life,” Gosa said He s a i d

practices” need to be eradicated to make Brown’s death meaning ful

“If there is any hope we can make Michael Brown’s death meaning ful, we have to deal with the basic lack of empathy,” Gosa said “Black boys and girls, since preschool find themselves in the revolving door of sur-

“Black boys and girls ... find themselves in the revolving door of surveillance, punishment and criminalization.” P

“ The symbolism of Michael Brown’s death could inspire the next Civil Rights movement or at least, help us think of what are insurges of real organizations activisms, politics might mean, all that is lost in post blackness, post-racial Obama America,” he said

Gosa also said he believes the main takeaway of the Ferguson case is the white disbelief of the innocence of blacks, especially children

“ The issue I’m interested is how, 50 years later, can we live in an America, where institutionalized racism makes it

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ment and law, said he

result of the shooting

“ The purpose of that investigation is not reform of law,” Marguiles said “It is to bring Ferguson into compliance with law that is already corr upted by this transformation Do not look to the law it is not your solution ”

Prof Noliwee Rooks, Africana studies and feminist, gender and sexuality studies, also said she believes the countr y

relations “I don’t think we have yet seen in this

attached to it,” she said “I’m not sure we can be successful unless we go back to what is considered the ‘old school’ practice of politics, 1960s style, where you had sit ins, demonstrations and boycotts ”

Samantha Primeaux ’16 said the for um reaffirmed her confidence in the power of activism “ The for um on Ferguson, while brief,

greatly impacted my understanding of political activism and social media platforms, as well as the need to make change through protest, ” she said “ The rally which followed the panel was a power ful way to peacefully spread the messages and engage the Cornell community ”

Ashley Collis-Burgess can be reached at acollisburgess@cornellsun com

Former Florida Representative to Speak at Cornell

West will discuss the future of United States foreign policy, Russian invasion of Crimea

By ANNIE BUI Sun News Editor

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Rev Bruce Shipman former priest-in-charge of the Episcopal Church at Ya le Un iv ers i t y resigned from his position after a letter he published in The New York Times drew national attention for its alleged anti-Semitism, The Yale Daily News reported Tuesday Shipman defended his remarks, saying he is not anti-Semitic

Princeton Professor Denied Probable Cause Hearing

The Princeton Municipal Court decided Monday not to hold a probable cause hearing in the case of Pri n ce ton Un i v ers i ty Professor John Mulaney, who was arrested this summer for theft, according to The Daily Princetonian Mulaney was arrested for reportedly stealing commercial lawn signs

Theft Rates Drop Around University of Pennsylvania Campus

A retail theft task force reportedly lessened theft at Philadelphia stores such as such as American Apparel and Urban Outfitters around the Un i ver s i ty of Pen n s y lv an i a campus, The Daily Pennsylvanian reported Wednesday In past years, the stores experienced dozens of thefts during the summer, but this year only five thefts were reported at the local top five retail locations

Compiled by Zoe Ferguson

More Students Turn to D.O. Degrees

Career Services: Perception that D.O. degrees are easy a ‘misconception’

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2013,” Sparrow said

Osteopathic medical schools focus on a “ more holistic view” of health care and the “preserving and creating” of health, according to Sparrow On the other hand, allopathic medical schools, which offer M D degrees, have more of an emphasis on research and thus might appeal more to Cornell students, she said

“There is less of an emphasis on research in D O schools, and a lot of students coming from Cornell have done undergraduate research and really want to continue doing research as physicians,” Sparrow said “They may in fact want to continue with an M D or Ph D program, so that may be another thing that has led to the perception that [D O ] is a less good alternative ”

This research-oriented medical outlook is reflected in some students’ reasoning for choosing M D and dual M D and Ph D programs

“It’s become clear to me that the whys and the hows of research are what make me love science,” said Alessandra Tomasi ’15 “I see myself pursuing a career that ties daily interactions with patients in clinic with the promise of bettering treatments and advancing our u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f m e d i c i n e i n t h e future ”

However, Sparrow also said osteopathic medical schools might actually be the preferred path for many students, depending on their interests and their

motivations in their study of medicine

“I think that anything that can be done to dispel the myth that [D O ] is the path that you would take if you can ’ t cut it as an M D at an allopathic school is good,” she said

Sparrow attributes the perception that a D O degree is less prestigious than an M D to the credentials of the two degrees, as the average MCAT score and GPA of students at D O schools have been historically lower, she said

“It is absolutely true that it is competitive to get into M D schools [But] it is also competitive to get into D O

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schools,” she said “So the idea that [D O ] is the ‘ easy path’ is a little bit of a misconception ”

Some students, such as Jon Kim ’17, said they were intent on pursuing an M D

“I feel like anything short of an M D can take away from the true experience of being a doctor,” Kim said

David Ko ’15 said he is also planning o n p u r s u i n g a n M D b e c a u s e h i s undergraduate education has “geared” him toward obtaining an M D education as opposed to D O

“[I also] prefer the metropolitan locations of many M D programs as opposed to the rural locations of many

D O programs, ” Ko said

The trend among Cornell students seems to be to aim for an M D degree as a result of the University’s selectivity

a n d r i g o ro u s a c a d e m i c c u r r i c u l u m , according to Ko

“I believe that students are not discouraged at the low rate of admissions into M D programs, but are rather challenged, and it adds to their motivation,” Ko said “The prestige associated with traditional M D programs and the fact that many are at the cutting edge of the latest medical research and advancem e n t s i n p ro c e d u re s c a p t i va t e s

Cornellians to a greater degree ”

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Glen Francisco ’15 said they were considering both schools for their future careers in medicine

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arguably not as competitive as a lot of other applicants from Cornell, and so the D O schools are somewhat of a safety option for me ”

Rana Sulieman ’17 said she is considering both tracks and does not consider one track over the other

“I have friends who are going into b o t h t y p e s o f m e d i c i n e , ” s h e s a i d

“However, I am also a little bit hesitant because while both D O and M D are qualified, it seems as of now that M D is seen as more credible, namely by patients ”

Ashley Chu can be reached at achu@cornellsun com

Man Convicted Of Two Murders P

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) A man convicted of gunning down his former common-law wife and her brother more than two decades ago in Houston was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday evening

Willie Trottie’s execution was carried out about 90 minutes after the U S Supreme Court rejected his last-day appeals He had contended he had poor legal help at his trial and questioned the potency of the execution drug

Trottie repeatedly expressed love to witnesses both people he selected and relatives of his victims, Barbara and Titus Canada and several times asked for forgiveness as he was about to be executed

“I love you all,” he said “I’m going home, going to be with the Lord Find it in your hearts to forgive me I’m sorry ”

As the lethal dose of the powerful sedative pentobarbital took effect, he closed his eyes and breathed quietly After about eight breaths, he opened his mouth to exhale, then closed it There was no further movement

Trottie, 45, was pronounced dead at 6:35 p m CDT 22 minutes after the injection began

His was the eighth lethal injection this year in Texas, and the first in the nation’s most active death penalty state since recent executions went awry in Oklahoma and Arizona Unlike those states, where a drug combination is used for capital punishment, Texas uses a single lethal dose of pentobarbital

He became the second death row inmate executed in the U S on Wednesday Earl Ringo Jr received a lethal injection just after midnight in Missouri for a 1998 robbery and double murder

Cornell Entrepreneurs Showcase Startups

STARTUPS Continued from page 1

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“[We hope to involve] the entire entrepreneurial spectrum or those just looking to better understand what entrepreneurship is and how it is a part of Cornell.”

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s c h o o l ” A d a m K i r s c h g r a d , p a r t n e r o f t a l e n t a n d c o m m u n i c a t i o n s a t L i f e C h a n g i n g L a b s , s a i d t h e g o a l o f t h e e v e n t w a s “ t o e n g a g e a w i d e v a r i e t y o f p e o p l e f r o m a c r o s s c a mp u s ” “ [ We h o p e t o i n v o l v e ] t h e e n t i re e n t re p re n e u ri a l s p e c t r u m o r t h o s e j u s t l o o k i n g t o b e t t e r u n d e r s t a n d w h a t e n t rep re n e u r s h i p i s a n d h ow i t i s a p a r t o f C o r n e l l , ” h e s a i d

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h a v e a c o m p a n y a n d b u s i n e s s p l a n ”

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e v e n t t o s t u d e n t s f r o m d i f f e re n t a re a s o f s t u d y “ T h i s e v e n t i s t a r g e t e d t ow a rd s t h e w h o l e C o r n e l l c o m m u n i t y, ”

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a m a z i n g t h i n g s s t u d e n t s a t C o r n e l l a re d o i n g ”

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Zoe Ferguson can be reached at zferguson@cornellsun com

Students Rally Against Police Brutality

Protesters seek to promote ‘solidarity’ and awareness about inequality

RALLY Continued from page 1

a l l i e s t h a t h a p p e n e d r i g h t a f t e r M i k e B r o w n ’ s s h o o t i n g , ” s a i d Su r a y y a D

“We have to move to a radical response and transform the system How are we going to ameliorate a fundamentally anti-human system?”

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o f p a s s e r b y s t o p p e d t o o b s e r v e , s e v e r a l o f t h e m o p t i n g t o l i e d o w n i n s u p p o r t o f t h e c a u s e T h e g r o u p t h e n f o r m e d a c i r c l e s u r r o u n d i n g Ho P l a z a , a n d Pr o f R u s s e l l R i c k f o r d , h i s t o r y, g a v e a s p e e c h o n a r a n g e o f t o p i c s i n c l u d i n g i n e q u a l i t y, w h i t e s u p r e m a c y a n d p o s t - r a c i a li s m “ We h a v e

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The Pangs of The Social Justice Crusade

s a student of social justice, I constantly have to battle between biting my tongue, or chopping someone else's out It's a side effect of enlightenment of the social constructs that divide the world Other side effects include using words like "social construct, " an inflated ego and an incessant analysis of our daily life It's a heavy cross to bear, but the thrill of learning how to be a decent human being, supporting marginalized communities and learning about one ' s own social identities is so worth it

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Or so I thought I don't fancy myself an expert on social justice, I'm a learner and I'm a teacher, and my involvement in Cornell's Intergroup Dialogue Project has definitely changed my perspective on ever ything Opinions on everyday things are suddenly intensified For example, Miley Cyrus' twerking: appropriation of black culture Cornell's hills: unchecked ableism An atheist saying "bless you " : appropriating Christian culture (That last one was a joke)

After facilitating IDP for a semester (which involves group conversation on social issues), and then being part of a cultural competency-mini dialogue class in the summer, I thought I would be ready to go abroad and tackle any issues, explore the different power dynamics present in foreign cultures As always, I assumed I was mature enough for certain things Maybe there's a reason bouncers still think I m 15

about body types and mentioned their apparent horror when visiting Mexico, when they walked behind a "huge" woman carrying her child, who only happened to be 30, one year older than the speaker My claws immediately came out I outwardly shrugged, wanting to leave the conversation, and internally glared

All my previous notions of what a nice person this new "friend" was died instantly I was enraged, I couldn't possibly stand near this person after they'd attacked the women of my country It felt like cruel judgement upon my mother, my sister, my cousins, aunts, grandmothers, godmothers and any woman of color who didn't fit into stupid body ideals I wanted to spit fire, to mock this person ' s stupid, privileged notions, to remind them that not all countries are as sterile as theirs, as health-conscious or with health care, with social systems that give people, especially women, equal opportunity I wanted to say "good for you, you ' re so lucky you don't have the countless reasons why someone may not be stick-thin

The French say we try to be politically correct, and there’s a distinction between political correctness and awareness of social issues, but maybe they’re characterizing our reactions to these touchy subjects. People are allowed to have their own opinions, whether informed or not

Even domestically, I sometimes have issues with how to react to injustice, or even microaggressions I second guess myself: Am I being too harsh? Too defensive? Too sensitive? Like Spider-Man's spidey-sense, is my advocate-sense faltering?

In the U S , when faced with a trigger, I can usually boil the offensive word/phrase/idea down to internalized x, or an aspect of the person ' s background, general ignorance and rarely, plain malevolence I usually have the confidence to speak out about the trigger (since I'm usually among peers or friends) and unless it's something extremely enraging, I can blow it off I often thought that Europe would be different, stemming from the internalized antiAmericanism higher education has given me

Let's just say that across the pond, the ugly duckling is picked on, regardless of the lake he swims in Europe is filled with different attitudes towards immigration, a different view on economics and welfare and a lack of filter when it comes to speaking about such issues Duh, right? Of course it would be different I just hoped that there would be other agents of change around here, maybe there'd be something in the water So far I've only found one other person that shares many of my views on social issues

Let's pinpoint my problem to Saturday night, when the topic of Parisian body types came up An acquaintance we'd just met from a Nordic country spoke about visiting France when they were younger, and proceeded to say how their view on Parisian body sizes went from "skinny" to "normal ” I expressed that, to me, everyone is pretty skinny [cue the fat American/Biggest Loser jokes] It stung, as it always stings to someone who's not completely comfortable with said generalization, but that wasn ' t the problem The Scandinavian person continued to talk

You're lucky you can afford to think about vanity while others have to care for their children's sur vival You're lucky your country doesn't screw people over "

IKEA and all its furniture was suddenly on the top of my shitlist

I acted as maturely as I could, said " no judgements," shook my head and walked away from the conversation All the person said was "it's so depressing" or something pithy along those lines I distanced myself from said person for the rest of the night, for both our sakes Was I overreacting? Had my culture shock gotten the best of me? Maybe I just really missed the openness of my conscious Cornellians, and the constant checks on our privilege back home The French say we try to be politically correct, and there's a distinction between politically correctness and awareness of social issues, but maybe they're characterizing our reactions to these touchy subjects People are allowed to have their own opinions, whether informed or not As an agent of change, I should have taken the chance to educate this stranger, or express my dissent I'd never see them again anyways, so I should have been fine to discuss my discomfort For now I need to go back to the start, back to the books and to back down until I'm ready to approach conflict with serenity

The trick is to remind myself, and anyone else suffering from insult, that to be human is to err I'm not a perfect advocate for social justice I make assumptions, react incorrectly and I'm a product of my raising No one is a perfect person The trick is to realize when one ' s done something wrong, explore why and try to make amends There are times when to take action-to make a learning opportunity, and then there are times to let it go The trick is to be in the right mindset, to be ready to teach, ready to face resistance and ready to back down Check yourself before you wreck the fragile-but-necessary-socialcontract-of-friendships Or just check yourself before you tell someone to check their privilege

Kevin Milian is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at kmilian@cornellsun com Milian Dollar Baby appears on alternate Thursdays this semester

Ruth M. | I’m Just Gonna Shake It

Love, Lust and the In-Between

Picturethis: It’s Friday night, and the bell for last call just rang at Dunbars

You get a text from the guy you hooked up with a week ago “What’s your plan for the rest of the night?” A smile creeps on your face as you get booty-called; someone wants you Everyone wants to feel wanted, don’t they? You go to his house, chat and make out until you ’ re both naked and he’s trying all of his favorite techniques to get you off He gives up after three minutes as soon as you ’ re sufficiently wet, climbs on top and you have sex The sex feels good, as most sex does, and he finishes and rolls over Maybe you stay over, and maybe he cuddles with you You’re kind of sweaty and kind of have to pee, but as you lay half-satisfied in his arms, the oxytocin kicks in and you begin to think about how it could be if you two were together, and if he cuddles all the girls he hooks up with like this You think he’s cute and funny and you picture him inviting you to his formal and how great the pictures will look Meanwhile he is passed out, snoring in your ear The next morning he tells you he has something to do at nine a m so you’ll have to leave, and sorry that he can ’ t walk you home

So many college-aged women settle for this inthe-moment lust when

they can ’ t find love They claim they’re just in it for the sex or that they’re not ready for a commitment, but in that dark, warm, post-coital moment when he holds you and the feel-good hormones course through your body, your mind wanders to its true desire Everyone wants to be in love It’s when these thoughts start to cross your mind despite the knowledge that he’s seeing other girls or that he ignores your texts sometimes or that he outright tells you that he doesn’t see himself dating you that you need to sit down with your best friends and watch He s Just Not That Into You and move on These thoughts convince women to stay with a guy who is not that into them because he seems like the closest thing they can find, and having a guy who wants to sleep with you is better than having no one at all, right? I’m urging you to wait for the real thing Don’t exhaust your emotions on someone who simply enjoys the fact that you make him orgasm

Wait for the real thing. Don’t exhaust your emotions on someone who simply enjoys the fact that you make him orgasm.

I don’t believe in love at first sight, or second or third sight for that matter I wasn ’ t in love with any of the guys I slept with the first time I slept with them However, it is possible for these hookups to turn into love Of course there are all of the obvious signs that he actually likes you for more than your body, which you can find on any self-help “does he actually like me ” website However, there are a few clues in the bedroom If he loves you, he doesn’t just do whatever it takes to get you wet enough to get inside you easily He actually wants you to feel good and it gives him immeasurable pleasure to get you off, even if it takes going down on you for 10 straight minutes He wants to look you in the eyes when you ’ re in missionary, and it’s not weird or uncomfortable He finds your red, squished-up “O” face to be the sexiest thing in the world You will wake up cuddling with him as big spoon and he’ll enter you in that position, knowing you ’ re too self-conscious about morning breath to face him,

but knowing that you want to do it just as much as he does He lusts after you, but he also loves you Hold on to the guy that loves you, and get rid of the ones that don’t The guy that booty-calls you might be a well-oiled sex machine, but sex with the guy who loves you will be so much better anyway I’m not saying you have to be dating to be in love You don’t even have to say it It’s a physical love where you appreciate each other’s bodies and get pleasure from each other’s pleasure The oxytocin doesn’t trick you into thinking you just had great meaningful sex because you know as it’s happening how great it is I’m also not saying you shouldn’t have one-night stands or go home with randoms I’m all about experimenting in college Just don’t dedicate months of your precious college time to a guy who will never love you There is a difference between sexual compatibility and love, and I urge you to seek out the difference Watch out for warning signs of disinterest early so that you can dedicate your time to the guys who think it’s cute when you fart in your sleep instead

Wheninitially asked to pen this column by The Daily Sun, I expressed a measured amount of discomfort and hesitation Unlike previous columnists, who I’ve read diligently over the past three years, I have not always possessed the same swagger that they have held between their two legs Like many students, I’ve had flashes of extreme confidence and moments of crippling doubt

Upon further examination, however, I realized that my experiences were probably more similar to the average student than the uber-successful men and women of previous columns According to a Sexual Satisfaction Survey conducted by Lifestyle Condoms (hardly scientific, but revealing nonetheless), the largest group of respondents (38 percent) indicated they had between two and four partners throughout their college lives Even though the attractive student at the opposite end of the dining hall might seem like a confident, sexual freak, it’s far more likely that they’ve been confused, worried, and scared about the subject of sex and all the emotional and mental baggage that can come with it

But before I move on to my goals and point of view, I want to briefly express my appreciation and humility towards previous writers Despite differing approaches and styles, they have offered us intimate stories aimed at enhancing our sexual lives As I embark on this journey with you, I can already see how emotionally demanding this can be and my hat goes off to their hard work

Hitch | Hints From Hitch

10 T h i n g s I T h i n k I T h i n k A b o u t S e x

they previously weren ’ t I encourage you to send your most embarrassing stories, your hard-earned wins and your deepest, darkest inquiries into the sexual experience

Before asking you for so much, I figured it was only fair for me to share my viewpoints that will inform my writing much like they guide my life Here’s my list of the 10 things I think I think about sex:

1 It’s complicated I can say this with confidence My experiences have ranged from erotic, electric and exhausting (in all the right ways) to exasperating, embarrassing and exhausting (in all the wrong ways) Sex is rarely perfect and always challenging

2 Everyone has made mistakes Whether coming in the form of awkwardness (early) or disappointment (not at all), sex can and will make us do or say things we aren ’ t proud to

sure and frustrates you For some reason, Cornellians know we need to study to make ourselves smarter and workout to make ourselves fitter We rarely make this connection to sex Put in the work and you’ll be rewarded

6 Experimentation is fun This appears in many forms, none of which are right for everyone But switch it up You’ll never know what you ’ re missing until you videotape yourself, use whipped cream and chocolate sauce or have sex when your friends are in the room (far from a comprehensive list, but all adventures I recommend)

7 No type of sexual experience is better or worse than any other As long as everyone involved is embracing their partner(s), it’s all good in my book Good things happen when people feel they are having the type of sex they want to have when they want to have it Everyone should be able to get behind that and some of us certainly do

I hope my writing can provide entertainment (my wildest nights), intrigue (my biggest mistakes) and practical advice (my sex playlist).

admit to It’s important to constantly evaluate how you treat others because of your sexual triumphs or difficulties

This brings me to the goal of my column I hope my writing can provide entertainment (my wildest nights), intrigue (my biggest mistakes) and practical advice (my sex playlist) More importantly, though, I want this column to impart advice and outlook on your sexual experiences, and assure your college years provide pleasure, excitement and, ultimately, happiness

This goal needs you Although I will do my best to provide my stories and the stories I have heard from friends, your openness and questions will help drive this column and ensure Cornell students are accurately represented in a way

3 It drives a lot of our decisions I don’t think it’s hard to see why this is true Look around a college party, the front page of The New York Times or your favorite commercials

4 On a more serious note, the pursuit of your sexual happiness should never impede or infringe on another’s I’ve seen its damage Two of my previous partners have been subject to sexual abuse in the form of psychological pressure and/or physical coercion and the pain and apprehension they feel is tough to see, and I couldn’t come close to possibly understanding how much tougher to personally deal with

5 Good sex is a pursuit that requires practice and thought, much like any other activity that brings you plea-

8 I definitely do not have it figured out

Despite The Sun’s confidence in me, I would never claim to be an expert

9 No one has it figured out Like me, I doubt you know exactly what you want If you ’ ve somehow stumbled upon that perfect formula, the column is all yours please teach me your ways

10 It’s worth figuring out Even though my last point can seem discouraging, I’d never suggest you pursue anything less than sexual perfection Embarrassment can be fun and mistakes are almost always learning moments

Like a lecture that focuses on the syllabus, the first article is never as interesting as the others, and I hope I can keep you on the edge of your seats and atop your beds for the coming year Leave me with your orientation week escapades or lingering questions about your sexual summer and I’ll be sure to include them in upcoming columns

Dining Guide

Your source for good food

By CATHERINE ELSAESSER Sun Staff Writer

Some of my favorite things about the City of Ithaca are its diverse restaurants and attention to locally sourced food products A place to learn about both produce from the Finger Lakes area and hand crafted edi-

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The sight and the savor y breakfast and lunches are per fect for unwinding after a long week

With dozens of food vendors to choose from, I’ve compiled a list of some of my favorite finds

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pers, there are plenty of breakfast options to please any palate Two of my favorite booths are

sweet breakfast lovers, the apple cider and apple cider donuts at Little Tree Orchards make for t h e p e

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donuts are inexpensive and satisfy my cravings for a sugar y, fried breakfast pastr y

Little Tree Orchards is another popular breakfast vendor, Solaz

always seems to have a long line, so I recommend getting to the market early This vendor specializes in burritos, and the small breakfast burrito is the per fect size to placate a growling stomach The simple burrito that I tried consisted of eggs, cheese and a choice of mild, medium or h o t s a l s a T h e t h i n g t h a t impressed me the most was that each burrito was made fresh to order I chose the hot salsa to add to my burrito, and the spicy c o n d i m

mented the melted cheese and soft scrambled eggs This meal was less than five dollars, which is great for students on a budget B A C K Y A R D B A K E S H O P

Besides donuts and burritos, visitors to the market can choose from a variety of bakeries that offer savor y and sweet options One tempting pastr y my friend

Backyard Bake Shop The vendors offered to warm it up for h e r, a n d t h e c i n n a m o n r o l l ’ s melted raspberr y center was perfect The shop offered other fr uit fillings for their cinnamon rolls in addition to muffins and an assor tment of other goods

From Cuban to Japanese food, the variety of lunch cuisines at the Farmers Market is equally impressive I recommend the cold peanut lime noodles from Macro Mama’s The smaller por tion of the noodles is only four dollars and is a smar t choice if you are planning on tr ying different snacks from multiple market vendors The dish is full of thinly sliced cucumber and carrots and is garnished with chopped peanuts and sliced green onion for added texture and flavor I was expecting the noodles to resemble Pad Thai, but the sauce was creamier, a pleasant surprise that left me satisfied

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K h m e r Angkor The booth is close to the water, and I savored the daily chicken special while overlooking the boats and wildlife near the docks The dish consisted of large chunks of tender chicken, simmered in a red sauce that was

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d around a cooked banana filling and ser ved in a banana leaf It was sweet without being overpowering

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Let’s Be Frank: Fassbender Stuns

SHAY COLLINS Sun Contributor

Director Leonard Abrahamson’s latest release Frank focuses not on the meteoric rise of rock stars destined for success, but rather on the neuroses and struggles of musicians ebbing between notoriety and anonymity For the members of Soronprfbs when later asked to pronounce the band’s name, instrumentalist Clara (Maggie Gyllenhaal) merely shrugs brief fame serves only to amplify the anxieties that each musician carries throughout the movie, from unrequited love to fears of mediocrity

The viewer can easily relate to frustrated-songwriter-cum-officedrone Jon (Domhnall Gleeson) who, in the first scene, wanders around his drab Irish town, searching for musical inspiration Attempting to craft hits from the minutiae of suburban life (a sample hook: “Ladies and babies, that’s the way it is”), Jon wanders dejectedly along the grey seashore, shuffles through a nine-to-five and sits aimlessly in his room, which appears to be unchanged since his boyhood

Jon’s first sighting of Soronprfbs reveals the simultaneous melancholia and absurdity of Frank’s rag-tag gang of followers As Jon watches in horror, and the rest of Soronprfbs in boredom, keyboard player Lucas (Shane O’Brien) attempts to drown himself following a disagreement with Clara The darkly humorous scene closes upon the chilling shot of Lucas, wide-eyed and shaking violently, being loaded into the ambulance as Don casually discusses details for the next night’s show with Jon

Frank himself does not appear, however, until the following night when Jon fills in on keyboard during Soronprfb’s set Frank walks out amidst shimmering cymbals and warbling synths and, in an act of blunt symbolism, plugs in his head to an amplifier The band’s equipment fails and the band is nearly booed offstage, but Jon is hooked, finally possessing an outlet for his unfulfilled dreams of musical glory

Facilitated by James Mather’s understated, focused cinematography, Frank unfolds into a triptych, first in a secluded, Instagramworthy vacation lodge (think tapestry-laden wood paneling and inner-forest Jacuzzis), then in humid, dinghy Austin hotel rooms and finally back in suffocating Kansas suburbia The precision of the shots parallels Frank’s musical obsession and every exhalation of cigarette smoke, every twist of a soundboard dial feels choreographed

At the backwoods recording retreat, we enter into a pulsating, grainy portrayal of the band’s youthful joie-de-vivre and emotional turmoil, à la Ryan McGinley Underneath the façade of communal living, immersion in musical brilliance and silliness of Frank’s creative

The new sound is markedly different From grungy unapologetic punk-rock to sweet, fuzzy vocals backed largely by a single acoustic guitar, Karen O’s new record Crush Songs is hardly comparable to her previous work with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs As I listened to the album for the first time, I could not help asking myself, “Where are the layers of instrumentation? The electro-poppy edge? Where is the build?” But as a longtime fan of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, I was interested in this new style I felt as though Karen O was trying to say something different in the unrehearsed simplicity of her new record, and the more I listened, the more I tried to understand what exactly she was trying to say Crush Songs was recorded from 2006-2007 when Karen O was 27 years old The record features 15 tracks in under 25 minutes: arguably just a series of unreleased bedroom demos Far less cryptic than her previously released records with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, O’s new theme is hard love While her grungy melancholic voice used to sing of ghostly, abstract characters, in this new record, she fills these characters in with flesh As a result, we see a side of her that we have never seen before In the opening track, “Ooo,” she is bare and injured, her highpitched voice both sheer and hiding in the track’s staticy over-

process, however, schisms begin to separate band members from one another and their own sanity Drummer Nana (Carla Azar) and guitarist Baraque (François Civil) belittle Jon in French whenever they get the chance, Frank tells Jon of Don’s past agalmatophilia, and Jon, in turn, grows enraged when the band happily supports themselves off of his inheritance while refusing to use any of his songs

Leonard Abrahamson and writer Jon Ronson maintain a dark comedic effect throughout: A band member’s suicide is memorialized with a Viking burial, complete with tongue-in-cheek tchotchkes; the band members’ safe word for exercises is “chinchilla ” Furthermore, segments of overwhelming anxiety and profound sadness are punctuated by brief glimpses of tenderness and love between the band members After seeing Jon exasperated by composer ’ s block, Frank writes a brief tune about a tuft of fabric sticking up from the carpet, musing, “I wonder how old he is in carpet years ” Writers Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan work in word play throughout at one point, Don confesses that he is not sure whether Frank called Jon “cherishable” or “perishable ”

Michael Fassbender delivers a stunning performance, still carrying much of the energy and conviction that he displayed in Twelve Years a Slave Domhnall Gleeson impresses with his rapid transformation from awkward newcomer to domineering pseudo-visionary Maggie Gyllenhaal’s performance, unfortunately, comes off as extreme and rather one-note throughout The dark-horse performance of the film, however, is Scoot McNairy’s subdued and intense performance as Don that seems to hint at some trouble always brewing underneath the surface

In the end, once the head is figuratively and literally removed, the entire film unfolds in a vastly darker manner in retrospect The eccentric, charismatic Frank appears more like an extremely anxious man with a strange coping mechanism Rude, aggressive Clara

seems rather to be a person consumed by their passion and worries for a severely mentally ill Frank Additionally, the movie’s treatment of mental illness throughout the plot is simultaneously compassionate and realistic The characters edge up to energetic mania and painful anxiety, but rarely succumb to either When Jon insinuates that he thought that Frank’s mental illness allowed him to access his inner creativity, Frank’s mother replied, “Oh, he was always musical If anything it slowed him down ”

Although Frank seems like a brilliantly crafted but imaginative tale, some aspects of Frank are actually non-fictional British musician Chris Sievey crafted a character named Frank Sidebottom while fronting his band, The Freshies Screenwriter Jon Ronson, much like the fictional Jon, was approached out of the blue to play keyboards for Frank’s band Chris Sievey, too, seemed to take on obsessive qualities when playing the Frank character, such as refusing to respond to any other name Frank takes everyday experiences and objects and renders absurd and, in turn, profoundly sad A subtly truthful manifestation of the desire for, and fear of, fame will leave viewers feeling uneasy, but undoubtedly moved Frank’s head acts as a stark symbol emblematic of the desire to be seen and loved versus the terror of fully exposing oneself to scrutiny

Shay Collins is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at smc377@cornell edu

tones She warns, “Don’t tell me that they’re all the same, ” in reference to the still-open wound of a past love She follows this somber longing in the second track, “Rapt,” with “Do I need another habit like you / It’s gonna leave me blue” and “Love’s a fucking bitch ” With these open ended verses it is easy to write O off as the whiny, nostalgic end of a relationship long overdue However, as the album progresses, we instead begin to get a real sense of the vulnerability and loss ingrained in her lyrics In an interview with Lior Phillips of The Quietus, O admits, “For me, what takes the most amount of courage is becoming vulnerable and bearing your soul It’s punk rock to sing, write and perform love songs ” While this may be the case, is it punk rock to abandon the edge? The grungy riffs, the drum loops and the hard vocals? Perhaps not But as the album progresses, Karen O seems to make a case for this as well In “Body,” there are moments where the legacy of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs avantrock edge still comes through She starts out with a simple guitar riff and then builds to a grungy howl slathered in static But without all the layers of instrumentation and production of her previous records, the sound is very raw almost uncomfortably raw In the album’s final tracks, O seems to climb

halfway out of her self-imposed gloom with “Indian Summer” and “Sunset Tree ” Still, there are moments towards the end of the record where I get the sense that O is relying too heavily on how interesting her voice is and seemingly abandoning everything else As a consequence, I grew somewhat numbed to the sound, and the last track “Sing-Along” left me unsatisfied

At the beginning of the Karen O’s Crush Songs, I was entranced by the salty darkness in her soft voice, by the raw and unrepentant sorrow of her lyrics It was, after all, a very different side to an artist that I grew up loving There were moments in the latter parts of the record where I grew somewhat bored of the sound, and wished that I could have something thicker to close my eyes to But these are, of course, the criticisms that any newly solo artist will experience upon releasing work Ultimately, Karen O’s new record Crush Songs is a courageous release from an artist longing to expose a new side of herself In that way, this could be the most human we have ever seen her yet

Lylla Younes is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at ley23@cornell edu

Anchor, in which Nick Zammuto and company, sadly, under whelm But, before we get to the nitty-gritty of this album analysis, a brief histor y

In the early 2000s, Nick Zammuto started out as one half of the art-school bred, avant-sampling “folktronica” duo The Books He and his musical cohort, Paul de Jong, trudged through the aughts in unfortunate relative obscurity, releasing a string of albums (Thought for Food The Lemon of Pink, etc ) that sounded like not much else of their time or any Their formula was simple and effective, yet not easily replicable: Lay down some weirdo folk guitar tracks, on top of which go a slew of even weirder, more unsettling samples, ranging from mundane self-help speech tapes to accidental recordings of neglectful parents The result was a challenging, tongue-in-cheek, post-rock-y take on modern experimental popular music and, more often than not, it was artistic without being pretentious and still fun as hell to listen to

Fast for ward to 2012 and Zammuto and de Jong have split, with the former getting a band together called Zammuto, comprised of himself (compositions, various instruments and a fountain of quirkiness), Sean Dixon (drums), Mikey Zammuto (bass) and Nick Oddy (guitar and keyboards) Thankfully, Zammuto (the person, not the band) realized that the freak-folk spoken-word-sample charade that had been exciting in 2002 was getting worn out, and he decided to let his creative juices flow through more conventional rock song structures That isn’t to say, though, that Zammuto was conventional; the weirdness that Books enthusiasts had come to love prevailed on most of the

tracks However, there were cracks starting to show, out of which mundanity threatened to seep Zammuto, despite being an artistic success, begged the question: Which side of this record would win out in Zammuto’s next endeavor the still-thrilling, Books-esque electro-fooler y or the subpar rock-band conventionalism?

The answer comes with Anchor, which came out on September 2 and saw Zammuto (the band, not the person) with the same lineup as on the previous record, and sur vey says: subpar rock-band conventionalism (for the most part)

The disc opens up with a track called “Good Graces,” which kicks off the work rather brilliantly with incomprehensible electronic vocals, followed by a minute of floating ambience that mirrors the snow-laden serenity of the cover For this first minute, it seems as though Anchor could be a great step for ward into unfamiliarly exciting territor y for Zammuto But as soon as that thought starts to creep into your head, it’s immediately expelled as some keyboard notes and a simple little drum beat quickly (and awkwardly) take over the ambience And as the song progresses from here, you realize that this sounds pretty normal Not to say that normal is always bad, just that it doesn’t really work for Zammuto The vocals aren ’ t interesting, the instruments are boring, and all of the fun sounds which once were the fundamental building blocks of Zammuto’s music now seem like they exist simply for the sake of existing

The next track, “Great Equator,” follows suit It opens with a beat generated from carefully placed nicks in the runoff area of an old record (the way Nick makes these

beats is actually pretty interesting, and you should check out the process on his website), which in itself is a cool idea The track, however, continues predictably: basic rock song structure with some superfluities thrown in to keep you hooked The cool idea that started the song isn t substantiated by any greater compositional concepts, which ends up not only being the downfall of this song, but the record as a whole Zammuto seems to have convoluted his process of crafting brilliant compositions out of carefully picked and placed samples and eccentricities; now it seems as though he’s clinging to those fun sounds as his only way of maintaining relevance, crafting songs because of songs rather than out of them This process does not a great record make

Most of the subsequent tracks maintain this pattern: “Need Some Sun” almost sounds like it could be on the radio, and tracks like “Electric Ant” and “Your Time” just generally fall short of exciting Out of ever ything though, there are four major highlights: “Hegemony,” “Henr y Lee,” “IO,” and “Code Breaker ” “Hegemony” starts with some exciting electro-noise-freak-out jamming that materializes into a song that ends up paradoxically relying on repetition (the incessant iteration of “hegemony”) and arrhythmic percussion (the drums of Sean Dixon, which, next to Nick, are probably the best things on this record); “Henr y Lee” is one of the most radical takes on a traditional folk song in recent memor y (compare it to the original from the Anthology of American Folk Music and you’ll see what I mean); “IO,” for what it’s worth, is the best specimen of Zammuto’s new rock; and “Code Breaker,” the closer, minus the drums (which actually don’t detract from the song), sounds like it could have been on a Books record with its thrilling, evasive, almost Terr y Riley-esque structure

All of this isn’t to say that Anchor is a bad record There are definite highs and lows, and giving it a listen wouldn’t be a waste of your time by any means At its best it’s an interesting deviation into newness by Zammuto, and at its worst it’s listenable Sadly, though, Anchor does seem to be an indication of an artist in decline This disc might just mean that one of the greater musical minds of the past fifteen years should probably think about calling it quits soon

Troy Sherman is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at tfs48@cornell edu

Hedonism in High Demand: One Week in Ibiza

Ibiza is an endurance test of modern debauchery and capitalist privilege Having known next to nothing before flitting off to this ultra-cool Balearic Island off the coast of Spain this summer, my week in the Mediterranean sun after a month touring the continent became the ultimate test of human indecency Now with the season coming to a close, a mountain of press from this summer ’ s Bloom-Bieber fisticuffs, Paris Hilton’s $30 million in DJ fees on the island and Space Ibiza opening its New York outpost this weekend, it seems this White Isle is commanding headlines everywhere And after a couple weeks in Ithaca and now that Ruloff ’ s has closed its doors, Dunbar’s has substantiated itself as one buttery-smelling UTI and Pixel pops off for just 15 minutes before close a girl thirsts for the veritable theme park-sized mega-clubs of Ibiza Here’s everything you need to know about the lotus-eating lifestyle of this Spanish party paradise

THE EAT-SLEEP-RAV E-REPEAT L IFESTYLE: A typical day in Ibiza comprises waking up past noon fiending for some “ sunglasses and Advil” only to head straight to any of the island’s pristine beaches for a solid session of straight photosynthesizing The policy on these nude-friendly playas is rays out, baes out, so expect to see titties abound beside the requisite Euro banana hammock population With sand so white it makes your coke jealous and crystalline waters glittering straight into your light-sensitive eyes, trust me when I say areolae are the least of anyone ’ s worries The setting is ripe for a little Cava to dull the jackhammer thumping away at your head and a quickie pre-festivities nappy nap, before pounding that power-up juice for another night of matchless hedonism

THE DRU GS: A single drink in Ibiza will run you about 20 Euro ($26), so unless your bank account wants to be raped and pillaged to reach a state of slightly sloshed, most vacationers prefer substance abuse of another kind An estimated 40,000 illegal doses are consumed a night in Ibiza, with MDMA, cocaine and ketamine leading the pack Walk down any street or into any bar and the roadside vendors and bartenders will first ask what you’d like to order on the menu and then what’d you like to order off the menu Just 10 Euro a pop will buy you a high that’ll last half the night Sometimes, the economical

solution is the dangerous solution, especially for an island that serves as an open-air test ground for new and sometimes fatal British synthetics remember that Cannibal drug that left a homeless man in Miami with his face chewed off? And yet, when you walk onto the dance floor, strangers spitting Catalan will lick your finger and dab it in crystals of unknown origins In the bathroom, women in Louboutins will try to sell you goodies tucked in their clutch bags and bespoke-suited men in VIP, VVIP, and VVVIP sections will pull you across the rope to press something into your palm But hey, when in Rome, right?

THE MEGA-CLUBS: From the moment you step off the airplane into Aeropuerto de Ibiza, you will be confronted by Privilege stores and Amnesia retailers Mega-clubs here not only dominate nightlife but they also dominate all life These clubs own luxury resort hotels, yachts, clothing lines, souvenir shops, boat tours, radio shows, etc Little Spaniard babies run around in itty bitty Pacha onesies covered in the iconic pair of cherries All public transportation uses these clubs as the main nodes in their daily routes and you’ll find that restaurant hosts, grocery clerks and even the local barber happen to moonlight as club promoters And everywhere you go in Ibiza, that fucking oonce-oonce-oonce will follow You will ride an ATV up to some remote northern cove beaches and stop by a quaint roadside fruit stand that, I kid you not, pumps deep house Somewhere near your romantic candlelit dinner by the fairy floss sunset, a beat will drop On the brink of wondrous slumber, a 4/4 drum kicks in your sleep

rages on so epic it penetrates dark interiors like the moving laser field scene in Ocean’s Twelve There are beach parties, boat parties, pool parties, foam parties and more Everyday, an EDM mainstay is hosting his residency somewhere, whether it’s Tiesto, Carl Cox, Pete Tong or Nicky Romero And despite their large scale, venues can be surprisingly intimate as you greet Solomun with a Rocket Power-style woogie during his set or latch onto Martin Garrix’s leg as he stage dives into the crowd At one point during the night, Guetta is ripping into his crowd favorites ten feet ahead of you and Guetta’s wife is making out with someone exotic thirty feet behind you

THE PROD UCTION: Every night in Ibiza hosts an opening or closing party or a themed production like Pacha’s Aoki’s Playhouse or Matinee Amnesia On these nights, the entire freaky cast of Cirque du Soleil performs sky acrobatics and burlesque dancers writhe in giant champagne flutes on stage A 100-foot high gorilla sculpture hovers over the DJ booth and a team of Nikita-esque go-go dancers parade on platforms in patent leather bodysuits Flamethrowers and fog blasters roar periodically throughout the multi-story space and a light show

THE COST: You will hemorrhage Euros everywhere you go, feeling helplessly poor, but these exorbitant cover charges are unavoidable Running a 45 to 80 Euro ($60 - $100) door fee a night, your pocket will hurt, but entrance often extends from midnight until noon the next day More than once, you’ll find yourself so absolutely immersed in the production of it all that upon exiting Amnesia at 11:30 am the next morning, your faded-ass self will walk smack into a gaggle of office workers on their lunch break Congratulations, you ’ ve officially set the bar for going ham on a Tuesday, and honestly, who can put a price on that?

Alice Wang is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at awang@cornellsun com Profanity Prayers appears alternate Thursdays

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“He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages.”

New York Met Daniel Murphy Chose Being A Dad Over Baseball

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with absentee fathers, for a variety of reasons, all the time

But let’s not question Daniel Murphy’s toughness, fortitude or even manliness Daniel Murphy missed only one game in the 2 0 1 3 s e a s o n , p l a y i n g i n 1 6 1 games and playing 155 the year before He had to learn a new position to stick in the majors, moving from the infield to outfield and back, even though he could always hit major league pitching since his call up This transition was derailed by a horrific injur y caused by an over aggressive slide in the minors Daniel Murphy is a tough guy He has negotiated the mental and physical demands of playing baseball ever yday successfully, more than m o s t o f h i s critics can ever say The reason

Mu r p h y w a s inside a hospital and not a lineup is that there is something greater than baseball For as often as we say sports are a metaphor for life and how quickly we espouse the benefits of t e a m d y n a m i c s , i t s e e m s t h e media missed the boat entirely on Murphy One of the lessons

was not his fault they lost I f Mu r p h y c a

e a t e r good in the world, it will be because of the opportunity provided by baseball, not his baseball play itself His play alone will not transcend and inspire millions the way Babe Ruth, Ted W i l l i a m s , Ja c k i e R o b i n s o n , Roberto Clemente or any other giant of the game did Murphy

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baseball gave him by speaking at a White House summit about working families in June, specifically working fathers His greater good lies outside of the diamond

So what is my point here? I think Daniel Murphy summed it u

quence, when he said, “ When Noah asks me one day, ‘ What

So let’s celebrate a message, not of a weaker and wimpy baseball, but a more sensitive and modern game.

s p o r t s p re a c h e s i s t h e g re a t e r good, taking one for the team, whether it be firing a pass to an open man or sacrificing to move a teammate over But we seem hesitant to actually apply these lessons when they interfere with the game itself

As a fan, for purely selfish reasons, I wanted Murphy to play initially I always want the Mets to win, and Murphy’s absence

c e r t a i n l y h u r t t h e c h a n c e s o f that But I did not have a problem with Murphy not playing And with the benefit of retrospect, I am glad he was there to witness his son being born as opposed to Bobby Parnell melting down in the ninth Baseball, as much as we like t o b e l i e v e , i s n o t i n f a l l i b l e

Especially for Daniel Murphy Murphy, a good player and one of my favorites as a Mets fan, is not a legend His baseball career is not the stuff of legends His craft is not so important that missing opening day (by the way, opening day is just one game out of 162) will collapse the fabric of professional baseball The Mets offense actually did fairly well minus Murphy and it certainly

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i n g ball that day, son, and I slammed into the right field corner ’ But I think it is going to go so much further in that I’m the one who cut his umbilical cord And long after they tell me that I’m not good enough to play professional baseball anymore, I’ll be a father And I’ll be a husband So that was a reason, on the front end, that I wanted to be there for my wife and for my son ” There is something more than just hitting a baseball

Now, I do not think Murphy would have missed game seven of the world series and he did not It was not about that It was about being a father over being a b a l l p l a y e r, n o t ov e r b e i n g a champion So let’s celebrate a message, not of a weaker and wimpy baseball, but a more sensitive and modern game

As Daniel Murphy said, it is about being bigger than baseball It is about being a good father It is also about breaking a barrier (a rare barrier for a white male), so when other guys have to face the same decision, they can follow Daniel Murphy’s example Even though we love to say it, while never actually meaning it, there are things more important than winning

John Zakour is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be contacted at jzakour@cornellsun com Point Blank appears every Thursday this semester

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Both Red teams hope to improve from last season and win Ivies

By DANIELLE LETOURNEAU Sun Staff Writer

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e b a c k f ro m l a s t s e a s o n a n d m a k e a s t ro n g e r i m p re s s i o n “ I ’ m l o o k i n g f o r w a rd t o w o rk i n g w i t h t h e re t u r n e r s a n d f re s h m a n a n d re a l l y b o u n c i n g b a c k f ro m l a s t s e a -

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Ta n e n b a u m s a i d s h e e x p e c t s t h i s s e a s o n t o b e ve r y d i f f e re n t f ro m l a s t ye a r ’ s , d u e t o t h e t e a m ’ s l a r g e i n c o mi n g c l a s s “ Ou r t e a m i s ve r y d i f f e re n t t h i s ye a r e s p e c i a l l y

b e c a u s e o f t h e a m o u n t o f f re s h m a n we h a ve , s o I t h i n k

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e ve r yo n e , ” s h e s a i d “ It’s h a rd t o c o m p a re l a s t s e a s o n t o t h i s u p c o m i n g s e a s o n b e c a u s e i t ’ s a re a l l y d i f f e re n t t e a m b u t we a re a l l re a l l y p o s i t i ve a n d l o o k i n g f o r w a rd t o a n a we s o m e s e a s o n ”

T h i s ye a r C o r n e l l h o p e s t o i m p rove i t s Iv y s e a s o n a n d b e c o m e a f o rc e t o b e re c k o n e d w i t h “ I t h i n k a s a t e a m , we o bv i o u s l y w a n t t o c o m p e t e

we l l i n Iv i e s a n d m a k e o u r s e l ve s a t e a m t o b e o n t h e l o o k o u t f o r, ” Ta n e n b a u m s a i d To d o t h i s , t h e t e a m h o p e s t o p re p a re i t s s i x i n c o mi n g f re s h m e n f o r Iv y s e a s o n t h ro u g h o u t t h e u p c o m i n g

t o u r n a m e n t s a n d m a t c h e s “ Fo r t h e f a l l s e a s o n , I t h i n k i t ’ s j u s t re a l l y i m p o r t a n t f o r e ve r yo n e t o g e t i n t o t h e m a t c h t o u

Some things are more important than sports As the horrific Ray Rice incident shows, sports can take a backseat So I thought, for this week, that I would reflect on something positive an athlete did rather than dwelling on Rice

Maybe you missed it but Daniel

Murphy, second basemen for the Mets and all around good player, received hell for his absence on opening day Murphy was not hurt, nor was he suspended Instead he was in Florida attending the birth of son, Noah

Judging by the reaction, you would have thought Murphy had broken one of baseball’s nebulous unwritten rules or something equally sinister But Murphy simply missed the Mets opener against the Washington Nationals Nat's Ace, Stephen Strasburg, was a little shakier than usual and was on the hook for the loss However, in what would become alarmingly

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t s h a p e T h e s e a s o n i s l o n g , s o i t i s v i t a l t o g o i n t o o u r s e a s o n i n p e a k c o n d i t i o n , ” h e s a i d “ We h a d a p ro b l e m l a s t ye a r o f g e t t i n g b u r n e d o u t by t h e e n d o f t h e s e a s o n , s o t h i s i s s o m e t h i n g we w a n t t o a vo i d t h i s t i m e a ro u n d ” Se n i o r Qu o c N g y u e n s a i d t h e Iv y Pl u s In v i t a t i o n a l w i l l b e a g o o d o p p o r t u n i t y t o s e e w h e re t h e t e a m s t a n d s re l a t i ve t o o t h e r Iv y L e a g u e o p p o n e n t s He s a i d h e h o p e s t h a t t h e t e a m ’

regular fashion, the Mets blew the lead in the ninth

The typical reactionary headlines concerned how Daniel Murphy was letting down the Mets It also served as an opportunity to decry the “whimpification” of baseball, as years ago Murphy

would assuredly be in Queens manning second base Mike Francesa laid into Murphy How could a be man paid so well to do his job, one that requires absolute dedication to his craft, one many would kill to have, up and abandon it? Opening Day means a lot to a Mets team not expected to contend, at least it meant something to the fans and writers How could Daniel Murphy leave his team for his son ' s birth? At the risk of being obvious, he surely did not need to be there Babies get born

Serving success | Senior captain Sam Fleck looks forward to the Red’s upcoming season and seeing all of the returning starters take the court

Red to Open Weekend on Cayuga, Looks Forward to First Varsity Season

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Sports Editor

The Cornell women ’ s sailing team will participate in its first competition as a varsity team this weekend, when it hosts the Cornell Fall Open The meet will begin on Saturday and extend through Sunday at the Merrill Family Sailing Center on Cayuga Lake

Though it will be the first varsity competition for the team, senior Jenny Borshoff maintained that the Red has been here before and will not let nerves get in the way of training

“We prepared the same way we have prepared for it in past years, ” Borshoff said “There are no nerves going into this weekend The Cornell Fall Open has always been our opening event, just a week or two after we hold tryouts, so this weekend is all about getting on the water and tuning up for bigger events

The new and improved sailing center is home to Borshoff and the rest of the team According to Borshoff, they have been training in the same water for the past few years and have become comfortable on Cayuga Lake

“Just like in other sports, you

could say that there is a sort of home team advantage in sailing,” Borshoff said “Because this competition takes place on Cayuga Lake, we have more knowledge about the general trends of the wind and the conditions Also, the other teams have to sail our boats The best sailors are able to quickly adapt to and figure out new conditions and boats, though, so the advan-

“There are no nerves going into this weekend.” J e n n y B o r s h o f f Danielle Letourneau can be reached at dletourneau@cornellsun com

tage only goes so far ” The sailing team has only two seniors on the roster, Borshoff and senior Sonia Guior They have the unique privilege of being given varsity status in their final year on the team

“It has been really exciting having the varsity recognition for my senior year, and I am really grateful to our team ’ s alumni and the university for giving us this opportunity,” Borshoff said “I love seeing the team take this big step forward,

and even though it’s only for my last year, I’m glad that it’s happening for the younger girls on the team ” Saturday’s meet marks the beginning of a long season that extends into mid-November The Red will compete in two Ivy League meets at Princeton and Dartmouth

Last season, the women ’ s sailing team advanced to the National Championships held at the St Petersburg Yacht Club, where they competed against a handful of varsity squads Cornell finished third at the competition Borshoff acknowledged that with Nationals still so far off in the distance, it will take time for the team to gel before they can recognize their potential

“Out of the seven girls that competed in the 2013 National Championship, only two of us remain,” Borshoff said “We also have a lot of new team members this year I would say right now that the team is looking to improve our skills and do the best that we can this fall and spring, but we don’t know what that best is yet ”

Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun com