More than 300 professors, faculty and administrators gathered for an all-day conference Tuesday to give their input on the University’s strategic plan for information technology Once created, the plan will guide the evolution of the field at Cornell over the next five years
The purpose of the IT strategic plan is to create a long-term vision for the University’s IT department, identify priorities for the University’s budget and develop career plans for IT staff, according to the University s website Although the University published a strategic plan to guide improvement in other departments in 2010, it is still developing its plan to strengthen Cornell technology
The purpose of Tuesday’s conference was to include the Cornell community’s concerns, goals and ideas in the plan, according to Ted Dodds, the University’s chief information officer and vice president for information technologies
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P rof Plans to D igitize University’s Collection of Obama Memorabilia
By JONATHAN SWARTZ Sun Staff Writer
In an effort to document what he described as a “transformative e v e n t , ” Pr o f Tr a v i s G o s a , Africana studies, is leading a proj e c t t h a t w i l l p r ov i d e o n l i n e access to the University’s collection of campaign memorabilia from President Barack Obama’s 2008 election
T h e C o r n e l l L i b r a r y ’ s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections began building the collection which Gosa’s project will make available in a digital format in 2008
Gosa said his project will aid
s c h o l a r s h i p o f O b a m a ’ s c a mpaign and electoral victor y –– an event that he said will likely be regarded as one of the most consequential moments in American histor y “ Nu m e r o u s a r t i c l e s a n d monographs on the significance of Obama’s 2008 victor y have already been written in the U S , Europe, Africa and Asia,” Gosa said “ Thus, the [digitization] of
the Obama 2008 election materials held in Cornell Librar y ’ s collections will aid both interdisciplinar y and global study ”
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between the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections
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Obama-mania, a grassroots social movement
explicit use of popular culture
Obama as the young, hip-hop
said Gosa explained that the digi-
messaging outside of the control of the Obama [campaign ]”
The materials also show that “Obama’s victor y was due in part to his savvy use of YouTube, Facebook, blogs and text-messages, ” Gosa said
But aside from its scholarly value, the digitization p r o j e c t , G o s a s a i d , holds personal meaning and relevance to him
“The 2008 materials show the democratization of modern campaigns. Anyone with a computer could download images of Obama ”
unify a divided nation around
Obama,” he said Gosa also said that the memorabilia can help scholars better understand how Obama’s campaign drew in younger voters
“ The memorabilia speaks to the successful attempt to politicize youth voters Youth voter turnout in 2008 was the highest s i n c e 1 9 7 2 e s p e c i a l l y t h e
impact of new technologies ––s u c h a s t h e e x t e n s i v e u s e o f Photoshop and inexpensive digital printing –– on political elections
“ The 2008 materials show the democratization of modern campaigns,” he said “Anyone with a c o m p u t e r c o u l d d ow n l o a d images of Obama, attach their own words and graphics and created mashups of new political
“A s a n A f r i c a n A m e r i c a n m a l e , I ’ m pleased to help archive a moment in American histor y in which the American Dream was e m b o d i e d i n t h e i m a g e o f Obama,” he said Gosa received grant money for his project as part of a joint i n i t i a t i v e s p e a r h e a d e d b y t h e Un i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y a n d t h e College of Ar ts and Sciences
Thus far, the librar y and arts college have awarded 11 grants to f a c u l t y m e m b e r s t o d i g i t i z e memorabilia and archive collections owned by the University
“ The grants program enables faculty to select scholarly materials based on their academic interests and specialties and make them available online for broad use in their teaching or research activities,” said Oya Rieger, associate University librarian for digital scholarship and preser vation ser vices “Also, having content in d i g i t a l f o r m a l l ow s d i f f e r e n t methods of research and explorations ”
A l o n g w i t h Pr o f St u r t Manning, classics, Rieger is the chair of the Arts and Sciences V i s u a l Re s o u r c e s Ad v i s o r y Group –– which, since 2010, has
demand for the ser vice
According to the group ’ s website, “the program aims to support collaborative and creative use of resources through the creation of digital content of enduring value to the Cornell community and scholarship at large ”
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Kenneth W Benton was arrested for unlawful possession of marijuana on Monday afternoon at the Hoy Parking Garage, accordi n g t o t h e C o r n e l l Po l i c e Department
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Administrator for criminal possession of stolen property during the early hours on Friday near the
according to the Cornell Police Department
Pardon the Interruption
Thursday evening, a staff member reported to a Cornell Police officer The individual was given a persona-non-grata, according to CUPD
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O f cials P ropose Fi xes for Big C-Town Tenant-Landlord D isputes
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written agreements from tenants
“ The best thing I can give you, advice-wise, in terms of tenants and landlords, is get ever ything in writing,” he said
In the state of Ne w York, Danaher said, one does not legally need to have a written lease for agreements less than a year in duration, but “[both landlords and students would be] crazy not to, ” he said
Many of the tenant-landlord disagreements he has seen over the years, he said, are because “ people can ’ t communicate anymore ” and he said are not clear on the terms of proper ty rental, which they would be if they had agreed upon them in writing
Danaher said that tenants should not be afraid to change the terms of the lease “All terms are negotiable Just cross out a section and change it if it’s different for your par ticular circumstance,” he said
Community members were also able to ask
Collegetown residents
University’s Office of Community Relations, said his office had received two calls from students about when a lease becomes legally binding
The problem, he said, was that some students who are looking to rent houses and apar tments in Collegetown believed that, by signing a lease, they had signed a formal contract with a landlord They were then surprised to have the landlord give the apar tment to another group
In response, Danaher said that the moment both par ties the landlord and the tenant sign the contract, it is legally binding, regardless of the exchange of money
deposit is always the tenant ’ s money, even when being held by the landlord Throughout his talk, Danaher had the audience answer his call of “ Whose money is the security deposit?” with “It’s the tenant ’s!”
However, he reminded the students in the audience that tenants can still be sued if they do damage to the house proper ty greater than their security deposit
Danaher said that, for example, students who throw a par ty at the end of the school year and damage their house because they believe they “ weren ’ t going to get that security deposit back anyway ” could still be responsible for damages that the deposit did not cover
This e xample b rou ght knowing nods from audience members
Another issue raised at the meeting was that of students being pressured to rene w their leases earlier and earlier into their rental periods in some cases, just a fe w weeks after they have moved in, according to Alderperson Ellen McCollister ’78 (D-3rd Ward)
Although Danaher said that the situation stems f
McCollister raised the possibility of introducing city legislation to address the issue
Graham Kerslick (D-4th Ward), the Common C
Advisor y Committee, echoed McCollister’s sentiments He said that such a law could ser ve as a way to reduce the stress that students feel to sign leases increasingly earlier in the fall semester
“ There are measures we can take to reduce the pressure, ” he said
Wesley Rogers can be reached at wrogers@cornellsun com
Univ. Hopes to Create Plan That Adapts to ‘Changing
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“We need to find ways of involving technology in instruction and making things more efficient.” C
Jonathan Swartz can be reached at jswartz@cornellsun com
City O f cials Decr y Vacancy
In Former Green Café Location
After It Sits Empty for 18 Months
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years ”
But David Huckle ’79, commercial leasing and marketing manager of the Ithaca Renting Company, said that although the space may have appeared to be vacant before it was renovated to become the Green Café, it actually had a tenant
“ We had a lease in place with a local bank, which had an ATM at the proper ty and used it for storage and meetings,” Huckle said
Huckle said the 4,700-square foot commercial space has not been rented since Green Café which closed in Febr uar y 2010 after its owner filed for bankr uptcy left because it is a “ s p e c i a l i z e d ” b u i l d i n g Gr e e n
Cafe was also fined $1 million for labor violations later that year
“ We have been actively looking at any and all oppor tunities to get the right operators for that proper ty, ” Huckle said
Such an operator would have “experience in their par ticular field, whether it be hospitality or retail; a proven track record; and the financial where withal to take on a proper ty of that size and setup, ” he added
Obser vers, however, speculate that the rent for the space is simply too high
Huckle denied that expensive rent is a factor in the space ’ s continued vacancy
“Quite frankly, if you were to look at the rents in Collegetown, without getting specific, I can tell you that we ’ re in line with what other larger stores are paying,” he said
The fact that the proper ty, 330 College Ave , is only a onestor y commercial space is also
unusual, city officials said “It’s a real economic anomaly to have a one-stor y building at that corner, ” McCollister said “ The land value is just too high ” Kerslick agreed, saying it does not make sense to limit the commercial space to one stor y, given t h e h i g h p r o p e r t y v a l u e s i n Collegetown
Still, Huckle said the Ithaca Renting Company is not focused on expanding the building past a single stor y
“Our primar y focus has to be on renting the existing 4,700 square feet store, ” he said “A week doesn’t go by where we ’ re n o t s p e a k i n g w i t h v a r i o u s prospects that are looking at that proper ty ”
However, Kerslick said that the vacant proper ty is a waste of space In addition to not bolstering the city’s sales tax revenue a
space “gives the impression that it’s not a thriving community,” he said K
Street in the Commons, saying it should be a commercial model for the rest of the city
“Aurora Street, on the other hand, is a big success stor y; it is a vibrant setting,” Kerslick said
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SCIENCE
Birdcast: Migration With a Chance of Feathers
C.U.ornithologists try to forecast how birds move across the sky
By BOB HACKETT Sun Senior Writer
In ancient Rome, high priests divined events by the flights, types and songs of birds Augurs, as the Roman officials were called, advised emperors They planned cities They sanctioned war Birdcast, a technological application in its first year of development at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, is inaugurating a scientific version of that dated art The project aims to provide real-time forecasts of bird migration, much like a weather forecast substituting ‘migrations’ for ‘ storms ’ and ‘birds’ for ‘rain ’
Andrew Farnsworth, research associate in Information Science for Migration Studies and Acoustic Monitoring at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, announced the Birdcast project to an audience at a pressonly event held at the ILR Conference Center in midtown Manhattan last Thursday
Birdcast developers ultimately plan to have the project predict the complex, dynamic phenomena of bird migrations using an integrated suite of radar, acoustic and ground observation data, he said The project is a collaborative effort funded by the National Science Foundation and the Leon Levy Foundation, with partners at Microsoft, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Migratory Miracles
In mid-August, tens of thousands of Blackpoll Warblers, each weighing about as much as a pencil, embark on a journey, Farnsworth said as he described his favorite feat of bird migration Many eat their body weight, literally doubling their mass, in preparation The warblers descend from the northern latitudes of North America on a multi-thousand kilometer trip in which they soar above the Atlantic Ocean for several days, he said Spending dozens of hours aloft, not stopping or feeding en route, the birds eventually touch down in northern South America Exodus completed
In advance of predictive computer models, Farnsworth and his colleagues calculate and forecast odysseys like those of the Blackpoll Warbler weekly on a website they just launched: www Birdcast info
Right now, we ’ re talking in human terms but in a couple of years, probably beginning next year or the year after, we ’ re going to start automating the process so that we can use models to tell us what’s going to happen,” Farnsworth said
Once developed, Farnsworth and his team will assess the computer models against their own forecasts
“We re probably going to have some opportunities where I go against the machine and say, ‘Alright, I think the model is wrong in these places Here’s what I think is going to happen,’” he said
Mapping Birds With The Doppler Effect
According to Farnsworth, Birdcast developers are taking advantage of the network of about 140 radar stations spanning the continental U S that monitors atmospheric phenomena such as weather
As it turns out, radar is also extremely good at detecting other things in the atmosphere notably, birds,” he said By subtracting aerial occurrences like rain, insects and bats from radar imagery, the researchers can obtain patterns of bird migration containing information on density, direction and velocity Birds tend to be incredibly directed, powerful flyers at night when they migrate usually moving across, and about five to six meters per second above, wind speed The researchers can distinguish the birds by comparing their speeds with wind speeds that are recorded by balloons Insects, which mostly float on the wind, and bats, which tend to be less directed fliers, are separable components, too
Though Farnsworth and his colleagues currently perform such analyses manually, they plan to replace their current methods with simple algorithms The only problem,
though, is that the radar’s pixel-data provides no information about the species that are flying But Birdcast plans to solve this issue: using acoustics data
Eavesdropping on Flight Calls
Flight calls are species specific, commonly faint, high-pitched, single note vocalizations that tend to last less than a quarter of a second long, Farnsworth said “Most birds use them in social migratory contexts when they are migrating at night to stay in touch with one another,” he said “In a sense they are trying to say, ‘Where are you?’ ‘What direction are you going?’, ‘Are you going down to land?’”
Benjamin Van Doren ’16 works with Farnsworth on the Birdcast project One of Van Doren’s tasks is to run “primitive” detectors on hundreds of hours of raw audio recordings, that use software to pick out possible calls; he then filters through the calls and assigns tentative identifications that are, in turn, confirmed or revised by team members such as Farnsworth, he said “Once you have those exemplars, you can use them to train more automated systems so someone doesn’t have to go through and spend dozens of hours going through and identifying the calls by hand,” Van Doren said But one doesn’t have to be an official Birdcast team member to get involved with the project, there are opportunities for regular bird enthusiasts, too
COURTESY OF ANDREW FARNSWORTH
Birdcast Predicts Bird Migration Patterns Like Weather Forecasts
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Citizen Science
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Bob Hackett can be reached at bhackett@cornellsun
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Electric Zoo 2012: Neon Seas
BY SARAH ANGELL Sun Staff Writer
For the past three years, I have regarded Electric Zoo with equal parts curiosity and weary trepidation After spending full summers at music festivals and concerts, the mere thought of pushing my body and mind through three days of non-stop E D M mayhem always seems hopelessly irresponsible And every year, as Labor Day weekend passes, F O M O hits me with a nasty vengeance From the flood of poor quality videos, neverending status updates and oh so adorable “ my first rave ” albums that follow, it seems as if the entirety of Facebook is in on the fun After what has felt like an entire college career spent watching from the sidelines, the agony finally became too much to bear This year senior year I too unleashed the raver within
For those of you who have been living under a proverbial rock as of late, electronic dance music (E D M ) is experiencing a surge in popularity of shocking proportions
A far cry from its humble roots in basement parties and the underground rave scene, today E D M ’ s all-per vasive influence is evident on our radios, our TV screens and just about everywhere in between Music festivals like New York City’s Electric Zoo provide one of the most visible examples of E D M ’ s modern renaissance the days of intimate and secret raves have been replaced by massive 100,000 person events headlined by the very best the E D M world has to offer For its fourth annual affair, Electric Zoo pulled out all of the stops, filling its bill with the crème de la crème of techno, dubstep, trance and house Although hugely successful industry stalwarts such as Tiesto, Guetta, and Above & Beyond may have drawn the biggest crowds of the weekend, the festival’s diverse and ambitious lineup ensured that great performances could be found at every hour of the day From when gates opened at 11 a m on Friday, Aug 31, until they closed at 11 p m on Sunday, Sept 2, Randall’s Island was transformed into a mass of undulating, neon bodies Responsibility be damned, I was happy to be one of them
With over 100 D J s performing on four stages over the weekend, it’s essential to remember that pacing oneself is key Go too hard the first day and come Sunday you’ll look like an extra from The Walking Dead, and nobody wants that Entering the festival grounds on Friday with a moderate sense of restraint, I arrived on the later side of things but was able to catch the tail end of Mat Zo’s performance at the Hilltop Arena stage Known for his genre-blurring productions, the 21-year-old wunderkind unleashed a euphoric “One More Time” remix on his more than eager
audience, the first of many Daft Punk covers to be heard over the weekend A quick stop at the Sunday School Grove tent for Swiss-Chilean D J Luciano provided a brief but sweet taste of Ibiza Known to elevate his concert experiences from the hedonistic to the truly beautiful, Luciano expertly blended techno, house and Latin influences with the sexy extravagance all his own Capping things off at the main stage for the night, Pretty Lights bathed Randall’s Island in the feel-good glow one has come to expect from the Colorado titan From “Hot like Sauce” to “I Know the Truth,” the hits were all there, providing the perfect close to a stellar first day
With the sun blazing high in the sky, Saturday would show no mercy to the mobs of festival-goers ready to dance for hours on end With Saturday-only tickets causing attendance numbers to swell, the Electric Zoo grounds seemed packed to the brim a veritable sea of rhinestones, dayglow
things off with recent Dim Mak Re c o rd s s i g n e e Angger Dimas at
s impressed by the Indonesian D J ’ s aggressive energy the man was clearly enjoying himself Known to be a prolific re m i xe r, Di m a s tackled tracks such as “N***** in Paris,” “Crush on You” and “Pon De Floor” during his hour long set
out for the night, trance icons Above & Beyond gave an emotionally charged performance on the main stage, their second of the weekend
Like any final day of a festival, Sunday proved to be an uphill challenge a constant battle waged between exhaustion and my determination to enjoy arguably the strongest lineup of the weekend The crowd was another issue the Skrillex-Tiesto double whammy ensured that there were thousands of fist-pumping guidos and wasted teenagers to avoid at every turn Steering clear of the aforementioned groups, I headed over to the Sunday School Grove to catch Slovenian D J Umek A major player in the global techno scene since the early 90s, Umek had everybody grooving, but none more than himself After a mediocre performance from Porter Robinson left much to be desired, I hoped that Flux Pavilion & Doctor P would not disappoint And they most certainly did not, inciting the audience to rage with every inch of their beings Throwing down one massive drop after another, Fl u x a n d Do c t o r P seemed to be perfectly in sync as they alternated tracks from their respective discographies Over a t t h e Hi l l s i d e A re n a
Over at the main stage, two prominent Electro House duos proved that Europeans really do it better Hailing from Holland and Sweden, respectively, Bingo Players and Dada Life put on two of my favorite sets that weekend, with the latter solidifying its reputation as one of the wildest live shows around After experiencing what the term “bananachampagned” means in all its glory during Dada Life, the Sunday School Grove tent and its more minimalist approach provided a welcome respite German D J and producer Chris Liebing took things to another level, utterly expanding my conceptions about techno and turning me into a believer Unleashing a stunning set ambitious in scope and sound, Liebing invigorated soaring dance tracks with a dark, industrial energy To close things
St a g e , t h e p ro m i s e o f Zeds Dead followed by Diplo won out over my feet’s feeble pleas for rest Dro p p i n g t h e b e s t “Mercy” remix of the festival, Zed’s Dead put on the type of insane show that fans have come to expect from this formidable duo No festival seems complete without a performance by Diplo, something that I am sure he would like us all to believe As one of the industry’s most hardworking producers, Diplo’s set was a testament to his long list of accomplishments, playing his productions for Azealia Banks and Usher as well tracks from the artists off his label, Mad Decent Electric Zoo may have tested my endurance and tried my limits, but it also gave me the purest gift of all During those three crazy days of non-stop revelry, not a single trace of F O M O entered my mind, not even for a second What else does anyone really need?
Sarah Angell is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at sangell@cornellsun com
Friendly Fire at the Carriage House
BY TERESA KIM Sun Contributor
Whatever drives people to reside in quaint but seemingly uneventful Ithaca eludes me Subpar dining options and inexplicable weather aside (three minute thunderstorm anyone?), I often grapple with a sense of detachment from the rest of the world Last Thursday, I escaped the familiar gloom by seeking refuge at the Carriage House Café, which frequently hosts intimate jazz shows
As soon as I entered the second floor lounge, I immediately found the sanctuar y I needed I was here for Jazz Spaces, a new program that aspires to use live jazz as a social resource to forge community conn
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p o n s o re d b y C o r n e l l’s Departments of English and Music, alongside the Cornell Jazz Ensembles and Hans Bethe House, was launched this spring This program is the brainchild of faculty members of the Minority, Indigenous and Third World Studies Research Group and Paul Merrill, the Gussman Director of Cornell Jazz Ensembles Besides featuring a major jazz musician ever y first Thursday of the month at The Carriage House, Jazz Spaces is launching a series of workshops
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Thursday night was all about community Students, professors and Ithacans were hovering around the bartender for some wine and conversation Through the ambient lighting, I saw people taking their seats As we waited in anticipation, a man holding a golden Yanagisawa sax entered the dimly lit room and took his place on stage Vincent Herring, the man of the hour, had arrived
Herring opened with a few words, spoken with a ver y soft and velvety texture
His pleasant voice slowly transitioned into a pleasant melody on his alto sax He was then accompanied by three other performers: pianist John White and bassist Peter Chwazik from the Ithaca College music faculty and drummer Tom Killian, also a local educator These three men are truly passionate musicians who educate in classrooms by day and perform jazz gigs by night They have also had their share of performing with illustrious musicians like Steve Brown and Dino Losito Herring, White, Chwazik and Killian quickly created a steady harmony, which displaced the initial uneasy aura Their adaptability was impressive, given that they were performing together for the first time and only had a few minutes to concoct the night’s set
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“Friendly Fire,” a tune he first played in a saxophone battle against Eric Alexander at the Smoke Club in Ne w York City The song is riddled with brilliant riffs that flow into spaces Herring continuously impressed the audience with his riff interludes, which drew e n
f o r encores Overall, his performance was breathtaking, and yet it did not overpower that of the accompanying musicians
On this night of sweet and tender jazz, Herring proved why he is considered one of the best jazz musicians alive Ultimately, however, community took center stage In the warmth of The Carriage House, swept over by beautifully bent notes, Ithaca became a little less mysterious to me
Upcoming events in the series include performances by the Steve Brown Quartet on
The Empty Chair
olitics is often cheap because it aims to immediate-
Sometimes, however, such actions are so great by their own merits that they transcend the typical election cycle and become artworks Lyndon Johnson’s “Daisy” attack ad implied Barr y Goldwater was a nuclear warmonger, and the anti-war poster And Babies? implied American soldiers in the Vietnam War were disturbed baby killers Both affected the American consciousness so much that they ser ved as catalysts to change the conversation inside and outside of politics, showing how politics can become art just like how art can become politics
But combining art and politics also means that we have to extend the kitschy examples along with the great ones We see the same advertisements of happy children running around politicians who are touring American flag factories, but some excel in their tackiness to delight schadenfreude-loving journalists I am, of course, talking about Clint Eastwood talking to Barack “ empty chair” Obama at the Republican National Convention Clint’s appearance was kept secret by Romney’s top PR people in the hope of bringing some Hollywood t h r i l l s t o a n o t h e r w i s e re d u n d a n t p o l i t i c a l p r a c t i c e designed when travel across America took days As typical for political conventions, it was supposed to be highly scripted, with Romney’s top PR people giving Clint talking points and a strict time limit Clint ignored both, and instead cagily asked the production crew for a chair that later turned out to be the President “Mr President, how do you, how do you handle, uh how do you handle promises that you ’ ve made when you were running for election, and how do you handle uh, how do you handle them? I know that people, uh people were wondering ” Although the reaction to the speech was bad the Republican governor Scott Walker described it a s “ c r i n g i n g ” a n d Romney staffers star ted pointing blame at each other Clint’s performance was a sharp break f r o m Ro m n e y ’ s c o r p o -
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W i t h i n 1 2 m i n u t e s , Clint made up for Romney’s lack of color and humanity in the past year This is because talking to a chair is a legitimate (and effective) role-playing practice used in psychotherapy to help people work out their problems Clint, in effect, had the opportunity to start a national
therapy session that could have detoxed the current political e n v i r o n m e n t b y giving us an honest chance to vent our
f r u s t r a t i o n s a n d face hard truths Clint seemed to be headed in that direction when he b o t c h i l y a s k e d “President Obama” how he handled the promises he made back in 2008, but
a s h e r e a l i z e d h e was bewildering the a u d i e n c e h e dumped the whole
t h e r a p y t h e m e (“ We’re gonna have to have a little chat about that”) and switched to something easier “ What? What do you want me to tell Romney? I can ’ t tell him to do that, he can ’ t do that to himself! You’re getting as bad as Biden ” Thus, Clint saved himself and got the next best possible reaction from the audience laughter
I don’t blame Clint for switching tack: forming coherent feelings towards a personified hurdle is hard enough in a therapist’s office, and more so on national television But that assumes that he was serious about conversing with the President, rather than tr ying to give the convention a pep / trash talk If he were honest, Clint’s jokes (“Biden is the intellect o f t h e D e m o c r a t i c Party”) would just be t h e s a m e m a s k t h a t other patients put on when they first face the
e m p t y c h a i r i n t h e therapist’s office But by making a mocker y of the practice, he had nowhere to go from his awkward position but downhill to cruder jokes
The humanity that Clint showed, then, was not that of honest emotion, but rather how easy it is for anybody (albeit a ver y politically active somebody) to succumb to a politically toxic environment and become the ver y same
political kitsch that ever ybody condemns As Milan Kundera describes in The Unbearable Lightness of Being, political kitsch is the “absolute denial of shit,” the same worldview where there are no questions or hard truths because all answers are provided in advance By “having a little chat” later about the President’s record, we get a stor y that our creaky economy is not a combination of factors, but because Obama is an attorney and “ attorneys are taught to argue ” (I’m not sure what that means) Whether it is harmless or incoherent, Clint squandered an opportunity to bridge the two parties together and widened the gap with a kitschy performance aimed only to pander and please His own crudeness has the other side already joking about Clint’s senility as an example of why we need Obamacare
If Howard Dean’s screaming back in 2004 is any indication, this speech will only be a blip amongst late-night TV before comedians tire and move onto something else But this blip also puts us at a crossroads: will the empty chair be used for the political therapy session that the nation badly needs, or will it continue to be an idiot straw man that ser ves as a barometer of our nation’s worsening discourse? In the end, the empty chair is more important than it seems
Kai Sam Ng is a junior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He can be reached at kng@cornellsun com You ve Got To Be Kitsching Me appears alternate Wednesdays this semester
Oct 4; pianist Tomoko Ohno on Nov 1, with Chwazik and Killian; and saxophonist Mark Turner with pianist John Stetch on Dec 6th also at the Carriage House Vincent Herring will be coming back in April 2013 for the annual jazz festival in Ithaca
Teresa Kim is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at tk359@cornell edu
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Cornell’s Success Begins, Ends With Goalkeepers
By DANI ABADA Sun Assistant Sports Ed tor
Although field hockey is a team sport, there is one position that stands out that of the goalkeeper A team ’ s success starts and ends with the success of its goalie However, although the goalie stands alone in front of the net, her role is not independent from the rest of the team
“Obviously it’s a unique position in that the skill set is completely different,” said head coach Donna Hornibrook
“Sometimes people have heard in the past talk about it is almost an individual sport in a team game but honestly as the game evolves, the integration of the goalkeeper in terms of being like a quarterback in the backfield and a back board in the defense, [the goalie] cannot afford to be isolated [The goalie] really has to be part of the whole team, particularly the defense ”
The Cornell team has two goalies, junior Carolyn Horner and freshman Elizabeth Schaefller Horner hails from Allentown, N J She served primarily as a back-up goalie her freshman year, but saw a lot more playing time during her sophomore season
Carolyn is outstanding for us this season she is definitely the backbone of the team, ” Hornibrook said “We’ve known for a long time that she’s a good player, but she is really coming into her own When she got time playing time last year as a sophomore she played fantastic, so we have a lot of confidence in her ”
Goaltending has been a part of Horner s life for a long time
“I started goalkeeping because my mom was a goalkeeper in college and I was a really terrible field hockey player in the field,” Horner said “So, in seventh I switched over to goalie and I stuck with it ”
This past summer, Horner was selected to play on the Pennsylvania High Performance team, among some of the country ’ s top field hockey contenders
“Players from all over the country the best college and non-college players have gone to this program, ” Hornibrook said “[Horner] was selected to play for Pennsylvania in the national championship I think the experience she gained this summer playing some of the best players in the country was really useful for her ”
One of the highlights of the experience for Horner, aside from getting another chance to play competitive field hockey in a different setting, was getting to interact with Olympiclevel field hockey players
“The best part is that the Olympians are also divided amongst the [regional] teams, ” she said “Two of my teammates went to London and the best part was getting to know them as friends and athletes Having the opportunity to play with Olympic players really gave me the opportunity to see their routines and their work ethic [was incredible] and to
play up to their intensity was awesome, especially as a college athlete to get that experience ”
However, according to her coach, Horner has no problem providing a work ethic and an intensity of her own at Cornell
“Carolyn has a terrific work ethic she is a very hard worker, she’s ver y focused and calm under pressure, ” Hornibrook said “Her composure is what impresses us the most She is technically sound but also she really does not get frazzled very often Really since she’s a freshman she has carried her own work ethic ”
The Red’s other netminder, Schaeffler, hails from Timonium, Md and is fresh out of high school Although she has only been here for a few weeks, she is already making contributions to the team
“She has made adjustments for the collegiate level [and is improving],” Hornibrook said “She got an opportunity to play in our first game, and she did really well ”
“As an individual I am working on my foot speed and timing,” Schaeffler said “As a team we are always working to be the best that we can be Just improving as a team is just the greatest feeling because we want to do so well It’s hard to explain but what one person does well, everyone does well ”
While Schaeffler echoed Hornibrook s sentiment that the goalie is still a vital part of the team, the goalie still does face individual challenges
“A ball coming at you 100 miles an hour [is definitely the hardest part],” Hornibrook said “People can really crack a ball and it’s a big cage The keeper is the only one allowed to play the ball with her feet Getting back to the evolution of the game, some of the rule changes have really opened the game and made it more offensive balls really are flying ”
Schaeffler pointed to another aspect of goaltending that sometimes proves challenging
“The hardest part is definitely the mental pressure, ” she said “It’s getting scored on and forgetting the last goal and how it went if it was a bad goal [Learning to] forget and then moving on and reevaluating after the game not letting it affect your performance the whole time ”
That being said, the extra pressure comes with extra payoff
“The thing with being goalie it’s a really bad feeling when you ’ re not having a good game but when it’s a great game, it’s the best feeling in the world, and that feeling outweighs the bad feeling,” Schaeffler said “That’s so hard to describe and hard to capture, but it’s the best feeling in the world when you know you are helping your team and having such an amazing game as a goalkeeper ”
So far, Schaeffler says she has been enjoying her time on the Red and adjusting smoothly
“It’s been going really well I am really improving,” she said “The coaches are phenomenal; I couldn’t ask for a better coaching staff They are all really helping and I m defi-
nitely doing a lot better, so is everybody The team is so welcoming and so kind, they are the best and I love them ”
Two years further in her career, Horner feels the same strong connection to her teammates
“The best part about playing at Cornell has been my teammates, ” she said “We really are like a family off the field and I think on the field it shows that we work together really great Also it has been just a lot of fun playing here I think that if you are going to play a sport in college you really need to enjoy the sport because you spend so much time doing it and we really love going out and playing every day and working hard ”
Communication Fuels Momentum
field of play and switching the point of the attack,” said head coach Jaro Zawislan “On the set pieces, you can see some of our b a c k s g o i n g f o r o f f e n s i ve s e t pieces ”
Players like Slogic, who is 6-5, bring added height to the field, which supported by their athleticism is crucial for winning airballs and capitalizing on set pieces
According to Zawislan, each athlete on the field is splitting time between defending and attacking the ball, ensuring that the momentum moves in favor of a positive result for the Red
“Ever y player on the team,
g o i n g f ro m g o a l k e e p e r t o t h e defense to the forwards, everybody has as least some responsibilities in attack on offense when we have possession of the ball and everybody has responsibilities on the defensive side,” he said
Bridging the gap between the offensive and defensive lines, sit players like junior midfielder Ben Williams
“[ Williams] helps connect [the b a c k l i n e ] w i t h t h e m i d f i e l d , ”
Slogic said “When we have the ball, he helps us keep possession and helps us move the ball up the
field Defensively, he helps in stopping the attack before it gets to us, and also with directing the team to one side of the field or the other ”
A transition player on the field, Williams helps to direct the ball away from the back line and back toward the attacking forwards
My job is to basically clean up anything in front of me and prevent the ball from getting to [the back line] defensively,” Williams said “I basically sweep in front of them and defensively we work together as a unit They re always telling me where to be and where to go
” Communication between the different lines and thirds of the field is one of the most crucial aspects of the game For the back
l i n e , h a v i n g P f l a s t e re r i n g o a l directing the defenders toward the movement of the ball or alerting them to potential threat is key
“We have always been a closeknit team and that’s the same for the back line and me, ” Pflasterer said of the team ’ s on-field dynamic “We communicate well and organization is a key factor As the goalkeeper it stems from me, but it radiates through the back line and to the midfield ”
The players cannot overstress the need to have clear communicat i o n b e t we e n e ve r yo n e o n t h e
field Pflasterer is able to see the entire field, so being able to communicate possible threats to the line in front of him and the players in front of that is very important for maintaining a strong defensive wall
“We can have the momentum by c o m m u n i c a t i n g w i t h o t h e r players, having the ball, keeping the ball and telling them what positions they need and if they are out of position,” Chodas said “We hold down the fort and if we start losing the ball, it is up to us to get everyone back in the game
The strength of the back line, as well as the rest of the team, stems from its close-knit nature Being a b l e t o i n t u i t i ve l y u n d e r s t a n d where to be and where other players are is an invaluable asset for any team
“I think one of the biggest strengths of the back four as a defensive unit is how well we know each other’s tendencies on the field,” Rinow said
Defending and attacking as an entire team, combined with the strength of the back four, the goalkeepers and the midfielders, has been a driving factor for the Red’s success so far this season
Midfield madness | Junior midfielder Ben Williams relies on the back line to give him direction when he needs it or has a player on his back
M. SOCCER Continued from page 16
Horner’s corner | According to head coach Donna Hor nibrook, junior Carolyn Hor ner has been having a ver y strong season, acting as a backbone for the Red
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Chitanvis Proves Cr ucial for Attack
By HALEY VELASCO Sun Assistant Sports Ed tor
Senior forward Maneesha Chitanvis remains a crucial part of the Red’s attack during each game this season, as well as one of the key parts of the on-field and off-field leadership for Cornell For the past two seasons she has earned All-Ivy honorable mentions, and she often garners a lot of attention from the opposing defense due to her constant intensity
“I have definitely gotten close to [Chitanvis] with her and I being captains together I have had to work with her a lot she is a great leader,” said senior goalie and co-captain Tori Christ “She is very intense, but it is with a purpose She really knows what to say in a team huddle She has this tone about her to make everyone listen I think she is a really good leader ”
Over the last two seasons, Chitanvis has scored five goals and racked up two assists, leading the team with 12 points in her total time on East Hill
“She leads by example on and off the field She is a really good motivator on the field and plays with a lot of emotion,” said sophomore defender Sydney Cetrullo “You can always count on her to pick you up and bring you to her level of play ”
Last season, Chitanvis was one of three players that started all 16 games for the Red the only non-senior to do so The season began for her on Sept 2 against Fordham, where she scored just 16 seconds into the game She continued her scoring streak and grabbed another goal at the 30th minute off a shot rebound and helped Brook Chang ’12 with an assist to her goal in the second half Her other three goals to round out the five came during a four-game stretch where she had two goals in Ivy League play scoring against Columbia on Sept
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Captain Chitanvis | Senior forward Maneesha Chitanvis acts as co-captain for the 2012 squad, demonstrating leadership both on and off the field and providing a constant intensity on the attack
23 and Harvard on Oct 8
Along with the two other captains senior defender Jayann Gabrio and Christ Chitanvis plans to lead the Red into a winning season for the first time in ten years The main goal for the team is to be above 500 for the season and improve its place in the Ivy standings
“I think that this is the first year [of leadership] for all of them,” said junior midfielder Rachel Nichols about the tri-captains “Maneesha especially has been a really good leader on and off the field ”
This season, Chitanvis has had one assist in the 2-5 loss to Albany on Sept 9 to help senior midfielder/forward Xandra
Back Four Anchors Red Defense
By LAUREN RITTER Sun Sports Editor
On game day, a team is often times judged by the power of its offense, rather than the strength of its defense However, while scoring on the attack is a very important aspect of any game, being able to defend and block an opponent from capitalizing on goal opportunities is just as crucial For the men ’ s soccer team, the back defensive line, also referred to as ‘the back four,’ provides the backbone necessary to anchor the Red on the field
Holding down the back third of the field are junior defenders Jake Kirsch, Jake Rinow and Patrick Slogic and sophomore Peter Chodas The four players, separating themselves into two outside backs and two cen-
tral defenders, function together as a unit and act as a last resort before senior Rick Pflasterer in goal
“The back four is like a unit we work pretty well together,” Kirsch said “I’d say as a unit we ’ re thinking of ourselves as the backbone of the team We always seek to keep a shutout in every game with as few shots as possible ”
In addition to blocking and defending against many of the balls that are sent towards the goal line, the back line helps to set the momentum for the game, with its players moving to where they are most needed
“When you look at [the back four] they are very important with keeping the possession, switching the
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Hompe score Thirty-four seconds after the third goal from the Great Danes, Chitanvis passed to Hompe from the right of the field for the goal to try and take the win
“Not only vocally, but [she is a] really good role model with how she plays,” Nichols said Chitanvis has been exhibiting her athletic prowess since the preseason, according to first-year head coach Patrick Farmer
“[Chitanvis has] really been striking the ball well lately, and that captain leadership is big for her,” he said
Haley Velasco can be reached at hvelasco@cornellsun com
We a r i n g y o u r “ m a g i c ” u n d e rpants isn’t going to make the difference between winning or losing on game day Neither is holding your b re a t h w h e n yo u r f a vo r i t e player is about to make the free throw that could send the game into sudden-death over time If anything, you might pass out I don’t rec-
ommend it
Being a sports fan (read: a die-hard sports fan) is one of t h e m o s t re w a rd i n g , y e t stressful experiences possible Like many other fans, I cons i d e r m y s e l f a n e m o t i o n a l supporter I’ve cheered when my team has won, pouted when my team has lost and cried for a whole host of other reasons Being a sports fan is sometimes just one emotional roller coaster after another
Ma n y o f u s a l s o h a v e strange, but what we believe
and almost ever y sports fan I know can ’ t resist some couchs i d e c o a c h i n g I ’d l
