09 12 13 entire issue lo res

Police Identify Body Of Cornell Student

By AKANE OTANI Sun Managing Editor

Police found Lukashov’s Honda Accord abandoned on the Tappan Zee Bridge

d s o n R i

r a f t e r l e a v i n g h i s c a r, a l t h o u g h t h e y a d d e d t h a t n o w i t n e s s e s s a w a n y o n e j u m p f r o m t h e b r i d g e T h r o u g h o u t t h e w e e ke n d , a u t h o r i t i e s u s e d r a d a r a n d s o n a r t e c h n o l o g i e s a n d s e a r c h e d t h r o u g h t h e

Hu d s o n R i ve r f o r s i g n s o f Lu k a s h k ov, a c c o rd i n g t o Tro o p e r

Ja s o n Jo n e s o f t h e Ne w Yo rk St a t e Po l i c e Di ve r s re t r i e ve d a

b o d y f ro m t h e Hu d s o n i n t h e Vi l l a g e o f Do b b s Fe r r y o n

Sa t u rd a y

Po l i c e we re u n a b l e t o m a k e a p o s i t i ve i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o n t h e

b o d y u n t i l Tu e s d a y

Lu k a s h k ov ’ s m o t h e r t o l d T h e Jo u r n a l Ne w s t h a t s h e l a s t

h e a rd f ro m h e r s o n w h e n h e c a l l e d h e r o n Se p t 3 Lu k a s h k ov

p l a ye d v i d e o g a m e s w i t h f r i

Akane Otani can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun com and twitter com/akaneotani

By GABRIELLA LEE Sun Staff Writer

t ye a r t o $ 2 , 2 1 2 t h i s ye a r w a s o n e o f t h e l a r g e s t h i k e s t h e Un i ve r s i t y h a s e ve r a n n o u n c e d , a c c o rdi n g t o C r a i g McA l l i s t e r, d i re c t o r o f R i s k M a n a g e m e n t a n d In

Dennis ’13 ‘Loved People in an Unconditional Way ’

Stud ent di sap p e are d short l y b e fore what w ould have b e en hi s g raduation day

By MANU RATHORE Sun Senior Writer

Described as “the only true altruist” and as someone who “would have changed the world,” Chris Dennis ’13 was remembered by his friends as a free-spirited individual committed to environmental justice

Dennis was reported missing in May, shortly before he was due to graduate with the Class of 2013 After separating from his friends to canoe alone on Cayuga Lake, Dennis disappeared, and Seneca County officials and Cornell students launched a search for him

During the course of the search effort, Dennis’ canoe was found overturned in the middle of the lake, The Sun reported in May

Dennis, who was a double major in international agriculture and rural development and communications, worked as a videographer at The Sun and was a member of KyotoNOW! He had a passion for remedying climate change that led him to shoot many videos for the climate justice movement and the anti-fracking movement in New York State, according to Anna-Lisa Castle ’13

the world will lose out on ”

People who had worked with Dennis, such as Sandra Steingraber a member of the anti-fracking movement New Yorkers Against Fracking remembered him as being a talented videographer Dennis shot a video titled “ Do n ’ t Fr a

Fracking, which Steingraber said was a powerful piece of work

Despite his many accomplishments, Dennis was a modest person, Castle said

“He was really committed to the environment, to his friends and to loving other people He loved people in an unconditional way that I have never seen before,” Castle said Sarita Upadhyay ’11 said that Dennis, despite being only 22 years old, had already made his mark on the world

“At 22, [Dennis] had already accomplished a lot of things and had a huge impact,” Upadhyay said “He just had a huge amount of unique potential for the future that

“Chris was somebody who handled a lot of things and was behind the scenes in many ways, but I don’t think he ever realized how big an impact he actually made,” Castle said “He never tried taking credit for anything, but one would see his name at the bottom of a video, saying, ‘Shot by Chris Dennis ’”

Kelsey Erickson ’13 also emphasized Dennis’ talents behind the camera

“His movies were beyond anything that I had ever seen for someone his age, ” she said “I had visions of him becoming a big movie producer someday, but he was so humble that I knew he would never try to ”

Dennis was also a creative person with a unique way of thinking, Upadhyay said

“[Chris] always did exactly what he wanted to be doing, and I think that is something special that you don’t find in most people,” she said “He saw a lot of possibilities that other people don’t see He was very open to a lot of ideas that most people wouldn’t have even noticed ” Dennis started a discussion group to help broaden the public’s perspective on science and the media last semester with the co-founders of IndependentScienceNews org, a

At Candidate Forum, Freshmen

Propose Campus Improvements

By ASHLEY CHU Sun Staff Wr ter

Student Assembly representatives expressed disappointment over the low turnout at a candidate forum Wednesday, where the number of students running in the S A elections nearly equalled the number of audience members present

The candidates at the forum are running for freshman representative, transfer representative, LGBTQ representative and University Assembly representative

Eighteen students debated each other at the event, answering questions posed by Ulysses Smith ’14, S A president, and Alfonse Muglia ’14, director of elections for the S A

Many of the candidates shared similar thoughts about topics raised at the forum such as the importance of the S A ’ s diversity initiative, the need for improvement in the TCAT bus system and the requirement that S A representatives meet with leaders of certain clubs and organizations on campus

One candidate, Marc Masson ’17, expressed his opinion that the University’s sur vey about freshmen’s housing preferences was “ too impersonal ”

“ They should include questions like ‘Do you like to party every night? Do you like to have rowdy sex every night?’” he said

Another candidate, Alex Chakrin ’17, discussed Greek life, reflecting his platform to “fight for fewer restrictions” on fraternities and sororities on campus

“I believe that the University needs to revisit its policies on fraternities and how it does not allow freshmen to have any sort of contact with fraternities because it is having an adverse effect on the community [at Cornell],” Chakrin said Yamini Bhandari ’17 proposed an initiative to combat the “50 to 60 emails a day [she receives] to her Cornell account each day,” an idea she coined “ClubCal ”

“Ever y listser v should have an option to unsubscribe from the email,”

Bhandari said “I want to streamline the way that we do clubs and have an interactive calendar on the S A website to show when every meeting is and update it currently ”

She proposed making information about clubs more accessible and organized for students

“I want to make a website where you check off different clubs that you ’ re interested in, and once a month, you get one email with the dates and times for every club and where they’re meeting,” Bhandari said

A noteworthy change in the candidate debate this year was the style of questions that were asked, according to Muglia This

year, the S A asked more questions about its history, as well as past resolutions it has pushed forward

“You know, I don’t think we intended to stump people, necessarily,” Smith said “But one, it brings awareness to the assembly and what we ’ re doing and hopefully draws more people in The other part is that it helps the candidates learn about themselves ”

Smith said he hopes that the challenging questions asked at the forum will spur candidates to understand the task they are planning on undertaking

“I think after hearing some of the questions that Alfonzo and I asked, the candidates will probably go and do some more research,” Smith said “They realize now, ‘Wow, this is not high school government all over again We actually have a $6 5-million budget that we ’ re responsible for allocating ’”

Muglia also said that he thought the forum was informative for students, since most of the topics that were brought up at the forum were those most relevant to freshmen

“One of the first things that freshmen notice are things like the bus system, things like the dining hall hours, and it is important for them to know the difference between the things that the Student Assembly can do something about and can ’ t do something about,”

site for alternative media on issues of science and agriculture, according to Erickson

“He was really excited to give them the opportunity to talk to students so that these students would attain a more wholesome perspective on science and understand the corporate interests that bias scientific claims regarding agriculture,” she said

Deeply sympathetic to the damage done by the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti, Dennis took time off the 2011-12 academic year at Cornell to work on reforestation projects in Haiti, according to Castle

“He started a non-profit in Haiti to grow bamboo as an earthquake-resistant building material,” she said “He was somebody who could just go with the flow and commit to something but at the same time he was ver y free spirited ”

Upadhyay said that Dennis had taught her how to appreciate the little things in life

“For me, he really taught me to be happy and how to really love life and every little thing: a sunset, a sunrise, the beauty of a tree or animal or food,” she said “He was really excited about and compassionate toward every person he met That was really beautiful ”

Upadhyay said she urges Cornell students to have a positive impact in the world in honor of Dennis

“Chris cared a lot about having an impact, and the best way to honor his memory is for people to think about how to have a positive impact on the world,” she said “His memory and time with me have inspired me, and I hope he inspires other people in the Cornell community ”

Manu Rathore can be reached at mrathore@cornellsun com and twitter com/mrathore15

| Alfonse Muglia ’14, director of elections for the Student Assembly, speaks at a candidates forum at the Robert Purcell Community Center Wednesday

Muglia said “But most of them, I think, have figured it out, and I was ver y impressed ” Despite saying they were both disappointed by the low turnout at the event, both Muglia and Smith expressed a general satisfaction with the way the debate went “We’re making decisions

that actually affect a lot of people,” Smith said “Though this campus might largely be apathetic in certain rights toward a lot of the things that are happening, a lot of the things that we do really do impact a lot of people ” Smith added that he hopes students will more widely publicize the candi-

date forum next year “Next time, they need to advertise to their friends a bit more get some cheering corners in here for them or something Other than that, it was pretty good,” he said

Ashley Chu can be reached at achu@cornellsun com

Following Dartmouth College’ s passage of the Greek First-Year Safety and Risk Reduction resolution in May, the Greek Leadership Council finalized the policy’s enforcement, which will, with some exceptions, prohibit freshmen from attending Greek houses until the conclusion of Homecoming weekend, The Dartmouth reported Wednesday

Compiled

e

Zimmerman Probe on Hold

L AKE MARY, Fla (AP)

The investigation of a domestic dispute between George Zimmerman and his estranged wife is on hold because there is no clear evidence to charge anyone and neither side wants to press the case, a police spokesman said Wednesday

That could change if ne w evidence sur faces or technicians are able to extract video that record-

m a s h e d i Pa

, said Officer Zach Hudson Law enforcement analysts are having d i f f i c u l t y o b t

h

v i d e o because the iPad is in bad shape, he said

“ We h a v e c o n c l u d e d t h e investigation with what we have

t o w o r k w i t h r i g h

n o w, ” Hudson said

T

Monday, just days after Shellie

papers

In the papers, Zimmerman, 26, said she had separated from her husband a month after he was acquitted in the 2012 fatal s h o o t i n g d e a t h o f u n a r m e d black teen Trayvon Mar tin

A police repor t on the dispute released Wednesday shed some light on how it star ted Shellie Zimmerman, accomp a n i e d b y h e r f a t h e r a n d a f r i e n d , w a s r e m o v i n g s o m e b e l o n g i n g s f r o m t h e c o u p l e ’ s house when George Zim–merm a n , w h o s t i l l l i v e s t h e r e , arrived and began taking photos o f h e r, t h e r e p o r t s a

T

h o u s e i s o w n e d b y S h e l l i

Zimmerman’s parents George Zimmerman recorded the items she removed from the house and also the belongi n g s s h e h a d p l a c e d i n h e r father’s tr uck, the repor t said Zimmerman said his wife was “taking proper ty that was not agreed upon and he began taking pictures and recording the items,” the repor t said

S h e l l i e Z i m m e r m a n t h e n

t o o k h e r i Pa d a n d s t a r t e d re c ordin g he r hu s b an d tak ing photos of her, authorities said George Zimmerman went in the house and locked the front door What happened next is in dispute

S h e l l i e Z i m m e r m a n t o l d i n v e s t i g a t o r s s h e h e a r d h e r f a t h e r s c r e a m i n g f r o m t h e

garage

Her father, David Dean, told her that Zimmerman had hit him in the face, the repor t said

S h e s a i d h e r h u s b a n d t h e n smashed her iPad

During a 911 call, she also

t o l d p o l i c e t h a t G e o r g e

Z i m m e r m a n w a s t h r e a t e n i n g her and her father with a gun

Later, however, she said she had not seen a gun Police said they found no gun, but that Shellie Zimmerman’s father “did have a swollen red mark on the bridge of his nose ” A t a n e w s c o n f e re n c e l a t e Wednesday, Shellie Zimmerman

w a s w i t h h e r a t t o r n e y, K e l l y

S i m s , b u t d i d n ’ t a n s w e r a n y questions about what happened

Sims cited the on-going divorce

p ro c e e d i n g s a n d p ro b a t i o n a s the reason Sims defended his client’s initial asser tions that her husband was armed

S i m s s a i d S h e l l i e Zi m m e r m a n f o u n d p a c k a g i n g for a ne w holster in the trash

that day and has always known him to carr y a gun “ B o t t o m l i n e , S h e l l i e h a d ever y reason to believe there was a gun, ” Sims said Sims said his client is hoping to move on as soon as possible “ The only thing Shellie wants out of the end of this relationship is for it to end with a whimper and not a bang,” Sims said In the repor t George Zimmerman told investigators that his wife had told him she was done picking up her belongings He said he locked the front door and went to the garage to close it w h e n S h e l l

s father confronted him, according to the repor t Shellie Zimmerman’s father

t h r e w d o w n h i s g l a s s e s a n d charged his son-in-law, accordi

G

account Shellie Zimmerman at some point hit her husband with her iPad, George Zimmerman told investigators

O n t h e m e m o r i a l p l a z a ove r l o o k i n g t w o re f l e c t i n g p o o l s i n t h e i m p r i n t o f t h e t w i n t owe r s , re l a t i ve s re c i te d t h e n a m e s o f t h e n e a r l y 3 , 0 0 0 p e o p l e w h o d i e d w h e n h i j a c k e d j e t s c r a s h e d i n t o t h e t o w e r s , t h e Pe n t a g o n a n d i n a f i e l d n e a r S h a n k s v i l l e , Pa T h e y a l s o re c o g n i ze d t h e v i c t i m s o f t h e 1 9 9 3 t r a d e c e n t e r b o m b i n g Be l l s t o l l e d t o m a rk t h e p l a n e s h i t t i n g t h e t o w e r s a n d t h e m o m e n t s w h e n t h e s k y s c r a p e r s f e l l “ Tr i b u t e i n L i g h t ” s e a rc h l i g h t s , t u r n e d o n a t s u n s e t , i l l u m i n a t e d t h e s k i e s w h e r e t h e t w i n t o w e r s o n c e s t o o d I n Wa s h i n g t o n , Pr e s i d e n t B a r a c k O b a m a , f i r s t l a d y M i c h e l l e O b a m a , V i c e Pr e s i d e n t Jo e B i d e n a n d w i f e J i l l Bi d e n w a l k e d o u t t o t h e W h i t e H o u s e ’ s S o u t h L a w n f o r a m o m e n t o f s i l e n c e a t 8 : 4 6 a m t h e t i m e t h e f i r s t p l a n e s t r u c k t h e n o r t h t o w e r i n Ne w Yo r k A n o t h e r j e t l i n e r s t r u c k t h e Pe n t a g o n a t 9 : 3 7 a m “ O u r h e a r t s s t i l l a c h e f o r t h e f u t u r e s s n a t c h e d a w a y, t h e l i ve s t h a t m i g h t h a ve b e e n , ” Ob a m a s a i d A m o m e n t o f s il e n c e w a s a l s o h

Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling

Cecilia An | Guest Room

A n Un sy mpathetic

New

York State of Mind

o f m y C o r n e l l c o l l e a g u e s , w h o a r e p r o u d l y s e l f - i d e n t i f y i n g n a t i v e Ne w Yo

r k e r s ( a s w e l l a s s u m m e r i n t e r n s e a g e r t o p r ov e h ow w e l l t h e y h a v e a s s i m i l a t e d )

h a v e m o c k e d m e f o r m y e x p re s s i o n s o f s y m p a t h y t ow a rd t h e h o m e l e s s , w h i l e

w e a r i n g t h e i r i m p e n e t r a b l e a p a t h y l i k e a

b a d g e o f h o n o r Ev e r y p a i n e d l o o k I g i v e

a b e g g a r i s f o l l ow e d b y r o l l i n g e y e s o r a

p a t r o n i z i n g s p e e c h a b o u t h ow I s i m p l y

d o n o t u n d e r s t a n d Ne w Yo r k C i t y I b e g a n t o u n d e r s t a n d t h a t b e i n g v o i d o f

e m o t i o n t ow a rd t h o s e a s k i n g f o r m o n e y

g o e s b e y o n d e c o n o m i c n e c e s s i t y, b u t h a s

b e c o m e a s o u r c e o f s u p e r i o r i t y, e xc l u s i vi t y a n d h u m o r f o r m a n y I h a v e h e a rd m a n y o f m y C o r n e l l a c q u a i n t a n c e s j o k i n g a b o u t d e v i s i n g e l a b o r a t e p l a n s t o w a rd o f f b e g g a r s o n t h e s u b w a y, s u c h a s b r i n g i n g a r o u n d a

b o o k a s a p r o p o r s l ow l y p re t e n d i n g t o p a s s o u t a s t h e y a re a p p r o a c h e d T h e y e m p l oy t h e s e t a c t i c s w h i l e t h o s e a s k i n g f o r s p a re c h a n g e s l ow l y s h u f f l e b y w i t h o u t s t re t c h e d b a s e b a l l c a p s a n d p l a s t i c b a g s D e s p i t e t h e i r i n s i s t e n c e t h a t I a d o p t t h e i r a t t i t u d e a n d j o i n i n t h e f u n , I t a k e p r i d e i n t h e f a c t t h a t a f t e r t w o y e a r s o f i n t e r n i n g i n t h e g re a t e s t c i t y i n t h e w o r l d , I h a v e y e t t o c a v e a n d c o nf o r m t o b r a g g i n g a b o u t h ow g o o d a t n o t

c a r i n g I a m W h e n d i d a p a t h y b e c o m e e l i t i s m ?

Ma n y o f m y m o re s y m p a t h e t i c f r i e n d s , s i m i l a r t o m y s e l f, h a v e b e e n l e c t u re d i n

s o m e r a t h e r d e m e a n i n g t o n e s b y N YC

n a t i v e s , a s i f t h e y w e re g i v i n g u s v a l u -

a b l e i n s i d e r i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e l i f e s t y l e a n d c u l t u re o f N YC A l t h o u g h

I c a n a c k n o w l e d g e t h a t b e c o m i n g

s o m e w h a t d e s e n s i t i z e d t o t h e s t o r i e s o f

m i s f o r t u n e a n d t h e c a rd b o a rd s i g n s l i tt e re d a c r o s s Fi f t h Av e n u e w a s a p e r s o na l n e c e s s i t y f o r m e , I h a v e n e v e r b e e n p r o u d o f i t

I ’ m w r i t i n g a b o u t t h i s b e c a u s e o f a

r n f r o m w h a t w e s e e a n d h e a r f r o m o u r f r i e n

n d p e e r s i n o rd e r t o f i t i n We l e a r n b y m i rr o r i n g t h e s p e e c h , a c t i o n s a n d a t t i t u d e s a r o u n d u s , a n d t h e re f o re a b i d e b y t h e r u l e s o f t h e s o c i e t y w e h a v e e n t e re d How e v e r, o n c e i n a w h i l e w e d o n e e d t o re m i n d o u r s e l v e s t h a t t h e a t t i t u d e s w e a d o p t s h o u l d b e s u b j e c t t o o u r p e r s o n a l j u d g m e n t a n d m o r a l v a l u e s I d o n o t d o n a t e t o s o m e o n e e v e r y t i m e h e o r s h e a s k s m e t o I h a v e n e i t h e r t h e f i n a n c i a l m e a n s n o r t h e h e a r t a n d s o u l o f Mo t h e r T h e re s a t o d o s o I c a r r y a r o u n d m y f a i r s h a re o f c y n i c i s m , e s p ec i a l l y w h e n h e a r i n g a b o u t t h e f o u r t h p e r s o n w h o s e h o u s e b u r n e d d ow n i n t h e p a s t w e e k o n t h e A t r a i n l a t e a t n i g h t Ev e r y o n e s e e m s t o h a v e n o m o n e y a n d t h re e c h i l d re n t o f e e d a f t e r a l o n g d a y w h e n o n e ’ s p a t

p a r t i c u l a r w o m a n I s a w s l ow l y d e c l i n i n g a s I c o m m u t e d t o a n d f r o m w o r k t h i s s u m m e r W h a t I s a w a s h e r t r a n s i t i o n i n t o h o m e l e s s n e s s s t i l l w e i g h s h e a v i l y o n m y h e a r t O n c e h e s i t a n t t o e v e n a s k f

Max Schechter | Dems Discuss

2013: An Election Year

When those of us on the executive board of the Cornell Democrats were planning for this semester, I made a dumb comment (not an unusual occurrence for me) I said that I wish it were an election year because campaigning is such a fun part of the being in the Dems Our Director of Public Relations corrected me, saying that it was, in fact, an election year At first, I thought he said this because we are already preparing for the 2014 midterm elections, but he meant that in New York, and many other states across the country, off-years are the time for county and municipal elections (not to mention state-wide elections in New Jersey and Virginia) So, in a sense, I was right: It’s not an election year for the Cornell Dems unless were to have any members from New York, New Jersey, Boston or Atlanta Like I said, dumb comments: not an unusual occurrence for me

Unfortunately, I think most Cornell students fall into my camp when it comes to forgetting that 2013 is an election year How many of us realized that Tuesday was primary election day in New York? Unless you saw coverage of the New York mayoral election you might have missed that the first, and in many cases the only important, part of this election occurred on Tuesday In many places, including Ithaca and New York City, one party has such an overwhelming dominance that the

primary election is enough to determine who will probably win the election In short, the most populous city in America probably just selected it’s next mayor, the county in which you go to college may have just selected its next County Judge and many of your home counties and towns just nominated officials to various other positions Odds are, it happened without you

While turnout in American elections is m u c h maligned and is poor when c o n t r a s t e d with other W

, it’s actually been rising since the turn of the century That said, voting in non-presidential elections is probably still worse than you think Virginia, a state where the governor is up for election in off years, has seen the number of eligible voters who turnout drop to three-inten compared to seven-in-ten during Presidential election years States like New York, where citizens are voting for county officials and judges, can expect even less enthusiasm

At this point, you ’ re probably asking why

you should care Sure, you understand why the New York City mayoral race matters, but who knows what the county executive, common council member, first selectman, general assembly member or county clerk even does? Well, to the question of why you should care, I have two answers

Even though you know President Barack Obama’s name and don’t know your county legislator’s unless she lives next door, local and state laws are the ones that actually govern your life

g to engage in or, at the least, follow local level keeps your voice from g heard by the officials who affect your life most often

Most of the taxes you’ll pay, the school regulations you follow and laws that

affect your life are passed at the state level or below Congress may get to deal with the sexier issues such as Syria, healthcare reform and renaming post offices, but members of the Ithaca Common Council are the ones who can protect you from your Collegetown slumlord or regulate the Hot Truck’s hours Failing to engage in or, at the very least, follow locallevel politics keeps your voice from being heard by the officials who affect your life most often

THROWDOWN

THURSDAYS

Julius Kairey | Always Right

The second reason local politics matters is because as much as you might think you ’ re voting for the person who is going to fix potholes, national agendas often start at the local level It is much easier to organize for and affect local elections which means they are the place to get good public officials into office and keep potentially dangerous ones out

Many of the politicians who gain national fame start out by winning local elections by a few dozen votes People in New York found out that the election for county clerk mattered when several clerks tried to deny gay marriage licenses Conversely, maybe that state legislator you support will eventually rise to the presidency, like President Obama did

Your small, local election has ripples that extend far beyond your trash collection and sales tax

If you ever hear somebody at Cornell say: “It’s not an election year, ” I hope you tell them that they should check again Furthermore, if you are a New York, New Jersey or Virginia resident: Please register to vote in the general election and apply for your absentee ballot today! After all, it is an election year

Max Schechter is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences and the president of the Cornell Democrats He may be reached at mschechter@cornellsun com Dems Discuss appears alternate Thursdays this semester

A D isturbing Trend Toward Campus Censorship

Are American free speech norms too permissive of offensive and hateful speech? Many university administrators and professors seem to think so Over the past few decades, they have launched dangerous new campaigns at schools across the country to limit the extent of free speech on campus

Examples are easy to find, but difficult to stomach Western Michigan University prohibited students from h o l d i n g “ c o n d e s c e n d i n g s e x - b a s e d a t t i t u d e s ” T h e University of Delaware banned “teasing” and “ridiculing ” California State University at Chico prohibited students from using “generic masculine terms to refer to people of both sexes, ” literally prohibiting students from using the term “ guys ” to get the attention of a group of friends And Drexel University’s speech code proscribed if you can believe it “inappropriately directed laughter” and “inconsiderate jokes ” One might as well require students to “play nice with others ”

When universities act in furtherance of these policies, the results are predictably disastrous At Bucknell University, students were prohibited from holding an affirmative action bake sale” to protest the use of racial preferences in admissions policy Tufts University students were found guilty of “harassment” when they accurately published certain passages from the Quran At New York University, students were successfully pressured into not displaying the Danish cartoons of Mohammad that ignited worldwide protest nearly a decade ago

nology ” Ironically, the Assembly used Cornell’s “Open Doors, Open Hearts, Open Minds” Statement on Diversity, which purports to nurture minorities, to suppress ideas deemed hostile by a majority of the campus Thankfully, President David Skorton decided to intervene to defend the principle that “the antidote to offensive speech is more speech, not less speech” in an article in The Sun Still, it is disappointing how hollow the ubiquitous rhetoric surrounding diversity rings when it is intellectual diversity that is on the chopping block To this day, Cornell prohibits making “bias-motivated jokes or statements ” that create an “offensive environment” criteria subjective

What lies at the heart of this dispute over free speech on campus? In my view, it is fundamentally about what role a university ought to play in the ideological development of its student body.

Our University is no stranger to this fight Just a few years ago, the Student Assembly adopted “Resolution 6” after an article in the Cornell Review criticized “ angry minorities” who are too quick to “complain about discrimination from whitey ” While students rightly condemned the unsubstantiated arguments and insensitive terms contained within the article, the Assembly went further, urging a revision to the Campus Code of Conduct to “ prevent future hateful termi-

from material that could hurt our feelings or cause tension between different groups in the Cornell community Indeed, nearly all Western liberal democracies allow content-based restrictions on speech deemed “hateful” or “belittling ” Whether at the national level or the university level, however, these restrictions do serious harm to a key purpose of having the freedom of speech to begin with

That purpose is to allow robust debate on matters of public concern Through discussions with our fellow citizens, we hope to be able to come up with the optimal solution to problems we all face Free speech enables us to pursue truth without having to worry that we will be punished because our beliefs conflict with the interests of the powerful or with notions that most of society considers sacrosanct When speech can be restricted simply because someone takes offense, everyone loses: The censored student loses the ability to speak, the campus community loses the ability to listen and the aggrieved students lose the ability to reconsider (or reinforce) a perspective that they hold near and dear through a clash with the offensive opinion

enough to prohibit speech on key issues such as affirmative action or immigration

What lies at the heart of this dispute over free speech on campus? In my view, it is fundamentally about what role a university ought to play in the ideological development of its student body Should universities be places that encourage the free exchange of ideas places that allow students to pursue truth, wherever it might lead them? Or should universities seek to inculcate their student bodies with a predetermined truth and defend, on behalf of students, a “right not to be offended” by speech that contradicts those prepackaged ideas?

Proponents of the latter view seem to see themselves as protectors of the student body They seek to keep us safe

As Chief Justice Roberts, said in Snyder v Phelps, upholding the Westboro Baptist Church’s right to engage in sinister, vile protests against military families:

“Speech is powerful It can stir people to action, move them to tears of both joy and sorrow, and as it did here inflict great pain On the facts before us, we cannot react to that pain by punishing the speaker As a nation we have chosen a different course to protect even hurtful speech on public issues to ensure that we do not stifle public debate ” If our Supreme Court sees fit to protect the First Amendment rights of those who protest against the very people who defend those rights overseas, then surely we can take the smaller step of keeping our universities out of the business of regulating offensiveness

Julius Kairey is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at jkairey@cornellsun com Always Right appears alternate Thursdays this semester

Dining Guide

Your source for good food

Raise Your Glass to the Best Cocktails in Ithaca

By JACOB LIFTON Sun Staff Writer

Ithaca may be known for its remarkable supply of creativity (I hear we have a higher number of amateur loom-weavers per capita than New York City), yet this fact is typically featured by way of the town ’ s eclectic eater y scene

Although Ithaca’s bubbling foodie backdrop can be a solid source of excitement for the dining section, lately I’ve been interested in something even bubblier: its cocktails

To a certain point, cocktails are cocktails almost every bar will be able to make a decent Gin and Tonic or a Manhattan, and most of them will make the groovy juice go down just as smooth These “basic”cocktails are of little interest to me; instead of trying every Rob Roy or Vodka Collins in Ithaca, many of which would end up tasting pretty darn similar, for this feature I wanted to investigate the sorts of cocktails that the Ithacan bartenders are inventing and determine who is inventing the best

Given that we all have different tastes for different tastes, I admit that this list is neither totally objective nor definitive Cocktails can range from the inordinately sweet to the unpleasantly bitter, and our fine-tuned palates can vary just as widely However, to reduce the inherent bias of this study, all cocktails were sampled by several members of a deliberately selected judicial panel (i e , a couple buddies and I)

The criteria I was after included quality of taste, inventiveness on the part of the creators and overall uniqueness of the beverage Did the drink contain some unexpected ingredient that worked surprisingly well? Could something similar be found in another bar, and if so, was it as good? This was the sort of question-cud my panel and

I chewed whilst slurping back thyme-infused whiskeys and whiskey-infused ports

Our findings lie below Cheers!

5. LEVEL B

Although not necessarily renowned for its ingenuity, Level B can still serve up some quality swigs Stop by for some solid cocktails, awkward dancing, nice bathrooms and an overall fun time!

Our Choice:

Love in an Elevator

In case you’d rather drink your dessert, this sumptuous blend of Godiva white chocolate liqueur, Svedka vanilla vodka and chocolate syrup offers up the equivalent of a liquid brownie It’s healthy, too (not)!

Bartender’s Choice: Level B

Containing Marker’s Mark bourbon, amaretto, bitters and a cherry, the Level B is a fairly simple spin on a Whiskey Sour less sour, more sweet and the result is quite good

4 PIXEL

Most may not bother with the ever-changing specialty drinks menu at Pixel, but if you do, you may find a surprising amount of innovation! Still, Pixel could learn from Level B’s bathroom conditions

Our Choice: Bonita Applebum Citadelle apple, jalapeño, lime and sugar sweet, sour, bitter, spicy This zesty apple-tini goes easy on the ’tini and rocks hard on the flavor!

Bartender’s Choice: Sorrel

Absolut mandarin, framboise, Ithaca ginger beer now that’s one tangy, hipstery brew

3 SILKY JONES

Tucked neatly away on the Commons, bar / cocktail lounge Silky Jones offers up a somewhat classier setting for sipping bubs than Pixel or Level B I didn’t go the bathroom here, so I can ’ t really speak as to how it compares to Level B’s (Seriously, by Collegetown standards, those bathrooms are pristine!)

Our Choice: Cool Ruler

cially when they’re muddled together The mintiness in particular adds an interesting layer to a nicely sour beverage

Bartender’s Choice: French Pear

This drink smartly combines Absolut pear vodka, elderflower liqueur and freshly squeezed

2 STELLA’S

Coming in a very close second place, Stella’s definitely plays by its own rules when it comes to ‘tails

The bartenders are continuously revamping the drink menu, opting to use fresh, local ingredients and quality booze; there are so many types of whiskey on the walls that the entire main floor glows amber So if you ’ re into warm, romantic lighting and taste-bud experimentation, this is your place!

Muddled lemon, orange, mint, Stoli blueberry vodka and lemonade are all things we all like, espe-

lemon juice, yielding a slightly more refined flavor Fellas, don’t be weirded out by the thought of drinking flowers they’ve proven to have many antioxidants and vitamins, just like those gym supplements you take every day! Plus, they’re pretty darn good in a drink

Our Choice: Kiss on the Lips

Boasting a delicate interplay of vodka, elderflower liqueur (apparently this flower is all the craze right now in the cocktail world), lavender extract, lemons and blueberries, this is a drink that is fruity enough for the sweet tooth, yet complex enough to please fans of herby bitterness Bartender’s Choice: The Crucible A definite a u t u m n - b e v e r a g e , the Crucible contains light and dark rum plus tawny port, served up (mixed with ice, then strained into a stemmed glass) Four fresh cloves are pinned neatly onto a lemon slice, which is then plopped gently into the middle of the glass, imbuing the mix with a hearty spice!

1 FELICIA’S ATOMIC LOUNGE WINNER !

Many of you reading this may be wondering what /where the hell Felicia’s Atomic Lounge is, yet, in truth, there isn’t a bar on t h i s l i s t t h a t m o re p e r f e c t l y embodies the Ithacan spirit I’ve been after Featuring frequent live music, a funky retro ambience and a staggering array of freshly prepared infusions and creative cocktails, this W State Street lounge takes the cocktail cake if only by a margin Our Choice: Zen Mary Man, Felicia’s House Bloody Mar y is a zinger! House-infused cucumber vodka, house-made c

Wo

thing’s house-made or infused!), and fresh local horseradish come together to form a sort of drinkable gazpacho, with plenty of p

with this meal during breakfast, lunch AND dinner since it’s a Bloody Mar y, no one can judge you!

Bartender’s Choice: State Street ’ 75 Citr us, citr us, refreshing citr us Citr us-infused vodka, lemon juice, simple and fizzing champagne with an orange twist all make for a beverage wor th beverage-ing It’s freshness you can taste and taste-ness you can feel as it tickles its way down your esophagus A tr uly nice drink

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

With their fifth studio L P released in a seven-year span, Arctic Monkeys, the best British quartet of this generation, continues its evolution from the manic linear sounds that made 2006’s Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not the fastest selling debut album in British history Lead singer and lyricist Alex Turner was on the younger side of 20 when writing that first album, and those songs touched on the pressing matters of a 19 year-old lad: Trying to get into the club Not getting into the club Trying to get the girl to dance Maybe getting some action Maybe not There’s not much sentimentality on that first album, because who has time for feelings when you ’ re 19 in a crowded club looking for a quick shag with a bouncer breathing down your neck? As Turner sings on “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor,” “There ain’t no love, no Montagues or Capulets, just banging tunes and D J sets and dirty dance floors and dreams of naughtiness ” Now its seven years later, and a weathered Turner might actually be in love He’s quite unsure about it though, as is evident from the titles of each of AM’ s three lead singles, all phrased as questions: “Do I Wanna Know?,” “R U Mine?” and “Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?” What is certain, though, is that Arctic Monkeys have pushed aside their juvenile impulses and stowed away their, ahem, dancing shoes Their rhythms have slowed now, and more emphasis is placed on their lyrics than guitars No longer are they trying to get into the club they got in long ago, danced and now Turner’s looking for her No longer concerned with what happens when the sun goes down, he’s

When The Weeknd, a k a Abel Tesfaye, self-released his trio of gripping mixtapes in 2011, the once anonymous Toronto native was quickly propelled into the PBR&B limelight Following the exponential trajectory of his stardom, Tesfaye centers his first major studio debut, Kiss Land, on the oft-covered subject matter of touring life We’ve heard it all before

Unfortunately, in Tesfaye’s case, we really have and quite recently Technically, Kiss Land is The Weeknd’s fourth album in two-and-a-half years, and though the Trilog y mixtapes primarily discussed the joylessness of sex and drugs instead of the thrill, his sophomore effort merely expands on more of the same Maybe this is Tesfaye’s crystallization of a thematic concept that’s been gestating within him since 2011, or maybe (perhaps more probably), this is just a redundancy in Tesfaye’s overly nihilistic, overly familiar worldview

Nonetheless, if asphyxiation by moodiness is Tesfaye’s goal, asphyxiation is what listeners get Kiss Land’ s mood is palpably mournful It’s an album of calluses and cold, where the beauty of decay trumps the beauty of creation His sound is still pretty dark (and darkly pretty, actually), like sex music you’d play after a night of heavy narcotics abuse And like the narcotics Tesfaye most likely ingests, Kiss Land is full of both molly highs and molly lows The songs play like an oxymoron: lush chords and vocals over barren lyrics and textures Sonically and lyrically, Kiss Land accurately portrays the cheap thrills of the touring lifestyle as he whisper-sings in his title track, “White Russian when the sun hits, white Russians with the tongue tricks ”

searching for who he’ll be with when the sun comes up hence the album title’s double meaning, AM both for Arctic Monkeys and for after midnight, those earliest hours of the day when lust meets longing and last calls turn into booty calls The party has ended, people are leaving and Turner is alone in conversation with his brain “I need a partner Are you out tonight?” he asks in “Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?,” a single with a message about as subtle as a war drum “Has it gone for good or is it coming back around,” reads the chorus to “Fireside,” as Turner contemplates reconnecting with a former love “Fireside” is a great song, a livelier counterpart to “Cornerstone ” from the band’s last album Suck It and See “Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High” recounts a tale of physical desire and woe laid over an old school Dr Dre beat The album was recorded in California, and West Coast influences like Dre permeate throughout The new influences are welcomed additions to their sound and show that Arctic Monkeys are continuing to develop beyond their insta-star roots

In the beginning, Arctic Monkeys were the most prototypical British-sounding band around but, cut from the ribs of The Libertines, they grew into something bigger Arctic Monkeys embodied the English version of the Rust-Belt They were the sound of Liverpool, Manchester and their native Sheffield They represented the England we saw at the beginning of Across the Universe, where Jude has his preLucy date jiving on a dingy warehouse dance floor Whereas Franz Ferdinand glossed over gritty British vocals to appeal to an American audience, Arctic Monkeys left the

smut of industrial Sheffield on their sound

It’s fitting then, that the best the album offers, both lyrically and sonically, is “Arabella,” a song influenced by American Rust-Belt band The Black Keys “Arabella,” as well as “Do I Wanna Know?,” are driven by the same steady servings of heavy deliberate guitar riffs that paced many preEl Camino Key’s tracks (the groups toured together last year ) and the song ’ s lyrics, like many of the lyrics on the album, are near perfection Track after track is abound with wordplay and cultural references, from Mean Streets to the EPL Since Arctic Monkeys’ drastic stylistic turn in between My Favourite Nightmare and Humbug, Turner has become the poet laureate of swooning love-sickness (check out his soundtrack to the quality film Submarine for reference)

That being said, there is still room for the band to improve “Mad Sounds” is a miss and “I Wanna Be Yours” is a snoozer to cap off the album It also might have been nice to see the Monkeys take a couple more experimental chances Unlike their earliest work, the band is now letting their albums receive some significance outside producing embellishments Apart from “Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High” and “Knee Socks,” the production flairs are few on AM, and it would have been nice to see a little more Arctic Monkeys were never the type for glitz or glamour, but with their place in British rock’s pantheon all but secured, it would be nice to see them push the envelope a little further on their next album

Brian Gordon is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He can be reached at bgordon@cornellsun com

For Tesfaye, love is vampiric he squeezes blood out his victims to the very last drop Lust is rampant but hollow, and he thrives on the ambiguity of his nocturnal clock and the blur of one night bleeding into the next His lyrics would be overtly misogynistic were it not for the fact that Tesfaye most likely equally distrusts men and women in his state of addled despondency Some of his more offensive lyrics are nonsensical, as in “Wanderlust”: “Good girls go to heaven / Bad girls go everywhere ” Others, as in “Kiss Land,” are downright appalling: “You can meet me in the room where the kisses ain’t free / You gotta pay with your body ” Nevertheless, “Wanderlust” proves to be a successful track sonically, pitting chillwave cool against upbeat chord progressions

Jeff Weiss commented in The Washington Post that Tesfaye attends “ The Derek Zoolander School of Songwriting” every song he produces has the same look Luckily, one thing hasn’t changed for the better: Tesfaye’s signature voice has the same high tremor as Michael Jackson’s and the same urgency as Prince’s, but it is altogether inimitable Its ethereal strength sounds just as dichotomous as Tesfaye’s tracks: He places breathy vocals over metallic synths, analogous to the glitz that covers the desolation of his newly acquired fame His falsetto trills over depraved subject matter, allowing his dystopian universe of strippers and substance abuse to grow with each high note He croons in his opening track, “The Professional:” “You’re a somebody now / But what’s a somebody in a nobody town?”

Though in its entirety, Kiss Land sounds rather homogeneous, the album’s songs actually feature a spectrum of new

sounds individually “Belong to the World” may include a sample from Portishead’s “Machine Gun ” This “borrowed” percussion riff started much publicized Twitter beef between Tesfaye and Portishead’s Geoff Barrow, but is altogether used triumphantly in the track Progressing from Trilog y, “Belong to the World” sounds more honest and direct, like the polish a major label might bring to Tesfaye’s raw vocals Likewise, he adds everything from distorted Asian pornography (as in “Kiss Land”) to excerpts of French monologues to his songs without sounding completely schizophrenic (a moderate success)

In the end, Kiss Land is a better-mastered continuation of Echoes of Silence, his final mixtape Both albums create similarly immersive atmospheres with interesting textures

However, this still remains The Weeknd’s fourth album in half as many years, and as such, the final product does not present the same genre-bending seismic shift of Tesfaye’s earlier work His benumbed worldview has been told over and over again until even his core-listeners have been desensitized to its beauty

Maybe Tesfaye is singing too many of the same tales about drugs, sex, money and the fraudulence of fame on purpose Just as he grows even more numb, deadened by immoralities that have become so commonplace, the audience does too Just as Tesfaye futilely chases his career ’ s first virgin high, we are there, chasing with him, benumbed by the same old, now taken in ever increasing dosages

Alice Wang is a junior in the College of Human Ecolog y She can be reached at awang@cornellsun com

Twee is out, trip-pop is in Well, twee “indie” hasn’t left yet (and I’m sure it won ’ t for a while), but a brand of trip-hop with accessible pop hooks has replaced the former’s dancey, upbeat jams as the poster music of the Urban Outfitters crowd There’s one main band responsible for bringing the “trip-pop” style (as I’ll dub it) into the mainstream, and that’s The xx Maybe they were successful because they cite club music as one of their influences More likely though, they are successful because they make predictable music with roughly the same formula: Start with a sparse rhythm and easy vocals, build the song in complexity and intensity, come to a head somewhere from two-thirds to three-quarters of the way into the track and then return to sparseness for the outro

That’s exactly the reason why I can ’ t fully get behind The xx Sure, a few of their songs are good especially off their first album but I can ’ t listen to more than a few tracks without getting bored Now enter London Grammar, a UKbased trio that follows smack dab in The xx ’ s footsteps with their debut LP If You Wait If you like The xx, you’ll like this album But if you don’t, don’t stop reading yet London Grammar’s most obvious differentiating feature, and the one it’s been most lauded for, is Hannah Reid’s vocals First breaking into the limelight on Disclosure’s track “Settle,” she brings powerful, persistent, Adele-style delivery to every track on If You Wait Coupled with the album’s lyrical themes of brokenness and emotional injury, her vocal delivery never fails to bring passion and intensity It’s very rare that dream pop or trip hop artists feature such powerful vocalists, and Reid will continue to make London Grammar stand out both from the sea of already-established The xx clones and from the tidal wave of them about to arrive

The first taste of the album, the intro of opener “Stay Awake,” is calm, dreary and even a tad eerie From then on, the rhythmic, quick drums and bass keep the track moving while the slow, ethereal vocals and piano keep the song spiritual From track to track, Reid’s voice thunders relentlessly with beautiful, effortless power that never seems to waver, with particularly strong moments on “Sights” and the LP’s first single, “Metal & Dust ” Her intensity can be overwhelming at times, though, often becoming the focal point of a track to the exclusion of interesting instrumentation In fact, London Grammar’s greatest potential lies in its intros, which tend not to be fleshed out into full tracks as well as they could be Particularly on “Flicker” and the band’s most recent single, “Strong,” creative instrumental ideas are consumed by raw vocal strength The intros give me faith in the group ’ s instrumentation Dot Major and Dan Rothman just need to have more faith in themselves All this begs the question: Is the relevance lost if the whole album is trying to be as powerful as possible? I’d argue yes London Grammar needs to let their instrumentals shine more, rather than packing intense vocals into every nook and cranny of every track This is one way that the tracks blend together and lose their own identities, and the album loses effectiveness as a result

The other way they lose their identities is by following the same trip-pop song structure By the middle of the record, and particularly around “Nightcall,” I got really fed up with the sparseness to complexity to calmness cycle As I’ve said before, it’s fine on a few tracks and can even be used interestingly, but on If You Wait, the lack of variety in structure just made it drag Even Interlude,” which was a welcome respite from the vocal onslaught, has a gradual crescendo and a sharp

Bleeding Book Trailers

decrescendo toward the end With its simple piano and breathy, more subdued singing, the track is still very successful, but maybe they should have tried one without the escalation At least then it would have actually been an interlude

My biggest, most immediately executable suggestion to London Grammar is to release the album’s title track as a single “If You Wait” features impeccable, emotional vocal delivery with swelling, uplifting organs Even though it does come to a peak two-thirds of the way into the song, it works really well in a non-cliché way It doesn’t add complexity, it just adds intensity But mostly, the track should be released as a single because its place in the album isn’t doing it justice By the last track, I was already annoyed by the structure that all the preceding songs shared Listened to by itself, however, “If You Wait” is a standout

In the end, I felt as if London Grammar was calling me stupid Who needs lots of instrumentation even if it shows potential? Who needs variety in the vocal delivery and song structure throughout the album? I do As stellar as the vocals are, I began to take them for granted because the record provided little respite from them While Hannah Reid will probably remain the focal point of the band, the intros are where album’s real strength lies Hopefully London Grammar will expand the role of the instrumentation in future releases, but that seems doubtful considering everyone ’ s infatuation with the vocals Many are calling If You Wait “album of the year ” It’s a good debut LP, sure, but I don’t believe the hype

Mike Sosnick is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at msosnick@cornellsun com

La s t w e e k , T h o m a s P y n c h o n ’ 5 9

re l e a s e d a b a f f l i n g t r a i l e r f o r h i s upcoming novel Bleeding Edge Like many book trailers, the production quality was low and the trailer seems remarkably amateurish next to the sleek, bombastic film trailers to which we ’ re accustomed In the promo, we watch a young man wander around New York and narrate his daily routine and scathing and self-aggrandizing opinions of the people who surround him His t-shirt reads “Hi, I’m Tom Pynchon” and he seems to be a spoof of a certain type of young, pretentious New Yorker an interesting portrait, yet he has no clear link to the book itself While going about his day, he practices yoga in a grocer y store, states he’s the “king of the Upper West Side” and says that Philip Roth is “ ever ywhere ” The trailer ends as the man drapes lox across his face, claiming it’s an exfoliant that pharmaceutical companies don’t want you to know about The trailer is pretty nuts, and as with like many book trailers, the production and aesthetic quality seems more fitting of a student art project than a professional production It succeeds, however, in generating buzz in a way that many b o o k t r a i l e r s d o n t O f course, this buzz is limited to a ver y small crowd of book nerds, but when it comes to book trailers, anything that makes it onto The New York Times’ arts blog can safely be considered successful

els: The visual representation can “ruin” the process of imagining worlds and characters based on the written word alone Even for those who aren ’ t bothered by the increasing digitalization of literature, book trailers often seem like a pathetic attempt to mimic high-budget Hollywood previews That’s what makes Pynchon’s trailer so interesting: At no point does it attempt to preview the actual content of the book, nor does it make reference to Pynchon’s career or previous work It’s typical of Pynchon, who is simultaneously reclusive and remarkably skilled at getting people to talk about his work (His zealous commitment to anonymity once resulted in a threat of lawsuit against a L o n d o n Ti m e s j o u r n a l i s t w h o p h otographed him) The myster y makes his identity and work all the more interesting Video isn’t new to the publishing industr y TOR (The Onion Router) released a hilariously ’80s video promo for John Farris’ Wildwood in 1986 but the increasing dominance of web media has made it all the

When confronted with book trailers, the literar y crowd’s reactions tend to fall somewhere between dislike and indifference Traditionalists complain that trailers violate the ver y medium of literature and detract from a reader’s experience of reading It’s the same complaint readers raise about film and television adaptations of their favorite nov-

more common Some trailers, like that for Chuck Wendig’s Mockingbird, attempt to recreate the experience of reading, rather than visually introduce a protagonist, a location or even a mood Others even feature inter views with the author However, the vast majority aim to visually represent the novel What’s more interesting is the phenomenon of fan-made book trailers,

which often compile images from movies or other media to preview the stor y in an already-released book These are most common for books in the pulp-fantasy genre and are proof of yet another way the internet allows literar y communities to interact with each other and the material Even awards organizations have embraced video as a literar y medium; the Man Book Prize

s h o r t l i s t w a s a n n o u n c e d t h i s we e k v i a video-sharing app Vine

But the question at the heart of this all is whether book trailers are an effective marketing strategy When it comes down to it, a publisher-produced trailer is all about marketing For Pynchon, that answer is unclear the theory that the trailer for Bleeding Edge will actually increase book sales is up for debate Viewers learn next to nothing about the novel and the image of the book jacket at the end will mean very little to those who aren ’ t already familiar with the

name Thomas Pynchon As a marketing tool, book trailers play a completely different role than film trailers While film trailers provide a sneak peek of the storyline you will be introduced to in theaters, a book preview tends to show just one interpretation of a text in the hope that you’ll be tempted to imagine your own Artistically, this is a fascinating extension of a literary work While film, music and visual art have developed i n t o m u

u re remains primarily textual, with infrequent forays into other disciplines As a marketing tool, however, book trailers particularly those as esoteric as Pynchon’s remain alienating and ineffective in attracting new audiences to an already-faltering market

Gina Cargas is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at gcargas@cor nellsun com Gina Tonic appears alternate Thursdays this semester

Sun Sudoku

Piled Higher and Deeper

Sabres Stars Face Ends of Conracts

s o n t r a d e d e a d l i n e a p p ro a c h e s Re g i e r d i d s h o re u p h i

o n t h e m a rk e t i n t h e l a s t ye a r o f m y d e a l s o I d i d n ’ t a t l e a s t g e t l ow -

D espite Three Titles, Crimson Tide Remains

t i o n

B o t h p l a ye r s a re i n t h e f i n a l ye a r

o f t h e i r c o n t r a c t s a n d a re n o t c u rre n t l y n e g o t i a t i n g e x t e n s i o n s w i t h

t h e Sa b re s “ If yo u p l a y l o n g e n o u g h , yo u ’ re g o i n g t o h a ve t h i s t y p e o f d i s c u s s i o n

s u r ro u n d yo u a t s o m e p o i n t , ” Mi l l e r s a i d “ I h a v e t o b e p r o f e s s i o n a l

e n o u g h j u s t t o d o t h e j o b I ’ m a b l e t o d o a j o b i n a c i t y I ’ m f a m i l i a r w i t h , a c i t y I ’ m ve r y m u c h a t h o m e

I l i k e t o b e i n Bu f f a l o I l i k e t h e p e o -

p l e “ So t h i s i s n ’ t a b a d s i t u a t i o n ”

Ge n e r a l m a n a g e r Da rc y Re g i e r s a i d t h e w i n d ow f o r m a k i n g t r a i ni n g c a m p d e a l s h a s c l o s e d , b u t t h a t t a l k s w i l l h e a t u p a g a i n a s t h e i n - s e a -

a t e r i n t h e d a y, res i g n i n g re s t r i c t e d f re e a g e n t C o d y Ho d g s o n t o a m u l t i - ye a r c o n t r a c t Ho d g s o n i s Bu f f a l o ’ s t o p - l i n e c e n t e r, w h o f i n i s h e d l a s t s e a s o n s e c o n d o n t h e t e a m w i t h 1 5 g o a l s a n d 3 4 p o i n t s i n 4 8 g a m e s T h e S a b r e s a r e i n t r a n s i t i o n T h e y o p e n e d l a s t s e a s o n w i t h St a n l e y Cu p a s p i r a t i o n s , b u t h a ve s i n c e e l e c t e d t o re b u i l d a n u n d e rp e r f o r m i n g r o s t e r w i t h p r o s p e c t s a n d d r a f t p i c k s a f t e r m i s s i n g t h e p l a yo f f s f o r a s e c o n d s t r a i g h t ye a r Mi l l e r a c k n ow l e d g e d a t t h e e n d

o f l a s t s e a s o n t h a t h e m a y n o l o n g e r f i t i n t o t h e Sa b re s ’ l o n g - t e r m p l a n s Fo l l o w i n g l a s t s e a s o n ’ s h o m e f i n a l e , Mi l l e r s k a t e d a l a p a ro u n d t h e i c e , w a v i n g t o f a n s He a l s o s o l d h i s h o m e ove r t h e s u m m e r a n d i s n ow re n t i n g “ It d o e s l o o k l i k e , ‘ O K , I ’ m o u t o f h e re , ’ ” Mi l l e r s a i d “ Pe o p l e a re g o i n g t o b e l i e ve i t o r t h e y ’ re n o t g o i n g t o b e l i e ve i t I t h o u g h t i t w a s a s m a r t b u s i n e s s d e c i s i o n t o h a ve i t

b a l l e d “ I h a d t o l a u g h a t m y s e l f a n d s a y, ‘ t h i s i s n o t g o i n g t o b e l o o k i n g g o o d

t o t h e p e o p l e o f Bu f f a l o ’ I ’ m n o t r a c i n g o u t o f t ow n It w a s j u s t h o n -

e s t l y a b u s i n e s s d e c i s i o n ” Va n e k h a s p re v i o u s l y s a i d h e i s

n o t i n t e re s t e d i n e n d u r i n g a l e n g t h y re b u i l d i n g p ro c e s s a n d w i l l t a k e t h i s

s e a s o n t o a s s e s s On We d n e s d a y, h e

w a s m o re p o l i t i c a l “ I ’ m n o t re a d y t o re - s i g n , a n d t o

b e h o n e s t , I ’ m n o t s u re i f t h e y a re

re a d y t o re - s i g n , ” Va n e k s a i d “ If I w o u l d h a ve g o t t r a d e d , I w o u l d n ’ t h a ve b e e n s h o c k e d " Re g i e r s a i d t h e N H L’s n e w c o

‘Nightmare’ Season Sends Jeter Back to D isabled List

B A LT I M O R E ( A P )

Derek Jeter began the season on the disabled list, and that’s how it will end

T h e Ne w Yo r k Ya n k e e s shor tstop will miss the rest of the year after being placed on the DL on Wednesday with an injured left ankle

Jeter missed the first par t of the season after breaking his left ankle in the 2012 playoffs He returned to the DL twice more and played only 17 games, batting 190 with one homer and seven RBIs

A n d n o w, h e ’ s b e e n shelved for a four th time

“ T h i s e n t i re s e a s o n h a s

b e e n a n i g h t m a r e f o r m e physically,” Jeter said “It’s a fitting end ”

The captain fully intends

t o r e t u r n n e x t y e a r, e v e n though he turns 40 on June 26

“I tr uly believe with a full offseason, working out and getting my strength back that I can get back to doing what I always have,” Jeter said “I don’t think you think about the end of anything Our job is to get ready to play I tried to come back this year as q u i c k l y a s p o s s i b l e Ma y b e that was not the best thing to

do My job now is to get ready for next year And I have to do that " Jeter last played Saturday

a g a i n s t B o s t o n He w a s removed for a pinch r unner after hur ting his left ankle, and although a CT scan was n e g a t i v e , g e n e r a l m a n a g e r

B r i a n C a s h m a n s a i d t h e injur y will need significant time to heal

“ You have to let the pain dissipate and then give it a

c h a n c e t o l e t t h e a n k l e

s t r e n g t h e n b a c k u p, ” Cashman said “ We’re just not going to have the time to do

t h a t i n a n y c a p a c i t y r i g h t now It puts him in a vulnera-

b l e s i t u a t i o n a n d r i s k s reinjur y or fur ther injur y And that’s not something we are willing to do ” His depar ture comes with New York in the thick of the AL wild-card hunt

“ It’s v e r y d i s a p p o i n t i n g not to be able to play, especially at this time of year, ” Jeter said “ This is when I want to play the most ”

T h e Ya n k e e s w i l l m i s s him, but they’re counting on having Jeter in 2014

“I have seen him do this over and over and overcome a lot of things people thought

m a n a g e r Jo e G i r a rd i s a i d “ That just who he is When you talk about what’s inside

D e r e k , h e ’ s s p e c i a l T h a t ’ s what made him great for so long ”

The current ankle injur y is seemingly related to the one that occurred last October in the AL championship series against Detroit

“ There is no new medical information other than the fact there were conversations that he has pain most likely stemming from weakness surrounding the bone, the muscles, tendons and ligaments, and it was not going to solve itself anytime soon, ” Cashman said “And he would be vulnerable Something’s going to give the more we r un him out there So we feel it’s best to shut him down Let him prepare for next year That’s the safest thing to do ”

Ne x t y e a r ? C a s h m a n i s cer tain of it

“I have not thought I have w a t c h e d h i s l a s t g a m e , ”

C a s h m a n s a i d “ No t o n e time ”

New York’s career leader with 3,316 hits, Jeter made his season debut on July 11 but hur t himself in that game

and returned to the disabled list on July 19 (retroactive to July 12) with a right quad strain After being activated on July 28, he was placed on the DL on Aug 5 with a strained right calf “It seemed like when he came back, he was fine and then he would play a couple o f g a m e s a n d s o m e t h i n g would happen,” Girardi said “It seemed to be the repeated days seemed to get to him a little bit That was fr ustrating for him That was fr ustrating for all of us because we wanted him out there I think that’s why we decided to shut him down ”

Jeter was a regular in the l i n e u p a f t e r h i s r e t u r n o n Aug 26 before again r unning into problems with the ankle Now he’s done for good

“I think it’s just a matter

o f m e n o t h a v i n g a n y strength,” Jeter said “I have not been able to work out my l e g s o r l i f t m y l e g s s i n c e October of last year I really t h i n k i t ’ s f r o m l a c k o f strength When I came back, I had two other leg issues because of weakness there I’ll have a whole offseason to get back to being able to work out ”

ZAKOUR

from page 16

on the opening drive, and the Alabama defense feasted on his true freshmen replacement It’s easy to imagine Texas winning with McCoy behind center, but that’s just a hypothetical It wasn ’ t a dirty hit, and every team that wins a title gets a break

And that will be the last nice thing I say about Alabama The 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide will always have an asterisk by their name in my book As per usual, their out-of-conference schedule included the likes of Nor th Texas, Kent State, Georgia Southern and the aforementioned Penn State team Would it kill them to play teams that have at least a minute chance of beating them? Also, Alabama lost to LSU at home, so it didn’t even have to play a potential tough opponent in the SEC title game Despite other one-loss teams, Alabama was rewarded with another shot at undefeated LSU for the national title

The final AP poll shows LSU and Oklahoma State also getting votes for number one, as all three teams had one loss, not to mention Boise State and Houston Considering LSU and Alabama went 1-1 against each other and that LSU had two more quality wins over Oregon and Georgia, it’s still hard to say which was the better team Oklahoma State was never given its title chance, and it had the offense to score on Alabama

The 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide will always have an asterisk by their name in my book.

The 2012 season was another title for Alabama, but this time, the team was as hyped as could be In 2011, most thought LSU was the superior team going in to the title game, as reflected by their n u m b e r one ranking; in 2012, people actually a s k e d whether Alabama could beat an NFL team Despite the sheer asininity of this question, it was debated on ESPN And if the answer was ever in any doubt, Texas A&M answered it by beating Alabama in Tuscaloosa, 29-24 This was a just week after escaping Death Valley with a last minute win to top LSU Alabama would answer the bell by thrashing Notre Dame in the BCS title game, but again it had one loss, just like Oregon

At the end of 2012, Ohio State was undefeated but bowl-ineligible Any other year, the title game would have been Ohio State-Notre Dame Heck, Oregon was just as deserving as Alabama in 2012 Oregon only had one loss (just like Bama), to a top 10 team (just like Bama), at home (just like Bama), and in overtime (unlike Bama) Oregon was undefeated in regulation, just like the tagline a two-loss LSU team rode to the title in 2007 branded themselves with And given how Notre Dame was outclassed in the title game, Oregon would have beaten them that day When asked at the half what his team could to do close the 28-point deficit, Brian Kelley, the Notre Dame coach, simply answered “maybe Alabama doesn ’ t come back in the second half ” The title was decided as soon as Alabama lined up across from Notre Dame

But Oregon didn’t “ run the gauntlet of an SEC schedule,” which of course it can ’ t do since it plays in the Pac-12 The SEC is resting on its laurels Oregon’s bowl record is good, but pedestrian Alabama really has a three-game schedule; LSU, A&M and the potential SEC title game The Tide will be allowed to lose one of these games The SEC are unlikely to be challenged and therefore the perception of them being the “best conference ever ” is as well The way the SEC is perceived, it will take every team losing twice to keep at least one representative of the conference in the BCS title game And if the best teams in the SEC only have two or three opponents that could beat them, it’s actually fairly easy for the SEC to send a team to the title game and perpetuate their mythical conference And that team could be Alabama, proud owners of the worst dynasty ever

We d o e v e r y t h i

t o g e t h e r We l i v t o g e t h e r n ow w h i c h i s g re a t f u n

2 I h e a rd t h a t yo u a re a l l a b o u t t h e e x t e n d e d t e a m p e p t a l k s , c a n yo u t e l l u s a b o u t t h o s e ? Ye a h , s o m e o f o u r f r e s h m e n n e e d a l i t t l e m o re d i s c i p l i n e t h a n o t h e r s Yo u a re t h e re t o b e a h e l p i n g h a n d

f o r t h e f re s h m e n ?

Ye a h , o n a n d o f f t h e c o u r t

3 Ha v e y o u

t a k e n a n y o f t h e

yo u n g e r g u y s o n t h t e a m u n d e r y o u w i n g , s o t o s p e a k ? No t y e t , i t ’ s v e a r l y i n t h e ye a r I k

t h e re a re a c o u p l e o e i g n re c r u i t s s o I w i a n e ye o n h ow t h e y d

b e i n g f ro m a d i f f e re

t r y m y s e l f, I k n ow h u g e a d j u s t m e n t t C o r n e l l I w i l l t r y a

o n t h e c o u r t a n d m a

a re d o i n g o k a y i n c l a p e o p l e a n d s o c i a l i z i n

4 Do yo u h a ve a o r p re g a m e r i t u a l s ? To

s t a n t l y w i p i n g m y g r i p w i t h m y s h i r t b e f o re e ve r y p o i n t

l i k e I t a k e s e v e n s t e p s b e f o re I d o a n y t h i n g L i k e b e f o re I s

r ve , I t a k e s

t e p s u p t o t h e l i n e Be f o re I re t u r n , I t a k e s e ve n s t e p s I a l s o g e t ve r y s we a t y h a n d s d u r i n g m a t c h e s a n d I a m c o n -

I

d i s t r a c t i n g t o t h e c o m p e t i t i o n t h a t yo u p l a y ?

o u

Spor ts

Red Names Captains, Prepares

To Follow Up on Past Successes

By NIKITA DUBNOV

After posting the best overall record in program histor y last season with a mark of 18-7, the fencing team is ready to prove it can improve on last year ’ s outcomes

The team lost six experienced seniors, so at the first team meeting of the season, head coach Ir yna Dolgikh announced ne w leadership positions to

the rest of the group This year ’ s team captain will be senior foil fencer Christine McIntosh, who won the team ’ s MVP Award last season and was recognized as CoSIDA Academic All-District first-team The co-captain honors were assigned to junior epee fencer Olivia Weller, last season ’ s Graham Jennings Award recipient The award is bestowed upon a fencer who steps up and leads the squad despite not having a labeled leadership title

Captains for the separate squads were also named at the meeting Senior April Whitney and sophomore Angelica Gangemi were called upon as foil captains, junior Yolanda Li and sophomore Taylor Wong were named the epee captains and junior Kristen Holl and sophomore Alaina Uhouse were given the honor of captaining the saber squad

Five freshmen have been named to the team as well, including saber fencer Anastasia Turin and epee fencer Victoria Wines

Several impor tant meets highlight the upcoming season The Red will open their competitive cr usade in late October at the Annual Temple Fencing Open, one of the largest collegiate fencing events of the year with more than 600 fencers from over 30 universities around the nation The Vassar Invitational on Nov 30, Brandeis Invitational on Dec 8 and the Philadelphia Invitational on Jan 25 will be three team meets to look for ward to Select individuals from the team will compete in the Nor th American Cup on Jan 17, the Junior Olympics on Feb 14 and the 2014 NCAA Fencing Championships on March 20

occur during championship season at the Ivy League Championship at Brown on Feb 8 and at the NCAA Regionals on March 9 in Wellesley, Mass Although the Red posted its best overall record last season, it aims to improve upon its 2-4 Ivy record

C.U. to Visit Brooklyn for Next Games

into this weekend because we have a better idea of what works for us

After kicking off the season with a home tournament last weekend, the volleyball team heads to Brooklyn to face off against LIU-Brooklyn, Fairfield University and Colgate University as par t of the Long Island Tournament

In its match-ups this past weekend, the Red pulled out a 3-1 win against Iona College but dropped matches to Buffalo, 3-0, and Bucknell, 3-2 Down 2-1 to Bucknell after three games, the Red dominated the fourth match to stay alive before falling in its fifth and final game, 15-13 For their efforts during the tournament, Red players right side hitter Breanna Wong and middle blocker Rachel D’Epagnier were named to the All-Tournament team

“I definitely think we learned a lot from this past weekend,” D’Epagnier said “We got to try a lot of different rotations and lineups, and that will help us going

It was good to get out against other opponents and see what we need to improve ”

D’Epagnier listed the ability to keep rallies alive as one of the Red’s main focuses for improvement

“Our motto this year is to be a

The Alabama Crimson Tide has won three of the last four national titles By now, it’s ho-hum to describe them as a dynasty

defense-minded team, ” she said “We want to block a lot more balls ,and we want to dig as many balls as possible ” Senior outside hitter Kelly Marble led the team with 43 digs and 40 kills Several freshmen also received significant playing time, including middle blocker Macey

Wilson, who led the team with 18 blocks Freshman setter Alyssa Phelps also logged time on the court, recording 26 assists in the Red’s first match against Iona

“I think our freshman are very diverse,” D’Epagnier said “I think they also are really hardworking and very willing to do whatever they can to fit into our system It’s been fun to watch them learn how we play and work hard to earn that time on the court I think the freshman will provide a lot of offense for us, which is really nice ”

Although D’Epagnier said the team had not yet done much scouting of Fairfield and LIUBrooklyn, the Colgate game is one the team is looking forward to

“We want to beat them every time we face them since we play them so often, it’s become a big rivalry,” she said “For our senior class, it’s the last time we see them, so we want to go out on that win ”

they’re all that great For a dynasty that has won three out of four, I've seen them lose too much

t e a m ever y year they won, and it’s not their responsibility to be fair They don’t care about fairness so much as winning And they did beat who was put in front of them in each t

aside

i n i a Te c h w a s t h e o n l y c h a l l e n g i n g o u t - o fc o n f e r e n c e o p p o n e n t i t p l a y e d i n i t s t i t l e y e a r