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changes to its sexual violence policies to include additional protections for sexual

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D e p a r t m e n t o f Education initiated a Title IX investigation into Cornell’s “possible violations of federal law over the handling of sexual violence and harassment complaints ” These modifications were made in accordance with a new New York State law called “ E n o u g h i s E n o u g h , ” a c c o rd

h e University The resulting law, which will go

into effect Oct 5, requires universities to distribute a student bill of rights to all students, give alcohol and drug amnesty to bystanders or victims reporting sexual violence and use

investigating possible instances of sexual assault It goes on to define affirmative con-

g , voluntar y and mutual decision among all participants to engage in sexual activity ”

On Aug 13, Cornell amended Policy 6 4, the provision governing sexual assault cases on campus, to accommodate “Enough is Enough”’s alcohol and drug amnesty and affirmative consent provisions However, that version of 6 4 left the J A ’ s office responsible for handling Title IX complaints initiated against Cornell students,

Cornell’s English department held a memorial for M H Abrams, Class of 1916 Professor of English Emeritus on Saturday He died on April 21 at the age of 102

Cornell faculty, alumni, students and Abrams’ family and friends attended the memorial ceremony to honor his memory and celebrate his

a c h i e v e m e n t s Attendees heard speeches from Abrams ’ family and colleagues

Abrams had been at Cornell since the beginning of his teaching career almost 70 years according to President Elizabeth Garrett During this time, she said, he was also the founding editor of the Norton Antholog y of English Literature, a book used in English classes for decades

bered Abrams’s humility and intellect

“He didn’t always seem to notice how distinguished he was, ” Harpham said “From the way he told it, his presence among [the great figures of Cornell’s English department in the ’50s] could only be accounted for by a kind of lucky fluke ” Julia Reidhead, Abrams’s editor at W W Norton & Company, also spoke about how he

“He influenced millions of students all over the world,” Garrett said “I still remember the Norton Antholog y from my days in undergraduate ”

Geoffrey Galt Harpham, who worked with Abrams on the Glossary of Literary Terms, remem-

influenced her throughout their years of working together

“I learned from him not a lesson I could ever master, but a model to which I could aspire what it meant to be a wise editor, a generous mentor and a largespirited human being,” Reidhead said

Speakers also discussed how Abrams “remained deeply engaged in the life of Cornell” even after his retirement, according to

Monday, September 14, 2015

weather FORECAST

Today

The Anthropology of Film in South Asia 12:15 - 1:10 p m , G08 Uris Hall

Improving Urban Resilience Through Tree Selection 12:20 - 1:10 p m , 102 Mann Library

Finding Images in Visual Media

3 - 4 p m , Classroom, Uris Library

Molecular Medicine Seminar

4 - 5 p m , Lecture Hall 3, Vet Research Tower

Travelling Poetry, Travelling Theory and the Humanities

4:30 - 6 p m , Guerlac Room, A D White House

Tomorrow

Cookies and Conversation:

President Elizabeth Garrett and Vice President Ryan Lombardi Noon - 1 p m , Hall of Fame Room, Schoellkopf Memorial Hall

Cornell Fluid Dynamics Seminar Noon - 1 p m , 178 Rhodes Hall

The Complexity of Simplicity: Apple Fruit Acidity 12:20 - 1:10 p m , 135 Emerson Hall

Introduction to American Academic Libraries

3 - 4 p m , 106G Olin Library

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Bernie Sanders Leads

Hillary Clinton In Two

State Polls

Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is now leading Hillary Clinton 43 percent to 33 percent among likely Democratic caucus voters in Iowa, and leading Clinton 52 to 30 percent in Ne w Hampshire according to a CBS Ne ws poll, Time Magazine repor ted However, Sanders still lags behind Clinton in South Carolina, 26 to 46 percent

Despite not officially joining the race, Vice President Joe Biden came in third in all three polls

Four Inmates Dead After Attack in Oklahoma Prison

A fight broke out between inmates at the Cimarron Correctional Facility in Cushing, Oklahoma Saturday afternoon, according to U S News and World Report Three inmates died on the scene, and a fourth died overnight from injuries sustained

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Prof. Emeritus William Provine Dies at 73

By MADELINE COHEN Sun Ass stant News Editor

Prof Emeritus William Provine, histor y, ecology and evolutionar y biology, died Sept 1 at age 73 due to complications from a brain tumor at his home in Horseheads, N Y , according to a University press release

Provine was born Feb 19, 1942, in Nashville, Tennessee He attended the University of Chicago from 1958 to 1970, where he received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics and master ’ s and Ph D in histor y of science, according to the University

After receiving his Ph D , Provine joined Cornell’s histor y department as an assistant professor in 1970

According to a longtime colleague, Prof Richard Harrison, ecology and evolutionar y biology, Provine was an incredible teacher because he was “dynamic, forceful [and] engaged ”

“He loved controversy and would debate ‘ opponents ’ in front of his class,” Harrison said, including major propo-

“Sometimes he could verge on being outrageous, but his style would energize students and get them to think about the issues that he discussed ”

In 1988, Provine was recognized for his sem-

Distinguished Teaching Award, according to the University

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career at Cornell, Provine focused his research on the histor y of evolution and genetics and published several influential books in the field, including “ The Origins of Theoretical Population Genetics” and “Sewell Wright and Evolutionar y Biology,” according to the release

For his contributions to the histor y of evolution and genetics, Provine was awarded the inaugural David L Hull Prize by the International Society of Histor y, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology

He was also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Provine’s success as a scholar was due to his profound knowledge of science as well as those who study it, according to Harrison

“ Will was the pre-eminent scholar of the histor y of 20th centur y evolutionar y biology and evolutionar y genetics,” Harrison said “His success as a scholar can be attributed to his deep understanding of the science and scientists that he wrote about ”

Provine also cared a great deal about how the science he studied shaped politics and social understanding, according to Harrison

“He also had a deep interest in how evolution/genetics related to societal issues and so he was also an important contributor to discussions about eugenics [and] racial differences in humans,” he said

Prof Amy McCune, ecology and evolutionar y biology, said she admired many of Provine’s qualities

“ Those of us who knew Will will remember so many remarkable things about him: his incredibly enthusiastic and engaging personality, his generosity to those with whom he worked, his provocative arguments about evolutionar y biology, his love of the farm in Marathon, and his collection of tractors and old Volvos,” McCune said Provine is sur vived by his wife and two sons

Univ. Relations V.P. Accepts Position

By KIMBERLY LEE Sun Staff Writer

l l i n 2 0 0 6 , h a s c o n t r i b u t e d t o t h e Un i ve r s i t y a s d i re c t o r o f p u b l i c a f f a i r s i n t h e Of f i c e o f t h e Vi c e Pre s i d e n t o f Un i ve r s i t y C o m m u n i c a t i o n s , a s a s s i s t a n t v i c e p r e s i d e n t a n d i n t e r i m v i c e p re s i d e n t o f c o mm u n i c a t i o n a n d a s a n a d v i s o r f o r s t u d e n t o r g a n i z a t i o n Sl o p e Me d i a Vo s b u r g h b e c a m e i n t e re s t e d i n u n i ve r s i t y re l a t i o n s o n c e s h e s t a r t e d a t C o r n e l l , c a l l i n g i t “ k i n d o f a c a re e r s h i f t ” i n a n i n t e r v i e w w i t h C o l l e g i a t e Ti m e s “ Mo s t o f m y c a re e r w a s i n d o c u m e n t a r y a n d n e w s p ro d u ct i o n , a n d m y j o b b e f o re C o r n e l l w a s [ a s ] t h e s t a t i o n m a n a g e r o f t h e p u b l i c r a d i o a n d p u b l i c t e l ev i s i o n s t a t i o n s a t Pe n n St a t e Un i ve r s i t y, ” Vo s b u r g h s a i d At Vi r g i n i a Te c h , Vo s b u r g h w i l l b e re p l a c i n g L a r r y Hi n c k e r a s a s s o c i a t e v i c e p re s i d e n t o f u n i ve r s i t y re l a t i o n s , w h i c h s h e d e s c r i b e d a s b e i n g ve r y s i m i l a r t o h e r p o s i t i o n a t C o r n e l l Howe ve r, a t C o r n e l l , t h e p o s it i o n i n c l u d e s g o v e r n m e n t a f f a i r s , w h e re a s a t Vi r g i n i a Te c h g ove r n m e n t a f f a i r s a re s e p a r a t e “ I p l a n t o b e w o r k i n g c l o s e l y w i t h t h e d e a n s o f t h e c o l l e g e s a n d t h e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s p e op l e a t t h e Un i v e r s i t y, ” Vo s b u r g h s a i d “ I ’ l l a l s o b e w o r k i n g o n h o w w e ’ r e e n g a g i n g t h e s t u d e n t s t h o s e a r e g o i n g t o b e r e a l l y c o o l a n d f u n m o m e n t s f o r m e ” T h e Un i ve r s i t y ’ s s e a rc h f o r a re p l a c e m e n t a s s o c i a t e v i c e p re s id e n t o f u n i ve r s i t y re l a t i o n s i s u n d e r w a y, a c c o rd i n g t o Jo h n C a r b e r r y, s e n i o r d i r e c t o r o f m e d i a re l a t i o n s

Touchdown Statue t o Be Erected Outside Teagle Hall

who wanted to recognize a piece of histor y that isn’t really [yet] evident anywhere on campus, ” said John Foote ’74,

Touchdown: The Stor y of the Cornell Bear

Although Cornell has no official mascot, Touchdown has become an important part of campus culture since her debut in 1915, when the football team brought a black bear cub to one of their games The 1915 season

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Touchdown I was followed by three more bear cubs, with the last Touchdown making her appearance in 1939

According to Foote, the statue was proposed by a Student Assembly resolution in 2006, when Alon Mass ’08 and Brian Hughes ’07 called for a commemorative statue of Touchdown The resolution was unanimously passed by the S A

Foote said the statue design was drawn up by sculptor Br yan Caverly, who had won a design contest with his rendering of Touchdown

“[Caverly’s] idea was a fairly realistic rendering of a

black bear cub that had certain details which captured the spirit of these four bears: they were curious, they’re mischievous and got into trouble at times and they were ‘other wise thinking’ a time-honored tradition of Cornellians,” Foote said

Caverly completed his design at the beginning of this year and the statue of Touchdown was cast in July, according to Foote The statue ’ s construction on the Class of 1915 plaza is nearing completion and will be finished this week for the unveiling ceremony of the statue and for homecoming

Foote said the portrayal of Touchdown has greatly evolved over the last centur y from a playful bear cub to a powerful adult bear

“ The picture we see now of the bear is of a grown, black bear looking ferocious, baring its teeth and so forth, when in fact the four bears

that were on campus were all bear cubs,” Foote said “ The image has evolved We decided with the sculptor that we wanted the bear to be true to histor y ”

As for why Touchdown is not yet Cornell’s official mascot, Foote offered his own speculation and opinion

“ The four bears were never here officially, he said “ They were always brought on campus by students They’ve always had an unofficial position And in my opinion, it’s more fun to have an unofficial mascot than a mascot ”

The Touchdown statue and the Class of 1915 plaza will be officially revealed by President Elizabeth Garrett at 11:30 a m Saturday in front of Teagle Hall A new flavor of ice cream named after Touchdown will also be ser ved for the first time

Prof. M. H. Abrams Honored at

English Department Ceremony

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Harpham described a day when Abrams showed him around Cornell’s campus

“He took a sort of personal interest [in it], giving me the past, present and desired futures of buildings, walkways as well as a lesson in the points and prospects afforded by the various places,” Harpham said

Andy Noel, director of athletics and physical education, spoke about Abrams’ longtime support of Cornell’s sports teams, especially football According to Noel, Abrams’ “attendance at home games at Schoellkopf was perfect, with a possible exception of one or two games ”

“But of those possible exceptions, no one can remember a single one, ” Noel said

Noel also talked about how Abrams who competed for places on football, wrestling and track teams in college respected Cornell athletes’ balance of schoolwork and sports

“When such a distinguished member of the Cornell faculty demonstrated such interest and an authentic appreciation for Cornell athletes’ commitment to both academic and athletic pursuits, it provided a considerable measure of credibility to the athlete’s contribution to the campus community,” Noel said

In between speeches, attendees heard readings of Abrams’ favorite poems from members of Cornell’s English faculty and performances of his favorite music

The memorial concluded with a recording of Abrams reading “Mansion,” a poem by A R Ammons, included in a collection of essays that Abrams published at the age of 100

“So it came time / for me to cede myself / and I chose / the wind / to be delivered to, ” Abrams said in the recording

Cornell Continues to Shape

New Sexual Assault Policy

White House Changes Financial Aid Deadline

WASHINGTON (AP)

Aspiring college students will be able to apply for federal financial aid three months earlier than now and submit a previous year ’ s tax return, changes aimed at helping more people pay for school, the White House said Sunday

Under the current system, students planning to start school in the fall of 2017 must wait until January of that year to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid The new system will let them complete the form as early as October 2016, the month that marks the traditional start to the college application season

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President Barack Obama planned to announce the revisions Monday during a meeting Monday with high school students in Des Moines, Iowa

Tring to make college more affordable, Obama has capped some student loan payments and signed legislation lowering certain interest rates Recently, however, he dramatically scaled back his plan for the government to rank colleges based on their performance and value

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“I have been gratified to see so much already has been done. But our work is not complete.”

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Rebecca Blair can be reached at rblair@cornellsun com

The government uses that form to determine eligibility for Pell Grants and federally backed student loans The White House said requiring applicants to wait until Januar y slows down the aid process and makes it harder for prospective students to determine whether they can afford to go to college

Some two million college students are eligible for federal Pell Grants but miss out because they never apply, said James Kvaal, the deputy director of the White House’s Domestic Policy Council

“If we are not even reaching students who are currently enrolled in college, we wonder how many more students would be in college if they knew this aid was available,” Kvaal said in an

To assess a student’s financial background, the federal aid system crunches the numbers from a family’s tax returns, which can be electronically downloaded from the IRS for students who apply online In advancing the start date to October, the Obama administration will allow students to use earlier tax information so they do not have to wait until the following year ’ s returns are filed

For example, a student applying for aid for the 2017-2018 academic year currently must use their 2016 tax return The new system will let them use their 2015 return

Using older tax information could cause significant changes for some students, such as those who take a “ gap year ” to work after high school but whose ability to pay for college would still be based on their senior year

Letter From the Editors

T H E M A N N E R I N W H I C H J O U R N A L I S TS C O M M U N I C AT E w i t h t h e i r re a d e r s t o d a y re f l e c t s a s y s t e m d r a s t i c a l l y d i f f e re n t t h a n w h a t h a s b e e n t h e n o r m f o r d e c a d e s To re f l e c t t h e c h a n g i n g l a n d s c a p e a n d h ow o u r re a d e r s e x p e -

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Eric Schulman | Schulman’s Schtick

ICyber Security: A New Year’s Resolution

n case you didn’t know, today is Rosh Hashanah the Je wish ne w year Ho p e f u l l y i t ’ s n o s e c r e t t h a t I ’ m Je wish with a column called Schulman’s Schtick, and I would feel weird if I didn’t mention Rosh Hashanah in my column today Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the Je wish Calendar happy 5776! It’s a time to reflect on the past year and make resolutions for the coming year Since today is Rosh Hashanah, I wanted to frame my column as a ne w year ' s resolution

Two weeks ago, I wrote about how the web is defining our generation When it comes to the web, cyber-security is our biggest challenge Most of us don’t realize h o w m u c h s e n s i t i v e information we leave o n l i n e I ’ m n o t j u s t talking about embarr a s s i n g p h o t o s f r o m your wine tour hookup this weekend I’m t a l k i n g a b o u t s o c i a l s e c u r i

bank account pins All of this information is v

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crime We don’t realize how vulnerable we are Credit card numbers, payrolls and customer

ered a bug in Android that hackers could exploit to r un malicious code by sending a text message Two years ago, Russian hackers stole information from nearly 110 million people, including 40 million c r e d i

ser vers

The technical aspects of securing data over the internet scare away a lot of people We need to get more comfor table with the basics Ever yone should understand a process called RSA encr yption RSA encr yption is the process that prevents strangers from seeing sensitive data we send over the web Of course, the non-technical aspects of cyber-security can be just as scar y In a lot of ways, it is e a s

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The more vulnerable we are, the less we talk about cyber-security Cyber-secur i t y i s a n u n c o m f o r t a b l e t o p i c L a s t spring, Venmo received media coverage because they didn’t adequately protect customers against fraud So many people use Venmo here at Cornell, but nobody talks about this security breach Cybersecurity is like a shadowy monster in a horror movie we ’ re paralyzed by fear of being its next victim Well, I am tired of waiting Like any monster, cyber-security stops being scar y when you learn the facts As a result, we need to star t talking about cyber-security so the facts come out

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n y resources to teach us about security online The details can be tedious, but tedious is the opposite of scar y I would rather wrap my head around Fermat’s Little theorem a mathematical concept key to RSA encr yption than worr y about some nameless threat when using my credit card online for PayPal We need to stop letting the fiction around cyber security cloud our judgement

The more we use the internet, the more impor tant security becomes I’m tired of treating cyber-security like it’s some a shadowy monster The more we talk about cyber-security with cer tainty t h e l e s s s c a r y i t b e c o m e s T h a t ’ s m y schtick and i’m sticking to it! Shana Tova h ( t h a t ’ s He b re w f o r h a p p y n e w year) and stay tuned alternating Mondays this fall

I’ll Venmo You Later

To say the least, it has been a grueling past week at Cornell with the heat, career fair momentum and well, I could go on and on The last thing you need to compound the frenzy in your head is a rant from me So, this week, I decided to write about something so far removed from our present day at Cornell, yet so integral to our routine on campus Venmo

How often do you find yourself telling a friend, “I’ll Venmo you later,” during a week? Personally, I did it for Humans Of New York tickets, homecoming tickets and I am pretty sure I Venmo like it’s my job every time I go out on a Friday night Venmo is a branding behemoth today The zenith of marketing brilliance is when the brand name replaces the verb/action a product is used for When I think of analogies to “Venmoing” someone, I think of the phrase “google-ing” something replacing looking something up online or going even further back xeroxing instead of photocopying Venmo is barely three years old and is already a formidable player in the world of FinTech

Gone are the days when money was the only legal tender Venmo works on a simple yet effective business model They capitalize on the fact that it is tedious to find an ATM for one ’ s bank or pay the ATM charge for another bank and then use a debit or credit card to withdraw cash I dreaded withdrawing cash in New York City as a loyal customer of the remote Tompkins County Bank because of the exorbitant ATM charges in the city Moreover, in today’s age of staggering sophistication, checkbooks and cash seem unnecessarily clumsy Several technology firms today are leveraging the fascination millennials have with anything smartphone-optimized The average millennial checks his or her smartphone at least 43 times a day and spends 5 4 hours on social media per day It almost seems obvious that someone should create a mobile payment app/algorithm/startup that utilizes the framework of social media

The millenial generation gets bore as fast as it gets obsessed. Venm understands this and has been ke ing up with the innovation wave

However, Iqram Magdon-Ismail and Andrew Kortina (founders of Venmo) were the first to pick up on this startlingly obvious market need Of course, in a move of pure entrepreneurial excellence, they also added a social media twist, thus creating Venmo Of course, several competitors have mushroomed in the form of Snapcash, Square Cash, PayPal, Facebook Payment and Google Wallet However, I never hear someone telling me they would “google wallet me ” Before I speculate on how Venmo rose to the top and remained there, it is worthwhile to share the fascinating story of how the firm was conceived Magdon-Ismail was traveling from Philadelphia to New York City to visit his college friend, Kortina He left his wallet at home by mistake and by the end of the weekend, owed Kortina $200 The bothersome process of writing and depositing checks to Kortina sparked the realization that it would be so much easier to just text each other money via phones Therefore, Venmo, in its first text-message format payment system, was established Eventually, it evolved into a convenient app where one can just touch/swipe and make transactions A Venmo user must, of course, link their account to a bank in order to carry out two-way transactions Credit card transactions on Venmo have a nominal charge whereas debit card transactions are free, potentially to boost the volume of transactions on the platforms Of course, younger generations and students on campus are most receptive to the idea of online app payments, as they are more trusting than their parents My parents would be mortified at the thought of authorizing an app to make transactions directly from a bank account I was nervous at first too However, today, the biggest strength of Venmo is that everyone has a Venmo account, making it almost a 21st century life essential Granted, Snapcash and Apple Pay work on the same concept, but they lack the market share Venmo already has As for the security aspect, most of these firms, including Venmo, have 24-hour fraud-inspection teams at work and 4-digit PINS in case your phone is stolen (god forbid)

The quirkiest part of the app for me is that you can use emoticons and caption what the payment is for Scrolling through my Venmo newsfeed is almost entertaining as I see all the monetary transactions made by my friends accounting for bizarre indulgences However, considering that the target consumer for a firm like Venmo is the college student/young adult, they cannot afford to slow down The millenial generation gets bored as fast as it gets obsessed Venmo understands this and has been keeping up with the innovation wave For instance, they have capitalized on the new trend of geolocation by introducing a feature which lets you swipe right to pay friends who are close by This is useful if you are out for dinner, say with six friends, and want to pay them all You just swipe right and select their face thumbnails instead of manually entering each name So far, Venmo is only restricted to the U S They have yet to tap into millennial consumer markets abroad It is debatable whether or not traditional commercial and investment banks should be terrified of FinTech giants like Venmo, or say Intelligent Portfolio, just yet It is clear, however, that firms like Venmo are here to stay, primarily because of their ability to innovate and strategically understand what their consumers want even before the consumers realize it themselves

Who’s Cheering

On Football Sundays?

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Sa r a h Thomas forges new ground as the first full-time female offi-

currently comprise 45 percent of the NFL fan-base and one third of the television viewers

The girls are indisputably back as coaches, referees and fans b u t m o s t o s t e n s i b l y, a s beaming, applauding and back flipping dancers on the sidelines

Cheerleading, a traditionally gendered form of fan integration with men ’ s sports teams, consists of high-intensity traini n g , n a t i o n w i d e m e d i a c a mpaigns, choreographed gymnastics and boundless volumes of e y e s h a d ow, s e l f - t a n n e r a n d hairspray As visual entertainment, cheerleading embodies the raucous fun, sex appeal and commercial value in NFL culture Cheerleader themed calendars, publicity appearances

a n d g a m e d a y p e r f o r m a n c e s thrust cheerleaders into a highly visible, commercial role

Yet despite the hyper-visibili t y a f f o rd e d t o t h e l u s t r o u s imager y of NFL cheerleaders, their salaries, working conditions and contract stipulations

y o u t o f sight Last year, a slew of legal battles foregrounded the paltr y c

d e r s receive; squads in California, New York, Ohio and Florida have filed lawsuits against the assumption that cheering is free labor In addition to game day p e r f o r m a n c e s , c h e e r l e a d e r s accommodate a packed schedule of training, appearances, charity events, beauty maintenance and travel most of w h i c h g o e s u n c o m p e n s a t e d

Even when contracts guarantee wages, women generally earn lower than the state minimum (sometimes less than $5 per h o u r ) , r e c e i v e c o m p

s a t i o n erratically or collect less than the promised amount

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accommodations The Buffalo Ji l l s a l l e g e t h a t m a n a g e r s required women to pay $50 to tr y out for the team and an additional $650 charge for the uniforms if selected The cumulative $700 is nearly seven times the total compensation given to some Jills for their 800 hours of labor during the season Several

s q u a d s c i t e d p re s s u re f r o m managers to engage in expensive cosmetic regimes, including breast augmentation, hair coloring and artificial tanning procedures that can cost thousands of dollars with no m e n t i o n o f re i m b u r s e m e n t Fees for offenses ranging from gaining weight, failing to tan

“ s u f f i c i e n t l y ” a n d w e a r i n g unapproved under wear can rack up extra surcharges in some squads Furthermore, fines for m i s s i n g p r a c t i c e , g a m e s a n d charity events complicate the

medical advice, a corporation that does not offer sick days or workers’ compensation hardly earns the benefit of the doubt In f a c t , c h e e r l e a d e r s f a c e h i g h e r r i s k o f

ro p h i c injury than any other female athlete; since the 1990s, the rate of cheerleaders in the ER has risen by more than 200 percent Cheerleaders undergo unparall e l e d r i s k s t o s u p p

teams, but without contractual protection, many women end up without coverage for hospital bills, lost wages or future disability costs

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Goodell’s lawyers further assert that NFL cheerleaders are contracted vendors and their wages fall to the jurisdiction of indi-

possibility of maintaining secondar y sources of income

The manifold exploitations

o f N F L c h e e r l e a d e r s e x c e e d deprivation of pay Grievances include strenuous hours witho u t b r e a k s , t r a i n i n g i n u n h e a l t h y t e m p e r a t u r e s a n d widespread sexual harassment

T h e e v i d e n c e r e l e a s e d i n

Deflategate illuminated commonplace nonconsensual filming of Patriots cheerleaders A plaintiff in the Jills’ case discusses a mandator y golf tournam e n t i n w h i c h c h e e r l e a d e r s were required to perform back flips for sponsors who bid to choose which woman would accompany them in their carts

However, the carts held a solitar y seat; the bikini-clad Jills confronted the option of gripping the back of the vehicle or accepting the pointed offer to re c l i n e i n t h e s p o n s o r ’ s l a p

Women cited the persistence of harassment in many spaces of their work, voicing outrage at men ’ s crude ogling, grabbing and objectifying commentar y Organizational orders further reiterate this climate of disrespect for the cheerleaders The Bu f f a l o Ji l l s d i s c l o s e d t h e i r “A g re e m e n t & C o d e s o f C o n d u c t , ” w h i c h m a n d a t e s workplace habits such as “Do not be overly opinionated about a n y t h i n g , ” “A LWAY S s h owe r a f t e r a w o rk o u t a n d c h a n g e u n d e r g a r m e n t s ” a n d “ W h e n m e n s t r u a t i n g , u s e a p ro d u c t that’s right for your menstrual flow A tampon too big can irritate and develop fungus ” While some of these decrees could conceivably pass for well-meaning

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NFL capitalizes on the marketing and elite performances of the cheerleaders through which they aggregate millions of dollars ever y year As a league that rakes in $10 billion annually (an ample $44 million of which ends up in Goodell’s pocket), the NFL does not operate on a shoestring In fact, to pay ever y cheerleader a measly $10 per hour, the NFL would spend $7 6 million less than a fifth of Goodell’s salar y Mascots, concessions workers and other stadium employees are paid; why not cheerleaders?

T h i s s u m m e r, C a l i f o r n i a governor Jerr y Brown signed a bill into law mandating at least minimum wage for cheerleaders a s s o c

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should not continue to capitalize without providing the most basic workplace protections ” A Change org petition garnered more than 150,000 signatures to pressure the NFL into recognizing cheerleaders as employees and issuing them a “living wage ” The activism of lawyers, journalists, fans, politicians and c h e

unsettle the NFL’s dismissal of cheerleaders’ labor rights But if Goodell doesn’t rethink his disregard, Football Sundays may continue without the tradition of cheerleading

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BY ALI JENKINS STAFF WRITER

Brandon Stanton, creator of the popular photojournalism blog Humans of New York and bestselling author of three books, gave a talk in Bailey Hall on Friday, hosted by the Cornell University Programming Board Like his blog, he focused on his stories and let the photographs take the back seat, though he did come equipped with a slideshow of some early photographs He kept the audience engaged and entertained with topics ranging from how he started Humans of New York to a sample interview to his reflections on creativity

Stanton spent the beginning of his performance speaking about the events that started him down the path to Humans of New York For several years, Stanton traded bonds for the Chicago Board of Trade He explained that worries about how to make money and keep his job consumed him during this period of his life When he finally lost his job, he experienced a sense of liberation: “Suddenly all these thoughts that I had that I was directing towards, “What am I going to do to keep this job?” could now be directed towards anything I wanted ” Stanton seized the opportunity for a fresh start and moved to New York City to pursue photography In a complete reversal, he dedicated all of his energy to photography and viewed money only as a means to survive

Stanton described starting his blog with only a few months of photography experience Pulling up a slideshow, Stanton showed the audience the very first photo he shot with the topic that would eventually typify his blog: humans It featured two young boys standing with their mothers; both were looking upward with the same expression of fascination, though neither was aware of the other Stanton described his fear of photographing strangers and the courage he found to sneak that shot “There were people who had been photographing for decades that couldn’t get over that fear When I did that when I got that photo I realized that maybe there was something that I could do that would be new in photography ”

From there Stanton began photographing strangers on the streets of New York, working toward his goal to plot 10,000 portraits onto a map of the city “That was the impetus that got me to do Humans of New York,” he explained “It had nothing to do with stories, nothing to do with interviews ”

The turning point came when he snapped a photo of a woman whose hair and clothing were all minty green Because the photo was sub-par, he decided to include a caption of the woman ’ s words: “I used to be a different color every single day But one day, I wore green and that was a good day So I’ve been green for 15 years ”

This marked the tipping point for Stanton’s blog, as the post received more likes than any other photograph He soon began interviewing his subjects to include stories with their photographs; his new goal was to learn about his subjects and share their personal stories with the world He credited the trajectory of HONY ’ s success to this shift in gears

At this point, Stanton began acting out how he typically approaches strangers for the audience in Bailey Hall “I’m always looking for someone who’s alone,” he said, “ someone who looks like I could talk to them ” He explained that he never approaches from behind and he crunches his tall frame toward the ground the better to appear unthreatening and friendly He does everything he can to take the pressure off the interviewee raising the pitch of his voice and even lying on the ground

SU N: Are you more pessimistic or optimistic about the world than you were five years ago, before you started?

He then called up a lucky volunteer to help him demonstrate: a freshman named Jenna After approaching Jenna and asking for permission to photograph her, Stanton launched into his questions Inquiries such as “What is your biggest challenge in life right now?” or “How are these first three weeks [at Cornell] different than you imagined it was going to be?” and “How are you afraid that your life will turn out?” were meant to evoke those special “quiet, unrehearsed moments ” that Stanton loves to capture

When he asked, “Do you remember the saddest moment of your life?” Stanton found what he was looking for Jenna revealed that one of her best friends died of cancer a year and a half ago Stanton spent the rest of the interview fleshing out Jenna’s loss, asking her about her favorite things about her friend, what was happening on the day she found out and how the people around her reacted to the news Jenna spoke of her friend’s “passion for life and how optimistic she was through all of it ”

Later, in the questions and answer session with students, Stanton revealed some of his future plans for the audience He wants to travel to many more countries in order to expand the reach of HONY, and he’s currently considering visiting South America next Secondly, he wants to take HONY into more mediums His current project involves video

There were many profound moments throughout the talk, but several stood out Stanton explained that he digs through each interview to find a story: “Our opinions and our philosophies aren ’ t really unique, but our stories are always unique ” Interestingly, he isn’t even looking for a remarkable or profound story “Even an ordinary person, if you give their story the same sort of attention and curiosity that we give the stories of socalled extraordinary people, then those stories can captivate an audience of millions of people ” And they do, every day, on Humans of New York

The Sun’s Multimedia Editor Kiki Li ’17 and Lindsay Cayne ’17 had the chance to sit down with Brandon Stanton and ask him about his history with the blog and his outlook on life

T HE SU N: What’s your biggest struggle in your life right now?

B RAN DON STAN TON: Oh, um, I guess just being like one guy that has such a large amount of people, you know, following the blog If you think about it, most media outlets that have this large of an audience have an infrastructure [Laughs] They have journalists and employees and editors and all these people that kind of work together to make it happen And being that I’m just one person trying to keep things fresh, trying to handle the growth and evolve while also having a personal life is probably my biggest struggle right now Yeah Which is a great struggle to have It’s not a good answer

B S : Oh, that’s a great question Am I more pessimistic or optimistic about the world? I would say the same I’m like really right in the middle I think that humanity has made a lot of light and a lot of shadows And I think right now it’s kind of a race to see which one is going to win first, because obviously with how many extinction level problems that we ’ re facing, on the shadows side, our time is running out to kind of work together and figure out a solution You know, but at the same time it seems that people tend to match every problem with an innovative solution We’re a very creative species, so we’ll see I’d say I’m right in the middle

SUN: Has it ever happened that one of the interviewee’s stories has changed your life completely, or changed your perspective?

B S : I would say that there’s nothing that I can really go through in my own life that there hasn’t been a HONY quote that applies to it I’ve had 10,000 conversations with people very intimate conversations about things going on in their lives So pretty much every situation that I come across in my life, I’ve talked to somebody that has gone through the exact same thing So as far as like one single lightning bolt life changing interview, that’s kind of hard to pin down But I would say all of them have changed me in some way And it seems like everything that happens to me in my life, there is some parallel in Humans of New York

SUN: One last thing Has it ever happened to you that by exposing a story on your platform, it led to unwanted consequences?

B S : Well, especially when things were kind of getting off the ground, there were a couple of times you can Google it if you want One of them involved a man who was harassing a woman on the street And I kind of walked up and got the photograph and then she told me the story of him harassing her It was a Hassidic Jewish man And then, you know, I kind of posted the story, and then there was this huge social media uproar about this man harassing this woman on the street Then I got an email saying that the man ’ s son had attempted suicide And that was very, very early on and I realized then that I had to be very careful about what I presented I could not, based on hearsay, accuse somebody of a crime and put their picture on the blog Um, so very early I kind of learned what the limits were I couldn’t use Humans of New York and its audience as a courtroom to try somebody and question the morality of somebody So, you know, now I leave it very judgment-free and just tell the stories

SUN: Thank you so much

B S : Yeah, of course!

Ali Jenkins is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at ajenkins@cornellsun com

BY EMILY KLING Sun Contributor

Upon entering the Streisand estate, the cheeky, flamboyant and fourth-wall breaking Alex (Karl Gregory) tells the audience that “suddenly, [he] was in another world, like when Dorothy steps from sepia into Technicolor ”

That isn’t far from how I felt watching the Kitchen Theatre’s production of playwright Jonathan Tolin’s one-man show Buyer & Cellar this past Thursday night And yes, you read that right both the inspiration and setting for this play, directed by Wendy Dann, are Barbra Streisand s Malibu home

For those of us who don’t follow the entertainmenticon, it turns out that Streisand published a coffeetable book in 2010, entitled My Passion For Design, which was filled with self-taken photographs of her estate Estimated to be valued somewhere between $60 and $100 million, the property sounds like what would happen if you gave a young child the resources to design a compulsive dream land complete with a rustic mill house, a guest home referred to as “Grandma’s House,” a barn, themed rooms (such as The Federal Lounge), a napping room and, most importantly for Buyer & Cellar, a street of shops in her basement

In this private mall exists a doll shop, an antique shop, a gift-wrapping station, an ice-cream machine and a few other stores in which Streisand evidently likes to spend time In Buyer & Cellar, Tolin imagine what would happen if Streisand were to hire an actor (who in the play is named Alex) to work in this underground imitation shopping center

He is a bit of an emblem of theatre But there’s something about Alex perhaps his self-awareness or his interactions with the audience that makes him feel more like an old friend telling you some great story than just a character in a play Playing all of the parts including Ms Streisand herself, Alex’s boyfriend Barr y, Streisand’s acerbic assistant Sharon, James Brolin and a host of other characters

top that it is better left to the audience’s imagination, with Gregory and director Dann bringing it to life It always feels like the characters are where they say they are, and the Streisand ethos is never out of reach

A warning for students, like myself, who are on the younger side or simply not too familiar with Barbra Streisand: There are many references that will be missed In general the references in this play felt, similar to how Streisand apparently likes her ice cream, too heavily sprinkled

“I mean, the premise is preposterous, ” Alex tells us at the onset of the story And he’s right I too thought the premise was absolutely absurd But what I hadn’t expected was just how funny, touching and surprising this play was going to be

For starters, much praise should go to Gregory, whose main role is playing Alex in this one-man comedy Alex, a struggling actor, is exuberant, energetic, sarcastic and queer

Gregory slips seamlessly into and out of the roles, keeping the audience engaged with, most notably, his flawless timing If you ’ re going to buy tickets, don’t do so for Streisand buy them for Gregory

Set and lighting designer Steven Teneyck presents a relatively barren two level set comprised of a chair and standing table He uses light variations to signal the changing of time or place It’s a good call This imaginary world is so over the

Nevertheless, the characters, the world and the story are accessible for younger viewers, as many of the abundant pop-culture allusions are still clearly meant for a fairly wide audience

Perhaps it isn’t at all surprising that a play about a young, gay actor working in Barbra Streisand’s basement-mall is funny, kitschy, dramatically performed by one actor playing all of the parts or full of popculture references Rather, it is the nuanced, deeper and touching moments dotting this play that are unexpected The play asks questions about fame, friendship, the desire to be loved and how one might imagine his or her own utopia That is what Streisand has done, after all, with her over the top palace of a home But the play pushes these questions shedding light on the fact that the material makeup of one ’ s utopia may just be the surface of something else It’s an interesting question and an undercurrent to this laugh-out-loud comedy

Lastly, the Kitchen Theatre is fairly intimate and seems to be without a bad seat in the house For stuents interested in seeing Buyer & Cellar or other future shows, rush tickets are available for $15 the same day as the performance (according to their website) I guess what I’m getting at is that students stuck in the daily grind of problem sets and prelims should make like Alex or Dorothy and step from sepia into Technicolor with theatre in the Ithaca community, and the Kitchen Theatre in particular

Emily Kling is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at ekling@cornellsun com

We’re So Starving: Feminism and Mad Max

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a n d d y i n g ; i t w o u l d h a ve b e e n n i c e t o s e e t h i n g s b e t h e o t h e r w a y a ro u n d T h e d i r e c t o r,

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Senior Football Captain Fives Looking to Anchor Linebackers

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notching 7 5 on the year, good for third in the Ivy League

This past spring was the first time in a number of years in which there wasn ’ t a major change in the defensive schemes Fives said the playbook was actually simplified during the offseason, with more packaged plays According to Fives, this has had a major impact on the defense

“Defensively, we can focus on playing football [this year] and working on our technique instead of having to worry about learning new things,” Fives said “So that was really helpful for the spring, and it helped guys out, because once we came back, instead of learning a whole new defense, it was more like a review so we ’ re just really concentrating on our technique and playing football and that gives guys a lot more freedom ”

the Red would eventually fall to Harvard, Fives ended the game with seven tackles, two of which were for a loss At the end of the season, Fives had 36 tackles and three sacks

Among all of the responsibilities entrusted to an outside linebacker, Fives said he enjoys rushing the quarterback the most He relishes the opportunity to blow past offensive linemen to find nothing but grass in his way to reach the quarterback This year, he has a lofty goal in mind: he wants to lead the conference in sacks

In high school, Fives was a do-it-all kind of player, who, as he put, “ never really got off the field” Fives punted, kicked, received, rushed and, of course, played outside linebacker

“J.J. is a guy who is really stepping up and being a leader with the young guys.”

Just as the defense as a unit has improved, head coach David Archer ’05 said he believes Fives has shown tremendous growth as well

“J J is a guy who is really stepping up and being a leader with the young guys by running the drills,” Archer said Fives has seen his play time increase every year since got to Cornell As a freshman, he saw limited time at linebacker, playing mostly on special teams A year later, he came off the bench and, despite missing two games due to an injury, still had 36 tackles on the year

His junior year was his first year as a full-time starter and Fives made the most of it His best game of the season was arguably a clash against reigning Ivy champions, Harvard The first half was a defensive battle in which neither team scored a point Although

“Playing both ways in high school helped me develop not only athletically, but also mentally,” Fives said “Just like knowing if I have to be on coverage when I’m covering a slot receiver or something like that I have a better idea of what the routes are going to look like ”

Fives has been itching to start his senior season for weeks

“I’m excited Obviously, it’s tough watching all these college teams play,” Fives said “You want to get out on the field, playing the competition ”

While Fives is eager to get back on the field, it’s hard to imagine that opposing quarterbacks or running backs are looking forward to seeing him on the other side of the line of scrimmage

Like Walter White tells his anyone that gets in his way, Cornell’s opponents should tread lightly when it comes to going against J J Fives

Adam Bronfin can be reached at abronfin@cornellsun com

Fives Looking to Wreak Havoc for Red

By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

There’s a scene in Breaking Bad in which Walter White confronts a potential adversary in a parking lot White, also known as Heisenberg, walks up to the man, stares at him menacingly for a couple of seconds and then threateningly tells the man, “ stay out of my territory ” The man scrambles into his car and drives off, terrified of White J J Fives, who has the Twitter handle @Fivensenberg, tries to have a similar effect on opposing offenses The 6-foot-2, 240-pound senior is an anchor and one of the captains of Cornell’s defense Lining up at outside linebacker, Fives led the team in tackles for a loss last season,

Spikers Drop Three of Four at Jack Kaiser Classic

By OLIVIA MATTYASOVSZKY Sun Staff Writer

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“ You can ’ t be afraid of anything,” Imhotep said “You have to go in there and can ’ t be afraid of the person you ’ re fighting You have to go get it Nobody wants to go in there and lose a fight You have to go take it ” As a senior on track to graduate after the fall semester, Imhotep is looking to go out on a high note for Cornell football Imhotep is willing to do just about anything

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to reach his goal “ There’s a guy who runs around Schoellkopf and he gives me these acronyms and he said the acronym for W I N is ‘work is n o n - n e g o t i a b l e , ’ ” Imhotep said “ Work is not enough and that you have to go win Just because you work hard doesn’t mean you ’ re supposed to win because nobody is going to give it to you After you put in that work, you have to go perform and go take your victory ” Imhotep hopes that he and the Red can do just that

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Red football captain turned down chance to turn pro in the ring

By JOON LEE Sun Assistant Sports Editor

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Red Runners Take First at Brother Jasper Invitational

By JAMIL RAHMAN Sun Contributor

Even though senior Ben Rainero had built a lead for himself going into the second half of the race, he was fearful He was running out of energy and was worried that he wouldn’t be able to respond if the lead was taken away from him Nevertheless, Rainero summoned his remaining strength and crossed the finish line in first place

“I felt a powerful rush of relief that overpowered any other emotions I might have had,” Rainero said

The Red men ’ s cross countr y team opened the 2015 season at the Brother Jasper Invitational on Friday, taking first place to beat out Hofstra, Army, host Manhattan and Ivy League rival Columbia In addition, the Big Red swept the first five spots, with Rainero leading the way, followed by junior David Taylor, senior co-cap-

tains Brian Eimstad and Connor Herr, respectively, and junior Zack Israel

“We’ve all been highly optimistic coming into this season, and this race served to validate our expectations,” Romero said

“We have high expectations for ourselves and what we can achieve this year, ” Herr said “We can ’ t control how the other teams compete, all we can control is how we perform ”

“I’m a total dork, but I started grinning during part of the race because the team is in such solid shape ”

The results of the opening race shows the team that a long offseason of preparation is beginning to pay off

“Over the summer, our guys did a great job meeting their mileage targets and taking care of other key training elements that help them get fast,” said assistant coach Zeb Lang

“Our coach was great at keeping everyone in line with what they should and shouldn’t be doing, which really helped prepare everyone coming into the season, ” Eimstad said “All the guys know what is expected, and they put in the work over the summer ”

While this was an impressive start for the Red, the team realizes that the competition will only get tougher and there is still work that needs to be done to achieve its ultimate goal

“I hope that everyone remembers that the season has only begun,” Eimstad said “We still have lots of work to do ”

“The defining goal for us is to make the national meet In order to do that, we have to beat as many nationally ranked teams as possible in the upcoming three races, ” Romero said “I will consider this season a success if we meet this goal – and a failure if we don’t I think we have all the tools necessary to do it ” In order to achieve its goal, the team will need to continue pushing each other, and helping the freshmen in the process

“The older guys have been through this circus before,” Lang said “They are great at helping the younger guys avoid pitfalls and they are helping the newcomers adjust to Cornell ”

“This is an incredibly self-motivated group, ” Herr said “So long as I can keep coming to practice and working my ass off, hopefully I can push these guys to better themselves as much as they push me ” The win at the Brother Jasper Invitational is a big step for the Red, instilling in the team a sense of optimism for the rest of the season

“I’m excited to see everyone perform well this season I’m a total dork, but I started grinning during part of the race because the team is in such solid shape this year, ” Eimstad said “This is a great group of guys, I can ’ t wait to see what comes next ”