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Dead 20-Year-Old Found In Creek Near Walmart
A dead body was found in the creek near an access road behind Walmart Tuesday
According to the Ithaca Police Department, the to road leads from Elmira Road and Fairgrounds Memorial Parkway Personnel from the Ithaca Fire Department and Bangs Ambulance were at the scene to provide assistance
The victim whose name has not yet been released as of Tuesday evening was described as a medium-skinned black male who was
approximately 20 years old, six feet two inches tall and 270 pounds, police said
Preliminar y investigations concluded that there does not appear to be any foul play involved, police said An autopsy and toxicology examination will be completed at a regional hospital
Anyone that observed the victim after Sept 15 is encouraged to contact the Ithaca Police Department
Compiled by Talia Jubas
Novelist, September 11 Witness Re ects on Victims of Attacks
By ANDREW LEE Sun Staff Wr ter
Author R C Mulcahy spoke Monday about his novel One From Two, which serves as a personal reflection about the events that transpired on Sept 11, 2001, during a lecture Monday
Mulcahy witnessed the attack on the World Trade Center from the top floor of the Newport Financial Center office tower in Jersey City, New Jersey, that morning Mulcahy said that since
the event, he has reflected on the victims of the attacks in great depth
“Over time I absorbed the facts of the historical event and I thought about those who perished and how they suffered through senseless and random violence,” he said “They were simply at the wrong place at the wrong time ”
According to Mulcahy, the book is a “rebuilding novel,” which combines the story of the “construction, collapse and revitalization” of the World Trade Center
along with the personal struggles of the main characters
“The symbolic analogy of the Twin Towers and other plot lines were assembled with the help of many experts, ” he said
Mulcahy began work on the novel in 2005, spending the next two years visiting experts at various universities including Har vard, Princeton, Stanford and Oxford By the end of 2007, he said, the novel’s plot was
LOS GATOS, Calif (AP) Officials in Northern California are accusing a nudist resort of stealing water during the state ’ s historic drought
The San Jose Mercury News reports that rangers with the Midpeninsula Open Space District descended on Lupin Lodge near Los Gatos on Thursday, saying the clothing-optional resort was illegally taking water from a nearby upstream waterfall
The resort ’ s owners say they are entitled to use the waterfall, which they need to keep their water tank full in case of a fire and to top off their pool for both skinny-dipping and as a backup water source for a fire
Man Named Human Loses Primary in New Hampshire
ROCHESTER, N H (AP) Human’s race ended in defeat
A candidate who legally changed his name to human with a lowercase “H” lost his bid to run for office in
New Hampshire on Tuesday
The former David Montenegro lost a primary contest to incumbent Democratic state Rep Rose Marie Rogers by a count of 181-30
Intruder Caught Cooking Corn
ROCKL AND, Mass (AP) Massachusetts police have arrested a man they say broke into a home and cooked himself a snack
Rockland police officers responded to a home at about 1:40 a m Wednesday after getting a call from the homeowner
Lt Nick Zeoli tells The Enterprise of Brockton the homeowner woke up to a loud bang from the kitchen When the resident went to investigate, he found an intr uder cooking corn on the cob on the stove He told the intr uder to leave, and the two men briefly scuffled
Police arrested 69-year-old John Dalton and charged him with breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony and assault and batter y Police say Dalton, who was “clearly intoxicated,” forced his way inside through a side door
At Panel, Faculty Talk Engagement In C.U. Humanities
By JONATHAN SWARTZ Sun Senior Writer
Five professors from various disciplines in the humanities discussed how faculty can reach out and engage students to study the humanities during a panel discussion Tuesday afternoon
Each panelist shared what attracts students to courses in the humanities and highlighted the impor tance of interdisciplinar y integration during the panel hosted by Cornell’s Center for Teaching Excellence
Prof Aaron Sachs, histor y who also acted as the panel’s moderator opened the discussion saying the goal of the discussion was to provide some specific and practical insights from professors on how to attract students to the humanities disciplines
“ The humanities add ways of seeing,” Sachs said “If you are richly immersed in the humanities, you will see all different kinds of layers as you go through life ”
Prof Cher yl Finley, visual studies, said that in her experience, using technology like Instagram helps engage and excite her students in her Visual Studies 2000: Introduction to Visual Studies course
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Instagram, students are already highly adept at reading images,” she said “ We have students present [Instagram] feeds in class at different points throughout the semester ” Pr o f St a c e y L a n g w i c k , a n t h r o p o l o g y, s a i d t h a t because many Cornellians vie w their education as instr umental to finding a career, she stresses the practical skills that her students can gain by studying the humanities
“Our student body [takes] a highly professionalized, competitive stance, ” she said “Making that transition to [perceiving the humanities as] something that they can do for their future is a bigger jump ”
By REBECCA BLAIR Sun Contributor
Listen up | Prof Steven Pond, music; Prof Cheryl Finley, visual studies; Prof Aaron Sachs, history; Prof Dagmawi Woubshet, English; and Prof Stacey Langwick, anthropology, discuss how faculty can engage students to study the humanities Tuesday
Langwick added that humanities professors need to take a leap to help students “imagine themselves creating a life they want with humanities degrees,” she said Langwick said she believes that exposing students to humanities graduates who are successfully employed with a variety of careers could help expose students to the various oppor tunities
Like Langwick, Prof Steven Pond, music, emphasized the impor tance of sharing stories of successful graduates of the humanities to students by sharing his own daughter ’ s success as a project manager at Intel after majoring in the humanities
“[My daughter’s] initial decision to [study] American studies star ted her on the pathway to the exact job she has today she could not have predicted that,” he said “ The way that American studies, and by extension all of the humanities, prepares people for the larger world is that it gives them larger skills that they can then conver t on the ground ”
Prof Dagmawi Woubshet, English, said it is important to underline to students the civic role that humanities has in the world
“I find it impor tant to create a classroom environment where students can be open and vulnerable enough to question deeply held assumptions,” he said
Woubshet added that he believes that the humanities can give students the critical thinking skills to lead a moral life outside of the classroom and “thaw out the hierarchy” between student and professor within the classroom
“I tr y to remind myself that I am a student in the classroom too, so that by the end of the semester I am also walking away with ne w reading skills and a ne w perspective,” he said
The panel which was directed toward faculty in the humanities attracted about 20 professors
Jonathan Swartz can be reached at jswartz@cornellsun com
Marisa Sergi ’15 wins title of Miss New York Collegiate America; says anti-bullying campaign drew her to compete in pageant S t u d e n t s’ S t o r i e s
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Obama Declares Ebola Global Threat Doctor to Provide Medical Update on Toronto Mayor
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Pre s i d e n t Ba r a c k O b a m a declared Tuesday that the Ebola epidemic in West Africa could t h re a t e n s e c u r i t y a r o u n d t h e world, and he ordered 3,000 U S militar y personnel to the region in emergency aid muscle for a crisis spiraling out of control The question was whether the aid would be enough and was coming in time An omin o u s Wo r l d He a l t h Organization forecast said that w i t h s o m a n y p e o p l e n ow
spreading the virus, the number of Ebola cases could start doubling ever y three weeks
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more health workers, equipment and money By day’s end the administration asked Congress to shift another $500 million in Pentagon money to the effort, meaning the U S could end up devoting $1 billion to contain the outbreak “ It’s a p o t e n t i a
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nations of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea At least 2,400 people have died, with Liberia bearing the brunt
Ford has been hospitalized since last Wed.
TORONTO (AP) A doctor
will provide a medical update on controversial Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s tumor on Wednesday, Ford’s brother said
The mayor has been hospitalized since last Wednesday with a tumor in his abdomen Biopsy results were expected to take a week
Ford withdrew his re-election bid Friday as he seeks treatment, dramatically ending a campaign he had doggedly pursued despite a stint in rehab and calls for him to quit amid drug and alcohol scandals
Ford’s brother, city councilor Doug Ford, said outside the hospital on Tuesday that a doctor will provide an update Wednesday at about 5 p m local time
“It’s extremely tough right now Our family is strong, Rob is strong and with all the support of the people that’s what keeps us going,” Doug Ford said “He’s having a tough go of it right now ”
The mayor complained of stomach pain while he had breakfast with Doug last week and checked himself into hospital Rob Ford has previously said that he was hospitalized in 2009 for a tumor on his appendix, leading to its removal along with part of his colon Doug Ford Sr , the mayor ’ s farther, died of colon cancer in 2006 Ford, 45, became an international celebrity last year when the Toronto Star and the U S website Gawker reported the existence of a video apparently showing the mayor inhaling from a crack pipe He denied the existence of the video for months but finally admitted to using crack in a “drunken stupor ” after police announced they had obtained it When reports emerged this year of a second video showing him apparently smoking crack, Ford entered rehab for two months and returned to work and campaigning in June
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complete and he spent the next fe w years revising the stor ylines “I initially had no interest in writing a book I felt like I stood in a large, overcrowded room with ver y talented people,” Mulchay said “I felt v e r y i n s e c u r e a n d f u l l o f doubt I thought, ‘ Why am I here? I don’t belong ’”
However, feeling obligated to honor those lost, Mulcahy said he eventually overcame his initial doubts and began t o w o r k o n t h e n o v e l i n earnest
“ Tragedies of chance can really devast a t e p e o p l e , p h y s i c a l l y a n d e m otionally, and t h e y c a n h a p p e n a t a n y t i
question Over the last week or so, I have gone from r uling it out to saying there is a small possibility,” he said “It is a big time commitment and personal sacrifice because I am not the only one is impacted, so is my family ” In his closing comments, Mulcahy asked the audience t o t a k e a d
back to society
“If you have good health and life has been kind to you, ” Mulcahy said, “please continue to develop a sense of obligation to those that face challenges ” According to Mulcahy, the novel is dedicated to those
“[Those who died] were simply at the wrong place at the wrong time.”
” he said “ That is why I use the World Trade Center as an analogy in the novel to say, ‘ l i s t e n t h i s c a n h a p p e n t o anyone so we really have to do our best to look out for each other ’”
Jonathan Lobel can be reached at jlobel@cornellsun com
Mulcahy said he was hesitant when asked if he had plans to write another novel “ That is a ver y difficult
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Andrew Lee can be reached at alee@cornellsun com
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Associate Editor
NICK DE TULLIO 15
RACHEL ELLICOTT 15
Editor
ELIZABETH SOWERS 15
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ANNIE BUI ’16
KAITLYN TIFFANY ’15
KATHLEEN BITTER 15
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BERMAN 16
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EMMA LICHTENSTEIN ’16
LUISE YANG ’15
ARIELLE CRUZ ’15
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Editorial
United Student Body: Moving Forward
FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS FROM VARIOUS STUDENT GROUPS, United Student Body a Student Assembly initiative to promote diversity in student organizations has undergone several changes this semester These include less stringent r ules, making it easier for student groups to adopt more concrete diversity initiatives We at The Sun believe that the changes to the USB implementation are a step in the right direction and will help student organizations better adopt these policies
United Student Body was designed in light of President David Skor ton ’ s fall 2011 vow in “ Toward Ne w Destinations” to increase diversity in all aspects of the University The United Student’s Body was created in spring 2013 following S A Resolution 45: Fostering a United Student Body It covered byline funded and SAFC Per formance tier groups, and the Diversity Inclusion Plan consisted of complicated paper work from both the organizations and the S A In The Sun last week, Shivang Tayal ’16, vice president of Diversity and Inclusion and International Liaison for the S A said some student leaders thought the previous implementation of USB was too subjective, making it difficult for groups to imagine more specific plans By including these changes, the S A has worked to alleviate some of the complications that arose with implementing USB
These changes include reducing the number of Diversity Inclusion Plan items that must be listed by each group, as well as creating a task force under Student Assembly Committee for Inclusion and Diversity Initiatives to evaluate the DIPs in face-to-face meetings with group leaders We believe that these meetings are a positive addition to the plan implementation, and will allow the S A to express its expectations more effectively and student groups to voice their concerns more freely
Though this seems like a positive step towards ensuring diversity, we still harbor some concerns about USB The DIPs appear to be an overarching policy, which might not be feasible for all groups on campus As USB enters its second year, we are optimistic about the changes that have been introduced However, we also hope that the S A will continue to examine and revise USB moving for ward
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b a c k o f m y m i n d t h e re i s a l w a y s a l a u n d r y l i s t o f re q u i re m e n t s t o f i l l , d e a d l i n e s t o m e e t a n d t e s t s t o t a k e Go i n g a b ro a d w o u l d o n l y c o m p l i c a t e m y m e t i c u l o u s l y p l a n n e d s c h e d u l e I d e l i b e r a t e d w h e t h e r a b a n d o n i n g C o r n e l l a n d p a c ki n g m y l u g g a g e t o e x p e r i e n c e t h e h y p e d E u r o t r i p w o u l d b e w o r t h i t , w i t h h o p e s o f f i n di n g m y s e l f i n a n e w a r e a , f r e e t o e x p l o re w h a t e ve r i t i s I w a n t e d t o e x p l o r e I n t h i s f r u s t r a t i n g l y i n t e n s e p e r i o d o f i n t r o s p e c t i o n , I p r o d u c e d e v e r y p o s s i b l e p e r m u t a t i o n o f m y s c h e d u l e t h a t c o u l d f a c i l i t a t e a t e r m a b ro a d I c o n t e mp l a t e d n e a r l y e ve r y c o u n t r y i n t h e g l o b e a s a p o s s i b l e o p t i o n , f ro m Ne p a l t o Bu e n o s A i re s I f e l t l i k e t h e re we re t w o m i n i - m e ’ s , e a c h c a m p e d o u t o n a s h o u l d e r f o r t h e s u m m e r, i n c e s s a n t l y e x p l a i n i n g t o m e w h y I s h o u l d o r s h o u l d n ’ t l e a ve t h e c o u n t r y T h i s s e l f - i n f l i c t e d s o u rc e o f s t re s s w a s s e e m i n g l y u n n e c e s s a r y a p ro d u c t o f m y Ne w Yo rk C i t y - b o r n e n e u ro t i c t e n d e n c i e s Ne ve r t h e l e s s , t h e m o re I f re t t e d ove r t h i s g l o b a l n i g h t m a re , t h e m o re I b e g a n t o v i e w i t a s a b ro a d e r d i l e m m a t h a n w h a t i t w a s a t f a c e va l u e I b e g a n t o t h i n k t h a t m y re l u c t a n c e t o g o a b ro a d s t e m m e d f ro m m y Iv y L e a g u e e n v i ro n m e n t Te m p o r a r i l y l e a v i n g t h e s e c u r i t y o f m y p re - p ro f e s s i o n a l t r a c k g o e s a g a i n s t e ve r yt h i n g I h a ve b e e n i n s t r u c t e d t o d o a s a n Iv y L e a g u e s t u d e n t T h e d r i ve n n a t u re o f C o r n e l l s t u d e n t s c re a t e s a c e r t a i n w a y o f v i e w i n g t h e a c a d e m i c e x p e r i e n c e Fr e q u e n t l y, I f i n d m y s e l f b e i n g t o o f o c u s e d o n t h e n e x t s t e p a n d i n t h e p ro c e s s , m i s s i n g w h a t ’ s a ro u n d m e W h e re d i d t h e p a s t t w o ye a r s o f c o l l e g e g o ?
Temporarily leaving the security of my pre-professional track goes against everything I have been instructed to do as an Ivy League student The driven nature of Cornell students creates a certain way of viewing the academic experience
y re s u l t a g ro u n di n g e x p e r i e n c e M a y b e I w i l l l e a r n t h i n g s I n e ve r a n t i c i p a t e d i n t a k i n g t h i s ro u t e Ma y b e I ’l l m e e t p e o p l e a n d v i s i t p l a c e s t h a t w i l l s h a p e w h o I a m f o r t h e b e t t e r I n c h o o s i n g t o s t a y p u t , I w o u l d b e a f o o l f o r a vo i d i n g t h e t h r i l l o f t h e u n k n ow n Bu t o n t h e o t h e r h a n d , m y “ l i f e i s l i k e a b ox o f c h o c o l a t e s ” a r g u m e n t m a y b e f l a we d Ma y b e I ’ m e a g e r t o g o a b ro a d m e re l y a s a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o f l e e f ro m t h e c o l l e c t i ve a n x i e t i e s o f t h e C o r n e l l c a m p u s Go i n g a b ro a d c o u l d j u s t b e d i s g u i s e d h e d o n i s m , d e vo i d o f a n y s e m b l a n c e o f i n t e l l e c t u a l s t i m u l a t i o n T h e f a c t t h a t t h e a b r o a d e x p e r i e n c e h a s b e c o m e s o d e e p l y i n t e r t w i n e d w i t h t h e m o d e r n c o l l e g i a t e e x p e r i e n c e c o u l d b e a c o l o s s a l a c a d e m i c s c a m a n e xc u s e t o t a k e a s e m e s t e r - l o n g va c a t i o n a n d e n ro l l i n f a u x c l a s s e s T h e t r u e c o l l e g e e x p e r i e n c e c o u l d b e r i g h t a t o n e ’ s f e e t a t C o r n e l l i f t h e y a vo i d s u c c u m b i n g t o t h e p re s s u re s o f p e r f e c t i o n W h i l e s t u d y a b ro a d m a y n o t b e a s c o nt e n t i o u s f o r o t h e r s t u d e n t s , e ve r y b o d y f a c e s s i m i l a r d i l e m m a s o n a d a i l y b a s i s T h e p a t h s t h a t we c h o o s e t o t a k e i n t h e f o u r ye a r s t h a t we ’ re h e re a re i m p o r t a n t a s k a n y a l u m n i Of t e n t i m e s , i t i s t o o e a s y t o b e s a f e a n d c h o o s e w h a t we f e e l i s t h e m o s t p r a g m a t i c o p t i o n A l t h o u g h i t m a y b e h a rd t o i m a g i n e , t h e d e c i s i o n s we m a k e i n c o l l e g e s e t t h e p re c e d e n t f o r h ow we c h o o s e t o l i ve o u r a d u l t l i ve s In t h e t i m e t h a t we ’ re h e re , we s h o u l d s e t a s i d e o u r e g o s a n d q u e s t i o n w h y w e m a k e o u r re s p e c t i ve l i f e c h o i c e s It’s i m p o
It’s f a i r l y o bv i o u s t h a t we a l l w a n t t o b e s u c c e s s f u l A s t h e re c e n t Ne w Re p u b l i c Iv y L e a g u e e x p o s e n o t e d , we a re a p p a re n tl y s o a c c u s t o m e d t o s u c c e s s t h a t we d e ve lo p a d e e p l y e n t re n c h e d a n d d e b i l i t a t i n g f e a r o f n o t o n l y f a i l u re , b u t a l s o t h e i d e a o f b e i n g i m p e r f e c t Im p e r f e c t i o n i s u n s e tt l i n g a n d f a i l u re i s u n f a t h o m a b l e T h i s i s o u r t r a g i c f l a w Ou r c o m p u l s i o n s f o r s u cc e s s , a n d t h e re s u l t i n g c l o u d i n g o f a c a d em i c p u r p o s e , i s a k i n t o b a s e b a l l’s s t e ro i de r a e m p h a s i s o n i n d i v i d u a l s t a t i s t i c s h o m e r u n s , s t r i k e o u t s , w i n s , e t c a n d d e va l u a t i o n o f t h e i n t e g r i t y o f t h e g a m e To p u t i t i n e c o n o m i c t e r m s , we g o t t o w h e re we a re t o d a y t h ro u g h a c o m p e t i t i ve a d va n t a g e i n o u r a b i l i t i e s t o g a m e t h e s y st e m We k n e w h ow t o a p p ro a c h c o l l e g e a p p l i c a t i o n s A n d t h e p o s i t i ve re i n f o rc em e n t we re c e i ve d f ro m o u r a b i l i t i e s t o m a rk e t o u r s e l ve s p rov i d e d a m o d e l f o r f u t u re s u c c e s s We u s e d o u r a d va n t a g e s a s p a w n s , c r a f t i l y m a k i n g e a c h m ove l i k e a yo u n g B o b by Fi s c h e r Fo r m a n y o f u s , o u r a d va n t
Her Magesty’s Ship: Résumé
Resume in hand, I reluctantly sought after my professor who I believed would lend me useful advice on how to edit it I was reluctant, not because I was putting my resume (that was rather lacking for a senior) under the scrutiny of someone I looked up to, but because I had no desire whatsoever to pursue a white-collared job in the first place I have always felt comfortable with the idea of going to graduate school to continue my studies living the “life of the mind” as some would call it
Up until a week ago, the chit-chat of the implications of going to the Career Fair and what to expect from the fair amongst my friends flew over my head As the week before the Career Fair turned into days, my friends began to notice my aloof attitude towards the idea of starting a corporate job come graduation and suggested, “Teresa, you know, you should at least try going to the Career Fair ”
And that statement somehow landed me in front of my professor who began to peruse through my resume with a highlighter in hand She gave my resume back to me Thankfully, there wasn ’ t a large X through my paper There were, however, small circles around the many verbs in the descriptions of my work experience I asked her what the circles were for, and she responded with a series of questions: “Teresa, did you lead the development of a rehabilitation program in India or helped lead the development of it?” “Did you develop the business strategies for project X or assist with the development of these strategies?” “Did you deal directly with the school administration in finessing educational curriculums or supplement the finessing of a curriculum that was already in the process of being finalized?” After going through all of her suggested amendments, she told me, “I’ve realized that you Americans have a tendency of taking something and making it your own in your resumes ”
My initial hesitation to ask her for advice was met with the above statement that pointed to the reality of our usurpative nature I or who I am on polished, resume paper was a reflection of that nature Although I thought I knew myself to give credit where credit was due, I began to realize that I was not the manifestation of the humility I thought I encompassed In fact, I was
After going through all of her suggested amendments, she told me, “I’ve realized that you Americans have a tendency of taking something and making it your ow on your resumes.”
the “American” I feared I would be
I had a similarly unpleasant revelation dawn upon me a seven months ago when I visited the British Museum of History There are only a few moments in my life where I can aptly recount leaving a museum or any academic venue with a guttural feeling of disappointment this was one of them The trail through the first floor of the museum begins with an exhibit of Egyptian sarcophaguses, goes through a hallway of Babylonian murals and ends with a collection of the remnants of Greco-Roman sculptures The more floors a visitor gained, the more exotic the artifacts became (Arabic, Chinese, Indian, etc) This was not a “British” museum If we were being politically correct, the museum was more or less a cave of stolen goods
The British Museum of History in and of itself is impressive to say the very least And the reason for its global popularity is due to the indubitable fact that there is no collection as vast and all-encompassing like it in the world Yet when I came out of the museum and looked up at the monumental pillars pointing to the marble inscription British Museum of History,” I felt as if the significance of every single stone and statue within the building was reduced to items without stories It was almost as if I was to sign off on what was clearly a Rembrandt masterpiece, detrimentally diminishing the worth and identity of the piece
The experience of visiting the museum felt oddly comparable to that of going up and down an escalator in a department store or taking a day-trip to the zoo, watching items or animals become simplified under one brand name In his book, About Looking, prominent art critic John Berger recounts his experience of visiting a zoo from his influential chapter Why Look at Animals?”:
“You are looking at something that has been rendered absolutely marginal The reduction of the animal, which has a theoretical as well as economic history, is part of the same process as that by which men have been reduced to isolated productive and consuming units ”
This observation by Berger has remained an interdisciplinary discussion because of its ability to lend itself to how we obtain and commodify animals, historical objects and, ultimately, knowledge I am certainly not the first to voice my disagreement with the museum keeping items collected by British colonialists through the ages I find much merit in the dispersing of knowledge via museum spaces Yet, what we should remember from this is how we continue to marginalize those who have contributed to our success thus far No matter how many wars have taken place or how much tea has been sunk into the harbor, the sheer fact of the matter is is that we unnoticingly hearken back to our imperialistic roots: taking things that don’t belong to us
So as you start dispersing your resumes, remember to acknowledge those who have helped you create the content for your resume in the first place Don’t Sir Francis Drake your resume It’s likely that every single letter, font size and paragraph indent can find its thanks in someone
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By REEM KHONDAKAR Sun Staff Writer
Are we alone in the universe? The question has captivated humans for thousands of years Yet only now are the tools necessar y to answer that question becoming available, according to new faculty member Prof Lisa Kaltenegger, astronomy
Kaltenegger came to Cornell in July after working at the Max Planck Institute f o r A s t r o n o m y i n G e r m a n y a n d t h e Har vard Center for Astrophysics She has been appointed Director of Cornell’s new Institute for Pale Blue Dots, dedicated to the investigation of life outside our solar system The Institute, named in honor of a well known phrase of Cornell’s own Prof Carl Sagan, is expected to open in 2015, according to Kaltenegger
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According to Kaltenegger, one of the major challenges in the search for life is the sheer distance between our Sun and the next star
“If you shrink our solar system to the size of a cookie, then the next star is two football fields away, ” she said “So we ’ re not talking about satellites going and landing there What we really need is something that life breathed in and out, that leaves a fingerprint in the planet’s atmosphere ” Whatever molecules are breathed in or out by life forms would presumably accumulate in their atmosphere These “signatures of life,” Kaltenegger said, are oxygen and another gas most likely methane, one of the simplest organic molecules that can be produced by life
Analysis of extraterrestrial atmospheres is the main focus of Kaltenegger’s research By finding what molecules make up the atmosphere of planets outside our solar system, scientists can determine whether life may exist on that planet Crucial to this search, however, is asking how the data received from telescopes may change based on the geology of that planet
Prof. Lisa Kaltenegger Seeks Life on Other Worlds
“For instance, let us say the [planet] had way more volcanos, would you still be able to pick up signatures of life or would they be covered up by the background of volcanic gases?” Kaltenegger said Kaltenegger said she uses uses a technique called spectral analysis to model, and in the near future, find what molecules make up the atmosphere of small rocky
that molecules are absorbing that “red” wavelength of light
“If you know what wavelength, what color of light the energy is missing in, you can tell what chemicals there are in the atmosphere, even though they are cosmic football fields away, ” Kaltenegger said While current technology only allows her to investigate the atmosphere of planets
final frontier | Prof Lisa Kaltenegger, astronomy, is developing models that will assist the next generation of space telescopes with finding evidence of life on other planets
planets outside our solar system These molecules absorb light from their nearest sun in the same way molecules in Earth’s atmosphere absorb light from our sun Each molecule absorbs at characteristic wavelengths of light
Telescopes detect this light from the planet’s atmosphere and then split it, much like a prism, into various “colors” that can be deciphered through spectral analysis, Kaltenegger said Diminished energy in the “red” wavelength, for instance, would mean
too large to be “Earth-like,” Kaltenegger said the next generation of telescopes will allow her and her team to analyze the atmospheres of planets closer to Earth’s size According to Kaltenegger, one of the new telescopes is the James Webb Space Telescope, expected to launch in 2018 and r e p l a c e t h e c u r r e n t Hu b b l e Sp a c e Telescope
“Once Hubble comes down and the James Webb Space Telescope goes up in 2018, that will be the first time that we
have a mission to sample planets around the closest stars for signatures of life,” Kaltenegger said “ We only have a couple years to prepare as best we can for this mission, and we want the best strategy in place ”
Much of Kaltenegger’s current work focuses on creating atmospheric models that will ser ve as a an essential reference tool once the actual search begins This “planetar y spectral database,” Kaltenegger said, will allow her and her team to compare newfound data to their models
“ There is a lot of preparator y physical work before you can tell these telescopes how long they have to stare and what they have to do to not miss signatures of life,” Kaltenegger said
The significance of this search reaches far beyond just answering the question of whether life outside our solar system exists, according to Kaltenegger it also brings up questions about the future of our planet
“If we could find other Earths out there, we could possibly piece together a stor y about how Earths are born, and how they die We would be able for the first time to get a glimpse into our planets future,” Kaltenegger said
For now, the expectation is that the next generation of telescopes will be able to capture enough light to find other Earth-like planets Given that ever y other star in the universe is known to have another planet, the number of planets outside our system is, as Kaltenegger said, “astonishing ”
“It has been more than 2,000 years since the question came up of whether we are alone in the universe, and for the first time in histor y we have the tools to answer it,” Kaltenegger said “ We may have to wait another five or 10 years, but it would amazing to go out at night and spot the stars with other worlds like Jupiters and maybe even other Earths up on the firmament ”
Study Shows Action Movies Make You Eat More
By SARAH COHEN Sun Senior Writer
Snacking on a bowl of popcorn, chips or grapes is a musthave when sitting down to watch a movie or your favorite TV show But Aner Tal, a research associate in the Food and Brand
L a b, h a s f o u n d a c o n n e c t i o n between watching engaging television and eating more food
“ We tr y to identify mindless eating traps; Situations in life that can lead people to mindlessly eat more or chose food that they shouldn’t and then offer easy fixes for them,” Tal said
According to Tal, much of the
i n s p i r a t i o n f o r t h i s t y p e o f research comes out of personal experience In general, he said, we know that TV is distracting and that distractions can lead to people eating more food, but this research focused on whether different types of content could also affect eating habits
To study this, Tal took 94 undergraduate students and split them into three groups One
group watched 20 minutes of The Island, a 2005 thriller directed by Michael Bay, while a second group watched 20 minutes of the Charlie Rose Show, a talk show “that is fairly laid-back; no chair throwing or anything,” Tal said A third group watched 20 minutes of The Island without sound
During this 20 minute peri-
o d , s t u d e n t s w e re g i v e n f o u r types of easily accessible snacks to choose from: carrots, grapes, M&Ms and cookies
The researchers found that, a c r o s s t h e b o a r d , p e o p l e a t e m o r e w h e n t h e y w a t c h e d dynamic television, even when it was without sound, than slower content such as a talk show No difference between the quantity of healthy versus unhealthy food eaten was found, however, Tal said
A c c o r d i n g t o Ta l , t h i s research has led to several fur ther questions which are now being explored in both the Food and Brand Lab and the Food and Brand Lab research seminar for
undergraduate students
For example, if engaged audiences ate more of any snack in front of them, could they be tricked into eating healthier if only healthier snacks, such as v e
n
f them
“It would be a way to swallow the medicine without noticing it,” Tal said
Another way to avoid eating more, Tal said, is to not have an entire bag or box of snacks when watching TV, but to rather control the por tion you put in front of you before you star t eating
“Even small obstacles in the way can stop mindless eating,” he said
Tal said he will look into how such a slight difference may affect mindless eating
research was published in The Jour nal of the
The Food and Brand lab is also looking into how this realization may play a par
in other
COURTESY OF PROF LISA KALTENEGGER
Prof. Erik Andersen Designs Games That Help You Learn
By SHIRA POLAN Sun Staff Writer
When Prof Erik Andersen, computer science, began working at Cornell a few weeks ago, he hit the ground running, i m m e d i a t e l y d i v i n g i n t o h i s re s e a rc h
Andersen, who received his Ph D at the University of Washington this past year, investigates potential applications of video games in an educational setting
“My research is in tr ying to make interactive learning experiences as effective and engaging as possible, both for creating educational video games that tr y to teach things in fun ways and get huge numbers of players, ” Andersen said
According to Andersen, these future educational games could help students in a wide variety of subjects, including foreign language, reading comprehension and mathematics In addition, analyzing the way in which participants play these games could provide insight into how students approach problems
“If we could understand what students are thinking while approaching problems, we can more easily provide help that’s specific to each individual student,” he said
One example of these user-specific educational games is one of Andersen’s current projects, a foreign language-based video game
“My dream is to have a game that simulates being immersed in a foreign countr y, ”
Andersen said “ The player would interact and converse [with] characters in a different language Unlike the way you would learn a language at Cornell, which is great but is not as fully immersive as actually visiting the
countr y, we would tr y to simulate natural language learning via a video game ”
Andersen said he attributes his interest in using video games to improve language skills to his undergraduate career, where he double-majored in computer science and l i n g u i s
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Andersen said he has already recruited a number of graduate and undergraduate stu-
Learning is fun | Prof Eric Andersen, computer science, studies ways to make video games that are also educational
dents to help design his game
“One question that we are looking at is how, when a person says something wrong, because they, for example, had a misunderstanding about grammar, we can devise a w a y
”
Andersen said “ Then we could provide some form of inter vention for that student based upon this misunderstanding I want the game to change based on the mistakes the student makes ”
Andersen said he hopes to use the students’ potential success with the game as a t o o l
rove
beyond the subject of language
“Hopefully we’ll be able to show that changing the game based upon their individual understanding of the language is actually more effective than just giving everybody the same curriculum,” Andersen said While he has just begun working on this game concept, Andersen said he has already c
aspects of the game design
“ We could potentially model vocabular y knowledge by making a list of words in a language and for each word there would be a probability that this person would understand it,” he said “ The computer could then calculate which word the player needs more practice with The more sophisticated and trickier part is tr ying to model reasoning we need to find a way to understand from the context why the player came to the answer he or she gave ”
In
Andersen teaches a course in the computer
Andersen, is a project-based course where teams of four to six students work together to create a new video game The groups consist of a mix of programmers and artists, many of whom have little to no experience in computer science, Andersen said “ The one thing that makes this class different from other video game design classes taught at Cornell is that there’s a real world component to the class,” Andersen said “ The students make the games in Flash and then they are going to release them online
through popular flash game websites that actually get a lot of traffic Then they have to look at that data and determine which parts of the games are working well and which ones aren ’ t and then fix it ”
According to Andersen, this rigorous analysis of game play mirrors the way that the video game industr y is beginning to use data from millions of players to find problems with their products and improve them
In a d d i t i o n t o u s i n g p l a ye r d a t a , Andersen said he has other ideas for analyzing the success of a game
“From a research perspective, I’ve looked at how can we visualize how a hundred people are playing a particular level of the game and that gives us a way to identify problems with the games by inferring how people think,” he said
Andersen said his experiences teaching Cornell students this semester have been positive
“I’m really amazed by the students so far,” he said “ We just had a session where the students were supposed to present their ideas and critique the ideas of their peers The kids were so passionate, and it’s great working with people who care so much ”
On
, Andersen said, “I never imagined that I’d get to do research on video games When I was an undergrad, I liked video games but I don’t think anyone was taking me seriously on an academic perspective I think that perspective has changed somewhat, where I can actually have a job where I get to teach and make video games ”
Shira Polan can be reached at spolan@cornellsun com
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
S u n d a n c e S h o r t F i l m s o n To u r
BY KAITLYN TIFFANY Arts and Entertainment Editor
This weekend, Cornell Cinema will be screening eight 2014 Sundance Shorts, chosen this year from a roster of over 50 narrative, documentar y and animated short films that debuted at the festival in Januar y Don’t worr y, I watched them all for you so that you know which ones you can text/play Candy Crush during and which ones you should pay rapt attention to:
Afronauts (U S ), directed and written by Frances Bodomo, is pretty It’s gorgeous shot after gorgeous shot of the “inspired by true events ” stor y of the Zambia Space Academy, circa 1969 Community members grapple with belief and disbelief as Matha prepares for her big space voyage and it’s unclear of how this backyard rocketbuilding and astronaut training could have been a genuine attempt at space travel (the big training scene is the astronaut rolling down a hill in a barrel) But the black and white cinematography and the mystical/mythical quality afforded to its leading lady, Matha (Diandra Forrest), make it a riveting watch and an interesting piece of perspective on how sublime space travel must have seemed before it was an accepted reality
The Cut (Canada), directed and written by Geneviève Dulude-Decelles is a bottle scene between a father and daughter, in the moment when daughter opts to accept an invitation to a sleepover over spending the pre-planned weekend with her divorced father The beauty is in the details watching the pair come together through the intimacy of child giving parent a haircut in the kitchen and then drift apart as we see the lone father put the thawing chicken for the evening meal back into the freezer I can ’ t say that this film offers much that we haven’t seen before or that we don’t know intuitively, but it’s a nicely directed moment and a poignant one as well
Ben Berman’s I m a Mitzvah (U S ), written by Berman and Josh Cohen, starts with the absurdist and initially promising premise of a young man (Ben Schwartz, of Jean Ralphio fame) stuck overnight in rural Mexico with his best friend’s corpse Unwilling and unable (due to the horrified telephone shrieks of the departed’s hysterically cr ying mother) to leave the coffin at the airport, the protagonist is forced to book it a bed in his hotel room The film proceeds nonsensically from there, with Schwartz taking the coffin out on the town and then to the beach for a midnight swim and tr yst with a Mexican woman who speaks no English, but understands most of his for no apparent reason (aside from convenience) In all, it’s a bad Dave Eggers stor y, an unfortunate swing-and-a-miss for Schwartz, who looks like yet another Millennial actor feeder fish for the indie film industr y (because yes, it’s an industr y) monster Graceful moments on his part don’t make up for the fashionably poor lighting and cheesy music or for the precious plot
I Think This Is the Closest to How the Footage Looked (Israel), directed by Yuval Hameiri and Michal Vaknin, from the documentar y categor y, is a DIY attempt to recreate a lost video of one man ’ s last day with his mother The pleading melancholy of the voiceover paired with the deliberately crummy quality of the video equipment and the household goods used to represent unavailable human actors makes it heartbreaking, but not altogether genuine There’s a little bit of pander to this found-objects shtick, regardless of how real the catch in your throat is when the
one second of real footage jumps in and out of focus in the film’s last seconds
Love Love Love (Russia), directed by Sandhya Daisy Sundaram follows the various stages of love, all through the eyes of working class Russian women While inter view-style faux-documentaries about love are not new ground in American mainstream (see Paper Hearts, When Harr y Met Sally, He’s Just Not That Into You), there is still something to be said for this attempts at genuine documentar y on the subject in incredibly specific context These women say interesting and moving things, seemingly without cue “Some loafer made up the tale that love exists on Earth Out of laziness or boredom, people believe it and live,” is the opening line, spoken softly by a middle-aged woman who lines up a row of nesting dolls in a shop window
MeTube: August Sings Carmen “Habanera” (Austria), written and directed by Daniel Moshel is essentially a music video: Andy Kaufman meets LSD The “MeTube” video is ostensibly a parody/homage to YouTube and its grab basket of talented and grossly untalented contributors a n d f e a t u re
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n s i g n i n g G
g e Bi z e t ` s “Habanera” from Carmen while his background morphs and becomes increasingly surreal A man with a ball-gag in his mouth plays pianos as various dancers, elderly women and American Horror Stor y rubber men wander in and out Reser ving feelings on this one for when they escape repression In the meantime, if you enjoy it, I suggest checking out Spring Hill Spider Party’s “Escalator ” Brett Weiner’s Verbatim (U S ) is essentially a staged reading of an actual deposition filed with the Supreme Court of Ohio a comedy of the mundane which shows a drably mustachioed lawyer becoming increasingly frustrated with a witness’ (who is essentially 30 Rock’ s J D Lutz) refusal to acknowledge that he understands what a photocopier is As dull as it sounds, it’s even duller, and some inexplicably sidesplitting The joke here is of the same style which made The Office the only comedy from the last decade that will stand the test of time the humor that comes from the realization that you do know people that stupid Dawn (U S ), the best of the bunch, which starts with aesthetic hints at yet another dark-side-of-suburbia postLynch bore, morphs into a ultra-stylized but excruciatingly-slowly-terrifying horror stor y, in the vein of Flanner y O’Connor’s classic short stor y, “A Good Man is Hard to Find ” Director Rose McGowan and screenwriters M A Fortin and Joshua John Miller originally intended to do a direct adaption of the stor y, and saw the rights pulled out from under them at the last minute but the references are obvious to any viewer with even a cursor y knowledge of O’Connor’s ’60s Southern grotesque, her disdain for the moral ineptitude of white men and women in the rural
south and her insistence that false enlightenment was the surest way for a soul to be undone While O’Connor’s foreshadowing of doom comes in the form of a backwards grandmother flipping her lid over a tabloid’s coverage of a highway serial killer, McGowan’s is far more sinister Dawn, a sheltered teen eager for romance, reads articles in Tattler about the importance of being an “easygoing gal” and always saying yes Dated reference? Probably not, considering the Seventeen and CosmoGirl flashbacks that most heterosexual women in the audience will have I’d say the O’Connor tie-in and poodle skirt motif were cloying, but for the perfectly crafted moment of realized doom, borrowed from the moment when O’Connor’s “Misfit” comes out of the woods wearing the family patriarch’s shirt: “Let’s trade dresses,” is a weird line upon which to feel your stomach drop, but it is as effective as that goddess of Gothicism could ever have hoped
The Sundance Film Festival Shorts on Tour will be playing at Cornell Cinema on Friday at 9:30 p m , Saturday at 7:30 p m and Sunday at 7:00 p m
Kaitlyn Tiffany is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at arts-editor@cornellsun com
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WeTake Our Fun Very Seriously Studio mk27 at Milstein Hall
SHAY COLLINS Sun Contributor
Through the lens of a bumbling maid, an immensely displeased homeowner and a variety of other narrators, We Take Our Fun Very Seriously reveals Studio mk27’s brilliant architecture in its simplest, most natural form the homes where people, and one inquisitive Himalayan cat, live
Led by Marcio Kogan, Studio mk27 consists of 23 architects who, according to their artist statement for We Take Our Fun Very Seriously, prioritize “formal simplicity and attention to the details and finishing elements ” Studio mk27 appears to operate on two principles: collaboration and perfection Kogan himself works on every project and buildings designed by Studio mk27 often credit two or more architects
The division between the outer world and the artistic world in Milstein Hall s Bibliowicz Family Gallery is nearly unnoticeable as two heavy black curtains cordon off the viewing
area Four French beach chairs face a cement wall as the five films loop during gallery hours:
Cat Film, dire cte d by Le a van St ee n an d
Marci o Kog an The opening shot of the film focuses on Kamylo, a poofy Himalayan cat sleeping contentedly on a pink chair bedecked with giant stuffed animals Kamylo soon rouses his or herself to patrol and note the actions of the house’s residents A wooden ledge jutting out from the second story provides a suitable catwalk for Kamylo to spy upon her or his cohabitants Through Kamylo’s eyes, we learn how fun it is to explore a masterfully designed house the interplay of home and nature, the trees growing through patio to the second floor, the dazzling dancing of light between glass walls Kamylo encounters plush carpeting under paw and realizes the confusion and excitement of happening upon hidden rooms with genuine surprise
Modern Living, di re cte d by Lea van
St ee n an d Marcio Kog an The next film, a stated homage to Richard Paulick’s Bauhaus film Neues Wohnen uses a ’50s aesthetic to emphasize the playfulness of Kogan’s
Narrated by Brazilian voice actor Phil Miler, and featuring Lulu Pavarin as both an industrious maid and dignified homeowner, Modern Living extolls the space-age details of Kogan’s structure The film portrays house’s stunning details as a point of mockery, an exemplar of the frivolities of mod-
Oernist architecture To demonstrate the importance of the crushed stone floor of the wine cellar, for example, Pavarin drops a vintage Chateau Margaux thrice, each time with exaggerated sheepishness Whenever Pavarin darts off screen with the central vacuum cleaner or a feather duster, she is sure to quickly pop back out on the other side of an inlaid window
Studio SC, dire cte d by Pedro Kok an d Gabri el Kogan The third film in the series opens with an image of ants scurrying over a lichen-laden tree Studio SC, a Sao Paolo photography studio, appears alien at first glance, outfitted with perforated metal folded onto itself Massive steel pillars and a slowly whirring turbine starkly contrast against the saturated greenness of the Brazilian flora A door, seemingly sentient, slides away into the wall; the camera cuts to the artful silhouette of a shimmering tree framed against the tight lines of the studio’s exterior Matte black photography frames, massive flashes, and an expansive row of computers fill the studio’s interior The film briefly focuses on the vividness of a curved red chair against the grey and tan wood paneling, and we return once more to the ants, now scavenging across a rock pit
This Was Not My Dream, dire cte d by Pedro Ko k and Gabr ie l Ko gan As the title states, the narrator of This Was Not My Dream (Stephane Cornicard) dreamed not of a modernist home, but a classical project “the symbol of permanence, something with history ” His disgust with clean-cut, modernist architecture, his ex-wife Suzana and the dreaded architects grows stronger with every widescreen shot of the beautiful Casa Redux Ana Paula Motta’s performance as Suzana is sensual in the tactile sense of the word we see her massaging the wooden coffee tables or slowly turning the carefully placed glass bottles Kogan’s beliefs seem subtly presented when the ex-husband states, “They think that the house should defy
everyday life, teaching me how I should live ” In the end, we see the narrator ’ s hands (really the hands of Eduardo Glycerio) drafting his ideal home, with “pediments and ornamented columns ”
Cube House, dire cte d by Gabri el Ko gan an d Pe dro Kok Cube House, the final, and briefest, film of the exhibition largely eschews stated narrative, focusing instead on the scientific, almost horrific appearance of mk27’s buildings The opening shot focuses on the fuzzy texture of a thick, irregular carpet Shot entirely in gray scale, a pulsating, distorted bass line and shrieking saxophone transform every image from the beautiful to the terrifying –huge leaves trembling under some unseen force, the sudden backlighting of a row of cabinets Rather than humorously ridiculing mk27’s architecture like This Was Not My Dream, Cube House proves that even framed by intense lighting and an unner ving score, mk27’s work still stuns Studio mk27 and director of photography Cleisson Vidal blur the lines between fine art and functionality, home and monument, and between work and play On the back wall of the gallery, the curator mounted architectural models of the five structures Toblerone House, Casa P, Studio SC, Casa Redux, and Casa Cubo Viewing the small, white models and remembering the hilarious, vibrant films reveals the power of We Take Our Fun Very Seriously presenting architecture as a fullbodied, compelling narrative
We Take Our Fun Very Seriously will be on display Monday through Friday, 9 a m to 4 p m in the Bibliowicz Family Gallery in Milstein Hall until September 26
Shay Collins is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at smc377@cornell edu
The Dawn of the Gilmore Boy
n the evening of May 17, 2007, at 14 years old, I stood screaming at the television set in the breakfast room because coverage of a wildfire in California had interrupted the series finale of Gilmore Girls This was the days before Hulu and we did not have a DVR (because the deal had been that we’d get one if my sister got an A in AP Bio ), so I think my priorities were pretty much in check
It was recently announced, to the glee of millions of mainly women, that Gilmore Girls will be coming to Netflix on October 1, a fact unbeknownst to me when I purchased the first four seasons of Gilmore Girls in July on Amazon
I was initially peeved by this unnecessary monetary expense (or rather the unnecessary reprimand from my mother for using her Amazon account) However I am now pleased to have been reacquainted with the program prior to its imminent wide release
Now, I am well equipped to explain to those of you less fortunate souls who grew up without the pleasure of watching Melissa McCarthy make zucchini soup and mushroom risotto, why you should watch it come October 1 especially to any boys who felt there was nothing for them in a show with “girls” in the title
Some quick background info: Gilmore Girls aired from 2000 to 2007 on the WB (20002006) and the CW (2006-2007) It follows Lorelai Gilmore (Parenthood’s Lauren Graham) and her teenage daughter Rory (Alexis Bledel of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants fame and a recent stint on Mad Men), who Lorelai had at the age of 16, as well as a cornucopia of quirky friends and relatives in the small town of Stars
Hollow, Connecticut
Included among the large and diverse cast is the klutzy and injury-prone chef Sookie St James (McCarthy pre-Bridesmaids), the grumpy diner-owner and keeper of the coffee, Luke Danes (Scott Patterson) and Lorelai’s WASP-y and uptight parents (Kelly Bishop and Edward Herrmann) although if we ’ re real here, the Gilmores use far too many Yiddish words for it to be believable they’re of Mayflower stock
Despite the title, Gilmore Girls is just as much about boys and men as it is about girls
Though the mother-daughter relationship is central to the plot, but it’s much less about their gender than it is about parent-child communication, friendship and trust
Rory is a girl with boy problems, but she’s also a teenager struggling to find her place in a
new school where she feels alienated due to her social class and dealing with the pressures of getting into college (something maybe you guys can relate to)
Likewise, though Lorelai is a woman with men problems, she is also a young adult grappling with the expectations of her parents, her own passions and the daily realities and respon-
sibilities that come with adulthood
Not only do these two women face problems that have nothing to do with the fact they are women, the men of Stars Hollow are fleshed out three-dimensional characters who face their own dilemmas which admittedly many shows of this genre do not do (Charmed, Dawson’s Creek etc )
Luke Danes is a fully rounded character in his own right and cannot simply be dismissed as a love interest for Lorelai, though their chemistr y is wonder ful (Spoiler alert: It takes them until the last episode of Season 4 to finally acknowledge it)
He appears in every episode and has his own plotlines that involve other women, his Renaissance Faire vendor sister and her leather jacket-clad son Jess (Milo Ventimiglia) as well as daily spats with town busybodies
Gilmore Girls also has an added depth because it is multigenerational Not only do we see Rory, her parents and grandparents, but her great-grandmother and the parents of her schoolmates who are older than Lorelai as they didn’t all have their children at 16
It is understandable that, between the years 2000 and 2007 when Gilmore Girls was on television, many boys my age felt the show had nothing to offer them in the same way that they probably didn’t see Mean Girls in theaters
or read Pride and Prejudice until their ninth grade English teacher assigned it
Those are both wonderful works of film and literature that on the surface appear to be about women ’ s experiences, but actually offer a much more thorough commentary on human relationships in general that appeals to members of all genders Gilmore Girls does that exceedingly well in addition to being entertaining and funny
So, boys, it’s okay that you were too busy sticking things up your nose and playing with your Gameboy Color in 2002 to notice that your sisters and mothers and grandmothers were watching one of the best television shows of all time Soon you will have your chance to become a Gilmore Boy
Julia Moser is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at jmoser@cornellsun com Carrot Top Confessions appears alternate Wednesdays this semester
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COURTESY OF THE COLLEGE OF ART ARCH TECTURE AND PLANNING
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Sun Sudoku Puzzle #68: De-De-De-De
The Johnny Woodruff series will continue in Thursday’s Sun
San Francisco Giants Lose to Arizona, 6-2
PHOENIX (AP) Mark Trumbo’s bat put a dent in San Francisco’s NL West hopes Wade Miley’s left arm didn’t do the Giants any favors either Trumbo hit a grand slam off Ryan Vogelsong, Miley pitched seven effective innings and the Giants dropped further behind in the NL West with a 6-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks Monday night
Joaquin Arias had three hits and Buster Posey a run-scoring single for the Giants, who dropped four games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West
“He’s kind of hitting his stride lately, swining the bat much better, more comfortable.”
“They scored all three runs with two outs, ” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said “We had a couple of pretty good opportunities, but couldn’t get it close enough to put a little more pressure on them ” A pair of losses to the Dodgers over the weekend hur t San Francisco’s NL West chances, but the Giants were still in control of the NL wild card, entering Monday’s game three games up on Pittsburgh for the top spot
K i r k G i b s o n
What the Giants couldn’t afford was a letdown in a three-game series at Chase Field, where they had won 16 of 22 games and six straight series since 2012
The start of this series against the struggling Diamondbacks didn’t go so well
Miley (8-11) bounced back from his shortest outing of the season by slowing down his mechanics, allowing one run
Trumbo started Arizona’s homestand strong and kept it going against the Giants, hitting his ninth homer off Vogelsong (8-11) in the third inning and a run-scoring single off Juan Gutierrez in the seventh Trumbo has six hits and nine RBIs the past three games
“He’s kind of hitting his stride lately, swinging the bat much better, more comfortable,” Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said of Trumbo Vogelsong pitched 6 2-3 scoreless innings against the Diamondbacks his last outing, but was in trouble by the third in his 30th start of the season The Diamondbacks loaded the bases against him and Trumbo cashed in, ending a 120 at-bat homerless streak by lifting his second career grand slam just over the wall in right
Arizona loaded the bases again in the sixth against Vogelsong, but Javier Lopez ended the threat by inducing a groundout on his first pitch Vogelsong allowed four runs and six hits with four walks and five strikeouts
It was a bad inning; it wasn ’ t very good,” Vogelsong said
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ishing skills to net from close range Then, only 93 seconds later, Growney converted after a post-corner kick scramble, to give the Red a 4-0 advantage
Cornell finished off its run with a long range effort from freshman defender and midfielder Kaylee Fitzgerald who, having seen the VMI keeper off her line, sent the ball flying into the net from 40 yards out
According to Banks, it was Cornell’s increased tempo that led to such high scoring “ We worked on a lot of combo play in our attacking third, which everyone got to see in the second half of our game against VMI when some of that play amounted to four goals,” she said “It was great to see a number of people score this weekend and I think with more practice, we will continue making strides as a team ”
The win was Cornell’s third of the season, and sophomore goalkeeper Kelsey Tierney recorded her third shutout of the season even though she did not need to make any saves
However, on Sunday, it was the Red who were guilty of a slow start after Temple raced to a 1-0 lead after only eight minutes This was the first goal Cornell had conceded all season
The women responded quickly and were level by the 23rd minute Crowell crossed the ball in from the right-hand side, and Senior forward Kerry Schubert pounced on it, heading the ball in from 15 yards out
The game was then in deadlock until second over-time when, with just two minutes remaining, Temple served the ball across the goal and jumped on it to steal the win and the tournament for Temple
Despite the tight finish, Cornell had three representatives on the all tournament team,
including Growney, Crowell and junior defender Charlotte Tate
The Red will continue to work on improving its tempo in training this week, with a focus on tight and quick defense in the last third of the field
“This following week we will be working on decision making in the final third of the field We want to be able to make the final pass that will split the opposing team ’ s defense and lead to a goalscoring opportunity,” said Crowell “If we can make smarter decisions in the attacking third, we will greatly increased the amount of opportunities we have to put the ball in the back of the net ”
Cornell is back in action next Friday at home against University of Buffalo before it travels to Binghamton University on Sunday
Joel Cooper can be reached at jcooper@cornellsun com
Red to Utilize Wideouts’ Range of Talents on Field
FOOTBALL Continued from page 16
good teams from great teams ” Morris elaborated on the complexities of the position
He said, “It’s a challenging position because it is dynamic between the skilled aspect of being a pass catcher, ball carrier and blocker on the outside of the field ”
According to Roth, who switched to wide receiver after playing quarterback in the beginning of his Cornell career, the Red has been working hard in the preseason to lay the foundation for success, beginning with positive results against Franklin Pierce on Saturday
“We set the tone right off the bat,” he said “Practices have been fast paced to simulate game situations We hope to transfer this intensity on Saturday against Franklin Pierce ”
Despite falling to the Ravens in a tight contest last year, Marrero shared a positive outlook regarding the season opener
“We’re looking forward to the matchup After a close loss in the Allegiance Bowl last year, we have them for our season opener on Saturday,” he said “Every day in practice we have been working on our execution and are excited to play ”
Win or lose, representing the Red has shaped many of these players ’ Cornell experiences both on and
off the field Marrero said that playing for Cornell allowed him to fulfill his passion for football while gaining valuable time management skills that carry over in the classroom
“Playing sprint football at Cornell has allowed me to pursue my athletic goals while balancing a busy school schedule,” he said “The nature of the sport, being weightrestricted football, teaches me discipline and forces me to manage your time efficiently ”
Roth also said that playing sprint football has had a profound impact on his college experience, enabling him to learn from fellow teammates who he respects
“Playing sprint football at Cornell has been a defining college experience,” he said “I have learned a lot from my teammates in how they conduct themselves on the field, in the classroom and on campus Because of them, every week I feel proud to put on my jersey ”
Sophomore Logan Stevenson echoed Roth and Marrero’s sentiments, adding that he is grateful to be a part of the Cornell sprint football legacy
“Sprint football is a huge time commitment,” he said “Being part of such an awesome tradition and being surrounded by successful and knowledgeable people is a humbling experience ”
Sydney Altschuler can be reached at saltschuler@cornellsun com
W. SOCCER
Joanna Novakovic ’03
Joins Red Coaching Staff
By ANNA JOHNSON Sun Staff Writer
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Over-regulating games is changing the course of sports history by taking away these important elements that we all love.
Spor ts
Red Wide Receivers to Be Key for Upcoming Season
Wideouts becoming increasingly important to the game
By SYDNEY ALTSCHULER
Assistant Sports Editor
Just as a strong emphasis on the passing game in the NFL has given way to an increase in talented wide receivers in recent years, so too has this shift been seen in the Collegiate Sprint Football League Rule makers have altered the game dramatically over the decades, and the changes they have championed, in recent years in particular, have led to the prolific era of passing seen today With offenses sending passing numbers to the roof, Cornell’s sprint football wideouts have taken on instrumental roles on the field Carr ying a lot of responsibility on their shoulders, the Red’s group of wide receivers is a diverse and strongwilled bunch, determined to make its mark this season
Despite picking up sprint football for the first time at Cornell, many of the
upperclassmen wideouts have proven to be fast learners under Coach Terr y Cullen and have become strong leaders for the Red Junior Trevor Marrero, for example, has just two years of playing time under his belt, as he instead pursued basketball and lacrosse at Phillips Exeter Academy In contrast, senior wide receiver Jonathan Roth brings a wealth of experience to the squad, having played football since elementar y school
Their different backgrounds reflect the wide range of experience these players have as a group Regardless of experience prior to Cornell, since suiting up for the Red, the upperclassmen have all stepped up and lead by example “
upperclassmen in Trevor Marrero and John Ro
Morris
Wide receiver is a challenging position
that requires players to master a variety of skills They must be agile and quick-minded and the best wide receivers are those who can predict changes in the landscape
Further, wide receivers must have a strong sense of space and always look for holes in the defensive zones Ultimately, wideouts have a simple yet highly important job
defenders and getting open in the right
Women Host Big Red Shootout
By JOEL COOPER Sun Staff Writer
The women ’ s soccer team had mixed results this weekend at the inaugural Big Red Shootout, easing to a 5-0 victor y on Friday over Virginia Militar y Institute before just falling short in second overtime to Temple University, 21, on Sunday
The Big Red Shootout was the first time that Cornell hosted a women ’ s soccer tournament since 1 9 9 5 Wi t h St B o n a v e n t u re University par ticipating as the fourth team in the tournament, the overall victor y was decided by t o t a l n u m b e r o f p o i n t s , w i t h three points given for winning a game, one for drawing and none for losing The Red finished the tournament tied in second place with St Bonaventure, but were
Bonnies due to the fact that they scored more goals over the weekend
After a strong opening weekend the week before, Cornell hit training hard and, according to sophomore midfielder Elizabeth Crowell, focused on upping the Red’s tempo on the field while also improving defensively
“ This week in training, we focused on raising our speed of play The goal is that each player should always be able to play the ball in two touch We just want to move the ball faster,” she said “ The second thing we worked on is to be more aware of our teammates on defense Our defensive tactic is not to mark man-toman, but to be aware of where your teammates are in the field, and to be ready to cover them as
they go to defend ” C o r n e l l’s s h ow e d i m p r ov ements in both these areas from the start of the tournament, playing with intensity and pace As a re
rewarded against VMI when, 11 minutes into the game, sophomore for ward Dempsey Banks broke down the left wing before
Caroline Growney in the area Gr
Marhoefer to score her first goal of the season
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T h e Re d h e l d t h i s m a r g i n until halftime, but a flurr y of t h re
e s sealed the win later on The first two of these goals were scored by Crowell, who showed great fin-
Oplace at the right time Roth explained that the Red is focusing on blocking in particular in the preseason “ To put it simply, the WR’s main goal is to catch the ball and block on run plays
This year during practice we have spent a lot of time focusing on blocking It’s the small things like this that differentiate
The Softening Of Sports
n Sunday night, I sat down with a couple of buddies to watch the Bears take on the 49ers in San Fr a n c i s c o I w a s f o l l ow i n g some players that were on my fantasy team and was excited to see a game full of excitement and action As a whole, the game did not disappoint But one thing was glaringly obvious there were way too many play stoppages called Wi t h a f l a g b e i n g t h row n a l m o s t e ve r y o t h e r p l a y, i t seemed like the referees saw just as much action in the game as the players did
Over the course of the last few years, the NFL has adopted many controversial rules to protect players from injuries Now, NFL referees have to pay attention to very specific rules that can really be called either way Some of these newsworthy rules include a rule banning unnecessary contact with a receiver after five yards and a rule for running backs disallowing them to use their helmets while trucking through defenders Players around the league h
about the adoption of such rules Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte expressed his disapproval of the rule around running backs saying, “Wow so they really passed that rule last time I checked football was a contact sport Calling bank now to set up my lowering the boom fund ”
The other issue with the new safety rules is that they are not consistent at every level
Many football exper ts have
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would have simply been overturned as a penalty in the NFL This is a perfect example of how safety rules are making the game unreliable, soft and less exciting This shift is hap-
sports
After incidents such as the infamous Malice at the Palace brawl, the NBA has also begun to take measures to make the game less physical The Jordan era was a time of physical
Blocking off | The Red’s group of wide receivers is a diverse group of players, each having different football experience, ranging from years of play to just one or two years with the
Kicking back | Sophomore Elizabeth Crowell helped the Red to victory on Friday, scoring two of the five goals in Cornell’s game against Virginia Military Institute CAMERON POLLACK
