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Plan Strives to End Sexual Assault

Administrators, students voice support for White House campaign

By ZOE FERGUSON Sun Senior Writer

Cornell administrators expressed suppor t for “It’s On Us,” a ne w campaign to end campus sexual

Obama launched last Friday, say-

University initiatives against sexual violence

The It’s On Us campaign outlines four priorities to help elimin

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Student leaders from 233 colleges and universities across the countr y have committed to bring the It’s On Us campaign to their schools as of Thursday evening, according to the White House Though students from

“Student support is vital if such an initative is to be successful on campus ” N i n a C u m m i n g s

campuses: recognizing sexual assault, identifying situations in which it may occur, inter vention in nonconsensual situations and creating an environment where “assault is unacceptable and sur vivors are sup-

Dartmouth signed the campaign, Cornell is not currently on the list of schools

Still, Laura Weiss, director of

increase in action against campus sexual assault at Cornell in recent years

Prof-at-Large, Musician Honored by Community

By ANNIE BUI Sun News Editor

English conductor and A D White Professor-at-Large Christopher Hogwood died Wednesday following a monthslong illness He was 73

Born in 1941 in Nottingham, United Kingdom, Hogwood was a graduate of Cambridge University, which he attended from 1960 to 1964, according to NPR A “leading light” in creating prebaroque and baroque pieces, he went on to found the Academy of Ancient Music which he also conducted in 1973

“The Past Is a Foreign Country: Why Making Music Matters ”

During the lecture, he stressed to audience members that understanding the musicality of the past may help to enrich music of the present day, according to a University press release

Hogwood was best known for his advocacy of the “early music” movement, which utilizes period instruments and techniques He created more than 200 recordings with the Academy of Ancient Music, among them the first complete cycle of Mozart’s symphonies, according to NPR

He was appointed an A D White Professor-at-Large at Cornell in 2012, according to a University press release Along with 16 other individuals, Hogwood was invited to visit Cornell at least twice during his six-year term which was to last until 2018 to “enliven the intellectual and cultural life of the university ” Hogwood visited Cornell on his first stay as an A D White Professor-at-Large last October, where he gave a lecture titled

During his week-long stay at Cornell, Hogwood also participated in a symposium on collecting for performance as well as coached the Cornell Chamber Orchestra and Les Petits Violons de Cornell, according to Prof Robert Raguso, neurobiology and behavior

“I spoke with him about my children learning piano, about Balinese gamelan, about South African musicians like the jazz pianist Abdullah Ibraham,” said Raguso, who is also chair of the A D White Professors-at-Large program “It was wonderful to speak about music with a worldfamous musician, without feeling like it was an imposition ”

Raguso added that Hogwood’s work has left people “thinking harder” about the music of composers from the Baroque and Classical periods

“He was an effective advocate of recording and performing classical music on period instruments through the Academy of Ancient Music,” Raguso said “He left us thinking harder about how Handel’s or [Haydn’s] music

C.U. Broadens Hazing Prevention Efforts

By NOAH RANKIN Sun City Editor

In light of National Hazing Prevention Week this week, University officials and student leaders have outlined efforts to broaden hazing reduction efforts and involve more student organizations in the coming months

The Council on Hazing Prevention a body made up of faculty, staff and various student representatives was formed last spring to form educational strategies and review University policy on hazing, The Sun previously reported

new member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, in 2011

Eighty-two percent of Cornell students agreed with the statement “it’s never okay to humiliate or intimidate new members of a group, team or organization

According to Travis Apgar ’82, associate dean of students, a major purpose of the Council is to expand anti-hazing efforts beyond Greek life, which he said he believes has been the focus of most efforts following the hazing-related death of George Desdunes ’13, a

Talk the talk

“The goal is to really broaden the scope of our efforts that we have been working on in Greek life to the rest of the campus organizations,” Apgar said “The council is made up of people from organizations that represent a very broad spectrum of student experiences, ranging from ROTC, a cappella groups, Student Assembly certainly we have Greek life and Cornell athletics, but we ’ re also looking well beyond that ” Cameron Pritchett ’15, president of the Interfraternity Council, agreed that hazing can take place in all kinds of organizations, including those outside the Greek system

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Speaking about the People’s Climate March in New York City

We re coming together when the U N was meeting in New York City this week and it was really a chance to say that our vote matters that we care and we have a voice and when world leaders come together to discuss important issues and climate change issues, we have an opinion to say

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News, “Downtown Ithaca Incubator Opens Doors to Entrepreneurs,” Tuesday

Speaking about how “Rev: Ithaca Startup Works” will benefit surrounding educational institutions When we hire new faculty members, they often come from outside the Tompkins County region A vibrant local economy helps us attract and retain those faculty members and their spouses and their partners A strong economy also makes the area attractive for students and the staff members that make the institutions what they are ”

News, “Ithaca Approves Collegetown Development After Years of Deliberation,” Wednesday

Speaking about the installation of a bus stop in front of the recently approved Collegetown Crossing

“There are a lot of people in our community that depend on our public transit Having a bus stop where people can wait in a heated climate-controlled area is really big We re trying to help improve the system here and we really want to make this nice ”

News, “Pell Grants Awarded at Cornell Increas by 4 Percent Since 2008,” Thursday

Speaking about how Cornell should continue to work to increase its economic diversity “There s definitely room for improvement That s something that will have to be worked out over time Even with our endowments, there are certain limitations as to what Cornell can do right now A lot of the money goes into maintaining our academic status

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S.A. Supports Mental Health Info. on Syllabi

By ANDREW LORD Sun Contributor

The Student Assembly unanimously voted Thursday to call on professors to include information about mental health resources within course syllabi

The resolution titled Resources in Syllabi for Mental Health calls for professors to add a pre-written note in all syllabi informing students about where they can seek help for stress and lists resources such as the Empathy, Assistance and Referral Service, Counseling and Psychological Services and the Learning Strategies Center

“We’re trying to recommend to the faculty what past students and mental health professionals see is best,” said Matt Stefanko ’16, vice president for finance

Some representatives, however, raised concerns regarding the effectiveness and credibility of the language in the proposed syllabi amendment, which begins with the line “It’s normal to experience stress at a school like Cornell; it is important to realize when this stress is no longer healthy and instead becomes debilitating ” Ross Gitlin ’15, undergraduate student trustee, suggested postponing the passing of the resolution until more professional input was considered

“I do think that in terms of the S A ’ s legitimacy it is best to wait [to vote on the resolution] until we have reached out to the director of mental health because he is in the know and as a professional he knows what’s best,” Gitlin said “I think the S A should get behind what’s best for improving mental health ”

Stefanko, however, said that he and Yamini Bhandari ’17, co-sponsor of the resolution,

All in favor | Student Assembly members raise their placards at an S A meeting Thursday The assembly unanimously voted in support of a resolution calling for professors to include mental health resources on all course syllabi

have had “ many conversations with mental health professionals,” who they said can attest to the resolution's credibility Stefanko added that he and Bhandari plan to continue adjusting the language of the text based on feedback

“The purpose of this resolution is to act as a starting point,” Stefanko said “We’re going to take this to the Faculty Senate and other groups to see if they if they have any adjustments from our conversations ”

The resolution passed with a total vote of 22-0-0 will be pushed to the Faculty Senate for further approval

Odd-Even Parking

Assembly members also addressed parking regulation concerns presenting proposals suggested by Ithaca’s Common Council’s Odd-Even Parking Task Force in an effort to mitigate inconvenient parking conditions in Collegetown

During the winter months, Odd-Even parking restrictions call for car owners in Collegetown to move their cars to a selected side of the street depending on the date to facilitate snow removal

“The current policy forces students to move their cars up to five times a week on weekdays,” said Matt Henderson ’16, agriculture and life sciences representative for the S A and the sponsor of the resolution “It’s a pretty

confusing policy Most people don’t know [where they should park] on which days ”

The resolution also cites potential dangers and inconveniences that may arise from the current system including moving cars daily in slippery conditions, accruing parking tickets, the alteration of available parking spaces over the course of the year and a lack of parking spaces close to homes

After nearly a year of deliberation, the city’s task force called for the removal of the OddEven parking regulations in favor of a new policy that closes any street once a week from 4 a m to 4 p m on a given day

The resolution also supports the implementation of a trial run of the proposed plan in Ithaca’s 4th Ward which includes Collegetown “ as soon as possible” to test whether it addresses the “dangerous and inconvenient parking conditions for students ” “I think the students are the ones who suffer most from the [current] parking policy,” Henderson said “We should be the people first willing to test it if it means a better solution for those in the future ”

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Cornellians Elect Three Student Assembly Reps.

By ANUSHKA MEHROTRA Sun News Editor

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i p Titcomb ’17 to ser ve as members of the Student Assembly after this year ’ s f a l l e l e c t i o n s , t h e S A a n n o u n c e d We d n e s d a y night

While the transfer at large position is typically elected in the start of the fall semester, two posit i o n s A r t s a n d S c i e n c e s re p re s e n t a t i ve and LGBTQ at-large became vacant after Noah Tu l s k y ’ 1 6 a n d Za k Palomino ’16 respectively resigned from the assembly Vakili and Titcomb will fill the vacated positions for the remainder of the school year

T h e re s u l t s o f t h e f re s h m a n re p re s e n t a t i ve e l e c t i o n w i l l b e announced later due to election rule violations, according to Kushagara Aniket ’15, director of elections for the S A “ T h i s h a s h a p p e n e d b e f o re a n d i s b e i n g resolved according to the established rule and procedure,” he said “ We are

tr ying our best to resolve these issues and declare the results by next week ”

A n i k e t a d d e d t h a t voter turnout increased by more than 350 votes in this year ’ s fall semester election in comparison to last year ’ s fall election “ I b e l i e ve t h a t t h e increased in voter turnout is remarkable because it

c o m e s d u r i n g d i f f i c u l t times caused by a series of re s i g n a t i o n s f ro m t h e St u d e n t A s s e m b l y, ” h e said

This semester ’ s elect i o n s we re “ e xc i t i n g , ” according to Vakili, the n e w l y - e l e c t e d A r t s a n d Science representative for the S A “ Me e t i n g m o re

C o r n e l l i a n s a n d d i scussing campus issues is always enlightening,” he s a i d “ I w a s e s p e c i a l l y impressed by the freshmen who just arrived but still gave a lot of thought into what could be implemented on campus ”

Vakili added that he intends to help improve mental health resources for students

“Mental health is an issue ver y important to me, ” he said “[It] is ver y

complex I do know collaboration with Gannett is essential ”

Additionally, he said he hopes to transform the Klarman Hall which is currently under construct i o n i n t o t h e “Duffield Hall” for arts students

“Reading a document from the 1950s for my class about a proposed h u m a n i t i e s b u i l d i n g helps me understand why a building is so important to the development of

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representative, said she is seeking to improve housing options for secondyear transfer students

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t clear on what our options are, ” she said

returning students “I hope to work with the representatives in the seven colleges to plan a cultural event that will

returning students,” she said

Anushka Mehrotra can be reached at amehrotra@cornellsun com

She also said that she hopes to increase oppor-

Univ.: C.U. Sees ‘Surge’ in Sexual Assualt Prevention

CAMPAIGN Continued from page 1

“I think that there’s been a real s u r g e i n a c t i v i t y a ro u n d t h i s , both from a student activism perspective and from an institutional response, ” Weiss said “I

t h i n k t h a t p a r t i c u l a r r e c e n t surge is due to national attention on this issue ”

Obama emphasized that the campaign is intended to encourage people in all areas of college campuses and beyond to take a stand against sexual violence

“Campus sexual assault is no longer something we as a nation can turn away from,” Obama said during a speech he made at the launch of the campaign “It is on all of us to reject the quiet tolerance of sexual assault and to refuse to accept what is unacceptable ”

Weiss said she agrees with Obama and said she thinks there is a role for ever yone in the social discussion about stopping

s e x u a l a s s a u l t , s t r e s s i n g t h e impor tance of bystander training and action

“I really do believe that it’s on ever yone, that ever yone can play a role in helping to create a safe environment and helping to end sexual violence,” Weiss said

Weiss added Consent Ed, an organization that has been active on campus since 2006 and to which Weiss has acted as an advisor for since its inception, is one Cornell organization that attempts “ to give people some tools to understand the dynam-

ics” of sexual violence

According to Weiss, Consent Ed enlists trained facilitators to give workshops to communities of women This year, the facilitators 24 women give workshops to communities that invite them in, mostly sororities “ They facilitate a discussion, m

said

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placed emphasis on the role of men in preventing sexual assault

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y n e e d o u r young men to show women the respect they deser ve, and to recognize sexual assault, and to do their par t to stop it,” he said

Joe Burke, director of residential programs, said bystander i

added that effor ts to stop sexual

“We especially need our young men to show women the respect they deserve and to recognize sexual assault ”

what sexual assault is, what consent is, when it can be given and when it cannot be given

males may be more effective if it is formatted in a similar way

“I think that men can speak to men in a way that women can ’ t speak to men, ” Weiss said “Some of this is really within the confines of the gender binar y It means something different coming man to man ” Weiss cited Wingman 101, an organization on campus that engages men in speaking out against sexual assault

“Men having that conversation with men tr ying to move those attitudes a little bit up the register is incredibly important work,” Weiss said

broader social issues

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a great thing and we ought to do it and I’m fully suppor tive of it, but I think we ’ ve also got to do some things fur ther upstream, ”

issues about how women are valued or not valued

Sexual Violence Prevention, said that many people “might not necessarily see ” the connections between larger issues of gender e q u a l i t y, c

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restrict women ’ s rights and sexual violence

“If you get at a foundational level, you begin to see that these t

said “I think we need to do more work on that without a doubt ” Burke pioneered the CORE R A program in 2013, which e n l i s t s 2 0 r e s i d e n t a d v i s o r s across campus to take on extra duties to help end sexual assault He said CORE stands for “ community and respect ” “ We talk about gender equality [in the CORE training],” Burke

s a i d “ T h e C O R E R A s h a v e a g r e e d t o t a k e o n s o m e extra duties and responsibilities in their role to tr y to do some other things about this issue ” Burke added he suppor ts the goals of the It’s On Us campaign

“In my mind, anything that’s bringing more public attention to this issue, I’m behind 100 percent, ” Burke said “ The ne w campaign, It’s On Us, and having the famous people saying it’s on us to do something about it that’s great ” The It’s On Us campaign targ e t s s t u d e n t s t o p r o m o t e a c t i v i s m o n t h e i r c a m p u s e s r a t h e r t h a n r e a c h i n g o u t t o a d m i n i s t r a t o r s o r f a c u l t y, a c c o r d i n g t o t h e c a m p a i g n Burke said that if the campaign had been targeted at administrat o r s , t h e C o u n c i l o n S e x u a l Violence Prevention would have taken action

“I think if there had been a thing where the university was being contacted by the White House then that would be a decision that the Council would have to make,” Burke said Nina Cummings, sexual violence prevention coordinator at Ga n n e t t He a l t h Se r v i c e s , s a i d she appreciated the It’s On Us campaign

“It is encouraging to see a national campaign that [emphasizes] a community approach to t h e i s s u e o f s e x u a l v i o l e n c e , ” Cummings said “Council members will continue to look for synergies with the It’s On Us

campaign ” Cu

goals of the It’s On Us campaign are similar to those of current campus organizations “ We at Gannett are appreciative that the It’s On Us campaign p rov i d e s

h e r p l a

m f o r discussion about sexual violence,” Cummings said “ The goals of this federal initiative are ver y similar to those that we at Cornell have worked toward for years ” Cu m m i n

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would look for ward to seeing students engage with the campaign “ We are eager to hear Cornell students’ reactions to the It’s On Us

“Student suppor t is vital if such an initiative is to be successful on campus ” Students in the CORE RA

Cornell’s campus

Jessie Weber ’17, a CORE R A in Clara Dickson Hall, said she joined in order to be able to

friends at Cornell

“If there’s anything I can do to tr y to ameliorate what could happen to my residents and my friends, then I will,” Weber said Weber added she “believe[s] more in the local effor t ” of erad-

national effor ts

“ The more we ’ re willing to talk about these things, the more likely we are to be conscious of them and better able to control our actions,” she said

Ho p e Cr a i g ’ 1 6 , a C O R E R A in the Low Rise dorms, s a i d s h e t h o

g h t t h e C O R E R A program had the potential to enact change on campus “ The CORE program is particularly unique as it is able to impact campus culture through r

“ With the suppor t and engagement of residential communities, CORE has the potential to tr uly impact campus life and create and sustain social responsibility as a foundation of campus culture ”

Zoe Ferguson can be reached at zferguson@cornellsun com

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As Inspriring, Generous

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IFC President: Hazing Not Solely a ‘Greek Issue’

HAZING

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cessor, Colin Foley [’14], to all IFC presidents explaining why the institution of hazing had to be completely eradicated,” Pritchett said “Although hazing is certainly not a solely Greek issue, it is our responsibility to lead the campus in the right direction ”

In a Perceptions of Undergraduate Life and Student Experiences Survey conducted by the University in spring 2013, 82 percent of Cornell students who participated in the survey agreed with the statement that “it’s never okay to humiliate or intimidate new members of a group, team or organization ”

According to Tim Marchell ’82, associate director for health promotion and director of mental health initiatives at Gannett Health Center, Gannett plans to spread this statistic in a “social norms ” marketing campaign in partnership with Greek houses

“We’re trying to foster a dialogue about what constitutes respectful and appropriate ways to welcome new members to organizations and what types of practices constitute hazing,” Marchell said Pritchett added it is important to show that “the vast majority of

Cornell students do not believe hazing is acceptable ”

“At times, people fall victim to the belief that ‘ everyone else is okay with it,’ when in reality, this simply is not the case, ” he said

According to Pritchett, National Hazing Prevention Week also serves as a reminder for the damage hazing can cause students “Hazing Prevention Week presents an opportunity to reflect on progress our system has made on this complex and challenging issue,” Pritchett said “Hazing can impose a mental, physical, and physiological risk to individuals ” It is important that hazing prevention remain a University-wide effort, according to Marchell

“We’ve been working on hazing prevention on several fronts over the years It’s important to take all of those strategies to the next level,” Marchell said “It’s particularly important for people to understand that hazing is not simply a fraternity or sorority issue We want the entire campus to understand what constitutes hazing and what people can do if they’re concerned about it happening ”

Anushka Mehrotra contributed reporting to this story

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A Sept 24 news story, “Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54 Discusses Her Experience at Cornell Nearly 60 Years Ago,” incorrectly stated that Ginsburg said, “Cornell has a feminist faculty,” when in fact, she said, “Cornell has a fabulous faculty ”

New C-Town Apartment Project Proposed for Catherine Street

On the street and along the water | Top: Landlord Nick Lambrou and architect Jagat Sharma introduced the above new 114 Catherine St apartment building proposal to the City of Ithaca Planning and Development Board Tuesday evening This latest Collegetown development proposal would replace a current parking lot on the north side of Catherine Street (which runs between Eddy and College Avenues) It would be clad partially in brick, and echo the three-story massing of existing buildings on that side of the street. Left: On the opposite side of the city, proposed new construction at 323 Taughannock Blvd was granted final approval by the Planning Board Tuesday This rendering shows the east side of the mixed-use project, with the Old Cayuga Inlet flowing in the foreground The first floor level will include tenant parking and small commercial spaces, while the upper two floors (and a portion of a third) will provide 21 new one- and two-bedroom waterfront apartments

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Liam Neeson, The Serial Her o?

There is something to be said of knowing your job and doing it well That is the draw of an old-school, R-rated thriller like A Walk Among the Tombstones, the latest installment in the ongoing and glorious ReNeesonance

If you pity me enough to still be reading, know that Google returned no results for that word, so I’m claiming it And we got to call the last few years something, right? Since 2008’s Taken, Liam Neeson has starred in an improbable number of action films, first as an Old Testament-angry father figure and then, with 2012’s The Grey and this year ’ s Non-Stop, as a disgraced enforcer who starts each film at rock bottom and slowly redeems himself through wit, instinct and shocking physicality He smuggles a lot of pain into these archetypes, but these films keep getting made because, like all true movie stars, Liam Neeson does one thing the public wants to see again and again: He kicks ass

Like the cult of Breaking Bad’ s Walter White, the paeans to Neeson’s badassery have resounded through culture with queasy insinuations: Violence is awesome, morality is blackand-white and women are helpless or, in Skyler White’s case, shrill nags This response has less to do with the texts in question than the appropriations of them, which strangle out any nuance with a macho fist But as exhilarating as Taken was and still is, those readings stick, which is why the uptick in quality (a k a complexity) in Neeson’s films since The Grey has been most welcome, if scarcely noticed

A Walk Among the Tombstones, an adaptation of Lawrence Block’s novel of the same name, suffers from a few careless lapses into cliché and does not set its ambitions too high to begin with, but it may be the most moral movie yet of the ReNeesonance (I just shuddered typing that again) Neeson plays Matthew Scudder, a former police officer and now unlicensed detective tasked with finding the pair of serial killers who kidnapped and, after taking a ransom, murdered the wife of drug trafficker Kenny Kristo (Downton Abbey’ s Dan Stevens) The story goes through the procedural motions, but because Neeson and director Scott Frank know what they are doing, it is often unfairly compelling

This is one of those movies to fail the Bechdel test (which only serves macro-industrial critique, not individual artistic analysis anyhow) for a reason Look at the opening credits: The

A Walk Among the Tombstones

Directed by Scott Frank Starring Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens

camera pans over a young woman ’ s pale, nude body, which is washed out from oversaturated lighting A hand reaches into these frames to caress her hair and skin, and the sensitivity of his touch looks almost loving Yet the woman does not move apart from breathe, and the single tear rolling down her face hints at something off The final shot of this sequence tilts up to show us her mouth, which is silenced with duct tape, and for the first time we see both of her eyes, piercing us with terror Psychopathy, victimization, the male gaze, the opening titles from Hitchcock’s Vertigo and the shower scene from Psycho: many keywords apply The credits upend expectation and frame the violence that follows as caused not by an excess of men but by an absence of women Since the serial killers target drug traffickers only, due to their reluctance to phone authorities, camaraderie develops between the male criminals whose wives and

The art accompanying i,” Kendrick Lamar’s first single in almost two years, is a picture of a Crip and a Blood, each with their hands in the shape of a heart Combined with the gritty storytelling that brought Lamar fame, I expected something heavy about the costs of gang violence So when “i” finally dropped Tuesday morning, it was a bit of shock that it was such a gleeful song Heavily sampling of The Isley Brothers’ “That Lady” results in abundant guitars, soul and a tone that, when coupled with Kendrick’s singsong, rapid fire raps, is reminiscent of Pharell’s “Happy ” Comparing “i” to “Happy” shortchanges the former though, as Kendrick’s lyrics remind us that simply enjoying such self-love comes with societal complications However, references to ghettos, weapons, drugs and police do not dampen the tenor of the song, but instead turn it into an inspirational tale of overcoming adversity “Give my story to the children and the lesson they can read / And the glory to the feeling of the only unseen / Seen enough, make a motherfucker scream, ‘I love myself!’” Kendrick emphatically concludes The only downside to such joy? Tuesday, Rolling Stone ran a story in which Kendrick says that the follow up to Good Kid M A A D City may not see a release until 2015 But until then, at least we have “i” to remind us that the King still holds the throne

Calvin Patten is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at cpatten@cornellsun com

Covering a classic rock song can be a daunting task, and Miley Cyrus’s attempt is fairly impressive Though her tone is quite different from that of Led Zeppelin’s lead singer Robert Plant, she sticks to the original dynamics and emotional inflections that make the song so powerful While it would be easy to cut some of the guitar solos and use this opportunity to showcase her range, Cyrus does not make any changes to the song ’ s structure, leaving purists content It seems that Cyrus’s abilities do extend beyond pop and that she can musically express lyrics more meaningful than “La di da di di, we like to party ” However, in her attempts to emulate Plant’s original dynamics, she ventures into the dangerous territory of shout-singing, which is a little hard on the ears The original version does not require you to turn down your volume, but this cover certainly does It seems that Cyrus could use a few tips on vocal control perhaps from fellow pop singer P!nk, whose cover of the same song is excellent and proves that pop stars can indeed tackle classic rock All the same, it is evident that Cyrus is able to expand her repertoire and cover genres that she may not be accustomed to, but her stylistic choices are better for her usual songs than for Led Zeppelin

Emily Fournier is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at ejf225@cornell edu

daughters have been taken from them They relish in the opportunity to harm the murderers, as shown when Kenny inspects a butcher’s cleaver just as the pair earlier fondled wire, handcuffs and linoleum knives in Dexter-esque slow motion

This is all to say that you, the viewer, very much want these serial killers to die, too Over a slow but deliberate 113 minutes, this film whips you into a bloodthirsty frenzy, where you eagerly root for Scudder to compromise his morality in order to realize brutal, satisfying ends The movie gets darker and darker up to its seemingly saccharine final scene, which features a drawing by TJ (Brian Bradley), a droll, vegetarian, Raymond Chandlerquoting inner-city kid who becomes Scudder’s unlikely sidekick Idiosyncrasies aside, TJ feels like a plot device for most of the movie, but his contribution to the final scene indicts the selfmythologizing nature of most genre action, crime, superhero, etc fiction Just because Neeson growls into a phone again and this time says, “Motherfucker,” does not make him a model citizen It’s too rough a world for another white hat versus black hat A Walk Among the Tombstones knows that, but for the sake of getting you to pay to see it, it hopes you do not

Zachar y Zahos is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at zzahos@cornellsun com

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My o n l y h o p e , a f t e r h e a r i n g t h i s re c o rd , i s t h a t B e n t z w i l l c o n t i n u e t o c a p t u re t h e s e e s s e n t i a l m o m e n t s i n h i s f u t u re w o r k Troy Sherman is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at tfs48@cornell edu

Holier Than Whom? Defining ‘Christian’ Rap

“But if I talk about God my record won ' t get played?” Kanye West famously dared in his 2004 surprise smash hit “Jesus Walks ” And maybe ‘Ye was right with few exceptions, pop-radio rap is largely a godless affair But with first week sales of 88,000 (#1 on Billboard) Anomaly, by “Christian rap ” artist Lecrae, is seemingly challenging the notion that religion and rap do not go together However, Lecrae s very success brings into question the segmentation of the genre and media in general, often implicitly constructed to provide companies with a narrative and a consumer base

Contrary to its name, Anomaly sounds like most any mainstream rap release over the last year, with heavy synth production and an extended supply of annoying hooks Lecrae himself has a style vaguely reminiscent of Childish Gambino and is a talented rapper some nice word play, good story telling and genuine charisma He raps some about religion, but also touches on a variety of personal struggles in addition to critiques of rap culture “Nuthin” notably finds Lecrae attacking the flaunting of money, drugs and violence by rappers, which he feels has negative effects on the behavior of listeners, especially the youth The aggressive “ Welcome to America” similarly chastises the society and actions of America, with three verses each from a different perspective weaving an impressive song Altogether, Anomaly is not that much different in terms of theme or style from many recent rap releases

One of the things that struck me about Lecrae’s work is how insulated he seems to be from the rest of rap Flipping through his solo releases since 2012, the only features I recognized were from Kevin Ross (R&B crooner), No Malice (formerly Malice of Clipse, now a Christian rapper himself ) and Big K R I T (a

Def Jam mainstream rapper that frequently raps about religion on his mixtapes) Closer to the mainstream, even lesser known mixtapes will drop with a few recognizable features Given that most rappers are happy to send out a verse in return for a check, it seems obvious to me that this is intentional Lecrae’s A&Rs have chosen to make this a strictly religious affair, lest Lecrae’s Christian Rap credibility be compromised by a feature s associations Similarly, not a single vul-

garity is present maybe this is by Lecrae’s own design, but it strikes me as an attempt to further differentiate Lecrae’s songs

Of course, the idea of a “Christian Rapper” is nonsense to begin with, inferring that all the other rappers are non-Christian or at the very least do not talk about religion The most immediate counter example is Kanye West’s aforementioned “Jesus Walks,” which finds ‘Ye getting spiritual, incorporating a gospel choir and a refrain of “God show me the way because the Devil’s trying to break me down ” West did not stop there, with references to God and Christianity sprinkled through all his albums Kendrick Lamar might be even more recognizably Christian, incorporating the Sinner’s Prayer into Good Kid, M A A D City while extensively referencing religion and spirituality (with his latest single “i” continuing this trend) You could

repeat this exercise with dozens of other well-known rappers

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So, if the thematic content demonstrated by Kendrick Lamar (or Common, J Cole, Big K R I T, etc ) and Lecrae is largely insignificant, why the significant difference in how they are marketed? I think it comes down to consumer ’ s rampant demand for differentiation across arts and media As everything from books and movies to web sites and news outlets have experienced, a failure to brand yourself to a certain demographic could ver y well mean a failure to survive Fox News and MSNBC are really doing the same things, but clever branding and marketing of each has made it so that they seem to be worlds apart Subsequently, devotees of either outlet would be loath to acknowledge the either as a credible source And, if I may briefly speculate, I believe that this rampant demand for niche media is a contributing factor to the feeling of partisanship currently experienced politically

Of course, the chicken and egg argument applies one could argue that the partisanship politically and socially has manifested itself through music due to the preexisting differences in paradigms Regardless, it is a damaging cycle that heightens the discord and disrespect present across all levels of American society Our carefully manicured bookmarks, playlists and queues serve simply feed us what we already are convinced we know If two people are not even comfortable watching the same movies, how can they ever work together to balance a budget? Ultimately, everyone loses from such behav-

ior By closing ourselves off in bubbles of media, colored and designed to match our palate, we lose sight of the grand picture We surround ourselves by like-minded people who do not challenge our beliefs, but instead pander And talented musicians (and writers, actors, etc ) like Lecrae are branded and sold as something less than they really are Lecrae’s Anomaly may briefly top Billboard, but, explicitly marketed and targeted as “Christian rap, it has no hope of making a significant cultural impact

Calvin Patten is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at cpatten@cornellsun com Patten Pending appears alternate Fridays this semester

Norris Leads Defense Into Weekend Game

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comes [down] to taking the football away We did it once Saturday and it's not enough and it came too late ”

Archer will rely on Norris to lead the defense again this weekend against Bucknell Norris looked dynamic for the Big Red in his first collegiate start The Baltimore native notched five more tackles than the secondhighest defender on the team

Norris said the hustle of the defensive unit last week was a positive that stood out to him during the review of film

“We focused a lot on swarming to the ball and everyone hustling and getting to the ball and I think you will see and that's how you show that you ' re dedicated to your teammates, ” Norris said “Getting to the ball and hustling even after you ' ve fallen on the ground and gotten blocked

” Archer said that the team will continue to focus in on blitzing

The coaching staff made the decision during offseason preparation to increase pressure on the quarterback by establishing base fronts and coverage on the defensive line and in the secondary Norris said one area of development for the defense will be physicality

“ You can always get better physically You can always be in better condition, always know your assignments better,” Norris said “You can ' t watch enough film so making sure you know where you ' re supposed to be, the tendencies of the other team is always important We're going to try to work on that, the fundamentals, just as if it's the first day ”

Norris credited his experience on special teams throughout the majority of his freshman year as a part of the reason behind his success

“Everybody has spent time on special teams Especially if you ' ve played a skill position on defense because it's a third of the team, ” Norris said “It's very important We focus here on trying to be that strongest third, so if the offense has a bad game or the defense doesn't have a great game, the special teams is always there to hold it

down ” He added that being a part of the special teams unit proved that you can be an important part of every play

“Even if you ' re on the back side of a play and you don't think you ' re that important, playing special teams shows that you have to stay in your lane and do your job or else there are going to be bad things that go on, ” he said

Archer said Norris’ early season success has a lot to do with the the linebacker’s decision to stay at Cornell over the summer to workout and study football

“Tremendous offseason preparation No stone unturned, in the weight room, voluntarily on the film, voluntarily stayed here this summer, ” Archer said “He's a young man who leaves nothing to chance and that's what you see as a result When you watch a player play like that on Saturday, very rarely do they just show up and

decide to be good That was a nine-month decision That's the thing that added up ”

Archer said that Norris looks to have a bright future in front of him

“I saw the way a middle linebacker should be played: with passion, with heart, physicality, relentless effort, relentless pursuit of the football and then he came up big a lot in the red zone, ” Archer said “He's an exciting young player There's a guy, when we talk about the play being influential and being an influencer of the style of

play somebody can rally behind, and what he did on Saturday was something his team could feed off of ”

Joon Lee can be reached at sports@cornellsun com

Mets Defeat Nats, Move Closer to .500

WASHINGTON (AP) The New York Mets have hopes of a 500 season for a few hours, at least

Matt den Dekker singled home the go-ahead run off Tyler Clippard in the eighth inning to help the Mets defeat the Washington Nationals 7-4 in the first game of a day-night doubleheader Thursday afternoon

Curtis Granderson singled three times and drove in three runs, and Wilmer Flores also singled three times and drove in an insurance run as New York banged out 15 hits and evened the three-game series

“His swing is so much longer through the zone now, ” manager Terr y Collins said of Granderson, who is having a strong final month of the season with eight multi-hit games in September “He looks much better at the plate ”

Carlos Torres (8-5) pitched the seventh, and Jenrr y Mejia worked the ninth for his 28th save as New York prevented NL East-champion Washington from clinching home field throughout the NL playoffs until at least Friday

Nationals left-hander Gio Gonzalez (9-10) faced Mets righty Zack Wheeler (11-10) in the second game Thursday

Washington’s Blake Treinen allowed four runs on eight hits in 4 13 innings, the shortest of his seven spot starts this season, while New York’s Dillon Gee gave up four runs on nine hits over five in his shortest outing since July 24

“Looking back now, the word that comes to mind is frustrating,” said Gee, who finishes the year 7-8 with a 4 00 ERA, after battling a right lat strain before the All-Star Break “ Ver y inconsistent with the injur y and ever ything we ’ ve been through This whole year just leaves a sour taste in my mouth ”

Clippard (7-4) allowed two runs in two-thirds of an inning

Granderson has struggled in his first season with the Mets, but has heated up recently, going 9 for his last 21 at-bats

“I’m just getting hits,” said Granderson, who is batting 229 with 19 homers and 65 RBI “I really wish it was more complicated than that, but sometimes you find a little bit of grass or a couple of holes here or there That’s really it ”

He opened New York’s scoring in the first with a single off Treinen, and drove in two more in a three-run fifth off reliever Xavier Cedeno

The Nationals responded for three runs in the bottom of the inning But then, the Mets got to the usually reliable Clippard

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Throughout the Cornell University football team ’ s season opening loss, sophomore linebacker Miles Norris appeared up and down the field and scorecard Like a cheetah waiting to hunt down its prey, Norris swarmed in on the Colgate offense, notching a team-high 13 tackles in addition to two sacks in the Big Red’s loss

Head coach David Archer ‘05 said he wants to see Norris’ effort spread to the rest of the defense as the team heads to Bucknell (3-

0) to take on the Bison Saturday Archer said the number one area on which the defense needs to improve is tackling

“We were better than we used to be, but the next step is to tackle better,” Archer said “I can ' t say enough to what we did on third down Last year, we were pretty bad on third down, about 50 percent, and I think we were around 38 percent on Saturday That was a good improvement and not where we want to be We want to be below 35 percent and then ultimately, it

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