09-28-12

All Frats May Be Required to House

Live-In Advisors

Potential rule under discussion

By HARRISON OKIN Sun Staff Writer and REBECCA HARRIS

All fraternities could be required to have permanent “live-in advisors” if a proposed portion of the University’s overhaul of the Greek system aimed to eliminate dangerous pledging processes is implemented

The potential new rule which administrators and students emphasized is still in its early preliminary stages and in no way has been decided upon would amend a previous proposal to install live-in advisors at only “at-risk” fraternity chapters, or those considered to have demonstrated poor decision-making in areas such as recruitment, alcohol use or financial stability

Over the next few weeks, administrators will determine whether or not to include that policy in the final recommendations that will be submitted to President David Skorton for approval, according to Susan Murphy ’73 Ph D ’94, vice president of student and academic services

The proposal to mandate live-in advisors for at-risk chapters was put forth in May by the Recruitment, Acceptance, Retention and Education committee as one aspect of a comprehensive plan to restructure the Greek system

RARE a committee composed of national experts, administrators and Greek leaders, including several students

Prof Apologi ze s Aft er Show in g

‘Rape Pre vention Tips’ in Cl ass

By EMMA COURT Sun Senior Writer

A Cornell professor apologized to his students two weeks ago after he showed a slide of “ rape prevention tips” during lecture on Sept 5 Although he said the tips were intended to be satirical, in the wake of two reported sexual assaults on or near campus, students expressed mixed feelings about their content

Profs Debat e Future Of ‘Ma ssive’ O nlin e Classes at University

Emphasizing the need to join a technological revolution in higher education, faculty from other universities urged their peers at Cornell to introduce the University to MOOCs, or massive open online courses, at a forum Thursday

Although the University currently administers online courses for working professionals through its eCornell program, it has yet to offer MOOCs courses open to the public, often for free, that have already attracted hundreds of thousands of students on websites owned by top institutions such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University

Increased Reporting

CUPD: S exual Crimes Surge Is Result of

the occurrence of sexual crimes but rather an increase in the number of victims who have reported them

“I think we can attribute [the increase] to people feeling comfortable [enough] to come forward,” Zoner said “We’ve just

The incident broadly resonates on a campus-wide and national level about the appropriate means of public discourse regarding rape Student protesters have, for instance, recently demanded that the University create mandatory sexual violence training for all faculty and staff, and several politicians have been recently embroiled in scandals for their comments about rape In the wake of a string of sexual assaults on and near campus –– including a reported attempted rape Wednesday evening ––the Cornell University Police Department said the trend does not reflect an upswing in

In the last few years, “leading faculty” at these universities have increasingly latched onto MOOCs and Cornell “ must ” consider whether or not it wants to use them, too, said Prof Eva Tardos, computer science, senior associate dean of the Computing and Information Science unit

In the face of the courses ’ rapid growth, it is time for Cornell to consider what role it wants MOOCs to play on its campus, Tardos said

“Whatever you think, I strongly believe that the revolution is happening in education, and if you don’t think about it or participate in it, that’s too bad for

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Sp eaking ab out the demands of protesters following three rep or ted sexual crimes

This is what we re asking for : concrete, institutional programming that can help make proactive changes to the [University s] culture ”

Ashley Harring ton ’13, advisor y b oard memb er of the Women’s Resource Center

N ews, “S i x P eo ple Hosp it ali ze d at ‘H ardc ore ’ A vi ci i S ho w, ” Mond ay

Sp eaking ab out the defecation on the bleachers during the Avicii concer t “We tr y to keep those bleachers op en so p eople have the chance to sit, but we never imagined that p eople would start relieving themselves in the bleachers It completely baff les me that someb o dy would think that was an okay thing to do [it was] definitely a first ”

Dave Ro driguez ’13, executie direc tor of Cornell Concer t Commission

sent, p osing as professor, slamming a student ’

religion “I have no go o d answers for why I’d write such a piece; it ’ s not ref lective of my view of Judaism or the Jewish p eople and I’m not normally a mean or insensitive p erson I can only hang my head in shame in seeing the pain I ve caused the community, and offer my humblest ap ologies to all ” Brian Mick ’10

Student Organizations Plan Inaugural Sex Week

Leaders hope week will aid dialogue about sex issues

By ERICA AUGENSTEIN Sun Staff Writer

Following several universities across the country, Cornell will be holding Sex Week this spring –– a weeklong celebration organizers hope will serve as a means to address sexual issues on campus

“What we’ll do is a campuswide series of events that help people to explore their own sexuality and the sexuality of other students on campus, ” said Shuangyi Hou ’14, president of the Every1 campaign, which advocates for victims fo sexual assaults “It will be a full week of event, different events that appeal to every single type of person at Cornell It requires a really open and collaborative process ”

Hou said one of the primary aims of Sex Week is to provide a forum to address the sex-related concerns of various groups on campus Several Cornell officials and student leaders of campus advocacy groups expressed their support for the event, which they said will provide an opportunity to address some of these issues through University-wide, all-inclusive programming

For instance, Rachael Blumenthal ’13, a member of the Sex Week steering committee, said the recent string of reported sexual attacks on or near campus created a need that she said can be met by Sex Week

“There must be a discussion:

What is sex? What are the implications? It’s about understanding consent and respect having to do with sexual intercourse,” said Blumenthal, who is a member of Consent Ed, a group that seeks to educate student groups on campus about sexual assault prevention

Laura Weiss, director of the Women’s Resource Center, agreed that the recent events have sparked what she said is an important conversation to have on a college campus She said she is “really happy to see so much conversation happening around sexual violence at Cornell ”

Weiss added that the Women’s Resource Center has the resources to provide support to the Every1 campaign and other groups who are involved in the planning of Sex Week

“Different programs within the Women’s Resource Center would definitely have ideas and recommendations that they could make The center has a large [capacity for] programming,” Weiss said “I would love to see students involved with the center weighing in on sex week ”

Officials at Gannett Health Services have also expressed interest in helping the development of programming for Sex Week

“We would be energetic participants in a Sex Week designed to be a catalyst for meaningful education,” said Sharon Dittman, associate director of community relations

for Gannett

Student leaders from several LGBT groups on campus said they also hope to make their voices heard in shaping the culture of a Sex Week at Cornell

Emily Bick ’13, president of Haven Cornell’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender student union said she would like to plan Haven events that are already popular to coincide with Sex Week

“There are two programs that we already run that are fairly wellknown: Filthy Gorges, an annual dance with a sex-positive theme; and a sex toy party, where two Babeland representatives come and talk about sex toys, ” Bick said Babeland is a company that sells sex toys and sexual education mate-

rials, according to its website Hou said she envisions Cornell Sex Week as a combination of fun and serious education about sexual health and safety She cited “workshops on sexual pleasure,” such as ones organized by the I Heart Female Orgasm campaign, as possible events

Hou said the upcoming Cornell Sex Week is the product of several months of brainstorming and collaboration between Every1 and other student organizations In the spring, members of the Student Assembly encouraged the groups to pursue the event, she said Sex Week is still in its preliminary planning phase, according to Hou

“What the steering committee

will try to do is to decide the general themes [for the week],” Hou said “We also want individual [student] groups to have a lot of impact ” Hou said the major hurdle still to consider in organizing Sex Week is how to finance the project, which she said she hopes will manifest as a “ very large, very expensive event ”

The Every1 campaign “is in the lowest tier for [Student Assembly Finance Commission] funding Sex Week facilitators and other [student groups] are going to need to help us out, ” Hou said “We can ’ t do it alone ”

Erica Augenstein can be reached at eaugenstein@cornellsun com

Architectural Tour of West Campus Yields Lessons in University Histor y

By SARAH CUTLER Sun Contributor

A glimpse into Cornell’s past and its relationship to the campus ’ present: this is what participants

were treated to Thursday morning, in an architectural tour of West Campus led by Roberta Moudry ’81 M A ’90 Ph D ’95, a Cornell architectural historian and former Sun associate editor

“We really look at the campus and say, ‘Why does this look the way it does? What kind of things does the University want to provide for people?’” Moudry said “Those questions don’t seem architectural, but they are ”

Thursday’s tour, which was open to the public, marked the third consecutive year that the Campus Club of Cornell University –– a group that provides lectures, book clubs and other social activities for women with ties to Cornell –– sponsored Moudr y ’ s tour

“I typically like to kick off our events for the year with a Roberta tour She’s excellent,” said Marilyn Gray, the club’s program chair

As Cornell’s student body expanded, however, the need for on-campus housing increased Risley was built as an all-girls dormitor y in 1911, with North Campus eventually growing beyond it to provide more women ’ s housing, according to Moudry

“We really look at the campus and say, ‘Why does this look the way it does?’

The tour was primarily focused on giving participants a rundown of the design and history of the residential housing on Cornell’s West Campus

Cornell’s founders did not consider housing an important priority for the University, Moudry said on the tour Former University President Andrew Dickson White, who believed that dormitory life was “uncivilized,” was a proponent of students living in family-style housing or fraternities, she said “A D White didn’t like dorms He didn’t have a great housing experience at Yale,” Moudry said “He thought people would be better behaved and would know each other better if they lived in houses ”

Work soon began on West Campus to construct men ’ s housing The layout of the campus was designed around McGraw Tower as its central focal point, Moudry said

“ The tower is part of the librar y; it’s symbolic of where knowledge goes to gather,” she said

Moudry added that the West Campus architects hoped to build Gothic-style buildings similar to those that were constructed at Princeton University and the University of Chicago at about the same time

She noted a lack of entrances into West Campus from the rest of campus a characteristic that Moudr y said “speaks to the Gothic-ness of these structures ”

“ There’s this idea that the University is a place for the elite, so the inside environment is pure, intellectual You’re protected from

the outside,” Moudry said In the 2000s, renovation began to reorganize West Campus housing into five distinct residential colleges Today, each of the dormitories Alice Cook House, Carl Becker House, Hans Bethe House, William T Keeton House and Flora Rose House still aims to foster an intellectual community for its residents, Moudry said Prof Scott Macdonald ’78, philosophy, dean of Hans Bethe House, said that West Campus offers ongoing programs in-house courses, service learning activities and other projects to provide students and faculty opportunities to interact in an informal setting

“Students have a great experience because of the nature of the houses and the nature of the programming,” MacDonald said Huma Haider ’15, who lives in Carl Becker House, echoed MacDonald’s sentiments, saying that the communities found in West Campus housing make up for the small size of the rooms in many of the buildings

“My roommate ’ s in the knitting club, and there’s a sailing club, and we get discounted tickets to events and that’s just in Becker,” Haider said “Each house has its own things going on ”

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P rofs: Online Course O f ferings Could Create ‘ Smarter’ Learning

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us, ” Tardos said “I don’t know what theoutcome of this revolution will be, but I certainly want to explore it ”

Though she conceded that it is still unclear exactly how MOOCs could change on-campus learning, Tardos said she sees the potential for Cornell to use them to help expand access to education worldwide

“It aligns very well with the University’s educational mission,” Tardos said “What these courses do is educate people who may not have the means or ability to come to campus They might not have the ability because they’re high school kids or because they’re far away in China or India [but] these courses can [be accessed by] a lot of people we don’t reach ”

The benefits of MOOCs were further touted by professors from MIT and Stanford University, where MOOC lectures have already taught thousands of students everything from chemistry to cryptography online

Prof Anant Agarwal, engineering and computer science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, talked to Cornell faculty via a video call that was delayed by technological issues For five minutes, Agarwal could not be heard, although his face was visible on the screen

“This is not a good start to venturing into technology,” said one professor in the crowd

But finally, technological issues resolved, Agarwal joked, “It’s great when online technology works ”

Agarwal said that cutting-edge technology offered through MOOCs could improve the quality of education He said courses offered online through MIT and Harvard joint venture edX one of the platforms on which Cornell could offer online courses to the public for free in the future have already begun to benefit conventional on-campus courses at MIT

For instance, he said, a student working on an assignment at 3 a m can ask a question and receive a “near-instant response ” from a peer on edX’s worldwide forum for his

or her class, rather than having to wait until the next morning for a response from the professor

By moving some courses entirely online, campuses can also provide free online textbooks to their students, give students instant feedback on assignments and allow them to collaborate with their peers through “virtual laboratories,” Agarwal said

In fact, online courses have proven so effective, Agarwal said, that in one survey, two-thirds of students said that they preferred watching and learning from online video over attending traditional lectures

Like Agar wal, Prof Daphne Koller, computer science, Stanford University, vouched for the potentially transformative effects of online courses

By being able to answer each others’ questions on forums, students can also collaborate with hundreds of thousands of peers across the globe, Koller said, presenting opportunities for universities to harness the power of social learning

The capacity to take advantage of peers sharing ideas otherwise known as social learning is a “game-changer” in revolutionizing higher education, said Chris Proulx, CEO of eCornell

“Online learning has already been doing a lot with social learning The difference is when you now start to do that across tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of students for the construction of peer knowledge,” Proulx said “Courses themselves become smarter when you make tools and capabilities to take advantage of social learning ”

If and when MOOCs become a reality at Cornell, however, it is up to the faculty to direct the role they play in the classroom, administrators said “We faculty can and must be participating in these discussions,” said Dean of Faculty Prof Joe Burns Ph D ’66, astronomy “[Provost Kent] Fuchs has a lot of interest in this but he said he needs to know what we want him to do ”

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Prof Apologizes for Use of Humor to Tackle Subject of Rape

Prof Breton Bienvenue, psychology, said he had wanted to use humor to diffuse tensions on campus following multiple reported sexual assaults over Labor Day weekend

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g laughter when Bienvenue presented them to the more than 200 stu-

o Cognitive Science class, according to students

Excerpts from the list include “tips” such as, “If you are in an elevator and a woman gets in, don’t rape her” and “Carry a rape whistle If you find that you are about to rape someone, blow the whistle until someone comes to stop you ” The final “tip” reads: “When asking a woman out on a date, don’t pretend that you are interested in her as a person; tell her straight up that you expect to be raping her later If you don’t communicate your intentions, the woman may take it as a sign that you do not plan to rape her ”

Noting that the list was not actually created by the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Kelly Starr, a staff member for the organization, said that the list was intended to provoke thought, not laughter

“Sexual assault and rape is not a joke,” Starr said “The intent with this list is to challenge the way we think about these kinds of crimes, and to shift from a culture that focuses on blaming victims to one that focuses on preventing violence in the first place and holds perpetrators accountable ”

Bienvenue, however, may have omitted the context with which Starr said the fake rape prevention tips are supposed to be presented Though he said he spoke in class

about how society needs to focus on the perpetrators of sexual violence rather than the victims, some s t u d e n t s m a y n o t h a ve h e a rd because the class is large and many students were laughing, he said

Bienvenue emphasized that he did not display the satirical “ rape prevention tips” in order to upset make light of rape

“It’s not that rape is funny and we should treat it as a laughing matter, ” Bienvenue said “It obviously wasn ’ t my intent to be insensitive or treat rape as a humorous subject ”

Instead, he said, the comedic elements of the slide were intended to provide students with another way of grappling with the sensitive issue

“I do think humor is a way to deal with horrifying situations It’s obviously a disturbing subject and humor for me is a way to interact with the subject,” he said “My intent was to use the humor of the slide to point out an incongruity: that rape is often presented as up to the victim to prevent Instead we need to address the role of the perpetrator ”

Bienvenue’s presentation did not include background information crucial for understanding the purpose of the list

Parry Cadwallader ’13, a student in Bienvenue’s class, said Bienvenue wrongly treated a violent and traumatic crime in a dismissive manner

“He put up this list of 10 rather unhelpful ways of preventing rape and brushed over completely that a girl had just been raped less than 100 feet from where the class was taking place,” Cadwallader said

In contrast, Shane Kalb ’15 saw Bienvenue’s presentation of the “Rape Prevention Tips” as a statement Kalb described Bienvenue’s action as a “bold move, ” explaining that “[rape] is a really sensitive issue humor like that disempowers something that evokes fear, and that’s really important it was comforting to hear the issue addressed in a way other than the ominous emails that came in the middle of the night, just to hear something else ”

Devon Horton ’15, however, s a i d s h

Bienvenue’s reasons for presenting such material in class

“I thought it was weird, kind of bizarre,” Hor ton said “I don’t think he had any place in saying anything it’s not something we cover in class ”

Bienvenue said he apologized for approaching such a sensitive issue without considering the full consequences and impact of his words He also provided an anonym o u s c h a n n e l o n l i n e t h ro u g h which students could provide feedback on the issue directly to him

Several students had done so and had been understanding, he said Nina Cummings, Cornell’s victim advocate and a health educator at Gannett Health Services, said that if professors decide to talk about current on-campus issues such as the reported sexual assaults over Labor Day Weekend in the classroom, they should consider that individuals in the class could be particularly sensitive to a particular issue

How do they want to address it what’s their goal in bringing it up in class? Is it to have resources available? Is it to try to connect

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more closely to students in the class? Is it related to the academic work of the class?” Cummings said “If a faculty member is going to raise it, at the same time they may want to think ahead ” Cu

although nothing prohibits faculty members from responding to campus crises, the University administration ultimately takes responsibility for addressing on-campus issues such as sexual assault

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temptation to use humor to dissipate what may be a tense on-campus environment, rape is never an appropriate topic of humor

“I think it minimizes the severity of the experience and shows an insensitivity I think it’s an easy way for people to dismiss the num-

Cummings said “I would say rape is a serious issue that too many women and many men experience Effor ts at addressing it should always be handled sensitively and carefully ”

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Greek Chapters May Face Mandator y Live-In Advisor

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was tasked with “eliminating hazing through the overhaul of what we currently call the pledge process, ” according to Travis Apgar, associate dean of students for fraternity and sorority affairs

The group presented its preliminary recommendations in a webinar to alumni in May Since then, the committee has solicited input from administrators, alumni and students to finalize their proposed changes before they are submitted to Skorton for final approval, according to IFC President Chris Sanders ’13

Now, the possibility of the livein advisor provision being mandatory for all chapters across the Greek system is “definitely on the table,” Sanders said

On Sunday, the Fraternity and Sorority Advisory Council, which reports to Murphy, Apgar and other administrators on Greek system policy planning, suggested that RARE expand the provision to apply to all chapters, according to Sanders

Live-in advisors are definitely something that Susan Murphy is considering, but I don’t know the extent of what the likelihood is of it happening It’s very much a consideration,” he said

Sanders said Thursday that he does not personally endorse a system-wide requirement

imposed on us Having a live-in advisor will noticeably change the house and hurt recruitment,” one fraternity member said at an IFC forum attended by The Sun on Sept 19

Sanders said mandatory live-in advisors for all chapters was “ not endorsed by RARE,” and that Greek leaders “will continue to give our input and to say that we don’t necessarily think it’s the best way ”

Still, some Greek council representatives and chapter officers said they were open to considering livein advisors

Alan Workman ’13, executive vice president for IFC, said that if the system-wide provision for advisors is included in the final proposal, IFC will continue to work with RARE and the administration to help fraternities maintain self-governance

“A lot of the initial reaction surrounding the advisors has been negative But I don’t think it’s warranted,” Workman said “This is a multi-year implementation program, and it will be phased in slowly Having an older presence in the house is not necessarily meant for punishment, but to steer the chapter in the right direction ”

Workman also noted that several fraternities have had live-in advisors for years

Adam Davis ’14, academic chair of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, said his chapter has benefited from housing an advisor

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“I think there needs to be a change But I do not think that the mandatory live-in advisor provision should be on the list of priorities ”

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“I think that there needs to be a change and I think that there are a lot of r e c o m m e ndations that have been put forward to work toward that change,” he said “But I do not think that the mandatory live-in advisor provision should be on the list of priorities I think that there are other provisions that can bring about that change

Still, he acknowledged that student leaders need to be “realistic” in working with the University to address Skorton’s charge for substantial changes to the Greek system

“We can ’ t be reactionary and have changes pushed down upon us The more students work to lead the charge themselves, the more flexibility we will have in the future,” Sanders said

Apgar emphasized that the advisor recommendation is only “ part of the active discussion” currently surrounding the proposed changes He said he could not say at this point whether that component will be included in the final plan

The provision is one of the few under consideration that, in order to be implemented, may require a change to the University’s recognition policy for fraternities and sororities, according to Apgar, who said those changes require approval by Cornell’s Board of Trustees

During a series of focus groups held last week led by Apgar and the executive boards of IFC, the Panhellenic Council and the Multicultural Greek Letter Community several members of the Greek community expressed concern over the idea of systemwide, mandatory live-in advisors

“It feels like this is being

with our advisor quite a bit to think of and implement ways to incentivize the brothers to push themselves academically, as well as provide academic assistance like studying and time management tips,” Davis said “He’s just a really cheerful and knowledgeable guy and often spurs meaningful conversation among brothers ” Psi Upsilon President Jesse Bendit ’13 added that although his chapter does not currently have a live-in advisor, he thinks his house could adjust to one

“If houses can give their alumni maybe a graduate student studying here additional responsibilities, they would be on the same page working with the brotherhood If it’s done the right way, if we know we could get along with the advisors, this could be very beneficial to prevent houses from getting out of control,” Bendit said

As RARE and the Greek councils continue to work with administrators to come to an agreement, Sanders said the next few weeks will prove crucial for students who still want to make their voices heard

“[We’re] going to continue to make sure we ’ re having conversations with students, keeping fraternities involved and informed,” he said “The last thing we want to see happen is that our fraternity system is blindsided ”

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started to uncover more of these crimes that are happening on campus ”

CUPD is investigating an attempted rape that reportedly occurred on the Trolley Bridge –– which connects Oak Avenue and the Engineering Quad –– at 9:30 p m Wednesday A female victim said she was grabbed by an unknown male while she was walking across the bridge The assailant then reportedly dragged the victim into a wooded area south of the bridge while making repeated threats that he was going to rape her, according to CUPD

The victim said she struggled against her attacker until she was able to strike him in the face and then flee, according to CUPD She did not report any injuries

The perpetrator is described as a white male, about six feet tall, with dark hair He “appeared to be in his late 30s and was last seen wearing a dark suit jacket with light colored pants, according to CUPD

After the attack, the male fled in an unknown direction, CUPD reported

On the morning of Sept 2, another female victim reported that she was accosted and raped near the Suspension Bridge, north of the Arts Quad She said she was grabbed from behind by an unknown male who forced her to have sexual intercourse, according to police

Additionally, 30 minutes before the reported rape on Sept 2, a different female victim reported that she was forcibly touched in her Collegetown home, according to the Ithaca Police Department The University said a third female victim reported being forcibly touched the same day while walking through the Hughes parking lot early in the morning

CUPD –– which is still investigating the reported crimes –– urged students to consider increased personal safety measures in the aftermath of the attacks

“Due to the increased level of criminal activity we are strongly urging members of the Cornell community to take prudent and necessary safety precautions, including: locking your doors and windows at all times [and] using alternative methods of transportation, such as Blue Light escorts, Blue Light buses, taxis,” CUPD said in a Sept 2 press release

At Thursday’s Student Assembly meeting, President David Skorton echoed these sentiments

“[It’s] important to have security in your place of dwelling It’s important to not walk around alone on a college campus at odd hours if it’s possible not to do it,” Skorton said “It may be distasteful for you It may be frustrating It may make you angry, but nonetheless, it’s still part of a pretty wise bit of advice because unfortunately, on many college campuses, the risk of sexual assault is large ”

Geoffrey Block ’14, at-large representative for the S A , said that the University needs to undertake more proactive efforts to ensure student safety

“Right now, students don’t feel safe on this campus I can ’ t tell you the number of Facebook statuses and Tweets and things like that I’ve seen today about students very concerned about yet another [sexual assault] on this campus, ” Block said “Students really want to see action taken Students really want an increase in patrols ”

Garrison Lovely ’16, a freshman representative for the S A , also argued that the Blue Light phone in particular can be ineffective as a safety initiative

The phone service ending at 2:30 a m “basically just gives any potential rapist a window when they know that nobody is going to be [going] home safely,” he said

Still, Zoner maintained that Cornell police are working to keep students safe on campus and said that CUPD plans to “do more of the same ”

“We’ve made significant progress toward increasing awareness of these issues and educating people who are not as knowledgeable,” she said

CUPD urges anyone with information about the recent sexual crimes to call its headquarters at 607-255-1111

Joseph Niczky contributed reporting to this story

Kerry Close can be reached at kclose@cornellsun com

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Republican Mitt Romney, focusing on threats beyond American shores, accused the commander in chief of backing dangerous cuts in defense spending

“ The idea of cutting our militar y is unthinkable and devastating And when I become president we will not, ” declared the challenger, struggling to reverse a slide in opinion polls

Romney and Obama campaigned a few hundred miles apart in Virginia, 40 days before their long race ends They’ll be in much closer quarters next Wednesday in Denver for the first of three presidential debates on the campaign calendar and perhaps the challenger's best remaining chance to change the trajector y of the campaign

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Healthcare for All

Ihave had the pleasure of getting to know Ms Daniels** over the past eight months She is a jolly 64-year-old woman with a round face and a kind smile At appointments she remains pleasant, always even when informing me about the pain her bunions cause her daily

One day, Ms Daniels called and left a voicemail on the clinic phone line: “Hello, this is Samantha Daniels I’ve started feeling this fluttering in my chest and it feels kind of like what happened to me about ten years ago I seem to be having a bit of trouble breathing when the fluttering happens I’d like to make an appointment when you get the chance Thank you ” Though Ms Daniels spoke as calmly as usual, her inflection suggested something new, disquieting These words concerned me enough to call her back immediately She told me about going to the p h a r m a c y down the street from her house to get a blood pressure check “The machine must be broken,” she said, “Sometimes it says my heart rate is in the 80s and other times it says 150s ” When she came into the office she told me about the chest pain that started just a day-or-two before We used an electrocardiogram to examine her heart’s electrical rhythm, and diagnosed an atrial flutter Atrial flutter is a dangerous condition, especially in combination with chest pain and shortness of breath As the heart pumps blood throughout the body, electrical signals initiate each beat When the signal travels down abnormal pathways, the heart “flutters,” or pumps shallowly and quickly Sometimes it moves so quickly that it can ’ t properly refill between beats Rarely, the heartbeat degenerates into extreme irregularity, and the heart just stops With these serious risks in mind, we sent Ms Daniels on to the hospital

all the symptoms from the previous week were gone Even more so, while she had been waking up late for the weeks before she went into the hospital, now she was suddenly waking up at 5:00 a m , ready for the day Luckily we caught her condition early, and she is now fully cured

What makes this story unique is that the patient was seen at the Weill Cornell Community Clinic (WCCC), the medical student run clinic for the uninsured This patient is not just any woman She is a welleducated woman laid-off from her job on the cusp of retirement She came to our clinic because she could not afford insurance for the nine months between losing her job and turning sixty-five, when Medicare will accept her In that absence though, we students, with the help of incredible volunteer physi-

cians, protected her from harm; we diagnosed, we brought her to treatment and we followed up afterward The WCCC, located in Manhattan, sees approximately 300 uninsured patients per year In an average week we see a middle-aged woman with diabetes who is self-employed and cannot afford the cost of insurance; a man who lost his job and has heart disease; and a student who needs asthma medication We grant each of these people access to health care with dignity and integrity

**Details about the patient have been changed to protect her identity

CORRECTION Due to incorrect information provided to The Sun, a news story Wednesday, “Four Recent Cornell Alumni Join Start-Ups Through Venture for America Program,” incorrectly stated the acceptance rate of and information about the prize award by the Venture for America program The acceptance rate for the program was 10 percent, not one percent, and its $100,000 prize may be awarded to multiple

Right after the hospitalization, I called Ms Daniels to check in Joy and amazement permeated her voice, as she informed me that

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To t h e Ed i t o r :

Mahala Schlagman is in her final year at Weill Cornell Medical College She may be reached at mms2009@med cornell edu What s Up Doc? appears alternate Fridays this semester

Re: “Editorial: The Hypocrisy of Scorpions X,” Sept 24

We became leaders of the LGBTQ Community for a reason Like many, we struggled to find confidants who we could trust that might understand the tension between who we are and who society says we can be In many cases, we found ourselves actively altering our gender expressions to appear heterosexual both for personal safety and emotional security Our performed mannerisms, our gait, our words and our early (non)sexual experiences (regardless of whether we wanted those experiences) all reflected an intricate, painstakingly maintained façade And then we came out Moreover, we took the initiative to fight for a more open and inclusive university

For us, Cornell offered an opportunity to learn how to accept ourselves and find our place within the larger community While we realize that there are still many students on campus for whom coming out is not an option, we are striving to provide these students with the resources and opportunities to feel comfortable in their own skin We understand that even within the LGBTQ community, oppression takes many forms We do not pretend that all of our experiences with marginalization are the same

Our campus has many strengths We have access to top notch resources: strong LGBTQfriendly administrative policies, a number of safe spaces and support groups, trans-inclusive health insurance and generous funding for LGBTQ events (many of which focus on intersectional identity) That being said, our campus has a very long way to go Many instances of bias and discomfort still exist for students Even within our community, a social hierarchy exists in which certain identities have greater access to privilege than others Queer people of color in particular face numerous forms of oppression regarding their intersecting identities within their respective social identity based communities Although we know that our experience is not everyone ’ s, we are here and active and present as leaders on campus because we still believe that we have the continuous ability to effect change

And there has been tangible change on campus For example, Haven the LGBTQ student union has been incredibly active on campus, organizing many

But substantive change must come from all of us Come out as an ally for your friends and those who need visible support from this caring community Come out in support of LGBTQ partner benefits in the militar y Come out in favor of gay marriage marriage equality Stop your friend the next time he or she uses hateful speech Never assume you know someone ’ s orientation or identity Tr y to promote discussions across identities and within identity based groups Only by doing so can we truly make strides in our shared dream for a more open and inclusive Cornell University

Today I’m going to take a step away from my usual acad e m i c - l i f e i n ve t s c h o o l t h e m e t o w r i t e a b o u t

Courtney Rubin’s New York Times article about college bars that made a little splash late Wednesday night I’m taking off my vet-student cap for the first part of this article and writing from the perspective of a 2011 Cornell alumna

First, let’s talk about the fact-checking failure (first reported by the blog IvyGate) I was a news staff writer for The Sun for all four years of undergrad, and the concept of fact-checking was drilled into my head from the ver y beginning People get angr y when you spell their name wrong or misquote them or misrepresent their organization, because even if you ’ re just spending an hour writing about them, you ’ re often writing about topics that they’ve devoted their whole lives to They take what you write personally because it’s often also read by all of their peers; so if you ’ re going to write something contentious, the least you can do is make sure the facts are right Then the editors ser ve as backup for further fact checking, but if there are any mistakes people will blame you and not the editors

So the fact that Rubin, the photographer and the editors of the New York Times didn’t bother to fact check the names at least is puzzling to me Looking up Cornell affiliated names is even easier than a Google search all you have to do is enter the person ’ s name on cornell edu It’s true that students can opt out of being in the director y, but I’ve never actually run across someone who did and it would be highly suspicious if a whole group of people weren ’ t in it Even if you didn’t know about the Cornell director y, just Googling the person ’ s name and the word “Cornell” should be sufficient Tr y it with your own name (put your full name in quotes) Cornell students are go-getters and do things; by the time they’re seniors there is usually some record affiliating them with Cornell

Fact checking aside, let’s talk about the topic of the article The headline makes it sound like it’s about the demise of college bars This is a valid topic, I suppose, although it surprises me that the Times thinks it’s important enough to devote an entire article to It’s true that in our smartphone dominated world, you ’ re constantly connected to both your friends and strangers and don’t need to frequent bars as often to hang out I think this was supposed to be the point of this article, but it’s lost in the derisive tone the author adopts

towards the college lifestyle The not-so-subtle jibes at sorority girls with Hermés bracelets, 16 shot drinks (no mention that these are usually shared amongst a group of friends over a period of time) and the pre-gaming / hook-up culture seem to be the author venting frustration more than informing readers about anything at all

I’ll take a minute to address the insults anyways We’re led to believe that excessive drinking is something that college kids do irresponsibly for fun I have several friends working in the corporate world, however, and it seems to me that once you graduate drinking becomes something that you ’ re expected to do in order to advance in your career It’s not appropriate to criticize college d r i n k i n g w i t h o u t o f f e r i n g alternatives especially when the “real world” can be even worse It would have been appropriate to criticize underage drinking, but the author wasn ’ t even aware that this was an issue As for the “ meat m a r k e t s ” How c a n y o u realistically expect thousands of 21 year olds to want to commit to serious monogamous relationships (because isn’t that the alternative?) when they don’t even know what state they’re going to be in eight months from now?

tant to us we would have picked another career) We bemoan Ithaca’s lack of nightlife for grad students, but the truth of the matter is even if there were bars that were close and full of primarily grad students, we wouldn’t have time to go to them anyways

I can tell you that those students were only at Level B that night because they had just completed a strenuous two day long exam I can also tell you that they specifically asked (via email, even) that the pictures not be published I know that the paper is not legally obligated to abide by their request, but these are not famous people who are used to having paparazzi post pictures of them (well, they’re not famous yet

So, time for me to be a vet student again You probably noticed that the main picture associated with the article states that it’s of two Cornell Veterinar y students I thought the article was about the undergraduate lifestyle? Did someone not realize that veterinar y students are graduate students? It’s like writing an article about elementar y school and posting a picture of high school students

The biggest issue I have with the picture though is that it implies that these students commonly participate in the activities that the author writes so vitriolically about Even though I’ve already talked about how I don’t have a problem with the lifestyle, I would like to set the record straight and confirm that even if we want to relive our college years, vet school does not allow time for drinking and going out on a regular basis (if these were the things that were most impor-

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in my completely humble opinion, Cornell vets often do great things) They’re hard-working graduate students who don’t need to have future employers find this when they’re applying for jobs in a couple of years

I was disappointed in Rubin’s article because it’s the kind of journalism that gives reporters a bad reputation unashamed about being biased, half-researched and unnecessarily antagonistic This is the first time that I’ve ever thought that the crisis newspapers are facing in terms of readership and accessibility might actually be due in part to the newspapers themselves and not just the electronic world that we live in

Nikhita Parandekar graduated from Cornell in 2011 and is a second-year veterinary student in the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine She may be reached at nparandekar@cornellsun com Hoof in Mouth appears alternate Fridays this semester

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t s o f re t a l i a t o r y l a ng u a g e i n re s p o n s e t o w h a t s e e m s i s b e i n g t a k e n a s a p e r s o n a l c h a l l e n g e f r o m S c o r p i o n s X ( n o d o u b t d u e t o t h e c i rc ul a t i o n o f t h e “ C o r n e l l Ni g h t l y Mo o n ” ) T h e m a i n o b j e c t o f a t t a c k a n d c r i t i c i s m i s n e i t h e r t h e g ro u p ’ s a g e n d a , n o r e ve n i t s m e t h o d s , b u t r a t h e r t h e a n o n y m i t y o f i t s i n d i v i d u a l m e m b e r s A c c u s a t i o n s i n c l u d e , a m o n g o t h e r t h i n g s , “ h y p o c r i s y, ” “ e s c h e w [ i n g ] re s p o n s i b i l it y, ” a n d “ c ow a rd i c e ” Hy p o c r i s y t h a t ’ s a p re t t y h e a v y w o rd In w h a t w a y h a s S c o r p i o n s X b e e n h y p o c r i t i c a l ? T h e y h a ve d e f a c e d a f e w d o z e n a l l e g e d l y r a c i s t p o s t e r s a n d d e f e n d e d t h e a c t i n a n e m a i l b r i n g i n g a t t e n t i o n t o t h e g ro u p ; t h e y h a ve m a d e a b u n c h o f Yo u Tu b e v i d e o s s e n d i n g a n t io p p re s s i o n m e s s a g e s ; t h e y h a v e p u bl i s h e d a n d d i s t r i b u t e d a p o l e m i c a l n e w sp a p e r ; m o s t i m p o r t a n t l y, t h e y h a ve m a d e s e ve r a l l i s t s o f d e m a n d s ( o r r a t h e r, o n e l i s t w i t h s e v e r a l v e r s i o n s ) a s k i n g f o r a w a re n e s s a n d t r a n s p a re n c y f o r i s s u e s o f o p p re s s i o n a n d b i a s A s f a r a s t h i n g s g o , t h e y h a ve b e e n p re t t y c o n s i s t e n t Or i s t h e h y p o c r i t i c a l t a g b e i n g a p p l i e d b e c a u s e t h e S c o r p i o n s X i s a n o n y m o u s ?

h a s a re s p o n s i b i l i t y t o i t s c o n t e n t s T h e Un i ve r s i t y a d m i n i s t r a t i o n h a s a re s p o n s ib i l i t y t o t h e we l l - b e i n g o f i t s s t u d e n t s T h e o n l y re s p o n s i b i l i t i e s a n a n o n y m o u s g ro u p owe s t o a n yo n e a re t h o s e t h a t a re t a k e n u p o n t h e m s e l ve s A n o n y m i t y s e e m s t o b e f u n d a m e n t a ll y m i s u n d e r s t o o d To o e a s i l y d o we f o rg e t t h a t “ S c o r p i o n s X ” i t s e l f i s a n i d e n t it y, a n d t h a t i t h a s b e e n a t t a c h e d t o a n u m b e r o f a c t i o n s a s we l l a s a n a r t i c u l a t e a g e n d a T h u s i t c a n re p re s e n t s t u d e n t s w i t h o u t b e i n g t h e i r re p re s e n t a t i ve T h a t t h e a n o n y m i t y o f i t s i n d i v i d u a l m e m b e r s m a t t e r s s o m u c h t o t h e w r i t e r s o n l y c a l l s a t t e n t i o n t o t h e f a c t t h a t S c o r p i o n s X i s a t l e a s t r i g h t o n t h e c o u n t t h a t t h e i s s u e s a re b e i n g i g n o re d A f t e r a l l , i t i s f a i r t o

d i s a g re e w i t h t h e i r v i e w s It i s e q u a l l y f a i r t o a g re e w i t h t h e m b u t c o n d e m n t h e i r m e t h o d o l o g y, i n c l u d i n g p e r s o n a l a t t a c k s w h i c h m i g h t h a ve m a d e a n e f f e c t i ve , va l i d a r g u m e n t h a d i t n o t b e e n i m m e d i a t e l y s i d e l i n e d In s t e a d , t h e e d it o r i a l c h o s e t o o p e n l y i g n o re e ve r y t h i n g t h e y h a ve s a i d a n d d o n e , a n d c r i t i c i ze t h e m f o r f a i l i n g t o m e e t s t a n d a rd s o f n o n - a n o n y m i t y a r b i t r a r i l y p r o j e c t e d u p o n t h e m A s t h e e d i t o r i a l r e a d s , “ Wi t h o u t c o m m e n t i n g o n t h e m e s s a g e o r m e t h o d o l o g y o f t h e g ro u p, T h e Su n c a l l s o n S c o r p i o n s X t o e i t h e r d ro p i t s h i g h l y p e r s o n a l v i t r i o l o r s t e p f o r w a rd a n d re ve a l t h e n a m e s o f i t s m e m b e r s ” Is n ’ t t h i s t h e i n e v i t a b l e a n d h i g h l y i ro n i c re s p o n s e a s e l f - r i g h t e o u s a d m i s s i o n o f d i s re g a rd f o r b o t h m e s s a g e a n d m e t h o do l o g y ? If t h a t ’ s n o t m i s s i n g t h e p o i n t , o r a n y p o s s i b l e p o i n t e ve n i f t h i s i s j u s t a p o l i t i c a l s t u n t I re a l l y d o n ’ t k n ow w h a t i s A n d t h a t i s t h e c r u x o f t h e p ro b l e m So m e t h i n g t h a t i s q u e s t i o n i n g o u r c o mm u n i t y ’ s a b i l i t y t o a d d re s s i n d i v i d u a l b i a s ( b e i t r a c i a l , s e x u a l o r o t h e r w i s e ) i s b e i n g t u r n e d i n t o a q u e s t i o n o f i n d i v i du a l i d e n t i t i e s T h e m a j o r i t y o f re c e n t re s p o n s e s a re m o re c o n c e r n e d w i t h t re a ti n g t h e s i t u a t i o n a s a t h re a t t o e s t a bl i s h e d a u t h o r i t y t h a n a c r i t i q u e o f o u r c o m m u n i t y We a re t r y i n g t o m a k e i t p e r s o n a l So i s a n o n y m i t y re a l l y c owa rd i c e ? No R a t h e r, I t h i n k i t i s n e c e s s a r y t o t h e n a t u r e o f t h e i s s u e s b e i n g a d d re s s e d Ou r i n a b i l i t y t o s e e p a s t t h a t i s s y m p t o m a t i c o f t h e v e r y t h i n g s S c o r p i o n s X i s s u g g e s t i n g t h a t a s a c o m m u n i t y o u r re s p o n s e s t o b i a s a re i m m a t u re a n d t h a t o u r a t t i t u d e t ow a rd s c r i t i q u e i s p ro b l e m a t i c It i s e x a c t l y t h e k i n d o f a t t i t u d e t h a t s t i f l e s a c t u a l d i s c u ss i o n by re d u c i n g e ve r y c r i t i c i s m i n t o a p e r s o n a l a f f ro n t T h e e d i t o r i a l a l s o c o mp l a i n s t h a t S c o r p i o n s X h a s n o t p rov i d e d a f o r u m , a p p a re n t l y h a v i n g ove r l o o k e d t h e f a c t t h a t t h e l a c k o f a f o r u m f o r p ro b l e m s i n t h e c o m m u n i t y i s e x a c t l y w h y s u c h a g ro u p e x i s t s i n t h e f i r s t p l a c e A n d ye s , we d o h a ve p ro b l e m s o n l y t h e “d a n g e ro u s e s c a l a t i o n o f r h e t o r i c a n d h y p e r b o l e ” i s h a rd l y o n e o f t h e m W h i l e t h a t i s , a l w a y s h a s b e e n a n d a l w a y s w i l l b e t h e f i r s t re a c t i o n t o m i n o r i t y o u t c r y, n o b o d y h a s t h e a

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BY ZACHARY ZAHOS Sun Arts and Entertainment Editor

“I’m finished” are the final words of director Paul Thomas Anderson’s last picture, There Will Be Blood It is not a spoiler, for those of you who have yet to see it, because the line drops almost as a non-sequitir when preceded by the momentous climax Those two words grant a sense of closure to a great, ambitious film one with an epic yet straightforward narrative Anderson’s newest work, The Master, has no such neat ends It is a mammoth: towering and gorgeous, yet uncanny in its thin disconnect from reality It is a vexing character study that churns over themes of freewill, sexuality and the self Upon viewing its opening shot of crystal blue water foaming in a WWII battleship’s wake, I thought of Tarkovsky’s 1972 sci-fi classic Solaris and its brewing ocean planet The Master is a puzzle for those who love capital-f Film

Known shorthand as the “L Ron Hubbard Movie,” The Master does indeed base its title character, Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman), off of the Scientology founder and blasts the groupthink of such a cult The verbal fireworks between Dodd and a dissenter (Christopher Evan Welch) during Dodd’s introspective “processing” (called “auditing” in Scientology) of an elderly woman make those intentions clear not to mention quite entertaining But Anderson aims higher than just criticizing some religion or cult He asks questions that we all dodge: Are we a product of nature or nurture? Do those around us naturally create us? We could be so much more, couldn’t we? “The master ” of the title translates to at least three meanings: 1) one with a preeminent grasp on a subject, 2) one who controls another through orders and 3) one who controls another without orders Lancaster Dodd is “The Master,” beloved by those who follow his spiritual guidance within his Scientology-like belief system, The Cause, and exalted above all others by Freddie Quell ( Joaquin Phoenix), who Dodd calls his “guinea pig and protégé ” Quell drifts across the world after the Pacific Theater of World War II left him erratic, violent and depraved He furiously gropes a woman carved out of sand on the beach and only sees genitalia when subjected to a Rorschach test It is no surprise that he boozes to cope with his torment; a little unexpected, however, is his homemade brand of moonshine, mixed with gasoline and paint thinner Quell accidentally incapacitates maybe kills an old man with the concoction and escapes

by squatting on a ship bound for New York City The ship belongs to Dodd, who sees potential for what is the question in this malleable, broken soul He also enjoys Quell’s poison and a two-way relationship between them grows

The chemistr y between Phoenix and Hoffman spells future Oscars (Lead and Supporting, respectively, I think) and, more importantly, keeps the balance of power between the two characters in constant flux Dodd and his wife, Peggy (Amy Adams), make a mission of healing Quell back to proper mental health through their inquisitive methods As tempting it is to label Dodd a snake oil merchant and nothing more, the film steps back to study the results of repeating simple questions (“What is your name?”) and sense-based exercises (describing the feeling, the essence of a wall compared to a window) on Quell The Cause treatment really has no effect, medically at least, but the final verdict remains inconclusive The film seems to honor The Cause as much as Quell, an awe that never seems to wane

The Master Requires Your Attention

with endless nuances and demands Here, Anderson constructs an exacting cinematic construction that expresses its meaning through acting as well as direction

The Master Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson Featuring Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman

For all of Hoffman’s softly lit close-ups and monologues, however, the screen belongs to Joaquin Phoenix Quell’s flared nostrils, squinted eyes, scarred lip and hands on his hips betray a damaged man always on the offensive what else did war teach him? As his tantrums subside along with his reliance on Dodd, he takes back the wheel of his own life, though we are not sure if that makes him better off His powerful kinship with Dodd (possibly sexual, but what does that really matter?) brought a sense of purpose to his life They both saw their true selves in each other, but what purpose does truth serve for a charlatan like Lancaster Dodd? With Hoffman’s gravitas, you would think truth means everything It is impressive that the performances are this incredible, considering Anderson’s work bears the signature of a perfectionist Think back to auteurs like Kubrick, Malick and Hitchcock, who often stifle their acting talent

The Master is unlike any film I have ever seen Some of its power comes from what we do see, in all its rich 70mm cinematography, tailored by Mihai Malaimare Jr The rest is in what we feel Anderson often navigates the temporal space of his sets from a distance The Shining’ s long hallways come to mind This technique, along with the film’s slow-paced editing and character-driven narrative, allows for our eyes to wander and pick up on the details of the mise-en-scene The score by Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood (he also composed for There Will Be Blood) does not underline plot points or memorable lines but just slips under your skin along with every other element Surreal fantasies creep in without warning, and the power of The Cause starts to seem plausible

I am curious as to how history will judge this film There is a chance, upon closer analysis, that the academic verdict of The Master will deem it symbolically empty and hopelessly vague I believe my first viewing offered enough validation of its merits, and what we have here will rise to a Great film

As the credits rolled, I could not escape associations with Ingmar Bergman’s Persona That film, too, studied two individuals, one mentally ill and the other trying to heal through empathy It is questionable whether these intimate examinations ever cured these characters, but as any film, literature or art major knows, they are how we convert our confusion into reverence

Zachar y Zahos is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at arts-and-entertainmenteditor@cornellsun com

Who Wants to Be a Comic Book Artist?

BY ASHLEY POPP Sun Contributor

Why spend $85 to go to the New York Comic Con, when you could go to Buffalo Street Books instead? Last Friday, the bookstore held a panel of comic book artists that rivaled any convention that you could find in the city First off, you didn’t have to wait on line for three hours to get a seat But more importantly, the three artists featured at the event each understood the comic industry differently Usually when you go to a comic convention, the panels are highly specialized you don’t get to compare artists with wildly different styles and backgrounds in the same room Yet this was what you had at BSB

The panel was geared towards local artists trying to break into the industry, advertised as providing information on “ In d i e C o m i c s , We b C o m i c s , Se l f Publishing & Everything Else You Ever

Wa n t e d t o K n ow Ab o u t Dr a w i n g

Awe s o m e C o m i c s a n d t h e In d u s t r y ”

Amazingly, all of this was covered

Steve Ellis started everything off by talking about self publishing and this little website called Kickstarter The site is a poor man ’ s best friend If you have an idea, but

don’t have the money to produce it, log on right now and create an account Unlike in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, you’ll have the rights to your comic and control over what you produce Basically, you set a funding goal and project deadline, and online contributors will choose to fund your project or not It functions almost like a reality show, but instead of getting votes, you actually get funded Kickstarter sounds almost like a shortcut to getting published, but in a way, it’s not All of the responsibility falls on the artist They are given money, but they have to get materials and distribute everything themselves Ellis shared a friend’s experience with the site He explained that the goals of the project were set so high that his friend couldn’t fit all of his materials in his house This forced him to buy a storage facility, and, in the end, lose money on the project Ellis’ own comics High Moon and The Only Living Boy were successfully created through the magic of Kickstarter On the opposite end of the industry is Aaron Kuder, who only recently broke through Before he started his career as an illustrator, Kuder was a full-time electrician He attributes his success to luck, saying “I was like Cinderella,” to which Ethan Young, another panel member, teased, “We

all know you look good in a dress ” Seriously, Kuder is an exceptional illustrator, yet his story probably would upset some aspiring artists He never submitted portfolios to publishers; he got called to replace someone Now, he works for both DC Comics and Marvel on the new Green Lantern and Avenging Spider-Man series respectively

Working now for such major publications yet groomed by smaller ones, Kuder has an interesting perspective on the industry and the dynamic between writer and artist He explained that “ you receive your assignment in the mail, and sometimes all it’ll say is ‘fight scene on pages six through 18 ’” This means that you have to be somewhat of a writer as well as an artist Your job not only entails drawing, but deciding what is being drawn and how that conveys part of the story On the other hand, the writer can choose to control what the illustrator draws in each panel, making the artist follow strict directions rather than interpret ideas Oddly enough, Kuder associates drawing for Marvel with the former description and his experience at DC Comics with the latter He did admit, however, that Marvel is starting to follow the meticulously planned storyboard method found at DC

Now we come to Ethan Young, appropriately the youngest panel member He is also the only writer and illustrator among the group and truly a unique individual He went to Laguardia High School of the Performing Arts in NYC and was one of the top illustrators of his class Yet when he went to college and found his teacher couldn’t draw a tricep muscle, he dropped out And at the age of 22, he came up with a comic called Tails, a semi-autobiographical tale of the misadventures of a vegan hippie who talks to cats Young jokingly said t h a t w r i t i n g Ta i l s va l

names to the voices in [your] head

Among the audience were quite a few aspiring artists trying to get their feet in the door of the comic world Laura Shepard ’12 and her friend Tom Regal, an Ithaca College grad, were a part of this crowd When asked how helpful this panel was to their careers, both agreed “it was informative,” but not as helpful as they hoped After all, Ellis did classify himself and the others as “the modesty panel ” A lot of getting into the industry is luck, and luck is not the answer students want to hear

Ashley Popp is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at arp254@cornell edu

The Adventure of Ever yday Life

With two amateur female leads, four episodes and merely a handful of characters, The Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle, directed by the late French filmmaker Éric Rohmer, offers a surprising amount of both philosophical and comical moments, making the many long dialogues between characters tolerable The quartet of stories that make up the movie depict not only four separate episodes of rather mundane activities between two friends, Reinette and Mirabelle, but also the progression of their rather interesting friendship What is remarkable, though, is that throughout these four episodes, Reinette and Mirabelle clash and slowly adapt to each other’s ideologies

When the two meet each other, Mirabelle is on a trip to the French countryside where Reinette resides each summer in order to escape the noises and bustling lifestyle of Paris The differences in their personalities are apparent from the moment they meet: Whereas country girl Reinette carries with her an air of naiveté and, more or less, an adventurous spirit, her counterpart, Mirabelle, could not be any more Parisian Despite her interest in the farm life led by Reinette and her neighbors, Mirabelle regards ever ything around her with a nonchalant arrogance For those acquainted with the French language, the not so subtle difference in the girls’ accents makes it clear that the two are not crafted from the same mold

Yet, despite their differences, Reinette and Mirabelle become friends almost instantaneously as Reinette invites Mirabelle to stay for dinner When the two

Tapproach the topic of silence, Reinette introduces Mirabelle to the idea of “The Blue Hour,” which is technically the only minute of silence early in the morning when “ nature holds its breath” and the birds stop singing It is a phenomenon Reinette believes only can exist in the countryside The hysteria that Reinette displays as a truck ruins the couple’s first attempt to catch “The Blue Hour” renders her almost insane However, the next morning, when the two newly minted friends hold their breaths and enjoy that precious moment where ever ything becomes dead silent, they share a moment of unexpected intimacy between the two The embrace between them at the end of the scene elucidates not only an unlikely mutual understanding between two individuals but also the beginning of a companionship that is clearly not based on similar ideology The end of the first episode illustrates Rohmer’s theme of universality as the audience contemplates the basis of Reinette and Mirabelle’s fast-blooming friendship

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his week I opened a fortune cookie on a site called FortuneCookieMessage com My fortune told me this: “Old dreams never die, they just get filed away ” I don’t fully agree with this statement, dear electronic fortune cookie But I can certainly think of some old dreams that have stayed with me Some of these dreams are heartfelt goals and secret hopes, I suppose, but the things I am holding most tightly to are the dreams I have had for my favorite people Not real people I’m talking my favorite television show characters I’m talking about my dream for GeorgeMichael Bluth to find a girlfriend and for Ned and Charlotte Charles to finally touch My hopes that Jaye Tyler would get her life together and figure out why the inanimate objects were talking to her and that Veronica Mars would end up with Duncan in the end

Some of my favorites got to live out their plot lives to the fullest Walter White and Jesse Pinkman kept it hardcore until the end Monica and Chandler adopted a baby and Phoebe and Mike got married (love really does exist) Jim Halpert married Pam and they had their baby (Also evidence that some plots get lived out a little too far) But some lifelines were cut short too soon Some stories were even axed mid-plot My little TV-addicted heart was broken Here are some of the best from my little gray file cabinet

My list wouldn’t be complete without Freaks and Geeks If you ’ re a Judd Apatow fan, this is nothing you haven’t seen before Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared are the reason I started watching Girls last year To those of you who haven’t seen Judd Apatow’s landmark show yet: You should It offers a glimpse of the young and awkward versions of Jason Segel, Seth Rogen, James Franco and Martin Starr before they were stars and before they were cool In Martin Starr’s case, though I guess before he was tall? This

The three following chapters of the film all take place in Paris, after Reinette decides to develop her technique in painting at an art institute and move into Mirabelle’s apartment The second chapter, titled “The Waiter,” provides a comical interim in the midst of more serious adventures After Mirabelle gives Reinette directions to a café, the latter insists on obtaining the exact address When that fails, Reinette’s attempt to ask passerbys for direction leads to a ridiculous argument between two Parisians that reflects the sheer idiocy of the situation Even after Reinette arrives at the café, the self-important waiter informs Reinette that she needs to have exact change for her café and refuses to accept her two-hundredfranc bill The two girls’ escape from the end of the café and the waiter’s reaction is probably the funniest moment in the film

It is at the end of the second chapter of the film that the paradoxes and contradictions in the relationship between Reinette and Mirabelle begin After the debate over how to treat the waiter from chapter two, the girls go on to philosophize charity and vigilantism in chapter three Mirabelle, after trying to convince Reinette that her four-franc cup of coffee was not worth going back to the café to return the money,

show portrayed High School more like it really is kind of the opposite of Clueless The end of the season left us forever waiting to see what happens when Lindsay Weir gets on that bus and what is next for Daniel Desario I’m always hoping that her little brother will find a girlfriend and that he and Daniel will become friends

Speaking of girlfriends: One of the strangest and strangely adorable relationships that never quite came to fruition was the 2007 Ned and Chuck relationship in Pushing Daisies Oh, Ned, the adorable pie-maker with the ability to bring dead things back to life

One day, the sweet, lonely mystery solver brings his childhood sweetheart, Charlotte Charles, back to life and suddenly he has a purpose But, because of the way his power works, if he touches her again, she will return to her lifeless state Cue tension Cue puppy love and flashbacks with beautifully colored sets and scenes This series ended too soon I never got to see Kristen Chenoweth, the also lonely Olive, find love after Ned But the end of the show, and some stalking of lead actor Lee Pace, led me to even more devastating heartbreak

I’m talking about the show Wonderfalls This one is a little obscure, so bear with me

Only a few episodes actually aired, but an entire first series was produced and is on DVD

The premise is a little strange but topical circa 2004 The show centers around Jaye Tyler, a 20-something Brown graduate, stuck working at a job she hates She is a gift shop employee at Niagara Falls She is always asked what her career plans are, and always has a sarcastic reply handy Okay, so maybe it is still topical One day a wax lion at the gift shop starts talking to her and sets in motion a series of inanimate objects coercing her to do things she can ’ t explain Somehow the things they want her to do always turn out to be exactly what was needed We never find out who is making the animals speak, or why, or how That’s the entire premise of the show

argues that it is impossible for her to give to every beggar Her actions here reflect the irony and hypocrisy in her logic as she refuses to give a few francs to the beggars In a later scene, Mirabelle makes the point that “ you cannot accuse a person whose motives you don’t understand,” while Reinette advocates acts of vigilantism that seem to contradict her saying that “adults are responsible for their actions ” All the philosophical questions arise in the movie without much action they really happen as a result of the characters’ ordinary experiences That is the magic of Rohmer’s film: Reinette and Mirabelle could be any two friends whose lives converge, bettering both of them as a result

At the end, the audience is offered more questions than answers as Rohmer incorporates philosophical topics ranging from friendship to innocence versus cynicism to responsibilities over one ' s ’ actions Jessica Forde’s Mirabelle displays a perfect Parisian mindset, all the while preserving the character ’ s inner intensity; Joëlle Miquel portrays a Reinette who is both convincingly naïve yet in her own way both adamant and mischievous The film is as much a loss of innocence story for the characters as it is a suggestion of an ordinary life with a muchheightened sense of excitement for the audience Like in many other French films, much of the drama of the film occurs through dialogue and not action To learn to appreciate such a film is definitely an acquired taste, but given the laughter and questions with which it provided me, I would suggest it to Francophiles or cinephiles alike

Charley Du is a freshman in the College of Engineering He can be reached at csd85@cornell edu

all that, all for nothing

These are just a few examples of many Arrested Development is getting a movie and new season which is beyond exciting I can ’ t begin to describe young Jay Baruchel in Undeclared, but I am also running out of room so I won ’ t try

We have all had TV show characters we ’ ve become attached to If we didn’t, the shows wouldn’t be fun to watch When they finally end, we get sad for a while, stalk the crap out of the characters/actors and find new shows to love At least I hope you all do that too If you have a Netflix account or a go-to streaming site and want to share the dream, check out some of these over October break

When our lives are filled with prelims and cups of coffee and my dreams are just to make it through all the work of the week, there is always something going on in the land of television Old or new I will always always go back and laugh at Tobias from Arrested Development when I want to smile So, to you fortune cookie gods that are probably gathered up in the interwebs: My TV dreams are filed away in a little manilla folder somewhere that keeps getting bigger I hope they never do die It might be sad, but they make life a little more interesting when not much else is going on

Arielle Cruz is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at acruz@cornellsun com Fortune Cookie Fridays appears alternate Fridays this semester

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Its Undefeated Streak

kick for the Red Haber conver ted the kick, sending it high to the right beyond Har twick sophomore goalkeeper Tom Buckner and successfully tying the game at one all

“ We were a little disappointed that we came out flat,” Haber said “But, we picked our stuff up and quickly rebounded, which we know we are capable of ”

After earning the equalizing goal, the Red stepped up the momentum on the field In the 27th minute, Regan lifted Cornell over Har twick, 2-1 The for ward capitalized off a long ball from the midfield and beat Buckner, shooting the ball low and right The pass bounced between a Hawks defender and Regan, before he found a breakaway oppor tunity which he followed through on Cornell finished the first half racking up 12 shots to Har twick’s four and leading 2-1 going into the next 45 minutes of play

“ We’re resilient, and it’s one of the things that we pride ourselves on, ” Regan said “[Head coach Jaro Zawislan] always says, ‘ The game ’ s never over The game ’ s never out of reach,’ and we embody that ”

The second half was even stronger for the Red, as Haber notched his second goal of the game Haber put away his nation-leading 13th goal of the season at the 65-minute mark, after receiving a pass from R

Cornell a 3-1 lead

The game looked like it was in the bag for the Red; however, one more player was able to light the scoreboard up for Cornell’s four th goal of the night With 11 minutes left to go, DeProspo scored for the first time in his collegiate career Regan sent the ball streaking up the right side of the box, where DeProspo was waiting to bur y it in the net

“My teammates did such a great job, so I was really happy,” DeProspo said “Coach [ Joe] Schneck had been pushing me and pushing me and pushing me to get into the box, I just happened to be in the right place Tyler Regan did a great job, and it was a team effor t to get the ball up there ”

With the win, Cornell earned its best star t to a season in program histor y The Red has extended its non-conference unbeaten streak to 16 games and increased the school record to 24 consecutive games with at least one goal The team has been making headlines recently, as players have earned recognition for their accomplishments on the pitch, including Haber and Regan

“[Haber and Regan] will be the first one to say that their individual recognitions, their individual play, their individual styles are the outcome of the full team effor t, ” Zawislan said

Against Har twick, Haber scored his 30th point of the season and earned the fifth-place spot (23) on the all-time career goals list for Cornell While Haber shined on the field, other players were able to get to some more playing time and contribute to the team ’ s overall effor t “ We pride ourselves on the quality of the depth we have,” Zawislan said

While the final score was clearly in favor of the Red, Har twick gave Cornell a r un for its money, according to Zawislan

“It wasn ’ t an easy game, ” he said “Har twick was a quality, solid team and we had to come up with special plays to break them down ” The coach credited the Hawks for coming out sharp, executing good sequences and attacks and putting away the chance in the first minute of play Soccer is a game where teams need to be sharp from the first play to the last play, Zawislan said

Looking for ward, Cornell is set to begin conference play, welcoming Ivy foe Penn to Berman Field on Saturday at 7 p m Ivy League play is one of the most competitive conferences in the countr y, according to Zawislan, so as the Red enters the second half of the season, the team will need to step up its level of play once more

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plays little factor in how the team views this coming weekend According to sophomore defensive linemen Evan Zittel, he is not going to not take this game lightly either

“We know and understand that Princeton always comes ready to play, and we need to prepare for them just as we do for any team, ” he said

The Red looks to continue its early season success over Princeton this Friday According to Guccia, the team has one big goal for the end of the season

”Like all teams, it’s to win the championship,” he said

This weekend the Red looks to take another step forward in its goal of winning the Collegiate Sprint Football League Championship According to Zittel, in order to continue its success this season, Cornell will have “ to continue to work hard in practice and take each week and each game one at a time ”

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Having already played two very tough games, Guccia explained that the experiences have shaped the team

“[Winning the tough games] shows team character,” he said “[The players] never gave up, even when we were behind, and that’s why they were successful ”

The character of this team could play an important role in its continued success in the upcoming games

With Princeton, followed by Army and then Navy, the Red faces the traditional powerhouses of the league

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Shayan Salam can be reached at ssalam@cornellsun com

F O O T B A L L

Red Prepares for Battle of the ’Nells

O ffense shapes up as weeks pass

By QUINTIN SCHWAB Sun Senior Writer

Coming off a resounding Homecoming victory, the Cornell football team looks to stay hot against its 2011 Homecoming prey, Bucknell, in Lewisburg, Pa , tomorrow at 6 p m The Red (1-1, 1-0 Ivy League) is focused on taking care of the Bison (1-2, 0-1 Patriot League) for the sixth straight year as a high-profile matchup at defending Ivy champion Harvard lurks over Fall Break

Last Saturday against Yale, the Cornell offense sharpened up from its season opener at Fordham, the defense was fast and furious and freshman running back Luke Hagy, the Ivy League Rookie of the Week, notched 157 yards of total offense and two rushing scores in the 45-6 drubbing

The last of these accomplishments, joked former NFL quarterback Doug Flutie on NBC Sports Network’s broadcast of the win over Yale, rivals the inherent pass-first philosophy of Cornell head coach Kent Austin Flutie and Austin, who hold the first and second totals for passing yards in a Canadian Football League season, respectively, are good friends Austin, the Ole Miss offensive coordinator from 2008-09, stressed that the Bulldogs’ three-down defensive formation encouraged the Red to run but that he values a potent running game nonetheless

“Ever y complexion of a football game is different Schematically [Yale] just played a defense that we felt like was a good look for us to run the football against,” Austin said after last weekend’s game

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gence, you’ll see that we were a very balanced offense at Ole Miss,” he added this week “Obviously I favor the pass, but I certainly understand the value and the need to have a great running game ”

The new-look Red ground attack faces a stiff test this week, as an historically stingy Bucknell defense relinquished only 11 rushing yards to Lafayette in a 20-14 home loss last Saturday The Bison, who ranked third in the nation in rushing defense and second in forced turnovers in 2011, recorded an astonishing 13 tackles for loss against the Leopards

“They’re experienced on the [defensive] line,” Hagy said “We know that they’re going to be very physical on defense and they all get to the ball I’m going to have to [run] north

C.U. Begins Ivy Play Against Penn

By LAUREN RITTER Sun Sports Editor

On Tuesday night, Hartwick may have commanded the first 22 seconds of play; however, the Red dominated the remainder of the game adding a 4-1 victory to its ‘W ’ column

The Hawks made their presence known from the moment the whistle blew Freshman back David Styles quickly got down to business, serving the ball into the box from the left side of the field, where senior forward Cleyon Brown was able to make good on a header Hartwick (2-3-2) earned a one-goal advantage, while Cornell (8-0-0) found itself down

for the second game in a row

“[The early goal] was a quick wake-up call for us as

DeProspo “It kind of got us back into [the game], focused and concentrated on our game plan and high pressuring [the Hawks] and making sure we had to do our jobs individually and as a collective team effort too ”

Cornell was quick to reclaim the game ’ s momentum, as junior forward Daniel Haber broke through just over seven minutes later Senior forward Tyler Regan was fouled from behind earning a penalty

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and south and get as many yards as I can on each carry ”

“Bucknell runs well on defense,” Austin added “They play with a lot of energy, they really play hard up front, they play to the whistle and it’ll be a challenge for us ”

If the Bison contain Hagy and Cornell’s other rushers, the Red can always turn to the country ’ s second-best passing attack Junior quarterback and offensive co-captain Jeff Mathews is on a tear, averaging 414 5 yards per game in 2012 with seven touchdowns

On the other side of the ball, it is anyone ’ s guess as to which version of the Red defense will show up the unit

S quad Welcomes Tigers For Friday Night Battle

By JOHN McGRORTY Sun Contributor

For a Cornell sprint football player the idea of playing under the lights of Schoellkopf Field on a Friday night is something ve r y i m p o r t a n t On Fr i d a y night at 7 p m , the Red is s c h e d u l e d t o we l c o m e t h e Princeton Tigers Not only is this a game on the Red’s home field against a rival Ivy League school, according to the players, there is nothing more sentimental than playing under the “Friday Night Lights ” Up to this point in the season, the Red (2-0, 1-0 Ivy L e a g u e ) h a s ove rc o m e t w o tough opponents to capture an undefeated start to its regular season With an astonishing six-over time win over Penn, and an intense fourth quarter t o u c h d ow n ove r Fr a n k l i n Pierce to solidify its success over the newest addition to the league, the Red has exhibited i t s m a t u r i t y a n d t o u g h n e s s when it matters

This Friday night Cornell will be tested again Princeton (0-2) comes off of a tough loss to The United States Naval Academy, a perennial league p owe r h o u s e Fu r t h e r m o re , Princeton narrowly missed a

successful home opener against Mansfield University the weekend prior with a final score of 23-16

“We watched [the Tigers’] first game versus Mansfield; they played them pretty even, ” s a i d c o - h e a d c o a c h Ba r t Guccia

Princeton will be out looking for its first win of the season against the Red Although having had a successful histor y against the Tigers, Guccia said that he will not take this game lightly

“We prepare for each team the same way, ” he explained “We learn their tendencies, formation, and defense and create our game plan accordingly,”

A l t h o u g h h a v i n g s t a r t e d their season with two losses, the Tigers are looking for redempt i o n t h i s c o m i n g we e k e n d against the Red

“ Pr i n c e t o n i s m u c h improved,” Guccia said “Had it not been for a couple of interceptions they could have won We can ’ t take them lightly ”

During the last meeting of the two programs, the Red stunned Princeton with a 49-7 win However, last year ’ s game See FOOTBALL page 14