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International Students Board Plans to Expand

Restructuring aims to provide voice for international students

By DAVE JANECZEK Sun Staff Writer

The International Students Board could soon expand to create an International Students Union under a proposal that aims to offer greater opportunities for international students and those interested in international affairs on campus

The board currently acts as an umbrella organization that promotes internationalism at the University through original events as well as funding and programming help for specific international and ethnic organizations

Tarn Susumpow ’15, president of the ISB, said the idea for creating a new structure for the ISB came from a feeling among some students that the current system was not responsive enough to the international community

“There were concerns that international students don’t really have anywhere to voice their concern and no proper organization to represent them,” Susumpow said

Shivang Tayal ’16, international student liaison for Student Assembly, said that during his S A campaign, over 50 international students told him they were interested in the creation of an ISU

“Other communities that identify as minorities on campus have such organizations,” Tayal said “The international community currently doesn’t have an organization that represents them ”

Tayal said that because the ISB is primarily concerned with programming, hosting and funding events, there is not enough of a focus on advocating for the rights of international students, even though the organization established an advocacy wing this year

“I am optimistic that the new structure will provide additional opportunities for international students ”

Susumpow said the main purpose of the ISU would be to expand on the efforts the ISB has made “ to serve as a united home for international students” and to “ act as a forum to help generate solutions ”

The specific form the new organization would take is yet to be determined, according to Tayal

“A lot of debate and deliberation still needs to go on about [the structure],” Tayal said “I envision an executive board and a general body membership which encompasses anyone interested in internationalism or any international students on campus ”

Tayal also said there was a possibility of the ISU having liaisons to smaller student organizations that have a mission to represent specific international communities

Still, the proposal to transform the ISB into the

Demand for Free Gates Tickets Spurs Scalping

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Manag ng Editor

The demand for tickets to see Bill Gates address Cornellians in what will likely be a packed Bailey Hall auditorium Wednesday is causing some to pay premium prices for what were originally free tickets

After waiting in line for hours to receive tickets for Gates’ lecture last Tuesday and Thursday, some students are using Facebook to scalp the free tickets, with some prices reaching over $200

Students posted on various Cornell Facebook groups both requesting and selling tickets for Gates’ lecture, which will be streamed on Cornell’s website for anyone to view Others questioned the legality of reselling the tickets

Tickets for the free lecture first ran out in less than 20 minutes Tuesday after students lined up in the Straight’s memorial room A second round of tickets ran out again Thursday with students lining up as early as 7 a m , according to Zander Liem ’15, president of Mortar Board, the organization responsible for promoting the event

Sit and wait | Students sit in line in Willard Straight Hall Thursday while waiting to recieve tickets to see Bill Gates’ Wednesday lecture in Bailey Hall

Cornell Hosts First Large-Scale Hackathon

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Today

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Weekly Seminar Series: In Search of Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics in the Plankton 12:30 - 1:30 p m , A106 Corson-Mudd Hall

American Grand Strategy and Current Crises: Ukraine and the Middle East

4:30 - 6:00 p m , Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall

Imperial Russia’s Muslims: Islam, Empire and European Modernity

4:30 - 6:00 p m , Mezzanine Room 101, McGraw Hall

Hawaii’s Birds: Past, Present and Future

7:30 - 9 p m , Cornell Lab of Ornithology Auditorium

Tomorrow

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: Study Abroad 101 2 - 3 p m , 170 Roberts Hall

The Dr. T Project: A Cornell Hitchhiker’s Guide to Culture

4:30 - 5 p m , Browsing Library, Willard Straight Hall

University Lectures Presents: Dramas of Domestic Space on HGTV

4:30 - 5:30 p m , Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

Visual Culture Colloquium: Traveling Across Page and Panel: Picturing Aeneas in Fifteenth-Century Florence 4:30 p m , 142 Goldwin Smith Hall

C U Music: Jon Savage 5 p m , B20 Lincoln Hall

Just as the w eather war med up for a glorious w eekend, temperatur es will star t decr easing and rain will star t falling this w eek Thought Ithaca was beautiful all the time? Think again.

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Alpha Phi Omega Charity Run Event Honors Student

By ANDREW LEE Sun Staff Writer

The Alpha Phi Omega ser vice fraternity hosted its annual Nate’s Run For Smiles 5K r un charity event in honor of Nathaniel Rand ’12 at the Cornell Plantations Sunday morning Rand, a brother of the fraternity, died in a swimming accident in a gorge in July 2011

According to Bridgette Aumand ’15, president of Alpha Phi Omega, the fraternity was able to register approximately 85 people for the event and was able to raise nearly $2,000 to donate to the Nathaniel Rand Fund at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, where Rand volunteered before his death

The fund will suppor t the hospital’s Child Life Program, which helps child patients better cope with their illnesses and injuries, according to its website

“It’s such a great cause to donate to not only because of the children and families who benefit from it, but also for the entr y-level employees who are funded by Nate’s Fund and make their entr y into the healthcare profession this way, ” Aumand said

Because the members who kne w Rand personally have since graduated, Aumand said keeping his memor y alive within the Cornell campus has been a priority for the officers of Alpha Phi Omega

“I really worked to do that at the beginning of the semester, and I think a lot of people identified with the cause this time around,” she said “ The main goal of the event this time around was to make it as successful as possible and to promote as much enthusiasm as possible

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The first 5K Road Race was held in spring 2012 and was organized by Sabrina Moroz ’13 and Alpha Phi Omega’s ser vice team, according to Aumand

“Sabrina kne w Nate and was ver y impacted by the

loss of her brother and good friend,” Aumand said “ This event was really her way of grieving and making sure that his memor y was kept alive ”

In addition to the 5K Road Race, Alpha Phi Omega planned a separate Kids’ Mile Fun Run for local children, according to Aumand

“ We sent out flyers to local schools for a kids’ mile in order to do something a little different and involve r unners of all ages, ” she said “Alpha Phi Omega volunteers at the Youth Bureau for different events and has r un with the cross-countr y r unning group there, so we kne w some kids might be interested ”

Although Rand’s family was not involved in planning the event, they continue to keep in contact with the fraternity’s officers, Aumand said

“Maggi and Jacob [Rand] are wonder ful people with such kind hear ts, and they remind us about Nate’s strong dedication and passion for this brotherhood,” she said Rand’s family has worked to emphasize gorge safety on campus, with Cornell having dedicated the Nathaniel

Rand ’12 Memorial Gorge Safety Education Program in his honor last month

“It’s really impor tant to our chapter that we help educate people about the danger of the gorges because we don’t want to anyone else to have to go through the pain that our chapter, our campus, our community and most impor tantly Nate’s family went through as a result of his accident,” said Samantha Geraci ’15, director of public relations for Alpha Phi Omega

Both Aumand and Geraci said they expressed their gratitude for the Rand family’s continuous suppor t in raising awareness for their son ’ s memor y and student safety

“Nate’s parents could have walked away from Cornell after the grief they experienced with Nate’s passing,” Aumand said “Instead, they used their grief and anger to fight for the safety of others ”

C.U. Ranked Fifth Best University to Work for in ’14

Ranking from Glassdoor computed from submitted employee feedback

By SLOANE GRINSPOON Sun Senior Writer

Cornell was ranked the fifth best university to work for in 2014 by Glassdoor, a job and career site based in the United St a t e s w h e r e e m p l o y e e s c a n anonymously rate and revie w their workplace

The repor t, titled ‘ The Top 25 Universities to Work For,’ was released by Glassdoor Sept 19 The rankings were computed solely on employee feedback submitted on Glassdoor’s website, and the site only ranked universities that received over 50 revie ws between September 2013 and August 2014, accord-

ing to a Forbes Magazine ar ticle

C o r n e l l ’ s e m p l o y e r r a t i n g was 4 3 on a five-point scale, with a 1 0 on the scale ranking “ ver y dissatisfied” and a maximum 5 0 scale being “ ver y satisfied ” The ratings were rounded to the nearest tenth for repor t-

i n g s i m p l i c i t y, a c c o r d i n g t o Glassdoor

Topping the list for best university to work for in 2014 was Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, with an employer rating of 4 4 Carnegie Mellon Un i v e r s i t y i n Pi t t s b u r g h a n d Clemson University in South C a r o l i n a f o l l o w e d i n s e c o n d and third place, both with a score of 4 3

Iv y L e a g u e i n s t i t u t i o n Princeton University came in four th place also with a score of 4 3, while Yale University came in eighth place with a score of 4 2 Cornell, Princeton and Yale

w e r e t h e o n l y Iv y L e a g u e schools to appear on the repor t In Glassdoor’s 2013 repor t on the same measure, Cornell was ranked the 12th best university to work for out of 25 schools

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ble” without the help of Cornell’s computer science department

Judy Stephens ’17 said she and her team were working to create a “ sports loyalty ” program “ You go into a stadium, and they have a B l u e t o o t h t r a n s m i t t e r where it will send you a code and it will [verify] that you ’ re in the stadium,” said Stephens, while working on the project “You’ll get points and rewards from that ”

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before [so I thought I would] have some fun hacking over the weekend and explore the city of Ithaca,” said Tagani, who traveled from Pittsburgh to participate in the hackathon with his team

Kevin Hernandez ’17 said he was pleased with the turnout of the event

“This event is a big marker of the hacking culture that is starting to grow here at Cornell ” L e o n Z a r u v i n s k y ’ 1 7

“It is our f i r s t h a c k a t h o n and we ’ re pretty excited We really like it and we think it’s fun,” he said “We definitely dig all the free food We like hacking and coding, so we ’ re having a [good] time ”

Students presented their projects on Sunday, according to the organizers After the initial judging, the top 10 projects were announced and the students who worked on them presented their projects in Call Auditorium in Kennedy Hall, where the award ceremony took place after presentations

Bujar Tagani, a second-year masters student at Carnegie Mellon University, said he thought traveling to Ithaca would be a “good chance to meet people ”

“I’ve never been to Cornell

The organizers added that they hope to make this event a regular event that the University hosts

“This event is a big marker of the hacking culture that is starting to grow here at Cornell,” Zaruvinsky said “We think that for a first hackathon, the turnout was fairly successful We understand that prelims have started, but appreciate that many students came anyway ”

Joshua Pollock can be reached at jpp86@cornell edu

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ICivility and Free Speech: Are They Incompatible?

n the first month of the fall semester, we have seen a growing activist spirit on many campuses, including our own, prompted by a wide array of local, national and international issues Our University’s financial contributions to the surrounding community, racial profiling and the “militarization” of police forces in the wake of events in Ferguson, Missouri, as well as escalating tensions in the Middle East are among the concerns that have prompted action by members of our campus community One of the overriding issues of concern is the limits of free speech and the relationship between free speech and civility

With very few exceptions, rallies, protests and other public events, as well as individual speech and writing intended to highlight the concerns mentioned above and others, are important, desired and expected features of our campus climate, and I commend everyone involved for allowing us to learn from each other while confronting important and difficult issues But what of civility?

Civility is an important value in a university community and a community at large and one that we at Cornell must strive to maintain However, as events on other campuses last spring and again this fall have shown, calls for civility in dealing with highly charged issues can be perceived as veiled assaults on free speech, which is also an essential university value and one deeply tied to academic freedom Are these cherished principles of civility and free speech potentially antithetical? How can we reconcile them? Is there a bright line we must not cross?

to do so Within such commonly accepted limits, however, freedom of speech should be the paramount value in a university community Because it is a special kind of community, whose purpose is the discovery of truth through the practice of free inquiry, a university has an essential dependence on a commitment to the values of unintimidated speech To curb speech on the grounds that an invited speaker is noxious, that a cause is evil, or that such ideas will offend some listeners is therefore inconsistent with a university’s purpose ” [Article III A 2]

The Campus Code similarly recognizes that reasonable time, place and manner restrictions are appropriate to balance the right of free speech with other protected interests [Article III B 1] This topic, controversial to some on campus, presently is the subject of discussion and review by the University Assembly

It remains the place of the University to encourage open and free expression, even about topics that generate strong feelings and even when the views being expressed may be seen by some as upsetting or offensive

Those who object to a speaker, as the Campus Code explains, also have rights to make their own position known by a variety of methods as long as they do not interfere with the speaker’s right to be heard or the right of others to listen And, of course, they are free to organize their own events to offer alternate points of view

It has been a fundamental precept of American law, reinforced by U S Supreme Court decisions, that odious, offensive or hateful speech is nonetheless protected speech For this reason, hate speech codes at public universities that prohibited and punished persons for offensive speech that “stigmatizes" persons as a group on the basis of their race, national origin, sex or sexual orientation have been struck down as unconstitutional

By contrast, disciplinary codes that focus narrowly on behavior or conduct that is threatening or harassing to individuals such as our own Campus Code of Conduct are consistent with First Amendment principles, and prudent to have as a policy matter

As our Campus Code notes, “In a university community, as in society as a whole, freedom of speech cannot be absolute Speech that is libelous, or that incites a crowd to riot, deserves no protection Perhaps no one, in real life, has ever falsely shouted ‘Fire!’ in a crowded theater, but surely no one has a right

In the interest of providing for the safety of all in our community, we cannot and must not tolerate speech that is harassing or threatening to individuals or that incites others to commit violent acts As long as that line is not crossed, however, we must let free speech happen and, in fact, foster it The antidote to odious, offensive or hateful speech must be more speech, not less speech It remains the place of the University to encourage open and free expression, even about topics that generate strong feelings and even when the views being expressed may be seen by some as upsetting or offensive

As the semester moves forward, there are likely to be occasions where what seems like a bright line in principle becomes a murky line in practice as we confront potentially divisive issues that affect faculty, students or staff or that relate to the challenges confronting our campus and the wider world I call on our shared governance groups to talk about these issues and help us live collectively in ways that promote constructive dialogue and foster greater understanding D a v i d J

CORRECTIONS

A Sept 26 news story, “Cornell Broadens Hazing Prevention Efforts,” stated that Travis Apgar, associate dean of students, graduated from Cornell in 1982, when in fact he did not attend Cornell

A Sept 25 dining story, “Indulge in Ithaca’s Most Decadent Desserts,” incorrectly switched the attribution for the photos for the Spyro Gyra at Madeline’s and the Signature Chocolate Lava Cake at The Heights

A Sept 18 dining story, “Galbi Tang in Collegetown: Koko’s vs Four Seasons,” incorrectly accredited the photo to Koko’s when it was in fact taken at Four Seasons

The Bookworm’s Dilemma

Mysister taught me how to read when I was at the ripe old age of four

Throughout my entire childhood, I was hooked I would read constantly My mother would always be catching me reading with a flashlight under the covers far past my bedtime When she confiscated my flashlight in a desperate attempt to make me sleep, I discovered that the hall light outside my room, left on at night to keep monsters at bay, was illumination enough to enable my literary pursuits at night

I’m sure that many of my fellow Cornellians can relate to this kind of reading addiction After all, it’s no secret that every single person at Cornell is a huge nerd in some way or another However, I think that our generation of bookworms is currently facing a distressing dilemma regarding reading and modern technology

The “ paper versus screen ” debate has raged on for the last two decades as the use of e-readers has skyrocketed To many, the advent of the Nook, Kindle and other e-readers was much like the introduction of the iPod the idea that you could take your entire library of books with you on a small electronic device was astounding and exciting

Call me old fashioned, but the idea of reading a book on a screen was initially baffling to me

There’s nothing like feeling the weight of written words in your hands

Turning page after page of creamy ivory paper creates simultaneous senses of accomplishment and urgency you have read so many pages already, but you still have so far to go There is nothing more satisfying than closing the back cover of a book with a satisfying thump as you finish yet another story

One of my favorite things about reading is going to sound really weird, but I know that many of you will understand there is nothing better than burying your face in a book, literally, and inhaling the intoxicating scent of ink, paper and imagination I love the smell of books Whether new or old, paperback or hardcover, there’s something magical about the scent of a book

According to some experts, the pleasant scent is a result of the type of glue that is used to bind books, but I would prefer to insist that it is magic

Because a plastic electronic device lacks these wonderfully charming characteristics, using an e-reader does not provide the capacity to read a book it

Since you end up with the same knowled anyway, why should it matter through which medium you choose to absorb written words?

provides the capacity to read a story Some might argue, validly, that the story is the whole point of reading a book in the first place Since you end up with the same knowledge anyway, why should it matter through which medium you choose to absorb written words?

As it turns out, it could matter quite a lot A number of recent studies have shown that our brains behave differently when we are reading on paper and reading on a screen While reading a paper document, our brain enacts “linear thinking ” This means that we engage in a long-term session of focus on the words in front of us

Having grown accustomed to browsing constantly updated online mediums such as Twitter and Facebook, our brains tend to enact “non-linear thinking” while focusing on a screen This means that our attention jumps around to different points on the screen, looking for the next new piece of information to pop up As a result, reading on a screen leads to less retention of information Researchers have found that people retain a story ’ s plot points better when they read from paper rather than from a Kindle

This debate, however, is far from cut-and-dry So far, you have been subjected to my case for the superiority of books over e-readers But recently, I’ve found myself questioning my own true feelings on the debate, resulting in an intense emotional dilemma

I borrowed my mom ’ s Kindle Fire in June, and I haven’t given it back yet (cue accusations of thievery) My summer job required almost constant travel, and I’m currently studying abroad in China, so my intent has been to maximize the number of books I can read while traveling without lugging around an entire suitcase full of them

This summer, I experienced a pang of guilt every time I gleefully downloaded a new book from the 3M Cloud Library app on the Kindle (shout-out to my hometown’s public library for participating in this ingenious new free loaning system) I felt like I was betraying my younger self, who would have preferred to read a real book by flashlight rather than read one on a tablet

Here in China, I have almost come to terms with my treasonous ways The Kindle has served me well so far, since all of my favorite books are currently almost 7,000 miles away from me right now Bringing hard copies of the entirety of George R R Martin’s enormous A Song of Ice and Fire series on a 13hour-long flight to Beijing would have been borderline insane Yet I have them still, packaged into neat little e-book files on my Kindle

I still feel guilty for moving from paper to screen I know that I will always prefer the former to the latter, but even an ardent proponent of real books cannot deny the incredible convenience provided by an e-reader The struggle between familiarity versus convenience is nothing new for us Millennials We stubbornly clung to our VCRs and CD players for as long as we could, but we eventually realized the overwhelming benefits of new technologies

For now, I will continue to struggle with this dilemma I can rest easy, however, knowing that if my Kindle ever decides to malfunction in any way, I can always pick up an old friend of a book and continue to feed my bookworm habits

Comme nt of

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“Nationally, about 40 percent of undergraduates have Pell Grants While Cornell is moving in the right direction, the University has a very, very long way to go to enroll a fair share of these students ”

Tom Mortenson

Re: “Pell Grants Awarded at Cornell Increase by 4 Percent Since 2008,” News published September 25, 2014

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w i t h a m u c h m o re attractive woman (it’s a d a rk c o m e d y )

Unbeknownst to him, she is counting on his eventual fame and hopes to benefit from h i s l u s t However, a distraught

L o u i e p a y s n o attention to her during the date

lessening the burn Fo r e x a m p l e , I found myself caring a lot last year, particul a r l y a b o u t b e i n g a black man and pursuing a relationship The former because I am regularly reminded of my demographic stat u s t h ro u g h d a i l y e x p e r i e n c e s , r a n g i n g from the absurd to the surreal The latter due to a syndrome dubbed by my friends as “A B Complex,” in which I would attach unrealist i c e m o t i o n s t o a woman I barely knew Hilarity and foolishness often ensued I’ve stockpiled some wond ro u s h o r ro r s t o r i e s for my kids to avoid experiencing I am grateful for the tough lessons of f re s h m a n ye a r Regarding romance, I g a i n e d p a t i e n c e Because I once cared

Dwelling on an inci-

d e n t t h a t yo u c a n ’ t change does very little for your time or mind

In o n e p owe r f u l scene from Louie, the title character is scolde d by re c e n t l y d eceased comedian Joan Rivers for his sense of e n t i t l e m e n t “ Yo u d o n ’ t k n ow w h e n you ’ re lucky Appreciate where you are for God’s sake,” she tells him As a student with c o u n t l e s s p o t e n t i a l complaints and even m o re b l e s s i n g s , t h i s s t a t e m e n t re e k e d o f irony Yet one legend p rov i d i n g p o s t h umous wisdom wasn ’ t e n o u g h a p p a re n t l y, b e c a u s e Ro b i n Williams joined in a few episodes later He and Louie are the only two people at a funera l o f a m a n t h e y describe as “ an asshole, everyone hated

We waste many hours worrying about the trivial A college-age mind clutters quickly, leaving little room for much else.

In s t e a d , h e launches into a tirade about the things

A m e r i c a n s h a ve t h e luxury of caring about

a n d e ve n t u a l l y

e xc l a i m s : “ I s t a r t e d this day obsessed with how this would go, t h i s n o n - d a t e w i t h you And it doesn’t mean anything!”

Now, I believe the aforementioned scene is applicable to more

t h a n j u s t a “ n o ndate ” Louie’s monologue is a testament to

t h e w h o l e s o c i a l s p h e re o f c o l l e g i a t e concerns Students get caught up in conveying a general façade of conformity and stress out over the same silly

t h i n g s I h a ve n ’ t e s c a p e d t h i s b o i l i n g pot of peer pressure

u n s c a t h e d , b u t I ’ ve learned a little about

too much with disastrous results I am much more conservat i ve w i t h m y a f f e ct i o n s t h e s e d a y s Strangely, my relationships with girls have become (in my opinion) stronger because of it Since I doubt anyone wants to read a d i s s e c t i o n o f o n e m a n ’ s l ove l i f e , I ’l l explain the relevance of this change Being stingy with your concern allows you to stress less and focus more, but it is not synonymous with i g n o r a n c e o r d i smissal For example, one should certainly be aware of and learn from the past But it is a fixed entity (at least until Area 51 releases their time machines )

l e t t i n g s u r f a c e - l e ve l impressions of someone dominate said interactions These interactions and impressions are interdependent but largely meani n g l e s s On l y yo u r t h o u g h t s g i ve t h e m power What are we afraid of? “Awkward” is conceived in the mind, and almost nonexistent for me Many comedians use this fact well, and often deliver the most biting social commentar y through their candor and fearlessness The taboo becomes suddenly palpable and the audience finds themselves comfortable, laughing and (gasp!) actually thinking about an uncomfortable topic Yo u w i l l e ncounter people who are not receptive to y o u r k i n d n e s s o

h i m ” T h e y t h e n promise to attend the f u n e r a l o f w h o e ve r dies first How ominous

We w a s t e m a n y hours worrying about the trivial A collegea g e m i n d c l u t t e r s quickly, leaving little room for much else

Simple actions like an “ e xc u s e m e ” a n d a s m i l e i n a c rowd e d locale are forgotten

Smartphones become the go-to escape plan when in close proximity to strangers An honest observation is o f t e n m e t w i t h silence It’s both frustrating and superficial To me, superficiality is twofold: letting your interactions with others dictate your own love of yourself and

time you see this

not be hindered by

they think I’m probably just

wannabe hipster trying to convert everyone Still, if even one

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‘Unreal’: Luis Urrea at Goldwin Smith

KATIE O BRIEN Sun Staff Writer

Luis Urrea a Mexican-American novelist, poet and essayist spoke in Goldwin Smith Hall last Thursday as part of the Barbara and David Zalaznick Reading Series

Introduced by Cornell Professor Ernesto Quiñonez, Urrea is a best-selling author of 14 books, a member of the Latino Literature Hall of Fame and a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for nonfiction

Urrea, a charismatic speaker, began his talk by saying that he was born in Tijuana, Mexico and that Spanish was his first language, but joked that his most frequently asked question is “ Why do you look Irish?”

Urrea’s childhood was a balancing act between two cultures his mother was American and his father Mexican, and he m ov e d w i

Tijuana to a predominately white suburb of San Diego in the fifth grade, where his classmates called him “Unreal” because they couldn’t pronounce his last name Urrea told an amusing stor y about how his mother read him Twain and Dickens at night, so in response, h i s f a t h e r m a d e a m i s g u i d e d attempt to expose him more to Mexican culture by getting him a copy of The Odyssey in Mexico, telling him to “read it in the original Spanish ”

Now, Urrea integrates the influence of both cultures into his writing while remaining proud of and strongly tied to his Mexican roots “I was raised to be kind of ashamed

of Tijuana, so it’s been a relief to own it and promote it and enjoy it,” he said

Urrea discovered writing in junior high, inspired by his love for reading His mother, “watching me applying myself for the first time ever, ” dragged an old typewriter out of the garage for him He was skeptical at first, but found it ver y satisfying to use and began coming home from school ever y day to type One day, his mother bound his manuscript together and gave it a cover, which sparked Urrea’s desire to be published

But Urrea had no idea that there were any published Latin American writers before he entered college He said that the author Ursula LeGuin took him under her wing, bought his first book and launched his writing career

According to Urrea, joining a medical relief missionar y changed his direction as a writer, and made him want to write as a form of witness His most transformative moment took place in a tiny neighborhood made out of adobe beneath a garbage dump He saw the terrible conditions and lack of access to medical aid he saw a little girl who had gotten accidentally drenched in diesel and ignited, unable to get help until his team called an airlift Later, in the same town, Urrea encountered a man who said that when he died, they would put his body in the trash pile

“You tell them I was here,” said the man, looking him straight in the eye Urrea said that he thinks of that moment ever y day, both a blessing and a curse

A the end of the hour, Urrea performed a “reading,” actually from memor y, of a passage from his novel Queen of America a stor y about Teresita Urrea, a healer who has been cast out of Mexico and must now find her way in the U S The scene was of the character Tomás Urrea’s arrival at un baile, a dance The selection was surreal and emo-

tional, marked by vivid description and a seamless integration of Spanish words into the dialogue Urrea’s talk was fun and engaging to listen to: His colorful portrayals of the events and people that influence his writing came to life just like the scene he read from his novel did “ That’s my stor y, and I haven’t stopped since,” he said in closing

Katie O’Brien is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at kobrien@cornellsun com

Naught and Overwrought ?: The Zero Theorem

probably wasn ’ t that important anyway

“Zero must equal one hundred percent ”

This is the paradox of Terry Gilliam’s new psychedelic, conspiracy, futuristic sci-fi The Zero Theorem in which reclusive computer genius, Qohen Leth (Christoph Waltz), must prove that “ zero equals one hundred percent ” Or, in other words, that the universe, humanity, our “ purpose, ” is all for nothing

The film builds on this paradox and paints a world, futuristic but unspecified and full of contradictions Part of the fun of the movie is seeing bits of Gilliam’s world though we don’t see much of it The vast majority of the film takes place inside of Qohen Leth’s chambers, an abandoned old church he has turned into his home-office and place of obsessive computer research But what we do see of the outside world is eerily both bright and colorful as well as dreary and decayed The office building is brightly lit up with advertisements and looks like an arcade, with the chairs in the “cubicles” hooked up to video games The film is meant to be psychedelic and it accomplishes that well, especially in the scenery and narrative I found that throughout the movie I couldn’t entirely remember what scenes had taken place a few before whichever the film was at This both aided the movie and was part of its problem It made the movie less of a narrative and more of a feeling which was cool and enjoyable and lets you fall in and out of your own thoughts But in that same way, sometimes I zoned out for whole scenes and didn’t feel like I missed anything I would take notes for this review and not feel the need for my head to pop up to not miss a single moment because I knew it was okay, it

Paradox, as I’ve pointed out, is what characterizes the film As Qohen’s therapist says to him, “ you have a fear of life, a fear of death, a fear of people and a fear of being alone ” The film’s paradoxes felt true to the technology-crazed world we live in today and weren ’ t overplayed or pretentious That being said, the film’s puzzles were definitely not novel What I mean by that is that the film touched on a lot of

interesting themes of the modern condition, our obsession with technology and how it makes us feel lonely under the veil of connection, our need to believe in something even if it does not exist and what it means to be a tool for someone else, especially in our corporate management world, but these aren ’ t accomplished in particularly interesting or different ways It didn’t feel like how I suspect Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey felt when it first came out: totally out there and different Instead, it feels like it’s sort

of been done before This of course calls on an interesting question for films: How important is newness? People keep referencing Gilliam’s earlier films, Brazil and 12 Monkeys, as being better than The Zero Theorem, but I wonder if someone else had made this film people would be giving it better reviews Because, at the end of the day, the film had a lot going for it The characters were interesting and likable, Christoph Waltz was particularly great as a Waiting for Godot-type and even managed to make a character who speaks in the first-person plural not annoying Lucas Hedges, who played Bob, was quick, childish and charismatic The film also had other great performances from Tilda Swinton, David Thewlis, Matt Damon and Melanie Thierry When I usually go to a movie my short-

hand way of deciding whether or not I liked it is to answer the question “would I recommend this to a friend?” For The Zero Theorem, I would recommend it but with the caveat that it is not for everyone, it is not groundbreaking or novel and it isn’t going to change you Alternatively, it isn’t an easy film to watch and unwind to That being said, it was a nice way to spend an hour and forty minutes and I’m glad I saw it I enjoyed Gilliam’s world and the performances as well as the paradoxes it points out and the ways in which it does so I even liked being in and out of my own thoughts So there it is, a paradox of a review for a paradoxical film

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

An Open Letter and an Invite

Dear campus groups,

Let me be more specific

Dear CUPB, Women’s Resource Center, Mortar Board, English Department, PMA and anyone else whom it may concern, I am here to make a request Lena Dunham’s new book, Not That Kind of Girl, is coming out on Tuesday and for the next month or so Lena is going to be on tour promoting the book My request is that you please, please, bring Lena Dunham to campus Each and ever y one of your departments or groups brings or sponsors bringing literar y figures, comedians, strong women, people in cinema or simply influential figures to campus I would like to nominate Lena Dunham Dunham meets

t h e re q u i re m e n t s o f a g o o d guest for any of your groups and though she is not always available, right now, while she is on tour, this could be the time for you to strike

I am not going to argue to you that Lena Dunham is the “ v o

ing about her, and she deser ves to be talked about Whether you like Girls or not, Dunham is breaking boundaries with her show No, not all of the characters are likeable, in fact many are notably unlikeable, but hey, so are the characters on Game of Thrones The point of the show is not to showcase inherently lovable characters or make you feel warm and cozy while you are watching it, that isn’t what life is like, and it isn’t what Girls tries to do Girls portrays a few women and their lives and love in a ver y real, almost cruel way And, just like the lives of 20-somethings (no matter what tax bracket your family falls into), Girls is awkward, harsh, sometimes a little too real, sometimes funny and sometimes just bearable enough to feel like happiness

o n , ” whatever that means, or that her show is sooo good and ever yone should watch it or that she is especially relevant to Ivy League college students steeped in white privilege, because I don’t believe those things and don’t think they are relevant However, it is undeniable that her work is It seems that almost ever yone has an opinion about Lena Dunham: They like her, don’t like her, respect her but don’t like her show or don’t like her body Regardless of what these opinions are, people are talk-

Arielle Cruz

Death Before Decaf

The style of Girls is unlike just about anything else on TV in the best way The reverb of Dunham’s hit show (critically, at least) will be felt for years to come and is already making an impact The creator of Amazon’s new show

Transparent (already marked as one to watch this season), Jill Soloway, said in a recent interview that she gained inspiration and courage to write the show, and her previous work

Afternoon Delight, after seeing Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture and Girls and realizing that it

doesn’t have to be taboo to present aspects of your truest self on screen In some magazines she is even being called our generation’s Woody Allen Dunham fearlessly tackles the idea that you can ’ t be your truest self on screen, that it isn’t appealing or isn’t profitable with the success of her works, and I hope will continue to do so with her book In Girls she is often naked, or close to it, and has said that she films herself at more unattractive angles than she would ever film her costars She is seemingly unafraid to show off her body, as she should be, and the continuous backlash for the choice, especially after the first season aired, by groups of people who insulted her, not for being naked, but for being overweight and naked, just goes to show why so many women end up feeling uncomfortable in their own skin

For these reasons and more that do not fit on this page, I ask that one of you, or a few of you, look into bringing Lena Dunham to campus this year Dunham’s success, style and balls are pretty much unequalled at the moment, and as a young, aspiring writer she is someone that in many ways I look up to Writer, actress, comedian, feminist, prolific human, Dunham fits the bill as someone any of you, aforementioned clubs, would bring to campus, and there is no time like the present But, hey, what do I know? In the words of Girls’ Ray (Alex Karpovsky), “Usually when people say they wanna be a writer they really don’t wanna do anything except, ya know, eat and mas-

turbate ” In the meantime, feel free to sign up for our incredibly specific book club

We only read Lena Dunham and “ we ” is only myself and my editor We like wine

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FIFA Needs to Take Stand on Flopping

LINSEY Continued from page 16

ing player Faking injuries is common in modern-day soccer and it is hurting the game

The rise of flopping is directly caused by the loss of regional identity in sports Years ago, many players on teams were often from the local region, and they felt they represented the region for which they were playing In the modern-day soccer world, where foreign players are cheaper than local ones, teams have lost their connection to the local community Players will pull on the shirt of whichever tea, offers the most money, regardless of location Therefore, the player feels no connection to the region, and doesn’t feel that he’s hurting its image by flopping

The loss of this regional identity has led to an increase in such flops to gain any small advantage for the team

Surely one of the biggest issues facing FIFA, the international soccer governing body, is the increase in flops The only measure they’ve instituted in recent years was a decision that any player caught flopping would receive a yellow card At first glance, that seems like it just might work If you flop, you’ll get a card Should fix the problem, right? Well, it hasn’t been that simple Players have become Oscar-winning actors, who can produce an acrobatic dive after being barely clipped in the foot Despite the embellishment, referees often have to award fouls for the slightest of tackles Only in the most obvious of flops can the referees clearly see it and correctly book the offender

It’s easy to say that the rule change hasn’t had much of an effect Players still flop and the flop is having a negative effect on the game

Some may suggest decreasing the gain from fouls They say that if penalty kicks were not awarded for fouls inside the eighteen-yard box, then fewer players would flop I would be interested to see FIFA try this, but with a game as storied as soccer, such a major change would not go over well with everyone

So what can FIFA do to curtail the flopping phenomenon?

The rise of flopping is directly caused by the loss of regional identity in sports...The players feel no connection to the region.

To me, the this can be solved with a three-part plan First, I do believe that the recent rule to book players who flop can fix the problem, if it’s modified The rule should be changed so that if there is significant contact between two players, it’s either a foul on the defensive player, or a flop and a yellow card for the offensive player Although this is technically the rule, there have been too many collisions in recent years between players that referees have just let go innocently If there is significant contact, there should be a foul on one or the other I’m not advocating a broken-up game where few fouls get called, because no one wants to see that I just think a stronger policy on booking floppers would lead to a more open game

Secondly, players need to be educated on one simple fact: a free kick is never as good as staying on your feet When you see a player in a oneon-one situation knock the ball past the defender, you want to see them leap over a tackle and keep going after the ball These are the kinds of runs that players like Ryan Giggs and David Beckham were famous for in the 90s and early 2000s However, in the modern game, these exciting plays are being reduced, as offensive players try to get caught by the tackle and fall for a free kick, instead of eluding a tackler It breaks up the game and takes away from the attractiveness of free-flowing soccer

Third, managers need to take an active role in benching floppers With the competition for places present in top leagues around the world, it’s not too difficult to take a player who makes a bad flop and rest him for the next game to teach him a lesson In this way, players will be encouraged to stay on their feet

Kevin Linsey can be reached at sports@cornellsun com

Cornell Career Services

Red Welcomes Penn In First Ivy Match

M SOCCER Continued from page 16

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e f e n d e r s a n d c a l m l y s l o t t h e b a l l i n t o t h e i n s i d e o f t h e f a r p o s t T h e Re d w i l l n ow s h i f t i t s f o c u s t o i t s Iv y L e a g u e c a

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a g a i n s t t h e re i g n i n g Iv y L e a g u e c h a m p s We h a ve a we e k o f t r a i n i n g a n d re c ove r y t o m i n i m i ze m i s t a k e s a n d p u t u p a g o o d f i g h t Now

t h e a c t u a l c o n f e re n c e s e a s o n s t a r t s a n d i t ’ s a n a c t u a l l e ve l u p ”

Offenive Struggles Persist

FOOTBALL Continued from page 16

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“I thought the offense at times showed glimpses of the offense we want to be, like the first drive. ”

L u k e H a g y

Red Falls to Penn on Road for First Loss of Season

By SYDNEY ALTSCHULER

Sun Assistant Sports Editor

The sprint football team endured its first defeat of the 2014 season on Friday, falling to Ivy foe Penn, 36-19, at Franklin Field With the loss, the Red dropped to 1-1 while the Quakers improved to 2-0 on the season

The squad jumped out to a quick start, scoring a touchdown on its opening drive to get the momentum going Sophomore quarterback Rob Pannullo marched the offense down the field on a nine-play, 59-yard drive to lead the ini-

tial surge Junior running back Benjamin Herrera had a twoyard touchdown to cap it off

Capitalizing on the added yard of field position Cornell gained from Penn’s encroachment penalty, the Red opted to go for the two-point conversion and came through to take an 8-0 lead For the home team, however, the moment of triumph was short-lived as the Quakers scored 29 of the next 32 points in the game for the win

Despite the fact that both teams put up similar offensive numbers, with Penn racking up a total of 394 yards of offense compared to the Red’s 342, the Quakers came

through on big plays that put them ahead for most of the game

Penn kicked it into high gear on the final drive of the first quarter, going four plays for 56 yards to reduce the deficit to 8-6 Mike Beamish made the big play on the drive, going the distance for the Quakers with a five-yard rush to put the ball inside Cornell’s 10-yard line Shortly after, Charles Cato scored the Quakers’ first touchdown of the game from two yards out

Penn’s defense also played a tough game, picking off Pannullo twice and adding a fumble recovery touchdown to hold off the Red’s attack and change the pace of the game

According to sophomore running back Kevin Nathanson, however, the Red has the raw talent necessary to be competitive in every game this season, but needs to work on keeping its composure and eliminating errors to reach its full potential

“We’re playing against ourselves If we play a clean, hard game, I don’t see any team that we can ’ t compete with,” he said “If we continue to play hard, stay focused and cut down on turnovers, we ’ re in great shape for Army ”

Although the final result was not in Cornell’s favor, the squad showed flashes of brilliance with stellar plays from Herrera and sophomore linebacker Christopher D’Ambrosio Herrera racked up 133 yards on 24 carries and a touchdown and D’Ambrosio led the squad with a teamhigh eight tackles in addition to two tackles-for-loss and a touchdown

Noting these accomplishments, senior captain Greg Zalevsky said that he is confident the Red has what it takes to defeat Army this coming weekend

“Despite the result, we showed sparks of great play on both sides of the ball,” he said “We have all the tools necessary to take down Army next week We just need to maintain our focus, capitalize when we have opportunities and execute ”

The Red will aim to get back on track when it travels to West Point to face off against Army on Friday, Oct 3 Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p m

Sydney Altschuler can be reached at saltschuler@cornellsun com

Offensive Burst Downs Buffalo

Red pours on ve goals in victory

By HAMDAN AL YOUSEFI

Sun Senior Writer

“The intent is to have high-scoring games, ” said head coach Jaro Zawislan in an earlier interview and against Buffalo his team played like they had a point to prove

The Red played with creativity and incisiveness, spreading the ball crisply and sharply More importantly, Cornell hit the back of the net five times the first time since 2012 against Binghamton

“We just took advantage of our chances, we ’ ve gotten a lot of chances in previous games and just haven’t put them away, ” said senior defender Peter Chodas “This game the ball was just finding the back of the net after each one of our chances It was a pleasure to get a lead for many times that game ” Cornell (6-2-1) went out on Saturday having only scored more than one goal in a single game this season against Fairleigh Dickinson The Red ended the game chalking up an impressive tally of five goals without response

Spor ts

The win represents Cornell’s fourth straight victory, hav-

ing played their last four games at home The Red has also not conceded a goal during that same stretch of games

“Everyone loves playing at home, loves their home field, their home fans,” Chodas said “It definitely factored in; we like playing on our field But anywhere we play there are no excuses, we play to win ”

Senior defender Devin Morgan opened the scoring in the 16th minute, heading a corner from Chodas into the bottom right of the goal Morgan met Chodas’ curling ball after a surging run that saw him slip past the Bulls’ defense

Buffalo midfielder Ryan Pereria looked like he had scored in the 27th minute, with his low-curling effort avoiding the defending Morgan and heading for the bottom corner

MSenior goalkeeper Zack Zagorski showed good movement to block the shot and retain possession

The Red continued to press and on the half-hour mark, sophomore for ward Stevin Bienfait doubled Cornell’s advantage and opened his own account for the Red

Taking advantage of Buffalo’s need for an equalizer, Cornell launched a quick counter attack from a long ball by Chodas Bienfait charged towards the ball, pressuring the Buffalo defense and forcing a mistake from the goalkeeper, leaving him with an easy tap-in

Senior forward Conor Goepel put the Red up three at the

illions of fans around the world, eyes fixed on their TV screens, watch as Oscar receives the ball The Brazilian midfielder looks for striker Fred and sends a pass to him Fred has his back towards the goal, eight yards away The Croatian defender slightly tugs on

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For the second weekend in a row, the run game hurt the Red early on, and a stifling Bucknell defense held Cornell to just one touchdown in a 20-7 loss to Bucknell Junior running back Luke Hagy ran for a team high 59 yards and caught three passes for 24 yards, becoming the first Cornell player ever to surpass 1,000 yards rushing and receiving Playing without junior quarterback James Few, the Red struggled to put points on the board, and were held scoreless after the first quarter

“Obviously James is a great player and he wasn ’ t able to play Saturday, but we expect whoever is playing is going to play like they are a starter, ” Hagy said

Head coach David Archer ’05 and his staff went with two freshmen under center, both of whom had seen snaps in the team ’ s season opening loss to Colgate Jake Jatis completed 11-of-23 passes for 102 yards and a touchdown, but he was also picked off twice Kyle Gallagher threw two completions for 26 yards

“We don’t see guys as freshmen anymore We have been practicing long enough that everyone knows what’s going on and is confident about what they are doing,” Hagy said “I think that the two quarterbacks played well yesterday They had a few mistakes, but they also had some really great throws and runs and played extremely well ” The Red had trouble containing Bucknell’s C J Williams on the ground, as he ran for 188 yards

Fred’s shoulder as Fred stops the ball with his feet Suddenly, Fred loses his footing and tumbles to the ground Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura awards Brazil a penalty kick for the “foul” called on the defender, Dejan Lovren Neymar converts the penalty shot, giving Brazil a 2-1 lead in a game they would eventually win, 3-1 When Fred felt Lovren’s hand on his shoulder, he immediately flopped to the ground to attempt to win a penalty for his team This incident, during a World Cup group stage game this summer, highlighted the flopping issue before an international audience The world could see that the act of flopping to try to get a foul called has become an unstoppable epi-

demic in the soccer world

Flopping is not occurring only in the World Cup, though Players are flopping year-round in the major soccer leagues across the globe Even outside of the box, players are deliberately falling over in an attempt to get opponents yellow and red cards It’s not some-

thing that happens all that often; in a 90-minute game, you usually only see a few plays that are clearly embellished, but that’s too many If a good player on the other team tries to make a tackle, unfortunately it is to the benefit of the player with the ball to go down Soccer suffers from the stain of flopping players

The problem is worse when it comes to faking injuries When a player rolls around on the ground in agony, the referee is naturally (and correctly) inclined to give a harsher penalty to the offender This leads players to fake injuries when they are not actually hurt in the hopes of a foul on the oppos-