10-05-12

Newly Opened Dair y Barn Boasts Modern Facilities

By SHANE DUNAU Sun Staff Writer

Just off Dryden Road, past the Cornell Orchards, one can smell a faint scent of manure The new aroma is thanks to the newly opened Cornell Dairy Barn, a fully functioning barn that, since its opening this fall, has housed 94 dairy cows

The barn –– with modern architecture resembling an airport hangar and the capacity to hold 180 cows and 30 calves –– sets its cows ’ comfort as a high priority, according to Jerry Willis, the supervisor of the barn

“It’s all about comforting the

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D esp ite Report, C.U.

Not on ‘Unsustainable’ Path, Univ.V.P . S ays

By AKANE OTANI Sun News Editor

Disagreeing with a study that asserted that Cornell, along with other top institutions, is on a “financially unsustainable path,” a University administrator said that Cornell is a stronger institution now than it was before the recession four years ago

The study was conducted in part by Bain & Company the global consulting firm hired by Cornell during the height of the recession to help eradicate up to $100 million a year from the University’s operating costs Bain and the study’s co-author, Sterling Partners, say that approximately one-third of colleges are spending more money than they can afford

Schools taking “drastic measures ” such as “hiking tuition to the top end of the range ” or “[cutting] back on financial aid,” the study said, are at risk of becoming financially unsustainable

“I am so proud of the University for how we’ve worked our ways through a difficult four years.” J o a n n e D e S t e f a n o

The study also suggested that Cornell’s spending is growing past its revenue, drawing data from 2006 to 2010 to show that the University’s equity ratio how much of its spending is financed by its own investments or earnings decreased by 12 percent

Although Cornell has also raised tuition at a rate outpacing inflation and, most recently, announced it would no longer guarantee loan-free aid packages to families making more than $60,000 but less than $75,000, administrators criticized the study, saying it depicted an incomplete picture of the University’s financial health Describing the study as presenting

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Show S ells Out in 30 Minutes

By KERRY CLOSE Sun News Editor

For actor Joseph GordonLevitt, summer might last 500 days –– but tickets for his Nov 18 Bailey Hall performance remained available for less than 30 minutes Thursday, organizers said

The quick sell-out made Gordon-Levitt’s show one of the fastest selling in the Cornell University Program Board’s history, according to executive chair Tajwar Mazhar ’13

“Not in recent memory has a show sold as fast as this one, ” Mazhar said “This might have been the fastest ” Mazhar said CUPB did not expect that the tickets would sell out as quickly as they did

“We knew it was going to sell out We just didn’t know it would happen so fast,” she said

At the show, an event led by professional production company HitRECord, Gordon-Levitt will direct and perform with audience members in live sketches and musical performances

Previously, tickets for Seth Meyers’ March 27 show in Bailey Hall held the CUPB’s record for the fastest selling show, with all tickets sold in about two and a half hours, Mazhar said

Some Gordon-Levitt fans were disappointed to be left ticket-less Thursday morning

Tara Azamian ’14 said that the ticketing process was “ way worse ” Thursday than for any other Cornell event she has tried to purchase tickets

Though Mazhar said the ticketing website experienced few technical difficulties, Azamian said the site functioned “ so slowly” Thursday morning

“I set an alarm to get these tickets I went on the site and it wouldn’t even let me log in,” she said “I was tired, so I went back to sleep Thirty minutes later, they were sold out ” Skylar Sylvester ’14 said she had a similar experience

“I signed on the [website] at 8:45 a m , ” Sylvester said “Every time, the page didn’t load I tried [unsuccessfully] for 30 minutes,

even on my phone ”

Although Mazhar, who is also a staff writer for The Sun, expressed high hopes for the success of Gordon-Levitt’s show calling the actor a “wonderful talent ” who will likely host an “engaging evening” Azamian and Sylvester, along with many other Cornellians, will be unable to attend the performance

“I’m obsessed with JGL,” Azamian said “I wanted to go [to this show] way more than Avicii ”

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LEPP Particle Theor y 12:30 - 1:30 p m , 401 Physical Sciences Building Sustainability and the Measurement of

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Tomorrow

8 a m - 5 p m , Mann Gallery, Mann Library

Art-Full Family Day: Bring Art to Life 10 a m - Noon, Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art

Harry Bertola: Sound and Vision

10 a m - 5 p m , Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art Mirror of the City: The Printed View in Italy and Beyond 10 a m - 5 p m , Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art

Quotes of the Week

We dne sday

Speaking about the pornography video f ilmed in a campus librar y “When I was a kid my mother s aid some p eople will do anything for attention and 60 years later I’m still amazed by how low p eople will go

Claudia Wheatley, direc tor of University press relations

Dave

O pin ion, “C ri sis A le rt,” T uesday

Speaking about the administration’s response to recent sexual assaults on and near campus “I heard a campus in crisis I heard women from ever y corner of the Cornell community sp eaking in firm solidarity : The status quo is unacceptable This University needs to change, and this administration needs to stop fucking around ”

Tom Moore ’14

Speaking

on the list If he was ever on

Patricia Kim 14

Garden Outside Mann Awarded for Sustainable Design

By CAROLYN KRUPSKI Sun Staff Writer

The 5,000 square-foot garden by the entrance of Mann Librar y was honored last month as one of 11 landscapes in the U S to be cer tified by the Sustainable Sites Initiative, a cer tification system that recognizes landscapes that are environmentally sustainable

Sustainable Sites Initiative or SITES

reflecting the extent of their compliance with sustainability standards, with one star representing minimum compliance and four stars representing almost com-

Librar y garden achieved one star

The garden was designed and built by students during the 2009-10 academic year, before the SITES guidelines were

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worked together to create the garden as

4910: Creating the Urban Eden

Plants of hardy quality fill the garden, according to Ethan Dropkin grad, who worked to maintain the gardens this summer

“In general, it takes plants about two to three years to become established,” Dropkin said “ These plants were chosen because they got established ver y quickly a n d re a l l y o n l y re q u i re a n o c c a s i o n a l pr uning if they get too big and mulch once a year ”

The Mann Librar y site posed specific challenges for the students who designed the garden The high pH levels of the soil required students to choose plants that are not only aesthetically pleasing but can also flourish in the soil, according to the press release

The design also focused on implementing sustainable maintenance practices, which students achieved by creating p

with stones or dir t that allow groundwater to flow, according to the press release

Prof Nina Bassuk, hor ticulture, who co-taught “Creating the Urban Eden,”

Despite Odds, Student Fights to Pay for C.U.

By NOAH TULSKY Sun Contributor

For many young people living in Central America dreaming of p u r s u i n g h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n , obtaining the financial means to attend to an American university can prove more challenging than gaining admittance to a school

But Alvaro Salas grad, a native of Costa Rica and a first-year student in the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs, is paying for his e d u c a t i o n b y e m p l o y i n g t h e power of modern technology

Using Rally org a website that people can use to fundraise

Sa l a s r a i s e d $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 t h i s spring to help finance his educat i o n a n d b r i n g h i s w i f e a n d d a u g h t e r t o Ithaca

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realize from a young age that he wanted to give back to youth in Central America

“In Latin America, there is limited access to education, even if you ’ re really smar t, ” Salas said “ There are all these kids that are brilliant that can ’ t achieve their goals I want to fight [to end] this ” Salas said he hopes to inspire youth who find themselves in a similar position to his own “ The main message I was tr yi n g t o s e l l i s t h

v e r y o n e deser ves an oppor tunity If you ’ re a fighter [and] you constantly have a drive and a genuine motive t

“The main message I was trying to sell is that everyone deserves an opportunity ”

t h e w e b s i t e ’ s c r e a t o r a t a s u m m i t f o r s o c i a l a c t i v i s t s i n Panama

“ It’s t h e b e s t p l a t f o r m y o u have right now for raising capital on social projects, and the platform is easy to use, ” Salas said

Although Salas received a subs t a n t i a l f e l l o w s h i p t o a t t e n d Cornell, he still lacked the funds necessar y to transpor t his family from Costa Rica to Ithaca and afford the cost of living in Ithaca for the next fe w years To close

t h i s g a p , S a l a s n o t o n l y fundraised on Rally org but also k n o c k e d o n t h e d o o r s o f t h e wealthiest individuals in Costa Rica, organized a rock concer t with five popular bands in Costa Rica and brought 150 potential donors to a dinner in which he delivered a presentation outlining his objectives

Salas said the pressing issues faced by Costa Ricans, in addition to his own experiences growing up under hardship, led him to

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work

“ He’s a n out-of-the-box thinker,” Melania Gu e r r a g r a d s a i d “ He c

a r l y understands and knows how to h a r v e s t t h e p o w e r o f s o c i a l media ”

Eithel Manrique grad, one of Salas’ peers, echoed Guerra’s sentiments

“Alvaro has the courage to take the lead for change in his countr y, ” Manrique said Although Salas is still about $70,000 shor t of his fundraising goal, he hopes to close the gap within the next two years He currently has two jobs and hopes t o r e c e i v e m o r e d o n a t i o n s through Rally org

“ T h e p ro c e s s w a s d a u n t i n g , hectic, ver y difficult raising money to bring your family [to Ithaca] and pay tuition and living expenses is a difficult experience,” Salas said “At the end of the day, it was wor th it You need your beloved ones close ” Salas has come a long way

from home to attend school in Ithaca He said he gre w up in a lower-to-middle class neighborhood in San Jose, Costa Rica, w h e re , w i t h h i s s i n gl e m o t h e r working multiple jobs to suppor t him, he was raised by both his grandmothers Though Salas said he str uggled to stay in school at times, he graduated as the valedictorian of his high school, went on to law school and then earned his MBA from INCAE Business School

A l t h o u g h Sa l a s w a s a b l e t o pursue an education, others have not been as for tunate, he said pointing to the rising achievement gap in Costa Rica The nation, he said, str uggles with problems such as corr uption in the government, a poor public e d u c a t i o n s y s t e m a n d h i g h dropout rates from school

“I want to create oppor tunities for teenagers, for kids like me to use your education to create more oppor tunity,” he said Salas’ dedication to both his own education and helping others has already caught the eye of To m O ’ To o l e , t h e e x e c u t i v e director of CIPA, who said Salas i s a n “ e f f e c t i v e c h a n g e - m a k e r ” and a “catalytic leader ” “ L i k e m a n y o f o u r M PA

Fe l l o w s , A l v a r o i s r e s o u r c e f u l , motivated and resilient,” O’Toole said “ These are the traits that we look for in MPA Fellows ” Salas said he hopes his vie w on leadership will better enable him to make changes in his homeland

“ T h e r e i s a m i s c o n c e p t i o n about the word leadership,” Salas

s a i d “ Pe o p l e t h i n k t h a t t h e re must be a person who goes in the front No you must be in the back I picture the people in the front and you ’ re ser ving them, suppor ting them [and] helping them I think the leader should ser ve the people ”

Noah Tulsky can be reached at nst42@cornell edu

said that she hopes the garden and its environmentally sustainable design will have implications that extend beyond the realm of the classroom

“ This garden is a model for the rest of C

Bassuk said “ This is not just an academic exercise ”

David Cutter, a senior landscape architect in the University’s Campus Planning Office, echoed Bassuk’s sentiments

“It is my hope that once the SITES program is fully developed, Cornell will commit to meeting SITES standards for all major projects, just as our major buildings must meet LEED Silver standards,” Cutter said

Projects that are sustainably also benefit the community, students said “ This garden proves that it is possible to create a garden that allows people to rest, relax and enjoy nature, while successfully combining aesthetic design with sustainable design,” Dropkin said

In fact, within 15 minutes of putting the first benches in place, students had begun to utse the garden, according to Dropkin

“I use the garden it appeals to me aesthetically,” Jessica Sarkodie ’15 said

After an excessive number of tears, triple-shot coffees and baked goods, courtesy of Libe Cafe, you have survived The Week Before Fall Break known to most students as five days of prelim hell Not so fortunately, you re one of the editors desking tonight Once you ’ re out, how do you plan to regain your sanity?

Sleep And when I wake up, go back to sleep

Insomniac ’14

Live by the example of a certain unnamed former editor: finish the paper two hours past deadline and promptly invite the editors over to my house for a glass of port because that’s a thing people actually drink, apparently Give Me Scotch or Give Me Death ’14

Spend the first day poring over old court records A little financial contribution research never hurt, either Maybe drive to Binghamton to cover a federal discrimination lawsuit What Is ‘Fall Break?’ ’13

Compiled by Akane Otani

Admin : Despit e Challenges, Univ. Is ‘Financially Sust ainable’

“data without [including] analysis of the data,” Joanne DeStefano, vice president for finance and chief financial officer of the University, said that Cornell, contrary to the study’s assertions, is in “good shape” today

“Cornell has done everything that it needed to do to be financially sustainable,” she said

DeStefano said that the study neglected to account for the aggressive cost-saving measures that Cornell implemented during the recession The measures, which were carried out over the span of five years, included closing several departments, slashing more than $59 million a year from the University’s annual operating budget and reducing its workforce by nine percent

Due to the initiatives, DeStefano said, Cornell was able to close a projected deficit of $122 million by June 30 a year earlier than administrators had expected Because Bain’s study drew its

data from 2006 to 2010, however, it failed to include the closure of the deficit in its analysis of the University’s financial health, DeStefano said Bain’s study also warned that institutions that are continually raising tuition costs or relying on tuition for revenue might be becoming financially unsustainable Such schools may be at risk of having to compromise their needblind admissions policies, the study said

Although Cornell has continued to hike up tuition –– sending the cost of tuition, room and board for students in endowed colleges up to $57,000 for the 2012-13 academic year –– DeStefano said that the University is by no means dependent on tuition for its revenue Cornell has, in fact, drawn less and less revenue from tuition, she said

“Cornell purposely saw a decline in our net tuition revenue when we increased our financial aid program [in 2009] At a time when we were in a financially difficult, challenging time, President

Skorton felt so strongly about access to education that we enhanced our financial program, ” DeStefano said, referring to the boost in aid Cornell announced in 2009

Even with the repeal of some of the 2009 financial aid measures effective next fall, tuition represents “ a smaller and smaller piece” of Cornell’s budget, DeStefano said

In fact, she said, the largest growth in revenue for the University has been the Physician Organization, or income from Weill Cornell Medical College faculty who work in Cornell’s clinical practices These faculty generate approximately $679 million annually for Weill Cornell Medical College She compared that figure to net tuition, or the money earned from student tuition after subtracting financial aid, which accounts for “just over $500 million” a year of the University’s revenue

“I think what [Bain] was really focusing on and I do think this is a challenge in higher education was tuition-dependant schools, where their main source of revenue is tuition,” DeStefano said

DeStefano also took issue with the study’s claim that the University’s financial statements have weakened as a result of its downgraded bond rating, a measure of how strong an ability an institution has to meet its financial commitments

Although Moody’s Investors Ser vice, a major credit rating agency, downgraded its outlook on the University’s financial stability

during the recession, DeStefano noted that the agency upgraded its outlook from “negative” to “stable” in April

However, Moody’s also issued several warnings that foreshadow several financial challenges the University could face in the coming years: paying off debt, financing NYCTech and compensating for a decline in government funding for research and public outreach programs For instance, although Cornell was noted to have significant success in fundraising and containing operating costs, Moody’s said that the University also faces a “high amount of debt and thinner operating cash flow than similarly rated peers ”

Further, Moody’s warned that it could downgrade the University’s credit rating should its $2 billion tech campus which has “ uncertain” funding sources be hit with cost overruns, or expenses not anticipated in its initial budget plan

Additionally, as the Bain study pointed out, Cornell, like many other universities, has seen a sharp decline in state and federal funding critical to several of its research programs In the 2010-11 fiscal year, Cornell saw its government funding decline by 7 1 percent, or $12 6 million, according to a University financial report

“We anticipate a continuation of this decline because government budgets are severely constrained,” the report said Given the University’s push to

advance major initiatives such as NYCTech and faculty renewal in the Ithaca campus over the coming years, DeStefano conceded that the University still faces and will continue to face testing economic realities

“I think we ’ re going to continue to have challenging times The events that will happen in the future won ’ t be the same as those that happened in the past, so we have to be able to be ready for whatever may happen,” she said

The University, for instance, is currently monitoring Capitol Hill for signs that the federal government will not be able to balance its budget a situation that would result in Cornell, which receives federal funding for several programs, being “impacted immediately,” according to DeStefano

But even with the financial hurdles the University will face over the coming years, DeStefano said the lessons Cornell learned during the recession have prepared it to face crises in the future Emerging from the recession, the University today is stronger than the institution it was four years ago, she said

“I am so proud of the University for how we ’ ve worked our ways through a very difficult past four years, ” she said “We have a much better awareness of the economic indicators [of crisis] and we are being much more proactive about preparing [for it] ”

Akane Otani can be reached at aotani@cornellsun

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cows, ” Willis said According to Willis, some of the barn’s “comforting” amenities include automatic grooming brushes, stalls that allow cows to roam about freely and sand bedding “ The sand is actually more comfortable for the cows and less costly than hay for us, ” Willis said

The barn will also ser ve as an educational facility for students in Cornell’s Veterinar y College, professors said “ The main purpose of the new Dair y Barn is teaching,” said Prof Lorin Warnick Ph D ’94, ambulator y and production medicine

According to Warnick, classes from the vet school have already

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apply for a paid position to milk the cows overnight, he said

Em i l y Sa b o ve

d e n t who milks the cows at night, said the Dair y Barn is a great learning opportunity for many vet students cow-lovers or not

“It’s really good for people who are interested in cows, or even people who aren ’ t You can come see the barn whether it’s your specialty or not, ” Sabo said The Dair y Barn will also provide learning opportunities for students outside the vet school, Warnick said, noting that the barn is a joint venture between the vet school and the College of

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Warnick said that he hopes the barn will ultimately work with the Ithaca community as well

Willis echoed Warnick’s sentiments, saying, “ The barn’s here f o r t h e p u b l i c , 4 - H [ Yo u t h Development Organization] whoever ” Fa c i l i t a t i n g t h e e d u c a t i o n

and community-outreach goals of the barn is a classroom and obser vation area, fitted with a glass wall, that looks down on the milking center of the barn

Prior to the barn’s construction, no teaching dair y barn had been in close proximity to campus

Campus, had to be leveled to make way for the New York State

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dair y barn is the first space to be completed as part of the vet col-

Teaching Complex The teaching complex occupies six to eight acres of land and may hold many other livestock facilities in the future, although no other proj

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Turkey

Authorizes Military Operations In Syria

AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) Turkey sanctioned further militar y action against Syria on Thursday and bombarded targets across the border with artiller y for a second day, raising the stakes in a conflict that increasingly is bleeding outside Syrian territor y

Although both sides moved to calm tensions, Turkey's parliament over whelmingly approved a bill allowing the militar y to conduct cross-border operations into Syria making clear that Ankara has militar y options that do not involve its Western or Arab allies

It was the most dramatic escalation in tensions between the countries, which were close allies before the revolt against Syrian President Bashar Assad began in March 2011 Over the past 18 months, however, Turkey has become one of the strongest critics of the Syrian regime, accusing it

of savager y and massacres against the opposition

The rebels who are tr ying to bring down Assad have used Turkey as their base, enraging a regime that accuses foreign countries of fomenting the unrest inside Syria

The spark for the latest hostility was a mortar shell fired from Syria that slammed into a house in t h

Wednesday, killing two women and three children

"(The shell) hit my neighbor next door His wife, his children died," villager Bakir Kutlugil told The Associated Press "Now I worr y whether the next one will hit me or my neighbor "

Mehmet Yasin, another villager, said he feared Turkey will get drawn into more violence "They are warring over there anyway Why should we battle against anyone?" he asked

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A Collaborative S pirit

At a school where the sum is tr uly greater than its par ts, the instances of collaboration on campus are far too rare at the s

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spirit among the student body is necessar y for many social changes; one of these is violence against women President Barack Obama recently stated in a campaign stop: “ The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together There are some things, just like fighting fires, we don’t do on our own I mean, imagine if ever ybody had their

own fire ser vice That would be a hard way to organize fighting fires ” I could not agree more The same concept a p p l i e s t o C o r n e l l a n d e ve r y o t h e r institution collaboration is paramount for social change

Par tnerships are ubiquitous across C o r n e l l , e x e m p l i f i e d i n a c a d e m i c depar tments, student groups and international institutions The revolutionar y NYC Tech campus is an outstanding relationship between Cornell and Te c h n i o n Un i v e r s i t y Mo re ov e r, t h e

“2CUL” collaborative project between C o l u m b i a a n d C o r n e l l’s l i b r a r i e s i s something you may have used without even knowing The College Democrats a n d C o l l e g e Re p u b l i c a n s a d m i r a b l y ignore par tisan lines to bring important programming to educate students o n c r i t i c a l p o l i t i c a l i s s u e s T h e

S c h e i n m a n I n s t i t u t e o n C o n f l i c t Resolution par tnering with the ILR

S c h o o l a n d L a w S c h o o l i s a n o t h e r instance, among many other institutions, of an exceptional list of collaboration Yet, something is missing The student body needs a collaborative spirit An attitude of mutuality is n e c e s s a r y t o e n h a n c e t h e e x i s t i n g effor ts for social change and spark a unified student body If we all follow the dr umbeat of common convictions we strongly believe in, we will become unified We just need to act on them If we all collectively took a stance saying

A crucial difference

there will be no more sexual violence toward women on our campus, just imagine the positive impact It saddens me to write this as violent acts against women are occurring far too often But this is where I tr uly challenge all students to star t this collaborative spirit working together to end the atrocities No more violence Now we must act on it together Whether the perpetrators are internal or external to the Cornell Community, our conscious effor ts to make a safe campus will be noticed Actions such as the Ever yone1 campaign, the SA Blue Bus and the Women of Color Coalition holding a working group meeting is admirable However, these organizations cannot do it alone We all have to be proactive We all have to repor t sus-

picious activity if we notice something We all have to communicate with others We need to be action-oriented

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potential to address ever y day concerns as well If we all took an hour of our day to suppor t our athletic teams, just imagine the rene wed school pride If we all continue our conscious effor ts to recycle, just imagine the environmental footprint we are not leaving behind So what should we do specifically? Wo r

overnight Yet, being open to dialogue, b

d creating a culture to step up to help one another is the beginning to a collaborative spirit Tr a n

“ someone else will take care of the problem” is our first step to working together When we collectively take responsibility, we can all star t to build upon a unified spirit and leave a legacy that we all worked on together No matter if the issue per tains to you or not, take action for a stronger and better Cornell Join me

Simon Boehme is a junior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He may be reached at sjb334@cornell edu Guest Room appears periodically this semester

To t h e Ed i t o r : Re: “Sagan Planet Walk Expands to Hawaii” Science, Oct 3

As President of the Cornell Astronomical Society, I find it my duty to protest the misuse of “astrological” for “astronomical” in reference to our Society in your recent article, “Sagan Planet Walk Expands to Hawaii,” published on Oct 3, 2012 We see that The Cornell Daily Sun quickly corrected the error online and noted a correction in the edition published on Thursday We greatly appreciate their apology and The Sun’s swiftness in responding to our concerns

However, it is important to highlight the chasm of difference between astronomy, a legitimate science that has exponentially expanded our understanding of the universe and our position in it, and astrology, a superstition that holds there is some relationship between the motions of the heavens and the events of human history For decades, the Cornell Astronomical Society has faithfully executed its mission of public education in astronomy and outreach by serving the Cornell and Ithaca communities, hosting lectures on astronomical subjects, opening the Fuertes Observatory for public viewing, and engaging young and old alike in the exploration of the cosmos To confuse this noble mission, executed in partnership with the Department of Astronomy, with a distorted and erroneous pseudoscience thoroughly and totally incompatible with the avenues of modern scientific inquiry, is quite disconcerting

I would like to use this incident of excitation to invite all curious and wondering members of our community to see what we really do every clear Friday night at Fuertes I’m afraid that those that are looking for a horoscope describing the future love life of Libra will be sorely disappointed

C are, Criti que and S c orpions X

On Wednesday, I was struck by how m u c h s t u d e n t t r u s t e e D a r r i c k Nighthawk Evensen grad, in his column criticizing Scorpions X, actually avoided addressing any of their claims about the campus environment The way this writer and others have reacted to The Cornell Nightly Moon suggests that they have not really understood its purpose In the interests of discussion which, if I

have read them correctly, is one of the things the Scorpions X really wants I offer the following, not as a definitive account of what the Scorpions X are tr ying to do, but merely as one possible aspect of it The crux of the author’s argument is that the Scorpions X claim the administration does not care about students, and that this is false The point on which the argument fails is this: He has misunderstood the sense in which the administration does not c a re , a c c o rd i n g t o t h e S c o r p i o n s X

Presumably President Skorton and others are troubled by bias incidents and sexual assault on campus, as Evensen has illustrated, and in that sense they care Though I cannot speak for Scorpions X, I imagine that most obser vers are willing to concede this What they may not concede is that the administration really sees all of the complex factors that contribute to these incidents

structural inequalities, power imbalances, prejudiced attitudes and the like or that they even recognize all instances of marginalization on campus as such The Scorpions X would not concede this because they see that the administration has not in fact addressed these factors If the administration really does not address or even recognize these complex factors, then it casts doubt on whether the

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sense in which they do care about students is sufficient for student well-being Out of this arises the assertion that the administration does not care about (some) students does not care in a deeper, more thoroughgoing sense The Scorpions X argue that they do not care in this deeper sense because the fact the administration ignores the complex factors like those above means they do not see them as urgent or important, when in fact those factors hurt a large percentage of students in their daily lives at Cornell

So we have two senses of caring: (1), caring as an abstract concern for well-being; and (2), caring that couples abstract concern for well-being with careful attention to all the complex factors that affect that wellbeing I want to suggest that one way of seeing the critiques of Scorpions X is as a way to make apparent the gap between these two types of care, and tr y to push us

towards the second (2)

Perhaps a metaphor to illustrate the point (apologies to Voltaire): Imagine we have a gardener taking care of many types of plants in her garden She knows that all the plants need sunlight and water, and in that sense cares about her garden However, for whatever reason, she does not recognize that the roots of one plant are choking out the roots of another So she continues to water all the plants, without addressing the problem underneath the soil Surely we would not say that this gardener really cares about her garden in sense (2), even if she does in sense (1)

The column’s misunderstanding about these senses of caring is revealed by the following statement, which shows that the author has not looked at the complex factors Scorpions X are pointing to: “ Yes, ever y decent human being should be appalled at these occurrences, should want the villainous perpetrators brought to justice ” The Scorpions X do not seem interested primarily in determining who are the villains and “bringing them to justice” rather, they question the ver y concept of prejudiced “villains” in isolation from the larger culture, and they want to ensure that the social system of the University does not encourage and protect the emergence of these perpetrators of racism, sexism and heterosexism

As one example, they question how the Un i v e r s i t y c a n re a l l y s u p p o r t s t u d e n t s belonging to racial and cultural minorities if they don’t address the effects and implications of racism, historical and present, in our own institutional setting the strangling roots underneath the soil, so to speak

The column portrays itself as a defense of “reality,” but curiously, the author’s reality ignores the realities of many others, who have been on the receiving end of prejudice at Cornell and often prejudice as a symptom of systemic inequalities It is this

ver y approach dogmatically asserting a vision of reality that in fact fails to address all of reality’s complex factors to which the Scorpions X seem opposed I am not sure what the column’s moralizing tone and its suggestion that the Scorpions X are akin to “criminals,” are supposed to do other than shut down their critiques with the force of a supposedly higher authority In either case, all the the column’s author has succeeded in doing is shifting the focus of conversation from structural inequalities to the supposed vices of those critiquing these inequalities, which has the effect of deflecting calls for change, even if unintentionally

The author asserts that the attacks of Scorpions X are “malicious” but it is a myster y to me how he would know they were motivated by a desire to cause harm, especially since he seems to have spent so little time considering their arguments On the contrar y, it seems to me reasonable to presume that the Scorpions X are motivated by a deep concern for the University, since they show an interest in uncovering those factors that are necessar y to consider if one is to care for students in the deeper sense (2) described above Their polemical style is an attempt to rouse the slumbering beast of the University, which is rather disposed towards ignoring or shutting down discussion of structural inequalities, as the recent response shows This critique is groundwork that needs to be done before meetings between administrators and students can be effective, as I certainly hope they will be

In that spirit, I encourage all to actually read The Nightly Moon, which can be found on the Scorpions X website, for themselves

Daniel Young is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at dwy9@cornell edu Guest Room appears periodically this semester

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according to Farmer

“We won ’ t prepare for this game any different,” he said of the team ’ s preparation for Saturday “We are not bad in training, and hopefully the win will give us a spring in our step ”

The team believes that it can compete at a high intensity level against opponents and score multiple goals, so a win over Harvard would put Cornell in a good position, according to Schubert

“I think as a team we go into every game with the same mentality and desire to win, but this game could really make a statement about our team, she said

This coming game with Harvard could really set the tone for the rest of the Ivy League play still to come

“We understand that the team that wins the title this year will have some losses on their record,” Farmer said

After a rocky 0-10 start to the season, the Red is working hard to establish itself as a contender within the Ivy League this year

“We will have to focus on playing a strong 90 minutes of soccer [to earn the win this weekend,]” Schubert said

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tor, are going to be in sync with what they are trying to get out of the material And also, they like kind of off-the-wall ideas So they are always listening

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u t t i n g to the Ch a s e: An Interview with Michael M iller ’74

Film editing is often called “the invisible art,” as a mastery of the craft often goes unnoticed Editors whittle dozens, sometimes hundreds of hours of raw footage down to a featurelength film, setting its pace, tone and message

Michael R Miller 74 has edited about 50 films over his storied career, from Manhattan and Raging Bull to modern classics like the Coen brothers’ Miller’s Crossing and Raising Arizona Miller’s newest film Liberal Arts helmed by Josh R adnor, is opening at Cinemapolis today The Sun spoke over the phone with Miller about the nuances of his craft, the proliferation of editing software and his memories as Arts and Entertainment Editor of The Cornell Daily Sun

THE SUN: So, why film editing? There are well-known directors and screenwriters out there, but very few editors I’m guessing the motive is not fame?

MICHAEL R MILLER: That’s a really good question There are other Cornell alums who have chosen film editing, Thelma Schoomaker ’61 being probably the most well-known film editor since her work on Raging Bull Tim Squyres ’81 is also a familiar face among film editors

I think of all the filmmaking crafts, [editing] is probably the most analytical That is a skill one picks up as an undergraduate at Cornell, being analytical The [film] courses while I was there were more analytical than practical [and] it was the analytical end I had an affinity for SUN: How much input does a director have in the editing process? The Coen brothers now edit all their movies (using the pseudonym “Roderick Jaynes”), so I imagine they have an idea of what they want

M R M : This is a very complicated issue

Whether a director is considered an auteur or just a studio hire, what an editor tends to do is execute a director’s vision to the greatest possible extent It’s not about an editor’s tastes as much as executing [that] vision

Sometimes I’m considering whether or not we need a certain scene in the film or if it’s redundant Like if we had done it all already in a previous scene or because of the way an actor had performed his or her role, we already get what’s in the text But again, it is in the service of a particular vision

With the Coen Brothers, for instance, knowing the tone they wanted was always important Everything is always a little bit ironic, even when the tone isn’t explicitly comedic They are very receptive to suggestions because of their own clarity and vision I think they know that most suggestions that anyone makes, whether it is the production designer or an actor, cinematographer or edi-

SUN: A small indie movie like Liberal Arts differs from, perhaps the biggest movie you were part of, Armageddon

M R M : Armageddon was extraordinary I was one of, I think, seven editors of the film, credited as “Additional Editor ” It was almost a matter of making a deadline and just having a go at certain scenes and showing them to Michael Bay and moving on That’s an interesting one because, although I will say Michael Bay knows what he wants, he shoots massive amounts of film For that one, I remember the figure being about a

Arts, [which were] main fare in Hollywood filmmaking up to the ’80s and ’90s Perhaps from the birth of film through the ’90s “The love story ” and “the complicated relationship movie” Hollywood stopped making these films They were the $30 million budget films and [now they either] make the very inexpensive films or tentpole films for hundreds of millions of dollars

I do not think that is a good thing, and it has to do with marketing, exhibition and how people view movies these days And what’s viable, as studios don’t want to spend $16 million to market a $30 million movie

That whole realm of filmmaking became relegated to independently-financed films In terms of editing, I don’t really believe the

million and a half feet It becomes impossible for a director to watches all the dailies there is just not enough time in the day It is because he shoots multiple cameras, so if you are shooting an hour of film a day, multiply that by four and tack viewing that at the end of a 15 hour work day, and that doesn’t leave any time for sleep It’s very different

In the case of Liberal Arts, I believe it was more focused and manageable It’s the kind of film that requires one editor because it is about nuances of character what you did for something that happened on page six has to be reflected for something on page 34 Less so in a film that is “high-concept,” as they say, with the planet being hit by an asteroid They are both fun, and they both require a lot of focus and attention to detail SUN: Digital film editing programs have made the craft more accessible, especially to youth But what artistic advances have been made in these recent years? Have they been good or bad?

M R M : Well, it’s hard to say I would say the jury’s out Hollywood is in a state of flux right now for many, many reasons They are making fewer of the kind of films like Liberal

craft has changed The tools you use have a certain effect on how you edit, but it’s not the same kind of effect you’d hear from listening to a vir tuoso violinist play a Stradivarius and then play a lesser violin, or the difference different kind of brushes would make to a painter A cut is still a cut, whether you made it with an Avid or used a splicer after running your film through a [analog] Moviola

There’s a great moment in a documentary that ACE, American Cinema Editors, makes every year where, in a panel discussion [of all the year ’ s Oscar-nominated editors], the editors of Almost Famous and [Dede Allen of ] Wonder Boys [were speaking] The editors of Almost Famous began talking about a time passing montage that they had created [for the movie], and how without the Avid, where we can have multiple layers, a montage like this never could have been created The editor of the film of the panel discussion cut to Dede Allen’s face and then to a film that she had edited called The Hustler, made in the early 1960s and edited on a Moviola It had time passing montages as complicated as anything that had ever been done on

an Avid

So I think technological changes in film come from economic factors and, artistically, they help many of us get to where the true genius is of our craft It is much easier to create a montage with many visual layers on an Avid but it is not necessary

SUN: Did your editorial experience with The Sun translate into any skills you use in film editing?

M R M : Yes, in many ways You get to view a lot of films with that job I think that the best thing for anyone in any film class to do is watch a lot of good film You get to do that, and there are some bad ones too But the editing process is a process of refinement, whether it is a book, newspaper review or a film One just gets acquainted with the process and [becomes aware] that one small change can have a big effect In Dede’s time, she simply used her imagination and trial and error, and a very strong knowledge of what things would look like when they came back from the lab

SUN: Are there any articles you wrote or edited that you have a fond memory of?

M R M : For one of my first assignments, when I was the low man on the totem pole, I reviewed Deep Throat I can ’ t believe that But I did It was a funny thing a narrative pornography I don’t think that exists anymore, as far as I know But they were going for it then

SUN: You mentioned having Prof Don Fredericksen, film, who I have today He told me an anecdote about you, how you were a very politically active ILR student in the ’70s

M R M : [laughs] I knew it was going to be that one

SUN: You and your peers took over Carpenter Hall in 1972 in an anti-war protest, yet you snuck out to attend Fredericksen s seminars He really praised your dedication How do you look back at that event nowadays?

M R M : Well, I am still glad that I did it [The building takeover] was quite successful; one of our demands was that Cornell divest itself of its Gulf oil stock, because Gulf was heavily invested in South Africa, which had an apartheid regime at the time And we won that demand

It was a crazy time I don’t think we’ll see times like that again But I managed not to hurt the protest and still get to Don’s seminar Those seminars were great; they were life-changers for all of us who were in them So, yeah, I feel great about it [laughs] I feel good that Don and I both have that recollection

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

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The Red offense starts and ends with its passing attack anyway, although Cornell has run into trouble in the red zone in 2012 While Mathews averages 369 yards per contest and moves the ball downfield at will, the team has scored touchdowns on only 56 percent of its trips inside the opponent ’ s 20yard line

“We have to be highly efficient in scoring territory,” Austin said Offensively there’s been times in games where our miscues have come in scoring territory We’ve got to play a really good game technically [and] we ’ ve got to eliminate penalties ”

Cutting down on dropped passes would certainly help the Red capitalize on its ubiquitous opportunities to score points The productive Cornell receivers, super reliable in 2011, have had their hands on roughly one-third of Mathews’ 47 incompletions this season The squad is crossing its fingers that fifth-year senior wide receiver Shane Savage, who has missed 175 of 180 minutes nursing a lower leg injury, will be cleared to play on Saturday

“I think when [Savage] gets back to speed, we’ll click right away, ” Mathews said of the 5-10 wideout who led the Ivies a season ago with 1,080 yards and 12 touchdowns on 65 receptions “He’ll find a spot in our offense wherever he can produce because he’s a great football player We’ve missed him this year, but we ’ ve had other guys step up I think him getting back adds another weapon to what we do offensively ”

Although the Red’s execution has oscillated this year, the offense still protects the football Cornell has turned the ball over only once since fumbling on its very first play from scrimmage in 2012 Harvard senior defensive back D J Monroe and sophomore defensive back Norman Hayes, who have combined for 31 tackles and nine pass break ups but no interceptions, will be waiting to record the Crimson secondary’s first pick of the season The defense also boasts a ferocious pass rush that leads the country with 14 sacks, including four by sophomore defensive end Zach Hodges and three by senior defensive end John Lyon

Even so, an athletic Cornell offensive line is capable of dictating the line of scrimmage, especially when the Red’s timing is on par Senior center Bob Bullington will return to action against the Crimson after sitting out one game

The offensive co-captain’s absence last week and poor snaps by the replacement showed that fans often take the center for granted even one who broke his dominant right wrist during the offseason and now snaps with his left hand

“This team has a lot of guys who play with a lot of heart,” Mathews said “We have a lot of guys who play really hard and we prepare in the right way We need to continue that and we need to keep getting better in our execution, but as long as our fight and our will to win is there, we’ll be alright ”

Quintin Schwab can be reached at qschwab@cornellsun com

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CORNELL TAKES ITS TALEN TS TO CAMBRID GE

Red Faces D efending Iv y Champ Har vard

By QUINTIN SCHWAB Sun Sen or Writer

“Huge ” That’s the word observers have used to describe the magnitude of the Cornell football team ’ s game at Harvard tomorrow at 1 p m Yet the Red players themselves know it is most effective to treat their matchup with the defending Ivy League Champion and undefeated Crimson (3-0, 1-0 Ivy) in Cambridge, Mass , like any other contest

“We recognize this is a big game for us, but importantly it’s a big game because it s the next game, said junior safety Brian Gee, who stepped in last week and made several big plays down

Cornell Travels To Play Crimson

By JOHN McGRORTY Sun Contributor

On Saturday, Oct 6, the Red will travel to Soldiers Field soccer stadium in sunny Cambridge, Mass to face off against rival Harvard Coming off of a win over Lafayette, Cornell (1-10-0, 0-2-0 Ivy League) looks to keep the momentum in its favor this weekend as they play against last year ’ s Ivy League Champion, Har vard (5-3-2,1-1 Ivy League)

A win over the Crimson would help the Red take a step in the direction of a successful stint of Ivy League play

Head coach Patrick Farmer said that he “hopes and expects their win this week will help their confidence and ability to score more than one goal in a game ” This ability to keep scoring multiple goals, especially late game goals, should help the Red find itself in a good position this weekend

“The Lafayette game gave us a good confidence boost and reassured us that we can really take it to a team, as we have been close to doing all year, ” said sophomore midfielder Kerry Schubert “Playing a more offensive game will transpire into the game against Harvard and hopefully we can create a bunch of scoring opportunities then as well ”

The Red has a long history against Harvard With an all time series record of 20-3-7, Harvard leads the Red in more recent Ivy League titles However, after a tie last year, the Red understands that it can push the limits against the Crimson,

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the stretch to help the Red (2-1, 1-0) grind out a 15-10 victory over Bucknell “We’re going to prepare like we do every week and we ’ re just going to give the best effort we can and try and piece it all together ”

The talented Gee, who was injured for the majority of his first two seasons, is part of a resurgent Cornell defense that allowed only 16 total points in the last two outings Thus, the playmaking unit figures to surrender fewer than the 41 points it spotted Harvard on Oct 8 of last year in a 10-point loss, but the Crimson scored 53 in a shellacking of Holy Cross last Saturday to avenge its most recent loss in the 2011 season-opener Perhaps more impressive, two weeks ago Harvard put up 45 points on a stalwart Brown defense that ranked first in the Ivies last season in a 14-point conference-opening win

ages their offense very well, he’s very accurate and he has the ability to pull the ball down and run for first downs as well He does a great job with the personnel around him and we ’ ve got to contain him If we don’t, he’s got the ability to put up really big numbers ” Chapple and Mathews combined for 736 passing yards and seven touchdowns in the meeting on Schoellkopf Field last season

As both players have had a year to improve, they offer arguably the highest quality Ancient Eight quarterback showdown since Buffalo Bills signal caller and Harvard grad Ryan Fitzpatrick ’05 defeated Yale and its oneyear legend Alvin Cowan ’04 on Nov 22, 2003 Chapple and Mathews have each thrown seven touchdowns and just one interception through three games

“It doesn’t matter that they’ve got an ‘H’ on their helmet we’ve got to focus on what we do.” J e f f M a t h e w s

“This is by far the best football team we ’ ve played this year They have an outstanding team [and] a great tradition,” said Cornell head coach Kent Austin, referring to the program that has won six League titles in head coach Tim Murphy’s 18 seasons “[Harvard Stadium] is going to be a tough place for us to go and pull a victory from, but that being said I think our guys are pretty excited We’ll be well prepared and we’ll play hard ”

“Obviously they’ve been very successful over the years, but what we ’ ve got to focus on is we ’ re just playing Harvard this year, ” added junior quarterback and offensive co-captain Jeff Mathews “It doesn’t matter that they’ve got an ‘H’ on their helmet we ve got to focus on what we do They ve got some good players, but we ’ ve got a lot of good players too ”

The Red again faces productive Crimson senior quarterback Colton Chapple, who, like Bucknell signal caller Brandon Wesley, can make plays with his arm and feet The big-bodied tight end duo of junior Cameron Brate and senior Kyle Juszczyk have caught 29 of Chapple s passes for 394 yards and five touchdowns in 2012

“Colton is a really good football player,” Austin said “He man-

For the Red to take down the Crimson for the first time since 2005, though, the defense will have to do more than prevent a big day from Chapple Harvard senior running back Treavor Scales averages 130 3 rushing yards per game on 7 5 yards per carry this year with six touchdowns Scales was named the Ivy League Player of the Week after each of the first two games of the season, a tribute to Harvard’s offensive balance Nonetheless, a blossoming Cornell D seems unfazed

“I think the defense has really taken significant, large strides,” Gee said “We just have to be assignment-sound If you ’ re trying to do more than your assignment, everyone ’ s going to mess up Everyone doing their individual effort becomes one big team effort ” The Cornell running game produces half the number of yards its defense relinquishes on the ground Freshman running back Luke Hagy did as best he could against a swarming Bison defense last Saturday night, netting 25 yards on 10 carries and avoiding big losses The task for the promising rookie doesn t get any easier tomorrow, as the Crimson’s rush defense ranks second in the nation (59 7 ypg), anchored by leading tacklers and senior

Undefeated S quad Takes On Formidable Foe

By ALEX GATTO Sun Staff Writer

The men ’ s soccer team will play the Harvard Crimson this Saturday in its second Ivy League game this season The No 18 Red (9-0-0, 1-0-0 Ivy League) has been preparing all week for what could be the Red’s toughest challenge so far

“It’s not going to come easy, ” said senior goalkeeper Rick Pflasterer “You’re not just going to go out and get a win ”

The team is going into this game with what has currently been the best starting season for a Cornell soccer team since 1995 With a 9-0 record, Cornell is one of two teams in the country to boast a perfect record all wins, no ties and no losses A Cornell player has been the Ivy Player of the Week for the last four weeks in a row

“I’m very happy for our players,” said head coach Jaro Zawislan Their hard work is paying off, and the results that the team is getting on the field are the reflection of their work during preseason, the spring season and the winter season ”

According to Zawislan, one of the team s greatest strengths is its ability to remain humble in the wake of its success and to continue to approach each game as if its record were 0-0 If anything, the team has only increased its level of intensity in practice and on the field as the wins keep coming, determined to not let any team outplay it and hurt its chances for the Ivy League Championship

“At every game we play, anything can happen,” Pflasterer said “We need to stay humble and keep striving for our goal,

which is the Ivy League Title We need to strive for that everyday

“Every Ivy game is a very important game, ” added senior midfielder Nico Nissl “The game can always go either way, so we have to make sure that we ’ re focused and we ’ re working hard ”

The Red will find a tough opponent in the Crimson While Harvard’s record may pale in comparison to the Red’s, Zawislan noted that the Crimson’s record was misleading because the team has only played other highly-nationally ranked teams, and has lost each game by very close margins

“They won ’ t be satisfied with two ties against Yale and Boston College at home,” Zawislan said “Their record does not reflect the quality of the team they are, and how tough they are to play against Everyone recognizes that this will be a hard game ” Another key strength for the Cornell team is how they work as a defensive unit

Both Nissl and Pflasterer cited the team ’ s strategy of having all players on the field act as defenders as one of the key reasons the team has had so much success in creating scoring opportunities The team has not managed to walk off of the field with a shutout in its last few games, which according to Pflasterer is something the team needs to continue to work on

“It’s key that all 11 players are on the same page, Nissl said “As soon as one person doesn’t defend, the whole defensive system falls through ” “When we give up a goal we re right back in it,” Pflasterer added “We’re battling, and often we play our best soccer

Unfortunately, we need to get to that best level of play before that goal We need to figure out how to be awake ” With Fall Break beginning, according to Zawislan, this weekend will be a time for the players to buckle down and focus on maintaining their level of play

“This is the most important game and the toughest game on our schedule, and that’s because it’s our next game ”

Alex Gatto can be reached at agatto@cornellsun com