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McKain Named Associate V.P. for Communications

By ANNIE BUI Sun Managing Editor

John McKain, assistant dean of communications for the College of Human Ecology, will become the next associate vice president for uni-

announced Thursday

McKain, who will assume the position Oct 19, succeeds Tracy Vosburgh, who departed Cornell last month to ser ve as the senior associate vice president for university relations at Virginia Tech McKain began working at Cornell in 2006 for Alumni Affairs and Development and transitioned to his role in the College of Human Ecology in 2011, according to a University press release His experience in the fields of marketing communications and media relations spans over two decades

In his role as assistant dean in the College of H

“It has been an honor and a privilege to serve the University.”

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for multiple platforms, according to the release Also, under his leadership, press and media coverage of faculty and students in the human ecology college in “major news media” tripled His responsibilities as associate vice president will include overseeing a staff of 50 people, as well as “promoting and raising” interest in and visibility of the Cornell brand, according to the University In the release, McKain said he was “thrilled” to be

Slope Day Programming Board Hosts First-Ever Open Forum

Aims to make Slope Day artist selection process ‘ more transparent’

By JOSEPHINE CHU Sun Staff Wr ter

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Student Organizations Promote Global Health Opportunities at Fair

By STEPHANIE YAN Sun Staff Wr ter

Cornellians gathered inside Willard Straight Hall at Cornell’s second Global Health Club Fair Monday, an event that highlights opportunities for students to get involved in global health initiatives on campus

The fair had tables from 14 clubs, ranging from project teams to crowdfunding initiatives, where students could speak to club members It was hosted by Cornell’s Global Health Student Council, a blanket organization that connects over 20 global health organizations across the campus, according to GHSC president Alex Leto ’16

Leto described the fair as a chance to promote unity and collaboration among the organizations GHSC’s main goal in addition to increasing student participation

in global health programs

“[The clubs] can promote the global health community as a whole, while also promoting their own interests and missions,” Leto said

According to Leto, the GHSC reserved the Willard Straight Memorial Room nearly a year in advance right after its club fair last year in Upson Hall in hopes that the more central location would attract attendees

“Last year was a bit more of a remote location, so this year we ’ re trying to bring in more people,” Leto said

Beyond that, planning for the fair mostly involved publicity campaigns on social media, she said

“We saw what we needed to improve upon from the event [last year],” Leto said

Seminar With Caroline Levine

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Chew on This Noon - 1 p m , Johnson Museum of Art Frank Irvine Endowed Lecture Series: ‘The Twilight of Legality’ 12:15 - 1:45 p m , 390 Myron

How Do the Mechanics and Three-Dimensional Structures Of Bacterial Biofilms Impinge on Their Biology? Noon, 700 Clark Hall

An Ontological Approach to Revisionary Taxonomy 12:15 - 1:15 p m , 123 Comstock Hall

Cellular Compartmentalization Of Mycotoxin Synthesis and Export 12:20 p m, 404 Plant Sciences Building

Activities in the South African National Chapter Of the Organization for Women in the Developing World 12:20 - 1 p m , 102 Mann Librar y

Officials Consider Impact of State Street Triangle Project

City officials have recently been concerned with how the d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e St a t e Street Triangle would impact local traffic should it be con-

Ithaca Journal The site’s plan currently includes an outdoor pedestrian plaza, which may interfere with current roads, specifically a right-turn lane from South Aurora to East State Street The plaza design aims to connect the Commons to the rest of Ithaca, overall improving the “vibe ”

Airplane Makes Emergency Landing In Syracuse After Pilot Death

An American Airlines jetl i n e r w i t h 1 4 7 p a s s e n g e r s aboard made an emergency landing in Syracuse Monday after the pilot became sick and d i e d , a c c o rd i n g t o a v i a t i o n officials The plane’s co-pilot took control of the plane and landed it at Syracuse Hancock International Airpor t a fe w minutes after 7 a m , according to The New York Times The flight had taken off from Phoenix and was bound for Boston

Death Toll Rises Following Historic Flood In South Carolina

At least nine people have d i e d a f t e r u n p re c e d e n t e d f l o o d i n g r a v a g e d So u t h C a r o l i n a t h i s w e e k e n d , according to The Washington Post

On Saturday, rainfall averaged higher than 16 inches across 10 counties The torrential downpour has surpassed a

1 , 0 0 0 y e a r r a i n f a l l , w h i c h makes it a once-in-a-millennium storm, according to statistics compiled by the National

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s a i d a t a n e w s c o n f e re n c e “ So u t h C a r o l i n a h a s g o n e through a storm of historic proportion ”

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MGLC Event Showcases Spirit, Diversity

By LINDSAY CAYNE Sun Staff Writer

Sorority and fraternity members of the Multicultural Greek Letter Council held a Yard Show which included performances, music and information in an effort to showcase their unique organizations and bond as a community on Ho Plaza Sunday

While MGLC holds a formal event called Greek Freak every spring, it has been several years since they held a fall event, according to Mariana Pinos ’16, vice president of programming for MGLC and member of Sigma Lambda Upsilon/Señoritas Latinas Unidas Sorority, Inc

“We wanted to do something in the fall semester not as formal as Greek Freak to still get our names out there and to show the Cornell campus and educate them on what our organizations do, the cultural aspects of our organizations and what makes them unique,” she said

MGLC President and member of Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc Andrea Kim ’16 added that the Yard Show was meant to be a “stress-free” event that could bring the Cornell community together Through this event, Kim said MGLC hopes to “reach all different kinds of communities ”

“This is great for students of color and our organizations’ members to take pride in but this is open to the community and Ithaca,” she said

Before the performances began, organization members and other Cornell students chatted around tables covered in posters and apparel representing each organization while a D J played music

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Jeffrey Lin ’16, a member of Pi Delta Psi, said the atmosphere was “energetic ”

“That’s the first thing you get as soon as you come through,” he said “It’s a good time Everyone’s amped up, everyone loves each other’s company; it’s laughter all around ”

According to MGLC Vice President of Communications Dan Kim ’17, all 14 organizations tabled and nine of them performed Members of fraternities and sororities from other schools, such as Syracuse University and University of Virginia, also attended Cornell’s Yard Show to support their brothers and sisters

Each performance highlighted the character of the specific organizations and gave members a chance to use art and dance as a form of expression The performances included “ stepping, strolling and saluting,” according to alpha Kappa Delta Phi member Athena Shea ’16

“Those are the three main performances many multicultural organizations try to do,” she said “It’s part of how they express themselves culturally and show a sense of pride for their organization There’s an overarching meaning to what exactly a step, a stroll and a salute means to each of our chapters, even

though our performances look different from each others’ At the end of the day, showcasing our performances to each other helps us feel a sense of unity in the MGLC community ”

According to Andrea Kim, MGLC leaders began working on the details of the Yard Show in May and have been planning the event with organizations’ members ever since Many of the organizations performing in the Yard Show have been practicing their routines since the start of this semester, Pinos said Amy ElSayed ’16, one of the performers who saluted with the Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc, said saluting is “something that we do to pay respect to the sisters that came before us and show the audience who we are now ”

“It’s super important to me, it’s a tradition that’s in our chapter and in our sorority nationally,” she said Armon Sadler ’17, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, said the performances provided “ an opportunity for us to show who we are and why we are different from our counterparts ”

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Lecture Highlights Press-Government Relationship in China

By CHRISTOPHER BYRNS Sun Staff Writer

Maria Repnikova, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, gave a lecture yesterday in Kaufmann Auditorium called “Critical Journalists and the State in China: The Case of Guarded Improvisation,” which examined the complex relationship between the press and the government in modern China

Co-sponsored by the Cornell Contemporar y China Initiative

a n d t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f Communication, the lecture covered Repnikova’s doctoral and postdoctoral research

Repnikova made the argument that contrar y to the popular

image, Chinese journalists critique the state within cer tain b o u n d a r i e s s e t by t h e c e n t r a l party

According to Repnikova, the p o p u l a r i m a g e r y o f C h i n e s e media tends to casts journalists as “loyal agents of the party state ” and claim that the state “gives ver y little leeway for criticism ”

How e v e r, Re p n i k ov a s a i d while the press does have severe restrictions under the Chinese state, a particular form of “critical journalism” has emerged where the state allows the press to critique it, but with fluid limitations

“Beneath this imager y of collision between isolated critics and

an omni-powerful state, there are some exchanges that take place between various journalists and Chinese officials that often go u n n o t i c e d i n p o p u l a r m e d i a depictions,” Repnikova said “I argue in the past several decades the practice of what I call critical journalism has emerged in China which encompasses investigative and editorial coverage of contentious societal issues ”

Gr a p p l i n g w i t h w h a t Repnikova calls the “politics of the boundar y of the permissible,” both the journalists and the state work together to improve the operation of government In giving the press a limited space to operate, the Chinese state seeks advice on state matters, according to Repnikova

“ We should look at this kind of relationship between journalists and the state as one of collabo r a t i o n , ” Re p n i k ov a s a i d

“Essentially for existing onto a shared framework but at the same t i m e t h e y k e e p re n e g o t i a t i n g their relationship with what I call guarded improvisation ” Central to this relationship, according to Repnikova, is the shared goal of “gradual improvements ” to the Chinese state

“Journalists and the state are unified by a shared goal or agenda of gradual improvement of party governance, but the way they negotiate this role and this agenda is ver y much the result of a c t s o f p o l i t i c a l i m p rov i s i n g , ” Repnikova said

According to Repnikova, the improvisation within this relationship leaves many questions u n a n s w e re d O f t e n q u e s t i o n s regarding the limitations of the press are answered on an ad hoc b a s i s , a n d c a n e v e n c h a n g e “hourly ” Fr o m t h i s i m p r ov i s i n g , according to Repnikova, the press functions almost as a consultant with the central party, especially in that the state expects the press to explore and publish possible solutions to problems

“Media is invited to play a kind of constructive role in the p o l i t i c a l p r o c e s

expose issues but to also contribute to solutions It is not just about underlying failures but it is also about coming up with ways to solve failures ” However, Repnikova said that even with this limited room for

between journalists and the state remains uneven and repression of the press remains the norm

“Indoctrinated to do primarily propaganda work, silenced by

when it comes to press freedom,” Repnikova said “By no means is this an equal relationship ”

MGLC Holds Yard Show

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“The MGLC organizations were founded upon culture and tradition, part of which includes strolling, saluting and stepping,” Sadler said “This allowed us to raise awareness for our council, enjoy some nice weather and have some fun during prelim season ”

Pinos said she believes the event was a success

“I think looking back on it, it went exactly how I wanted it to, ” she said

She said she hopes the council can continue to hold the Yard Show and make it an annual event

Audience member Kibrett Facey ’16 said she enjoyed the event and the performances

“I know personally a lot of the people have been practicing for weeks, and it really showed in their performances today,” she said “They were very entertaining ” Lin said he is proud of the council’s ability to create a school-wide event

“This sort of event sums up who we are as a council, it’s hard at the end of the day to get maybe 100 people together, males and females, on a Sunday afternoon, but it just shows the level of commitment that we as organizations have to our council and how we ’ re all in this together,” he said

Lindsay Cayne can be reached at lcayne@cornellsun com

Professor David Kaplan

“Particles and the Nature of All Things”

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

5:00 p.m.

Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall

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resentative of the student body

“I think the sample [of students] we had here was definitely reflective of the student body,” Marin said “There were artists that people agreed on and others that were more controversial ”

In general, students were most excited about EDM and rap

artists However, the board expressed concern over EDM artists due to the potential drug use associated with such concerts, according to Marin According to Larmer, the most popular artists discussed were Fetty Wap, Kygo, Childish Gambino, Future and the Chainsmokers

Josephine Chu can be

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Global Health Event

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“ This year, I’m already seeing that there’s a lot more attendance ”

O r g a n i z a t i o n s p a r t i c i p a t i n g in the fair included Engineers Without Borders, a project team that is designing a bridge and a m e t h o d f o r o b t a i n i n g c l e a n water for a village in Bolivia,

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“It’s a really good way to not only help the community learn about issues that are affecting all of us on a global scale, but it also

the impor tance of Samahope’s work to people in need

“Global health is an issue that really affects ever yone, ” Wong said “ There are little things we can do that can make a really big difference ” G H S C

Jibilian ’18 said the fair’s goal was to show Cornell students the range of global health programs available to them, regardless of college or major “ We’re hoping that they can h

really see how many organizations they can get involved with dealing in global health, because there are so many options that c

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M a d e i n C h i c a g o at B a i l ey H a l l

BY TYRAN GRILLO Sun Staff Writer

In 2013, a year after being named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, drummer Jack DeJohnette was asked to perform at the Chicago Jazz Festival Given a free choice of bandmates, he convened reedmen Henry Threadgill and Roscoe Mitchell, pianist Muhal Richard Abrams and bassist Larry Gray on far more than a whim Their connection runs back to the early 1960s, when DeJohnette was making a name in his hometown of Chicago Abrams and company would go on to found the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, or AACM, from whose ranks would arise the legendar y Ar t Ensemble of Chicago By that time, DeJohnette’s career was already taking off in New York City Still, he never forgot those formative spaces, where Chicago cats would play together for hours on end in the city’s legendary “loft” concerts, performed in musicians’ homes As frequent host Mitchell recalls elsewhere, “Every time I get together with musicians from the AACM it’s like we are just picking up from wherever we left off ” And so, despite having never recorded before as a quintet, an organic unity abounded when the historicity of the 2013 gathering was captured as Made in Chicago, released this past January on the influential ECM Records label

If the album can be said to be a feather in the cap of DeJohnette’s already vast output, then by now that same cap could surely unfurl wings and soar of its own accord His discography reads like a Who’s Who of modern jazz, ranging from untouchables like Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman to the brightest stars, among them bassist Esperanza Spalding and tr umpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, of the here and now Although his integrated style is recognizable across a spectrum of genres and cross-cultural collaborations, his opendoor policy with ECM has yielded some of the finest projects of his career Whether in the Gateway Trio with bassist Dave Holland and guitarist John Abercrombie or the pet project known as Special Edition (which included pioneers Baikida Carroll, Chico Freeman, and Rufus Reid), to say little of the enduring Standards Trio with bassist Gary Peacock and pianist Keith Jarrett, DeJohnette has consistently brought an exhale of soul to every inhale of heart that imbues whatever musical organism he touches All this and more was in clear evidence on Sunday night as Made in Chicago kicked off this year ’ s Cornell Concert Series on the Bailey Hall stage

I always prefer to think of it as spontaneous composition ” Indeed, we do well to remember that DeJohnette is a composer at heart, crafting whether off the cuff or with more forethought melodic and intervallic structures with the ease of a lifelong painter at the canvas The analogy is not ill-chosen, for it is one that DeJohnette shares in reference to his own craft “I’m not just a drummer,” he said of the capacity in which fans are more likely to understand him “I’m a colorist who paints and participates in the music both harmonically and rhythmically ” He likewise cites the piano as a central component of his sonic upbringing It was his primary instrument and one to which the drums were a later addition “I used to spend three to four hours a day on each instrument, because I wanted to bring the drums up to the level of my piano playing The piano helped how I heard the ensemble, tuned the drums and how I approached the cymbals If you listen to cymbals closely, they have a gonglike resonance, a higher frequency Both piano and drums, of course, belong to the percussion family, so for me the two instruments have always overlapped one another ” This idea of overlapping is immortal in DeJohnette’s musical worldview, by which the growth of his art comes across with that much deeper inherency

Where in the latter vein DeJohnette brought the wisdom of history, Abrams brought the wisdom of process when, following the Q&A, he led a master class for the Cornell University Jazz Band Since co-founding the AACM, Abrams has had a formidable career of his own not

mournful shadow by its gait Like so much of what followed, it catalyzed a play of frequencies, at once ancient and of the moment One by one, the rest of the band followed suit As Mitchell’s full-throated alto, DeJohnette’s selective contacts, Abrams’s starlit keys, and Threadgill’s incanting flute took shape, one could almost feel the molecules transforming in the room It was, I would wager, a challenging introduction to those who were expecting to tap their feet to something recognizable But as Abrams surely would have reminded us, it was all about sharing a search for the unknown

Before a single gesture of the band went live, I had the rare privilege of interviewing Mr DeJohnette in an open Q&A session the previous afternoon I asked him about his association with AACM musicians and how it shaped his musical identity “Back then, we were cultivating an original approach to improvisation,” he told me in his thoughtful yet humble manner “AACM’s motto was to establish the serious intentions of everyone that came out of its ranks Jazz wasn ’ t simply improvisation, but a continuation of improvisation, creation through a process by which everyone and everything in the multiverse is hardwired to do That concept fuels me and this combination of players that I got together To play spontaneously is a challenge You are exposed The ability to compose on the spot, to create motifs and rhythms and communicate those not only to the other musicians but to the audience It’s more like soundscapes, painting in sound ”

I asked DeJohnette whether he felt that hanging out with the AACM crowd allowed him to explore spontaneity in ways he hadn’t before “Definitely,” he agreed “Chicago prepared me for New York It was my school You practiced at home, but you played and developed your consistency to create and improvise fluidly on the instrument by performing I don’t like the term ‘free jazz,’ because it’s not really free The real freedom is in the choices we make That’s why

only as a musician but also as a bona fide composer, his String Quartet No 2, for one, having been premiered in 1985 by the Kronos Quartet at Carnegie Hall It was from beneath the shadow of this hat that Abrams addressed the young musicians with poignant, if dense, nuggets of advice “I’m interested in what you don’t know about yourselves,” he told them “Allow your imagination to go inside ” Simple words on paper, to be sure, but difficult to embody in practice In his sagacious, patient manner, Abrams worked through moments of confusion and revelation with equal attention, encouraging students to “give it presence ” here or “ create however you want to play it” there whenever hesitations manifested themselves All of this was meant to bring across a central point: Evolving jazz artists feed not on the carrion of others, hunt not for things that have been found Rather, they dig within and give us something we can carry on into the future

Nowhere was this so aptly demonstrated as in the performance proper, in which the straight line paved by DeJohnette and Abrams yielded a downright ritualistic pentagon when Made in Chicago gave presence to 90 minutes of uninterrupted experience No titles were given to the concert ’ s four long tunes, and perhaps any announcement thereof would have imposed on their continuity The first piece, which felt more through-composed than improvised, opened where most jazz performances wouldn’t: with a cello solo Gray’s bow was mellifluous yet robust, trailing a

How lucid this philosophy blossomed as the pianist himself introduced the second tune, rippling into Mitchell, whose alto proved a force to be reckoned with His penchant for circular breathing and complex finger work led to some of the concert ’ s most arresting developments, contrasting beautifully with Threadgill’s halting pointillism It was as if both were navigating a rift between dimensions, only one was trying to escape while the other was content to remain where he was Gray and DeJohnette meanwhile played not so much off as through each other, shifting their densities to allow for Abrams’s extensions Like a player piano gone haywire, his keys seemed to move of their own accord From there the band whittled its way down to DeJohnette alone, crisply defining every hue with painterly intelligence, as he did also in the next tune, which found him exploring the possibilities of a full-contact drum synthesizer in a veritable rain forest of utterances, and in the final piece, recognizable as Mitchell’s “Chant” from the quintet’s recent album Here Mitchell dominated on the shriller sopranino saxophone, keeping step with Abrams’s mounting speed If anywhere, here was the potential of simplicity to the fullest, a difference through sameness that blew the candle flame of inspiration enough to keep it wildly dancing but unextinguished For its encore, the quintet proceeded whimsically, Mitchell (switching between three saxophones) and Threadgill (on alto) playing with expectations over the solid groove laid down by DeJohnette, who demonstrated himself, like the band as a whole, for all a peaceful commander As the musicians turned on their last dime, strangely evoking a feeling of travel by way of suspension, I couldn’t help but be reminded of what DeJohnette had said the day before: “I just follow where jazz wants me to go, and where jazz wants to go depends on what humanity does with the challenges we face as a species We have to adapt to our environment, and I think that music and art speak to that I don’t know if you ’ re going to have any more John Coltranes and Miles Davises, but there will always be people addressing the times we live in through their music The actual event of getting together and playing music together is vital The people who come to listen are instruments, too ” Which is not to say that we as an audience were being played, but invited to join our notes of appreciation to theirs of generation

Among the handful of albums in the DeJohnette catalog to which I find myself returning with especial frequency is his 1997 ECM effort Oneness In addition to its moving progressions, this understated leader date boasts one of his most emblematic titles Oneness is no mere throwaway concept, but a core tenet of this essentially ad hoc collective It is an overarching expression for what DeJohnette and his peers can do, a testament to their quasi-spiritual quest for unity As Abrams mentioned in his master class, musicians don’t need to be anywhere else than where they want to be, and neither did the fortunate listeners, as we sought purchase in the increasing density of their comet ’ s tail They followed wherever the sounds wanted them to go and, despite the distant past implied in their advancing years, had nothing but the future in their hands

Tyran Grillo is a graduate student at Cornell University He can be reached at tgrillo@cornellsun com

Ten-Minute Playfest Fills Schwartz’s Black Box

BY HADIYAH CHOWDHURY Sun Staff Writer

I have always loved intimate theatre spaces, especially black box theatres, so I may be a little biased when I say that having Ten-Minute Playfest in the Schwartz Center’s Black Box was a brilliant idea but it definitely was On Saturday night, the audience of about 100 people was buzzing with excitement over the six plays they were about to see and they were not disappointed As we took our seats and the lights dimmed, the entire cast came out and sang a cover of Chicago’s “Cellblock Tango” to remind audience members what they should and should not do during the performance, perhaps the most effective and memorable way I have ever been told to shut my phone off during a show And then, of course, the plays started and I was blown away

The first play, On the Brink, directed by performing and media arts Ph D candidate J Michael Kinsey Ph D ’19, was definitely my favorite The piece was extremely dynamic and versatile in the way it dealt with the Black Lives Matter movement Actors were constantly moving and yelling, creating a chaotic atmosphere that completely immersed the audience; it was difficult to separate the character’s fear from my own In general, the dialogue was organic and

each performer lent their own voice to the piece, resulting in a nuanced and poignant look into the intersection of race, gender and identity In addition, though the play did seem somewhat disjointed at some points, the overall confusion and fear was augmented by the lack of structure, which I thought suited the subject matter (police brutality) quite well I was quite affected, and the play certainly made me examine my own politics with scrutiny

Mark DiStefano’s ’16 piece, Molte Vino, had me laughing incessantly This piece was the perfect foil to On the Brink because it lightened the heaviness that seemed to permeate the room The actors in this piece had perfect comedic timing and their Italian accents were on point

The piece consisted of a young man bringing his fiancée home for the first time to his Sicilian-American parents, resulting in all kinds of awkward questions and obnoxious comments What made this piece so compelling, though, was the fact that the parents were based upon DiStefano’s own parents, who happened to be in the audience on Saturday night Their laughter only magnified everyone else’s, resulting in an altogether spectacular performance

The fifth piece, Parmacetty, written by Kelley Mark and directed by Nick Fessette Ph D ’18, consisted mostly of a man and a woman being interviewed by a documentarian about sharks and a recent shark attack The man attacked the shark while the woman defended it by giving the audi-

ence an overwhelming amount of data about how one ’ s chances of being killed by a shark are infinitesimally small

The interviews were quite dry, so by the time it was revealed that the man who had died in the shark attack was the woman ’ s boyfriend, I did not have much of a connection with the woman While I understand that this piece was meant to be of a political nature, I feel that it could have been more effective if the format had not been so predictable and if the arguments were more interesting than simply statistics

Overall, Ten-Minute Playfest was a success I left feeling like I had witnessed something truly spectacular that had been put together with an incredible amount of time and passion While I certainly enjoyed some plays more than others, I have to say that the acting was top notch, and the use of the space was innovative and very effective in creating an intimate environment for the audience without limiting the movement of the actors Although the first piece was so chaotic and overwhelming that the rest of the pieces may have lost some of their impact in comparison, I was thoroughly pleased with the amazing work of the actors, directors and writers that worked so hard to make the show such a success

Hadiyah Chowdhury is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at hchowdhury@cornellsun com

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Annie O’Toole | Trustee

Viewpoint

Sexual Assault Is Serious

Eighteen percent of female students sur veyed in the AAU Campus Climate Survey said that they experienced nonconsensual sexual contact by physical force or incapacitation since arriving at Cornell Thirteen percent of female students said that they experienced nonconsensual sexual contact by the absence of affirmative consent

Yet, victims report these incidents to organizations or campus officials at very low rates

Only 26 8 percent of victims of penetrative acts by physical force reported it; only 16 2 percent of victims of penetrative acts involving incapacitation reported it; and only 9 2 percent of victims of forceful sexual touching reported it

Why don’t victims report these acts of sexual assault? Students overwhelmingly stated that they did not report these instances because they did not think they were serious enough

Further, students do not feel like they know what to do if they or their friends experience sexual assault or sexual harassment

Just 28 5 percent of students know where to find help at Cornell if they or a friend are sexually assaulted or harassed

I see three major takeaways from the AAU Survey We need to focus on prevention, we need a culture shift at Cornell and we need to provide information more clearly and broadly

First, we need to focus on prevention

I have been impressed with the innovative sexual violence prevention initiatives that I’ve seen students come up with and enact during my time at Cornell, but we still need to do more We need more ideas for new initiatives to reach broader constituencies across campus We need to harness the energy of students to support these initiatives and engage with them

We need more education for students to understand what is sexual assault and harassment There is not a common understanding of what these terms mean and what they look like in real life

Students come from a variety of countries, cultures and types of secondary schools Many

that “this kind of thing happens all the time” and that it’s thus not worth someone ’ s time to take an incident of sexual assault or harassment seriously This kind of thing will continue to happen all the time unless all of us students, faculty and staff appreciate that these incidents are as serious as they are

“Taking it seriously” means questioning the culture of binge drinking at Cornell and on college campuses across the nation, and exploring ways to make students’ social lives safer and healthier It means talking about sexual assault and harassment, exploring the uncomfortable questions that arise around this topic and helping our community come to a common understanding of what is and what is not acceptable behavior

Third, we need to provide information more clearly and broadly

Students should know where they can turn if they or a friend are victims of sexual assault or harassment

Policy 6 4 the policy that governs sexual assault and harassment is currently undergoing changes to explain processes more clearly and to streamline them to be more efficient and effective in dealing with reported instances of sexual assault and harassment

I think these changes to Policy 6 4 are necessary and overdue In particular, Policy 6 4 should provide clearer information to students about how Cornell defines sexual assault and harassment, victims’ options once they’ve experienced instances of sexual assault and harassment, and the rights of the accused throughout formal processes The changes need to happen quickly but also in a deliberate and informed manner Changes should be made with input from students, faculty and staff to fully reflect the variety of issues and concerns that are inherent to this complicated issue

In addition, we should do a better job of informing students about the excellent resources that Cornell does have to help victims of sexual assault and harassment

The SHARE (Sexual Harassment and Assault Response and Education) website share cornell edu is the best source for information about what to do if you or a friend

I see three major takeaways from the AAU Sur We need to focus on prevention, we nee culture shift at Cornell and we need to prov information more clearly and broadly

students have not had sex education and have never talked about these issues before they move onto North Campus freshman year We can ’ t be satisfied that we ’ ve taught students about these issues once they’ve seen one performance during Orientation or sat through one presentation on sexual assault We need to work formal and informal sexual violence prevention education into students’ four years on campus through programming, through living-learning communities and through the curriculum

Second, we need a culture shift at Cornell Sexual assault and harassment is serious No means no, and the absence of no does not mean yes If someone violates this principle, it is a serious issue

Until sexual assault and harassment is taken seriously, students will continue to be victimized at these alarmingly high levels

“Taking it seriously” does not necessarily mean that a victim has to go to the police, or file a complaint through the University or go through any process that he or she doesn’t want to go through A victim should have control over his or her decision to go through a formal process following an instance of sexual assault or harassment, especially given the loss of control that occurs when a person is sexually victimized

But, it is unacceptable to have the attitude

experiences sexual assault or harassment

Confidential support is available through Gannett, the Cornell Victim Advocate, the director of the Women’s Resource Center, the director of the LGBT Resource Center, the Ithaca Advocacy Center s 24/7 hotline, Cornell United Religious Work Chaplains and the University Ombudsman

Other resources for help and advice include: CUPD, resident advisors or residential housing directors, the Office of Workforce Policy and Labor Relations, the Office of the Judicial Administrator, the Title IX Coordinator and the Program Coordinator for Diversity and Inclusion Strategies

Sexual assault and harassment is a serious and difficult issue Cornell must continue to work diligently and constantly to keep students safe and to provide supportive environments for them to pursue an exceptional education Administrators and the Board of Trustees cannot and should not solve these issues on their own we need student input, student ideas and students to take this issue seriously in order to improve our campus climate

Annie O’Toole is the graduate student-elected trustee She can be reached at ado29@cornell edu Trustee Viewpoint appears on alternate Tuesdays this semester

Jake Forken | My Forken Opinion

Missing John Boehner

Despite objections from the far-right who refer to him as moderate or even liberal, John Boehner the retiring Speaker of the House is a conservative In 2010, Boehner’s last year in Congress before ascending to a Speakership post that rarely votes on legislation, Boehner received a 100 percent conservative rating from both the American Conservative Union as well as the conservative Club for Growth; he boasts a 94 and 83 percent lifetime score from each respective organization In an ironic twist, 2010 also happens to be the year that the ultra-conservative Tea Party caucus emerged in Congress and five years later this group leveraged their influence consolidated in the House Freedom Caucus to contribute to Boehner’s resignation For the purpose of this article, the term ‘conservative’ will be used in reference to the ideology of Boehner and his allies, while ‘ a n

ment ’ will denote the ultra-right wing of the R e p u b l

Party

abortion programs Anti-establishment Republicans sought to defund Planned Parenthood in recent budget negotiations and demanded that any spending bill sent to President Barack Obama include such language Supposed top-tier Republican Presidential candidate Carly Fiorina lied to the American people about the leaked Planned Parenthood videos during the second GOP debate and neglected to acknowledge her exaggerations on multiple occasions Mick Mulvaney has been quoted saying, “Our leadership has probably one chance left to save the party, and it’s on Planned Parenthood ” So, apparently the only way leadership can redeem the party is to defund a women ’ s health organization one that doesn’t even use federal money for abortions on the basis of doctored ‘evi-

By using ultra-right issues as prox the Republican fight against gover power, the anti-establishmen effectively renders the entir Republican Party useless.

Republicanism in the American political system traditionally represents an ideology favoring smaller, more localized government with less spending While Democrats surely deviate on this political philosophy, there is nothing inherently sinister about championing free-market economics and reduced budget deficits However, the anti-establishment bloc of the GOP has co-opted the Republican Party to a point where traditionalism is no longer overtly apparent They’ve instead replaced governing via negotiation and compromise with impractical, sectarian demands that discount rudimentary facts

For some years now, anti-establishment members of Congress members such as Ted Cruz, Mark Meadows, Jim Jordan and Mick Mulvaney have used positions so far removed from the traditional political spectrum as a proxy for waging war against government control The first example of this proxy war is demonstrated in the Republican opposition to the Affordable Care Act that resulted in the 2013 government shutdown To be clear, questioning the potential effectiveness of the Affordable Care Act is squarely within the Republican mainstream Shutting down the government over such a disagreement, however, is not

In an August 2013 conference call with House Republicans, Boehner stressed that while his leadership team was committed to terminating the Affordable Care Act, Republicans should avoid a government shutdown over the issue, warning that such tactics would not succeed in derailing the legislation and fearing backlash similar to the repercussions the GOP faced after the 1995 government shutdown Eventually, Boehner conceded to Senator Cruz and other anti-establishment figures, resulting in a two-week government shutdown that failed to affect the Affordable Care Act, but succeeded in eviscerating the Republican Party in public opinion polls Boehner’s aforementioned cautions proved foreboding and illustrated that Boehner acknowledged political realities and limitations that certain Republicans refuse to accept

The latest instance of this continuing proxy war is included in the opposition to Planned Parenthood funding Anti-establishment Republicans seek to completely defund Planned Parenthood on the basis of falsified videos that incorrectly purport to display Planned Parenthood profiting from selling tissue from aborted fetuses Again, pro-life sentiment is a staple of the Republican Party But defunding a major provider of women ’ s healthcare over deception simply is not Furthermore, Planned Parenthood is already restricted from using federal dollars to fund

dence’ and lies What kind of party is that? It’s no wonder John Boehner resigned Boehner’s resignation effectively ends debate over whether Planned Parenthood will be defunded in the latest budget negotiations, as his political career is no longer hostage to the ultra-right wing of his party But that’s exactly the point In order to defund Planned Parenthood, a measure that will surely fail and objectively has no basis in truth, the antiestablishment wing was more than willing to push out their most powerful leader, a man consistently committed to the conservative cause and perhaps the only man capable of keeping the House from descending into complete chaos

The polarization and divisiveness in Washington will only worsen with Boehner’s departure Whoever replaces him and the leading candidate to the Speakership is the incapable-of-speaking, flip-flopping Kevin McCarthy will either face the same conservative versus anti-establishment problems as Boehner or will concede to the crazies of the House and begin to duke it out with the United States Senate and/or President of the United States Good luck Though the Senate is under Republican control, don’t expect that institution to be any more accepting of antiestablishment bombast Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has already demonstrated his disdain for such tactics by stating, “I would remind all of your viewers: The way you make a law in this country, the Congress has to pass it and the president has to sign it The president has made it very clear he’s not going to sign any bill that includes defunding of Planned Parenthood, so that’s another issue that awaits a new president hopefully with a different point of view about Planned Parenthood ”

By using ultra-right issues as proxies for the Republican fight against government power, the anti-establishment wing effectively renders the entire Republican Party useless

When negotiations are started by declaring that the President must defund women ’ s health care or face a government shutdown, there’s really no negotiation Demanding does not equate with governing and refusing to concede to such demands does not make Speaker Boehner a liberal or President Obama a tyrant Democrats didn’t agree with John Boehner on much, but he was genuinely a good man and a more than capable Speaker We might not be able to say the same for his successor

Jake Forken is a senior in the College of Human Ecolog y He may be reached at jrf285@cornell edu My Forken Opinion appears alternate Fridays this semester

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Penn Hands Cornell Its Eighth Loss

By JAMIL RAHMAN Sun Contributor

The chances were there early on for the Cornell men ’ s soccer team (1-8-1, 0-1 Ivy) The Red was able to move the ball well offensively to begin the first half of its Ivy League season opener against the Penn Quakers (2-5-1, 1-0 Ivy) and earned itself three corner kicks within the first 17 minutes Cornell also had a solid start defensively as Penn was limited to how much it saw the Red’s side of the field But the defense was unable to hold on, and Cornell lost, 20

Head coach Jaro Zawislan said he was pleased with what he saw from his team at this point of the game

“I was very proud of how our players started the game, ” he said “We started the game right away by generating a lot of possessions, pressed very well up the field and didn’t allow the other team a lot of space or time That resulted in a few turnovers and transition plays for us We just needed to be a little bit sharper with our finishing ”

In one of the few chances that Penn did have on the offensive side, however, Penn’s Joe Swenson was able to convert a goal from the top of the box in the 30th minute to put the Quakers up 1-0

“That’s the game of soccer it comes down to a couple of few key, critical plays in the game and we need to make sure that we continue to focus on playing one play at a time, because we don’t know which play will decide the game, ” Zawislan said “That was one of very few attacking sequences that Penn had, and they put it away It set a different tone for the rest of the game because now we have to chase for the equalizer ” The Red wasn ’ t about to go down without a

fight Sophomore forward Jonathan Cullom provided the Red with its best opportunity for the equalizer in the 65th minute, but missed just wide

“We kept pushing forward for the equalizer and we generated a few chances,” Zawislan said “Some were quality chances, some were half chances, but we have to be sharp because that’s what’s going to happen in every Ivy League game very rarely will you have a clear chance because everyone defends well, and when we have a chance to score we have to capitalize ”

The defense worked hard to limit the Quakers’ lead After a Penn shot on goal was saved by freshman goalkeeper Rhys Moller, Swenson attempted to get his second goal of the night by shooting off the rebound Freshman defender Ryan Bayne made an impressive diving stop Nevertheless, Swenson was able to get his second goal by scoring in the 82nd minute for the final score of 2-0

“Defensively, it was a solid effort,” Zawislan said “At the end of the game, we took one defender off the field and put in a more attack-orientated player We were playing lighter in the defensive side, so we were taking more risks and taking chances at the end of the game We were trying to put ourselves in a position to tie the game, so this was a necessity for us ”

Ivy League play continues for the Red this Saturday at 4:30 p m when Harvard comes to Berman Field The Red is 1-1-1 at home this season so far, and Zawislan’s emphasis on focusing on the next game is as strong as ever

“Our focus is preparing our best for our home game against Harvard, that’s the main message, ” Zawislan said

Jamil Rahman can be reached at jar534@cornell edu

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Women Tie Quakers, Keep Undefeated Record

By KEITH BOLLT Sun Contributor

defender Shanay Fischer about the game conditions “It was also noisy, because we were in the city It was just a completely different environment The weather definitely played a huge factor in the result Whichever team was playing against the wind had to work a little harder The ball was , and it was tough to judge how far the on goal kicks, corner kicks and plays

Patrick Farmer agreed that the condie game ’ s outcome He said he believes indicative of the two teams ’ equal play f goals was a result of the weather two teams were pretty close,” Farmer better weather the two teams would d to a “1-1 draw ” said the weather changed the type of eam played ght we had a good game plan,” Farmer me was more about competitive spirit and technical [play] ” id some of the Red’s well-executed ays came unraveled due to high winds playing surface Farmer said a strong ed goalies to clear the ball 60 or 70 oal kicks Even though the Red had to cond half of regulation running into Farmer still “played for the win ” anged our shape to the most attacking shape possible,” Farmer said “We played with four attackers instead of four midfielders for the last sixtyfive minutes of the game ”

As is typical of conference play, the Red only had one game last weekend Farmer said he believes one game per week affects the way he manages a game He plays some players more and has a hard time getting some role players into games

“[During conference games, we] shorten our bench a little”, he said “From 21 to 18 or 19 Our back four and [freshman goalie Kelsey Tierney] played all 110 minutes ”

“The number of games we have in a weekend doesn’t change the way we play,” Fisher said “There’s no such thing as pacing yourself, especially when it comes to these Ivy games We have to put 100 percent effort into the entire game every game We definitely did that at Penn ”

Both teams had a couple of opportunities to score but each time the teams were unable to capitalize

“They had a bouncing ball,” Farmer said “[The Penn player] should have hit the target She headed it too high In overtime, we had a good run and a good shot that just went wide ”

To add another wrinkle, due to the inclement weather, the Red did not know which field it would be playing on until after the team meal on Friday Overall, Farmer and his players alike said they were impressed with how the team managed everything

“Obviously a win is the most desirable result for every game, but a draw doesn’t hurt either,” Fischer said “We want to come away from these Ivy games with points, and we get one point for a draw Considering how chaotic the Penn game was, I think a tie was deserved on both ends ”

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By JEFF ASIEDU Sun Contributor

This past weekend, Cornell’s men ’ s golf team played its last match of the season, the Macdonald Cup at Yale The team played admirably, scoring 609 to earn a ninth place finish out of 13 teams, but the story of the meet has been one of the main stories of Cornell golf: the emerging dynasty of the two Graboyes brothers, sophomore Michael and junior Luke

Michael Graboyes is already an emerging star for Cornell and started this fall season coming off of a freshman year that saw him win second team All-Ivy League honors At The Course at Yale, he performed well despite harsh weather conditions

“The conditions were so brutal with high winds and rain,” Michael Graboyes said “I did my best to stay focused mentally, especially on Saturday when we played 26 holes I tried to play to my strengths, which is solid iron play, and I was able to drop a few putts and make a ton of pars Par is always a good score playing a challenging golf course in the conditions we faced ”

“My performance at The Course at Yale was my lowest finish this calendar year, ” he said

Despite the lackluster performance in the Cup, Luke Graboyes said he was able improve on his game this semester

“The conditions were so brutal with high winds and rain I did my best to stay focused ”

“Overall, I believe it was of my best semesters of competition here at Cornell,” he said “I have matured as a golfer tremendously since last year, as well as last semester ” The brothers are from Watchung, New Jersey, and both attended and golfed at Watchung Hills Regional High School in 2013 Luke Graboyes won the Tournament of Champions and was named New Jersey High School Golfer of the Year, and in 2014, his younger brother achieved the same lofty triumphs The brothers said having a sibling to play with for so long has definitely helped them achieve such a high level of skill in the sport

there are several other pivotal golfers who will need to contribute for the Red this spring Freshman Jack Cen has already established himself as a talented golfer for the Red, coming in second among Cornell’s golfers this weekend at Yale Sophomore Chris Troy and senior Brandon Eng will also be key golfers to watch

Luke Graboyes is quick to point out just how impressive the score actually was

“My brother’s round of 70 is undoubtedly the best round played by any golfer on our team this season, ” the elder Graboyes said “It was extremely difficult to score well during the final 18 holes of play ”

The junior had a decent showing at the Macdonald Cup, placing 45th, but he remains critical of his play

“We play together almost every day during the season and over the summer, ” Michael Graboyes said “Besides the added competitiveness and pushing each other, we both know each other's games so well ” The Macdonald Cup marked the last match of the fall season for Cornell golf; the team will resume play in the spring, when major Ivy League tournaments will begin

“My goal is to win every tournament I play in,” the younger Graboyes brother said “Not only does that mean I’m playing well individually, but also it means I am having a great impact on the team ’ s chances to win as well ” Aside from the Graboyes brothers,