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Cornell Faces Fifth Title IX Investigation

Even after the University updated its policy 6 4 guidelines for handling issues of discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual assault and violence the Department of Education announced that it has opened its fifth investigation of Cornell for possibly violating Title IX regulations

The fourth investigation of Cornell’s sexual assault policy was launched in August and has yet to be resolved, in keeping with a national trend of proliferating Title IX cases

These policy changes were designed to ensure a more balanced approach in how the University responds to reports of sexual misconduct, The Sun previously reported The policy amendment also follows two lawsuits in which students alleged that the sexual assault investigations leveled against them were mishandled by Cornell

COLA Protests Nike Factory Conditions

Group’s second letter to Day Hall advocates production supervision

By DAVID BROTZ Sun Staff Writer

One of the suits was filed by former President of Psi Upsilon Wolfgang Ballinger ’ 1 7 , w h o c l a i m e d t h a t t h e Un i v e r s i

“flawed” investigation of his alleged sexual assault of a female student did not comply with state regulation

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Ha n s a e f a c t o r y f o r 2 4 h o u r s , a c c o rd i n g t o t h e l e t t e r Howe ve r, C O L A re q u e s t s t h a t In t e r i m Pre s i d e n t Hu n t e r R a w l i n g s e n c o u r a g e Ni k e t o a l l ow t h e W RC 4 8 - h o u r a c c e s s t o t h e f a c t o r y, s o t h e W RC c a n f o r m u l a t e a m o re

a c c u r a t e p i c t u re o f t h e f a c t o r y c o n d i t i o n s “ Twe n t y - f o u r h o u r s i s n o t e n o u g h t i m e t o a c c u r a t e l y i n s p e c t a f a c t o r y i f t h e g ro u p i s t o t h o ro u g h

d e n i a l o f a c c e s s w a s t h e re s u l t o f a w o rk e r w a l k o u t ove r l a b o r a b u s e s a n d p o o r w o rk i n g c o n d i t i o n s i n c l u d i n g p re g n a n t w o m e n f a i n t i n g d u e t o e x t re m e h e a t Si n c e t h e n , Ni k e h a s g r a n t e d t h e W RC a c c e s s t o t h e

Another student, using the name “John Doe,” filed a civil suit in May asserting that Cornell did not allow him a hearing before suspending him in a process he called “arbitrar y and capricious ”

Both students referenced the now outdated policy 6 4 in their suits

The new inquir y into Cornell coincides w i t h i n v e s t i

University and the College of Wooster by the Education Depar tment ’ s Office for Civil Rights At both colleges, open title IX investigations are ongoing

Compiled by Josh Girsky

Employee Assembly Seeks to Sustain Emergency Care Fund

By SHIVANI SANGHANI Sun Contr butor

The Employee Assembly stressed the necessity of its Emergency Care Fund an allocation of employee donations that can be distributed to employees with “ severe family and financial crises” at its meeting Wednesday

The fund has disbursed approximately $21,000 and $19,000 in grants to about 20 employees so far this year, according to Beth McKinney, the director of Cornell Wellness

committee members must “keep an objective mind when reading applications,” according to McKinney

“It’s very hard to keep an open mind,” said E A member Hazel Hall “Some of the things that our fellow employees suffer are truly upsetting ”

“It’s very hard to keep an open mind Some of the things that our fellow employees suffer are truly upsetting.”

McKinney called on E A members to assist the functioning of this fund, asking them to join a committee that reviews employee applications to access funds or to join another committee that organizes fundraising events

Joining the application review committee can be challenging, as

McKinney described the Emergency Care Fund as being “truly active ” She said employees who are granted access to the funds received between $200 and $1,500 in their paychecks

The assembly plans to focus on “shared governance ” between staff and administrators with the “main goal being to advocate for the staff ” and highlight the ne w restr ucturing of the E A , according to Siasoco

Siasoco also announced that the annual president’s address to staff is scheduled for next Tuesday He added that the Interim President Hunter R Rawlings’ address to the staff community will be “ a good way for staff members to interact with administrators ”

She added that the fundraising committee plans to host an online auction, collect money at a preseason hockey game and organize a concert to raise money for the cause E A Executive Vice Chair B J Siasoco also discussed how the assembly will work on “increasing the visibility” of staff members on campus this year

Shivani Sanghani can be reached at sps255@cornell edu

Daybook

Eliza Rodriguez y Gibson, Ph.D. ’02 Noon, 429 Rockefeller Hall

Hebrew Movie Hour

Noon - 1 p m , 112 White Hall

Uris Library’s 125th Birthday Celebration

1 - 2:30 p m , Uris Library

Heating Up: Air Pollution, Health and Climate Implications of Household Fuel Use 1:30 p m , 1102 Bradfield Hall

Finding Images and Visual Media 3:30 - 4:30 p m , 106G Olin Hall

C U Music: Musicology Colloquium 4:30 - 6 p m , 124 Lincoln Hall

Co-Op Housing Info Session 4:30 p m , Tatkon Center for First-Year Students

Time to Choose Movie Screening 5 - 7:30 p m , 165 Olin Hall

Fabrication Fridays

Noon - 1 p m , 112 Mann Library

Postcards Home

Noon - 1 p m , Tatkon Center for First-Year Students

Translating Scientific Innovation Into Solutions For Global Health Problems 12:15 - 1:15 p m , Auditorium, Boyce Thompson Institute

Graduate Student and Postdoc Seminar 3:30 - 4:30 p m , 622 Space Sciences Building

Making Hispanics: How Activists, Bureaucrats, And Media Constructed a New American 3:30 - 5 p m , 302 Uris Hall

MBG Friday Seminar: Don Fox

Polyploidy in Organ Development and Repair 4 - 5 p m , G10 Biotechnology Building

Gallery Exhibit: Photographs from Italian Hill Towns 5:30 p m , G08 Uris Hall

Fuertes Observatory Open House 8 p m - midnight, Fuertes Observatory

Spa Night

8 - 11 p m , 4th Floor, Willard Straight Hall To m o

By CAROLYN DOYLE Sun Staff Writer

Passion for Research, Archaeology

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COLA Aims to Ensure Nike Improves Labor Conditions

Group hopes to build on previous success, encourage Cornell to fight for workers’ rights

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has a history of leading other universities in pushing companies, such as Nike, to adopt better labor practices ”

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Common Council Debates

Participatory Budgeting

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Continued from page 3

Participator y budgeting is designed to include members of communities who generally do not have a democratic voice, including undocumented immigrants, other marginalized communities and youth, according to representatives of Ithaca’s Multicultural Resource Center

Residents of towns surrounding Ithaca would also be able to partake in the widely inclusive voting process

Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 praised participatory budgeting for its vision but raised a “philosophical issue” with its potentially overinclusive voting constituency

“The people who live in Ithaca already make less money and pay more in taxes than the people surrounding them,” Myrick said “People in Cayuga Heights could flood the polls with where they think the money should be spent, and [the people of Ithaca] would

be spending it ”

Myrick explained that participatory budgeting is not “impossible” but that the MRC must consider the long-term effects

Alderperson Deb Mohlenhoff (D-5th Ward) added that the city was not in an appropriate position financially to incorporate participatory budgeting at this time

“Until we have extra piles of [money] sitting around, we might have some trouble with that,” she said “Let’s figure out other ways to work together ”

The council also unanimously passed a resolution to install a privately funded mural on the surface of the Cayuga Waterfront Trail

The glow-in-the-dark mural features a dandelion and the Ithaca Festival slogan, according to city documents

The next Ithaca Common Council meeting will take place at City Hall on Nov 2

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Editorial

Building a Better Cornell

CORNELL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO ON STUDENT HOUSING Dozens of transfer students were forced to live in lounges on North Campus at the beginning of the semester, and 10 still have not been moved out Collegetown apartments are expensive, and the annual rush to sign leases shows no sign of slowing

Simply, there is a dearth of on-campus housing: 78 percent of undergraduates surveyed in the spring indicated that they would like to live on campus, but only 56 percent managed to Off campus, students often pay high rent and face subpar living conditions These challenges combined with the yearly stress of finding appropriate housing dampen students’ social lives and make it more difficult to focus on academics

The clear path forward is to construct more on-campus housing The real-estate consulting group U3 Advisers presented a potential plan to build new dorms for sophomores on the CC lot and the fields behind Appel Such a plan would alleviate the demand for student housing and be a productive use of campus space North Campus can be further developed to accommodate more students, and many facilities should be re-evaluated For example, are current facilities like Helen Newman and the townhouses the most efficient use of the land they are built on? As undergraduate enrollment steadily increases, the housing plan should become more ambitions and include building more facilities, not just for sophomores, but also for an ever-increasing freshman class

There is much on North Campus to critically evaluate, and this includes more than just dorms Cooperative housing offers living communities for transfer students and upperclassmen at lower costs Independent co-ops also engage students more actively than dorm-style living The University should consider replicating these models of community living by establishing more cooperative housing and incorporating these models into new and existing dorms

One model for dorm-living West Campus has been moderately successful at creating smaller communities of engaged students and faculty, but since its completion in 2008, it has not been adequately reevaluated Today, the lottery system to live on West is highly competitive and stressful West Campus, like Collegetown and North Campus, cannot accomodate the rush of students who want to live there Whether West campus housing could be the site for further development is an important question to consider as Cornell seeks to increase its on-campus housing offerings

It’s a perpetual joke that Cornell is always under construction, but building more oncampus housing will directly improve the quality of student life at Cornell As Cornell develops its master housing plan, the University should actively seek community input, as it has done on the U3 Advisers’ proposal to expand North Campus housing In this process, Cornell must be brutally honest about the campus ’ weaknesses and strained capacity, and it should openly acknowledge problems like insufficient housing for transfer students rather than sweeping students into lounges and issues under the rug

When I first caught sight of the Biosphère in Montreal, Quebec, I remember telling my parents that I had to see it up close I was struck by the design of the exterior of the sphere, a fantastic webbing of steel and acrylic cells It was a structure that I could see looming over Parc JeanDrapeau from my spot in downtown Montreal, a lace orb that stood out among the dense trees of the island and contrasted with the uniformity of the city’s buildings

Upon arriving on the island, I realized that the Biosphère holds an interactive environment museum that showcases exhibitions on major environmental issues as well as activities that allow the public to learn about water, climate change, air and sustainable development I paid a fee I thought to be too expensive for the “knowledge” I would gain from the museum I knew that anything science-related would go over my head; it was a proven fact The only reason I allowed my parents to pay for my entrance instead of spending it on one of the French bakeries (think Maison Christian Faure) that make the most delicious little cakes that seem almost too beautiful to eat was my “when in Montreal” mentality I tried to think less of the cake, and more of the intellectual growth I would face by entering the museum Difficult, but doable

The first room I entered in the museum was one that explained meteorology and weather patterns, a topic that would make me yawn on any other day But before I even entered the room, I noticed a mural on the wall that had an umbrella and the phrase “Ceci n ’ est pas un parapluie” or “This is not an umbrella” next to it I understood the artistic allusion to Magritte’s “Ceci n ’ est pas une pipe” painting right away This witty play on an artist’s work was appealing to an art history lover like me, but I didn’t trust it completely When I entered the room itself, I was surprised to see a grouping of actual umbrellas positioned in the center of the room as well as a dozen or so hanging from the ceiling An image of the moving earth was projected onto the umbrellas, creating a fluid movement of space In this artistic arrangement, I found myself actively engaging with the information that was being presented Wind patterns and atmospheric pressures had never held my attention for so long (at least not since my elementary school days) This was new After leaving the room, I entered another which housed different types of plants and tree barks A transparent wall that allowed me to see inside the room had a description of what I now saw was an indoor garden It began: “Inside each of us is a garden a secret garden where we nurture our innermost thoughts; a place where we keep the cherished memories of our joy and sorrows ” It continued to

describe what “precious gifts of nature ” were present in the room The description of what I was about to see was so poetically written and explained in a way that made this “garden” relatable to my own life, that my attentiveness continued This was getting interesting Next, I went to a room focused on wildlife and deforestation The first thing I saw when I entered was a wall projection spanning the entire half of the room of a bridge crossing a river, surrounded by luscious green trees The sound of birds and rushing water filled my ears Everywhere, there were large, vibrant photographs of different wildlife scenes Signs about “the essence of the forest and humanity” and “enchanted forest, healthy humans” covered the walls I went from one photograph to the next, admiring these stunning snapshots of nature and reading about their relevance to the topics being discussed Now I was getting used to this

And it didn’t stop there I felt as if every room I entered incorporated information on scientific topics with artistic components Whether it was the aesthetic of the room, the word choice used to portray the information or the way everything was artistically set up, I found myself absorbed in the material I was given and even excited to know more I know I’m not the only one who finds it extremely difficult to comprehend scientific, or even mathematical, concepts With two parents whose jobs are in the scientific field, I feel like I should have some kind of inclination towards the sciences But the interest, or ability to even understand, falls short Only at the Biosphère did I become genuinely interested in scientific topics And the underlying factor behind my sudden enjoyment in learning about different wind patterns, the impact of deforestation or the different sources of sustainable energy was clear: there was a merging of art, something I was accustomed to, with science

As a student in the College of Arts & Sciences here at Cornell, I have the opportunity to take classes in both the arts and the sciences, yet it’s obvious that most courses remain very separate and distinct I can ’ t help but think that if humanities courses incorporated scientific elements and vice versa, it would be easier for people who have heavily humanitiesbased or science-based minds to gain a better understanding of the other I learned and retained knowledge in areas of interest outside my own in Montreal because of the strong connection between art and science And that merging made all the difference

Gaby Leung is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at gl376@cornell edu Serendipitous Musings appears alternate Thursdays this semester

When the presidential nominees are as well-known and polarizing as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are, it makes sense that they’d get most of the attention The choice is stark, and virtually everyone in the country is certain to have an opinion on both figures Still, while the nation is appropriately focused on the top of the tickets, we aren ’ t merely choosing a president on November 8 We’re also choosing a vice president

Hillary Clinton and Sen Tim Kaine (DVa ) have telegraphed that they would cultivate a relationship that resembles the candid interactions between President Obama and Vice President Biden There are also indications that Donald Trump’s running mate, Gov Mike Pence (R-Ind ), will have a powerful role After all, it has been reported that Donald Trump attempted to convince Gov John Kasich (ROhio) to join the ticket by offering him “ control over domestic and foreign policy ”

Moreover, during the V P selection process, then campaign chairman Paul Manafort publicly stated that Trump “needs an experienced person to do the part of the job he doesn’t want to do ” On account of Trump’s disinterest in many of the basic responsibilities of being President, Vice President Pence would have leeway to take them over Therefore, we are obligated to give particular scrutiny to Pence’s record

And, of course, there is the most basic role of the vice presidency taking over in the event of a vacancy Disregard the silly conspiracies about Hillary’s health, for a moment It is still true that the country is choosing between two candidates of

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unusually advanced age If elected, Donald Trump would be the oldest person to ever assume the presidency Hillary would be the second oldest It is not inconceivable that Mike Pence or Tim Kaine could unexpectedly take over as our new commander-in-chief

Fortunately, Tuesday’s vice presidential debate gave us a little more insight into the two vice-presidential candidates Let’s start with Tim Kaine The current Senator, and former Governor, has been recognized as a safe, or even “boring” choice In general, the campaign has defined Kaine as a partner to Hillary Clinton

This held true at the debate Kaine quickly settled into his role as both an advocate for Clinton and an attack dog against Trump He explained the policy agenda of his ticket while simultaneously offering an unrelenting prosecution against Trump In my mind, this performance was a sample of what we can expect from his Vice Presidency Kaine is an effective team player, relying not on his own self-promotion but on a workmanlike dedication to the greater good

On the other hand, we have Mike Pence In terms of presentation, he remained calm and direct, demonstrating his prior history as a radio and talk show in the 1990s What he actually said, however, is a different story Pence spent much of the time seemingly ignoring the fact that he was running on a ticket with Donald Trump Most strikingly, his opinions on foreign policy seemed nearly incompatible with Trump’s vision

In stark contrast to Trump’s friendly attitude towards Vladimir Putin, Pence struck an

unusually hawkish tone For a moment, the Trump-Pence ticket ceased to mimic the alt right’s obsession with Russia, in favor of bringing back Cold War rhetoric Bizarrely, when Kaine attempted to point out Trump’s prior praise of Putin, Pence simply claimed it wasn ’ t true While Pence still struggles to adopt Trump’s policy views, he has certainly excelled at learning the art of the blatant lie

This happened, in fact, over and over again Kaine would directly quote Trump, only for Pence to deny the existence of the quote Pence, it seemed, wanted to be evaluated separately from his running mate Just for now, let’s entertain this idea, no matter how ridiculous it might be Pence, after all, does offer one truly distinct difference from Trump

Prior to his elevation to the ticket, Mike Pence built his political career on the basis of his socially conservative views In the debate, this was most apparent when he brought up abortion While reproductive rights have hardly been discussed in this campaign, Pence is a fierce opponent of the right to choose In Congress, he railed against Planned Parenthood, and as Governor, he has signed anti-choice legislation Bizarrely, this even included a bill that mandates burial or cremation for fetuses in the event of abortion or miscarriage

Nonetheless, even beyond abortion, the most notable aspect of Mike Pence’s times in politics was not even mentioned at the debate It is true that the moderator had a difficult job Still, there is no excuse for the fact that she failed to ask a question on LGBTQ rights

To be blunt, Mike Pence has an anti-gay

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record that is out of touch with our increasingly tolerant society He has opposed funding for HIV programs He opposes marriage equality

Most of all, in 2015, he signed a supposed “religious liberty” law that had the practical effective of condoning anti-gay discrimination Amid national outcry, he was forced to alter this bigoted law The American public deserves to know about Pence’s anti-gay views At the very least, he should’ve been made to explain why he believes that millions of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer Americans do not deserve the full rights and protections that others enjoy

In the end, I will say the same thing as I always do: this is a highly unusual election Trump is a legitimately dangerous figure, with no parallel in recent American presidential nominees His running mate, Mike Pence, deserves no credit for failing to personally match the horror of Trump In addition to enabling Trump’s hate, Pence is ready to bring his own unique flavor of bigotry into the White House

Almost no one is going to vote on the basis of the vice presidential candidates, and they shouldn’t But I think Pence teaches an important lesson This election is more than just about winning; it’s also about how the government will be run for the next four years, and how each political party will continue to evolve Win or lose, none of this ends with Trump After November 8, it’s only just begun

Our Military Needs Revamping

Some of the most important aspe our armed forces are currently in decay At the same time, how and where we spend our money has consistently proven to be both ineffective and wasteful

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Looking back at my fourth grade self, I wondered if he would look as cool as ever yone else in the Green Dragon did Outside of the fact that I was eight at the time, which may be considered cool now thanks to the Cornell 12 year old, I’m almost positive I would still look silly in a denim jacket But the question remained: why did I still want one so damn badly?

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“As a survivor of the 1967 fire, I along with my classmates would be very grateful if The Sun could investigate our “cold” but by no means dead case as the 50th anniversary of the fire approaches H William Fogle has collected a great deal of information; why not interview him, and the survivors of the fire, for a serious story?”

Margaret Ferguson

Re: “LETTER TO THE EDITOR | 1967 Redux: The Murder of Anthony Nazaire” Opinion October 6, 2016

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Apple-y Ever After?

By CATHY ZHANG Sun Contributor

ppleFest: the festival of the season that symbolizes the arrival of Fall in Ithaca, gathering bakers, food truckers, farmers, foodies and critics alike to the festival of apple lovers Though the festival has evolved from a pure celebration of the apple harvest to a mixture of food vendors, commercial stands, carnival booths and performances, the spirit of the fall celebration remains As a third-time visitor to the three-day festival, I set my foot into the Ithaca Commons this past rainy Saturday late morning to see what the festival brought this year

It was just around 11:00 a m when I stepped into the Commons First stop: apple cider donuts As a “ veteran ” of the festival, my first strategy was obviously to l o o k f o r t h

d Fortunately, the donut stand was located somewhat near the entrance, so it was easy

to locate Were they worth the hype? Personally, I feel like sprinkling them with some cinnamon sugar would add some more flavor, but as traditions do not always involve perfection, the donuts are definitely still worth waiting for Talk to those waiting next to you while waiting in line, complain about the line and the crowdedness and you could even make a new friend

This year ’ s AppleFest gave a more innovative touch to the traditional applerelated foods Surely, the caramel apples, apple Danishes, pies and cider were abundant, but in addition to these were some stellar creations that became “apples of my eye ” : apple Brie whole wheat grilled cheese with The Pigger y jowl bacon from Omnomnomlettes, smoked g o u d a a p p l e m a c ’ n ’ c h e e s e f r o m Coltivare, pumpkin funnel cake, the list goes on Stepping away from the traditional sweet and tart of apples, vendors stretched their minds in incorporating savor y with sweet, while retaining apples’

original flavors Were there any cons? The food prices were extremely high for the portion size I spent $17 on just two ser vings of food and squishing through the crowd of people felt like walking through Times Square Nonetheless, AppleFest is a once-

per-year experience that should not be missed, either as an official welcome to Fall or just as a reason to eat more food

Cathy Zhang is a junior in the School of Human Ecology She can be reached at cz223@cornell edu

Cider W eek: Apple Fest’sOlder Sibling

By LOUISA HEYWOOD

Sun Contributor

You ’ ve heard of the Apple Harvest Festival, but have you heard of Cider Week?

Cider Week, Apple Fest’s lesser-known older sibling, kicked off this weekend, offering a variety of events around the Finger Lakes through October 9

Determined to explore Ithaca a little more and enjoy some cider in the meantime, I made my Cider Week agenda and set my alarm for early Saturday morning I took the 9:00 a m bus from the Commons out to the Danby Fire Station, past Ithaca College, and walked to Three Swallows Farm The farm, par t of the Full Plate Farm Collective, was hosting a cider tasting, selling Whale Cat doughnuts and offering its weekly produce pick-up for CSA members

Not a community supported agriculture member, I felt a bit out of place as people shuffled through the barn collecting their goods But not wanting to waste my long trip out to Danby, I soon picked up some clippers and joined the work party It was great to spend a few hours working the farm, trimming invasive species and talking to Cornell plant science graduate students

Once the farm manager was satisfied with our progress, we walked back to the barn and enjoyed live music and hot apple cider I also sampled some delicious honey and tried one of the ubiquitous Whale Cat doughnuts all apple-themed, of course

Meanwhile, Apple Fest was happening back in Ithaca There, several cider makers offered tastings of their finest As an underage citizen, I happily tried Good Life Farm’s ginger beer and “switch” soda, both made at their farm The ginger beer was as expected, its flavor spicy yet clean The switch, a vinegar-based soda with maple

syrup, honey, apple cider and spices, was unlike anything I’d ever tasted The makers even promised “It’s really good for you!”

Cider Week, however, does not stop there The event promises to be a “celebration of the hard cider revival in New York apple country, ” but I found it to be much more than that I loved leaving campus for a morning and spontaneously working at a community farm just as much as sampling cider on the Commons In fact, our very own Cornell Orchards grows apples that are made into hard cider Who knew?

There are many events throughout this week that would make a great outing during Fall Break, ranging from pretentious to fun and casual

And if you don’t have a car, you don’t have to walk out to Danby like I did Check out the applethemed menu at the Statler’s Taverna Banfi or the cider entrée at the Regent Lounge I would

also recommend trying the cider ice cream and sorbet offered at Cayuga Lake Creamery So get out there and meet the

cider makers, visit a farm and appreciate the apple bounty of the Finger Lakes region You won ’ t regret it!

Heywood is a freshman in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations She can be reached at lh542@cornell edu

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A Story of Selective Remembrance: A n g k o r Aw a k e n s at Cornell Cinema

BY CATHERINE HWANG Sun Staff Writer

Angkor Awakens: A Portrait of Cambodia (directed by Prof Robert Lieberman, histor y, M S ’65 ) starts with a rush of motion, the camera speeding up a flight of stairs with increasing momentum, panning out to reveal lush hills, stone steps and a vibrant earth that stretches on and on Ambient music fills the theatre; the screen slips to a red backdrop, with the shadows of traditional dancers gliding about; a voiceover extracted from one of the many interviews speaks, introducing us to an eighty-minute documentar y probe into Cambodia

Following independence from France, the Cambodia of the ’60s and ’70s was sucked into the Cold War when its neighbor Vietnam fell into civil chaos, despite efforts to stay neutral What eventually emerged from the din and struggle for national sur vival was the brutal rule of the Khmer Rouge, an extremist Communist group led by Pol Pot, which proceeded to commit one of the worst mass killings of the 20th centur y, claiming up to two million lives Angkor Awakens is a poignant, revealing documentar y in how it chooses to look at this highly volatile and violent time At its heart, it tries ver y much to marr y the violence o f K h m e r Ro u g e re i g n w i t h t h e f r i e n d l y i m a g e o f Cambodia to understand how such terrifying events could have occurred and to understand the vestigial but ver y real effects of them today

This dichotomy is not really a clean cut and the film shows that there isn’t really a dichotomy at all, no matter how we might think of it The past events and the present are intertwined in terribly complicated ways The trauma and fear of the past lingers on in the silence of the older

Sometimes, the stor y behind an album eats up the album itself The legend is that 25-year-old Justin Vernon, graduate of the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire with a degree in religious studies, had hit a rough patch Tortured by the unfulfilled yearning of his hungr y, wild heart, he retreated to a cabin in Wisconsin to commune with the gods of young white male pain Alone in the snow, he crafted out of the forge of his soul a collection of songs of such tender, fragile beauty that they didn’t even need discernible lyrics to make you cr y

The resulting album, For Emma, Forever Ago, quickly helped define a growing scene of bearded, flannel-wearing, woodsy/folksy/str umming singer-songwriter hipsters, a movement that vaguely championed a return to nature and natural instruments The effect of this album was, of course, highly dependent on its backstor y, which hit home with thousands of heartbroken would-be artistdudes that saw Vernon’s secluded work as the ultimate expression of authentic artistr y

To fully understand the degree to which this stor y became bigger than the album itself, all you need to do is check out the Wikipedia page for For Emma, Forever Ago The “Background,” “Recording and Production” and “Composition” sections are hilariously written like a short stor y Samples include: “He lost his money playing online poker, which he viewed as a microcosm for his other problems ” Once he arrived at the cabin, “He would wake each morning at sunrise, due to the light reflecting from the snow

To help repair his 1964

Se a r s Si l ve r t o n e g u i t a r, he traded venison in the n e a r b y t o w n ” A t o n e p o i n t , h e e v e n f a c e d down a wild bear You can ’ t make this shit up

To b e f a i r, Ve r n o n himself probably didn’t intend to manipulate this stor y to make him a star As he said of his time in the cabin, “It’s sort of odd to look back and see it as magical,

generations and the subconscious fears and instincts people still hold on now, from the mindset that being too educated means danger, from the memor y of an eradicated intellectual class, to the idea that young children might still be spies It is this silence and fear, we find, that brings an illusion of a dichotomy an illusion broken by the inter views and historical context given in Angkor Wat

The selected inter views of the film are particularly informative and at times, jarring The recounted experiences of child soldiers, stolen fathers and scrambles for survival sit in sharp contrast to the images of modern-day Cambodia Yet as the film continues, we are shown the increasing number of ways the historical legacy of the Khmer Rouge legacy continues today and affects the current state of Cambodia as a developing nation, in the nature of the Cambodian People’s Party’s clear dominance, the system of constitutional monarchy in Cambodia and commonly accepted lifestyle of simply living for the day’s wages rather than a future At times, it seems that the historical trauma of the Khmer Rouge is irreversible, forcing a sort of selective memor y to be passed on because of the silence born of wounds a dangerous thing for the simple fact that we learn from the past

Yet, as the documentar y points out, Cambodia is not in a stasis of any sort In the inter views there is distress from the past but also ver y clearly a kind of hope, both in the older generation that experienced the terrors and in the younger generation (which makes up a staggering proportion of the population) that is fighting to learn, understand and bring change

Angkor Awakens peels back the modern westernized rhetoric of the stor y and does an amazing job in piecing together an often ignored narrative from the many voices and accounts of the Cambodian people who experienced,

currently experience and will continue to experience the effects of the 20th centur y ’ s chaos What’s incredible, as the film shows, is how Cambodia is slowly managing to recover from the complete overturning of its culture that despite the violence, people are able to hope for a better future even through the worst of times

In the United States, Cambodia isn’t generally a topic of ever yday matter If it does come up in conversation, it’s

Cambodia as a place of friendly locals who welcome tourists What we don’t realize is how much all this is a product of recent histor y specifically in context of the C

Cambodia makes it an intellectually and politically striking state today It should be well-noted that the United States held a significant role in the formative events that spurred the Khmer Rouge to power and that Cambodia was a major point of political contention Our own selective remembrance, the lack of Cambodia in our histor y classes is also a testament to the problems of trauma and memor y that Cambodia faces today The themes of forgotten memor y, political suppression and generational differences, while unique to Cambodia by the situation here, are things that must be carefully considered by ever yone the gripping narratives, fantastically diverse perspectives and central themes discussed in Angkor Wat create an excellent, informative and compelling documentar y for anyone interested in seeing how a people and world change over time, and in seeing the power of hope that humanity can wield

Catherine Hwang is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at shwang@cornellsun com

because it felt like a lonely few months at the cabin, where I plugged in the laptop and fucked around ” Since

t h a t a l b u m , h e h a s pushed farther and farther from his template, even bridging into the rap world by frequently

c o l l a b o r a t i n g w i t h Kanye West Bon Iver’s

n e w a l b u m , 2 2 , A Million, pushes farther still from his beginnings as an “indie folk” artist, even as he continues the unbroken tradition of placing commas in the

m i d d l e o f B o n Iv e r ’ s album titles

B o n Iv e r ’ s l y r i c s have never been really i n t e l l i g i b l e , i n b o t h senses: they’re ver y hard to understand, and even once looked up they’re pretty hard to decode 22, A Million extends this opacity to the music itself: while the lyrics are made up of fragments of imager y, the music is made up of dissonant shards of sounds Vernon sings through machines that make his voice sound sometimes like it’s underw a t e r, a n d o t h e r t i m e s like a choir of fer vent, m e c h a n i c a l a n g e l s T h e song titles are mystifying c o m b i n a t i o n s o f w o rd s and numbers I still h a v e n ’ t s e e n a n o n l i n e a r t i c l e t h a t ’ s d e c o d e d what’s going on with the numerology of the album A l l o f t h e s e f a c t o r s t o g e t h e r

as pretentious

Bon Iver’s first album, to my eye it shows growth The stor y of the cabin retreat had, ultimately, nothing to do with the music of the album; it was only ever told to give that music meaning and context The use of the Neil Young tape, on the other hand, was specifically to create an audible effect; and Vernon hardly advertised this anecdote As Bon Iver’s music moves further into the abstract, it is simultaneously becoming more grounded in itself, less dependent on musical and genre conventions Maybe what Vernon really needed to do was get out of that cabin

Jack Jones is a junior in the College of Ar ts and Sciences Despite all the Amputations appears alternate Thursdays this semester He can be reached at jjones@cornellsun com

11 F OR S ALE

Winkler Describes Olympic Experience as ‘ Surreal’

WINKLER Continued from page 16

“I trained through that [El Salvador] meet and just ramped up my training overall,” he said “It was definitely a bit rushed though ”

Meanwhile, Rio was getting press for all the wrong reasons The Zika virus, the polluted water and the rampant crime were all anyone was associating with the upcoming games For Winkler, this was never a real concern, and upon arriving, he never regretted his decision to compete

“As soon as you get there you realize everything is blown out of proportion especially by the American media outlets and that it’s not nearly as bad as they make it out to be,” Winkler said “There were guards policing the city 24/7, and I think I saw four mosquitoes the whole trip ”

Rudy in Rio

Winkler arrived in Rio on Aug 4, but his event was not for another two weeks He attended the opening ceremony, but after that he spent his days training alongside the rest of Team USA at a U S Naval base Still, he often found himself with nothing to do in the midst of one of the most exciting events of the year

“No one really preps you for how boring the Olympics can be,” Winkler joked “And no one believes me when I say it either I did go see some events and sightsee, but you end up just sitting in the village waiting around a lot of the time ”

Beyond from the mundane moments, Winkler did have memorable experiences in the Olympic village

“I got to hang out with the previous world champion in the hammer, which was really cool,” Winkler said “I mean, that’s the only place when you’d just be hanging out with the world champion of your sport in his room ”

Just walking around in the Olympic village alone was a source of amazement for Winkler

“It was surreal especially since [compet-

First senior competition| The Olympics was Winkler’s first senior competition and although he narrowly missed qualifying for the finals he was satisfied with his 71 meter throw

ing in Rio] wasn ’ t something I planned for really,” he said “I’d just be walking around the village and see people like Michael Phelps it’s definitely inspiring You’re in this place with all the best athletes in the world, and you realize they’re just normal people normal people who work really hard It makes you think that anyone can really do it ”

As the days went on and his event grew nearer, Winkler said he hardly felt nervous at all He had a goal in mind and felt confident in his ability

“I wasn ’ t trying to win I just wanted

to make finals,” Winkler said “A very positive experience”

On the morning of Aug 17, Winkler, along with 31 others, made his way into the Olympic stadium in front of a boisterous crowd

“ T h e a t m o s p h e re o f t h row i n g w a s amazing It’s a really big stadium with great energy, ” he said

When it came time for Winkler to throw, he faulted on two of the three and threw the other 71 89 meters The distance was good enough for eighth place of his group and 18th overall about 1 5 meters

out of the coveted final spot Only the eventual winner, Wojciech Nowicki of Poland, threw farther than Winkler had in US qualifiers back in Oregon

Winkler was initially disappointed in this performance, but is now upbeat about the experience

“I didn’t compete that well but I felt really good, and overall I’m really happy with how I did at my first Olympics and my first senior competition,” he said “I felt very mentally relaxed and ready to go during the competition, and that 71 meter throw would’ve qualified me for every final in the country ”

Still, Winkler feels that, given one more throw, he would have been able to compete in the finals, considering the relatively low overall scores of his competitors

“If I even had one decent throw, I probably would’ve made finals,” he said “But overall it was a very positive experience ”

Turning to Tokyo

As he is still quite young for the sport, Winkler’s future is still wide open Of the 32 competitors, only two were collegeaged, and a majority were over 30

After leaving Rio, Winkler began his senior year at Cornell, and after a busy final year playing for the Red and one additional semester of classes Winkler will resume training full time with his coach with their sights set firmly on Tokyo 2020

He is considering becoming a coach one day, but in the near future, he would prefer to find a part time job putting his information science degree to work

“I definitely want to keep up training full time, and some sort of sponsorship would pay for that,” he said “I’d also like to get a part time job in software to pay for everything else ”

But until he steps back onto the world’s largest stage, Winkler is once again a student just like everyone else

“I guess I’ll try for Dean’s List too, ” he said, with a smile

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Rudy Winkler: From Farm to Olympics

Fourth

grade switch from baseball to track

By CHARLES COTTON Sun Staff Writer

Rudy Winkler is a 21-year-old from the small town of Sand Lake, N Y who played baseball from a young age Rudy Winkler is a senior enrolled as an information science major in the College of Engineering, hoping to land a part-time job working with computer software after he graduates

While this all seems like the makeup of a traditional Cornell student, there is one thing that differentiates Winkler from the rest of the pack: he is an Olympian

This past August, he had the honor of representing his country in Rio de Janeiro in the 2016 Summer Olympics A member of Cornell’s track and field team, Winkler donned the red, white and blue and competed for the United States in the hammer throw

Home on the Range

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Winkler spent his time carrying hay on his family farm, a 200-acre farm that produces mainly dairy, meat and hay

As a kid, Winkler played baseball for several years, but in fourth grade, his parents encouraged him to run track in

over weight so my parents were trying

“They thought track would be good for me I was always the tallest kid in the grade and always pretty stocky Since I was big, I didn’t really fit into sprinting or the other stuff like high jump either ”

In response, he turned to throwing the form of competition that eventually became the perfect fit for him Winkler first threw shotput and discus, but by the eighth grade he had begun to throw different objects and ultimately, he found hammer

He felt he had discovered his calling, and by the end of eighth grade he had developed a real knack for the hammer throw Winkler chose not to join his high school track and field team because hammer was not an official high school athletic event in New York This way he c mer outside of schoo petitions

Freshman year, h high school nation but struggled to find event that he had ho

“I went to nati and got dead last,” future coach knew I area so he introduce to me and we started ing up after that ” From the beginni his coach sa Winkler’s potentia but even Winkler agrees that “neither of us thought I’d be great or anything ” He and his coach have been together ever since

sends

N.Y. native on the journey of his life

A Journey 175 Miles Away

Continuing to compete at the highest level, Winkler drew the attention of several major Division I programs In the end his decision came down to UCLA, Virginia Tech, Stanford and, of course, Cornell In his quest to combine academics and a strong track and field team, Cornell best fit the bill

“Cornell definitely fit into the good academics and good athletics category, ” Winkler said “It’s also still pretty close to home It was the best decision for me for sure ”

Entering Cornell as a freshman, Winkler was already the top hammer thrower on the team, but his first year in red did not go according to plan He tore his meniscus in his right knee weightlifting, forcing him to miss the entire year Winkler said the lengthy recovery gave him some additional perspective

“In high school I was making national teams, but then I hurt myself and went from being at the top to not

“As a track athlete, [the Olympics is] the pinnacle of your sport it was always something that I wanted to do and hoped I could do.”

ing at all,” he said hallenges of this break, Winkler his drive to win and sophomore competed as well as ever before owing weight in the winter and mmer in the spring, Winkler was first team All-American, an Ivy eague champion in both events and set a new school record in weight and hammer, among multiple academic awards

Junior year was no different, as Winkler again won the Ivy League in both events and rned All-American honors

“It’s been pretty cool at Cornell I’ve been able to win Heps every e I’ve been in both the weight the hammer,” he said “It’s definice confidence booster ”

Pinnacle of your sport” oughout all of these accolades,

t i n g i n t h e Ol y m p i c s w a s ing an increasingly real possibil-

ity That said, the 2016 Olympics were a bit unrealistic for someone as young as Winkler at the time

“As a track athlete, it’s the pinnacle of your sport, ” he said “But it was always something that I wanted to do and hoped I could do Normally you peak at around 30 as a hammer thrower It’s hard to be a really good hammer thrower when your body is still going through changes in college ”

Bu t o n e a f t e r -

n o o n t h i s p a s t spring changed the course of Winkler’s career

“I never thought I was going to be able to go to Rio

“It was all pretty complicated. I was super unsure of whether or not they’d invite me ”

u n t i l I t h re w 7 5 [meters] at Ivy Heps,” he said

That throw was the best in the entire NCAA at the time

This throw launched Winkler’s albeit very complicated qualifying process for the 2016 games By throwing over 72 meters, Winkler qualified for U S Olympic trials in July And at the trials, he competed against the best the United States had to offer, including several former Olympians

Winkler was in no way unnerved by this turn of events and went on to set a new personal record and win the entire event by throwing 76 76 meters However, the Olympic standard was 77 meters which no one met so he did not receive an automatic bid He would now have to be invited in order to go to Rio

Since only 22 athletes hit the Olympic standard and the IOC accepts 32 total throwers, Winkler remained in contention for one of the final 10 spots But now it was the International Association of Athletics Federations’ call

“It was all pretty complicated,” he said “I was super unsure of whether or not they’d invite me ”

You’ve Got Mail

After a week of stress, Winkler was on his way to a competition in Central America when he received the word

“I was on my way to a meet in El Salvador and had just landed in Houston when I got an email from [USA Track and Field],” he said “They just told me that I made it In addition to winning the trials, that feeling was pretty awesome ”

This news left Winkler with less than a month to prepare for Rio