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Furloughed Students Interning in D.C. ‘Disappoint ed’ by Shut down

By EMMA COURT Sun City Editor

David Schatz ’14 chose to spend the first semester of his senior year in the Cornell in Washington program, where he hoped to gain real world experience as an intern at the U S Department of the Treasury

Instead, Schatz spent the last week watching a lot of Netflix

Schatz is one of several Cornell students interning at government departments who were furloughed as a result of the government shutdown on Oct 1 Because Congress failed to pass a spending bill that would fund government functions for the u p c o m i n g f i s c a l ye a r, a l l g ove r n m e n t a g e n c i e s deemed “nonessential” have been closed, and their

employees have been furloughed, or forced to take temporary unpaid leave

Eight of the 42 students participating in the CIW program this semester have been furloughed, according to Prof Robert Hutchens, economics, who is also the director of CIW Four other students have federal government internships but were not furloughed, Hutchens said

“We are very much concerned about the effect the shutdown will have on the experiences of our students,” Hutchens said in an email “That said, we are keeping an eye on the situation At some point we may want to join the furloughed students in looking at alternative activities ” Schatz said the shutdown has been particularly

See FURLOUGH page 4

New Initiative Will P rovide Support for Women of Color

By NOAH RANKIN Sun Senior Writer

In an attempt to increase the satisfaction of women of color with their experience at Cornell, a new initiative will provide professional mentoring and other events stressing solidarity throughout the academic year

The project will act as a liaison between undergraduate students a n d

women of color and be funded under the University’s 2012 diversity policy, Toward Ne w Destin-

ations, according to Theoria Cason, residential hall director of Ujamaa, and Risë Nelson Burrow, assistant director of the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives, the founders of the project

“There are a number of needs that we ’ re recognizing in the various

color, where the women just need some guidance, or they are lacking mentorship,” Cason said, referring to information gleaned from sur-

Deaths

One incident reported since 2011

By GRACE HURLEY

Over the past few years, the University has attempted to combat the temptation of cool gorge waters on a hot summer day through education about the dangers of the gorges

The efforts seem to have b

gorge-related death has been reported since President David Sk

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December 2011; in contrast,

we re reported in 2011, according to Todd Bittner, director of natural areas and chair of the Gorge Safety Committee

The Gorge Safety Report of

2011 established an ongoing plan to implement new gorge safety measures in order to add to the community’s enjoyment and awareness of the gorges, according to Bittner

Bittner said the four main

infrastructural rehabilitation,

unsafe swimming areas and education

Since the report ’ s release, Bittner said improvements to the physical condition of the gorge trails have been achieved by upgrading the quality and quantity of the lighting surrounding the gorge trails to

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Flaming Lips Will Retur n To Barton in November

American rock band The Flaming Lips will perform at Barton Hall on Nov 10, according to an email sent by the Cornell Concert Commission

This show will not be The Lips’ first performance at Cornell The band performed at Barton Hall in April 2010, The Sun previously reported

The group which formed in 1983 in Norman, Oklahoma is known for its live shows, which frequently feature costumes, balloons, puppets, giant hands and large amounts of confetti, according to the band’s website

In 2002, Q Magazine named The Lips as one of “50 Bands to See Before You Die ”

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Tyler Alicea

PUPIL POETRY

Gluten-Free Students Lament Dining Options at Cornell

By JOANNA GAO

Sun Contributor

Despite Cornell Dining’s attempts to increase gluten-free offerings on campus, students who follow a gluten-free diet say their dietary restriction still makes eating on campus a struggle

Cornell Dining has made several improvements to their menus to improve and diversify options for all students, including those with dietary restrictions, according to Michele Lefebvre, nutrition manager for Cornell Dining

Within the past year, Cornell Dining has expanded its gluten-free options, specifically targeting prepared foods offered at on-campus cafes, Lefebvre said For example, Trillium now has premade gluten-free sandwiches and salads available in a cooler The expansions are meant to help the University provide a healthy, diverse array of dining choices, Lefebvre said

Despite the expansion of choices, students say they still feel limited in their dietary options Carly Rosenberg ’15 and William Koehler ’16, who are both gluten sensitive meaning they have difficulty in digesting food containing gluten both noted the difficulties of maintaining a gluten-free diet on campus

“I like diversified options It’s a nuisance when all of my friends want to go to one place to eat and there aren ’ t any gluten-free options there Instead, I just sit there or I have to bring my own food,” Rosenberg said Koehler echoed Rosenberg’s sentiment, saying finding a dining hall that caters to gluten-free students can be difficult

“The biggest issue with eating gluten-free on campus is that at every meal, I become the focus of where my friends can eat, ” Koehler said “I wish I could just find something to eat anywhere I went I also get frustrated when I look up the menus for the dining halls online and there is no allergen information ”

Other students also said they struggled with the inconsistent availability of gluten-free options, with gluten-free options often running out before they arrive at their dining destination

Lauren Kearney ’16, who chooses to maintain a glutenfree diet for nutritional reasons, said she wishes the University would add the allergen information on Cornell

Dining’s website

“I think that items on dining hall menus should be labeled gluten-free online so that we know what’s available

The allergens listed in the dining halls, such as wheat, dairy [and] soy, should be all shown online,” Kearney said “Sometimes a dish sounds like it’s gluten-free, like baked tofu or grilled fish, and then you get to the dining hall and find out that wheat was used in it ”

Koehler agreed that online updates would be helpful in choosing where to eat on campus

“I’d like to see the allergens listed online for each meal

That would make finding a dining hall I can eat at so much easier,” Koehler said

Lefebvre noted that Cornell Dining staff are well-trained in preparing gluten-free food Cornell Dining allows students to request gluten-free sandwiches to be made at various on-campus eateries

“If somebody comes up and says ‘I need gluten-free bread,’ our staff is trained to take off their gloves and put down deli wrap paper to protect the area, ” Lefebvre said “We’re trying to be good about cross-contact with food allergens You can ’ t just call something gluten-free unless you get a certification to know it is 100 percent gluten-free ”

Despite Cornell Dining’s attention to some aspects of gluten-free food preparation, Koehler said he occasionally has issues with cross-contamination in Cornell’s dining halls

“The allergen information in dining halls is certainly helpful, but I have to stay vigilant because it’s occasionally wrong, ” Koehler said

However, Koehler said that he is grateful for the availability of gluten-free bread on campus

“The availability of gluten-free bread in cafes is what makes eating lunch on campus possible,” Koehler said “It’s a life saver ”

Joanna Gao can be reached at jg872@cornell edu

Cornell LGBTQ-Ally Ambassadors P rogram Kicks O f f

Fraternity, sorority ambassadors will promote and educate chapters on LGBTQ issues and tolerance

By AIMEE CHO Sun Contributor

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Aimee Cho can be reached at aac85@cornell

Cornell Student s in D.C. Furloug hed in Gov t. Shut down

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disappointing because CIW, which combines Cornell classes with internship experience, is structured so the internship is the “focal point” of the program The result is that the program has been “stunted” for him and his fellow furloughed students, Schatz said

“It’s definitely an unfortunate situation,” Schatz said “[For CIW,] classes are at night and the paper you ’ re writing is about what you ’ re doing at your internship, so it’s a little bit odd now that everything has come to a halt There’s been a lot of sitting around ”

Hutchens said that students’ final projects could be on any topic, so “the eight furloughed students will usually have the opportunity to reallocate their time to their academic work ”

Still, Schatz said the shutdown has definitely affected his experience in the program, both in obvious and more subtle ways In one of his classes, the students and professor even took bets about when the government shutdown would end

Schatz went from aiding economists in conducting research about unemployment to being effectively unemployed himself

Lauren Avery ’15, a Sun senior news writer who is also interning at a government agency, described the shutdown as “disappointing ” Students, as well as others

in Washington, are “just kind of waiting it out, ” she said “This is one of our only chances, probably in our lives, to see the government from inside out For a lot of people, me included, it’s a matter of whether or not we want to work in the government someday,” Avery said “It’s hard because we really want to take advantage of our short time here ”

Students said said the shutdown had a

capitol “ Re

there’s a feeling at

something has to get done [Although I

d intern, people working for the government are in a state of uncertainty,” Schatz said “Regardless of how people feel about Obamacare or the budget deficit, there’s a sense of dissatisfaction with Congress right now ”

For students who are out of work, many of the Washington, D C tourist sites they would visit in their free time have been closed because of the shutdown The shutdown has closed the museums on the Na

Smithsonian’s National Zoo, Smithsonian

Gallery of Art and the U S Holocaust Me

Huffington Post

“At first it was great to start catching up on sleep and relaxing, but it’s getting to the point where I’m running out of things to do and getting bored,” said Molly Ganley ’15, who is completing a credit internship with the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions and is currently furloughed

“I don’t think I would have been affected by the shutdown much at all if I was [in Ithaca] ”

Avery said along with m a n y p o p u l a r D C attractions being closed, the economic costs for government employees have also been on disp l a y i n D C Ma n

offering free meals and d

employees

Even though she is missing out on part of her internship, Avery said she also felt excited to be in Washington, D C at such a “pivotal time ”

“This is something we’ll remember and say we lived through,” she said “It’s disappointing that we can ’ t work, but it’s pretty amazing we ’ re here during such a crazy period in American politics It’s been a rollercoaster that we ’ ve gotten to see and experience first hand ”

For Ganley, it has been the opposite

“At first it seemed like this exciting idea ‘oh, will the government shut down or

not?’ Everyone was talking about it It sounded like it could be a nice couple days off,” she said “Now I’m realizing that my whole semester is centered around this internship so not being able to go in definitely affects me ”

Yet, both Avery and Schatz said at the end of the day, they were in Washington for the semester to learn about the government, and the shutdown itself was full of lessons

“I came to Washington with a very basic understanding of how the government works Seeing it hit this wall has certainly taught me a lot about the limitations of government, the way power is broken up and how it can affect an entire city and an entire country, ” Avery said Schatz echoed Avery’s sentiment

“It’s definitely one of those ‘only in D C ’ experiences,” he said “When you ’ re in Ithaca, there’s a sense of an intellectual bubble I don’t think I would have been affected by the shutdown much at all if I was there,” Schatz said “Down here, what with not being able to go to work, being that affected by government action is a unique experience ”

Still, students said they are ready to get back to work

“Everyone is on the edge of their seat waiting for this to end,” Avery said

Emma Court can be reached at ecourt@cornellsun com and twitter com/dilemmaincourt

C.U.

Program Focuses

On S afety, Education

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improve their visibility at night

In addition, wood railings have been replaced by more stable metal fences and many of the staircases, once made of wood treated lumber, have been restored with concrete, which is a more durable material, according to Bittner

Various spots along the trails have also been redeveloped into safe areas designed for people to take in gorge views in a responsible way Signs explaining the area ’ s history, along with a space for an outdoor classroom or temporary ar t exhibit, have been added, Bittner said

These destination sites, according to Bittner, offer an example of how the new safety measures complement the overall gorge experience

“These are the iconic spots of the University; we didn’t want that to be diminished,” Bittner said The Gorge Safety Committee has also expanded eduation regarding gorge safety, with 15,000 brochures now dispersed annually to students across campus explaining gorge safety issues, Bittner said

Also, in August, the committee launched the website gorgesafety cornell edu to increase gorge knowledge The website provides an outline of gorge safety regulations, options for safe hiking trails and updates on gorge conditions, as well as explaining safe alternatives to swimming in the gorges such as the free shuttle buses at the beginning of the school year to the safe swimming area in Buttermilk Falls State Park The Gorge Steward Program –– which consists of a team of trained gorge trail experts who

patrol the gorges and conduct guided tours from mid-May to September –– is another measure the University has enacted to ensure gorge safety

Jamie Sternlicht ’14, one of three gorge stewards from this past summer who trained with Cornell Plantations staff said the program is very well-rounded in its scope

“It was intended to benefit safety, but it doesn’t just help there It is a benefit in itself that people are becoming more informed about the gorges, especially because they play such a key role in Cornell history,” Sternlicht said

Sarah Kennedy, a Cornell employee who is also a summer gorge steward, echoed this reflection on the benefits of the program

“In addition to asking folks to abide by the gorge regulations, stewards also talk about the geological development of the gorges; we talk about the native people of Ithaca and how the University developed the trails systems, ” Kennedy said in an email “Stewards also try to keep the trails clean and we report on any unsafe conditions Overall, we try to take a holistic approach to using the gorges in a safe and responsible manner

”

Bittner added that a significant enhancement to gorge safety enforcement came in 2012 when the Judicial Code of Conduct was amended so students would receive Judicial Action for swimming in the gorges

“I’m happy to say there has been a significant decrease in inappropriate gorge use, ” Bittner said

Grace Hurley can be reached at gkh29@cornell edu

Women of Color Org. Will Support Undergrads

INITIATIVE

“ They’re performing academically, and statistically they are matriculating through the University, but their satisfaction with their experience is ver y low,” Cason said

According to Cason, women of color grapple with issues regarding self-worth and anxiety, which may stem from a lack of personally knowing professional women of color in their fields, especially when a student at a predominantly white university may be the only woman of color in their classes

Beginning in Fall 2012, Cason and Nelson Burrow held a series of focus

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“Many of the women of color here are the only ones like them who identify as they do in a department or an academic field,” Nelson Burrow said “Part of it is wanting to see other people who look like them and have the same needs as them There aren ’ t that many opportunities for department organizations and for individuals to come together purposefully to talk

about connecting, to talk about their experiences in a ver y authentic way ”

According to Nelson Burrow, the initiative stresses both professional development and personal interaction

“I think a lot of times the women of color here who are participating in leader-

“We’re all wonderful and

campus community, they may have family obligations, they may have a number of jobs they’re working [or] they may be in a number of fellowship programs, ” Nelson Burrow said “[The program ser ves] to say, ‘I see you, I see what you ’ re doing Great job, congratulations, thank you for your work, we value it; how are you? That often goes missing ”

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are ver y similar, and we might not even think so We’re so focused on connecting with our own race that we forget to connect with other women that might be going through the same thing ” Cason said the organization is aimed at eliminating the sense women of color may g e t t h a t t h e y n e e d t o compete, due to a misperception that only a few can have the opportunity to represent their communities in a field

color organizations that all do different things on the surface, but at the end of the day, we all share one common mission: to empower the women of color here on our campus and provide a voice for our peers w h o i d e n t i f y a s w o m e n o f c o l o r, ” Dalepenha said

Another issue that the project seeks to re s o l ve i s t h e l a c k o f c o m m u n i c a t i o n between minority groups of women, and provide a sense of unified energy between the events already planned by individual groups focusing on women of color

“Ever yone is so focused on tr ying to represent their own ethnicity that people don’t really think of uniting women of color,” Shamail Shahid ’14 said “I feel like it’s ver y important because our experiences

Libyan Government Bristles at U.S. Raid

Capturing

Militant

A suspected Libyan al-Qaida figure nabbed by U S special forces in a dramatic operation in Tripoli was living freely in his homeland for the past two years, after a trajectory that took him to Sudan, Afghanistan and Iran, where he had been detained for years, his family said Sunday

The Libyan government bristled at the raid, asking Washington to explain the “kidnapping ”

The swift Delta Force operation in the streets of the Libyan capital that seized the militant known as Abu Anas al-Libi was one of two assaults Saturday that showed an American determination to move directly against terror suspects even in two nations mired in chaos where the U S has suffered deadly humiliations in the past

Hours before the Libya raid, a Navy SEAL team swam ashore in the East African nation of Somalia and engaged in a fierce firefight, though it did not capture its target, a leading militant in the al-Qaida-linked group that carried out the recent Kenyan mall siege

“We hope that this makes clear that the United States of America will never stop in the effort to hold those accountable who conduct acts of terror, ” U S Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday at an economic summit in Indonesia “Members of al-Qaida and other terrorist organizations literally can run but they can ’ t hide ”

Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, known by his alias Abu Anas al-Libi, was accused by the U S of involvement in the 1998 bombings of the U S Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, which killed more than 220 people He has been on the FBI’s most wanted terrorists list since it was introduced shortly after the Sept 11, 2001 attack, with a $5 million bounty on his head

U S officials depicted his capture as a significant blow against alQaida, which has lost a string of key figures, including leader Osama bin Laden, killed in a 2011 raid in Pakistan

However, it was unclear whether the 49-year-old al-Libi had a major role in the terror organization his alleged role in the 1998 attack was to scout one of the targeted embassies and there was no immediate word that he had been involved in militant activities in Libya His family and former associates denied he was ever a member of al-Qaida and said he had not been engaged in any activities since coming home in 2011

But the raid signaled a U S readiness to take action against militants in Libya, where al-Qaida and other armed Islamic groups have gained an increasingly powerful foothold since the 2011 ouster and killing of dictator Moammar Gadhafi and have set up tied with a belt of radical groups across North Africa and Egypt

Libya’s central government remains weak, and armed militias many of them made up of Islamic militants hold sway in many places around the country, including in parts of the capital Amid the turmoil, Libyan authorities have been unable to move against militants, including those behind the Sept 11, 2012 attack on the U S consulate in Benghazi, in which the U S ambassador and three other Americans were killed Libyan security officials themselves are regularly targeted by gunmen The latest victim, a military colonel, was gunned down in Benghazi on Sunday

“Sometimes there’s a s e n t i m e n t t h a t w i t h i n society we are typecast, or we are selected to be the one person who diversifies an organization or institution, Cason said “Recognize that you don’t have to compete against your sister to be the one, you can support one another, and there are opportunities for ever yone We’re all wonderful and awesome, and we can be wonderful and awesome in the same space at the same time ” Stacy Dalepenha ’14, co-chair of the Women of Color Coalition, which holds an annual conference centering around issues faced by women of color, said that the new initiative was much-needed on campus “ There are so many different women of

According to Nelson Burrow, the mentoring initiative has a schedule already set for this academic year, including participation in the volunteer program “Into the Streets” in late October as well as different outings and regular meetings with women of color professionals

But the first active step, as decided in a gathering of Cornell women of color on Monday, was working on a name for the initiative

“ We thought it would be extremely important for the group to name itself,” Nelson Burrow said “Something that I think we all have experienced as being women of color is being called out of our name, or being called anything that is not necessarily affirming to our realities and our identities or how we express ourselves We want to be ver y careful of how we name ourselves, and we want to give that opportunity to the women in the room ”

Noah Rankin can be reached at nrankin@cornellsun com

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Everyone and their crazy uncle has been weighing in on the government shutdown this week At least people are paying enough attention to be angry; it’s almost heartening to see that this most basic indicator of civic consciousness popular outrage at federal incompetence is still operating

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Negotiations

CORNELL AND ITHACA HAVE SPARRED over the University’s financial contribution to the City for nearly two decades, but the fight came to a head last week when discussions over the City’s 2014 budget led to a public skirmish between Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 and University officials The appropriate financial relationship between nonprofit colleges and cities across the U S is a debate worth having, and the University should seriously consider whether its current level of contribution under the Memorandum of Understanding is fair to the City But we find fault with some of the mayor ’ s recent statements, in which he has seemed to vacillate between starkly different portrayals of Cornell’s expected role in bolstering the Ithaca economy

Myrick’s characterization of the University’s financial support as “shameful” strikes us as antithetical to the shining praise of the Ithaca-Cornell relationship he sang to The New York Times this summer The Aug 4 article, “Colleges Help Ithaca Thrive in a Region of Struggles,” presented Ithaca as a paragon of town-gown relations, attributing the City’s supposed booming success to its universities pouring “hundreds of millions of dollars into the economy ” and creating “thousands of jobs” for residents Myrick told The Times that Ithaca has been successful “because our universities have partnered with our private industries” and suggested that the leaders of other Ivy League cities in the Northeast come and see how “ we built in Ithaca the lowest unemployment rate in the state ”

Yet just last week, the mayor stood before his constituents at a public budget hearing and said, “[Cornell] is thriving and booming, and [the City is] struggling ” Which is it: Is the University making the City a thriving haven amid countywide economic hardship, or is it bleeding Ithaca dry of public services without paying for them through property taxes? The former is more compatible with Cornell’s contention that it provides invaluable support to the City economy through employment, consumerism and new business development The latter seems to sweep under the rug the University’s additional contributions to services outside of the government operating budget, which are set to total more than $3 24 million this year, according to Cornell officials We imagine the answer lies somewhere in between, but inconsistencies in Myrick’s statements lead us to question some of his most recent criticisms of the University

In his scathing remarks, Myrick also compared Cornell to its peer institutions, citing Harvard and Yale in particular Myrick contrasted Cornell’s $1 25 million expected contribution for 2014 with Harvard’s $2 1 million and Yale’s more than $8 million What he failed to mention is that compared to Ithaca’s expected budget of about $65 million for fiscal year 2014 the cities of Cambridge, Mass , and New Haven, Conn , have approved budgets of about $500 million each When measured as a percentage of the City’s total budget, Cornell’s contribution to Ithaca is equivalent or greater than Harvard’s and Yale’s to their respective hometowns We believe Myrick’s evidence does not adequately support the argument that Cornell’s contribution is below the norm

Nonetheless, the question of whether this national standard for contributions is fair is certainly up for debate It may be argued that non-profit universities, which are exempt from property taxes and often benefit from significant fire and police support, are insufficiently supporting the cities that house them This claim can be fairly used to pressure the Cornell administration to increase its contribution, and Myrick should certainly look out for his city’s best interests by continuing such negotiations But we challenge the mayor ’ s contradictory assessments of Cornell’s impact on Ithaca’s economy and the assertion that University is lagging behind its peers

Sadly, I’m not prepared to give the American people much more credit than that As stubborn, mendacious, ignorant and heedlessly destructive as some of our representatives have been, we are, after all, the same electorate who put them in power If you haven’t already, check out the melancholy true-life parody of The American Voter that Jimmy Kimmel enacted by prompting people on the street to denounce Obamacare in favor of the Affordable Care Act Our capital may be broken but voters who can ’ t be bothered with facts can ’ t pretend to be guiltless victims

Of course, with billions of Koch brothers dollars devoted to disinformation on the healthcare law, it can be hard to keep it straight A quick run-through of the legislative history of the law in question may be instructive While the insurance exchanges promised by it only opened for enrollment this week, the Affordable Care Act was signed into law by the President more than three and a half years ago after a protracted process of negotiations that lasted from 2008 until 2010 Since 2010, the law has been subject to review twice by two groups which have the power to abolish it First, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Act in its June 2012 decision, National Federation of Independent Business v Sebelius Then, in the 2012 elections, Americans reelected President Obama and increased the Democratic majority in the Senate at a time when the healthcare debate was one of the signal issues of contention Contrary to what some believe, the moniker “Obamacare” does not actually mean that the legislation was handed down by executive fiat The provisions of the ACA have been reviewed by every possible check built into our government and survived

The hypocrisy of the instigating party verges on the surreal Having failed to repeal the law through all the conventional avenues, the Republican-controlled House upped the ante, vowing to vote against any continuing resolution to fund the government that didn ’ t repeal or delay implementation of the ACA In effect, the radical cabal, that has come to dominate the meeker moderates of the Republican Party, has decided not to govern by the rules This is an interesting development for a group of politicians who consider themselves Constitutional originalists Tea Party representatives have elevated their opportunistic and narrow interpretation of patriotism to a quasi-religious dogma (replete with hounding inquisitions against any fellow Republican judged to be insufficiently orthodox) They regularly flaunt their pocket Constitutions as if holding a document you don’t understand at all times makes that document mean what you want it to mean Yes,

the government has been shutdown before But as Professors Ellen Fitzpatrick and Theda Skocpol note, “in none of these episodes did a minority attempt to undo a major law by the sorts of threats against democratic decisions we see today ”

So, why are these same characters acting as though the only way to get their way is to subvert the very legislative framework they so fer vently claim to protect? If the Constitution is the ultimate guidebook for governing America, in deciding to cripple the government by inventing new, extra-constitutional ways around standard law-making procedures, the radical conser vatives in Congress are, by definition, committing one of the most egregious anti-Constitutional offenses in our nation’s history

The hypocrisy just thickens from there Conservatives claim that the primary rationale for obstructing the ACA is the economic stress the program will put on business owners to provide healthcare for their employees, and the uncertainty this requirement will inject into American markets There’s plenty of evidence that this muchhyped concern has been enormously overblown But even if it weren ’ t, the rationale is truly head-scratching in the context of the massive economic risk and ongoing financial damage the shutdown itself poses If they are worried about consumer and investor confidence, it might behoove them to avoid jeopardizing the American government ’ s status as a credible borrower and lender Meanwhile, the direct costs of the shutdown have been estimated to be at least $300 million per day

Maybe I’m not giving the Tea Party enough credit for its cunning Maybe this is all part of a grand scheme to fatally wound the public credibility of the American government in order to create the libertarian utopia so many of their supporters dream of What smart young person will want to work for such a broken, dysfunctional, backward thinking institution when they can work in the dynamic private sector for a guaranteed wage? Or maybe the point is simply to create a diversion from the non-platform that their faction of the Republican Party presents if they can make this debacle more about political in-fighting than about the policy issue at hand, disillusioned voters may let them stay in office long after their convoluted ideology has been exposed as incoherent

This is why it’s so important that we, the voters, don’t chalk this debacle up to standard partisan feuding for which “they’re both to blame ” Misguided fatalism will undo our democracy if we accept this unprecedented devolution of political decorum as the new status quo Pay enough attention to be able to assign fault, and act on your convictions

The shutdown and the spectacle on the Hill may seem to unfold with the same morbid hilarity and implausibility as a bad dream

The repercussions, however, are all too tangible

Sam Kuhn is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences

He may be reached at skuhn@cornellsun com Fault Lines appears alternate Tuesdays this semester

CORRECTION

A news article that ran Oct 7, “Oceanography: The New Psych 1101?,” incorrectly identified Introduction to Oceanography as BIOEE 1540 Although the course is cross-listed in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionar y Biology (BIOEE), it is in fact a course within the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and should have been identified as EAS 1540

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Learning Outside Of the Classroom

The oppor tunities available to students at Cornell are numerous First-year and transfer students, in par ticular, who have not done so already so, should tr y to join a club, organization or assist a professor in doing research There are hundreds of ways to get involved on campus Par ticipating in such opportunities can enhance your experience at Cornell and simultaneously permit you to give back to the Cornell community Perhaps, most impor tantly, such oppor tunities can enable students to grow in ways that augment learning within the traditional classroom setting Cornell University is a large school and joining a

c l u b o r p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n e x t r a - c u r r i c u l a r a c t i v i t i e s allows you to create a smaller, more intimate community for yourself Fur ther, ever y experience outside of the classroom enhances our journey at Cornell Each ne w activity you get involved in provides an oppor tunity to explore emerging interests and meet ne w friends, whether, for example, it involves a club spor t, a pre-professional organization, a Greek fraternity or sorority, student government, writing for the Cornell Daily Sun or conducting research in a lab

During my time at Cornell, I have been for tunate enough to par ticipate in a number of activities in addition to taking classes Through these oppor tunities, I have met ne w friends, and explored ne w interests

Each new activity yo involved in provides opportunity to explor emerging interests a meet new friends

Through my past work on the Student Assembly, I have learned a lot about many different cultural organizations that I may have never interacted with otherwise With ever y ne w person I met through these interactions, I have grown as a person, while still tr ying to navigate my way through school

That being said, there are also unique oppor tunities within the classroom to reap many of the same benefits found outside the classroom This past summer, as I was creating my fall schedule, I read about a class that I never kne w existed: Education 2200: “Community L e a r n i n g a n d S e r v i c e Pa r t n e r s h i p ” ( o r C L A S P )

Students enroll in the course and commit to taking two classes, one in the fall and one in the spring semester During that year, Cornell employees and students work together, through learning par tnerships The Cornell students provide learning assistance and tutoring to Cornell staff

In the program, the Cornell employee sets learning goals and the student assists that staff member in reaching those goals The goals range from improving math skills to GED preparation to learning ne w computer skills to strengthening reading or writing abilities Many of Cornell’s depar tments have agreed to allow employees to par ticipate in this program for as many as three hours each week The staff member’s par ticipation is kept confidential and the employee decides whether to share this experience with co-workers

The semester has just begun, but the CL ASP experience has already made students feel like they can make a difference within their community Like wise, the par ticipating employees feel more connected to the students they work with I share this stor y as an example of the possibilities available to all students at Cornell outside of the conventional class setting

I urge you to seek oppor tunities that will provide ne w learning experiences, whether it is through a program such as CL ASP or a club of your choosing

Consider searching the student organization roster or course catalogue or speaking with friends and professors for recommendations

A s a l w a y s , p l e a s e f e e l f r e e t o c o n t a c t m e a t

rhg68@cornell edu if you have any questions or comments

Comm en t of the day

“I agree especially with the fact that the costume contest is rather racist and uncalled for [It] does nothing but parodies and stereotypes cultures. However, the use of Cinco de Mayo as a marketing tool doesn’t seem racist to me If anything, it seems American (or specifically, capitalist) Tell me a holiday that is known in America, and I’ll tell you a holiday that is used for marketing Whether it is other cultures’ holidays (Cinco de Mayo, Oktoberfest, Saint Patrick’s Day), religious holidays (Christmas, Easter) or even “American” holidays (Thanksgiving, 4th of July), all holidays in the states are used and abused in marketing ”

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Re: “Cornell Athletics Apologizes for ‘Culturally Insensitive’ Marketing Campaign” News, published October 7, 2013

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W hat the Cornell-Ithaca

Partnership Can Teach Congress

The relationship between Cornell University and the City of Ithaca, if not quite at its nadir, is nowhere near its full potential When City of Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 recently slammed the tax-exempt University’s paltr y contributions to the municipal coffers, the University swiped back with its usual refrain: Ithaca would be incontrovertibly damaged if Cornell did not provide a constant stimulus This rationale, though surely tainted by an undercurrent of Ivy League pomposity, is not untrue Likewise, the mayor ’ s contention that the University does not do enough to support Ithaca is not entirely unfounded In short, neither side monopolizes the facts

I was planning on writing a column in which I took a definitive stance on the issue: Perhaps, calling on President David Skorton to balloon Cornell’s donation to Ithaca so that it more closely resembles Yale’s $8 million yearly endowment to Ne w Haven

Perhaps, if my logic were to swing me in the opposite direction, I would have exhorted Mayor Myrick to appreciate the magnitude of the implicit financial contributions that the University makes to Ithaca with each passing Parents’ Weekend

However, I realized that while it was my instinct to make this rhetorical scuffle into a grandiose battle between Myrick and Skor ton, Ithacan and Cornellian, such a dichotomous approach was inappropriate

Despite Myrick’s remarks on the “shameful” lack of Cornell contributions to the city, and the University’s understandably robust response that slammed the mayor ’ s “counterproductive” public demands, the

University still plans to increase its donation to Ithaca by about $20,000 (small, yes, but still an increase) There has been no sudden revocation of University funds to Ithaca, nor has Ithaca’s new budget included an attempt to curb the use (and abuse) of the municipal TCAT system by drunken Cornellians There is no sign that the Ithaca Police Depar tment will lessen its coordination with their counterparts on campus, nor any other sign of a diminished institutional bond

There has, in short, been no shutdown

As I tried to formulate a stance on the Cornell-Ithaca

who have hijacked control of John Boehner’s asylum and who now exer t an undue amount of leverage over their exasperatedly orange Speaker The crux of the Tea Par ty ’ s argument revolves around a withdrawal from the modern American social contract; it seeks to mangle the longestablished coordination between the maligned federal government and its state counterpar ts Tea Par ty members of the House have seized upon a genuine, legislative disagreement over the Affordable Care Act (never mind that this is a battle they have already lost) and made it an excuse to blow up the

The two parties, though they continue to disagree on subst and impactful budgetary issu have not shattered the social that has governed their relationship for decades

showdown, the most salient conclusion I stumbled upon was that it was not a showdown at all The two parties, though they continue to disagree on substantive and impactful budgetary issues, have not shattered the social contract that has governed their relationship for decades There have been harsh words exchanged (it’s politics, after all), but there has been no hint by Cornell or by Ithaca that this disagreement is a dealbreaker The lack of brinksmanship in this admittedlylower stakes budget battle brought me back to the resoundingly idiotic stalemate that has paralyzed the federal government of the United States of America

At the core of this shutdown is a motley crew of about 30 House Republicans: Tea Partying lunatics

through entirely different sources and answers to entirely different authorities

carefully maintained relationships between the federal government, state governments and the American public Make no mistake: The specter of “Obamacare” is only the means to a much broader and far more radical end

As Congress seeks to remedy this shutdown situation before a United States default shatters the global economy, fr ustrated Republican leaders those who have not given up on a basic preser vation of our social contract can learn from the recent squabble between Cornell and Ithaca The University and the City essentially operate on two different infrastr uctural grids; aside from the TCAT, Cornell utilizes its own security and emergency response forces, undergoes its own maintenance, funds itself

Yet, as Don Oh ’14 eloquently stated in his Sun column yesterday, there is a storied, mutually beneficial relationship that belies the undeniable independence of these two entities Cornell and Ithaca work better when they are united than when they are solely self-reliant To admit that is not to diminish either institution; it is only to acknowledge the basic truth that human governance is not easily accomplished without coordination That is what Congress must remember No inter-institutional relationship will be perfect, whether it is between Cornell and Ithaca, Congress and the White House, or the federal government and its counterparts in the states But substantive disagreements on the nature of these governmental relationships should not negate the fact that these relationships exist for a reason President Skorton and Mayor Myrick have shown themselves to be exemplars of level-headed governance, in which the nature of financial and institutional dynamics can be parsed, debated and tweaked without disabling the very government that our leaders are, presumably, trying to improve We cannot delay the work of the people in Ithaca or in the nation at large until our unions are all perfected; perfection, after all, is not something easily achieved

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

T e n M i n u t e P l a y f e s t :

Per forming Ar ts Center, coordinated by Sarah Byrne ’15, featured six plays written by undergraduates and per formed on a minimalistic set in the center ’ s Black Box Theatre The goal of this collaboration between Cornell’s per forming and media ar ts depar tment and the Red Shadow Productions student theatre club is: “ to give students the oppor tunity to see their work on stage in a more full-fledged production than is usually granted to

involved with an accessible first step into the world of theatre,” Byrne said in Spring 2013

The first ten-minute episode, Four One, was a dark drama written by Darah Barnes ’15 and directed by graduate student Nick Fesette Jazlin Gomez ’16 gave an effectively creepy per formance as the lead, Diane, whose boyfriend is about to awaken to discover that some of his body par ts (specifics are undisclosed) have been lost to a dr unken accident Then we learn that she used to do “stuff like this” (Dismemberment? Murder? Spandex shor ts with hooker boots?) all the time, on purpose, for fun, with a doubly sinister character named K C (Enoch Newkirk ‘14) Individual actors sell their par ts, but the dialogue falls flatter than the diced-off piece of s k i n K C c a r r i e s a ro u n d d u r i n g t h e d e n o u e m e n t Creepy to the core, the darkness is for show and nothing more and never becomes satisfyingly so

The Thirty-Minute Waltz, written by Anna Brenner ’16 and directed by Aleksej Aarsaether ’17 is the clear stand-out of the series A comedic look at what it would be like to hang out in the belly of the whale with the infamous Jonah, the script is sharp, smar t, and loaded with cultural allusions that bring the familiar Bible tale into full swing with modernity A misguided Spring Breaker played by Gwen Aviles ’17 knocks heads with t h e n o t o r i o u s i n t e s t i n a l d e n i z e n p l a y e d b y Sa m Morrsion ’17 while she waits out the thir ty minutes she has before being digested It’s a silly premise but one that makes no assumptions of grandeur it’s tr ue to itself and is geared for laughs, not insightful reflection Morrison’s handle of physical comedy and exceptional comedic timing steals the show, epitomized in his gr uff, awkward rendition of Kelis’ “Milkshake” to open and close the act

Continuing on the same light note, the show proceeds with Danny Bernstein ’15 and Carol Bass ’14’s Human Nature, a quick look at the gender relation dynamics within your typical collegiate Starbucks The actors, notably Kevin Qiao ’17 and Hannah Zlotnick ’14, have a firm grasp on what makes satire funny and execute hilarious caricatures of your standard C-Town

bozos But that’s all they’re allowed to do Human Na t u re d o e s n ’

nature, ” unfor tunately, and mostly just has a really good time calling other people stupid for ten minutes The ending is an unsatisfactor y meet-cute between the two characters whose plainness is meant to foil the other couple’s car toonishness, in which they have a not-so-

convincing love connection over ordering the same vanilla bean frappuccino Add an eye-rolling barista for some sit-com irony and stir; the plot-line might make you queasy but the acting ability is impossible to ignore Cameo, written by Whitney Wenger ’13 and directed by Claire Stack ’15 stars Hannah Zlotnick ‘14 as well this time in a dramatic role Cami, a girl seemingly in conflict with a jilted lover is revealed to be warring not with another person, but in actuality with another manifestation of herself (played by Sur ya Kumar ’14) An interesting dichotomy between the tr ue self and the selfsabotaging maniac within was completely disr upted by Kumar’s character’s impromptu screaming rant about all the times he had saved Cami from instances of date-rape and incest, yelling details at her that made her writhe on the floor in ostensible trauma This wouldn’t have been as much of a problem if hadn’t been so clearly used for shock factor and so sadistically narrated as to seem like it was written explicitly for the intent of making the audience uncomfor table This discomfor t leads to a jarring murder-suicide, but it doesn’t lead to any kind of recognizable take-away aside from a “Made you squeamish, huh?” Yes Yes you really, really did

The Patriots is a quick and believable family comedydrama penned by Jessica Evans ’15 and directed by graduate student Aoise Stratford featuring another strong per formance from Qiao, this time as a die-hard New

England Patriots fan the day before his wife’s funeral Elly Valastro ’17 is incredibly convincing as the ladderclimbing lawyer-to-be prodigal daughter, returning for her mother’s funeral with a new law professor husband in tow Valastro is given ample room to shine within the confidently-written dialogue which circles a group of family members ‘round and ‘round their obvious issues until something catastrophic forces them to stab at them While the disapproving backwards parent archetype is tried and tr ue, and too-tried and too-tr ue, Evans’ script uses solid jokes and believable characterization to make this into a stor y we can still be interested in Cornell Confesses, written and directed by Claire Stack ‘ 1 5 o p e n s o n t h r e e a c t o r s

Confessions from the notorious Facebook page benign ones like “I like my cat more than I like my boyfriend” and “ To whoever didn’t flush the toilet in Goldwin-Smith, you are a dir ty bird,” which audience members met happily with laughter But then, the play takes a darker turn: suddenly there’s a robotic voiceover talking about suicide as the actors list off dates and times of recent notable instances Suicide awareness at Cornell is an incredibly complicated issue and it is completely a given that not ever yone here treats it with sufficient sobriety However, in my opinion, this play seemed like an unfair assault The str ucture effectively proclaimed that audience members should feel guilty for treating the topic of suicide lightly, despite the fact that the two sequences were completely unrelated The actors go on to read hear t-warming responses to Cornell Confessions that encourage people not to feel alone, to reach out for suppor t, to stay strong This is a welcome and positive message, but it didn’t hit home with me; I was too fr ustrated by the play’s attempt to exploit Cornell’s suicide problem It feels less like a serious discussion of psychological processes, cultural norms or the stigma of asking for help and more like the easy thing to do I respect Stacks’ ambition in taking on this sensitive topic, but I do not think she applied enough sensitivity or critical thinking to this controversial topic

In regards to the goals stated by the orchestrators of the Playfest, the event was an obvious success tickets were hard to come by and the positive energy of an audience of friends and fellow students was palpable proof positive that “something good can work” and that Red Shadow Productions is now providing a cultural ser vice that Cornell students are more than happy to indulge in Hopefully, as this event becomes a standard par t of Cornell’s cultural fare, writers and directors will be pushed to provide increasingly intellectually challenging and dynamic works, and continue to help showcase the obvious plethora of per formance talent that we have here on campus While some of the specific pieces of the Playfest were dissatisfying, I am entirely sincere in advocating that this event be repeated it’s a great idea which will only get better with practice

Kaitlyn Tiffany is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at

Electronic: Six Artists to Jam With

Below, I present to you artists who have gained tons of popularity over the past two years, and seen recent breakthroughs in their careers Obviously, even with the success they have attracted, many of you still have not heard their music So here it goes: six semi-new artists of the past two years that you need to hear

1 AUSTIN PAUL: This Miami native garnered a lot of attention when, in a tweet, Pharrell called him “the future ” His E P Velvet came out earlier this year on Kastle’s Symbol Recordings, and it really showcases this musician’s talent as a singer-songwriter and producer Paul serenades us with his chillingly emotional voice on piano-accompanied tracks like “Hallelujah,” but also has a knack for producing chill, slow hip-hop beats to back up his provocative vocals on tracks like “Bones ” The 20 year old has raw talent, and is going to make a splash when bigger labels realize his potential

2 R L GRIME: Clockwork, an electro-house D J and producer, decided to take a chance on a side project when the recent trap movement was burgeoning Thus, RL Grime was born His “Mercy” remix with Salva became an instant club banger, and he solidified his position at the top of the trap scene with his chart-topping remix of Benny Benassi’s classic track “Satisfaction ” He is constantly producing new music and touring as both Clockwork and R L Grime, and often performs together with his close friend Baauer With over 100K Soundcloud followers, he is quickly becoming one of the most talked-about producers on the scene He also frequently tweets with R L Stein, the children’s horror writer from which his name derives

Guest Space

Orange Is the New Black: Teen Drama in Jail

BY EMILY KLING Sun Contributor

As Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), Orange is the New Black’ s central protagonist, gets out of her prison shower, Taystee (Danielle Brooks) remarks, “You got them TV titties They stand up on they own, all perky and everything ” As Piper rushes away, Taystee finishes her thought, telling Piper to “ get the fuck out of my way ”

3 DISCLOSURE: Brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence aren ’ t necessarily newcomers to the music industry, but their phenomenal, g e n r e - c r o s s i n g

album Settle and the fame that came with it are absolutely novel This album is one of the best reviewed of the year; it is also a personal favorite Utilizing a mix of deep-house, ’90s 2-step, U K garage and disco (if you haven’t heard of most of these, it’s okay chances are you will dig their sound), these young brothers (21 and 18) have made a name for themselves with tracks like their hit single “Latch featuring Sam Smith Expect big things from these guys in the future, including more album releases and collaborations with underrated vocalists

This is the interaction that starts off Netflix’s new original series and it properly sums up what the show does right and how it falls short In this scene, Piper has just gotten to prison and is incredibly worried about being raped However, this first scene presents prison rape as a sort of joke Taystee’s comments on Piper’s body seem harmless, platonic and jocular, rather than sexually aggressive

sexual orientations, socio-economic backgrounds and temperaments of the mostly-female characters, in many respects, Orange is the New Black is a breakthrough Still, the show falls short when it brushes over the complexities of what drives people toward crime, and as a result, the backstories tend to be rather onenote each one aims to invoke some level of sympathy for the characters Not one backstory truly portrays the criminals as bad people, but rather as people who were dealt an unlucky hand

(Michael Chemus), develop a relationship which becomes increasingly entertaining to watch as Cal offers insight into what it means to be an ‘outsider ’

Yet, similarly to the backstories, the storyline outside the prison feels a bit sugar-coated While the show does explore the troubles of Piper and Larry’s deteriorating relationship, it does so in a pretty teenage-dramatized fashion Larry complains, he masturbates, he talks (worries) about how Piper used to be a lesbian, he tells his story to anyone who will listen and he cries only once Larry s behavior does not seriously portray the impact of what it means to be a family member or loved one of a prisoner, but more accurately, as the show explores, what it means to be in a difficult long-distance relationship

4 EARL SWEATSHIRT: After returning from what was essentially a boot camp in Samoa, Earl Sweatshirt got right back into churning out tracks His distinct delivery and intriguing rhymes make him a standout in the Odd Future crew His first studio album, Doris, dropped recently and features unique beats and great collaborations with the likes of Tyler the Creator, Domo Genesis and Frank Ocean, just to name a few For me, the highlight is his track “Guild,” featuring Mac Miller The innovative track includes vocals by both MIller and Earl are slowed down to produce a pitched-down, almost drugged-out sound At one point, Mac rhymes “Myrtle Beach,” “purple fleece,” “Fur Elise” and “Hercules ” Another track, “Hive,” is probably the most popular song from the album and with a simple bassline and annunciated flows, Earl kills it on this one, with a sweet video to match

5 TNGHT: Producers Hudson Mohawke (Scottish) and Lunice (Canadian) teamed up last year to create TNGHT (pronounced “tonight”) The duo produced what Jon Caramanica of the New York Times once called “sledgehammer hip-hop ” With their heavy, thudding bass, trap influences and catchy hooks, this duo has taken the festival circuit by storm, and has played all over the country and the world Their self-titled E P blew up with the popularity of the addictive track “Higher Ground ” Their newest track, Acrylics, mixes childhood nursery rhyme with head-banging bass (no seriously, it’s actually weirdly awesome) These guys are individually on the cutting edge of electronic hip-hop, and together, their combined producing abilities know no bounds

6 XXYYXX – Orlando producer XXYYXX has one of the strangest artistic names in the business His music is also incredibly creepy He uses distorted, short vocal samples on top of minimalist trap beats The reverberating Roland 808 bass drums boom throughout the album, and the crisp snares and ticks give rhythm and form to his somewhat amorphous tracks The most popular song on his self-titled debut album is “About You,” which has an incredible music video directed by Jeffrey Vash For reference, said video has over 10 million views on Youtube featuring hot girls in animal masks blowing out smoke in H D super slow-mo His haunting vocal samples, slow tempo and trap influences reveal an underground artist who makes chill music from a dark place in his heart, no matter how many substances may be coursing through it

Zach Reisler is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at zreisler@cornell edu Guest Space runs ever y Tuesday

So begins day one of Orange is the New Black, which tells the story of Piper Chapman, a thirty-something woman who seems to have her life together before she is suddenly sentenced to serve time in the fictional Litchfield Correctional Facility in upstate New York for 15 months Her charge? Transporting drug money a decade earlier per the request of her ex-girlfriend, Alex (Laura Prepon) Part of what makes the show so entertaining is that neither Piper nor Alex monopolize the show Each episode features a different prisoner’s backstory and aims to explain, or at least imply, how each person ended up involved in crime Featuring a myriad of different races,

Still, once the viewer can accept this kind of lack of complexity, the backstories are varied enough in their settings, crimes and racial and societal factors that they remain perfect for binge watching, as is suitable with the Netflix model of putting a full season online at once The show does make up for this at some points, and gains some complexity when it explores the characters’ lives once they are inside the prison

Of course, the plot doesn’t just take place inside prison and in the past In a parallel storyline, the show follows Piper’s fiancé Larry (Jason Biggs), along with her friends and family on the outside Larry’s character changes every episode In one scene, he will be particularly likable and admirable and the next, annoying, untalented and childish However, he does serve an important function in understanding Piper’s transformation and showing the growing disconnect that occurs between people in prison and those in the “real world ” Over time Larry and Piper’s Thoreau-ian brother, Cal

All in all, Orange is the New Black is enjoyable The writing is smart, the stories are simple but sweet and the characters are almost all lovable Red (Kate Mulgrew), Nicky (Natasha Lyonne) and George “Pornstache” Mendez (Pablo Schreiber) particularly deliver great performances

So the trick to enjoying this show is to take it for what it is a teenage drama that just so happens to be set in one of the most politically and socially charged settings you can think of Most importantly, it is incredibly easy to binge on since whole first season is up on Netflix you’ll be in and out of prison within a week!

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a s t 5 Ye a r s : L o v e a n d L o a t

BY SEAN DOOLITTLE Sun Contributor

“No matter how I tr y, all I could do was love you hard and let you go ”

Risley Theatre’s production of The Last Five Years closed over the weekend to a sold-out crowd and a love disavowed Jason Robert Brown’s experimental 2001 musical recounts the budding (and withering) relationship of aspiring writer Jamie Wellerstein and star ving actress Cathy Hiatt What makes an other wise cliché stor y powerful is the musical’s innovative structure: Cathy opens the show lamenting a love lost over the course of her late marriage and continues to travel back to happier times Jamie travels through the plot in a more conventional chronological order, from first meeting to final goodbye The interesting juxtaposition of the two rarelyintersecting timelines makes for a ver y emotional night at the theatre

The musical, a perennial favorite among theatre companies across the countr y, found new ground under the everimpeccable direction of Danny Bernstein ’14 When I first heard the cast album years ago, I must confess that I found the premise somewhat gimmicky and overrated The plot is simple: boy and girl meet and fall in, and out of, love With ver y little dialogue, the musical relies on a constant cycle of

plot This comes with a certain amount of difficulties to overcome, and without the right amount of expertise, the musical comes off as a lazy revue-type show After witnessing Mr Bernstein bring the ill-fated love stor y to life, I think the show found someone with the skill needed to pull off the balancing act It wasn ’ t simply the directing efforts that made the production so successful, however Special mention must be given to the

production designers, who create a character of their own in the minimalist set,

illustrated the night The set, a dock softly illuminated by lanterns and surrounded by

simplistically designed, subtly complimenting the performances being given on stage

The real highlight of the night, however, was the twoperson cast, Cornell sophomore Sarah Coffey and IC senior Dave Klodowski, who gave their all in capturing the essence of the flawed and relatable characters With the responsibility of carr ying all of the emotion, feeling, and humor of the musical, the performance was truly a testament to the talent that we have here in Ithaca And boy, were they talented Coffey’s performance as the ambitious, slightly neurotic

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right amounts of raw emotion, confidence, and self-deprecation to

Hurting”, was heart-

and one of the most memorable moments of the night Later on, when she tackled the hilarious “Climbing Uphill”, I was struck by the versatility of her acting Both comedy and drama seemed to come naturally to the performer, as she flitted between the two effortlessly Look out for more of Ms Coffey in the Flexible Theatre Company’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s Company in

Klodowski’s egotistic but lovable Jamie was an equally challenging and impressive performance At first, Klodowski came across as a little too childish and flippant, mostly in contrast to Coffey’s early melancholy Later on, it becomes clear that the acting choices made were deliberate and well made Jamie’s upbeat songs at the beginning of the show, including “Shiksa Goddess” and “ The Schmuel Song” lighten the mood and provide the audience with most of the laughs and levity in the first half When Jamie’s relationship begins to fall apart in songs like “If I Didn’t Believe in You” and “Nobody Needs to Know”, Klodowski’s shift from happy and hopeful to angr y and remorseful becomes all the more powerful

For a rather vocally and musically demanding show, all those involved in the pit band and on stage performed the music admirably While there were the uncommon audio complications and singing missteps, these kinds of problems are to be expected after belting out the difficult tunes so often These issues did not overshadow the sheer impressiveness of the vocal performances, however

As one of the first productions to open in Risley Theatre this year, The Last Five Years set a standard that I hope continues into the season It isn’t often that a musical production swings the audience from uproarious laughter to verging on tears let alone as deftly as here Here’s looking to a fruitful Ithaca theatre season for all

Sean Doolittle is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at spd64@cornell edu

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Coughlin A pologi zes for Blaming Manning for Giants’ Five Losses

EAST RUTHERFORD, N J (AP) If somebody is going to take the blame for the New York Giants miserable start, it’s Tom Coughlin

The 67-year-old coach pointed the finger at himself for the Giants’ worst start since the 1987 strike season

And he was a little miffed that two-time Super Bowl MVP quarterback Eli Manning seemingly is getting the majority of the blame for the 0-5 start

“The guy is trying to play the best he can, ” Coughlin said Monday in a conference call

“He’s certainly trying to do too much He knows his team and he knows his responsibility He’s an extremely accountable guy and he’s going to do ever ything he possibly can Sometimes it’s not to be done that way ”

Once clutch in the fourth quarter, Manning has struggled with the game on the line this season

He has thrown a league-high 12 interceptions, including three on consecutive series in the fourth quarter in Sunday’s latest flop, a 3621 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles New York trailed 22-21 before the interceptions

Nick Foles turned two of those picks into touchdowns that iced the game for Chip Kelly’s team

On the flip side, Manning has not had much help His offensive line has been a work in progress since the start of the season and he has been sacked 15 times

The running game has been non-existent, averaging 57 yards, and that was before top running back David Wilson sustained a neck injury in the first quarter this past week

While the receivers have made a number of catches, they have dropped several deep throws by Manning this season that could have been difference makers A couple of poorly run patterns have also contributed to the interception total

Still, Manning has taken the heat It’s not the type of play expected of quarterback who came into the season with 24 fourth-quarter comeback wins That was third among active quarterbacks, behind big brother, Peyton, and Tom Brady

“We did visit today and he feels bad about the game, just as we all do,” Coughlin said after meeting with Manning on Monday

“We’re suffering from remorse from an opportunity lost, but he’s certainly going to get right back up again in preparation, a very short preparation for the next opponent ”

The Giants have a short week They play the Bears in Chicago on Thursday

“I wish I could bring his spirits back up, but it takes a little bit of time,” Coughlin said “Unfortunately it’s very, very close to yesterday and he’ll bounce back He’ll bounce back ”

Receiver Victor Cruz said Manning seemed to be OK on Monday

“He seemed like himself,” Cruz said “He didn’t seem stressed ”

Cruz wasn ’ t surprised Manning was getting the heat for the losing streak, noting that the quarterback is his own worst critic

“He is so proud of the way he plays, and wants to play great each and every week,” Cruz said “When things go the opposite way, he is the type of person that takes a lot of that blame

“But that’s not the way it is It’s everyone, the receivers, the offensive line Everyone is to blame for some of these losses ”

The Giants had a chance to win every game this season except the one against the Carolina Panthers Kansas City took control of their game with a late third-quarter punt return for a score

The games against Dallas, Denver and Philadelphia were there for the taking if the Giants made enough plays

“It’s pretty frustrating,” Cruz said “We understand that one of these games has to turn for us, one of these games has to be the one where we minimize our turnover and penalties and be able to break through to the other side ”

Linebacker Spencer Paysinger appreciated Coughlin taking the blame for the team, but he said the players need to share the responsibility He also said they are the ones who need to step up

“For us, we ’ re not even thinking about the playoffs now, ” Paysinger said “That’s too far away for us to think about Right now we are 05 and looking for our first win, hopefully coming on Thursday ”

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By ELANI COHEN Sun Contributor

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Alumnus Hosts Team for Tournament

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Doubles flight and Luu and Sinclair earning the third place spot in the Green Doubles bracket

On e d o u b l e s s t r a t e g y Tanasoiu has implemented is creating pairs of upperclassmen

a n d l owe rc l a s s m e n , w h i c h allows the older members of the team to share their previous k n ow l e d g e w i t h t h e Re d’s newest members

“The goal is to combine the upperclassmen and the fact that they bring a lot of experience to the doubles game if I compare t h e m t o t h e f re s h m e n , ” Tanasoiu said “I make sure that the upperclassman is guiding the freshman through the match as to strategy, shot selection [and] positioning on the court Those things are very important we try to implement them in the first two years here and I feel like the upperclassmen have a much

better idea of what it takes to play disciplined doubles ” Sinclair said playing with an older teammate is beneficial, n

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stay with a host family, an extremely successful host family, I might add, and they were just so knowledgeable about

“[Being] hosted by one of the most renowned Cornell athletics alumni was a wonderful opportunity for our guys From a life-lesson standpoint, I think being around someone like Richard ... might have been more impactful and meaningful than the whole tournament.”

nis is just a totally different atmosphere to high school tennis [Seeing] the other teams getting really pumped up, the [upperclassmen] do the same thing for you they’ll just help you out and not let you get intimidated ” Sidney added that mixing up the ages of the doubles teams helps the upperclassmen as much as it does the freshmen “I think it’s definitely a way for the freshmen to improve, and for us to improve as well,” he said “By stressing the concepts to them, it solidifies it in our minds too It’s a good strategy ” Along with a strong tennis performance at UVA, the Red also had a pretty remarkable o f f

n Virginia Richard Booth ’82, a former Cornell baseball player , hosted the team this weekend, providing them with valuable insight on being a college athlete and other lessons he has learned “We were lucky enough to

not only career paths they we re k n ow l e d g e a b l e a b o u t life,” Sidney said “We had a lot of discussions about how we want our team dynamic to be for the spring We discussed what our goals are for the team mentality, day-to-day practice, going into matches, going into t o u r n a m e n t s h ow we approach all these opportunities that we have to improve ” “[Being] hosted by one of the most renowned Cornell athletics alumni was a wond e r f u l o p p o r t u n

guys, ” Tanasoiu said “From a life-lesson standpoint, I think

Richard and his family might have been more impactful and m

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ow someone that successful can be so unassuming and so helpful a

o s o m e young guys, it was very refreshing for all of us ”

Olivia Wittels can be reached at owittels@cornellsun com

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the Bulldogs at the end of gameplay

Despite starting slow in many games this season, in its Sunday showdown against Holy Cross (3-8, 0-2 Patriot), the Red had minimal issues In the second minute, freshman forward Katy Weeks found junior back Katherine Stone open in the box and her pass was on target Stone finished the excellent play by burying the shot in the net to give the Red the 1-0 lead

It did not take long for the Red to score again as it was Weeks who recorded her second assist of the game when she passed to Mallory Bannon, who shot it first touch and converted another goal scoring opportunity for Cornell

The Red was unable to put Holy Cross away in the second half due mostly to the play by Crusader goalkeeper Kat Matchett Matchett managed to save six of the Red’s nine shots in the second half Offensively, the Crusaders came alive in the second half and scored three unanswered goals in 14 minutes of play A rebound goal in the 40th minute was then followed by a tip-in goal six minutes later, and finally in the 54th minute Holy Cross’s Lauren Sutherland knocked in a goal during a scramble in front of the net

With only 16 minutes to play, the Red took a timeout in which Mallory Bannon said the team emphasized the necessity for cohesive team play in the final minutes, “We knew our intensity had to change; and we needed to play together to come back from being down,” she said “We were able to increase the ball speed and string passes together to move up the field and create more opportunities in the circle ” The strategy worked well as the Red

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Tennis Returns From UVA Fall Classic

By OLIVIA WITTELS Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell men ’ s tennis team returned from the UVA Fall Classic with another solid performance under its belt, in which the Red saw two of its four players earn the third place spot in their respective brackets

In the White Singles flight, junior Jason Luu fell to the No 1 seed Diego Nunez, of East Tennessee State, 6-4, 61, in the semis, but defeated Princeton’s Ben Quazzo, 6-1, 6-1, in the third place match In the Green Singles bracket, freshman Dylan Brown also reached the semis before losing to Liberty's Jorge

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d fourth-seeded Josh Yablon of Princeton, 7-6, 6-1, for his third place title In Blue Singles, junior Alex Sidney reached the consolation finals of the bracket before falling in a tight third-set tiebreak, 1-6, 6-3, 10-8, to Virginia Tech's Jai Corbett

round that he passed in the draw,” head coach Silviu Tanasoiu said “That was very exciting to watch A lot of the things we ’ ve been working on with him in practice, he was able to apply them I think he solidified the good form that he’s been showing in the last couple of weeks ”

Junior Alex Sidney attested that Sinclair’s consistency is part of the reason why he has done so well this fall

“[Colin] has yet to have a bad match He’s played every match so solidly and even picked up his level in the past c o u p l e m

“Colin [Sinclair] was improving and he felt confident with each round

Freshman Colin Sinclair won the Black Singles bracket, beating the No 1 seed, Virginia Commonwealth’s Wider Pimentel, in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1 Sinclair did not drop a set en route to the finals, once again delivering a performance that impressed both his coach and his teammates “Colin was improving and he felt confident with each

Red Grabs Multiple Wins

By HAMDAN AL YOUSEFI Sun Contributor

Cornell’s women ’ s tennis team

re t u r n e d f r o m t h e A k r o n Invitational in Ohio on Sunday after putting on strong performances in both the singles and d o u b l e s c o m p e t i t i o n s T h o u g h

s t r o n g re s u l t s w e re o b t a i n e d throughout, it was in the doubles competition that the Red excelled in The Akron Invitational does not use a traditional bracket for-

m a t ; r a t h e r t e a m s m a t c h u p against one school in singles and another school in doubles on the day of the match There is no team scoring

On Friday, the Red went up against Ohio State in singles, winning three of its six matches Freshman Alexandra D’Ascenzo,

f re s h m a n Ma r i k a Cu s i c k a n d sophomore Laila Judeh were all victorious, with D’Ascenzo winning straight sets The team also went up against West Virginia in doubles, winning both its matches D’Ascenzo and junior Lauren Frazier defeated Hailey Barrett and Ikttesh Chahal, 8-4, while Cusick and senior Ryann Young

b e a t K a j a M r g o l e a n d O a n a Manole in a tiebreaker, 8-7(4)

O n Sa t u rd a y, t h e w o m e n ’ s team won five out of six singles matches and one of its doubles against University of Akron and Ohio State respectively Lauren Frazier was the outstanding player on the day, winning both her matches Although the Zips took advantage of a tiebreaker to win the first match in singles, the Red cruised to victor y after winning the next five games in straight sets

w i t h Yo u n g , Cu s i c k , Ju d e h , Frazier and Perelman emerging victorious

The pairing of D’Ascenzo and Frazier then went on to win their doubles game, defeating the pair of Miko Kowase and Grâinne O'Neill, 8-7(4)

The Red wrapped up its trip, easing to straight victories in doubles and winning two of its five

s i n g l e m a t c h e s a g a i n s t We s t Virginia and Akron respectively

The pairing of Frazier and Young defeated Akron’s top offering Olga

Sh k u n d i n a a n d K s e n i a Berestetska, 8-6, while the pairings of D’Ascenzo and Judeh and Cusick and Perelman annihilated their opponents, 8-1 and 8-2, respectively Young and Cusick were victorious in their singles matches, beating their Virginia

n t , ” Sidney said “To be honest, he annihilated [Pimentel] He just plays at such a high level, at such a solid level, and he sustained it throughout the entire match and didn’t give the guy any chances to get back in the match ”

The added pressure that often comes with competing against a No 1 seed was nowhere to be found on Sunday, as Sinclair went into the match unaware of his opponent ’ s rank

“I didn’t really look at the draw at all I didn’t know about [Pimentel’s seeding], I just knew the match times because Silviu told us, ” Sinclair said

The Red also did well in doubles this weekend, with Brown and Sidney finishing in fifth place in the White

By TUCKER MAGGIO-HUCEK Sun Staff Wr

This weekend was full of ups and downs for Cornell field hockey (4-5, 1-2 Ivy), but was capped by a thrilling double overtime win at Holy Cross Despite starting the weekend with a disappointing 3-0 loss to conference foes Yale (3-6, 1-2 Ivy) the Red were able to refocus and beat Holy Cross, 4-3, in a thrilling overtime contest on Sunday

On Sa t u rd a y, i n Ne w Haven, the Bulldogs came out strong and were able to take an early lead when Junior Midfielder Emily Schuckert beat Cornell goalie Elizabeth

S c h a e f f l e r i n t h e s e ve n t h minute According to senior captain Hannah Balleza, conceding early goals has been an

area where the Red has struggled this season

“I think it comes down to how focused each individual is when it comes to the start of play We need everyone on the same page, and when we aren ’ t, that’s when we breakdown as a team, ” she said

The Bulldogs dominated the first half as Yale outshot the Red, 10-2, and held the advantage in penalty corners, 4-1 In the 15th minute of gameplay, Yale would strike again to take a 2-0 lead A p e n a l t y c o r n e r f ro m Ya l e ’ s

Erica Borgo found teammate Georgia Holland whose shot was saved by Schaeffler, but Holland followed her shot and was able to finish it off the save

The second half was a different story, as the Red came

out and put together a much more efficient half on both sides of the ball Although the Red was unable to find the net, the team rattled off 10 shots and earned six penalt y c o r n e r s t o Ya l e ’ s t w o Ac c o rd i n g t o s e n i o r

Mallory Bannon, at times this season, the Red has had trouble finishing scoring opportun

i n g o n improving the team ’ s finishing abilities “ We a re l o o

o b e stronger in the circle in terms of both the initial shots and the second phase shots off of rebounds from the goalie,” she said Yale added one final goal in the 55th minute to make the final score 3-0 in favor of