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Pollack Announces Task Force Leaders, Goals

Task force approved after string of racially-charged incidents

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS Sun City Editor

Cornell President Mar tha Pollack on Wednesday announced the leaders, goals and timeframe of the presidential task force she formed last month after a series of incidents in which students felt attacked because of their race or nationality that led to a rocky campus climate

“[I am] repulsed by the behavior that’s been going on on campus [ a n d ] ... deeply disturbed.”

The Presidential Task Force on Campus Climate, whose members have not yet been determined, will include three committees, and, broadly, will be charged with promoting an inclusive campus experience, exploring and analyzing the University’s current position on instances of harmful speech and expression and proposing ways for the campus to respond to future instances of bias

The Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution at the

School of Industrial and Labor R a composition of the task force t “voices and perspectives of our d stituencies are represented,” Polla view with The Sun last week, she who is chosen for the task force is and we want to make sure we get

After the institute’s recomme appoint individual members and t to release an intermediate repor which begins on March 31 A fin May 1, Pollack said, and recomm the task force will be sorted into gories of immediate proposals, will take 6 to 12 months to imple and “aspirational recommendation Pollack announced the task f in September, among other ini tives, after a cluster of incidents that brought nation attention to Cornell’s climate an led Black Students United to brief occupy a campus building In 28

$900M in Puerto Rican

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS and ALISHA GUPTA Sun City Editor and Sun Assistant News Editor

Seth Klarman ’79, the billionaire investor for whom Cornell’s Klarman Hall is named, reportedly manages a hedge fund that owns nearly $1 billion in Puerto Rican debt, drawing ire from some students and calls to boycott or modify the building Klarman manages The Baupost Group, a hedge fund in Boston, which owns $911 6 million in bonds issued by Puerto Rico The group owns the debt via a shell company, Decagon

Holdings LLC, according to a court filing and a statement The Baupost Group’s spokeswoman issued to The Intercept and CNBC The spokeswoman, Diana DeSocio, noted to The Intercept that Klarman does not personally hold any Puerto Rican debt

The Decagon entities, which all use an address in Boston, manage about $ 4 6 9 m i l l i o n

i o r bonds and about $442 million in COFINA subordinate bonds, Reuters reported They were incorporated in Delaware in 2015, according to the

CGSU to Vote on Next Steps

More than 6 months later, members to vote on referendum

By ANNA DELWICHE Sun News Editor

For more than six months since the union recognition election in March, Cornell Gr a d u a t e St u d e n t s Un i t e d and the University have been negotiating terms for a new agreement that would ultimately establish conduct for a n o t h e r u n i o n re c o g n i t i o n election With negotiations at a “standstill,” CGSU is bringing the possibility for a reelection to its membership with a referendum vote

According to Michaela Brangan, grad, former member of the Union Management

Committee, the referendum will allow CGSU members to vote on three options: to file objections with the arbitrator, to accept the settlement that has been reached in negotiations or to accept the results of the election

As it stands, the election has not been certified by the American Arbitration Association as the two parties have been in negotiation When the ballots were counted in March, 856 voted in favor of establishing a graduate student union and 919 voted against it

If members were to vote to accept the results of the election, the remaining 81 contest-

ed ballots would be determined and the results would be then be announced and certified These challenge ballots have been put aside during negotiations, according to Brangan Negotiating began following the recognition election after arbitrators gave CGSU an indefinite amount of time

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Hillel Brings Sukkot to C.U.

Partners with AAP students to build sukkah on Arts Quad

By DAN DRAYTSEL Sun Staff Writer

Amid the prelim madness that the middle of the semester brings, a new spot for students to take a study break has recently appeared on campus, right in the middle of the Arts Quad

This novel structure, built by Cornell architecture students in partnership with Cornell Hillel, was constructed to unite the Cornell community in celebrating the weeklong Jewish holiday of Sukkot

“I thought it was interesting that students c o u l d g e t i n v o l v e d i n a c t u a l l y b u i l d i n g t h e sukkah,” said Allison Herstic ’20, a member of Cornell Hillel

“This past summer, Hillel proposed a challenge to Cornell architecture students: work together to design an innovative Sukkah that meets all the restrictions laid forth by Judaic traditions,” Hillel’s website stated

According to Cornell Hillel’s website, the project was presented as a challenge to Cornell architecture students “ to design an innovative Sukkah that meets all the restrictions laid forth by Judaic traditions,”

Sukkot comes five days after Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar Sukkot celebrates the harvest that is gathered around this time of year and praises the working of God to guide the children of Israel out of Egypt

In accordance with the tradition of abstaining

from work and relaxing in the sukkah, Jewish students of Cornell held a “Study Break in the Sukkah,” fostering unity and bonding between the Jewish students This tradition has taken a somewhat different shape for celebration at Cornell Facebook events have advertised study breaks, ice cream socials and Sweet Sukkah Making

Members strive to spend as much time as possible inside the sukkah, at minimum trying to eat all meals inside the sukkah It is situated under the open sky, with at least three walls and a roof made from natural vegetation bamboo, pine boughs or palm branches

“I had a really great meal there,” Herstic said “The lights weren ’ t working and it was night-time but it was still nice to be sitting and eating with those people ”

The weeklong holiday is split in 3 sections The first two days are dedicated to resting and candling lighting, as well as festive meals The intermediate days are dedicated to spending time in the sukkah

On the last two days members rest in the sukkah but abstain from blessing A prayer for the dead is also recited and the annual reading of the Torah is finished

Herstic spoke to the sense of belonging the sukkah brought, saying that it was nice to have a place where she could “be in [her] own traditional environment while still at Cornell ”

Man Arrested for Alleged Attempted Robbery of Pedestrian’s Backpack

Ithaca Police officers arrested a man Tuesday night after he allegedly attempted to take a backpack off of a passerby’s back

IPD officers responded to a complaint on the 600 block of West Clinton Street The complainant stated that, as she was walking on the sidewalk, the man had tried to take her backpack off her back, according to a press release

She explained she fought the attacker, and after a brief altercation, in which she bit the attacker on the arm, the man fled the area on foot, the release said The victim provided IPD officers with a description, and, shortly after, an IPD officer spotted a subject matching the description

After a positive identification by the victim, the attacker was identified as Christopher Hartman, a 41-year-old man He was secured in police custody and transported to IPD headquarters for booking, where he was charged with Attempted Robber in the Third Degree, the release said

Hartman was remanded to the Tompkins County jail without bail, said the release

Alisha Gupta ’20

Students Share Stories of Coming Out Across Cultures

Against the backdrop of a campus where a safe space may be increasingly under question, nearly a hundred Cornell students met in open dialogue about sexuality on National Coming Out Day

The event, called Coming out Across Cultures, was organized by Black Students United and Haven, Cornell’s LGBTQ Student Union The groups came together to organize the event to create a space where students from an array of diverse backgrounds could speak in a neutral environment about sexuality and coming out

During the event, students broke out into m u l t i p l e groups and discussed their own personal stories in small seminar circles

person ’ s ability to come out, such as race, religion or political climate Students then addressed what could be done to make people who might not be able to come out feel more supported and included

Many students spoke from personal experience, and most agreed that dialogue was one of the most helpful ways to breed inclusivity Some stated that personal connections with other members of the LGBTQ community allowed them to fully recognize and accept their own sexual identities

“Given everything that has been happening this campus is not as safe a space as it should be ” L a

For Lavanya Aprameya ’19, this event was especially important in the context of the racially charged issues that have occurred on the Cornell campus in past weeks

“Given ever ything that has been happening recently, we can tell that this campus is not as safe a space as it should be for everyone, ” Aprameya said “Especially for people that hold multiple different identities that have been challenged recently ”

While students brainstormed some tangible ways that people can be more helpful and supportive to friends who might be balancing their queer identities with other identities, the themes of intersectionality and inclusivity were frequently referenced

“Part of the motivation for this event was to realize that intersectionality is something that we need to be talking about and we need to be thinking about all of this in an intersectional sense, ” Aprameya said “There are organizations that are working together and are there to support them [LGBTQ students] ”

The groups discussed the various factors that can influence a

Xenia Ludtseva ’18 explained that she came to the event to share her experience of growing up and eventually coming out as gay in Russia “ C o m i n g out is not a singular thing,” Ludtseva said

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“There are a lot of complications that come with gender expression, family background, ethnicity and class that need to be taken into consideration ” Highlighting intersectionality again, many students, including Ludtseva, mentioned that sexual identity should not be viewed as the only way to identify individuals because there are so many other factors that make us human Ludtseva said that she enjoyed the event because the personal discourse allowed her to listen to other individuals’ unique experiences, such as one student who spoke about being the only queer individual in an all-Catholic school From the event, she said she came to realize that every culture has its own vocabulary for how to articulate queerness “ This was really valuable because you learn that there is no single narrative, and having more than one narrative is always a very good thing,” Ludtseva said “There is no one set of rules for how to be gay, therefore you just feel like a freer person ”

Stacey Blansky can be reached at sb2337@cornell

Months Later, CGSU to Vote on Next Steps for Election

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Task Force Charged With Promoting Inclusive Campus

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days, there have been at least four incidents perceived by students as racist, xenophobic or anti-semitic

“I don’t recall a time in my life when there’s been so much divisiveness in our nation ” P

A student posted an anti-semitic joke on a shared document during class on Oct 3, leading a professor to end her lecture

Someonesubmitted the N-word in response to an electronic poll at a residence hall dinner on Sept 27

A fraternity member was overheard proposing that a wall be built around the Latino Living Center on Sept 6 And, in the highest-profile incident, a black

student said he was punched in the face and called racist slurs by a group of white men on Sept 15, leading to the arrest of one student who might be charged with a hate crime

Leading the task force’s three committees will be the University’s top lawyer, Madelyn Wessel; Prof Lisa Nishii, human resources studies, who is chair of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations’ international programs; and Prof David Wooten, marketing, who is associate dean and chief diversity officer of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Pollack announced the task force heads at 5 p m , and none of the three co-chairs responded to emails sent shortly thereafter requesting comment on Wednesday evening Harry Katz, director of the Scheinman Institute, did not respond to a request for comment University spokesmen John McKain and John Carberry did not respond to emailed questions

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John McKain, associate vice president of university relations, said Cornell did not have any comment on the revelation

Chris Arce ’19, co-president of the Puerto Rican Student Association, said the fact that Klarman holds so much of the U S territory’s debt is “saddening for several reasons ”

“To hear that one of the main buildings on campus has a connection to that debt crisis, it’s frustrating,” Arce told The Sun

Matthew Indimine ’18, a member of the Student Assembly, called for students to boycott the building in a public Facebook post He said in the post that a resolution is “ soon to be in the works ”

Klarman is a major political donor, giving the maximum

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amount allowed to both Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio in 2016, and is a cofounder of The Times of Israel website, according to Haaretz, a newspaper in Israel Forbes estimated his net worth at $1 5 billion this year

Klarman Hall, which the University said cost $61 million to build, opened in January of 2016 and currently houses the Temple of Zeus cafe At a ceremony in May of 2016, Klarman said students “ must bring speakers to campus, to Klarman Hall, with diverse ideas, speakers who will challenge people’s beliefs and moral perceptions, raise ideas and even say outrageous things ”

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At a forum hosted by BSU and Alpha Phi Alpha last week, Pollack said she and others were “repulsed by the behavior that’s been going on on campus ” and “deeply disappointed by members of our community ”

“I don’t recall a time in my life when there’s been so much divisiveness in our nation,” she said at the forum on Thursday Pollack said Cornell has increased the number of staff members at Counseling and

Psychological Services by five people, four of whom she said are people of color

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You Can’t Do Politics Scared

The most useless columns I write treat politics like a profile picture They are snapshots of whatever kind of political aesthetic I would like to have attached to my name Sometimes, this is a regurgitation of the campus consensus, while at other times it is contrarian purely for its own sake They are honest, but only in the most superficial sense That is, they are honestly the beliefs I would like you to think I hold This is not to say that they are

We will show up for the big rally and th candlelight vigil, but it when it comes time to vote, canvass for candidates or the myriad other forms of daily work that progress in government demands, we are often absent

fraudulent I have never written something that I do not believe However at times the writing is too preoccupied with making me look and feel a certain way to do anything worthwhile The arguments do not prompt thought or challenge existing orthodoxy, and whatever self I express lacks the depth to be truly relatable

I say all of this partially to apologize for bad writing, but mostly because I think this kind of deficiency highlights a contradiction in the way people my age approach the world around us Our attitude toward the prospect of tangible social change shows a tremendous amount of care Millennials volunteer at unprecedented rates, doubling the highest rate of any 18-24 year-old age cohort between 1989 and 2005 A 2014 poll also showed that a majority of millennials believe in the value of community engagement and volunteerism more than any other group Moreover, even the profile picture approach to politics exudes an investment in a just and good world With every hashtag and thoughtful Facebook post, we vocalize a fundamental interest in the wellbeing of the community around us Put simply, we demonstrably give a shit

However our approach to formal politics often tends toward ineffective and temporary forms of engagement

Because we are so prone to Instagram advocacy, we often mobilize for only the most cinematic kinds of public solidarity We will show up for the big rally and the candlelight vigil, but it when it comes time to vote, canvass for candidates or do the myriad other forms of daily work that progress in government demands, we are often absent I do not mean to fetishize formal politics, but surely we have reached a consensus that the quality of our political leaders orld is full of worn-

Sasse (R-Neb ) wrote ull book calling for to give their kids more chores in order

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and Joe Simonson both declared millennials to be generational moral failures, respectively citing smartphones and Harry Potter TV-host and-non-veteran Scarborough pined for the days when young men went to war, while Simonson just wants everyone to listen to more Bad Religion To be honest, I’m not sure which is worse The truth is, most arguments that approach youth politics at the generational level are too general to be accurate and too condescending to be taken seriously

To avoid a similar mistake, I have one narrow and limited claim Millennial politics, in certain ways, is gripped by an aesthetic preoccupation that gets in the way of our ability to affect the change we truly care about I do not believe the tired narrative that this is evidence of apathy or laziness Rather, I believe this is the partial product of a common, highly specific anxiety:

The possibility that the change we wish to affect will never come

Statistically, millennials distrust formal institutions more than any other generation This applies not only to government, but also to mass media and other traditional social institutions In 2014, researchers found that millennials select organizations for which to volunteer, not by

Aaron Sibarium | IvyWire

What would Hugh Hefner have made of the modern university? His views have certainly influenced the id and ideology of campus life An unrepentant champion of the “American Dream,” Hefner published a series of editorials in Playboy between 1962 and 1963 outlining the magazine’s doctrine “Personal freedom, political freedom, economic freedom,” he later enumerated “That was the political philosophy I grew up with ”

And despite a few Gramscian grumblings to the contrary, students at elite colleges have largely accepted this credenda They embrace sexual liberty in their bedrooms and economic liberty in their Goldman interviews They decry bigotry in all its forms and oppose dictatorship and demagoguery at least north of the Florida Straight Hefner once claimed that “self-sacrifice and self-denial” were intrinsically wrong unless motivated by “ some greater individual good ” In so many areas of life, from finance to fornication, today’s coeds imbibe individualism and vomit up narcissism sanitized, of course, by a rousing chorus of “You Do You ”

But there is another side to Hefner’s legacy that has proven less popular with the Ivory Tower: his fierce and at times fetid devotion to free speech

Playboy’s ascent into mainstream American culture both reinforced and depended on a permissive reading of the first amendment, one rooted in skeptical worries about society’s ability to define and disallow obscenity Those misgivings snowballed during the 1960s when students at the University of California, Berkley rioted in

institutional trust, but by whether they will see the tangible effects of their work The natural result of this shared unease is a very real, if unspoken, concern that as long as politics depends on institutional action it will always be mostly hopeless

The anxiety runs much deeper, though We are subject to rapid and intense flows of information, and as a result are often viscerally aware of the scope of global suffering Even when positive news acts as a counterweight, our proclivity is always to fixate on pain and use a broad brush to paint the world gloomy Certain events can throw this background anxiety into acute focus, whether it is the gruesome competition for the Nation’s Biggest Mass Shooting, or the unrelenting suffering of the Rohingya The sheer scope and scale of senseless pain to which humanity subjects itself is simply unfathomable That knowledge is absolutely frightening

We are left, then, with a generation that is saturated with grim data and deeply suspicious of the only institutions powerful enough to respond As a result, we tend to pivot to the politics that will gratify At its most valuable, this takes the form of community volunteering for organizations doing demonstrable good Its most corrosive, though, is a tendency towards politics for social credit and personal satisfaction When we demand tangible and immediate fulfillment from the outcomes of our advocacy, we are more inclined to seek out public displays of ideology too concerned with making us feel a certain way My worthless columns begin with the belief that they have no prospect of affecting their subject Thus the only logical thing to do is to write for a sense of personal gratification, and hope people like the look of my beliefs All of this because in the background there is a buzzing fear that ultimately nothing will be effective

But effective politics requires us to give our gloomy world a central place inside of us, and trust that it is worth trying to change The answer, albeit intangible, is to confront more fully the submerged anxiety and distrust that leads us away from more effective engagement Cornell students have the privilege and capital to make a difference, so politics in Valencia won ’ t cut it

Rubin Danberg Biggs is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at red243@cornell edu The Common Table appears alternate Mondays this semester

Solving Solipsism

support of free speech and academic freedom That Hefner encouraged such uprisings is unsurprising given his métier the more modes of expression were considered legitimate, the easier it would be for him to portray smut as sensibility

Today’s students, by contrast, take their first-amendment cues from Catherine MacKinnon, the radical anti-porn feminist who spent her entire life working to undo Hefner’s legacy For MacKinnon, the mere existence of pornography subordinated women to an oppressive patriarchy, such that any woman exposed to sexually explicit material should have the right to sue for damages She did not merely claim that pornography causes violence; in her view, pornography was violence, and thus an appropriate object of censorship

Though MacKinnon’s arguments never gained much legal ground, the suggestion that some speech acts are intrinsically violent has proven enormously influential Controversial speakers are now accused of “harming” students, a charge that has been used to justify all manner of misbehavior on the part of frenzied activists Following MacKinnon, these radicals go beyond claiming that offensive speech conditions oppression; they argue that offense, be it premeditated or accidental, does actual violence to the offended

Pundits have understandably dismissed such rhetoric as opportunistic make-believe, a ploy to start a fuss or cancel midterms Yet they’ve also overlooked an important point: To say speech is violence implies that hearing views you dislike lowers your welfare that it harms you which in turn implies

that faring well requires something other than money, food or sex, something fundamentally non-material

And whether they admit it or not, speech-fearing Jacobins have inherited a theory of well-being that is not so far removed from Hefner’s

It’s a philosophy that equates flourishing with choice and freedom with metaphysical fiat, “the right to define one ’ s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe and of the myster y of human life ” It conceives of goodness as “whatever floats your boat” and society as a social safety net a safe space, if you will for individuals to pursue selfdiscovery and self-creation Like Hefner, the modern radical thinks he is entitled to decide not just how to live but also what living means, protected in a deep and permanent way from the troubling sorties of reality

take so much as a promiscuous individualism, one that locates eudemonia in private fantasy, injury in social reality

Were this in fact the case were it true that safety and security were inextricable from subjectivity “violent speech” would be a platitude, a coherent and thoroughly unremarkable notion That it’s not speaks

Playboy’s ascent into mainstream American culture both reinforced and depended on a permissive reading of the first amendment, one rooted in skeptical worries about society’s ability to define and disallow obscenity.

volumes about the Playboy philosophy and the absurdity of its devotees

If that is your operative notion of wellbeing, the belief that speech can constitute violence makes a perverse sort of sense Words, after all, are a powerful solvent for solipsism They remind us that our truths are not The Truth, that there exists a world outside one ’ s head which cannot be wished away into non-being The speech-violence equation does not rest on a definitional mis-

The genealogy I have been sketching is no doubt vague and highly speculative, and I’m sure MacKinnon’s disciples will reject it as an exercise in ideological projection In any event, I suspect Hefner would have regarded the contemporary campus with a mix of admiration and horror Admiration because we live and breathe the Playboy ethic Horror because that ethic is systematically levelling the cultural protections which made Playboy possible

Aaron Sibarium is a senior in Timothy Dwight College at Yale University His column runs on alternate Tuesdays Contact him at aaron sibarium@yale edu IvyWire appears periodically throughout the semester

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It’s not often that a recently released movie can possibly be considered a “masterpiece ” The term carries a lot of weight

Yet, many have already declared Blade Runner 2049, the long-awaited sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 classic Blade Runner, a masterpiece 2049 extends Scott’s visionary world, in which near-human robots called “replicants”

are second-class citizens, and those who stray from their slave status are hunted down by cops called blade runners (don’t ask why they’re called “blade runners ” it sounds cool) The original film followed a blade runner named Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), and this installment continues Deckard’s story but focuses on another blade runner, Officer K (Ryan Gosling), whose job is to kill outdated, less obedient models of replicants, as he uncovers a puzzle that could alter the division between humans and replicants

I don’t know if 2049 is a masterpiece, but I do know that its director, Denis Villeneuve, is a master He combines two genres that he has nailed down in the past, science fiction with Arrival and slow-burn mystery with Prisoners As with most great sci-fi films, there is a palpable sense of wonder and awe, and, as with most great mysteries, there is persistent unease Villeneuve’s ability to eek tension out of long scenes remains unparalleled not a minute of this 2 hour, 43 minute spectacle is boring Villeneuve also proves, once again, that he can immerse his audience in a fictional setting In this sense, he is the perfect choice to follow in Scott’s footsteps 2049 has such a rich sense of location, from the towering monoliths of a

I don’t know if 2049 is a masterpiece, but I do know that its director, Denis Villeneuve, is a master.

brooding and rainy Los Angeles to the giant, erotic statues of a hazy and deserted Las Vegas Even the interiors of buildings each have a unique look and atmosphere The world of this film is so vividly realized, and everything from the sound design to the lighting makes us feel like we ’ re there

The world is also brought to life by cinematographer Roger Deakins, who should finally win his first Oscar this

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Martens

Don’t act like you weren ’ t even just a little bit sad when Rostam Batmanglij announced over twitter in 2016 that he was leaving Vampire Weekend The New York based indie band who had brought hits like “APunk” and “Holiday,” as well as released one of the most compelling coming of age albums of the 21st century, Modern Vampires of the City, had lost their production mastermind, and to us fans who knew how critical his talents were on tracks like “Diane Young,” perhaps they had lost their essence, too I was devastated, to say the least Lucky for us though, not only has the frontman Ezra Koenig been gracing us with consistent social media updates for a new Vampire Weekend LP working title Mitsubishi Macchiato but Rostam Batmanglij is also confirmed to be collaborating with Koenig on parts of the new album What’s more, Rostam has found enough free time to release an effort of his own: HalfLight, his first solo record Batmanglij has been dipping into many different pots over the past few years, lending his skills to the likes of anyone from Diplo to Declan McKenna, and considering so much of what he’s gotten his hands on recently has turned to gold (think Frank Ocean’s “Ivy”), it’s no wonder there’s been considerable anticipation for this album While Batmanglij certainly demonstrates on this record that he can hold his own as a solo artist, Half-Light ultimately comes off as just a bit too dis-

jointed to be as satisfying as I had hoped I definitely enjoyed listening to Half-Light it is a sonically glittering record that corroborates Rostam’s reputation as an eclectic producer However, this is a compliment that can easily become a complaint: HalfLight is a pretty album that all too often feels spread too thin, and sometimes a little bit too diverse

Throughout the record, Batmanglij draws on a myriad of influences while remaining true to his 21st century pop sensibilities, which would be impressive had he the vocal gumption to tie it all together However, HalfLight is scattered with loose melodies and lyrics that do not do enough to give the record a clear direction For example, the rambling verse and unambiguously catchy chorus of single “Bike Dream” each have a standalone appeal, but as a whole are too disparate to not make the song feel forced Moreover, the whimsical chamberlain strings that appear on Half-Light and became Batmangelij’s hallmark during his time with Vampire Weekend simply do not stay on the ground without the lyrical savvy of singer Ezra Koenig As a result, the chamber-pop orchestral arrangements present in songs like “Thatch Snow” and “Gwan” certainly float gracefully, but the songs themselves feel inconclusive

It’s not that I’m particularly against heterogeneity, it’s just that Rostam’s stylistic decisions seem to be made all too frivolously to provide anything substantial to the listener in the greater context of this 15-track record As a

result, Half-Light ultimately listens more like a compilation of all of the art-pop avenues Batmanglij has explored over the years than it does a cohesive album This is in part due to Batmanglij’s choice to include on this album songs that were previously released as standalone singles, including “EOS” and “Wood ” While the eastern-influenced latter song is a particularly enjoyable listen, it’s difficult to love Half-Light when the freshest track on the album was first heard in 2011 Rostam shuffles from folk, to R&B, to world music, and back to R&B on Half-Light without any true direction, ruminating and reminiscing pleasantly but not with any resolve It’s not to say this album is bad by any stretch there’s just not too much to hold on to It’s easy to get behind the Ratatat-esq guitars on the eponymous track or the lightsaber-y synths on “Warning Intruders,” and at face value Rostam has created some very pleasing sounds But refrains like “all my life, I only wanted to hold you ” do little to add depth to otherwise hazy love songs By the end of this record, the musings you ’ ve journeyed through have probably left you either calmed by their airiness or frustrated by their lack of palpability If you ’ re feeling the latter, let’s hope Rostam’s final plea on the record, “don’t let it get to you, ” doesn’t go in vain

Jesse Martens is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at jtm238@cornell edu

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be healthy, happy and reach their full potential,” said Mr Bayne, who makes the nostalgic trip back to East Hill for his sons ’ games

“We are thrilled they are attending an Ivy League college and, of course, [it is] even more meaningful since it is Cornell ”

The eldest of four brothers, Ryan and Connor are no strangers to competition At times, the two would even get their younger siblings into the mix One afternoon, Connor convinced his younger brother, Kevin, to goaltend for him Only things did not turn out so well for the younger Bayne

“Connor took some wicked hard shots,” Mrs Bayne said “Shortly after, Kevin’s hand [was] bothering him and, sure enough, he sustained a hairline fracture thanks to Connor’s wicked shots ”

Luckily, maturity and playing different positions on the field

has helped the duo grow closer together

“Being in two different positions on the field, we don’t really compete for playing time against each other,” Ryan said “But in things other than soccer we can be pretty competitive ”

With Connor playing a more offensive-minded position and Ryan taking on a solely defensive role, the pair work well in tandem

“This summer, my favorite part was that I always had a training partner, instead of finding a wall to go bang a ball against,” Ryan said “[On] the days when you ’ ve done a full day’s work and you ’ re just tired it makes it easier when you have somebody to continue to push you ”

Despite their innate competitive drive, the brothers are able to work together to help each other navigate the challenges that come with being an athlete at an Ivy League university

Connor said that Ryan has helped ease his transition to Cornell by imparting useful advice about classes, in addition to assist-

ing him on the field

“He helped me by telling me to join a study group and telling me good places to study for prelims,” Connor said “Soccer-wise, he helped train me over the summer and told me what to work on He was kind of like a coach before I came in here and met [head coach] John Smith ”

Although both brothers are pursuing their degrees in mechanical engineering, their paths to get there were quite different

According to his father, Ryan was “always learning new things” like juggling, playing guitar, cooking and even starting a ski tuning business out of his basement

On the other hand, Mr Bayne described Connor as being “ very mechanical” and as “always spending time with his grandfather, learning about snowmobiles and Jeep engines ”

With their unique personalities, Ryan and Connor are each able to bring their own brand of tenacity and athletic prowess to Cornell soccer with the hopes of helping the Red achieve its lofty goals in what has been a resurgent 6-3-2 season so far

Ryan, a junior captain, has been a key member of the Red’s defense this season, holding offensive powerhouses to low-scoring games

Although Connor has not seen much action at the collegiate level quite yet, he shows much promise as an integral part of a state championship-winning team and multiple time conference MVP in high school

“I think a lot of people can look you over when we have a younger team like we have,” Ryan said “But we don’t think there’s any reason we can ’ t compete for the championship this year [The underclassmen] have done really well in getting up to speed It’s a competitive environment everyday in practice Guys are really starting to see that we can go somewhere ”

Smiti Nalluri can be reached at snalluri@cornellsun com

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Your source for good food

By CATHY ZHANG Sun Contributor

Each year around October, t h e a r r i v a l o f f re s h l y ripened apples awakens us to the coming of fall As busy students, we often forget about how blessed we are to be surrounded by a region of readily available,

l o c a l l y s o u r c e d p r o d u c e e v e r y season, and most abundant of all: apples This year, on top of my annual visit to Applefest, I decided to explore beyond the apple cider donut lines and signed up for Monks and Makers: A Cider & Food Pairing Salon, a free

c i d e r a n d f o o d p a i r i n g e v e n t hosted by The Downtown Ithaca Alliance and New York Cider Association as part of the Finger Lakes Cider Week

According to the Finger Lakes Cider Week’s website, New York is a state with one of the richest cider histories, from abandoned o rc h a rd s t o s e e d l i n g o f f s p r i n g built into the unique landscape

s u r ro u n d i n g u s i n

L a k e s re g i o n By i n t r o d u c i n g local cider makers to the public, this event offered a one-of-a-kind opportunity to learn about the

p ro d u c t i o n m e t h o d s o f c i d e rmaking and what makes New York ciders unique I signed up for the first session, located at Monks in the C o m m o n s ( r i g h t i n s i d e t h e

n e w l y o p e n e d Dow n t ow n Marriott hotel), and rushed in to see the venue The conference room was set up in a circle-like setting, with plenty of walking space for tasters to choose their cider y of preference Nine cider makers brought in their customer

favorites and we had small group tasting sessions as we wandered from one table to the next Since each session’s time was limited to 40 minutes, I felt slightly rushed and did not have the opportunity to taste all four delicious food pairings or all the ciders, but I was happy with the event overall since it opened my eyes to the variety of ciders in the Finger

L a k e s re g i o n a n d t h e p a s s i o n each cider-maker puts into their products

Before this event, my knowledge of hard cider was pretty lim-

apples, right? Through this experience, my taste buds and my m

complexity in hard cider’s flavors, from dr yness, sweetness and acid levels (tannin), to aroma due to

the differing production meth-

from South Hill Cider tasted

due to the English Bittersweet cider apple varieties used with bourbon barrel aging, while the

Crabapple Cider from Rootstock Cider had a lighter taste with s u b t l e s w e e t n e s s d u e t o t h e Dolgo Crab and Ginger Gold apple variety used

The apple-themed food pairi

w i t h a p p l e mignonette and apple smoked bacon and camembert on endive, w

ciders The fat and salt content in the food samples balanced well with the fruitiness and lightness of the ciders, and the incorporation of apples in each dish helped highlight the cider flavors themselves A

opportunity to learn about New Yo

collaborated to celebrate another great year of apple har vest with specialty “cider-infused” menus With the official kick-off of apple season, get ready to eat an apple a day!

Brothers Work to Bring Red Back To Winning Ways

By SMITA NALLURI Sun Staff Writer

Ry a n a n d C o n n o r a C o r n e l l m e n ’ s s o c c e r j u n i o r a n d f re s h m a n , re s p e c t i ve l y s p e n t m u c h o f t h e i r t i m e t o g e t h e r a s k i d s o u t d o o r s , c o m p e ti n g i n a va r i e t y o f s p o r t s f ro m h o r s e b a c k r i d i n g t o

d ow n h i l l s k i i n g Bu t w i t h a C o r n e l l At h l e t i c s Ha l l - o f -

Fa m e s o c c e r p l a ye r a s a f a t h e r i n Jo h n Ba y n e ’ 8 8 , a s o cc e r b a l l w a s n e ve r f a r o u t o f re a c h “ W h e n we t r a ve l , t h e b oy s a re s u re t o d e f l a t e a ve r y s m a l l s o c c e r b a l l a n d b r i n g a p u m p s u c h t h a t w h e n we

h a ve a l a yove r, t h e y p u m p i t u p a n d p l a y s o c c e r i n w h a te ve r q u i e t c o r n e r o f t h e a i r p o r t t h e y c a n f i n d , ” s a i d

G w y n n e Ba y n e , t h e b oy s ’ m o t h e r “ T h i s h a s b e e n h a p -

p e n i n g s i n c e t h e y we re t o d d l e r s ”

A l t h o u g h t h e p a i r o n l y f o r m a l l y p l a ye d t o g e t h e r f o r a b r i e f t i m e o n o n e t e a m p r i o r t o c o m i n g t o C o r n e l l , t h e

c h e m i s t r y b e t we e n t h e t w o t h e f i e l d i s e v i d e n t It i s c o m m o n f o r t h e t w o b ro t h e r s t o h e a d o u t f o r p r a c t i c e a l o n e t o s h a r p e n t h e i r s k i l l s b e f o re t h e re s t o f t h e t e a m

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p e t e d f o r b o t h t h e s o c c e r a n d t r a c k a n d f i e l d t e a m s a t

a r r i ve s W h i l e a n y t w o b ro t h e r s c a n b e e x p e c t e d t o b e c l o s e , Ry a n a n d C o n n o r c re d i t t h e i r d e e p l y - e n t re n c h e d c o nn e c t i o n t o g row i n g u p p l a y i n g a l l k i n d s o f s p o r t s w i t h e a c h o t h e r a ro u n d t h e h o u s e e ve r s i n c e t h e y c o u l d w a l k “ We we re b o t h r a i s e d by m y d a d a s a s o c c e r p l a ye r, a n d h e t a u g h t u s s i m i l a r t h i n g s b e c a u s e h e t a u g h t u s w h a t h e k n e w, ” C o n n o r s a i d “ Eve n t h o u g h [ Ry a n ’ s ] a d e f e n d e r a n d I ’ m a m i d f i e l d e r, we s t i l l p l a y s i m i l a r l y a n d h a ve s i m i l a r w o rk r a t e s ” “ We u n d e r s t a n d e a c h o t h e r m o re t h a n m o s t p l a ye r s d o j u s t b e c a u s e we k n ow w h a t e a c h o t h e r ’ s p l a y i n g s t y l e i s l i k e , ” h e c o n t i n u e d “ Pe o p l e s a y t h e y s e e t h e c o n n e ct i o n a l l t h e t i m e Eve n w h e n m y d a d s t e p s o n t h e f i e l d , t h e y s a y t h e y s e e t h e c o n n e c t i o n b e t we e n a l l o f u s ”

C o r n e l l a n d w a s a 1 9 9 8 i n d u c t e e i n t o t h e C o r n e l l Ha l l o f Fa m e , a s t h e i r b i g g e s t m e n t o r w h e n i t c o m e s t o t h e i r m e t h o d o l o g y o n t h e p i t c h Howe ve r, b o t h b ro t h e r s s a i d t h a t t h e i r d e c i s i o n t o a t t e n d C o r n e l l w a s u n re l a t e d t o t h e i r f a t h e r ’ s l e g a c y “ Fo r m e b e i n g t h e o l d e s t , I w a s t h e f i r s t o n e t o g o t h ro u g h t h e c o l l e g e re c r u i t i n g p ro c e s s , ” Ry a n s a i d “A n d [ m y f a t h e r ] w a s p re t t y o p e n w i t h m e g o i n g a n y w h e re , s o I d o n ’ t t h i n k [ h i s l e g a c y ] a f f e c t e d m e t o o m u c h ” “ [ My f a t h e r ] l e t m e t o u r d i f f e re n t s c h o o l s a n d I d i d n ’ t a l w a y s t o u r w i t h h i

Graboyes Medals for Third Time in Career

By JOSH ZHU Sun Assistant Sports Ed tor

Led by senior co-captain Mike Graboyes’s stellar performance over the holiday weekend, the Cornell golf team wrapped up its fall season on Tuesday with a second place finish at the Connecticut Cup

A final score of 870 left the Red six strokes behind tournament champion

Connecticut and seven strokes ahead of third place Rhode Island Cornell has now recorded a top-four finish in each of its four tournaments during the fall season

“Overall, it was a very successful trip,” said senior co-captain Chris Troy “We would have loved to win the tournament, but second place is still obviously great and shows some of what the future holds ”

For a team that hoped to end the fall sea-

“The entire tournament, I was just hitting the ball really well and got a couple of putts to drop in.”

son on a high note, Graboyes’s showing was certainly the peak of the weekend The senior shot three-under par 213, including an impressive five-under 67 in the third round, on his way to a first place finish in the tournament

“The entire tournament, I was just hitting the ball really well and got a couple of putts to drop in which led to the success in

the scoring,” Graboyes said After shooting one-under 71 in the opening round, Graboyes struggled in the second, shooting a season-high three-over 75 However, he followed up with a spectacular third round performance, including four birdies in a five-hole stretch, to record the lowest round in his collegiate career Graboyes’s final score put him one stroke ahead of Rhode Island’s Dawson Jones, earning him medalist honors for the third time in his career

Championship The team will continue to prepare by conditioning over the winter, and placing a particular emphasis on getting out to more consistent starts in the spring season

“We would have loved to win the tournament, but second place is still obviously great

“I actually made a mistake on the ninth hole in the second round, which made me lose my focus for a couple of holes,” Graboyes said “Thankfully, I was able to come back, [where I was] able to take advantage of the first six holes [in the third round] and come out on fire ”

The rest of the team also recorded respectable finishes in the tournament ’ s 90 person field

Junior Jack Cen and sophomore

Mike May both recorded final scores of fiveover 221 to tie for 24th place, while Troy and freshman Charlie Dubiel both had final scores of seven-over 223 to tie for 30th Sophomore Jack Casler competed individually, finishing tied for 73rd at 232

With its top-four finishes in each of its fall tournaments, the Red cements itself as one of the favorites to win the Ivy League

“We’ve done a good job of finishing strong and putting ourselves in a position to win, but we really need to get off to better starts, ” Troy said “If we ’ re able to improve our starts, we’ll be able to rely less heavily on our later performances to catch up ” Additionally, while Cornell has had top finishes this season, it has yet to secure a definitive first place finish However, Graboyes does not see this as a point of concern

“I don’t think we have an issue where we just ‘ aren ’ t there yet ’ or where we ’ re losing by two or five shots every game, ” Graboyes said “In the end, it almost comes down to luck where we have to get a few putts to drop and a few bounces here and there ” For the meantime, the Red will head into a lengthy winter recess before resuming play around mid-March to April

“All we can work on is getting better ourselves and beefing up our play,” Graboyes said “It’s just a matter of playing smart as we have been all year, and hopefully during Ivies, we get a few putts shots to drop ”