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Site of IPD Cop Attack Plagued By Drugs, Crimes

By JEFF STEIN Sun Managing Editor

Ithaca’s West Village Apartments complex has become so overrun by drugs, violence and despair that even the shooting of a police officer there Thursday was hardly surprising, the area ’ s residents said

During the daytime, people mill about the streets, conversing freely with neighbors as their children play on a grassy field nearby But at night, when the sun descends and property management goes home, the apartment complex is transformed almost instantaneously into a drug den rife with d

“I saw a girl get stabbed in the neck with a fucking steak knife ”

ing to denizens o f t h e We s t Village “I saw a girl g e t s t a b b e d i n the neck with

knife,” said Brian, who has lived in the West Village Apartments, a series of low-income housing units about five minutes west of Ithaca’s Commons, for several years Brian and other residents were granted anonymity by The Sun in part because they said they feared violent retribution from their neighbors Brian, who holds a steady job downtown and has an iMac, Nintendo Wii and about two dozen DVDs in his room, walked to the front steps outside his apartment

C.U. Entrepreneurs Take NY C by Storm

By EMMA COURT Sun Senior Writer

What happens when a bunch of entrepreneurial Cornellians get together in a room?

This question was posed and answered at the inaugural Cornell Entrepreneurship Summit in New York City on Friday Over the course of the day-long event, which more than 400 people attended, speeches by more than a dozen Cornell alumni and entrepreneurs addressed their personal entrepreneurial experiences

and provided lessons they had learned along the way

At the event, organized by Entrepreneurship@Cornell an organization that seeks to foster entrepreneurial spirit across the Cornell campus Steven Gal ’88, chair of the organization’s advisory council, said the summit was unique because attendees had a shared history in having all attended Cornell Major Indian industrialist, Ratan Tata ’59, chair of the multinational conglomerate Tata Sons, was given the Entrepreneur of the Year award at the summit President David Skorton presented the award to Tata and spoke about Tata's career, highlighting the businessman’s successful career and what he called his commitment to improving the welfare of people in India

Cornell alumni who spoke at the summit had distinguished entrepreneurial records that varied by type and level of success Jennifer Dulski ’93,

Jungle Resident Found D e ad Amon g Fli e s Fluke ’03 Urges Women to Action

By SARAH SASSOON Sun Staff Writer

Sandra Fluke ’03, a political activist whose vocal advocacy of women ’ s rights has recently thrust her into the national spotlight, took the stage at the Statler Auditorium Monday night to field questions about women ’ s roles in the upcoming election

In the talk which was introduced by Prof Rebecca Stoltzfus, international

nutrition, and was titled “Sandra Fluke on Civic Responsibility: From Cornell to the DNC and Beyond,” Fluke briefly introduced herself, leaving the majority of the time open to questions from the audience

Fluke gained national fame during her address at the Democratic National Convention, in which she spoke on behalf of “silenced women ”

By LIZ CAMUTI Sun City Editor

A resident of Ithaca’s Ju n g l e w a s d e c l a re d dead Monday morning after being found unres p o n s i v e i n t h e e n c a m p m e n t b e h i n d Wegmans occupied by many of Ithaca’s homeless

Ju n g l e re s i d e n t Richard Sherman disc ov e re d G e o r g e Delaney’s body Monday

m o r n i n g u p o n h i s return from spending a week in Trumansburg Delaney was found in

Sh e r m a n ’ s t e n t He

a r r i v e d u n a n n o u c e d and uninvited, according to Sherman “ When I walked in [ Mo n d a y ] m o r n i n g ever ything was open, so I kicked the side of the tarp, and then I noticed the flies,” Sherman said “I thought to myself, ‘ There must be something sweet in there,’

b u t n o , j u s t a d e a d body ”

Autopsy reports have not yet been released

Delaney was last seen

a l i v e Fr i d a y n i g h t a t approximately 10 p m , according to the police report

Several Jungle resi-

d e n t s d e s c r i b e d

Delaney as a “drifter,” who has been linked to s e v e r a l i n c i d e n c e s o f violence in the community

In one incident, in July 2012, Delaney was a r re s t

g and robbing Eric Maki, another Jungle resident, while he was sleeping, according to YNN com Po l i c

o locate Delaney when he allegedly attempted to use the victim’s credit card after the attack

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Cartoons

Today

The Role of Law, Politics and Economics in the Marketing Of the Tunisian Revolution 4:15 - 5:55 p m , 276 Myron Taylor Hall

A Look Back: Four Years of President Obama’s Foreign Policy 4:30 - 6 p m , 110 Hollister Hall

Tomorrow

Finding Images and Visual Media

2 - 4 p m , Uris Library Classroom

A Pollster’s View of the Electorate, the Parties and the Candidates

4:45 - 6 p m , 235 Malott Hall

Science and Liturature Through the Centuries: A Panel Discussion 4:30 - 5:30 p m , 258 Goldwin Smith Hall

Richard Meier Lecture

5:15 - 7 p m , Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium, Milstein Hall

By C Tan ’12

My feet were killing me We’d been walking around the galler y for at least two hours I assumed that an Art Histor y student would have plenty to say about the portraits It was Dali for God’s sake; anyone could say something about Dali We stopped in front of a giant galley with wide-winged butterflies as sails It was probably one of the more breathtaking things I’d seen today, but she didn’t react All she’d done since we met was open her lips to say hello ”

“I really like this one I suppose as a layman, I can ’ t think of Dali without thinking of the clocks and the elephants, so it s quite a surprise to find this here It s a nice change, and the butterfly details are gorgeous ” Silence

The next one was more butterflies, perched on the tops of sandy towers in the middle of a grassland The clouds moved, the flags atop the turrets fluttered, and the man in the grass seemed to be holding a tiny butterfly net

“ Wow I mean, wow ”

More silence

“Doesn’t that make you feel like life is so much bigger than it looks, that we ’ re just chasing dreams that are too big for our tiny butterfly nets, that maybe it’s better, and more beautiful, to just let our dreams live, grow, and fly free for ever yone else to enjoy?”

Yes, I was desperate I would have slapped her to get a reaction if there weren ’ t other museum patrons hanging around

“

“Beautiful, dreamy ” Unreachable, deaf to entreaties, and absolutely silent Goddammit

“I wish I had a job like this I mean, accountants, who likes ‘em? All we do is count money, count assets, count sheep, haha, I bet your work must be fascinating ” Blank canvas “You’re a final-year student, right?”

A nod Success “ Wow, so do you have a senior thesis coming along?”

That sounds quite riveting Actually, it sounds like nothing

“So what kind of art are you interested in then?”

“I like cartoons ”

“Like Warhol? I should have known, you ’ re way too Bohemian for Surrealism – I’m so sorr y I’m sure we could find some local pop-art, if that would work for you I can find one of the guides and ask, or see if I can find a map or something ” Silence Shit I lost her

“Or would you rather take a break? We could go grab a coffee ” And I could have my first real communication with a living human being today

“Or would you rather take a break? We could go grab a coffee ” And I could have my first real communication with a living human being today

We headed over to the museum cafe, and I ordered a cappuccino and biscotti The guy who handed me the drinks was clearly staring at her, my well-endowed wax doll

“My change, please?”

“Oh, sorr y Here you go, man You are one lucky bastard

“Hah Thanks ” She sipped her cappuccino like a Madonna, perfect and serene

“So, Warhol I must be missing something, because I never understood those paintings Yeah, they’re colorful, but to my eye, they’re almost garish What do you like about them?”

Sip

“I mean, not to be rude, but I really would like to hear your opinion I honestly don’t know much about art, so I thought it would be fun to come here with a real, live, art student ” Check cornellsun com for the rest of this stor y

Students can send poetry and fiction submissions to jkose@cornellsun com

Fluke ’03 Says GOP Hurts C.U. Victims Of Sexual Assault

By KERRY CLOSE Sun News Editor

Women s rights activist Sandra Fluke 03, whose political advocacy has drawn a great deal of attention recently in the national media, sat down with The Sun Monday to discuss how her Cornell education shaped her enthusiasm for social justice and why she believes women ’ s issues should play a prominent role in the upcoming presidential election

THE SUN: One of your majors at Cornell was feminist, gender and sexuality studies Were there any faculty members or classes at Cornell in particular that spurred you to become an activist?

SANDRA FLUKE: In my first semester at Cornell, what I found a passion for was social justice work, specifically feminist social justice work The professor I had for my very first women ’ s studies class was [Prof ] Kate McCullough, [feminist, gender and sexuality studies], and I got to see her [today] and thank her for the influence that she had for me

There were a lot of experiences and professors at Cornell that shaped me There was a Women s Resource Center director who was great while I was here I remember taking [a] class on race that was important for me There were courses on gender and sexual minorities that I learned a lot from There were a lot of courses that were really transformative

SUN: Outside of the academic realm, were there any experiences or organizations you were involved with at Cornell that influenced your passion for social justice?

S F : I think the [organization] I was most involved with was Students Acting for Gender Equality, or SAGE We were really active at Cornell when I was here I’m sad to hear the group was not as active as it was while I was here, but I hope students will be interested in getting it going One time we counter-protested against a very graphic and antichoice group that was brought to campus We had just a whole slew of events

SUN: Looking forward to the presidential election, especially for college-aged women, how large a role should women ’ s rights issues play as people cast their votes?

S F : There’s something very important on the line this

election because we have seen unprecedented levels of legislation attacking women ’ s affordable access to health care, especially in the last two years, in Congress and state legislatures across the country That’s not only reproductive health care, but defunding programs that provide breast cancer screenings and cervical cancer screenings and programs that provide affordable access to contraception on campuses, like Cornell’s

What’s very specific to college victims of sexual assaults is that the Violence Against Women Act, which there was a big fight about in Congress this year, has still not been reauthorized, even though it had been bipartisan legislation for years and suddenly it’s controversial [The bill] includes programs that focus on sexual assaults on college campuses specifically, and I know that’s something that Cornell has been struggling with recently So that’s just one concrete example of a way in which voting for the Republican members of Congress is a vote against the interest of sexual assault victims on this campus and those on this campus who are concerned about this issue

SUN: How would you respond to people who say that women ’ s rights are overshadowing issues, such as the economy, that they view as more important?

S F : I think it’s offensive to say these issues aren ’ t real Women’s health care and issues that women care about should be on the agenda during every election I would hope it’s not about the way that someone is trying to turn back

our rights but instead about advancing and what we are going to do to become a more equitable society

Moreover, they are economic issues When we talk about the affordability of healthcare, that is an economic issue

Things like fair pay obviously is an economic issue, especially [for] women of color, who are paid even less than white women Comments like that criticism are just a way to marginalize half the population’s concerns

SUN: What do you hope to impart to Cornellians during your visit?

S F : I know here at Cornell that there are people really engaged on issues of social justice I think Cornell students have a tendency to think the political process is completely lost, there’s no way to effect change through that process, that we have to work entirely outside of the system While there may be something to that critique, I really want to encourage students not to abandon that hope and to work for candidates they believe in I want to encourage young women, women of color, LGBT students to run for office because the rates of representation in legislatures are shameful We have to do better, and it’s on this generation to be the group that does better I hope to do what I can to inspire folks to take that on

CornellNY C Tech Campus Will Mi x Students, Executives

NEW YORK (AP) A high-powered, high-tech graduate school meant to link research and the real world would feature company offices along with classrooms, under a ne wly released master plan

Students walking to their apar tments might encounter executives heading to a conference on Cornell NYC Tech’s parklike campus on Roosevelt Island, according to a plan being submitted Monday for a city revie w “ We’re really looking at the oppor tunity, here in the city, to develop a ne w

level of graduate and research campus for the Information Age,” said the school’s dean, Dan Huttenlocher

The plan provides a ne wly detailed look at a project promoted as key in making Ne w York a tech-sector magnet and lured with free city land and up to $100 million in publicly paid improvements Cornell University and Technion-

Is r a e l In s t i t u t e o f Te

seven-way contest last year to create the school, set to open with a handful of master ’ s students in temporar y space in Januar y The plan envisions hosting 1,400 stu-

workers on a park-like campus on the East River island by 2017 The campus would grow to accommodate 5,400 people by 2037

City officials call it an economic-develo p m e n t e n g i n e t h a t w i l l h e l p ideas get beyond t h e i v o r y t ow e r C o r n e l l l e a d e r s also see the project as reinventing academic research for a more collaborative age

Hence a school that would pair ever y student with a tech-industr y mentor, rent s p a c e t o c o m p a n i e s a n d t e c h n o l o g yminded nonprofits, and have an “ executive education center ” read: conference facility that could include a 225room hotel, under the master plan crafte d b y t h e a r c

e c t u r e p o w e r h o u s e Skidmore, Owings and Merrill The 12acre campus would replace a public rehabilitation hospital, which city officials say was already slated to close, on the residential island “ This is not ‘build an office park on R o o s e v e l t Is l a n d ’ T h a t d o e s n ’ t m a k e sense for anybody,” Huttenlocher said But as technology research and commerce become more closely inter twined, he said, “physical proximity and ability to work together is cr ucial ” The working-together theme is visible in renderings for the first academic build-

ing, designed by Morphosis Architects, a firm known for its adventuresome work for colleges and other clients

The building is sprinkled with work stations, “huddle rooms ” for work on

emphasize research and

have

need for traditional classrooms ) It also may feature a roof lined with solar panels, par t of a slate of ideas for making it a “ net-zero ” energy building one that

Officials acknowledge that's a challenge for a str ucture devoted to electricity-hungr y technology

Andre w Winters, who’s spearheading the planning for Cornell Tech, declined to say how much the campus is expected to cost Developers would pay to put up some of the buildings those intended for companies’ and nonprofits use and then would recoup money by leasing them to Cornell and other tenants, officials said

Violent Crime Said to Rise in West Village; Residents Live in Fear

“At the way end, right there, is one of the drug apartments there’s a gentleman walking toward us, so I’m going to keep quiet for a second,” he said, pausing for a hooded figure who spat on the ground as he passed “And then down there that is the warring, other drug place ”

Like other West Village residents, Brian said the proliferation of drugs and crime has grown worse over the last two to three years, noting that his girlfriend will often not go outside at night alone

“Don’t go there,” he advised when asked about visiting a certain section of the West Village complex at night “That would be counter-productive to your health ”

Crime in the West Village burst to the forefront of the city’s consciousness after Officer Anthony Augustine was shot Thursday night on 600 Chestnut Street, right beside the apartment complexes Augustine suffered a minor stroke Sunday and may never regain full mobility in his arm and hand, Deputy Chief John Barber told The Ithaca Journal Jamel Booker, 22, was charged in connection with the shooting Booker has a long list of priors, including an attempted murder

charge, and was well-known in the West Village community, according to both court documents and interviews with residents

But Booker is hardly the only person to be arrested recently in the West Village The area is plagued by a paucity of job opportunities, an influx of drugs from New York City and high recidivism rates, city officials and local experts said

And the situation is getting worse

“The level of violent crime has increased substantially,” said Deborah Dietrich, director of Opportunities, Alternatives and Resources, a non-profit that helps the incarcerated and formerly incarcerated in Tompkins County “Over the last five years, the degree of violence, the frequency of it, has increased We aren ’ t used to this level of violent crime in Ithaca ”

Dietrich added that an absence of help for former prison inmates makes West Village even more dangerous

“West Village is home to a lot of people who have been incarcerated in the past, who continue to struggle to find employment,”

Dietrich said “It’s becoming increasingly ghettoized ” That transition hit home for Linda, an elderly woman in a wheelchair who could be seen packing all of her belongings to

leave the complex the morning after the shooting

“It’s been like hell here It’s horrible A lot of people are afraid to come out because you don’t know who’s out there at night,” said Linda, who had been planning to move out of the West Village Apartments, after living there for eight years, long before Augustine was shot

Others, however, are unable to

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about how to sell their drugs

“We hear them fighting constantly, like ‘You’re taking from the stash when you should be selling the pills,’” she said

The couple next door, she said, has a 10-year-old son

Several other parents also lamented the sheer terror of raising their kids around the crime and drugs of the West Village Apartments

Village is home to a lot of people who have been incarcerated in the past It’s becoming increasingly ghettoized.”

escape

Making meatloaf in her kitchen, Martha lamented that she and her 11-year-old daughter have been unable to afford a home in a different neighborhood and cannot move even after they were assaulted by their neighbors

“We got jumped, me and her, and got beat up really bad,” she said “It’s very negative and very scary up here, but a lot of people like us, even after we got attacked, we can ’ t afford to move ”

Nearly ever y night, Martha said, she and her daughter can hear the couple next door arguing

quite some time,” she said, noting that she met with the mayor and other officials in August to brainstorm solutions “Unfortunately, we have not made much progress since then; this continues to be a concern for me ”

Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 added that the city sends officers to patrol and respond to crises in the area “extremely frequently ”

“I talk to a lot of families there who say they need help: They feel they are besieged by the drug trade, by the violence that surrounds the drug trade, and they’re looking for help,” Myrick said

One mother, Jane, pointed across the street and said that the area was completely off-limits for her and her kids

“They are not allowed to cross the street; you do not cross the street, ” she said “It’s a completely different world completely crazy down there ” Common Council member Cynthia Brock (D-1st Ward), whose district includes the West Village Apartments, said she is working to improve the circumstances of those in the complex “Crime and quality of life issues have concerned me in that area for

“They’re also hoping their property managers will do something: [The property managers] need to step up, they need to do a better job of knowing who it is they’re renting to ”

When asked to comment on the state of drugs and crime in the West Village Apartments, property manager Brian who hung up the phone before saying his last name declined

He also did not answer a question about an online advertisement for the West Village Apartments

“Discover the thrill, excitement and glee of living in West Village Apartments,” the posting states

Jeff Stein can be reached at

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Two hitmen stand at the side of a road discussing their work while a strange man in a red mask approaches from a distance The first hitman accuses the other of being nervous regarding the job they have come to perform The second replies sarcastically, “Yeah, look at me I’m shaking, I’ve got the chick-killing shakes ” The nolonger-distant man with the mask then shoots both in the head, tosses two Jack of Diamonds playing cards onto their bodies and casually walks away And so begins Seven Psychopaths

We move on from Psychopath No 1 to meet Marty (Colin Farrell), a drunken Irish screenplay writer attempting to write a movie called Seven Psychopaths He is stuck, so far, as all he has is a nonviolent Buddhist psychopath Enter Billy (Sam Rockwell), his crazy (though not necessarily a psychopath yet) best friend Billy conducts what some would consider a lucrative and most would consider depraved business: He kidnaps dogs and, once the reward is posted, sends in nice old man Hans (Christopher Walken) to claim the reward Hans, who sports some gorgeous cravats, spends the rest of the time in the hospital with his wife who is dying from cancer

truly need any more crazies, who can forget the trailer’s terrifying image of Tom Waits, portraying Zachariah, stroking his bunny outside Billy’s house Long story short, him and his girlfriend are the Dexter’ s of an even stranger psychopath world, but this story is best told through the evocative growl of Waits himself

Seven Crazy Men

Now the fun begins: Gangster Charlie ( Woody Harrelson)’s dog has gone missing “Fatso,” the dog walker, has lost poor little Bonny the Shih Tzu to none other than our favorite dog thieves Billy and Hans Kicked out of his house for crude drunken comments to his girlfriend, Marty somehow finds himself at gunpoint one moment and the next splattered in blood as Charlie’s henchman are murdered by none other than our No 1 Psychopath, the aforementioned Jack of Diamonds himself Bonny is to be found at Billy’s, who has not mentioned this theft to Hans As if we

Seven Psychopaths

Directed by Martin McDonagh

Featuring Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken

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Slowly, plot strands start to unravel as the dead bodies pile up, but in a movie full of psychopaths, I expect no less Hans, Marty, Billy and Bonny book it for the desert where Marty enlists their help in his screenplay They all have different views of the end: Marty, sick of the violence in the Hollywood blockbuster, wants his psychopaths to end the movie having meaningful conversations in the desert To this idea, Billy suggests they rename the movie “Seven Lesbians ” Billy then scripts a long shootout in a graveyard, where everyone dies, except of course, the animals Because, as he wisely notes, “You can ’ t let animals die in a movie Just the women ” And Hans well Hans’ ending is quite different than either of these options In a weird poetic way, however, each of the characters is given their ideal ending Seven Psychopaths is sexist, racist, crude and gory but, in like, the best possible way Why have I not mentioned the women in the trailers and posters? Because none of them

make an appearance for more than a scene and a half Abbie Cornish, Linda Bright Clay, Amanda Mason Warren and Olga Kurylenko all turn in excellent performances, though granted very little screen-time I almost hesitate to comment on Farrell, Walken, Harrelson, Rockwell and Waits These are actors loving their roles and working in the prime of their careers Put simply: They Were Amazing Walken and Rockwell steal the show, and with these two together how can anything possibly go wrong?

This movie is a commentary on film, on action sequences, Hollywood and the state of the world in which we live But, most importantly, this film is a twisted gruesome comedy and complex intricate story that keeps you on your toes Director and writer Martin McDonagh (In Bruges) has successfully combined the Hollywood movie with the depth of an independent film, shocking his audience by moving beyond laughter and adrenaline and into true human emotions McDonagh is conscious of exactly what he expects out of every shot and is able to achieve his vision The parts seem tailor-made for the actors and McDonagh creates a self-aware film without throwing it in our faces as so many directors are prone to do Don t get me wrong, Seven Psychopaths has faults a plenty; it acknowledges them openly and freely That is, perhaps, why we forgive them When a film can look at itself and tell you exactly where it went wrong, it somehow washes clean a great deal of our reprove Hans goes into great detail about the two dimensional woman roles in Marty’s script, a sort of meta-joke as we examine the depth, or lack thereof, of the women ’ s roles in the very film we are watching Gore seems to coat a great deal of the scenes, but looking back it is not the gore I remember Sure, it was there and it was there for a purpose, but it was the moments in between and the look into the human soul that stood apart I worry of McDonagh’s ability to craft psychopaths so convincingly, because psychopaths they truly are I went into the movie expecting a Hollywood flick with lowbrow criminals getting in over their heads What I got was an onslaught of true crazies and a film that will not soon be forgotten

Marissa Tranquilli is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at mmt62@cornell edu

No Magic in This Vacant World

Open up the back cover to any J K Rowling book and you ll read about the many accomplishments that have catapulted her to fame and fortune: author of the Harry Potter series which has sold over 450 million copies worldwide and inspired eight hit films and three supplemental works, translated into 73 languages She is an Order of the British Empire for services to children’s literature and winner of the Hans Christian Anderson Award, among many other distinctions This year, Rowling dives into the opposing genre of adult literature in her newest novel, The Casual Vacancy, a story about Pagford, a small English town thrown into chaos following the sudden death of Barry Fairbrother, its parish leader who others looked to for reason Vacancy is a lengthy 500-page character-driven drama that focuses primarily on the ugliness of human nature when glimpsed through the lens of everyday life However, those with high expectations from the author of the best-selling book series in history will be sadly disappointed

The story opens with Fairbrother’s sudden death and the subsequent opening of the coveted top spot on the parish council that provides the namesake casual vacancy ” His political rivals see this as their opportunity to take control of Pagford’s local government and finally remove the shameful stain from their pristine town, an area of trailer-trash proportions just on the outskirts of Pagford called “The Fields ” With deliciously coincidental allusions to our own presidential election, the late Fairbrother’s supporters work to save the social welfare programs that benefit

the poor wretches of The Fields while the opposing force vies to cut these and The Fields out of its agenda, stating that its inhabitants are moochers who “have never worked a day in their lives ” However, this conflict is merely the backdrop for the greater tumult of mudslinging, gossip and secret abuses that the citizens of Pagford both commit and endure Between and within families, duplicity and insincerity reign free, ultimately culminating in another town-wide tragedy that reawakens the citizens from their petty squabbles and provides a half-hearted and temporary return to morality and concern for thine fellow man

As far as I’m concerned, the only casual vacancy ” that I see here is that of an actual plot Vacancy has none of the elements that made the Potter series such a page-turner; magic notwithstanding, this includes suspense, likable characters and an apparent problem that needs to be resolved The story is painfully slow, leading up to a climax that hardly merited the 450 prior pages The main flaw here is too many characters, and lackluster ones at that The one dimensional personae are extremely unlikeable, as their nature is to succumb to fettering insecurities All in all, Vacancy is told from the viewpoint of about 17 different characters, with occasional input from several minor ones Rowling seems to have underestimated the task of committing to so many personages and simultaneously tying them all into one plot in meaningful ways (see George R R Martin for how to do this properly) She succeeds with some and utterly fails with others, offering the readers glimpses into unimportant viewpoints and creating seemingly “filler” chapters which could have been cut out without affecting the direction of the story For example, one char-

acter ’ s actions and thoughts seemed recycled in each chapter It becomes a tedious bore to read from his point of view and, in the end, it all seems for naught His purpose seems to have been simply to exist as another character ’ s unrequited love Rowling tries too hard to be “real,” to depict life and human nature as it actually is every man for himself, cruel, nitty-gritty and imperfect She attempts to get this theme across with the use of every social dysfunction in the book, turning this story into a veritable Degrassi for adults, a literal drama about life drama Throughout every drawn-out chapter, we see dysfunctional relationships, extramarital affairs, unprotected teenage lust, rape, heavy drug-use, self-mutilation, domestic violence, suicide, neurosis, OCD as well as hints at pedophelia, if I’ve named them all The problem is that Rowling doesn’t give these issues any real depth, making them seem cliché after each passing introduction The end of this series of one-shots the death of two children leaves the reader worn-out and confused With their death, Pagford’s citizens are shocked back to equilibrium: Family ties are strengthened temporarily and psychological problems are kept at bay It’s a resolution for all 17 characters that is rushed in about 50 pages I could tell you not to read this book, but you won ’ t listen I mean, it’s J K Rowling for crying out loud Of course you’d feel an itch to purchase any prose that she creates with her magic wand/pen, and I won ’ t blame you You’ll find glimpses of her usual style here and there, short chapters and sometimes the occasional awkward sentence from which she is forgiven on the sole fact that she is the J K Rowling, creator of your childhood dreams

for a Hogwarts acceptance letter You might find echoes of the Dursleys here and there, yet their abusive guardianship style would be ramped up about 10 levels Just be forewarned that this one is not a page-turner It is fitting to revise the aforementioned compliment and call Rowling a children s storytelling master She has me unconvinced that she can articulately handle adult situations without mish-mashing them all together in a ball of social and psychological disorders and calling it “real life ” Whereas Rowling excels in fantasy, transporting us to another world where magic is a given and the impossible is possible, her depiction of a real world is almost too drab, depressing and loveless The Casual Vacancy merits a C in my book, but it could be worse At the very least, it’s no Twilight

Shut Up and Carry On

BY KAI SAM NG Sun Staff Writer

Ja m e s Mu r p h y n e ve r w a n t e d LC D

Soundsystem: He was, first and foremost, a music producer That means working behind the scenes, but that seems to fit him just fine, as he described in Shut Up and Play the Hits, the documentar y that chronicles the 48 hours before, during and after LCD’s last legendar y concert LCD would never have existed without the work of others: “All I Want,” for example, liberally plagiarizes David Bowie’s “Heroes ” But when he copies, whatever Murphy produces is easily recognizable as h i s T h e R a p t u re ’ s “ Ho u s e o f Je a l o u s Lovers” was a pretty unremarkable song until Murphy added the cowbell that made it into the dance-punk anthem it is

So when he released LCD’s first single, “Losing My Edge,” and gave his behindthe-scenes work a face, it shoved him into a spotlight that he didn’t want What was a snide jab at hipsters suddenly turned into a demand for more He had to turn down offers to produce an Arcade Fire album twice His health sustained on a cocktail of heart, migraine and throat

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y artists in my life forget how good the

Dthings they used to do were, ” he told The New York Times

LCD was taking a toll on his spirit and ending it was the best thing to do But if he had to end LCD, he would end it in the biggest way possible, with a four-hour “ L A S T S H OW EV E R ! ” i n Ma d i s o n

Square Garden He played almost ever y LCD song, including the 45-minute long 45:33 His insistence that ever ything must be done live turned into a huge enterprise with at least 20 people running around onstage There was even a guy who just played cowbells

But Shut Up and Play the Hits, with its multiple angles and high definition cameras, shows that it wasn ’ t the wild party that ever ybody saw more than a year ago: He was already pulling back, dwarfed by the epic setup of equipment, the chaotic arrangement of wires and the wall of lights When he wasn ’ t singing, he hid behind a synth behind another synth He deferred to other guests to play solos No other band would play for four hours, but many others had to make up for Murphy’s fatigue “I heard that you, I heard that you ” he repeated, clearly exhausted, in “Losing My Edge ”

Even if he didn’t want to have a show for a band he never wanted, LCD was never about him; it was about others He

Dear Big Bird

ear Big Bird

I owe you an apology It was wrong for me to single you out like that in the debate Actually, I have a problem with all the characters on your show, not just you

Let’s begin with that numbers-obsessed vampire friend of yours, Count von Count He needs to stop teaching kids to count All that math is destroying this country It’s only a matter of time before some preschooler realizes that my plan to increase military spending and cut taxes without raising the deficit is mathematically impossible and that PBS only accounts for 012% of the budget I’m going to find some loopholes to pay for the $5 trillion added by those cuts without further burdening the middle class Really, I am

broke out a huge cr ystal ball in “Us V Them” and brought Arcade Fire onstage in “North American Scum ” “ Thanks for supporting this weird thing,” Murphy told the crowd “ We started as a bunch of idiots, and we still are ” Towards the end, he hugged his bandmates, looking both ecstatic and mournful Backstage, someone asked Murphy whether he still wanted to do the last three songs “Yeah, let’s do all three,” he said, on the verge of collapse, before going on stage and throwing some water bottles to the crowd

As typical of all LCD shows, he ended with “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down,” but there was something glaringly different this time: As Murphy said “this is our last song, ” the realization that it was LCD’s last song ever hit ever ybody really quickly The crowd groaned and the band looked uneasy, but Murphy was indifferent “Okay, let me point this out, that even at the end of our band I didn’t fucking say to you, ‘oh no ’ This is our last song!” As all of Madison Square Garden dimmed to images of New York City, the piano cabaret exploded into a torrent of balloons

And Shut Up and Play the Hits, which got its name from Win Butler’s outburst at Murphy before “North American Scum,” shows Murphy the day after, snoozing in

lessness too trendy, especially since I don’t care about homeless people who don’t pay income tax Like I said in that CNN inter view, I’m not concerned about the very poor I’m only concerned with people who pay taxes, like corporations As far as I’m concerned, Oscar sets a terrible example by not paying his income tax and emphasizing the myth of the American Dream

yesterday’s tuxedo shirt He pops some pills, makes a cup of espresso and walks his dog Then he goes to the equipment room, humming quietly before cr ying over the LCD branded instruments, not knowing whether ending it was the right thing to do At the pivotal point of the non-concert part of the documentar y, Murphy dodges inter viewer Chuck Klosterman’s question about his biggest failure, before admitting that he feared he might regret quitting

But, as proved by New York, the city he can ’ t imagine not being part of, life moves on He’s opening up a record store and a coffee shop He collaborated with Damon Albarn and Andre 3000 He was getting over it, but Shut Up and Play the Hits was holding him back: He still had to mix this one last concert After a couple of false starts, this three-disc movie and concert sets us free from that horrible Pitchfork stream and digs into Murphy’s mindset, even though that was the last thing he needed to revisit LCD was and still isn’t about him, but he can finally let go

Shut Up and Play the Hits is now available on DVD and Blu-ray

Kai Sam Ng is a junior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He can be reached at kng@cornellsun com

ZANDER ABRANOW CZ / SUN STAFF LLUSTRATOR

Another thing: the street itself Sesame? Like the chicken? Just more evidence that China owns us We should name our streets after good old American chickens and chicken restaurants, like Chick-fil-A, which promote solid American values like intolerance and discrimination

Then there’s Cookie Monster Apparently, he recently changed his stance on cookies, said they were only “ a sometime snack” and started eating eggplant This flip-flopping is not a good value to instil in our children It’s almost as bad as my opposition to Obamacare and renunciation of the greatest achievement of my political career Clearly, the Cookie Monster is just capitulating to all those health conscious liberals like Michelle Obama and Mayor Bloomberg Who cares if you eat a bunch of cookies and get really fat and sick? Only health conscious liberals who think everyone should have health insurance Under my health plan, Cookie Monster’s preconditions obesity and cavities, not to mention probable diabetes brought on by an excessive amount of glucose would disqualify him from getting coverage so hardworking insurance companies wouldn’t have to take care of his large posterior Like I’ve said before, we don’t have people who die because they don’t have insurance And let the record show, I like cookies Just not cheap ones from the 7-Eleven in Pittsburgh

Then there’s Oscar the Grouch and that whole living in a garbage can thing We should all buy into the American Dream of homeownership That definitely won ’ t facilitate another housing bubble No way Oscar is making home-

Don’t even get me started on Bert and Ernie How can PBS pretend they’re not pushing a gay agenda here? Marriage is between a man and a woman, not muppet and muppet The Bible says so Seriously, I’m a real social conservative now, I promise

Let’s not forget Kermit the Frog, insidious environmentalist that he is True, he might be the most adorable frog that ever existed, but don’t be fooled: He’s selling our children environmentalist propaganda Don’t even pretend that “Bein’ Green” is really about celebrating racial diversity (Trust me, as an Anglo-Saxon with a special relationship to other Anglo-Saxons, I know diversity when I see it ); it’s a conscious hippie attempt to brainwash our children into caring about the environment All those tax breaks Obama gave to green energy haven’t done anything It’s energy independence that’s going to save this country, even if it means cutting down a few trees that are the right height in Michigan It was also a bad move when the show finally cast strong female characters like Zoe and Abby Cadabby We wouldn’t want our daughters to get any crazy ideas, now would we? They might start thinking they can make their own decisions about their bodies, that their employers should provide them with birth control even if that employer is a good, honest, religious man like myself We shouldn’t expose our daughters to these crazy ideas As the father of five sons and no daughters, I would know

Listen, Big Bird I’m not against television shows that emphasize education Just ones that appeal to lower socioeconomic classes who can ’ t afford preschool and rely on federal aid programs, which I will greatly reduce, to pay for college Really, education is a great thing for those who can borrow money from their parents

Don’t take it the wrong way, Big Bird It’s not just you It’s not just Sesame Street or PBS It’s the National Endowment for the Arts and NPR too All arts funding has to go, even if it only takes up a fraction of the budget Even though I could fund the entire NEA out of my own pocket and still be a millionaire many times over Even though, according to the “Arts & Economic Prosperity” report compiled by Americans for the Arts, the nonprofit arts and culture industry generated about $135 2 billion in economic activity, four million full-time jobs and $22 3 billion in local, state and federal revenue in 2010 I won ’ t stand for the liberal indoctrination of this country ’ s youth on my tax dollar

If it makes you feel better, Big Bird, I understand your pain I’m currently unemployed too and looking for my next job

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Modano Tops U.S . Hall of Famers List

DALL AS (AP) Mike

Modano made his mark long before he and the Minnesota North Stars relocated to Dallas and brought hockey to the Sun Belt

Once he got there in 1993, he didn’t miss a beat

Modano, the highest-scoring U S -born player in NHL history, joined longtime Ne w Jersey Devils president and general manager Lou Lamoriello, and playerturned-broadcaster Ed Olczyk, as the newest inductees to the U S Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday night

Modano lived up to his billing after being chosen with the first pick of the 1988 NHL draft

By the time he retired in 2011, the Livonia, Mich , native was the Stars’ leader in games played (1,459), goals (557), assists (802) and points (1,359) He also holds franchise records with 145 playoff points in a club-high 174 games

Modano, who played his final NHL season with the Detroit Red Wings, leads U S -born players in goals (561) and points (1,374)

Olczyk was taken with the No 3 pick in the 1984 draft by his hometown Chicago Blackhawks and went on to play 16 years in the NHL after starting his career as an 18-year old rookie

Olczyk finished with 342 goals and 794 points in 1,031 games with Chicago, the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Winnipeg Jets, the New York Rangers, the Los Angeles Kings and the Pittsburgh Penguins

He returned to the Blackhawks for his last two years in the NHL and retired in 2000 Olczyk is now NBC’s lead hockey game

analyst

Lamoriello is entering the U S Hall of Fame as a builder, three years after his induction to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto

“The Americans are here, if that’s the way to say it, and here to stay in every way, ” Lamoriello said Lamoriello’s distinguished career star ted long before he joined the Devils and built them into perennial winners With New Jersey, Lamoriello has earned three Stanley Cup championships in 24 seasons, and two other Eastern Conference titles including last season Along with Modano, Lamoriello was also part of the U S team that won the gold medal in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey Lamoriello served as the general manager of the American squad that beat Canada for the title

“We wanted to change what they thought of us as players, that we didn’t belong at their level,” Modano said “It took a long time, but we always felt in the back of our minds that we could prove a lot of countries wrong, that we could play with them ” Since then, the United States has remained among the hockey elite The Americans earned the silver medal at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and the 2010 Games in Vancouver

“After the ’96 World Cup, the American player is here,” Lamoriello said “ That’s when they got recognized, and the way you get recognized is when individuals have success That was a long time ago Now there’s nothing to distinguish ”

Red Of fense Cannot Deliver Win O ver Navy

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the Midshipmen to just three field goals over four quar ters Both teams were held to limited offensive yardage over the course of the first half, however a Red safety in the second quarter on a step out of bounds on a punt did not help the Red’s momentum

“Navy is a great team I don’t think there was any turning point in the game, ” said sophomore defensive lineman Evan Zittel “Both defenses played extremely well and we could not capitalize on our oppor tunities with the ball ” Even after three ver y difficult quar ters, the Red still had an opportunity to tie the game up late in the fourth quarter but was

touchdown in the drive after four incomplete passes With the Red’s late game drive over, the Naval Academy had clinched victor y and continued its undefeated season

The season for the Red is not over yet With a bye this coming

momentum in its game against Post University

“Responding to this loss, we will continue to work as hard as possible in practice, take one day at a time and look to finish the year 5-2,” Zittel said

The Red still has the ability to end this season in a solid position among the league, although both the Naval Academy and Army are still undefeated

“ We will not see Navy again t h i s s e a s o n , ” Zi t t e l s a i d

“Although next year we will definitely miss our graduating seniors, we have some new additions to the team this year that have started to prove themselves and are looking for a chance to [continue to] prove themselves But this season is not over and we still have two more games to win ”

Cornell looks to push for ward and win in its late season games against Post University, and then Mansfield University the following week

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Women Ready for West Point

n s o m e o f t h e t h i n g s t h a t we d i d n ’ t d o s o we l l T h o u g h t h e f a l l t e n n i s s e a s o n c o m e s t o a c l o s e a f t e r t h i s w e e k e n d , t h e w o m e n k n o w t h e n e x t f e w m o n t h s w i l l re q u i re a l o t o f e f f o r t t o p u t t h e m w h e re t h e y w a n t t o b e b e f o r e t h e s p r i n g s e a s o n b e g i n s “ I d e f i n i t e l y f e e l l i k e we d o h a ve s o m e w o rk t o d o , w h i c h i s g r e a t , ” Yo u n g s a i d “ We h a ve a l o t o f t i m e b e f o r e o u r m a i n s e a s o n Ou r c o m p e t i t i o n i n t h e Iv y L e a g u e i s v e r y c o m p e t i t i ve t h e re a r e a l o t o f g r e a t p l a ye r s Ju s t w o rk i n g re a l l y h a rd i n p r a ct i c e , f i t n e s s - w i s e a n d m e n t a l l y, i s s o m et h i n g t h a t we h a ve t o d o ”

TENNIS Continued from page 16 Olivia Wittels can be reached at owittels@cornellsun com

Red Gear s Up for Iv y Match Play in N.J. This Weekend

By CHRIS MILLS Sun Contributor

Following last weekend’s disappointing eighteenth place finish at the Big 5 Invitational, the Red is preparing for its final scheduled tournament of the calendar year, the Ivy League Match Play

This year ’ s Match Play will be hosted at the Tournament Players Club at Jasna Polana in Princeton, N J , and begins this Saturday The tournament will

f e a t u re a l l o f C o r n e l l’s Iv y League rivals except Columbia

In the meantime, the team is

rounds of 76 and 79 “That allows us to have a lot shorter clubs in, but it also brings other hazards into play If you hit the ball farther, it tends to get more off track But overall as a team we have a lot of length It’s definitely an advantage at most courses but it can also be a disadvantage if you ’ re not hitting the ball straight ”

The Red’s newest member, Eng, has provided a different specialty this season chipping and putting But for Eng and the rest of the team, windy conditions at the Big 5 Invitational appeared to elevate scores

“Overall as a team we have a lot of length ... It’s definitely an advantage at most courses.”

reflecting on last week’s performance at Philmont Countr y Club and how it can improve for this weekend

“I thought the course played difficult, as you could see from our team ’ s scores and from other schools that were there,” said freshman Brandon Eng, who carded an impressive opening round 77 “The scores were definitely higher I was sort of disappointed in how I played but I know what I need to work on

So I can improve what I didn ’ t do so well this past weekend ” For the Red, big drives off the tee have proven to be an advantage in tournament play thus far

“One of the advantages our team has Is playing long of t h e t e e , ” s a i d j u n i o r C a r l Schimenti, who was the Red’s low scorer at Philmont with

“Carl, Craig, Zach and Max are definitely long off the tee, ” Eng said “My strength is in my short game The greens were fast they were tricky The short game was pretty tough It was windy I think those factors affected everyone, [but] I can ’ t say that affected us more than anyone else ” En g ’ s b i g g e s t m o m e

Philmont came on the par-five 12th, where he took an aggress i ve a p p

wood

“I decided to go for the green in two because I needed to make something happen and I made it to fifteen feet,” he said “I had to settle for birdie but that’s when my round started to settle down ”

Although Eng described his

Spor ts

Full Steam Ahead as Fall Season Comes to an End

By OLIVIA WITTELS Sun Staff Writer

The men ’ s tennis team gave another stellar performance this past weekend at the Cornell Fall Invitational Sophomore co-captain Sam Fleck and his doubles partner, classmate Quoc-Daniel Nguyen, claimed their second straight bracket win (they won the A Doubles Flight at the Columbia Classic two weekends ago), an 8-3 victor y over Binghamton’s Alexander Maisin and Eliott Hureau Fleck also reached the finals of the Red Singles Flight, ultimately falling, 6-3, to Buffalo’s Vusa Hove on Sunday

After winning the C Singles Bracket at the Columbia Classic, junior Spencer Clark defeated Binghamton’s Alexander Maisin, 61, 6-3, in the finals of the White Singles Flight, extending his personal winning streak to an impressive 10 matches

Overall, Fleck was very pleased with the level of play the Red achieved this weekend, which he partly attributed to the Red s success at Columbia

“I think we really implemented things

we ’ ve been working on in practice into our match play, which definitely helped with our performances,” he said

He added that although some teammates were “kind of rusty ” after the summer, “ we ’ ve gotten back into the swing of things [and] people are starting to play better ”

The men ’ s fall season comes to a close next week with the USTA/ITA Northeast Regionals in New Haven, Conn Fleck expects the tournament to test the Red, but is also confident in the squad’s chances

It s going to be a tough tournament because all the best players in the region are going to be there,” he said “It will be a great chance for us as a team to see how we stack up against the other Ivies We have a strong team

We’ve definitely got some players playing a high level at the moment who ve got a good shot at winning the title which would be a fantastic achievement in singles and doubles ”

The women ’ s team did not have a match this past weekend, but ends its fall season with the ITA Regional in West Point, N Y this weekend Junior Ryann Young believes

the additional practice certainly helped the women hone the finer points of their games, especially doubles play

“We played a lot of doubles this weekend, [because it] was one of the things we needed to work on, ” she said She elaborated on some of the more spe-

By JUAN CARLOS TOLEDO Sun Staff Writer

Well past the half way point in their seasons, the men ’ s and women ’ s cross country teams split up this past weekend, with runners traveling to both the Wisconsin Invitational on Friday and the Princeton Invitational on Saturday

At Princeton, the men ’ s team placed seventh overall in a field of 24 teams, while the women ’ s team finished in a field of 25 teams In Wisconsin on the men ’ s side the Red finished 43rd overall in a field of 45 of the country ’ s most

c o m p e t i t i ve t e a m s , w h i l e t h e

women ’ s team finished fifth overall in a field of 48 strong teams, including six of the top-ten ranked teams in the nation

Wo m e n ’ s c ro s s c o u n t r y c o a c h Artie Smith ’96 was excited at how

we l l h i s t e a m p e r f o r m e d a t t h e Wisconsin Invitational

“It was terrific,” he said “We took our top group to Wisconsin It was the most competitive meet that we ’ ve been to this season It was a phenomenal field of competitors Our performance was terrific, fifth place in that

field against those teams It reaffirmed that we were worthy of that top-ten ranking in the country ”

Senior co-captain Katie Kellner

w a s t h e Re d’s t o p p e r f o r m e r i n Wisconsin, and was happy to have the chance to compete against such strong teams

“ It w a s i n c re d i b l e , ” s h e s a i d

“This was the most competitive field that I’ve ever personally competed against It was great to get some experience against quality teams ” According to men ’ s cross country coach Zeb Lang ’03, an unfortunate a c c i d e n t s e t h i s t e a m b a c k a t Wisconsin

“It certainly wasn ’ t our brightest moment of the fall,” he said “The guys took a nasty spill in the first 200m of the race About half of our runners went down ” Still, Lang feels sure that his team will be able to respond in the weeks to come from this bump in the road

“I told my guys afterwards that our season will be defined by how we come back from adversity,” he said “Ever y time [something bad] has happened, someone else has stepped up Scoring for the men ’ s team at

Wisconsin

Wisconsin were junior Max Groves (175th), junior Gabe Heck (238th), senior Nick Wade (240th), senior Brett Kelly (247th) and sophomore Ben Potts (259th) Scoring for the women ’ s team were senior Katie Kellner (15th), junior Rachel Sorna (22nd), junior Emily Shearer (38th), junior Devin McMahon (85th) and senior Gena Hartung (104th)

The top performers for the men ’ s team at Princeton were junior John Schilkowsky (seventh), freshman Ben Rainero (30th), sophomore David Melly (48th), freshman Sam Baxter (58th) and freshman Brian Eimstad (60th) Scoring for the women ’ s team were freshman Claire DeVoe (20th), freshman Bori Tozser (24th), junior Elizabeth Simpson (26th), freshman

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Kelsey Karys (34th) The Red has one more stepping stone left in its season before heading to the Heps finals, and that is its lone home meet of the season The

cific approaches of the Red, including “playing the big points well, smart shot selections, competing on every point [and] trying to fight the nerves, ” but was hopeful that executing those strategies would lead to success

Cornell Falls in Defensive Battle

After a defensive battle at Schoellkopf Stadium this past Friday between the sprint football team and the U S Naval Academy, the Red comes up empty handed The Red and the Midshipmen both played tremendous defense this past weekend making it a touchdown-less game, however Navy defeated Cornell, 11-3 Both teams were unable to swing offensive momentum in their favor due to the strong defensive resistance that they encountered

The Red (3-2, 2-2 CSFL) was able to stop the Naval Academy’s offense on its long driving campaigns and hold