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Produce for the people | The GPSA heard updates about Anabel’s Grocery at its Monday meeting

GPSA Evaluates Anabel’s Grocery, Committee Funding

By ANNA DELWICHE Sun Staff Writer

Professional Student Assembly heard a

Anabel’s Grocery and voted to change the Finance Commission’s funding guidelines at its meeting Monday

The directors of Anabel’s Grocery discussed plans to “formalize a relationship” with the GPSA by establishing liaisons in the group, as they have already done with the Student Assembly, according to codirector Lizzi Gorman ’18

The GPSA allocated $20,000 of its budget to Anabel’s Grocery at its Sept 13 meeting, The Sun previously reported

Students Against Trump: Keep Him ‘Out of White House’

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plans to turn out vote for Clinton

By CATHRYN MASLOFF Sun Contributor

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Gorman said this allocation will be primarily used to cover construction costs, as estimated bids are more costly than their project manager had originally projected

“We hope to allocate that $20,000 with GPSA input in the upcoming years, ” Gorman said

The directors also described their business model and goals for pricing the products sold in the grocery

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Collegetown and be closer to the larger grocer y stores in Ithaca,” said Adam Shelepak ’18, another co-director of the

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Students, CUPD Talk Racism in Law Enforcement

By RACHEL WHALEN Sun Staff Writer

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House Establishes Sober Haven on Campus

By LAUREN WOODS Sun Contributor

A year after it was initially proposed, the Cornell Sober House located at 216 Dearborn Place has opened its doors to students, acting as a safe space for Cornellians to support each other in recovering from substance abuse

Around 200 people mourned the loss of Luciano Servetto, 19, at a memorial Monday, according to The Ithaca Voice Servetto died in a car crash near Horseheads, New York last week He was remembered as an optimist with a smile that could brighten anyone ’ s day; his brother, Alejandro, said Luciano would want his memorial to align with his optimistic personality

Many of Luciano’s friends say that he was both an adventurous spirit and very philosophical The beliefs he shared with his family are helping them cope with his passing, according to The Ithaca Voice

“Conventionally, he died too young but he also died at exactly the right time, because everything in the universe is per fect,” Alejandro said “He was another ripple in our consciousness and the ripple happens, then it leaves, it’s there from the beginning to the end at the same time ”

The house, which currently has four residents, officially opened this semester The space is one of the newest cooperative living communities on campus and is entirely student-run, according Lena Ransohoff ’17, president of the Cornell Sober Housing Board of Directors

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Zu re n d a M B A ’ 8 8 a n d h i s w i f e l a s t December and was created in collaboration with Sober@Cornell, an organization that provides support for students in sobriety, Ransohoff said Prof William Sonnensthul, organizational behavior, one of Sober@Cornell’s advisors,

said the house aims to help students who are in recovery from substance abuse stay in recovery and maintain their sobriety Even though the house has only just opened, he said many people have advocated for its existence for years

“[The Cornell community has] needed this program for a very long time,” Sonnensthul said “It should be seen as a critical component for a n y c o l l e g i a t e re c ove r y program ”

Of the small group of s t u d e n t s d e p e n d e n t o n alcohol, very few will actually seek out treatment and s u p p o r t , a c c o rd i n g t o Sonnensthul

said Ransohoff explained that the house provides a social support system where students can foster friendships with others in a similar situation, and offers a safe space from the s t i g m a t i z a t

abuse She stressed that the house is geared toward those who are fully committed to becoming and staying sober, and not t h o

“Here are students who are in recovery, and if you have a problem we are here to help ”

“The vision of the Sober House is to reach out to the rest of the Cornell Community and say that ‘Here are students who are in recovery, and if you have a problem with alcohol and drugs, we are here to help,’” he

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T h e i r h o m e s d e s t roye d , h u nd re d s o f Ha i t i a n c i t i ze n s s h e lt e re d i n c a ve s i n t h e h i l l s i d e d u r i n g Hu r r i c a n e M a t t h e w, T h e Ne w Yo rk Ti m e s re p o r t e d T h e s e v i l l a g e r s a re c o n t i n u i n g t o u s e t h e a re a f o r s h e l t e r a s t h e y r e c o n s t r u c t t h e i r r e s id e n

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Sober Housing Board of Directors, said one of the most fulfilling aspects of opening in the house has been “seeing people living healthily, treating each other well and growing together ”

University, despite its North Campus location, according to Ransohoff She added affiliation would have conferred benefits such as financial assistance and maintenance, but the house would have lost its “ sense of autonomy ”

“We are still coming into our own as a community and as a house,” she said “We are definitely working with Cornell administrators, people from Gannett, faculty from Cornell so that [the house] really feels integrated into the campus as a whole ”

To stimulate student awareness of the house, members are planning to host events through the co-op community and meet with college advisors from all eight colleges on campus, Ransohoff said Ransohoff called the house “ a realization of a dream,” saying she hopes the space will gain more support from the administration and develop a stronger presence in the Cornell community

Woods can be reached at lew95@cornell edu

Students Start C.U. Chapter of Business Club

By YONGYU CHEN Sun Contributor

Two Cornell students founded a Cornell chapter of Phi Beta Lambda the collegiate extension of the Future Business Leaders of America this semester, hoping to provide an alternative to current business clubs and fraternities

“I’ve always wanted this,” said co-founder Leslie Park ’18, a spring sophomore transfer from Temple University and president of PBL at Cornell “I realized I wanted a different kind of experience when it came to student professional organizations ” Park said she met students during her first semester who were interested in pre-existing business organizations but found them “ scary and intimidating ”

“It was just a matter of there being only a certain number of spots, ” she said, explaining that the competitive selection process rejects many qualified and passionate applicants “I realized that there was a need that wasn ’ t being met here There were many business minors or students just interested in business: they wanted a more flexible kind of commitment that still offered professional growth ”

Park recalled that she had participated in such an organization at Temple University’s PBL and realized she could bring the orga-

nization to Cornell

“Inclusiveness” is what distinguishes PBL from many similar clubs, according to Vice President Danielle Clark ’18

“The experience you get from PBL is really what you want it to be,” Park said, adding that the club recruits year-round and is seeking members of all years and programs “[PBL] can be just as rigorous as being in any other selective organization,” she said “But you can also be an engineering student or premed student who doesn't have that kind of time but is still interested in establishing a busi-

ness background and network ” Events the organization may hold this year include a chat series with PBL alumni, a panel to connect members with current graduate school students, a fundraiser for the March of Dimes and a resume workshop However, the schedule is tentative and depends on the desires of the organization's general body, Clark said

“Everyone who joins this year is a founding member,” Park added “You get a lot of say in what the organization looks like going forward ”

Clark also stressed that PBL’s social events, from “pumpkin carving [to] g-body dinners, are just as important to us as our internship panels and case competitions ”

“We stress professional and leadership development while simultaneously building strong friendships among members,” she said

Kevin Ying ’20 expressed uncertainty about “what will set PBL apart ” from the many other business organizations on campus However, he said he is still interested in the club because of his experiences with leadership conferences in high school

“PBL seemed like a good way to get back into the business mindset,” Ying said

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Rachel Whalen can be reached at rwhalen@cornellsun com

GPSA to Revise Club Funding Process

Says current model unfairly favors academic programs

project “Then hopefully with the subsidies, those prices will be closer to a wholesaler or an Aldi-type price ” These subsidies would be available to undergraduate and g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s w h o “demonstrate a certain level of need, based on USDA metrics and metrics we ’ re developing with people on our advisory board to determine the need,” Shelepak said

Shelepak also responded to questions raised by m e m b e r s o f t h e GPSA about why the $ 2 0 , 0 0 0 a l l o c a t i o n should be invested in A n a b e l’s Gro c e r y, r a t h e r t h a n s i m p l y spent on giving food to needy students

The assembly also passed a resolution to revise the Finance C o m m i s s i o n ’ s g u i d e l i n e s , changing the procedures for re c e i v i n g f u n d i n g f ro m t h e GPSA According to the resolut i o n , t h e c u r re n t f u n d i n g m o d e l f o r o r g a n i z a t i o n s o n campus is inefficient, particularly due to the complex application process

“The main goal for this revision process is to simplify the application process to streamline the review process, so that the organizations have more freedom,” said Hoang Long

event But for a sports event, you have $500 For a social, you have $300 per year, which is quite limited ” The revised funding guidelines creates a tier system for graduate and professional student organizations by categorizing them into specific funding hierarchies, according to the resolution The tiers would i n d i c a t e t h e u p p e r l i m i t o f funds an organization is eligible to receive

“The main goal for this revision process is to simplify the application process to streamline the review process.”

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“If you make this investment, this is going to be a longer-term solution than just a $ 2 0 , 0 0 0 i n - k i n d t r a n s f e r o f food,” he explained

Shelepak also stressed that Anabel’s Grocery is “ not necessarily the solution to food insecurity across college campuses ”

“We think that this model is going to provide one outlet for lower-cost successful food on campus that is sustainable economically,” he said

N g u ye n g r a d , C h a i r o f Funding Guidelines Revision Subcommittee

Nguyen noted that the current funding process favors academic programs over social or s p o r t - re l a t e d p ro g r a m s a n d events

“Specific funding for those types of events is significantly much less than academic program events, ” he said “If you want to host a speaker, you can g e t a ro u n d $ 1 0 0 0 f o r t h a t

“A lot of concern right now is how the tier is allocated for the ver y first year, ” Nguyen said “We’re going to be reviewing the historical spending of all the current organizations on campus, so that we can more e f f i c i e n t l y a l l o c a t e what tier each group should be in ”

Je re m y T h o m a s , s e n i o r director of Cornell Real Estate, also presented at the meeting, updating members on the cons t r u c t i o n o f Ma p l e w o o d Ap

g e d members to attend a public hearing for the town of Ithaca about this project tomorrow night at 7 p m

Anna Delwiche can be reached at adelwiche@cornellsun com

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Jacob Rubashkin | The Jacobin

Crashing the Third Party

Shortlybefore submitting this column, I slipped an absentee ballot, addressed to the Montgomery County Board of Elections, into a mailbox by the Cornell Store When filling out that ballot I was presented with four options for president of the United States many Americans will see those same four options, although some will see fewer, and some will see more But it is important to recognize that, although I could have technically selected Gov Gary “What is Aleppo?” Johnson or Dr Jill “I would not have killed Osama bin Laden” Stein, or written in Evan “Egg McMuffin” McMullin, there were really only two choices on that ballot: Hillary Clinton and Donald J Trump One of those two will become president Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson has consistently polled in the high single digits and will mostly likely take the largest share of the vote by a third-party candidate since Ross Perot won 19 percent and eight percent in 1992 and 1996, respectively But he will not win No candidate has ever won the presidency with under 40 percent of the vote, let alone 10 percent In 1992, Ross Perot ran a better-organized, better-funded and highly visible independent campaign at one point he polled higher than both then-President George H W Bush and an Arkansas governor named Clinton, and he even appeared at all three presidential debates, something Johnson has failed to do But Ross Perot carried only 19 percent of the popular vote and not a single electoral vote Johnson is polling lower than Perot, has less money than Perot and, most critically, has far lower name recognition than Perot did His outlook is, statistically, not good Gary Johnson is also totally unqualified to be president We’ve all seen the high-profile string of gaffes indicating a lack of fundamental knowledge: a man who wants to be commander-in-chief has no more than a cursory knowledge of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Syria, and can give neither the name of a foreign leader he admires, or even the name of the leader of North Korea, a countr y incredibly aggressive towards America that recently tested a nuclear weapon He absurdly defended himself by claiming his ignorance should be viewed as a positive, because he couldn’t go to war with any country he didn’t know about Johnson has also made an aggressive push for disgruntled supporters of Sen Bernie Sanders (D-Vt ), which is facially preposterous, and any Bernie supporter who votes for Johnson never really believed what Bernie believes to begin with I should caveat that: if the one issue you care about is legalizing weed, then yes, Gary might be the candidate for you But if you were drawn to Bernie because he recognized that corporate interests, especially those housed on Wall Street, exert too much control over the economy and ever yday Americans, than there is no way you could conscionably support Johnson As a Libertarian, he believes that business knows best, and that the economy, including the financial sector, would be better served with less regulation and oversight The same goes for his stance on climate change, a phenomenon Bernie decried as the “ greatest threat to our national security ” Johnson does not believe that the government should work to counteract climate change; when asked about it, he stated that such action would be useless because “the sun is going to actually grow and encompass the Earth, right?”

I have no doubt that Gary Johnson is a good man who appears far more wholesome than either Trump or Clinton His unvarnished personality can be endearing But he has neither the experience, nor the expertise, to lead this country effectively (though it should be said that his running mate, former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld, would be a far more capable choice)

I don’t want to devote too much ink to Green Party candidate Jill Stein, but I will say that in various polls throughout the election she has garnered less support than candidates such as “Deez Nutz” and debate-

become-creeper Ken Bone (who isn’t even eligible to be president) Stein is at best a well meaning but utterly unprepared participant in this race, one with no elected or executive experience and a limited knowledge of politics, and at worst a medical doctor who shames her own profession by pandering to anti-vaccination elements and pseudo-science Stein is an opportunist who has spent the last decade of her life running for one office or another, and, despite carrying the mantle of the Green Party, could not name a single environmentally friendly, or “ green ” technology of which she was aware For what it’s worth, I suffer no illusions regarding the direct impact of my vote in solid-blue Maryland The Electoral College delegates the responsibility of actually choosing our next president to a few lucking voters in Florida and Ohio I could write in Eli Manning for president and it would have no effect on the outcome (though Mr Manning needs to up his QBR a bit before he earns my vote) But it is shortsighted to think of my vote only in the immediate context of the election The better question is, what kind of message will my vote, and everyone else’s vote, write in history

Consider the difference between a margin of victory of two percent and one of 10 percent Even if both margins produce the same Electoral College outcome (entirely possible), one represents a resounding victory and the other is practically a squeaker If Clinton wins by 2 percent, the lesson the Republican Party will take away is that, “if Trump just hadn’t admitted to sexual assault on tape, he might have won ” A margin of two percent will not put Trump or Trumpism away, not by a long shot Every extra percentage point of margin, even if it comes from deep blue states like California and New York, strengthens America’s stand against what Trump represents You may think that a third party vote sends a message of its own, but its effect (a slim margin of victory) sends a much louder and more important message about how close America is willing to flirt with authoritarianism Your “ protest ” will be drowned out by the millions of Trump supporters who will feel vindicated and empowered by a close result

Voting for obviously unqualified thirdparty presidential candidates is not going to take down the duopoly If you are truly serious about changing politics as usual, you have two options You can either become involved in your own party; political parties are essentially vehicles for citizens to advance policy Go to Democratic and Republican town hall meetings and county council meetings and conventions and make yourself heard Organize with like-minded voters to amplify your voices Bernie showed us how a movement can undeniably shift the focus of a political party And if, after all that, you ’ re still totally disgusted with the two party system, then work at the lowest levels of government to promote a third option After a decade or two of hard work, the smaller parties will have more to offer than a totally unprepared and inexperienced neophyte such as Dr Stein, or a washed up loaner from one of the major parties, such as Governor Johnson

Yes, both major party candidates are unpopular (though one is far more unpopular and only getting more so) But we cannot expect our candidates to be 100 percent compatible with every single voter If you want to vote for a candidate who agrees with you on all the issues, and will never, ever give you up or let you down, then write in yourself You may not agree with everything they stand for, but it is foolish to deny that these two candidates represent radically different worldviews and will take America in wildly different directions It is up to all of us to decide which path we want to take, but we must make a decision At this juncture, there is no third way

Jacob Rubashkin is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at jrubashkin@cornellsun com The Jacobin appears alternate Tuesdays this semester

To the woman sitting in the seat that is one third from the rear in Computer Science 201: I see you

Why are you sitting there? Because this position is close enough to actually hear the professor, but still too far for the majority of your peers to notice you I know this because I was you I often am you

I don’t want to be reductive about the Yale STEM experience for women, or to generalize from one data point (science pun intended) I don’t even want to pick unfairly on computer science But, when we talk broadly about issues for women in STEM, let’s use concrete examples

Computer science thrives on a start-up mentality, a proverbially do-or-die, trial by fire approach The best example of this is the infamous Computer Science 323, an episode in hazing straight from the Delta Kappa Epsilon handbook In Computer Science 323, problem sets have estimated completion times of 30 to 50 hours a week, resulting in students often taking a mere three classes per semester to balance the struggle Since computer science is understaffed, teaching fellows for Computer Science 323 are few and far between Therefore, students must collaborate with each other to succeed or even finish And if you are a woman who already feels ostracized from her male counterparts, good luck

This style of learning has a tendency to ‘weed out ’ potential majors, which include a large number of women such as myself It’s an ineffective system It doesn’t select for the most competent; it selects for the most confident Who, unsurprisingly, often happen to be men

According to a 2015 study conducted by KPMG, men often overvalue their strengths, while women often undercut their own In a learning environment dependent on possessing enough confidence to get through these ample doses of sadism, it is little wonder that only 7 6 percent of 2015 graduating Yale computer science majors were women You don’t need to be in STEM to know that’s not a good ratio

Here is an abridged list of what I wish someone said to me when I was a freshman sitting in that distinctive back third of the classroom, quaking in her proverbial boots

You do not need to pursue a major for the sole purpose of not being seen as the stupid girl who drops the major You are not a stupid girl, even if you do drop the major When the men in your class laugh about how easy the problem set that took you 15 hours to complete was, it does not mean they are smarter than you When you spend a disproportionate amount of time feeling that you are alone in your academic pursuits, that your peers think you ’ re stupid, that you ’ re not even that interested in learning about assemblers and compilers, that you can ’ t find anyone to do problem sets with, that you have no mentors in your department it might be a damn good time to find a new major Put your Buzzfeed definitions of feminism aside True feminism means making choices from reason and not guilt

In that computer science class, I felt guilty Guilty about representing my gender poorly Guilty about not fighting hard enough against the little hierarchies within those classes Guilty, even, about my own guilt And it took a long time to realize that I was not alone Anyone who sticks out, just uncomfortably so, from the vast majority feels an undue pressure to prove themselves

Of course, Computer Science 201 isn’t a bubble It’s a manifestation of academic science in general where a power dynamic of normality exists This summer, I saw the postgraduate world of scientific research in its flawed entirety My research experience itself and my own mentor were incredible, but how do I factor this into the fact that I didn’t talk to one female professional astrophysicist all summer while working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab?

STEM classrooms are not universally unwelcoming to women, but when they are, we ought address the true causes before scratching our heads and chalking the difference up to pseudoscience about gender aptitudes Yale’s intentions are pure when it comes to recruiting women in STEM, but should we not also worry about how we can best serve these students once they get here? Or will these women too end up in the back third of the classroom, mentally anguishing over whether or not to raise their hand?

The Yale experience, as any tour guide shuffling up Science Hill will tell you, is a varied one It’s a choose-yourown-adventure story, be who you want to be and have others believe this projection I want to be at the front of the classroom, holistically speaking And I, like all of Yale’s women in STEM, deserve to be there

Comm en t of the day

Eric Patterson

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Why autopsies are being overlooked and why that needs to change

By EMILY HAGEN Sun Staff Writer

The room in which I learned the most this past summer might surprise you It was not a room in a librar y, an office, or a classroom filled with books and papers Rather, it was in a room in a hospital basement connecting to a morgue with human bodies and organ specimens In this room, I saw two autopsies An autopsy is a postmortem examination to discover the cause of death or the extent of disease in the deceased individual Autopsy comes from the Greek words “ auto ” and “opsis,” literally meaning, “ to see for oneself ” I believe the autopsies allowed me to gain a greater understanding of both human anatomy and human pathophysiology in deeper ways than any textbook or lecture could have I obser ved the manifestation of certain diseases by noticing the sizes and appearances of organs with my own eyes, as well as holding and feeling the organs with my own hands

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Much of today’s medical knowledge was gained from the findings from autopsies Our understanding of the major diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis (which is the build-up of fats, cholesterol and other substances in and on the arter y walls), as well as inflammator y disorders, infectious disease, among others, was aided by autopsy findings

According to an article in STAT, “rapid autopsies” autopsies conducted within a few hours of a patient’s death could expedite cancer research For instance, the findings of a rapid autopsy performed on a patient with breast cancer at Johns Hopkins hospital led to the discover y of an experimental drug that targets both the mutant gene responsible for the initial tumor and the genetic counterparts responsible for the metastases

According to a New York Times article by Dr Sandeep Jauhar, a cardiovascular disease doctor affiliated with Glen Cove Hospital and Northwell Health Long Island Jewish Medical Center, although modern testing can provide us a great deal of information about the cause of a

person ’ s death, 10 to 30 percent of autopsies expose undiagnosed medical problems He explained that studies have showed that doctors at hospitals that perform more autopsies commit fewer substantial diagnostic mistakes A l

decades has shown that diagnostic errors contribute to approximately 10 percent of patient deaths, according to a report called “Improving Diagnosis in Health Care” issued in 2015 by the National Academy of Sciences Moreover, according to a review study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association in 2015 about autopsy-detected diagnostic errors, autopsy studies have revealed significant discrepancies between clinical diagnoses and autopsy diagnoses, with important implications in terms of clinical care For example, major diagnostic errors detected by autopsies most likely led to treatment errors in addition to inaccuracies in death certificates and hospital discharge data This has large ramifications since epidemiologic research and healthcare policy decisions are influenced by these data

“The cause [of sudden infant death] might simply be the position in which the baby was placed to sleep on the crib...This is an advance that was made possible by autopsy. ”

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Elizabeth C Burton, MD of the Baylor Health Care System, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, San Fransisco, and Kathr yn M McDonald, MM of Center for Primar y Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University

Furthermore, the autopsy is vital for the sake of public health efforts that inform people’s ever yday habits As the many Cornell students who have taken HD 3460: Hu

Pediatricians in 1992 recommended that parents must not put their infants to sleep on their stomachs or surround them with potentially harmful items, such as blankets and dolls

These recommendations were based on data from autopsies illuminating the connection between babies’ sleeping positions and their risk of dying from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome The “Back to Sleep” movement of the 1994 was launched by the US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to spread the word to parents that it is safer for babies to be put to sleep on their backs, or supine position

“ Whenever a healthy baby suddenly dies we want to know why The discover y that the cause might simply be the position in which that baby was placed to sleep in the crib -- face up or down -- was a major advance And it is

an advance that was made possible by autopsy, ” said Prof Cindy Hazan, human development, who teaches the class Human Bonding

The benefits related to autopsies are not limited to the realm of medicine and health-related knowledge

Autopsies can also provide valuable information to the family members of those who passed away According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, by Melinda Beck, the writer of the weekly Health Journal column in the Wall Street Journal, a 2008 study that examined 54 sudden deaths outside hospitals that were attributed to coronar y arter y disease found that other heart issues in fact caused half of these deaths

This study demonstrates that it is important that the family members of decedents learn the details of how their loved ones died because this knowledge could ser ve to benefit the family members’ health and well-being In this case, the family members of the decedents could learn if their loved ones died of inheritable heart problems or conditions that are more related to lifestyle and diet As a result, the family members could be more informed about their own lifestyle choices and if and when they should see a cardiologist

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Alzheimer’s disease can similarly be ver y useful to family members of those who passed away from the disease

“ Typically for brain and ner ve degeneration diseases, we don’t have access to tissue until an autopsy The autopsy is critically important for the realm of any disease process for which you never obtain pre-mortem tissue The epitome of that is neurodegenerative diseases, where you can ’ t do a biopsy to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease So, you need post-mortem tissue to learn about the disease from a tissue standpoint,” said Dr David Pisapia, assistant professor of pathology and laborator y medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, autopsy pathologist, and neuropathologist

The benefits associated with performing an autopsy are clearly many, for both medical professionals and the general public

To read the rest of the stor y, please visit cornellsun com

Emily Hagen can be reached at esh73@cornell edu

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Ran: One of the Best Films Ever Made

With our attention more divided than ever by ubiquitous media, it’s easy to understand why some film critics feel the need to hyperbolize their positive, but by no means ecstatic, reactions so as to convince readers that the arduous journey to the theater might actually be worth it However, Akira Kurosawa’s Ran, screening twice this week at the Cornell Cinema, requires no embellishment; while other Kurosawa films such Seven Samurai and Rashomon occupy a

& Sound rankings, make no mistake, Ran is still among the greatest films ever made Charged with the virtuosic kineticism evident throughout the Japanese director’s oeuvre, Ran, an appropriation of King Lear, skillfully combines the

violent feudalism of Japanese legend As a contemporar y appropriation of medieval tales, Ran is an enrapturing example of the immersive, spectacular possibilities of cinema

much larger armies It’s also impossible to overlook the sheer technical brilliance of Ran The production and costume design are

After decades amassing a large empire, 70-year-old Lord Hidetora Ichimonji abdicates his throne in favor of the eldest of his three sons, but not without providing the younger two with their own castles by which to support their older brother Disloyalty, bitter infighting and larges c a l e b a t t l e s i n s t e a d re s u l t

While the plot mostly follows t h a t o f K i n g L e a r , L a d y Kaede, the wife of Hidetora’s eldest son, is among the most relentlessly fascinating characters As the last sur viving member of her own clan after t h e r e s t w e r e k i l l e d b y Hidetora years ago, she’s a s t e e l y, ve n g e f u l f i g u re w h o capitalizes on the resulting tension between the three sons in the wake of their father’s abdication to ruin the Inchimonji clan Hidetora, once among the most ruthless and feared warlords in Japan, suddenly finds himself armed with nothing but a small contingent of loyal guards, antagonized by each of his three sons and their

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vibrant, memorable examples of the beautiful potency of primar y colors, especially when your eyes are glued to cinematic set-pieces where red, yellow and blue banners collapse into one another in a violent, yet legible, maelstrom The melodramatic anguish displayed by Hidetora incorporates elements of Kabuki theater: Ran indeed sits at the fulcrum of contemporar y cinema and Japanese lege n d Ku r o s a w a ’ s e d i t o r i a l patience, especially in scenes of silent tenseness where a handful of characters are either deliberating or negotiating, co-exists with an editorial virtuosity that furiously cuts between static c a m e r a a n g l e s m e a n t t o embody the detached perspective of the gods to conjure a sense of immersive action rarely matched to this day Among the most impressive series of editing decisions ever made, both with reference to scenes on a battlefield and in a throne room, are found in Ran Among the many ethical questions raised is whether Hidetora in any way deser ves the torment he goes through as Kurosawa’s Lear Questions about retribution

and whether it ser ves a purpose entirely divorced from rehabilitation remain at the forefront of Kurosawa’s interrogations of the banality of evil But more importantly, as noted years ago by Roger Ebert, Hidetora’s pathetic anagnorisis of t h e i n e x o r a b i l i t y o

whether it be wrought by humanity upon itself through war or wrought by the inescapable march of time, neatly parallels the director ’ s own life Originally written by Kurosawa to be his final film (he went on to direct a few more

notice considerations that would have probably been on the mind of an aging, highly-regarded film-

the significance of his legacy The film’s beautiful final scene, which situates one of the last “ sur vivors” of the carnage as a lone figure against a vast landscape, is not just an elating reminder of Kurosawa’s gifted background as a former painter, but an apt visualization of humanity’s cosmic insignificance

One of my high school English teachers would semiflippantly remark that at the end of the day that all works of art boil down to a binar y between order and chaos Whether it’s in Werner Herzog’s attitude toward “ our true nature ” or in Shakespeare’s work, it’s supposedly possible to reduce ever y thematic arc into a simple dichotomy between man ’ s authoritarian desire to control his destiny, and the indifference of a hostile, omnipotent universe However, rarely do we encounter a work that so viscerally encapsulates the fierceness of this conflict, sending us out of the theater in a state of light-headed nihilism Indeed, the word “Ran” is actually Japanese for “chaos” or “rebellion,” suggesting that perhaps my high school teacher may have been somewhat correct Ultimately, as a stirring account that purports conflict to inhere in the human condition, Ran deser vedly occupies a place of tremendous importance in the annals of film histor y If you ’ re going to catch only one film at the cinema this semester, make it this one

Lorenzo Benitez is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at lbenitez@cornellsun com

The Notes That Inspire a Thousand Words

t ’ s a grand old time I stand at the edge of the dance floor, that ambiguous event horizon beyond which lies the vociferous, collective rampage of too many young people crowded into too small a square That’s an alienating sight, especially to the likes of an introverted Pisces such as myself Besides the massive swarm of individuals and their sick dance moves, perhaps the most antagonizing gesture is the rapid fire of ironic lip-syncing to songs with lyrics to which I have never given thought or bothered to discern Sometimes a light shines out in the wilderness and a certain song plays, the lowest common denominator, that even the most reserved folks know and love (“SO BABY PULL ME CLOSER IN THE BACKSEAT OF YOUR ROVER ”) Nevertheless, that saving grace must eventually dim, and suddenly I am back to disappointing my peers by failing to recite every word to whatever Kanye West tune is currently playing

The lyrics of popular music can be fine poetic representations of their writers’ perceptions and feelings about contemporary trends and events

That fact was indicated just this past week, when Bob Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature for the summation of his extensive folk lyrical pieces Yet, I am indeed a musician surrounded by lyricists Looking through the “ notes ” folder on my phone, I found a terse fragment that I felt inspired to write at some point earlier this year: “Half of my life is people singing at me ” This exaggerated tidbit of mock-poetic banter still contains in it some truth The lyrics of even my favorite artists often float

way above my head, like pieces of cosmic stardust that have not quite landed in elemental, earthly form In the above paragraph, if one were to change the setting from “2016 college party ” to “senior prom ” or “freshman homecoming dance,” the experience would not be different in the slightest This is certainly not a unique or unfathomable trait, as many individuals with classically sculpted backgrounds in instrumental performance and musical taste often seem to possess an ear that only focuses on the content underneath the vocal track (I once knew a bassist who would describe a song to someone by humming and air-plucking a bass guitar ) We listen to the vocal content as its own instrument, its contour and inflection mere additions to the more important happenings elsewhere in the piece

Despite my stronger affinity for listening to music, many of my closest musical friends are vocalists and thus possess their own inclination to give closer attention to lyrics The marked differences in how we enjoy various songs is often fascinating, if not hilarious In some cases, there are entire musical acts that I dislike due to unappealing music but that my friends love because of some awe-inspiring lyrical genius One such group is the Foo Fighters (don’t worry, I ducked when I typed that) Despite the group ’ s superstar magnitude and fantastic lineup, I don't find the bulk of their power-chord driven material to be so aurally stimulating But Dave Grohl’s lyrics are vindicated by all of his fans Take, for example, “Everlong ” Although one of Grohl’s most genuine verses, its rhythmic and instrumental banality resem-

ble to me a loud form white noise

There is, however, a certain degree of underlying irony in the case of lyrics or music and it lies in the realm classical piano repertoire While reading a ballade by Chopin, I was once instructed to sing along with the melody of the phrase, imagining that I were a nineteenth century vocalist performing a love song or lyrical work Since that lesson, I have found this technique to be a critical component in realizing wordless classical melodies, as it adds to them an important degree of humanity Once a pianist masters such a passage, this poetic version of the melody will likely be an internalized factor of their performance, as it certainly was for me A similar practice occurs within improvisatory jazz solos These musicians often describe the development of one ' s solo as an enduring conversation or debate between individuals, with its own climax and conclusion

What is the implication of this connection between wordless musical epics and the mental formation of relevant lyrics or scenarios? In a sense, it forms the notion that lyrics and music are complementar y entities of the same vision Furthermore, it indicates that the elements of musical statements can be altered to produce profound and continuous cerebral narratives in the mind of its listeners (or players), in the same way that “ a picture paints a thousand words ” These subtle inspirations are vastly personal, as they were formed by the impartial aspects of musical sonority Although I miss out on some epic bouts of lip-syncing, I do not anticipate conceding my world of the musical for that of the lyrical

Nick Swan is a sophomore in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He can be reached at nswan@cornellsun com Swan Song appears alternate Tuesdays this semester

Red to Face Brown, Rider Next Weekend

FIELD HOCKEY

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Sarah Peters can be reached at speters@cornellsun com

ELDEN

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on a player who is a child of a front office member or has s o m e s i

W h e n they drafted Manziel essentially 12 rounds too early, they made a mocker y of the draft and their own talent evaluators Dee stood by this decision In 2014, Dee was behind t h e d e c i s i o n t o n a m e t h e i r ne w Hall of Fame Plaza after

When they drafted Manziel essentially 12 rounds too early, they made a mockery of the draft.

commissioner Bud Selig who has a negative reputation among Padres’ fans after overseeing a botched ownership transition from John Moores to Jeff Moorad and back to Moores from 2009 to 2012 This deal resulted in Moores pocketing $200 million of TV money rather than having it be reinvested into the team ’ s payroll

Selig also did not prevent a team firesale in 1993 one that saw a team just four and half games out of first place

There was massive backlash

from Padres fans which led to the renaming of the plaza

Dee was hired to r un the business side of the Padres, but r umors swirled that he was involved on the baseball operations side as well This comes after a scandal involving withheld medical information and a suspension of general manager A J Preller This is likely the tipping point for the team it is believed that ownership blamed Dee more than Preller for the incident

This move overall is a win for Padres fans, as the team retains their high-energy general manager Preller and sheds an executive who has largely been ineffective for the business side of the team and has potentially meddled in base-

Ownership was able to show

h e medical records scandal that elicited a reaction from Major League Baseball, but not harm a baseball operations depar t-

over the last two or three seasons

Noah Elden can be contacted at nelden@cornellsun com If I Were GM appears Tuesdays this semester

Boothe Returns to Cornell

For Hall of Fame Induction

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always fun to rally around a team during Homecoming ” ***

Following the game, Boothe rushed to the Hall of Fame induction ceremony, an honor he had been anticipating from the moment he first stepped onto Cornell’s campus while being recruited

“One of my first memories from Cornell was on my recruiting trip,” Boothe said “They had the scrolls lining the walls overlooking the field of Schoellkopf I remember thinking, ‘Man, that’d be awesome if one day my name could be up on those walls ’”

Now that dream has finally come to fruition Even though the two-time Super Bowl champion is clearly deserving of this prestigious award, he remains honored, humbled and in disbelief

“It’s almost surreal,” Boothe said “It’s amazing to think that my name will be asso-

ciated with the all-time greats of Cornell University ”

With his friends and family by his side, the ceremony was a truly special night for Boothe

“A few of my former teammates and my head coach who was actually a groomsman at my wedding were there,” he said “I had some family members there and it was really a wonderful evening ”

And despite the legacy, despite the years of blood, sweat and tears culminating in this one moment, despite the profound honor that comes from being inducted into Cornell’s everlasting Hall of Fame, Boothe and his friends couldn’t help but chuckle at his induction photo, laughing as if a day hadn’t gone by since their undergraduate years

“We were cracking up because it was my mug shot from sophomore year, ” he said “I think my tie was crooked in the photo ”

After a nostalgic weekend with friends,

awards and a triumphant victory for the Red, Boothe was reminded of some of the ways Cornell’s culture molded him for success at the next level Boothe explained that these values never left him, preparing him mentally for his career in the NFL

“One of the things I think I really learned from Cornell is mental toughness you know that things don’t necessarily go your way, ” Boothe said “And also a matter of learning how to play for your teammate

learning how to play for one another ”

For Boothe, the fact that the Ivy League does not provide athletic scholarships put him in a unique situation, one that kept him grounded and focused on his team Without the incentives of a scholarship, Boothe explained, players focus on what really matters the Cornell community, love for your teammates and a genuine passion for football

“You gotta be out there because you love football, and you love playing with the guy next to you, ” Booth said “You ultimately have to go back to loving the game, and loving your teammates and playing with your teammates ”

Boothe looks back on his Cornell days as some of the best days of his life high praise coming from a man who won two Super Bowls Even while playing under the bright lights of the NFL, he values his experiences at Cornell and the lessons he learned while on campus

After having a chance to reflect on his days as an undergraduate, he departed Ithaca once again, leaving today’s Cornellians with a word of advice

“Regardless of what I went on to achieve at the professional level, some of my best memories in athletics and in life occurred on Cornell’s campus, ” Boothe said “The experience, the lifelong friends Cornell is a place that is truly special to me, and a place that I’ll always hold dear to my heart ”

Harvard Loses to Holy Cross for First Defeat of 2016 Season

By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Sports Editor

Before Saturday’s loss to Holy Cross, the last time Harvard lost a nonconference game was in 2011, also against the Crusaders The Crimson won 16 straight out-of-league games before falling to Holy Cross over the w e e k e n d , b e c o m i n g the last Ivy League team to lose a game this season Aside from Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, Yale and Brown also lost over the weekend, while Dartmouth and Princeton picked up victories

Harvard (4-1, 2-0 Ivy)

Princeton (4-1, 2-0)

Penn (3-2, 2-0)

Cornell (3-2, 1-1)

Yale (1-4, 1-1)

Dartmouth (3-2, 0-2)

Columbia (1-4, 0-2)

Brown (1-4, 0-2)

Holy Cross set the tone early, scoring 21 points in the first quar ter against Harvard With Tim Stewart making his first career start, Har vard struggled to put

points on the board, failing to score in the second half The Crimson ended with just 245 yards of offense and converted only four of 15 third down attempts, which had proved to be one of the team ’ s strengths this season Holy Cross maneuvered past Harvard’s usually s t a l w a r t offensive line to sack Stewar t six times Up next for the Crimson is a road game a g a i n s t Princeton

Two field goal blocks in the final minutes of Dartmouth’s clash against Towson powered the Green to a 20-17 win over the Tigers Dartmouth’s defense struggled throughout the game, giving up a seasonhigh 470 yards to Towson, but the special teams played at its best when the game was on the line Despite just

253 yards of offense from the Green, Dartmouth was able to come away with the

victor y in the first-ever matchup between the programs The Green will square off against Columbia in New York City next week Princeton beat up on Brown, nearly shutting out the Bears for the Tigers’ fourth win of the season Princeton led 31-0 until the final minute when Brown was finally able to score The Tigers scored two touchdowns in the game ’ s first 10 minutes and did not look back from there Brown welcomes Cornell to Providence on Saturday in search of its first Ivy League win this season A week after an impressive victor y over Dar tmouth, Yale lost to Fordham, 44-37, in the Bronx

The Bulldogs’ 14 fourthquar ter points were not enough to over take the Rams, who led by as many as 18 points at one point Yale and Fordham traded

leads in the first half, with the Bulldogs leading midway through the second quarter, before the Rams scored 20 straight points to put the visitors out of reach Yale drops to 1-4 on the year and will play Penn

Despite a slow start, Penn blew out Columbia, 35-10, to earn its third straight win of the season after starting the year 0-2 The Quakers

led by just seven points at the half before scoring four touchdowns in the final two quarters to send the Lions to 1-4 Tre Solomon rushed for 127 yards and a touchdown for Penn and earned Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week honors

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