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C.U. Faces Setbacks In Efforts to Sterilize Local Deer Population

By ANNIE BUI Sun News Editor

The University’s efforts to control the local deer population since 2009 have brought about unintended and unforeseen consequences, garnering some national news coverage over the past few weeks

The white-tailed deer population present in the community had left fields excessively grazed and the wild habitat of certain songbird species altered prior to intervention by the University, The Washington Post reported on Sept 29 Collisions with cars and the destruction of agricultural plots used for research were also consequences of the skyrocketing deer population at the time, according to an August 2009 University press release

In Response to Skorton Column, GPSA

Discusses University’s Effect on Free Speech

By TALIA JUBAS Sun Staff Writer

In response to a recent op-ed written by President David Skorton, the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly held an open discussion Monday evening to talk about issues of civility and free speech on campus

Skorton’s column published in The Sun on Sept 29 focused on the importance of reconciling expressive freedom and civility GPSA President Richard Walroth grad asked assembly members to react to Skorton’s appeal to shared governance bodies “ to talk about these issues and help us live collec-

tively in ways that promote constructive dialogue and foster greater understanding ”

Replying to questions about what prompted Skorton to issue this statement, Christine Yao grad cited a recent nationally reported controversy that she said pitted civility against freedom of speech

According to Yao, trustees and donors at the University of Illinois pressured the university to rescind an offer to English professor Steven Salaita before he even arrived on campus this semester, after “ some of his tweets that were critical of the Israeli Palestinian conflict were unearthed ”

Comedian to Perform At Cornell Next Month

Buress wrote for Saturday Night Live

By NOAH RANKIN Sun City Editor

Ha n n i b a l Bu re s s a c o m e d i a n known for his standup as well as writing for shows including Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock will perform at Statler Hall on Nov 19, the Cornell University Program Board announced Monday Zach Zahos ’15, president of CUPB, said that Buress has shown himself to be an “up-and-comer” in the world of comedy for some time

“Lately he seems to have made a

With Fulbright Fellowships,

By ANDREW LEE Sun Staff Writer

Two Cornell graduate students who received the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad fellowship earlier this month say the award will help them continue their field studies in South American countries namely, research on the political party system in Latin American countries and the way gender

issues present themselves in presidencies

The fellowships which are granted by the United States Department of Education are awarded to individual doctoral students conducting research in modern foreign language and area studies for periods of six to 12 months, according to the Cornell Mario Einaudi Center for

At Friday Rally, Cornellians Urge Trustees to Divest

By SLOANE GRINSPOON Sun Senior Writer

Over 50 Cornellians gathered in front of Day Hall Friday demanding that the University’s Board of Trustees who were in Ithaca for the Trustee-Council Annual Meeting and Homecoming divest from the fossil fuel industry

The University’s divestment from fossil fuels is important in order to send the message that it disapproves of the negative effects the fossil fuel industry has on the environment, according to Cole Norgaarden ’17, copresident and treasurer of KyotoNOW! the student group that organized the rally

“The trustees say they do not want to politicize the endowment,” Norgaarden said “We say the endowment is inherently politicized with every last penny invested in the fossil fuel industry and in the climate chaos that it results in every single day ”

Cornell has stated in the past that divesting would negatively affect the University; at a University Assembly meeting in April, Cornell’s Chief Investment Officer A J Edwards said it would also likely have a minimal impact on the companies it would potentially be divesting from, The Sun previously reported

Prof Bob Howarth, said that while the University should be proud of the success it has achieved so far in divesting from coal, it should continue to push towards divesting from all fossil fuels

“On the issue of divestment, divesting from coal simply is not enough,” Howarth said “We need to move quickly away from all fossil fuels ”

Howarth went on to explain the environmental impact the fossil fuel industry has on the environment

“The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change tells us that each of the last three decades has successively been

the warmest on earth ever observed in the time that our species has been on this planet,” Howarth said “Climate change is real it’s growing, and it’s growing steadily ”

Norgaarden said the rally was deliberately planned to coincide with Homecoming as well as the gathering of the University’s trustees on campus

“Cornell has done a lot of outstanding work for sustainability and we ’ re very proud of how far our University has come, ” Norgaarden said “But now it’s time to push for full divestment from fossil fuels to bring our endowment in line with this mission Issuing a publicly disclosed, independent feasibility study on divestment impact by the end of the calendar year would be a great step towards this goal ”

According to Aubree Keurajian ’15, a member of KyotoNOW!, the rally aimed to demonstrate student and faculty support for divestment

“Over 130 Cornell students went down to the People’s Climate Rally in [New York City] earlier this semester and we wanted to harness this excitement and energy to show the administration, and the rest of the Cornell community,

that students really care about environmental justice and climate change,” said Keurajian, who helped to plan the rally

According to Norgaarden, the rally was planned in collaboration with students and professors as a result of last year ’ s U A decision to “take divestment of the table” from administrative consideration

“Faculty who had invested time in fighting the proposal reached out to us to begin planning an event to demonstrate support on campus for both divestment from fossil fuels and climate issues at large,” Norgaarden said Though Norgaarden said the organization has “ yet to hear anything from the administration or trustees, ” the rally was a success in that it was well attended

“We definitely believe that this rally was a success, ” Norgaarden said “Turnout among students, faculty and even alumni surpassed our expectations, and the entire event ran smoothly without interruption ”

Sloane Grinspoon can be reached at sgrinspoon@cornellsun com

Three Cornell Deans Reappointed to Five-Year Terms

By AIMEE CHO Sun Senior Writer

T h re e Un i v e r s i t y d e a n s

Kathr yn Boor ’80 of the College o f A g r i c u l t u r a l a n d L i f e Sciences, Lance Collins of the

C o l l e g e o f E n g i n e e r i n g a n d

Barbara Knuth of the Cornell Graduate School have been reappointed for their second and f i n a l f i v e - y e a r t e r m s , Pr ov o s t

Kent Fuchs announced Friday The ne w terms will begin on July 1

During her first term as dean of the agriculture college, Boor fundraised to suppor t “faculty hiring and increased resources to suppor t research at the local, s t a t e a n d n

” according to a University press release The number of applicants to the college’s undergrad-

term

According to the release, ne w “experiential” learning oppor tunities have been introduced for students and “multiple curricul a ”

l e d among them the ne w interdiscip

and sustainability major A five-year strategic plan for

the agriculture college was also released earlier this month, The Su n p re v i o u s l y re p o r t e d T h e plan is designed to achieve 10 ove r a rc h i n g g o a l s w i t h i n f o u r broad areas of interest: the academic stature of the college’s prog r a m s , e n g a g e d l e a r n i n g a n d research, a “broadly inclusive” scholarly community and control of the college’s resources C o l l i n s w h o j o i n e d Cornell’s faculty in 2002 has p l a y e d a m a j o r r o l e over the last five years in c r e a t i n g a n d i m p l e m e n ting Cornell’s w i n n i n g b i d f o r C o r n e l l Tech, according to a press r e l e a s e He also helped to launch several ne w programs in the engineering college which focus on leadership and entrepreneurship Collins said in the release that he plans to focus on engagement with the Ithaca community, Ne w York City and the engineering industr y This coincides with the Un i v e r s i t y ’ s r e c e n t a n n o u n c ement of a $150 million, 10-year initiative called Engaged Cornell that aims to have ever y undergraduate student par ticipating in p u b l i c s e r v i c e - r e l a t e d c o u r s ework by 2025 Knuth who was also prom o t e d f r o m v i c e p r ov o s t t o senior vice provost of the graduate school established assess-

ment and improvement processes for all graduate fields at the Un i v e r s i t y, a c c o r d i n g t o t h e release As vice provost, Knuth was responsible for establishing par tnerships that have “resulted in the most socioeconomically and racially diverse undergraduate population in Cornell’s histor y ”

During her next term, Knuth said she plans to increase fellowship funding, expand programs to “cultivate t r a n s f e r a b l e s k i l

“I have found [Knuth] to be the ultimate leader model in providing supportive attention ... to her staff.”

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population Jan Allen, associate dean for academic and student affairs at the graduate

brought for th “responsible leadership” and “cutting-edge ideas” to the school

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model leader in providing suppor tive

careful mentoring to her staff,” Allen said “At the same time,

quality graduate programs and resources for graduate students and faculty

CUPB: Buress an ‘Up-and-Comer’ in Comedy

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Fulbright-Hays Recipients Outline Plans

For Field Work

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This year ’ s Cornell recipients are Mariana Giusti grad, Kasia Paprocki grad, Catherine ReyesHousholder grad and Brian Rutledge grad

Reyes-Housholder said she was “stunned and overjoyed” when she found out she had won the fellowship, as well as “ very thankful” for the support and help she received from the University, her dissertation committee and other graduate students

“The Fulbright-Hays fellowship is crucial for completing my dissertation,” Reyes-Householder said “[The fellowship] will allow me to do fieldwork in Brazil and Chile,” where she will continue her research on Latin American presidentas female presidents and why some of them use their presidential powers to promote feminist change while others do not

“My project star ts with a regional study of female ministerial appointments since 1999,” she said “It also involves two in-depth case studies of Michelle Bachelet’s presidency in Chile and Dilma Rousseff ’ s presidency in Brazil ” Reyes-Housholder said she first became interested in presidentas as an undergraduate in 2005, when she first traveled to Chile for the first time to intern at a local newspaper

“I knew nothing about Chile, but that happened to be right when Bachelet was campaigning for president,” Reyes-Housholder said “My editor was aware of my general interest in politics, so he sent me to report on the presidential campaigns ” Giusti like ReyesHousholder is also studying political science and said her goal is to understand the relationship between varying social network structures and successful or failed attempts at political party building in Peru and Bolivia

“Both of these counties experienced systemic collapse over the last two decades and are currently in the process of rebuilding their party systems with varying levels of success, ” Giusti said Having already spent a year collecting data in Bolivia, Giusti said she will spend most of her time as a Fulbright-Hays fellow in Peru, where she will be interviewing politicians and leaders of social movements, business networks and community associations to gather the necessary data to complete her disser tation research

“I’m incredibly honored to have been awarded a FulbrightHays DDRA fellowship,” Giusti said “I applied to this fellowship with very limited expectations and a lot of hope and was pleasantly surprised when I was notified of the exciting news ”

Andrew Lee can be reached at alee@cornellsun com

Prof: Efforts to Sterilize

C.U. Deer Were Unsuccessful

DEER

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By 2009, Cornell “needed to find a solution” to control the deer population that would satisfy everyone, The Post said

That summer, a group of Cornell researchers began a five-year pilot program that aimed to reduce “deer abundance and associated impacts” by 75 percent on central campus and by half in less-developed areas outside campus, according to the University The program, which combined doe sterilization with controlled hunting, used different methods to control deer populations in a range of environments

The researchers chose to surgically sterilize dozens of does on the University’s central campus, where hunting is “ not feasible or legal,” according to the release Additionally, a majority of these does were equipped with radio collars that would monitor factors such as movement patterns and fawning rates

In addition, controlled hunting was allowed in peripheral areas of campus as a means of preventing outside deer from entering the main campus

However, the sterilization method employed by the University tubal ligation, “in which a doe’s fallopian tubes are either blocked or severed” would lead to an unexpected result, according to The Post Though the birth rate decreased, the overall number of deer remained steady over five years

Prof Paul Curtis, natural resources, attributed this unusual observation to an increasing number of bucks, despite a reduction in fawn and doe numbers

“There were about 100 deer on campus when we started, and there were still about 100 deer [five years later] ”

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“There were about 100 deer on campus when we started, and there were still about 100 deer [five years later],” Curtis, who is also an extension wildlife specialist in the department of natural resources, told the The Post It turned out the does were in heat more often Since the ligated deer were unable to become pregnant, they “ continued to produce chemical signals of readiness to reproduce,” which attracted the bucks, according to The Post

The lack of success the University faced in controlling the deer population led administrators to reevaluate its approach, turning to a nuisance deer removal program which used a combination of volunteer bowhunters and a “ trap and bolt” method to kill deer, according to an August article by The Syracuse Post-Standard These herd culling efforts began the previous year in the summer

These methods elicited criticism from members in the local organization Cayuga Deer, who have called the practices “inhumane,” The Sun previously reported According to Curtis, this particular method has been effective in reducing the deer population on campus

“In winter 2013, our camera survey indicated there were 100 to 105 deer on campus After the nuisance deer removal in 2014, the camera estimate was about 58 deer remaining on campus, ” Curtis told The Washington Post

Though Curtis and his team have begun new experiments involving ovary removal to control the deer population, they are still facing issues sterilizing deer: out of three deer that were given ovariectomies, one became pregnant again

GSPA Discusses Free Speech, Civility on Campus

CIVILITY

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Despite his teaching evaluations and credentials, Salaita’s comments which purportedly relate to his area of expertise, Yao said were used as basis for dismissal

But even beyond this one instance, “there has been a histor y of people silencing those with controversial opinions based on issues of tone, ” she said

Local events were also referenced as possible motivators for Skor ton ’ s column, specifically an incident in November 2012

Students for Justice in Palestine to evacuate Ho Plaza because another group the Cornell Israel Public Affairs Committee had already secured a Use of University Property permit for use of the premises

Referring to this and other such circumstances where opposing groups want to protest in the same place at the same

University should be prepared to handle any kind of escalation of violence in that kind of situation ”

Throughout the meeting, the people said that the concept of civil language was ver y subjective

“[Regarding] civility, just in the abstract I don’t know [if it] will mean anything,” Jeffrey Bergfalk grad said “ We can say civility is valued, but how differe

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questions about what role, if any, the University should play in defining and enforcing the values of civility and free speech

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Nicole Baran grad, it is a conc

across the countr y, with schools and external organizations evaluating how institutional codes of conduct affect free speech present on campus

“ There is a broadening across the nation to sort of think about what free speech mean[s] on a u n i v e r s i t y c a m p u s , ” Ba r a n said

The subjectivity also extends beyond campus borders, with University policies subjected to the influence of people who are not present, such as trustees and a l u m n i d o n o r s , a c c o rd i n g t o

Todd Snider grad

“It’s sort of a point of frustration for me that we should be talking about this when people whose opinions matter aren ’ t all here,” he said

However, according to Gina Giambattista, assistant director of Cornell Assemblies, the procedure for amending policies allows for community input She said this process was a significant factor in shaping U A Resolution 9, which passed last March, and seeks to clarify the meaning of free speech as it pertains to campus demonstrations

After the Codes and Judicial Committee of the U A articu-

course of a year, it was ultimately changed to reflect the broader opinion expressed during a period of community feedback that no permit be required for outdoor activities and that, although protesters must respect the rights of others, “ ever yone has the right to be heard and to listen to others,” as stated in the adopted resolution

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Cornell, which questions the legitimacy of the shared governance system and calls on com-

University decisions, is one indicator that this is an issue the

Baran

“ This is going to become, if it hasn’t already been, a pretty big issue within our community, ” she said

Talia Jubas can be reached at tjubas@cornellsun com

CATHERINE CHEN ’15

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KATHLEEN BITTER 15

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Editorial

Balancing a Safe and Conscious Ebola Response

ON OCT 16, THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY WAS NOTIFIED by email that a ban was being placed on University-related travel to three Ebola-stricken West African nations Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone that the U S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has urged Americans to avoid Students, faculty and staff seeking to travel to these countries for study abroad, research, internships, service, conferences, presentations, teaching, performances, recruiting or athletic competitions may file an appeal for an exemption from the travel prohibition Further, Gannett Health Ser vices’ resources for potential travelers to affected nations and its preparedness for a potential local outbreak of the disease were highlighted The email, while acknowledging the complexity and devastating nature of the epidemic, informed students of the disease’s rarity outside of West Africa, and noted that the United States’ health infrastructures’ ability to limit its spread We at The Sun commend the University for its efforts to promote an informed sense of calm while not understating the severity of the Ebola crisis The proactive measures being taken to both avert and prepare for the contraction of Ebola by members of the University community are to be applauded However, we have concerns about the nature of the travel ban and its implications for research and ser vice

We at The Sun believe that as the Ebola crisis progresses, Cornell must not abdicate its responsibilities as a leading international research institution Those in charge of the appeals process should be generous in granting exemptions to students and faculty seeking to partake in the international response to the virus in the three countries where it has reached epidemic proportions This can be done without endangering the health of others; a nationwide prohibition on travel to crisis areas in West Africa is currently not in place because the Obama administration has been informed by experts that a travel ban would be less effective than measures currently in place, such as the screening of travelers So long as they adhere to the national protocols prescribed by public health experts and the federal government, members of the University community should not be arbitrarily and unnecessarily barred from participating in meaningful aid and research-related travel to West Africa As a leading research institution, the University should not shy away from facilitating and devoting resources to these philanthropic and humanitarian efforts

Perhaps the greatest challenge that the University faces in addressing the latest developments in the Ebola outbreak is maintaining a balanced response to the crisis While we caution against frivolous and counterproductive limitations on certain types of travel to crisis-stricken areas, we also urge transparency regarding any unpreparedness that the University may face in the event of a local outbreak This past Januar y, The Sun reported that Gannett is currently unable to “accommodate current campus health needs ” Although its planned expansion will not be completed for several years, Gannett must be promptly equipped with additional resources to ensure that its facilities and staff are adequately prepared for a local public health crisis

With the World Health Organization designating two previously affected African nations “Ebola-free” and the international community intensifying its efforts to curb the disease’s spread, we believe that there is reason to be prudently optimistic about the future of the crisis A balanced, thorough and responsible University response has the potential to both further these international efforts and secure the confidence and health of its students, faculty and staff

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CORRECTION

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American media outlets and politicians have placed on attempting to portray the virus as a direct risk to Homeland Security seems to be seriously misguided Before I continue to talk about this deadly disease, I would like to briefly talk about the situation in West Africa At this point, it may seem like I’ve made light of the virus To many in highly affected regions of Sierra L e o n e , Gu i n e a a n d Liberia, an extremely overw o r k e d m e d i c a l i n f r astructure has meant that life has, in fact, taken on a dystopian feel Indeed, a total of over 8,900 people in those three countries as well as Senegal and Nigeria have contracted the disease while approximately half of those people have died, according to The New York Times Although it was announced on Monday that Senegal and Nigeria are now free of the disease, we should do ever ything that we can to beat this deadly disease back from the other three West African nations Given that this specific Ebola outbreak is the worst in the histor y of the disease, it’s easy to worr y that the United States is in danger of experiencing the same sort of calamity It seems like many Americans are afraid that if Ebola could affect a nation of four million people like L i b e r i a , i t c o u l d e a s i l y a f f e c t a n a t i o

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Duncan, now deceased, and included two of the nurses who cared for him while he was in the most critical

period for 48 people believed to be at risk for contamination from Mr Duncan came to an end, meaning t

n c l u d i n g Duncan’s fiance who cared for him while he was sick, are not infected with the disease The potential for a Un i t e d St a t e s o u t b re a k c e n t e re d around Duncan seems to have been thwarted by the countr y ’ s containment protocols and the diligence of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Granted, there were a few snafus with the treatment of this specific Ebola case, both on a local and federal level First of all, two nurses contracting Ebola while treating a patient is two too many Both Nina Pham and Amber Joy Vinson were with Thomas Duncan while he was in the worst throes of the disease (a s t a g e i n vo l v i n g i n t e n s e vo m i t i n g and diarrhea), but were wearing protective gear The nurses at the Dallas hospital where Mr Duncan was treated said in a statement that

It seems like many Americans are that if Ebola could affect a nation o million people like Liberia, it could affect a nation of 300 million like the United States

no more healthcare workers become infected during the treatment and containment of isolated incidents

Adapting these procedures (and navigating the inherent potential for bureaucratic red tape) to ensure that any isolated incident is thoroughly contained is the perfect job for the new Ebola czar Ron Klain Decried by critics like Senator John McCain (R-Ariz ) as a “democratic apparatchik” (a Russian colloquial term for Communist Party bureaucrat), it’s true that Ron Klain is a highlyskilled political operative who has ser ved as the chief of staff for two Un i t e d St a t e s Vi c e Pre s i d e n t s (Biden and Gore) Klain’s job is to coordinate across government agencies responsible for overseeing Ebola preparedness and containment, a job certainly better suited for a man of political talents than for a public health official Instead of writing policies or caring for patients himself, Klain is responsible for managing the message of Ebola and health safety, an issue that, with highs t a k e s m i d - t e r m e l e c t i o n s r i g h t around the corner, has been made into a political one instead of a health one

the protective gear the nurses were given did not cover their necks, something that needs to be immediately rectified in hospitals around the countr y Furthermore, Vinson was allowed to fly from Dallas to Cleveland while under obser vation and experiencing an elevated fever of 99 5 degrees Since I m not an e p i d e m i o l o g i s t , I d o n ’ t k n ow a t w h a t b o d y t e m p e r

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The simple fact is that there have been three cases of Ebola diagnosed in the U S There are eight known cases of Ebola in the U S if you count the one aid worker, one missionary, t w o d o c t o r s and one NBC c a m e r a m a n who are all U S c i t i ze n s w h o caught the dise a s e i n We s t A f r i c a a n d we re returned to specialized hospitals in the United States for treatment Ebola is not the barbarians at the gate Although a disease that causes severe hemorrhaging and organ failure is inherently scary, it can only be transmitted if you come into contact with an infected person s bodily fluids I strongly encourage media outlets, politicians and average citizens t o e d u c a t e t h e m s e l ve s o n t h e specifics of how the Ebola virus affects people Although it’s obviously news when someone becomes infected, there’s no reason for nationwide hysteria Anyone in a place farflung from Dallas who has decided to quarantine themselves (as some people have done) is really just creating much ado about next to nothing

United States However, since this current outbreak’s summer inception, there have only been three

n w a s i n c o n s t a n t c o m m u n i c a t i o n with the CDC in regards to her travel plans and she did not exceed t h e C D C i m p o s e d t e m p e r a t u re threshold of 100 4 degrees Because of these additional facts, it seems pretty clear that Vinson’s airline travel has been sensationalized by media outlets looking to capitalize o n Eb o l a h y s t e r i a Ad d i t i o n a l l y, since the U S is not dealing with thousands of Ebola cases at a time, it has much more time to adapt containment protocols to ensure that

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

During his most recent visit to Cornell University on personal invitation from Prof Tim Murray, comparative literature, who has worked extensively with the artist contemporar y artist Xu Bing gave a presentation on his most recent projects Apart from dedicating his time to leading the forefront of art education in China, Xu Bing has worked as extensively abroad as domestically when it comes to his own practice, which engages education through creation One of the artist’s recent works is Phoenix (feng huang): Two colossal structures constructed entirely out demolition debris and fragments from the daily lives of migrant laborers, gathered from construction sites in Beijing At 12 tons, the male feng measures 90 feet long, while the female huang extends 100 feet in length, and both are internally illuminated with LED lights First displayed at the Beijing Today Art Museum, then the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporar y Art in 2013, the two phoenixes are now suspended inside the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York City through the end of the year

Other works include Background Stor y, which now exists in nine editions, for which the artist and his team arranged natural materials behind a backlit screen, creating the frontal impression of traditional Chinese painting In Missing Utopian Village, or Traveling to Wonderland (Victoria and Albert Museum, London) viewers are caught between two dimensions and three dimensions, at what Xu Bing calls the “ two and a half dimension, where people want to get in, but cannot ” The stunning waterside installation is inspired by the ancient stor y of taohua yuan, in English: the Peach Blossom Spring, where residents live within a non-hierarchal village in the Han Dynasty lifestyle The miniature utopia is created from rocks and bonsai from different areas in China, which correspond to different styles of Chinese landscape painting Inside of the landscape there are also 200 crafted ceramic figurines The Forest Project, a long ongoing development, is a selfsustaining system where the artwork created by students from primar y schools around the world, in Sao Paolo, Kenya, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Shenzhen, are auctioned to fund the local planting of trees Students engage in creating their own visual interpretations of trees using forms of writing from a variety of cultures and historical periods, from ancient Chinese pictographs, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Cuneiform script, Arabic, to English, et cetera Lastly in mention, the artist’s Book from the Ground, 2003 and ongoing, is a pictogram-only narrative, told through icons, emojis and logos collected from all over the world Like many of Xu Bing’s other works, it is a brilliant, thought-provoking transformation of language as imager y, imager y as language

Before his talk at the Hollis E Cornell Auditorium earlier this month, The Sun sat down with Xu Bing to discuss his thoughts on contemporar y art

Translated from dialogue in Chinese

T H E S UN : Some say in the next centur y, the world will see a kind of Asian supremacy I disagree in that first, Asia is 48 countries and that it seems the trajector y of Chinese histor y and its growth socio-economically, geo-politically has largely been in reaction or resistance to an ever-dominant Western cultural imperialism and global hegemony You once wrote, “Our understanding of the value of our own culture has become deeper and more objective The more we understand the West, the more we cherish our own culture Our traditional culture, socialist culture and even Cultural Revolution and Maoism are valuable Only if we are able to combine these traditions with the Western culture, can we create art of the future ” What exactly did you mean by this?

X U BI NG : The first part is correct, but I don’t agree with this last part about contemporar y art [perhaps a translation error?] Many people are saying that the next centur y is “Asia’s Centur y, ” but I don’t think it should be said this way The value of Asian traditional cultures and philosophies, in the past two hundred years, had no chance of receiving sufficient consideration In the past one, two hundred years, civilization was developing industrially and technologically In order to transform the world, natural energy and resources have been obtained to ser ve the sur vival of humankind right? Thus the cultural centers at that time were in Western Europe, in the United Kingdom; industrial civilization entered the information age, and then the commercial era in the United States

There are always stages in human development One, two hundred years ago, human beings had to eat to sur vive and solve problems Additionally, Asian culture is based on the traditional concept of tian ren he yi or unity, harmony of human society and the natural universe and respect for nature culture in accordance with nature So this type of thinking not only had no prominence within the morale of the past two hundred year development of advanced culture, but also existed as a kind of counter-culture At that stage of civilization development, addressing human life, economic and wealth issues was the most critical So at the time, to always say tian ren he yi preser ve nature became reactionar y However, human civilization’s relationship with nature has become ver y tense in an urgency that has never been seen before People are beginning to realize this is a problem and that people need to solve this problem Then, this previously reactionar y thinking just mentioned, this complacent kind of thinking today, has become avant-garde, or the most contemporar y kind of thinking

For example, when it comes to socialism and the Cultural Revolution, when it comes to reform and the opening up of China, within all of these lies enormous power However, this power has been used towards ver y

Nonetheless, this has become a part of culture and constitutes a part of our traditional morphology Culture, socialist ideology, the Cultural Revolution, reform and opening up, Western influence this all our tradition The critical question then becomes how you can utilize this tradition while seeing the internal flaws, as well as the experiences and lessons learned from the existence of its power

On the idea of “ contemporar y; ” this so-called “ contemporar y art ” is a framework of Western-construct There’s a tendency toward Western-worship in China, and Chinese people want to become a part of that framework, but we ’ ve never had the histor y, or experience to do this So in this way, the development of “Chinese contemporar y art ” is ver y complex, more complex than in the West, but has a lot of possibility in that expansion In China, contemporar y artists have been looking into tradition in order to generate ideas, i e tian ren he yi There is no opposition between the contemporar y and the traditional In their relationship, there is a transformation between the two, in that they flow into one another organically The two merge into one; you are within me, I am within you

This inter view and Xu Bing’s visit was made possible by the generosity of Prof Tim Murray, comparative literature, and Curator of the Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Studies, and Prof Renate Ferro, digital media

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Seahawks Must Avoid Major Injuries to Stay Competitive

SCHATZMAN Continued from page 16

Super Bowl rematch, edging the Broncos in overtime Following their bye, the Seahawks defeated the Redskins on Monday night, albeit in a lackluster performance all-around Since the Monday night game in Washington, Seattle has not looked like the team of old greatness They have dropped two consecutive games: at home against the Cowboys, where they have been nearly unstoppable over the past two seasons, and on Sunday, in a shocking loss to the 1-4 division-rival Rams And while neither the Cowboys, nor Rams, are easy victories by any means, not many people predicted losses in either matchup So then, what is Seattle’s problem?

First and foremost, the Seahawks are not perfect They are not unbeatable So while they are currently 3-3, it is far too early in the season to declare disaster Remember, Seattle has defeated two of the best teams in the league They handed Denver their only loss They dropped a game on the road in San Diego, but San Diego’s offense always keeps them in games, even against a tough Seattle defense, and Seattle’s offense didn’t match San Diego’s Then they ran into a scorching hot Dallas team that has proven itself amongst the best teams in the league with as potent offense as any, and a Rod Marinelli-coached defense that has far exceeded expectations Dallas is a Super Bowl contender Those are two of the three losses And then Sunday, at St Louis This is one nobody expected St Louis to win But the Rams have been one play away from beating the Cowboys, Eagles, and 49ers, and frankly, they were due for a win like this Seattle’s furious comeback fell short in the fourth quarter, evening their record to 3-3 heading into a week eight matchup against Carolina that should serve as a “ get right” game for the Seahawks There you have it Three losses: all close games versus tough teams, and all games which, minus a few plays, could have easily gone Seattle’s way While we all expected better than 3-3 for Seattle, remember that they defeated two great teams, and have not been close to full strength for the majority of the first six games of the season That is Seattle’s second problem: the injury bug While every team deals with their fair share of injuries, Seattle has been plagued by several key injuries that have hampered their performance on the field Major injuries can derail seasons Two-time Pro Bowl center Max Unger has been battling a foot injury and is expected to return in the next few weeks Tight end Zach Miller has missed the last three games after ankle surgery, and he too, is expected back in upcoming weeks Seattle’s second tight end Luke Willson missed Sunday’s game in St Louis, leaving them with only two healthy tight ends, one of which was promoted from the practice squad just days ago There have been rumors circulating speculating that Seattle may be looking to trade for a tight end Legion of Boom member Byron Maxwell, the teams ’ second cornerback, missed Sunday’s game with a calf strain, and then his replacement Tharold Simon injured his ankle against St Louis Seattle’s full back Derrick Coleman, a key member of Seattle’s rushing attack, was scratched with an injury before Sunday’s game Seattle is banged up There is no questioning that Until key players on both sides of the ball return from injury, we cannot expect their performance to be as fluid as it was last season

Finally, Seattle traded explosive receiver and special teams whiz Percy Harvin to the Jets for a fourth round pick last week And while some believe the move to be a major loss for Seattle, the fact of the matter is, it isn’t Save for an epic kick return in the Super Bowl, Harvin, who the Seahawks signed to a six-year, 67 million dollar contract, was a huge disappointment in Seattle He missed nearly all of last season with a hip injury His best receiving performance as a Seahawk was a seven-catchfor-59-yard effort against Green Bay Yes, he is explosive, but he was not living up to expectations Reports last week revealed that Harvin was involved in an altercation during Super Bowl week that left teammate and fellow receiver Golden Tate with a black eye Harvin clearly had internal issues in Seattle that the public was never made aware of, and that led to the Seahawks ridding themselves of their big-play threat and his huge contract The move was certainly a distraction on Sunday versus the Rams, and receiver Doug Baldwin confirmed that to be true While Percy Harvin was a threat on every play, he didn’t put up big numbers at all Remember, the Seahawks went 13-3 last season without Percy Harvin They will be as good or a better team without him The Seattle Seahawks are still one of the top teams in the NFL They still have 10 games left to play, and several of their toughest opponents are out of the way If they can get healthy and avoid other major injuries, the Seahawks have as good of a shot to repeat as champions as we expected heading into the season They still have Russell Wilson They still have the Legion of Boom, Marshawn Lynch, and the 12th man It’s only week eight The Seahawks will be just fine

Ben Schatzman can be reached at bschatzman@cornellsun com

NFL Puts Emphasis Back On Tough Defensive Play As Seen in Colts’ Shutout

Calling it a resurgence would be an exaggeration Dubbing it a trend would be hyperbole

Still, the way some NFL teams are ramping up their defenses, maybe the NFL isn’t all about offense after all

If balance is going to be the key to contending for a championship once the temperature dips, the winds begin to blow and the wet stuff starts to fall, several teams have gotten a head start on such symmetry

Nowhere is that more apparent than in Indianapolis The Colts, even without their best defender - end Robert Mathis is out for the season come off a 27-0 blanking of Cincinnati It was the Colts’ first shutout since 2008, and there are signs that the unit coach Chuck Pagano has waited for is rounding into fearsome shape

“I can ’ t remember off the top of my head, but they’re hard to come by when you have a defensive performance like that,” Pagano said when asked the last time he was associated with such a showing It probably came when he was an assistant with the Ravens

“Again, we ’ re just starting to get a glimpse of what we envisioned when we got together a couple years ago, what we wanted to build when we first got here Looks like that monster is starting to rear its head a little bit ”

The Colts already ranked atop the NFL in offense heading into Week 7, led by the marksmanship of Andrew Luck, the receiving of T Y Hilton and Reggie Wayne, the running of Ahmad Bradshaw, and an offensive line that affords Luck enough protection

Throw in a dangerous defense and

“I know Indy is known for their offense all the time,” linebacker Jerrell Freeman said “We have a great offense here and I’m blessed to be at a place like this with the offense But we definitely want everybody to know that we do have a defense and we ’ re going to be up for any challenge ”

The challenges for defenses are many in the current NFL For years, the rules makers have made changes to benefit the other side of the ball Many of them have been in the name of safety and are warranted But the effect remains: scoring keeps rising

Yet, as the Seahawks displayed last season against the mighty Broncos attack, defense usually still rules when a title is on the line

They have rapidly realized just that in Green Bay, Baltimore and Arizona, too

All three of those teams, plus the Colts, will be well-positioned come January if their defenses stay healthy and as stingy as is possible in the high-octane NFL

No, none of those clubs has a wrecking crew along the lines of the 1985 Bears, 2000 Ravens or any versions of the Steel Curtain

But the Packers are a threat if they come up with just enough defense to complement an Aaron Rodgers-led offense Ditto the Ravens, who have an experienced and clutch bunch led by Joe Flacco

So are the Cardinals, who have the best-coached units thus far in 2014 under Bruce Arians and his coordinators

“I think we ’ ve just been building,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said “I think we have been putting one brick on top of the other and going through a process and trying to get better every single day

“When you can do that, you can move down the road and improve, and our guys take it seriously They come to work every day They bring their lunch box, they bring their blue shirts and they go to work, and that’s how you become a good football team ”

Red Drops Third Straight In Weekend Ivy Contest

By LISA AWAITEY Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell field hockey team lost its third straight game on Saturday, falling to Harvard in a tight match The 2-1 loss takes Cornell to 8-4 in regular play, and 3-1 in the Ivy League Cornell is tied with Dartmouth and Princeton for first place in the conference

With two first half goals, Harvard forged ahead and managed to fight off the Cornell offense Junior back Marisa Siergiej and freshmen Isabel Josephs and Krysten Mayers all had shots on the day A strike from Siergiej, off of a penalty corner taken by junior Taylor Standiford, in the 51st minute made it past the Harvard goalie and into the net

“Our second half against Harvard was a much stronger performance than the first because we were able to remove their options down the middle,” said senior assistant captain senior Ann DiPastina “[ W ]e lacked cohesion in our play during the first half and that really hurt us ”

Siergiej now has 11 goals for the season, a career high for the junior back She is No 8 in Cornell history for career goals, with a total of 26 scored Standiford also tallied her ninth assist of the season

The Red led Harvard in shots taken, 10-8, and penalties, 7-1 Freshman Kelly Johnson made four saves on the day, tying the Harvard goalie Josephs commended the Red for its ability to keep its composure and bounce back from a slow start

“One of [the] Red's strengths during the Harvard game was our ability to unite as a team and pick up the energy after going down by two goals,” Josephs said “The coaches called a time out after the goals and we came back out on the field on fire, and proceeded to dominate the rest of the game despite only getting one goal back ”

After losing its third straight, the Red sets its sight on moving forward

“To get the momentum back from the first half of the season, the team has decided to only look forward,” Josephs said “ [ W ]e have only taken the specific mistakes we made in those games and will work hard in practice this week to improve from them The games serve as reminders that nothing comes easy, and we have a lot of hard work to do to finish our Ivy League matches strong ”

The Red hopes to swing the momentum in its next match on Saturday versus Brown

“We are disappointed with the outcome at Harvard, and it’s really important that we come out of the Brown game with a win to get back on track,” DiPastina said

After Ivy League play, Cornell will face No 20 Maine on Sunday, October 26 for the final non-conference game of the season

Lisa Awaitey can be reached at lawaitey@cornellsun com

Squad Looks Forward

To Competing at Heps

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Heps

“It’s really obvious as a coach when you have a group that t r a i n s a s h a r d a n d c a r e s a s [much] as this group does, that you can hit a bump in the road and know that they’re going to be completely fine when it matters most, ” he said

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n d , Melly hopes that the men ’ s team will avoid getting too comfor table The season is still far from over “ You still have to deliver the best per formance on the days when it really counts, ” he said

Red Successful in Homecoming Meets

By ARIEL COOPER Sun Staff Writer

Freshman Mackenzie Lemieux did not expect her shoelace to untie during the first two kilometers of the open race at Saturday’s Princeton Invitational She also did not expect to finish third in her very first race for the Red

“I wasn ’ t expecting it,” she said “I was kind of planning on getting out hard because I thought everyone would be super fast so I was kind of expecting to be further back in the pack [But] I got a really good start and I led for the first mile ”

The women had a strong showing at Princeton, placing first as a team in the open race and 10th in the championship race The men ’ s team also sent some runners to Princeton, finishing eighth as a team But the men truly shined in Saturday’s Pre-National meet, where the Red gave an outstanding performance and finished 10th out of 46 teams

“We beat a bunch of teams that were [ranked] higher than us in our region and we even beat a nationally ranked team, ” said senior tri-captain David Melly

Cornell triumphed over No 28 North Carolina State, who took 13th place, and Ivy League rival Yale, who finished 15th The results reflect a big improvement for the Red, who has previously found the Pre-National meet particularly challenging

“I think hard would be an understatement,” men ’ s head coach Zeb Lang said Last year we went out to that same meet and we only finished in 34th place ” Lang feels that it is the strength of the team and its positive response to recent changes in its training program that contributed to the Red’s success this weekend

“The team morale is very high and they have a lot of confidence in the training they’ve been doing,” he said “Part of it is we have a lot of the same guys on the team we have a very strong group of veterans, a lot of guys who have done this before On top of that the freshmen who

have come in raced some very high level competitions in high school so this sort of stage isn’t as foreign to them ”

Junior Brian Eimstad, the Red’s top finisher at PreNationals with a time of 24:54 4, said that the track’s sloppy conditions actually helped rather than deterred the squad’s performance

“Honestly, I think the mud really helped us, ” he said “I love the mud personally and it doesn’t really seem to affect our team the way it affects other teams so I think that’s definitely to our advantage ”

While the men competed at Pre-Nationals, the women, who did not travel to Princeton, took a trip to a highly competitive meet in Wisconsin, on Friday The Red struggled to find a groove during the meet and finished 31st out of 38 teams Women’s head coach Artie Smith said that the Wisconsin meet is the most competitive women ’ s cross country meet of the regular season but was not disappointed in his team despite the results

“It’s such a competitive meet that the margin for error is [really] small, so when things are a little bit off it can kind of snowball pretty quickly,” he said “I wasn ’ t in any way unhappy or frustrated I think sometimes when you have those kind of off days you learn what you can from it and don’t let it mess with your confidence because those days don’t come along very often

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Senior tri-captain Marianne Collard said that the Red is still optimistic about future performances and that this experience will serve as motivation for the squad’s upcoming meets

“We’re really confident in where we stand physically and athletically right now We know [that] all the talent is there,” she said “We have that fire to redeem ourselves for the next meet and show people what we ’ re capable of ”

With only a small home meet, the John Reif Memorial Run, on the schedule this weekend, the Red has plenty of time to prepare for the upcoming Ivy League Heptagonal Championships on Nov 1 Both the men ’ s and women ’ s teams plan to train hard and see room for improvement

before the Heps The runners who traveled to Princeton this weekend will have the advantage of returning to the same course for this meet

“Even though things went fairly well this weekend I think that there are still some things we can further improve to help us for even bigger meets going forward,” Lang said of the men

Smith is confident that the women will learn from the experience in Wisconsin and come back strong for the

Cornell Falls to Bulldogs in Weekend Matchup

By OLIVIA MATTYASOVSZKY Sun Staff Wr ter

The Seattle Seahawks lost to the St Louis Rams, 28-26, on Sunday The defending champs currently sit third in the NFC West with a record of 3-3 They have lost as many games thus far as they did in the entire 2013 regular season, and fans are now wondering whether the 2014 Seahawks are even com-

parable to the squad that beat the Broncos 438 in Super Bowl XLVIII And while NFL pundits are attempting to point blame in every possible direction, the answer is quite simple

The Seahawks are still a great football team They dominated Green Bay in the first game of the season, embarrassing one of the top teams in the NFC the same way they embarrassed Peyton Manning and the Broncos in February Seattle followed its week one victory with a tight road loss to San Diego Seattle’s defense had no answer for Phillip Rivers, and he carved them apart for three touchdowns But the Seahawks responded in a Super Bowl rematch,

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