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City Continues Mulling Gardens’ Fate

Over a year after community gardens’ sale debated, future still uncertain

By ANUSHKA MEHROTRA Sun Staff Wr ter

Though the future of the Ithaca community gardens is still up in the air more than a year after the sale of its space was first considered, one thing is sure: the city will devote at least a dollar of funding to help it if the gardens must relocate from their current parcel of land, alongside Route 13

The decision was made at a City Administration Committee meeting Wednesday evening, where local

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representatives and community members debated the value of the gardens to the community, as well as the importance of keeping the gardens in their current home in Carpenter Business Park

The gardens are run by Project Growing Hope, a non-profit organization that has been leasing the 2 25 acres for the gardens from the city at an annual rate of a dollar

“Lower income households are able to raise their

See GARDENS page 5

By SOFIA HU Sun Contributor

Ithaca may be “ gorges, ” but it does have its share of dreary days The approaching winter could cause as many as one in four college students to experience seasonal affective disorder, commonly known as the winter blues, according to Gannett officials

SAD is defined as “ a mild depression brought on by a decrease in exposure to sunlight as autumn deepens,” according to Gannett Health Services’ website People suffering from this mood disorder experience depressive symptoms, including increased lethargy, difficulty waking up in the morning and concentrating on tasks and increased craving for carbohydrate-rich food, according to the website

Gannett estimates that “nearly 25 percent of all college students across the United States suffer from the winter blues, and this percentage increases at higher latitudes or more cloudy areas, such as the Ithaca region,” according to its website

Cornellians experiencing SAD display a wide range in the severity of their symptoms, according to Gregory Eells, director of Counseling and Psychological Services at Gannett

“In terms of people experiencing mood fluctuations, there’s a full continuum,” Eells said “I think it can go from more like winter blues to more serious emotional mood consequences that are very similar to depression ”

SAD may be caused by unstable levels of melatonin, a hormone produced during sleep, and serotonin, a neurotransmitter that contributes to feelings of happiness, Eells said

According to Eells, determining who is most at risk is See SAD page 4

The professor and director of C U Winds won a contest sponsored by Google this summer to become one of 8,000 “Google Glass Explorers” testing out the product Part camera, touchpad and microphone, the augmented-reality glasses still in beta stage have allowed Turner to see “ an 110 perc

‘Wow I don’t even know if I want to put it on, ’” Turner said at an event at Balch Hall Wednesday evening “But this semester, I’ve been able to give students immediate feedback on their conducting with Google Glass, and that alone has been fantastic ”

teaches students to conduct, she said “When I first got it, I thought,

Before Google Glass, Turner had to set up a video camera in the back of her classroom, film her students in conducting lab moving and then upload the video to Blackboard so her students could receive feedback about their work

“It’d take a good hour to hourand-a-half,” she said With Google Glass, however, Turner has the ability to film anything in her frame of sight Asking Tyler Ehrlich ’14, a student who has helped her apply Google Glass to her teaching, to begin conducting in 4/4 time, Turner showed the audience Wednesday how she can take videos without needing bulky equipment or tripods

“Let’s say Tyler had extraneous

Cyclist Injured in Accident In Downtown Ithaca

Wednesday afternoon slammed into the back of

parked Verizon truck, receiving several injuries and needing to be flown out for medical treatment

The accident occurred shortly before 3 p m , when the man riding west crashed into the truck near the Hilton Garden Inn, according to a press release from the Ithaca Police Department

The Ithaca Police Department, Bangs Ambulance and Ithaca Fire Rescue came to the area near the hotel and found the man had sustained injuries to his head and lower leg area Emergency responders set up a landing zone at Titus Flats, and a helicopter flew the man out to Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Pa , according to the Ithaca Fire Department

As of Wednesday evening, the man remained in “fair condition,” IPD said in the press release Ithaca Police are investigating the accident

Compiled by Akane Otani

Clubs Talk Going Green for Campus

Sustainability Day

By ERICA AUGENSTEIN Sun Staff Wr ter

Various student and staff-led sustainability efforts at Cornell were on display at Cornell Sustainable Campus’ own version of Ted talks a conference whose slogan is “ideas worth spreading” Wednesday

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Sustainability Day, a day-long event hosted by the Sustainability Hub The Sustainability Hub coordinates students and sustainability groups on campus

Presentations addressed the topic of sustainable seafood, a loan fund for sustainable projects and resolving the issue of food waste in dining halls, among others

Kat Leigh ’15, who founded Green Catch –– a student organization that promotes sustainable seafood with education and outreach –– spoke about the current state of the fishing industry and how to better protect fish populations

Leigh said educating people about different fishing methods that can harm fish populations and environments is necessary

“Fishermen wonder why the fish aren ’ t there: it’s the same thing as someone bulldozing over your house and asking why you don’t live there anymore, ” Leigh said

Leigh also talked about the impacts of fishing on human health and economic well being She used the example of shrimp ponds in Thailand to show that commercial fishing ponds, although intended to produce food more efficiently, instead negatively affect both the health of a community and the income of the people working there

Leigh said that sustainable seafood is feasible, pointing to the fact that big players such as McDonald’s have been

convinced to use sustainable seafood

Jake Reisch ’15 presented about the Green Revolving Fund, a project that was announced in February and will fund projects that aid energy conser vation efforts at Cornell Similar funds have been established at Harvard University, Boston University and Western Michigan University

“The goal is to align financial incentives with sustainability objectives,” Reisch said

Reisch said the fund invests in green development and then reinvests the savings, allowing the University to promote sustainability

Becca Macies ’14, the student sustainability coordinator for the Sustainability Hub and one of the main organizers of the event, said the Campus Sustainability Day’s format this year was changed from previous years ’ events

“It is often a day of tabling, and it rains or its really cold

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According to the Harvard Crimson, Harvard University Dining is boycotting Barilla brand pasta in dining halls in solidarity with the LGBT community after Barilla’s chairman, Guido Barilla stated the company would never have an LGBT advertisement

Columbia University alumnus, Mike Massimino ’84 will be desiging a course on human space travel after taking a leave from NASA Massimino has been on two previous space missions, according to the Columbia Daily Spectator –– Compiled by Kevin Milian

so we get pushed into the Memorial Room of Willard Straight This year, we wanted to do something that was showcasing what people were doing,” Macies said The new idea was more appealing to the organization than the efforts they engaged in during previous years, she added

“This idea of doing Ted Talk-inspired conversations about projects that people were working on and why we were working on them was something that we thought was really cool,” Macies said Macies said the event was meant was catered to students involved in sustainability efforts on campus because “ we wanted to have more meaningful conversation and a more intimate space ”

New Org. Seeks to Support Charity

By JESSE WEISSMAN Sun Contributor

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C.U. Of fers Counseling, Treatment

Google Glass: ‘It’s Here’

“difficult ” SAD affects more women that it does men, and generally students from places with sunnier climates are more susceptible to the winter blues In addition, students who oversleep or have abnormal sleeping schedules may suffer from SAD because they are less exposed to morning sunlight and produce more melatonin, Eells said

Gannett offers counseling for seasonal related disorders and assessments to ensure students or faculty members are not experiencing underlying, more complex mental health concerns Additionally, Gannett’s pharmacy sells light boxes –– small lamps that emit high intensities of light –– which produce effects similar to sunshine Light boxes can improve a person ’ s mood by restricting the secretion of melatonin, according to Gannett’s website

“[Light boxes are a] relatively inexpensive, drugfree approach with few if any side effects when used correctly,” said Sharon Dittman, associate director of community relations at Gannett “Many people report high satisfaction with this therapy ”

Gannett’s pharmacy has a specific brand of light boxes called Litebook Elites and sells about 125 to 150 Litebooks a year, according to Dittman The Litebooks are sold for $200, and the Student Health Insurance Plan pays 100 percent of the cost for students with a prescription, Dittman said, adding that most health insurance plans will also cover the cost given a prescription and a letter of medical necessity

The Litebooks are sold in boxes featuring a picture of former Prof James Maas, psychology, who is

Cut out this cool FREE MOUSTACHE and stick it to your face You will be the envy of all your friends

on the scientific advisory board for the company that sells the product Maas is noted for coining the term “ power nap ” and for researching the relationship between sleep and performance

“What we needed for years was something very portable, very bright,” Mass said in a quote featured on the Litebook box “The Litebook Elite has answered that need beautifully ”

Exercising in the morning, getting more exposure to outside light, and eating more complex carbohydrates are other strategies to combat SAD, according to Eells

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effective, Gannett also offers medication and therapy

“The main thing is just attending to it I think one of the hardest parts is the stigma There’s research on stigma and what others think of someone with a psychological illness,” Eells said “But sometimes the thing that gets most in the way of getting help is what you would think of yourself ––that you would think less of yourself because you can ’ t just handle it If you experience SAD, you should seek help ”

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Gardens Key to Food Justice, Ithacans S ay

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own organic produce at the gardens,” said Judith Joanna Green, director of the Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming “Shopping at the farmer’s market can often be too expensive ”

Green and other proponents of renewing the lease and keeping the gardens in its current location argued that it is a source of food justice in the community

“Food justice requires that all households have access to a healthy diet Community gardening is one of the few ways that low income earning families can afford an abundant supply of fresh produce essential to good health,” she said

A specific topic that committee members debated was whether or not the city or not should preemptively commit financing relocating the gardens in the future

“Just because something has been somewhere for a long time does not mean it’s the appropriate place for it,” said Alderperson Cynthia Brock (D-1st Ward)

Brock, who voted against funding the gardens’ relocation, added that because the gardens are not universally accessible to the public, she thinks advocates for extending the gardens’ lease are overstating its value

“I don’t think of a garden as being a public use when you have plots that are being leased out to individuals on a term and sometimes repeated terms year after year, ” she said

Other council members defended the garden’s value to the community and argued that the city should commit to partially funding it in the event of its relocation

“I think we should make a commitment to community gardening in the future, regardless of whether or not it’s at Carpenter Business Park,” said Alderperson Chris Proulx (D-5th Ward)

Alderperson Graham Kerslick (D-4th Ward), echoed his sentiments, saying that committing an unspecified amount of money towards the garden’s relocation leaves control of the funding under the council’s discretion

“The city does need to make a commitment to gardening,” he said “But we ’ re not constraining [the future city council] by specifying an amount to contribute This is a commitment without a constraint ”

Some council members said that they thought that Project Growing Hope should be charged more money for renting the land

“I feel that the gardens should pay over a dollar a year for rent Though the rent will still be a dollar the lease can be terminated under the council’s discretion,” said Alderperson Donna Fleming (D-3rd Ward)

Brock, however, argued that committing to funding the garden in the event of its relocation set a risky precedent for future cases

“I think this issue will come to us again it is a dangerous precedent to set, ” she said

Proulx ultimately emphasized that the decision of what to do with the garden is now under the jurisdiction of the city council

“The ability to terminate the lease is now under the council’s discretion We also have the ability to identify the garden’s new site,” he said

The city has currently invested $500,000 in the anticipated commercial development of the property, according to the ordinance that approves the lease

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The Fight for Campaign Finance Reform Beyond Citizens United

Reading the campaign fundraising statistics from the 2012 presidential election can be intimidating Combined, the presidential candidates raised and spent 2 billion dollars More than a quarter of all of the money raised for the 2012 elections came from a fraction of one-percent of the population There was more than $500 million in dark money donations with no donor disclosure campaign spending in October 2012 alone These facts are as scary as they sound and demonstrate the dire situation that is campaign finance in America

Many people assume that the U S Supreme Court decision known as Citizens United is the cause of this spending While that decision did help to open these floodgates even wider, the problem of money in politics predates that decision and needs to be addressed beyond just overturning it In this article, I’ll tell you about some solutions there are beyond just fighting Citizens United These are not quick fixes, but they are important, interesting and worth knowing and caring about

Before we look at solutions to this current situation we need to understand why this is a problem Members of Congress spend anywhere from one-fifth to more than half of their time fundraising, reaching out to everyone who might possibly donate to their reelection usually industry representatives, individuals and PACs This is terrible for our democratic process because it means that these politicians have to cater to the wishes of donors and corporations, not just their constituents It’s not in the rational self-

Iinterest of members of Congress to slave away at passing legislation unless they can fundraise off of it This also means that those people with money will always have access to members of Congress These are not the priorities we want our representatives to have, and yet we ’ ve put them in a situation that requires them to get reelected if they want to accomplish anything

Our current political system is one in which money drives politics Still, there are efforts to find solutions to this bleak situation

One solution to this p r o b l e m could be to make small donors more appealing to c a n d i d a t e s than the large m e g a - d o n o r s that dominate political contributions The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University has published a policy proposal that suggests small donations be multiplied through public funding This tactic has been used successfully in New York City races and it means that soliciting $50 donations from a local civic group could be a more valuable to a candidate than flying to some distant city to meet with billionaires This solutions stays within the boundaries of Citizens United and other Supreme Court decisions and is a good first step in encouraging candidates to raise money

from more individuals rather than a few ultrawealthy donors

Another way to combat large corporate donations is to convince corporate shareholders that getting involved in politics is not in their own self-interest The U S Public Interest Research Group has joined with shareholders in big corporations to pressure their boards of directors not to engage in political donations From Target, to Chik-filA, to Starbucks, many corporations have gotten into hot water after engaging in politics

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shareholders to heed the lessons from those other corporations and avoid engaging in

This would protect both the company ’ s image and the American democratic system On the legislative side, 35 members of the House of Representatives have cosponsored a bill called the Shareholder Protection Act of 2013, a bill that would make sure corporations have the specific approval of their shareholders before engaging in political activity

The best solution to the problems of campaign finance reform would be publicly financed elections Several states and municipalities have enacted this policy and in other countries this is normal Public funding of

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elections could work in a variety of ways but it generally means that a candidate who qualifies for the election, perhaps through signatures or a number of small donations from constituent voters, would have a set amount of money provided by the state with which to campaign Another form has the state match donations the candidate receives from individuals This would level the playing field and prevent the “buying” of elections by moneyed interests 14 states have some public financing for elections and it is particularly common in elections of judges (doesn t it make sense that our judges shouldn’t rely on rich donors?)

The Supreme Court has struck down some public funding solutions but I think this is the best avenue for campaign finance reform

I’m happy when people tell me they are motivated to fight Citizens United, but overturning that will take a change in either the Constitution or the Supreme Court

Focusing on just that one case ignores both the larger problem of campaign finance reform and the alternatives that can improve the situation more quickly Whether it’s multiplying small donations, convincing corporations to limit their own political actions, public financing of elections or another public policy solution, there are options in this fight

But, the only way any of these changes happen is if voters like you care about it

Max Schechter is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences and the president of the Cornell Democrats He may be reached at mschechter@cornellsun com Dems Discuss appears alternate Thursdays this semester

Attempts to O verrule Citizens United Are Misguided

n early 2008, a conservative non-profit organization called Citizens United sought to air a documentary critical of Hillary Clinton, who was then running for the Democratic nomination for President The Federal Election Commission wanted to prohibit it from doing so under the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, which banned corporations, unions and not-for-profit organizations from spending money on any communication that mentions a candidate within a month or two of their election The Supreme Court, in Citizens United v Federal Election Commission, rightly rejected this governmental censorship, ruling that Congress cannot ban political speech merely because it does not like the identity of the speaker

The ruling has sparked a massive outrage among many politicians, particularly those on the left President Obama condemned the decision to the Justices’ faces during his State of the Union Address and Representative Alan Grayson went so far as to say it was the worse Supreme Court decision since Dred Scott v Sanford Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is leading the charge to amend the constitution to overturn Citizens United This amendment would eliminate so-called “ corporate personhood” and restrict free speech rights to “natural persons ” Campaigners against Citizens United tend to invoke at least one of the following three ideas First, that corporations are not people Second, that money is not speech And finally, that government must restrict the speech of some so that the relative speech of others is amplified I will address each in turn

supports Citizens United) are not “people” either Would anyone suggest that Congress prohibit Cornell from expressing support for increased funding for education before a Congressional election, or The New York Times from endorsing Barack Obama for President, on the grounds that allowing these groups to speak would drown out the voices of real people? Despite the fact that anything said by Cornell or The New York Times constitutes participation in the marketplace of ideas by non-individuals, we nevertheless respect their right to participate in our political system Why should a film by a non-profit corporation critical of Hillary Clinton be

Rather than being derided as one of worst Supreme Court decisions in history, Citizens United should be celebrated as the triumph of free speech principles over a bipartisan attempt to limit the scope of the First Amendment.

treated any differently?

It is undoubtedly true that a corporation is not a person in the sense that I am a person But Citizens United opponents utterly fail to justify why associations of individuals, be they of the corporate, labor or other variety, should not be able to express opinions just as individuals operating on their own can The Cornell Daily Sun, The New York Times, Cornell University and the American Civil Liberties Union (which

us, as individuals or as parts of groups, is to empower political incumbents to write the rules of the electoral system that is supposed to hold them accountable That is not likely to produce a fair system

But what about the final argument? If we allow some to use the vast resources at their disposal to speak as loudly as they want, do we not prevent people of more modest means from being heard?

The second trope utilized by Citizens United opponents is that money is not speech Given that that is true, so the argument goes, then it surely follows that corporations and other entities can be limited in how much money they can spend on elections The difficulty with this argument is that it ignores the key role that money plays in facilitating not just free speech, but the exercise of other constitutional rights For example, money is not a lawyer Does it therefore follow that the government could restrict the amount of money I can spend on legal assistance to defend myself at a criminal trial (for the sake of fairness to the indigent, of course) to $100? Additionally, to defend the permissibility of limits on the amount of money that can be spent on an election by any of

For all the talk from Citizens United opponents about their faith in the people, this final argument is incongruous with what our system of self-government assumes about the people, namely, that they are generally intelligent and have the ability to distinguish between truth and fiction If we believe that “the people” are worthy of the power that democracy grants them, we ought to assume that those same people will not automatically accept the veracity of a statement just because it is presented to them ten times a week in the form of crass television advertisements This is not to say that people can never be fooled not one of us is perfect but it is to say that giving self-serving politicians the power to decide how much speech is too much is a cure worse than the disease Ultimately, it becomes a question of where you place your trust Do you place it in the people’s ability to decide for themselves what policies and candidates they support in an unfettered marketplace of ideas, or the politicians’ ability to impartially decide who may speak and how much they may speak?

Rather than being derided as one of the worst Supreme Court decisions in history, Citizens United should be celebrated as the triumph of free speech principles over a bipartisan attempt to limit the scope of the First Amendment Nullifying it would make us all less free

Julius Kairey is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at jkairey@cornellsun com Always Right appears alternate Thursdays this semester

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A Meal in the Life: A Downtown Dining Extravaganza

By CATHERINE ELSAESSER Sun Contributor

During Fall Break, I had the exciting opportunity to go out to eat more than usual, since most on-campus dining options were closed The long weekend let me cross some of the restaurants that I had always been meaning to go to off my list My taste buds were thrilled to be eating at these new places, and my adventurous foodie needs were definitely satisfied

BREAKFAST: WAFFLE FROLIC

When my fellow diners and I reached Waffle Frolic on the Commons mid-morning, there was a line that almost spilled outside The cozy restaurant was full of families devouring waffles and coffee and college friends catching up on the weekend’s events The options on the menu seem endless, and whether you are craving sweet or savory, there is something for everyone The waffle bar gives you the option to create your own mad-scientist flavors and combinations I was impressed by how many

of the toppings were homemade or locally sourced I ordered the caramel apple single waffle, and it more than exceeded my expectations for this breakfast classic The soft, warm waffle was topped with pools of homemade caramel and a diagonal drizzle of apple butter Crunchy walnuts added a satisfying contrast in texture I loved that the waffle wasn ’ t overly crispy, and the yummy flavors left me scrapping my plate for more With so many combinations to try, I will be returning to Waffle Frolic for many breakfasts to come

LUNCH: MARTHA’S

When I had to stick to campus eating, I opted for what is surely a hidden gem of Cornell dining I had passed by Martha’s several times when crossing the footbridge to campus, but just recently stopped in for lunch This café fills up quickly with hungry students during the school week, but it was quiet over Fall Break The clean, well-lit Martha Van Rensselaer Hall building is a pleasant place to enjoy a meal and relax a bit after a hectic day of classes The Tuscan flatbread has

become one of my favorites for lunch, and is also affordable, which I love The warm flatbread is cut into four pieces and topped with a thin layer of mashed figs, robust blue cheese, sweet apple

slices and lightly dressed mixed green salad gently wilting on top The slightly crispy but still chewy crust is complemented by the unique flavors of the toppings

This meal makes me think of fall, and I love how the sweet and savory flavors balance each other Even with the fall flavors, I can see myself eating this lunch all year round

DINNER: TASTE OF THAI

Thai food has always been one of my favorite ways to treat myself when I go out to dinner This restaurant on the Commons fills up extremely quickly, so make sure to arrive early to get a seat and indulge in the exotic eats The dark tones of the furniture and the elephant carvings on the walls of Taste of Thai set the perfect atmosphere for the food

entrée, I chose the pineapple curry with chicken at a level four on the spiciness scale Level four was just the right amount of heat for me, with a nice lingering warmth that kept me coming back for more The large chunks of chicken were accompanied by juicy pineapple, red and green peppers, green beans, basil leaves and other veg-

E ven with the fall flavors, I can s ee myself eating this lunch [at Martha’s] all year r ound.

My friend recommended I try the Thai iced tea, and this drink may have triggered a new food craving for me It was creamy and intensely sweet, with a little zing from the black tea and a soft floral flavor in the background For my

etables in a smooth, red curry based sauce The vegetables were cooked but still maintained texture in the dish, and the chicken was tender The leftovers I took home for the next day were something delicious to look forward to

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Front-woman Channy Leaneagh accurately and succinctly wrapped up Poliça’s latest album, Shulasmith, in describing it as “Drums Bass Synths Me Women ”

But in explaining a relatively commonplace approach to creating music, she fails to convey the ingenuity, skill and fantastic production that makes Shulasmith a must hear album

Poliça, best described as an R&B-infused electro-pop band, was founded in Minneapolis in 2011 Within a year of forming, the band released their first album, the well-received Give You the Ghost, which introduced listeners to the group ’ s unique musical styling The band, which includes two drummers and a bass guitarist and features the production work of Ryan Olsen, quickly gained recognition, not just for Ghost, but for its live shows Justin Vernon of Bon Iver fame, who makes a brief appearance on Shulasmith-highlight “ Tiff,” anointed them as “the best band in the world,” and a sensation was born

Released 20 months after Ghost, Shulasmith is a slightly more mature, thorough piece of music The record itself incorporates a moody and often frantic sound, as sped-up synths and occasionally off-beat percussion build to a frenzy Leaneagh’s voice, heavily distorted with the help of Auto Tune, is the connecting tissue between tracks that are frequently in tonal contrast to each other and her lyrics Together, they create an organic rendering of a woman very much in toil over her affection for a man and her simultaneous desire for personal independence The thematic content is largely hinted at by the album title: Shulasmith Firestone was an influential, radical feminist in the ’70s, whose writ-

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The album’s ability to combine a variety of distinct sometimes disharmonious sounds into cohesive songs is truly impressive At various points, each element (the bass, percussion, vocals and synthesizers) is allowed to come to the forefront, but no single element ever dominates the music Album intro “Chain My Name” opens with an up-tempo, high-pitched, synthesized layer over a throbbing, funky bass line, coupled with energetic percussion before Leaneagh’s distorted, somewhat muted vocals begin As the song progresses, these sounds move in and out, giving each at least a brief focus It is a great first track, not just for how it introduces each musical component, but also for how it establishes the confusion and self-doubt that is the thematic base of Shulasmith The funk is uptempo and fun, but Leaneagh is less than convinced, singing “So are we made just to fight/All our lives/Chain my name, chain my name, chain my name, chain my name beside you ”

As Shulasmith progresses, the listener is further introduced to the variety of sounds and styles Poliça employs “Smug,” immediately following “Chain my Name,” is a cooler and more subdued song, with scratches, cymbals and hand claps keeping rhythm Even when the song crescendos, it does so with a quick flurr y of percussion before retreating Quickly, it becomes apparent that the band has an advanced understand of how to juxtapose fast and slow and loud and quiet, not only between songs, but within them

One of the standout efforts on Shulasmith is the dark, relentless “Very Cruel,” which plays to Poliça’s R&B interest and could easily pass for a Weeknd track

The bass, consistently a highlight of the album, pulses throughout It is a possessive, minimalist song that ends by encapsulating the Leaneagh’s deranged and shattered mindset as the lyric “We’re so very close,” loops It is terrifying in a way that music rarely is

“Tiff,” the Justin Vernon feature, is also a standout, though it underutilizes Vernon’s capabilities he provides little more than background vocals in his duet In the song ’ s successes however, we also glimpse a couple of the album’s issues and miscues For parts of “Tiff,” Leanegh’s vocals are only minimally distorted, allowing them to be much more easily understood It is a rare point when her lyrics can be understood without unyielding focus, and it gives the listener an opportunity to enjoy poetic and poignant lines like “Measuring up the pretty girls/body buildings sickly fed/need my TV, need my meds/tiffany my vanity ” This is a wellwritten album, but it can be difficult to discern just how well it is written without actively looking up the lyrics

“Tiff ” also demonstrates just how good the music sounds when that second, male voice is included As unique as Leanegh’s sound is, it is relatively staid The inclusion of more backing could help maintain a diverse sound, especially in parts where the vocals are pushed to the forefront The production is so good that her lack of dynamism is largely hidden, but hearing the depth provided by Justin Vernon, it becomes noticeable

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Last month, the grump-in-residence of American fiction that would be our Luddite Laureate Jonathan Franzen condemned the rise of self-publishing and e-books as self-promotional rubbish In a controversial essay in The Guardian, Franzen thrashed the Amazon publishing model as a harbinger of the imminent publishing apocalypse He lamented a time when “publication still assured some kind of quality control” and “literary reputations were more than a matter of self-promotional decibel levels ” His assault on the massive e-book industry was perhaps the most high-profile of a surging tide of negativity toward the world of selfpublishing When they’re not straying into exaggerated doomsaying Franzen likened Jeff Bezos to “ one of the four horsemen ” these critics have a point The rise of e-books has radically changed the means of literary distribution Amazon now dominates the self-publishing industry, promoting a model in which all e-books are published through their platform and writers are responsible for their own publicity While they’ve monopolized this portion of the market, the model also opens up publishing to a wide range of authors of all backgrounds and skill levels something that would seem to be a positive thing As in many other artistic media, electronic distribution has changed the industry’s landscape What’s fascinating here is that the backlash comes not from the cor-

porate higher-ups at, say, Simon & Schuster but from writers themselves

It’s not a phenomenon unique to publishing The music and television industries have undergone similar recent transformations Yet in both of these fields, creatives seem thrilled at the prospect of an everwidening field, where art becomes a more inclusive and accessible medium Both musical newcomers and established artists have embraced the transition to electronic distribution While unknown groups stream entire albums on Soundcloud and Bandcamp, giants like Kanye West and Arcade Fire produce intricate, high-quality videos free for repeated viewing on YouTube Sure, this democratization of music opens up the field to truly terrible artists, but the shift is largely viewed as a

positive phenomenon As with e-published writers on Amazon, these musicians direct their own publicity and success is largely due to popular opinion and online reviews The problem of illegal downloading remains this hasn’t hit e-publishing too strongly yet but no one seems to be asking the question Franzen does of Amazon

t l e t o m a k e t h e t r a d i t i o n a l p u n k s t r u c t u re e d g y o r e ve n i n t e re s t i n g w i t h t h e t r a c k’s c l e a n , b r i g h t g u i t a r s a n d e ve n b r i g h t e r vo c a l s “ W h o Ha ve I Be c o m e ? ” s e e m s l i k e t h e re s u l t o f a c o l l a b o r a t i o n

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m i n u t e s o f a n n oy i n g l y s h i n y, s i m p l e p owe r c h o rd p ro g re s s i o n s a n d i d i o t - p ro o f p e rc u s s i o n Be s t C o a s t u s e d t o f e a t u re g u i t a r s c o n s c i o u s l y l i g h t l y r i c s a n d g u i t a r s w r a p p e d i n s u n - d re n c h e d d i s t o r t i o n Fa d e Aw a y i s s t i l l b r i g h t w i t h i t s b e n i g n g u i t a r ro c k p ro g re s s i o n s , b u t n ow t h e y ’ re n ow j o i n e d by l a u g h a b l y m e l a n c h o l y l y r i c s a n d d i s o r i e n t i n g l y c l e a n re c o rd i n g q u a l i t y T h e re s u l t i s a n a w f u l j u x t a p o s i t i o n t h a t s t re t c he s s t a i d m u s i c a l i d e a s i n t o t e d i o u s l y l o n g t r a c k s Be s t C o a s t w a s o n a c o m m e rc i a l r i s e b e f o re t h i s m i n i - a l b u m w a s re l e a s e d , b u t n ow, I t h i n k ( o r h o p e , m o re a c c u r a t e l y ) t h a t t h e y’l l d o j u s t a s t h e t i t l e s a y s : f a d e a w a y

Mike Sosnick is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at msosnick@cornellsun com

The shift for television is perhaps more analogous to the literature model Small, aspiring directors can create low-budget webseries distributed entirely via YouTube, allowing creatives other than well-connected Hollywoodites to achieve some measure of success Take, for example, Issa Rae’s runaway YouTube hit Awkward Black Girl, a short-form series that networks would have never given a second thought If major New York publishers were once the guardians of literary quality, as Franzen posits, the big TV networks were the gatekeepers of television And they certainly dominated In 1983, 60 2 percent of the TV-owning population tuned in for the series finale of M*A*S*H, while Seinfeld hit the 58 percent mark in 1998 Now that consumers have shifted more and more to the daylong binge-watching method of viewing, these statistics have declined significantly And have TV writers, directors and actors felt the same impending doom that Franzen fears will soon overtake books? Not at all Rather, this has led to an increase in artistic innovation and a diversification of content Webseries from The Maria Bamford Show to Sugarboy have allowed people without some massive NBC budget to create insightful, funny and accessible entertainment Even creators with significant funding have benefitted from thene wmodel Mitch Hurwitz, the mastermind behind Arrested Development, praised Netflix for allowing him the freedom to innovate on the show’s Netflix-produced fourth season Without the constraints of time limits and advertising, writers are free to play with a previously static form, all the while increasing public

accessibility

So why is self-publishing any different? Not every webseries is good, and the majority of college-students-turned-DJs on Soundcloud are intolerable, yet few of the artists in these fields bemoan the good old days, when a few giant corporations lorded over their industries Franzen styles himself as the protector of traditional publishing, yet doesn’t give a second thought to the exclusionary, capitalist tendencies of major publishers The idea that all published books are high quality and any rejected manuscript is trash is pure delusion Maybe the answer he wants is a world dominated by small indie presses where quality is valued above profit The reality, though, is that e-books are here to stay Yes, this means anyone with an internet connection can now publish their writing And yes, much of that writing will be horrendous, even if you are a big fan of werewolf erotica But levelling the artistic playing field is by and large a positive development, one that Franzen and the publishing industry as a whole should learn to embrace

Gina Cargas is a senior in the College of Ar ts and Sciences She can be reached at gcargas@cor nellsun com Gi n a To n i c r uns alter nate Thursdays this semester

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Red Opens Season at Rochester

By ARIEL COOPER Sun Assistant Sports Editor

After successful open rides and about a month of practice, the Cornell equestrian team is ready to get back in the saddle The Red heads to Rochester this weekend to compete in its first regular season competition in a region which includes Alfred, Nazareth, Ithaca, Binghamton and other local colleges and universities Rochester Institute of Technology is set to host this weekend’s doubleheader

Coming off of a disappointing season which culminated in a thirdplace finish in the region eliminating the squad’s chances of sending a team to regionals, zones or nationals the Red is confident that its new roster will propel it to the top of the pack this season

“This is probably the strongest team I think we ’ ve ever had,” junior co-captain Georgina de Rham said “I think that [there is] depth in every division It almost makes it more challenging to develop the team roster going to each show because everyone I think is very strong ” Junior co-captain Sofia Steinberger said that she is pleased with how practices have been going

“I think everyone ’ s been practicing amazingly well,” she said “Everybody just looks so good ”

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Association shows are run differently from most horse shows Riders randomly draw a horse to compete on in each show, adding an element of unpredictability to the competition

“Sometimes it can be very challenging to translate things that are going really well at home to things going well at shows,” de Rham said “Since the collegiate format is different than a regular format, it’s going to be new for a lot of people

Steinberger said that she is confident that the new recruits will make the adjustment in stride

“There are a lot of new people and IHSA is different than any other type of competition but I feel like if any year the freshman are going to do really well, this is the year they’re going to do it,” she said Freshman Victoria Whitworth said that she actually prefers the idea

of competing on an unfamiliar horse

“I actually like that idea because for me, the problem is always [that] I get more anxious on my own horse,” she said “I know so much about them that it almost makes it worse for me Not having any knowledge about the horse kind of makes it a little bit less stressful in a way

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Since equestrian is not usually a team sport, the rookies will also experience riding with a team for the first time

“The stress now will be riding for the team rather than just yourself,” Whitworth said

Whitworth began riding around the age of six under the influence of her mother’s own passion for the sport Now, Whitworth is learning what it is like to be part of a team

“I’ve enjoyed the team atmosphere,” she said “I really like Todd; he’s a great coach Georgi and Sofia are really good captains and [keep] everybody organized [and] motivated ” The captains hope that the show will bring the team together and that the riders will enter the competition with a positive attitude

“I want [the rookies] to feel like competing in the IHSA is going to give them the chance to work towards a goal with a team and be part of a team experience that’s meaning ful and re warding for them,” de Rham said “And I hope that the team is able to go into it with a really positive attitude and an honest and sportsmanlike approach to the competition ” The squad will not know what it is up against this season until the first show begins

“It’s hard for us to be too confident because we don’t know what our competition looks like yet, ” Steinberger said

Whitworth hopes that her teammates will be there for each other regardless of the outcome of this weekend’s show

“I just hope that for the show, we can all be really good about supporting each other and [staying] positive no matter what happens,” she said

Ariel Cooper can be reached at acooper@cornellsun com

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8 If yo u c o u l d t r a d e p l a c e s a n d b e o n a n y o f t h e w o m e n ’ s s p o r t s t e a m a t C o rn e l l , w h i c h t e a m w o u l d yo u c h o o s e a n d w h y ? I w o u l d p ro b a b l y p i c k f i e l d h o c k e y o r w o m e n ’ s s o c c e r T h e y a re w h o m I k n ow t h e m o s t Do yo u t h i n k t h a t yo u w o u l d b e g o o d a t f i e l d h o c k e y ? We t r i e d i t o n e t i m e a t t h e Re d Ke y

In a recent poll, NBA players said they wouldn’t have Lebron James take the last shot in a game over Kobe or Jordan, despite his two gigantic shots to keep the Heat alive in game six and win game seven in the NBA Finals It doesn't get any bigger than that So is Lebron clutch? He’s long struggled

to overcome a perception he’s not

The word clutch conjures up images of making the buzzer beater or getting the gamewinning hit in the ninth But it’s more than that Clutch is performing under pressure, at least, so goes the conventional wisdom

The problem with defining who is or isn’t clutch is that the concept of clutch is so nebulously defined Where’s the line between clutch and just performance? Is it clutch if someone has such a great game that it’s a

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Spor ts

By HALEY VELASCO Sun Sports Editor

True Life is one in a multitude of shows that MTV has produced over the last decade that have revolutionized social conversation Along with series like 16 and Pregnant, Teen Mom and Made, MTV ’ s True Life series has developed a culture that addresses issues that are not always easiest to talk about In each episode, the show focuses on one issue, such as soldiers returning

from Iraq, people living with autism or heroin users struggling with addiction The episodes are narrated by real people as they tell their stories to millions of their peers So why is the True Life production company here on the Hill?

The crew is here to follow men ’ s soccer player Atticus DeProspo in his daily life as a gay student-athlete and to feature him alongside two others on an episode of the show called “True Life: I’m a Gay Athlete ”

Doubles Final

“Basically, [they are] filming my daily life as a student-athlete at Cornell,” DeProspo said

This semester has been a whirlwind for the junior midfielder, as he started Athlete Ally here on the Hill with the help of Prof Beth Livingston, industrial and labor relations The club looks to provide a safe environment for athletes and non-athletes to be accepted for who they are

“We got involved with MTV True Life because it was an opportunity, not only for me to be honest about who I am but also to show a place where people could feel welcome and accepted and maybe, hopefully, reach out to individuals who are struggling to accept who they are, ” he said “Cornell could be that place that they aspire to if they want to continue playing sports at the collegiate level ”

The True Life crew will be following DeProspo all week filming what makes the student-athlete tick Highlights will include an Athlete Ally meeting, hanging out with his teammates, the Cornell versus Brown game at 3:30 p m Saturday and DeProspo’s daily school routine

“They are filming me being me, ” he said

By OLIVIA WITTELS Sun Staff Wr ter

The men ’ s tennis team returned from the United States Tennis Association / Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional Championships at Yale with not just a firstplace doubles finish, but a second-place doubles finish as well

The Red achieved the rare feat of having two teams from the same school in the championship match, which was played Wednesday night at Cornell’s Reis Tennis Center Junior captain Fleck and freshman Chris Vrabel beat junior teammates Jason Luu and Quoc-Daniel Nguyen, 8-2, to take home the USTA/ITA regional doubles championship title

This all-Cornell final was a notable feat; the last time two schools Princeton and Harvard had multiple doubles semifinalists was in 2010, and that year, each squad only sent one team to the finals

Fleck and Vrabel earned an 8-3 semifinal victory over Harvard's Nicky Hu and Brian Yeung to set up the final matchup against junior teammates Jason Luu and Quoc-Daniel Nguyen Luu and Nguyen beat Dartmouth’s Cameron Ghorbani and Brendan Tannenbaum, 8-2, for their spot in the finals

The team also gave a solid singles performance, with Fleck defeating Harvard’s Andrew Ball, 6-3, 6-5, in the quarterfinals, before falling in a tight semifinal match, 64, 6-4, to Columbia’s Winston Lin Lin defeated Vrabel, 6-2, 6-0, in the quarterfinals

Despite the fact that Fleck did not play in a few tournaments leading up to Regionals because of an injury, head coach Silviu Tanasoiu attributed Fleck’s success to his strong work ethic

“He came back to play more than 10 matches over the weekend and stay at such a high level effort and quality of tennis it was wonderful He’s the captain of our team and there’s a reason for that,” Tanasoiu said “I think he showed this weekend, once again, what type of competitor he is ”

Tanasoiu believes that team ’ s mentality is what pushed the Red to the next level at the tournament

“As the tournament moved on, I felt like the mindset was the right one I could hear it from them, I could sense it from them, that they were on the right path,” Tanasoiu said “They didn’t worry too much about the score; they were just executing those things that we ’ ve been preaching and they were getting a lot of confidence with each match they played [It’s] not that they just made the final, it’s the way they’ve competed in this tournament that’s the most impressive thing ”

Fleck added that because doubles play started early each morning, the pairs knew they had to compete at a high level from the beginning

“[Play] starts at 8 a m quite often, and we made a point to come out with as much energy as possible we got off to a quick start in our matches and carried that on, ” he said “That’s one of the most important things in college, to be really intense the whole time and not give your opponent anything, and I think we did a really good job of that ”

While an all-Cornell final was certainly a positive achievement for the Red, competing against teammates is no easy task, particularly because all four players have a strong sense of each other’s strengths and weaknesses

“It’s nice to know that a team from

Cornell is going to win the Regionals for the first time in a long time and send someone to the National Indoor Championships ” Fleck said before Wednesday’s match “ We know each other’s games so well that it will definitely be weird playing each other, but it’s something that we ’ ve just got to deal with and not really focus on too much, and just focus on how we play individually rather than focus on who we ’ re playing ”

At Harvard, both of the Red’s doubles pairs senior captain Ryann Young and freshman Marika Cusick, and junior Lauren Frazier and freshman Alexandra D’Ascenzo lost in their first round matches The Red found more success in its singles play, with both Young and Cusick making it to the third round before falling to Ivy opponents Young was defeated, 6-2, 6-3, by Harvard’s Spencer Liang, while Cusick lost, 6-1, 7-5, to Dartmouth’s Jacqueline Crawford

Young attributed the lack of doubles success to the fact that the pairs had not played many competitive matches together, which is in part because two of the four players attending the tournament are new to the squad this season

“We just haven’t played a lot together, both of the teams We need to work on some of the little things like coming into the net, getting first serves in,” said Young

She added that while the team did not do as well as it would have liked to in singles, the tournament was useful in pointing out specific parts of each player’s game that they will need to improve upon throughout the off-season

“Personally, for me, it was the best I’ve played all fall That was really exciting, but at the same time I know what I have to

work on for the spring,” Young said “Marika also played really well, and again, she knows what she has to work on, and that’s what we ’ re going to do for the next couple of weeks ”

The women are still in-season until mid-November despite not having any matches scheduled, so they will use the next few weeks to perfect certain areas of their game until they pick up competitive play again mid-January

“[We’ll be] playing a lot of points and dealing with the pressure situations like we did in the tournament, ” Young said