10 25 13 entire issue lo res

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

Cornell Pushes Early

Admissions Deadline

By CAROLINE FLAX Sun News Editor

After students and admissions officers alike struggled to access the Common Application’s website earlier this month, Cornell announced Thursday that it pushed its early decision admissions and financial aid deadline from Nov 1 to Nov 8

Since Common Application launched a new version of its website Aug 1, students and high school guidance counselors have had trouble accessing its online application fee payment system and filling out recommendations Vice Provost Barbara Knuth said the University extended its early decision deadline to accommodate stud

n Application

“We are aware of the anxiety prospective students may be feeling at a time when they should be filled with excitement at the future possibilities before them,” Knuth said in a University press release

C.U. S pur s N.Y. Startups

By AKANE OTANI Sun Managing Editor

As a hotbed of entrepreneur-

s h i p, C o r n e l l i s l e a d i n g Governor Andrew Cuomo’s (DN Y ) effort to revitalize upstate New York’s economy, University

resources “I think Cornell has been leading the effort for a long time ” A t t h e h e l m o f t h e University’s push to drive economic development in the state is Start-Up N Y , a state-run program that aims to attract businesses, accelerate entrepreneurs h i p a n d c re a t e j o b s t h ro u g h partnerships with universities As one of the institutions partnering with the state in the program, Cornell will offer businesses that move to the area

Un

administrators said at a public meeting Thursday

“ We haven’t necessarily been boasting about this as much as we need to, but we ’ re amazing at t h i s , ” s a i d Ma r y O p p e r m a n , v i c e p r e s i d e n t f o r h u m a n

p

o m which they can work starting from Spring 2014, Opperman said To sweeten the deal, Start-Up N Y is giving participating companies various financial incentives: it will allow participating

Panel Re ects on Future of Education

By ANUSHKA MEHROTRA Sun Staff Writer

In light of rising tuition costs, a digitized economy and low standardized test scores, former Florida Gov Jeb Bush (R) and S U N Y C h a n c e l l o r Na n c y Zimpher discussed the future American education system at a panel Thursday

The discussion, which was moderated by President David

Sk o r t o n , f e a t u re d a k e y n o t e speech by Bush and was spons o re d by t h e C o r n e l l Republicans In his speech, Bush advocated for bipartisan support in reforming the American education system

“Reform is maturing into a b ro a d - b a s e d b i p a r t i s a n m ovement, ” he said “Now joining conservatives are a group of c o u r a g e o u s , c e n t e r - l e f t Democrats, particularly in big, urban areas of our country ” Bush said the “mediocracy” of the American primary education system is unacceptable “Our student's performance on international assessments c a n b e s t b e s u m m e d u p a s mediocre We worry a lot about o u r c h i l d re n ’ s s e l f - e s t e e m In Asia, they worry about whether their kids have a deep understanding of algebra and science,” he said Bush suggested six reforms

for the American K-12 education system, including promoting early literacy, increasing academic choices and emphasizing digital learning

“We need to make education relevant for 21st-century kids, and that means communicating with them on their terms as digital natives,” he said

He also proposed reforms such as requiring higher standards and more robust accountability for schools To do this, he suggested eliminating ineffective teachers who are often tenured and rewarding successful ones

“[Teachers] at the bottom

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Senior Writer

After much delibera t i o n , t h e St u d e n t Assembly voted Thursd a y t o e s t a b l i s h a Un i ve r s

b

responsible for overseeing disputes brought up by student organizations against the S A

The court will act as a mediator and will allow students, student organizations and student governing bodies to voice their concerns against the S A , The

S A voted to pass an amendment that will require the S A to form

tions and bylaws of the court in Fall 2014

Sun previously reported The S A passed three resolutions which were proposed by S A President Ulysses Smith ’14 and Scott Seidenberg ’16 in order to create the court Resolution 10 and 11 were required in order to change to the S A’s charter and bylaws, respectively, while Resolution 12 passed by a vote of 165-1 allowed the S A to adopt the student court In

Smith said he was excited the resolutions we

that the court will help t

Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series: Alton F. Doody III, Bravo Brio Restaurant Group 1:25 - 2:15 p m , Alice Statler Auditorium

Russia Under Putin Speaker Series: Kathr yn Stoner 3 p m , 153 Uris Hall

Agricultural Production Practices in Italy Info Session 4:30 - 5:30 p m , 100 Mann Library

Chai & Chat

5 - 7 p m , Physical Sciences Building

For Students Only: Cabaret Artistique

8 - 11 p m , Johnson Museum of Art

Tomorrow

Gender, Race and Representation In Magazines and New Media

9 a m - 6:30 p m , Africana Studies and Research Center

Run and Brunch

10 a m , Alice Cook House

Common Grounds Saturdays 6 - 9 p m , TV Lounge, Robert Purcell Community Center

Nerd Nite Ithaca

8:30 - 10 p m , Big Red Barn

News, “Facing Tighter Restrictions, Cornell Fraternities Adapt Longstanding Traditions,” Monday

Sp eaking ab out changes to p olicies regarding Greek life at Cornell I think we ve had traditions in place for a long time that p eople are making big changes to so it s not going to b e a seamless pro cess It ’ s obviously going b e difficult but I have faith in the chapter presidents to do what s necess ar y

Inter fraternit y Council President Colin Foley ’14

Ne ws, “ Ganne tt: On e in Four S tudents Face ‘Wint er Blues’,” Thursday

Sp eaking ab out dif f iculties admitting to depressive symptoms

“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 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 b ecause you can’t just handle it If you exp erience SAD you should seek help ” Direc tor of Counseling and Psychological S er vices at Gannett Gregor y Eells

Sp eaking ab out whether average Cornellians are regularly conscious of diversit y “I b elieve that Cornell’s vast diversity can b e a veritable truth only when ever y memb er of our community is sensitized enough to b other with inclusion on a more p ersonal level I am well aware of the preconceived notion that an American student would rather not inter vene in a so cial circle of s ay, international Chinese or Indian students b ecause they would probably end up feeling left out S o, why b other?”

Aditi Bhowmick ’16

O pin ion, “Fr om Di sc ord To wards Di scussi on: Corn el l’s R ole in R esh apin g A m eri can E duc ati on, ” We dne sday

Sp eaking ab out Cornell’s commitment to investing in shaping American education

“President David Skorton and the University he leads represent a crucial fusion of public commitment to and private investment in higher education Cornell s ability to op en the do ors of an Iv y League institution to New Yorkers whose payments are subsidized by the impressive so cial construct of the SUNY system is unique, impressive and emblematic of the direction in which American education must move Jacob Glick ’15

W W W . C O R N E L L S U N . C O M

Slope Day to Be Day Aft er Classes End

By SARAH CUTLER

For the first time since Slope Day became a school-sponsored event in 2001, the celebration will take place the day after the end of classes rather than on the last day of classes

The scheduling change, which will make Thursday, May 8, 2014 Slope Day, will eliminate student conflicts with academic classes and will save Cornell $40,000 in overtime pay for Cornell Police, Campus Life, Facilities and Building Care staff, according to Lee Singer ’14, executive chair of the Slope Day Programming Board The change will also make it easier for the board to find “better” artists who might not be available on a Friday, when Slope Day is typically held, Singer said

“ We found that Thursday was the best fit for the goals we had in mind for Slope Day,” Singer said “I’m ver y happy with this It’s the best of both worlds, and I think it’s one of those changes where, in the long run, it’s going to be ver y beneficial for students and ever yone involved ”

Student reactions to the change ranged from relief at not having to miss classes to disappointment at the loss of the tradition of missing classes on Slope Day

While Chris Habib ’15 said he “doesn’t really care ” about Slope Day and that the date is not that important, Savannah Dowling ‘16 said she feels the new schedule opposes the tradition of the event

“I feel like Slope Day should be on the last day of classes it feels so traditional,” Dowling said “ There’s a mutual understanding between professors and students that it should be a fun day It’s like a student rebellion sort of thing ”

And while Danielle LaBarbiera ’15 said it is “convenient” that students will not have to skip classes on Slope Day, she added that skipping class is a tradition that’s been “ruined” by the change

For Olivia Griswold ’16, the change “kills the vibe” of Slope Day, she said

“It’s usually the last day of classes, so it’s super exciting, but the next day, finals are kicking you already,” she said “And this makes you go to class who wants to do that?”

But other students commended the change, acknowledging that it would likely be better for students with prior commitments and classes on Slope Day

“If people have commitments like a math quiz or don’t want to miss a lecture, it’ll make ever yone happy,” Parmeet Singh ’16 said Richard Lo ’16, who skipped classes last year for Slope Day, said he is happy about the schedule change

“If I skip, I feel like I’m wasting my tuition,” he said “I think this is a great idea ” Singer said he is not concerned about changing the tradition of the event On the contrar y, he said, holding the celebration after classes are over is the “sustainable change” the Programming Board has been looking for

“ The tradition is that Slope Day is a celebration of the last day of classes, and it still fulfills that role,” Singer said “It still provides that way for students to blow off steam, and it still celebrates the end of the semester and the arrival of spring I don’t see this changing the culture of the event at all ”

Workers With D isabilities Earn Less

By CAROLINE FLAX Sun News Editor

Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations recently published a study that showed that workers with disabilities are paid about 10 percent less than their coworkers, according to USA Today This study also found that workers with disabilities also earn about eight percent less in total compensation which includes wages, health insurance and vacation time

According to USA Today, the research only focused on full-time male workers, eliminating possible other variables such as gender pay disparities Researchers say this was done because they wanted to isolate a similar group of individuals

According to Prof Kevin Hallock, human resources, director of the Institute of Compensation Studies, ILR’s research also found that people with disabilities are more likely to take lower paying jobs in favor of better benefit packages

“So you might imagine someone taking a job for $40,000 with health insurance or a job for $60,000 without health insurance,” Hallock said at a presentation on employment for people with disabilities Wednesday

The study also found that the top fields for people with disabilities were in manual labor jobs such as transportation, production and administrative jobs

There were many fewer people with disabilities in “skilled” jobs, like management, business and finance, according to USA Today

According to Linda Barrington, executive director of the Institute for Compensation Studies, employers should look at their own employees to ensure equal pay

“Employers need to be looking at wage gaps in their own workforce,” Barrington said “A lot of companies do that for gender, they do that for race, ethnicity People with disabilities and (the) pay gap for people with disabilities need to be included in every company ’ s checklist as they go through and say ‘do we have fair pay practices ’”

Other solutions, according to the study, include raising awareness, improving management training and expanding the services offered to people with disabilities

In addition to inequal pay, according to USA Today, the joblessness rate among people with disabilities is much higher than for people without, at 13 percent as compared to 7 percent last month Also, only 21 percent of people with disabilities are employed or actively looking for a job, USA Today reported

Prospective Students Rejoice

ADMISSIONS

Continued from page 1

“We would like to assure them we are monitoring the situation with the Common Application and taking measures at Cornell to mitigate the challenges ”

Cornell will be among at least three Ivy league schools that have pushed early decision deadlines Columbia University and Dartmouth College both announced they would be extending their deadlines earlier this week, according to The Dartmouth

Prospective freshmen took to Twitter to express their excitement over the deadline being extended

he said in an email Oct 17

He added that, in the last few months, these problems have resulted in more prospective students calling the admissions office than in past years

“In August and September we experienced double-digit increases in telephone calls to the Undergraduate Admissions Office,” he said “We attribute the increased telephone traffic to students, parents and guidance counselors having problems with the Common Application ”

“Thank the actual Lord Jesus Cornell extended their early decision deadline #happygirl.”

“CORNELL EXTENDED THE EARLY APPLICATION DEADLINE I'M SO HAPPY I COULD CRY,” Alex Stryker said on Twitter

Corey Flahive echoed Str yker’s sentiment, expressing her excitement about the announcement

“Thank the actual Lord Jesus Cornell extended their early decision deadline #happygirl,” she wrote

Locke also said that the Common Application’s new system has been experiencing “significant challenges” since the application launched Aug 1

“Many aspects of the system simply weren ’ t thoroughly tested and should not have been launched,”

Cornell’s admissions office has since created a page on its website addressing the frequently asked questions regarding the Common Application’s technical difficulties, the press release said

Almost a dozen other schools have changed their early admissions deadlines because of issues with the Common Application, according to The New York Times

Cornell will be emailing all prospective freshmen who are already in the process of applying to the University as well as high school guidance counselors about the extended deadline, according to the press release

Caroline Flax can be reached at cflax@cornellsun com

Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive in Ithaca, Univ. S ays

ECONOMY

Continued from page 1

paying taxes for 10 years and let c

income taxes for the first five years of working State officials hope that StartUp N Y

Cu

described as “ one of the most a

ment programs our state has seen in decades” will bolster the state ’ s flagging economy Upstate Ne w Yo rk’s “ we a k p o p u l a

n and labor force growth in recent years has raised concerns about a loss of educated workers,” the Federal Reser ve Bank of New York said in a 2007 report By offer-

a n d w o r k s p a c e t o businesses moving to the state, Cuomo is o p t i m i s t i c h e c a n fight the brain drain t h a t h a s d e p l e t e d upstate New York of h i g h l y e d u c a t e d workers

with the state, Cornell had long

Opperman said

“ We’re actually a ver y entrepreneurial campus here in Ithaca A lot has been said about New York City, but I think we ’ re also doing a lot here,” she said

Fr

Cornellians founded 141 companies in Tompkins County, 130 of

companies alumni founded have created 576 of the 1,300 jobs that opened up in that time

“We’re actually a very entrepreneurial campus here in Ithaca A lot has been said about New York City, but I think we’re also doing a lot here.”

M a r y O p p e r m a n

“In a tax-free environment, no one can match what New York has to offer,” Cuomo said at the program ’ s official launch Tuesday “Businesses that are looking to s t a r t u p o r e x p a n d , a n d m o s t importantly create jobs, should look no further We are leveraging our world-class SUNY system and prestigious private unive r s i t i e s t o p a r t n e r w i t h n e w b u s i n e s s e s , p r ov i d i n g d i re c t a c c e s s t o a d v a n c e d re s e a r c h , development resources, exper ts in high-tech and other industries and all with zero taxes for 10 whole years ” Cornell administrators are optimistic, too Start-Up N Y will allow Cuomo to “ put higher ed at the front and center ” of helping upstate New York find its economic identity, Opperman said

“I think Start-Up New York is a way for the whole higher ed system to support the state, particularly upstate New York,” she said

Even before formalizing its

frame

Cornellians have also helped raise $484 million in investment capital in Ithaca area, Opperman said

“ We’v e

entrepreneurship for a while,” she said, highlighting the Cornell Na n o s c a l e Fa c i l i t y, Entrepreneurship@Cornell, the PopShop and eLab as examples of incubators and advancers of the start-up scene in Ithaca

C

h Start-Up N Y is just another way the University can support its home state, Opperman said

“It puts universities front and center in the attraction of businesses to upstate New York and is a great challenge for us Its purpose is simple: to bring econom-

attraction of new jobs to the region,” she said

Akane Otani can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun com

To Promote Dialogue

COURT Continued from page 1

said in an email

Seidenberg echoed Smith’s beliefs about the importance of the University court

“It’s going to be what’s best for the student body going for ward,” he said at the meeting

Although the resolutions enabling the creation of the court were passed, work still needs to be done in order for the court to become a reality, Seidenberg said Seidenberg and Smith have been working to develop an implementation plan over time, but Seidenberg said the main focus was on ensuring the resolutions would be passed first

“You can ’ t implement something that doesn’t exist,” Seidenberg said

According to Smith, the next step for the University court will be to receive approval from President David Skorton before the S A begins to focus on how to implement the court

“I’m sure [Skorton] and his team will scrutinize it just like the assembly has We will address any concerns he has and take all rec-

“Hopefully, this will lead to a continuing dialogue about the judicial system, student organizations and the S A ” U l y s e e s S m i t h ’ 1 4

account That has to happen before we focus solely

this will lead to a continu-

Prior to the S A ’ s vote on the court, however, some representatives were still concerned about the nature of the resolutions

“After a lot of thought, I’m still a bit concerned about the structure of how the student court would function,” said Enrico Bonatti ’14, S A international liaison at large, adding that, based on conversations he has had with others, he is not sure if some students would feel comfortable expressing their problems to their peers

Juliana Batista ’16, S A vice president for outreach, expressed her concerns about making large changes to the S A charter and said the assembly needs to hold changing the charter to high standards

“I’m afraid of this institution creating unnecessar y discourse of campus I don’t want people coming to just argue or complain,” Batista said

Other representatives threw their support behind the resolutions during discussions about the court Thursday

“All of my constituents I’ve talked to so far have definitely been for this There have even been a few who want to run for a position,” Freshman Representative Seth Lutsic ’17 said “In the end, this is a body that needs to be created ”

Overall, Smith lauded the the S A for the amount of work that was put into the University court

“I am really proud that the S A , given its composition of mostly first-term representatives, really took the time to evaluate this, ask critical questions and amend it until we produced a great product,” Smith said

Continued from page 1

that are chronically bad ought to be fired,” he said “We need to put students first It will happen if we eliminate tenure and evaluate teachers based on performance in a thoughtful way and pay them a lot more for a job well done ”

Skorton asked Bush and Zimpher if they believe everyone in the country that completes secondary school needs a college education

“Everybody deserves the right to be smart, ” Zimpher responded “We should not assume that low income students, who are disproportionately ethnically and racially diverse, are somehow going to take a pathway other than the be smart, go to college and get a job pathway ”

Bush echoed Zimpher’s sentiments, noting the importance of having equal educational opportunities available

“The answer is no I don’t think everyone has to go to college, but everyone should have a right to go to college,” he said “We’ve maybe gone overboard in saying every kid is going to college ”

In the question and answer portion of the panel, Michael Sun ’16 asked Bush about his opinion on the anti-union policies of Governors Chris Christie (R-N J ) and Chris Christie and Scott Walker (R-Wis )

“The case of Scott Walker making Wisconsin a right to work state was a spectacular idea that

improved the competitive position of Wisconsin for years to come, ” he replied

Skorton also asked how the college experience should be designed Zimpher spoke in favor of preserving a traditional, liberal academic experience

“I hope [we] will always retain the liberal education that the general education provides that make a fully educated person, ” she said

Bush, however, argued that Americans should focus on developing the core competencies necessary to succeed in a professional environment

“The traditional student, except at elite universities, is very different today than it was The competency based model is a fantastic model,” he said

He added that abstract degree programs such as those in psychology are not “reality-based” and that universities need to start making adjustments through the promotion of competency-based learning

Jessica Reif ’14, chair emeritus for the Cornell Republicans, concluded the talk by commending the abilities of both Bush and Zimpher to transcend partisan barriers

“This was a conversation not of partisan differences but one of collaboration and solutions,” she said

Anushka Mehrotra can be reached at amehrotra@cornellsun com

i

LIZ CAMUTI ’14

LEVINE ’14

ELLICOTT ’15

MARTEN 14

SHAH ’14

COURT 15

FLAX 15

BROMER ’16

SARAH COHEN ’15

CHAN 15

CHIUSANO 15

MEGAN ZHOU ’15

BRANDON ARAGON 14

ANNA TSENTER 14

ERIKA G WHITESTONE ’15

MANU RATHORE 15

HANNAH McGOUGH ’14

Editor

REBECCA HARRIS 14 Editor in Chief

Mockery of a Sham

The Tr ust ee A genda

l i n v i t a t i o n t o t o n i g h t ’ s n e t w o r k i n g re c e p t i o n ? Do n ’ t So d i d e v e r y s i n g l e f l o o r m a t e f r o m y o u r f re s h m a n d o r m Bu t a l l k i d d i n g a s i d e , w e k n ow t h a t C o r n e l l’s t r u s t e e s d o c a re

a b o u t o u r i l l u s t r i o u s Un i v e r s i t y a n d p e r h a p s e v e n t h e s t u d e n t s w h o i n h a b i t i t T h u s , w e ’ re c e r t a i n t h a t t h e y w i l l t a k e t h i s w e e k e n d t o c o n s i d e r h ow t o p r o c e e d w i t h a d d re s s i n g a f e w o f t h e m o s t p re s s i n g i s s u e s c u r re n t l y f a c i n g o u r c a m p u s T H E I N H U M A N E T R E AT M E N T O F T H E S TAT U E S O F O U R E S T E E M E D F O U N D E R S E z r a a n d A n d re w a re f o r c e d t o s i t o u t s i d e y e a r - r o u n d f o r t h e a m u s e m e n t o f Q u a d - g o e r s , a n d f o r w h a t i n re t u r n ? T h e y s u f f e r t h r o u g h t h e c o l d w

i g h t

q u a t e l y d re s s e d f o r t h e w e a t h e r a n d re c e i v i n g n o p a y f o r t h e i r s e r v i c e s A f t

a l l t h e y c o n t r i b u t e d t o t h i s Un i v e r s i t y, t h e l e a s t y o u g u y s c o u l d d o i s g e t t h e m s o m e s c a r v e s a n d b r i n g t h e m h o t c h o c o l a t e f r o m t i m e t o t i m e T H E A B S E N C E O F S LU R PI E O P P O RT U N I T I E S O PE N TO A L L M E M B E R S O F T H E C O M M U N I T Y W h e re a re a l l t h e s l u r p i e s ? Cu r re n t l y, t h e y a re o n l y e a s i l y a c c e s s i b l e t o C o l l e g e t ow n d w e l l e r s I f w e w a n t t o a d d re s s d i s c r i m i n a t i o n , h e re i s a g re a t p l a c e t o s t a r t Sl u r p i e s s h o u l d b e w a y m o re w i d e l y a v a i l a b l e f o r c o n s u m p t i o n T H E L AC K O F A F O R M A L C A M P U S D R E S S C O D E St u d e n t s s h o u l d b e re q u i re d t o w e a r s w e a t s o r p a j a m a s t o c l a s s a n d s h o u l d b e e x p re s s l y f o r b i d d e n f r o m d o n n i n g a n y t h i n g c o u l d b e c o n s t r u e d a s c l a s s y, a p p r o p r i a t e o r m a t u re Su c h a m e a s u re w o u l d p r o t e c t c o m p u t e r s c i e n c e m a j o r s , s t o n e r s a n d Su n e d i t o r s f r o m j u d g m e n t a n d r i d i c u l e b y t h e i r p e e r s T H E U S H AV I N G N O M O N EY T H I N G We re a l i z e W St a t e St re e t i s n ’ t e x a c

HEY, IT’S FRIDAY. AND WE — THE SUN’S EDITORS AND COLUMNISTS — ARE BACK AND MAD AS HELL. IT’S COLD, IT’S PRELIM SEASON, IT’S DEFINITELY ABOUT TIME TO ...

TO HELL AND BACK

I traveled for 12 hours to and from Ne w York City, the morning after fishbowls for a half and hour networking meeting, all while working on a repor t for a grad level class: Shit I do to get an internship M R

SLUMBER PART Y

A bunch of Tr ustees

j u s t w a l k e d i n t o t h e Sun office and, luckily, I was in my classiest pajamas Ready to meet and greet! C F

AMIT-AFICIONADO

This what one may call an evergreen kvetch: Why can I never get a table at Libe? Step off my tur f E C

SEX COLUMNIST PROBLEMS

To all of the dudes who decided this week is a “let’s just be friends” kind of week, go fuck yourselves because now I’m not getting any and my bed is cold because I h a v e n ’ t p u r c h a s e d a comfor ter yet A O

WHO HIRED THIS GUY?

To my professor who t h i n k s o u r 8 : 4 0 a m class star ts at 8:30 a m a n d w h o i n s i s t s o n “ c h e c k i n g i n ” o n o u r p a p e r s t h e d a y b e f o r e they’re due: I will continue to show up at 9 a m and no, I haven’t s t a r t e d m y p a p e r B e c a u s e I a m s a n e Please, lay off the caffeine L C

ALL DRESSED UP AND NOWHERE TO GO

I s e a r c h e d t h e

Physical Sciences buildi n g h i g h a n d l o w, dressed to the nines, for a networking event that i s , i n f a c t , t o m o r r o w Worse than clearly being woefully underprepared for the real world? I have no where else to be in this fabulous outfit R H

REAL TALK W h y i s b o o z e s o e x p e n s i v e ? S o m e t i m e s , on a Friday, it would be

n i c e n o t t o h a v e t o choose between drinking and eating dinner A C

TRAINING FOR A MARATHON

My dog seems to take exponentially longer to u r i n a t e w h e n i t g e t s c o l d W h i l e t h i s h a s u p p e d m y “ e x e r c i s e ” (read: walking) quotient by five, I am not a happy camper

A O

READY TO CATCH SOME ZZZZZS

To my T A , who said today, “ You guys can ’ t be tired, you were tired last week!”: I will be tired whenever I want to be, thank you ver y much! S B

ONE OF THESE SHOULD DO Column ideas I have scrapped tonight: “Baths I Have Taken,” “ Werewolf Bar Mitzvah: A Fanfic,” “5 Writers in Need of Better Haircuts G C

Rebecca John | Mushroom Rage

To All the P roblem Gurls

Iwant to write something just for the problem gurls

That’s gurl with a “ u ” for all of us, regardless of gender identification, who want to pay homage to that girlhood inside of us that has been laughed at and scorned, but also want to expand that narrow, individualistic i to a more welcoming u that wraps us in a warm collective embrace I’m talking about gurlhood as a shared experience and not a fixed identity

This is for all the problem gurls who are made to feel like they are too much of anything Too loud when there is something necessarily unsettling to say, too quiet when we use silence as refuge for self-preser vation Too marks us as an indefinite problem, distracting from the problems we are tr ying to articulate and putting the critical lens on our own “problematic” bodies instead Laugh at those “ too ’ s ” and create your own language for yourself We’re not too loud or too quiet, we ’ re just here and this is what we are

This is for all the problem gurls who know displacement keenly For those who walk around campus seeing portraits of white men ever ywhere, but not a single face that could have been one of their homegurls For those

We’re looking for a sanctuar y but also can’t sit in one place for too long because our movement is liberating.

who light up at familiar smells and sounds because they remind us of a home that exists in our heads We’re looking for a sanctuar y but also can ’ t sit in one place for too long because our movement is liberating We’ve defied all sorts of expectations with our movement away from homes that were burning up or burning us up, our movement into schools that were not created for us but now accept us conditionally, our movement towards an explosion of unexpected places in our futures We have to keep moving, and we ’ re problematic because we move

This is for the problem gurls who feel themselves hardening from defending the battleground that their body is, but are still tr ying to find ways to be tender and spaces in which to be vulnerable It’s exhausting to carr y this fullness around and sometimes we just want to eat watermelon and watch the sky, get on a spaceship, leave our bodies and indulge in some sort of escapist fantasy But that will always be a fantasy, because we have an inner fighting instinct that hibernates sometimes, but never seems to go away Sometimes we have no choice but to harden, but we will always find ways to be gentle on our own terms The way we boomerang from tough to tender is so problematic, and that is why we love it

This is for the problem gurls who have learnt or are learning how to “touch the destruction” within themselves, in the words of Audre Lorde, and turn it into power We’re so destructive: We tear down the reactionaries in our classrooms, we call out the offensiveness we hear in passing and we clobber ourselves up, being so at war with world Sometimes we ’ re made to believe that all we do is cause destruction But we ’ re just breaking down existing molds and working on creating new ones; we ’ re creative to the core but only our destruction is ever noticed It doesn’t matter; it may seem problematic that our destruction and creativity are intertwined, but they are This is to all the problem gurls embrace your problematic-ness, but don’t accept it You’re actually revolutionar y gurls

Rebecca

Comment of the day Web

“The reason why public education in this country is failing is precisely because it lacks a profit motive No organization succeeds if it isn’t held responsible for its failures, and this is the case with many public elementary and secondary schools. Taxpayer money is wasted on bureaucratic nonsense and paying many poor quality teachers whose union membership guarantees a salary and job security independent of performance ”

AThis article is a call to anger because there is too much to be angry about and we cannot let a societal fear of anger stop us In our public and even private lives, we regard the expression of anger as a danger and a threat to the normal functioning of society Anger is violent Anger is irrational Anger is destructive and it is, therefore, accepted that anger is unquestionably, objectively bad We must denounce it and stigmatize those who so shamefully and immaturely respond with anger, because, we, as proper, educated people all undoubtedly know, it is much more productive to resolve our fr ustrations through dignified talk and cooperation

Right?

No

Absolutely fucking not The control of anger is a question of power and, as such, we cannot regard it objectively We must consider how it is used to advance the stations of powerholders and, conversely, to silence voices of dissent

JohnGalt

Re: “GLICK: From Discord Towards Discussion: Cornell’s Role in Reshaping American Education,” Opinion, published October 23, 2013

C a l l t o A n ge r

erosexual, cisgender, ablebodied men Only those who have more to demand from the world the poor, the black, the women, the queer, the differentlyabled, the “other” have reason to deconstruct what doesn’t work for them, and are, therefore, driven to anger To deconstr uct is a beautiful thing To tear down oppressive institutions by smashing a sledgehammer against their foundations beautiful Productive Revolutionary But this is precisely why the dominant groups in society fear anger in its deconstructive capacity: To produce such revolutionary change is to undermine their power and stability And so, to protect their

then, because when anger is delegitimized and invalidated, it becomes an impossibility Marginalized people, internalizing that “improper” anger, are discouraged from thinking of anger as a viable way to enact change, and are thus stripped of one more channel to power And those that resist this perception and express their anger nonetheless are delegitimized Have you ever heard of the bitch? Or the angry black woman? These are people that are fighting for basic equality but are knocked down and forced to the ground because their efforts are labeled aggressive and forceful (and the only types of aggression and force that are acceptable in society are

what is sanctioned is stigmatized No one will listen

It is the societally-sanctioned diction and demure toungue of one person that inflicts violence on another.

The deconstructive element of anger that is, anger ’ s existence as a danger and threat to the normal functioning of society is precisely why controlling anger is a question of power Because who has a stake in society as it functions normally? And who has a stake in its deconstr uction? Amerikkkan society, of course, exists as a haven for rich, white, het-

interests whether deliberately or not, they have advanced the notion of anger as bad: They have played upon our fears by labeling it as irrational and violent

The negative perception of anger has become an “objective” perception, of course, only because what is dominant is invisible, normalized and taken for granted as a given The dominant group has been effective in their efforts,

those committed by rich white men)

So violence is a disgrace, angry mobs are stupid, a yelling girlfriend is overreacting We cannot be angry, but if we are not, who is going to listen? No one, and that’s the point: Sanctioned forms of expression and change like the bureaucratic system and strongly-worded emails are ineffective for the marginalized, but any form of action beyond

But now we need to reclaim anger We need to reclaim it to validate our experiences We should be proud when we are angry because that means that we expect better and will fight for it Should we find better ways to express ourselves, i e proper, dignified ways? Absolutely not It is the societally-sanctioned diction and demure tongue of one person that inflicts violence on another We need not be complacent within that mode of expression when anger provides the force of change toward justice We need to reclaim anger for its productive capacities Every girl is a riot grrrl and the world needs to see how loud we can yell To embrace our anger is to liberate ourselves When I said this is a call to anger, I meant it If you want to be angry and act on that anger, shoot me an email, because who knows how much we can destroy

“It’s not gay as in happy, but queer as in f*** you ” Get it right

Bailey Dineen is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences Pronous: They, Them, There They may be reached at btd32@cornell edu Genderfucked appears alternate Fridays this semester

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BY GINA CARGAS Sun Staff Writer

Cornell’s MFA program has produced a number of contemporary literary luminaries, from Junot Diaz M F A ’95 to Téa Obreht M F A ’09 to NoViolet Bulawayo M F A ’10

Most recently, however, the program has spawned something more surprising: The Starry Mountain Sweetheart Band The rootsy rock band is made up primarily of Cornell fiction writers: three lecturers and J Robert Lennon, acclaimed novelist and Director of the Creative Writing Program The band a five-piece made up by Lennon, Daniel Peña, Lauren Schenkman, Adam Price and Elizabeth Watkins Price came together last fall in Lennon’s MFA fiction workshop

This Sunday, the band will host a record release party at Felicia’s Atomic Lounge

Though it started as a cover band, The Starry Mountain Sweetheart Band has since progressed to writing its own music Its eponymous debut album, released on Sept 15, features 11 infectious Americana tunes detailing stories of love, loss and disappointment According to Lennon, the transition from writing fiction to music has been difficult but well worth it

“All of our songs are sort of sad little stories with all the details left out, ” he said “They’re a little bit enigmatic but they’re kind of narrative and that comes from the same place fiction comes from For me that’s a relief from thinking in language It’s more visceral and immediate ”

That visceral immediacy can be difficult for a group of writers accustomed to more solitary, revision-based work They’ve played nine shows since December one a month, including a September appearance at The Gutter in Brooklyn and getting accustomed to live performances has taken

some time, Lennon said

“It’s fun and scary to play in front of people, but writing isn’t like that,” he said “There’s giving a reading, but it’s not the same thing You’re alone when you ’ re writing and no one is paying attention But the immediate feedback of playing live is really exciting ”

While the Starry Mountain Sweetheart Band could easily be called Cornell’s English department band, its existence seems to be off the radar of most of Lennon’s colleagues

“I mentioned it at a meeting the other day I couldn’t do something because I was going down to New York with the band on Friday and they all looked at me like ‘what?’” he said “I was like, ‘ you know the band I have? with the lecturers?’ None of them knew what I was talking about ”

Despite the fact that Lennon is his bandmates’ professor, he claims that the band has successfully navigated the potentially uncomfortable power dynamic

“I think I was more concerned about it than they were, ” he said “Luckily the three writers in question are relaxed people in general Eventually I sent them an email and said ‘just to let you know, you can say my song sucks and I won ’ t give you an F and whatever happens in our relationship as teacher and student won ’ t effect the band ’”

That feeling of egalitarian unity resonates throughout the band’s first album Four of the band members all but drummer Peña share vocals, often collaborating on gorgeous multi-part harmonies The album opens with “It Fades,” a track that pairs dark sorrow with frantic optimism (“if we talk about it now / it could last another day / if we say it’s over / maybe we can start again”) Lyrically, the song conveys the desperate grasping at straws that occurs in the dying

moments of a relationship Yet the bright guitar and soaring four-part harmonies give off a feeling of togetherness that keeps the song from drifting too far into misery

Later, the lush female voices on “Milk and Honey” veer into ’60s girl band territory Here, the layered, poppy vocals stray somewhat from the folksiness that dominates the rest of the album The prominence of vocal layering ensures that the group ’ s solo vocal tracks create an accentuated feeling of loneliness Closing ballad “Memory Hole” one of the strongest on the album opens with Lennon’s voice over a solitary guitar It’s heartbreaking

The range of styles and the collectivism that reverberates throughout the album may result from the band’s shared songwriting process With no clear frontman, the Starry Mountain Sweetheart Band relies on writing contributions from the whole group Luckily, the band members have had very few personal conflicts

“I’m kind of amazed at how well we all get along,” Lennon said “It’s hard enough being married to one person, but this is like being in a marriage with a bunch of people and you all have to get along But we do get along and it’s incredible ” Academia may not be the usual breeding ground for this country-inspired kind of rock music, but the English Department’s latest band is nothing to sneer at And, if Cornell’s other departments listen to Lennon’s advice, we’ll soon see far more professors on stage

“I think it’s therapeutic for academics,” he said “We should all start rock bands ”

Gina Cargas is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at gcargas@cornellsun com

y It’s h a rd w h e n yo

a c o l l e g e s t u

d e n t , e s p e c i a l l y a t C o r n e l l , t o p u t i n t h e e f f o r t t o re a d a b o o k t h a t ’ s n o t f o r s c h o o l , p a r t i c u l a r l y o n e t h a t ’ s a l m o s t 8 0 0 p a g e s Howe ve r, i f yo u h a ve t h e t i m e a n d t h e ze a l t o re a d o n e b i g b o o k t h i s s e m e s t e r ; i f yo u c r a ve a d ve n t u re , m y s t e r y, l ove a n d s t o r yt e l l i n g a t i t s h i g h e r c a l i b e r ; i f yo u w o u l d p re f e r, f o r a c h a n g e , t o s p e n d a n h o u r a d a y o n s o u l - s e a rc h i n g s t i m u l a t i o n i n s t e a d o f o n Fa c e b o o k ; t h e n p l e a s e c h o o s e t o re a d T h e Go l d f i n c h by Do n n a Ta r t t T h e Go l d f i n c h f o l l ow s t h e l i f e o f T h e o D e c k e r, a t h i r t e e n - y e a r - o l d Ma n h a t t a n i t e a t t h e s t o r y ’ s o p e n In a s o r t o f re w r i t t e n h i s t o r y o f Ne w Yo rk , t h e re i s a t e r r o r i s t a t t a c k o n T h e Me t r o p o l i t a n Mu s e u m o f A r t t h a t k i l l s T h e o ’ s m o t h e r a n d l e a v e s h i m v i r t u a l l y a l o n e In t h e a f t e r m a t h a n d c h a o s o f t h e a t t a c k , T h e o t a k e s a s m a l l p a i n t i n g T h e G o l d f i n c h b y C a r e l Fa b r i t i u s b e f o re l e a v i n g t h e w re c k a g e T h e re s t o f t h e s t o r y f o l l ow s T h e o t h ro u g h h i s t e e n a g e ye a r s a n d i n t o a d u l t h o o d a s h e c o p e s w i t h t h e d e a t h o f h i s m o t h e r a n d t h e c o n s e q u e n c e s o f h o l d i n g o n t o p re c i o u s s t o l e n a r t , w h i c h e ve n t u a l l y l e a d s h i m i n t o t h e d a n g e ro u s w o r l d o f u n d e r g ro u n d a r t

f r a u d We f o l l ow h i m t o t h e h o m e o f h i s we a l t h y f r i e n d o n Pa rk Ave n u e , t o L a s Ve g a s w h e re h e l i ve s a t o r t u re d c h i l dh o o d w i t h a n a b u s i ve f a t h e r, b a c k t o Ne w Yo rk s e ve r a l ye a r s l a t e r a n d t o A m s t e rd a m a s a n a d u l t , w h e re t h e s u s p e n s e c u l m i n a t e s a n d , I w a r n yo u , m i g h t f o rc e yo u t o s t a y u p a l l n i g h t t o s e e w h a t h a p p e n s It i s c e r t a i n l y t h e m o s t a n t i c i p a t e d b o o k o f t h e s e a s o n p e r h a p s o f t h e ye a r a n d h a s d e b u t e d w i t h s e ve r a l f e a t u re s , re v i e w s ( i n c l u di n g o n e by St e p h e n K i n g ) a n d i n t e r v i e w s w i t h t h e e ve r - e l u s i ve a n d e ve r - f a b ul o u s a u t h o r, Do n n a Ta r t t T h e Ti m e s ’ Ju l i e B o s m a n re f e r s t o Ta r t t a s “ a c ro s s b e t w e e n A n n a W i n t o u r a n d Os c a r Wi l d e ” Ta r t t e a r n e d t h i s a f f i l i a t i o n w i t h g o o d r e a s o n T h e p a r t i c u l a r l y s p e c i a l t h i n g a b o u t T h e Go l d f i n c h i s t h a t i t i s Ta r t t ’ s f i r s t b o o k i n 1 1 ye a r s He r t w o p re v i o u s b o o k s , T h e Se c re t Hi s t o r y a n d T h e Li t t l e Fr i e n d ( a l s o a d e c a d e a p a r t ) h a ve b e e n t r a n s l a t e d i n t o 3 0 l a n g u a g e s a n d l a u d e d a s i n s t a n t m o d e r n c l a s s i c s T h e s a m e w i l l g o f o r h e r l a t e s t Ta r t t d o e s n o t g o o n b o o k t o u r s , n o r

d o e s s h e g i ve m a n y i n t e r v i e w s o r t a l k s In a n a g e w h e re p u b l i s h i n g i s b a s e d h e a v i l y

o n s e l f - p r o m o t i o n , p e r s o n a l t w i t t e r a c c o u n t s a n d o b s e s s i ve m a rk e t i n g , Ta r t t i s r e f r e s h i n g l y o l d - f a s h i o n e d , l e t t i n g h e r p ro s e s t a n d a l o n e T h e m y s t i q u e o f h e r a b i l i t y t o d i s a p p e a r f o r ye a r s a t a t i m e a n d re t u r n w i t h a m a s t e r p i e c e re f l e c t s w o n d e rf u l l y i n t h e m y s t e r y a n d i n g e n u i t y o f h e r f e w b u t f o r m a t i ve n ove l s

T h e Go l d f i n c h i s Di c k e n s i a n i n f o r m w i t h d o ze n s o f u n f o r g e t t a b l e c h a r a c t e r s , p o e t i c l a n g u a g e t h a t yo u c a n ’ t h e l p t o re re a d s e ve r a l t i m e s ove r a n d a d e e p i n ve s tm e n t i n p l o t t h a t c a n o n l y o c c u r i n i t s t r u e s t f o r m w h e n o n e f o l l ow s a b oy a s h e

c o m e s o f a g e W h a t I t e l l m y f r i e n d s w h e n

I w a n t t o c o n v i n c e t h e m t o re a d t h i s b o o k , t h o u g h , i s t h a t i t i s Ha r r y Po t t e r f o r a d u l t s T h e re i s n o a c t u a l m a g i c i n vo l ve d , o f c o u r s e , b u t t h e d e p t h o f w h a t ’ s a t s t a k e a n d t h e t h e m e s o f f r i e n d s h i p, b r a ve r y a n d m o rt a l i t y a re g l o r i o u s l y s i m i l a r Ta r t t m u s t h a ve b e e n a Ha r r y Po t t e r f a n : e ve n h e r h e ro i s l ov i n g l y c a l l e d Po t t e r by h i s q u i rk y f r i e n d B o r i s , d u e t o t h e c i rc u l a r w i re - r i m g l a s s e s t h a t h e we a r s h i s w h o l e l i f e Ta r t t h a s a k n a c k f o r t a k i n g g i a n t t o p i c s l i k e t e r ro r i s m , a r t t h e f t , d r u g u s e a n d f r a u d , a n d m a k i n g t h e m s h o c k i n g l y i n t im a t e a n d re a l Sh e d o e s n o t h o l d b a c k o n q u e s t i o n s l i k e , “ W h y d o we l ove a r t ? ” “ W h y i s l i f e s o h a rd ? ” “ W h a t d

MARK DISTEFANO Sun Staff Writer

Oscar season is now in full swing Several heavyweight contenders are in the running for Best Actor nominations, with well-deserved praise going to Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave and Robert Redford in All is Lost You can now add Tom Hanks to the thick of that list, for his raw and riveting performance as an ordinary ship captain pushed to his limits by incredible circumstances Captain Phillips, directed by Paul Greengrass with a tight script by Billy Ray (Breach, The Hunger Games), recreates the 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama, an American freighter which was overtaken by Somali pirates for five dark days

As Richard Phillips, Hanks is more than up to the challenge of portraying an everyman suddenly charged with ensuring the survival of his crew and himself

We first see Phillips leave his Vermont home in the morning, talking about his son with his wife (Catherine Keener), before he reports to Oman, where the Alabama will depart The story that made world headlines comes into play shortly thereafter Once around the Horn of Africa, the ship that Phillips commands is boarded by four pirates, but not before he cleverly uses fear tactics to deter another skiff full of them Phillip’s ingenuity notwithstanding, the crew is completely unprotected: The Alabama, by law, is required to have no guns or weapons and is not traveling with other freighters Once onboard, the pirates, led by Muse (Barkhad Abdi, a force of nature), scream and shove their AK-47s in Phillips’ face, demanding millions as a ransom When Phillips promises them $30,000, the dissatisfied Muse prepares to shoot one of the crew, but the captain convinces him to reconsider and agrees to help the pirates search the ship After once again drawing on his resourcefulness to prevent them from discovering the crew, Phillips allows himself to be launched from the vessel in a lifeboat along with the hijackers

Here is where things get hairy The navy is

TCAPTAIN PHILLIPS: Floating Toward the Brink

called in and eventually, the USS Bainbridge arrives with orders to rescue Phillips Their number one priority is to stop the lifeboat from reaching the Somali coast, using any

Cap tain Phillips

Directed by Paul Greengrass

Starring Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi

means necessary Soon thereafter, Phillips is entangled in a grueling tug-of-war between the Somalis crammed in the lifeboat with him and the powerful US warships only meters away We know how the story ends, but that doesn’t make the film any less of a whiteknuckle ride

In a career that already includes miracle performances in Philadelphia, Forrest Gump and Saving Private Ryan, Tom Hanks delivers yet again We are about due for another tour de force from this masterful actor, and this

represents his greatest, most convincing turn since he held the screen for a full hour and a half, stranded with a volleyball on an island in Cast Away The memorability of this film is all due to Hanks’ portrayal of the tortured captain who refuses to let down his guard and shirk his professional duties even as he is faced with near-certain death Toward the film’s end Phillips jumps out of the lifeboat, flailing to the navy for help and beginning to exhibit signs of PTSD, while Hanks never lets us lose sight of the Vermont family man in the water

Equally as good is Barkhad Abdi, a first-time actor and native Somali as the lead hijacker, who explains to the captain he calls “Irish” that what he does is strictly business Are there ways to make a living besides hijacking boats? “Maybe in America, Irish,” responds Abdi, with such simple finesse that you buy every word as true to what happened during the real event Going toe-to-toe with Tom Hanks, Abdi is able to expose the kernel of humanity in these outwardly barbaric hijackers, who are just as much victims of the war-ravaged country they come from as Phillips is a victim of their kidnapping him Abdi doesn’t seem to be acting so much as

The Beats Are Back

his fall, there are four literary-cinematic events to note Some are opening nation-wide; some are specific to Cornell’s campus; and all are worthy of your attention KILL YOUR DARLINGS: Perhaps because Americans are too inebriated with the myths of their writers to understand them, American actors rarely get cast as famous beatnik authors After York-born Sam Riley played Sal Paradise, Jack Kerouac’s on-page ego, in last season ’ s On the Road, Daniel Radcliffe, the Harry Potter alum with an impressive child-actor lifespan, will play Allen Ginsburg in upcoming Kill Your Darlings While Riley looked too boyish and virginal to play rugged blue-collar Kerouac, Radcliffe looks appropriately uncomfortable playing a young, neurotic Ginsburg (last played by James Franco in 2010’s Howl) Here, Ginsburg deals with friends William S Burroughs (Ben Foster), Kerouac (Jack Huston) and Lucien Carr (Dane DeHaan) after Carr stabbed his stalker David Kammerer in Morningside Park So far, the film has been positively received Critics have praised it for both questioning the merits and morals of the beats and for focusing on the young writers’ days as idealistic students at Columbia the prelude to their later, more-documented careers The film is not an adaptation (although Kerouac and Burroughs wrote a book about the incident, And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks) and is coming to Cinemapolis next week

BIG SUR: Similarly, Jean-Marc Barr, German-born and of French ancestry (like Kerouac), will play Jack Duluoz (a k a Jack Kerouac) in an adaptation of Kerouac’s second-to-last novel, Big Sur Last year or so, the film’s producers released a somber trailer with little dialogue and a modern-day song playing (by the Fugees) Recently, however, producers pushed back the release date and re-marketed the film, giving it a more verbal and commercial-friendly trailer Although the original trailer looked unpromising, it looked more true to the tone of the boozy, at times depressing, novel Kerouac wrote as he was descending into alcoholism and head-trauma induced depression (Aside:

Kerouac was also plagued by penis envy we can thank Neal Cassidy, played here by American Josh Lucas, for that) The novel focuses on the relationship between Carolyn and Neal Cassidy, Kerouac and his love interest (Kate Bosworth) as they stay at publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s house in Big Sur, a pacific town in Northern California that is too expensive for the beatniks (or really anyone) these days

AS I LAY DYING: Aside from A O Scott, who, coincidentally, is coming to speak at Willard Straight Hall on Nov 6th, most critics advise against seeing this one, and it is not coming to a theater in or near Ithaca See it, however, if you want to appraise director James Franco’s degrees (from Columbia, Yale and other schools that give Cornellians an inferiority complex) As if the four perspectives in The Sound and the Fury weren ’ t enough, William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying is told through fifteen family members as they carry the body of their mother, Addie Bundren, to Jefferson, Mississippi Given its experimental structure, the novel is notoriously un-adaptable, and Mr Franco may have over-extended himself

THE SWIMMER: I’m most excited about the one classic adaptation on the list, The Swimmer, playing at Cornell Cinema Nov 2nd Based on the 1964 John Cheever New Yorker short story of the same name, The Swimmer is perhaps as resistant to screen adaptation as As I Lay Dying The story follows potentially “legendary figure” Neddy Merrill as he takes a boozy swim from swimming pool to swimming pool through suburban Bullet Park (likely Westchester, New York) looking for a passage home The story achieves a gloomy, disorienting sense of enigma through shrewd omissions of detail: if he’s not swimming in a river, how is there a link of swimming pools threading through the country? Does the story take place over one afternoon or several months? This license and uncertainty is possible in literature, but hardly so in movies To see how it’s handled, you’ll have to see the showing Aside from a few Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes and an unexceptional adaptation of his novel Bullet Park, 1968’s The Swimmer is the only full-length, noteworthy adaptation of a Cheever story Cheever’s stories don’t become movies; rather, they

embodying his character

Greengrass’ work has always been rooted in cinema verite, and he films the whole of Captain Phillips as if it were a documentary, using primarily handheld cameras and very few traditional master shots He brought this same style to his big action pieces The Bourne Ultimatum and Bourne Supremacy and to his best work, the unbearable but incredibly inspiring United 93 Some complain that this camera technique is shaky and nauseating; I happen to find little distraction in it and respect Greengrass’ solemn efforts to add authenticity to the screen

A strong aura of tension pervades nearly every frame of this movie Up until the very end, when the waterlogged Captain is rescued in a daring military feat, you will be clutching the arm of your seat with anxiety The final minutes of the film are splattered in blood and provoke a mixture of excitement and discomfort Rousing and heroic the ending surely is, but at the same time, it ensures that we emerge from this film shocked and shaken, just as Captain Phillips himself must have been

Mark DiStefano is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at mdistefano@cornellsun com

inspire them More so than Richard Yates or John Updike, Cheever is the imagination behind the contemporary suburban gothic genre that has risen to fashion in the past couple of decades think Little Children, A Serious Man, American Beauty or Revolutionary Road Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner acknowledges Cheever’s shorts were an influence on his work That’s an understatement If you look through Cheever’s collection of short stories, you’ll find Ossining, NY (where Betty and Don Draper live in the first three seasons); Joan Harris, the show’s sexy redhead, in Cheever’s “The Torch Song”; the sleeping-with-secretaries subplot gone wrong in his “The Five-FortyEight”; and the bourgeois, borderline-dysfunctional alcoholic archetype (think Don, Freddy Rumsen, Duck Phillips) in every other Cheever story (most tragically and/or hilariously in “A Reunion”) In the film’s the trailer is a bonfire of kitsch (clinking martinis, bossa nova music, Cheever making a cameo and Burt Lancaster in an era-specific short bathing suit) This is a rare film that I ve been looking to find If you do not see it at Cornell Cinema, you d be blessed to find it elsewhere

Henr y Staley is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at hstaley@cornellsun com Politicizing Art appears alternate Fridays

CHIUSANO

Continued from page 16

t o i s w h e t h e r o r n o t we a re l i v i n g i n a w o r l d w h e re e ve r y t h i n g i s o f f e n s i ve t o s o m e b o d y A n d t h e a n s we r i s t h a t we p ro b a b l y a re Bu t t h a t d o e sn ’ t m e a n t h a t we s h o u l d n ’ t s t a r t s o m e w h e re A n d w h a t b e t t e r p l a c e t o b e g i n t h a n t h e n a t i o n ’ s c a p i t a l w h e re , a s Su z a n Sh ow n Ha r j o , a l e a d i n g a c t i v i s t t o c h a n g e t h e n a m e , s a i d , “ W h a t h a p p e n s [ t h e re ] a f f e c t s t h e re s t o f t h e c o u n t r y ” Fo r t h e t i m e b e i n g , Sn yd e r a n d t h e re s t o f Wa s h i n g t o n ’ s l oy a l f a n s c a n c o n t i n u e t o h a ve p r i d e i n t h e i r t e a m ; t h e y c a n h a ve p r i d e i n a q u a r t e r b a c k w h o h a s ove rc o m e a g r u e s o m e i n j u r y t o b e b a c k o n t h e f i e l d t h i s s e a s o n , t h e y c a n h a ve p r i d e i n l a s t s e a s o n ’ s p l a yo f f r u n a n d e n o u g h p r i d e t o b e l i e ve t h a t t h i s c a n b e re p e a t e d Bu t u n t i l t h e l a b e l o f Re d s k i n s i s d ro p p e d f ro m t h e f r a n c h i s e , t h e y c a n n o t h a ve p r i d e i n w h a t t h e i r t e a m n a m e re p re s e n t s

Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun com

CORNELL V

HARVARD V

V

V

Brown Only First In Series of Pivotal Road Games for Red

Eight in passing offense, as Mathews is always a threat with the ball in his hand However, the Red’s signal caller has struggled these past two weekends, throwing for only 223 yards against Monmouth the first time this season he has thrown for fewer than 250 yards and getting picked off two times by Harvard

While the Red relies heavily on the passing game to provide the bulk of its offense, the squad has come up against some talented running backs in its defeats The Bears will not give Cornell a reprieve in that regard, as they are led by senior running back John Spooney, who has run for 461 yards and seven touchdowns in five games, only fumbling once At the helm of Brown’s passing game will be senior quarterback Patrick Donnelly, who has thrown seven interceptions and three picks so far this year

After an explosive homecoming win over a month ago, the Red has been humbled by four straight losses, all but one by more than two scores According to Gellatly, though, the mentality of his team has remained constant

“Not a whole lot changes We believe in what we are doing, we just have not been executing,” he said “We need to continue to get better as a team and put in the work it takes to win It’s a process and the leaders of the team want to keep emphasizing that ” Brown is just the first in a series of important Ivy League games ahead of the Red With non-conference play now in the rearview mirror, the squad can focus solely on Ancient Eight teams and a style of play to which it is more accustomed As if four straight conference matchups will not be difficult enough, the Red will play three of them on the road two in the stadiums of perennial powerhouses Penn and Princeton However, Gellatly said the team is not getting caught up in the future

“This stretch of games is pivotal in our league, but we cannot look ahead,” he said “If we keep giving the effort we have been giving and improve our execution, then we will put ourselves in a great position to win football games But right now, it’s all about Brown ”

By HALEY VELASCO Sun Sports Editor

After coming away with a tough tie against Yale in which Cornell was outshot for only the second time this season, the Red heads into this weekend’s game against Brown with the hopes of notching one in the win column on Saturday

“I think we can take a lot of positives from the Yale game We generated chances and defended well Those are great things What we are struggling with is a drive,” said senior captain Ben Williams “We need to find that right mix between passing it on and taking it ourselves Defensively and us generating chances is there It’s that final step of just finishing those things If we can get that going, it will be great ” Cornell (6-3-4, 0-2-1 Ivy League) heads into Saturday’s matchup with a big target on its back It hasn’t won a game since Sept 27 at Buffalo, and currently has not been victorious in any of the matchups against other members of the Ancient Eight

“Both of us, Yale and ourselves, generated enough chances that I wouldn’t have expected a tie out of that game, ” Williams said “We are focusing a lot on the positive of our defensive efforts Now the next logical thing is to finish games off with wins ”

Last season, the Cornell versus Brown game was the only game that the Red lost in regular season Ivy competition

Brown (3-6-3, 0-1-2) is also searching for its first conference win this weekend

In addition to an Ivy League fight for both teams, Saturday’s game is also Alumni Weekend for Cornell, as well as the Berman Blackout, where the first 400 students get free t-shirts Those students who wear their shirts at halftime will get complimentary Firehouse subs

“It’s the Berman Blackout I am really excited for that We haven’t had too many home games this year, so we are craving playing on Berman and being in front of our own stands,” Williams said

After this weekend’s game against the Bears, the Red will head back on the road for early November games against Princeton and Dartmouth, before returning to the Hill for Senior Day and a showdown against Columbia

“I will have faith and confidence until the very end, no matter what That’s the mindset that we have to have,” Williams said “It definitely wasn ’ t the start that we wanted, but I am confident in our team that we can finish the way that we know we can play ”

Spor ts

Quest for First Ivy Win Continues Against Brown

By SCOTT CHIUSANO

Sun Assistant Sports Editor

He a d c o a c h Da v i d A rc h e r ’ s ’ 0 5 d e b u t

s e a s o n w i t h t h e Re d b e g a n w i t h a f l u r r y

o f f i r s t s Howe ve r, s i x we e k s i n t o t h e s e a -

s o n a n d l o o k i n g a h e a d t

h i rd t r y, A rc h e r a n d h i s s q u a d a re s t i l l s e a rc h i n g f o r t h a t e l u s i ve f i r s t Iv y w i n St a n d i n g i n t h e i r w a y t h i s we e k e n d w i l l

t h e Brow n Be a r s (

,

-

S c h o e l l k o p f t r y i n g t o h a n d A rc h e r t h a t f i n a l f i r s t Sa t u rd a y ’ s m a t c h u p w i l l b e a b a t t l e b e t we e n t w o t e a m s s t u c k i n t h e c e l l a r o f t h e A n c i e n t E i g h t W h i c h t e a m w i l l b e g i n i t s a s c e n t f i r s t re m a i n s t o b e s e e n T h e Re d i s c o m i n g o f f a d i s a p p o i n t i n g

Iv y ) ,

l o s s t o Mo n m o u t h i n a n o n - c o n f e re n c e

s h owd ow n l a s t we e k e n d A f t e r f a l l i n g

b e h i n d 1 7 - 0 e a r l y, C o r n e l l s p a rk e d a 1 6 -

p o i n t t u r n a ro u n d t o g o i n t o t h e l o c k e r

ro o m w i t h a l l t h e m o m e n t u m Howe ve r,

Mo n m o u t h re f u s e d t o g o d ow n e a s y,

o u t s c o r i n g t h e Re d 3 1 - 7 i n t h e s e c o n d

h a l f Ac c o rd i n g t o s e n i o r w i d e re c e i ve r

Gr a n t Ge l l a t l y, t h e t e a m h a s p i n p o i n t e d i t s a re a s f o r i m p rove m e n t a f t e r t h e f o u r t h

s t r a i g h t l o s s “ We n e e d t o f o c u s o n p ro t e c t i n g t h e

b a l l It i s s o m e t h i n g w e h a v e b e e n

p re a c h i n g a l l ye a r, a n d we d i d n o t g e t i t

d o n e [ l a s t ] we e k , ” Ge l l a t l y s a i d “ I t h i n k

i t c o m e s d ow n t o e xe c u t i o n e ve r y g a m e ,

a n d we n e e d t o c o n t i n u e w o rk i n g o n o u r

c o n s i s t e n c y e xe c u t i n g o u r g a m e p l a n ”

Brow n v i s i t s It h a c a a f t e r t a k i n g a 3 9 -

1 7 b e a t i n g f ro m Pr i n c e t o n a t h o m e l a s t

we e k e n d Be a r s ’ s o p h o m o re f re e s a f e t y

Mi c h a e l Wa l s h w a s n a m e d Sp e c i a l Te a m s Pl a ye r o f t h e

C o i n c i d

AC Foes Pose Different Threats

By ELANI COHEN Sun Staff Writer

after

f t e r a m a g i c a l r u n t o t h e p l a yo f f s l a s t ye a r, s p a rk e d by a s e ve n - g a m e w i n s t re a k

t o c l o s e o u t t h e s e a s o n , t h e Wa s h i n g t o n Re d s k i n s c u r re n t l y s i t

a t 2 - 4 i n t h e N F C E a s t Howe ve r, t h e f o o t b a l l t e a m h a i l i n g f ro m t h e

n a t i o n ’ s c a p i t a l i s u n d e r s c r u t i n y f o r m o re t h a n j u s t i t s l o s i n g re c o rd

r i g h t n ow T h e t e n s i o n i n t h e

d e b a t e ove r c h a n g i n g t h e n a m e o f t h e t e a m w h i c h i s w i d e l y c o ns i d e re d a d e ro g a t o r y t e r m h a s c o n t i n u e d t o c l i m b, c u l m i n a t i n g i n a n On i o n a r t i c l e t h i s we e k t h a t h a s o n l y f u e l e d t h e f i re Ti t l e d “ Re d s k i n s ’ K i k e O w n e r R e f u s e s t o C h a n g e Te a m ’ s Of f e n s i ve Na m e , ” t h e a r t i c l e b a s he s Wa s h i n g t o n ’ s o w n e r D a n Sn yd e r w h o h a s b e e n t h e l e a di n g p r o p o n e n t f o r k e e p i n g t h e n a m e a n d l a b e l s h i m w i t h va r io u s a n t i - Se m i t i c s l u r s T h e b r i e f i s o bv i o u s l y m e a n t t o b e s a t i r i c a l , b u t i t t o e s t h e l i n e b e t we e n m a ki n g a p o i n t a n d g o i n g t o o f a r How c a n we e x p e c t t h i s d e b a t e t o b e t a k e n s e r i o u s l y w h e n m o re r a c i a l s l u r s a re b e i n g u s e d i n i t s d e f e n s e ? Ho n e s t l y, c a l l i n g Sn yd e r t h e s e n a m e s i s n o t g o i n g t o m a k e a d i ff e re n c e i n t h e e n d Sn yd e r b e l i e ve s a l b e i t m i s t a k e n l y t h a t t h i s d e b a t e i s n o t a b o u t r a c e It i s n o t

a b o u t w h o i s o f f e n d e d o r w h o i s i n d i f f e re n t , b u t r a t h e r w h a t p r i d e i n t h e h i s t o r y o f a t e a m s h o u l d m e a n t o u s In a l e t t e r t o Re d s k i n s f a n s , Sn yd e r h a d t h i s t o s a y : “A f t e r 8 1 y e a r s , t h e t e a m n a m e ‘ Re d s k i n s ’ c o n t i n u e s t o h o l d t h e m e m o r i e s a n d m e a n i n g o f w h e re we c a m e f ro m , w h o we a re a n d w h o we w a n t t o b e i n t h e ye a r s t o c o m e ”

C

n

It c a n ’ t b e t h a t Sn yd e r i s g i v i n g h i s f a n s a h i s t o r y l e s s o n h e re Ye s , f o r 8 1 y e a r s t h e Wa s h i n g t o n Re d s k i n s h a ve b e e n a s o u rc e o f p r i d e f o r a c i t y t h a t l o s t i t s b a s eb a l l t e a m f o r a p e r i o d o f 3 3 ye a r s a n d h a s n e ve r re a l l y b e e n a b l e t o f i n d s o l a c e i n i t s b a s k e t b a l l t e a m Bu t p r i d e i n a t e a m ’ s n a m e d o e s n o t n e c e s s i t a t e p r i d e i n t h e m e a ni n g o f t h a t n a m e Sn yd e r h a s b e e n u n a b l e t o d i s t i n g u i s h b e t w e e n t h e s e t w o No o n e i s g o i n g t o t a k e a w a

l l women ’ s ice hockey team is ready for its upcoming games this weekend against Clarkson and St Lawrence Both games will be played at home as the Red tries to defend this season ’ s undefeated streak L a s t we

on Ithaca’s newly instituted “ Wo m e n ’ s Ho c k e y Te a m Day,” the Red is confident in its abilities to be victorious in i t s u p c o m i n g g a m e s t h i s weekend First up will be the Clarkson Golden Knights (51-1) While Cornell remains u n d e f e a t e d t h i s s e a s o n , Clarkson recently suffered its first loss against Mercyhurst

d by

c a p t a i n Je

s i c a Campbell who picked up three assists during the game the Red began the first game with a 2-0 lead and cruised to an eventual 6-2 victory Energized after the first win, the Red ended the second game with a shutout, 3-0

Se n i o r g o a l t e n d e r L a u r a Slebodnick made 23 saves, which contributed to her 16th career shutout

After performing so well

“A s a l w a y s a g a i n s t Clarkson, every year that I have been here, they have been very tough games real t i g h t g a m e s , c l o s e s c o r i n g games, close checking games, ” s a i d h e a d c o a c h Do u g Derraugh “They've got great g o a l t e n d i n g , re a l s t ro n g defensive core, goal scorers, a n d s o m e re a l d a n g e r s u p front, so they're a complete team and it will certainly be a huge test for us ” The Red will take on the St Lawrence Saints (1-5-0) the following day According t o De r r a u g h , t h e Sa i n t s ’

record is not indicative of their talent

“It will be another great test for us early in the season St Lawrence has a very strong team and has always been one of the better teams in our league,” he said “For us especially, since we ’ ve only had the two games and they’ve got seven or eight games under their belts, it will be a big test ” Like Clarkson, St Lawrence will be a tough matchup for the Red However, Derraugh said the two teams play with varying styles

“St Lawrence will be a diff e re n t s t y l e g a m e t h a n C l a rk s o n , ” h e s a i d “Cl ark s o n ’ s b i gge r, an d St Lawrence plays more of an a g g re s s i ve s t y l e It w i l l b e more back-and-forth play, and a little bit more free-wheeling than Clarkson ”

Elani Cohen can be reached at ecohen@cornellsun com