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With $4.5M Blackstone Grant, C.U. Enters Partnership

By KIMBERLY LEE Sun Staff Writer

With a $4 5 million, three-year grant from the Blackstone Charitable Foundation, Cornell, along with four other New York colleges New York University, Syracuse University, the State University of New York at Albany and SUNY Buffalo will enter a partnership that will foster an “ entrepreneurial support system ” for students of all majors

and across the globe, according to a University press release

With the grant, New York will become the eighth

foundation, will see its largest expansion with this group of New York schools

“We want to inspire, enable and accelerate our students along the entrepreneurial

The Blackstone Charitable Foundation was founded in 2007 and draws from the resources and “intellectual capital” of the firm to spur entrepreneurship within the county

Mike Birbiglia To Perform at Cornell in Nov.

By ANNIE BUI Sun Managing Ed tor

Comedian, writer and actor Mike Birbiglia will come to Cornell on Nov 18 for a night of s

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Massachusetts, has appeared in the comedy blockbuster Trainwreck and the Netflix original series Orange is the New Black, according to CUPB He also directed, wrote and starred in the independent comedy film Sleepwalk With Me, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012

Birbiglia’s other appearances in television and film include The Fault in Our Stars, Annie and the HBO series Girls He is also a regular contributor to the radio program This American Life, having been featured in episodes such as “Stranger i n t h e Ni g h t , ” “ My G i r l f r i e n d ’ s B o y f r i e

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c a m p u s “ We’ve received feedback from students that they'd like to see more free comedy shows,” Luzmore said “ Through Mike and the beginning of our free Bear’s Den Comedy series, we are working to address this desire from the Cornell community ”

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St a t l e r Au d i t o r i u m a t 7 : 3 0 p m , a c c o r d i n g t o CUPB Tickets are free for ever yone and will be available beginning Nov 3 at the Willard Straight Hall resource center and the Big Red Barn

Blackstone LaunchPad region following Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Montana, California and Ireland LaunchPad, the campus entrepreneurship program of the

Blackstone LaunchPad New York aims to connect colleges, the business community and entrepreneurs to “establish a nurturing environment” and deliver the resources needed for students to “succeed as entrepreneurs, ” according to a Blackstone press release

All regional programs established through the Blackstone Charitable Foundation are linked, giving student entrepreneurs access to best practices from across

Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 Joins Clinton Campaign

By PAULINA GLASS Sun Assistant News Editor

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announced that Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 is part of a team of 100 New Yorkers that will lead Clinton’s campaign in the state, according to The Syracuse Post-Standard

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On his Facebook page, Myrick said he would also be endorsing Clinton because he believes that she is “the most qualified candidate for president and the best bet to build upon Barack

Obama’s transformational presidency ” “I believe that her platform will yield progressive policy successes and I believe strongly in the power of the pioneering nature of her candidacy, ” Myrick wrote

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c a Voice As of Oct 1, Ithacans had donated three times more money to Sanders’ campaign than to Clinton’s

By DIVYANSHA SEHGAL Sun Staff Writer

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argued that just as three centuries of Great Awakenings have shaped American social and political values, so too must the 21st century Great Awakening foster racial justice

” President Emeritus Frank Rhodes introduced Holland to the audience as a Cornell alumnus, trustee, ordained

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Barton Hall will transform into a dance floor on Nov 7 to host the Ivy League’s first dance marathon, Big Red Thon About 500 Cornellians have signed up to dance continuously for 13 hours from Saturday through Sunday raising nearly $15,000 out of their $50,000 goal as of Mo n d a y e ve n i n g f o r Up s t a t e Go l i s a n o Children’s Hospital

Chelsea Assang ’16, dance and morale capt a i n o f Bi g Re

marathon will be divided into different dance themes

“[There will be a] hip hop hour, a rave hour [and] a Zumba hour to keep it very versatile so it appeals to a wider population,” Assang said “We want to keep our crowd energized and wanting to fundraise for such a great cause ”

Participants who wish to take a break from dancing can enjoy other activities such as a bounce house, a carnival and performances from some of Cornell’s dance and a cappella groups

As an added incentive, Big Red Thon will also feature some special guest appearances “ The head of pediatrics from [Upstate Golisano] will be coming,” said Alexandra Hill-Ricciuti ’16, executive director of Big Red Thon “We will also have Miracle Children some of the children who have been treated at Upstate Golisano and their families will be coming in and speaking as well ”

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The Phi Mu fraternity and pre-medical fraternity Phi Delta Epsilon are sponsoring the e ve n t Howe ve r, w h i l e A s s a n g a n d Hi l lRicciuti said they are honored to bring Big Red Thon to Cornell, they do not want the event to be exclusively associated with Greek life

“We think keeping it within the confines of a sorority will not give Big Red Thon the potential to grow as much as it should,” HillRicciuti said

Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital is the local branch of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Phi Mu and Phi Delta Epsilon, which share the philanthropy, will donate proceeds from the event to the organization

“All of the donations from the event are going to support the expansion of the pediatric emergency department,” Hill-Ricciuti said The hospital is the sole source of various

medical services for families in and around the area, and requires support to keep its doors open According to Hill-Ricciuti, the hospital is “designed with children in mind ” Assang mirrored this sentiment, saying that “this is the most unique hospital that I’ve ever seen ”

“From the ground level up, they’ve just put so much detail into what they do,” Assang said “They make sure all of the machines that are seen in usual hospital rooms are behind the w a l l

machines [being] next to them, and there’s windows all around, so you don’t feel like you ’ re enclosed ” Hill-Ricciuti said she promises Big Red Thon will be “the best all-nighter you will pull at Cornell ”

Campus Hip Hop Club Holds Annual Rap Battle

By ZACHARY SILVER Sun Contributor

Ro b e r t Pu rc e l l C o m m u n i t y Center usually buzzing with students on late night Nasties

r u n s a n d a g g re s s i ve q u a r t e rcarders took on a different role Friday night as it housed the C U

Cy p h e r s ’ a n d C o r n e l l

C o m m u n i t y Center Programs’ annual Rap Battle

C o n t e s t a n t s were put head to head in a bracket

o f 1 5 e m c e e s , with the amount

o f c r o w d n o i s e d e t e r m i n i n g w h i c h f r e e s t y l e r w o u l d m ov e o n t o t h e n e x t round Most competitors signed up in advance, but hip hop club

C U Cyphers invited the over 150 people in attendance to sign up on the spot if they thought they had what it takes “C U Cyphers puts on this event ever y semester with the goal of sharing our love for self-

e x p r e s s i o n a n d e n c o u r a g i n g members of the community to partake in it and enjoy it,” said C U Cyphers President Saarang Deshpande ’16

This year ’ s competition differed from those of years past in several ways The competition featured the beats of Ben St Marc ’17, other wise known as D J BenZ, and several experienced competitors from Ithaca College also participated

“ I ’ v e b e e n r a p p i n g s i n c e whenever Notorious came out,

when I was about 12 or 13,” said

Da m i a n o Ma l va s i o , a n It h a c a College freshman and winner of this year ’ s rap battle “As soon as I saw it I started rapping ” Malvasio’s freestyles focused

o n t h e c u l t u r a l d i f f

Cornell University “I wish there was more of a b r i d g e b e t we e n the gap so [students in the two

s c h o o l s ] c o u l d collaborate more a s m u s i c i a n s , ” Malvasio said Patrons saw a b r e a k i n t h e rhymes and disses when Benjamín

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e a b o u t t h e importance of hip hop in the educational and cultural spheres

“ In t h e s a m e w a y t h a t a n entire class is being taught about a particular work by Shakespeare

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l Greece, it should be understood that lyrical music is a form of literature, ” Ortiz said

D e s h p a n d e , M a l v a s i o a n d Ortiz all said that hip hop should have a place in English classes around the countr y, but that the perception of hip hop has impeded its proliferation

“American society has had a love-hate relationship with hip hop, at least in the last decade,” Ortiz said “It used to be much more hate than love, but I’ve obser ved that in the last decade it has become more love because it

has become more accessible ”

Ortiz said it is difficult to integrate hip hop into mainstream society due to hip hop’s association with certain communities

“If there is a discomfort with hip hop in mainstream society, some of it, if not most of it, probably stems from the knowledge that it comes from poor, urban, Black and Latino communities, even though that is not the only place it comes from these days,” he added “It is from an overall pervasive racism that does exist, either consciously or subconsciously ”

Hip hop fans at the rap battle said they are confident that their favorite form of music will one d a y b e c o m e c o m m o n p l a c e i n schools across the countr y The

C U Cyphers are attempting to facilitate this goal

“ What I’d like to see is C U Cyphers continue to do what they do and push the boundaries of what’s possible,” Ortiz said

In pushing these boundaries, some attendees acknowledged the importance of encouraging female participation in what has largely been a male-dominated field

“A female emcee is something ver y important to creating somet h i n g n e w a n d o r i g i n a l , ” Deshpande said “For an art form as diverse as hip hop, it is ver y sad that females are not more represented ”

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“The Filipino-American War and the Writing of a Novel: Reflections on History and the Art of Fiction”

Tuesday, October 27, 4:30 p m Kaufmann Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall

ENTREPRENEURSHIP Continued from page

21 campuses and an international community of over 500,000 advisors, according to the University

“Cornell has a robust entrepreneurship ecosystem across many different disciplines Blackstone LaunchPad will be a critical, new addition,”

President Elizabeth Garrett said in the Blackstone release “We want to inspire, enable and accelerate our students along the entrepreneurial path, and I cannot wait for Blackstone LaunchPad at Cornell to be up and running ”

The partnership aims to introduce entrepreneurship as a viable career option for students, and will provide over 180,000 students with a “ network of venture coaches and an entrepreneurial support system, ” according to Blackstone

“The more we can do to encourage young New Yorkers with an idea to turn that idea into a viable business, the better,” said Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N Y ), welcoming the foundation’s announcement “The LaunchPad program will help tap into that entrepreneurial spirit; it will be a tremendous resource for our students, the participating universities, and for our economy ”

The early success of Launchpad led to national recognition by President Barack Obama’s “Startup America” initiative, according to the Blackstone release As such, the foundation pledged to expand the program over the next five years

The program is funded by the Blackstone Charitable Foundation’s Entrepreneurship Initiative, which supports the “development of ecosystems for aspiring entrepreneurs creating the high-growth ventures that are known to spark economic growth ”

Holland: C.U. Place of Personal Growth

Football, coursework, Christianity key aspects of his Cornell experience

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Continued from page 1 Kimberly Lee can be reached at kimberlylee@cornellsun com

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Arts Around Ithaca

Macbeth

Thursday and Friday 8:00 p m

Saturday at 2:00 p m and 8:00 p m at Risley Theatre

Director Justin Lerner ’02 presents: The Automatic Hate

Thursday, 7:00 p m at Cornell Cinema

Justin Lerner ’02 debuted on the silver screen with his feature length film Girlfriend back in 2011 Its success on the indie circuits earned him serious credentials as a talented director, which has made the buzz around his most recent film, The Automatic Hate, that much more exciting A huge success at South by Southwest Film Festival this year and looking for ward to wider distribution before long, Lerner’s latest, The Automatic Hate will be sneak previewed this Thursday night at Cornell Cinema On top of the wild ride of dramatic thrills which the movie is bound to deliver, Lerner himself will be there in the flesh presenting his most recent film This can ’t-miss event will be only $5 50 for Cornell students, and the night will kick off at 7 p m

Troy Sherman

The door swings and shuts with mute thumps, behind the hum of voices

People collect in groups, waiting, hands marked in Sharpie with Venus symbols Old friends gather; strangers bump into each other in the intimate basement Meanwhile, the bands’ soundchecks echo off

t h e f l a k i n g p a i n t a n d b r i c k w a l l s Microphones vibrate, there’s tinkering with wires and volume knobs and finally a soft, murmuring is heard from the stage, “thank you to Fanclub Collective who brought us out tonight ” The crowd shifts with anticipation for an event which although most people might not realize it is quite radical: a concert with a totally female-fronted line-up

Fanclub Collective is a student organization at Cornell that brings visual artists to c a m p u s and books

concerts in

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m u s i c scene DIY or “Do

I t Yo u r s e l f ” music has been around since the 1970s; primarily characterized by rock sub-genres (punk, experimental, grunge, metal, indie etc ) in combination with a strong self-suffic i e n t e t h i c To d a y, D I Y, a s d e f i n e d by Fanclub, also includes new genres of hiphop, rap, pop, brass bands and more DIY concerts are organized all over the countr y, ever ywhere from clubs in the largest cities to teenagers ’ basements in the smallest backcountr y towns

Fanclub is a part of this larger network of DIY music, and this semester we have made it our mission to challenge that scene and community to be more inclusive Fanclub is responsible for six (or more) shows per semester, and the lifeblood of what we do is f u n d e d b y o r g a n i z a t i o n s l i k e A L A N A Intercultural Programming Board, Cornell Haven (the LGBTQ Student Union) and the Women’s Resource Center We could not accomplish what we do without their support and co-sponsorship However, even as the DIY scene promises to provide an inclu-

sive, alternative space, its music and industr y (just like popular music) has, frustratingly, been traditionally dominated by men

When the scene has attempted to be more inclusive of groups that contradict the stereotypical male-fronted rock band, the overall attitudes towards female-inclusive groups are often still exclusive, hostile or misogynistic In 2003, Jessica Hopper, currently a senior editor of Pitchfork Magazine, wrote a scathing review of the male-dominated DIY scene, title, “ Where the Girls Aren’t,” she noted the absence of change and proposed that the real issue for girls in music is that, if they cannot relate to those performing music, they may never be able to envision themselves as musicians, performers or artists

Unfortunately, there hasn’t been dramatic c

wrote that criticism 12 years ago, as she reiterated it in her new book, The First

Living Female Rock Critic An article by

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Becomes More Inclusive, Sexism Remains,” details the sexist attitudes that women in the DIY scene still face today It seems that being cat-called and second-guessed while on stage is just a daily part of being “ pretty good for a girl band ”

In the four shows we have had so far this semester, 8 out of our 11 acts have been female-fronted To put that in perspective, Cornell Concert Commission (CCC) has brought around 95 total per formers to Cornell since 2012, with only 13 women in their mix Furthermore, almost all of those performers have been in the pop and hiphop genre, essentially excluding women from experimental or rock genres Slope Day, too has featured only two women out of 23 total performers since 2012, two bands in total While the absence of female performers at their events is surely not an intentional decision by CCC to exclude women, it reflects deep-rooted and systemic sexism in the music industr y Women won ’ t aspire

to be performers if they can ’ t relate to the people they see on stage If we want to eradicate this systemic and cyclical inequality, it is essential that we act intentionally to correct it, at times overcompensating for the negligence of others Surely, it would be easier to fill all our bills with guys; just as it would be to elect all our men as political representatives and leaders, to let all of our men code and program for us, to let men be all of our doctors while women hand them the scalpels men have been given priority in opportunity in our society for hundreds of years, but the priority is not and never should be convenience To the contrar y, in a conscious, aggressive and affirmative attempt, we are choosing to feature bands that don’t fit the ‘ norm, ’ like Painted Zeros, Addie Onion, Izzy True, Princess Nokia, Juliana Huxtable, Pity Party, Diet Cig, Jawbreaker Reunion and many more Fanclub’s long-term goal is to foster as many types of alternative culture on campus in terms of genre, artist, venue and background as we can Part of our emphasis on diversity is formulaic: We want to meet the quotas we set for ourselves But it comes out of a deep respect and understanding of the need for justice not only in our society and politics, but also in our culture and in our art

Emphasizing diversity in our shows is an important part of breaking down exclusive and insular networks, and exposing audiences to art and music from artists they would not other wise encounter Holding artists’ talks means little if it is the same stor y from the same archetype; it’s far more valuable to learn about the chall enge s th a t ar t ist s face a s women, as queer people and as people of color Fanclub has surely not done enough to address the racially exclusive nature of the DIY scene but we hope to do more

specifically to bring more performers of color, featuring them in a scene that has historically been over whelmingly white

We believe that dismantling a patriarchal society requires persistent, collective action that challenges the norm Music may just be a small piece of this puzzle, but it also plays an essential role in curating a culture that reflects a society we would want to see and brings us a step closer to actually realizing it Of course, there is a lot more work to do, and clearly we can do better We don’t want to be self-congratulator y we know we are just a bunch of college kids organizing concerts, and we’ll still be featuring guys on our show bills but we are conscious and aware of why so many concerts look the same So you ’ re wrong if you think, “it’s not [your] fault that all the good musicians [you] know are white guys ” Consider the fact that you actually might be to blame you ’ re not tr ying hard enough

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Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling

The Case Against the Death Penalty

Richard Glossip was scheduled to die at 3 p m on Sept 30, 2015 After that hour passed without event, Oklahoma Governor Mar y Fallin issued a stay of execution, delaying Glossip’s execution until the Nov 6 For the fourth time s i n c e O c t o b e r 2 0 1 4 , t h e s t a t e o f Oklahoma stayed Richard Glossip’s execution On Jan 7, 1997, Barr y Van Treese, owner of the Oklahoma City Best Budget Inn, was found beaten to death inside his motel Richard Glossip, the manager of the Best Budget Inn, was convicted of hiring Justin Sneed, a motel maintenance worker, to kill his boss On June 18, 1998, Sneed was sentenced to life in a maxim u m - s e c u r i t y p r i s o n f o r k i l l i n g Va n Treese On Aug 14, 1998, Glossip was

unusual punishment

Stays are a necessar y procedure to guard against executing the innocent any ‘sensible’ death penalty system must allow for the delaying of execution dates if new evidence is found Those given life sentences can be released Those given death sentences cannot We owe anyone sentenced to death the utmost candour and respect before we irreversibly condemn them

Alongside this responsibility, we must ensure that the convicted is not punished twice or thrice for their crimes a retribution both cruel and unusual through life behind bars and torturous anxiety in addition to the final confiscation of life While stays and appeals are integral to a just system, extraneous delays are poiso-

Striking the balance between a legal system that against executing innocent people and one that c time spent in line for the needle is an unenviable

Yet our desire to maintain the death penalty mandates that we do so.

sentenced to death on the charge of murder-for-hire

Despite two trials and two convictions, there exists serious doubt about Glossip’s g u i l t Sn e e d h a d s t ro n g i n c e n t i ve s t o implicate Glossip Transcripts suggest that officers fed him the theor y that Glossip had orchestrated the killing, promising a better outcome for Sneed if he testified against Glossip Sneed was reputedly “ terrified of the death penalty,” and framing Glossip allowed him to stay off death row An inmate in Sneed’s prison even reported that while talking on a prison phone, Sneed laughed about framing Glossip

Regardless of Sneed’s honesty, under Oklahoma law the testimony of an accomplice is not sufficient basis to sentence to death someone convicted of murder-forhire The killer’s claims must be corroborated by physical evidence linking the defendant to the crime Such a provision is necessar y to guard against wrongful implic a t i o n , o f w h i c h m a n y a c c u s e Ju s t i n

Sneed Yet Richard Glossip still received the death sentence despite no physical evidence tying him to the murder

Execution is irreparable Such a verdict should not be decided by an interrogator’s theor y or a prosecutor ’ s agenda There is something viscerally barbaric in the death penalty, be it under the gun or the needle There is something terrifying in the execution of an innocent man, something from which we should recoil

Equally ruthless is the agony induced by repeated stays of execution, something Richard Glossip described as “ pure torture ” In his Foster v Florida dissent, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer recognised that such “immense mental anxiety [amounted] to a great increase of the offender’s punishment ” The torture of repeated stays forms the basis of an argument, albeit by proxy, against the death p e n a l t y a s c o n t r a r y t o t h e E i g h t h Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and

nous On average, California death row inmates wait ten to twelve years for the state to appoint them a post-conviction attorney Richard Glossip’s latest stay was issued more than an hour after his scheduled execution time Both of these delays are the fault of the state Mock execution is alive and well in the land of the free Justice and humanity are not synonymous, nor are they mutually exclusive Striking the balance between a legal system that guards against executing innocent people and one that cuts time spent in line for the needle is an unenviable task Yet our desire to maintain the death penalty mandates that we do so How we treat those who have done the worst is the true measure of our society I urge you to look into the case of Richard Glossip and the evidence supporting his innocence Proof beyond reasonable doubt is all the more important when a life is at stake While Oklahoma has indefinitely delayed three scheduled executions, including Glossip’s, the move has been motivated by concerns over the drugs to be used, not the innocence of the convicted Let us not mistake it for the reform needed

We as a society must address the corruption that impels the guilty to testify against the innocent and inures us to the suffering of those on death row In the words of anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean, we must examine “the soil in which this tree produces such terrible fruit ” We call ourselves a civilized society, yet how can we be civilized when our justice system routinely infringes upon our fellow humans’ rights? Are we truly civilized, or just more sophisticated at hiding our base nature?

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Bro, Tonight Is Gonna Be Lit

Ever y collegiate Model U N conference I’ve attended has taught me something new Last year, the first conference I participated in taught me to never let anyone ’ s knowledge make you doubt your own and to never (voluntarily) walk in heels for more than twenty minutes The second conference I participated in taught me that people can teach you things you could not imagine you needed to know, and that there are actually places colder than Ithaca (i e Canada) The Model U N conference I attended last weekend, however, caught me slightly offguard Did I continue my trend of learning things in unexpected ways? Yes Was I as confident in what I learned? Not really Did I like the realization I came to? Honestly, I haven’t exactly decided yet; you can let me know what you think later

Enter Ian W Ian is hands-down the most interesting person I’ve met in a while Ian is a Cornell freshman from Kenya Ian has the best dress sense out of ever y one of my male friends Ian has better shoes than I do, and I’m not mad about it Anyway, the reason I’ve decided to pull Ian into this discussion is not simply because Ian referred to ever ything this weekend as being “lit A F , ” but because in being entirely himself, Ian was unlike anyone I’d ever met before at a Model U N conference

There are usually several types of delegates at MUN conferences I’m not making this up just to generalize a couple people I’ve met along the way Ask anyone who’s travelled to multiple conferences; you can usually tell delegates apart from one another by the end of the first committee session You have your power delegate (the one that’s writing all the directives and networking the room), you have your frustratingly ideal delegate (the one that’s not necessarily wrong, but just too difficult to work with sometimes) and of course, you have the no-show delegate (the

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one kid that never shows up and ever yone is secretly jealous of right before lunch) Somewhere in between, you have ever yone else, tr ying to win an award, yes, but also tr ying to learn a couple things from ever yone around them in the process

Ian did not fit into a single one of these “ types ” This isn’t to say that ever yone fits into a type of delegate, but there was something about Ian that set him apart He had elements of each delegate type, but he also had a sense of humor and willingness to deal with even the most difficult people in the most laid back way so he could have the best time possible It was Ian’s first time in D C , and he was here to experience things apart from the competitive nature of a model U N conference

So how did travelling with Ian in a car for six hours, grabbing dinner with him between hours of committee, and hearing what he had to say about each session translate over to my Model U N lesson of the semester?

Well, as luck would have it, the conference we attended this past weekend lacked a Friday night social event, leaving us with the responsibility of coming up with plans for the night that would please ever yone after a long day of sitting in committee What we decided on was a night out visiting alums in D C and then a 3 a m walk from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial Was this the most responsible idea? Probably not Did we regret the next morning when we had to wake up for our morning committee session? Indeed Would I go back and change the plans I made for that night? Absolutely not

There are several delegates who would And I’m sure those delegates will do well in the conventional sense they’ll receive awards, rankings and all that jazz that looks fabulous on a resume And I’m happy for them, I really am, because if you do Model U N for the awards, then hats off to you; you ’ ve got the patience of someone waiting in line for Mongo at RPCC and the diplomacy of my dad at dinner with his mom and my mom This trip confirmed for me why I do Model U N it’s not for the grueling committee sessions, though don’t get me wrong, I’ve learned most, if not all of my soft skills through MUN’ing ever y year Instead, it’s for the people the ones I meet in committee, the ones I spend hours driving to conferences with, the ones I drag to the Lincoln Memorial with me at 3 a m and drive back at 4 a m and the ones I stumble to committee with in the morning I learn things I would never have learned elsewhere, in any other way, from anyone else, and I wouldn’t trade that in anytime soon

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The Greatest Deist On Mars

For those of you who haven’t

d movie in a decade, I suggest you do so before he releases Blade Runner 2 and r uins his reputation again That man ’ s filmography has more peaks and valleys than a BMX racetrack, so it’s best to catch it on the upswing Also,

ahead, but you should read on anyways For those of you who h

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, y o u probably just thought you were seeing an enjoyable science fiction film with some stunning visuals and a healthy dose of good ol’ Matt Damon charm The movie is all that, of course, but it is also something much more Whether or not it was intentioned by S

w r i t e r

D r e w G o d d a r d o r a u t h o r A n d y We i r, The Mar tian is forcef u l a r g u m e n t o n behalf of Deist philosophy

Deism is a theo-

l o g i c a l p h i l o s o p h y first developed in Great Britain at the turn of the 18th centur y that featured prominently in the writings of Enlightenment schol-

a r s s u c h a s Jo h n L o c k e a n d Thomas Paine It posits the existence of a Supreme Being (God, if you will) who, at that beginning of time, formulated all the laws of nature, made himself a gigantic bucket of popcorn, and p r o c e e d e d t o w a t c h a s l i f e evolved from tiny microbes to Homo Sapiens to the sentient entity that is Donald Tr ump ’ s hair

I n e s s e n c e , G o d b u i l t t h e watch, fiddled with all of the little gears and mechanisms, and then let it tick unabated for eter-

n i t y G o d d o e s n ’ t d e i g n u s i m p o r t a n t e n o u g h t o a c t u a l l y inter vene in our affairs As noted theologian and prominent Deist

A a r o n R o d g e r s s a i d , “ I d o n ’ t t h i n k G o d c a re s a w h o l e l o t about the outcome ”

D e i s m , l i k e T h e Enlightenment as a whole, places g re a t i m p o r t a n c e o n s c i e n t i f i c discover y and the understanding

o f t h e f u n d a m e n t a l l a w s o f nature, and less impor tance on praying for divine inter vention and on prayer in general I n T h e M a r t i a n , a s t r o n a u t

Mark Watney is left for dead on Mars after he is separated from h i s d e p a r t i n g c r e w a n d m u s t devise a way to sur vive for as long as it takes NASA figure out how to rescue him He doesn’t l o o k t o G o d f o r a s s i s t a n c e Instead, he buckles down and “sciences the shit” out of Mars He uses his extensive knowledge of chemistr y, botany, astronomy and practically ever y other class that college students “will never e ve n h a ve t o u s e i n t h e re a l world” to draw up a plan for survival that quite literally involves

n o t h i n g s h o r t o f a m i r a c l e Ever yday science shows us its miracles We may be so accustomed to their effects that we no longer think of them, but the basic laws of physics, of biology, of quantum mechanics, hold our world together Is it not a miracle that the laws of nature are so perfectly balanced as to allow life as we know it to flourish?

Many argue that Deism and i t s d i s t a n t b u t b e t t e r - k n o w n cousin atheism are too cold, too removed and too clinical to be acceptable This could not be fur ther from the tr uth There is u n t o l d b e a u t y i n s c i e n c e a n d mathematics There is divinity found in the simplicity of the most fundamen-

both shit and Mars

Watney only turns to religion once during his travail, in what is perhaps the clearest indication of Deism in the film While searching for a combustible to aid in the creation of water, Watney r e a l i z e s t h e o n l y f l a m m a b l e material that made its way to Mars with him are the wooden cr ucifixes brought by one of his cre wmates Without hesitating, he takes a knife to the wood and makes kindling He doesn’t turn water to wine, but he does turn Jesus into water

All this is not to say that spiri t u a l i s m a n d t h e a w e o f t h e divine are anathema to either Deism or The Mar tian Instead, they are merely achieved in a different manner Deism rejects the concept of miracles in the tradit i o n a l t h e i s t i c s e n s e , s u c h a s t u r n i n g w a t e r i n t o w i n e , b u t leaves the door open for simpler, s m a l l e r i n d i c a t i o n s o f d i v i n e presence The fact that the laws laid down before time allowed Matt Damon to successfully science his way to sur vival is indeed

tal axioms of nature And rather than make the world a colder place, removing an active God f r o m

m

d e r n

t e s more space for human progress and ingenuity Picasso did not create his masterpieces because God moved his br ush for him He c r e a

, Picasso, had the talent and the vision to do so Aaron Rodgers does not throw the per fect spiral because God makes sure he has the correct shoulder movement He d

trained to do so for his entire life And Mark Watney, along with h i s r

s Ji m Lovell, Jack Swiger t and Fred Haise (the cre w of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission) did not survive because God inter vened on

because of their master y of spiritualism of Deism, that is, the laws of science

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Mitch Vanderlaan each lit the lamp twice as well en route to Cornell’s 6-1 exhibition win

As Schafer told The Sun this past week, the head coach is trying to change the culture of the program after feeling as if some of his players lacked accountability in recent years Both Buckles and Kubiak have seen this shift in locker room culture affect the team early on this year

“Guys are holding each other accountable more It’s not like if someone says something to someone they’re going to take it personally or the wrong way, ” Kubiak said “They’re going to use that to be better the next time, use that in the future to make our team succeed I think that’s one big positive thing that we can trust each other, and we all feel together and tight It’s going to be monumental for our team in the future, because obviously you have to have trust in your teammates and commit to each other and have good camaraderie to win anything in hockey ”

Schafer said he feels as if he gave some players in recent years too much room for error That room for error is gone now

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“I was the biggest culprit of putting guys in those situations and having too long of a leash, and I said that the first guy here had a very short leash,” Schafer said “If you didn’t do the right things, you sat We sat two guys in the third period tonight that didn’t do the right things That’s different for our guys They’re all in ”

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kill to get some separation Columbia couldn’t regain the lead, and Cornell took the second set 25-18

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The third set was no contest Cornell pulled away, behind Sganderlla’s standout hitting performance Eventually the lead went to the Red 20-12, and though Columbia got close, Cornell clinched the win, 25-18

The Red faltered in the fourth set and allowed the Lions to get some confidence back The two teams traded leads late in the game, but it was the Lions who took the final point on a devastating kill by Columbia superstar Anja Malesevic

It all came down to the final set The energy was high in Levien Gymnasium, and the match reflected it There were lead changes constantly, up until the score was tied at 12-12, but two kills from sophomore Emily

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also able to see many personal best this weekend

With a major meet next weekend, the team saw this meet as a major stepping stone

“ T h i s s e a s o n g e t s b e t t e r ever y passing moment and has yet to have a peak,” Oliver said “Ever y second, I'm getting excited thinking about the n e x t f e w we e k s w h e n we ' l l show the rest of the nation how fierce we are Our tenacity has become our biggest strength, and I think we ' re ready to prove ourselves as the fiercest team on the course next week ” In football, there’s an ideology that anything could happen on “ any given Sunday ”

This is the idea that with proper preparation, anything could

happen in a game The Red has prepared all season The team is now looking for its metap h o r i c a l Su n d a y O n t h i s Sunday, the coaches have inspirational words for their athletes

“Give their best and to have the confidence that their best effort will propel them to an o u t s t a n d i n g p e r f o r m a n c e , ” Smith said about his message to the team “Confidence is key and through their hard work and consistency, they’ve earned the right to toe the line at the Heps knowing they will be ver y successful ” With a strong season under their belt, the cross countr y teams are prepared for whatever they may come across next week

Brittany Biggs can be reached at bbiggs@cornellsun com

Wemhoff and a final kill from Wilson ended the match

The victory was Cornell’s first win in the Ivy League The Red has six games left in the regular season, and currently are at the bottom of the standings

“Coming into the Columbia game, we had a solid game plan which we did a good job of executing,” said sophomore defensive specialist Chelsea Sincox “Overall, we passed pretty well, and we were able to run a balanced offense Additionally, we did a good job defensively, on the block as well as picking up the balls behind them The big difference this time around was a confidence and a determination to win that wasn ’ t there the first round of Ivies Even when Columbia won the two sets, we held our composure ” Those statements were echoed by head coach Trudy Vande Berg

“We played well as a team versus Columbia and adjusted well to what they were doing,” Vande Berg said “The best part is that we stayed aggressive throughout the entire match Even when things weren ’ t going our way, we remained calm and went after it The entire team was 100 percent involved, which is always good to see We really needed a win We have been so close and have played well in our previous losses [ We just needed] that boost of confidence for the second half of Ivy play I know that the team is committed to getting better every day, it’s great to see a positive result ”

With another weekend full of Ivy games, Cornell has a chance to move up in the standings and make a statement to the rest of the league

“Going into this weekend with Brown and Yale, we can look to be pressured a lot more in our serve and pass game, ” Sincox said “If we can serve and pass aggressively, I think we could get two more wins at home this weekend ”

Olivia Mattyasovszky can be reached at omattuasovszky@cornellsun com

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Skaters Easily Win First Two Exhibition Games

Cornell dominates Ryerson, 5-2, on

By JOON LEE Sun Assistant Sports Editor

The point of Saturday night’s exhibition for the Cornell men ’ s hockey team was never to come out and dominate Ryerson (which they did, for the most part) or establish its dominance over a collegiate team that is not even in the NCAA (which they also did, for the most part) The goal was to put that newly established locker room culture to the test on the ice versus an actual opponent for the first time And boy, did it look real good for the Red

To say that the Red passed the test with flying colors would be an understatement to the display of dominance put forth at Lynah Rink in the team ’ s 5-2 victory over the Rams

While the quality of the Red’s opponent Ryerson has not played an NCAA Division I opponent this season likely played a role in the team ’ s high-octane offensive output, there was a certain balance and patience that Cornell displayed against the Rams that the team rarely, if ever, displayed last year when the offense centered on the output of Cole Bardreau ’15, Joel Lowry ’15 and John McCarron ’15 The lines set forth, which will face tweaks in the early parts of the season, appeared to favor balance over all else

“We go back to resetting the culture is that if guys don’t want to shoot the puck, he won ’ t be there,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86 “Our fans have gotten used to

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seeing that these are four or five guys that are on the power play and they get those roles and they keep those roles Twenty years ago, I’ve gone back to my roots and if you don’t shoot the puck, you won ’ t be on the power play If you don’t do the simple things, you don’t play ”

All of the Red’s offensive output came in the first period Cornell struck first when senior forward Christian Hilbrich snuck it past Ryseron goalie Tory Passingham in a blink of an eye after a boarding penalty called on Ryerson put the Red on the power play Junior forward Jeff Kubiak scored a goal on a 5-on-3 power play at the 10-

XC Teams End Regular Season on Positive Note

By BRITTANY BIGGS Sun Staff Writer

With championships in sight, the Cornell cross country teams competed in their final regular season meet this weekend on their own home turf at Makley Field in the John Reif Memorial Meet The teams competed against programs from Syracuse and Cortland and took many of the top spots on both the men ’ s and women ’ s sides

On the women ’ s team, sopho-

“I think the most important thing is that we have learned to work together very well as a team ”

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more Jess Elliot was able to take the top spot with a time of 18:11 9 She was joined in the Top-5 by freshman Suzie Petryk, sophomore Mar y Barger and senior Dina Lacone It was a meet of many personal bests for a team that has been working hard all season Because the Red is only allowed to bring 12 to the meet next week, athletes who competed in this weekend’s meet will not be running in the Ivy

League Heptagonal However, they still contributed greatly to the zeitgeist of the team

“I thought this meet provided us with a great deal of momentum heading into next week,” said head coach Artie Smith “It was inspiring to see so many people running personal bests and producing so many huge seasonal bests The times were surprisingly fast and that is a testament to the hard work the entire team has put in this fall This team has been getting better every week and the momentum clearly continues ” This weekend’s big winner also feels the optimism surrounding the team

“We have all improved a lot individually over the past few months, but I think the most important thing is that we have learned to work together very well as a team, ” Elliot said The men ’ s cross country team was also able to receive a large push from this weekend’s meet The top finisher for the Red was senior George Oliver, who secured an eighth place finish Sophomore Michael Wang also completed a Top-10 finish, coming in ninth place for the Red The team was

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minute mark followed by sophomore defenseman Ryan Bliss’ goal two minutes later that the sophomore defenseman sniped top shelf past Passingham

The offensive standout performance of the night came from junior forward Matt Buckles, who followed up Bliss’ goal with one of his own 13 minutes into the first period But Buckles was not done The junior forward followed up with another goal a little over two minutes after his first to give the Red a 5-0 lead heading into the locker room at the end of the first period Buckles, who scored eight goals and tallied three assists for a total of 11 points in 2014-15, flung 10

shots on net on Saturday and personified the shift in offensive philosophy the Red has implemented this season

“We’ve done a lot in the fall so far, changing up our offensive philosophy,” Buckles said “Basically, we just try to get all pucks and bodies in the net and we ’ re confident and we ’ re getting used to our new offensive systems and it paid off in the first period ”

Kubiak proved himself as the second star of the night for the Red, tallying a total of four points with his own goal and an assist on the scores from Hilbrich and both Buckles’ goals

“I know guys like [Buckles] here and other guys on our team are shooters, so I kind of like to be a passer, ” Kubiak said If I give them the puck and they’re willing to shoot and it goes in, it kind of helps me out ”

Junior goalie Mitch Gillam had a solid night in net, stopping 18 shots and allowing two goals Gillam, in midst of a competition with sophomore netminder Hayden Stewart for playing time, put in an effort that certainly did not detract from his chances of taking up the majority of the time for the Red between the pipes

In the Red’s second exhibition of the weekend against Laurentian, the team saw standout performances from its freshman class Freshman forward Anthony Angello netted four goals while freshman defenseman Alec McCrea and freshman forward

Volleyball Defeats Columbia

By OLIVIA MATTYASOVSZKY Sun Staff Writer

It’s a new start for Cornell volleyball The team entered the second half of conference competition when the Red traveled to New York City to face the Columbia Lions for the second time in one month

Recently against Ivy League opponents, Cornell has started the match strong, taking the first set only to lose momentum and

drop the match Last time the Red played Columbia this was that exact pattern Cornell took the first set handily 25-21 only to lose the next three This time, however, the pattern was interrupted

“I think what really helped us was thinking about this second round as a fresh start, ” said junior Macey Wilson “We felt like we had a new chance to prove ourselves to everyone ” Cornell dropped the first set,

25-18

After remaining close for most of the set, the Lions went on a five point run, forcing a side-out at 20-18 and taking the next five to end the set

The second set was another dog-fight, but this time it was the visitors who went on a run to pull away Cornell and Columbia were neck and neck at 12-11 until Wilson and freshman Carla Sganderlla each slammed down a