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REPUBLICANS SEIZE CAPITOL HILL

Incumbent Rep.Tom Reed tops Robertson ’75 to keep House seat

By ANUSHKA MEHROTRA Sun News Editor

Going red | Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky ), current minority leader of the

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After Eight Years, GOP Regains Control of Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) Republicans claimed the Senate majority Tuesday for the first time in eight years, riding President Barack Obama’s unpopularity to victories in every part of the country

Republican challengers ousted Democratic senators in Arkansas, Colorado and North Carolina, and took seats from retiring Democrats in four other states Equally important, Republicans held off spirited challengers in Kentucky, Georgia and Kansas, guaranteeing they will control both chambers of Congress for Obama’s final two years in office

In every contested race, Republicans tied their oppo-

nents to the president, whose fortunes have sagged since his re-election two years ago Democrats awkwardly tried to distance themselves from Obama without denouncing him

Sen Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who won a sixth term Tuesday, was almost assured of being elected by his colleagues as majority leader, a lifelong dream His party can send piles of legislation to Obama’s desk for his signature or veto on topics such as health care, environmental regulations and dozens of other issues

McConnell immediately warned Obama of coming confrontations “For too long, this administration has tried

WCMC Faculty Member Target

In Yale Sexual Harassment Scandal

By TALIA JUBAS Sun Staff Writer

A sexual harassment case at the Yale School of Medicine where the victim of the harassment is a current assistant professor at Cornell is surfacing after five years with new criticisms of the institution’s response to harassment, according to The New York Times

Yale’s former head of cardiology, Dr Michael Simmons, allegedly “professed his love” and attempted to intervene in the personal relationship of Dr Annarita Di Lorenzo, who relocated to Weill Cornell Medical College in 2011, where she currently serves as an assistant professor pathology and laboratory medicine, according to The Times

Simons has since “decided not to return ” to his position after the incident, a Yale University spokesperson told The Times

In February 2010, Simons who is married gave Di Lorenzo a handwritten love letter, written in Italian, according to The Times Di Lorenzo rejected his advances, saying she found the letter “insulting” to his wife, her and her then-boyfriend

When Di Lorenzo moved to Cornell in 2011, her then-boyfriend and now-husband Dr Frank Giordano stayed at Yale According to the Times, Giordano claims that Dr Simons stymied his career advancement following the incident

After Di Lorenzo and Giordano filed a formal complaint against Simons in 2013, Yale’s University-Wide Committee on Sexual Misconduct concluded that the cardiology chief had sexually harassed Di Lorenzo and “publicly derided” Dr Giordano, though they

to tell the American people what’s good for them and then blame somebody else when their policies didn’t work out, ” he told cheering fans

The final Senate partisan breakdown won ’ t be known until Dec 6, when Democratic Sen Mary Landrieu of Louisiana will face Republican Rep Bill Cassidy in a runoff But the GOP’s majority was assured, regardless who wins there

A GOP-run Senate will be an obvious aggravation to Obama and congressional Democrats, but it’s unclear how

Olympic Swimmer to Speak At Straight About Athletic Career

By ANUSHKA MEHROTRA Sun News Editor

Olympic swimmer and nine-time gold medal winner Mark Spitz will come to Cornell Nov 17 to speak about his experience on being the most decorated athlete in Olympics history for over 30 years

hopes Spitz

sored by Hillel’s speaker series will attract a “different” crowd than prior speakers

“He is our first athlete,” Minton said “We believe that Spitz will attract

different kind of crowd and will generate a

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8:35 - 9:45 a m , Noyes Community Center

Fall Workshop Wednesdays for Students: Origami 4:45 - 6 p m , Johnson Museum of Art

Take a Breath Cornell

6:30 - 7:30 p m , Music Room, Willard Straight Hall

Becker / Rose Café: Behind the Scenes at Cornell Dining 7 p m , Rose House Library, Flora Rose House

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Insanity Morning Workout

7 a m , Common Room, Carl Becker House

Reading by Jesse Graves 4:30 p m , 132 Goldwin Smith Hall

Student Assembly Meeting

4:45 - 6:15 p m , Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room

“Shooting Under Fire”:

A Lecture by Israeli Photojournalist Gil Cohen-Magen 5 p m , Edwards Room, Anabel Taylor Hall

Professor David Román University of Southern California

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Los Angeles Zoo Sees First Hippo Birth in 26 Years

LOS ANGELES (AP) The Los Angeles Zoo has received a real treat for Halloween the birth of its first hippopotamus in 26 years It was a bit of trick, too, because the mother was on birth control

The zoo says the baby was born Friday It was somewhat of a surprise, but staffers had noticed the mother hippo gained weight, which made them suspect she was pregnant

Vets haven’t determined the sex of the new hippo But they say the baby appears to be doing well and is bonding with mom

Media will get to see the newborn Tuesday in its public debut

Woman Loses Ring In Halloween Candy

MESA, Ariz (AP) An Arizona woman is searching for her wedding ring after she says she accidentally gave it away with Halloween candy

KNXV-TV reports that Mesa resident Brooklin Yazzie

says she mistakenly handed out the ring Friday during a mix-up

Yazzie says she placed her wedding ring in a candy jar while helping her daughters carve pumpkins, and when the night became hectic she absentmindedly dumped the contents of the jar into the candy bag

She says there were also plastic rings inside the candy bag

Yazzie says she is hoping someone has the ring because it isn’t worth much money but has more value to her

After Losing 380 Pounds, Michigan Couple Marries

WYANDOTTE, Mich (AP) A Detroit-area couple who met in a support group for weight loss surgery patients exchanged wedding vows after losing a collective 380 pounds

Crysta Danaher, 34, of Windsor, Ontario, and Bill Anderson, 44, of Allen Park, were married Saturday at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital, where they had bariatric surgery and later met, the Detroit Free Press reported Anderson has gone from 459 pounds to about 250 pounds since his May 2009 operation Danaher has lost about 180 pounds since her 2009 procedure

“Reviving AIDS: On the 2011 Revival of The Normal Heart on Broadway”

Thursday, November 6, 2014

4:30–5:30PM Film Forum, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts

Cornell Alumni Magazine editor has roots in industry

By EVELYN NAM Sun Contributor

An Oxford graduate, former executive editor at both Harper’s Bazaar and Marie Claire and now the head of Cornell Alumni Magazine, Prof Jenny Barnett, communication, said her accomplished career in the media industr y began with “ no connections ”

W h i l e s t u d y i n g a t O x f o rd Un i v e r s i t y, Barnett said she first realized that she wanted to be in “ some kind of communication field ”

“I liked communicating and the idea of communication,” she said “I decided toward the end of my time at Oxford that I wanted to be in the media specifically magazines ”

At first, Barnett said she was working her way “into the [media] industr y from the outside” due to the nature of the field at the time “ It w a s d i f f e re n t b a c k t h e n , ” s h e s a i d “Internships didn’t quite exist [and there were] not a lot of journalism courses With no connections, I was writing, contacting editors and knocking on doors I worked for a while for nothing ”

was approached to work as one of the founding editors of U K Marie Claire

“I happened to be at the right place at the right time,” she said

Though Barnett said the founding team of U K

nope, we ’ re gonna stick with it [And] it grew ver y organically and became hugely successful We were able to say that women were interested in both [the] fun and serious stuff ”

However, Barnett was soon able to secure her first “real job” as assistant editor of the one and only edition of Grandparent Magazine Despite the shortlived fate of the magazine, Barnett said the experience she gained from this particular position laid the groundwork for her future roles at other publications

“I am ver y, ver y proud [of my first paid job],” she said “I did most of ever ything, while the editor in chief was doing almost ever ything [as] an editor in chief ”

After leaving Grandparent, Barnett said she went on to work at a magazine called Over21, where she

Marie Claire was “ young ” and “fairly inexperienced,” she and her team were able to deliver “hard-hitting” content, thus permanently changing the course of women ’ s magazines

“ Women’s magazines were not doing anything hard-hitting prior to [that],” she said “And we did [exactly that] We had this fashion-and-foreign-affairs thing for our magazine ”

Determined to create a magazine that carried both serious meaning and light-hearted humor for its target audience, Barnett said she persisted in the face of a great amount of skepticism

“A lot of people said that women weren ’ t interested in that hard-hitting stuff,” she said “But we said

At Marie Claire, Barnett began writing about women and AIDS, a topic which she said was not only unpopular, but also unprecedented

“I was interested in communicating to people about what can seem to be complex health issues and help them understand them in an easy way, ” she said “I’m most proud of a lot of the big health campaigns ”

In addition to her work with publications, Barnett has worked to raise awareness for breast cancer, launched fundraising campaigns for issues pertaining to both men and women and built a successful political platform with former Secretar y of State Madeleine Albright

“[Albright and I] were working on issues

s u c h a s t r a f f i c k i n g o f w o m e n a n d g e n d e r apartheid in Afghanistan,” she said

When asked if she enjoys making a difference in the world, Barnett said that she did not want to “be too arrogant about it ”

“I can ’ t claim that I have changed peoples’ lives, but I hope that I was able to maybe introduce people to something that they haven’t thought about before,” she said

But after 20 years of working in media and magazines, Barnett said she decided to “take a leap of faith” and move to Ithaca in order to be closer to her family

“I loved my job, but I wanted to put my kids to bed more often than someone else [did],” she said

New Student Reading Project Author Discusses Inspirations

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Amara Lakhous, the author of Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio the book assigned as par t of the 2014 Ne w Student Reading Project

spoke Tuesday about the roles of language, imagination and immigration in his life as inspiration for his writing

His novel a murder myster y narrated by immigrants and native Italians focuses on elevators and issues of public space, as all of the characters reside in the

Lakhous said he included the elevator as a metaphor for the cultural interactions that occur during immigration

“ The elevator is a microcosm for cultural interactions, but also as the cause of distress,” Lakhous said “Public space is impor tant to democracy We can say we are for freedom, but if people can only live their freedom just at home, that is not tr ue freedom ”

According to Lakhous, his decision to make immigration a focus of the novel came from his personal experience grow-

ing up in Algeria and moving to Italy in 1995, when he was 15 years old

Lakhous added that he believes Ne w York City where he moved this summer is a prime example of a multicultural city

“I think that the United States is a big combination of cultures,” Lakhous said “In Ne w York, no one is an immigrant, we are all immigrants, we are all Ne w Yo r k e r s , n o b o d y a s k s m e w h e r e I ’ m from ”

Lakhous said he believes that his book which was published in English in 2008 is successful due to its ability to give “ a voice to many characters ” Lakhous added that he tried to comb i n e t h e “ b e s t p a r t s ” o f It a l i a n a n d Algerian culture in his novel, which was published in Arabic in 2003 and translated into Italian in 2006

“ We have two eyes, and the reality of life and immigration is really complex,” Lakhous said “In this book, there are different perspectives on this ” With three mother tongues, Lakhous also referred to himself as a “language polygamist,” who is fluent in Arabic, Italian and Berber, a language spoken Nor thern Africa

The two versions of novel are not direct translations and each contain different “ tr uths,” according to Lakhous

“ The way to be extremists to think that there is just one truth,” he said “ When you have doubts it means you are open

When I rewrote Clash of Civilizations in Italian, I never used a dictionar y ”

Lakhous also stressed that devotion is the key to learning a ne w language

“[Language] loves you just because you are her son, ” he said “ To learn a language you don’t need a visa, passpor ts and citizenship it just takes devotion ”

Although a translator was enlisted to finish the English version of the novel, Lakhous said he hopes that he will someday be able to write in the language

“ You know what my dream is? To add English as a third language to write in,” he said “ This is my version of [an] American dream ”

Laura Brown, senior vice provost for undergraduate education and the leader for the Ne w Student Book Project, said Lakhous’s book was chosen because it focused on contemporar y issues such as racism and ethnocentrism

“Many students noted the relevance to their own experience as first-year Cornell students, joining a diverse community,” Brown said “ They discussed their own feelings about stereotyping, about asser ting their own identity and about feeling open to learn about others’ identities and backgrounds ”

T h e l e c t u re w a s s p o n s o re d by t h e Cornell Institute for European Studies’ Mediterranean Studies Initiative

Republicans Claim Edge in House

WASHINGTON (AP) Republicans held a commanding edge in the House on Tuesday, on track to pad their majority at near historic levels after knocking out the last white Southern Democrats and claiming two seats in President Barack Obama’s home state of Illinois

The GOP won more than 190 seats as polls closed in the East and Midwest and was certain to surpass 218 if incumbents prevailed as expected in the West Democrats had a few bright spots, but their hopes of keeping losses to a minimum quickly evaporated

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Republicans tightened their grip on the South, a steady march since Lyndon B Johnson signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act Republican Evan Jenkins, a Democrat-turnedRepublican state senator, knocked out 19-term Rep Nick Rahall of West Virginia Republican businessman Rick Allen prevailed over another Southern Democrat, five-term Rep John Barrow of Georgia

Graham, daughter of a former senator and governor, Bob Graham, knocked out two-term Rep Steve Southerland in a Florida Panhandle district Southerland’s all-male fundraiser and quip about Graham attending lingerie parties doomed his reelection bid

Obama’s low approval ratings, around 40 percent, were a drag on Democrats, as was the electorate ’ s unease with the Islamic State group threat, Ebola outbreak and job losses Promising economic signs of a drop in the unemployment rate and cheaper gasoline failed to help the president’s party, which typically loses seats in midterm elections

in pretty thin oxygen when you’re up there as a Republican.”

Republicans capitalized on growing dissatisfaction with President Barack Obama as voters took out their frustration on the party controlling the White House The pervasive malaise nationwide also dragged down Democrats

Aggressive in the midterms, Republicans won the seat of a retiring moderate Democrat Mike McIntyre in Nor th Carolina, knocked out Democrat Joe Garcia in Florida and eased out freshmen Democrats Bill Enyar t and Brad Schneider in southern Illinois GOP challengers had the edge in Democratic seats in Maine, New Hampshire, New York and Texas

Some two dozen Democratic incumbents were in jeopardy but just a handful of Republicans faced competitive races as the 2010 GOP romp gave the party the upper hand in redrawing congressional districts favorable to Republicans

In one bright spot for the Democrats, Gwen

The GOP, which currently controls 234 seats, was widely expected to exceed its tea par ty-boosted total of 242 seats in 2010 Republicans aimed to match the 246 of 1947-1949 when another Democrat, Harry S Truman, occupied the White House Democrats still hold the modern-day edge for most seats 292 in 1979

“If we do, we ’ re up in territory we ’ ve not seen, ” said Rep Greg Walden (R-Ore ), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee “You’re in pretty thin oxygen when you ’ re up there as a Republican ”

Republicans purposely lowered expectations at a gain of five to eight seats, but privately some said anything less than a net of a dozen seats would be a disappointment

A solid GOP majority means Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) can afford defections from his increasingly conservative caucus and still get legislation passed while Republicans would hold more committee seats to guide the par ty agenda Republicans are counting on partnering with a GOP-led Senate

Boehner raised $102 million to ensure that Republicans would tighten their grip on the House

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The committee recommended that Simons be removed from his position indefinitely and be subject to a five-year ban from all administrative positions

I n s t e a d , Ya l e Pr o v o s t Benjamin Polak punished him with an 18-month suspension from his role as section chief of c a r d i o l o g y, a l l o w i n g h i m t o remain as the director of the Yale Cardiovascular Research Center and as a co-director of the Yale Un i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e L o n d o n

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On Top in Election

By ANNIE BUI Sun News Editor

Local attorney Rick Wallace has seized the race for Ithaca City Court Judge, capturing approximately 63 percent of ballots cast, according to unofficial results from the Tompkins County Board of Elections available Tuesday evening He will serve a 10-year term as City Judge His opponent Seth Peacock J D ’01 garnered around 36 percent of the vote With 4,371 ballots cast in total, Wallace received 2,772 votes and Peacock 1,592 votes, with all 14 districts reporting Wallace won the Democratic primary for city court judge in September, when he faced Peacock and Kristine Shaw J D ’01, The

Sun previously reported Peacock ran on the Working Families party ticket following the primary Wallace who was born and raised in Ithaca appealed to a sense of local pride at a September public forum, when he spoke of his time at Boynton Middle School, Ithaca High School and his 24-year law career in the City of Ithaca, The Sun previously reported Peacock who was appointed by Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 to become interim city court judge after the June resignation of Judge Judith Rossiter will fill the rest of his term until Dec 31

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o bills, and Senate Democrats can use the filibuster to thwart scores of GOP initiatives, just a

Democrats for years Republicans claimed a huge

GOP Rep Cor y Gardner ousted first-term Democrat Mark Udall The win was notable

other states where Republicans made their biggest gains Udall portrayed Gardner as a threat to women ’ s reproduct i v e r i g h

s B u t G a rd n e r responded with the tactic used by ever y Republican in a competitive race: relentlessly linking his opponent to the president

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ousted first-term Democratic

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In Arkansas, freshman Rep Tom Cotton knocked off twoterm Democratic Sen Mark Pr yor in a state that has veered sharply toward the GOP since n a t i ve s o n Bi l l C l i n t o n l e f t office

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Ne w Hampshire over Scott Brown, a f o r m e r s e n a t o r f r o m Massachusetts

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Improving Relations With Local Law Enforcement

THIS PAST THURSDAY, MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY community and the Cornell and Ithaca Police Departments convened to discuss relations between students of color and law enforcement officials This police-student conversation comes on the heels of the renewal of national dialogue on race relations, sparked by the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri The panel discussion which was sponsored by the student group Black Students United covered topics such as diversity training and inappropriate interactions between police and students of color We at The Sun applaud all parties who participated in this exchange and call for the continuation of dialogue on race relations within the University community

This past August, an officer from the Ithaca Police Department pulled his weapon on two unarmed black teenagers, sparking local outrage and protest This incident and its fallout were symptomatic of a larger national trend: the breakdown of minority trust in law enforcement Indeed, for many locals and students who identify as people of color, militarized and racially biased policing tactics are not headlines, but everyday realities

Students at the panel cited reasons as to why they have been hesitant regarding their relationships with authorities, the police especially One student specifically reminded the group of an incident where he states that police pepper sprayed students in a hallway at the Ujamaa Residential College last semester, others noted that noise disturbances issued for parties where there is a majority of students of color are also a problem We hope that discussions between students and local authorities can continue so that we can work together so that all students feel safe and equal on our campus at all times

We at The Sun urge local and University law enforcement officials to heed and thoroughly address the concerns conveyed at Thursday’s panel, and to facilitate the opening of further avenues for dialogue on race relations Productive discourse, if followed by meaningful action, has the potential to guarantee that all students regardless of color are properly respected by those who are assigned the duty of guaranteeing their safety

“We can never do enough, so we’ll continue to do more, ” Cornell Police Chief Kathy Zoner said during the panel We challenge Chief Zoner, and the rest of the local law enforcement officials, to continue to vigilantly work to open lines of communication with students, faculty and the entire community through similar methods We also encourage those who have feel they have been mistreated to speak out so that we can all work together to improve and make campus and the surrounding Ithaca community a safer place

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AlthoughFrom a Nightmare To a Daydream

she may have broken up with Spotify earlier this week, worldwide sensation (and my spirit animal) Taylor Swift is past her days of publicizing dramatic break-ups In the past several years, and especially with the release of her new album 1989, Taylor has grown from a young girl who didn’t understand feminism or what it means to put down other women, to a woman who not only respects women, but empowers them

Since 1989 landed in stores and online on Oct 27, it has sold over 1 2 million copies and racked up even more millions of plays on everyone ’ s iTunes accounts The reviews are mixed as to whether it is better or worse than her previous albums this album is more pop than country and certainly less dramatic than her other “traditional” breakup ballads but most critics are agreed on one thing: 1989 is Taylor’s most unique album thus far The 13-track self-proclaimed pop album showcases Taylor’s maturity and development What stands out to me is how much this development reflects that people are actually capable of change (Didn’t I already write a column about this? Sort of )

Before this growth, however, Taylor has been criticized for some of her words in the past, be they song lyrics or interviews A general theme in many of her older songs was putting down other women, emphasized in songs like, “You Belong With Me,” “Better Than Revenge” and “Picture to Burn ” When asked if she was a feminist in 2012, in an inter view with the Daily Beast, she answered, “I don’t really think about things as guys versus girls ” (In case you didn’t know, feminism is not about guys versus girls, either it’s about equality ) In “You Belong With Me,” featured on Taylor’s second album Fearless in 2008, Taylor sings about a boy that is, unfortunately, dating another girl Taylor implies that this girl is mean and awful, and “ wears short skirts,” implying that dressing a certain way impacts her value This song is just one example of Taylor’s history of slut-shaming, the concept that women should be made to feel guilty for their own sexual choices or behaviors In “Better Than Revenge,” from Speak Now in 2010, Taylor sings about a girl who stole her boyfriend and is “better known for the things that she does on the mattress ” These instances of slut-shaming contribute to her former persona as a wholesome, innocent girl as well as put down and guilt other girls Further, the “other girls” in her songs and music videos were portrayed as being more sexually promiscuous as Taylor, the perfect one, implying that their sexuality defines their worth I have no words to defend Taylor Swift Her words are undoubtedly slut-shaming, offensive and insensitive to other women However, something that people tend to forget including myself is that past actions do not define a person It is possible for people to learn, grow and even change their views or attitudes

a feminist awakening because they understand what the word means ”

Her friendship with HBO’s Girls star and creator Lena Dunham which formed via Twitter direct message has also helped her develop her attitude about women “Becoming friends with Lena without her preaching to me, but just seeing why she believes what she believes, why she says what she says, why she stands for what she stands for has made me realize that I’ve been taking a feminist stance without actually saying so, ” she said

As she has grown up, Taylor has grown and developed her views, also evidenced by many of her lyrics in 1989 In “Style,” a song about a couple that never goes out of “style” and also probably about former flame Harry Styles Taylor sings, “I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt ” No longer shaming women for wearing tight skirts like in “You Belong With Me,” now she is proud to wear a tight little skirt, and suggests that you can have “good girl faith” and wear whatever kinds of clothes you want

While certainly not every person who has prejudiced or narrow views will outgrow them or change their attitudes, many people do.

In “Picture to Burn,” one of her first hit singles from her first album in 2006, Taylor sings, “Go and tell your friends that I’m obsessive and crazy, that’s fine, I’ll tell mine you ’ re gay ” These lyrics, later changed in the music video version of the song, upset a great deal of people since they suggest that homosexuality is an inherently bad quality that one can wield as an insult or slur In “Welcome to New York,” from 1989, she sings, “You can want who you want, boys and boys, and girls and girls,” demonstrating her acceptance of queerness as positive and valid

We cannot always hold people accountable for things they have said in the past While certainly not every person who has prejudiced or narrow views will outgrow them or change their attitudes, many people do There are things I have said in the past that I no longer agree with or feel terrible about having said I cannot take them back, just as Taylor Swift cannot “take back” her misogynistic lyrics or anti-feminist interviews All we can do is move forward with our newfound attitudes and try to express them to others

Further, it is possible for us to forgive people for things they have said I never would have called 2008 Taylor Swift my “spirit animal,” but I truly admire her changed persona and image, and I appreciate how much she has developed It is brave to say that you disagree with your past self, and I commend Taylor for embracing this change

Taylor has certainly matured from her pure, virtuous days In an interview with The Guardian, she said, “As a teenager, I didn’t understand that saying you ’ re a feminist is just saying that you hope women and men will have equal rights and opportunities What it seemed to me, the way it was phrased in culture, society, was that you hate men And now, I think a lot of girls have had

We are not defined by the things we may have said before As long as we move forward with our new attitudes, or forgive others for what they’ve done and even be daring enough to embrace our own changes, we can all make ourselves better and maybe even become as cool as T-Swift As she says in “Blank Space” from 1989, “Darling, I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream ” Though we all including Taylor may have been nightmares in the past, embracing our change and accepting our new mindsets can transform us into daydreams

Samantha Weisman is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She may be reached at sweisman@cor nellsun com A Weisman Once Said appears alter nate Wednesdays this semester

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You’re Not Alone

Cornell has made great strides in prioritizing mental health One icon of that achievement is the new Gannett expansion slated for 2017, which will more than double the existing size of Gannett and further increase health access for all students I additionally laud Cornell’s action of signing on to the Jed and Clinton Foundation Health Matters Campus program, a four-year commitment for evaluating, assessing and enhancing mental health resources on college campuses Aside from these university endeavors, my day-to-day interactions with Gannett and CAPS professionals reassure my belief in the University’s work to meet students’ needs

In light of this, I want to challenge Cornell’s current student body, staff, faculty and even the alumni in their respective communities: Let the institutional-level changes motivate us to create a truly inclusive social environment that evokes the same importance to mental health Let mental health be more than a building, but a fundamental priority among all of us

As an ally of the disability community, I’ve spent my time at Cornell advocating alongside the voices of students of all abilities, each fulfilling the Cornell dream of “ any person, any study” in his or her own way But I am also aware of the stigma that individuals with invisible disabilities face Many of us endure our path in silence, too afraid to speak and hear the presumed shame from others So I’ve gone back and forth about whether or not I wanted to share my stor y The journey I’ve been on may or may not be similar to that of so many others

“You’re not alone ”

It’s the phrase often repeated today in regards to people dealing with mental health illnesses and issues Well intended, the phrase is supposed to convey empathy and understanding, yet over the past year when I’ve heard those words, I felt the opposite This summer, I decided to return home to focus on my health and receive stronger outpatient treatment while considering a health leave of absence this fall semester While intellectually knowing this was a beneficial decision, there was still an over whelming part of me that felt shame for seeking help

On the day I was leaving campus, I mentioned to a friend briefly that I was returning home for “health reasons, ” and she thoughtfully suggested I pass through Willard Straight to view the Faces of Mental Health Exhibit hosted by Cornell Minds Matter The mission of the exhibit was to speak out and challenge the stigma associated with mental health and encourage others in the community to feel empowered to do the same Around the walls of the room were two portraits each of about 20 students one photo represented the person during his or her struggle and the other represented how the students defined themselves

As I spent time in that room, viewing each portrait and reading each personal stor y written below, I was amazed at how their words echoed feelings and statements I had made before Some described not reaching out to health professionals because of the stigmatization of treatment Others expressed the fear of not fitting society’s stereotype of a person with a mental illness Further still, some conveyed the ease and yet pain of faking it through each day with a smile planted on his or her face that belies the inner struggle gnawing away underneath As I went through the exhibit, my eyes started to tear up as each of these photos and words resonated with me In the midst of that room, surrounded by my fellow Cornellians, I realized that not only was putting my health first a positive decision, but also that I am truly not alone on this campus

Now back on campus this semester, it has been a hard road of starting to open up to people, but I have at least one person in all facets of my life that I can truly trust as a confidant and friend Our relationships are not always perfect, but, when I feel comfortable, I know I can reach out to them And this can be on ever y level I started with my health advisor, and then it led to my academic advisor, and soon that lead to my work supervisor Eventually, I realized how beneficial it was to have a point person in each area of my life, so I began to reach out in other areas a person to help me with the job process, a friend for social support, a family member confidante and a person in one of the clubs in which I am involved Creating this support network is effective not only for health reasons, but for the complexities of our lives it’s simply a strategic way to live

There are so many others out there facing challenges in a multitude of ways and I want to encourage ever yone to talk To tell a friend or professional Or be the one to listen, to take someone seriously and to really ask how he or she is feeling While Cornell and Gannett have led the way in providing ser vices across campus, I urge you to learn and practice how to be a caring and compassionate friend to those around you Be the one who lets his or her friends know that you are willing to listen or point them toward further resources The people you really care about, are you really investing in them?

With this ideal in mind, several student organizations have collaborated to host the Second CUnique Neurodiversity Conference on Saturday, November 8 This is a moment to listen, to understand, to shed light on some of the shared yet unique experiences and really create the caring community that Cornell strives for I encourage you to attend and learn how you can be a part of that

Despite my depression and anxiety and the many lows, setbacks and relapses I may have, each day that I take another breath or another step, I am winning because I am alive I choose to keeping on living Speaking out isn’t easy, but I think back to the other individuals who have and continue to speak out and remember that I am not alone We should strive to let our close friends and circles feel that same way too So let’s not work in silence, let’s make a resounding effort to cheer each other on

We each have our own struggles, some more visible than others, but we should strive to make ever yone feel supported in this Cornell community, and that means starting with the individuals around you Be that one

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Garbage In, Garbage Out Comment of the day

I“Despite concerns from economists about job loss, wage increases in cities and states across the U.S. over the past several decades have had no negative impact on employment Why is this? It’s really quite simple The minimum wage in far too many instances is not true fair market wage, but one that workers are forced into accepting, despite years of increased productivity ( yet wages are stagnant ).”

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Re: “FORKEN | On Christie’s Incompetence,” Opinion published October 31, 2014

n his song “Eyes Closed,” the voice of our generation, Kanye West, proclaims “I sold my soul to the devil; that’s a crappy deal / Least it came with a fe w toys like a Happy Meal ” During a 2010 interv i e w w i t h M T V, K a n y e d e s c r

h i s hear t ” That is to say if Kanye

e v e r d o e s a n y t h i n g n o t f o r Kanye, it means he has given up his soul I personally have never sold my soul and don’t really have plans on doing so Kanye, however, finds a silver lining for his s p i r i t u a l t

H a p p y Meal ” It is Kanye, so I

a s s u m e t h e s e f e w t o y s a r e m o s t l y leather kilts

maybe you have heard somet h i n g a l o n g t h e l i n e s o f “garbage in, garbage out ” after suggesting a fast food r un for lunch or an on-the-road meal People are quick to dismiss fast food as “ greasy, ” “disgusting” o r “ u n h e a l t h y ” I t h i n k t h i s s t i g m a t i z i n g p h e n o m e n o n came about as a result of the d o c u m e n t a r y Su p e r Si z e Me , the so-called “obesity epidemic” and probably the shock ar t placing Ronald McDonald in violent situations like slaught e r i n g a n i m a l s W h a t g o e s totally forgotten is the actual value of McDonald’s food and s e r v i c e t h e y p rov i d e f o r t h e world

I personally have never sold my soul don’t really have plans on doing so. Kanye, however, finds a silver lining his spiritual transaction in the form o few toys like a Happy Meal ”

a n d m o d ified, steampunk style Lamborghinis, but w e s h o u l d a l l b e i m p r e s s e d w i t h h i s a b i l i t y t o f i n d t h e

g o o d i n t h e b a d T h e b a d : superstar icon status and the p e o p l e t r y i n g t o p i t c h t h e i r ideas for the next robotic tedd y b e a r t h e m e d t - s h i r t o r m a y b e s u g g e s t i n g “ No r t h” m i g h t b e a n a m e h e l a t e r regrets The good: exotic pets, K i m a n d p r o b a b l y a l o t o f velour

It may seem cheap to star t two consecutive columns with hip-hop lyrics, but the wisdom that can be found in the poetr y o f K a n ye We s t i s e s s e n t i a l l y boundless We would all benef i t f r o m f i n d i n g t h e H a p p y Me a l - e s q u e t o y s t h a t c o m e from the things that may at first seem bad For example, McDonald’s

I f y o u a r e o n e o f t h o s e weirdos who still has all or even some of your gluten-free and C r o s s Fi t e n t h u s i a s t f r i e n d s ,

In the United States there is a McDonald’s for ever y 22,000 people There are only hospitals for ever y 44,000 people

Last Januar y, they ran a promotion for two-dollar Big Macs Yo u c a n g e t 2 0 c h i c k e n Mc Nu g g e t s f o r f i v e d o l l a r s You can get a 55-gallon dr um o f Sw e e t Te a f o r a n i c k e l Guacamole does not cost extra No t o n l y d o e s Mc D o n a l d s ser ve more people, it does it for l e s s It f u e l s ( re a d : p r ov i d e s paper goods) for the United States Olympic Teams Larr y Bird and Michael Jordan had a l e g e n d a r y Su p e r B o w l d u n k contest for a Big Mac Even Parisians the most refined people in the world, culinarily speaking love McDonald’s The Golden Arches shine in t h e Pa r i s i a n n i g h t o n t h e C h a m p s - E l y s é e s a l o n g s i d e a 150-foot tall ivor y statue of Fr e n c h e x p l o r e r Ja c q u e s Cousteau

I understand that there is something to be said about getting ser vings of fr uits and vegetables and “knowing what’s in your food,” but, at some point, calories are nothing more than gas in the tank It costs a lot less to own a durable pick-up tr uck with 175,000 miles on it than a brand ne w Ferrari I know that in a car-health analogy one would tend towards the “nicer” car If you put normal gas in a Ferrari though, it will have to spend 12 months at a special petroleum rehabilit a t i o n c e n t e r i n t h e It a l i a n countr yside You can pour basically anything that combusts in a tr uck engine, and it will still find a way to keep r unning A Big Mac still has protein It m a y b e “ g a r b a g e i n , g a r

should

at McDonald’s ever y day In fact, that

deser ve the stigma that it gets If two people get an order of French fries and one eats them and gets a little gassy or tired while the other goes into toxic

unhealthy one I am not here to defend the fast food industr y or how they target

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one example of a way to find something good in something bad like a Happy Meal toy

Christo Eliot is a senior in the College of Engineering He can be reached at celiot@cornellsun com The Tale of the Dingo at Midnight appears alternate Wednesdays this semester

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C.U. Study Finds Southwest At High Risk for Decades-Long Dr oughts In Next Centur y

Disastrous drought | Lake Success, in Tulare County, California, is in one of the hardest-hit areas of the drought that has now lasted three years in California According to a study published in October by Cornell climate scientists, the southwestern United States is at an 80 percent risk or greater of experiencing a drought lasting a decade or more in the coming century

By SOMRITA BANERJEE Sun Staff Writer

A study published in October led by Prof Toby Ault, earth and atmospheric sciences, has received attention in the scientific community for its startling findings about the future of the southwestern United States

Using past climate data and climate change models, Ault and his coauthors predict that there is a higher than 80 percent risk for the United States southwest to experience a drought lasting 10 or m o re ye a r s , s o m e t h i n g t h e y c a l l a megadrought, in the coming centur y “A megadrought is a drought that is as bad as the kinds of droughts that we ’ ve seen in the 20th centur y, ” Ault said “So like the 1950s drought in the Southwest or the 1930s Dust Bowl That level of severity but much longer lasting ”

Ault said this study focuses mainly on two types of megadroughts the shorter duration type which spans about a decade and the multi-decade megadrought with a time scale of around 35 years The study estimates the risk of megadroughts happening in the coming centur y using existing model predictions of the future that have been archived as part of international efforts at climate model simulation

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Change, the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laborator y in Princeton, NASA and similar institutions in other countries have their own modelling centers, ” Ault said “[They] run the simulations of climate change in the future and then they archive all that data for the research community to use and that’s what we relied on primarily ”

In order to make their predictions, Ault and coauthors took the predictions from these raw climate models and factored in paleoclimate data the data

f ro m a re c o rd o f c l i m a t e va r i a t i o n s obser ved in the past, usually obtained by analyzing tree ring widths, sediments at

the bottom of lakes or deposits in caves

“Researchers at places like University of Arizona’s Lab of Tree Ring Research take many samples from many sites and count the ring widths,” Ault said Years of exceptional growth are marked by wider rings and smaller widths signal years with stunted growth Ault said that data from tree ring measurements indicate that there have been inter vals where growth year after year was either held back or slower in some way This indicates to geologists that megadroughts have, historically, always been a natural hazard

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into account, the risk of megadroughts escalates, according to Ault

Looking for ward, Ault said he believes there is still a lot of work to be done on climate-related predictions for the coming centur y He said he plans to translate the risks that his study predicts into numbers that natural resource managers can use to p re p a re f o r t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f megadroughts

This means quantifying the amount of water or soil in the Colorado River, the amount of snowfall and other variables where scientists’ predictions may have changed due to the new factor of global climate change, according to Ault

“Another one of my top priorities for research is looking at other parts of the world that seem like they’re exposed to similar levels of risk Northern Mexico, parts of Central America, Australia, parts of Africa, parts of the Mediterranean,”

“I think looking globally at this scenario and seeing how it plays out is important ”

“ We k n ow t h a t a s [carbon dioxide] levels rise, greenhouse gas levels rise, the planet’s temperature rises [and] the southwest tends to get drier,” Ault said “Our research translates that dr ying into quantitative estimates of megadrought risk ”

The study predicts a greater than 80 percent risk of decade-long megadroughts in the Southwest, reaching 90 percent in some areas, and a 20 to 50 percent risk of 35-year or longer megadroughts in the

c o m i n g c e n t u r y T h e c l i m a t e c h a n g e models bring these values up from the normally predicted risk rates of about five to 15 percent

“ The numbers go up because, on average, the southwest especially looks drier It’s like climate change is loading the dice in favor of megadroughts,” Ault said

Ault said “I think looking globally at this scenario and seeing how it plays out is important

Especially in countries that have fewer resources t o c o p e w i t h m e g adrought than the southwestern U S has ”

Ault also said that the risks predicted are not a cause for alarm

“Fundamentally, because megadrought is a natural hazard faced by the southwest, we can manage it We just have to factor it into our management strategy for water, ” Ault said “I think there’s a lot of room for optimism despite these high numbers to be prepared for this kind of an event ”

Ault also said that that, regardless of o n e ’ s p o l i t i c a l b e l i e f s a b o u t c l i m a t e change, it is important to have a noregrets attitude towards preparedness

“Even if it is a sort of natural disaster i n s l ow m o t i o n , i t t a k e s d e c a d e s t o unfold,” Ault said “ There’s no reason why we can ’ t plan for or prepare for that kind of a hazard or at least the risk of that hazard ”

Ault said his general research interests lie in the field of emergent climate risks, or risks that have come up because the climate of this centur y is different from what it was last centur y

According to Ault, a good example of the application of his research is the spring of 2012, which was unusually early in the northeast, and was followed by a freeze event in April The freeze event is usual for the time of year but what caused a problem was that spring started early, giving the orchards a lot of time to grow The damage from the freeze event was then more significant and led to a loss, in Michigan alone, of half a billion dollars, according to Ault

“How likely is that event without climate change? We don’t know We know that kind of a sequence of an early spring and a normal freeze event is probably rare, even without climate change,” he said “Now with climate change it’s the same question we ’ re asking with megadrought Is it more likely? If so, how much so? What are the factors, what do the models say, what can we say from the past?”

Ault said that it is not enough to just look at the past Problems of emergent risk must be tackled from many different angles, using both past climate data and future models, using new statistical tools as well as old statistical tools that have been re-factored for these kinds of applications

“ We need all the arrows in our quiver that we can get at to study these emergent c l i m a t e r i s k s , ” Au l t s a i d “ T h e s e a re important problems and when I’m working on them, I’m still ver y much guided by tr ying to do a better job of understanding the risks of climate change for the people whose lives and livelihoods are most impacted by it That’s really one of the great things about being at Cornell There’s a deep commitment here to do science that is useful to people ”

Somrita Banerjee can be reached at sbanerjee@cornellsun com

Cor nell Resear chers First to Look Into The Brains of T iny Jumping Spiders

By MICHAEL MERRILL Sun Contributor

For the first time ever, researchers at Cornell have succeeded in measuring and analyzing electrical signals within the brains of jumping spiders By inserting tiny electrical probes into the poppy-seed-sized brains of Phidippus audax, researchers have opened up a new field of scientific research into the inner workings of the arachnid brain

“Since the 60s people tried to overcome this technical issue and no one succeeded in doing that,” said Gil Menda Ph D ’14, a post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Prof Ron

Hoy, neurobiology and behavior, and a coauthor of the study detailing what the spiders’ neurons revealed “The reason is that spiders are a pressurized animal They have a high liquid pressure in their body Whenever they want to move they have to push liquid through the body ”

Because of this high pressure within their bodies, previous attempts to enter the brain of a living spider caused the spider to rupture and bleed out Menda said he discovered that if a small enough probe is used, the spider’s blood will coagulate around the point of insertion and prevent excess blood from leaking out

“I solved that problem, but once we did that it was like opening a gold mine,” Menda said

Menda said the electrodes function like small microphones; after insertion into the spider’s body cavity, they come close to individual neurons By measuring the electrical potential across a neuron, it is possible to measure how active it is at a point in time

“When you ’ re recording from a neuron, you essentially have to be touching it what that means is that if anything moves, even by microns, if the animal moves a little bit or if the electrode rocks a little bit the animal can die,” said Paul Shamble grad, coauthor of the study

With this new technology, Menda said he and his colleagues went on to examine some of the more unusual behaviors of jumping spiders Unlike most spiders, jumping spiders do not build webs to catch prey Instead, they prowl their environment in search of food

This behavior relies heavily on the jumping spider’s advanced visual perception

They re the cats of the invertebrate world Occupying that niche has required very sharp vision," said Hoy, another coauthor of the study

Menda and his fellow researchers placed probes in the brains of spiders and were able to measure their reactions various visual stimuli, including videos of flies

Jumping spiders have eight eyes

According to Shamble, it has long been known that the two large eyes on the front of the spider are used for high resolution, high detail vision The other six small eyes pick up movement in the periphery of the spider’s vision

However, despite this separation of visual tasks, Menda and his associates found that when one set of eyes was covered, neurons associated with specific regions of the spider’s field of vision fire unpredictably, indicating the visual stimuli were not being followed It was only when all eight eyes were uncovered that the spider was able to track visual stimuli within its field of view

“What’s weird is that with all the stuff we know about how we have these overlapping fields of view, you could sort of imagine that you could get one or the other,” Shamble said “You could get times when they’re actually only looking at it with their high resolution eyes or they’re only looking at it with their motion sensitive eyes ”

According to Shamble, spiders seem to require information from both eyes in order to properly process visual information This is different from humans’ ability to see almost as well using one eye as using both eyes

Between the technical skill required to implant the electrodes, the knowledge of spider vision necessary to interpret their readings, and the mathematical contributions of the researchers who designed the visual stimuli, this project demonstrates an unusually multidisciplinar y approach to graduate research, according to Hoy Typically, a graduate student picks a project and works on it alone until its completion, he said

“This was unusual in its true synergy, ” Hoy said “This could have only happened at Cornell, where graduate students are encouraged to work with each other ”

Michael Merrill can be reached at mam546@cornell edu

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Katie O’Brien

With A Little Help From My Fwends is the Flaming Lips’ psychedelic cover of the already-famous-for-being-psychedelic Beatles album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

With one of the most successful albums of all time, the Beatles helped open the door for art rock and progressive rock as mainstream genres The Flaming Lips’ version, more noise rock than art, takes this album to a new level of weird, with distortion, spacey sounds, vocal effects, layers of instruments and sonic dissonance galore it’s a sometimes e x h a u s t i n g c a c o p h o n y, b u t w i t h e n o u g h re d e e m i n g moments and preservation of the original to be listenable

The best part of the album was Miley Cyrus, and I don’t even mean that as an insult

The opening song, “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” welcomes the listener with a pulsing, electronic beat and a high-pitched crooning voice before breaking into a faithful rendition of the chorus I thought this cover struck one of the better balances on the album, but I could have done without an earsplitting guitar solo interrupting the outro

The next song is their chosen title track and features Black Pus, the entrancing, mask-wearing, voice-effectsusing drummer (whom I experienced live when he opened for the Flaming Lips in Barton last year) “With A Little Help From My Friends” opens with a tinny drum solo and Black Pus can be heard shouting throughout It was a little disconcerting to hear the famously pleasant “What would you think if I sang out of tune / Would you stand up and walk out on me?” line being spit out like an angry accusation

“Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” is one of the two

songs featuring Miley Cyrus I’m not a fan of her music so I had no idea what to expect but I was quite pleasantly surprised her scratchy subdued vocals gave the song a refreshing grungy twist She should switch genres! The chorus was an explosion of guitar distortion and crashing cymbals that scaled back down for the verses It was my favorite cover on the album, no doubt

Other guests of note include Dr Dog, whose laid back, hazy vocals fit “Getting Better” well Tool’s Maynard James Keenan sang on “Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite,” which was kind of crawling, like a Tool song “Lovely Rita” had Tegan and Sara singing in robotic, staccato unison Other collaborators included Moby, Grace Potter, My Morning Jacket, MGMT ’ s Ben Goldwasser, and many others it seems they did not just include guests to contribute vocals, but also instrumentals, giving the album an eclectic mix of influences and styles

The best songs on the album were the ones that were unique without trying to do too much (subtlety is clearly not the Flaming Lips’ M O , but still) Notably: The aforementioned “Getting Better” and “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” in addition to “Fixing the Hole,” a nice acoustic song with Coyne’s soft, echoing vocals, and “Within You, Without You,” which was very atmospheric and sung beautifully by Birdflower

Other covers stood out less to me, getting lost in a bath of noise I am not averse to distortion and heaviness in songs at all, but it felt like this album just had a lot of added noise for the sake of making it sound weirder And while Sgt Pepper’s is a concept album that flows from start to finish, this version did not always retain that unified feel

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Younes is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at ley23@cornell edu

“If we ever give up / Then we ’ re gonna die / Look me in the eye / Baby don’t lie” throughout this chorus excerpt of “Baby Don’t Lie,” the classic whiny tinge that all Gwen Stefani fans appreciate can be recognized

After a six-year hiatus from being a solo artist most of her time had been dedicated to No Doubt’s new music Gwen Stefani has re-entered the music scene with this single and will be releasing an album in December “Baby Don’t Lie” awakens her roots with a pop/reggae sound reminiscent of her first two solo albums The Sweet Escape and Love Angel Music Baby

With the help of songwriter-producers Ryan Tedder and Benny Blanco, Stefani was able to cleverly craft this song to reintroduce her uniquely satisfying sound and still make for a catchy, pop tune that will be relentlessly played on the radio for the next few months Although this song has a catchy beat and an inescapable melody, it does not ser ve as the strongest comeback for Stefani It lacks any new twists to a once unique but now worn-out sound of Stefani’s that needs a revamp if her forthcoming album is going to find any success when it is released

Rachel Mack is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at rmack@cornell edu

This is not the Flaming Lips’ first full cover album: They covered all of The Dark Side of the Moon, so they are obviously not afraid to take on revered, seemingly untouchable classics The idea to cover all of Sgt Pepper’s apparently came about after the band recorded “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” with Cyrus, whom Coyne invited to the studio when she unexpectedly tweeted him to wish him a happy birthday The band enjoyed the experience so much that they decided to do the entire album with various guests

My favorite part of listening was picking out the different voices and flavors of the artists I’m familiar with This combined with hearing familiar songs shrouded in different sounds and effects certainly kept the album interesting

Some people will surely think the band shouldn’t have bothered tackling this iconic album, but I don’t think they were looking to compete with the original so much as push their own boundaries According to Coyne in an interview with The Stranger, “When you delve into something like Sgt Pepper’s, you learn so much It’s just a marvel You hear what they’re doing, and it’s fucking insane, and you ’ re in awe because it sounds so beautiful and mysterious ” I’m not sure they managed to augment the beauty or the mysteriousness of the Beatles, but it’s certainly worth giving it a listen if you like the Flaming Lips And all proceeds from the album’s sales are going to a charity that helps pet owners who can ’ t afford veterinary care for their animals So if for no other reason, buy this album for the puppies!

Katie O Brien is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at kobrien@cornellsun com

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Red Rowing Program Hosts Autumn Classic Over Weekend

By TUCKER MAGGIO-HUCEK Sun Staff Writer

In their third competition of their fall season, all three Cornell Rowing programs took to the Cayuga Lake Inlet The Cornell Autumn Classic, which took place this past Saturday, was dominated by the home boats as the Red managed to pick up a victory in every race of the day The men conquered a field that included boats from Ithaca College, Hobart, Mercyhurst and Syracuse, while the women matched their performance against Ithaca College

The conditions on Saturday were less than hospitable as heavy winds and cold weather forced a change in the format of the competition Winds strained the length of the racecourses and the coaches decided that the Autumn Classic would consist of a 3000-meter race and a 300-meter race In order to determine the winner, each boat was timed for both races with the 300-meter race time being tripled The boat with the fastest combination of the two races was the winner

Despite the weather and format changes, senior Caitlin McDonnell said the event was a success

“Overall it was a great opportunity for all three teams to see some good competition

on the inlet as we wrap up our fall seasons, ” she said

The Cornell Lightweight boat won the first flight men ’ s varsity two race, edging out the Hobart A boat by an overall time of just under seven seconds Although the Red finished second in the 3000-meter race, the squad had the best time in the sprint, which propelled them to eventual victory A similar storyline followed by the Lightweight D boat, which struggled in the longer race but put up great numbers in the sprint Its second place finish behind the varsity boat in the 300-meter sprint boosted them to the No 3 spot overall, four seconds behind the Hobart A boat

In the men ’ s varsity four race, the Red’s varsity heavyweight boat continued the trend of Cornell dominance The squad won both halves of the competition and finished ahead of the second place boat, the Cornell Heavyweight C boat, by a considerable amount The heavyweight varsity eight boat also edged out the competition despite finishing third in the 300-meter sprint The boat’s overall time of 12:26 was over five seconds less than the Cornell Heavyweight B boat and 12 less than the third place finishers from Syracuse

In the women ’ s races, the Cornell boats proved to be much faster than the boats

from their cross-town rivals, Ithaca College

In the women ’ s varsity four race, the Cornell A and B boats finished in first and second, while the Ithaca boats finished in third through sixth The Cornell A boat finished over 50 seconds faster than the B boat did According to McDonnell, Saturday’s competitive action saw some of the Red’s walk-ons experience their first collegiate race

“This race was especially exciting as it was the first race for many of our walk-ons,” she said “Many of them had never rowed before the walk-on gym class, so it was awesome to see them really going after it in their first collegiate race ”

The women have one more race before

Jabari Parker Tops List for Deadly Offense

McDermott is sure to be taking the r o l e v e r y s o o n T h e C r e i g h t o n product is big and can score the ball in the paint However, his shooting touch from the NBA 3point range is the highlight of his o f f e n s i v e t a l e n t s L o o k f o r McDermott to get a lot of open looks for easy buckets this season with the rest of the Bulls offense passing and taking moving the ball

i n s i d e f re q u e n t l y It i s almost too easy to picture guys like Derrick Rose and Jimmy Butler taking it to the paint and then kicking the ball out to a wide open McDermott on the perimeter Chicago’s bigs are also exceptional passers, which will only help the youngster ’ s opportunities on the perimeter McDermott complements what may very well be the most complete roster in the league (barring any freak injuries) Out of all the players on this list, McDermott is certainly in the best situation in terms of who he is surrounded by Chicago has a lot of smart players on the roster and is led by one of the best coaches in the NBA McDermott is in the right place to be an immediate winner and to grow as a big time NBA player

2) Elfrid Payton, PG, Orlando Magic

The Orlando Magic cer tainly won in the rookie point guard department It seemed like Payton could have gone earlier, but the Magic were lucky to get him as through a trade for the 10th pick Payton also seemed to come out of nowhere to become one of the best all-around players from this year ’ s draft He will be a stat sheet stuffer, with an emphasis on some fancy

assists he will likely pick up from superb passing ability He is young, quick, active and is a great team leader Payton’s defense only adds to his complete package He seems like the closest thing the NBA now has to Rajon Rondo, except for Rondo himself As Payton develops, he needs to put on some pounds and improve his shot, but those are minor milestones on his

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I see these seven players having important impacts on their respective teams and on the league. ... They are ones to watch for as they transition into their NBA careers. Nikita Dubnov can be reached at ndubnov@cornellsun com

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road to an illustrious NBA career Payton is also my sleeper fantasy pick for this season, as he will be

rd option Plus, he has cool hair and an interesting name That never hurts All of those attributes make Elfrid Payton my second favorite rookie coming into the 2014-2015 season

1) Jabari Parker, SF, Milwaukee Bucks

Do not feel sorr y for Jabari He is stuck in Milwaukee, but he is the real deal that can carr y the Bucks to the next level I truly believe that people underestimate what Parker could do in the NBA He is not as unique a player as Elfrid Payton, but Jabari Parker gets my top spot of favorite rookies for one major reason: his offensive game looks deadly Parker was able to display the dominant play of an NBA veteran in the preseason He looks quick, he can utilize all dimension of his offensive game and he has some stellar moves that will certainly land him on highlight reels on a nightly basis He was able to display a super quick and effective step-back jumper and some strong

s missing the success in the environment around him to rapidly improve on his game (something that a guy like Doug McDermott has available to him), but he is a smart and athletic young player that can be expected to carr y his team this season and in the future With all that being said, Parker is the favorite to win the Rookie of the Year award this season for good reason Whether that happens or not, Jabari Parker has the most upside out of all the rookies in the 2014-2015 season He will go on to have a prominent career in the NBA

That is my complete list of my favorite NBA rookies this NBA season I see these seven players having important impacts on their respective teams and on the league There may be other guys from this year ’ s rookie class that will have greater success on the court besides the ones I listed Most notably, Andrew Wiggins is bound to live up to a good deal of the hype, but I just do not feel exceptionally excited about his arrival in the league The players on this are ones to watch for as they transition into their NBA careers

the end of the fall season, while both men ’ s programs have completed their competitive fall races

McDonnell also said that the race provided the squad with its last opportunity to gauge its speed before its final race followed by winter training

“The team took advantage of this opportunity not only to race and test our speed against other schools, but also to learn what we can improve on for our final race of the fall next weekend and to keep focused on training with a purpose during the winter months to come, ” she said

Tucker Maggio-Hucek can be reached at thucek@cornellsun com

Women Rebound From UVA Match With Victory

Against UMass Saturday

Red looks forward to rounding out season

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Cornell Has Strong Showing at Weekend Event, Finishes in Second

By ARIEL COOPER Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell equestrian team continued to blaze through the competition this weekend with a second place finish at a show hosted by Alfred University The Red tied for second with the University of Rochester with a score of 39 points

The day started off slow for the team, but after a rallying speech by head coach Joanna Novakovic ’03, the Red picked itself up and finished on a high note

“I think in the beginning it was tough We had some tough draws and some silly mistakes, but after intermediate fences we did a team huddle and [n] gave us a pump up speech and I feel like it really made a big difference,” senior co-captain

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[Seely] won her class right after that and the rest of the day went significantly better than the first half ”

Seely just recently moved from the advanced walk/trot/canter division to the novice division Sunday’s show was only her second competing over fences

“ The round of the day was put in by Claira Seely who has just moved into the novice fences division She had probably the best round of anybody I was really proud of her,” Novakovic said

The Red’s newest members or rookies, as

they are called by the team put in spectacular performances at Alfred According to Steinberger, no rookie scored lower than second place One rookie, freshman Sanjana Sundaram, won her class in the advanced walk/trot/canter division at her ver y first competition with the Red Sundaram has eight years of riding and five years of showing under her belt, but Sunday’s show was her first Intercollegiate Horse Show Association competition

“I think it went really well,” Sundaram said of her ride “I kind of just went in with the mentality that I was going to do my best and I was going to [keep] a positive mindset and I guess it worked out ”

Overall though, the show had its share of ups and downs for the Red

“It was kind of a day of highs and lows I think,” Novakovic said “ We had a lot of people put in really really good rounds and a lot of the rookies did super well in their first show out and then I think we have some people who are being a little too hard on themselves and getting a little too pessimistic ”

Steinberger and Seely said that Novakovic’s motivational speech really lifted the team ’ s spirits and helped the riders stay focused on the competition

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rookie of the year award this year This is actually a list of my favorite ne w players to join the National Basketball Association

The time has come Here are the winners:

3) Doug McDermott, SF, Chicago Bulls

McDermott gets the third place chip because he can score He can score a lot He led all NCAA Division 1 players in scoring with 26 7 points per game The Bulls don’t necessarily need that type of scoring with all their other offensive weapons, but McDermott will cer tainly fit into the roster extremely well As of now, Mike Dunleavy is star ting in the small for ward s p o t , b u t

Red Unable to Remain Undefeated, Splits Weekend Sets for

Cornell returns to action next weekend with match against UConn

By ELANI COHEN Sun Staff Writer

d m o re C o l l e g e Un a b l e t o re m a i n u n d e f e a t e d , t h e Re d e n d e d t h e we e ke n d w i t h a 3 - 1 ove r a l l re c o rd T h e m e n ’ s t e a m b e g a n i t s we e k e n d w i t h a m a t c h a g a i n s t t h e Un i ve r s i t y o f Vi r g i n i a , w h i c h w a s p l a y e d i n

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c h u k k e r w a s t o u g h f o r b o t h t e a m s w i t h n o n - s t o p b a c k - a n df o r t h p l a y a s t h e y t r a de d g o a l s , b u t C o r n e l l p re va i l e d a n d we n t i n t o t h e f o u r t h w i t h a t w op o i n t a d v a nt a g e Du r i n g t h e f o u r t h , U VA t i e d u p t h e m a t c h , s e n d i n g t h e t e a m s i n t o a s h o o t o u t T h e C a va l i e r s t o o k t h e w i n d u r i n g t h e s h o o t o u t , a n d t h e m a t c h e n d e d w i t h a n ove r a l l s c o re o f 1 0 - 9

In its second match of the weekend,

“I thought the game against UVA went well. ... We showed what we are capable of.”

team traveled to Saratoga Springs, Ne w York to face off against the

with starters Karabey, Pirasteh and Stieg finding themselves behind at the end of the first chukker The Red pulled through and quickly scored two goals within the first few minutes of the second chukker to get back on

“ O v e r a l l , I t h o u g h t t h e g a m e a g a i n s t U VA we n t we l l T h e y a re a re a l l y t o u g h t e a m , b u t we we re a b l e t o c o n t ro l t h e p a c e f o r m o s t o f t h e g a m e , ” Ma s i a s s a i d “ Eve n t h o u g h we we re a h e a d u

chukker, there was a lot of trading goals between the two teams, and they entered the second half tied Cornell

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