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Proposal to E xpand Jail

Carrying signs reading “Stop investing in new cages, we want schools and living wages ” and “Stop silencing citizens’ solutions,” about 20 community members protested prospective jail expansions in

To m p k i n s C o u n t y a t t h e To m p k i n s County Legislature meeting Tuesday

The potential expansions would consist of seven new inmate beds and additions to the prison yard and cost about $900,000, according to the county legislature

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

Cornell students and other members of the community

“Alternatives to incarcerations haven’t

been explored as much as they should have,” Natalie Nesvaderani grad said “This jail expansion would be a really unintelligent allocation of funds ”

A l t h o u g h t h e p ro t e s t e r s we n t t o Tuesday’s meeting under the impression that the 2014 budget being voted on would include the aforementioned expansions, the soonest that the money for jail expansions would be borrowed would be in spring 2014 The expansions themselves would not be fully decided until the 2015 budget, which would occur next year at the earliest

Even so, protesters said they found it promising that there will be more time for conversation about the proposed expansions to continue in the coming months

Many protesters said the U S prison infrastructure as a whole is a racist, classist and financially-motivated system that should be reduced, not expanded “ Mo re A f

n d women are incarcerated in the U S today than were enslaved in 1850,” said Prof Paula Ioanide, comparative race and eth-

American prison system] is equivalent in its

CUPD : Man Arrested After Tr ying to Rob Employee at Knifepoint

Ris hawn M Vie we g, a 2 5 -ye ar-old

Ithaca resident, was arrested in connection with an attempted armed robbery in Weill Hall Tuesday, according to Cornell Police

At approximately 4:53 p m , Vieweg

allegedly attempted to steal cash from a University employee while threatening her with a knife, according to the Cornell University Police Department He then allegedly tried to force the employee into an elevator, at which point the employee was able to break free, call for help and escape

The crime occurred near Synapsis Cafe in Weill Hall, according to a University press release

A witness called CUPD at 4:53 p m , while the crime was in progress; the first officer was on the scene by 4:55 p m , Honan said Vieweg was able to escape, but he was captured by CUPD “minutes

Class Seeks to Improve West Hill Neighborhood

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ing and greater pedestrian accessibility to targeting West Hillspecific problems, like the preservation of open space and the problems associated with the lack of a large community meeting

later,” according to the press release

No injuries were reported during the incident Vie weg was arrested on two felony charges, robbery in the first degree and unlawful imprisonment in the first degree, and two misdemeanor charges,

Actor Talks Faith, Hollywood

Malina returns to campus parents called home

By TALIA JUBAS Sun Staff Writer

Jo s h u a Ma l i n a , s t a r o f acclaimed television series The West Wing and Scandal, spoke about his path to Hollywood, his Jewish faith and the various ways in which the two have intersected not always succ e s s f u l l y t o a c rowd e d Statler Auditorium Tuesday

Malina began his talk titled “How to Make it in Ho l l y w o o d a n d Re m a i n a Mensch” by noting that it is unclear both if he has made it in Hollywood and if he is a mensch, the Yiddish word for a person of integrity

“[They are] both unproven, merely self-proclaimed but if you grant me the points, it w i l l g o m o re s m o o t h l y, ” Malina said, prompting audience laughter

Ma l i n a s p o k e a b o u t h i s upbringing and how he retains s o m e o f t h e t r a d i t i o n s h e

learned at home and during his eight years in Jewish day school He reflected on how his parents instilled in him the c o re t e n e t s o f Ju d a i s m by m o d e l i n g b e h a v i o r t h a t reflected Jewish values, such as giving charity

“I grew up in a household that honored the Jewish tradition and instilled me with Jewish pride, something that I’m trying to pass on to my kids,” he said

He was able to thank his parents both of whom went to Cornell directly for their influence, as they were sitting in the audience They had come up not only to “kvell” w h i c h Ma l i n a d e s c r i b e d a s “taking an inordinate amount of vicarious pleasure in the accomplishments of your children” for their son, a c c o rd i n g t o t h e yo u n g e r Malina, but also to visit their

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Professor Plays Pong On Philly Skyscraper

PHIL ADELPHIA (AP) A college professor who played a supersized video game on the side of a Philadelphia skyscraper now holds a Guinness world record for the feat

Drexel University professor Frank Lee recreated the classic Atari game Pong on the 29-stor y Cira (SEHR’ah) Centre last spring

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The building essentially became a 60,000-squarefoot screen as hundreds of embedded LED lights replicated the familiar ball and paddles, which were controlled by a joystick about a mile away

Drexel officials learned on Friday the project earned Lee the Guinness World Records mark for largest architectural video game display

Other gaming enthusiasts got to share in the fun in April Players also tried out giant versions of Space Invaders and Tetris

U.S. Sailor to Marry Fiance in Airport

RENO, Nev (AP) A U S Navy sailor from California and his high school sweethear t are so excited to get married, they're going to tie the knot as soon as his plane lands at a Nevada airpor t

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Madison Meinhardt of Chester, Calif , contacted the airpor t three weeks ago because her fiance told her he wants to get married the minute he sees her

The Eldorado Hotel-Casino is donating the wedding cake, limousine and honeymoon suite for the couple, who met at Chester High School

Football Fan Swaps Tickets For Engagement Ring

KANSAS CIT Y, Mo (AP) A longtime Kansas City Chiefs fan says he swapped six game tickets for a wedding ring set adver tised on Craigslist

The buyer, 49-year-old Kansas City resident Rusty Jones, said he first learned of the ring offer last week through a stor y in The Kansas City Star He contacted the seller, who wanted to swap the rings and surprise a loved one with tickets to the Dec 1 game at Arrowhead Stadium, The Kansas City Star repor ted Friday

The tickets are a hot commodity as the Chiefs have star ted the season 9-0, and the December home game against Denver could have playoff implications

A season ticket holder since 1993, Jones said he and his girlfriend had star ted talking about engagement rings a month ago He had tickets to offer, though not the club-level seats the seller was seeking Nonetheless, his offer worked: Four tickets to the Broncos game and two tickets to the Nov 24 Chargers game, all in section 123 near the end zone

Student to Build Dair y In Kenya O ver Summer

By SLOANE GRINSPOON Sun

Some students’ summer internships take them to banks or doctors ’ offices, but Kirstin Torgerson’s ’15 summer internship will bring her to Kenya this summer to build a dairy farm at an all-girls school

By helping the girls at the Jane Adeny Memorial School, a secondary school in Kenya, develop safe and profitable business practices, Torgerson hopes that she will be able to give the girls a valuable skill set and slowly help improve the quality of the milk and dairy in Kenya

Torgerson grew up on a smallscale beef, sheep, llama and chicken “hobby farm” in Holmen, Wis , and has had exposure to farming all of her life

To r g e r s o n traveled to Kenya last summer as part of her internship with Venture/ Dairy, a Chicagobased company that works with non-profit partners around the world According to its website, the company “put[s] [its] resources to work in providing appropriate technology and train-

ing to transform dairy enterprises in emerging economies ”

Torgerson spent Summer 2012 figuring out the logistics of building the dairy at the Jane Adeny Memorial School She went around to other farms in the area surrounding the school to try and understand the community surrounding the school

The trip to Kenya last summer was helpful in that it “really gave me a perspective of what I could hope to implement, or what I could suggest to implement,”

Torgerson said

Torgerson is especially hopeful about her project because of the prevalence of cow ownership in rural Kenyan culture, she said Though Kenyans value cows as symbols of wealth, Torgerson said they have not been able to efficiently utilize cows for dair y production

One of the main ideas of Torgerson’s project is to make the school’s dairy sustainable and profitable.

The ownership of cows is tied to the wedding dowry practice in Kenyan culture, where the more children you have, the more girls you can marry off for cows

The more cows you have, the wealthier you are, Torgerson said

“One of the men that was in the tribe around us, he had three

wives and 48 children, and he had a huge herd of cows He was the most well respected man in the tribe But he saw his cattle as wealth and not a business; in other words, he invested little effort into maximizing his cows ’ p ro d u c t i v i t y, ” To r g e r s o n s a i d “Encouraging them to make a safer product and more efficiently is really difficult ”

Another difficulty Torgerson faced was gaining respect from the Kenyan men she interacted with She said she anticipates it will be even more challenging this summer as she returns to implement her ideas

One of the main ideas of Togerson’s project is to make the

school’s dair y sustainable and profitable so the school can collect revenues from it that it can use for scholarships

This past summer, Torgerson spent four weeks with the girls at the school She said many of the girls had incredible stories to tell

Though the girls were in high school, Torgerson said she was amazed by their maturity

However, Torgerson said she was dismayed by the way the girls were viewed by their society

“Women are seen as signs of wealth and as household caretakers, ” Torgerson said “I don’t approve [of the dowry practice,] but it’s their culture, and it’s not changing So it’s something that I

respect ” She hopes that by developing the dairy, she is both helping to fund the girls’ education and give the girls “ a skill set that they can use for the rest of their lives ”

Torgerson also hopes to develop a model that is adaptable for surrounding farmers, and that slowly, the quality of the milk in Kenya will improve

“The goals of this project is to educate the girls on basic dairy management and to provide a ‘cookie-cutter’ model farm that can be replicated in schools all over Kenya,” Torgerson said

Sloane Grinspoon can be reached at sig32@cornell edu

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President David Skorton recited the Gettysburg Address on its 150 anniversar y to a packed Millstein Auditorium Tuesday

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ILR D isability Institute Receives $32.5M

Grant aims to help improve quality of life for disabled teenagers

By ANDREW LEE Sun Contributor

The School of Industrial and Labor Relations’ Employment and Disability Institute announced last week that it received a $32 5-million grant to help improve the quality of life for teenagers with disabilities

The efforts are part of a national initiative called “Promoting the Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income,” or PROMISE

The NYS PROMISE research team aims to improve services for about 2,000 teenagers, ages 14 through 16, who receive Supplemental Security Income, a federal program that provides money to people with disabilities, according to a University press release

According to Thomas Golden, the grant ’ s co-principal investigator and associate director of the Employment and Disability Institute, the program has the potential to improve the lives of youth

“The NYS PROMISE is built using an indigenous approach based on an assumption that, given the right combination of services and resources, youth who receive [Supplemental Security Income] and their families can increase the economic, employment and educational outlook,” Golden said

As a part of the study, 1,000 teenagers will be randomly selected to receive PROMISE services and 1,000 will receive services typ-

ically provided by school programs, the press release stated Arun Karpur, co-principal investigator and Research Faculty in the Employment and Disability Institute, added in an e-mail, “It is important to recognize that the NYS PROMISE will be targeting services to one of the most underserved, and in some instances, to groups of young people who have relatively higher and complex service needs ”

Golden said Cornell was awarded the grant because of its recent experience working on a five-year Medicaid Infrastructure Grant sponsored by the U S

According to Thomas Golden, the program has the potential to improve the lives of youth.

Department of Health and Human Ser vices to improve employment opportunities and outcomes for people with disabilities He added that its work on the New York Makes Work Pay initiative also helped it secure the grant

Golden said the grant would be used for several purposes, including funding facilities

“Approximately one-third of the grant will be used to directly support coordination and implementation of services within the research demonstration sites,” Golden said in an e-mail “Another third of the grant will go toward state operations and building state capacity ”

Golden said the final third of the grant “will be used to conduct the research, evaluate impact, and build the internal capacities of the research demonstration sites, and their local partners, to implement the intervention with fidelity ”

Karpur said that the institute will work closely with the New York State Office of Mental Health to identify and engage about 20 local education agencies in western New York, the capital region, and New York City to serve as research demonstration sites

“We aim at accomplishing this over the two year period beginning February 2014,” Karpur said in an e-mail

The Employment and Disability Institute will create the technical infrastructure for the program so it can track data and conduct evaluations over the course of the program, to look at “ outcomes, impact and overall fidelity,” Golden said

The institute will also work with the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, which will oversee all financial transactions across project partners

The grant was initiated on Oct 1 and will continue for five years according to Golden The U S Department of Education will be conducting a long-term study through the policy research organization Mathematica Policy Research that will continue beyond the initial five years

Andrew Lee can be reached at al726@cornell edu

Students Work on Plan To Improve West Hill

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place like a neighborhood school or a community center, according to Prof Thomas Oles, landscape architecture

The students in Landscape Architecture 3010: “Integrating Theor y and Practice I” hope to produce a plan to “ preser ve West Hill’s character, beauty and community values, while giving residents access to new resources and amenities,” according to the class website

Among the challenges facing the West Hill community is a high rate of crime The West Village Apar tment complex, a l o w

o pment on West Hill, has been the site of multiple stabbings and the shooting of an off-duty police officer in the last two years, The Sun previously repor ted

The class, which is made up of 12 upperclassmen, is intended to help students bridge the gap between the theories they have learned in the classroom and the challenges presented when those concepts are applied in a real world environment, Oles said

“ We’re tr ying to create something new, and it’s also a new way of working for the students They haven’t worked collaboratively in a single group to produce a single output, ” Oles said

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h e c l a s s v a l u e d input from the community and attempted to involve residents of the community throughout the process Chief among these outreach effor ts was the decision to open up class meetings to members of the West Hill community, a rare move in a design studio class, according to Oles

Oles says that he hoped this move would help the classroom become “ a space of dialogue, not just of production ”

In addition to opening up class meetings to the community, students hosted a public event to hear about residents’ hopes for West Hill, made several trips to the community to speak to residents about their neighborhood and created a website to keep i

d about the class’s progress

Mujahid Powell ’15 said he thinks the course has challenged him to combine a theoretical and practical approach to lands

design

“ While the class still uses its knowledge of design and planning theor y regularly, this project has largely been focused on

vision [that] reflects the community's desires and needs,” Powell said

At the end of the semester, students will produce a book

improving West Hill Oles said he hopes the book will be widely distributed throughout the West Hill community, as well as to planners and architects

A main objective of the project was to create a final product that can be read by residents who do not have an educational background in urban planning or landscape architecture, according to Oles

“Our goal has been to create something that can be read and understood and accessed by a wide array of people,” Oles said

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alma mater Malina’s parents met in Ithaca on a blind date during their senior year His father, Robert Malina ’60, is a former Sun Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor

Josh Malina urged Jewish members of the audience to explore their Judaism and to take advantage of all that Cornell has to offer by way of Jewish organizations and other conduits for exploration He added that this “also applies to people of other faiths and other interests ”

In speaking about his path to becoming an actor, Malina called attention to life events where Judaism played a role

In 1998, after graduating from Yale University with a degree in theater studies, Malina moved to New York City Although he knew from a young age that he wanted to be an actor, “I didn’t have much of a game plan,” he said At some point, his mother suggested that he call Aaron Sorkin someone Malina knew vaguely from his adolescent years, but not particularly well

“I remember my mother did this classic thing, ‘He’s Jewish, you ' re Jewish,'” Malina said Malina did call Sorkin, and they became good friends Malina told a story about how, while bowling with friends, Sorkin started choking on a hamburger After realizing that he was in serious danger, Malina performed the Heimlich maneuver and saved Sorkin

“In a perhaps not unrelated note, I’ve gone on to appear in almost anything he has written since then,” Malina said “It leaves me with little by way of inspiring advice to young actors ”

His advice?

“Heimlich someone who's more talented than you are, ” Malina said

Malina also discussed the various characters he has played and shows he has appeared on In his first television role, Malina played the Jewish character Jeremy Goodwin on Sports Night Malina spoke of one particular episode, “April is the Cruelest Month,” in which Goodwin organizes a seder for his non-Jewish colleagues Response he continues to receive about that episode has led Malina to believe that “there’s actually a desire for Jewish programming and it’s a shame that that desire’s not met more frequently ”

After Sports Night, he joined The West Wing, which was already a critically acclaimed hit by the time he arrived Currently, he plays David Rosen on Scandal,

who is also a Jewish character

“Every actor needs to know what his niche is,” Malina explained “Mine is smart Jews in suits ”

Malina also spoke about practical jokes he carried out on set and the overall experience of being an actor

“I’m having an incredibly good time,” he said “This is the first time I’ve been on something that has turned into a hit, and it’s kind of fun to ride that rocket ”

Malina also spoke about his efforts to serve as a Jewish mentor

He realized this role was in poor supply 12 years ago, after finding himself the only representative from the entertainment industry at a rally in support of Israel’s right to exist, according to Malina

Following the event, Malina did an interview with The Jewish Journal, a local publication in Los Angeles, in which he said that he was “appalled that bigger stars hadn’t turned out to support Israel ”

Malina heard from large national organizations, such as Hillels across the country, as well as from Jewish websites and individuals, after making that statement According to Malina, the response “confirm[ed his] thesis that no actual celebrity was saying anything like this ”

“It can be lonely work trying to support Israel in Hollywood,” he added

He made sure to mention that his support of Israel is not “blind or inflexible ”

“There are aspects of Israeli society, as there are of every society, that cry out for improvement,” he said “But I think it’s okay to be critical of Israel without questioning her fundamental right to exist ”

To illustrate, he told a story of finding a story in The New York Times about a Palestinian teenager being attacked and beaten to death by Jewish kids in East Jerusalem Against his initial instinct, Malina chose to read the story to his kids

“I want them to know that we have to face that there is a lot of grey area in issues revolving around Israel,” he said

Malina again urged audience members, who “have any inclination, [to] reach out and find a way to explore your Judaism

“You’re young, you ’ re blessed to be in this incredible environment, take advantage of it,” he said

He concluded with the phrase that is proclaimed in Jewish services after finishing a book of the Torah: “be strong, be strong and let us strengthen one another ”

Talia Jubas can be reached at tjubas@cornellsun com

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economic scale to slavery It looks small in Tompkins county, but we are part of a bigger overall infrastructure ”

Members of the county legislature also voiced support for more dialogue on the jail expansion issue in the future

“I would not like to see this dismissed as a one-shot discussion,” said Tompkins County Legislator

Carol Chock ’72 MRP ’85 “I think it’s important we continue this conversation to figure out the best way to keep people out of jail ” There will be a meeting and presentation held by the legislature ’ s Public Safety Committee to continue discussing the jail expansion on Dec 9

Noah Rankin can be reached at nrankin@cornellsun com

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An open letter about Coach Ben DeLuca ’98

To the Editor:

While many of us have expressed our frustration and disappointment at the news that Ben DeLuca will no longer be the Head Coach of Cornell Men’s Lacrosse, the purpose of this letter is to thank Ben for his leadership and commitment to Cornell University over the last 17 years We have witnessed firsthand Ben’s dedication to the school and the program he loved For decades, the Men's Lacrosse program has been a gold standard in the Cornell athletic department and Ben has been an integral part of that as a player, an assistant coach and head coach

We have been DeLuca’s classmates and teammates We have been his co-captains, his alumni supporters and boosters We have watched him coach our own children We played for him as our assistant coach, and eventually, as our coach Undoubtedly, the goal of a collegiate head coach is two-fold: One, to prepare your players for success on the field, and two, to prepare them for professional and personal success as responsible men maximizing their individual potential, while serving as positive ambassadors for a university athletic program Surely on both counts, as former player Rob Pannell ’13 said last week, there could have been no better man for the job

Athletically, the results under DeLuca’s stewardship have been undeniable In his three years as head coach, the Big Red has won two Ivy League titles and his teams have twice advanced to the NCAA tournament with one appearance at the Final Four DeLuca currently has the highest active winning percentage in all Division I DeLuca has coached 12 All-Americans, five of whom were First Team All-Americans, 19 All-Ivy selections, five Academic All-Americans, five Academic All- Ivy, 10 All-Ivy Tournament selections, one Ivy League Rookie of the Year, two Ivy League Players of the Year and one Tewaaraton Award recipient

As a mentor of young men, DeLuca’s accomplishments are even more impressive, albeit on a more private scale You cannot see young men maturing in highlights on ESPN, and you do not read about it in the newspaper But a coach’s role as a mentor is every bit as important Under Coach DeLuca’s leadership, the lacrosse team has been a fixture in the community The team ’ s commitment to giving back in terms of time and fundraising is unparalleled by any team at Cornell For years now, the Cornell Lacrosse team has set an example on campus that other teams strived to emulate, in the classroom, on the field and in the community DeLuca stressed the importance of giving back to those who come out and support the team on game day Through various endeavors such as Big Red Readers, the 21 Run, Dream Factory of Central New York Lacrosse Clinic, and cleaning Schoellkopf after Homecoming, among other things, the Cornell Lacrosse team has made its presence felt in the Cornell and Ithaca communities under DeLuca And as with everything he did, Coach DeLuca always led by example, his tireless efforts as a member of the Executive Committee for the Mario St George Boiardi Foundation since its inception providing just one example among many DeLuca has also applied his inexhaustible focus and energy toward the post-collegiate success of his many players, a role he excelled at as much as his more public on-field accomplishments For the impact he has had on our children and friends, we owe him our greatest debt From when DeLuca started at Cornell to now, Cornell has become a winner again This makes all of our lives better and more fun each spring We see each other more, personal and professional relationships flourish, and our pride in Cornell and our lacrosse program has been at an all-time high

As Cornellians, it is hard not to focus on the unfortunate loss that this decision brings for the program we love, and the University we all remember so fondly But as alumni who have felt DeLuca’s impact on ourselves and seen it on those behind us, we can only say that some lucky program is about to be changed in an infinitely positive manner We have no doubt that DeLuca will win a national championship It is just too bad that it will not be for the Big Red

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IThe Manimal Kingdom

s there anybody left who still truly believes we ’ re going to make it out of t h i s m e s s u n s c a t h e d ? Ho w m u c h longer can we sustain this collective act that ever ything’s going to be blue skies and apple pie? Our track record isn’t exactly encouraging for the future War, g

planetar y destruction, mass deception these are just a few of mankind’s favorite things

Astronomer Sir Mar tin Rees recently p

Centur y, which discusses the future of our race Rees claims that human survival in the 21st centur y depends upon the whim of a coin toss At best, we have a 50/50 hope of outlasting the next 100 years Given humans’ penchant for c

atrocities against ourselves, I find these to be hear tening odds

Will our divisive tribal mindset last us another centur y of conflict? What happens when consumer culture burns the last forest and water becomes more valuable than armies? How long will the siege for the last oil well take? Where’s the closest exit located in the event of nuclear holocaust?

You will say these are pointless things to contemplate Best not to clutter my mind with vain worries and sound like some raving doomsday prophet Best to eat my Happy Meal, play with my new Apple toy, watch my MTV and think hard about how to make more money Best repeat that tomorrow, also

Perhaps, you ’ re right But consider this While we, as humans, possess the power to end ourselves completely, we also grow enough food to feed ever y last human being Globally, we spent 1 75 trillion dollars on defense last year, but

Promethean Fire: nuclear energy

How much suffering could we alleviate if we could just rise above our carnal need to kill each other? Imagine if that money had been put toward a united effor t to master nuclear fusion, or a comprehensive solar power program for the globe We would probably have found a limitless renewable energy plan by now, instead of remaining slaves to this nature raping corporate str ucture Surely, some of it could have gone toward immediate relief for the countless wretched folks enduring living hells others have built for them

The money and science are there to power ever y home and fill ever y belly What is stopping us? Mankind already has the re s ou rce s and the s cie ntific vision to provide for all of Ear th’s citizens in peace, so why don’t we do it? As a member of this species, I must ask this q u e s t i o n , re g a rd l e s s o f t h e e x p e c t e d silence from my shadowy Capitalist owners and the rolling eyes of my peers with “M B A” branded on their frontal lobes

The simple answer is we don’t want to Distracted, we are too busy wanting other things Next month’s rent A PS4 T h e p ro m o t i o n T h e e l e c t i o n Ju n k food Alcohol The rights to Arabian petroleum fields for our companies Fame Sex Respect Defeat of a religious rival A new BMW Welfare for groceries to feed our children Global asser tion of our national pride

Animalistic desire r ules the world today, that par t of the psyche which thinks strictly in “Us versus Them,” that undercurrent of our minds which must satisfy the ego ’ s base need, and that overrides abstract universal ideals of justice and tr uth The animal mind is so power ful because it is tightly bound to our conception of self, and whispers directly to our fear for self-preser vation It has been locked in our DNA for countless ages It is what makes us coagulate into divided tribal entities for security (race, nation, gangs, political par ties, religion) rather than see the greater picture Our primal sur vival instincts are what has allowed us to battle through millions of years of evolution to get to the hard-won spot we are at today, but they are also the prime thing holding us back Most people are so caught up in the needs, wants and prejudices of the ego, that it is impossible to adopt a broadened worldview that encompasses the good of the entire species Such a view is naïve, unnatural and incomprehensible to most Rich and poor alike are busy expanding their personal positions, be it consuming a rival corporation or taking new dr ug tur f Human nature is incredibly cyclical, as evidenced by our repetitive bloody histor y and the continued propagation of violence and deception We are barely out of the jungle We are acting like t h e s a m e b u n c h o f h a i r l e s s , b l o o dthirsty apes over and over again, only this time we have nukes Tribal division may have cut it in the past, when Ear th was not united by technology and we hadn’t discovered we were, in fact, one people, but as Mother Ear th dies a slow death and tribal tension lingers, I can ’ t help but see the path we ’ re on leading us to World War III Are we fucked? Will our inner animal conquer us? Is it even possible to overcome the beast in our genes?

Su re , t h e re a re c h a r i t i e s a n d a i d groups that treat the symptoms of man ’ s ugly side, but the root of the problem is always unaddressed The only tr ue way to move our species for ward and overthrow the existing superstr ucture is to cultivate a critical mass of enlightened people, unified toward a higher ideal of peace, equity and tr uth, which can pierce the hunger of ego and the paranoid need for tribalism

For now, that is but a wisp of a d r e a m Ev e n i f t h r o u g h b e a u t i f u l chance we sur vive the coming centur y, I doubt the majority of humanity will be able to lift themselves from the dog-eatdog mentality that plagues our kind Bu t

n enlightened Ear th, where we are all on

denominator is kindness and not savager y I suppose I could also dream of a future in which the red buttons are pressed, and we are replaced by generations of three-legged, six-eyed, slobbering mutants, green from radiation So, brother, heads or tails?

David Zha is a junior in the College of Ar ts and Sciences He may be reached at dzha@cor

Five Things That Should Never Be

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Last week, I listened to an episode of This American Life, in which an old woman, the mother of one of the normal NPR people, discussed the seven topics she had been taught never to talk about with company I thought that these would be things that were uncouth to bring up, or that would make people uncomfortable, but they turned out to just be seven things that the woman thought were boring To honor this fantastic old woman ’ s rules, I came up with my own list of topics that I really just never want to hear anyone talk about

1. “WHAT DID YOU GET ON THE LAST ORGO PRELIM?”: All I really wanted when I graduated high school, all I ever dreamed of, was a world in which people would not ask each other what grade they got on an assignment/test/project/whatever Unfortunately, this species of humans has not evolved since three years ago, and I am still a victim of the questions Despite the fact that the professor puts up a grade breakdown after almost every prelim, some people are still dying to know what grade everyone else personally received, and they will not stop until they find out Actually, though, I have to say that I prefer this straightforward question to the classic, so-subtle-it’s-notsubtle-at-all type of question, like “how’re you doing in nutrition?” Back away slowly, nosy grade scavenger, and I’ll try not to slap you Otherwise, I can make no promises

2. FACEBOOK STATUS: WHO IS IN ITHACA AND WANTS TO DO ME A FAVOR?: Let’s be honest, the answer to this is always, always, no exceptions, no Even your friends don’t want to do you a favor, although I guess sometimes they will Let me tell you a secret about getting people to do favors for you: You have to

I can’t pretend to be positive and kid-friendly for two weeks in a row. That’s really asking way too much.

ask them individually and guilt them into it, based on all the favors you ’ ve done for them in the past Or is that just me? Either way, I’m sick of these open calls for attention, because that’s what they are

3 “THIS IS LITERALLY THE FIRST THING I’VE EATEN ALL DAY” (AT ABOUT 5PM): Most of the time, when I hear this, I doubt that it’s true, mostly because it’s usually followed by “ except a bagel,” or “ except a bowl of cereal ” I’m not diminishing the fact that you might be hungry; personally, I’m always hungry, and I totally feel that But girls really need to stop bragging about how little they eat For real Not eating is not something that should be cool or valued And yet, we all still do it Let’s all just stop Please? It’s unhealthy to not eat, and it’s really emotionally unhealthy to lie about it, in my opinion

4 “ITHACA HAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WEATHER!”: Guys, this is all a mind game that Ithaca plays with us Remember when you were a freshman and hated the weather, and then there was that, like, one nice day in December, and you ran around outside in a bathing suit? That is not the real world In reality, it was probably approximately 50 degrees You could potentially get hypothermia It was 55 last week and I saw girls running around in skirts and tank tops, in the library It’s a little much Beautiful weather in Ithaca is only beautiful because of relativity: Compared to every other dreary, cloudy day, the day when the sun is out for an hour suddenly seems like the most beautiful thing in the world Go ahead and enjoy it, but don’t make any sweeping statements about Ithaca’s “beautiful” weather 5 FROM THE PERSON NEXT TO ME IN CLASS: “I just vommed, do you have a mint?”: I can ’ t say that I have never gone to class sick; I most definitely have However, if you have just thrown up, please please please do not a) come to class, or b) tell me about it I will get up and sit somewhere else, and I will have no shame about it You are gross, not because you threw up we ’ ve all been there but because you did not just go home What did we even learn that was worth the struggle you went through to get to class? On the one hand, I must applaud your bravery, but on the other, you ’ re making me want to vom, too There you have it: Don’t say these things, and I will have no reason to slap/hate/ignore you I know this column is rather negative, but my last column was pretty happy, and deep down, I’m really a bitch I can ’ t pretend to be positive and kid-friendly for two weeks in a row That’s really asking way too much

Sarah Byrne is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She may be reached at sbyrne@cornellsun com Let it Byrne appears alternate Wednesdays this semester

Rachael Singer | Animal House of Reps

The Pursuit of Your

Boozy, Galactic D ream

For those of you that did not hear, on Monday, NASA successfully launched the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) space probe into a heliocentric transit orbit on its way to Mars The goal of MAVEN is to study the atmosphere of Mars and determine how the planet lost its atmosphere and water (If you are reading this and confused because you thought NASA no longer existed, write a letter to your congressman asking why you haven’t seen any astronaut applications) The probe is expected to begin its study of the Martian atmosphere in September 2014 That might seem like it is really far off, but consider two things: First, Mars is roughly 140 million miles away from earth, so cut the engineers some slack about the ETA; and second, if the fall semester is already almost over Thanksgiving break begins in a week, and the threat of finals is again looming This point in the semester brings a lot of change pumpkins join their Cucurbitan friends as another decorative gourd; the beautiful yellow, orange, and red leaves fall from the trees and mix with the occasional snow, constant rain and foot traffic to make it look like Cornell threw a party and just never cleaned up; and “what chapter of orgo are you on?” goes from being an awesome pick-up line to a question steeped in paranoia about falling on the tail-end of the final exam bell curve This time of year also highlights two types of people: Those who had a little bit too much fun during the semester because they either a) did not have a single school assignment all semester, or b) they

just skipped the first week of classes and decided that turning O-week into a 16-week long bender sounded pretty neat; and the kids who have had their blinders on all semester and are just now realizing that while they were running in their rat race (there, I said it) for grades and internships, time kept on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’ into the future and the semester happened

More than likely, if you are reading this, you fall into neither of those categories (because you ’ re probably a literary critic reviewing my work for an award) But you probably can relate at least a little bit to both Maybe you just went to your first

There are always goin the kids who read the textbook over the sum and tattoo the notes o ribcages to show their commitment to reactio aromatic compounds.

“Introduction to Controlled Fusion: Principles and Technology” lecture since the first prelim and felt a little overwhelmed (Side note: If you see yourself as the type of person who might miss two-thirds of a semester ’ s worth of classes, I wouldn’t recommend taking a course on nuclear fusion ) Maybe you spent a few too many Friday and Saturday (and Tuesday) nights in the library taking care of academic business and wish you had a little more time for business Regardless of whether you feel like this or not, you certainly had plans or ideas for what the semester would hold that never came to be (I still have not met either of the Sex on Thursday columnists ) Kurt Vonnegut once said of our

lovely institution, “Cornell was a boozy dream, partly because of the booze itself, and partly because I was enrolled in courses I had no talent for My recommendation is that you find a nice, healthy balance a boozy dream Vonnegut may not have been qualified for the classes he took, but he at least attended (right?) Additionally, if you read between the lines, you can infer that he found some non-academic outlets as well There are always going to be the kids who never show up to class, and there are always going to be the kids who read the textbook over the summer and tattoo the notes on their ribcages to show their commitment to reactions of aromatic compounds Understand that you will probably fall somewhere between the two on the normal distribution and you can still have your boozy dream When MAVEN reaches its endpoint, 140 million miles away, the Earth will look like a nothing more than a tiny marble floating in space like in the images captured by the Voyager 2 space probe Seeing the earth that small accentuates how insignificant the world is in the grand scheme of things Carl Sagan said this “Pale Blue Dot underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we have ever known ” Right now, college is our pale blue dot, and at the end of our days, college will make up just a fraction of our lives

Christo Eliot is a junior in the College of En g i n e e r i n g He m a y b e re a c h e d a t celiot@cor nellsun com The Tale of the Dingo at Midnight appears alter nate Wednesdays this semester

Cornell and the BRAIN Initiative

By CAMILLE WANG Sun Staff Writer

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Prof. Craig Fennie Builds New Materials From Scratch

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Fe n n i e s a i d Fe r ro e l e c t r i c m a t e r i a l s h a ve t h e a d d e d p ro p e r t y t h a t t h e i r e l e c t r i c b e h a v i o r c a n b e t u r n e d o n a n d o f f e x t e r n a l l y T h i s p ro p e rt y c o u l d p o t e n t i a l l y b e u t i l i ze d i n n e w c o m p u t i n g d e v i c e s , Fe n n i e s a i d “ [ Fe r ro e l e c t r i c m a t e r i a l s ] a re j u s t ve r y r a re , a n d t h e o n e s t h a t d o e x i s t h a ve b e e n b o r i n g , s o t h e re ’ s b e e n a h u g e e f f o r t i n t h e l a s t t e n ye a r s t o t r y t o c re a t e m o re u s e f u l m a t e r i a l s l i k e t h i s , ” h e s a i d A l t h o u g h Fe n n i e h a s d i s c ove re d s e ve r a l t r a n s i t i o n m e t a l ox i d e s w i t h f e r ro e l e c t r i c p ro p e r t i e s , h e s a i d t h a t f i n d i n g n e w m a t e -

r i a l s w i t h t h e s e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s i s n o t a s i mp l e t a s k “ T h a t ’ s t h e h e a r t o f i t ; t h a t ’ s t h e c rea t i ve p a r t , ” Fe n n i e s a i d “ T h a t ’ s t h e t h i n g t h a t ’ s n o t a n a l g o r i t h m , i t ’ s h a rd t o t e a c h

It’s ve r y m u c h d r i ve n by i n t u i t i o n ” A c c o r d i n g t o Fe n n i e , i n p h y s i c s re s e a rc h , p e o p l e t y p i c a l l y l o o k a t s o m et h i n g t h a t a l re a d y e x i s t s a n d t h e n s t u d y i t s p ro p e r t i e s Fe n n i e a n d h i s re s e a rc h t e a m , h owe ve r, d o t h i s i n re ve r s e Fe n n i e w i l l s t a r t w i t h a m o d e l t h a t c a n d e s c r i b e a d e s i re d p ro p e rt y Fe n n i e s a i d t h a t h e t h e n t h i n k s a b o u t w h a t i t w o u l d t a k e t o re a l i ze t h a t p ro p e r t y

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d i t i o n s By a p p l y i n g a s m a l l vo l t a g e , f o r e x a mp l e , yo u c o u l d t u r n t h e c o n d u c t i n g p ro pe r t i e s o f t h e n e w m a t e r i a l o n a n d t h e i n s ul a t o r p ro p e r t i e s o f f “A s s o o n a s yo u c a n m a k e a t r a n s i s t o r, o r a n o n - o f f s w i t c h , yo u c a n m a k e a c o m -

p u t i n g d e v i c e , ” Fe n n i e s a i d Fe n n i e re c e n t l y b e g a n t o w o rk w i t h

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Bacteria in the Gut May Affect Health

By SOPHIA TIMKO Sun Contributor

s t h a t c a n i n f l u e n c e n u t r i e n t a c q u i s i t i o n a n d a l l o c at i o n In o rd e r t o i n ve s t i g a t e t h i s t h e o r y, Do u g l a s ’ re s e a rc h t e a m s t u d i e d t h e e f f e c t s o f m i c ro b i o t a , o r re a d i l y c u l t u r a b l e b a c t e r i a , o n t h e d i g e s t i v e s y s t e m s o f Dro s o p h i l a , c o m m o n l y k n ow n a s f r u i t f l i e s A t e c h n o l o g i c a l b re a k t h ro u g h i n g e n o m e s e q u e n c i n g t e c hn i q u e s a l l owe d Do u g l a s ’ t e a m t o m ove f ro m s t u d y i n g o n e - m i c rob i a l i n t e r a c t i o n s t o m o re c o mp l e x i n t e r a c t i o n s T h i s n e w t e c hn i q u e m a d e i t p o s s i b l e t o i d e n t if y a n d c o u n t t h e m i c ro o r g a n i s m s i n t h e d i g e s t i ve t r a c t a n d d e t e rm i n e t h e i r c a p a b i l i t i e s “ If yo u w a n t t o s t u d y h ow m i c ro o r g a n i s m s i n t e r a c t w i t h a h o s t , yo u h a ve t o , i n a s e n s e , t e a r t h e a s s o c i a t i o n a p a r t , ” Do u g l a s s a i d “ Yo u h a ve t o g e t t h e i s o l a te d m i c r o o r g a n i s m s a n d g e r mf re e a n i m a l a n d p u t t h e m b a c k t o g e t h e r a g a i n ” To o b t a i n g e r m - f re e a n i m a l s , D o u g l a s ’ t e a m p u t e a c h d ro s o p h i l a e g g i n t o h o u s e h o l d b l e a c h w h i c h d i s s o l ve d a w a y t h e e g g s h e l l , l e a v i n g a n i n t a c t e m b r yo T h e e m b r yo t h e n w a s t r a n sf e r re d i n t o a c o n t a i n e r o f s t e r i l e f o o d , s o t h a t t h e f l i e s w o u l d c o nt i n u e t o b e r a i s e d i n a g e r m - f re e e n v i r o n m e n t T h e s e g e r m - f r e e f l i e s we re t h e n c o m p a re d t o f l i e s r a i s e d i n a n a t u r a l e n v i ro n m e n t , w h o s e g u t s c o n t a i n e d m i c ro b i ot a Do u g l a s f o u n d a d r a m a

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c e d f e e d i n g , i n t h e g e r m - f re e f l i e s “ It w a s q u i t e c l e a r t h a t t h e m i c ro b i o t a we re i n f l u e n c i n g h ow n u t r i e n t a l l o c a t i o n d e c i s i o n s we re m a d e , ” Do u g l a s s a i d A c c o r d i n g t o D o u g l a s , a l t h o u g h t h e e x a c t m e c h a n i s m by w h i c h m i c ro o r g a n i s m s a n d t h e i r h o s t a n i m a l s i n t e r a c t i s u n k n ow n , i t w a s e v i d e n t t h a t t h e m i c ro b i o t a we re m o d u l a t i n g s i gn a l i n g n e t w o rk s i n n u t r i e n t a l l oc a t i o n s i n t h e f l i e s ’ b o d i e s Ne v e r t h e l e s s , D o u g l a s s a i d t h a t t h e s e re s u l t s we re n o t t h e

s a m e f o r a l l o f t h e f l i e s t h a t we re r e s e a r c h e d Pr ov i d i n g d i f f e r e n t l i n e s o f f l i e s w i t h b a c t e r i a h a d a d i f f e re n t e f f e c t d e p e n d i n g o n t h e g e n o t y p e o f e a c h o r g a n i s m “ I t h i n k t h i s i s t e l l i n g u s ve r y c l e a r l y t h a t m i c ro o r g a n i s m s a re i n t e r a c t i n g w i t h t h e g e n e t i c m a k e u p o f t h e s e f l i e s , ” Do u g l a s s a i d “ Yo u c a n ’ t p re d i c t t h e p h en o t y p e o f t h e a n i m a l o n t h e b a s i s o f i t s g e n o t y p e a l o n e It’s [ p h e n ot y p e ] i s a l s o i n f l u e n c e d by i t s i n t e r a c t i o n s w i t h t h e m i c ro o rg a n i s m s a n d o t h e r e n v i ro n m e n t a l f a c t o r s ” At t h e m o m e n t , Do u g l a s i s i n v e s t i g a t i n g w h i c h g e n e s a r e i m p o r t a n t D e s p i t e h u m a n s ’ h i g h e r b o d y t e m p e r a t u r e a n d a n ox i c , o r l ow - ox y g e n , d i g e s t i ve s y s t e m , t h e s i m p l e s y s t e m i n Dro s o p h i l a c a n s e r ve a s a m o d e l t o s t u d y i n t e r a c t i o n s a n d t o u n d e r s t a n d h ow t h e p re s e n c e o f m i c r o o r g a n i s m s c a n i n f l u e n c e h u m a n h e a l t h , a c c o r d i n g t o Do u g l a s Ac c o rd i n g t o Do u g l a s , t h e re i s a l o t o f i n t e re s t re g a rd i n g h ow m i c r o o r g a n i s m s i n h u m a n s ’ d i g e s t i ve t r a c t s i n f l u e n c e h e a l t h a n d p ro p e n s i t y f o r o b e s i t y Sh e s a i d t h a t o t h e r s t u d i e s h a ve i n d ic a t e d t h a t p e o p l e o f d i f f e re n t b o d y m a s s

at elj49@cornell edu Sophia Timko can be reached at snt28@cornell edu

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Fargo: A Farcical Triumph

YANA LYSENKO Sun Staff Writer

After Joel and Ethan Coen released their debut film, Blood Simple, in 1984, fans and critics alike questioned whether the brothers could ever top a film of such brilliance Miller’s Crossing, Raising Arizona and Barton Fink were all undeniably entertaining and successful, but, to many, they still could not compete with the absurdist humor and outlandish plot of the Coens’ first picture

It took them twelve years, but Joel and Ethan Coen finally did it with Fargo, the incredible 1996 feature that secured the directing-writing-producing duo amongst modern film greats Fargo embraces Blood Simple’ s best elements, including its quirky dialogue, farcical plot and shocking bursts of violence, but adds its own eerie film noir aesthetics and excellent cast to make an exceptional film

hopes that he can extract $1 billion from his intimidating, wealthy father-in-law (Harve Presnell), pay the two criminals their $80,000 ransom and keep the rest for himself This strategic plan seems convenient and infallible to Jerry, until the embarrassingly unprofessional Showalter and Grimsrud get caught up in a string of homicides all because they forgot to put license plates on their stolen 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera

Buscemi and Stormare are hilariously entertaining as the anxious, jittery Showalter and stoic, almost-mute Grimsrud “Woah, Daddy!” the terrified Showalter repeatedly exclaims after Grimsrud shoots a police officer, yet by the end of the film he’s killing everyone in sight The two men are the epitome of criminal satire in the film: in one early scene they heatedly argue over pancakes and prostitutes, yet by the end we ’ re somehow expected to be afraid of them

The film (based on a true story) introduces us to Jerry Lundegaard (William H Macy), a car salesman in Minneapolis struggling with debt and in desperate need of money He hires two hitmen, Carl Showalter (Steve Buscemi) and Gaear Grimsrud (Peter Stormare), to kidnap his wife (Kristin Rudrud), in the

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Frances McDormand is the star of this movie as Marge Gunderson, the world’s perkiest police chief Wearing a silly winter hat with ear flaps, so pregnant that she can barely stand, Marge’s two major concerns are capturing the culprits behind the homicides and finding the nearest buffet Her strange Minnesotan-Canadian accent and idiosyncratic jargon “yah!” make Marge the quirkiest of all the film’s strange characters But as much as Fargo likes to poke fun at her, Marge is the film’s only loveable character, with her naïve assertion that “there’s more to life than money ” and sweet relationship with duckpainting husband Norm Gunderson She also does her job very well, putting her fellow officers to shame in her singular pursuit for criminals

Imagine if you could go back in time in

y o u r ow n l i f e a n d f i x e v e r y a w k w a rd moment you would probably end up married to Rachel McAdams, no? That is essentially the premise of About Time, starr i n g Do m h n a l l G l e e s o n ( A K A Bi l l Weasley), Rachel McAdams and Bill Nighy (like ever y British movie in the last 30 years)

On his son ’ s 21st birthday, Bill Nighy ( h i s c h a r a c t e r d o e s n ’ t h a v e a n a m e , I checked) calls his son, Tim (Gleeson), into his office, a mar velous wood paneled room with piles and piles of books strewn about and a fantastic view of the oceanside cliffs Nighy tells his son that the men in their family have the ability to travel back in time There are a couple of caveats, of course: one can only travel back, not forward, one can only go back within their own timeline and one cannot go back past the birth of one ’ s child because returning to the present would mean you had a different child

The rules of the time travel may not have been perfect, but they make for a couple of ver y interesting scenes In one, Tim decides he will use his power for love, setting out first to seduce his younger sister’s stunning friend, Charlotte, with whom he has no chance The comedic repetition of Tim’s unsuccessful attempts to woo her, following him as he learns each time from the scene before, was highly amusing

Abou t Time

As if the film wasn ’ t farcical enough, we realize that the brains behind the entire ordeal

is the piteous, “ you ' re darned tootin’,” Jerry Lundegaard Macy gives a perfect portrayal of Jerry as the nervous businessman who’s afraid of everyone from his assertive father-in-law Wade Gustafson to Marge Gunderson Wide-eyed and stuttering, he’s a pathetic excuse for a mastermind, and the film loves to push Jerry into various situations as we amusedly watch him convince himself he can still somehow get away with the plan

Fargo pushes the boundaries of storytelling as far as it possibly can What starts as a supposedly deathless kidnapping leads to a string of needless homicides far beyond Jerry’s original plan In fact, the film almost becomes a game to see how quickly everything spirals out of control: murder springs up all over the place in violent bursts, from the police officer in the beginning of the film to the peppy garage attendant towards the end “This was supposed to be a no rough stuff type deal!” Jerry says in response to the initial homicides No rough stuff? As if the Coens could let that happen

Fargo is a violent and twisted road down into chaos, yet still keeps us laughing in all of its outlandishness Somehow, the film’s disparate elements combine into one thrilling crime-comedy beyond what even Coen-lovers could have expected Leave it to the brothers to blow everything out of proportion and still make a great movie out of it

Yana Lysenko is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at ylysenko@cornellsun com

Directed by Richard Curtis

Later, Tim uses h i s t i m e t r a v e l t o arrange the perfect scenario in which he c a n m e e t Ma r y ( Mc Ad a m s ) , w i t h whom he has fallen in love at first sound (he hears her before he sees her, and then I guess when he does see her and realizes she’s beautiful, he wants to marr y her)

Starring Domnhall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams

The antics of his courtship are perhaps t h e m o s t e n j oy

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h e f i l m because after boy gets girl, boy keeps girl and the film becomes much more about Tim’s relationship with his sister and father

About Time has no central conflict

T h e c h a r a c t e r s portrayed are basically normal, likable and financially stable individuals who have relat i v e l y o rd i n a r y problems (minus the whole time travel thing) Ever ything they tr y to solve and do, they do, in fact, succeed in solving

That is not to say that About Time was not entertaining it was filled with beautiful English countr y houses, chunky cable knit sweaters, wellies, adorable redheaded babies, Rachel McAdams wearing nearly the

entire Anthropologie catalog in a fabulously decorated London townhouse and have I mentioned adorable redheaded babies (and their adorable feet)? The entire film was like anglophile porn right down to the fact that the leading man is best known for having played a Weasley

Additionally, the lasting moral of the film was positive the film calls for embracing ever y moment of your life and l i v i n g i t t o t h e f u l l e s t a n d w h a t n o t Honestly, it was just a really nice change of pace from movies like 12 Years a Slave It was also a nice change of pace from other romantic comedies Unlike many characters of that genre, of which I’m quite familiar, the characters in About Time are smart and make rational decisions Frankly, I was glad that boy got girl and boy kept girl Boy was really cute and sweet and boy deser ved to keep girl I was really pleased that there was no eye-roll inducing drama that pulled girl away and ruined boy’s life

About Time is ultimately a happy movie, though it’s not without its tear y moments (there’s a funeral and a hospital scene it’s not entirely sweaters and baby feet ) I would not call it groundbreaking by any means, but it succeeded in brightening my day The film was thoroughly enjoyable and I highly recommend it especially to the anglophiles among you

Julia Moser is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at jmoser@cornellsun com

i n g S i n g

By Mike Sosnick

By Zachar y Reisler

It ’ s time we stopped reading Amy Tan’s

The Joy Luck Club

This is hypocritical for me, because I myself read it when I was a bookish sixth grader I loved it The Joy Luck Club made

c o n c r e t e a c e r t a i n u n e a s e I h a d a s a Chinese kid living in America: that I was different somehow

Unlike my previous columns, which lean faux-academic, this one is more personal Race is an unavoidably personal topic, especially when it’s about the one you belong to And with Chinese characters that str uggled to understand themselves, The Joy Luck Club helped shape my s e l f - i m a g e a n d a n s we r m y i n s e c u r i t i e s Ultimately, the book is about daughters and mothers understanding each other, but I grabbed onto the mothers’ complete foreignness as grounds for my own teenage

r e b e l l i o n O n e o f t h e m o t h e r s , A n -

Mei Hsu, sees her

o w n m o t h e r c u tting off a piece of her flesh for some mystical medicine

Lindo Jong, another mother, express-

e s r e s e n t m e n t f o r her arranged marriage to a childish, hysterical, and spoiled “ b oy ” T h e s e i m a g e s we re i m m e d i a t e l y repulsive, and made me want nothing to do with what I thought was my heritage

Rethinking Amy Tan

because the book that was supposed to give u s

instead I would read things like: “On her jour ney she cooed to the swan: ‘In America I will have a daughter just like me But over there nobody will say her wor th is measured by the loudness of her husband’s belch Over there nobody will look down on her, because I will make her speak only per fect American English ’” As a first-generation immigrant, I can understand the sentiment to leave present comfor ts for something better But really? According to this passage, in China, the woman ’ s daughter is perpetually disadvantaged because she will never be equal to men In America, her daughter won ’ t be looked down upon if she speaks “only perfect English ” In that moment, Tan associates an undoubtedly better life outside of 1980s China with a complete disposal of

So I resented all the aspects of my life that were different and thus “ too Asian,” like going to Chinese school on Sundays, playing “Asian” music instr uments like the piano and how “fobby” other students were Later in high school, I re-read the same exact book but could find nothing but disdain for it and embarrassment for my past self-hate At high school, others also rolled their eyes at The Joy Luck Club

our heritage But there is no other way that relation can stand on its own without being propped up by resentment and selfhate In Tan’s world, there is no possibility of fitting in by learning both Chinese and E n g l i s h : We m u s t l e a r n “ o n l y p e r f e c t

American English ”

A fe w weeks ago, a blog post entitled “ T h e As i an -Am e ric an Aw ak e n in g: T h at Moment When You Realize You’re Not W h i t e ” b o u n c e d a r o u n d Fa c e b o o k It speaks the uncomfor table tr uth that there will always be a well-meaning individual who asks “where you are really from”

Ta n k ”

By Mike Sosnick

It seems like every bit of press on English group Febueder wastes no time in comparing them to their fellow countrymen, Alt-J “Alligator,” the lead single from Febueder’s upcoming debut EP, appeared to be plucked straight from theirs Leeds-based peers Everything from the song ’ s mathy beats to its multi-tracked vocals is clearly riding the Awesome Wave (pun completely intended) Instead of contently remaining an Alt-J carbon copy, though, Febueder is breaking some new ground with “Sloppiness Tank,” also from their Soap Carv EP, due next week

The track’s shimmering guitar riff and reverbdrenched vocals still unmistakably channel “Matilda,” but “Sloppiness Tank” is Febeuder’s first nudge away from the Alt-J mold Its tight, clever percussion and persistent bass lines are reminiscent of Foals, with a wide, airy sense of space à la Wild Beasts Errant clangs, clacks and crashes bounce around and collide with echoes and shouts in beautifully organized three-dimensional chaos, lending “Sloppiness Tank” an alluring level of unpredictability Whether Febueder ends up breaking exciting new ground or fizzling out with the first round of many Alt-J clones to come remains to be seen, but for now they’re making quirky and thoughtful cuts with unabashedly British swagger

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

despite the way we dress or act Tan tackles inter-family pressures about culture, but fails to explicate that it is the relationships we have outside the family that are more vexing I completely agree with the blog post that, as Asian-Americans, we don’t talk enough about ourselves We need more conversation about who we are, but that conversation doesn’t involve The Joy Luck Club I don t think Tan is malicious when, for example, she takes great pains to w ri t e t h e m o t h e r s ’ d i a l o g u e i n b ro k e n English, but I don’t think she realizes how it is harmful The book’s dangerously simple opposition between the extreme foreignness of the mothers and the daughters’ desires to be different feels off The resentful urge the daughters have “ to be differe n t ” i g n o re s t h a t d i f f i c u l t c o n ve r s a t i o n that hey, maybe sometimes we like the p a r t s o f o u r s e l v e s t h a t a r e “A s i a n ”

Identities aren ’ t, and shouldn’t, be that simple I n t h e b o o k , Wa v e r l y Jo n g ( i n a

moment that’s supposed to be positive) “could finally see what was really there” in her mother She sees “ an old woman, a wok for her armor, a knitting needle for her sword ” I look at my own parents and tr y to find foreignness Aside from my mom ’ s amazing dumplings and my dad’s huge librar y of classical Chinese texts, I come up empty Both love Masterpiece Theatre, and sometimes randomly burst out a verse f ro m “ C a

T h e m o s t annoying thing is that I have to say these t h i n g s t o “ p r o v e ” m y p a r e n t s a

t unpalatably foreign But then I realize most of the things I resent as “Asian” are things others (who usually aren ’ t Asian) tell me are “Asian” with a sneer and wonder why I even care Then I take a hard look at myself and wonder who I really am Kai Sam Ng is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He can be reached at

com You’ve Got to be Kitsching Me runs alternate Wednesdays this semester

B-Ballers Tame Bulls in Close Win

By JOSHUA BEHLER Sun Contributor

Coming off of a 76-62 win against the Colgate Raiders last Friday, the Red (1-0) traveled to Alumni Arena in Buffalo, N Y on Saturday to take on the Bulls (2-0) Despite a tough star t in the opening stages, the Red bounced back in the second half and earned a 79-72 win over the upstar t Bulls, marking the first time that the program has star ted (20) since the 1995-96 season

The Bulls opened strong, scoring 10 unanswered points right out of the gate The early offense by the Bulls caught Cornell off guard and took the Red out of its game in the first half the squad was unable to figure out Buffalo’s attack and entered the locker room trailing by three at halftime Still, the Red showed tr ue character in the second half, bouncing back and winning the half by a margin of ten points en route to its seven point victor y

“I think we won ugly against Buffalo,” senior guard and captain Stephanie Long said “ We came out a little sloppy in the first half and they were able to capitalize on some putbacks and defensive breakdowns Still, I was proud of the effor t we gave in the second half, especially on defense We were able to buckle down and get stops which allowed us to get out and r un Overall, I think it was a great team win and one that showed our ability to adapt ”

The Red was anchored by strong per formances from senior guard and captain Allyson DiMagno, who posted 16

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scrimmages where we performed really well We’re ready for the season everyone ’ s a fighter on the court and we ’ re especially looking forward to playing Stanford ”

Before facing Stanford, however, the Red has to go through No 20 Drexel in what should be a relatively easy challenge The Dragons, however, have already started its season strong with a 9-0 win against Johns Hopkins over the weekend

going to take every match seriously, but we also have had Ivy scrimmages, so we ’ re all pretty seasoned at this point,” she said “We’ve never had any trouble with Drexel in the past ”

Both games represent the starting point in the athletic college careers of two new players: freshmen Sydney Francis and Rachel Scherman

“Everyone’s a fighter on the court ” K r i s t i n S c i l l a

“ They’re much lower ranked than we are, ” Devoy said “I would say that their number one and number two are quite a bit stronger than the rest of the team, which will give our one and two a good game, but the rest of the girls should win the rest of the games relatively comfortably ” Scilla also feels that Drexel will not pose much of a threat

“Obviously we ’ re going into the match we ’ re

The following are alumni who have expressed support of Ben DeLuca 98, former head lacrosse coach, who was dismissed Nov 16 Read their Letter to the Editor on page 6

Adam Shaivitz ’98

AJ Fiore ’13

Alan ’81 & Candace Collmer ’82 (pare n t s o f A l e x Collmer ’97)

Alex Collmer ’97

Allison Angelilli ’00

Allison Riley Holmes ’98

Alyson A Levine ’95

A n d re w M a c D o n a l d ’10

Anthony G Pavone ’95

Austin Boykin ’10

Ben Hutchen ’95

Billy For t ’02

Bob and Susan Pannell

( Pa re n t s o f R o b Pannell ’13)

Bob Budington ’92

Bobby Werhane ’01

Brandon A S Ross ’04

Brandon Hall ’02

Brett Wilderman ’99

B r i a n & Su e K e l l e r ( Pa re n t s o f B r i a n Keller ’98)

Brian Clayton ’07

Brian Goldberg ’99

Brian Keller ’98

Buck Holmes ’97

C a m e r o n M a r c h a n t ’06

Carl & Monnie Viola ( Pa re n t s o f C h r i s V i o l a ’ 0 3 & Margaux Viola ’07)

Casey Stevenson ’05

CC Hafner

Charlie and K athie

We r h a n e ( p a re n t s o f Bobby Werhane)

Chris Braceland ’97

Chris Danler ’95

Chris H Packard ’00

Chris Langton ’12

Chris Morea ’03

Chris Viola ’03

Clayton Weber ’96

Connor English ’13

Cour tney Baker ’10

Cristina Niccolini ’94

“They will do fine They both are very accomplished players of the national junior squash circuit so they are no stranger to competition and know what it is to go out there and play important matches,” Devoy said Scilla was equally confident in her assessment of the new players

“They’ve been doing a really good job this weekend in the Ivy scrimmages,” she said “We have been doing some challenge matches and a lot of workouts and just spending a lot of time together as a team ”

Hamdan Al Yousefi can be reached at halyousefi@cornellsun com

Dan Geller t ’00

Dan Lear y ’05

Dan McNamara ’98

Dan Wolff ’96

Danny Nathan ’08

Dave Bush ’06

David Baiada ’99

David Carlos ’99

David Casillo ’97

David K rauter ’96

David Lau ’11

David Mitchell ’07

David Nachman ’00

D a v i d P i e t r a m a l a (Head

Coach 1998-2000)

David Pittard ’04

Doug Needham ’04

Doug Thornell ’99

Dr Vanessa Redd ’05

E d w a rd & Ju d y

Clayton (Parents of B r i a n & A n d re w ’07)

E d w a rd ’ 6 8 a n d

C a t h e r i n e

Ma rc h a n t ( Pa re n t s of ’98 and ’06)

Eliot Marchant ’98

Eric C Pittard ’07

Ethan Vedder ’07

points and six rebounds, while sophomore guard Allison Bockrath contributed a career high 13 points nine of which came from behind the arch Cornell’s bench also came up big down the stretch, accounting for 33 points and providing cr ucial defensive stops and great energy in the second half as the Red battled fatigue, injuries and foul trouble

Head coach Dayna Smith called the per formance “ a tale of two halves ”

“I think our first half was a little too relaxed,” she said “ We didn’t come out with a sense of urgency and it showed They were able to dictate the pace on offense and defense, so that’s something we have to work on going for ward coming out aggressive and really setting the tone ”

Still, it was a hard fought victor y for the Red, who clawed its way back into the game with its defense in the second half

“I thought our effor t in the second half was much better,” Smith said “ We came out a lot stronger on the defensive end and in par ticular in our full cour t press We were able to get some stops on [and] get out on the break which is something we always want to do Overall, I think it was a good win, we just need to stay consistent for all 40 minutes ”

Consistency will be the name of the game for the Red as the squad travels to the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N Y on Monday to take on the Orange who, like Cornell, boast a (20) record

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Lucia, include divers Phil Truong and Manita Herlitz-Furguson who won both boards at Dartmouth, men ’ s swimmers Victor Luo and freshman Dylan Sali, and women ’ s swimmer Jenna Immormino, who is coming off two pool records in 50 and 100 yard freestyle, clocking in at 23 05 and 50 48 seconds respectively

Immormino said the women ’ s team has come a long way, adding that the team feels strong going into the next meet

“I think we have grown a lot as a team We have built up enough confidence that we can take Princeton and UPenn on The fact that we [the women ’ s team] beat Dartmouth should worry them,” she said

Evan P Boulukos ’00

Fred Peightal ’98

Geoffrey Gross ’95

Ge o r g e a n d Do ro t h y Vo r i s ( Pa re n t s

Michael Voris ’99)

George Calver t ’09

Henr y Bar tlett ’07

Hunter Ross ’94

Ian Hafner ’98

Ja c k a n d St e p h a n i e Seibald (Parents of A m a n d a ’ 0 8 a n d Max ’09)

Jake Myers ’09

Jason Noble ’13

Jason Under wood ’94

JD Nelson ’05

Je f f Ta m b ro n i ( He a d Coach 2001-2010)

Jennifer Talley

Gonnella ’94

Jesse Cole ’94

Joe Lando ’92

Joe Rossettie ’98

John Bucci ’95

John Glynn ’09

Johnny Heil ’90

Jon Ciaio ’99

Jon Luoto ’09

Jonathan Cheng ’98

Joseph Boulukos ’06

Josh Geller t ’95

Josh Gonnella ’94

Josh Heller ’02

Joshua Morgan ’99

Jud Howson ’95

Justin Redd ’05

Keith Roscoe ’97

Kevin Matthews ’96

K ristin Dono Casillo ’98

Kyle Doctor ’09

Ky o k o a n d St e p h e n R e d d ( Pa re n t s o f

Justin Redd ’05)

Lauren Giugliano ’07

Leigh Marchant ’99

Lowell Taub ’96

Margaux Viola ’07

M a r i o a n d D e b o r a h

Boiardi

Mathew D Nor folk ’95

Matt Cooney ’97

Matt Robbins ’07

Matt Shulkin ’96

Matt Wise ’98

Matthew Mitchell ’97

Matthew Somma ’96

Max Seibald ’09

Meredith Scardino ’98

Michael Capasso ’94

Some changes to the meet will bode well for the Red, according to Immormino

“The women ’ s meet is in our favor One of the distance events, Penn’s strong suit, was taken away and replaced by an inter-medley event, which is definitely Cornell’s strength [However,] every team changes every year, so you never know ”

The Red’s increased confidence has created a positive atmosphere in competition, Immormino said “I like the direction that the team is heading in It helps everyone out a lot It is a great atmosphere It is even noticeable from the stands The team dynamic has been really good and it has been really exciting,” she said

Douglas Berman can be reached at dberman@cornellsun com

Michael Fronk ’95

Michael J Levine ’93

Michael LaRocco ’96

Michael Niccolini ’93

Michael Riordan ’04

Michael Rodgers ’05

Michael Voris ’99

Mike Corbolotti ’08

Mike Haushalter ’82

Mike Regan

Mitch Belisle ’07

Mitch McMichael ’12

Nina Roosevelt ’96

Oliver Guinness ’95

Patrick Leahy ’91

Pegg y Clayton (Aunt o f B r i a n a n d Andrew ’07)

Pe t e r a n d Pa t B o u l u k o s ( Pa re n t s of ’00 and ’06)

Peter Grom ’09

Pierce Derkac ’10

R a l p h & Pe g Tu r r i ( Pa re n t s o f Tr o y Turri ’08)

Rebecca Taub ’96

Rich and Nancy Belisle

( p a re n t s o f M i t c h Belisle ’07)

Rob Pannell ’13

Corbolotti

Rocco Romero ’09

Ryan Hurley ’10

Sacha Ross ’95 S

Campbell ’99)

Scott Raasch ’04

Sean Greenhalgh ’05

St

e Langton (Parents of Chris Langton ’12)

Steven K ay ’94

Keller ’98

Ta n n

r S c o t t Campbell ’99

Tim Randall ’07

Tee Cahill ’08

Tom Corbolotti ’08

Tom Geller t ’94

Tommy Schmicker ’09

Travis Lamb ’93

Troy Turri ’08

Vikas Varma ’97

Will Brassel ’02

Spor ts

Runners Race to Indiana for NCAA Nationals

By JOHN McGRORTY Sun Staff Writer

This Saturday, the Cornell women ’ s cross country team will travel to Terre Haute, Ind in order to compete in the NCAA national championships The Red has had an incredibly successful season thus far and has been consistently ranked in the Top-30 nationally After a second place finish in the Ivy League heptagonal championship and a fourth place finish in the NCAA regional meet, the Red looks to keep up the momentum at nationals

“We feel good The entire group is healthy and at this stage in a very long season that in itself is an accomplishment, ” assistant coach Artie Smith said “Preparation has been great Our goal all year has been to do our best racing at this time of year, and that has been the case Our last two races have been our best so far this season Everyone is very excited to race this coming Saturday for the National Championship ”

The team is prepared to make its final race its best of the season Having taken steps throughout the entire season to maximize its end of season speed, the Red is in peak condition

In order to prepare for the national championships, the Red hopes to recover and fine-tune its skills before leaving for Indiana

“Our regional qualifying meet was four days ago [and] a big part of the process to get ready is to recover from that test so we are prepared to go again this Saturday,” Smith said “We had a great workout yesterday to do some finetuning The most important preparation we can do right

now is to rest up, fine-tune and be excited for Saturday ”

The Red’s strategy for success this season has been to rotate its lineup, according to Smith

“The team is very confident,” he said “Our best two meets have been our two most recent A crucial theme throughout this season has been to have a different group stepping into the top five and seven each race and not to have to rely on one single lineup As a result, we will be racing a slightly different lineup this Saturday Everyone has contributed this season and this weekend is a true sign of the depth we have ”

The experienced and talented leaders of the team will also play a crucial role in the squad’s success, Smith said

“It also helps to have people in our lineup who have been to the NCAA national championship before Between cross country and track, this will be Rachel [Sorna]’s fourth national championship [and] Devin [McMahon]’s third cross country national championship Sophomore Caroline Kellner made the team group last year that competed in the national championship this will be her second showing,” Smith said “Furthermore, Rachel Sorna is a three time all-American Having that kind of leadership upfront is very inspiring and will be important in the team ’ s success ”

Although the Red is looking forward to the competition, the squad will be competing without one of its leaders Throughout the season, senior Emily Shearer has consistently been one of the top two finishers for the Red Shearer will not compete on Saturday because she is a national finalist to become a Rhodes scholar

“[The team] is extremely excited and impressed with this op-

portunity for Emily,” Smith said

Although the Red had many goals for the season, the squad’s primary objective was to reach nationals, according to Smith

“There have been a lot of expectations this season, ” he said “Our primary goal has been to get to this meet

Now that we have accomplished our primary goal, it is time to go out and have fun We are not simply satisfied with making it to the national championship, but [the] act of making it has released a great deal of the pressure and now the team looks to compete and do well for [competition’s] sake ”

John McGrorty can be reached at jmcgrorty@cornellsun com

Fourth time’s the charm | Senior captain Rachel Sor na heads to Nationals this weekend for the fourth time in her career.

Swimm er s to Face P r inceton , UPenn

By DOUGLAS BERMAN Sun Contributor

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“We just need to show up and step up ”

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Red to Open Season Against Drexel, Stanford

By HAMDAN AL YOUSEFI Sun Staff Wr ter

The women ’ s squash team shapes up to kick off its season in blistering fashion as it heads to Philadelphia over the weekend to take on two

f a m i l i a r a d v e r s a r i e s i n t h e

s h a p e o f Dr e xe l a n d Stanford

The Red ended its season last year with a sixth place finish, narrowly edging out rivals Stanford, 5-4, in the Howe Cup consolation semifinals The victor y ensured Cornell’s superior position in t h e C o l l e g e Sq u a s h

As s oc iat ion ran k in gs B ot h Cornell and Stanford have claimed the sixth and seventh positions respectively for the last few years, resulting in generally intense encounters between the two teams Both s i d e s w i l l b e l o o k i n g t o improve on last season ’ s rankings, making the game on Saturday a must-win for both teams

C o a c h Ju l e e D e v oy i s aware of the implications of the game and maintains that last season ’ s victor y will be fresh in the mind of her players

“ O f c o u r s e i t w i l l b e

[competitive] Stanford has been our closest rival for the last four of five seasons, and whenever we take the court against them, we know we ’ re going to have to fight hard to secure the win,” Devoy said Devoy has been working hard to prepare her team for the season ahead

“At this time of the year, up until the point prior to the match schedule starting, we ’ re working on fitness and working on getting the players back in fitness We had a s c r i m m a g e l a s t w e e k e n d which is always a good event to have and [it] went well, so the girls should be ready for their first match,” she said Ac c o rd i n g t o s e n i o r Kristin Scilla, the team is more than ready to take on the challenge that Stanford provides “ We’ve always had some c l o s e m a t c h e s a g a i n s t Stanford and they’ve always been nipping on our heels Ever since my freshman year w e ’ v e a l w a y s b e e n a b ov e them,” she said “ We’re all really excited about it for our f i r s t w e e k e n d o f m a t c h e s We’re just coming off Ivy