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Orgs Protest Change In WSH Use Policy

By ALEXA ESKENAZI

At Thursday’s Student Assembly meeting, representatives heard complaints on the recent change of policy governing the use of the Willard Straight Hall by student organizations and debated whether purchasing iPads for S A meetings are the optimal use of the Assembly’s surplus

Student Organizations in the Straight

Several of the student groups who recently lost permission to hold meetings in the Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room took to the floor to air their grievances, citing the one-week notice they said they received before being forced to find new meeting places as too short

Earlier this month, the Student Union Board changed the rules governing the use of the Memorial Room, ousting Class Councils, among other organizations The board initially justified their decision to Class Councils by saying the group ’ s meetings did not reach capacity They subsequently retracted this

Police Address Two Recent Falls From Area Roofs

By JEANETTE SI Sun Staff Writer

Last Saturday, two college-aged males were hospitalized after falling off roofs and balconies The incidents followed an earlier hospitalization in September, when another collegeaged male also fell off a fraternity roof on North Campus

Still, the Cornell and Ithaca Police Departments both say that these are isolated incidents not representative of a broader trend

“I can tell you that incidents like the one this weekend are a rare occurrence at Cornell,” said Cornell Police Chief Kathy Zoner Jamie Williamson, public information officer for IPD, added that these incidents happen “ once or twice a year at most ” and that this year has seen an average number of roof falls

While all three individuals needed to be flown to a hospital by helicopter, some Cornell students said they believe that roof-sitting is a relatively safe activity, asserting that the danger can be mitigated with basic precautions

“I moved this year and my new house doesn’t have any good roofs for sitting, but the last two years I would probably sit on the roof around once a week,” Rohan Acharya ’16 said

Snigdha Sharma ’18 also said that many Cornell students see roof-sitting as a way to relax and destress

“[O]nce you ’ re out there, it’s actually really nice,” she said “I always had a group of friends with me and we would go to the roof We’d sit out there at night, playing and singing ”

While both Acharya and Sharma agreed that people are sometimes inebriated when they engage in these activities, Acharya said he believes most people are conscious of their own safety

“People have had drinks and gone up there but never any-

C.U. Organization for Labor Action Contests Cornell’s Nike Business Ties

By JOSH GIRSKY Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell Organization for Labor Action delivered a letter to President Elizabeth Garrett Thursday demanding an end to Cornell’s contract

University’s contract with Nike, according to COLA’s letter

thing that goes too far,” he said “People recognize that going on the roof is a bad idea when you ’ ve had one too many ”

While Williamson confirmed that most falls come from roofs under 10 feet, he said those situations can still be dangerous

“The level of injury varies widely, from no injury to death,” Williamson said

Zoner agreed that even seemingly safe rooftops can pose a danger to students, especially when they are inebriated

“Rooftops are particularly problematic because not only are they unprotected, but they often do not have the structural support to hold additional weight,” she said “Add to the mix someone who is under the influence of alcohol or other drugs and your risk of injury or death grows exponentially ”

Jeanette Si can be reached at jsi@cornellsun com

with the Nike brand due to alleged sweatshop labor conditions in Nike factories Nike recently refused to allow the Workers Rights Consortium, an independent labor watchdog, to inspect its factories, violating Cornell

“This stands directly and explicitly in contrast with our contract with Nike,” said Alice Rayner ’19, a member of COLA “The fact is that we are committed to being affiliated with Nike as long as they uphold the Workers Rights Consortium’s standards, and they’re not doing that, so we are not able to stay in contact with them ” The letter also emphasized the importance of allowing the Workers Rights Consortium access to Nike factories, alluding to Nike’s history of tenuous labor practices in its overseas facilities

“We know Nike has a long track record of labor violations and, like any brand we contract with,

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8 a m - 10 p m , Kroch Librar y, Olin Librar y Spam and Eggs Community Breakfast 9 - 11 a m , 420 Rockefeller Hall

Contemporar y Demands for Legal Change 11:15 a m - 1:10 p m , 400 Caldwell Hall

Day Hall Takeover Commemoration 6 p m , Day Hall

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3 - 4:30 p m , Anabel Taylor Chapel

Why Do Economists and People of Faith Need Each Other?

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Speaking about solving issues with a diversified viewpoint

“Problems are better solved when we debate them vigorously with different points of view and the process is enriched when those involved bring varying backgrounds perspectives and experiences to the table ”

President Elizabeth Garrett

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Speaking about the need to grieve for the lives lost in the attacks

There is no time limit [to the vigil], we just want people to spend as much time as they need here This is a moment where we all need to just reflect ”

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Speaking about the history of discrimination at the University

“While Cornell touts its compositional diversity, the campus environment is not conducive to the overall success of students of color and many other students whose cultural or socioeconomic backgrounds do not fit the mold of the historically wealthy white university population ”

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Opinion , “The Re al D ang er , ” Thur sday

Speaking about the need step away from ‘Islamophobia’

There are over a billion Muslim people on this planet They come from all continents all races and all backgrounds They are Americans They are our friends and our neighbors They are us We must remember this even at difficult times and we must never forget the dangerous consequences of hate ”

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Anabel’s Grocery Awaits Approval From Garrett

V.P. Malina: President Garrett plans to respond

By SUZY PARK Sun Staff Writer

Anabel’s Grocer y, the proposed studentr un grocer y store in Anabel Taylor Hall,

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approved a resolution to provide the store with $320,000 in funding from the Students Helping Students Grant Endowment, representatives of Anabel’s Grocer y met with the

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Committee to discuss fur ther steps, according to Joel Malina, vice president for university relations

“ The Committee whose charge, in par t, focuses on Cornell’s sales activity policy and how it might affect off-campus interests gave the President’s Office its provisional approval of the proposal,” Malina said

expressed her plans to address the issue

“[President Garrett] plans to thoroughly revie w all the information and recommendations related to the Anabel’s Grocer y propos-

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Malina said In addition to Garrett s approval, final plans on space usage and other outstanding issues are still pending before the grocer y store is approved, according to Malina Once Garrett releases her official approval

of the proposal, the grocer y store will be able to formally launch Rob Hendricks ’17, codirector of the grocer y store, declined to comment for the stor y pending the release of Garrett’s official statement

Anabel’s Grocer y has been the subject of considerable controversy within the Cornell community in recent weeks, with some saying that it is a necessar y redress to food insecurity on campus, but others contending

that it is too risky a venture to justify taking money out of the Students Helping Students fund After the S A approved the project last year, it was sent to President Emeritus David Skor ton, who tabled the issue so the ne w administration would have time to explore all potential ramifications

Suzy Park can be reached at spark@cornellsun com

C.U. Campaign Highlights First Generation Students

By ZACHARY KAPLAN Sun Contributor

“In the face of adversity as a first generation student, I have come out on top, ” reads one blurb highlighted in a Cornell First in Class’ photo campaign, which launched last Friday

T h e n e w o r g a n i z a t i o n sponsored by Cornell’s Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives aims to serve the unique needs of first generation students, or students whose parents never attended an institution of higher education

The program consists of hired first generation student mobilizers responsible for leading the initiative and a general body of first generation students intended to b o t h h e l p a n d b e n e f i t f ro m

Cornell First in Class, according to Frank Chan ’18, technology head of the organization

“[The program] is trying to build a community of first generation students that really empha-

sizes support for one another,” Chan said

Cornell First in Class will create this suppor t through programs such as a textbook lending library, a for-credit course geared towards teaching first generation students about Cornell resources

thread and we can use that thread to help rather than hinder our academic progress, ’” said Henry Graney ’19, a Cornell First in Class member

“[The program] is trying to build a community of first generation students that really emphasizes support for one another.”

and a photo campaign which launched last Friday, according to Eddy Medina ’17, the outreach head

“College students raised by parents with college educations h a ve a d d i t i o n a l o p p o r t u n i t i e s , and I think first generation students can have those opportunities if they’re linked together, if they said, ‘Listen, we ’ re a group of students that have a common

Although this sort of program that provides wide-scale support to first generation students is the first of its kind a t C o r n e l l , a c c o rd i n g t o Me d i n a , o t h e r universities have offered this type of programming in the last few ye a r s Me d i n a credited Brown University for spearheading the campaign in the Ivy League, pointing to Brown’s organization of an all-Ivy League first generation students conference called IvyG last winter

Looking ahead, Medina said his goal for Cornell First in Class is to extend beyond its own pro-

gramming on campus and ultimately reach a level of solidarity with first generation student prog r a m s a c ro s s t h e Iv y L e a g u e through collaborative forums like IvyG He said he envisions this solidarity to generally involve the coordinated organization of first generation student programs that work similarly and take place at t h e s a m e t i m e o n e ve r y Iv y League campus

An outcome of Cornell First in Class Medina said he would like to see is for first generation students to understand “that being a first generation student is nothing more than a title to their circumstance so [first generation students] can go on with their day, go on with their lives and see they can compete and succeed equally with their peers ”

Zachary Kaplan can be reached at zmk8@cornell edu

to End Ties With Nike

Nike cannot be trusted to voluntarily monitor themselves with any credibility,” the letter reads “ Without [ Workers Right Consortium] inspections we have no way of confirming that Cornell apparel produced by Nike is being manufactured under conditions where workers’ basic rights are being respected ” Rayner said she believes that Garrett is likely to cooperate with COLA on these issues, in accordance with her past statements affirming the rights of workers

“President Garrett upholds this supposed rhetoric of being radical and progressive and caring about the way that we treat our workers, ” Rayner said “We hope that especially alongside the other schools that are holding their administrations accountable that we’ll see some direct action ”

The members said they are optimistic that these issues will eventually be addressed However, they acknowledged that it may take time before the University is convinced to act

“What we ’ re hoping to happen is that the University can put some direct pressure on the brand Nike to open up its factories and to honor its commitment to the Workers Right Consortium while demonstrating its commitment to workers’ rights in the brand and on our campus, ” said Deepa Saharia ’18, another COLA member “However, with the way that University processes work, there’s the potential that any movement will be slower than what we ’ re hoping ”

Pointing to Cornell’s history of cutting ties with apparel brands that failed to uphold labor standards, COLA members said they believe actions against Nike align with University values

“We were among the first universities to cut Nike’s contract the last time there were these types of issues We were also the first to cut Adidas’,” said Michael Ferrer ’16, a member of COLA “We have a histor y of holding companies accountable for these kinds of abuse, so hopefully the administration will take that into account ”

All members present at the letter drop agreed that it is important that the University take swift action in response to Nike’s actions

“The workers need a voice When they’re being exploited and their basic human rights aren t being met, we as consumers have the power to stop that and it’s so important that we take advantage of that,” said Michelle Onder ’19, a COLA member “We need to give [companies] a financial motivation to uphold human rights ”

The letter delivery is part of a national day of action organized by an organization called United States Against Sweatshops, according to COLA members COLA is one of over 30 student groups throughout the country protesting Nike

S.A. Hears Debate on WSH Usage Rights

At meeting, reps also propose using S.A. surplus to buy iPads for use at meetings

35 minutes of back-and-forth discussion

A Surplus of Ideas

statement after Class Councils contested it, and are now saying that Class Councils did not abide by programming guidelines

John Lowry ’16, president of the class of 2016, defended his organization’s right to use the space, disputing the Student Union Board’s allegations

“We want a resolution We are not seeking retribution,” he said “The reasoning was unjustified and on top of that, there was no real effort to take any input into the decision ”

Class Councils representatives argued that all organizations with associate deans as advisors currently housed in the Straight should be immune to removal from the building They also urged the S A to take a deeper look into the finances of the Union Board to determine if they are worthy of the funds they receive

“We are all elected to represent our communities, so it is important to have our own jurisdiction, especially with programming,” said Blake Brown ’17, incoming Interfraternity Council president

Shikha Patel ’17, director of policies for the Student Union Board, said the board has the opportunity to increase the number of organizations who can meet in Willard Straight Hall by changing occupancy guidelines They decided to reallocate many groups to make room for more programming in Willard Straight Hall, which is usually assumed to be off-limits as a space to all but a few organizations

Patel apologized for any confusion caused by their policy reforms and said the Board only had the “intention to find a balance between programmings and meetings ”

While both Class Council and S A members requested that the Union Board share the specific programs and organizations they have selected to occupy this space in the future, Patel declined to provide specifics

The S A , which had to negotiate with the Union Board to keep their meetings in Willard Straight Hall through the end of the semester following the policy changes, recommended Class Councils and similarly affected groups get their rooms back right now, but voted for Class Councils and the Union Board to resolve the issue outside of the meeting after

The S A then addressed Resolution 32: Addressing the Student Assembly Surplus The resolution, sponsored by Emma Johnston ’16, S A executive vice president, and Matthew Stefanko ’16, S A vice president for finance, addresses the $39,000 surplus the S A has accumulated over the past six years

It proposes that they “allocate the Student Assembly’s surplus towards the purchase of 34 tablet devices that will be available for rent to byline funded groups, a Student and Campus Life Fellowship program and a fund for initiatives planned by the Cornell Social Consultations ”

“On the appropriations committee, something that we look really strongly at is the

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reasoning was unjustified and on top of that, there was no real effort to take any input into the decision.”

amount of surplus that groups have, and we are not holding ourselves to the same standard,” Johnston said “This resolution seeks to spend the surplus in a way that is cost-effective and also allows outside groups to get outside funding that they have been needing ”

They propose that the first $15,000 of the surplus go to cover the cost of the iPads A variant of this proposal was raised last year, but failed to gain approval The resolution’s proponents argued that the iPads would actually cut overall costs by replacing the binders full of Student Assembly meeting papers to reduce printing costs

They added that iPads would be better than having representatives use their computers, because tablets allow for eye contact and can be controlled to block representatives from using them for anything other than viewing official documents

An additional $12,000 will be allocated to pay for three fellows to help staff the Student and Campus Life Resource Center, in response to what Johnston said was a request from the center for more staff

Many S A representatives expressed opposition to the resolution Robert Dunbar ’18, arts and sciences representative, described this use of the funds as “asinine ”

The main objection to Resolution 32 was the prediction that it will likely cause a public relations nightmare Members said that spending $15,000 will anger many students An alternate solution raised was to give the money back to the students themselves rather than organizations

“iPads don’t make sense, we did the math; we tried this once already and it failed,” said Gabriel Kaufman ’18, undesignated at large representative

Both sides disagreed on the financial feasibility of the plan Those in favor of the iPads said they will actually cost only $12,000 and that the S A spends $4,500 a year on printing, whereas those aligned with Kaufman said printing costs are, in fact, only $3,000

Through the debate, Johnston emphasized that “if we don’t spend our surplus by the end of the year, the Appropriations Committee will probably cut us ” This, she added, means that the Assembly actually must decide much soon, for the intended meeting with the Committee to approve any plan is this weekend

“This is benefitting 30 other groups, ” Stefanko said “It shouldn’t be a P R issue if we are saving students money ”

Johnston agreed, adding, “if we don’t hold ourselves to the same standards as other organizations, that’s a P R problem It turns into a P R nightmare when we have laptops out and people come and feel they don’t have personal contact with us ”

After an hour of deliberation, Resolution 32 presenter Maha Ghandour, S A vice president for public relations, took the microphone to urge the assembly to make a decision, telling members that “sitting here talking in circles isn’t doing anything ” He also said that if there were to be no resolution by the end of the meeting, a special executive session could be held

The S A then voted to hold an executive session this weekend, where attendance will be taken in order to have more time to deliberate on the issue

Alexa Eskenazi can be reached at aeskenazi@cornellsun com Josh

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

S t i c k t o t h e Fo r m u l a N ex t T i m e

C U P B P r e s e n t s : M i k e B i r b i g l i a

BY JESSE WEISSMAN Sun Staff Writer

Mike Birbiglia is known for mixing up the standup formula Instead of doing multiple bits, he often prefers to tell a fe w long stories intermingled with jokes in order to get the emotional point of the stor y across He is quite good at it: His last special, “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend” delivered personal stories of Birbiglia’s with raw emotion and humor, without being excessively self-deprecating His autobiographical film Sleepwalk With Me (currently on Netflix) poignantly captures the isolation and sadness of being a traveling comedian So, I was disappointed this past Wednesday at Statler Auditorium when Birbiglia performed his ne w show, “ Thank God for Jokes,” ditching his winning formula

The opener, comedian Joshua Rabinowitz, was quite good He thankfully avoided obvious jokes about his ver y Je wish name His set were ver y funny stories about weird experiences, ranging from those that reflected poorly on him (he called a friend from a restricted number ever y day for a month and said “ meow meow ” into the phone) to dramatic ones (he was asked on the street to go into a dark home and help a creepy old woman get back into bed) While he made a fe w too many self-deprecating comments that are all too typical of comedians, like cracks about his body, his material was ver y strong and never relied on crassness

Birbiglia’s show opened strongly He had a ver y funny bit about late people and had great anecdotes about the yoga class he and his wife are in and about a time he had to put away a sandwich on the plane because the person next to him had a peanut allergy A less skilled comedian would have merely mocked the yoga class and the peanut

allergy as symptoms of gentrification and political correctness, but Birbiglia had fresh and funny angles on them Even when the crowd work did not go places, Birbiglia was able to spin them to his advantage (for example, he joked that he had put a plant in the audience for “ great Scott Walker material” when he discussed Governor Walker’s anti-union policies with an ILR professor)

Additionally, the title of his special “ Thank God for Jokes” provided some good material by Birbiglia about the process of making jokes While this may sound insuffer-

ably meta, he was insightful and hilarious Birbiglia talked about how people ask him in his real life why he isn’t funny in conversation if he’s a comedian Birbiglia funnily remarked to us that what he thinks to himself is “Because I’ll take this conversation and talk about it on stage, and that will be funny ”

However, it seemed like in the second half Birbiglia lost his energy His deliver y became stiff His jokes were less funny and more often relied on him making noises than it did on clever punchlines He also relied on callbacks by repeating jokes from earlier in the per formance Perhaps most impor tantly, his stor ytelling fell by the wayside: He would go on tangents that never really connected back to the main thread However, I should note that based on the reaction in the crowd I was in the minority The laugher in the audience did not seem to change from the first half to the second So color me overly critical Birbiglia concluded his set with a touching stor y He talked about how his parents did not approve of him doing stand-up When he was doing a shitty gig on the road, he was pulled over and ultimately arrested for driving with a suspended license When the cop took his mug shot, the cop pocketed an extra copy of the mug shot for himself in case Birbiglia became famous Birbiglia remarked to us, “this was sad, because some random cop who arrested me believed in me more than my own mom ” It was a funny and poignant way to end the show, but it also reminded me of the textbook Birbiglia that had been missing from the second half of the per formance If people want to see the full reason CUPB sought out Birbiglia’s talent, I would recommend checking out his last special and last film on Netflix

Jesse Weissman is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at jmw397@cornell edu

S t y l e O v e r S u b s t a n c e : T h e A s s a s s i n

BY MARK DISTEFANO Sun Staff Writer

If it weren ’ t for the immaculate visuals in The Assassin, the whole experience would be a snore I’ve been often frustrated by the commonality of filmmakers’ grammar choices For all the options available in cinema, many directors choose to frame in the same combination of shots wide, over-the-shoulder, low angle again and again and again Hou Hsiao-hsien is not one of these directors He creates painstakingly mounted studies in mood in which the form is related to the content inextricably Hsiao-hsien is one of the few filmmakers who communicates at least 50 percent of his narratives through lighting and camerawork, as well as through writing and content That said, The Assassin is one of the most breathtaking films

of the year, and yet it is quite soporific The filming appears to have been conducted with the greatest attention to detail and yet with little attention to pace I am not one to stand up and demand quick pace in a film, however, I suggest that an error might be made when things move so glacially that the viewers begin to get shut out of the proceedings Thus, there is some kind of ambivalence I cannot shake off about Hsiao-hsien s latest effort winner of the Best Director Award at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival If I applaud it, I will be branded an art film snob, and if I quibble, I will be seen as too short-attentionspanned, or weaned on mainstream establishment fare It’s a lose-lose proposition, but I must say, I m on the fence about this one

The story although the audience is kept mostly in the dark about the ultimate narrative trajectory takes place in ninth century China The film stars Shu Qi as Yinniang, the assassin of the film s title, carrying out swift and merciless deaths with knife and sword The trouble is, her hand is occasionally stayed by her heart by the sight of relatives of those whom she is hired to kill, which irks her master Jiaxin (Fang YiSheu), who is also her mother figure The relationship between the two recalls the emotional bond between Zhang Ziyi’s princess and Cheng Pei-pei’s Jade Fox in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon This is particularly a compliment to Shu Qi, whose relentless, quiet steeliness and abrupt fierceness during fights carry the film She may very well be the next Zhang Ziyi, who went on to become an international star Anyhow, as punishment for staying her hand, Yinniang the assassin is

sent to a distant province to kill military commander Tian Ji’an (Chang Chen), her cousin whom she had once been set to marry Many murky twists and turns ensue from there, and it takes index cards and constant note-taking to figure them out Chinese cinema is one of the most eclectic and diverse bodies of work in global cinema and contains some of the most invigorating New Wave pieces from directors such as Ang Lee (Taiwan where Hsiao-hsien also hails from) Wong Kar-Wai John Woo (both Hong Kong) and Zhang Yimou (mainland China) The Assassin takes place in a similar aesthetic as KarWai’s martial arts epic from two years ago, The Grandmaster The comparison is doubly valid, as that film was also one which left hardly an indelible impression on the mind in terms of plot, yet was intricately filmed and steeped in a gorgeous swath of rainbow colors

Hsiao-hsien’s film might be a reckless case of style over substance, but the critics disagree when it comes to the art films, especially if they are imports from abroad The precedence of style over substance apparent in Assassin really is no different form what we see in many derivative pop entertainments critics love to deride, but hey, you never see a critic trashing a Cannes winner over, say, Spectre Spectre has exactly the same problems, but it’s a whole lot more interesting, a whole lot more exciting and it’s easier to understand This might be because it sets a lower bar for itself to clear, but nevertheless I have seen only one other work by Hsiao-hsien, and I could look up the details to refresh my memory, but I confess, I would rather not in order to make a more earnest impression of it I enjoyed it and was absorbed in it while I watched it it is a film from 2005 called Three Times but here I am, hardpressed to remember one detail about the cast It was beautiful, exquisite even, as I experienced, but proved consummately forgettable in the long run What I remember are visuals of striking beauty, interweaving storylines, intersecting coincidences and a deliberate pace Sound familiar? T h e A s s a s s i n d o e s t h e e x a c t s a m e

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

F Is for Fake: Welles Explores Truth in Deception

Orson Welles’ documentary F is for Fake is as much an exploration of one filmmaker's idiosyncratic technique, as it is a philosophical debate about authenticity and expertise Released in 1974, F is for Fake is Orson Welles' last completed film the culmination of an extensive and acclaimed career in artistic media The beginning of Welles' work actually existed not in film, but rather in theatre and radio In 1937, Welles wrote a modern adaptation of and starred in William Shakespeare s Julius Caesar Although it premiered in an independent theatre, Caesar was soon moved to Broadway, where it ran until 1941 Welles burst onto the radio platform when, in 1938, he delivered the infamous “War of the Worlds” broadcast Despite its notoriety for the panic and widespread hysteria that it caused, this broadcast additionally served to exemplify and draw attention to Welles' skills in dramatic acting and oration His talent would make him a household name a few years after the zenith of Welles' career, Citizen Kane Widely regarded as one of the greatest works in the history of film, Citizen Kane depicts the life of the fictional Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles His performance in this role is marked by moments of boisterous rhetoric as well as more nuanced scenes of passionate drama Welles also directed and co-wrote Citizen Kane; The film's revolutionary fast-paced editing and montage segments exhibit Welles' unique cinematic vision and would influence not only his later work, but also the technique of many future directors Citizen Kane was followed by several more notable films like The Magnificent Ambersons and Touch of Evil Welles passed away in 1985 at age 70 F is for Fake primarily centers around the life of Elmyr de Hory, an infamous artist who made a career by forging precise copies of well-known paintings and drawings Despite possessing a clear talent for artistic technique, a young Elmyr struggled with selling his own works and subsequently began forging other paintings to earn a living However, even after his established success at forgery, he still lived in poverty, as the art dealers with whom he worked took the majority of the sale profits In the 1960s, an aging and exasperated Elmyr was discovered in his forgery, after letting various slips in his works reveal his identity and the false nature of his paintings During F is for Fake, Elmyr is found living in a villa on the Spanish island of

Ibiza, leased to him by an art dealer The film also introduces Clifford Irving, the author responsible for writing a biography of Elmyr Incidentally, Irving has recently been involved in his own forgery scandal

Shortly before the filming of F is for Fake, Irving's biography of American businessman Howard Hughes was discovered to be fictionalized and completely unauthorized by Hughes, who was actually in a reclusive state during the book's writing This prompted Welles to discuss the early origins of his own career, recalling the infamous “War of the Worlds” broadcast

The success and infamy of this broadcast relied upon the deception of individuals, much like Elmyr's paintings or Irving's biography

The documentary ends with a brief anecdote about Pablo Picasso and Welles' companion, Oja Kodar At some point in his career, Picasso, moved by Kodar’s beauty, created a series of paintings using her model and basis for creativity Kodar insisted that she keep the paintings, promising Picasso that she would not sell them Yet, Picasso soon reads newspaper articles about her successful new gallery in Paris, consisting of the paintings he created of Kodar Furious, he travels to the gallery, where he discovers, upon examination, that he did not create any of the paintings hanging in the gallery; in fact, Kodar's grandfather copied all of the paintings, and the originals were burned

This brief anecdote comprises the documentary's challenge to preconceived notions of authenticity Although Picasso created the original paintings, the works of Kodar's grandfather are hanging, successfully, in the gallery As the originals no longer exist, it can not be assumed that Picasso is the sole owner There was a subtle difference between the copies and the originals and Picasso knew that the gallery paintings were not his So was the gallery really an exhibition of Kodar, and not Picasso? Additionally, the art dealers of this gallery were unable

to differentiate between a real and fake Picasso painting, challenging ideas about artistic expertise and originality If no one else besides the painter and copier possess the insight into the legitimacy of the painting, perhaps there is no real difference between the original and “fake ” This point is further complicated when Welles reveals that the anecdote is completely false Had Welles not intentionally announced the lie, the anecdote would otherwise be completely true to those not directly involved

Welles crafts this argument in his unique cinematic style, with editing and camera shots that create a fast-paced film Different interviews are juxtaposed, forming vivid montages that are fast yet coherent The documentary is narrated by Welles, who appears in scenes delivering his classic, dramatic oratory in Citizen Kane fashion In these scenes, Welles guides the attention of the viewer through his complex yet stimulating argument against authenticity and expertise, simultaneously confusing and enlightening the viewer

F is for Fake will be screened at Cornell Cinema Saturday, November 21 and Sunday November 22

Nick Swan is a freshman in the College of Ar ts and Sciences He can be reached at nicholasbswan@gmail com

Terror in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

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To pry an object from its shell, to destroy its aura, is the mark of a perception whose ‘ sense of the universal equality of things’ has increased to such a degree that it extracts it even from a unique object by means of production” Walter Benjamin, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

I just wanted something that everybody could understand easily, and everybody could share regardless of where they re from Jean Jullien on his “Peace for Paris ”

I swore that I would not write about the November 13 and 14 terror attacks in Paris I write from 3,665 miles away and amidst a deluge of photographs, videos, opinion pieces and articles I swore that I would not write because of the difficulty of feeling that I knew anything beyond lists of facts and statistics: how many people were murdered, how many more injured, where the attacks occurred, which nations closed their borders, which states decided to stop accepting refugees

In the place of resolute, dispassionate knowledge, I saw emotional knowledge In a Le Petit Journal video, Angel Le poignantly discussed the attacks with his toddler son Brandon Facebook users placed overlays of the French, or the Lebanese, or the Kenyan flag on their profile pictures Although I swore against writing, I grew more and more interested with how images symbolized and catalyzed solidarity

Consider Jean Jullien’s “Peace for Paris ” The drawing renders the Eiffel Tower at the center of a peace sign in quick rough ink brushstrokes Jullien posted it on his Instagram and Twitter accounts (@jean jullien on both sites) on the night of the attacks Following its spread online, “people are printing it on Tshirts, on posters and on flags, bearing it proudly in a global show of solidarity with the City of Light,” writes Robbie Gonzales for Wired As of the time of writing, the image had gar-

nered 60,000 retweets on Twitter and 168,000 likes on Instagram originating from Jullien’s accounts alone When images become so evocative, powerful and transmittable, it is important to thoroughly question their effects

The influence of “Peace for Paris” undoubtedly derives from its reproducibility Jullien even recognizes this fact, telling Co Design’s Jessie Kuhn; “It’s an image for everyone I don’t really care about ownership of the image Walter Benjamin s “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” an essay of critical theory largely focused on laying the philosophical groundwork for a Marxist theory of film contains a number of frameworks that relate to works such as “Peace for Paris ” Benjamin himself wrote from a state of political fear and uncertainty Benjamin composed “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” as a Jewish intellectual when Adolf Hitler was chancellor of Germany

Benjamin largely focused on how the mechanical reproducibility (in contrast to hand copying) of art works, mainly films, could help instill revolutionary ideas in the masses “By making many reproductions it substitutes a plurality of copies for a unique existence,” Benjamin writes “And in permitting the reproduction to meet the beholder in his own particular situation, it reactivates reproduced ”

“Peace for Paris” has gained its impact from the process Benjamin describes I would not argue that Jullien’s original is worthless; years later, it may be valued as a cultural artifact of the deadliest terror attack in France’s history But “Peace for Paris” is so immensely widespread because of its reproducibility its ability to so easily meet viewers “in [their] own particular situation,” in their social media feeds Benjamin writes that m

“advanced intermittently and at leaps at long intervals,” noting that “by the absolute emphasis on its exhibition value the work of art becomes a creation with entirely new functions ”

Perhaps Jullien s Peace for Paris, is emblematic of the next leap in mechanical reproduction: artwork whose mechanical reproduction happens mere hours after its creation and creates most of the work’s value Benjamin contrasts exhibition value to “cult value,” the usage of Madonnas or idols in ritualistic art functions Currently, “Peace for Paris” has seemingly zero cult value; Jullien himself refers to it as “ an image for everyone ” In a Nov 16 Think Progress piece, Jessica Goldstein quotes Rhode Island School of Design Graphic Design Department Chair John Caserta: I think in absence of a truly personal statement,

there’s a need for a universal one, a need for a premade one ” Furthermore, the strength and resonance of “Peace for Paris” is further intensified by the ease with which it spread through social networks Benjamin notes the masses desire to make art works intimate and immediate in his piece, writing, Everyday the urge grows stronger to get hold of an object at very close range by way of its likeness, its reproduction ” The question that still remains unanswered is, of course, why all of this matters

As Sam Bromer ‘16 explored in his column last week, Benjamin and his Frankfurt School contemporaries Theodor Adorno and Siegfried Kracauer examined and discussed the worth of distraction in the masses Benjamin put it thus: “A man who concentrates before a work of art is absorbed by it In contrast, the distracted mass absorbs the work of art ” Benjamin’s words do not lend themselves to simple, easy analysis In this context, however, it seems necessary to note that when we, the online mass, post and re-post and put flag overlays on our profile pictures, many thoughts and emotions come with the intended solidarity

Already, people have questioned the visual culture of profile picture flag overlays: here is the overlay for Kenya? For Lebanon? Some have gone further and asked: how do these overlays and sketches affect how we think about tragedy and terrorism? As discrete points that require a symbolic show of solidarity, or as part of a far longer, far more complex international climate?

Shay Collins is a sophomore in the College of Ar ts and Sciences

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Shaomian Liu | Barely Legal

Virtual Property Transaction: Not Just a Game

Noone will ever have any doubt about the importance of real world property transactions Without them, no modern form of society may stand Thus the people call for the law’s aid to mediate those transactions, such as drawing a line between things that can be traded and those that cannot, protecting innocent parties from being hurt and punishing those who intend to cheat others We are accustomed to it But when the topic shifts to virtual property, it is strange that some people, without thinking, see it as merely an abstract academic concept They are so sensitive to this word “virtual” that they label anything in it as immature, unreal and valueless “Only a matter of game, ” they say They are terribly wrong Blinded by the line between tangible and intangible, those people are actually circling in a logic that is long unsupported by the current situation of virtual property transactions

After all, virtual property in gaming has attracted so many people’s time, energy and money It is not valueless but invaluable The games that most virtual property studies are aiming at are massive multiplayer online role-

The transaction in the virtual world expands its influence to the real world’s economy Lots of money has been invested and fights for trading right are taking place. Ignorance helps no one and will only leave virtual property transaction into the realm of anarchy.

playing games like World of Warcraft Their study may be outdated, as various new games now dominate the virtual world like multiplayer online battle arena games (MOBA), such as Dota2 and League of Lengend, web games and mobile games The change really affecting virtual transaction is that people now spend more money You usually only have two options: play more and earn more credits in the game, or pay more and buy things with real money Those games are free but their producers are making a huge profit Why? If you want to have fun, to beat others, to show off, just give them your credit card and you get all the cool stuff in that game If you don’t pay, you will really have to spend hours and hours laboring and collecting your own “ money ” in the game If you want to do neither, you’d better find another hobby unless you don’t mind being defeated nearly every time I personally am playing a mobile game called “Clash of Clans,” and I have spent very little money on it The consequence is that for a building to be finished, I will have to wait 10 days But if you are willing to purchase some “ gems ” (currency in that game), you can finish it the moment you update it “Just buy it” is the theme of nowadays’ gaming world The price is fairly steep, especially for those who believe “Internet” equals “free ” Even traditional console games have DLCs Downloadable Contents The game producers can “ ransom ” you after you make the initial purchase if you want the whole game experience Most games nowadays have purchasable contents Even World of Warcraft has a “battle-net shop ” Their profits come from selling attaching products, which is not all that different from selling popcorn in the cinema Some say that cinemas make money from selling popcorn I’m not sure about it but I’m sure the “ popcorn ” in the virtual world is profitable

While the price to have fun in the virtual world is so high, the workshops and virtual merchants come to share some of the cake Workshops are similar to miners They “mine” the items that usually will take much longer time for an individual gamer and they sell them to the individuals at a much “ reasonable” price comparing to the lengthy labor To them, games are their rich mines and they work not play in those games Transaction is what they expect to do and where their living come from Another group of people make their living (or partly) on the transactions as well Virtual merchants work in the same way as their colleagues do in the real world They acquire lots of sellable items at a comparative lower price (whether legal or illegal) and resell them to individuals at a much acceptable price to common gamers (still they can make profit)

Game producers do not welcome them These workshops and merchants gave other players a chance to save some money at the cost the losing profit more exactly of game producers Producers usually ban workshop and merchants They even punish those who paid for their item from workshops or merchants The reason they can do so is because of EULA (end user license agreement), by which producers can deprive the rights of individual players to own anything in their game It is not a strong point when arguing in the court for the courts have already denied any agreement that this deprives people’s property right but the producers are under low risk of being sued, for the number of players is too huge and it’s very difficult to acquire evidence Even if the producers have done many work to stop them, workshops and virtual merchants still flourish in the virtual world It is hard to say whether they are good or bad On one hand they reduce the cost of individual players, on the other hand they lower the income of game producers and also their enthusiasm to create who will spend lots of money to create a platform raising others instead of himself? Still this kind of virtual property transaction occurs every day and will not disappear in the near future It created classes and professions in the real world In no sense we can see it as void

The transaction in the virtual world expand their influence to the real world’s economy It can put bread on the table and also take cases to the courts Lots of money has been invested and fights for trading right are taking place Ignorance helps no one and will only leave virtual property transaction into the realm of anarchy Be serious, this “ game matter ” is not a matter of game anymore

Shaomian

Comm en t of

the day

“This article’s photo shows completely empty stands It’s such a contrast to the packed stands at the men’s games I hope we can start seeing more fans in the stands at women’s games in the future ”

InCornell Alum ’93

Re: “ WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY | Jess Brown's Late Goal Helps Women’s Ice Hockey Tie Colgate,” Sports published November 19, 2015

Ethan Berkowitz | Views From the 14853

The War We Are Not Seeing

the past week, it has been nearly impossible to find any social media or digital communication platforms that haven’t been inundated with reactions to the barbaric attacks in Paris Amongst these reactions, many disputes have broken out on an array of issues, such as implications for the Syrian refugee crisis and underrepor ting on the attacks in Beirut a day earlier

All the while, a new clash on social media is brewing This clash is one that we can ’ t identify in the form of blood, body bags and gunshots, but in 0’s and 1 s: The clash between Silicon Valley and the government over digital privacy and encryption In light of the Paris attacks, renewed public anxiety over how the attack proceeded unbeknownst to intelligence communities, compounded with tech companies adamant about their right to protect consumer privacy, has transformed the issue of digital encryption into one of the most challenging and morally divisive digital battlegrounds of our ongoing war on terror

It has long been known that extremist groups like ISIS have used social media networks such as Twitter to spread jihadist propaganda and to try to recruit new members Counter-terrorism authorities have publicly acknowledged the pros and cons of allowing these accounts to remain online: On one hand, the bad guys are able to operate unimpeded, but on the other hand, authorities can mine useful intelligence to help thwart actual attacks With that being said, Twitter is generally not seen as the most secure communication service, as most of it’s content is public, and direct messages are not encrypted

However, there is a growing concern that extremists have been masking their recruiting and attack planning using other apps and digital communication services such as the Facebookowned WhatsApp and Apple’s iMessage How? These services, and others, are integrating endto-end encryption to protect a user ’ s privacy To understand what this encr yption means, imagine you have a key to a door; you locked the door, and threw away the only key (In this scenario, you are the communication service provider) Sure you, or anyone else, can try to pick the lock, but nobody has

done so and even if they did, it would be an incredibly time consuming process, made more difficult by the fact that you keep changing the lock to make it harder to crack While, to be fair, there is no definitive proof that these communication services played a role in the Paris attacks, the possibility still exists that extremists are increasingly attracted to the secrecy these services protect All the while, government and security officials have been increasingly sparring with many of the tech companies that create these services over how to respond

The major question is this: How do we balance privacy rights with national security interests? If you are like me, speaking as a consumer of these services, and as an American, we want to have our cake and eat it, too That is to say, we don’t want the government to act as a ‘big brother,’ infringing on our right to privacy However, many of us

door would either simply switch to services that don’t, such as the German-based app Telegram, or star t communicating in the Deep Web While the United States can tr y to compel American companies, that would not stop the development of messaging services outside their jurisdiction To make matters worse, the NSA didn’t do itself any favors by abusing their access to unencr ypted communications with cover t programs like PRISM, which in part facilitated the public’s interest in privacy and encryption in the first place Does that mean nothing should be done? Personally, in the process of researching this story, I’ve been going back and forth on both sides of the argument With that being said, I believe it’s imperative that the government, along with European governments and tech companies in Silicon Valley and around the world, must collec-

The major question is this: How do we balance privacy rights with national security interests? If you are like me, speaking as a consumer of these services, and as an American, we want to have our cake and eat it, too.

recognize instances in which there is a legitimate and lawful need for authorities to have access to personal data

The problem is that nobody has found a viable solution thus far that satisfies the authorities, the tech companies and consumers alike Legally, the law regulating encr yption is far from settled In the meantime, critics of end-to-end encryption have proposed tech companies create a so-called “back door” that allows for the companies themselves to have the means to access communications when warranted (morally, and, more importantly, legally) On the other hand, end-to-end encryption advocates, such as Apple CEO Tim Cook, believe creating a back door for the “good guys ” presents a viable back door for the “bad guys, ” whether it be terrorists, foreign governments or anyone else Additionally, security experts see the evolving tactics used by ISIS as a sign that anyone wishing to evade services that have a back

tively find some middle ground to keep us safe while maintaining our right to privacy as best as possible To have these sides defy each other with laws or software updates, rather than identify a solution, is a loss for everybody Also, to assume that terrorists will use other methods of communicating does not mean we should willingly acquiesce the mediums they might be currently using We have a system of checks and balances in place via our courts to determine whether a so-called middle ground, whatever it may be, has or has not gone beyond what the Constitution would permit The sooner these sides can collectively arrive at the best plan of action, we can work towards addressing our country ’ s main threat, rather than continuing to shooting ourselves in the foot

Ethan Berkowitz is a senior in the College of Industrial and Labor Relations Views From the 14853 appears alternate Fridays this semester

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Troy Bridson can be reached at tbridson@cornellsun com

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determine his role against Penn

After the team ’ s win against the Lions, the Red is hoping to build off of the momentum of the squad’s first victorious outcome of the season

“It’s not so much of [avoiding a letdown performance], rather keeping the momentum going,” Archer said “ That felt so good, and let’s do it again

We’ve got a ver y good team in Penn and it’s their home field and their senior day for a share of the Ivy League or maybe by themselves They’re in the race

We’ve got to focus on them, but the wind is in your sail so much more when you ’ re coming off the win ”

Archer said his team needs to keep play the “ we haven’t played our best yet ” card in order to step up their game against Penn

“ We certainly put together an amazing defensive

performance, but there were some things we wanted to clean up there, and offensively, we want to produce more than three points, so there are things we want to do there,” Archer said “It’s a great opponent and a great venue and by record, one of the best teams in the league so we want to go and show them what we can do ” For Hagy, the last game at Penn will hold even more value

“I’m glad I get to finish my career off at Penn,” Hagy said “My grandpa played football at Penn and he passed away in the early 2000’s It’s pretty cool to finish off my career where he finished off his career too It will be an awesome experience It will probably be pretty emotional, but I’m really excited for the opportunity ”

Joon Lee can be reached at joonlee@cornellsun com