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Cornell Profs Weigh In On Agricultural Act

For a good cause

By ZOE FERGUSON Sun Staff Writer

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Kevin Palm ’16 waits to donate blood at an American Red Cross blood drive in Alice Cook House Wednesday afternoon.

The Agricultural Act of 2014 — which includes changes to agricultural policies such as restrictions in the food aid budget and changes in crop insurance — has elicited varying opinions from Cornell professors and professionals in the field since President Barack Obama signed it on Feb. 7.

Prof. Andrew Novakovic, agricultural economics, defended the bill’s new policies regarding food aid and crop insurance.

Food aid programs represent 80 percent of the Agricultural Act’s projected cost, Novakovic said. The New York Times reported that the bill is projected to cut $8 billion from the national food stamp program over the next decade.

Though some have expressed disappointment over the decreased funding towards food aid, Novakovic said these cuts are intended to better American food aid and make it “harder to misuse” the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps.

“Individuals who qualify for food stamps retain access to them, but for some the automatic eligibility previously conferred will no longer be See AGRICULTURE page 5

C.U.Leads Ivies in Number City Officials Issue Flood Warning Of Peace Corps Alumni

By SLOANE GRINSPOON

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Alumna: Cornell students are ‘service-oriented’

By ASHLEY COLLIS-BURGESS

Peace Corps service,” Starr said.

“And the Peace Corps is a great way to launch a career in many of these Topping all Ivy League schools, fields.”

Cornell ranked fifth nationally Evan Delahanty ’07, a former among medium-sized universities Peace Corps volunteer, said he is in having the highest number of not surprised by the number of alumni who serve in the Peace volunteers who hail from Cornell.

Corps, according to the University.

“Cornell produces a lot of Peace There are currently 29 Cornell Corps volunteers because it is a alumni volunteers serving around good school that attracts people the world, with well-roundaccording to a ed interests and “I was ready for an University ambitions outside adventure and a press release. the classic career Ithaca is also challenge I could feel e q u a t i o n , ” the metropoliDelahanty said. good about.” tan area with “It attracts the the highest kind of practical Evan Delahanty ’07 number of do-gooders with Peace Corps an eye toward volunteers per capita, according to their own futures that the Peace a December University press Corps is ideal for.” release.

Delahanty, who served in a small The University’s relatively high village in the South American number of volunteers is due to the country of Suriname in 2012, said diverse educational background he joined the organization due to and specific skills of the student his strong aptitude for service. He body, which are “directly applicable completed multiple projects while to Peace Corps service,” said abroad, which ranged from assistPatrick Starr, Cornell’s Peace Corps ing a local youth group to stimulatcoordinator. ing renewable energy.

“The conjunction of courses of “I joined the Peace Corps because study in the agricultural school and I felt like I had more value to offer to various internationally focused See PEACE CORPS page 4 majors lend themselves very well to Sun Contributor

The City of Ithaca has advised residents to remain alert for signs of flooding over the next few weeks as temperatures fluctuate.

Temperatures are expected to melt existing snow this week, and the Ithaca area could receive up to .75 inches of rain, according to a city press release.

Through Saturday of this week, temperatures are predicted to remain in the 30s and 40s, according to the National Weather Service. Next week, however, temperatures are predicted to drop into the twenties and single digits, leading to an influx of ice.

On Wednesday, the NWS issued a haz-

ardous weather outlook, which advised residents of central New York, southeastern New York and northeastern Pennsylvania to be aware of localized ice jams flooding from rivers as a result of snowmelt and rain over the next week.

This would not be the first time ice jams would affect Ithacans.

On Jan. 7, Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 declared a local state of emergency after ice jams caused flooding across multiple city streets, when the Cascadilla Gorge completely froze, causing various road closures, The Sun previously reported.

Flooding, however, has not been the only See WEATHER page 5 KELLY YANG / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

On alert | Rising temperatures over the week may lead to ice jams and flooding, according to the National Weather Service.

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C.U.Plantations Receives $20K to Improve Displays

By ZOE FERGUSON Sun Staff Writer

This year, the Cornell Plantations will expand its interpretive displays — booklets, signs and panels that provide information on its garden exhibits — using a $20,000 grant received in December.

The money comes from the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust, a foundation that “issues grants in support education and research in ornamental horticulture,” according to the Trust’s website.

Organizations must first meet the Trust’s “funding interests and eligibility requirements” in order to be considered for a grant, the website said. The Trust awarded grants “totaling $690,000 to 42 organizations” in 2012.

The Trust also awarded the Plantations with the $20,000 grant in 2012, which helped install six new interpretive signs and an audio tour in the F.R. Newman Arboretum, according to Sarah Fiorello, interpretation coordinator for the Plantations.

The money received this year will allow the Plantations to complete installation of the signs outlined in their 2009 Interpretive Master Plan, which includes interpretive weatherproof booklets and outdoor panels, which will be installed in the Botanical Garden, Fiorello said.

The rest of the money — which must be used in 2014 — will be used to “design and fabricate six outdoor interpretive panels,” Fiorello said.

Six new panels will be erected at key entrances to the Winter Garden, Young Flower Garden, Conifer Collection and Rhododendron Collection, according to

ANTHONY CHEN / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Take a walk | The Cornell Plantations will install new signs, waterproof booklets, and panels as part of a $20,000 grant from the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust. Pictured above is the Lewis Educational Center at the Plantations.

Fiorello. One panel will also be placed near the A.D. White House Garden. “[The panels will] provide visitors with an overview of the meaning behind each garden,” Fiorello said. “We envision that this information will provide visitors with a deeper appreciation of the garden and help them get the most out of their exploration of the garden.”

In addition to the six panels, the grant also allows Cornell Plantations to design and install eight interpretive booklets in the Flower Garden. The booklets are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act and weather resistant, according to a press release from the Plantations.

“The purpose of these booklets is for visitors to gain an appreciation for the importance of ornamental plants,

Around the Ivies Harvard Students Receive Their Valentine’s Match Through Survey Over 3,600 students at Harvard University participated in Datamatch — a survey distributed by the Harvard Computer Society, The Harvard Crimson reported Wednesday. An algorithm then determined compatible matches on Valentine’s Day morning for students who participated based on their answers to the survey.

Columbia Hosts Engineering Week Columbia University will celebrate the official kickoff of the School of Engineering and Applied Science’s 150th anniversary with Engineering Week, The Columbia Daily Spectator reported. The University will host networking events, an IMAX screening of Hubble 3D and a trivia and barbeque night, among other events.

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New York State Assembly Member Barbara Lifton speaks about environmental policy during the Interfaith Climate Justice “Inquiry to Action” Group’s meeting Wednesday.

not just as beautiful garden elements, but as truly significant cultural icons,” Fiorello said.

Seven of the booklets will feature flowers depending on which ones are in season, according to Fiorello. These books will contain information about how each plant has been depicted in art, ritual and religion throughout the world. They will interchange as the flowers bloom.

The eighth booklet will remain in the garden all season and serve as an “overall introduction” to the “language of flowers,” according to Fiorello.

“By understanding a bit more about the meaning behind each garden, [visitors] can take a closer look at their surroundings,” she said.

Zoe Ferguson can be reached at zferguson@cornellsun.com.

‘Food Hubs’ Improve Local Economy, C.U.Study Shows

By ALISHA FOSTER Sun Staff Writer

In response to an increased demand for locally sourced food, “food hubs” — local networks for distributing produce — have become more common in the region, which can serve as links between farmers and their expanding customer bases, according to a Cornell study.

According to Prof. Todd Schmit, applied economics and management, medium-scale farmers have faced barriers in distributing a sufficient amount of produce because farmer’s markets — such as the Cornell Farmers’ Market — do not address a wide enough audience.

“There’s renewed interest in the types of organizations that can aggregate, market and distribute products from a number of producers,” he said. “So we’re seeing more financing and public policy attention towards developing food hubs.”

Schmit — who worked with Becca Jablonski grad and David Kay M.S. ’93 — published in December the results of a three-year study on the local economic impact of food hubs.

The study focused on New York food hub Regional Access as part of their assessment, and the researchers interviewed producers and consumers across New York with whom the hub interacted with.

According to Jablonski, the researchers found that food hubs can improve local economies, which benefit farmers and customers alike.

“Farmers overwhelmingly reported that they can sell more products because of food hubs,” Jablonski said. “We talked to over 300 business customers and individual households, and they reported that they had better access to local food. So overall it improved the picture.”

The goal of the study was to develop a

methodology for assessing the impact of food hubs, which had not previously existed, according to Schmit.

“What we wanted to do was develop a framework for evaluation of [food hubs] with particular attention to the economic multiplier impacts and impacts on communities,” he said.

Food hubs did have a negative effect on distributors of nonlocal food — for every dollar sale made by food hubs, 11 cents were lost to other distributors — the overall effect on local economies was positive, Jablonski said.

“As a farmer selling to a food hub you now have to plant more acreage. In order to plant that acreage you have to buy more seeds, you’re getting more labor probably too, and you’re paying those laborers wages and those wages are spent then in the local economy,” Jablonski said. “So think about all of that additional spending, all of that economic impact that occurs because of these additional sales.”

The study did not assess whether farmers’ market sales were offset by food hub sales, Jablonski said. Farmers’ markets do not qualify as food hubs because they serve as a central location where customers go to buy produce rather than transporting and distributing goods to customers.

Jacob Miller ’14, co-president of the Cornell Farmers’ Market, said he believed that farmers’ markets are still extremely valuable despite reaching a smaller consumer base than food hubs do.

“There’s so much passion that exists in a farmer’s market that I [don’t] necessarily feel that I’ve been exposed to [in other contexts],” Miller said.

Alisha Foster can be reached at afoster@cornell.edu.

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Peace Corps Provides Unique Life Experience, Alumni Say PEACE CORPS

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myself and the world than I was capturing with my standard career,” Delahanty said. “I was ready for an adventure and a challenge I could feel good about.”

Danielle Stoermer M.D. ’13, who served in Senegal for the Peace Corps from 2009 to 2013, said Cornell

has a strong presence in the organization due to the service-oriented nature of the students.

“Cornell produces so many Peace Corps volunteers because of its strong international programs and because the students who attend Cornell are very service oriented and interested in giving back to their communities,” she said.

Stoermer added that she was able to gain life experiences that differ from the typical classroom education

by joining the Peace Corps.

“I have gained … a better understanding of how to design and implement effective development programs, a new family and lots of friends and a continued desire to keep working in international agricultural development,” Stoermer said.

Ashley Collis-Burgess can be reached at amc483@cornell.edu.

Law Allowing Keystone Pipeline Struck Down LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska judge on Wednesday struck down a law that allowed the Keystone XL pipeline to proceed through the state, a victory for opponents who have tried to block the project that would carry oil from Canada to Texas refineries.

Lancaster County Judge Stephanie Stacy issued a ruling that invalidated Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman’s approval of the route. Stacy agreed with opponents’ arguments that the law passed in 2012 improperly allowed Heineman to give TransCanada Calgary-based Corp. the power to force landowners to sell their property for the project. Stacy said the decision to give TransCanada eminent domain powers should have been made by the Nebraska Public Service Commission, which regulates pipelines and other utilities.

A spokeswoman for Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning said the state will appeal the ruling. Heineman said he supports the decision to appeal.

“This is an important issue for the State of Nebraska,” he said.

Stacy’s decision could cause more delays in finishing the pipeline, which is critical in Canada’s efforts to export its growing oil sands production. It also comes amid increased concerns about the dangers of using

trains to transport crude oil after some high-profile accidents — including a fiery explosion in North Dakota last month and an explosion that killed 47 people in Canada last year.

A spokesman for pipeline developer TransCanada said company officials were disappointed and disagreed with the decision, which came in a lawsuit filed by three Nebraska landowners who oppose the pipeline. The company planned to review the ruling before deciding how to proceed.

“TransCanada continues to believe strongly in Keystone XL and the benefits it would provide to Americans — thousands of jobs and a secure supply of crude oil from a trusted neighbor in Canada,” said spokesman Shawn Howard.

Foes say the pipeline would carry “dirty oil” that contributes to global warming and are also concerned about a possible spill.

The proposed pipeline route would cross through Montana, South Dakota, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, which have already approved their segments, and company officials have previously argued that cutting through Nebraska was the most direct, practical way to transport the oil.

A reroute around Nebraska could bring more states into the mix and would lead to further expensive delays.

For the Nebraska Public Service Commission to act, state lawmakers may have to pass a new pipeline-sitting law. If they do, it’s not yet clear how long the five-member PSC might take on the issue or whether it would approve the pipeline. Staff members were still reviewing the ruling Wednesday, said Angela Melton, the commission’s attorney.

Dave Domina, the landowners’ attorney, said in a statement that the ruling means TransCanada has “no approved route in Nebraska.”

“TransCanada is not authorized to condemn the property against Nebraska landowners.

The pipeline project is at standstill in this state,” he said.

The Keystone XL would carry 830,000 barrels of oil daily from Canada to Texas Gulf Coast refineries. In its latest environmental analysis, the U.S. State Department raised no major environmental objections to the $7 billion pipeline. Opponents disagree, saying the pipeline threatens ground- and surface water and would disrupt soil in the Nebraska Sandhills, a region of grass-covered dunes used as ranchland.

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available,” Novakovic said. He added that the bill addresses loopholes in the system, so that people cannot rely on their existing eligibility to get food stamps.

Prof. Harry de Gorter, applied economics and management, criticized the augmented crop insurance program, though he did not comment on the changes in food aid.

One of the policy’s provisions would eliminate $5 billion in crop subsidies for farmers and replace these subsidies with an insurance program that would help farmers only when needed, The New York Times reported.

“The bill provides for a supplemental crop insurance program that will distort production decisions,” de Gorter said.

According to Novakovic, specialty products industries — which includes the dairy industry — will see new special programs like the Dairy Product Donation Program, which will help provide dairy to lowincome populations if dairy production is too low.

Novakovic said these changes represent continuing support to specialty products industries and improved insurance systems. de Gorter, however, said he believes the bill indicates a return to less effective farm policies.

“U.S. farm policy is in danger of reverting to a more interventionist stance with regard to farmers’ decisions about plant[ing] major field crops,” de Gorter said. He added that the elimination of direct payments to farmers was “laudable,” but he said he disagreed with the proposed system of target prices.

Novakovic said the contents of the Agricultural Act are “more in the domain of evolutionary change, [rather than] revolutionary.”

He also cited several changes in the bill that serve to “enhance” existing programs, saying that the “basic framework” of American agriculture and food policy is sustained, if not improved, by the farm bill.

Steve Ammerman, New York Farm Bureau public affairs manager, said that the farm bill is “a far-reaching bill for New York agriculture.” “[The bill is] an investment into New York’s diverse agricultural community,” Ammerman said. “It will have a positive impact for farmers by giving them greater certainty as to what the farm policy is in this country.”

As new programs that will allow states to invest into many areas of agriculture, including farmers’ market development and assistance for local farms are instituted, “people will notice,” Ammerman said.

De Gorter, however, said the alterations in the bill, particularly in crop insurance, would invite “distortions” in producers’ incentives.

These “distortions,” he said, encourage farmers to plant according to government payment programs rather than market signals. He said the farm bill has “implications” for not only U.S. agribusiness, but international trade and the environment.

The bill will be up for revision in 2018, according to Novakovic.

Zoe Ferguson can be reached at zferguson@cornellsun.com.

Slips Increase Due to Ice WEATHER

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concern for Ithaca residents.

According to WHCU, an Ithaca news and radio station, as of 8 p.m. Wednesday in Tompkins County there are over 3,000 power outages, many of which are in the town of Lansing.

Prior to this week’s temperatures, this winter has been particularly harsh, according to Lt. Tommy Basher, public information officer for the Ithaca Fire Department.

“It seems like it has been a brutal winter. It hasn’t been the worst that we’ve had, but it’s been bad,” Basher said.

The Ithaca Journal reported Wednesday that the Tompkins County 911 emergency center has reported increased slips on the ice,

as well as car accidents on country roads.

“We’ve had worse temperatures, and a higher rate of snowfall for sure,” Basher said. “All these things together will cause more accidents.”

According to Basher, the car accidents have been predominantly caused by drivers following other drivers too closely, or driving too quickly on slick winter roads.

Basher said, however, the accidents have not been particularly bad, with most of them being fender benders or cars drifting off the roads. “[The weather] is just part of living in upstate New York,” Basher said. “We all just need to slow down a little.”

Sloane Grinspoon can be reached at sgrinspoon@cornellsun.com.

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OPINION

Nicholas Kaasik |

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Editorial

A Call to Increase Access to Internships

BROWN UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH that starting this summer, its administration will provide select students with funding to complete one internship or research experience during their undergraduate career. By 2018, Brown plans to expand the program to all students receiving need-based aid. At a time when employers strongly emphasize summer work experience, we commend Brown’s ambitious but worthwhile attempts to alleviate the financial pressures that prevent many students from accepting unpaid internships. While we laud Cornell’s current efforts — including academic programs and scholarships — we believe that the University could expand its existing programs and create other opportunities to make unpaid internships more accessible to students who qualify for financial aid.

While contending with a lack of compensation, unpaid interns must nonetheless bear the full costs of housing, travel and other living expenses for the summer. For many students who receive need-based aid, this is simply unfeasible. In an Oct. 23 editorial, we condemned unpaid internships, which put lower-income students at a distinct disadvantage compared to their wealthier peers. While we maintain that interns should receive fair payment for their work, unpaid internships are still a reality in today’s job market. Until compliance with the guidelines set forth by the U.S. Department of Labor in the Fair Labor Standards Act becomes the norm, the burden must fall on Cornell to fight for equal opportunities for all students. In addition to the benefit conferred upon students, the University stands to gain from ensuring its graduates will be competitive in the job market.

At Cornell, certain scholarship programs offered by the University provide stipends for students who undertake internships in certain fields. For example, the Chaim and Ida Miller Award has, in the past, helped students in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations pay for certain expenses that would have “otherwise been prohibitive” to taking an unpaid internship. Additionally, the Harrop and Ruth Freeman Fellowship is available to students studying peace and conflict studies who pursue unpaid internships. For many of these programs, however, demonstrated financial need is not a requirement for eligibility — and it should be. While there are other programs that will relieve some students of the Summer Expected Savings requirement associated with their financial aid packages, availability for these tuition breaks is described as “limited” and “first-come, first-serve.” We believe that these programs are effective for those who can access them, but we urge the University to follow Brown’s lead and work toward expanding this support to more of the student body.

We recognize that Cornell’s funding is not unlimited, and that there are, at any given time, a number of services worthy of receiving additional University resources. We would not recommend that the University finance summer work experiences by drawing funding away from traditional academic financial aid. But given the growing importance of internships as a key component of the undergraduate experience, Cornell should target its fundraising efforts at creating and supporting programs that can help make these opportunities accessible to all students.

Public Editor

A Call to Increase Investigative Journalism W

hile the editors and reporters of The Sun should begin expanding its inThe Sun continue their never- depth reporting by asking “why” more ending work seeking to better the often. Asking “why” should become a cenquality of the newspaper, going forward, tral part of the paper’s news coverage. their efforts should focus on improving The Often, the answer will be simple, uncontroSun’s capacity for in-depth reporting. As my versial and unworthy of further investigacolumn previously called for in 2012, The tion or reporting. Still, failing to ask “why” Sun should focus more on going beyond may result in dire consequences, leaving talking points and press releases: It should The Sun ignorant to key opportunities for continue developing its capacity for inves- investigation or, when appropriate, mucktigative journalism. raking. In short, “why” is the most imporThe pride and purpose of independent tant question an independent media orgamedia organizations is to offer, when appro- nization could ever ask. priate, a dissenting view: They may ask difThe editorial board of The Sun should ficult questions and serve their essential role also consider establishing an investigative as watchdogs on behalf of their readership. reporting series, perhaps in a similar vein to The Sun’s masthead prominently displays The Ithaca Journal’s “Spotlight” exclusive the phrase “Independent Since 1880.” The reports that focus on in-depth reporting. A Sun should give more meaning to this pro- regular series dedicated to investigative claimed independence by developing a pieces would encourage The Sun to approgreater capacipriately ty for conductattend to its ing investigarole and The Sun should focus more on tive reporting. responsibiliIt doesn’t really ty as an indegoing beyond talking points and matter if The pendent Sun is indemedia orgapress releases: It should continue pendent if nization. developing its capacity for their reporting Even when is limited to the news is investigative journalism. faithfully lighter, as it regurgitating is with some University of the press releases. It would be a shame if this is “Spotlight” reports, The Sun would still where the newspaper’s reporting ended. stand to gain from training that investigaIndependence is a powerful, central tive muscle, preparing itself for future stocharacteristic of a great newspaper. The ries with greater potential for in-depth freedom to serve as a voice for the student exploration. body, not as an agent of the University, is Whether or not The Sun creates an one of the defining differences between The investigative reporting series, it is important Sun and publications like the Cornell that the paper continues to ask “why.”

Chronicle. This distinction loses much of Asking difficult questions and following up its significance, however, if The Sun’s cover- until adequate answers are received, or age is limited to the reiteration of informa- reporting on why the paper was unable to tion issued by the Cornell Division of obtain a satisfactory answer, is a major way University Communications. in which The Sun must differentiate itself It is easy for me, as the Public Editor of from the Cornell Chronicle and other allThe Sun, to call for investigative journalism campus email announcements from from the sidelines. The much more difficult University officials. Improving The Sun’s task is, of course, developing a capacity for in-depth reporting will not only create a and actually conducting such in-depth lasting positive legacy for the editorial reporting. Quality investigative journalism board and the newspaper, but it will also may feel like (and may be) a high demand benefit the entire Cornell community by for a student newspaper staffed and run by ensuring that The Sun serves as a watchdog volunteers. However, implementing more for all of us. I implore the editorial board to investigative journalism is a task important make this one of their prime contributions enough to The Sun’s readership to warrant to our fair alma mater. pursuing. Watchdog journalism is a powerful tool that can improve our communities by holding those in power accountable to Nicholas Kaasik is a third year in the Cornell Law their actions, and there is no reason that School and The Sun’s Public Editor. He may be this student paper shouldn’t provide this reached at nek43@cornell.edu. The Public Editor’s column appears periodically this semester. crucial service to the Cornell community.

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OPINION

Eric Pesner |

Dems Discuss

Creating a Problem to Solve a‘Problem’ I

f you listen to standard Republican talking points, you might think that elections in this country are stolen all the time.

Republicans harp on fanciful tales of people voting multiple times, the dead casting ballots and fictional citizens being registered to vote.

But is voter fraud an actual problem in the United States?

In 2005, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott launched an investigation of what he called a voter fraud “epidemic” in his state.

Concluding his investigation in 2008, he found that only 26 prosecutable cases of fraud occurred during the three year period of scrutiny. And in a second Texas investigation of voter fraud, conducted between 2008 and 2010, only five cases of fraudulent activity were discovered of the 13 million votes cast during the same time interval. Not exactly an epidemic. Such is the case throughout the country.

Still, despite the small number of voter fraud incidents that have been uncovered, the Republican Party still proposes the introduction of voter identification laws, which would stipulate that voters would need to show photo identification before being able to cast their ballots. This is not to mention that the majority of voter fraud cases Abbott prosecuted was committed through absentee ballots: Rarely malicious, these cases were mostly the result of simple mistakes in completing

absentee voter forms. And in any case, the 1.6 percent drop in voter turnout. Effectually proposed voter identification laws wouldn’t disincentivizing Americans to vote by instiprevent these errors anyway, because the laws tuting hoops to jump through, these laws decrease legitimate voting at a rate that far only affect in-person voting.

Not only are these laws inadequate for outpaces that of voter fraud. preventing the minuscule cases of voter fraud While these laws are a burden to everyone, that actually do occur, but they also impede they prove to be more cumbersome for cerAmericans’ ability to exercise their right to tain demographic groups. While only 8 pervote by hindering legitimate voters without cent of white voters don’t have photo identification, 25 pervalid photo cent of black identification such as a driver’s Not only are these laws voters don’t, license or passinadequate for preventing the according to port. According minuscule cases of voter fraud, ... the American Civil Liberties to a 2006 study but they also impede Americans’ Union. It isn’t conducting by ability to exercise their any coinciNew York University, 11 right to vote. dence that Republicans percent of are passing American adults have no photo identification. This may these laws that disproportionately affect black include anyone from college students living voters –– a predominantly Democratic voting outside their home states to a group of nuns bloc.

In addition to passing voter identification living in a retirement home.

One option for voters without valid photo laws, Republicans are pushing other crackidentification is to procure state-issued identi- downs on voting rights such as reducing early fication from a government office. However, voting periods, banning early voting on this can prove costly, time-consuming or even Sundays and pushing forward the cutoff for impossible for some poor, rural and elderly registration. Black voters, who are more likevoters. The other option is to simply not vote. ly to vote early, register late and lack photo In fact, a 2011 Harvard study concluded that identification, may be more greatly inhibited voter identification laws are associated with a by these provisions. For example, a popular

practice among some black voters is to head directly from church to polling places on Sundays, a custom which would be rendered impossible under these new laws. Clearly, these laws are not solely about preventing voter fraud –– they are deliberate attempts to make it harder for Democrats to vote.

In addition to targeting non-white voters, these laws take aim at young voters as well.

The end of teenager pre-registration in North Carolina disenfranchised those who turn 18 years old shortly before Election Day. And in Texas, student identification cards can’t be used as voter identification.

Republicans claim that voter identification laws are solely intended to prevent voter fraud –– a nearly non-existent problem that, in any case, these laws do little to prevent.

However, because Republicans seek to pass other voting restrictions in addition to voter identification laws, we can see that their true intent is to simply impede the legitimate voting of Democratic-leaning Americans. The Republican Party is underhandedly attempting to gain an undue advantage at the ballot box. These laws make a mockery of the American electoral system and should be eliminated.

Eric Pesner is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at erp55@cornell.edu.

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ver the past several years, a number of states have be skeptical that elections reflect the true will of the electorate. added a new requirement that a government issued That skepticism is compounded by frequent media reports photo identification be presented at the ballot box in that voter rolls across the nation include many noncitizens order to vote. These laws protect the integrity of the ballot and presently incarcerated felons. It is no wonder that a box by requiring that a voter prove that he or she is the voter majority of Americans support voter identification laws in whose name appears in the voter roll. In all states that have nearly every poll commissioned on the subject. enacted this requirement, free voter identifications are availDo voter identification laws completely solve these probable to those who are registered to vote. lems? Unfortunately, no. Efforts to remove ineligible voters Despite the availability of cost-free identifications, a num- from the rolls must also be a priority. But reducing the likeliber of criticisms have been leveled against voter identification hood of false impersonation is a good start to reform. We laws. These criticisms usually fall into three categories. The shouldn’t let the imperfect be the enemy of the good. first school of thought deems such laws unnecessary, the second posits that even if there were an identifiable problem, voter identification laws don’t solve it and the third contends that voter identification laws are discrim- Voter identification laws also serve an inatory in that they aim to reduce the turnout of certain important purpose beyond preventing instances of fraud; they increase the groups for partisan reasons. I will address each in turn.

Opponents of voter identification laws point to the public’s confidence in the integrity lack of successful prosecutions for voter fraud as proof of elections. that it is a made-up problem. But voter fraud is understandably hard to detect. The voters who are most susceptible to fraud –– those who do not turn out to vote –– are also the least likely to find out that someone voted in But opponents of voter identification requirements make a their name. Furthermore, with voter rolls in such disarray final, more serious charge. They allege that voter identificathat, according to a Pew Research Center Study, 1.8 million tion laws are merely attempts by Republicans to disenfrandead people are registered to vote, is it surprising that it is dif- chise constituencies that tend to vote Democratic. These laws, ficult to find evidence of people voting fraudulently? they say, are inherently discriminatory –– even reminiscent of Even given that difficulty, however, cases of voter fraud are the Jim Crow era. not unheard of. One hundred seventy-seven people were conCritics are certainly correct when they say that some groups victed of voter fraud in Minnesota’s prominent 2008 Senate have higher rates of photo identification possession than other race between Norm Coleman and Al Franken. Nor is the groups. But that alone does not prove that this is unacceptable problem isolated to one region: When New York City’s discrimination for partisan gain for three reasons.

Department of Investigation decided to see how difficult it The first reason is that the groups that have lowers rates of would be for 63 of their agents to vote in the names of other photo identification possession do not all have Democratic people, 61 of them succeeded in committing fraud. leanings. While it is true that racial minorities, who tend to Voter identification laws also serve an important purpose vote for Democrats, are somewhat less likely to presently possbeyond preventing instances of fraud; they increase the pub- es valid photo identification, the same is true of elderly voters, lic’s confidence in the integrity of elections. When verification who tend to vote Republican. That alone is enough to cast of someone’s identity is based solely on whether a poll worker doubt on the idea that these laws are politically motivated. If believes two signatures are a rough match, people are likely to the fact that even some discrepancies exist in who possesses

voter identification makes you worry that these laws will disenfranchise voters en masse, recall the Supreme Court’s 2008 decision in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, in which Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that the burden on the right to vote imposed by such laws was so minimal as to be constitutionally permissible. It is also important to bear in mind that identification requirements are sometimes waived for those who vote absentee or by mail, further weakening the argument that voters will be shut out from having their voices heard.

Secondly, if the critics are right that requiring an identification to vote is discriminatory, why aren’t identification requirements in other contexts similarly discriminatory? By the logic of the opposition, requiring an identification to board an airplane, purchase alcohol or even obtain prescription cold medicine, discriminates against racial minorities. Sure, you may not have a constitutional right to those things, but does that make discrimination permissible? If Attorney General Eric Holder is willing to discriminate when it comes to who gets to enter the Justice Department building by requiring identification, why shouldn’t he let states come to their own conclusions about whether the potential benefits of voter identification laws outweigh their allegedly pernicious impacts?

Finally, recent history shows how racial minorities have not been significantly prevented from voting by these laws.

African Americans and Hispanics both showed a near-record turnout in the 2008 and 2012 Presidential election, even in states that had recently instituted identification requirements.

Apparently, minorities are not as incapable of obtaining free photo identification as many would have us believe.

The movement to institute this requirement in jurisdictions across the country represents a good-faith effort to limit voting to legal voters. Contrary to what critics may say, voter identification laws are not solutions in search of problems.

Julius Kairey is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at jkairey@cornellsun.com. Always Right appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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Hai Hong Impresses With Its Assortment of Dim Sum Classics

Ithaca’s only dim sum restaurant covers all the bases when it comes to dim sum. With so many classics on the menu, which dishes stand out?

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to try some of the tasty eats described here.

TARO PIES Dim Sum delights as one of the most delicious and interestThe contrast of textures and ing types of Chinese cuisine.

With so many different and unusual combination of flavors individually unique dishes to in every taro pie make for a comchoose from, the Cantonese ver- plex yet easily enjoyable dish. sion of Spanish tapas allows Every bite of these golden puffs everyone around the table to reveals a delicious layer of warm taste everything and indulge a taro wrapped around a savory drawn out and sensual meal. shitake mushroom and pork fillTraditionally served with hot tea ing underneath a crunchy fried outer shell. during brunch time, the petite Fans of the more Soft, crisp and savory, taro pies dishes have recognizable are a favorite migrated to dim sum selecChinatowns selections of tion. and restaurants in sprawling dim-sum -steamed ROASTED cities and small pork buns and PORK BUNS towns alike, including our vegetable spring A dim sum very own rolls — just to meal is never Ithaca. Snugname a few — complete withgled in the heart of Colmay let some of out an order of legetown, Hai the more exciting buns. While Hai Hong Hong serves many fresh dim sum and lesser known offers types, the roastevery weekend dishes slip ed pork buns from 11 a.m. through the are by far the to 3 p.m. best. Known in Fans of cracks.

Cantonese as more recognizCha Siu Bao, able selections of dim-sum–steamed pork buns the fluffy steamed buns envelop a and vegetable spring rolls — just salty and slightly sweet BBQ to name a few — may let some pork center. With the perfect of the more exciting and lesser sweet and salty ratio, the warm known dishes slip through the buns showcase perfectly the comcracks. While a comfortable fort of Cantonese cuisine. selection may suffice for a munCHICKEN FEET dane Sunday brunch in Cornell’s dining halls, the daring diner Even the boldest food enthuseeking a less conventional culinary experience should venture siast may not find chicken feet

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appetizing. While the reluctance is understandable, the spicily seasoned dish may provide an unexpected, rather interesting and enjoyable experience. Comprised of wrinkled skin and soft and chewy tendons, the braised chicken feet are deep fried. They are then heavily marinated with a mixture of oyster sauce, soy sauce, chili peppers and other ingredients, providing an intense explosion upon first bite.

slices of rice flour. Seasoned with dried shrimp, shitake mushrooms and sprinkling of Chinese sausage, each slice–slightly browned on the edges–reveals a starchy texture and a briny flavor that some may find unfamiliar. While the flavor combination seems a little bizarre, the ingredients culminate in a perfectly seasoned starchy slice of turnip filled bliss.

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Rice in some way, shape or form is essential to any authentic Chinese meal. While I have loved plain white rice, it can get a delicious makeover with classic twists, which include variations of congee (rice porridge), rice noodles, and sticky glutinous rice. At Hai Hong, the steamed glutinous rice with chicken takes top prize. Lo mei gee, as it is called in Cantonese, consists of sticky rice with tender chicken and Chinese sausage wrapped tightly in a lotus leaf. Flavored with chicken and soy sauce and

infused with a hint of tea like flavor from the lotus wrap, this fragrant dish is rice made the way it was meant to be.

CRISPY EGG TARTS Pastries in Chinese food are few and far between. These flaky egg tarts with sweet custard filling are the exception. Light and buttery, the bite-sized tarts are beautifully glossy on top, a scintillating addition to any dim sum meal. They add a sweet balance to the mostly savory dishes of dim sum.

STEAMED SPARE RIBS WITH BLACK BEAN SAUCE These pork ribs cooked in fermented black bean sauce are a must try at Hai Hong. While the dish gives off a pungent aroma, the succulent marinated ribs pack a punch of flavor.

Bathed in a salty black bean sauce, the tender and juicy ribs slide easily off the bone.

Kay Xiao can be reached at kxiao@cornellsun.com.

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Isaiah Rashad Cilvia Demo Top Dawg Entertainment

O Calvin Patten Isaiah Rashad is certainly not a household name (yet), but his debut E.P. Cilvia Demo hints at a young rapper who is ready to turn himself into one. Signed last summer by Top Dawg Entertainment (the L.A.-based label that houses Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q and Ab Soul) Rashad was largely a mystery even to the most dedicated and thorough of hip-hop fans. But on Cilvia, the Tennessee-born Rashad exhibits a new voice that was obviously raised on the best of Southern rap. While the guest list is sparse, consisting mostly of a few appearances by his TDE mates, Rashad comfortably holds down the 14-track project and delivers a surprisingly smooth, thoughtful and enjoyable album.

The most obvious comparison for Rashad and Cilvia is going to be Kendrick and Section.80. However, I find that this tape sits closer to Ab Soul’s less-heralded Longterm Mentality. Both tapes demonstrate young rappers just coming into their own. There are moments of uncertainty — songs that the mature rapper will certainly look back and laugh at — but the promise of an artist who possesses cognizance of his surroundings and fantastic lyrical and rhythmic dexterity is present on both.

Rashad and Soul have similar styles too; they rap confidently, but a little quieter, playing with rhythms and dropping numerous references in metaphor-heavy rap.

Both also effectively mix the boastful joviality of rap with their deep thoughts, saving their tapes from being the exasperating sermons of J. Cole.

One of the most impressive aspects of the album is how effectively Rashad flicks between flows and style. He

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is not subtle about it either: “West Savannah” pays homage to ’90s Outkast, while “Brad Jordan” shows love for Scarface (Brad Jordan is Scarface’s real name). Master P and Webbie also get song title shout-outs. While Rashad’s influences are easy to trace, you never feel like he is stealing other rapper’s styles. Instead, akin to Chicago’s Chance the Rapper, all of these styles blend together effortlessly into a distinct sound. It is an incredible achievement, especially at such a young age. At this point in his career, Kendrick was still trying to make himself into the second coming of Lil Wayne.

Album production is handled by a group of 10 producers, most of whom are pretty much total unknowns.

Nonetheless, they produce beats that serve their role well, combining a slow Southern sound with quiet piano loops to provide an ideal template for the pensive rapper to work. It is a refreshing reflection of classic Southern beats compared to the assaultive post-Lex Luger trap beats currently emanating from Atlanta. I do look forward to seeing Rashad getting top flight beats hand-made, but for an initial E.P. these are as good as any rapper can ask for.

The actual subject matter of the album is very personal — the distorted 90-second introduction “Hereditary” sets the tone, with Rashad chanting, “My daddy taught me how to drink my pain away / My daddy taught me how to lease somebody.” Rashad’s father, who abandoned him at three, is referenced several times as a source of pain and difficulty. In “Cilvia Demo,” Rashad wonders if his newborn son will look at him the same way that he looked at his father. It is one of the strongest

Phantogram Voices Republic

Jael Goldfine It is the nature of music composed with machines and technology to possess similar sounds, similar to the that way manufactured goods are all identical. Thus, in digital genres like electronic, it is essential to avoid a mass-produced sound. Today, tools and software for music manipulation and production can be downloaded onto your average 21-year-old Daft-Punk-wannabe’s sticker-decorated Macbook. This has perhaps democratized the industry, but it has also flooded YouTube and SoundCloud with infinite pulsing, beeping, bopping and droning homemade electronic mush. This abyss of generic, B-grade electronic music makes it a competitive industry, in which risk and creativity are essential.

Voices, Phantogram’s second studio album, does not entirely fail in this respect, but it certainly is not pushing the envelope or bashing down any artistic walls. The album grinds, vibrates and pulses with a sinister, industrial theme. Amid all the buzz and machinery, this album does not quite find its groove; its inconsistencies in lyricism, rhythm and beat weaken the album and create a disconnect between the listener and the Greenwich Village duo, blurring their artistic intent. Some tracks are

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aloof to the point of being boring and others are more engaging, danceable and urgent, but their disparities make the album feel a little cluttered and off-balanced.

Phantogram has slowed down, become more dark, droning and gentle, a turn away from their first, more dynamic album Eyelid Movies. There is little real experimentation or risk on Voices, which is essential for a relatively new artist like Phantogram’s heralded sophomore album. As far as electronica semi-rock goes, it is inoffensive, yet the whining vocals and pulsing breathy beats are often pleasant. There are several haunting moments, lyrical successes and Sarah Barthel’s vocals shine as always, but over all, it would not be terribly difficult for this album to get mistaken by non-connoisseurs of electronica (such as myself) for musical pulp.

Thematically, the album jumps around. The first several tracks are brooding, spacey and paranoid, playing with sanity, reality and illusion. The piece then gets a little crisper and brighter, varying track to track, from screechy melodies to lighter love songs. “Nothing But Trouble,” a soft buzzing song to go insane to, includes the eerie standout line, “they’re eating all my shotgun

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cuts and it showcases his very capable singing on the hook along with his prodigious rhyming (“The hung soul a rapper goes rapping those wrapping woes up / Defying foes, lying toes, weapons on tuck”).

Demonstrating his flexibility, Rashad has a three track highlight reel juxtaposing songs about weed, race and love. “R.I.P. Kevin Miller” is a Southern rap referenceheavy track built around a catchy hook of “We live for weed and money,” and it is followed by “Ronnie Drake,” which focuses on the death, crime and discrimination that pervade black communities. Finally, the Outkast homage “West Savannah” sees Isaiah singing about falling in love while listening to Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik. Not many artists have the range to rap/sing so thoughtfully on such distinct subjects.

The final track, “Shot You Down,” is a remix of a song Rashad had released last fall and features Jay Rock and Schoolboy Q. All three artists give excellent verses, with Schoolboy taking the cake in reflecting on his growth from felon to rap star and talking about the much delayed Oxymoron. As good as it is though, I think it is a shame that Schoolboy gets the last verse on the album.

Given how personal and impressive Cilvia Demo was, Rashad merited the finishing note. Regardless, with such a profound debut E.P., I have no doubt that Isaiah Rashad will have his voice heard again soon.

Calvin Patten is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at cpatten@cornellsun.com.

smiles.” Later, the catchier “Fall In Love” becomes guilty-pleasure grotesque: “ Love, it cut a hole into your eyes … now you’re burning alive.” Lyrically, Phantogram can’t seem to find a consistent theme.

Other songs have an indie softness about them that confuses and disconnects the album. In “Never Going Home,” a track that steps away from Voices industrial grind, Josh Carter repeats the romantic refrain, “If this is love, I’m never going home,” creating a perfect blurry song for summer nights. “Bill Murray,” a quirkily-titled, dreamy ballad about loneliness and loss, apparently intended to conjure the image of a forlorn Bill Murray, also falls along these lines.

One deeply redeeming quality that pervades the album is the ethereal wail of Sarah Barthel’s vocals.

Soulful and synthy, sometimes howling and sometimes hauntingly soft, she distinguishes the album from homemade electronic mush. In one surprising moment, probably my favorite of the whole album, “Blackout Days” drops from echoey buzzing to a sweet piano interlude, during which the lights go out, the machines turn off and we can really hear Barthel’s voice. Transparent, quiet clarity is not what someone listening to Phantogram (or electronic in general) is looking for, but the moment of silence and voice that breaks the continuous grind and churn is truly lovely.

All in all, Voices does have some stand-out bits and pieces — Barthel’s vocals, an engaging industrial drone, surprising acoustic moments, a good love song here and a wailing urgent track there. An avid folk fan who generally shies from electronic or techno, a few songs will definitely make my morning walk-to-class playlist, but unfortunately, it does not hold together cohesively enough to add up to a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.

Jael Goldfine is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences.

She can be reached at jog8@cornell.edu.

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Ellie Goulding

Sisyphus

“Goodness Gracious”

“Alcohol”

By Caitlan Sussman

By James Rainis

Known as “England’s Sweetheart,” pop darling Ellie Goulding has shown wonderful versatility throughout her career — from her heartfelt and sentimental cover of Elton John’s “Your Song,” to the more recent powerful and hypnotic single “Burn.”

In her latest single, “Goodness Gracious,” Goulding draws on the power of “Burn” while still maintaining the light and airy quality present in all of her work.

A collaboration with Fun. frontman Nate Ruess (co-writer of Ke$ha’s “Die Young”), this is the third single released from Goulding’s 2013 album Halcyon Days. Although Russ mostly takes a background role in “Goodness Gracious,” his impactful melodic sense and lyricism perfectly balance Goulding’s raw but charming presence.

Goulding channels her inner L.A. girl in this track — in the music video she appears dressed in various sequined or neon outfits and the video opens with a view of the iconic Sunset Boulevard palm trees. The catchy refrain and lively dance beat make the single sound less like classic Goulding and more akin to pop princesses like Katy Perry. Complemented by a textured synth-pop background, Goulding’s sugary, fairy-like voice shines through the track, floating over the tropical texture as she sings about a love that she just can’t shake.

Sufjan Stevens may still be intrinsically associated with the tweeness of his since-abandoned 50 States project and his songwriterly preoccupation with Christmas, but let’s not forget the apocalyptic synthetic orchestras that dominated Stevens’s last full-length, Age of Adz. With Sisyphus, his collaboration with alt-rapper Serengeti and producer Son Lux, Stevens returns to that darker-edged sound. On “Alcohol,” Serengeti deftly rides a swaggering, squelching beat with an assonance-happy flow that reads more like the paranoid ramblings of an escapee from a militant Alcoholics Anonymous compound than the transcript of a traditional booze-obsessed rap song. Its twitchiness is compelling enough, but the track really sinks into its own with the two-and-a-half minute coda, which sees the chaos resolve into a sea of twinkling bells, amorphous vocals and that ever-persistent drum cadence. Whatever Sisyphus has in mind for its March debut LP, let’s hope that it is less a rehash of “Chicago” and more lyrics like “suck on your dick with the devil’s integrity.”

Caitlan Sussman is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at cms447@cornell.edu.

James Rainis is a senior in the College of Agriculture at Life Sciences. He can be reached at jrainis@cornellsun.com.

Childbirth “I Only Fucked You as a Joke”

Todd Terje

By Alice Anichkin

“Delorean Dynamite”

Todd Terje initially made a splash with the excellent “Inspector Norse” in 2012. The bouncy Balearic beat of that track represents a quirky spin on the space disco soundscapes that fellow Norwegian musician Lindstrøm effortlessly churns out. The follow-up track, “Strandbar,” showed Terje experimenting with house sounds to create a rougher sound and “Delorean Dynamite,” a highlight cut from his debut album It’s Album Time (April 2014), shows Terje bringing that experimentation to its conclusion. Terje pulls out all the stops — a chugging and groaning bass, pitch shifts, Ibizan synths. Then in the middle of the song he reveals one more ace up his sleeve: a funky guitar riff that is his best hook since “Inspector Norse.” Terje continues to delight in his own weird, eccentric, and endearing way.

We’ve all been there, right? “I Only Fucked You As A Joke” is a hilarious punk anthem from Childbirth, a newborn band hailing from Washington. The album, It’s a Girl!, can only be purchased in digital form for five dollars, hinting at the group’s relative obscurity. The song sounds like a forgotten track from the Bloodhound Gang, with a yelping chorus line — a hook that is a repetition of the title — and garage rock beat. If the title wasn’t indicative enough, the song is about a one-night stand that would preferably be forgotten. It comes from the perspective of a woman, who prays she is not pregnant and definitely does not want to be your girlfriend.

While the lyrics are hardly poetic (“You’re not that cool and you look like a troll”), the beat is extremely catchy, to the point where you might find yourself tapping along well after it is done, and perhaps even muttering the chorus. The beauty of “I Only Fucked You As A Joke” is that it hasn’t been edited and muddled with synth. Instead, the song delivers a crisp mix of electric guitar and drums that is devilishly good. The song is only a minute and forty-five seconds, which is disappointing, but makes it perfect for constant repeat.

Kai Sam Ng is a junior in the School of Industrial Labor Relations. He can be reached at kng@cornellsun.com.

Alice Anichkin is a sophomore in the School of Industrial Labor Relations. She can be reached at aa652@cornell.edu.

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Homeless Selfies: Pop Culture,Class and the Internet

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fter spending an underwhelming evening at Dunbar’s last week (this is the part where I try to pretend that I totally go out to all these nightspots that all the kids are getting “wasted” and “rachet” at), I attempted to introduce some friends to the brilliance of the silly and hyper-referential FX spy comedy Archer. Something about the show’s charm was lost in translation: even these people who tolerate my slavish pop-culture obsession and penchant for making in-jokes directed only at myself were finding the show’s absurd banter a little disorienting.

Like NBC’s Community, Archer rewards listeners who excel at a particularly arcane brand of the “spot-that-reference” game. In the episodes I insisted they trudge through, there were jokes involving Muppet professor Bunsen Honeydew, the genetic aging disease Progeria, professional lacrosse and various types of pornography that are probably best explained by Sun sexperts Donny J. or Amy O. (on alternating Thursdays).

To say the least, it’s a little alienating. It is a show tailor-made for us Internet seekers, whose fervent link-chasing, Wikipedia wandering and unhealthy compulsion to Google the answers to the most trivial of questions on our phones, has turned us into sponges saturated with useless factoids.

Archer, Community and other referencebased humor provide one of the few outlets (aside from Trivial Pursuit and contributing

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listicles to humor-about-everything conglomerate Cracked) that reward such an idiot-savant-like accumulation of pop culture minutia. However, I always took such a mindset to be a harmless symptom of the insatiably curious. Those who share a love for this type of humor are nerds, but without the intellectual elitism. One-upsmanship in this field is self-consciously frivolous. After all, why take any serious pride or satisfaction in knowing a fact that anybody could just Google if it ever became imperative that they know it?

In an article on Vice that documented the rise of kids on the Internet taking Instagram selfies with homeless people (for

James Rainis Irresponsible Listening the Twitter-savvy, I highly encourage you to follow @Vice-is-Hip; it hilariously parodies Vice’s tendency towards sensationalistic, bizarre headlines), I came across a phrase that made me take pause: “too poor for pop culture.” Its author was D. Watkins, an adjunct professor at Maryland’s Coppin State University, who, in a piece for Salon, wrote of the severity of American income

inequality by pointing out how certain facets of popular culture are only available to those who can afford to partake in it. To illustrate his point, he talks about having to explain what a selfie — that ubiquitous pastime of us idle smartphone addicts, newly coined dictionary word and occasional indulgence of President Barack Obama — actually is to one of his friends. His description obliterates reams of ornately constructed think pieces with its bluntness: it is “when a stupid person flicks themselves and looks at it.”

In an interview, Watkins admits that he wasn’t aiming to crucify pop culture, but to encourage conversation about the class inequality that keeps people from experiencing it. In my music columns, I talk about the deterioration of a true mainstream since so many people are getting their music from alternative sources. Same goes with everything else: I assumed that the diverse sources of information were helping to tear down the traditional concept of an American monoculture.

I couldn’t be more wrong. Instead, a new monoculture has emerged, one that is driven not by important world news filtered through a handful of large television networks but viral videos, memes and series of GIFs being repackaged by content aggregators competing for ad revenue. And a significant portion of the American population is locked out of it: in a 2013 survey from the Pew Research Center, it was found that 15 percent of Americans — about one out of seven — do not use the Internet at all. This is not necessarily a tragedy of sorts

— the Internet has turned me into the sort of insufferable person who has to digress from a serious point in order to tell people about an amusing Twitter account — but represents a huge disparity between how people of different financial backgrounds are experiencing the world at-large. Be real: I dare you to name one of your college friends who does not get a significant portion of all their entertainment, news and communication from the screen of a laptop or smartphone.

You can’t, and that is why things like selfies with the homeless are so profoundly sad. Like schoolyard bullies torturing black sheep with inside jokes they will never be let in on, people (almost exclusively young people) are taunting a disadvantaged group of people who may not even have a clue about the medium they are being mocked in. This is not to say that we are obligated to deactivate our Netflix accounts or resist using our smartphones to find out who won the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year Award in 1997 (it’s Knickerbocker fanfavorite John Starks), but it is important for us to ground our experiences and lifestyles in the reality of this economic climate.

The Internet grants its users a great deal of power, but, the more people abuse its power for purposes of objectification, the closer we get to the Danger Zone.

James Rainis is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at jrainis@cornellsun.com.

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second chukker, allowing the teams to go into the second half with an overall score of 12-3 in Cornell’s favor.

Senior Carter Loftus replaced Bilodeau as the second half began. The Red kept its lead throughout the third chukker, though the Huskies tried to keep up with Cornell, the Red did not relinquish its lead. The match ended in Cornell’s favor, with a final score of 24-7.

Feldman scored 12 goals, Stieg tallied nine and Bilodeau added one.

According to Senior Captain Nik Feldman, the match prepared the Red well for the regional-playoffs at UConn in March.

“It was a great outing for us.

Despite having trouble playing our finesse-style game at UConn, we met the challenge well playing in a tough competitor's arena. We're now comfortable and very well prepared to play our regional-playoffs at UConn in March,” he said.

“Emerson and Carter did very well executing their roles, and if Nick plays the same game next round at UConn, we'll blow out the competition.”

Overall, both teams are looking forward to matches against the University of Virginia on Feb. 28.

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WRESTLING

Red TakesTwo Wins, Falls to Minnesota

Villalonga helps secure victory over Oklahoma

By ANNA FASMAN Sun Staff Writer

This weekend, the Cornell men’s wrestling team competed against Virginia Tech, Oklahoma and Minnesota in National Duals. While the Red was able to earn two consecutive victories, it fell to No. 1 Minnesota on Monday afternoon, 24-15, despite a hard fought match.

In its match against Virginia Tech, Cornell dominated, 34-0, not only securing a match against Oklahoma the next day, but also improving its record to 11-0. The Red was able to win its first seven matches by decision and ultimately swept the dual for the second time this season.

However, the team was not able to earn as definitive of a victory the next day against Oklahoma, barely cranking out a last minute win thanks to senior Chris Villalonga.

Villalonga found himself needing to win his match in order to advance his team, and was able to pull out an overtime win in one of the most high pressure duals of the season. He came face to face with returning NCAA champion, Kendric Maple, who had defeated him earlier in the year, yet he was able to keep calm and wrestle with poise and tenacity. Villalonga said he did not let the pressure get to him as he stepped onto the mat.

“I tried not to focus on anything else [such as] team score while I was in the match. When you get distracted that's when mistakes are made,” he said. “Our coaches always tell us to do our own individual jobs and the rest will take care of itself. So I try to just stay calm and levelheaded and focus on what I can control” The Red values mentally tough players and looks to recruit wrestlers who won’t crack under pressure, accord-

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High Stakes | Senior Chris Villalonga avenged loss to Oklahoma NCAA champion, pulling out an overtime win to advance the Red in the weekend competition.

ing to head coach Robert Koll.

“Chris has wrestled with a great deal of poise and confidence all season, so I felt good about his chances going into the Oklahoma bout. … As far as keeping our athletes calm under pressure, I always refer back to our mantra of working hard to recruit athletes who are calm under pressure,” Koll said.

With a score of, 23-20, the Red moved on to wrestle No. 1 Minnesota later that same afternoon. However, Cornell was unable to pull out the same sort of last minute victory, and fell to the Golden Gophers, 24-15. Despite an impressive win from sophomore Nahshon Garrett and three other exciting victories from freshmen Dylan Palacio and Gabe Dean and junior Jacob Aiken-Phillips, the Red also suffered some key losses, leaving them unable to recover.

Koll explained that National Duals are some of the

toughest matches all season. Not only does the Red compete against some of the best teams in the country, but it does so hour after hour for days in a row.

“It's like having your biggest match of the year, every couple hours. You have wrestlers who are going to get upset or score major upsets, and you have to get them ready to do it all over again in a short period of time,” he said.

While this sort of unique situation leaves wrestlers tired and struggling to perform at their full capacities, Koll was still able to coach the team to success throughout the weekend, even with the Red’s first loss of the season.

“The teams that do well in this environment are the teams comprised of individuals who can control their emotions,” Koll said.

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For the men, junior Zach Flood clocked in at 50.42 in the 400 followed by freshmen Jordan Sherwood and Will Gibson, a 1-2-3 finish in the event.

Freshman Wynn Curtis championed the 500 with a time of 1:06.79, and freshman Mark Tedder set a facility record and IC4A qualification in the 1000, with junior Kieran Kinnare finishing second, securing his first IC4A qualifier. Freshmen Justin Love also competed well, winning the high jump with 6'6.25".

For the women’s field squad, sophomore Camryn Goodman posted a season best in the shot put, throwing 42-8 ¾ for the win, while junior Eve Bishop placed first in the pole vault, clearing 11-4 ½.

The women’s track team had event wins in the 60 hurdles, the mile and the 1000.

Senior Zaakirah Daniels ran 8.85 in the 60 hurdles, with junior Mina Amick-Alexis coming in close behind her. Juniors Bori Tozser, Marianna Collard and Syd Williams took the top three spots in the mile, while freshmen Kathleen Naeher, Delphi Cleaveland and senior Cara Janeczko finished 1-2-3 in the 1000, respectively.

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Hortelano-Roig said. “It was pretty amazing to see a PR come up on the scoreboard, 0.34 seconds faster than my previous best.” placed second in the meet, running Hortelano has even higher hopes for 3:38.48, besting the former Cornell record the rest of the season. and logging the third best indoor time in “In preparation for the HEPS, I've run Ivy League history. a 45.4 400 split and am confident that I'm “We went into the race excited and ready to run a 1:00 in the 500. It's the only fired up because it was a great opportunity sprint event that I haven't won at HEPS, where we would be competing with sever- and I see it as unfinished business," he al competitive schools,” Wilkinson said. said. “[A] majority of them Hortelano later joined [are] in the Big 10 confersophomores Max ence … not only did we “It was pretty amazing Hairston, Larry Gibson break the nine-year-old to see a PR come up and junior Hong Cho in school record, [but] we the men’s 4X400 in seton the scoreboard.” were also competitive ting a new school record with some of the best and a No. 2 all-time Ivy Bruno Hortelano-Roig schools in Division I League performance, Track and Field.” running 3:10.14 and The second women’s earning fourth place and 4X400, composed of sophomore Rochelle an IC4A qualification. Hairston and Forbes, junior Emily Woodford, Katie Gibson went on to earn IC4A qualifiers in Woodford and senior Ryan Woolley, ran the 60 hurdles and the 200, respectively, 3:49.41, also an ECAC qualifying time. both improving their Cornell rankings.

The Distance Medley Relay, featuring On the field, senior Montez Blair won Emily Woodford, Woolley, sophomore the high jump with 7’1.75’, as senior Claire DeVoe and junior Corey Dowe, Tommy Butler trailed close behind in clocked in at 12:02.39, an ECAC qualifier third, jumping 6’9.75’’. In the shot, junior as well. Senior Emmy Shearer and sopho- Stephen Mozia placed second with an more Kristen Niedrach also had ECAC IC4A qualifying 62’2.5’’. qualifying finishes in the mile, placing The long distance runners also logged sixth and fourteenth, respectively. their fair share of ECAC qualifications.

The No.16 Cornell men’s team had a Senior co-captain Rachel Sorna ran ninth solid meet as well. Hortelano-Roig placed with 9:32.06 in the 3000 and 16:52.97 for second in the 200, running 20.84, an sixth in the 5000. Sophomore Maggi IC4A qualification, an Ivy League record Szpak also had an ECAC qualifying perand a Spanish record, earning a No.8- formance in the 5000. The 300 found ranking in the NCAA. ECAC qualifications from sophomore “Before seeing my time, I knew it had Caroline Kellner, DeVoe and senior Devin been a successful race, and seeing such a McMahon. fast time confirmed my feelings about it,” The Red also travelled to compete at

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Men’s,Women’s Polo Find Success Over Weekend

By ELANI COHEN

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This weekend, both polo teams were successful in their matches. The women’s team finished with a win against the West Shore Polo club this Saturday at home. Center.

Likewise, the men’s team was victorious in its match against the Connecticut Huskies in Storrs, Conn. on Sunday.

With a current record of 11-2, the Cornell women’s polo team went into the weekend with confidence. The match began with sophomores Devin Cox and Anna Winslow starting for the Red. Sophomore Elena Wicker stepped in as a starter for senior Kailey Eldredge, who was in England playing for the collegiate All-Star team. Both squads showed strength as the teams had back-and-forth goals throughout the first chukker. Cornell pulled through, however, ending the first chukker in the lead, 4-3. During the second chukker, the foe from the West Shore Polo club rallied to cut down the deficit. The squad managed to get four quick goals, but the Red was able to hold the lead.

The teams went into the second half with an overall score of 8-7 in Cornell’s favor. Freshman Emma Eldredge replaced Wicker in the second half. The third chukker was a tough one, but Cornell managed to stay on top.

By the beginning of the fourth chukker, the score was, 13-9. The West Shore Polo club was determined to win during the fourth chukker, netting quick goals. However, Cornell was able to keep the advantage and the match ended, 15-12, in its favor. It was a great offensive display for Cornell; Winslow scored six, Cox had five, Eldredge

Riding high | Senior captain Nik Feldman, along with Nick Stieg and Emerson Bilodeau, started on the field on Sunday and helped the Red to a 24-7 victory against Connecticut.

had three and Wicker scored two.

Similiar to the women, the men’s team also went into its match feeling prepared to take on the Huskies. Junior Nick Stieg, along with seniors Nik Feldman and Emerson Bilodeau, began the match as starters for the Red. Though the first chukker started with the Huskies

in the lead, the Red increased its aggression and closed the first chukker with a 6-3 lead. Cornell was able to shut out all of the Huskies’ opportunities to score during the See POLO page 13

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GYMNASTICS

Red Finishes Second Against Temple, Earns Best Team Score of the Season

By TUCKER MAGGIO-HUCEK Sun Staff Writer

One week before the Ivy League Classic, Cornell gymnastics posted its best team score of the season. The Red finished in second with a 191.925, just short of first place, while Temple claimed the top spot at the Shelli Calloway Invitational with a 192.325.

In addition to scoring a team high, the Red had two gymnasts win first place in bars and vault respectively.

Senior captain Lexi Schupp spoke about the team finding its rhythm in competition.

“Now that we are in the middle of

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Flying high | Senior Lexi Schupp took first on bars for the second meet in a row.

our season, the team has really started second last week, improved her score to put everything together. Our per- to a 9.750 and was able to take first formance at Towson proved that we place. Schupp was not far behind her have high skill quality and are now teammate, and scored a 9.725. able to perform on every event,”she Freshman Alexandria Bourgeois rounded out the top three with a said.

Despite scoring a point higher on the 9.700.

On the floor event, the Red had two beam this week, the event hurt the Red’s chances to catch Temple. Junior Maia freshmen finish in top spots. Freshman Vernacchia was the only Top-5 finisher Krystin Chiellini scored a 9.725, tying for Cornell, with her score of 9.675 on for the second highest score at the meet.

Molotsky the beam earning a joined her freshman tie for fifth place. “This was a great meet. teammate in the top Vernacchia was the five, earning a only member of the ... We have proven that 9.700. Sophomore Red to finish in the we are a talented, Juhlon Teixeria’s Top-10 spots. routine also scored a Yet again, the capable team.”

9.700, leaving her Red shone on the Lexi Schupp and Molotsky tied bars, winning the for fourth place. event as a team and Despite falling just short of Temple having three Top-5 finishers. With a lineup that has seen success for most of and struggling on the beam again, the season, the women continued their Schupp said she felt the meet was sucrun of form. Schupp won the bars cessful.

“I think that this was a great meet event for the second meet in a row with a 9.800, closely followed by and a great performance to have the freshman Elana Molotsky, the third week before Ivies, because we have place finisher with a 9.725. In a tie for proven that we are a talented, capable fourth place was senior Melanie team,” she said.

This week, the Red heads to Jorgensen, whose routine earned her a 9.700. The trio of Schupp, Molotsky Providence to take part in the Ivy and Jorgensen continued to shine for League Classic. Last year, the Red finthe Red, having finished in the top ished second in the classic behind three spots on the bars last week at the Brown. However Schupp said the team is ready for the challenge.

Big Red Invitational.

“There is a great, unified energy in Rivaling the high scores of the bars lineup, the women on vault also won the gym and I think that we are all the event and swept the top three excited to get to compete for that Ivy spots. Sophomores Alicia Bair and title,”she said.

Sara Schupp had success yet again this week, and continued to lead the Tucker Maggio-Hucek can be reached at Red on vault. Bair, who finished in Tmaggio-hucek@cornellsun.com.

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Keeping pace | Senior Bruno Hortelano-Roig set both Ivy League and Spanish records this weekend.

Cornell Performs Well, Breaks Records at SPIRE

By LISA AWAITEY Sun Staff Writer

The Red track and field squad took its talent to Geneva, Ohio on Friday and Saturday to compete in the SPIRE invitational. The meet was a strong showing for the Red, with both the men's and women's teams breaking Top-10 school records, while competing against several Big 10 teams. The women's team racked up a total of 15 ECAC qualifications, with the 4X400 team breaking

a nine-year-old school record. The men finished the meet with nineteen IC4A qualifications, two school records, five Top-10 Cornell performances, an Ivy record and a new Spanish record, set by senior Bruno Hortelago-Roig.

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