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More than a year after President David Skorton announced he would implement a set of diversity initiatives across Cornell, the University Diversity Council has revised the goals this month to include an assessment of their impact to date on various colleges and departments.

As part of the diversity push, which is called “Toward New Destinations,” individual colleges, professional schools and units across the University are each addressing challenges specific to their respective departments. Prof. Laura Brown, English, vice provost for undergraduate education, co-chair of the UDC, said the modifications to the initiatives now seek to determine which goals have proved the See DIVERSITY page 4

The SKAbuelos, a part of the Cornell University Jazz Ensembles and C.U. Jazz, performs at the Hans Bethe House dining hall on Monday.

Victim Details Night of Shooting Food Truck Man shot on Oak Ave. says he ‘thought he was dead’

By AKANE OTANI Sun Managing Editor

Before being shot in the buttocks on a late January night in Collegetown, a 22-year-old Ithaca man, facing his shooter pointing a gun at him, said he thought he would not live, according to court documents recently obtained by The Sun. “When he pointed [the gun] at me the first time, I thought I was dead,” Ray Tate said to Ithaca Police in the documents.

Tate, a 22 year old Ithaca resident, was wounded in the buttocks on Oak Avenue at approximately 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 29. Tyrell McCargo, a Cortland resident, has been charged with second-degree assault in connection with the shooting.

On the night leading up to the shooting, Tate’s friend, Jamal Pringle, picked him up in a

car to attend a party at Loco Cantina, according to court documents.

The party, packed with approximately 30 people — who Pringle said he went to school with — was the first place Tate saw the man he later identified as his shooter.

Tate said that he did not encounter any problems while at Loco. At around 1 a.m., however, Pringle drove Tate away from the bar, and Pringle stopped the car to talk to McCargo, according to court documents.

“I just heard them talking about a female,” Tate recounted of Pringle and McCargo’s conversation. “I told them to take me home, wrap this up.”

Although McCargo did not respond to Tate, Pringle responded, “we are out,” and drove Tate to Collegetown Bagels so he could use the See SHOOTER page 4

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Pamela Chueh ’17 sells Dragon Day t-shirts on Ho Plaza Monday. Architects celebrate Dragon Day the Friday before spring break.

‘Roundups’ May Launch This Summer

By SARAH CUTLER Sun Staff Writer

The Board of Public Works expressed enthusiasm at its meeting Monday for a proposal to allow food trucks to gather on public property around Ithaca.

Under current City of Ithaca policy, roundups –– gatherings of three to seven food trucks –– can only be located on private property, said Jes Seaver, a member of the Food Truck Association, which presented the proposal. The FTA aims to expand the trucks’ reach to public locations, including Thompson Park and Washington Park.

“Currently, if you set up your food truck [on public property], the police will come,” Seaver said.

“There’s just no policy for it.

That’s why the council is working on setting up a permit system.”

The Good Truck –– which specializes in homemade tortillas, pulled pork and tacos –– and the Circus Truck — which serves Italian and American cuisine –– will likely both be involved in the roundups, Seaver said. Crepe trucks and snowball trucks are also in the works, Seaver said, adding that many of the trucks prioritize using local ingredients.

“We would like to support these microbusinesses, and there seems to be an overwhelming response,” See TRUCKS page 5

News Animal House

The Sigma Chi fraternity was forced to turn over its pet goat to the Tompkins County SPCA. | Page 3

News Wonder Women

The Cornell Women of Color Conference explored topics such as race, gender and social justice this past weekend. | Page 3

Opinion Politically Minded

Jacob Glick ’15 argues that Cornell has always been a politcally active campus, engaged in the everchanging issues of the nation. | Page 7

Arts Talk Soup

Community and The Soup star Joel McHale sits down with Rachel Ellicott ’15 to discuss his career and the future. | Page 8

Sports Wrestlemania

After winning their seventh consecutive Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association title this weekend, Cornell wrestling made history. | Page 16

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By Thamyr Golafaie ’15

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It’s all fun and games until you wake up in your bed less than a week into the academic school year blanketed in dried vomit with no pants or underwear on. They told me that the drinking game Kings had ‘no losers’. This appealed to me because I assumed that 1) I could become emotionally involved in the game because I would not be preoccupied with my greatest fear – failure and 2) they really meant what they said, thus solidifying our friendship. Well, after much reflection I must say waking up covered in one’s dried puke without pants or underwear on qualifies as losing in any activity.

Fear of failure has domineering control over my actions.

They must have known this, and so garnished the cunning lie that Kings lacked a losing party. Like A Dream Deferred, my pride festered at the reality that I had lost; no one else playing Kings blacked out that night. They all won and I lost. (Though, I suspect that I was the only person actually drinking alcohol. Maybe everyone else had secret flasks brimming with juice that they filled their cups with when I was not paying attention.) My inability to ‘hang’ with the others enhanced my internalized infantility. It’s not enough that I do not look like the twenty-two year old that I am; I must also have the alcohol tolerance of a preschooler.

Perhaps next time when the grownups decide to play Kings they will be kind, give me a juice box, and put me down for a nap.

When I awoke, the vomit caked on the carpet indicated that an exorcism had recently occurred. Father Svedka had drained the poltergeist of sobriety from my body and now I could let The Holy Spirit of Remorse into my life.

Hallelujah! I peeled the covers back slowly. My red “Cornell 2015” shirt was covered in throw-up. I looked even further under the covers and lo and behold, I’m dressed to the nines in my birthday suit from the waist down. My mind immediately began racing. Did I go streaking last night?

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Student Creative Writing • 2 quickly as my thoughts, I wondered what my younger sister Tisha would say. I lay there in bed, half naked, and became overcome by the sinister turns the previous night could have taken.

What if, instead of waking up in my bed, I had woken up at the bottom of a gorge? I’m not a social person, so being forced to spend the rest of eternity mingling with the skeletons that are already swaying in the water down there would be horribly awkward for me.

Would the authorities excavate my body and tell my parents of the conditions that they found me in? “Mr. and Mrs. Golafaie, we have some bad news. We calculated her blood alcohol content and it was a whole number. In other words, she had enough alcohol in her body to power a small fleet of unmanned drones…and she wasn’t even wearing any pants or underwear. Our condolences.” What if, years from now when I become a Nobel Prize winning scientist, photographs from that night surface and I am stripped of my coveted accolades? At that point, I would have been shunned from, not only the world of grownups who can handle drinking alcohol, but also the science community. A nerd excommunicated from the world of nerds; I would have nothing left but a tarnished reputation.

What if I had woken up half naked on a fraternityhouse pool table? In this case, I would have to go to every known pharmacy along the Eastern seaboard and clean out their supply of Plan B emergency contraceptives. I would munch on those pills like they were skittles. Each day for the next month or so, I would scrub every crevice of my body with spermicide: behind the knees and ears; the back of my neck; in-between my fingers; under my arms; etc. I rejoiced that I either had enough sense not to leave the Ecology House or was simply too impaired to do so. Most likely it was the latter that spared me any quagmire.

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Frat Goat Leaves Former Home for Greener Pastures

By ERICA AUGENSTEIN Sun Staff Writer

Bella, the former pet goat and mascot of the Sigma Chi fraternity, left her on-campus home in the fraternity’s house for a 175-acre shelter for farm animals in Watkins Glen, N.Y., last week. The animal will remain at the shelter for the duration of its life, according to Kate Walker, the humane investigator for the Tompkins County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Walker said Sigma Chi was forced to relinquish the goat for zoning reasons. The goat was initially turned over to the Tompkins County SPCA before being placed with Watkins Glen-based Farm Sanctuary, the largest farm animal rescue and protection organization in the country.

The fraternity said it enjoyed having the goat although she was not allowed to stay.

“We loved having Bella at Greystone, and we’re happy she’s receiving the same amount of love and attention at [the farm],” a fraternity statement said.

Walker said that “one of the main issues [with a goat residing in a fraternity house] is the City of Ithaca prohibits any type of farm animal or exotic animal at all.”

Still, Walker said that the fraternity clearly cared for the goat.

“When they brought in the goat [to the SPCA], they had all the proper supplies,” Walker said. “They did seem to care for the goat,” she said, adding that “it seems to happen usually once a year, [where] we have a fraternity [in the area] get a goat as a pet.”

Susie Coston, the national shelter director of the Farm Sanctuary, said the organization rescues animals used in food production from situations of “abuse and neglect.”

Although Bella was not abused, it was removed from the fraternity house because the situation is not the natural environment for the animal, according to Coston.

“In this case, [the goat’s removal] is kind of just to raise awareness that it is not an ideal situation for an animal to be used as a mascot,” Coston said.

She said that the Farm Sanctuary learned of Bella when one of its members brought it to the attention to the group.

“We have a few members in Ithaca who had actually seen the goat, and it got around that there was a goat at a fraternity house,” Coston said.

Coston added that the situation with Bella was not unique.

“We get calls about mascots. We took in two lambs that were used in a play. In the play, the people who were acting didn’t realize was that [the sheep] have to go back to a farm,” Coston said.

She also said that Bella’s new location in the sanctuary is ideal. “[A fraternity] is a lonely place to be a goat because they function in a herd. Everyone wanted her to be healthy and happy,” Coston said. “We are just really happy that it worked out this way, and she will have the perfect life.”

Erica Augenstein can be reached at eaugenstein@cornellsun.com.

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Dancing on our own | A speaker introduces the Window Sex Project, a dance performance troupe, at the Women of Color Conference on Friday. See Window Sex Project review on page 9.

Cornell Women of Color Conference Explores Race,Gender, Social Justice

By LAUREN BERGELSON Sun Contributor

The Cornell Women of Color Coalition hosted its second annual Women of Color Conference — “Brave Bodies: Deconstructing Intersections of Identity” — in Statler Hall Friday and Saturday.

The conference began Friday night with a performance by artistactivist Sydnie L. Mosley and continued through Saturday with a resource fair and workshops on topics such as race and gender identity, women of color in the workplace, social justice and sexuality.

“Our conference is designed to create an empowering space for women of color and other members of our community to have candid discussions, hear from speakers and performers and participate in workshops,” said Jessica Guadalupe Perez ’13, publicity chair of the WOCC. Among the 70 participants at the conference, there were members of Cornell student organizations and residents of the greater Ithaca community, as well as students from Wells College and Howard University.

In addition to attracting participants outside of the Cornell community, the WOCC executive board had specific goals in mind for the

conference. According to Anna-Lisa Castle ’14, workshops chair of the WOCC, the gruop tried to expand upon the conference held last year.

“To build on what was discussed last year, we brought in topics of religious identity, gender and race in the environmental movement, in the workplace and feminist Marxist work. This year, a lot more intersections are being brought to the forefront,” Castle said.

According to Maya Mundell ’14, who attended both conferences, “The variety of workshops [this year] was more interesting. The relationship between the environment, sustainability and social justice is one example of the unique topics discussed.”

Castle said that WOCC aimed to present a wider variety of speakers and views than was provided at the previous year’s conference.

“This year, we brought in speakers with different research backgrounds and experience teaching and facilitating. There was more of a mix of voices represented,” Castle said.

Morgan Mathews, a junior at Howard University, lauded the diversity of the discussions at the conference.

“What I can appreciate the most were the different perspectives, the diversity of education and topics dis-

cussed and the practically of what was being discussed,” Mathews said.

Castle also emphasized the complexity of the issue of race in relation to gender, adding that this was a focus of the conference.

“In race-based or cultural affinity spaces, there’s not always a lot of room to talk about gender, and in gender-based or feminist spaces there’s not always a lot of room to talk about race,” Castle said. “Often, you have to choose which side of your identity to highlight, but the purpose of this conference is to create a space to empower women of color and think simultaneously in terms of gender and race.”

Participants reacted positively to the conference’s overall impact.

“The conference was very inclusive, empowering and interdisciplinary. I applaud [the WOCC] for that,” Mundell said.

Ideas have already been discussed for next year’s conference, according to Perez.

“People were already talking about next year’s conference,” Perez said. “It is wonderful to hear that the legacy, started by a group of students a couple of years ago, will continue in Cornell.”

Lauren Bergelson can be reached at lmb357@cornell.edu.

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most “workable and achievable” during the past year.

“We had intended all along to revise [the initiatives] every year,” Brown said. “Since last year was a year when people were proposing the initiatives, we needed to have a different kind of goal this year.”

The updated initiatives, Brown said, provide specific examples of how engagement and inclusion could be implemented on a college or departmental level.

For instance, to satisfy the goal of engagement, the revised plan suggests that each college appoint one faculty member to encourage underrepresented faculty members to attend activities offered by the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity, which provides resources and training for faculty members on diversity issues. To improve inclusion –– an area Brown said focuses on bettering interpersonal relationships –– the new goals encourage faculty to participate in an annual training session focused on issues of gender, race, ethnicity and disability.

Moving forward, Renee Alexander ’74, associate dean of students and director of intercultural programs, who is a member of the UDC, said the UDC hopes to make grant money available to colleges and units that might require additional funds to meet their diversity goals.

“We are encouraging people to take on the hard stuff,” she said. “Some of that might not be possible without help. We’d like to help them realize the goals of whatever they’re working on.”

Alexander also emphasized that some of the proposed initiatives may require years to reach their

fruition.

“We constantly remind ourselves that this is a marathon and not a sprint,” Alexander said. “We knew that coming out of the starting block … we had to allow ourselves room to modify and tweak and we moved forward.”

Alexander pointed to the goal within the Division of Student and Academic Services to increase the retention of black males at Cornell, who have a 75-percent graduation rate within six years –– a figure she called “unac-

“In order to really craft a meaningful initiative, one has to take a look at the source [and] the root of the problem, and that’s a multifaceted, multi-layered answer.”

Renee Alexander ’74 ceptable.”

“In order to really craft a meaningful initiative, one has to take a look at the source [and] the root of the problem, and that’s a multifaceted, multi-layered answer,” Alexander said. “We are going to stick to it, [but] we are going to be very realistic. It’s not going to happen overnight.”

Brown said the UDC will meet with the individual diversity councils of colleges and units on Wednesday to continue its assessment of the efficacy of the diversity initiatives.

“We’re excited to learn more about what they’ve been doing,” Brown said. “That will be a chance for them to demonstrate their progress to us and for us to provide our own input on what’s been going on.”

The revised initiatives also include updated definitions of two of the areas of focus: engagement and inclusion. While the plan also targets the composition and achievement of underrepresented minorities on campus, Brown said engagement and inclusion of these groups on campus is a concept that is often difficult to quantify.

“When you talk about achievement, [it’s] more straightforward,” she said. “For instance, for a faculty member, it’s about tenure. For a student, it’s about good grades or graduating on time. But … engagement and inclusion … are a little harder to define in a straightforward way. They’re a little harder to measure.”

“We want people to understand those [goals of engagement and inclusion] are equally valid,” Brown said. “We want the diversity councils to think about their own college and their own unit and what’s most likely to be work best there.”

Alexander also said that individual colleges and units should work toward implementing the goals of Toward New Destinations in a way that best suits their specific needs.

“There is a lot of room for personalizing these initiatives,” she said. “The importance of having a document that evolves is very, very important. We want people to feel comfortable doing this. We don’t want people to resent having to do it.”

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Shooter ‘Wanted His Head’, One Witness Recalled later told by a friend that he was shot because he had been “disrespectful.”

Returning home, Tate could not find his parents, who had left to search for him, according to court documents. When he found them outside, he said, “I showed them where I was shot, and we called 911.”

Tate was treated for the gunshot wound at Cayuga Medical Center, where he was deemed to be in stable condition.

McCargo is currently awaiting sentencing.

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eatery’s bathroom. When Tate returned to the car — parked on Oak Avenue — he saw McCargo walking toward him with a gun in his right hand, according to court documents.

“He said, ‘Talk that, shoot now,’ and he pointed the gun at me,” Tate said in the court documents.

Pringle grabbed both of McCargo’s arms and “told him to chill,” and Tate — who estimated he was five feet away from McCargo — said he “took off running.”

Tate, who said he believed Pringle had “[taken] care of it because it was his

friend,” returned to the car four minutes myself. I reached back by my butt and realized I had been shot, as I had blood on later.

He was met by the sound of a gunshot, my hand,” he said in the court documents.

Tate continued walking through according to court documents.

Collegetown “Another guy before meetthat was with “I reached back by my butt and ing Pringle [McCargo said] realized I had been shot, as I had “near the ‘Don’t come over blood on my hand.”

Asian food here,’” Tate said. shop.”

Tate said he Pringle started running, Ray Tate drove Tate hearing “shots hitting the ground like they were hitting my home, saying to Tate that McCargo wanted his head, according to the court docufeet.”

“I went directly across the street down ments. Pringle added that McCargo by the [Schwartz Center for the threatened to shoot him if he did not let Performing Arts] and started checking him chase after Tate. Tate also said he was

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she is optimistic about the future of the project.

“This is all baby stages, but it seems like it’s really going to move forward,” she said. she said. “People seem very interested in this conSeaver first considered the idea of creating a cept.” mobile food permit for food trucks at a meeting Council members voiced their support for the in February. After the meeting, she said she wrote roundups, which Seaver said she hopes will begin a policy proposal for a food truck roundup. in early May. The Food Truck Association would provide “I think it makes a lot of sense” to have food garbage, recycling and compost receptacles and trucks, Mayor Svante remove all waste proMyrick ’09 said dur“In the summertime, Ithacans are look- duced by the trucks, ing the meeting. according to the proing for any and all outdoor activities. ... posal. The proposal He agreed with Seaver that Thompson It’s a dining opportunity, but it’s also a also states that each Park was an “ideal food truck should pay a recreation opportunity and community- 20 location” for the trucks dollar fee for each building opportunity.” because of the large vending event, as well amount of foot traffic as an additional fee for Jes Seaver and limited number of waste removal. restaurants in the area.

Though Seaver said Claudia Jenkins, she anticipates the vice chair of the board, raised concerns, however, trucks will become a popular attraction, she said about the potential dangers of the Thompson that the association’s initial goal is just to “get it Park location. out there and try to make it happen.”

“I’m not feeling that area at all,” she said. “I “In the summertime, Ithacans are looking for think down on Cayuga Street, you’re going to find any and all outdoor activities, and these trucks are no parking, and there are going to be traffic jams. great addition to that,” Seaver said. “It’s a dining To have it there, I think that’s going to be a dan- opportunity, but it’s also a recreation opportunity gerous area.” and a community-building opportunity.”

Seaver emphasized her willingness to be flexible about the locations of the roundups, which will likely rotate from month to month. After seeing Sarah Cutler can be reached at Common Council members’ reactions, she said, scutler@cornellsun.com.

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Judge Strikes Down Ban on Supersized Sodas NEW YORK (AP) — A judge struck down New York City’s pioneering ban on big sugary drinks Monday just hours before it was supposed to take effect, handing a defeat to health-minded Mayor Michael Bloomberg and creating uncertainty for restaurants that had already ordered smaller cups and changed their menus.

State Supreme Court Justice Milton Tingling said the 16ounce limit on sodas and other sweet drinks arbitrarily applies to only some sugary beverages and some places that sell them.

“The loopholes in this rule effectively defeat the stated purpose of this rule,” Tingling wrote in a victory for the beverage industry, restaurants and other business groups that called the rule unfair and wrong-headed.

In addition, the judge said the Bloomberg-appointed Board of Health intruded on the City Council’s authority when it imposed the rule.

The city vowed to appeal the decision, issued by New York state’s trial-level court.

“We believe the judge is totally in error in how he interpreted the law, and we are confident we will win on appeal,” Bloomberg said, adding that the city would emphasize to higher courts “that people are dying every day. This is not a joke.”

For now, though, the ruling means the ax won’t fall Tuesday on supersized sodas, sweetened teas and other high-sugar beverages in restaurants, movie theaters, corner delis and sports arenas.

“The court ruling provides a sigh of relief to New Yorkers and thousands of small businesses in New York City that would have been harmed by this arbitrary and unpopular ban,” the American Beverage Association and other oppo-

nents said.

While some eateries had held off making changes because of the court challenge, some restaurants had begun using smaller glasses for fullsugar soda. Dunkin’ Donuts shops have been telling customers they will have to sweeten and flavor their own coffee.

Coca-Cola has printed posters explaining the rules.

Frames Bowling Lounge developed — and is keeping — a slate of fresh-squeezed juices as an alternative to pitchers of sodas for family parties, investing staff time, buying new glasses and changing menus.

“All that cost a lot of money — but you have to go with the flow,” executive general manager Ayman Kamel said.

Customers have started calling about the new juices, and “we’re all very excited about it,” he added.

Bloomberg urged businesses to comply despite the court ruling, and not just because the city may yet prevail.

“If you know what you’re doing is harmful to people’s health, common sense says if you care, you might want to stop doing that,” he said.

The first of its kind in the country, the restriction has sparked reaction from pizzeria counters to late-night talk shows, celebrated by some as a bold attempt to improve people’s health and derided by others as another “nanny state” law from Bloomberg during his 11 years in office.

On his watch, the city has compelled chain restaurants to post calorie counts, barred artificial trans fats in restaurant food and prodded food manufacturers to use less salt. The city has successfully defended some of those initiatives in court.

Because of the limits of city authority and exemptions

made for other reasons, the ban on supersized beverages doesn’t cover alcoholic drinks or many lattes and other milk-based concoctions, and it doesn’t apply at supermarkets or many convenience stores — including 7-Eleven, home of the Big Gulp.

The rule, if upheld, would create an “administrative leviathan,” warned Tingling, who was elected to the Supreme Court bench in 2001 as a Democrat.

The health board has considerable regulatory power, but its limits will likely be a central question in the appeal.

“I think it turns on whether the appellate division feels that the mayor has gone too far in ruling by decree in bypassing City Council,” said Rick Hills, a New York University law professor who has been following the case.

In defending the rule, city officials point to the city’s rising obesity rate — about 24 percent of adults, up from 18 percent in 2002 — and to studies tying sugary drinks to weight gain.

Critics said the measure is too limited to have a meaningful effect on New Yorkers’ waistlines. And they said it would take a bite out of business for the establishments that had to comply, while other places would still be free to sell sugary drinks in 2-liter bottles and supersized cups.

The city had said that while restaurant inspectors would start enforcing the soda size rule in March, they wouldn’t seek fines — $200 for a violation — until June.

The ruling “serves as a major blow to Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s incessant fingerwagging,” said J. Justin Wilson at the Center for Consumer Freedom, created by restaurants and food companies.

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Questioning the Need for an International Student Center LAST MONTH, THE STUDENT ASSEMBLY PASSED a vaguely-worded resolution strongly supporting the establishment of an international student center.

Cornell’s international student population surely has unmet needs; limited available financial aid is undoubtedly one. But we press the S.A. to furnish evidence that a center would ameloriate “under-support” for international students that the resolution alleges. We also challenge the S.A. to demonstrate that its support for this center comes from demand from its constituents in the international community at Cornell.

Cornell has an obligation to assist its international students as they acclimate to life in the United States. The University should provide resources to help students acquire and maintain visas, find housing, secure health insurance and manage their finances. But the International Students and Scholars Office already does this and more. ISSO offers walk-in advising services five days a week, sponsors various programs and maintains a website with extensive information on adjusting to life in the U.S. Where the ISSO’s purview ends, academic centers such as the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies aim to educate Cornellians on transnational issues.

There are also scores of multicultural student organizations that provide microcommunities for different groups within the international population.

We question whether there is a compelling interest to lump international students into a single group for social or cultural purposes. Cornell’s international population is very large — including more than 4,000 students — and very diverse, with students hailing from countless races, ethnicities, nationalities and socioeconomic backgrounds. Given the wide range of experiences of international students, it would likely be difficult to address all of their needs with a single center. We also worry that an international center could inspire social segregation, which would defeat part of the value students from abroad can gain by coming to study in a new country.

A distinction must be drawn between the proposed international student center and spaces that exist for other student interest groups at Cornell: the LGBT Resource Center, the Center for Intercultural Dialogue at 626 Thurston Ave. and the newly approved Muslim cultural center, to name a few. The groups that use these centers have clear, shared identities or histories of marginalization that necessitate shared communal space. The centers facilitate historical studies and spread awareness with the intent of dispelling stereotypes and misconceptions.

We are skeptical that a new center would meet needs of international students that the ISSO, the Einaudi Center and other centers do not already address. We hope that in considering the S.A.’s request, the University will evaluate whether the need for an international student center is pressing enough to prioritize at this time.

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he American dream is the narrative that hard work alone guarantees everyone success, regardless of race, religion or creed. This beautiful fable assumes the American experience is postracial, egalitarian and free of institutional oppression.

As an Arab and Muslim American, this dream is potentially attainable on the condition that I sacrifice the authenticity of my identities. I must bleach my race and religion so it doesn’t taint the white fantasy everyone ignorantly accepts as the American dream.

Although my identities are inherently political in the American context, I am expected to remain apolitical, silent and out of sight. I will be integrated into the American mainstream after forgoing ethnic and religious symbols, ideology and any foreign ties. To become American, I must without question, consume American imperialism, capitalism and the many products that dismantle individuality.

Those of marginalized identities must cater to the comfort of those in power; we are expected to live as model, problem or invisible minorities. The United States prides itself on being a multicultural nation. Yet we expect everyone to think, act and believe in a homogenous fashion.

Similarly, Cornell University reproduces this type of environment. Although diversity is celebrated, there is little emphasis on exploring the implications of power and privilege in this forced melting pot that is Cornell. The multiculturalism of the U.S. and Cornell serves to silence and dismiss most forms of dissent. There is a reason that I fear talking about the oppression I face by the police state, the occupation of Palestine and the exploitation of indigenous lands by imperialist powers. Fear and silence go hand in hand.

This fear to dissent translates into my experiences within my own social groups.

Generally, those who fear calling out their marginalization in the American context are also fearful of naming the oppression that occurs within their own communities.

These experiences function together to perpetuate the miserable conditions of those excluded by the American dream, without hope of escape or relief.

The combinations of my identities as an American and an Arab have left me fighting a war on all fronts. I will be jailed for speaking out against the imperialism that enslaves my people and dismissed as an extremist. Similarly, I will be ostracized for exposing the discrimination that occurs within my communities and discarded as a native informer.

Here at Cornell, these same power structures and stifling fears are preserved.

Students participate in superficial conversations about identities without mention of how imperialism, capitalism and the surveillance state create and maintain injustice. Engaging with issues of race and multiculturalism on campus takes the form of cultural showcases, distracting dances and foods that entertain and feed the very people who benefit from the exploitation of my people. I do not wish to undermine the value of cultural expression. Rather, I wish to question why the accepted form of multiculturalism on campus excludes the narrative of struggle and privilege. As a Muslim Arab, I am expected to teach the white man about the exotic features of my heritage and also educate him about Islam in an apolitical manner so that he feels comfortable.

To enjoy the American dream is to serve the white man. I must remain silent, veil my politics and renounce aspects of my identity that threaten American dominance. All the while, I must feed the white man falafels and belly dance for him so that he can live knowing that he is “cultured.”

To be an American who is also Arab and Muslim is to re-brand and bleach myself into a friendly token in this lie that is multiculturalism.

Adam Abboud is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. Feedback may be sent to opinion@cornellsun.com. Guest Room appears periodically this semester.

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OPINION

Joyce Wu |

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Rachael Singer |

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The Hostage’s Story L

ate last year, NBC’s Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel and his news team snuck across the Turkish border into Syria to cover the ongoing civil war. The journalists were driving through rebel territory when their vehicle was suddenly surrounded by armed government militia.

They were blindfolded, bound and subjected to psychological torture for five days before managing an escape in the midst of a firefight. Recently, Engel opened up about the harrowing experience in a diarystyle article for Vanity Fair. “Kidnapping is always a threat in this life of reporting,” he writes. “I had been in a lot of rough places — Libya, Iraq, Gaza. At least I’ll die with my friends.”

Engel’s powerful words are a sobering reminder that freedom of the press isn’t always free. The news we consume is not all equal in cost. Some stories require extra money; others need extra time. And in some cases, they are paid for in human lives.

Those of us in America are the lucky ones: We live in a culture where information is so accessible that it is often taken for granted. Getting the news is as simple as opening up a mobile app during our morning commute or glancing over the headlines at a checkout line. Knowledge of

Some stories require extra money; others extra time. And in some cases, they are paid for in human lives. current events has come to be understood as a right rather than a privilege. We expect transparency in government and business, and when those expectations aren’t met, we count on the media to fill in the blanks for us.

For the most part, our reputable media outlets have the tools to meet those needs and break the stories we want to know about. They have the inside connections, the cutting-edge technology and the fiercest journalists to keep our newsfeeds full and our questions answered. In our eyes, these news companies are all-knowing and omnipresent.

They provide us with the confidence that, although we don’t know every fact at every moment, we have a way of finding out. There are some stories, though, that even the most resource-rich news organizations have trouble telling.

When NBC lost contact with Engel and his team in December, the world-renowned news organization was just as in the dark as the rest of us. It’s stunning to realize how vulnerable some of our information connections are and how easily our lines of communication can be blacked out. We’ve grown so accustomed to a climate of up-to-theminute news that we forget how quickly the institution of free press can come crashing down.

War journalism is just one of countless cogs in the well-oiled machine of the news media. But it’s a fragile component that, when compromised, makes our perception of the world instantly dimmer. Journalists who report from conflict-ridden regions pay a high premium to ensure that the information we receive from across the globe remains seamless. They put their lives on the line and leave behind the safety net that large news organizations can provide to other journalists who report close to home.

The lofty prices that war correspondents pay are largely hidden from us. When we get our news neatly packaged into articles and sound bites, it’s easy to forget the measures taken and distance traveled for a story to get from war-ravaged Afghanistan to our cozy apartments. These journalists deserve greater recognition for their unrelenting commitment to continue telling stories in environments hostile to our values of information openness. We are fortunate enough to live in a society that is always in the loop, with reporters like Engel who are determined to keep it that way.

Joyce Wu is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She may be reached at jw637@cornell.edu. Catchy Sound Bite appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

Jacob Glick |

Glickin’ It

Far Beyond Cayuga’s Waters F

Much of the editorial’s support for an initiative or a college newspaper, The Sun’s head- concerns lie in the (perhaps (such as KyotoNOW!’s perlines are notably uncomfortable) reality that sistent advocacy of divestbroad in scope: terms like it will not be Cornell’s stu- ment) or whether there is “DREAM Act” or “divest- dent body ultimately mak- not (I haven’t yet seen a ment” may very well soon ing this decision, but the rally in Ho Plaza in favor of overtake “fraternity sus- institutional power struc- an immigration bill), all pended” as the most com- ture of the University. The these future-oriented polimonly used phrase on the same, perhaps, can be said cies require, in the end, administrative of Cornell’s recent step into major front page.

Cornell, of course, has a the limelight on immigra- action. Gone are the days long and storied history of tion reform: President when a massive student grassroots activism, as well David Skorton’s personal protest of the Vietnam War as a long relationship to the support of reform has foist- would send a message to broader political context of ed the issue into campus the nation in and of itself. the day. From the moment dialogue, not vice versa. A For Cornell to lead the way the University’s lifeblood similar situation can be on issues like climate began to flow from the tip found in Skorton’s call for change and immigration of Abraham Lincoln’s pen gun control after the reform, the administration when he signed the Land Newtown massacre last — as well as student activists — must be Grant Act, Cornell has year.

In 2013, Cornell seems allowed to push for change. always had an intimate While relationship with national to be expressing its progresissues. It has never been an ivory tower built to absorb the Cornell has never been shockwaves of an “neutral”: as with any great ever-shifting world. insititution, it has had a stake in It has moved with every major societal shift over it.

Through two the past century. world wars, a burgeoning feminist movement, and — unfor- sive tendencies as an insti- it may have been enough gettably — a civil rights tution, with reform efforts for the University to “foster movement that spurred the spearheaded by its adminis- dialogue” on equal rights or takeover of Willard tration in response to stu- social equality for the sake Straight Hall, our dent pressure that is per- of enlightening its stuUniversity has led the haps not as visible as the dents, no amount of diacharge into the future. The massive rallies on Ho Plaza logue on the dangers of cliUniversity’s forward-think- characteristic of the ram- mate change will stop ing involvement in nation- bunctious student move- another Hurricane Sandy al issues has always been ments for women’s rights from destroying the NYC the essence of Big Red: a and racial equality. I Tech Campus before it has clarion call, however would, however, disagree even been completed. No imperfect or premature, to with the claim that these number of discussion pansignal that a change is com- top-down efforts at reform els on immigration reform are inappropriate for or will keep talented but ing.

Earlier this year, howev- inconsistent with Cornell’s undocumented students at er, a Sun editorial decried place as an historic univer- Cornell unless the administration acts aggressively on the University’s adoption of sity.

At the heart of this argu- a national and UniversityKyoto NOW!’s divestment protocol. On its face, a ment is whether or not the wide scale to ensure that University-wide effort to administration ought to be they can. The issues of the reduce fossil fuels would able to follow an “agenda” day require not only an seem a fitting continuation in pursuing a set of poli- intellectually accommodatof Cornell’s forward-look- cies. The fact of the matter ing administration, but a institutional ing legacy, as the University is that the issues now facing proactive seeks to tackle an issue with the University are too com- structure that is able to which our society is only plex for student activism advance the goals it deems alone. Whether there is a critical to the University’s beginning to grapple.

So, why the opposition? groundswell of student future. Acting on divest-

ment or undocumented students is not so much a baldly “political” act as much as it is a recognition that the status quo is not and has never been acceptable to Cornell’s fundamental values.

If, out of a fear of overstepping its bounds as a steadfastly “neutral” institution, the administration abdicates its role in discussing and addressing critical issues such as climate change, immigration, gun control and sexual violence, the University will lose its sacred and timehonored status as a major player in American progress. You see, Cornell has never been “neutral:” as with any great institution, it has had a stake in every major societal shift over the past century. Why should that role wane now, simply because this latest batch of issues requires administrative, rather than only student-led, action?

Coming from a tradition of passionate students and forward-thinking administrators, it is Cornell’s student body, perhaps, that is breaking their end of the bargain, rather than a supposedly overstepping administration. Aside from a select group of students, it is hard to see the University up in arms about anything aside the interminable sniping over the Israeli-Palestinian crisis. If we students rediscover our ability to ensnare and redirect the often-antediluvian political discourse of the nation, the bold and forward-thinking actions of our administration will seem less out of place.

Jacob Glick is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at jglick@cornellsun.com.

Glickin’ It appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Meeting McHale

BY RACHEL ELLICOTT Sun Blogs Editor

On Sunday night, actor and comedian Joel McHale took the stage in front of an almost sold out crowd at Bailey Hall. After the performance, The Sun sat down with McHale to talk about Community, The Soup and the future of his career.

THE SUN: So the first question I wanted to ask you was how is the working environment on the Community set without Chevy Chase there?

JOEL MCHALE: Well … the thing [is] if you watch Community, which you better, because it’s a big cast there’s a lot of storylines [so] people aren’t always featured with a story so that’s basically what happened. He clearly was not happy being there and he had said it in multiple interviews that he hated the hours. He liked “the kids,” he called us [that] ’cause I’m such a kid, but he also said how much he hated the writing so he didn’t want to be there ... If you’re in a storyline without certain characters, you just didn’t see the other people until they were, you know, in your storylines, so he just happened to not be in those storylines.

SUN: How do you feel about the direction the show is going in without [former showrunner] Dan Harmon?

J.M.: Well thankfully, I mean Dan Harmon is a living genius and he created the show, obviously, and he gave me the job of a lifetime … So the good news was that there was a number of writers that were left over from the previous staff and they knew what a Community episode was, or is, and

Dan also said in an interview … listen to make ‘em dance and you guys will probably be ok. … So it definitely wasn’t the same, but, just like anything, if a part of it that you were used to is gone, it’s not gonna be the same. So yeah, it was definitely different.

SUN: Why do you think the format of The Soup, which has been going on for nine years now, has worked and inspired other shows like The Dish and Tosh.0?

J.M.: The Dish worked out — [whispers] it didn’t work out.

SUN: I liked The Dish!

J.M.: I liked The Dish, too, because Danielle Fishel is really terrific ... It’s Topanga, come on! I think it works, because, well, it was invented by Greg Kinnear and somebody else, I can’t remember their name, way back in ’91 before you were on this planet. You were on your other planet. And it’s a very simple idea, which is just you show a clip and you make fun of it, and I think that’s why it works. And there is an unending amount of crappy television with the advent of technology to bring you 1,000 different channels and reality programming being the cheapest form of show to make. It will never stop. So that’s why, and I mean Tosh does a great show and he focuses on, you know, videos and those will never stop.

SUN: So what did you think of Daniel Tosh when his show first came out? Were you like, “Hey, that’s my thing?”

J.M.: Well, no, it’s not like there’s a patent on the format.

There’s a ton of like late night talk shows that have the same format, but his show was really, really funny and that makes a difference, obviously, and he’s also on a very popular network, so he is well-promoted. But, you know, the poop is in the pudding … you need someone who’s good at it, which, obviously, he is. Just like late night talk shows where you can stick someone in there in the format … if they’re not good, it’s not gonna work, but if you get Jimmy Kimmel or Jimmy Fallon or Craig Ferguson or Conan, you’re gonna be fine.

SUN: What film did you enjoy working the most on?

J.M.: Oh boy. Well most recently, Ted was really fun. Ted was really fun ’cause it was very collaborative and Seth MacFarlane is a genius and he is a brilliant writer and that whole movie is him. And that set was a very fun place. I mean, working with Mila Kunis and Mark Wahlberg was pretty amazing. I did this movie called, The Big Year, where I got to work with Kevin Pollak and the great Steve Martin, and I could not believe that I was there doing that, because I was such a huge fan and continue to be such a huge fan of Steve Martin, so that was really fun.

Review

Joel McHit or Miss

BY RACHEL ELLICOTT Sun Blogs Editor

Joel McHale is a man of many talents: stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer and killer bicep toter. Being politically correct, however, is not one of them.

Alec Durkheimer ’13, President of the Cornell Comedy Club, thoroughly enjoyed the show. “I thought it was funny. I thought it was very pop culture-oriented, which was interesting and had wide appeal. I thought he brought a lot of what was hilarious about The Soup to the set, which was funny for me.”

While he did have some people rolling, there was oftentimes more groaning than laughing at his offensive material. At least he was sure to not leave anyone out, making fun of Ithaca College, Muslims, people from Wisconsin, Asians, Republicans, overweight people, women, people with colored contacts, transgendered people, hermaphrodites, Indians, math-lovers and his grandmother.

David Kingsley, the Technical Director at Bailey Hall, also noticed the uneasiness of the audience. "I’ve been doing sound for events for a long time, and I take notice of what kind of response performers get. From my perspective, Joel McHale didn’t get belly laughs like Louis C.K., to contrast, because people were on edge — afraid on some level. When comedy is mean, anyone is a target. An audience, especially a highly diverse audience, senses this.

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There is a wariness that may be mostly unconscious, but is obvious to an audience-listener,” Kingsley said.

Durkheimer didn’t think McHale could have avoided this reaction. “I think it’s O.K. for some people to be offended and some not. That’s what productive discourse is about,” Durkheimer said.

Some thought that people should have come to the show knowing what to expect. “When you watch Family Guy or go to an Eminem concert, you can’t get offended by material. You aren’t forced to go. That’s Joel McHale and that’s what he does,” said Parsa Salehi ’13.

There was some material that could have done better. For instance, he had a lot about his three-year-old son that had potential. However, he might have taken it too far. Kingsley agreed that McHale missed the mark. “Come on — jokes about hitting your three-year-old and feeling all-powerful about it don’t do much to articulate the kind of world we are creating. I think Cornell can do better."

As someone who has been watching The Soup since an inappropriately young age, I personally loved the show. I can see how others may have been offended by his routine, and I do agree that he did cross the line at times, but that is his style and it is what millions have come to love him for. His job is to make fun of people and culture, he delivered.

SUN: What do you see yourself doing in the long run – more movies or continuing with television?

J.M.: I think I like rocketry.

SUN: Oh OK, that too.

J.M.: Rocketry or hosiery.

SUN: That would have been my next guess.

J.M.: Orthodontia. Well, in the foreseeable future, I mean I’m still doing The Soup, which I love doing; it’s very fun. And then Community is up in the air [with] whether we’re going to get picked up or not for a fifth season, which, you know, I’m hoping for. So, if that happens, that will start up in July, but I’m doing a movie in early April — it’s me and Robin Williams and I am thrilled. I can’t believe I am working with him. He’s playing my father and … I mean, if you had told me that … No, so yeah, to work with him, I mean I cannot believe it. I mean I feel like I have tricked everybody and I think a lot of actors think that, which is fine because I’m thrilled to think that as long as I get to do it.

SUN: Looking at your IMDB page, we noticed that you had a guest appearance on Bill Nye the Science Guy. J.M.: Before you were alive.

SUN: On a sketch called, “The People’s Quart and the Case of the Flowing Fluid.”

J.M.: That was like ’95. Were you born?

SUN: It was ’98, I think.

J.M.: When were you born?

SUN: I was born in ’93.

J.M.: ’98, oh right, yup. … Cornell grad! ... But yup, the thing about Bill Nye is that he is clearly not well-educated. ...

His college degree has failed him ... Bill is obviously a very talented guy and a very rare combination of a person who is smart technically, scientifically, mathematically, but can communicate big concepts with great performances and humor so he’s … quite a rare individual.

SUN: The clip was great, by the way. So you were in Theta Chi fraternity, according to Wikipedia, and then I read in an interview that you said, “It was only four and a half weeks; why is it on Wikipedia?”

J.M.: They keep putting it up there.

SUN: Yeah, and we have a very vast Greek community here J.M.: ... I will say it was a great place for people to learn how to be alcoholics, misogynists and racists, but, so yeah, it was a great time. And, see, I’ll say that and then on Twitter, the Theta Chi’s will be like, “Hey man, why you banging on us?” and then it’ll stay on my Wikipedia page, and so I always have to insult them. But it stays, so I will continue the insults.

SUN: So your thoughts on Greek life then … not so great?

J.M.: It was definitely not for me. ... I really hated it.

Mostly, I just hated the stink of the place. I felt like Agent Smith in The Matrix. I’d go to the sororities and be like, it’s perfect here. It smells good, they keep it clean, there’s clean food, there’s women everywhere. So yes, I was always like, “Why do we have to live like this?” I got out of high school and I was like I’m going to college, we’re going to college, we’re mature now, and then you’re like, “Oh no, we’re not anymore. We’re nuts. Please, yes, we’re close!”

Rachel Ellicot is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at blogs-editor@cornellsun.com.

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The Window Sex Project:

Calling for Societal Transformation Through Artistic Expression TINA AHMADI Sun Staff Writer

Walking in to the Women of Color Conference last Friday to see the six woman dance group Window Sex Project, I expected to witness a two to three minute interpretive dance. I was surprised, instead, to find that the performance “The Window Sex Project” was a mesh of choreographed dance, monologues, visual art and fashion, designed to bring attention to issues of gender-based street harassment.

At the start of the conference, guests enjoyed hors-d’oeuvres in a dimly lit room reminiscent of an upscale art gallery while the six women posed in different positions around the room like living pieces of art.

Next to each performer was a sign that read, “please do not interact with the art.” Blair

Hotchner, the technical director of the piece, said the setup was supposed to depict each girl’s “pin-up character.” “It’s supposed to be their most revealing option of clothing if they could dress how they wanted without getting harassed,” said Hotchner.

Guadalupe Perez ’14, one of the primary organizers of the conference, described the set-up as, “Using humans as art and objectifying bodies.”

The setup of the show served to cast women in the roles of art, denying their individual intellectual and emotional value. The arrangement was incredibly eye-opening.

Several guests wanted to speak with the performers, but could only watch as they silently changed their poses every few minutes.

Following the “art gallery” scene, the conference migrated to a performance room where the interpretive dance I had expected began. The dance, choreographed by Syndie L. Mosley, combined hip-hop, jazz and ballet styles to illustrate women’s internal struggle with street harassment. In between each choreographed segment, performers recited monologues explaining the struggles each character had to deal with, from slurs to trying to bear the judgement of others. At points, the performers depicted debility through slow, exhausted movements, conveying the consuming nature of harassment.

During the discussion portion, “Don’t look back,” “Just keep walking” and “Asshole,” were all common thoughts that students said kept them going in the face of harassment.

The Window Sex Project performance was incredibly interactive, drawing in the audience to participate throughout the performance. During the show, the dancers often traveled through the audience or took

a minute to sit in the crowd as they played their roles.

As the show came to a close, the audience members were each ousted from their seats and pulled up on stage to dance with the performers.

Guests at the event felt the impact of the performance differently. “I love their ability to share their stories, as a man ... and also as a man of color, I love standing in solidarity with that,” said Michael Ocana ’13, one of the few males in attendance.

During the discussion portion, each performer described her personal experience and reasons for getting involved in the project. A common experience both for women performing and in attendance at the conference was the discovery that the men involved in street harassment often did not realize the impact of their pursuant behavior. “It’s all about intention,” said Leah King, one of the dancers and the author of the performance monologues. Often, the person involved in the street harassment doesn’t realize that he or she is at fault, but when an undesired complement is repeated to a victim simply trying to complete his or her daily business, a comment can quickly turn from flattery to harassment.

Though focused mainly on gender-based harassment, The Window Sex Project also

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brought forth discussion of cultural and religious harassment issues and acknowledged that men can be victims of harassment too.

Street harassment is a prevalent issue that is often not addressed as seriously as it should be. This performance did a phenomenal job of bringing an often overlooked issue to the table and sparking meaningful dialogue. The performance reminded me to remain mindful of the reaction of those we converse with.

If you can sense discomfort, it’s time to back away. If you ask someone a question, no matter how innocent it may seem, if the response is “no” or he or she ignores you, any further pursuance could be considered harassment. As Remi Harris, one of the performers, described, “It’s a matter of respectful communication.”

Tina Ahmadi is a sophomore in the College of Human Ecology. She can be reached at tahmadi@cornellsun.com.

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SANTI SLADE / s a native New Yorker, I struggle to write this, but the journey into the world of teenage indulSUN STAFF ILLUSTRATOR city with the cultural output I am most excited by this gence, all soundtracked by Skrillex. year is not my own. Rather, it is Tampa, Florida — I’ve written about both of these movies in home of the Buccaneers, the Florida Aquarium and, recently, this space before, but I hope I’m not coming the Republican National Convention. Somehow, this mid- off as repetitive. On their own, I find Magic sized city nicknamed the “Big Guava” (according to Mike and Spring Breakers extraordinarily Wikipedia) has become home to some of the most boundary interesting and radical — one being, poten— pushing movies and music you’ll see and hear this year. tially, my favorite film of 2012 and the other Tampa first received its moment in the spotlight last year, the one I’m most immediately excited about serving as the backdrop for auteur director Steven in 2013. It’s worth noting that they were Soderbergh’s male stripper epic Magic Mike. Based on leading filmed 30 minutes away from each other in man Channing Tatum’s real life experiences shaking it in the a state I primarily associate with Ultra Music city, Magic Mike was an aesthetic and allegorical masterpiece, Festival, voter suppression and my grandparbrilliantly written, directed and, especially, acted. In the film, ents (who are considerably cooler than both Tampa is the embodiment of the modern day ills of capital- Ultra and Florida politics). The simple fact is ism, a not-quite-Gomorrah that is fertile ground for sex, that at least two well-established and drugs and stripping. acclaimed film directors are finding inspiraThis week, Tampa has surfaced in cultural discussion tion in the madness of the Tampa Bay area. again. On Friday, another visionary director’s journey to the But Tampa isn’t all about excess. It’s also Sunshine State will be opening: Spring Breakers. The latest home to restraint, exemplified in the music movie from Harmony Korine was filmed in adjoining St. Pete of Merchandise — definitely one of my Beach but bears all the signs of good ol’ fashioned Tampa favorite bands currently putting out music. debauchery. Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson Merchandise’s sound is dark, sometimes difand Rachel ficult, yet someHowever, the band wasn’t always like this. The duo Korine play a how uplifting. It can sound like a group of neon, mix of Depeche Mode, The Smiths formed in Tampa’s hardcore scene, hardly the place to nurture bikini-clad and modern indie music, but not an inviting aesthetic. Speaking to Pitchfork last July, songfriends who really like anyone in particular. It’s writer Carson Cox told the website, “The punk scene was not join forces to standout songs go well over the a friendly place. People were not welcomed.” If you think all have the most three-minute single mark, and male strip clubs or bikini babes packing heat aren’t intimidatkick ass spring “Become What You Are,” which is ing, I challenge you to go to a hardcore punk show. I promise break ever, takpotentially its best one, is over 10 you’ll see there some scary shit going on down in Tampa.

Big Talk Merchandise is different though. It’s songs are mature and ing to gun-totminutes long. But it is still the band ing crime to I’ll play when I’m hanging out with introspective, both musically and lyrically. It’s a Tampa band, finance their friends, partially because I’m selfish, for sure, but it’s not the Tampa of Magic Mike and Spring fun. (I’m going to assume the promotional build-up to Spring but mostly because I truly believe this is a band that everyone Breakers. The odd duality of the city makes it one of the most Breakers marks the first time a Disney star has been on the can appreciate. There is an easy universality to it’s more recent interesting places to watch, and I can’t wait to see what else it cover of Frenvh film magazine Cahiers du Cinema.) Down in music (I mean this in a good way), especially songs like can produce this year.

Florida, they hook up with a cornrowed rapper (James “Time” and “Become What You Are” off of last year’s Peter Jacobs is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be Franco, he of this past weekend’s biggest movie) and a drug Children of Desire EP, and new track “Anxiety’s Door” from reached at pjacobs@cornellsun.com. Big Talk appears alternate dealer (Gucci Mane, making his film debut). It’s a hedonistic upcoming April release Totale Nite.

Tuesdays this semester.

Peter Jacobs

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NFL to Conduct Research on Head Injuries, Improve Helmets NEW YORK (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell imagines a day in the not-too-distant future when players could be checked to determine whether their genetic makeup leaves them more likely to develop brain disease.

They then might be told to switch to a less dangerous position — or give up football entirely.

“In talking to the medical experts over several years, I think there’s a predisposition to most injuries, particularly to the brain, or to brain disease,” Goodell said in an interview with The Associated Press on Monday. “So we do want to know what those biomarkers are.”

Goodell also envisions players being required — with the union’s OK, of course — to wear helmets containing sensors to detect hits that cause concussions. Those helmets might be lighter and “less of a weapon” than today’s, he said.

Those are the kinds of advances the NFL and General Electric are hoping to produce in a partnership that could funnel up to $60 million over four years to research on head injuries and possible improvements to helmets.

“Imaging of the brain, studying the brain, is still pretty far behind the study of cancer, heart disease, things like that,” GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt said. “I look at this as a catalyst in terms of where the technology will go. ... I would say you’re going to start seeing really strong activities almost immediately.”

Goodell, who spoke to the AP after a news conference at a GE office building, agreed about the importance of quick progress.

“We weren’t looking at a long timetable,” he said. “We wanted to see results quickly.”

Not long after Goodell was forced to defend the league’s concussion policies at a congressional hearing in October 2009, the NFL began making changes. Among them: new return-to-play guidelines; changing the co-chairmen of the NFL’s committee on concussions; and, expected for next season, putting independent neurological experts on sidelines during games.

Thousands of former players are suing the league and its teams, saying that for years the NFL did not do enough to protect players from concussions. Next month, a federal judge is scheduled to hear oral arguments on the league’s motion to dismiss.

Such scrutiny “has no impact” on projects like the one with GE, Goodell said.

“This is about looking forward,” he said. “This is about the future.

This is about changing the way all of our lives are led, whether it’s riding a bicycle or playing football or being a member of the military.”

In September, the NFL announced a donation of $30 million for medical research to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, the NIH’s fundraising arm.

One influential NFL owner, Robert Kraft of the New England Patriots, is pleased to see these kinds of projects now.

“I wish it had happened sooner. The evolution, the issue has been coming to the forefront and ... a lot of times we didn’t talk about it, or talk about it enough. But we need to talk about it and do something about it,” Kraft said.

“Everyone has been spending money in bits and pieces, but now it will be concentrated and this will become a tremendous resource,” he added. “I don’t think anyone has the answers, how to treat it, whether to continue to play — there haven't been answers, and we need to find the answers.”

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four runs on seven hits. But the offense could not give him any support. The Red combined for just three hits against Colonials starter Aaron Weisberg and four total in the game. Senior Spenser Souza had two of those hits and two of the team’s three RBI’s, but it was not enough.

The Red returned to the field on Sunday, hoping to avenge the losses of the previous day.

Sophomore pitcher Nick Busto did everything he could to keep his team in the game, going a career-high six innings while allowing just two hits and no runs.

“Pitchers kind of have a separate arena from position players, so we’re kind of on the outside looking in,” Peters said. “But when someone comes in that you didn’t expect to see in the starting rotation right away and performs above expectation, it’s

In the final game of the weekend, the Red’s bats finally woke up, exploding for six runs in the first inning. Souza led the frame off with a double down the leftfield line and scored on sophomore outfielder J.D. Wetsel’s single up the middle.

Sophomore catcher Matt Hall, junior infielder Ben Swinford and Plantier also had RBIs in the big inning.

“We decided to take more accountability for our actions at the plate,” Peters said. “A lot of calls weren’t going our way at the beginning [of the weekend] and we were getting down a little bit. But that’s part of baseball, so we said, ‘forget it,’ and started to take advantage of our opportunities.”

Sophomore pitcher Brent Jones got his second straight win on the hill and sophomore reliever Roberto Suppa provided Jones’ support, allowing just one earned run in three innings of relief work. Senior reliever

“Once we start swinging the bats the way we want to, it will all add up to a ... very good team.”

Brenton Peters awesome.”

Once again, though, the Red hitters could not supplement Busto’s stellar performance. They mustered up only two hits in the game — both singles — and the game went into extra innings without either team crossing the plate.

Sophomore reliever Kellen Urbon took the mound after Busto and held the Colonials scoreless in his first inning of work.

However, George Washington scored on an error in the bottom of the eighth to complete the 1-0 win.

According to Peters, although the offense remained stagnant, the strong pitching in the first three games was a good sign.

“We still have a lot of returning talent for our staff, those guys we rely on every game to be our constants,” he said. “Once we start swinging the bats the way we want to, it will all add up to a team that can swing it, play defense and pitch, and we’ll be a very good team.”

Houston Hawley then shut the door after giving the Red a scare by putting the tying run on first base in the ninth.

The Red will head to Boone, N.C., to face off against Appalachian State next weekend in the first games of spring break. The Mountaineers also qualified for the NCAA tournament last season and will be one of the many strong opponents the Red will face before moving into Ivy League play.

“It’s always a cool aspect playing good competition because you get to see how they go about their business and you get to travel,” Peters said. “One of the major parts of our spring break is getting exposure to other playing styles. They were in the UVA regional and had a lot of success [last year], so they should show us what type of caliber teams we’ll be up against.”

Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun.com.

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Peppelman placed seventh at 174 pounds. Then, at 184 pounds, Bosak took on Navy's Mason Bailey and won his first EIWA title with a 7-1 decision.

Bennett took on Lehigh’s John Bolich at 197 pounds in the consolation semifinals.

With the win, Bennett qualified for his first NCAA tournament.

Lane, a heavyweight, received an automatic qualifying spot for the NCAAs with a 8-7 win in the tiebreakers over

No.1 William Smith of Rutgers.

The seven qualifying wrestlers will head to Des Moines, Iowa during the second weekend of Cornell’s spring break to try and take it all by bringing a bunch of national titles back to the Hill.

“I think we all are really proud of our accomplishments and realize that it is the first step towards our ultimate goal of becoming national champions,” Dake said.

Haley Velasco can be reached at hvelasco@cornellsun.com.

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Tournament Promotes International Pride SMITH

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just an opportunity for players to get injured before the real season starts. To the first complaint, I argue, why does any competition matter at all?

Whether it is the World Cup, the Olympics, the World Series, the Super Bowl, the NBA Championship, the NCAA Championship or any other competition, they only matter because the players, the fans, the media and the coaches give them legitimacy. If we all show that we actually care, then the event or title matters. And judging by the emotions shown on the field by the players competing in this year’s World Baseball Classic, it matters to them and they want it to matter to us as well.

The injury concern is a threat, but that is something for the teams to worry about, not the fans. As fans, if we are too stubborn to give the World Baseball Classic a chance

Baseball means something different in each country, and the WBC gives not only the players an opportunity to show the pride they have for their country, but it is also an opportunity to show the pride they have for the sport. In the United States, we call baseball our past time, but if you look purely at our lack of enthusiasm for the WBC, we are severely lagging behind many countries.

The good news is that despite the criticism in the United States, Major League Baseball seems determined to keep the WBC going. In a press conference before the United States vs.

Mexico matchup, Bud Selig alluded to the fact that the goal of the WBC is to promote baseball in undeveloped baseball regions, like Europe and South America, and that support in the United States was arbitrary.

He was quoted as saying, “The goal here is to internationalize the sport, this is what we’re trying to do. In my judgment, if we do it right, you won’t recog-

“The World Baseball Classic offers a scintillating and unique brand of baseball that will never be seen during the MLB regular season.” because there is a slight probability a player in our favorite MLB club could get injured, then we are missing the point of being fans altogether. The World Baseball Classic offers a scintillating and unique brand of baseball that will never be seen during the MLB regular season because of the way the tournament is set up. Every pitch, inning and run is of the utmost importance because it could make the difference between your country advancing or going home early. In one baseball game, literally anything could happen, and for that reason the littlest mistake or great play could propel a team like the Netherlands to beat the mighty Dominican Republic as we saw in 2009. The WBC also adds an international component of pride and culture that makes everything just that much cooler. There is no way you could call yourself a baseball fan and not have enjoyed seeing the thunder sticks out in force during Pool B played in Taiwan, the European soccer-like group cheers being called out by the Japanese fans or the raw emotion being displayed in Puerto Rico by the Caribbean faithful.

nize the sport in a decade.” A decade might be an ambitious time frame, but the impact the WBC has already had on baseball in countries such as the Netherlands and Italy, who are now bringing actual competitive teams to the fold, is undeniable.

In 2011 and 2012, Major League Baseball saw the debuts of Alex Liddi and Yan Gomes, the first Italian born and Brazilian born players to make it to the big leagues respectively.

Regardless of the fact that the WBC is doing its job in terms of promoting the growth of the game, the backlash it is receiving in the United States is still embarrassing. The energy around the Canada game on Sunday was awesome, and hopefully if the United States can keep winning, support for the team will continue to grow. The World Baseball Classic may never make it to the point where it’s on the same level as the World Cup or the Olympics, but at least I hope one day we can spend more time debating the baseball being played than the merit of the event itself.

Alex Smith can be reached at asmith@cornellsun.com.

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Cornell Remains Undefeated After Victory Over Columbia Women’s lacrosse triumphed over Ivy League foe Columbia Saturday for the 17th consecutive time in the teams’ rivalry. The Red’s victory over the Lions continued its winning streak, making its record 4-0 and 2-0 in the Ivy League.

The Red came in strong and scored three unanswered goals early on to set the pace for the rest of the game.

Sophomore Sarah Hefner scored the first goal and junior Amanda D’Amico connected the next two, giving the Red its early lead. Midway through the first half, the Lions took control and retaliated with three goals to tie up the game 3-3. With five minutes left in the first half, the Red fired back with three more goals to top the Lions 6-3 at the break.

The second half was similar to the first with back-andforth goals by the Red and the Lions. Ultimately, however, the Red boasted a 9-4 second half advantage in draw controls and used it to outscore the Lions and bring home a win.

Highlights of the game included a four-goal contribution by sophomore Lindsay

Toppe, who was just awarded Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week for the second week in a row. Toppe is the first Cornell lacrosse player to hold the honor of receiving backto-back awards since 2002.

Additionally, senior goalkeeper Courtney Gallagher helped lead the Red to victory on Saturday with nine saves in net. She was named to the Ivy League’s weekly Honor Roll for her impressive performance. Lastly, freshman Emily Tripodi proved to be a player

to watch as she brought home two goals.

The Red looks to defeat No. 7 Penn State at home Wednesday at 4 p.m. and walk off the field undefeated this season. The game will no doubt be tough as Penn State is a strong team, but the Red’s talent and momentum this season should allow the squad to grind it out and come up with a win.

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Cornell Captures Seventh Straight EIWA Title

By HALEY VELASCO Sun Sports Editor

Cornell wrestling made history this past weekend after winning the team’s seventh consecutive Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association title. Freshman Nahshon Garrett, at 125 pounds, senior captain Kyle Dake, at 165 pounds and senior captain Steve Bosak, at 184 pounds, all won their respective weight classes.

“We were really excited because we were able to accomplish something no other team has ever been able to do, and we continue to show the Cornell wrestling team’s dominance,” Dake said. “With that great accomplishment, we are very much looking forward to nationals and performing at a very high level.”

Dake was named the outstanding wrestler of the tournament.

He also received the Fletcher Award for the most team points in his career with 82.5 points and the Sheridan Award for having the most pins, with two, in the championship bracket in 3:06.

In addition to the wins over the weekend, Cornell qualified

seven wrestlers for the NCAA tournament March 21-23, including Garrett, Bosak, Dake, junior Mike Nevinger, junior Chris Villalonga, sophomore Jace Bennett and senior Stryker Lane.

The wrestlers will travel to Des Moines, Iowa to compete for NCAA Championship titles.

Dake will look to make history as he competes for his fourth title in four different weight classes, while Bosak looks to secure his second NCAA title.

At 125 pounds, Garrett faced the No. 2 seed, Penn’s Mark Rappo, in the finals and won the EIWA tournament with a 6-1 victory over his opponent.

Bricker Dixon took seventh in the 133-weight bracket.

Nevinger, at 141 pounds, opened the tournament with a 53 decision over Lehigh’s Anthony Salupo in the consolation semifinals. He also faced Harvard’s Steven Keith in a dual for third.

Nevinger snatched the victory with a takedown for a 3-0 win.

For the 149-weight class, Villalonga won his consolation semifinal match by a 7-1 decision to qualify for his second NCAA tournament. Villalonga placed

“We were really excited because we were able to accomplish something no other team has ever been able to do, and we continue to show the Cornell wrestling team’s dominance.”

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Pinning down the competition | Senior captain Steve Bosak hopes to win his second NCAA Championship title at the tournament in Des Moines, Iowa March 21-23.

fourth for the day, after medically defaulting in the first period against Navy’s Raymond Borja.

At 157 pounds, junior Jesse Shanaman placed sixth in his weight for the tournament.

At 165 pounds, Dake took on Columbia’s Josh Houldsworth in the finals. Dake racked up multiple takedowns throughout the match to win, 20-5, by technical fall. Dake notched bonus points

arry Bowa is 67 years old.

He played for 16 seasons in the major leagues and has managed or coached six different teams. He’s won the World Series, Gold Glove Awards, and in 2001 was named National League Manager of the Year. In terms of accomplishments in the game of baseball, he is easily in the first percentile. Yet despite all of his achievements, it is hard to imagine him seeming more ecstatic than he was on Sunday when his

Hey, batter batter | The Red’s offense struggled against the Colonials in this weekend’s series.

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C.U. Swept by George Washington In its second straight road series of the season, the men’s baseball team struggled to produce runs. Though the pitching staff kept the Red in every game, George Washington swept Saturday’s doubleheader, 4-3 and 5-3. The following day, the Colonials took the first game 1-0 in an extra inning nail biter, but the Red eventually got the bats going and bounced back with a 7-5 win in the series finale.

The story of Saturday’s doubleheader was the Red’s inability to produce with men in scoring position. Though Cornell took an early lead in the second inning off an RBI single by junior first baseman Ryan Plantier and a two-out double by freshman catcher Collin McGee, the offense remained silent until the fifth inning.

Senior infielder Brenton Peters led that frame off with a walk, and junior infielder Tom D’Alessandro drove him in with a double, cutting the Colonials’ lead to one. The Red then

loaded the bases, but were unable to come up with a big hit.

“We couldn’t get timely hits,” Peters said. “After getting people in scoring position, we either popped out or struck out or grounded into double plays.

So we were doing everything to kill the rally instead of keeping it going.”

In game two, sophomore hurler Brian McAfee gave the Red a solid outing on the hill, going five innings and allowing See BASEBALL page 13

also in the same “exhibition” that over a third of Japan’s entire population tuned in to watch their country’s first game, and the Mexican and Canadian players felt enough disdain for one another to engage in one of nastiest baseball brawls of all time.

For those who don’t know, the “exhibition” I am referring to is the 3rd edition of the World Baseball Classic, an event that is proving it is anything but an “exhibition.” The World Baseball

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The team fell to George Washington 4-3 and 5-3 on Saturday.

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in all four of his matches during the weekend — including two pins, a tech fall and a major decision.

Guest Column United States team (Bowa is the bench coach) mounted a late inning comeback to take down their northern rivals, Canada, in a tournament that many reporters have deemed merely an “exhibition.”

It was in this same “exhibition” that Florida Marlins star closer Steve Cishek fist-pumped after getting out of an 8th inning jam as if it were Game 7 of the World Series, and a team of Puerto Rican millionaire professionals dog piled like little leaguers after clinching a berth in the second round. It was

Classic was created in 2006 by Major League Baseball to allow the best players in the world to compete for their countries every 3 or 4 years. However, as awesome as the tournament sounds in theory, and as exciting as the action has been thus far in 2013, it has been heavily criticized in the United States by many members of the baseball media and fan community.

The main complaints are that the games don’t matter and it’s See SMITH page 15