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Profs Question Bright Horizons Daycare Service

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By KAITLYN KWAN Sun Staff Writer

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Students in Illuminations, a Chinese dance troupe, put on a colorful display at the Student Opportunity Showcase in Bailey Hall Friday night.

Some professors are questioning whether the University should retain ties with Cornell daycare provider Bright Horizons Family Solutions, a for-profit business that is expanding, despite having come under fire for regulatory violations. Bright Horizons provides daycare services to Cornell’s Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medical College. In 2010, faculty urged President David Skorton to cut ties with Bright Horizons for violating 56 state child care regulations, overworking its teachers and overcompensating its top management. Skorton, however, decided to renew the University’s contract with Bright Horizons — a deciSee HORIZONS page 4

C.U. Nears Decision on Offering Free Online Courses By JONATHAN SWARTZ Sun Staff Writer

A faculty committee has been tasked with recommending whether or not Cornell should offer its own MOOCs, massive open online courses that have been growing in popularity, according to Provost Kent Fuchs. Fuchs, who will make the final decision, said that, although no official decision has been made yet, he believes

News Award Winners

Two Cornell police officers received accolades at their graduation from the Southern Tier Law Enforcement Academy. | Page 3

Opinion Endless Possibilities

Aditi Bhowmick ’16 revels in the freedom of being a freshman in college. | Page 7

Arts Pride, Prejudice and Blogs

Marissa Tranquilli ’15 praises a video blog of Pride and Prejudice run by Ithaca College students as “addictive.” | Page 11

Sports Double the Victory

The Cornell women’s ice hockey team smashed Colgate in two games this weekend, extending its winning streak. | Page 16

Sports Not So Sweet Home

The Cornell men’s ice hockey team was unable to claim wins in either of its home games this weekend. | Page 16

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that the University will eventually offer MOOCs to the public. He stressed he hopes all members of the community — not just the faculty committee — voice their opinions about the role MOOCs should play at Cornell. “Likely after [the group of faculty] make the recommendation, we will ask many others to give their comments on the decision … student, trustees and faculty,” Fuchs said. “I very much want the faculty to lead the process and not have it be a simple administrative deci-

sion.” The committee is also considering whether or not the University should join a consortium, or a group of colleges partnering to offer MOOCs. Some leading MOOC consortiums include Udacity, which offers 14 online courses; EdX, which offers nine courses through MIT, UC Berkeley and Harvard University; and Coursera, which offers 197 See MOOCS page 4

Fuchs:Decision on Social Justice Req. Should Be Colleges’ By LIANNE BORNFELD Sun Staff Writer

As a group of students push Cornell to add a University-wide social justice requirement to its curriculum, Provost Kent Fuchs said he wants to let individual colleges — not the central administration — decide if they will add the requirement. “I just don’t think the provost should mandate what should be required, though we are encouraging [the colleges’ associate deans] to think about it,” Fuchs said in an interview with The Sun Thursday. The Assembly for Justice, a group of Cornell students, has protested what it calls

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Freedom of choice | Provost Kent Fuchs said rather than mandating a University-wide social justice requirement, he wants individual colleges to make the decision to add the requirement.

the administration’s lack of response to addressing racism on campus. The group has asked the University to require all students to fulfill a social justice component to

graduate, which will encourage “critical analysis of oppression,” according to its list See PROVOST page 5

Report: Men Assault Student After Striking Him With Car By MANU RATHORE Sun Senior Writer

A male student was hit by a vehicle and then reportedly assaulted by the car’s occupants near 800 University Ave. on Friday. The student said that he was hit by a dark-colored vehicle

while crossing University Avenue at approximately 8:22 p.m, according to a crime alert Cornell sent Friday evening. The student yelled at the occupants of the vehicle, who then reportedly backed up to the site of the collision, got out of the car and assaulted the victim, according to the alert.

The victim described the assailants as being one black and two white college-aged males, according to the University. He described the suspects’ vehicle, which was reportedly playing loud music at the time of the assault, as having dark-tinted windows. The Ithaca Police Depart-

ment is currently investigating the incident. In an email, the University urged students to “remember to take advantage of the Blue Light resources available to our community.” Manu Rathore can be reached at mrathore@cornellsun.com.

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CUPD Officers Win Awards at Law Enforcement Academy By KRITIKA OBEROI Sun Staff Writer

Two Cornell police officers won recognition awards at the graduation ceremony of the Southern Tier Law Enforcement Academy last month. After receiving positions with CUPD in January, the officers, Michael Scott and Michael Meskill, completed training for their jobs with the New York State Basic Course — an 18-week long course that “basically teaches you how to become a police officer,” according to Scott. Scott said that the course teaches a variety of skills, ranging from defense tactics training to learning about the law. At the course’s graduation ceremony, Scott received awards for academic achievement –– having earned the highest average on class tests and quizzes –– as well as for excellence in firearms marksmanship. He was recognized for achieving the highest average score in shoots over a twoweek period. Meskill was recognized for having the highest rating of physical fitness rating in the class, placing in the 97th percentile for his age and gender. Meskill said he was pleased to earn the awards, saying they were something he had strived toward. “It feels good to know you accomplished the goals that you set out to ... to see something tangible for it,” Meskill said. Both officers were also recognized with a leadership award that, according to Meskill, is bestowed “for exhibit-

ing leadership qualities and excelling throughout the class.” CUPD Chief Kathy Zoner said that both the officers have “very strong” leadership abilities –– a key quality for police officers, who often find themselves in situations where they must take charge. Both officers were appointed by CUPD on Jan. 3 before attending the academy’s training programs –– positions they said they were excited to receive.

“It feels good to know you accomplished the goals that you set out to ... to see something tangible for it.” Michael Meskill “I was very targeted on working for the Cornell Police Department. This is where I want to be. This is where I want to retire,” Scott said. The officers also have familial ties to law enforcement. Meskill’s father was a former Tompkins County sheriff and Scott's father-in-law is a twice-retired law enforcement officer who has served as captain of the Ithaca Police Department and chief of CUPD. Scott and Meskill said that their desire to help people was a strong motivating factor in their decision to become police officers. “I really enjoy being around people and … helping people,” Scott said, adding that his job is “the best job on the

planet.” Meskill said he enjoys the opportunity to meet new people as a police officer. “It’s nice to … be involved in the community,” Meskill said. Zoner praised Scott and Meskill’s skills as police officers. “[They are] very pleasant people... They really understand service,” she said. “They know what it's like to treat a customer right.” Zoner also said that Scott and Meskill have a “professional demeanor” and will be a “good fit for [the department].” “I know them both very well,” she said, adding that Meskill had previously worked as an auxiliary officer for the Blue Light Escort. As the two officers look to the future, they said they are thankful for the opportunity to serve others. Scott called CUPD a “perfect little team” and said that the officers would “put their life on the line on the drop of a hat to help you.” “I'm very grateful for the opportunity to work here,” he said. Meskill said that he hopes to keep progressing and helping the community and the University. “I'd like to stay here and possibly be promoted someday, but [the promotion is] in the future,” Meskill said. Kritika Oberoi can be reached at koberoi@cornellsun.com.

Cornellians Celebrate Jewish Culture at Big Red Bar Mitzvah By ERICA AUGENSTEIN Sun Staff Writer

Four Cornell students achieved their B’nai Mitzvah –– a Bar Mitzvah celebration involving multiple people –– Saturday amid a crowd of about 400 students who packed Duffield Hall to celebrate that evening. Many Jewish students celebrated their Bar or Bat mitzvahs, ceremonies that mark a Jewish child’s coming of age, when they were 12 or 13 years old. But for those who did not have a Bar Mitzvah as a child, Saturday night’s event offered them a chance to take part in a traditional rite of passage. “I had never been Bat Mitzvah-ed before. It seemed like a really great opportunity,” said Rachel Saltzmann ’15, who achieved her bat mitzvah before the crowd on Saturday. “Getting lifted in the chair was the most memorable experience,” she added. At the event — organized by Cornell Hillel — people danced, drank mocktails made by the Beverage Club and took pictures in a photo booth. Earlier that day, Saltzmann –– along with Julian Montijo

’15, Kaylin Greene ’15 and Alanna Grossman ’16 –– received her Bat Mitzvah. Event organizers said the night gave some students a chance to reminisce about their own Bar or Bat Mitzvahs. “After the party, people [were coming] up to me and saying how much fun they had, and saying it’s like their childhood,” said Becky Haft ’13, president of Cornell Hillel. “We [played] old hits like ‘YMCA’ and the ‘Cha Cha Slide.’” Emma Brofsky ’13, chair of engagement for Hillel, agreed. “I think it was great — I saw people having fun dancing, remembering what their Bat Mitvahs were like,” Brofsky said. In addition to attending the party Saturday night, the four students achieving their bar mitzvahs attended a Shabbat dinner Friday night and services throughout the weekend. “It’s a weekend of participating in services. It’s mostly focused on friends and family of the individual,” Haft said. “A lot of our participants have their families come in.” Haft said that the idea for a Big Red Bar

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Get your groove on | Students dance at the Big Red Bar Mitzvah, a celebration honoring the belated Bar Mitzvahs of four Cornellians in Duffield Hall Saturday.

Mitzvah came from the realization that “a lot of Jewish students have not had Bar or Bat mitzvahs.” “Someone was joking around with the former president [of Hillel], saying, ‘Will someone host a bat mitzvah for me?”’ she said. Those comments led Hillel to host the Big Red Bar Mitzvah for the first time last year. Samantha Weisman ’15, chair of public relations for Hillel, said that the Big Red Bar Mitzvah is the organization’s “biggest

event” of the fall. Looking back on the excitement that built up before the event, Weisman said that students were able to celebrate Jewish culture through the Big Red Bar Mitzvah. “On the [event’s] Facebook page, we had people posting pictures from their Bar and Bat Mitvahs. I thought it was really cute,” Weisman said. Erica Augenstein can be reached at eaugenstein@cornellsun.com.

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Profs:Univ.Should Not Use For-Profit Daycare Service HORIZONS

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sion that some professors say they remain unhappy with. Citing past problems with Bright Horizons, Prof. Sydney van Morgan, sociology, said she finds Bright Horizons’ relationship with Bain Capital — which took the company private for $1.3 billion in 2008 — problematic. The University should not use the services of a corporate company when there are several other childcare institutions in the Ithaca community, he said. “Is that really the kind of company that Cornell wants to be working with, as opposed to IC3, the local childcare center, which is public, not-for-profit and run by a board of parents?” van Morgan said. “Why not have that model?” Prof. Stephen Morgan, sociology, said that, after Bright Horizons was found in violation of several regulations, he withdrew his daughter from the Cornell Child Care Center, which is managed by Bright Horizons, and sent her to the Ithaca Montessori School. He added that his son, who was also enrolled in the Cornell Child Care Center at one point, has also been withdrawn from the center. “We regretted our decision to send [our son] to the Cornell Child Care Center, rather than keep him enrolled at IC3,” Morgan said. Echoing the concerns Morgan raised, Prof. Gail HolstWarhaft, European studies, said that she sent her children to Horizons, a downtown daycare facility, which was “a good decision for us.” Holst-Warhaft also said that she has heard “a number of reports of complaints” from parents about how Bright Horizons has managed the Cornell Child Care Center. “The bottom line is quality, and that’s what concerns the parents at Cornell,” she said. Like van Morgan, Holst-Warhaft said that she thinks “it’s inappropriate for a daycare to be for-profit.” Questioning why the University has relied on the services of Bright Horizons, Holst-Warhaft said that “[Ithaca

is] a fairly successful town in terms of childcare, [and the non-profit ones] we do have are high-quality.” Neither the local Bright Horizons chapter nor Cornell’s human resources department responded to a request for comment. Faculty at other colleges have expressed concerns similar to those of van Morgan, Morgan and Holst-Warhaft. At the University of California at Berkeley, more than 80 parents are petitioning against the school hiring Bright Horizons to manage its child care center, according to the Daily Californian. Prof. Janelle Scott, education and African American studies, U.C. Berkeley, said that faculty members at Berkeley were not been included in the decision-making process leading to the school sealing a contract with Bright

“It’s inappropriate for a daycare to be for-profit.” Prof. Gail Holst-Warhaft Horizons. “For the past few weeks, we have been engaged in a battle to get transparency for how this proposal was reached,” Scott said. “[Finding out about Bright Horizons] caused great concern for us, because if the primary reason for bringing in the company was to address our [child care center’s] safety violations, then why would we go through a company that … has had its own safety issues in the very recent past?” Scott’s concern mirrors that of Holst-Warhaft, who said she thought Cornell’s decision to continue using Bright Horizons’ services “was made with insufficient input from parents.” Despite complaints raised by some professors, others said they fully support the University’s relationship with Bright Horizons.

“A woman from Bright Horizons came to my home once and took care of my child, and it was fantastic to be able to do what I needed to do without having to worry about … my child,” said Dr. Rache M. Simmons, a physician at the Weill Cornell Medical Center. “It allows our faculty and our staff to have affordable childcare close to where they work, and that’s really a huge deal.” Simmons said she is not concerned about the company’s ownership, or its ties to Bain Capital, as long as her children receive proper care. “Bright Horizons is an entity that does this all over the country, and it’s something that they do very well,” she said. “There’s no reason that we would want to go independent.” In a memo written in November 2010, Skorton said he had hopes that the childcare center would be “widely recognized as an excellent program.” “I believe we are on our way to achieving that aspiration [and] the campus now needs to come together,” Skorton wrote. Administrators have also noted that, since the Faculty Senate raised its concerns about the quality of care being provided by Bright Horizons, the company has sought to improve its services. Morgan acknowledged that, after the Faculty Senate issued its recommendations to cut ties with Bright Horizons in 2010, the company “improved to a degree that they had the support of many of the parents who were sending their kids to the center.” Still, Morgan said he stands by the Faculty Senate’s original proposal to cut ties with the company. “I’ve paid very little attention to whether or not they’re doing a good job or a bad job now, [but] they were doing a terrible job at one point and even they recognized that,” he said. Kaitlyn Kwan can be reached at kkwan@cornellsun.com.

Cornell Considers Pros,Cons of MOOCs students learn has caught the attention of the American Council on Education, which announced Wednesday that it would launch a and Harvard University; and wide-ranging research and evaluaCoursera, which offers 197 courses tion effort to examine the academfrom 33 universities. ic potential of MOOCs. Unlike traditional online coursAlthough students may benefit es, which charge tuition, carry from enrolling in MOOCs, Burns credit and limit enrollment to give said that MOOCs also have their students the opportunity to comdrawbacks. municate with instructors, “It’s possible that students will MOOCs are usually free, give a become more isolated from one student no credit and enroll a large another. Much of one’s college edunumber of students. MOOCs can cation comes from one’s peers and a offer students a way to expand their few deep interactions with faculty,” learning, Fuchs said. he said. “I would encourage students to Some faculty are also skeptical participate,” Fuchs said. “Some of of “whether this is in itself a move the material may be similar to what by the administration just to generthey are taking now at a ate more revenue,” Fuchs course at Cornell and it can said. supplement what they are “I think that MOOCs have great But the University does taking here … [as a way] to not want to pursue verify what a student has potential both for students on campus MOOCs to raise money, learned and his or her perand for those not on campus.” Fuchs said. formance in the class.” “My view is that we Fuchs emphasized that it don’t want to lose money; would be the faculty, not the Prof. David Easley we want it funded, but we administration, to help other universities that have already are not doing it to make money. We launch MOOCs at Cornell. “I do expect that our participa- joined the consortium, [the facul- are doing it to become more effection [in MOOCs] will be based on ty] have learned that it takes an tive as educators and to grow the faculty interest, and I am certain investment of time and energy, but visibility of Cornell and to help the students that are here already,” he there will be a number of faculty it is feasible,” he said. Dean of Faculty Prof. Joe Burns said. that will very much want to particAccording to Fuchs, MOOCs ipate, because they would want to Ph.D. ’66, astronomy, who orgahave their courses available to tens nized a faculty forum on the topic are a great way to gather more pubor hundred of thousands of stu- of MOOCs in September, said that licity for the University because MOOCs may enable students who students worldwide would see dents worldwide,” he said. One member of the committee, have been raised in a digital age to Cornell faculty through the open Prof. David Easley, economics, better respond to new modes of courses. “[MOOCs are] a way to help said he would be interested in education. “Paradoxically, the greater use of other parts of the world –– stuteaching a MOOC based on a course that he currently co-teaches digital technology should allow fac- dents that may not have the finanwith Prof. Jon Kleinberg ’93, com- ulty to introduce new schemes of cial capacity to come here … or puter science, and Prof. Eva engaging students in a more per- who might not be admitted here … Tardos, computer science. Easley sonal way,” he said. “Because of the to take a Cornell course,” he said. said that he sees the potential to enormous databases, [there will be] “It is doing good for society worldenhance learning through additional opportunities to under- wide.” MOOCs, which offer students an stand how and what students Jonathan Swartz can be reached at opportunity to absorb material learn.” This interest in researching how jswartz@cornellsun.com. before attending class. MOOCS

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“I think that MOOCs have great potential both for students on campus and for those not on campus … In this model, students watch videos before coming to class and then part of the classroom time is used to engage students in active learning,” Easley said. He noted, however, that “one potential drawback of MOOCs for on-campus students is that some faculty time may be diverted to teaching MOOCs.” Fuchs said that although some University faculty have brought up points of opposition to the implementation of MOOCs, many of the faculty have been persuaded of their benefits. “By talking to colleagues at

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Students Express Mixed Reactions to Proposed Social Justice Requirement bring all the colleges closer together,” Nojima said. Continued from page 1 “The way the University is currently set up means that [College of ] Arts and Sciences students probably won’t be in many classes with engineers.” of demands. The social justice requirement might prove Fuchs said he is urging the colleges to come to burdensome to students who already have to fulfill a decision on the matter. Though he said he does not wish to personally several other academic requirements, Michael Rosenfeld ’15 said. mandate changes to “Imposing more individual colleges requirements across the curriculums, Fuchs “Students already have enough board seems like an said he recognizes obligations academically ... and I inconsequential or misthat some communi- doubt [the requirement] would be solution,” directed ty members believe Rosenfeld said in an that he should received well.” email. “Students already require students to have enough obligations take courses in diver- Michael Rosenfeld ’15 academically and socially sity. “I know there are students who think we ought and I doubt it would be received well.” But Lindsay Omichinski ’13 said students’ to have them — that the provost ought to manreactions will depend on the specifics of the date that,” Fuchs said. One student who said the social justice require- requirement. “I think it would depend on what [the requirement should be added, Lila Nojima ’13, said that the requirement could unify students across col- ment] was,” she said. leges. “Although I can understand why some people might not like this idea because it adds more Lianne Bornfeld can be reached requirements, I think it would be a nice way to at lbornfeld@cornellsun.com. PROVOST

Israel Strike Kills 11 in Gaza, Including Children GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip from Palestinian rocket fire and ued to barrage Israel with rockets, firing more than 100 on (AP) — An Israeli missile dozens have been wounded. President Barack Obama said Sunday, and setting off air raid ripped through a two-story home in a residential area of he was in touch with players sirens across the southern part Gaza City on Sunday, killing at across the region in hopes of of the country. Some 40 rockets least 11 civilians, including four halting the fighting, while also were intercepted by Israel’s young children and an 81-year- warning of the risks of Israel U.S.-financed “Iron Dome” old woman, in the single dead- expanding its air assault into a rocket-defense system, including two that targeted the liest attack of Israels offensive ground war. “We’re going to have to see metropolis of Tel Aviv. At least against Islamic militants. A similar scene unfolded what kind of progress we can 10 Israelis were wounded by elsewhere in the city early make in the next 24, 36, 48 shrapnel. Israel’s decision to step up its Monday, when an airstrike lev- hours,” Obama said during a attacks in Gaza marked a new eled two houses belonging to a visit in Thailand. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and risky phase of the operasingle family, killing two children and two adults and injur- urged the two warring parties to tion, given the likelihood of ing 42 people, including chil- achieve an immediate cease-fire. civilian casualties in the densely populated territory of dren, said Gaza heath 1.6 million official Ashraf alPalestinians. Israel Kidra. Rescue workers The bloodshed was likely to raise preswere frantically sure on Israel to end the fighting, even as launched the offensive Wednesday in what it searching for 12 to 15 said was an effort to members of the Azzam it pledged to intensify the offensive by end months of intensifamily under the rub- striking the homes of wanted militants. fying rocket fire from ble. the Hamas-ruled Gaza While the airstrikes relentlessly targeted militant He said he was heading to the Strip. In the day’s deadliest viorocket operations, Israeli gun- region to appeal personally for boats unleashed a steady tattoo an end to the violence, but no lence, the Israeli navy fired at a of heavy machine gun fire and date was given in the U.N. home where it said a top wanted militant was hiding. The missile shells at militant facilities on statement for his arrival. On the ground, there were struck the home of the Daloo Gaza’s coastal road. The bloodshed was likely to no signs of any letup in the family in Gaza City, reducing raise pressure on Israel to end fighting as Israel announced it the structure to rubble. Frantic rescuers, bolstered by the fighting, even as it pledged was widening the offensive to to intensify the offensive by target the military commanders bulldozers, pulled the limp bodies of children from the ruins of striking the homes of wanted of the ruling Hamas group. The Israeli military carried the house, including a toddler militants. High numbers of civilian casualties in an offensive out dozens of airstrikes through- and a 5-year-old, as survivors four years ago led to fierce criti- out the day, and naval forces and bystanders screamed in cism and condemnation of bombarded targets along Gaza's grief. Later, the bodies of the Mediterranean coast. Many of children were laid out in the Israel. In all, 81 Palestinians, half of the attacks focused on homes morgue of Gaza City's Shifa them 37 civilians, have been where militant leaders or Hospital. Among the 11 dead were killed in the five-day onslaught weapons were believed to be four small children and five and 720 have been wounded. hidden. Palestinian militants contin- women. Three Israeli civilians have died

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left Brooklyn for Ithaca to begin my first year at Cornell in August 2001, three weeks before the 9/11 attacks. I was terrified from afar as New York City entered a state of fear from which it has yet to fully emerge. Three weeks ago, with Hurricane Sandy, New York faced its most significant disruption since 9/11, plunging many New Yorkers back into shock. This time, high winds and an unprecedented storm surge wrought the destruction, but Sandy was no more natural a disaster than what brought down the World Trade Center. I was very lucky on my uptown Manhattan hilltop. But around the region, my aunts, uncles and colleagues all lost power. My Long Island grandparents watched the floodwaters rise into their house; my parents drove out to rescue them and their cat. My downtown law office was closed for a week due to the power outage. Just a

warned me then, the money had already been allocated as part of the overall West Campus upgrade. The lot was a fait accompli before I even heard of it. As ever, ecological destruction requires financing. As an institutional investor, with nearly $6 billion to its name, Cornell is one hefty financier, responsible for where the money lands, where it grows. Investing in fossil fuels, whatever the short-term upside for the University, actively advances planetary catastrophe. Moreover, just as the fight over Redbud Woods cost Cornell in years of litigation, police overtime, community benefits and local ire, Cornell will pay for its fossil fuel investments over and over. On Halloween, a day after Sandy, President Skorton emailed alumni that Cornell facilities in New York City were experiencing power outages and had suffered damage. Especially now,

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Guest Room few blocks away, all the businesses on Water Street at the edge of the Financial District remained shuttered when I walked by more than two weeks later. Subway service is still abnormal, and I’m still riding through silt and around a downed tree on the bike path I take to work. On November 16, I attended the New York City stop on 350.org’s Do the Math Tour. Writer-activists Bill McKibben and Naomi Klein recounted three numbers: the 2009 commitment made in Copenhagen by nationstates including the United States and China to keep the climate from warming more than two degrees; the gigatons of additional carbon the atmosphere can absorb before it will hit that mark; and the fact that proven fossil fuel reserves, if burned, would add five times as much carbon to the atmosphere as it can handle without warming more than two degrees. In other words, to remain profitable, the fossil fuel industry would blow us all right past the two degree mark, without even discovering any additional reserves, an unlikely scenario given the billions pumped into exploration. When I was at Cornell, I got to know a corner of campus called Redbud Woods, which is now the University Avenue parking lot. From sophomore to senior year, I worked alongside hundreds of students, faculty, staff and other Ithacans to stop the lot and save the woods. Early in the campaign, I boasted to the press that we would win resoundingly and bring on “the Waterloo of parking lots,” an end to the waste and despoliation of green space for car storage. It was not to be. Despite local government backing, Student Assembly support, nonviolent direct action, over a hundred arrests, and countless public demonstrations of love for the woods and outrage at the prospect of yet more asphalt where trees and grass once grew, we lost. As a member of Cornell’s governing Board of Trustees

when Cornell is making a massive new investment on vulnerable Roosevelt Island, investing in fossil fuels seriously undermines the University’s educational mission. The Tech Campus renderings are gorgeous. It would be a real shame if the site were submerged before they were realized. On campus, KyotoNOW demands that Cornell match its commitment to carbon neutrality with divestment from fossil fuel companies. KyotoNOW’s 2001 sit-in was pivotal in winning the neutrality pledge, and emboldened the campaign to save Redbud Woods. As McKibben warns, there may be yet more arrests before divestment is won. He would like to see the elder citizens, particularly tenured faculty members, handcuffed first. And as an alumnus, I pledge that I will divest in Cornell until Cornell divests in global warming. I urge my fellow alumni to follow suit. This is too important an issue to defer to the old saw that we had better donate for the sake of our rank. A drop in the rankings is a drop in the bucket when rising seas engulf our cities. President Skorton, Chair Harrison and Trustees, the fight to stop climate change is your fight. If we little people could solve the problem by cutting the carbon out of our lives, we would do it. We have no stake in a warmed globe; quite the contrary. But as institutional investors, you are among the privileged few, able to transform the policy dialogue and deny the fossil fuel industry its requisite capital. Think of your fiduciary responsibility to keep the University’s physical plant operational. Think too of what you owe your family and community members, who have placed such awesome trust in you. And think fast.

Danny Pearlstein graduated from the College of Art, Architecture and Planning in 2005. He may be reached at dp89@cornell.edu. Guest Room appears periodically this semester.

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Liberal Delusion In a Post-Bush World I

n my column two weeks ago I urged people to vote for the candidate with whom they agreed most in the 2012 Presidential Election. The most common reaction to this was, “People like you are the reason Al Gore wasn’t elected president.” This indicates that many on the left actually think the U.S. would be a significantly different, if not better, place if Gore were elected. This is a myth that Democrats and left-leaning wish-

ferent positions. For example, Gore ran as the openly interventionist candidate who supported Clinton’s imperialist policies, whereas Bush promoted a bizarre isolationism throughout the campaign. One might think Gore would’ve responded less forcefully than Bush when confronted with faulty intelligence that claimed Saddam Hussein had WMDs. Think again: “Iraq’s search for WMDs has proven impossible to completely deter, and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power. We know that [Saddam] has stored away secret supplies of Letters From biological weapons and chemical weapons A Young Curmudgeon throughout his country.” Gore made his views on intervention in Iraq even clearer in the 2000 Presidential debate at Wake Forest University when he said, “We have maintained the sanctions [against Iraq]. I want to go further. I want to give robust support to the groups that are trying to overthrow Saddam Hussein.” The idea that Gore would not have declared war on Hussein in light of these comments, and when faced with a post-9/11 environment that included overwhelming public support for invasion, is an inane one. One of the most overlooked scandals of the Bush Presidency was Bush’s decision to force his religious views on the Schiavo family. Bush tried to block the Schiavos’ decision to remove their clinically brain dead family member from life support. I admit it is impossible to know exactly how Gore would have acted in Schiavo’s case; however, since The Left feels fit to assume Gore would have acted in accordance with every liberal’s conscience, it is equally possible that Gore would have acted more similarly to Bush than today’s Democrats are willing

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ful thinkers propagate. They do so by projecting their own values on the candidate who might have been instead of examining Gore’s stated positions in 2000 and applying them to events that took place under Bush to determine what would have been. Gore was a weak candidate in the areas that mattered during the Bush Years (foreign policy, free trade, financial regulation, etc.). Throughout the 2000 campaign Gore promoted what can best be described as a blueprint for what would become The Bush Doctrine. Bush was our most crass Commander-in-Chief in recent memory as well as the worst we’ve had since Herbert Hoover. Christopher Hitchens put it best when he wrote that the then Governor of Texas’s eyes were so close that a monocle could have sufficed. With this in mind, do not mistake my argument against Gore as one in favor of Bush. Gore and Bush did hold a number of significantly dif-

to admit. For example, Gore was against federally legalizing assisted suicide. Gore’s own religious beliefs were fervent to say the least. Democrats are quick to forget Gore’s incessant droning on about what he saw as the importance of faithbased organizations in providing civil services. I don’t know that Gore was foolish enough to oppose stem cell research, but he was enough of a rube to agree with Sarah Palin on the importance of abstinence based sexual education. It is this same sort of evangelical ideology that led Bush to make many of his own blunderous decisions. Recently Barack Obama came out in support of gay marriage (pun fully intended). There is no indication that Gore would have ever allowed his position to “evolve” in the same way. Gore was clear that he opposed gay marriage on religious grounds. A belief in an afterlife such as the one Gore feared, where Bush relaxes in heaven while Obama burns in eternal hellfire for their respective stances on gay marriage indicates Gore’s skewed sense of morality. In that same Wake Forest debate the moderator asked both candidates their positions on gay marriage. Bush said, “I’m not for gay marriage. I think marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman. I appreciated the way the [Clinton] administration signed the Defense of Marriage Act.” In an act of politically motivated bigotry, Gore responded by saying, “ I agree with that, and I did support that law,” before he gave tepid support to “civic unions.” George W. Bush was our country’s worst president. Had Al Gore been elected, however, he would have been at least as bad in the ways that most negatively affected our country. It’s time for partisans on the left to let go of what would have never been and instead pressure today’s Democrats to adopt the stances for which they so willingly delude themselves into believing Gore stood for. S.D. Seppinni is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He may be reached at s.d.seppinni@cornellsun.com. Letters from a Young Curmudgeon appears alternate Mondays this semester.

The Freshman Is a Muse “C

ollege is the best time of your life. When else are your parents going to spend several thousand dollars a year just for you to go to a strange town and get drunk every night?” — David Wood On campus, the “freshman” is an odd bird: A creature which evokes amusement and is almost a specimen to be observed and marveled at. It has only been two months and I’m already looking forward to being the enlightened upperclassman with the superpower of hindsight who can sit back in her ivory (read: Baker) tower and watch a new bunch of hapless newbies get grilled by their first tryst with “the life on the slope.” However, the inherent question here is, what is a freshman? What makes “it” so exclusive? They are those miserable people who bother to finish problem sets. They innocently wake up for 9 a.m. classes. They keep stopping in their tracks to capture photographs of trees on campus, still post on the Cornell Facebook groups, make countdowns for Homecoming (a slight exaggeration), complain about walking from North Campus to Central Campus and get tickets for jaywalking. They invariably feel a rush of brand new exuberation when weekends somehow begin on Thursday and at times on Wednesdays! “All-nighters” for essays and prelims are something akin to an unfathomable feat for them. They live

the freshman dream of “unwinding” at Nasties after long, rough nights. They go about life with the rose-tinted shades of optimism which, unfortunately, do not last too long but never fail to dazzle seasoned upperclassmen. I am certain there is an element of sadistic pleasure derived when one overhears dejected freshmen commiserating about how their first Prelim was the first B of their lives. I look forward to nod like the wise when a frustrated freshman confides in me saying, “Cornell is difficult.” I shall then wisely tell them, “Drink Coffee and Carry On.” Now, I must confess that these abstruse musings have been conceived in the mental chambers of one who belongs to the very species which is the central focus of this article. With that out of the way, I must admit that I love being the person who cannot stop looking forward to Sunday RPCC brunches after holistically exhausting Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and the nights, of course. I love this feeling of “the world being my oyster.” I know it will not last too long because soon enough all the dreary technicalities of life, like GREs, grad school applications and the need to do something with our lives kick in and are, in fact, just lurking around the corner. To think, that these four years can possibly be the most creative and fulfilling years of our entire lives and that this could actually be our last chance. When I say creative or productive, I

am not indicating the GPA you flash as a yardstick. I am talking about the arbit conversations that one has on the slope in almost Arctic temperatures. I am also referring to the sudden, inexplicable bouts of poetry, art or literature that come forth in the middle of the night and the rare experience of singing for hours with friends at a cappella practices. It is the fervor which grips us obsessively when an idea

ideas. The fact that one’s existence can be described as a moving mass of stimulated intellect comes as a scintillating realization which hits us when we begin our four-year chrysalis at Cornell. I think it’s remarkable how we are all variables destined to fit in the prophesied pattern of the four year life-cycle which has already been prescribed for us, and yet, as we flit through the constant, that is Cornell,

Aditi Bhowmick Abstruse Musings strikes us and then the grueling journey from conception to tangible form (for instance, this article which could be about everything and nothing at the same time began as a bizarre thought). It is only in this place and these wonder-years that one can decipher conundrums in a state of reckless inebriation. As a freshman, the weariness of being successful in the past 18 years of life gets replaced by the lightness of starting over again. Freshmen are like light-heads who get intoxicated by the idea of being a metaphysical accumulation of thoughts, passions, feelings and

we leave behind marks of the days we have spent here, in the etchings on trees, the treasures beneath the Slope and in the wind beneath our wings. These marks, distortions and etchings are like whispered secrets between us and the hallways, willows, rooftops of Cornell.

Aditi Bhowmick is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She may be reached at abhowmick@cornellsun.com. Abstruse Musings appears alternate Mondays this semester.

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Danny Flynn — this time he’s not telling. Spielberg says he does not need to know and would never ask. In a New York Times interview, the only hint Day-Lewis gives is that he spent some time with a box of photographs from the last four “The greatest measure of the 19th century was passed by months of the President’s life: “I looked at them the way you corruption, aided and abetted by the purest man in sometimes look at your America.” reflection in the mirror These words are spoken by Ways & Means Committee and wonder who that Chairman and radical Republican Thaddeus Stevens person is looking back at (Tommy Lee Jones) in Lincoln, the new Abraham Lincoln you.” He also requested biopic and political drama directed by Steven Spielberg that any British actors which chronicles the last four months of the President’s life on set keep in character and the ill-gotten passing of the 13th amendment. They serve with American accents as the thesis of a script ambitiously tailored by Tony Kushner so as not to throw off his and based extensively on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s biography carefully-honed reedy Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. and high-pitched voice. Kushner, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1993 Regardless of how he for Angels in America, spent six years doing research and arrived at his Oscar-worturned in a first draft of 500 pages. He is the power player of thy portrayal of the effort, and where past political dramas have focused on Abraham Lincoln, Dayaction-hero idealists, courtroom drama and Legally Blonde Lewis dubs it his favorite musical overtures, Kushner does what he does best, creating role to date, saying “I a story that closely ties the political and personal. Assisted by never ever felt that depth the gorgeous, deliberately-dusky world constructed by cine- of love for another matographer Janusz Kaminski, Kushner illuminates the most human being that I enigmatic character in American history while expressing his never met. I wish he had complexities and courage, the nobility and clumsiness. stayed with me forever.” Lincoln’s cast is star-studded to say the least. Sally Field creThough the creators ates a Mary Todd Lincoln with exactly the right amount of of Lincoln put almost ridiculous amounts of effort into creathysteria and foreboding, whose enduring grief over the loss of ing historical accuracy — duplicating specific wallpapers and her son Willie is the main vehicle for characterizing the dual- the sound of Lincoln’s pocket watch — there was still room ity of the President’s obligations. Joseph Gordon Levitt plays for entertainment value and artistic liberty in this piece. Robert Lincoln, the President’s oldest son who is tortured by Moments of levity come from the President’s jokes and parahis parents’ forbiddance of his enlistment and whose witness bles, as well as from the comically-heated debates in the of an army hospital is the most humanizing reminder of the House of Representatives, with streams of witty insults spearwar. Wonderful character actors saturate the film with David headed by the notoriously hot-blooded Stevens (Jones). Strathairn as Secretary of State William Seward, Hal Knowing that the amendment must be twisted away from Holbrook as conservative Republican Preston Blair, Bruce the racial equality argument in order to secure the moderate McGill as Secretary of War vote, Stevens bellows at an adversary Edwin Stanton, Mad Men’s (Pace), “How can I hold that all men Lincoln Jared Harris as Ulysses S. are created equal when here before me Directed by Steven Spielberg Grant, James Spader as a stands, stinking, the moral carcass of comically nefarious lobbythe gentleman from Ohio, proof that Featuring Daniel Day ist, Lee Pace as the 13th some men are inferior? You are more Lewis, Sally Field and Amendment’s primary reptile than man, so low and flat, that David Strathairn contester Fernando Wood, the foot of man is incapable of crushand surprise of surprises, ing you.” The narrative also makes Girls’ Adam Driver as quick plays on the viewer’s assumed Samuel Beckwith. The prior knowledge — raise your hand if crown jewel of course, is Daniel Day-Lewis. you saw that death-scene trick coming … and I will suhThroughout his career, this actor of English-Irish descent mack it back down because you are lying. has given life to a string of characters prominent in American Kushner’s script is a work of genius, tying together an historical myth. He has slipped into the skin of Arthur appreciation for period idioms and Lincoln’s provincial Miller’s iconic John Proctor, Last of the Mohicans’ heroic Kentucky/Illinois influence without being over-the-top. Hawkeye and Scorsese’s never-forgettable Bill the Butcher Lincoln’s tendency toward parable and humor when converswith uncanny ease. And while he has divulged some secrets ing with his Cabinet are mixed deliberately with verbatim in the past — that he taught himself to trap and skin animals excerpts from some of his greatest speeches. The movie is for Mohicans, that he never left his wheelchair and practiced bookended by an opening scene featuring the Gettysburg toe-dexterity diligently for My Left Foot, that he spent months Address and a closing scene which is voiced over with words becoming the athlete required to make him The Boxer’s from Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address. This address, KAITLYN TIFFANY Sun Staff Writer

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Kushner says, is the greatest speech written by any American, and the foundation for the way that he chose to tell the story. It reminds the American people that both the North and the South were responsible for the horrible bloodshed and it controversially asserted that the cause, continuance and end of the war were all fueled by the issue of slavery. Lincoln, a lifelong admirer of Shakespeare, is said to have drawn heavily on Claudius’ soliloquy in Hamlet in this speech. “My fault is past. O, what form of prayer can serve my turn?” it asks — how can we be forgiven when we retain the rewards of our offenses? What kind of nation did these people deserve, after the atrocities they so voluntarily committed against each other? These are harsh notions to present to a grieving country and Kushner stands in PHOTOS COURTESY OF 20TH CENTURY FOX awe of them, saying “he believed in the people and he believed they could hear the truth.” The most moving scene of the movie is the reading of the 13th amendment, quietly, breath-takingly, by a voice whose absolute rightness of selection I will not spoil by disclosing. “Can we choose to be born? Are we fitted to the times we’re born into?” The question is posed by the President, in conjugation with his argument to his cabinet that there was no decision left to be made in regards to ratifying the 13th amendment. As much pressure as there was to put ending the war first on the list of priorities, Lincoln asserted, “[We are] here stepped out upon the world’s stage now with the fate of human dignity upon our hands. Blood’s been spilled to afford us this moment.” And when Kushner reflects on Presidents who have stood on the world’s stage with comparable fates in their hands, he names only two names: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Barack Obama. Regardless of your politics he says, we are met with opportunity to rebuild, and that one of the biggest obstacles we face is an “impatience on the part of a very good, very progressive people.” It is for this reason, Kushner and Spielberg agreed that Lincoln was not to be a movie about hero-worship, a longing for a reincarnation of a past great who could save our nation. It was meant to be an enlightening depiction of the complexities of democracy, a vision of ideological triumph that is both exalted and entirely mundane, an example of the “form of prayer” that could serve our collective turn. Kaitlyn Tiffany is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at ktiffany@cornellsun.com.

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Truths Universally Acknowledged COURTESY OF LIZZIEBENNET.COM

BY MARISSA TRANQUILLI Sun Staff Writer

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the truths in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice are universal. As early as 1938, television adaptations of the novel have been hitting the screen, 10 years before commercial television network programming began in the U.S. Since then, Pride and Prejudice has been made and remade: classical pieces (most recently with Keira Knightley and Matthew MacFadyen in 2005), Bollywood extravaganzas (Bride and Prejudice), even Renée Zellweger chick flicks (Bridget Jones’ Diary). What Austen constructed was a story, so simple and yet so deeply realistic in its portrayal of the human condition. What molds Pride and Prejudice are its characters: effervescent Elizabeth, reserved Darcy, sweet Jane, silly Lydia and kind Bingley. No matter where or when they are, these individuals demonstrate the truths of life and love. Last April, these characters were shoved into a world that they have never experienced — ours. Toeing a unique meta-fiction line, 24-year-old grad student Lizzie Bennet (portrayed by Ithaca College graduate Ashley Clements) posted the first video to her blog “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries” on April 9. With help from her best friend Charlotte Lu (Julia Cho) Lizzie has been posting two videos every week, maintaining a real time portrayal of Austen’s famous novel. Lizzie speaks to us, she knows we are watching and finds our strange obsession with the obnoxious Darcy (Daniel Gordh) quite confusing. Of course, to modernize it, and maintain some of the larger plot points, story details have had to be altered. Mary and Kitty Bennet are no longer sisters. Instead, Mary (Briana Cuoco) is the gothic cousin Lydia (Mary Kate Wiles) and her parents visit while their house is being “remodeled.” Jane (Laura Spencer) and Lizzie are forced to camp out at Netherfield. Kitty is still one of the most popular characters: She is Lydia’s cat. Since Lizzie could not very well ask Mrs. Bennet, Mr. Bennet, Catherine de Bourgh or Darcy to appear on screen, she has given viewers perhaps one of the best parts of the

show: she, along with any unsuspecting passerby — from Charlotte to Jane to Fitz (Craig Frank) — act out the parts of these characters. Lizzie’s impersonation of her mother is the greatest: she dons a shawl, a blue floppy hat, giant gaudy earrings and begins to speak like a southern belle. While these portrayals serve to bring all of our favorite characters to the screen, they also construct Lizzie’s pig-headed misunderstanding of the personalities’ and motives of many people in her life and her blindness to some of their more endearing qualities. For Pride and Prejudice fans these portrayals are flawless: they allow us to perceive Lizzie’s failings and still love her. Occasionally Jane or Charlotte will hijack Lizzie’s blog and tell us viewers the details Lizzie missed or simply chose to ignore. For true fans who want more than just two five minute videos a week, “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries” are more than just a Youtube video blog, the characters have seeped over onto social media websites: Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Pintrest. Each of the characters can post what they are currently doing and hold conversations with each other and their fans. For example, Gigi (Georgiana) Darcy has yet to make an actual appearance and has only been mentioned once or twice on the actual video blogs. However, like the good big brother he is, William Darcy has been keeping tabs on her: @wmdarcy I’m fine, don’t go all over-protective big brother on me Gigi Darcy a month ago ReplyRetweetFavorite @ggdarcy But I'm your big brother. It’s my job. William Darcy a month ago ReplyRetweetFavorite @wmdarcy Dork. Gigi Darcy a month ago ReplyRetweetFavorite

Other little gems for viewers have been thrown in. “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries” Facebook page recently posted a picture of Darcy and Fitz enjoying their vacation together while visiting the business Collins and Collins, run by our favorite Mr. Collins (Maxwell Glick) and owned by none other than Catherine de Bourgh. While this media explosion is great, it is not necessary in the least to understanding the story. It is exciting that less than a month ago Darcy began to follow Lizzie on Twitter, however all of the action of the story occurs through Lizzie’s video blogs. So, if you are like me and can’t tell a Tumblr from a Twitter, there is no need to panic. Each and every moment of the story is posted on the Youtube account and there is no need to go digging through cyberspace for the one tiny detail they may have posted on Kitty Bennet’s Twitter (yes, the cat has a Twitter and has over 8,000 followers). “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries” is perfect for anyone the least bit interested in Pride and Prejudice. For die-hard fans, lines such as “the pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow” have made the cut. For those who have never read the book, the only confusion comes from Darcy’s letter, as Lizzie refuses to read it to us. Even knowing exactly what it says, I sometimes find that all I want to scream is, “What’s in the letter?” Mysterious letters aside, the video blog is addictive and excellently crafted. It has certainly taken off; the November 1 episode (known affectionately to fans as “Darcy Day”) received more than 100,000 views in less than 24 hours, according to creators Hank Green and Bernie Su. The truth is unavoidable: Pride and Prejudice is a romance and coming of age story that speaks to countless individuals spanning centuries. While modernizing it to an astounding degree, “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries” preserves what is truly important about Pride and Prejudice: the characters, their trivial concerns, the misunderstandings and the human condition. Marissa Tranquilli is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at mtranquilli@cornellsun.com.

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hen I was a kid I generated most of my income in one of three ways. The first, the way that dominated my youngest years, was simply to beg from my mom, dad, grandmother, or any combination of the three until someone caved. I actually remember my dad inventing a system where I would get paid for each page that I read — a system that may have distorted traditional incentives enough to mold me into a future English major. The second was to mow lawns. Once I hit 12 or so and I was finally able to yank the starter rope forcefully enough and my dad trusted me with pouring oil and gasoline a few inches above a volatile spinning blade, I was made to mow the lawn every week for my exorbitant allowance — since my dad’s a labor lawyer I had long since internalized arguments for a living wage and threatened to unionize with my sister and dog. The third, though, was the classic neighborhood yard sale — every few months my family and I would rummage through our belongings and try to get rid of anything and everything without much consideration of its sentimental value. Mostly I relied on old baseball mitts, scooters and Pokémon cards to rake in the big bucks, fueling a Taco Bell habit that followed me until high school wrestling. Many of you may have the same memories

of early Saturday and Sunday mornings pulling blankets out over the driveway, praying for the rain to pass. Little did we know back then that we were participating in a truly iconic American pastime. This past weekend New York-based artist Martha Rosler, best known for video performance pieces like “Semiotics of the Kitchen” (1974-75) and “Martha Rosler Reads Vogue,” (1982) and her Vietnam and Iraq War-themed photomontages, will debut her “Meta-Monumental Garage Sale” at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan. The exhibit doesn’t provide the typical art museum silent shuffling experience. Instead, visitors will purchase tickets in the lobby like for any other exhibition, enter the museum’s atrium, and proceed to shop for the eclectic objects Ms. Rosler has amassed over the past few years after “performing” numerous other

Adam Lerner Slow Lerner yard sales around the world (in some she has even sold personal objects like her old diaphragms). Prices are artificially inflated so the sale isn’t ransacked too quickly (and, presumably, because it’s MoMA and it is Art (with a capital A)), but the proceeds will go to charity and visitors are free to wander around

and absorb the pastiche that thousands of commercial products create. Yard sales as a form of art sort of feels like Norman Rockwell-esque Americana — imagining Ms. Rosler traveling the world and arranging her pristinely collected kitschy ready-mades seems a peculiarly heartlandish overture. But there is something entirely different about Rosler’s sales and the ones I used to frequent in suburban Maryland. Rosler creates a parody, while, like it or not, my family, neighbors, and I created portraits. When a friendly neighbor stopped at my family’s yard sale, he was essentially taking a peek into our day-to-day lives, without the slightest clue as to what he might find. Does selling the Sega Dreamcast mean that I have finally gotten over my video game habit, or did I get a Gamecube for Chanukah and need extra money to buy Red Card 2003? Why were we selling our old living room sofa and what on earth were those stains on it? Was I getting rid of my football cleats because I had grown out of them or had I sworn off the game for good? The little inanities such as our favorite brands or former shoe sizes might seem like small potatoes, but they provide the only contrast to the monotones of the suburbs. These are the little idiosyncrasies that determine who will be bullied on the schoolyard and that have people swearing The

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Corrections is less novel and more folklore. I have yet to see Rosler’s exhibit, but to be successful she must take the personal and parody it to logical absurdity. Instead of a pair of Hey Arnold boxer shorts, this sale should have the whole dinette set. Instead of an original Gameboy, she should sell a package with not only the device, but also all of the Super Mario and Pokémon games (red, blue, green and yellow, I believe). Yard sales are a symbol of true American excess. We buy and buy and buy until we can’t fit anything else in our crummy little basements and then we sell it for pennies on the dollar to people who have no use for it so that we can start over. Rosler captures this with the beautiful dangling Stars and Stripes that tower over the exhibit. Land of the free, home of the brave. Also, home of the Whopper. Adam Lerner is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at alerner@cornellsun.com. Slow Lerner runs alternate Mondays this semester.

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and linemate Joel Lowry, who sent it to Knisley up the right wing. The puck went past Crimson goaltender Raphael Girard just below his arm at 14:58 to tie up the game. “It was a nice relief, [although it] would have felt better if we got the win there,” Knisley said. “But Miller made a good play in front of the net there blocking a shot and he moved up to Lowry and really I just threw it on net trying to create a rebound and it happened to go into the back of the net.” However, Harvard answered yet again, as the third goal in just over a minute went to Crimson’s Mike Seward. Despite the Harvard’s lead at the close of the first period, the Red had outshot them, 11-7, and controlled much of the play and the physical game throughout. “It’s obviously frustrating to lose a game,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86. “You can sense the frustration from our guys in not scoring goals and getting off opportunities and bearing our chances and then it compounds itself.” Although Cornell played a sound second period, a Red defensive turnover leading to a two-onone led to another goal for the Crimson as the second period was drawing to a close. Harvard

claimed a 3-1 lead going into the third period. “The third goal that they scored is a direct result of [us having] played a pretty good second period and then Nick [D’Agostino]’s just trying to do something too much,” Schafer said. Again, Cornell put forth a solid effort in the third period, but was unable to capitalize on any of its chances. With a minute and a half left in the game, Schafer took junior goaltender Andy Iles out of the net, and Harvard’s Petr Placek was able to earn an empty netter just 14 seconds before the buzzer. The final 4-1 score is not reflective of the night’s scoring chances. By the end of the game, the Red had outshot Harvard, 35 shots to 17. Furthermore, Harvard had blocked 23 of the Red’s shots. “We were prepared to play — I thought we worked hard throughout the course of the game, we battled,” Schafer said. “As a coach you just go back and evaluate where we are after we come out of that game. It’s obviously disappointing to lose but you have to go back and look at the factors that lead to maybe not capitalizing on scoring chances, chances we gave up. We have to address those issues.” Dani Abada can be reached at dabada@cornellsun.com.

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“Goals will come and we are pretty confident that they will happen,” Miller said. “You do not want to rush the shot, but sometimes it just has to be a

judgment call as to when you have to shoot it.” Schafer agreed with his players on the team’s recent struggles. “Teams go through this at different times of the year.” he said. “You definitely don’t want

to go through this at the end of the year. So we just have to have a consistent work ethic and remain solid defensively.” Scott Eckl can be reached at seckl@cornellsun.com.

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consecutive games. Cornell’s Friday victory against Colgate marked the squad’s final game at one goal each to extend the lead Lynah until January 15th to 3-0 less than eight minutes against Syracuse (5-5-1, 2-0-1 CHA). in. The team will hit the road to Sophomore forward Monika Leck added two goals, with wrap up 2012, including two Woods and Jenner once again highly anticipated matchups delivering multi-goal perfor- against Dartmouth (4-1-1, 3-1 mances en route to a final score ECAC) and No. 6 Harvard (41, 4-0 ECAC) this coming of 9-2. weekend. “When Despite B r i a n n e “[W]e are not too concerned leaving Jenner Lynah for gets going about being on the road the nearly a and mov- next couple of games.” month, the ing her Red is playfeet, as a Brianne Jenner ing conficoach, you have to remember to coach dent hockey and excited to conthe entire team and not just tinue what has been an impreswatch her as a fan,” Derraugh sive season for the program, according to Jenner. said. “[W]e ... have that road warWith the weekend sweep, Cornell remains undefeated in rior mentality,” she said. “[W]e are not too concerned about conference play this season. “We’ve got some real veteran being on the road the next couple of games.” leaders,” Derraugh said. The Red has now won its last nine contests against the Chris Mills can be reached at Raiders and has scored in 91 cmills@cornellsun.com. Continued from page 16

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took just two minutes to find the end zone. Holland completed passes of 10, 17 and 21 yards to place the ball at the Cornell 3, where Penn sophomore running back Spencer Kulcsar sprinted in for a tiebreaking score, 3528, with one minute flat to play. “I’ll take the blame for [the kickoff] — I knew better,” Austin said. “That’s a mistake by me, we should’ve kicked it deep and see what happened. They got the ball on the [37yard line] and we’ve still got to dig in and get them off the field. We didn’t get them off the field the whole second half.” The Red had 56 seconds and one timeout to work for a re-tying score. Cornell overcame a 10-yard holding penalty when Mathews pumpfaked and hit Tasker on the numbers for a 51-yard gain to the Penn 8. The hosts then called their last timeout with 16.5 seconds remaining. Cornell committed another costly penalty, this time a chop block that backed up the Red all

the way to the Quakers 28 with 9.8 ticks left. Mathews fired a pass in the middle of the field to senior wide receiver Kurt Ondash, who picked up 20 of the 28 necessary yards before Penn tackled him and the clock expired as the Ivy Champs celebrated. The referees flagged Cornell 10 times for 107 yards, both season highs. “The penalties definitely killed us,” Gellatly said. “We got the shot we needed … and unfortunately it’s just one of those things that cost us.” “More than half of [the penalties] were in scoring territory,” Austin said. “If we didn’t go backwards, this game [would’ve gone to] overtime. You can’t have that happen when you’re trying to get into overtime — not against a good football team.” Mathews was 31of-45 for 445 yards with a touchdown and interception. Last year’s Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year secured his second straight 3,000-yard season and became the second Ivy quarterback in history to surpass 8,000 career yards. Tasker recorded a

reception for the 30th game in a row in his final collegiate outing, finishing with six grabs for 110 yards. He led the Ivy League this season in catches (75) and yards (1,207) while tying for the most touchdowns (8). Tasker is one of the seniors Austin credits for changing the culture of Cornell football. The senior class compiled a 1327 career record, but the players graduating in May instilled belief in the program, Austin said. “They have bought into understanding that to change the culture, you have to change the expectations,” he said. “You do that through your work ethic, how you prepare, how you relate to your teammates, how you relate to your coaches, how you study film, how you lift in the offseason — all of those things to try to reestablish an ethos here of high expectations. Although they haven’t had a lot of wins, I think they’ve brought the team a long way.” Quintin Schwab can be reached at qschwab@cornellsun.com.

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Red Falls to Quakers

By QUINTIN SCHWAB Sun Senior Writer

The Penn Quakers are Ivy League Champions again. Senior backup quarterback Andrew Holland led touchdown drives in the final minutes of each half and Cornell came eight yards shy of forcing overtime on its last gasp as Penn escaped with a 35-28 triumph in the 2012 finale Saturday on Schoellkopf Field. Penn (6-4, 6-1 Ivy) secured its sixth outright title of the young century, while Cornell (4-6, 2-5) suffered its third straight loss to end the season a game under .500. Red third-year head coach Kent Austin said he regrets that his 24 seniors, who were honored with their relatives before the contest, could not leave the program on a winning note. “My disappointment for them is really hard to put into words,” Austin said. “They are guys that have put a lot of time and effort and commitment and sacrifice into this program, and haven’t had a lot of success. We’ve had our moments in the last couple years, but I really, really wanted them to go out with a win.” At first, it seemed like a victory might have been out of the question. The Red received the opening kickoff for the ninth time in the season’s 10 games, but the offense committed its fourth firstdrive turnover of the year on a failed trick play. Junior quarterback and offensive co-captain Jeff Mathews threw a lateral pass to junior receiver Grant Gellatly, who couldn’t hang on and Penn fell on the live ball. “That’s just a play we practiced and I should’ve caught the ball,” said Gellatly, who finished with six catches for 141 yards and a touchdown, his fifth game in 2012 over the century mark. “We stressed trying not to make it a lateral. It’s just one of those things that you have to avoid and we made that mistake.” Two plays later, Quakers senior running back Jeff Jack followed a 34-yard completion with a oneyard touchdown run for a 7-0 Penn lead barely two minutes into the game. But the Red battled back to create an evenly played first half. Each team totaled exactly 200 yards of offense, scored two touchdowns, committed one turnover and converted only 1-of-6 third downs before intermission. Penn held a one-point advantage, 14-13, because the Red missed its third extra point of the season following

a 65-yard touchdown bomb from Mathews to Gellatly — Cornell’s answer to Jack’s opening score. For the third week in a row, the Cornell defense surrendered a backbreaking score in the last minute of the first half. The Quakers marched 89 yards in just 57 seconds, capped by Holland’s 41-yard hanging pass that wound up in the arms of senior wide receiver Jason Seifert in the end zone. The score gave Penn back the lead with 26 ticks left in the second quarter. Penn ran with the momentum on the first possession of the second half. Senior tailback Lyle Marsh broke loose for a 55-yard touchdown run four plays after the break to extend the Quakers lead, 21-13. Marsh ended with 111 rushing yards on 19 carries, as Penn wore down a Cornell defense that had bottled up Marsh and Jack for a combined 22 first-half yards on 13 tries. “We just didn’t take [Marsh] down — he had a couple of broken tackles on [the touchdown] in particular and that’s how he got the bulk of his yards,” said Red freshman safety Bobby Marani, who sparked the defense with a team-leading 11 tackles and two sacks. Austin praised Marani, who came on late in the season as the Red shuffled around the defensive lineup. “I love that young man. He is exactly the type of football player we want and need here at Cornell,” Austin said. “He’s a real football player. That guy is going to be an outstanding player — one of the better players in this league.” Marani spearheaded a rare Red pass rush, as the defense brought down Holland four times to establish its season sack total at 14. Still, Holland performed admirably in place of injured starter Billy Ragone, completing 18-of-22 passes for 255 yards, a touchdown and one second-quarter interception to Red cornerback Jarrod Watson-Lewis for the freshman’s third pick in two weeks. Holland also snuck for a oneyard rushing score late in the third quarter to stretch the Penn lead, 28-13, as the Quakers capitalized on a muffed punt return by Red senior wide receiver and special teams co-captain Luke Tasker. That miscue followed a Mathews interception for Cornell’s third turnover of the game, its 12th in the three-game skid and 20th in 2012. The Red, however, didn’t say goodbye to the season without first

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showing some fight. Mathews directed a 12-play, 65-yard touchdown drive over 6:42, including conversions on third-and-2, thirdand-21 and third-and-6. Freshman running back Luke Hagy punched it in from two yards out to cut the deficit to 28-20 with 12:13 remaining. Hagy carried 15 times for 69 yards, caught seven balls for 83 yards and scored three rushing touchdowns to wrap up a stellar rookie campaign. Marani then came through with a clutch play on third-and-3 from the Cornell 40-yard line, busting through the Quakers pro-

tection to sack Holland for a sixyard loss. On the ensuing possession, Mathews heaved a 47-yard pass to Gellatly up the sideline on second-and-20 and Tasker was interfered with in the end zone on fourth-and-10 from the Penn 31 to keep the drive alive. On the next play, a roughing the passer penalty negated a would-be game-sealing interception. The Red relished its second opportunity, as Hagy took a handoff left side for an eight-yard touchdown run to finish off the 80-yard drive with 2:57 to play. A low snap on the massive two-point conversion didn’t bother Mathews,

who completed an out route to Tasker to knot the game at 28-all and pump up the Senior Day crowd. “With the guys we have, we never try to dwell on the past. We’re always trying to look forward,” Gellatly said. “We pick each other up on the sideline and we always just try to focus on the next play.” But the next few plays after the game-tying score did not go in the Red’s favor. A poorly executed squib kick set up the Quakers with good field position and the visitors See FOOTBALL page 14

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Red Crushes Colgate in Weekend Double-Demolition By CHRIS MILLS Sun Staff Writer

Rested from a two-week break in play, the Red netted a flurry of goals against Colgate this past weekend — matching the number scored in all of the team’s previous conference games combined. Entering the weekend having rattled off five in a row,

the No. 2 Red (8-1, 6-0 ECAC) routed the Raiders (3-91, 0-5-1 ECAC) 9-0 Friday at Lynah and again, 9-2, in Hamilton on Saturday to extend the team’s winning streak to seven games. “It was definitely a fun game,” said junior forward Brianne Jenner after Friday’s victory, in which the star forward scored a career-high four goals. Jenner had missed the Red’s previous two games while playing for Team Canada.

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Shooting for the stars | Junior forward Brianne Jenner had an incredible weekend against Colgate, earning a career-high

Cornell opened Friday’s game with three first period goals, including two by senior defenseman Laura Fortino. Jenner tacked on three more in the second period, while freshman forward Taylor Woods and junior defenseman Hayleigh Cudmore got in on the action with two more in the third. “After two weeks off, I thought we played sloppy in the first period, but the second and third we played solid and the best we have played all year ... We did a good job in the middle of the ice and were able to keep them on the outside,” said head coach Doug Derraugh. “I think both forwards and defense did a good job defensively ... [T]hey know how to handle the penalty kill.” In addition to her four goals, Jenner also had two assists to give her a career-high six points. The 9-0 thrashing also featured career-highs in assists from senior defenseman Lauriane Rougeau (four) and goals from Woods (two). “[I]t is nice sometimes to have a lucky game where the shots go in,” Jenner said. “We did a good job moving the puck offensively.” The Red was able to hold Colgate to a combined two goals during the weekend thanks, in part, to the efforts of sophomore goalkeeper Katelyn Pippy. Pippy had previously made an impressive appearance on Nov. 3 against Quinnipiac, but was making her first two career starts against Colgate. “We are all really happy for [Pippy], for her to get a shutout [on Friday],” Jenner said. Pippy was especially helpful in holding back the Raiders even on their power plays. “Our goalie had a few big saves in the first period on the penalty kill,” Derraugh added. The momentum didn’t stop on Saturday at Starr Rink in Hamilton. The Red piled it on with six first period goals. Freshman forward Victoria Pittens put Cornell on the board early in the first period, and freshman forward Jess Brown and junior forward Jessica Campbell tacked on

four goals and two assists on Friday and then two more goals and an assist on Saturday.

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Cornell Unable to Claim Victory Over Home Weekend Iles’ Dartmouth shutout ends during last minute of play By SCOTT ECKL Sun Staff Writer

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Keep on moving | Although junior forward Dustin Mowrey was unable to score on Friday night, he managed to score the Red’s only goal the next night against Darmouth.

Harvard capitalizes on chances; C.U.does not By DANI ABADA Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Although the Lynah Faithful came out in full force on Friday, the Red was not able to deliver a win for its fans. Unable to capitalize on its chances, Cornell lost to Harvard, 4-1. “[The game was] certainly disappointing in front of our Lynah Faithful,” said senior forward Greg Miller. “I thought we had some opportunities to certainly score and put the puck in the back of the net, it just didn’t seem to go in. If you can’t score, and they are capi-

talizing on their opportunities, it’s not going to go your way.” A scoreless game was broken with around five minutes left in the first period, when a flurry of goals all came at once. At 14:32, Harvard’s Alex Fallstrom scored the Crimson’s first goal of the game. Just 26 seconds later, the Red was able to score one of its own. The Red’s only goal of the night came from freshman forward John Knisley, who scored his first collegiate goal. Miller started off the play and then passed to classmate See HARVARD page 14

The men’s hockey team was able to stop the recent bleeding and earn a tie against rival Dartmouth. The Red (3-3-2, 1-3-2 ECAC) had the lead with under a minute remaining in Saturday night’s game, but the Big Green (5-1-2, 4-1-1 ECAC) scored the equalizer with 51.4 seconds and earned a 1-1 tie. “It was a little frustrating to watch tonight’s game,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86. “We did a good job creating the chances to score, but it is just a matter of finishing in the back of net.” Junior forward Dustin Mowrey scored the Red’s only goal at 9:41 in the third period off assists from sophomore forward Brian Ferlin and senior forward and tricaptain Erik Axell. Dartmouth’s only goal came immediately after they pulled their goalie under a minute in the third. Prior to that goal, junior goaltender Andy Iles had 24 saves and a shutout. “We have to win different during the regular season,” Shafer said. “You have to be pretty good defensively and I think we were able to accomplish that tonight.” The Red had 27 total shots, including seven in the overtime period. Both Mowrey and sophomore forward Joel Lowry had four shots apiece. “Frustrating is definitely the word for tonight,” said senior forward Greg Miller. “I think it is just a mindset of finishing because we have the chances, but we just

have to bear down and put it in the back of the net.” Mowrey also echoed his teammate’s frustration, but added that they are turning the corner. Miller said that they were also turning the ship in the right direction. See DARTMOUTH page 14

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Picking up the puck | While senior forward Greg Miller had many great chanes this weekend, he could not come away with a goal.