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Officials Baffled by Chemical Discharge In Ithaca’s Sewers

By EMMA COURT Sun City Editor

Officials are turning to the public in their attempt to find out who dumped a “significant volume” of chemicals into the City of Ithaca’s sewer system.

In a statement, officials said they believe that the individual responsible released the chemicals — which they said might be cleaning solution, solvent or something else — into a building drain or manhole cover on Nov. 23 or Nov. 24. Although the discharge did not likely affect the city’s water supply, it disrupted activity at the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility, according to Dan Ramer, chief operator of the facility.

The discharge likely did The treatment facility not affect the city’s water processes wastewater from the supply at all, according to City of Ithaca, Town of Ithaca and Town of Dryden and recyDan Ramer, the facility’s cles the clean water into chief operator.

Cayuga Lake. Because of the chemicals, however, the microbes the facility uses to remove pollutants from wastewater were not able to treat the water as effectively.

Ultimately, Ramer said, the discharge probably did not cause significant damage to Cayuga Lake’s ecosystem. The issue was more of a “short-term problem,” he said, adding that, on the other hand, “if we were discharging that quality of water every day, that would be a problem.”

The discharge could have been either a small quantity of very concentrated chemicals or a large quantity of very diluted chemicals, Ramer said. The individual who released the chemicals could have unloaded anything from a “55-gallon drum to a tanker truck” into the

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Roosevelt Island | Goldwater Hospital’s last patients moved out of the facility last month. The Goldwater site on Roosevelt Island is the future location of the Cornell Tech campus.

Making Space for Cornell Tech, Hospital’s Last Patients Move Out Bloomberg said at a December 2010 press conference that the decision to demolish the facility was made because “the hospital is an underCornell Tech has had its share of milestones used hospital, not suitable to fill in other needs this year, including the start of classes in where we need hospital beds.”

The last remaining January and the launch of two new “It was a monumental effort to move patient left Gold water on Nov. 25, degree programs. The this vulnerable patient population.” according to a press school marked a more release from the New sobering moment last Alan Aviles York City Health and week, however, when Hospitals Corpor a Goldwater Hospital — which occupies the site of the rising campus tion — a city agency that runs the public hospital system, including Goldwater Hospital.

— evicted its last 228 patients.

Goldwater has been slated to close since June 2010. New York City Mayor Michael See GOLDWATER page 5

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Faculty Praise,Remember Esteemed C.U.Historian

Unrest in Thailand

By JESSE WEISSMAN

dedicated teacher who lent a hand to anyone in need.

Prof. Isaac Kramnick, govProf. Emeritus Michael ernment, said Kammen was Kammen, history, who peers beloved by his colleagues. describe as one of the eminent “He was a gentle, unassumhistorians of ing man who never America, died Friday tooted his own horn at the age of 77. and who always Kammen, who helped students and taught at Cornell for colleagues find just 43 years and then the right article or came out of retirebook to help in their ment this fall to work,” Kramnick teach a honors thesis said. “He spent his class, was the author whole career here, PROF. KAMMEN of several books and he will be sorely about American colonial histo- missed.” ry, as well as an active member Former University President of the community of historical Hunter S. Rawlings III said in scholars. an email that he was “fortunate” His friends, family and colSee KAMMEN page 4 leagues remembered him as a

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Anti-government protesters cover a canister of tear gas outside police headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand. Police stepped up their defense of government buildings on Monday by firing rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters.

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Shinagawa ’05 M.A.’09 Reflects on Leadership

By MEI XIN LUO

ence without being a person in power. ...

We took up that kind of mentality as well,” he said. “Because we had to fight that Tompkins County Legislator Nate unconventional battle, the one thing we Shinagawa ’05 M.A. ’09 spoke about the had to do was have more volunteers than lessons he learned from his journey as a anybody.”

Cornell undergraduate to a congressional Shinagawa said that although he speaks candidate to an audience of more than 150 from his experience as a congressional canpeople Monday. didate, the lessons he extracted can be One lesson Shinagawa recalled was the applied to on-campus activism and other need to act unconventionally to be success- social campaigns. ful. Shinagawa pointed to his own experiIn particular, Shinagawa said he feels it is ence as the underdog in his congressional important to share personal experiences to race in 2012, when he had limited mone- inspire leaders to change and grow. tary funds as com“You have to tell your story, pared to his oppoand help people tell theirs. We nent, incumbent “I took nothing for can teach anybody how to be a Rep. Tom Reed (Rleader by getting them to tell N.Y. 23). Unlike granted.” their story,” Shinagawa said.

Reed, Shinagawa Nate Shinagawa ’05 M.A.’09 Rebecca Gallo Lazo ’15 said could not afford to Shinagawa’s ideas resonated use conventional with her. campaigning meth“I thought it was really ods such as mass distribution of flyers and interesting that he brought in the aspect of extensive television publicity, he said. a personal story because often times you To make up for limited funds, don’t really think about how important a Shinagawa said he enlisted the help of vol- personal story is to career development,” unteers and personally knocked on doors she said. during the course of the campaign. Using Sarah Paez ’17 said she found the advice these methods, Shinagawa noted that he Shinagawa offered to be practical, especially lost by only four percentage points, despite for university students like herself. using less than half of the funds that Reed “He gave us advice on working on the raised. bottom up, and that’s really important to “I took nothing for granted. To us, this keep in mind especially at a university was our guerilla warfare style campaign,” because you have a lot of ideas and tend to Shinagawa said. get ahead of yourself. I really like that facet He added that valuing every individual’s of his lecture because he gave us a lot of contribution was instrumental for success. really applicable life advice,” she said.

“There are people throughout history, like Rosa Parks, who are single individuals Mei Xin Luo can be reached at that were able to make a tremendous differ- ml942@cornell.edu.

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Cornellian to congressional candidate | Tompkins County Legislator Nate Shinagawa ’05 M.A. ’09 speaks in Bailey Hall Monday about his experience running for Congress in 2012.

Ithaca College Student Dies In Car Accident

Car overturns on I-88 after driver swerves to avoid deer

By AKANE OTANI Sun Managing Editor

One Ithaca College student died and three others were injured Sunday when the car they were riding in returning from Thanksgiving break crashed on Interstate 88.

The crash occurred just before 10 p.m. in Cobleskill, N.Y., which is 122 miles away from the City of Ithaca. The driver swerved to avoid hitting a deer that emerged from the center median, causing the SUV to roll over several times, according to the Associated Press.

Michael Clark, a junior at Ithaca College, was pronounced dead at the scene. Three other students — Ezra Chamberlain, a junior; Melanie Pond, a junior; and Christopher Rose, a sophomore — were transported by emergency responders to Albany Medical Center.

Ithaca College issued a statement to the community Monday offering its condolences.

“We extend our deepest sympathies — as well as our thoughts and prayers at this difficult time — to the family, friends, classmates and professors of these four members of our campus community,” the statement said.

As of Monday afternoon, there were no updates available on the condition of the three students who were hospitalized.

Akane Otani can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun.com.

City News Schumer Appears in Watkins Glen To Express Support for Beer Tax Reduction

Planned Parenthood Receives Anonymous Donation

Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) spoke about the Small BREW Act of 2013 on Monday. The bill would reduce taxes on beer made by craft breweries by 50 percent. In the House, it has been referred to the Ways and Means committee since February, and in the Senate, the bill has been referred to the Senate Finance Committee, according to The Ithaca Journal.

Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes received an anonymous donation of $200,000 Monday.

The organization aims to raise $6.3 million to support building three new Planned Parenthood facilities in Ithaca, Corning and Hornell, according to The Ithaca Journal.

— Compiled by Dara Levy

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President Barack Obama speaks Monday to a crowd as part of Worlds AIDS Day. The day is meant to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS.

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Investigation Into Discharge Not Likely, Facility Officials Say CHEMICALS

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sewer system, he added.

Ramer said he does not think foul play was involved and added that there will likely be no criminal investigation into the matter.

Still, facility officials believe the discharge did not come from a residence, according to a city press release.

“This is such an unusual event [that] we’re still kind of scratching our heads and trying to figure it out,” Ramer said.

Ramer said he encourages anyone who knows information about the sources of the discharge to contact city officials.

Emma Court can be reached at ecourt@cornellsun.com or twitter.com/dilemmaincourt.

Rawlings: Kammen Was ‘Completely Dedicated’ To Cornell, Department KAMMEN

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to know Kammen.

“Michael Kammen was one of my closest friends on the Cornell faculty, a colleague I greatly admired and respected, an inspiring scholar and teacher [and] a model of what a professor should be,” Rawlings said.

“He was completely dedicated to his department, to his profession and to Cornell, an all-toorare combination.”

Members of Kammen’s family also noted the late scholar’s commitment to helping others.

“My dad was a remarkably dedicated mentor to students and to me and my brother… it is a gift I loved in him,” said his son Prof. Dan Kammen, energy, University of California at Berkeley.

Kammen, who was born in Rochester, N.Y., received his B.A. at George Washington University and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. He joined the Cornell faculty in 1965 and worked at the University until he retired in 2008, according to

his Cornell faculty page.

Apart from being the Newton C. Farr Professor of American History and Culture, Kammen wrote numerous books about how events in America’s colonial history continue to affect the culture of the United States today.

His book, People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civili zation, which discussed the historical origins of modern ideological contradictions in America, earned him the Pulitzer Prize in 1973.

Kammen was also an active member of the community of historical scholars. From 1995 to 1996, Kammen was president of the Organization of American Historians. He also received the American Historical Association Award for Scholarly Distinction — which honors senior historians in the U.S. — in 2009.

Kammen is survived by his wife and two children.

Jesse Weissman can be reached at jweissman@cornellsun.com.

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Hundreds of Patients Former Employee of Madoff Testifies Moved From Hospital On Roosevelt Island GOLDWATER

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“This week marks the beginning of one era at HHC and the end of another,” HHC President Alan Aviles said in a press release.

“The relocation brings the first patients to the new Carter Hospital while representing the end of patient services at Goldwater, a facility that opened in 1939. It was a monumental effort to move this vulnerable patient population, and I applaud everyone who planned the operation for months and who during the move for the last two days devoted themselves to the safety and comfort of our patients.”

Of the more than 200 patients who recently left Goldwater, 114 critically ill patients — most of whom rely on ventilators for respiration — were transported to Henry “Hank” J. Carter Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility in East Harlem on Nov. 24. Another 114 Goldwater patients were transported to the skilled nursing facility section of the facility the next day.

Cornell Tech is scheduled to begin construction on Roosevelt Island in early 2014. Officials project that construction will be completed in 2037.

Emma Court can be reached at ecourt@cornellsun.com.

Ill.Lawmakers Will Vote On New Pension Proposal SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers began putting the pieces in place Monday for a potentially historic vote to address the nation’s worst public-pension shortfall, as legislators scrambled to digest the complex deal and labor unions and other political heavyweights ratcheted up pressure for and against it.

The House and Senate are expected to vote Tuesday on the years-in-the-making agreement.

Legislative leaders say the proposal, which emerged last week, would save an estimated $160 billion over 30 years and fully fund the state’s five pension systems by 2044 through benefits cuts for workers and retirees.

As of Monday evening the plan had the support of a clear

majority of members on a pension conference committee — enough to send the measure to the floors of both chambers. But its passage in the Democrat-controlled Legislature was not seen as assured.

Several lawmakers said they still were reviewing the 325-page piece of legislation, and a number of big questions remained for lawmakers to consider with little time before an expected vote.

Republican state Rep. Tom Cross of Oswego said he was waiting for more information on the possible impact of the monumental deal.

“This is going to be the biggest vote most legislators make in their career,” he said. “You’ve got one shot at this and you want to do it right.”

NEW YORK (AP) — The modest office at 110 Wall Street didn’t look special, but it was the breeding ground of Bernard Madoff ’s $17 billion Ponzi scheme, says longtime employee Frank DiPascali.

Madoff “would very loudly proclaim” that he had made a killing on an investment in Europe, DiPascali once told the FBI. He later began to suspect the words were calculated to give the impression the business was “somehow backed up by his deals and investments overseas.”

Whether Madoff ’s inner circle actually believed that lie has become central to a trial of five former Madoff employees in federal court in Manhattan.

DiPascali, the government’s star witness, took the stand Monday. He had started working for Madoff in the mid1970s, and he began his testimony, which is expected to last for days, by discussing how business was done then.

He served as a utility player in the firm, doing menial tasks like drilling holes and laying wire.

Prosecutors showed grainy old photos from the small messy office, with smiling employees with bushy moustaches standing near gigantic computers and typewriters.

“Even though I got yelled at lot, I wandered into the trading room,” he said Monday. “It was virtually impossible not to know what was happening.”

DiPascali described the trading scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s — when the firm

still did legitimate business — as bustling, busy and fun. But things changed when the Madoffs moved uptown to fancy new offices in a Third Avenue skyscraper known as the “lipstick building.”

When the stock market crashed in 1987, DiPascali said Madoff asked him to fabricate some trade numbers. He testified Monday that some of the employees on trial knew about it, because when trades were happening, you could hear them — they were loud transactions.

His were scratched out on paper, nothing more. “If you want to make a trade you gotta pick up the phone,” he said.

“Was it all fake?” asked Assistant U.S. Attorney Josh Zach.

“Yes,” he replied.

Part of DiPascali’s behindthe-scenes account was previewed last year in sections of FBI reports that were turned over to the defense. The reports, based on initial interviews of DiPascali, at times appear to support the contention that the defendants were unwitting dupes led astray by a devious boss.

But the reports also suggest the five had doubts about Madoff and his investment wizardry. DiPascali says two became convinced it was all a scam — and even confronted Madoff about it — but ultimately did nothing to stop it.

Defense attorneys have already attacked DiPascali’s credibility, calling him equal partners in crime with Madoff.

“The evidence will show DiPascali is a pathological liar, and the government’s case relies on you believing DiPascali,” Andrew Frisch said in opening statements. “And now instead of Madoff, DiPascali’s bosses are the government lawyers at this table.”

Madoff, 75, admitted that accounts he had told investors were worth nearly $68 billion actually held only a few hundred million dollars. He pleaded guilty to fraud charges and was sentenced to a 150-year prison term in Butner, N.C. DiPascali’s testimony represents a turnabout for him. He kept Madoff ’s secrets for decades until he agreed to cooperate with the FBI in early 2009.

DiPascali, 57, who is out on bail but facing substantial prison time, carries his own baggage as the beneficiary of a bank account filled with investors’ money that amounted to a slush fund for Madoff’s family and top employees. Authorities say he withdrew more than $5 million from the account between 2002 and 2008 to fund personal expenses, including the purchase of a new boat.

Prosecutors have accused Madoff ’s secretary, Annette Bongiorno, and JoAnn Crupi, an account manager, of using old stock tables to fabricate account statements so they would show steady returns even during economic downturns.

They say Daniel Bonventre, his director for operations, cooked the books to throw off regulators.

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SCINTILLATING SENIORS There exist at Cornell many persons of interest. Some of them occupy the pages of our fair newspaper on the regular, but they are hardly the only ones who merit widespread discussion. You’ve seen these Mysterious Seniors around campus. Perhaps you’ve awkwardly locked eyes with them on Ho Plaza, unaware of their subtle importance to campus culture. Below, you will find 25 Mysterious Seniors worthy of your attention. Maybe you’ve only seen them cramming in the library, killing it on the elliptical at the gym or making unfortunate mistakes at Collegetown’s finest drinking establishments, but these Seniors have carved themselves a place in Cornell lore and demand your utmost respect.

— Sam Bromer and Arielle Cruz, Sun Arts & Entertainment Editors

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PENCER WHALE — Pittsburgh, Pa. / Theatre — The last student to declare the Theatre major at Cornell, Spencer Whale has used theatre to bring art to the research-focused environment on campus. At Cornell, Whale is president of the Shakespeare troupe, he has directed over seven full-length plays at Cornell and in Ithaca featuring Broadway veterans and, at one point, 20 pounds of almonds on stage.

Whale is currently developing a production of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus at the Schwartz Center, a project with roots back in his Freshman Writing Seminar, where he first read the tragedy.

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NDY JOHNSON — Ann Arbor, Mich. / Biology — An avid birder since elementary school, Andy Johnson is a researcher in Cornell’s Lab of Ornithology. When he’s not on expeditions filming birds in coastal China, fending off polar bears in the Canadian arctic or recording birds in the Chilean Altiplano, Johnson enjoys filmmaking, photography and writing — which are also often inspired by his love of birds.

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NDREW STRAUSS — Roanoke, Va. / Psychology and anthropology — Having hiked the second highest peak in Africa and undergone expeditions spanning 25 countries, Andrew Strauss brings his worldly experiences back to Cornell, where he teaches rock climbing for Cornell Outdoor Education and studies psychology and anthropology.

Strauss may be spotted on campus beatboxing in the Absolute A Cappella group or walking around barefoot. After graduation, he plans to move to Southeast Asia and do research in cultural psychology.

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IZZIE BROOKS — Newark, Del. / Psychology and film — Lizzie Brooks is committed to never being bored. At Cornell, she found a lot of ways to stay busy including starting the Centrally Isolated Film Festival and learning to tie a bow tie from Bill Nye. A film and psychology major, Brooks links the two by both making movies and researching the ways that people understand film. She does not enjoy long walks on the beach and prefers whiskey to piña coladas.

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HRIS CRU Z — Bay Shore, N.Y. / Industrial and Labor Relations — As a starter for the men’s baseball team since his freshman year, Chris Cruz’s successful baseball career at Cornell has set him up for opportunities to play professionally after graduation. Cruz hit a record-setting walk off home run in extra innings to give his team its first Ivy League title and send the baseball team to its first regional competition in over 30 years. At Cornell, Cruz rounded out his athletic career by winning the intramural bowling championship with other members of the baseball team.

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ALIA ANGELITTI — Montreal, Canada / Hotel Administration — This punk-loving, tattooed Canadian may not appear to fit the Hotelie mold at first glance, but her passion for sustainability in the food and beverage industry put her on track to an impactful career in restaurant management or concept development. When not interning in kitchens from Montreal to Switzerland, she can be found in her Cornell home at Watermargin, where she is currently president.

In her spare time, Angelleti is dedicated to weightlifting — she can back-squat 200 pounds.

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NGRID NUÑEZ — Kent, Conn. / Hotel Administration — As an active member of Greek life and Teaching Assistant in the Hotel School, Ingrid Nuñez’s battle with Stage 4 lung cancer over the past four years has not stopped her from making a mark on campus. She has raised over $100,000 for lung cancer through Jog For Jill 5-Ks in Ithaca. Over the summer, Nuñez worked in San Francisco with some of the West Coast’s greatest culinary talents, all while getting chemo every three weeks and blogging about her experience.

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OPHIE GRISWOLD — Needham, Mass. / Agriculture and Life Sciences — Passionate about making an impact in the field of sustainable agriculture, Sophie Griswold has become active in the Cornell and Ithaca community through innovative food campaigns and her work at Greenstar Cooperative. During her four years, Griswold has cooked meals comprised entirely of dumpstered food under the banner of “Food Not Bombs for Greek Anarchists” and founded Ithaca’s Food Not Bombs chapter, which helps feed children in need.

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Back row, from left: Quinn Kelly, Kai Keane, Andy Johnson, Leah Meyerholtz, Sophie Griswold, Alyssa Cornelius, Lizzie Brooks, Lily Ma, Talia Angelitti Bottom row, from left: Brett Henderson, Christopher Cruz, Ebolutalese Airewele, Andrew Strauss, Sadev Parikh, Stephanie Addison, Tejal Thakkar Not pictured: Marianne Dorado, Ingrid Nuñez, Ryann Young, Spencer Whale SHAILEE SHAH / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

V PARIKH — Cedar Grove, N.J. / Government/Philosophy, College

ar — With his broad and wide-ranging interests in government,

sophy, history and neuroscience — and a love of ping pong —

ething of a Renaissance man, which is rarely seen at a school that

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EJAL THAKKAR — Rockville, Md. / Theater for Social Change — When she’s not watching New Girl or listening to her favorite Bollywood hits, Tejal spends her time

and more to promote specialization. He’s also a member of Cornell’s

feeding the homeless or tanning on the beaches of Grenada, where

aternity, a resident of Telluride and a huge fan of burritos.

she spent a semester abroad. Tejal also worked for a summer in Mumbai. After all of this travelling, she is relieved to have returned

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to Cornell’s Hotel School for her final year on the Hill.

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Agriculture and Life Sciences — By her own admission, Stephanie marches to the beat of her own drum. As Cornell has confirmed

for her, she also has an eye for fashion. She is the art director for Thread magazine, Cornell's first and only fashion and lifestyle magazine. She is also a burgeoning photographer — last year, her street style photography was published by Teen Vogue.

former Cornell wrestler and avid surfer, Brett is the founder of his apparel brand, Dirty Surf & Skate. The brand, which currently professional surfers, is one of three start-ups Brett currently helps

her two involve products targeted at the confectionary and trucking

When he’s not surfing or starting-up, Brett enjoys off-the-grid camp-

ountains of Santa Cruz.

H MEYERHOLTZ — Coeur d’Alene, Idaho / Hotel ministration — As Productions Director of Cornell Concert mmission and a subteam leader of Cornell University Sustainable here she has campaigned for Cornell’s Roosevelt Island campus to D certification — Leah has had the chance to interact with countng people. She has also spent 30 hours setting up for last year’s Bob ert, flooded Hollister Hall (it was an accident) and acted in The roduction of Adding Machine last semester.

YAN NN YOUNG — Chicago, Ill. / Hotel Administration — Hailing

rom the Windy City (she is the self-described “biggest White Sox fan

n campus”), Ryann is a Hotelie and a two-year captain of the varsity

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ILY MA — New York, N.Y. / Biology, Hotel Administration, Architecture, — Lily started off at Cornell in the College of Engineering. Now, as a senior, she plans on graduating as a pre-med Hotel student minoring in architecture and real estate. Her ultimate goal — however which way she decides to get there — is to design sustainable hospitals that incorporate the value and quality that the hospitality industry demands. Oh, and she created a non-profit startup called The Flour Child Bakery, which focuses on donating to charities in critical need as well as nonprofit groups on Cornell campus that want to hold bake sales to raise money for their own causes.

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Buffalo, N.Y. / College of

Veterinary Medicine — Veterinary medicine and research are two of Alyssa’s greatest passions. She is currently apply-

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— Ithaca, N.Y. /

Government and American Studies— Like her fellow scintillating seniors, Ebolutalese, known to her friends

as “O.T.,” has made the most of her Cornell career. As a four-year member of the varsity track & field squad, O.T. proven a star competitor. She’s also a dancer in Shadows Dance Troupe, whose concert recently took place at Bailey Hall. Both on the field and on the stage, then, Airewele is a force to be reckoned with.

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— Ithaca, N.Y. / Anthropology and

Education — As a member of musical duo The Mimis

and CEO of Corpus Callosum with a double major in

anthropology and education, Kai has found many interesting outlets for his wide-ranging interests, from animation and video pro-

Over the course of her career, she has won a match at each of the eight

humans, Fanconi Anemia. Alyssa is the President of Guiding Eyes for

duction to graphic design and Japanese. During his four years, Kai

chools and played on the U.S. Open’s tennis courts three times. You

the Blind at Cornell. It is rare to see her on campus without a puppy,

worked on sustainable neighborhoods in Nicaragua and videogra-

especially her “adorable little man,” Trapper.

phy and branding for Cornell Tech.

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here is little denying that critics of American democracy have ample and fresh ammunition with which to challenge the “purity” of the United States’ democratic practice, if not its basic integrity. The revelations generated by Wikileaks and Edward Snowden, to name just a couple of recent developments, have created justifiable domestic and international anger at the disjuncture between America’s preferred image as a liberal and transparent state and the apparently more insidious and opaque reality. The disturbing expansion of secret federal surveillance programs via the decisions of publicly unaccountable FISA courts, and the unabashed ferocity with which the government has sought to prosecute the citizens who leaked these troubling decisions, lead some to worry that America has become a national security state first and an open society democracy second.

Other relatively recent events in American domestic politics further call into question America’s democratic health: the repeal of the national Voting Rights Act and the passage of other measures which make voting more difficult for citizens in some states; the Citizens United Supreme Court decision equating corporations with persons and striking down limitations on their ability to pay for and influence political campaigns; the government shutdown, precipitated by legislative gridlock and dysfunction; even (and perhaps especially) the contested results of the 2000 presidential election. But American foreign policy, despite such apparent disarray on the homefront, still grapples with the responsibility to promote the development of democracy abroad. All of this begs the question: Do domestic practices which can be perceived as antithetical to “good” democracy undermine international perceptions of America’s qualifications as a democracy promoter in other nations?

To conclude that America’s political dysfunction and electoral unrepresentativeness have compromised its legitimacy as a democracy promoter abroad would not be unfair. But it would be incorrect to declare that America’s well of credibility, as it pertains to international democracy promotion, has altogether run dry.

Of course, the extent to which America has ever been perceived internationally as a qualified “active” promoter of democracy is a subject of much debate; it is probable that since the beginning, America has been more impressed with itself as a promoter of democracy than has the rest of the world.

But America’s domestic foibles have been far less damaging to international perceptions of America’s democratic credibility than has America’s inconsistency in promoting democracy internationally.

Strategic and material considerations have time and again been the clear motivations for our foreign policy decisions. The American government has been deeply selective in choosing where and when to intervene on behalf of the democratic ideals we profess to uphold. America’s decades of military and financial support to brutal and oppressive dictators across the Middle East have not been forgotten despite our recent support, measured as it was, for revolutions in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya. The disjuncture between our public support for protest in the name of democracy and our much quieter tacit support for the suppression of the Bahraini opposition movement does not go unnoticed by other countries and determines our credibility to

promote democracy. Interested readers should read Andrew Cockburn’s article “Secretary of Nothing” (available in the Olin periodicals section) for some surreal case studies demonstrating that much foreign policy is created with insufficient consideration of the domestic circumstances of other involved nations.

As I previously mentioned, a distinction should be drawn between “active” democracy promotion, in which America is directly and materially involved in the development of a democratic state (i.e.

Iraq), and promotion via soft power, where America’s popular cultural and economic influence serves as powerful advertisements for our political ideology. Since the aftermath of World War II at least, credibility for the former has seldom existed in practice, even if American intervention in the name of democracy is still sometimes sought by states in transition. But it is undoubtedly true, if difficult to concretely measure, that America still serves as a model for many countries due to our economic success and cultural resonance.

America is still widely perceived as a land of innovation, the biggest magnet for the world’s best and brightest minds looking for freedom and opportunity. Though negative perceptions of the American government’s inconsistent and self-interested stance toward democracy promotion abroad may pervade in some parts of the world, many of America’s most vociferous critics would and do take up residence here, given the chance. And given the opportunity to craft new democratic institutions in their own countries, it is American models they consult, tinker with and sometimes ultimately subvert.

No democracy is a perfect model of compromise or productive administration.

Even the countries most consistently lauded as worthy of emulation, including the developed democracies of Western and Northern Europe, have recently faced the rise of far-right parties and increasingly alienating stances toward immigrants and minorities. But even America’s political problems can be seen as enhancing our credibility as a democracy promoter from an experiential perspective. America is an advanced democracy which has, so far, dealt with its own internal political problems peacefully, within a democratic framework. Our controversies can serve to remind potential adopters that democracy is hard work and requires careful maintenance and evolution.

In a post-colonial, post 9/11 world, even America’s most sincere attempts to directly support the development of democratic institutions abroad are likely to backfire, to be seen (or cynically smeared) as self-interested propaganda tarring everyone it touches. Going forward, it is by example that America can hope to promote democracy abroad. Yegor Sobolev, leader of the ongoing Ukrainian protests against President Viktor F. Yanukovich, described the December 1st demonstrations there thusly: “The general opinion was something closer to the American and European ideal—that the real power should be citizens, not ministers, not presidents, not politicians.” For the time being, despite its domestic struggles, America still enjoys significant international credibility to promote democracy.

Sam Kuhn is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

He may be reached at skuhn@cornellsun.com. His column appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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John Alexander ’74 MBA ’76 & Ross Gitlin ’15 | Trustee Viewpoint

William Lenkin |

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Investing in a Sustainable Campus A

t the core of Cornell’s mission and its land grant status lies a commitment to addressing real and challenging problems, locally within New York State, as well as globally.

This is evident across the University, including the University’s efforts to address climate change. In recent years, Cornell’s pace of investment in making our campus a “greener place to live” has increased dramatically. We have been named the fifth “coolest” school in America by the Sierra Club. Additionally, the Princeton Review has awarded the Big Red the highest score on its Green Honor Roll, a designation only 22 out of 832 colleges have received. Our leadership among our peers stems from the vision and initiatives advanced by the University and its students over the past two decades.

For example, the $58.5 million Lake Source Cooling (LSC) project, which was completed in 2000, is one of the most ambitious and innovative initiatives ever undertaken by an American university. The LSC provides the University with a method of cooling that eliminates refrigeration equipment, saving Cornell over 20 million kilowatt-hours of energy per year – enough to continuously supply energy to 2500 homes in Tompkins County.

The project has heavily reduced Cornell’s reliance on fossil fuels.

Furthermore, in 2009, two years after President Skorton signed the American College and Presidents Climate Commitment, the University began implementing the Climate Action Plan (CAP), a set of 19 initiatives that aims to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

Most recently, as part of ‘Moving Beyond Coal,’ the Ithaca

Most significantly, Cornell’s GRF has set a goal of raising one million dollars from within our Cornell Community by March 2014. campus is now coal-free, having been replaced with natural gas produced by Cornell’s new co-generation plant (CHP) — an $82 million addition to our heating infrastructure. The CHP, which allows the campus to generate most of its electrical power using natural gas, also recycles the heat made in the process. The CHP will have the capacity, moreover, to run on bio-fuel, if a plantbased fuel becomes feasible. Presently, we generate 85 percent of our electricity needs efficiently, compared to 15 percent in the past. CHP, along with an additional $46 million dollar series of efficiency improvement initiatives around campus, is just another transformative undertaking that will further cut costs, save energy and dramatically reduce our carbon footprint.

Cornell’s students have played a significant role in promoting a greener campus as well. Some of the notable student organizations include Lights off Cornell, Take Back the Tap, Big Red Bikes, the Sustainability Hub and Cornell University Sustainable Design. Additionally, in the past year a group of energy-conscious students has formed Energy Corps at Cornell University (ECCU). ECCU is an action-oriented student organization assisting in the implementation of cost effective energy saving technology in University buildings. Here, project leaders gain experience in energy consulting and management, while working to reduce the University’s carbon emissions. Through ECCU, students have implemented five projects on campus, projected to save the University in excess of $150,000 over the next five years, while reducing our carbon dioxide emissions by over 970 tons.

One initiative that ECCU has been working on is creating, in particular, a Green Revolving Fund (GRF). The Green Revolving Fund aims to increase research and educational opportunities related to sustainability, as well as providing the University with a regenerative investment vehicle for capturing utility savings substantially into the future. Nationally, there are over 80 GRF’s operating in higher education institutions, with $111 million in capital committed to the funds currently in existence. In creating Cornell’s GRF, the University becomes a part of the Billion Dollar Green Challenge, launched by the Sustainable Endowment Institute. The Challenge strives to encourage universities, colleges, and other non-profits to invest a combined total of a billion dollars in revolving funds that seek to improve energy efficiency.

Further, in joining The Challenge, Cornell gains access to valuable tools that include project performance tracking and a searchable library of projects at our peer institutions, among other benefits.

Most significantly, Cornell’s GRF has set a goal of raising one million dollars from within our Cornell Community by March 2014. And as trustees, we look forward to learning of the results, and encouraging further investment in this great, student-led initiative.

Ross Gitlin is a junior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations and the undergraduate student-elected trustee. John Alexander ’74 MBA ’76 is a member of the Board of Trustees. Feedback may be sent to opinion@cornellsun.com. Trustee Viewpoint appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

Jacob Glick |

Glickin’ It

Go C.U.: Red Hot Hockey and The Enduring Cornell Identity

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s the semester draws to a close with dizzying speed, I find myself brushing dangerously close to the reality that looms like a storm-cloud over all of us on the Hill: Our time here is fleeting; our semesters, ephemeral; our chances to make “college memories,” finite. If I can manage to burrow my way through the next two weeks’ worth of papers — unlikely though that may now seem — I will have completed two and a half of my four years at Cornell.

It’s this realization of my own “Cornell mortality” that has driven me to categorize events into a morbid sort of countdown: now, only one Cornell Thanksgiving left; come January, only one Rush Week left; by March, there will be only one more Spring Break. The list balloons into a frightening segue to the oftentimes-menacing adult world.

This countdown is, in some senses, an unavoidable mental shift that begins as soon as we realize that each wave of prelims that we pray so fervently to overcome brings us closer to “the end.” In the crush of mundanities, it is easy to lose the essence of the years that we are all too often told are ones we ought to savor. If this trajectory toward premature graduation ferments too strongly in the mind of an undergraduate prone to philosophizing, it can pervert the Cornell experience into a Sisyphean bid to halt the forward motion of time.

Viewing our four years at Cornell as an inexorable crawl towards the exit is no way to treat our pre-

cious college experience, but all too often we are goaded — by our parents, our peers and by nostalgic alumni — into doing just that.

Maybe we’re just looking at it wrong.

This past Saturday, after gorging myself on the deliciously (and fortunately) rare hybridized cuisine of Thanksgivikkah, I trekked to Madison Square Garden to watch Cornell Big Red face off against the Boston University Terriers. To say that the Garden had been transformed into “Lynah South” would not quite capture the spectacle of hundreds upon hundreds of red-clad fans — from

about 24 in my particularly rowdy section (God bless that unsuspecting usher), the Garden was swarming with alumni whose own freshmen orientations had taken place long before the Class of 2014 was out of daycare.

While recent alumni reverted quite easily to their undergraduate selves, there were cohorts of bona fide adults who arrived with their spouses, their children and their grandchildren, taking an evening off from lives that are in many ways profoundly distant from our own. Yet, they chanted the same chants, clapped to the same cadence, cheered at the same

We should instead be asking ourselves how many lie ahead, and how, in the endless cascade of prelims, finals (and life), we can capture at least a few moments of oneness. both Cornell and Boston — that thronged the stadium. The dutiful melodies of the Big Red Marching Band still swelled at all the right moments, and those same collegiate war chants reverberated outward through New York City’s greatest arena. For a current patron of Lynah Rink happy to have rejoined the world of the living after a long weekend of the Walking Dead, my first experience at MSG Red Hot Hockey was a vastly fulfilling one. But as I looked out at the crowds chanting “Sieve!” (never mind the fact that we lost 3-2), I saw that there was something more.

Though there seemed to be an age cutoff of

moments and, indeed, wore the same sweaters.

Their presence had none of the stilted awkwardness of a reunion weekend, nor any overt University attempts to compel philanthropy.

There was a heartfelt sincerity in these alumni’s fidelity to Cornell — they were, after all, there to enjoy it — that we are too quick to classify as an exclusively undergraduate phenomenon. While we are right to squeeze every ounce of memory out of our (typically) four years as undergraduates, we must not dread our departure from the Hill as the end of all things Cornell.

The joy of the Red Hot Hockey game was its abil-

ity to serve as proof of the enduring nature of our collegiate bonds; we are students for but a brief moment of time, but we are Cornellians for the rest of our lives. It is altogether too daunting to view each end of each semester as another nail in the coffin of our college experience without realizing that this is an experience that can, in some way or another, carry us through the rest of our lives. So much pleasure in life is transitory, and it is an unnecessarily grim thought experiment to reduce the relative permanence of a Cornell identity into the compressed haze of a four-year undergraduate career. The fans at Madison Square Garden would surely tell you otherwise.

So, as we all trundle off to Olin and close the book on another semesters’ worth of Cornell memories, we should not be asking ourselves how many we have left, as if to suggest that our time as Cornellians is too rapidly expiring. We should instead be asking ourselves how many lie ahead, and how, in the endless cascade of prelims, finals (and life), we can capture at least a few moments of oneness — whether at Lynah or at Libe or at Madison Square Garden — in which our status as Cornellians is more lasting than the semester that is, inevitably, already slipping away.

Jacob Glick is a junior 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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triumph in the match.

“Our strengths as a team were going out there, creating action and scoring points. We are well conditioned, and we weren’t afraid to dictate a high pace for both teams,” Villalonga said.

Freshman Gabe Dean, 184 pounds, attributed the Red’s success to the team’s leadership.

“Our coaches and captains do a great job of keeping us focused on how to get better,” Dean said. “[They] have done a great job.”

While there was much to be celebrated this weekend, Villalonga also notes that the team has some things to work on.

“We need to work on bottom as a team. We got ridden way too much in a couple matches and that is not acceptable by our standards.”

Dean echoed Villalonga’s sentiment.

“As a team, getting off bottom is something we could work on,” he said.

According to Dean, the Red looks at this past weekend as a “step towards its ultimate goal.”

The team hopes to continue to work hard and earn a victory this weekend at the Las Vegas Invitational in Nevada.

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where he nailed both shots.

“It was evident in the [Western Michigan] game that we didn’t make it to the free throw line that much because we were able to make open threes,” senior forward Dwight Tarwater said. “However, we do need to attack the basket to be more successful.”

The Red then headed to South Bend, Ind. to take on a new addition to the ACC in Notre Dame.

Still looking for its first win of the season, the Red once again hung with the Fighting Irish in the first half. Five three-pointers by five different Cornell players left the Red trailing by only nine at the end of the first twenty minutes.

However, Notre Dame took control midway through the second half, after two free throws by Cherry cut the deficit to ten. That was as close as the Red would come, as the Fighting Irish were able to muscle their way into the paint and hurt Cornell from the inside.

“They really started making shots, and every shot they missed they were getting the rebound for.

We were letting them get in the paint and they were able to kick our for wide open threes,” Scelfo said. “The first five or six possessions of the second half, both teams scored, but they hit a three on every one of those possessions and we hit a two, so that hurt us as

well.”

Notre Dame outrebounded the Red 41 to 27, the second time in two games Cornell was outrebounded by more than ten. The Irish also grabbed eleven offensive boards, and was led by junior Pat Connaughton, who had a doubledouble with 18 points and 10 rebounds on the day.

“We need to be tougher on the glass,” Tarwater said. ‘There are no fundamentals to rebounding; you just have to want the ball more than the other guy. We will definitely be working on blocking guys out and going to get the ball this week in practice.”

The Red will take a relatively short break this week with no midweek contests. It will kick things back into gear Saturday in a home matchup with St. Francis. Now nine games into the season and with just give games left before the start of Ivy play, the Red has yet to find that elusive first win.

According to Scelfo, the effort is there, and if that persists, the results should not be far behind.

“A lot of people are doing everything they can do to win, but we just need to keep at it. We know we need to get better, but we know we have the potential,” he said. “Hopefully we’ll be able to get at it in practice this week and get that first win on Saturday.”

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

Are the Cavs Even Trying?

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year’s Cavs team losing — and getting blown out, for that matter — most of their games?

There is evidence to support the prospect that the team is tanking in hopes of drafting a Jabari Parker or Andrew Wiggins

caliber player. First, and most obvious to a casual basketball fan, is the way the team plays. Watch a full Cavs game. The players move around in what seems like slow motion. They may set a pick or two, and then nonchalantly settle for a one-on-one matchup.

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WRESTLING

Red Victorious at Grapple at the Garden C.U. takes down University of Illinois,University of Maryland

By ANNA FASMAN Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell men’s wrestling team competed Sunday in the Grapple at the Garden, a series of matches that took place at Madison Square Garden. The Red took on the University of Maryland and the University of Illinois in two back-to-back duals, earning wins against both schools.

The Red now holds a 3-0 record after winning both duals this weekend and posting a win against Binghamton the week before. Additionally, Cornell was able to earn first place at the New York State Intercollegiate Championships that took place on Nov. 24.

In its first match, the Red came on top with a score of, 32-9 against the Terps. In its all-time series against Maryland, Cornell now holds a 2-1 lead. Overall, the Red won six matches to two, winning by major decision in two of those matches and decision in two others.

Against the University of Illinois, Cornell won, 18-15, with each team winning five matches total. While the overall score was very close, the Red was able to win four matches by decision with the fifth match ending in a fall.

Senior Chris Villalonga, 149 pounds, and freshman Brian Realbuto, 157 pounds, were able to win back-toback matches and were the only two Cornell wrestlers to win in both matches of the dual.

Additionally, senior heavy weight Stryker Lane was able

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Double the trouble | The Cornell wrestling team takes down both the University of Illinois and the University of Maryland at the Grapple at the Garden Sunday.

to earn the deciding victory in his match against Illinois, allowing Cornell to earn its victory at the dual meet. After two overtimes, Lane made an escape to gain the lead over

his opponent that would ultimately lead him to an overall See WRESTLING page 11

One Team Is Tanking, Ballers Lose to Broncos,Irish But Nobody Cares T

MEN’S BASKETBALL

By SCOTT CHIUSANO

Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Two second half runs by Western Michigan and Notre Dame downed the men’s basketball team this weekend, as the Red took a Thanksgiving road trip out west to Michigan and

Indiana.

In Friday’s matchup against Western Michigan, the two teams traded buckets for much of the first half.

The Red was able to keep pace with the Broncos in large part due to its efficient shooting from beyond

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Thanksgiving traveling | The men’s basketball team plays Michigan and Indiana over Thanksgiving Break.

the arc. The squad connected on 10 of its 25 triples in the half, with freshman Robert Hatter and sophomore Nolan Cressler combining for seven of them. With 15 seconds left in the half, Cressler nailed a three that left the visitors trailing by two heading into the locker room.

Though the Red continued to put up a flurry of threes after the break, the story of the second half was one of rebounding and play in the paint. The Broncos went to the free throw line 28 times in the second half, compared to the Red’s just seven. Western Michigan also crashed the boards every offensive possession, grabbing seven offensive rebounds in the half.

“That game we were starting to hit our shots, we were shooting the ball well, but we just have to be more aggressive overall,” senior guard Dom Scelfo said. “They pressured the glass a lot on us. They had twelve offensive rebounds.”

Though the Red was able to stay in the game because of the long ball, the Broncos’ ability to connect on their free throws hurt the Red midway through the second half. After a fast break layup by junior guard Devin Cherry cut Western Michigan’s lead down to five with 1:40 to go, the home team went on an 8-0 run, all of those points coming off free throws. The Red went stagnant on the offensive end during that run, turning the ball over once and giving up an offensive rebound that allowed Western Michigan’s Tucker Haymond to get to the line, See M. BASKETBALL page 11

hose versed in NBA jargon are familiar with the latest addition to the vernacular: “tanking.” It is a concept that refers to a team with low expectations losing games in order to receive as high of a draft pick as possible. The NBA’s draft lottery system makes it so the worst team does not necessarily receive the first pick, but that the worst team has the greatest chance to receive

team like the 76ers or Magic, but both look to have promising young talent to be excited about.

Other teams have been included in the conversation as well. However, there is one team that has been left out of the tanking discussion that should have aroused plenty of suspicion: the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Cavs are 5-12 as of today. They have the fifth worst record in the league.

Ben Shatzman Guest Column the pick in the lottery.

The 2014 draft features the most highly anticipated class since 2003 (James, Antony, Wade etc.), and the idea of tanking has been a major topic of discussion in the NBA world. Earlier in the season, one NBA General Manager even admitted to tanking, though he did so anonymously, leaving a great deal of speculation as to which team was throwing the season. Many believed it was a

Roster-wise, though, they are not at the bottom of the pack. Led by stars Kyrie Irving and Andrew Bynum, Cleveland boats an explosive offense and rim-protecting defense. They are now coached by Mike Brown; the same Mike Brown who unexpectedly led the Cavs to the finals in 2007 when the team consisted of a 22-year-old LeBron James and not much else. So why is this See SHATZMAN page 11