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Court Upholds Dryden’s Ban On Fracking

News Global Vision

Administrators consider changing the international relations minor into a “global affairs” major. | Page 3

Opinion The Cost of Apathy

Maggie Henry ’14 argues that the U.S. cannot afford to stay silent about the growing bloodshed in Syria. | Page 7

By LIZ CAMUTI Sun Senior Writer

Science

opening.” Michael Twiford ’14, who lives in the Washington, D.C. area where there are over 75 of the burrito-based restaurants, said that, since he has a Chipotle at home, he is “so excited that it finally coming to Ithaca.” “I’ve been waiting for this Chipotle for weeks and I’m just so happy to be here,” Twiford said. Chipotle staff said their day was kept busy with eager diners milling around the restaurant. “Our day’s been really busy, with people lining up all day. People have camped out-

In the brewing legal melee between gas drilling companies and local municipalities seeking to ban hydraulic fracturing on their lands, round one, it appears, is over: Local communities in a win by decision. Tompkins County court judge Philip Rumsey ruled Tuesday that the Town of Dryden’s recent ban on hydraulic fracturing — a controversial practice in which chemicals are injected into the ground at high pressure to extract natural gas — falls within the authority of local governments to regulate municipal land use. According to court documents, Rumsey determined that the state’s mining law, which allows drilling companies to regulate their own activity, cannot stop towns from banning drilling through zoning ordinances. On Sept. 16, Anschutz Exploration Corporation, a Denver-based gas drilling company, filed a lawsuit against the Town of Dryden. The suit challenged the town’s hydraulic fracturing ban, calling the prohibition “invalid, unlawful and unenforceable,” according to court documents. According to the company’s statements during the trial, Anschutz has invested $5.1 million in drilling operations on more than 55,000 acres in the town. The company argued that Dryden’s ban on hydraulic fracturing — commonly referred to as “fracking” — violated a state law designed to create standardized regulations for oil and gas drilling and

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The Sun explores the sustainable science behind the CornellNYC Tech campus on Roosevelt Island. | Page 8

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Burrito business | Michael Twiford ’14 pays for his meal during the grand opening of Ithaca’s first Chipotle Mexican Grill on Tuesday.

The Sun reveals its picks for this Sunday’s Academy Awards. | Page 10

Chipotle Opens to Rave Reviews

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Students brave hour-long wait for Mexican chain

Small Talk

Becky Lee ’12 muses on what is lost and found in translation in intercultural couples’ relationships. | Page 11

Sports Before Linsanity

Members of the men’s basketball team reflect on their time playing against NBA sensation Jeremy Lin. | Page 16

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Ithaca heralded the grand opening of its first Chipotle Mexican Grill on Tuesday with crowds of patrons wrapping around the restaurant. The popular chain first announced its opening in November, rousing the excitement of Cornell students. “I’ve had a lot of experience with Chipotle. It is hands down the best fast food around,” Seth Braunstein ’13 said as he waited in line. “Finally Ithaca came to its senses and got one, and that’s awesome … There’s no way I’m going to miss the grand

Organization Pushes to Educate Signatures of S.A. Candidate’s Bid Scrutinized LGBT Students on Health Issues By JEFF STEIN

Sun City Editor

By JINJOO LEE Sun Staff Writer

A student initiative is raising awareness about health issues faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students and connecting them with existing programs that serve the LGBT population both on campus and in the Ithaca community. Spenser Reed ’13, vice presi-

be working on these issues because there is a lot of attention nationally on LGBT health,” said Vishesh Kothary ’12, founder and president of Come out for Health!. Come Out for Health! is currently working to address a number of health issues pertinent to the LGBT community, like smoking. Kothary said that the LGBT community has

“This is a great time to be working on these issues because there’s a lot of attention nationally on LGBT health.” Vishesh Kothary ’12 dent of Come Out for Health! said the group was inspired to take action in October by U.S. Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius. Sebelius said that there was an urgent need for healthcare practitioners to have a better understanding about the unique health disparities that LGBT Americans encounter. “I think this is a great time to

a high rate of tobacco use in part because of “industry targeting.” “[Tobacco companies] have sponsored AIDS charities, where gay men often gather. They also had a project … targeting minorities,” he said. To help reduce smoking rates See LGBT page 4

A candidate for Student Assembly attempted to take credit for another candidate’s signatures by crossing off the petition’s original name and replacing it with her own, documents obtained by The Sun Tuesday night indicated. That candidate, E.J. Yeterian ’15, will still be permitted to run for the position because she collected more than 100 signatures — the number necessary to qualify — Adam Raveret ’12, director of elections for the S.A., said in an interview Tuesday. While not confirming the details of the infraction, Raveret said Yeterian would not receive further disciplinary action. The “proper punishment for anything that took place,” Raveret said, is to not include any signatures that were not collected by her. Raveret said “the hearing that took place tonight was confidential, and no one outside reelection committee and E.J. should know about it, so that’s a little frustrating.” “Do you know E.J.? E.J. is honestly one of the sweetest girls in the world,” Raveret said. Raveret’s narrative appeared to

Violation | An S.A. candidate’s election petition, above, reportedly included signatures intended for another candidate.

contradict an email, obtained by The Sun, that he sent to Yeterian on Monday. In that account, while waiting in line to turn in their petitions to run for the S.A. women’s issues representative, Yeterian reportedly told Melissa Lukasiewicz ’14 that she, Yeterian, did not have enough signatures. Lukasiewicz, who apparently had more than enough of her own signatures, proceeded to give Yeterian two sheets of her own. “It is quite apparent that you had crossed out Melissa’s name

throughout the forms and wrote your own name on the sheet,” Raveret said in the email. “Since the signatures reflect the intent of the signers to put a particular person on the ballot, it seems inappropriate to transfer them to a different candidate unless you go back out and get all of the signers’ consent to do so.” Neither Yeterian nor Lukasiewicz returned phone calls Tuesday night. Jeff Stein can be reached at jstein@cornellsun.com.

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Gun Found Inside Piano Donated to Nursing Home

PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Police say an unloaded gun has been found inside a piano that was donated to a southeast Michigan nursing home years ago. AnnArbor.com reports that staff at Whitehall Healthcare Center in Pittsfield Township, 5 miles south of Ann Arbor, found the gun Friday in a case inside the piano. Pittsfield Township deputy police chief Gordy Schick says he suspects the Ruger .22 caliber pistol was hidden long before the musical instrument was donated to the home. Schick says police checked a state database but found no registered owner for the gun. They are trying to determine its last owner by checking the serial number against Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives records.

Nonprofit/Government Career and Information Fair 1 p.m., Statler Hall Ballroom Edwidge Danticat Reading 4:30 p.m., HEC Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall Mind’s the Prison: Art Gallery Opening by Jaeil Cho ’12 6 p.m. - 12 a.m., 626 Thurston Ave. DesignConnect Jam Session #2 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., 102 Mann Library

N.M. Woman Heads to Trial For Stealing $2 Pumpkins

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A 23-year-old college student from New Mexico is scheduled to go to trial for allegedly stealing a small pumpkin worth two dollars. KOAT-TV in Albuquerque, N.M., reports that Lauren Medina will go before a jury and Moriarity Magistrate Judge Steve Jones on Tuesday. She is accused of taking the pumpkin in October 2011 from McCall’s Pumpkin Patch in Moriarty.

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Ex-Club Manager Admits Owning Stolen New York Mets Items

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets’ longtime clubhouse manager has admitted he illegally owned millions of dollars’ worth of team memorabilia. Charlie Samuels pleaded guilty Tuesday in a Queens courthouse to possessing stolen property and tax fraud. He is expected to be sentenced in April to five years’ probation. The 55-year-old is also banned from any Mets facility, even if he buys a ticket. Samuels was fired by the team in 2010. He had worked for the Mets since 1976 and became equipment manager in 1983. District Attorney Richard Brown says Samuels admitted having almost $2.3 million worth of Mets memorabilia and collectibles. His guilty plea includes charges that he evaded paying city and state sales taxes. The Mets issued a statement thanking those involved in the investigation.

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Citing Popular Demand, Univ.Considers I.R.Major

By KAITLYN KWAN Sun Staff Writer

Despite its rigorous workload, the international relations minor has increased in popularity among students, leading administrators to consider changing the I.R. minor into a major in “global affairs.” “The moment is right for us to really consider this possibility,” said Fredrik Logevall, director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. “This is the time to think about whether we can make this a reality. It’s certainly an exciting possibility.” Logevall attributed the rising interest in the I.R. minor to a change in students’ worldview. “There is a sense now that the world is becoming a smaller place and more interdependent,” he said. “We’re all more interconnected than we used to be, and therefore, it’s more important for us to understand the world around us. Perhaps students and parents see a greater need for at least a minor.” Still, administrators said that a new major faces several roadblocks. Prof. David Lee, applied economics and management and director of the I.R. minor, said that the Einaudi Center is unable to create a major due to a lack of “administrative resources.” The minor is currently coordinated part-time by a graduate student, but will need a full-time staff in order to expand. Additionally, Lee said, the possibility of offering an I.R. major “comes down to funding, like so much else.” “It would be great and highly advantageous for students to have the option of an international relations major or global study major, but it would only make sense if we do it right, which would mean investing more resources,” he said. Several students who expressed interest in an I.R. major said that the current minor is too demanding for them to complete. The minor requires students not only to take eight courses — which is on par with the number of required credits for several majors, such as economics — but also fulfill a language requirement to complete it. Because of this requirement, Lee said, approximately 80 percent of I.R. minors are in the College of Arts and Sciences, where the minor’s language requirement can be partially fulfilled by the school’s distribution requirements. Some students in colleges which do not require proficiency in a foreign language said this particular requirement discouraged them completing the minor. Sae Ryoung Lee ’15, one student who is hesitant about completing an I.R. minor because of its requirements, said that she thinks completing six courses should be “good

enough” for a minor. Enrico Bonatti ’14 agreed, saying that although the minor’s courses are “really interesting,” its extensive requirements deter many from completing it. “I know a lot of people who were considering an I.R. minor … but then half of them dropped [it],” he said. Although Logevall acknowledged that “compared to numerous other minors, the I.R. requirements are heavy,” he said he does not think they are “unduly burdensome.” “There’s a logic to the requirements that we have. I want it to be a serious minor and one that is meaningful,” he said. In addition, Logevall said that the minor’s requirements help narrow down its pool of applicants to those who are serious about the minor, adding, “I want it to be a serious minor and one that is meaningful.” Not all students agreed with Logevall, however. Jared Macher ’14, who said he was interested in the I.R. minor but decided not to pursue it because of its requirements, said that students should be able to pursue a minor

without having to complete extensive coursework. “I think a lot of students at Cornell don’t particularly choose a major because they’re totally interested in it, but because they see the value of that degree,” he said. “You want to offer the greatest degree of academic flexibility and opportunity sustenance.” However, both Lee and Logevall said if a major is not created, the minor is still useful for entering. “One of the reasons why we have the program we have is because it draws students from across the University ... and I think that reflects in large part the diverse nature of Cornell,” Logevall said. “The way the I.R. minor is construed currently, it is an interdisciplinary-focused minor so you draw classes from government, from economics, from AEM, from anthropology and so forth. And that speaks to one of the strengths of Cornell, which is its breadth.” Kaitlyn Kwan can be reached at kkwan@cornellsun.com.

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After Obama’s Election, More Identify Themselves by Race, Researchers Say By DENNIS LIU Sun Staff Writer

President Barack Obama’s victory in the 2008 presidential election transformed the racial identities of black college students, according to a study by University researchers published at the end of November. After collecting data from African American students at Cornell and the State University of New York at Buffalo, Thomas

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Fuller-Rowell grad ’10 showed that the collective experience of the election prompted more individuals to identify themselves in terms of their race. According to Fuller-Rowell’s research, participants exhibited increases in their perceptions of public regard — the extent to which they feel their race is well liked — following Barack Obama’s electoral victory. “Public regard is an interesting dimension because, histori-

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cally, it has been very low among African American communities,” said Prof. Anthony Burrow, human development, co-author of the study. “So to see increases on this particular dimension is not only interesting, it’s really profound.” Tony Montgomery ’13, president of the Cornell Democrats, said that while he was not surprised by the study’s results, he was interested in the level of intensity that college students expressed for a presidential candidate. “For me, as an African American, I took a lot of pride in that election,” Montgomery said. “But also as a Democrat, and as an American citizen, I think there’s a lot to appreciate about his nomination and election.” Fuller-Rowell began to create the study as an extension of his dissertation, which examined the factors that produced changes in the racial identities of college students over time. The presidential elections approached just before he finished his dissertation. “[Barack Obama] would have been the first black president, so it was certainly interesting to us,” Burrow said. “This was something that could certainly shape racial identity.” The researchers gathered data by asking students to complete

surveys two weeks before and five months after the election. Participants either agreed or disagreed with statements such as, “Being Black is an important part of my self-image,” and, “In general, others respect Black people.” In conjunction with the surveys, individuals also had to complete daily assessments in the seven days before and after the election, according to Burrow. The researchers then used the results to determine students’ personal levels of regard for their own racial identity and the extent to which they felt race was an important part of how they viewed themselves. According to Burrow, similar studies with racial identity in the past have only looked at personal encounters with the reality of race, such as experiencing discrimination or exclusion. He said this study is particularly noteworthy because it examined a nationwide event that had a positive influence on African Americans. “I think what this has done is that it’s opened up more than just the interpersonal conversations or day-to-day experiences that people can have — that racial identity exploration could be the result of larger social, maybe even socio-political, events,” Burrow said. “It may not be the things

that are locally in your environment that you personally experience, but could be things that are happening in a much larger social ecology.” Begun after the election, the study also found that African American students increased their private regard for their race and their belief that race was an important part of their self-identity. The study also found that participants who considered race a central characteristic of their identities were more likely to explore their own identities. Looking ahead to the 2012 election, Burrow said he and his peers will consider conducting another study. He added that if President Obama is reelected, it would likely strengthen African American students’ perceptions of public regard. “I think the important thing is to keep that enthusiasm up … not only about politics, but also about progressive causes, about voting, to get that same turnout,” Montgomery said. “At the same time, I’m more concerned about getting Barack Obama reelected as a Democrat because of his principles, not so much about getting him reelected as an African American.” Dennis Liu can be reached at dliu@cornellsun.com.

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Come Out for Health! plans to distribute “quit smoking kits” with nicotine gum and invite speakers to talk on campus. Additionally, Come Out for Health! aims to address sexual health issues facing the LGBT population, Kothary said. He added that the group wants to dissociate HIV and AIDS from the LGBT community. “LGBT individuals are

whole individuals, not just sexual beings,” Kothary said. But Nate Treffeisen ’12, Student Assembly LGBTQ atlarge representative, expressed caution at the idea of decoupling the two, saying that “Statistically, it is important for us to think about [HIV/AIDS] ... because of the [LGBT community’s] past, necessity makes it a real part of our lives.” Come Out for Health! is also pushing to raise awareness of existing sexual health initia-

tives. Reed said he felt that the LGBT community at Cornell does not know enough about resources that are available on Cornell’s campus. “We are a group of students that hope to bridge this gap by creating open access to quality healthcare for the LGBT population,” Reed said. Because Come Out for Health! is a student-run organization, students may feel more comfortable using its services than those run by the

University, Kothary said. “We’re especially focusing on students that are not comfortable with being identified as LGBT,” he said. “A University-sponsored program might not do very well, but a peer-sponsored program might, because there’s no stigma.” The group does not plan to limit its outreach to Cornell students, however. “Another thing is connecting with Ithaca community,” Kothary said. “They have a Planned Parenthood here that has a grant from New York State for LGBT health. That’s pretty unusual; you don’t find that in small towns anywhere.” Kothary said that Come Out for Health! has met with reprefrom Planned sentatives and Cayuga Parenthood Medical Center to discuss how to best inform students about available resources and serve them, adding that, “as students, we want to start a conversation.” Matthew Carcella, associate

“Given the size of our university and the gains that other Ivy students have made, our community is still underresourced,” Carcella said. “We don’t have a fully-staffed LGBT center with multiple staff positions, and in some ways, LGBT issues are not always mentioned in diversity issues on campus. Still, Kothary said that some of his LGBT friends have questioned the idea of an LGBTspecific health initiative, arguing that everybody faces similar health concerns, regardless of sexual orientation. “But my argument is, ‘No, being LGBT, you experience the society in a different way,’” he said. “There are structural barriers that will affect your health — mental health, substance abuse, obviously sexual health and maybe even physical health.” For instance, transgender students face unique health challenges that “get ignored often,” Kothary said. “There’s often more stigma

“We are a group of students that hope to bridge this gap by creating open access to quality healthcare for the LGBT population.” Spenser Reed ’13 dean of students and director of the LGBT Resource Center, said that health professionals are often not properly educated on how to approach issues faced by LGBT patients. “The reality of it is, lots of colleges and universities don’t teach their students about LGBT health,” Carcella said. “So we’re graduating M.D.’s or nurses without having a really good knowledge of how to be inclusive with language, [such as] how do you ask someone about their family status or choices about their health.” He emphasized the need for an organization like Come Out for Health!, saying that, the University does not focus as much attention on LGBT health as its Ivy peers.

against them than against LGBT people,” he added. Kothary said that good communication is of paramount importance to Come Out for Health!’s success. “Our main focus is to build a bridge between students and existing services,” he said. “[Counseling and Psychological Services] has very good LGBT-trained doctors and counselors, and we [Cornell] even have a physician that specializes in transgender care. But we should have a source that connects all these together.”

Jinjoo Lee can be reached at jinjoolee@cornellsun.com.

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Burrito Fans Revel in New Chipotle Dryden Lawsuit May Set Precedent for N.Y. State CHIPOTLE

[Ithaca College] are here,” Weiner said. “They’re all waiting in line to pay for food in a Chipotle. I’ve been to a Chipotle in Virginia, and it is good, but I wouldn’t wait an hour for Chipotle.” Ben Rosenthal ’13, however, said that he and his group of friends did not mind wait-

encourage the extraction of these resources. The case was widely expected to set a precedent for New York State, several cities officials said. “What this does is just to spread the message that municipalities should have the right to regulate these industries which are disruptive and have environmental impacts,” said Ithaca Alderperson Seph Murtagh (D-2nd Ward). “It’s definitely a decision that has statewide implications.” Murtagh added that a final decision on whether New York municipalties can prohibit fracking will likely hinge on the Dryden lawsuit and another suit filed by a landowner against the Town of Middlefield. “This was kind of a gray area of the law … [but] these are really precedent-setting cases,” Murtagh said.

As New York State moves toward permitting high-volume hydrofracking, Dryden and 51 other municipalities across the state have either changed their zoning regulations or passed laws to ban the process, The Sun reported in November. Whether the state will allow fracking is ultimately Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) decision. Cuomo has said that he will only approve the method if it can be done safely. In a statement Tuesday evening, New York State Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton (D-125th) expressed support for the decision, which ruled in favor of local communities’ ability to control land use through zoning in the municipality. “This is a victory for municipalities and land-owners across New York," Lifton said. Liz Camuti can be reached at lcamuti@cornellsun.com.

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Chipotle sign, before hitting Kamin’s car, according to Kamin. “I figured she must know side and stuff like that,” something that I don’t since Kendra Loya, Chipotle trainshe was out of state, so we ing coordinator, said. “It’s been decided to come here on openout the door.” ing day.” Kamin said. “I’m not Loya, who has worked with too upset … She was right. It Chipotle for three years, said really is good.” she travels to train staff at One of the newly opening nation’s fastest branches. She has growing chains, been working with “Our day’s been really busy, [with] Chipotle recently the new Chipotle people lining up all day. People have gained national team in Ithaca since outside.” camped attention after its Feb. 13. Grammy Awards “It’s been great,” Kendra Loya television advertiseLoya said. ment became popuWhile many enthusiasts were content with ing in line for about half an lar on social networking sites. In January 2011, Business waiting in lines snaked around hour. “It was efficient, pretty fast. Insider referred to Chipotle as the store, the packed restaurant was a deterrent for some Not too bad at all,” Rosenthal the “Golden Standard” for Mexican fast food with its high customers. Ithaca resident said. Ithaca resident Christina quality ingredients and stanElayne Weiner decided to leave after seeing the mob lining up Kamin’s car was a casualty to dards of service. the excitement surrounding for the famed burritos. “Somebody must have said the restaurant’s opening. On there was free food so half of Monday, a driver ran into a Tajwar Mazhar can be reached at Cornell and probably half of tractor after spotting the tmazhar@cornellsun.com. Continued from page 1

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s I suited up in my Revolutionary War reenactment uniform and went for a stroll with my bayonet on President’s Day eve, I wondered why we’re not on holiday this week, when we could better concentrate our energies on the foundation of our remarkable democracy. When more and more Cornellians looked at my festive garb with scorn and confusion, I realized that perhaps we celebrated President’s Day differently where I grew up — on the Upper West Side of New York City. But is there a right or wrong way to celebrate a holiday? Those who hold eating Turkey on Thanksgiving sacrosanct will now holler, “Surely, Jacob, you cannot be serious. Even the veggiest of vegetarians chow down on Tofurkey!” And they’re absolutely right. Consider the thought bubbles that most likely bore the first popular holiday each February: “I, the proud owner of a pleasantly plump, burrowing prognosticator named Phil, believe the arrival of spring is

President’s Day is a federal holiday and Election Day isn’t or why our government can’t choose between Memorial Day and Veterans’ Day — maybe it’s tradition, fear of change or not wanting to admit failure, but these are questions we plebeians can only ponder. More important is the definition of a holiday, a word comprised of “holy” and “day” that, for Brits, can also indicate a recreational vacation. Holidays are begging for personalization, amendment and choice. If Ash Wednesday is holy to you, I hope you have an easy and meaningful fast today. Today is definitely a holiday for members of the U.S Olympic Hockey team that miraculously upset the four-time defending-champion Soviet team on Feb. 22, 1980. We could observe National Margarita Day or start a new holiday to raise 21st century American consciousness. Feb. 22 commemorates Richard Nixon’s visit to Beijing in 1972 to meet with Premier Chou En-Lai and open diplomatic

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Taking Action on Diversity In Higher Education ON TUESDAY, THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT announced that it will hear a case on affirmative action in higher education. This Supreme Court decision could eliminate the use of diversity as a justification for any consideration of race in admissions decisions. A decision like this could have enormous implications for Cornell and represent a step backward for the University. In the face of this decision, Cornell should cement its commitment to using broad definitions of diversity, which may include race, and stand up for its policies. The announcement by the court came shortly after President David Skorton sent an email to the Cornell community pledging that the University will set target goals for diversity for student admissions and faculty hires. Though these goals have not been quantified, they will take into account several different measures of diversity. One of these measures will likely be race, as the University has mentioned the importance of adding people of color with requisite qualifications in previous policy statements. Skorton’s message represents an acknowledgement of the administration’s current shortcomings as it works to improve diversity. Though Cornell already uses an affirmative action rationale that takes race into account, the fact that the rationale alone was not enough to raise the level of diversity portends that eliminating racially conscious policies altogether would have negative consequences on diversity at institutions of higher education. Higher education would benefit more from goal setting on broad measures of diversity than eliminating some of these measures altogether. Cornell has been operating on the principles of affirmative action for much of its recent existence, and this focus on broad measures of diversity, including race, has made it a more dynamic and engaging place. By opening up to those of differing backgrounds, races, religions and genders, Cornell has given opportunities to those who may have been denied it otherwise, helping to eliminate disparities that have persisted in the broader American society. At a university like Cornell, the participation of individuals with diverse points of view is critical to enhancing scholarship and learning. Cornell should use its experience in dealing with diversity issues to speak out in favor of its affirmative action policies.

predicated upon my rodent’s reactions to the clouds and the sun. Phil’s 39 percent success rate in the last 115 years is hardly a legitimate meteorological sample size of his expertise, considering he will live forever. I propose we name the calendar date after Phil’s species to pay more earnest attention to his prophesies.” So perhaps the question is, what makes a holiday in the first place — food, feast or fast? The birth, death or life of a people, a relationship or a nation? Just what criteria make the fine people of Hallmark nod their heads? The fine people working in Washington D.C give us a day off? Clearly we take our annual federal, work-stoppage holidays — New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas — more seriously than Groundhog Day. You’d be hardpressed to come up with even a diffuse theme that runs through all ten of these religious, cultural or historical days — perhaps the only one is deep-seated American tradition, but there’s nothing un-American about celebrating Feb. 22’s own National Margarita Day; work hard, happy-hour hard. Some holidays just bleed red white and blue. The case for President’s Day seems simple: born on Feb. 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln steered the not-so-United States through the Civil War, and Feb. 22, 1732 saw the birth of George Washington, Mona Lisa of the $1 bill, lover of ballroom dancing and patriarch of the United States. But why not celebrate Franklin D. Roosevelt, another of our finest presidents whose birthday, March 4, was only two days shy of February? Further, why not celebrate the life of Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer and namesake of our Motherland, who died on Feb. 22, 1512? Columbus has one of those 10 days all to himself, and he thought the New World was Asia. Granted, we don’t want to dilute holidays — President’s Day needn’t call for celebrating Frederic Chopin or Andy Warhol’s deaths — but there wouldn’t be American presidents without Amerigo. As per the Columbus/Vespucci principle, it seems senseless to dwell on why

relations, as well as the departure date of the “Empress of China,” the first US trade ship to China. If that’s too serious, how about skipping class tomorrow and turning the Arts Quad into a giant bed-sheet Fort in memorial of the snow fight that never happened? Sound silly? Consider how widespread observance works. Between commemorating the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, observing Lent, attending church services, wearing green and getting festive, how do most people celebrate St. Patrick on the most widely celebrated saints day worldwide? The day’s loaded with religious and cultural significance for those who observe it, but whether or not you go to church or observe Lent, dressing up like Shrek and imbibing green drank is encouraged. Holidays evolve year after year, and the ideals and ideologies that once powered the day may be transmogrified to entirely different animals. Today we have another opportunity to honor veterans, a day for stores to hold sales and isolated birthday parades in Virginia, but there are definitely other ways to honor George’s birthday. Otherwise, the holiday is a celebration of historicity, our sheer ability to chronicle that Washington was born today, rather than a celebration of his life and the values he embodied. But if we care, let’s read from the canon of American history, go boating to celebrate the exodus from England, sound a horn to sing America the Beautiful at noon or eat strawberry shortcake with blue icing. The only way to keep holidays meaningful is personalization — everybody, every family, does a little something different on Christmas, Thanksgiving, Passover or the Fourth of July. There’s no federal holiday until May 28, Memorial Day, when many of us are out of here, and the next popular holiday, St. Patrick’s Day, falls on spring break this year. I’d be honored if we could put our minds together and come up with a revolutionary celebration of International Pancake Day this Feb. 28. Jacob Kose is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at jkose@cornellsun.com. Scrambled Eggs appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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The Opportunity Cost: Just How Much Can We Afford in Syria F

or over a year, the opposition movement in Syria has grown, developed and shifted from public protesting in the nation’s capital to widespread violent battling against the ruling regime. While Egyptians have experienced a tumultuous and dubious transition to military rule and Libyans received substantial military and financial aid from the U.N. and NATO, Syrians continue to fight their fight unaided by the foreign powers that be. The Arab League has condemned Bashar al-Assad — the scion of the ruling family of 41 years — and demanded that he step down. The League considered the use of similar pressure a success in Yemen, where Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down in January after 34 years of rule. Assad has not, however, stepped down; instead, he has ramped up the tactics that the Syrian Army uses on opposition fighters and protesters in an attempt to quell the widespread dissent. The numbers of those killed vary, but according to the UN at least 6,000 had been killed by government forces since the uprising broke out in March. This death toll approaches that of the entire Kosovo War, including the NATO bombings, even though there has been no foreign military interference. By all accounts, fewer civilians had died in Libya when NATO intervened than have in Syria thus far. This absolutely constitutes a humanitarian crisis, and yet substantial help outside of diplomatic negotiations by the Arab League has not arrived. Plain and simple, the scale and manner in which Assad’s regime has inflicted violence on the Syrian people is wrong. His regime is part of the small but elite Alawite Muslims minority, of which the Assad family is a pillar, ruling over the entire country through important military positions. This enables “official” army branches to participate in the widespread violence against protesting civilians. The Assad regime has essentially hijacked the Syrian people’s right to political self-determination. Through concentration of wealth and power, they have held onto the country’s reins for over four decades and continue to do so in spite of a clear domestic bent on a new government. The Syrian opposition has a legitimate claim to contest the Assad regime, and has a right to do so peacefully.

If the Assad regime will not allow that to happen, then foreign powers, preferably a coalition like the Arab League or a U.N. group, must induce it as they did in Libya. What variables make this situation different for the international community from that in Libya, and why has such a coalition not come about? The widespread inactivity has been aggravated by that everlasting thorn in the State Department’s side, Iran, and the ambiguous calculus of what decision would make the region more stable. The Obama administration has proved wary of continued efforts by Iran to dispel Western initiative on support for the opposition movements. Senators John McCain (RAriz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) have become outspoken in their belief that the United States should stand behind the Syrian opposition, a stance that might change the administration’s attitude over time. Iran, however, has thus far successfully utilized its increasingly few international supporters to prevent action similar to that in Libya. Russia joined China in vetoing a U.N. Security Council resolution to demand Assad’s resignation. The U.N. General Assembly proceeded to approve the resolution in opposition to the vetoes. As loaded as a description as this could be, there are axes of power being drawn over Syria’s domestic turmoil, and Iran is leading the charge. But still, it is true that the United States should be considerate of whether or not intervention actually achieves a stable future for a region in whose interests we are so vested. Would a strict religious government potentially be more abusive than the Assad regime? Does Syria even risk falling to religious extremism while building a post-revolution state? Syria is quite religiously diverse, which would certainly decrease the likelihood of an extremist or Iran-backed party’s success in future elections. Aside from Lebanon,

which has a significant Christian population, Syria is one of the most diverse countries in the region. Opposition is dominated by Sunni Muslims, this is true. But it’s more likely that this is a product of the country’s demographic make-up than sectarian strife. Fears that the Shia minority, including Alawites, could be turned on violently are probably baseless since the major paramilitary

Maggie Henry Get Over Yourself group Free Syrian Army is composed of a wide diversity of defected soldiers, including Alawite Shiites. The Free Syrian Army has an agreement with the non-military group the Syrian National Council, unifying political and military aims at a crucial moment. If the United States wants to be able to interact with a peaceful Middle Eastern region in the future, we need to accept the inevitability of our authoritarian former “friend” regimes’ failure. These protests and battles will continue regardless of support, and thousands could die. If we endorse apathy, then not only do we perpetuate an unfortunate philosophical stance, but so too will we encounter diplomatic issues when the inevitable arrives. If we are willing to act through the Arab League and contest the balance of power as it stands in the face of Iran, then financial and military support now provides a powerful opportunity to change the dynamic of U.S. involvement in the Middle East. Maggie Henry is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She may be reached at mhenry@cornellsun.com. Get Over Yourself appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

What Does It Mean to Be Asian American? A

t Cornell, Asian and Asian Americans compose 20 percent of the undergraduate student body. Our issues are often commented upon, but rarely is the perspective of an Asian American represented in the mainstream discourse. So what does it mean to be Asian American? It means that you’re bi-cultural: both Asian and American, yet neither at the same time. In Asia, you’re American; in America, you’re Asian. You are also bi-cul-

because all Asians are model minorities. It means that because of the model minority myth, other people of color don’t always see you as a minority, and at times you question whether or not you’re a person of color because you’ve internalized the racism and social constructs. You forget the context in America and you forget the long history and future promises of discrimination. You forget the history of how and why the idea of a model minority was created — that the white patriarchy used the

Karin Zhu Guest Room tural in the sense that you walk a fine line between being a person of color and being a token white. It means that you’re a perpetual foreigner: It doesn’t matter that you were born here, or that English was your first language, or that your family has been in America for the past six generations — people see you and assume you’re a foreigner. It means that you must be the same as the Asian next you and that you share the exact same identity and exact same problems: It doesn’t matter if, as a Southeast Asian, you are an underprivileged minority

Asian American identity as a counter to the civil rights movement of your Black sisters and brothers in the 1960s. It means that because you’ve internalized the racism and the stereotypes, you truly believe that you’re a curve-buster and that somehow because of your race you’re supposed to be academically superior to others. So when the time comes that you get a C minus on a test, you don’t go and get help from a professor or TA because why would you need it? You’re Asian, you’re supposed to have academics covered. You also truly believe that Asian women are more subservient and submissive, and that

Asian men are somehow effeminate, because that’s what you’ve seen and been told your entire life by society. It means that in terms of compositional criteria for diversity, your identity is yanked around to serve the benefits of others. If we need to seem more diverse, we'll count you as a minority. If we’re trying to obtain recognition for how we support our underprivileged minorities, we won’t count you because there’s too many of you. Asian Americans are left out of the conversation of diversity and minority issues unless it serves others to include us. Ultimately, the issues of Asian Americans are not addressed because it is never about what you need and what is fair to you; it is about how your identity best serves others. It means that people assume you’re silent and then block your voice when you try to speak. Asian Americans, they never protest or anything, so why should we listen when they talk to us about the inequalities they face? At Cornell, there are signs that this is changing, and let us all work together to ensure that these signs become hard reality. Let us work together to ensure that the issues and concerns of 20 percent of the student body factor into the agendas and concerns of the Student Assembly and the administration. Being Asian American has nothing to do with geographic lines or skin color or eye shape or any physical markers. Being Asian American has everything to do with the social structures that have been imposed upon us and the sociocultural expectations that are used to discriminate against us and marginalize us starting from the day we are

born. Marginalization doesn’t happen by accident. At Cornell, this marginalization takes many forms. It spans from the fact that Southeast Asians are not considered underrepresented minorities and are therefore not actively recruited to Cornell, to the statistic that half of all completed suicides are by Asian and Asian Americans, to the sentiment of “Asian invasion” held by many students about the prominence of Asian and Asian Americans in the demographics of Cornell. Because of this, it is hard to feel welcomed at Cornell; it is hard to feel at home at Cornell. To ameliorate the isolation, the Cornell Asian Pacific Islander Student Union hosts Asia Night every year, but Asia Night only temporarily provides a sense of community. Asia Night serves as a warm welcome and introduction to the deeper issues that the Asian and Asian American community face. It celebrates the diversity of the Asian and Asian American community, and I hope that the Cornell community uses it as an opportunity to begin exploring race relations and racism at Cornell. I hope that the community will begin exploring the Asian and Asian American perspective so that our issues are commented upon with our outlook in mind and so that room is given for us to voice our opinions and concerns.

Karin Zhu is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She may be reached at kz45@cornell.edu. Guest Room appears periodically this semester.

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Bob Hackett and Maria Minsker can be reached at bhackett@cornellsun.com and mminsker@cornellsun.com respectively.

A new architectural adage is just now emerging: not “start from zero,” but end with zero. Contracted by the University, architecture firm Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill’s (SOM) designed the winning tech campus proposal featuring a “netzero energy” academic building that generates as much energy annually as it consumes. To achieve the sustainability goals of the academic building and the rest of the tech campus, the proposal looked at implementing effective and efficient methods of energy production. The proposal featured a 150,000 square foot photovoltaic (PV) array, an assemblage of connected solar cells, on its academic building, three times larger than the biggest solar array currently in New York City. The solar panels will face south at a tilt of about 40 degrees to harvest daylight at NYC’s latitude said Colin Koop, an associate director at SOM, who also worked on the proposal. The PV is planned to generate 1.8 megawatts at its daily peak by converting sunlight into electrical energy. To use more natural light, SOM designed the buildings in the proposal with large windows that reduce energy and provide a healthier environment for the occupants, Koop said. The proposal features the “right” proportion of glass to opaque materials for the building to remain well insulated, Koop said. Sunlight will account for most of the campus’ energy production, but to power the buildings’ heating and cooling systems the proposed campus uses geothermal energy—the heat inside the Earth’s crust. To harness the earth’s thermal energy, the proposal includes a 4-acre geothermal field composed of 400 wells that pump heat to and from the ground, according to Jeff Weiss ’79, managing director of Distributed Sun, a solar energy development company that helped SOM plan the net-zero academic building for the proposal. In addition to using solar and geothermal energy, the proposed campus features a fuel cell that produces electricity by converting hydrogen and oxygen into water, Weiss said. Other sustainable features planned by SOM include green-roofs and storm and irrigation systems that “will help manage storm-water runoff and mimic natural ecosystems in terms of the way the water flows through the site,” Koop said. The proposal looked into graywater and blackwater recycling systems to reclaim on-site wastewater to be reused in the building. The central academic building is designed to earn LEED Platinum-certification. Other campus buildings, which will be home to staff, students and faculty, are planned to meet LEED Silver energy certification. “Plug loads,” which are energy usages that the inhabitants control are also factored into the sustainability equation. “Every time they bring a cell phone charger in or coffeemakers or whatever, these things ultimately have big impacts on the energy consumption of the building,” Duffy said. “As good as we are at this kind of design, and as good as our consultants are, we can only go so far and then the occupants of the building have to participate in the ultimate solution.” The tech campus proposal pioneers a new aesthetic level in net-zero building design, said Duffy. It features landscape design proposal by James Corner Field Operations that called for 500,000 square-feet of proposed green space, which would make it one of New York City’s largest public green spaces will offer breathtaking views of Manhattan and Queens waterfronts from the campus. “It’s something more than just green quads and trees: It’s this energetic place where the landscape can be its own innovator, its own sort of identity that reinforces Cornell’s core values of community and innovation,” Koop said. Although the proposal was successful in winning Cornell the tech campus, it is an ambitious undertaking “it’s currently very early in the process of designing this campus,” said Bert Bland, senior director of Cornell’s Energy and Sustainability Department. “What was envisioned during the proposal stage is now going to be reality checked, designed, considered and fully developed. We’re just now starting the real work.”

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SOM’s Plan For Sustainability

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“The academic hubs are more accessible to people in the industry, more fluid than the traditional kinds of disciplines and we think that they also offer a lot to the students who will be studying in these areas because in addition to getting their technical disciplinary depth, they learn about how to apply it to various kinds of areas. In these programs students will come out with a masters degree that gives them both the advanced technical knowledge but also gives them the domain in which they can apply that.” — Daniel Huttenlocher, dean of the Tech Campus

“The big picture is the holistic vision of this campus in that it’s a sustainable and livable campus, first and foremost. So the net-zero is a component of a larger idea, which is to make spaces which are more humane for people to optimize comfort, health and productivity.” — Colin Koop, associate director of Skidmore, Owing & Merrill

“There are very few of these net-zero building in the US. You can count them on probably one hand, and the ones that are built have extremely limited hours of operation and this Cornell tech center campus will be the largest in the country, but also one that has extended schedules. It’s quite an interesting new pardigm we’re engaged in and I think we will fundamentally alter the way architecture looks into the future. Where the formal concerns of architecture are going to be conjoined with the technical aspects and the scientific aspects and behavioral aspects of sustainability...this is a threshold moment and one that we’re very excited about for Cornell.” — Roger Duffy, design partner Skidmore, Owing & Merrill

“Here we have commitments to go zero-carbon on our Ithaca campus by 2050, and we want the spirit of that to be carried down to New York City. New York City really values energy efficiency, and renewable energy, so we’re planning on using renewable energy sources. This includes solar photovoltaic panels to make electricity, renewable energy from the Earth called geothermal energy, and making our buildings energy efficient. We want the academic building to really be a model of ultra energy efficiency.” — Bert Bland, senior director of Cornell’s energy and sustainability department

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The Science Behind the Tech Campus Proposal

Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Dec. 19, 2011, that Cornell University, in partnership with the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, won the yearlong New York City Tech Campus Competition. This week we present a Special Edition of the Science section that takes a closer look at that winning proposal. Check out our video featuring interviews and a virtual tour of the campus at cornellsun.com/multimedia.

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Learning Hub Call it Silicon Isle—a high-tech center on New York City’s Roosevelt Island, Cornell’s new tech campus will combine science and technology with innovation and education at the graduate student level. Unlike traditional institutions of higher education, which are comprised of century-old academic departments like physics or mathematics, Cornell’s proposal for the NYC Tech Campus features a new academic approach to learning called hubs. “The hubs, unlike academic disciplines, are intended to be very fluid and have very short lifetimes measured in years,” Daniel Huttenlocher, dean of the tech campus said. The three hub areas, Connective Media, Healthy Living, and the Built Environment are intended to solve multidisciplinary problems by combining technological with non-technological fields with the goal of promoting innovation. The Connective Media hub combines a technical core of computer science, electrical and computer engineering, and information science with disciplines like communication, sociology and psychology, which explore human behavior, according to Prof. Jeff Hancock, chairperson of the department of information sciences. “The hubs are more closely tied to industry than traditional academic departments,” Hancock said. “In addition to being able to have a psychologist, a computer scientist and an engineer working on a problem, you also have this idea of co-located entrepreneurs and industry.” The Healthier Life hub, for instance, will promote healthy living and focus on improving healthcare quality through the use of technology and medical sciences. Faculty members in this will hub explore a range of health topics, from creating sensors in iPhones that provide feedback on a person’s health to using social media to understand mental health concerns. The Built Environment hub will look at combining emerging technologies and applied sciences with sustainability and architecture. The sustainable features of the Roosevelt Island campus itself are an example of the goal of the hub according to Bert Bland, senior director of the Energy and Sustainability Department. “The campus is all about innovation and technology, that’s the academic mission, but we want the campus to enhance that academic mission,” Bland said. “It’s almost like a living laboratory for the students and the teachers.” According to Hancock, the nature of the hubs will create an almost instantaneous feedback loop. “When you look at the building plan, not only will there be a hub where the academics and students are working, but right there with them are the people in industry, the people who care about the problem in terms of solving it, creating some technology to address it and bring it out into the world” Hancock said. Every student enrolled at the tech campus will be required to have an industry mentor giving students guidance from both academics and practitioners. This benefits the students by providing the students with industry experiences, provides the companies with potential employees, and it provides the city with the retention of technological innovators Huttenlocher said. “In addition to the direct benefits of attracting great students, giving them a great education, and tying them to the city, there are these benefits of using the campus to make New York City a global platform for the visibility of science and technology,” Huttenlocher said. Nicholas St. Fleur can be reached at nstfleur@cornellsun.com.

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Over the past few years, there has been an interest among filmmakers to explore the “anti-romantic comedy.” Though audiences may still favor sappy, cheesy, Nicholas Sparks-style romances (The Vow opened to $41 million, people), the romantic comedy is a struggling genre both critically and financially (see New Year’s Eve). Instead, intelligent filmmakers have opted to tell the stories of what happens when love does not conquer all. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Revolutionary Road and Blue Valentine all reached critical and slight commercial success due to their honest interpretations of the hardships of being in a relationship. However, this genre is not at all new. Cornell Cinema will be screening the über-sad 1997 Chinese film, Happy Together, directed by master filmmaker Wong-Kar Wai. Its brilliance will make you want to get a refund from whatever crappy romantic comedy you saw this month (again … *cough* … The Vow). Part of Cornell Cinema’s WongKar Wai film series, Happy Together tells the story of Lai Yiu-fai (Tony Leung) and Ho Po-Wing (Leslie Cheung), a gay couple that moves from Hong Kong to Argentina in order to revive their floundering relationship. Though over 11,000 miles away with a brand new start, Lai and Ho cannot break themselves from the cycle of breakups, emotional and physical abuse, and, eventually, reconciliation. When Lai meets Chang (Chang Chen), a kind and innocent immigrant from China, he wonders if there is more to life than constantly fighting with Ho. Leung, who is arguably the finest Hong Kong actor of his

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generation, delivers an incredibly restrained, tender performance as lost soul Lai. While he stays mostly silent over the duration of the 96-minute movie, Leung is able to communicate years of sadness and isolation just through the look in his eyes. Cheung plays mean, playboy manipulator Ho with nuance, so much so that he almost makes you sympathize with his despicable character. Leung and Cheung have excellent chemistry as the doomed couple; their heated arguments, sexual tension and desperate attempts at love all stitch together a blanket of tragedy. Chen provides a serviceable supporting role as Chang and provides a nice foil to Ho. But the real star of the film is director Wong-Kar Wai. Wai, who won the Best Director prize at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, is truly a master at work here. Combining his traditionally lush cinematography with a deeply personal story of what it means to be gay and in and out of love, the Cornell acclaimed Chinese director creates a portrait of human intimacy Cinema beautiful and nature. His choice to film in both black-and-white and color add to the dichotomous nature of Lai’s life: his past and his present, his public image and his private image and his love and his hatred always dueling for understanding. The setting of Argentina provides Wai with beautiful, colorful set pieces of both rural and urban areas of the country. Wai uses the flashy, neon lights of the bustling cities to contrast how sad and alone Lai is in Argentina; a gay man on the outcast of society, the cars and the people and the lights counter his deep isolation. The director also digs deep into the natural beauty of Argentina, for

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added symbolic effect. In a stunning minutes-long sequence, Wai films the wondrous, yet turbulent Iguazu waterfalls. The landmark, which was a place Lai and Ho dreamt of visiting, serves as a visualization of love, both violent yet beautiful, frightening yet thrilling, dangerous yet lovely. The magnificence of the shot rivals some of the best images in last year’s The Tree of Life by Terrence Malick. Another highlight of Happy Together is the soundtrack. Wai chooses to place an eclectic assortment of tunes that enhance the viewing experience and reinforce his themes. Chinese music is used to remind us of Lai’s forgotten past and all that he has left behind to attempt new beginnings with Ho. Since Lai acquires a menial job selling tickets to a tango-themed restaurant, the tango appears quite often as a musical accompaniment to the seductive and violent relationship between Lai and Ho. Wai even uses 20th century pop hits, including the 1967 Turtles’ song “Happy Together.” The song, which also gives the film its title, provides an illustration of Lai’s dreams of happiness for both him and Ho and serves as a question whether Lai will be able to love anyone else for the remainder of his life. Though much of Happy Together is quite depressing, it is in no way hard to watch. With Wai’s technological craftsmanship countered with Leung’s personal and moving work, the movie is an absolute wonder to watch. Our most talented directors seem to be moving towards more realistic, honest romances, and Happy Together is a wonderful milestone in the anti-romantic film canon. Jason Goldberg is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at jgg57@cornell.edu.

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henever I told people that I was going abroad, they always said, “You’re going to end up falling in love.” In fact, my grandmother was convinced that I was going to come back impregnated by a virile Italian and often sent me Amanda Knox clippings to warn me of the dangers of succumbing to Roman Fever. Luckily, I managed to return to the States unscathed by aggressive Italian sperm. I prefer blondes anyway. She did have reason for concern, though. Months before I even boarded the plane, I began hearing stories of students who go abroad single, only to return head-overheels in love. My abroad program alone produced at least three ongoing international love affairs. It’s true that being abroad leaves you feeling all young and free and European and vulnerable to love, but cross-cultural relationships happen even here in the thralls of normalcy. Just the other day, my little sister called me and told me that our father’s best friend had recently married our Portuguese cleaning lady. Straight out of Love Actually, I tell ya. Such relationships are enormously romantic, yet completely baffling to me. As the product of an interracial relationship, I’m all about crossing cultures, embracing diversity and putting differences aside for love, but there’s still one barrier that I personally can’t imagine breaking down. Though well traveled, I’m still basically monolingual and got a 1 on the Spanish AP to prove it. I can hardly fathom communicating with someone on such a deeply intimate and romantic level if we don’t even speak the same language. But I do remember being abroad and the feeling of foreign syllables rolling off of your tongue, hearing them spoken in your voice. Looking back on how my own interactions with Italians actually went down, I’m starting to think that there might be something valuable in the communication gap after all. Instead of blurting out the first thing that came to mind, when I spoke Italian I had to pause and think about what I really wanted to say, choosing my words carefully and my grammar even more carefully. More often than not, I spoke simply, clearly and directly because it was the only way I knew how.

The slight delay of communication that is expected with a language barrier ended up giving me an excuse, a reason to think before speaking. Everything was a little premeditated and less organic but a little more deliberate, and perhaps that much more meaningful. In relationships between people with the same native language, it’s sometimes difficult to tell the other person exactly how you feel; we tend to evade meaning with sarcasm and insinuation and roundabout phrasing. But in another language, you can’t really be subtle or passive aggressive when you have a limited number of words and sentence structures to go on. While actual content is often lost in the verbal fillers — the ums, likes and you knows of fluent conversation — speaking a foreign language brings you back to the heart of the matter. The very process of translation makes you go over your thoughts, your words. Most importantly, translating makes you think about what the words you’re saying realEat Dessert ly mean to you, how they First are understood and the feelings they express in any language. I miss you. Mi manchi. You are missing from me. To make sure we were all following, my Italian professor always used to ask the class, “Ci siamo?” Are we together? Are you guys with me? And we’d all respond in unison, “Si, si, ci siamo.” We got you. We’re on the same page. We understand you. We’re speaking the same language. Thinking back to those unlikely couples, I’ve come to think that their means of communication was not stunted or faltered, but just different, and maybe even a little better. What’s more important in a relationship than meaningful communication? Maybe it’s not such an awful thing to make everything a little less instantaneous and trade in superfluous word vomit for something a little more thoughtful. It’s a bit romantic and brings you back to the time of international love letters, when every word was a choice and every sentence held meaning. The distance between writer and reader allows the writer time to introspect upon the message he wants to convey and the

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words he wants to use to do so. The language barrier mimics this distance in a way, giving an extra split-second to reflect and compose. You say only what you mean and you mean everything you say. Maybe it wouldn’t hurt to take a page out of the books of the aforementioned foreign lovers. How would our current relationships change or improve if we were more conscious of our feelings and how we translate them into words? Even when English flows freely, maybe our first priority should be to take a second to think about what we want to say, how we want to say it, and whether we’re actually speaking the same language. Ci siamo? Becky Lee is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at rll87@cornell.edu. Eat Dessert First appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

Spice Up Your Life Music has the ability to move, inspire, enthrall and sometimes even surprise us. This Album Will Change Your Life is dedicated to just that potential that music possesses. Each week a different Sun Staff Writer will reveal his or her favorite album of all time. And just what is so special about that album? What sets it apart from all the other music in the world? In this column, appearing in The Sun every Wednesday, our writers will tell us what it was about that album that changed their lives. And who knows? Maybe that album will change yours, too.

o, here’s a story from A to Z, you wanna get with me, you gotta listen carefully.” What a throwback. Yup, these are the famous words from the Spice Girls’ first album. My personal favorite is their second album Spice World, released in 1997. This album was the start to a childhood of wonderful tunes wherever and whenever. You can never go wrong listening to the Spice Girls — I should know considering I haven’t felt this way for a decade. When I was growing up, I think I can speak for every girl: The Spice Girls were the coolest thing since sliced bread. Britney Spears competed for this top spot for a while, but I think it is safe to say that Spice Girls came out on top. Sporty, Ginger, Posh, Scary and Baby were all so different, yet all worked together to become idols for girls all over the world, and possibly for the boys who wanted to date them. For me, these five seemed like ordinary girls whose dreams came true alongside their best friends. What else could a little girl want? Their first album was the start of their success. I would listen to it all the time, but did not fall in love with them just yet. They were new and intriguing, yet it took their second album to seal the deal for me,

and countless girls globally. Their first album was their attempt to catch the attention of the youth and get a feel for what their audience liked and disliked. Once they realized the success of the song “Wannabe,” their second album consisted of numerous songs of the same ilk, which is exactly what we wanted to hear. Spice World is a classic GNO (girls night out) pickme-up. When you are feeling sad and alone, there is nothing better than blasting Spice World in your room, singing into a hairbrush and dancing like no one’s watching — which hopefully no one is. Besides making you feel better, these classic songs even get you motivated to clean your room … if it is even possible to get motivated to do such a thing. Music has never been, and will never be, a major part of my life, except in providing me with a way to escape the hard times and enter a fantasy world. Life is challenging and music is a way to forget, for just one second, how difficult times can get. I have had a bumpy childhood — illness has plagued my father since I was in the sixth grade — and I’ve felt like I can

always rely on music to turn to if I just needed to have a good time. The classic lyrics in “Never Give Up on the Good Times” — “Never give up on the good times, gotta believe in the love you find” — are words that remind me of the positive things in life, something everyone needs to recall at times.

Jacqueline Glasner This Album Will Change Your Life When I listen to this album now, fifteen years after I first fell in love with it, I am older, wiser and not much taller, yet the album raises in me the same emotions it did when I was young with a simpler state of mind. When “Spice Up Your Life,” “Stop” and “Never Give Up on the Good Times” come up on shuffle on my iPod, there’s always a smile on my face and embarrassing dance moves to follow suit. Maybe the dance has changed since I was younger, and my smile no longer consists

of bucked teeth, but the feeling I got then and the feeling I get now when these classic elementary school throwbacks come on is the same warm sensation. Picking my favorite album was tough, mostly because love Taylor Swift, but her songs are starting to all sound the same. Music will never be as good as it used to be, which is why the Spice Girls’ legacy will forever remain strong for me with a positive connotation whenever their name is mentioned. People can try to replace them and try to impact little girls the same way the Spice Girls impacted me, but I do not think anyone has the capability of ever having the same significance. The Spice Girls were so loved by girls like me that they were able to reconnect with one another and do a tour so many years later, one that sold out at every stop it made. That says something, if not everything. If Spice World did not have the same influence on your life as it did on mine, maybe this is the time to look back and give it another shot. You will not have regrets, just a new fantasy world to escape to. Jacqueline Glasner is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at jmg382@cornell.edu.

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vide the team with the mental boost it needs for the NCAA tournament. However, Beckwith is not preoccupied with Mackenzie Sato had the team’s top score for the winning. He says he wants the team to focus on event, 9.475. Cornell finished in 13th overall for performing as best as they can at the Ivy Classic, the event. and not to worry about winning or losing. “We were on track to have our best meet of “You can run your best day ever and still lose,” the year,” Beckwith said. “Instead we were a Beckwith said. “There’s no defense in gymnaspoint lower then what we’ve been doing. tics, it’s all offense … What I expect out of my Injuries and illness seem to have come at a bad team is to have one of our best days every time time for the gymnastics team, according to the we go out and compete. That’s all you can expect coach, as the team prepares for the Ivy Classic on out of athletes.” Sunday. Hein was in full agreement with Beckwith’s “They’ve struggled to view towards the get it all together in a Ivy Classic. “What I expect out of my team is to single meet,” Beckwith “I want us to said. “If there was a time have one of our best days every time stay focused on us, to do it, it would be this we go out and compete.” not to worry about weekend.” winning or beating The Ivy Classic is one Paul Beckwith anybody,” she said. of the gymnastics team’s “I want us to be most important events, consistent and according to Hein. It will pit the team against carry our energy throughout the four events.” every other Ivy League gymnastics program, The Ivy Classic will be held on Sunday at 1:00 including tough teams like Penn, Brown and p.m. in Bartels. Keeping the team energy high Yale. will be a necessity for winning the Ivy Classic, “It’s our chance to reclaim the Ivy title,” said according to Hein, and the Red can only hope to junior Sarah Hein. do that if they have full attendance on Sunday. The Red won the Ivy Classic four years in a row, only to lose the title last year to Penn. Winning the Ivy Classic this year would be a Alex Gatto can be reached at major victory for the Red, and potentially pro- sports@cornellsun.com. Continued from page 16

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helped the Red claim the Ivy League title that year. Wroblewski, who started both of those games as a sophomore, was assigned the task of guarding Lin. “It’s different with college and NBA defense,” Wroblewski said. “I always had a lot of help, we had five guys always devoted to knowing where he was on the floor, whereas in the NBA the defense is more relaxed. But it’s cool to watch him scoring on those guys now.” In his last 10 professional games, nine of which he started, Lin is averaging 24.6 points and 9.2 assists per game. He has outscored NBA legends such as Kobe Bryant and Jason Kidd in the Knick’s 8-2 run in February. As Lin grows accustomed to what looks to be a fairly permanent role in New York, it should not be forgotten that he began to make a name for himself in Boston, where a heated city rivalry stands

rooted in time. While New York fans have quickly grown to love Lin, some Boston fans are still happy to see him succeed even if it is in their rival city. “Everybody is becoming Knicks fans,” Kessler said, despite being a die-hard Boston Celtics fan for all his life. “It’s sort of hard not to root for the Knicks because they’ve struggled so much lately, and I think a lot of people feel the same way.” However, even though Boston fans are able to root for Lin while he plays in New York, there are still signs of the bitter rivalry, according to Kessler. “I think if Lin were a baseball player coming out of Harvard who was playing for the Yankees, things would be a little different,” he said. “Boston fans wouldn’t be as accepting then.” No matter what city Lin’s success comes in now, the image he has created for Ivy League basketball in general is a lasting one. Coupled with the Red’s run to the Sweet

Sixteen two years ago and the Crimson’s Top-25 ranking for the first time in school history this year, the story of an Ivy League basketball player turned NBA star is helping to improve public perception of Ivy League basketball. “I’m kind of biased because I’m not out of the Ivy world yet and I don’t have an outside perspective,” Wroblewski said. “But I think it’s great in terms of gaining respect for the Ivy League and I hope it gives guys like [Jeff Foote ’10] a chance at an NBA team as well.” Kessler agreed, saying that Lin’s achievements in the NBA would be a definite selling point during recruitment for head coach Tommy Amaker, who has a signed Lin jersey hanging in his office. “Cornell’s run to the Sweet Sixteen two years ago, Lin’s success now, all these things are legitimizing Ivy League basketball,” Kessler said. Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun.com.

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Giddy up, Rawhide | Senior Katie Fink said she is confident with Cornell’s ability and willpower to perform well in the season’s last show at Alfred.

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If you could adopt a child with any athlete, who would it be and why? Dan Temel ’14: Metta World Peace. It’d be like Modern Family. Juan Forrer ’13: Why would I want to adopt a baby with an athlete when it would be more fun to just make one myself? Haley Velasco ’15: Jeremy Lin because the baby would be “Lin”telligent.

Alex Gatto ’15: Nastia Liuken because I wouldn’t need to discipline my child. Gymnastics makes you tough and Nastia would whip our child’s ass into shape. Evan Rich ’13: Gisele is an athlete, right? — Compiled by Lauren Ritter

Kali Knickerbocker from Nazareth, according to Mitchell. Some of the lower level riders were also given the opportunity to canter in a horse show for the very first time, according to Kowalchik. One of those riders was senior Amanda Fan. Fan joined the team last year with no previous riding experience. She entered the ring feeling nervous, she said, but was able to pull through and place second. With only one show left, the Red is very close to completing an undefeated season. The final show will take place

this Saturday in Alfred, N.Y. “As much as we wanted to be undefeated before, it’s only gotten more intense now that we’re this close,” Kowalchik said. The team is confident that it has the ability and the willpower to ride to it’s final victory. “I think we can kick butt at Alfred,” Fink said. “If they respond like they have responded in the past … I have no doubt that they will be undefeated,” Mitchell said. Ariel Cooper can be reached at acooper@cornellsun.com.

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The Corne¬ Daily Sun

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2012

EQUESTRIAN

Squad Moves Into Final Match With Unbeaten Record By ARIEL COOPER Sun Staff Writer

With just one show left in the regular season, the equestrian team remains unbeaten. Although the Red faced some challenges over the weekend at the Cornell Show, hosted at Oxley Equestrian Center, the squad pulled through and dominated the ring. Cornell finished the show with its highest score of the season. The squad increased its lead over Alfred University to 64 points and secured its position as regional champion, according to junior co-captain Emily Kowalchik and head coach Chris Mitchell. “Based on how things were running I didn’t think, and I don’t think anyone else on the team thought, we were actually doing all that well,” Kowalchik said. Although the Red had home field advantage, the responsibility of running a horse show gave the team much more to worry about than just its performance. “It’s just a testament to how close the team is and how much we have figured out how this system works by now that even with all that other stuff going on we were still able to do our job and ride well,” Kowalchik said. “I think [the show] was a huge confidence booster for us,” said senior co-captain Katie Fink. “Our home show is really tough for us and I think we really kicked butt and proved that we can still perform in the face of adversity.” While many riders were given the chance to show, only certain riders were the “point riders,” meaning that their performances were the ones that counted towards the team’s overall score. Five of Cornell’s point riders won in a row to lead the squad to victory, Mitchell said in an email. Three more riders also qualified for regionals — junior Emily

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Galloping Galileo | Senior co-captain Katie Fink qualified for regionals over the weekend with her performance at the Cornell Show, which also helped the Red secure its position as regional champion.

Webster, sophomore Alyx Cheng and Fink. In total, the Red is will send eight riders to regionals. While teams do not travel together to regionals, the squad’s regional championship title guarantees it the chance to send a team to zones, according to Kowalchik. Zones will take place at Skidmore this year — Cornell’s former regional rival. While facing the Thoroughbreds will certainly pose a challenge, the Red is as ready as it will ever be, according to Mitchell, since strong team effort has been propelling the squad forward throughout the season. “It’s amazing ... it’s a total team effort ... without one

[rider] we’re not as strong,” he said of the squad’s ability to both host and win last Sunday’s show. “We all worked together beautifully,” Fink agreed. One of the most exciting developments of the home show was when senior Bronwyn Scrivens moved up in the prestigious Cacchione Cup competition. The winner of the Cacchione from each region will go on to compete in a special class at Nationals against the winners from all of the other regions. Scrivens is now tied for first alongside senior See EQUESTRIAN page 15

Harvard’s Lin Heats Up After Joining Knicks Red Tumbles GYMNASTICS

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Staff Writer

After Knicks guard Jeremy Lin’s step back 3-pointer over Dirk Nowitzki found the bottom of the net Saturday afternoon, die-hard Knicks fan Spike Lee leaped out of his seat as his team went up by nine in what would be an eventual New York victory over the Dallas Mavericks. However, the Brooklyn film director was not wearing his usual No. 6 Knicks jersey. Instead, the camera showed Lee sporting a Harvard Crimson jersey with the No. 4 on the back.

With Lin’s recent NBA successes resounding throughout the basketball community, the point guard’s time playing Ivy League basketball has essentially fallen by the wayside for most fans of the sport. Although Lin led the Crimson to a 21-8 season during his senior year, while scoring 16.4 points and dishing out 4.5 assists per game, his name went largely unrecognized. “While Lin was here, he was just a regular guy,” said Harvard Crimson sports chair Martin Kessler. “It’s crazy to think that now he’s blown up so much, but two years ago if he’s walking down the street,

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That don’t impress me much | Senior guard Chris Wroblewski said he was unimpressed by Jeremy Lin’s senior season with the Harvard Crimson, when the two played against each other.

people didn’t think twice about it.” Crimson fans felt that Lin’s senior year would be their chance at an Ivy League title and a first ever NCAA bid. “[Lin’s] senior year was when basketball became super popular here because there was hope that Harvard could compete,” Kessler said. However, the Red shattered those dreams by winning the Ivy League title with an 11-3 conference record and eventually making it to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA tournament. When Harvard came to Newman for the first meeting with the Red that season, it was thought to be the beginning of a serious rivalry, according to Kessler. But Cornell came away with a decisive 86-50 victory, outscoring the Crimson by 22 points in the second half. “To be honest, I wasn’t super impressed with [Lin’s] game,” said senior point guard and co-captain Chris Wroblewski. “We paid a lot of attention to him when we were scouting them, knowing their offense ran through him, but we played them at home and ended up beating them by 36.” Though Lin put up a game-high 19 points, he only handed out one assist, and no one else on his team cracked double digits. The Red had five players in double figures, including Wroblewski, who scored 13 points and recorded four assists. “I didn’t think he was a true point guard and he wasn’t a knock down shooter,” Wroblewski said. “But obviously he has improved so much in both regards.” The ability to keep Lin in check and limit the touches of his supporting players

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Into Third at Towson Meet By ALEX GATTO Sun Contributor

Last Saturday, the Cornell gymnastics team traveled to Maryland to participate in the Shelli Calloway Invitational hosted by Towson. At the Towson Invitational, Cornell placed third behind its host and Penn, ending the match with a score of 189.1. According to head coach Paul Beckwith, the team has been suffering numerous setbacks due to injury and illness, and looked to the Towson Invitational as a way to keep their energy up before the Ivy Classic. The Red struggled on vault, with junior McKenna Archer scoring Cornell’s highest score of 9.675, placing her in sixth. On both bars and beam, the Red seemed poised to take back the match. Sophomores Alexis Schupp and Melanie Jorgenson placed second and third on bars, with a 9.775 and 9.750, respectively. For beam, senior Melanie Standridge tied for first, earning a 9.825, while Archer placed fourth in a four-way tie, with a 9.725. The Red appeared to falter on the floor routine, though sophomore See GYMNASTICS page 15