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FALL 2012 Volume 7 Issue 2

Slope Magazine Staff

EDITOR IN CHIEF Elizabeth Brooks CREATIVE DIRECTOR Shah Ahmed SENIOR SLOGGER Lindsay Rothfeld LAYOUT TEAM Danica Gredona Lindsay Rothfeld Sarah Roger Rachel Bacus

Ed Letter One week before Thanksgiving, panic starts. The term is actually ending. I look at the rest of the work I have left and it is finite. If I could get myself to start it I’d be halfway to enjoying winter break, or at least living slightly like a normal human who goes to bed before three. Despite my perennial concerns, it will all get done and spring will be here before I know it. When I actually leave Ithaca I will look back, barely able to believe so much has changed since summer. With this issue of Slope Magazine in hand there is no denying that it’s been an eventful fall. From world issues to campus trends, read ahead if you need an update, a distraction, or just a reminder that along with your friends who graduated, you too live in the real world. My time as editor of Slope Magazine has not flown by quickly. It has been hectic and challenging, but more than that it has been inspiring. Though it is difficult to believe the year is over, it feels like I started a lifetime ago. I have learned so much in this role and have met so many wonderful, talented writers. This is not goodbye- I’m sure I’ll be at every meeting, and talking a little too much. I look forward to seeing the magazine continue to develop and grow.

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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Trevor Burns Olivia Poglianitch Ashley Chacon Vrinda Jagota Nicole Fitzsimmons Christopher Au Celeste Cirillo-Penn Olivia Duell Jean-Paul Lozada Hunny Jeong Mckenzie Sullivan Allie Clement Janice Park Anna Ancona Kate Heinle Sydney Reade

TABLE OF CONTENTS 04 Slog 08 Santa’s Pitchfork: Indie Muic Does Christmas 09 Ride. Rage. Repeat. Snowjam 2013 10 Barefoot Trend Rocks Socks Off Cornellian 11 What your High School Friends are Wearing 12 Trendwear Report 13 A Comprehensive Round-up of Fashion Month 14 Mens’ Soccer 15 Campus Climate 16 Stuck in the Spin Cycle 17 Learning to Appreciate the Small Things 18 Leo Villareal Cosmos 20 Hurricane Sandy 22 Indecision and the Pursuit of Happiness 23 The Roommate Relationship 24 Drunkorexia 26 In Defense of an Arts Education

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INDIE MUSIC DOES CHRISTMAS by Trevor Burns

Christmas In Hollis – Run D.M.C.

“It’s Tricky” gaining just as much popularity at the time. It tells the tale of kids in the ghetto hoping for the best Christmas yet…Its relevance to my

life has made it a tradition to bump every year since. Good hit -however Run D.M.C. should leave the music videos to the professionals…

Christmassacre – From First to Last

that perfect tune xmas morning? This is not it. F-Bombs hang like tinsel on the tree and constant death threats towards St. Nick and Pete Wendst (of Fall Out Boy) are sprinkled through the

tune. With the easily sing-a-longable chorus “Don’t forget your Christmas cheer, cause Santa’s gonna die this year” who can resist?

Hitting #78 of Billboards top 100 in 2000, 13 years after its release, this 1987 original succeeded

ALBUMS

Sonny Moore – better known by his alias Skrillex found his debut to the industry with emoscreamo band From First to Last. Looking for

Christmas On Death Row – Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre & Friends iend Who’d a thunk a bunch of G’s & Hustlas would get down to the Christmas mood? But hey, errone’s gotta give it up for the birth of Lil’ Baby J. In 1996 Death Row Records (Home of 2Pac, Snoop, Dre, MC Hammer, and Nate Dogg) let this beauty slip through the cracks selling around 200,000 copies and donating the proceeds to charity. Check: “Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto”

A Christmas Album - Bright Eyes Images of frail emotional pentup angst and other 14-year-old girl motifs definitely come to mind. In 2002 Oberst dropped his interpretation of the holiday spirit with female vocalist Maria Taylor (Azure Ray). Gems include distorted guitar hit “Little Drummer Boy” and “Blue Christmas” even saw airplay in season one of hit show The. O.C. However all is not bright. Lumps of coal include “Silent Night” a song that feels like a fly is eternally stuck in your ear whispering anguished diary entries.

A Very Arcade Christmas - Arcade Fire Or rather a very drunk Christmas. Back in 2001, Win & Will Butler and the gang assembled in the basement studio of their home in Montreal, QB for some of that hard eggnog. It starts off with classics like “O Holy Night” and “The Christmas Song” but gets progressively drunker with “Jingle Bell Rock” slash actually 4 minutes of chanting the words jingle-bell-rock… Some hidden gems include p the first ever recordings of “Submarine,” “Headlights” and “In The Backseat.”

Ride. Rage. Repeat. Snowjam 2013 by Olivia Poglianitch

It’s freezing outside. You know what that means… winter sports season is upon us! We’ve survived another semester and 2012 is coming to a close. We partied hard at Avicii and Nas, we braved the threat of a scary hurricane that never quite hit Ithaca, and most importantly—we signed up for Snowjam…if we were lucky. For those of you who don’t know, SnowJam is a college ski and snowboard weekend vacation (err, long weekend, considering we’ll miss two days of class, but that’s a sacrifice we’ll just have to make). To make a good thing great, SnowJam takes place in the middle of treacherous February...the month that may be shortest on the calendar, but longest to survive.

boarding some of the best mountains in North America. This year’s trip is to Mont Tremblant, located in Quebec, Canada. Experts can revel in the more challenging trails and the daredevils of your group will be happy to know that Tremblant is home to one of the best snow parks on the continent. There are plenty of rails and jumps to try and, for the bold at heart, there’s also a half pipe. Haven’t skied or snowboarded before? Don’t sweat it. You can take lessons at the Snow School or learn from a friend. Not interested in learning? Mont Tremblant also offers lots of other winter activities including tubing, ice skating, dogsledding, and even a nice spa/massage center to relax in after a long day outside. www.campusvacations.com

SnowJam is one of a kind because of the way it is planned out and executed. StudentCity organizes student ski trips--but they all take place over winter break. EchoTours organizes trips too--but their package pricing doesn’t include transportation...or free drinks at the local bars. The closest thing to SnowJam is Ski Travel’s CollegeXBreaks program, but their trips are 5-7 days long. Since no Cornelian can miss 5 days of class, SnowJam gives the opportunity for a small, but necessary, vacation on the slopes.

Yep, the entire SnowJam experience is priced at $379. This includes 2 days worth of lift tickets, 3 nights stay in nice condos (for groups of up to 14 people) round trip transportation and access to several “exclusive events.” What do these events entail? Parties, of course. Some of Canada’s hottest DJs will be on the scene for the mid-Feburary college mountain take-over. One night there’s a glow in the dark rave at an abandoned night club…sounds pretty cool to me. See you on the slopes.

Because nearly 10 colleges attend SnowJam on the same weekend, students have the chance to meet up with friends you don’t go to school with and make friends across the country while skiing/

Barefoot Trend Rocks Socks Off Cornellian by Ashley Chacon Although he doesn’t mind this, he hopes that his choice in footwear (or lack thereof) will become more socially acceptable. People tend to think that publicly exposed feet are abnormal. Many Americans are made uncomfortable by the idea of going barefoot. They also worry about the possible harm inflicted upon feet by going shoeless, but Breitenstein argues, perhaps for the wrong reasons. “…They don’t say that there can be rocks on the ground or acorns, which are actually the most uncomfortable thing… they always mention glass.”

Photo by Dani Kellner

Going barefoot is more than just a phase or a fad; it’s a lifestyle. “Going barefoot is a great way to stay feeling young, healthy, relaxed and more connected with your surroundings. Our feet are not meant to hold footwear onto the ends of our legs. Shoes should never replace the job of our feet…” states primalfootalliance.org. Recently, I had a chance to talk to someone who embodies and embraces this lifestyle. Steven Breitenstein, ’16. He is rarely seen with shoes on his feet. I first noticed him skipping (sans shoes) one morning while on my way to class. Was there some kind of event that was encouraging all of these “barefooters?” “Yeah” Steven replied, “an event called life” “No, I’m just kidding,” he quickly added, “I just don’t wear shoes.” This is not an unusual encounter for those who prefer to go barefoot on campus. In fact, Breitenstein commented that people ask him these kinds of questions quite frequently.

For Breitenstein, a Southern California native, going shoeless is not all that uncommon at home. With the sunny weather, he considered shoes to be superfluous.

“No, I’m just kidding...I just don’t wear shoes.” But will he brave the gelid Ithaca winter without shoes? “When I can,” said Breitenstein, “[if] it’s snowing outside, you’d put on a winter coat, so you’d put on shoes too. But would you wear a winter coat when it’s not cold outside? No, right? So why would you wear shoes when it’s not cold?” So far being in Ithaca has only made it easier for Breitenstein to go barefoot. While in high school, he was forced to wear shoes. Upon his arrival at Cornell, he was no longer “limited.” “Trust in your feet, trust in the traction, trust that they will get you where you need to go,” suggests Breitenstein, “I trust my feet, and they are my most attractive feature.”

What your High School Friends are Wearing: Personal Style Across Campuses by Vrinda Jagota

Over fall break, I visited one of my friends at Middlebury College. She had mentioned “how Vermont” everything and everyone was, but for the most part, I didn’t really believe her until I witnessed it for myself. Seeing a see full of hipsters, completely unaware of how stereotypically they were dressed, made me wonder if this phenomenon was specific to Middlebury, or if every university has its own developed niche. I was shocked by the magnitude of flannel surrounding me. Vermont’s cold winters and rural, mountainous environment creates a rugged outdoors-y vibe. Lumberjack flannel and unshaven legs permeate through all aspects of Middlebury fashion. In the cold winters, hiking boots, layering, and knit beanies are all common sights

gentleman.

Texas. Cowboy boots and flowey dresses are almost a given for your typical Southern Belle, while floral prints and pastels and gingham shirts with chinos are all necessities for any Georgia

Cara Janesko,’14, a Cornell student who transferred here from William and Mary, noticed a distinct difference between the social settings at both schools. While those involved in Greek life

While Cornell has a similar natural environment (no one’s denying that our winters are ROUGH), there is a distinctly different social environment. In my experience, the typical Cornell student’s style is much more preppy than the artsy Middlebury counterpart. Our greek life, “work hard-play hard” attitude, and location in the boondocks also work together to put a heavy emphasis on heels-andcrop-top party culture. In fact, I had no idea how much Cornell, and many east coast schools in general, are considered preppy and formal, until one of my friends from Chicago referred to someone’s J.Crew-esque outfit as “so East Coast.”

at William and Mary dressed up, she feels that, in general, Cornell students dress more formally on a daily basis and when they attend parties and social events. “People at Cornell dress up a lot more for classes...I wore sweatpants to class way more frequently at William and Mary than I do here. I didn’t even own a pair of heels until I came [to Cornell].” Bori Tozser, ‘15, a transfer from Cortland, agrees that Cornell students put more effort into their outfits in comparison to Cortland students, who mostly wear athletic gear or comfortable clothing. “At Cortland, many people would show up to class in sweatpants, old Ugg boots, and a giant Cortland sweatshirt, and that would be their outfit for all of winter. In the spring, people would wear athletic shorts over jean shorts any day. Guys here put so much more effort into what clothes they wear.”

Trendwear Report Embrace Lace

Marchesa lace baby-doll frock S/S 2013 WWD.com

Jason Wu’s sleeveless leather minidress S/S 2013 Vogue.com

Despite its lasting associations with riding on the back of a Harley, leather has taken an unexpected twist this spring. From peplums to pants, this timeless material has ap-

Pierre Balmain, Marchesa, and Carolina Herrera catch my Monday morning bedridden feelings, as their Spring 2013 collections feature lingerie-inspired styles. BCBG layers bedroom-chic with cutout tops. At the risk of bearing too much, follow Jill Stuart’s lead and pair sheer with a similar-hued slip. Also try a chiffon frock with worn combat boots to keep the look grounded.

Leather Weather

peared in various new forms. Jason Wu’s sleeveless minidress featured a feminine hemline complete with laser-cut leather flowers. Theyskens’ Theory literally followed suit with a teal leather romper, topped off with a menswear-style jacket. So newcomers, try out a leather-paneled skirt. And for those of you who can relate to Rebel Without a Cause, break out a quality pair of leather leggings. I mean if you already cut class, why not pick up the leather jacket to prove it?

by Nicole Fitzsimmons

Neo-Neon

Jenni Kayne vivid suits S/S 2013 Style.com

You can’t go anywhere this spring without seeing neon. DKNY and Rag & bone changed it up a bit this season with ¬vibrant nylon anoraks and cropped outerwear. Both Helmut Lang and Jenni Kayne showed vivid suits, complete with strong shoulders and slouchy bottoms. Incorporate a loud blazer with a classic silhouette into your own wardrobe. Maybe even a pair of bright shorts if we ever see sun again. But remember, to avoid looking like a DayGlo victim, wear only one neon piece at a time. Go bold or go home.

ClashFashion

While I understand it can be tempting to match your Cornell hoodie with your Cornell sweatpants, this spring, let’s try to mix some real prints. Derek Lam’s graphic, sherbet-hued tee was unbelievable with a color-coordinating banDerek Lam knit top & dage skirt. Vera Wang bandage skirt merged a safari strucS/S 2013 Vogue.com tured tank with pleated shorts. Altuzarra compiled ruffles on ruffles of different patterns. Feel free to play with texture and size of pattern, but maintain a classic, streamlined silhouette. A crisp, striped oxford can look great against a plaid pencil skirt. So come play with us this spring and print something other than your Bio homework.

Fashion Month Roundup Spring 2013 by Christopher Au

Versace

Saint Laurent

Jill Sander

Chanel aimed for the next generation of ladies who lunch. Full of tweed, pearls, and pastels, it was the Chanel that we have all come to know, but accessories including a hoola-hoop bag and a lego-blocked purse stole the show. In keeping with Dior’s history, the first collection featured dresses cinched at the waist and perfectly tailored Bar jackets. Slimane’s debut at Yves Saint Laurent disappointed supporters. The Telegraph’s Lisa Armstrong described the collection as “exactly as expecte.” It was The Legend of Zorro meets Rachel Zoe circa 2008; a collection of floppy hats, skinny pants and fringed dresses. There is no doubt the Slimane girl is cool, but is she modern?

Dior

Paris

Milan

Prada’s flower motif never became boring on the predominantly black, white and red pieces. The occasionally raunchy glamour of Versace was not such a favorite among critics this season. Considered a highend and expensive brand, its clothes are made with too little fabric to justify their exorbitant prices. Jil Sander’s return was beautiful, tasteful and in keeping with the house’s minimalist tradition. No one can deride Sander for not staying true to her aesthetic, though Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist, Robin Givhan described the collection as “dull and mechanical”, and she, “hopes that in seasons to come she will move beyond her stoic past and toward a future that is right for her.”

Burberry

DVF

Chanel

Many designers in New York stayed true to the styles that have made them popular with critics and buyers. Diane Von Furstenberg’s show of palazzo pants, terra cote crepe suits, and draped tunics in signature bright colours would befit both the heiresses vacationing in St. Barts or the working woman heading to lunch.

The Brits amped up on tradition to capitalize off of today’s anglophilia. Christopher Bailey at Burberry returns once again to the company’s trench coats but reflected the city’s excitement in bright fuchsia, copper, pink, and green metallic tones.Tom Ford continues to bring the sexual tension in his clothes that made him a critic’s darling at Gucci,. Whether it was his black patent leather popover top or his interpretation of biker jacket, the trompe l’oeil tunic, or even the white silk hoodie, the collection was a display of the international character of London with a shot of classic Ford heat.

Tom Ford

London

New York

Mens Soccer

by Celeste Cirillo-Penn The team’s bond is essential, especially after last season when a late stumble put the Ivy League title and NCAA at large bid just out of reach. “It just motivated us to work that much harder because sitting in that room with all your teammates and then not hearing your name called [for the bid] is brutal,” Regan said. “So the offseason - the winter, the spring, the summer - I think everyone just worked harder than they’ve ever worked.” From there the team went on to compile an impressive 12 game undefeated streak, which eclipsed the previous Cornell record of 11 games set in 1995.

Photo by Celeste Cirillo-Penn

In 2008, the Cornell Men’s Soccer team faced one of the most disappointing seasons in program history, ending with a record of 1-15. Now, four years later, the team has achieved its goals, turning around the program with an incredible season that culminated in an Ivy League Championship and bid to the NCAA national tournament.

This attitude also helped the men bounce back from a tough loss to Brown that ended their streak and put their Ivy League championship goal in jeopardy. The team lost 2-0 in a game that saw Cornell fall to second in the Ivy League standings with only three games left to play, and its future depending on Brown’s subsequent games.

“It’s just a spectacular feeling to achieve the goals that you’ve been striving for all this time,” senior midfielder, Nico Nissl said. “All the hard work that you put in finally coming down to this.”

“When it happened it sucked. I’m not going to lie,” Regan said. “It’s one of those games where we felt like we played well. We got chances, but we had some unfortunate breaks.”

Seniors, Nissl and Rick Pflasterer, who joined the team the year after the 1-15 season, and Tyler Regan, who transferred to Cornell the following year, experienced firsthand the challenges of a new coaching staff and culture.

The team rebounded to beat Princeton 1-0, and went on to defeat Dartmouth 2-1 in a thrilling double overtime victory.

“It’s definitely a new philosophy,” senior, forward, Regan said. “Coach Jaro lives the game; he breathes the game, and he expects everybody on the team to do the same. He really has done a great job of not just taking players who are very talented, but players with a great mindset.” From that first year the program grew because of the culture Zawislan created.

“I don’t think I really realized we were on a streak until the very end,” Nissl said. “We were so focused on each week that one game. As soon as we get the result, we move on from it.”

“If you’re getting tired, you make one more run. You make one more tackle because it’s not like we get another chance,” Regan said. That same day, Brown tied with Yale, allowing Cornell to reclaim the top of the standings with only one game to go and the squad’s future in its own hands going into the final game of the season against Columbia. “It was a battle,” Pflasterer said of the Columbia game.

“We always look for the people…that don’t just come to the training sessions to punch in and punch out the card,” Zawislan said. “We look for the players who are committed to studying the game, developing themselves and improving themselves on a daily basis… That passion, that interest, that commitment to developing their game has been the key.”

“When we won [1-0], it was crazy. Everyone kind of erupted, and it was just fans and players running, and jumping up and down, and cheering.”

However, with that level of intensity, strong team chemistry has been crucial.

“The year before [the current seniors began playing at Cornell] we were 1-15, and now we are 15-1,” Pflasterer said.

“We do pretty much everything together,” Nissl said. “Everyone’s got their unique individual personalities that they bring to the team, which really helps to lighten the load when you need it to be lightened. But then everyone knows that when it’s time to get serious everyone has to be serious, and it’s pretty much game time.”

Despite the Ivy League Championship victory, and the automatic bid to the NCAA Championships resulting from that victory, the team will not be satisfied.

“This year is a culmination of everything coming together for us, and I’m proud of being part of that legacy that said they could turn this Cornell soccer program around.”

After Cornell was rocked by a number of highly publicized and widely discussed rapes, a noticeable tension that spread across campus, and we became fearful of our safety while walking through a setting most of us consider our home. Students swarmed a “Sexual Violence Prevention Working Group” in such numbers that the group had to move its location to Barton Hall in order to continue planned discussions. Others attended “The People’s School,” an event held on the Arts Quad by a group called “The Barton Hall Community,” and facilitated discussions on topics ranging from rape culture to rising student debt. This event reestablished the existence of “The Stump” on campus, a wooden podium that stands outside Willard Straight Hall and serves as a gathering place for those who want to listen and to be heard. Cornell Caring Community hosted the event “Illuminate the Night” on Ho Plaza to promote feelings similar to what one might find at a “Take Back the Night” rally, and students present shared concerns and voiced their desires to have a safe and respectful campus. Student initiatives including Big Red Walkshare began and encouraged students to connect with peers and walk home together from the library to increase

by Olivia Duell photo by the Barton Hall Community

Campus Climate

safety while the B.L.U.E. Shuttle program petitions to run year-round. Other groups and campaigns such as Cornell Consent Ed, Break the Silence, and Every1 continue to make their presence felt on campus, and the Women’s Resource Center and LGBT Resource Center remain spaces for students to receive assistance. The Assembly for Justice voiced a list of student demands over and over again, and students held a protest outside Day Hall to express their extreme frustration that these demands had not yet been met or even addressed, especially when they had been crafted the semester prior in response to racism on campus. In an even more radical act, Scorpions X published “The Nightly Moon,” distributing copies over campus intermixed with the regular Cornell Daily Sun publications. The production featured numerous essays penned anonymously by voices addressing structural hierarchies within our Cornell community that perpetuate all forms of oppression. What, then, can we take from the past semester’s events? A crucial conversation arose in the aftermath of horrendously unspeakable crimes on campus. What we once talked about abstractly and hypothetically in hushed whispers, we now address and acknowledge as a real campus problem.

Stuck in the Spin Cycle: How Political Pundits Made Election 2012 a Living Hell

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by Jean-Paul Lozada

If one thing was made certain in the 2012 elections, it is that the American people have spoken loud and clear. Not only did President Obama win reelection by a wider than expected electoral margin, but Democrats also secured their majority in the Senate by sweeping hotly contested races. Referendums on hot-button issues such as marriage equality played out in the left’s favor as well. All of this was predicted with near perfect accuracy by statistician Nate Silver, writer of the FiveThirtyEight blog on the New York Times website. To those who follow Silver and place their faith in his mathematically based predictions, these results were not at all surprising. But most Americans do not turn to statisticians to gauge the nation’s political atmosphere. They rely on the commercially fueled realms of the cable news channels and talk radio stations of their choice. And these networks hire high-profile pundits, many of which are former partisan politicians, to explain to their viewers the state of the 2012 races. This election cycle in particular was marked by bitter vitriol and mud slinging on both sides, and these pundits were responsible in no small part for maintaining the toxic atmosphere. The problem with this year’s punditry was that objectivity was done away with in favor of pandering. Viewers were told what they wanted to hear and baseless claims were abound. Dick Morris of the New York Post predicted a Romney victory with 325 electoral votes; Jim Cramer of CNBC thought Obama would rack up 440. While these were two extreme - and extremely inaccurate – predictions, they served as fodder for our deeply divided electorate, further driving a wedge between conservatives

and liberals. These pundits, particularly those on Fox News and MSNBC, served as surrogates for the Romney and Obama campaigns, respectively. This made it difficult for viewers who wished to step out of the echo chamber to discern the pundits who knew what they were talking about from those who are mere charlatans. They were forced to pick sides, neither of which were particularly appealing to large swaths of the population. As the results rolled in, one side of the aisle was bound to wind up in utter shock as to how their candidate could possibly lose. This manifested in Karl Rove’s meltdown on Fox News, when he refused to acknowledge that Obama had won Ohio. Like many Americans, Rove was trapped in the endless spin cycle that predicted a decisive Romney victory. In their world, Obama didn’t stand a chance against Romney. The economy was still in shambles. The young people that helped elect Obama were jaded and disillusioned. Obama’s attacks on Romney were character assassinations, not legitimate criticisms. As it turns out, these things couldn’t have been farther from the truth. Granted, it works both ways; had Romney won, it would have been the liberal media that seemed crazy. Among the parties that hold the responsibility of healing our deeply divided nation, news networks are one. Our airwaves need more Nate Silvers and fewer Dick Morrises. Audiences must decide which candidate they support; networks should not do it for them. If these pundits are here to stay, which they most likely are, it is up to us to recognize when we are being fed misinformation. The news ain’t always sweet, and Fox News viewers learned that the hard way on Election Night.

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Learning to Appreciate the Small Things Ex-military Students discuss their experiences in Iraq, Lebanon and Korea

photo in posession of Hunny Jeong

by Hunny Jeong

After 2 years away from Cornell in the South Korean Army as a combat medic, I returned to campus this fall, as a senior. My time with the army matured me quickly but I still had to decide on a career. Thus, I was forced to ask myself what I truly enjoyed and what I disliked, as just a few of the soul-searching questions.

diversity, being an international student. Yet we’re all college students; we’re, for the most part, protected from extreme situations such as starving to death or witnessing personal acquaintances getting killed. The Army introduced me to a diversity I had never encountered.”

The other week, my Islamic history professor seemed to pinpoint the heart of my quest to find my calling when he asked our class, “What have you truly learned from your Cornell education?” Nobody could answer. I privately indulged in my own thoughts and probed myself as to what I will have learned from Cornell after I leave. Is the life of Winston Churchill, international monetary theory, and the French language what my Cornell education amounts to? Or is it something else, something more?

Dave Blome, another former U.S. marine who had served in Iraq and current graduate student at the history department, pointed out something else we often overlook. “I am appreciative most of just being able to move my arms and legs. Being able to enjoy the sun. [Being able to] to ride my bike. Back in Iraq, I realized that in 15 minutes, 30 minutes or an hour, everything might be dark – that I would be dead. I haven’t forgotten that. Now, little things like a good laugh with friends or family remind me of how great it is just to be living life.”

In my attempt to conjure an answer to this question, I reflected upon my recent experiences in the South Korean Army and my discussions with other ex-military students on campus. Maybe these students, who had also experienced life outside school, had answers worth sharing. And they certainly did, some of which I will share with you now, the greater Cornell community.

Perhaps computer science major Junhyung Lee ‘15’, captures it best. Lee had served as a Thermo Observational Device specialist on the heavily fortified North-South Korean border. The two Koreas are still officially at war, and border skirmishes are not uncommon as nearly one million armed men stand guard in bunkers, staring at one another across the border.

For example, there is Chris Johnson, a graduate student at the economics department, who opened up to me. Before pursuing his graduate studies at Cornell, Johnson conducted two combat tours in Iraq an infantry officer. in the U.S. Marine Corps.

“I missed Sprite,” Lee smiled. “I missed the freedom to walk over to a soda shop and buy a can of Sprite without worrying about reporting, getting permission, or potentially being shot at.”

He quickly learned to cherish life, saying, “I had a friend that I trained with and was killed on his first tour to Afghanistan. He had just married his girlfriend and they had moved to Japan. You learn not to take for granted what we have. I know a lot of great people who have sacrificed a lot to be [at Cornell], so, I’m not trying to take that away from them at all. But I just know that, when you know what we’ve seen in the military, and had to live in that environment, you just learn not to take for granted friendships, your relationships with your family, and air-conditioning, running water. Things could be a lot worse, very easily.” Eonho Lee (13’), a former UN peacekeeper with the UN Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL), similarly agreed, saying, “I understand Cornell is diverse. I am myself a part of that

These students’ stories convey the thanks and appreciation we often forget to give our friends, families, classmates, and our opportunities, to learn and to live freely. And of course, our Sprites. But – back to my professor’s question, what knowledge will I have when I leave Cornell? Knowing how to speak French is, of course, important. But what these students and I have that many don’t is an appreciation of the many things we forget to be thankful for because we take them for granted. That appreciation is what I will have when I leave this campus and will continue to cultivate as I grow. Let’s all learn to appreciate those small things in life, because upon deeper reflection, they may not be small at all.

Leo Villareal Cosmos by Mckenzie Sullivan Wondering what the radical light installation at Johnson Museum of Art is? Well it’s conceptual artist Leo Villareal’s newest work Cosmos. Located above the Museum’s Mallin Sculpture Court, it consists of 12,000 energy-efficient light-emitting diodes (LEDs) wired in a grid. Villareal’s planning for Cosmos began in November 2010. In the spring of 2012 Villareal’s team returned to mock up a project. The final installation began in late August 2012. This October 22nd the exhibition opened and it and will run through September 2013. The artist—along with the project architect, Walter Smith, and alumni donors Lisa and Richard Baker—chose the Johnson specifically for its high visibility on Cornell’s campus and from various parts of West Hill and downtown, creating a link between the city and Cornell campus. Villareal programmed and wired each LED with his own computer software to allow for various formations and shapes to take place. Possibly one of the most rewarding things about Villareal’s installation is there is no beginning or end and with that comes a pleasure in not feeling anxiety about having missed something. “It’s very abstract, and very open-ended,” Villareal explained at the artists talk held on October 22nd at Milstein Auditorium. “Once you begin programming, it changes and becomes something else.” Villareal uses a custom code he creates in order to incorporate so many different lights. He uses a physics technique called ‘Processing’ which was created at MIT specifically for artists. The tech-oriented software based

side of Villareal’s artistic project is intriguing yet oddly enough it is simplicity that rings through when viewing the installation. Villareal said he named the piece “Cosmos” and has dedicated it to the late Cornell professor Carl Sagan. “I grew up on Carl Sagan and love that he spent so much time here. I was a geeky kid with an Apple II+.” He has also designed a zero-gravity bench in the sculpture court for museum visitors to relax and gaze up at the celestial installation. Villareal’s other major site-specific works include “Multiverse” in the National Gallery of Art’s Concourse in Washington, D.C., in 2008, and “Hive,” recently installed in the Bleecker Street/Lafayette Street subway station in lower Manhattan. Another fantastic new opus is “Buckyball” which opened on Oct. 25 in Manhattan’s Madison Square Park. The artist claims his work on Cornell’s Cosmos has also helped with his largest installation to date, “The Bay Lights,” which opens in March and will stretch 1.8 miles along the San Francisco Bay Bridge. Villareal is truly a conceptual genius and his epic-scale installations all speak to the evolution of art as a major attraction in design and inspiration for public spaces.

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Hurricane In the most recent natural disaster to strike the United States, Hurricane Sandy forged a path that affected over 20 states and left tens of billions of dollars in damage. Despite extensive preparation, homes were lost, businesses destroyed, and lives altered. Between October 25 and 30, our nation saw the most devastating act of Mother Nature since Hurricane Katrina.

tober 28, winds were approaching 80 mph off the shoreline of the Carolinas. Off the coast of North Carolina, two crewmembers went down with the HMS Bounty. Governor Bob McDonnell looked in retrospect at Virginia’s situation with positivity. The state, with many others, received federal assistance in clearing roads and getting stoplights back up.

Sandy formed in an area of low pressure and organized convection (temperature difference) over the Atlantic on October 22. Originally classified as a tropical storm, an eye developed on October 24 with winds at roughly 65 miles per hour. Kingston, Jamaica was the first to enact a public advisory and was the first land Sandy encountered at wind speeds of 80 mph. By the time she reached Cuba, Sandy had strengthened to 110 mph winds. After a slight redevelopment to a lower grade storm, Sandy resumed hurricane status and an eye again formed before swarming up the Atlantic coast.

According to CBS Evening News, parts Ocean City, Maryland were under four feet of water by October 29. Downtown parts of the city were evacuated, along with nearby school such as Salisbury University.

Hurricane Sandy hit not just close, but home, for many Cornell students. Mary Gibbs ’16 of New Jersey was unable to contact her parents for three days while the power was out. Her grandparents had to evacuate Long Beach Island to stay with the family. A friend who lives in Toms River will not be able to return to his house until March at the earliest.

Florida was the first state to send out hurricane watches. Sandy stayed parallel with the east coast as she swallowed dunes and created dangerous rip tides. By Oc-

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“I’ve never seen damage this bad in NJ before,” said Gibbs. “I know we will rebuild, but it hurts knowing that the places

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I used to know so well will never be the same again.”

A handful of hospitals in New York and New Jersey had to transfer patients in serious conditions to locations where their needs would be better attended. The New York University Langone Medical Center was forced to relocate over 200 patients due to failed generators.

Long Island, New York, suffered as houses were torn apart and the beach engulfed neighborhoods. For weeks, power outages affected the homes still in tact. 90% of Long Island – nearly one million homes – was in the dark. Much of the island was underwater. Fallen trees help plenty of the blame for power outages and home wreckages. President Obama declared a major disaster in Long Island as well as New York City.

Federal assistance has been granted to multiple states and individuals to hurry the recovery from “Frankenstorm.” Marines, the National Guard, and other emergency rescue teams jumped into action to clean up after Sandy. Charitable organizations such as the Red Cross and Salvation Army donated close to $100 million to support families and communities. Local establishments have also contributed to the recovery, with hair salons, restaurants, and other companies holding fundraisers to benefit victims. The New York Giants donated $500,000 in storm relief.

Rebeka Tannenbaum ’16 also saw extensive damage in her hometown of Oceanside, New York. Cars were floating down the street as water levels rose. With such widespread water damage, electrical companies had to be extremely careful in restoring power, as tampering with outlets could cause fires.

After a little over 100 deaths in the United States caused by Hurricane Sandy, the country has sprung back on its feet to help survivors and rebuild communities. Reconstruction continues as millions of people restructure their lives to new landscapes and new realities.

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New York City was one of Sandy’s main targets. The New York stock exchange was shut down for two days – for the first time since an 1888 blizzard. The subway system was completely flooded in some areas and debris littered most tunnels.

Indecision and the Pursuit of Happiness by Janice Park

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I hate multiple-choice questions. Ask me what my favorite color is and I’ll name five. My friends pretend they don’t know me when we go to Purity because I try ten flavors before placing an order. I’m indecisive. I’m also a coward, overly ambitious and passionate, with too many aspirations. I want to dabble in everything. While it’s impossible for one person to have it all, the idea of placing limitations on my freedom scares me. Making the wrong decision frightens me even more. The prospects and liberties my privileged college experience provides are as crippling as they are thrilling. They open my mind to new interests and possibilities, but freeze every thought and limit every action. During this time of growth and exploration, at a place filled with endless opportunities, ambition and desire run rampant. Any person, any study. There are so many different classes to take, clubs to join. As we start our Cornell experience, we are constantly inspired, excited to begin our journey... Then we grow up. I can still smell the strange mix of laundry detergent and musty carpet, hear the hum of the painfully slow elevator that crawled to the fifth floor of Dickson on move-in day. I open my eyes and realize half my col-

lege career is already over. As the first semester of junior year (a.k.a the beginning of the end), comes to a close, I’m terrified. Big decisions continuously sneak up on me, demanding my attention. I managed to narrow down my interests to two majors and a minor, but what am I going to do with that? Where will I work this summer? Everyone says you won’t get a job if you don’t get an internship the summer before your senior year, but how am I supposed to know what I want to do for the rest of my life when I can’t even pick an ice cream flavor? If only I could add two more semesters to my time at Cornell, I could relax take all the classes that interest me and fill my mind completely. Yet something tells me that even if I had another four years to learn and grow, I wouldn’t be satisfied. My brain has FOMO (fear of missing out). I don’t want to limit my future. The freedom of choice, while exhilarating, only signals the inevitable disappearance of one path as I embark on another. I’m scared of wanting something I can’t have, of living life full of regrets, and most importantly, I’m terrified of being unhappy. However, I can’t predict the future, and I also can’t hide behind a safety net of indecision anymore. Some say that choices are what give life meaning. Making a concerted effort down one path gives it weight and purpose, and the beauty of life lies in its unpredictability and its imperfection. Without the constant fear of making decisions, I would be bored to death. Truly, there are many like me out there: crazy and indecisive, excited and scared of the world and its possibilities. The problem occurs when we invalidate the experiences we’re having because we’re obsessed with the ones we’re not having. I’m tired of being unhappy in the present, trying to make the “perfect decision” to be happy in the future, and I now know it is important to focus on the path chosen, not the path left behind. Besides, if you make the wrong choice, you learn from your mistakes, and in the future, you’ll make the better choice. The trick is to live in the moment, as cliché as it sounds. I don’t know what I’ll be doing this summer, or if I’ll even graduate. But I do know I’m happy now, and that’s all that matters.

The Roommate Relationship by Anna Ancona

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People make fun of my roommate and I for being attached at the hip. We do everything together: even (TMI) our periods are synced. We know each other’s schedules, we know each other’s secrets, we give each other advice… we also get really weird. If you must know, we occasionally have contests to see who can look the ugliest. She usually wins. Our closeness made me wonder if there is some special bond between roommates different from other friendships. Does seeing your best friend looking her worst every morning make you closer? I interviewed three sets of roommates to try and answer, “What makes the roommate relationship different?” Wenjie Luo ’14 and Kelsey Harrington ’14 have been rooming together for a year and a half now. “It is easier to talk to someone that you see every day and who knows everything that’s going on,” Wenjie says. Kelsey adds, “When you live with someone you know more about them just innately. If someone asks Wenjie about something that is clearly bothering her, I’m like, ‘No! Stop! Why are you asking her that??’ I know when she doesn’t want to talk about it.” Brad Mills ’15 and Michael Woods ’15, who are rooming together for the first time this semester, explain that they didn’t know each other very well before living together: “We’ve gotten closer since rooming together largely due to talking for a while before going to sleep,” says Brad. “There is more loyalty to your roommate—you have their back, you are more defensive of them. We’re actually rooming together next year, too,” he adds. “I wanted three things in a roommate: respectful, clean, and interesting,” says Will Ryan ’14. He rooms with Alex Cooper ’14. “Coop’s not exactly clean, but he makes an effort, and he is really interesting. We like to talk about things.” When you spend so much time with another person, it is impossible not to talk about anything and everything. I know some really weird things about my roommate, and we are definitely closer for it. When you live with a person, you know what is going on inside their minds. You also see them butt-naked on a pretty regular basis. Unless your roommate feels the need to change in the bathroom (um, okay), you’re bound to catch your roomie in her birthday suit and see all the places where the sun don’t shine.

“Pick a roommate that you’re comfortable being naked around,” says Will. “In Will’s case, he has to be comfortable with the entire house,” Cooper adds. “Wenjie is one of the few people who has seen me naked,” Kelsey says. “Wenjie runs around the house in a sports bra and underwear usually.” But when you live with a person, pants or no pants, you’re going to get into a few fights every now and then, be it over you’re your issues with neatness or your tendency to bring home a “friend” late at night. “I think the sexiling is a bit of an issue. I have a thing where if you hook up with a girl, at some point the other roommate should get to come back just to sleep,” Will explains. Cooper retaliates: “I just think that morning sex should be an option.” Wenjie and Kelsey, however, have never had this issue. “I had a boyfriend for a while and I felt like it was disrespectful to just come in here and lock the door and expect her to find somewhere else to sleep, but he had a single so I would just go there,” Wenjie says. “If she wanted to sexile me, I’d be fine going somewhere else,” Kelsey interrupts. “She always says that but she doesn’t have to,” Wenjie says. Sometimes, though, the little things are what are most irksome. “Michael eats my pretzels,” Brad complains. “No, Brad thinks I eat his pretzels.” Maybe Brad and Michael could use some counseling from Wenjie and Kelsey. Your relationship with your roommate is pretty special, and as a good friend of mine puts it: “You know you’re best friends with your roommate when you hear them banging their slam-piece at 11 in the morning on a Monday when everyone knows the walls are paper-thin.” Or maybe it’s even simpler than that: “Peeing off the balcony is nice,” says Will. Cooper: “That is nice.”

Drunkorexia: Protesting Food but Loving Liquor by Kate Heinle

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“Alcohol is a poison, and you can’t swap a poison for food.” – Angela Rubineau “The reality is, we see a lot of disordered eating and a lot of alcohol abuse so you can almost guarantee they’re going to overlap.” – Randy Patterson

It is no surprise that in our media-dominated world, adolescents are feeling the pressure to have the “ideal” body type that is plastered on magazine covers. Unfortunately, for many young adults the pressure is giving rise to a whole new world full of social trends that are not harmless. A popular craze on college campuses rising out of these stereotypes about society is “drunkorexia,” a disorder combining the habits of both eating disorders and alcohol abuse. Drunkorexia? Don’t You Mean Anorexia? Although it is most popular in college females, the drunkorexic trend is being observed in young men as well. Someone who suffers from drunkorexia restricts food intake, similarly to someone diagnosed with anorexia or bulimia, in order to reserve calories for alcoholic consumption and binge drinking. Although men can be affected by the idyllic body stereotype, in many cases it is not necessarily the social pressures, but a conscious restraint from eating in order to get a quick buzz or to save food money for the bars. “Not eating, prior to drinking, increases alcohol’s toxicity to the body and the brain. The motivation is three-fold. The first motivation is to save calories; the second motivation is it won’t take as much alcohol to feel intoxicated; and the third is if there is no food in my stomach then I won’t throw up,” maintains Gannett physician Angela Rubineau, “Alcohol calories are not food calories, so it’s not feeding the brain and in the same way it’s not feeding the muscle tissue.”

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“Regular Girl, Celebrity Dreams” Psychologists claim that drunkorexia is an obsession to have the “idyllic body type” that is glorified on many social media websites and blogs. We live in a world where women are targeted by advertisements on social media sites that results in drunkorexic habits and followed by more severe forms of addiction. These anorexic behaviors are putting people at risk for developing addiction problems and more serious eating disorders. There is a belief in society that the term “beautiful” is represented through weight, and this assumption is furthermore backed up by a collection of celebrity role models with unrealistic body types. Dr. Randy Patterson, assistant director of Cornell Gannett’s CHEP team claims, “Social anxiety is huge. People are feeling the pressure of the culture of appearance and the misperception that everyone is drinking a lot.” It is a psychological addiction to prevent weight gain, save money spent on food for alcohol, and an obsession with getting intoxicated faster. Women are continually exposed to social pressures on campus to drink and stay skinny, and for many drunkorexia is the easiest and most effective solution. beintheknowtoday.org

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Drunkorexia or Freshmanorexia? Unfortunately, college students are extremely susceptible to drunkorexic behaviors. For freshmen, it is particularly stressful living in a new place and being surrounded by new people. Cornellians are faced with social pressures because, as Angela Rubineau points out, “Food and alcohol are both part of a larger culture here at Cornell.” The destructive combination of the social culture and stressful atmosphere at a college campus can be overwhelming, and leave students obsessing and desiring control over their lives in whatever way possible. Sadly, for vulnerable students, this stress can contribute to the founda-

tion of an eating disorder. The lack of control has a domino affect, resulting in an obsession to control the intake of calories that can be associated with drunkorexia. It Could Never Happen To Me An East Carolina University study reported findings that fourteen percent of first year college students are restricting calories on days of planned alcohol consumption. Unfortunately, of those who restricted calories the study found that more were then likely to engage in binge drinking. At Cornell University many students are affected by the social pressures to look great while continuing to drink excessive amounts of alcohol. It is a part of the college culture, but sometimes this culture represents stereotypes and not facts. There is a belief that college students party “all day everyday”, when in actuality is most campuses are not populated with students that drink unnecessary amounts of alcohol. Randy Patterson states, “The reality is, we see a lot of disordered eating and a lot of alcohol abuse so you can almost guarantee they’re going to overlap.” Although it is much more common for women to be affected by eating disorders, a growing number of men are battling the disease every day.

Consequences of Drinking Your Dinner “Alcohol is a poison, and you can’t swap a poison for nutritious food,” claims Angela Rubineau, while discussing the negative affects these social behaviors have on a student’s health. The greatest danger of engaging in drunkorexic behaviors is the deprivation of nutrients to the brain while simultaneously exposing it to alcohol. “I think most students know that alcohol affects the liver, but they might not know that the liver is also in charge of your blood sugar. Therefore, alcohol is damaging the liver and then the liver is not able to properly respond to the blood sugar levels,” states Rubineau. Students who “drink their dinner” are more likely to experience substance abuse problems, engage in chancy sexual behavior, and develop serious health conditions. Rubineau says that, “There are also students who are engaging in this behavior who have no idea how much risk they’re putting themselves into by under-eating and overdrinking. Some of the consequences that can come from that are: blacking out, browning out, unwanted sexual behavior, transports to the hospital, and medical complications related to stomachs, hearts, and brains.” The consequences of drunkorexia are real. It is time to change the social stereotypes in society today, and create new positive views about what is “beautiful” and what is “cool.”

If you are suffering from drunkorexia or know someone who is battling this disease, there are a multitude of options that can help you or your friend regain healthy living habits. According to Cornell University’s Gannett Health Services, the most effective way to approach a friend is a compassionate interaction with the goal of referring him or her to an experienced therapist, nutritionist, or medical provider. It can be helpful, if approached properly, to offer to make an appointment at Gannett Health Center in the Cornell Healthy Eating Program for the friend. There are a variety of options available for help: The Cornell Healthy Eating Program, (607) 255-5155; EARS (Empathy Assistance and Referral Service), (607) 255-EARS; The Nutrition Clinic of Elmira, (607)732-5646; and The National Eating Disorders Association, (800)931-2237.

In Defense of an Arts Education by Sydney Reade

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“Well, I guess you can cut the arts as much as you want. Sooner or later, these kids aren’t going to have anything to read or write about.” -Mr. Holland’s Opus, 1995

In a more romantic era, when a person could make a life out of their passion, there was such a thing as “The Humanities”. Today, the common sentiment is that these pursuits are impractical because today’s virtually impenetrable job market basically implies the need to be pre-professionally trained. Despite this, this sentiment could not be more wrong. While we need and value people who undertake hard science professions, those who view being a Liberal Arts major as a “cop out” career path have a lot of apologizing to do. Let’s face facts. Three of the top five paying jobs in 2012 in the United States are related to either engineering or medicine. But while pre-med and engineering studies lead to high paying jobs more often than not the value of Humanities as a course of study is not diminished. There are skills learned in an arts education that maintain the relevancy and adaptability of a working professional far longer

than the skills of a doctor or engineer. Unless a professional in these occupations dutifully engages in continuing education courses, the world of science changes so rapidly that it’s hard to keep up once a professional advances into later stages of their career. Compare this to a Humanities major who is well-versed in reading, writing, and communication skills that aren’t going anywhere unless the social fabric of society deteriorates. The trend in the drive for higher educational achievements over the past ten years has been in improving math and science scores. These skills only emphasize left-brain cognition and does nothing for cultivating rightbrain creativity. In the workforce, creativity and adaptability go a long way. And creativity is constantly developed in an Arts education. For example, in analyzing passages of literature, you constantly approach problems that seem

similar but turn out to be completely different. And then you become adept at rolling with the punches in real-life situations when flexibility in the moment is crucial to success. Think Apollo 13. In fact, the top-most sought-after skills in the workforce today are communication skills—the ability to speak and write eloquently. This differs from the perception that the workforce needs the most analytical people with extraordinary math and science skills. While these qualities aren’t undesirable, they’re not the ones lacking in the employability pool. Yet, the government is hell bent on education reform that pushes math and science achievement, which forces English, Art, and Music benchmarks to fall by the wayside. Unfortunately, it is exactly majors such as English, Drama, and Psychology that foster the kinds of communication skills that make people flexible and relevant members of today’s workforce.

“In fact, the top-most sought-after skills in the workforce today are communication skills—the ability to speak and write eloquently.” Furthermore, research has shown the passion is necessary to succeed financially. And that’s what we liberal arts majors have: passion. According to a 2012 article on The Huffington Post website, the more passionate you are about your chosen course of study, the greater academic success you’ll have, the more rewarding and fulfilling your career will be, and the more money you’ll make. According to motivational and incentive processes in the workplace, those who show greater motivation for their work tend to earn a higher salary. If you focus on a passion in the Humanities as opposed to forcing yourself into a hard science major for the potential mon-

etary benefits, you’ll wind up in a related career that you love first because of the work you’re doing, and then because of the financial rewards. Further, because communication skills are in high demand, Humanities majors may obtain jobs before their hard-science counterparts, and a leg up on the career ladder means a climb in salary ranks, albeit at perhaps a slower rate than that of a doctor. Stress and early burnout are more likely if you’re in a job just for the money, according to David Mielach’s 2012 article on The Business News Daily site. Passion goes a long way in business, and considering that it may take longer for those in the Humanities to attain the same level of financial success as others, Humanities majors certainly have a lot of it, because passion is their primary motivation. To those who insist on solely increasing math and science educational attainments, and to engineers and pre-meds out there who are convinced their ambitions are more practical and viable than those of Humanities majors—there’s nothing wrong with being an engineer or doctor. The world needs people like you. But our skills as Humanities majors are just as important, just as financially viable, and may even lead to greater longevity in the workforce because of our strong, underlying passion. As the epigraph says, if an arts education is deemphasized to the point of extinction, there won’t be anything left to pursue in the context of science, because society’s fuel for intellectual curiosity will have been irrevocably lost.

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