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Hoping to confront Ithaca’s“fiscal crisis,” Mayor SvanteMyrick ’09 presented his plan tobalance the city’s budget at a pressconference Tuesday. Myrick’s pro-posed 2013 budget would closethe city’s $3 million deficitthrough a combination of revenueincreases, staff cuts and bureau-cratic reorganization.

In his call for a balanced solu-tion to the deficit, Myrick noted

that advancing solely spendingcuts would have required a 10-per-cent reduction in city staff.Conversely, only raising taxeswould have required a 15-percentincrease for taxpayers, according toMyrick.

After holding three publicmeetings about the 2013 budget,Myrick proposed leaving 25 cur-rently unfilled city positionsvacant — a reduction the mayorbelieves is manageable. Of thesevacancies, 12 were the result of thecity’s retirement incentive, which

offered $11,000 or five years offixed health insurance costs for anycity employee who retired betweenOct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2011.

Myrick said he expects cuttingthe empty posts will save the cityapproximately $1.6 million.Another three employees, howev-er, will be laid off — two from thefire department and one from theplanning department, for an addi-tional savings of $159,000. Othercity employees will face reductions

May I have your attention please | City of Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 held a media conference at CityHall Wednesday to explain his proposed budget for 2013.

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C.U. Among Best atProducing Lobbyists

By MATTHEW ROSENSPIRESun Staff Writer

Cornell was recently ranked 13th among U.S. universities for thenumber of graduates who are federally-registered revolving-door lob-byists, according to a list published by the Center for ResponsivePolitics — a distinction several professors said should not merit praise.

The Center for Responsive Politics — a nonprofit, nonpartisanresearch group based in Washington, D.C. — recently published a listof 26 colleges that had produced the largest number of lobbyists who,as of 2011, were registered with the federal government. The list waspublished on the center’s blog Opensecrets.org.

Four of the top five schools on the list are located in theWashington, D.C. area, and five Ivy League schools — includingCornell — dominate the list.

Revolving-door lobbyists start out working for the governmentbefore transitioning to careers in the private sector. But once theyleave their posts to lobby on behalf of a private business, these peopleoften use professional relationships they built in the government toinfluence policy, according to Prof. Mildred Sanders, government.

“Lobbyists who have previously worked for government are oftenviewed as people who know the system and how to work it — whichis just what their clients want,” Viveca Novak, editorial and commu-nications director for the Center for Responsive Politics, said in anemail.

But this game “certainly can be a bad thing” in U.S. policymak-ing, Sanders said in an email.

Sanders, who said that Congress, the defense department andother federal regulatory agencies are frequently lobbied by formeremployees, called the effect these lobbyists have on the government“undesirable.”

Prof. Theodore Lowi, government, echoed Sander’s negative feel-ings toward revolving-door politics.

“I’d be very happy if we were in the bottom [of the list] … becauseto me, it is a comedown to a place like Cornell,” he said.

Criticizing the potential conflict of interest that surrounds politi-cal lobbying today, Lowi recalled the profession’s origins. When thepractice began in the U.S. government in the 19th Century, lobbyists

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Anything but QuietThe Sun reviews Flying Lotus’new album Until the QuietComes, a twitchy, electronicmasterpiece.

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Sports

Game, Set, MatchBoth the men’s and women’stennis teams prepare to matchup against their Ivy League foesthis weekend.

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Arts

Prelim and Yogurt CrazySarah McKeen ’13 discusses thebest fast food options for whenprelim season stress starts topile up.

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Dining

Life on the EdgeProf. Byron Suber, dance, found-ed a new dance company thismonth.

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News

Snarky comments,indignant looks and laugh-ter abounded at the CornellDemocrats’ viewing ofWednesday night’s presi-

dential debate betweenDemocratic incumbentPresident Barack Obamaand Mitt Romney, hisRepublican challenger.

As the candidatessquared off, a majority ofthe two dozen people

crammed into the small liv-ing room stared intently atthe television screen,munching on Cheetos andoccasionally glancing attheir smartphone key-boards for a quick tweetabout the proceedings.

Occasionally, topics on thescreen were apparently soincendiary that fervent,hushed discussion brokeout.

No official viewingevent was held by theCornell Republicans,though this did not pre-clude members of thatorganization from formingtheir own sharply heldbeliefs about the debate.

“I think Romney wonthe debate by a landslide.He was able to responddirectly to the questions,and he gave specific exam-ples with each of hisanswers,” said Jess Reif ’14,chair of the CornellRepublicans. “I feel likeObama relied on ideologymore than evidence to sup-port his conclusions.”

The CornellDemocrats, meanwhile,also responded to many ofRomney’s answers withcontempt and, often, sar-casm.

As the two candidatesstarted off the debate by

crossing the stage and shak-ing hands, parallel in tallsuits, red tie meeting bluetie, laughter broke out andone Cornell Democratdescribed the encounter as“super awkward.” Thatadjective resurfaced againand again about interac-tions between the candi-dates.

Director of PublicRelations for the CornellDemocrats Max Schechter‘14 explained why theonstage interactionsbetween the candidatesseemed disingenuous attimes.

“Clearly, these two guysspend 24 hours a dayexplaining why the othershouldn’t be president, andthen they had to pretendjust for a moment that theywere friends,” Schechtersaid. “It just seemed veryforced.”

Members of theCornell Democrats alsodefended Obama when

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Eleni Konstantopoulos ’14 and Caitlin Parker ’13 distribute free ice cream on Ho Plaza on Tuesday as partof Milk Not Jails, a movement that seeks to find an economic alternative to the U.S. prison system.

Cows for a cause

While some Cornell students look for “employability” in their choice ofmajor, many students — particularly freshmen — also take personal inter-ests into account when determining a course of study to pursue. About 97percent of new students said it is “very important” or “essential” that theirCornell education provide them the opportunity to explore and discover dif-ferent academic interests, according to the 2012 Freshman Survey.

Approximately 62 percent of students in the Class of 2016 said they con-sider gaining practical skills for the workforce essential, according to resultsof the survey, which was administered by the Department of InstitutionalResearch and Planning to incoming freshmen this summer. Still, accordingto the study, personal interest plays a bigger role for many in their choice ofmajor — and that, some Cornell officials say, is a good thing.

The findings align closely with that of an advising pilot program thatincluded surveys administered to students in the College of Arts andSciences during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 school years.

Results from those studies showed that “99.4 percent of [responding stu-dents] said that their own interests had some influence or a great deal ofinfluence” on their chosen course of study, according to Carol Grumbach’78 J.D. ’87, associate dean for new student programs. A majority of studentslisted personal interest as the most influential factor in choosing a major,according to the data.

Grumbach was “pleased” by these responses, she said, since she believesstudents can pursue a variety of options after they graduate regardless of theirchoice in major.

“We were pleased that students were pursuing a major related to theirinterests, because the major is not as important to [one’s] future academic orcareer path as students might think,” she said.

For Michelle Valentin ’16, a Fine Arts major in the College ofArchitecture, Art and Planning, her choice in major has been driven by apersonal interest in movies — one she hopes to turn into a job as an anima-tor.

“I have always been fascinated by movies and I have always wanted to bethe one to make them. I want to be able to wake up every day and love whatI do,” Valentin said. “I know that as an animator, I would be able to do so.”

Aside from taking courses required for her major, Valentin is pursuing anacademic path that will advance her interests in art and animation, she said.She wants to take courses in digital media and other fields that could teachher more about animation.

“My professors are real-life artists who know what the art world is like andcan help me prepare myself for a job,” Valentin said.

Caroline Begleiter ’16 is another student whose interest is driving herchoice of major. Though she currently has not picked a major in the arts col-lege, Begleiter said her interest in social networking may be steering hertoward a major in information science.

“I've always been interested in social networking and have been curiousto learn more about it,” she said. “I think taking classes in data collection andsocial sciences will give me the tools I need to be able to understand and doa job in the line of work I'm interested in.”

According to Grumbach, other freshmen also said that, in addition topersonal interests, family members, peers and faculty advisors also play a rolein students’ choice of major.

Leah Buchman ’16 is one student whose choice of major has been influ-enced by her teachers. A student in the College of Agriculture and LifeSciences, Buchman said that if she does not go to medical school, she planson pursuing a Ph.D. in her current major, entomology.

Her choice was not driven by career plans, but by both her interest ininsects and the encouragement of her teachers.

“I have been interested in insects my entire life,” Buchman said. “Myteachers and what I have learned have only increased my confidence in goingfurther and doing well in my major.”

As the first year on campus continues for members of the Class of 2016,students may decide to change their majors –– something Fiorino said a fewof her friends have already expressed interest in doing. But Fiorino said shehopes to continue her studies in her chosen field of study.

“I don’t think I have been exposed to enough yet to decide, but I think Idefinitely want to stay in ILR,” Fiorino said.

Prof. Byron Suber, dance, has named his newdance company “edgeofthegorge” — a name hesays is not intended as a comment on Cornell’shistory of suicide from Ithaca’s iconic gorges.

While Suber acknowledged that the nameedgeofthegorge could be perceived as a referenceto Cornell’s history of suicides and accidentaldeaths in its gorges, he said he did not believe thatinterpretation of the name should define the com-pany.

“There are always a multiplicity of meanings… that can emerge from extra-linguistic forms ofcommunication, like abstract dance,” Suber said.“The topic of suicide and itspresence at Cornell is anextremely important issue,but it is not something weare ever intending to direct-ly address artistically.”

Suber said the companywill “explore creative workthat is more on edge and riskier than what hasbeen available to us in the past” — part of the rea-son he gave the group its potentially controversialname.

Tabea Hoffstaetter ’15, a member of the newcompany agreed that the name could have multi-ple interpretations.

“It’s a lot more satisfying than going to thegym,” she added. “You exercise more than justyour body — it’s also your mind.”

Like Suber, Hoffstaetter praised the manypotential interpretations of the dance company’sname.

“The name could very well be connected toCornell’s suicides. However, the name can also[mean] ‘to live life on the edge,’ which generallyhas a positive connotation,” Hoffstaetter said. “Itis truly provocative and can be interpreted in somany different ways, [but] controversy often timesproduces curiosity among people, which I think inour case can only help.”

Currently, the company has been rehearsingSuber’s renditions of the first and second move-ments of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Six Suites forUnaccompanied Cello — a collection of some ofBach’s most famous solo compositions.

Hoffstaetter said she has performed Suber’schoreography for the number twice before: in hisclass last semester and during her five years as partof the Ithaca Ballet company.

“It is undoubtedly very original and entirely[Suber]. He has done this choreography manytimes,” Hoffstaetter said.

Hoffstaetter noted that the piece is “physicallyvery difficult to dance and can be mentally per-plexing.” Still, she said the choreography is “very

fun to dance” and she looks forward to rehearsaleach week.

The dance company is the first at Cornell tocombine classwork with extracurricular activity. Itoperates in conjunction with Suber’s course,Transpositioning the Body.

Students can earn between one and threecredits, depending on their involvement in thecompany, for attending two rehearsals each week.Meetings outside of schedule class time, includ-ing performances, are extra-curricular responsi-bilities.

“They’re getting credit for the rehearsals theydo, but the performances and going out and doingthe actual work in public are extracurricular,”Suber said. “I think it’s different for them to do

something that’s supported or at least acknowl-edged by Cornell and the department.”

The extracurricular aspects of the company arefunded through the Cornell Council for the Artson a project-based need, while rehearsals are heldduring class time and do not incur an additionalcost, according to Suber.

The company, which currently consists of 18students, began practice on its first project onSept. 14.

The company is open to people in the outsideIthaca community, although none have joined yet.

“Every now and then, we have people from thecommunity as part of our performances butthey’re not students,” Suber said. “This is a way tokind of make an official and formal inclusion ofthem in the Cornell community.”

Suber said he also hopes to take the companybeyond Ithaca.

“If we perform outside of Ithaca, it’s represent-ing Cornell,” Suber said. “I just wanted to havesomething that people could feel proud to be apart of, and actually have Cornell acknowledgethem for what they’re doing, rather than just anextracurricular.”

Although the company is expected to take up alot of time, the dancers said that it would be worthit.

“I joined because I like to perform and anychance to perform, I’ll take it,” said Jocelyn Hahn’14, one of the company’s members. “This is agreat opportunity for that. So far, it’s been reallygood.”

Freshmen Should PickMajors That Re!ect TheirInterests, C.U. Of"cial SaysBy CAROLINE FLAXSun Senior Writer

Caroline Flax can be reached at cflax@cornellsun.com.

Cornell Professor Names New Dance Company ‘edgeofthegorge’

Kaitlin Kwan can be reached at kkwan@cornellsun.com.

“There are always a multiplicity of meanings ...that can emerge from extra-linguistic forms ofcommunication.”Prof. Byron Suber

By KAITLYN KWANSun Staff Writer

Harvard law student Brandon Winston has been charged with sexu-ally assaulting a 24-year-old woman, according to The HarvardCrimson. Winston pleaded not guilty to two counts of indecent assaultand battery on Wednesday morning, The Crimson said.

At a fireside chat Wednesday, Columbia president Lee Bollingerspoke about Columbia’s network of global centers and took severalquestions relating to student life, according to The Columbia DailySpectator.

— Compiled by Jeff Stein

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in work hours, which Myricksaid he believes will save between$50,000 and $100,000.

The three additional layoffswere made possible by one ofMyrick’s proposed changes to thecity bureaucracy: merging theplanning department and thebuilding department into a newDepartment of Planning, Buildingand Economic Development. Thenew department would takeresponsibility for fire code inspec-tions from the fire department.

Myrick also proposed mergingthe Chamberlain’s Office, whichcollects payments on parking tick-ets, and the Controller’s Office,which manages the city’s budgetand payroll, into a new financedepartment. While Myrick said hedoes not expect the change toimpact the budget immediately, hepredicted it would save $230,000over the next three to five years.

“Merging these departmentswill break down the silos that sep-arate them, improve internal com-munication and, eventually, savemoney,” he said.

The budget also includes sever-al measures to raise additional rev-enue, including a 2.72 percentincrease in property tax — 1.09percent less than the averageincrease over the past four years.The average Ithaca home wouldsee a tax increase of $26 from theprevious year under the proposal.

Myrick’s plan also proposes cre-ating additional city positions,which he called “strategic invest-ments.”

Under Myrick’s budget, a park-ing director within the

Department of Public Workswould be tasked with increasingrevenues from city-owned garagesand parking meters. Myrick alsoproposed installing new parkingmeters that accept electronic pay-ment. He estimated that these twochanges would generate about$70,000 during the first year afterimplementation.

The mayor’s budget plan alsoprovides for a new Chief of Staffpost, which would cost $82,000 inthe 2013 budget including bene-fits. Myrick said the positionwould allow him to govern moreeffectively.

“I work about 80 hours a week,and I expect to work 80 hours aweek next year with or without achief of staff,” Myrick said. “Thecity organization has increased insize and complexity though, with-out any increase in the mayor’sstaff. We could fix this with adeputy mayor, a city manager or achief of staff. I think a chief of staffis right for Ithaca.”

He also proposed hiring astaffer to write grants and lobby inAlbany and Washington, D.C.

Of the $20 million the citysecured in state, federal and privategrants and awards this year,$680,000 will be funnelled intothe 2013 budget, according toMyrick, who said future grantmoney would easily offset the$60,000 investment in a new posi-tion.

Finally, Myrick proposed mak-ing a $250,000 withdrawal fromthe city’s fund balance — savingsthe city has set aside — in order tobalance Ithaca’s budget in 2013.

practice began in the U.S. government in the 19th Century, lobbyistswere people who would wait in the lobbies of buildings to catch mem-bers of Congress on their way in or out and to persuade them to supportcertain policies, Lowi said.

In fact, according to Lowi, Cornell University was founded as a resultof lobbying efforts by troubled farmers in New York State. In 1865, dis-satisfied farmers banded together and traveled to Washington, D.C., toair their grievances to members of Congress — rather than hiring formergovernment employees to voice their concerns on their behalf, Lowi said.

The U.S. government ultimately granted the farmers several conces-sions: including plots of land that eventually became part of theUniversity’s campus.

“Be happy that Cornell did it right and did it first,” Lowi said.“[Lobbying] does mean a lot to Cornell. We are farm boys and I love itthat way.”

However, Lowi questioned type of lobbyists Cornell is producingtoday.

“I’d like to expose them — see how many of them are proud of whatthey do. And I have a feeling that many of them would have to lie,” hesaid.

Sanders also recognized the benefits of some forms of lobbying in gov-ernment.

“I think it is a mistake to condemn the practice in lobbying in gener-al. It is, in fact, constitutionally protected speech,” she said. “Some of itis good and useful to democracy.”

Still, she cautioned, it can also lead to “the exercise of disproportion-ate and unfortunate power by monied interests who want the govern-ment to do things that are not in the larger public interest [and] that donot further the causes of peace and justice.”

Andrew O’Connor ’15 had a more positive outlook on the implica-tions of Cornell’s high ranking on CRP’s list. He suggested that the num-ber of lobbyists Cornell produces reflects the intelligent nature of the stu-dent body and the strength of the University’s academics.

“I believe these statistics attest to Cornell’s ability to not only attractintelligent and motivated students, but also [to] provide a strong, in-depth education that can apply to a variety of professional positions,”O’Connor said. “What graduates do with their degrees is up to them,and their success should only reflect positively on Cornell.”

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Myrick Looks to Cut CostsBUDGET

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Students in four projectgroups in a Hotel School classpresented proposals Monday toa panel of judges who will deter-mine whether some of theteams’ plans could be selectedfor use in the opening of a pubin the San Francisco 49ers’ newstadium in Santa Clara, Calif.The pub, which is set to open in2014, will incorporate aspects ofthe students’ designs.

The stadium’s chief designofficer, John Sergi ’89, helpedco-teach the class and served asone of the judges. Other judgesincluded Gideon Yu, presidentand co-owner of the 49ers; GregFender, senior vice president ofsports for Centerplate, the com-pany run by Sergi; and ScottCapstack, the architect for thenew stadium.

Rupert Spies, a senior lectur-er in the School of HotelAdministration, said that allfour teams focused on key areasfor their designs, including envi-

ronmental sustainability, hospi-tality and innovative ways to usetechnology.

“With this technology savvyin mind, all 15 students focusedtheir pub concepts around tech-nology and innovation,” Spiessaid.

For instance, team three’sdesign included automatedliquor dispensers to preventspillage from customers’ drinks.They also found ways to usetechnology to enhance creditcard readers, automatic printers,high-definition television setsand iPad ordering menus.

Questions immediately aroseconcerning the use of technolo-gy at the event, which was heldin a Statler Hall classroom.

“I want hospitality and cus-tomer service to be number one.I don’t want customers to feellike [they are] just beingprocessed in a technologicalmachine,” Yu said. “As a fan, Ican agree with that. I want toget my food, be left alone andwatch the game.”

But Sergi noted that it is

essential for the pub to offersomething new and intriguing.

“With so much interactionbeing removed these days in thename of innovation, technologyand efficiency, perhaps peopledon’t want the same old serviceand hospitality anymore,” Sergisaid.

Each team had its own con-cept for the pub.

“All of the teams focused onthe three-step process: research,analysis and execution. Theyhad to learn about the 49ers,talk about the team and comeup with a shrine that displaysimagery representing the fansand attendees from the Bayarea,” Spies said. “Our job inthis project was to understandwhat the [fans] want and ourstudents will go well beyondthat.”

When all four of the presen-tations were finished, studentsexpressed excitement and antici-pation for the new stadium.

criticized for not pushingCongress enough to cut thedeficit. “He did! He did!” onesaid in response.

Romney's references to lowerincome Americans was the sub-ject of snickers, with commentsranging from “I love it when hesays ‘poor’” to “you don't knowwhat poor is.”

The moderator’s attempt tocurtail the candidates’ at timeslong-winded answers was thesubject of laughter that rico-cheted around the room.

Matt Clauson ’15 said manyof the discussion questions beganin a similar way by asking aboutfundamental differences betweenthe two candidates. In response tothe moderator’s concluding state-ment, “I’m Jim Lehrer, thankyou,” one member of the crowdresponded, “I'm Jim Lehrer, andI'm terrible at my job.”

Although Obama’s statementstended to be greeted by thecrowd enthusiastically, the senti-ment ran particularly high whenthe presidential candidate refer-enced land grant colleges — ofwhich Cornell is home to several— with clapping breaking out inthe room.

When Obama called thedebate “terrific,” people shooktheir heads, with one remarkingthat it was instead “a disaster.”When Romney told viewersthank you for “tuning in thisevening,” one person called himan ass.

Schechter ‘14 described thereactions of his fellow Democratsas ranging “from happy to seePresident Obama onstagedefending policies we care aboutlike Obamacare, to disappointedthat he didn’t call Romney out onsome things [Romney] said that

were less than factual.”“I’d be surprised if this has

much of an impact, although anypresidential debate does have thepotential for a big impact,”Schechter said. “I think that bothperformed well. Expectations arehigher for the president, so a tiekind of seems like a loss for him.”

Alex Pruce ’13, first vice chairof the Cornell Republicans, didnot characterize the debate as atie. He said Romney “clearlywon.”

“Romney’s body language andtone were key to why he came off asengaging. He channeled the frustra-tion of millions of Americans,whereas Obama seemed tired anddisengaged,” Pruce said.

Sylvia Rusnak contributedreporting.

C.U. Dems Ridicule Moderator, Romney

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Hotel Students Vie to Design 49ers PubBy LINDSAY WERSHAWSun Contributor

Lindsay Wershaw can be reachedat lbw63@cornell.edu.

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DANIEL ROBBINS ’13Senior Editor

Dear Cornell Intramural SportsParticipants,

My name is Christo Eliot, and I ama Supervisor at Cornell Intramurals.You probably know me as the one in thered polo with the clipboard whoexplains to you that Field 3 is the one inbetween Fields 2 and 4 or tells you thatyou need your actual ID to play andthat although it is obvious that you area student at this school — “Look! Ihave a picture of my ID on my phoneright here!” — policy is policy, and wecan’t break the rules for anyone. Mycoworkers and I are on Jessup Fieldsbehind RPCC Sunday throughWednesday making sure that the gamesget off on time and that you get someice when the overzealous center-backon the “Donlon D4 Rules” co-rec soc-

cer team does his best John Terryimpression and slides cleats up intoyour ankle.

If you are wondering how the fallsports are shaping out to be (I am sureyou are) “Llamas Going Bananas” arelooking primed and ready for the four-peat in co-rec flag football, and one kidhad a pretty incredible goal off the upper90 in soccer last Tuesday night.

We all love our jobs. Who else getspaid to be outside and around sports?Professional athletes? Fair enough, butbeing under five foot until eighth gradeand having supportive parents who letme do whatever I wanted wasn’t exactlythe yellow-brick road towards sports star-dom. There is something that I wouldlike to say to you, though, intramuralparticipants. Please, for the love of Ezra,calm down.

Intramural Sports is a part of CornellRecreation Services. Recreation. Re-cre-ation. I can’t say for sure what it is exact-ly we are trying to re-create on the fieldevery Sunday through Wednesday, butgiven everyone’s coordination, athleticability and just general knowledge of thegame, it is neither the Super Bowl nor aWorld Cup Final.

I know that you were captain of yourschool’s junior varsity soccer team yoursenior year, but I promise — you are nei-ther Neymar nor Lionel Messi. Both ofthose gentlemen have devoted theirentire lives to the beautiful game, so Iwill let it slide when they take theirgames pretty seriously. Intramural sports,on the other hand, are supposed to be afun outlet for all of the tension you buildup during the week in school. All toooften, though, the games can get a littletoo out of hand with over aggressive playthat can turn violent. I understand thatCornell can be a trying place academical-ly and that stress here builds up at analarming rate, but screaming at the refer-ees for “missing that blatant flag guard-ing” is hardly constructive. That ref is afive-foot zero-inch tall freshman girl. Shedoesn’t even know her major yet. And

you are never going to look like the herofor chewing out a timid freshman girl.You are playing for a t-shirt. That’s it. Ihave to believe that the chances of yourlife’s biggest regret being that devastatingloss you had in week two of your men’srec football game junior year are prettyslim.

There have been fights in intramu-rals. Really?! It’s for a t-shirt. I bought a“Cornell Intramural Champion” t-shirtfrom 1998 at Salvation Army last yearfor 99 cents and was punched in thenose exactly zero times for it. (Plus theshirt designs from the late ’90’s weremega radical). What do you thinkGandhi would do if he wanted one ofthose shirts? The smart money putsGandhi at the thrift shop beforefisticuffs.

I also would like for this letter to serve

as a warning to all of the fraternities outthere. The fraternity flag football title iscursed. Never trust an alliterative cham-pionship title. The past three houses tobring home the coveted intramural titlehave wound up getting the boot in thesame year. I can’t say for certain if corre-lation means causation in this case, but ifyour house does find itself unluckyenough to bring home the hardware(some t-shirts) this fall, try to tone downyour celebrations. The University is mostlikely watching.

Nevertheless, the vast majority ofintramural participants, though, are stu-dents who are just trying to get outsidefor an hour or so every week and enjoyplaying a game with their friends.Although sometimes the games don’t goyour way, you go out of your way tothank the officials for refereeing after thefinal whistle blows. I think it is greatwhen a freshman floor gets together andmakes a team that plays together for therest of their times at Cornell. I think it isgreat (and hilarious) when a fraternityturns all of their pledges into a group ofcheerleaders for their basketball games. Ithink it is even better when a fraternitymakes the one pledge they have from pepband bring his tuba and play throughoutthe game. (Yes, that actually has hap-pened). And with all of that said, I loveall of you who come out to play on thefields every week. In the corniest waypossible.

Sincerely,Christo Eliot

P.S. We are sorry about how muddythe fields are. President Skorton still has-n’t green lit the intramural indoor sportscomplex.

An Open Letter to AllIntramural Participants

AS PART OF ITS ANNUAL roadway safety campaign, the Cornell UniversityPolice Department issued 94 tickets for jaywalking, disobeying traffic signals and bik-ing while wearing both headphones. The campaign this year not only issued tickets,but also emphasized education by circulating flyers and offering warnings. This cam-paign utilized state resources and targeted what in many cases are harmless and vic-timless crimes. In light of the increased concerns about campus safety, we question theefficacy of the program.

The annual roadway safety campaign is funded by a $2,170 grant from the NewYork State Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee. Because of this grant, the CUPD wasable to carry out the campaign without reallocating other resources. Despite appear-ances, the CUPD said that it upheld its commitment to regular patrols and work onthe recent instances of violence on campus. We question the allocation of theseresources from the state government and feel that this grant money could be betterspent on programs that target more serious crime.

Even though jaywalking and other traffic violations can be dangerous and increas-es the risk of accidents and injuries, this grant program does little to change the jay-walking culture and instead makes students feel targeted. Mass ticketing in a concen-trated period does not send the message to pedestrians and bicyclists that jaywalking isdangerous and does not make the campus safer in the long term. Cities with diligentticketing for such infractions generate a culture where jaywalking is abnormal. If thestate wishes to create this culture shift, ticketing would need to be consistent. Instead,the campaign only served to cause an uproar and create an antagonistic and reactionaryattitude toward the ticketers, whose intentions are presumably to ensure our safety.

The inefficacy of the campaign was heightened this year by its unfortunate timing.Though the CUPD did not divert resources from general campus safety and fromaddressing specific recent incidents of assault, the campaign created a climate of dis-trust between the CUPD and students, who were concerned about more pressingissues of campus safety. The highly-publicized push to ticket traffic violators whilemore serious incidents were occurring only served to underscore the way in which thegrant was a poor use of state funds.

We acknowledge that pedestrian and traffic laws serve a purpose, and that enforc-ing these laws has the potential to lead to safer streets. But the concentrated surge inenforcement is unlikely to cause long-term change. Instead, if the State of New Yorkreally wishes to make the state safer, it should reallocate the funds and use them in away that does not further alienate police officers and the public.

We trust that the grant was given with the intention of improving student safety,but we hope to see the ends met through more efficient means.

Editorial

Putting the Brakes on theState’s Traf!c Safety Grant

ChristoEliot

The Tale of the DingoAt Midnight

Christo Eliot is a sophomore in the College ofEngineering. He may be reached at celiot@cornell-sun.com. The Tale of the Dingo at Midnightappears alternate Thursdays this semester.

CORRECTION

A science article Wednesday, “Sagan Planet Walk Expands to Hawaii,” incorrectly stat-ed the society to which Arthur Samplaski belongs. It is the Cornell Astronomical Society,not the Cornell Astrological Society.

THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Thursday, October 4, 2012 7OPINION

Sleep deprived, over-committed and drowning inwork, I was feeling that classic mid-semester stress. Itwas probably around this time last year, in fact. It

was a Thursday, meaning I was in marathon mode —running from the farmers’ market to a prison trip andbook discussion for one class that happened to be duringthe midterm for another. Luckily, my professor agreed tolet me take the test on Friday. Having just switchedmajors, I was trying to prove to my new department (andto myself ) that I was capable of doing well. But even mydetermination was not helping me focus.

It was just one of those weeks. Regardless of where Isat down, I reread the same paragraph 40 times, only afterordering yet another coffee and then being too jittery tosit. I wanted desperately to read these long articles thatoutlined major planning theories, the crux of my studies,and immerse myself. But I couldn’t. Words were dancingaround the pages of my American City Reader and I wasfundamentally screwed.

I tried to calm myself, but I was anxious. How was Igoing to get everything done? Why weren’t there morehours in the day? Here I was leaving school, taking achunk out of my day to visit a prison and have a book dis-cussion when I wasn’t even on top of my own work.

Luckily, as we drove outside of Ithaca, into colorfulscenes of Upstate autumn, my frantic feelings weaned.Arriving at Cayuga Correctional Facility was somewhat ofa shock. I never realized how limited one’s outdoor spaceis when in prison. It was the first of many realizations thatevening.

After a small tour, our class was split into two groupsso that we could intermingle with prisoners and partici-pate in a reading circle. Cornell’s Prison EducationProgram works with CCF to bring courses to prisoners.Our professor, Mary Katzenstein, is a main proponent ofthe program and organized the event for our on-campusclass called “Prisons.”

We had all read Geoffrey Canada’s Fist, Stick, Knife,Gun and were supposed to discuss our thoughts and reac-tions to the book. The last time I had done a literaturecircle was my senior year of high school, so I wasn’texpecting much. But what came out of it was far moreinspirational than I could have ever predicted.

The initial conversation was undeniably awkward.Here we were, prisoners and Cornell students, sharingour ideas and thoughts, trying not to make assumptionsabout either party. Self conscious about the elitism asso-ciated with an Ivy League school, I was especially carefulabout any comment I made. I feared someone would callme out for my suburban upbringing or blatant ignorance.But they didn’t. They actually listened and inquired aboutthe points I made. Everyone was curious.

Before I knew it, the conversations started flowingnaturally. These prisoners were far more engaged andengaging than any of mypeers during section. Insteadof a professor pulling teethto get people contributing,there was an outpouring ofexcitement. Everyone cared!And in fact, they had per-spective that we didn’t.These books we were read-ing, the literature we wereanalyzing — they lived it.They could explain first-hand the pipelines from neigh-borhoods to prisons, they could understand things wecouldn’t.

Whenever someone mentioned a text they’d read pre-viously or referenced a certain study, one man wouldeagerly jot it down, hungry for any new book suggestions.He was perhaps the most influential to me, personally. Heasked questions, challenged everyone and contributedoften to our conversation. But he gave us one piece ofadvice before we left that truly stayed with me. He said,simply, “I would give anything to be in school right now.Value it. You are so, so lucky. If I could tell myself some-thing 10 years ago, I’d say work hard in school.”

He — and the other prisoners — were so passionateabout education. They kept telling us how lucky we were,how much they’d love to be in our shoes. I felt guilty forfeeling so frustrated with school.

Somewhere in that hour of conversation, it happened.Something within me was reignited. I was suddenly filledwith a powerful direction and inspiration. I returnedhome that night and ran into my apartment to greet my

roommates. They were unwinding, telling stories andrelaxing together. I was, of course, sad to miss out, but Iwas also excited.

I tried to articulate what happened that evening, but Icouldn’t quite. Instead, I grabbed my textbooks and ranover to Stella’s. With a large coffee beside me, I began toread. I stayed up till two, bathing in urban planning ter-minology and theories. The process of learning aboutthings you really care about is amazing. As I sat there ona Thursday night, excited about garden cities and JaneJacobs, I realized how lucky I was.

We get so much advice. Apply for this job, take theLSAT, be in this major, get practical skills, have the timeof your life, follow your passion. Most of the time, it’sabout starting some new habit or path. But his advice wasso simple: Value what you already have. It’s so easy, some-times, to forget the beauty in education. We get caughtup in prelim schedules and papers, which are juggled withco-curricular obligations and jobs. We forget, at times,our immense privilege.

I know most of us are eagerly running toward FallBreak, ready for a few days of vacation. But I urge you:Find purpose in your education. Find things that exciteyou in the classroom, and do them. Students often advo-cate to get involved on campus, and I wholeheartedlyagree that investing in our community is important, butI would argue that investing in your education is of equalpriority.

Katerina Athanasiou is a senior in the College of Art, Architecture,and planning. She may be reacched at kathanasiou@cornellsun.com.Kat’s Cradle runs alternate Thursdays this semester.

Katerina Athanasiou

Kat’s Cradle

Isuffer from chronic F.O.M.O. Tothose of you who haven’t peeked yourheads out of Uris since 2006, Fear Of

Missing Out describes that time you getdragged out of your bed on a Saturdaynight, simply because you’re anxiousabout what you might miss if you stayin. I realized I had a problem when lastweekend, in light of an upcoming thesis

deadline, I decided to spend the eveningin the library instead of spending a typi-cal Friday night out in Collegetown. As Isat, lonely, in the basement of Olin, try-ing to be the responsible student I knowI can be (even as a lazy senior), I wasincapacitated because, without trying, Iwas getting minute by minute updates ofwhat my friends — the ones who hadmade it to Pixel — were doing. Betweengroup texts, “Where did you go?”, insta-grammed mobile uploads of CTP’sgrand opening and tweets “@HDeixx,come out #loser” my most sincereattempts to do work on a Friday nightwere smothered by yes, F.O.M.O. Iwatched enviously from the library —via social media — as my friends hadfun. Because I knew the intimate detailsof what I wasn’t doing (i.e. the mupload

of the ziti slice), I was entirely aware ofall that I was missing.

Now, I am no shrink, but I have afeeling that F.O.M.O. is a silent villain,infecting more of us than we’d like toadmit. In fact, I would bet thatF.O.M.O. is and will be the ailment ofour generation, as we are thrill-seekerswho need immediate gratification in all

that we do.With our addiction to Facebook, tex-

ting and FourSquare (according to TheNew York Times this means of commu-nication is considered cool. If you haveFourSquare and “check in” to Level B,you should be ashamed — that is neithercool nor necessary), we always knowwhat our friends (or should I say“friends,” if you’re like me and only com-municate regularly with 2 percent ofyour Facebook friends) are doing. Whenwe always know what someone else is upto, we run the risk of wishing we weredoing something different — somethingbetter. And, I argue, this obsession thatwe all — yes, all — have with technolo-gy and the interconnectedness we havegrown dependent upon perpetuatesF.O.M.O. We are all connected in such a

way that we ironically end up feeling leftout.

So, another reason technology is theworst, right? Studies have shown that wehave shorter attention spans, we wastemore time than previous generations andwe are challenged when forced to inter-act face-to-face. The idea that theMillenials (a.k.a. us) are infatuated withall things social media is not new; we’retired of hearing about it.

Josh Nesbit and Nadim Mahmud,two incredibly inspiring millenials,spoke to Kennedy auditorium onMonday evening as part of the IscolFamily Program for LeadershipDevelopment in Public Service. Thesetwo started Medic Mobile, a nonprofitthat makes health care informationaccessible through SMS messages andreminded me why our obsession withtechnology may just be OK. In a recentpoll done by the Pew Research Center,when Millenials were asked about prior-ities in life, 21 percent answered “help-ing others in need,” trumping “having ahigh-paying career” and “becomingfamous.” Our interconnectedness andinability to unplug is, no doubt, prob-lematic. However, it has also given us acritically important sense of the world inwhich we live. We are, as a result ofTwitter, Facebook, online news sources(but probably not FourSquare), moreaware, not only of all that we’re missingout on in Collegetown, but also of allthat needs our attention across theworld.

We now live in a world in which, itmay be true, “text messaging, Facebookand Foursquare make it possible to see if

a bar is worth the trip.” And if it is worththe trip, those same means of communi-cation are capable of making us feel likewe’re missing out. However, we also livein a world where information is spreadvirally such that we are more informedthan ever. We know what’s happening inthe Middle East, and we know whothinks what about it. And, at leastaccording to Pew polls, this informationhas instilled a sense of responsibility. Weare a generation of global citizens, usingtechnology not only to waste our timeand make our decisions, but also toinform our goals, our impact and theworld we live in. While on Friday nightI certainly felt as though I had missedout on the party, I rest assured knowingthat I won’t have F.O.M.O. when it mat-ters. As Millenials, we have the opportu-nity, no, the responsibility, given ourunprecedented interconnectedness toensure that we don’t miss out on what ismost important — not the nights out inCollegetown, but the days spent improv-ing our communities. With that said, itis instrumental to the development, notonly of our nation, but also of the glob-al community, that we, as instant gratifi-cation-seeking college students who aimto do good continue to stay plugged in— even if it means feeling left out — inorder to engage, actively, in the largerworld around us.

Getting Over F.O.M.O.

HannahDeixler

Shades of Grey

Hannah Deixler is a senior in the College of Artsand Sciences. She may be reached athdeixler@cornellsun.com. Shades of Grey appearsalternate Thursdays this semester.

Finding Purpose in Education

DINING GUIDE8 THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Thursdsay, October 4, 2012

Sometimes the stress piles on so thickthat all you are able to do is hop in yourcar, floor it to the McDonald’s drive-thru,demand a McFlurry with both Oreos andM&M’s, scold the employees for denyingyour request, screech away screaming“You’re the death of this nation!,” drive toPurity, order a black and white frappe andindulge alone in the parking lot in silentguilt.

I cannot say for sure whether I havedone that or not, but I have encounteredstress eating experiences similar to the onedescribed above. On occasion.

Stress eating is a phenomenon familiarto many a Cornellian. One may even go asfar as saying it is an epidemic. It plaguesthe finest of students. It does not discrim-inate. Worst of all, it sticks with you. It isyour ally in times of desperation, but thissucker is not your friend. Stress eating isnot your buddy. Thankfully, you can learnto tame the animal inside of you withsome practice.

Let me welcome you to the Tiers ofStress Eating:

TIER 1

This is that time on Sunday night whenyou are all ready to sit back and watch amovie after your “busy” weekend — untilyou realize you have a 10-page paper dueat 9:05 Monday morning. It’s not thatstressful. Yes, you will not get any sleep,but you are confident that you can getthrough it safely, especially with the helpof something to snack on. In walks fro-yo.With the new multitude of accessible loca-

tions like Yogurt Crazy or even Noyesright on West Campus, fro-yo is aneasy stress food to rely on. It can beindulgent or fealthy (fake healthy,kids). And, hey, it’s right on yourwalk to and from Olin.

If you just need something tofuel a few more hours of typing,go with the simple choice of tartyogurt with berries and honey.If you are desperately slammingyour head into your keyboardhoping for something ofsubstance to appear on thescreen, go a little wild. Getthe big cup and pile ithigh with a layer ofchocolate fro-yo, asprinkling of oreos, a layer ofvanilla, brownie pieces, a third fro-yo layerof strawberry, a healthy handful of Cap’NCrunch, one final layer of vanilla, hotfudge, whipped cream and four maraschi-no cherries. The words will just pour outof you after that. Or you’ll vomit.

TIER 2

Oh, how I love the weeks around mid-October when two prelims, three papers, apresentation, 10 problem sets and 25,000meetings happen to fall in the same week.There are literally not enough hours in theday to get it all done. There is, however,plenty of time to take a few deep breathsand consume 4,000 calories. At times likethis, the only place to turn is GrubHub.How amazing is this world that we live in?You can pick up your phone, speak nowords, buy food from five different restau-rants and have it delivered to you in thelibrary without losing your coveted seat.

The choices are endless, establishing avery thin line between deadly and geniuscombinations. For example, spinach andartichoke dip from The Connection, padsee ew from Taste of Thai, cinnamon sticksfrom D.P. Dough and a meat lover’s pizzafrom Domino’s may seem like a good ideain between Orgo problem sets. I have towarn you, though, that consuming thosefour things will likely end in disaster.Instead, try a simple variety shared amonga few friends. Places like Jack’s, Apollo andPapa John’s have a wide variety of highlyunhealthy options that are sure to fill thathole left in your heart after a prelim.

TIER 3

Finals. Day 5. The seas are rising andyou may just sink. Metaphors are taste-lessly overused in normal speech andphysical appearance is the last thing onyour mind. You have already had one

meltdown when someone took “your seat”on the third floor balcony of Mann.Nothing can truly fix this situation, butthere is one thing can provide some solace.That thing is the holy grail. It is Valhalla.It is Fenway Park. This. Is. Cornell. Okay,sorry, I’m talking about CTB if youweren’t able to figure that out.

I challenge you to admit that you donot find immeasurable comfort in at leastthree sandwiches at CTB. I really cannotprovide any advice on what to order herebecause that is somewhat of a personaladmission and I’m really not on that levelwith you. If you really want to know, juststop by 415 College Ave at 7 a.m., 8 p.m.or 2 a.m. any day of finals and look for thegirl dressed like Allison Reynolds from TheBreakfast Club, pre-makeover.

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Jazz and twitchy, break-beat electronic music seem likean unlikely combination, but Steven Ellison has gonethere and hasn’t come back. In fact, working as FlyingLotus, he’s created an exodus of beatmakers following himto his native Los Angeles to replicate his sound, which isbetter described in a long list of adjectives, not genres. Jazzis soulful, emotional and contemplative, while electronicdance music is synthetic, rational and straightforward. Onthe other hand, both genres openly embrace instrumentsfor what they are — you wouldn’t find any skeuomorphictrumpets pretending to sing — and highly depend on themusician’s individuality for the sound’s own personality.They just also happen to describe FlyLo’s Until the QuietComes better than an “EDM/Jazz fusion” label could.

Until the Quiet Comes is FlyLo’s fourth record, but itfeels more like his second after Cosmogramma rebooted hiscareer much the same way Kid A did for Radiohead. As his‘second’ record, it is subject to the dangers of the sopho-more slump. How do you follow Cosmogramma, one ofthe trippiest, mind-bending records of the decade? Doyou risk disaster by moving in a totally different direction,or risk unoriginality by staying with what you have?

Most artists respond by creating a compromisebetween the two directions but still fall into the slumpbecause they fail to balance the two. Ellison had avoidedthat before by avoiding singles in favor of albums, whichresulted in mellow songs that showed much greater poten-tial, and Cosmogramma was a huge risk that just happenedto succeed very well. But Until the Quiet Comes soundslike a natural evolution from Cosmogramma: The glitch-hop is still there, but it’s now based upon swimmy R&B.Outrageous song names like “Satelllliiiiiiiteee” and

“Computer Face // Pure Being” are pushed out for normalones like “Getting There” and “Only If You Wanna.” Theear-pounding breakbeats pulse in a murmuring coffeeshop, not a rave. UTQC is, essentially, Cosmogramma allgrown up.

Whereas Cosmogramma begins with quickly escalatingwarped synthesizers, abrasive lutes and thumping electricbass, UTQC starts with precious bells and a soft, tickingsnare drum supplemented with a snazzy keyboard thatfloats in the air like jazz music over the radio on a warmsummer night. “Getting There” follows with funkyCosmogramma breaks, but also imitates that immediatelull before you fall asleep: The beats are a vehicle that pro-pels and tumbles the sleepy listener towards the next songinstead of being the main attraction. The listener finallyarrives into the dream world in “Until the ColoursCome,” like those movies where a visitor steps into thecourt of an exotic queen in a faraway place. It’s hardlymentioned, but Ellison’s exquisite production doesn’tmake that necessary.

This isn’t an accident, of course: As he declared to TheGuardian, Ellison intended the album to be “a collage ofmystical states, dreams, sleep and lullabies,” while in aninterview with Vibe he talked about how fascinatingdreams are. “The notion of the unknown and beyond issomething that I’ve always been curious about, and themusic [is] where I can ask those questions,” he said.

Thinking about dreams, however, seems too simple ofan explanation for a guy who isn’t satisfied with using justthree types of bells in one song. Indeed, when Vibe askedhim about his best dream, he mentioned that it’s one thatout-reals reality: “A really amazing god-like being came

down to earth … he took me up into the sky where youcan see the whole planet. From that angle you could seeeverything, including some of the most amazing details …it felt more real than reality.” Rather than a total departurefrom the awake world, for Ellison the dream world is anenhanced version of what surrounds us, where the colorsare vivider, smells are sharper and stimuli are greater. It’s aworld where psychosis is embraced instead of shunned,unlike Cosmogramma, which made psychosis both distant,frightening and fascinating.

It is unfortunate then, that as Ellison painstakinglyexplores ontological questions (narrowing down from 50tracks to 18 for a perfectionist is not easy) in his mostaccessible album to date, UTQC will be compared unfa-vorably to Cosmogramma. But like the EDM/Jazz labeland Ellison himself, the album is an enigma — it is a sep-arate work, but also sounds like Cosmogramma, Part II.They have entirely different aesthetics, but if you listen toboth albums in succession you’ll have trouble telling whenCosmogramma closer “Galaxy in Janaki” jumps intoUTQC album opener “All In.” Any way you cut it, Ellisonhas somehow made it unwarranted to single out an albumfrom his holistic work.

In the album’s climax, “DMT Song,” collaboratorThundercat’s vapor-like vocals clear out a sleepy haze thatshows for a split second how expansive the record actual-ly is: “I can take you to a world where you could spreadyour wings and fly away.” Only Flying Lotus could makeus really believe such clichéd words.

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If there was anyone who South Korea expected to make itin the United States, Psy was last on the list. If he was ever onit.

In recent years, a phenomenon known as K-Pop (Koreanpop) has been spreading over the globe, by people not like Psy.By not like Psy, I mean attractive. And skinny. The K-Pop sect,with exceptions, largely focuses on constructing girl groupsand boy bands with “idols” who share the common qualitiesof possessing ridiculous good looks and dance moves, withsvelte, ab-ridden figures well-demonstrated in sparse outfits.These lads and ladies (and their catchy songs, too) have madeK-Pop a well-established phenomenon in large parts of Asia,and in recent years, Europe. The Korean music industry hasbeen trying to fan some of these flames in the direction of theUnited States; not with much success, but not for lack of try-ing. Among the extensive list of those who have tried to makeit in America are BoA, Se7en, Girl’s Generation andWondergirls, whose unfamiliarity provides a sad testament totheir ongoing struggle. Perhaps that’s a bit harsh — they’re alltalented people in their own right — but the fact remains thatthey lie outside mainstream American consciousness.

Ah, the Wondergirls. Ever since Psy struck it big in thestates with a single viral video, this girl group has become thebutt of a rather sad joke. For they have spent the past few yearspublically and expensively failing to achieve in the U.S. onetenth of the following that Psy acquired in a matter of weeksand — this makes it much worse — without trying.

Or at least, we can assume that he wasn’t trying. Psy’s afunny guy, and like all genuinely funny people, intelligent. Hisidea of attaining global rockstardom probably didn’t run alongthe lines of horsing, literally, around the streets of Gangnam (adistrict of Seoul renowned for, among other things, its afflu-ence, excellence in education and cutting edge plastic surgery).Nor would it have included gaping at the rear ends of women,dancing with granny under a disco ball and singing under the

body gyrations of a mustachioed man in an elevator.No, this is the guy whose decision to sing “Oppan

Gangnam Style” largely rested on his desire to be called“oppa,” an affectionate term (literally meaning “older broth-er”) largely reserved for young older men by younger women.It’s complicated, but just understand that it’s a term thatKorean middle-age men, like Psy, like to hear because theydon’t hear it often.

And the song itself is really not so much a social critique ofGangnam as it is a humorous ode to self-deprecation, becausePsy simply isn’t Gangnam style. He’s not the affluent, six footguy with the occasionally manmade “V-line” jaw and the slimnose that is the stereotypical Gangnam inhabitant. He’s notreally getting it on with the sexy ladies of Gangnam. He’s justa likeable, tubby lad who sweats profusely in the armpitsunder strain, a biological phenomenon that he has managedto incorporate into a running gag in his appearances on vari-ety shows. He’s that kind of guy. In a sense, his saying “OppanGangnam Style” is like his saying “I’m Hollywood, babe”: Thehumor comes from a self-observed disparity between himselfand the lifestyle that Gangnam represents.

So it was kind of surprising to Korea when this chub —and not the girls with the short shorts — became the first totruly make it into the United States. Surprising, and kind ofweird. Support for Psy is now settling down into one of prag-matic concern: Will he able to keep up his momentum in theUnited States, or will he settle into becoming nothing but aviral sensation, a one hit wonder?

Time will tell. As talented as Psy is, it’s going to be hard tocap a 300-million-times-viewed, Guinness World Record-set-ting viral video. But he’s certainly not going to be a one-hitwonder, because he isn’t one. He’s already released a string ofhit songs that made this singer a household figure in Korealong time before Gangnam Style. My personal favorite is“Champion,” an instantly catchy song with an addictive,disco-frenzy beat in which Psy champions singing and danc-ing and just going psycho, like his namesake. Another Psy hitis, literally translated, “I completely became a bird,” looselymeaning “I got canned.”

And yes, he imitates a bird. By lifting one leg, spreading hisarm wide and cocking the elbows at 90-degree angles to fullyembody bird-dom. Because he’s awesome.

I suppose that’s the moral of Psy’s success: That awesome-ness doesn’t have a language barrier. Nor looks.

Patricia Kim is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She canbe reached at pjk87@cornell.edu.

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Idon’t like silence. However, due to the shitty Internetconnection in my room which has yet to allow me tofinish watching even one episode on Netflix, I’ve resort-

ed to playing and replaying some of the only downloadedvideos I own as white noise in the background of my HellWeek cram sessions. Therefore, just this week alone, I’vehalf-watched Exit Through the Gift Shop, a 2010 Oscar-nominated Banksy documentary, exactly 14.5 times.

This sideways glance at street artist Banksy and his rad-ical cheek has left me with more questions than answersbetween the first viewing and the 14.5th viewing. I wondernow more than ever if the entire film is a hoax, especiallysince the primary subject of the film — Thierry Guetta,aka the street artist Mr. Brainwash — is an implausible car-toon of a Frenchman. If Banksy hired Guetta for the filmto embody the metaphor of today’s overhyped commercial-ization of street art — of which Banksy himself is its great-est figurehead — then Exit Through the Gift Shop may justbe the art world’s Inception.

Though the validity in this film is still in question formuch of the public, Banksy is bewildered, saying “I couldhave never created a script this funny.” Perhaps, in thiscase, the truth is stranger than any fiction imagined, andwhether Exit is real or not may not be so important. It cer-tainly asks real questions about the way culture so quicklymonetizes talent, about the value of authenticity, about therole of hype in obscuring even the shrewdest of judgments.Beyond the comically nuanced ironies of the plot, this iswhat Banksy wants the viewers to remember

And if what the stars of Exit —Banksy, Thierry Guetta andShepherd Fairey — say is true andthe documentary is genuine, thenthe film reads as The Emperor’s NewClothes of modern art. Consideringthe abomination that is Mr.Brainwash, a more apt comparisonis to Frankenstein, with Banksy asthe Victor Frankenstein to Mr.Brainwash’s The Monster. And trulyyou’ll see that Mr. Brainwash, the street art handle ofThierry Guetta, is a monster.

Once upon a time, Guetta owned a small, profitablevintage clothing store in L.A., living comfortably with hissmall children and wife. His obsession with film was con-spicuous even then, as his camcorder became a permanentfixture of his right hand. But it got worse. Guetta, thisfedora-wearing, middle-aged mustachioed tool, happens tobe the cousin of the famous street artist, Invader, who cre-ates mosaics of pixilated Space Invaders characters acrossthe world. Guetta films Invader on all his nocturnal adven-tures as he tags buildings with his mosaics. It’s a prettymutualistic relationship, despite the fact that Guetta’s obvi-ous hero worship of his film subjects has often led me to

wonder if these street artistsare what’s getting Guetta offat night. It’s certainly not hiswife, who at this point he hasabandoned to travel theworld with Invader and hiscrew. But the artists seem tokeep him around — after all,street art has a short lifespanand Guetta’s filming providesa historical record of theirephemeral work.

Through Invader and theguise of creating a graffitidocumentary, Guetta filmsand befriends a slew ofimportant street artists,including Borf, Swoon,Seizer, Ron English, Azil,Sweet Toof, Cyclops,Neckface, Dotmasters and Buffmonster. One of the mostnotable among them is Shepherd Fairey, the creator of theObey clothing line and Obama’s “Hope” poster. It’sthrough Fairey that Guetta finally gets to Banksy.Considering Banksy’s secretive nature has left him fleeingthe installation of every one of his works, Thierry provescrucial in filming the installation, defamation of and reac-tions to Banksy’s important pieces, such as the “MurderedPhone-box” in London. Guetta then gets to film Banksy’s

“Barely Legal” L.A.show (most notable forthe giant pink elephantin the room — literal-ly, there was a paintedpink elephant). It isn’tuntil Guetta nearlyrisks his entire career tomaintain Banky’sanonymity wheninstalling his

Guantanamo Bay detainee doll in Disneyland that Banksyaccepts Guetta as a confidante. But after years of hobnob-bing with graffiti giants, Banksy must ask of Guetta:Where’s the film?

There’s nothing. Hundreds of thousands of hours offootage sits in a storage room unwatched by Guetta. Thedocumentary he tries to make from the cobbled togetherfootage is deemed “unwatchable” by Fairey and Banksy,and ultimately Bansky proclaims in Exit, “He was maybejust someone with mental problems who just happened tohave a camera.” So when Banksy takes the footage in orderto produce his own documentary (which becomes Exit), hebegins to distract Guetta by telling him to do his own artshow. Guetta then largely becomes the joke of his own

gallery assistants and production employees in setting uphis monstrously clichéd “Life is Beautiful” show for hisstreet art alter ego, Mr. Brainwash. Nonetheless, the publiceats it up. Mr. Brainwash, who has never done any workbefore, who has never been reviewed by any publication,who creates his hackneyed street art prints, such as AndyWarhol’s Campbell’s soup cans turned into a spray can, formere pennies, earns nearly a million in sales. He’s thishuge, horrible success, and that is Banksy’s entire punchline.

More successful than the show, however, was this docu-mentary in the eyes of the public and critics alike. ExitThrough the Giftshop is a year-long venture funded solely byBanksy himself. In regard to the project, Fairey says, “Thisis a way for Banksy to tell his story but at the same time cri-tique the street art phenomenon. It’s perfectly aligned withhow he does things.” On his own film, Banksy is self-awareof his own self-awareness, of the way his commentary onthe commercialization of street art might devalue his sub-sequent work. Still, he seems nonplussed, having written,“It seems fitting that the film questioning the art world waspaid for by proceeds directly from the art world. Maybe itshould’ve been called ‘Don’t Bite the Hand That FeedsYou.’” And yet, Banksy’s works are still doing exceedinglywell in auction, continually garnering five or more timesthe expected value. And so, maybe the joke wasn’t on Mr.Brainwash, maybe the joke’s on us for unfailingly buyinginto Banksy’s hype as he openly mocks us all for it in hisfilm. If so, Banksy’s gotten to his third level and effectivelycompletely the art world’s Inception.

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Alice Wang is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences.She can be reached at awang@cornellsun.com. Profanity Prayersappears alternate Thursdays this semester.

Don’t Bite the Hand That Feeds You

Craig Ferguson8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, at State Theatre

“It’s a great day for America, everybody!” As one ofAmerica’s leading late night talk show hosts, CraigFerguson has kept the immigrant American Dreamalive. Scotsman by origin and American by naturaliza-tion, Ferguson has made it to the top in the U.S. withbumps along the road. From construction worker inHarlem during the ’80s to his Peabody award-winningstint as host of The Late Late Show, Ferguson’s story iswholly American, which he is very proud of.

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Ferguson first brokeout onto the entertainment scene as a drummer in acouple of punk rock bands. Peter Capaldi, the leadsinger of the band The Bastards from Hell, suggestedthat Craig try comedy. This led to success in Englandas a stand-up comedian and actor of a few short-livedseries on BBC. In 1994, Ferguson decided to try againin America and moved to Los Angeles. There hebraved the comedy circuits again and landed roles insome ill-fated television shows until landing the roleas boss, Nigel Wick, in The Drew Carey Show. Butrather than coast on that success, Craig set his sightson over-achievement, staying true to the AmericanDream.

By writing in between takes of the hit show,Ferguson finished three screenplays that eventually ledto the films The Big Tease, Saving Grace and I’ll BeThere — all of which he also starred in; he directed I’llBe There, granting him Best New Director andAudience Awards for Best Film accolades at various

film festivals. Ferguson also lent his voice toanimated series and films such as How to TrainYour Dragon and Brave — where there is aScot, Ferguson is your man. His hardworkingnature has culminated in box office successesboth on the big and small screens.

Since 2005, Ferguson has also added to hisresume hit talk show host for The Late LateShow. Inheriting the show from fellow Craig,Craig Kilborn, Ferguson has made himself astaple on the late night circuit with his quirkyhumor and puppets — rivaling the likes ofConan O’Brien with his masterbating bearand Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog. This,along with his charm, has kept Americanaudiences eating out of the palm of Ferguson’shand. Yanks are lucky to call him one of ourown. He would be proud to say it himself. Sothankful and patriotic is Craig Ferguson thatin 2008 he televised his last step in becominga citizen. Also, he has permanently branded himself asa Yank with the famed political cartoon, “Join or Die,”tattooed on his forearm.

And next Thursday, Oct. 11, you will have thechance to see the famed Scotsman step out of talk showlimelight and deliver a full-fledged comic routine at theState Theatre, sponsored by Dan Smalls Presents. Ifyou have seen Jon Stewart or Seth Meyers, you willknow that seeing a comic of late night notoriety is fresh

and fun. With no cue cards or inane interview ques-tions in sight, Craig Ferguson will have to regale youwith his self-effacing honesty and humor. And whetheryou are already a fan or not, it will surely be a great day(or evening) in Ithaca, everybody.

Tickets can be purchased at DanSmallsPresents.com.

— Natalia Fallas

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immediately have everyone very comfort-able with the layout and ... Ready to playsome good golf.”

As autumn kicks in the Red is alsotasked with a new challenge — the weather.

“The weather is something we checkreligiously coming up to the tournament,”Bosse said. “It’s something that you justneed to be aware of … Up here in theNortheast you get wind and rain a lot, so it’ssomething we have to deal with. And evenduring the Cornell Invitational on Saturday,we had a rain delay that took us off thecourse for four hours after playing nineholes and after the delay we had to finishthe other nine. It does a lot to throw kids offonce they are taken off the course and thenthey’re just thrown right back on. Weatherplays a lot into tournament golf.”

However, despite the fall weatherchanges, the team is confident in dealingwith the unpredictable conditions.

“Almost all of us are from theNortheast,” Schimenti, an Ithaca native,added. “We’re probably going to be prettyconsistent … Depending on the conditionsthat could be good or bad. If it’s really bad,rainy and windy, that probably favors usbecause that doesn’t affect us too much.”

Despite the number of unknowns pre-sented to the Red at Hiawatha Landing,Bosse is optimistic about the team’s progres-sion.

“Golf ’s an interesting game — you gofrom extreme ups to extreme downs … ButI like where the team’s head is right now,” hesaid. “Everybody’s starting to get togetherfor practice rounds, everyone is looking likethey’re in control of their swing … I amvery comfortable going into the next tour-nament and I really see the light. We cankeep and keep improving as the season goeson and really put up solid numbers by theend of it.”

made solid contact, Bosh proceeded to fallbackwards, land on his back, clutch his facewith both hands and grovel on the court forseveral seconds, which drew the offensivefoul against Boozer.

In a shameful display of sportsmanship,Yankees captain Derek Jeter acted his wayto first base. In the 7th inning of a 2010game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Jeterfaked that he was hit by pitcher ChadQualls, and was subsequently awarded firstbase. Jeter then went on to admit after thegame that the pitch actually hit his bat.Who the hell does Derek Jeter think he is,Daniel Day-Lewis?

What I want to know is: what happenedto the good old days when players wouldn’tflop around and act like their careersdepended on how well they could sell thatthey got fouled? Whatever happened to theexpression, “rub some dirt on it?” Whateverhappened to Pete Rose ending some ran-dom catcher’s career via a charge at homeplate in a freakin’ All Star Game? Whateverhappened to rough and rugged 1980s stylebasketball? Whatever happened to “noblood, no foul”?

I’m reminded of and point to Game 4 ofthe 1984 NBA Finals. This is one of thoseseries that symbolizes all that is great aboutthe NBA. Lakers vs. Celtics, Magic vs. Birdand the list of awesome match ups can goon. In the third quarter, while going up fora breakaway layup, Lakers forward KurtRambis was violently clothes-lined byCeltics center Kevin McHale by his throat.Instead of rolling and crying on the court toelicit a stronger reaction by the refs againstMcHale, Rambis popped straight up andwent after him, ready to brawl. Whatensued was a bench clearing scuffle that

many people have uploaded to YouTube asan iconic NBA moment.

Chris Bosh fell to the floor and cried likea baby over no contact, while Derek Jetersquabbled around to sell that he had beenhit by the pitch and later laughed about itin an interview, and these are the athletesthat kids look up to? While I’m not advo-cating for violence in sports, I’m advocatingfor a certain sense of integrity and pride. Iwant these athletes to be honest and own upto what really happened. If they actually arehit, I want them to rub some dirt on it, grittheir teeth and proceed to make theirattacker look foolish in some other way.

When then Suns guard and All NBAdefender Raja Bell clothes-lined Lakersguard Kobe Bryant in the 2006 playoff,Kobe didn’t flop around and cry. Kobe lit-erally brushed it off his shoulders, then pro-ceeded to make Bell look absolutely foolishby, as they say colloquially, “making it rainlike Lil Wayne” on the court. Kobe drainedshot after shot over Bell. Kobe has said thathe loves playing against physical defenderswho pull, push, grab, etc. because it makesthe idea of sinking a fade away jump shot intheir faces that much more enticing andrewarding.

With guys like Kobe in the latter stagesof their careers, these athletes can, I sup-pose, be thought of as living relics of a dif-ferent time. Call me a fool. Call me apatron of a different style of sportsmanship,but I will never let go of the ideals I have.Sports are an art, and should therefore bepracticed with a certain sense of integrityand honesty towards the craft.

Then again, if these men can win a ringand an Oscar, more power to them. Right?

Ordway did note, how-ever, that one of the strate-gies the Red has been col-lectively practicing ismaintaining its intensityduring every rally.

“Play every ball —[that’s] one of the thingswe’ve been working on inpractice,” she siad.“[We’re] making sure

everyone is focused everypoint and controlling thethings that we can control.I think that’s somethingthat the team overall hasbeen working on as agroup and is somethingwe’re looking forward toseeing this weekend helpus.”

The squad begins com-peting Saturday morningin both singles and dou-bles; the finals are sched-

uled for two days later.“We certainly hope to

have many of the womenleft on Monday compet-ing in the finals,” Stevenssaid. “That would certain-ly be one of our goals as ateam, and it’s going to begreat if we’re able to dothat.”

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Ten Questions Columnist KatieSchubauer caught up with senior defense-man Jayann Gabrio to discuss everythingfrom her love of Hawaii and decoratingcupcakes to her toenail problems.

1. Jayann, you are a senior on thewomen’s soccer team. What has soccermeant to you over the course of yourcollege career?

I think I started out wanting tofocus on doing well in the HotelSchool, but once I got here, I realizedthat I wasn’t ready to sacrifice anythingfrom my soccer life. You have to put alot of effort into being an athlete, andI’ve given up a lot to play soccer. Butnow I know how committed I really amto it, and how it really is a privilege toplay a sport in college. It’s kind ofcorny, but I finally figured out that Ireally do love soccer.

Who is your favorite teammate?Hannah Labadie is going to kill me

but Maneesha Chitanvis is my favorite,mainly because I was forced be friendswith her. I’ve roomed with her sincefreshmen year and we’re both prettystraightforward with each other. Sheknows what she can say to me to pissme off and I know what I can say to herto piss her off and it’s nice having that(laughing). She is also the only onewho partakes in “Fat Day,” which iswhen we order as much food as we caneat online after we finish our finalsevery semester.

2. You are from Hawaii and I haveheard you are a big Hawaii fan. Is thattrue?

Yes, oh my gosh. I love Hawaii. Thatis the first thing I say to people when Imeet them. I say “Yeah, I’m fromHawaii,” and then they ask you a lot ofquestions. It’s an easy way to meet peo-ple. That’s how I met all my friendsfreshman year. Everybody makes fun of

me because of the Hawaiian language. Iuse words like “pau” which means “fin-ished.” Everyone just kind of looks atme weirdly. But I still like to use it eventhough no one knows what I’m talkingabout.

What does one do in the Hawaii Clubhere at Cornell?

It’s just a bunch of events that every-one can go to. We’ll have a spammusubi-making party. which is just ricerapped in nori (seaweed) with spam onit. It sounds really gross, but everyonelikes it (laughing). It’s just a lot of get-ting together and socializing. And thensecond semester, all the students put ona Hawaii Club luau, which everyonecan go to. You buy tickets and you canwatch the hula and the Tahitian danceand there’s really good food. It’s a lot offun.

What is it like having gone to the samehigh school as President Obama?

I think it’s really cool that I got tohave some of the same teachers thatPresident Obama had and be in thesame classrooms he had. There’s actual-ly a little cement block at the cafeteriathat Obama supposedly wrote his namein when he was in high school, and it’sjust funny to think that some little boyfrom Hawaii grew up and became pres-ident of the United States. Wheneverhe comes home, he always plays basket-ball in our high school gym, and onetime I got frisked by his secret servicebecause I needed to go into the lockerroom. That was fun.

3. Is it true that your nickname is“Panda”?

Yeah, that actually started last yearduring our game against Lafayette. Itwas lightening so we had to wait in thelocker room and everyone was beingkind of silly and hyper and everyonewas saying what type of animals every-one looked like. And everyone said I

looked like a panda, partly because I’mAsian. And I just kind of owned it afterthat. So now I have panda necklaces,panda stickers, a panda iPhone case.And I went to China a couple yearsago, and I got to hold a panda. Wedecided to recreate that photo, so nowI have a picture of myself being thepanda sitting on my friend’s lap.

4. Your athletic trainer has general-ly considered your toenails a healthconcern. Can you explain that?

Yeah, so I have a lot of problemswith my toenails. They’re actually real-ly, really disgusting. Every year, I don’tknow how it happens — probablysomething with my shoes and draggingmy feet — they usually turn purple andfall off. So I usually don’t have toenailsfor a good two thirds of the year. Likeright now I don’t have any toenails onmy feet.

5. What are your thoughts on hic-cups?

I don’t know, I have this weirdthing. I don’t know what it is. It’s likethis hiccup-burp thing, and everyonethinks it sounds like a velociraptor. It’sreally loud and I can’t control it. It’s areally loud, loud hiccup that will justgo off when other people or talking oreven when I’m talking. It’s reallyannoying.

6. Some of your friends have com-mented on your excessive compulsivedisorder when it comes to decoratingcupcakes. Is that true?

Yeah, I think it started in highschool. I got these cupcake books inhigh school from my mom. I make fun-fetti cupcakes all the time in our houseand I’ll make little butterflies out offancy molt chocolate, or sunflowers outof Oreos or little owls. It’s just a lot offun for me.

7. I’ve heard you are a big FightingIrish fan. Can you comment on that?

(Laughing) yeah, so my boyfriend,Robby Toma, plays football for NotreDame. I guess I really never followedfootball at all before college and I real-ly never watch. But now I kind of haveto watch. But it’s really embarrassingbecause I don’t know anything and Inever know what’s going on. So I haveto ask him all these questions after thefact and have him explain it to me.

If your boyfriend gets drafted to theNFL, are you going to try harder to learnthe game of football?

Yeah, I guess should. If Rob getsdrafted I think he would probably payfor me to get some lessons from some-one so he doesn’t have to explain every-thing all the time. I got the offense partdown, sort of. But there are just so manyrules and terms that it’s just too much.Right now I usually just repeat every-thing Rob tells me to my friends, andthey think I know a lot about football. Iguess that strategy could work for me inthe future, but maybe I should trywatching ESPN or something.

8. Can you name some of yourfavorite TV shows?

Zoey 101, Hannah Montana, SwampPeople … a lot.

That’s kind of an eclectic group ofshows.

(Laughing) Yeah, well I grew upwatching the Disney Channel andNickelodeon. I think I just got stuck onit, but Zoey 101 is so good. I love thetheme song.

Are those shows still running on TV?Yeah! They still run on Teen Nick,

which has Degrassi, too.Where does Swamp People come into

that?Well, my sophomore year, I was

watching TV with Maneesha andSwamp People came on and they havethis one funny guy who said, “Oh myGod, there’s the Loch Ness,” and we’veloved it from that instant. So we alwayswatch it all the time now.

9. You are a hotelie, right?Yes.Is it true that you cook with a lot of

spam?(Laughing) Yes.Where does that come from?That’s from the Hawaii influence.

Spam is really popular in Hawaii.Everyone else on the mainland hates it,but it’s actually really good. We makespam Mac ‘n’ cheese, put spam on topof rice, or spam and cabbage instead ofcorned beef and cabbage. It’s good. It’sjust like sausage. It’s the same thing.

If you had to, could you locate the artsquad on a map?

(Laughing) Yeah. I could not tellyou a single one of the buildings, but Ithink it’s on West Campus … orCentral Campus, right?

10. Which other Cornell team doyou like to hang out with the most?

Definitely the men’s soccer team.This year, they’re undefeated, so they’rethe hot team on campus. But otherthan that, some of my really goodfriends are on the team and a couple ofthem are hotelies so it’s always fun tohang out with them.

Katie Schubauer can be reached at kschubauer@cornell-sun.com.

Pretty little panda face | Senior defenseman Jayann Gabrio started buying panda-themed accessories after an inside joke with herteammates dubbed her the nickname “Panda” last season.

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Iknow a great actor when Isee one, and I know a greatperformance when I see one.

As an avid supporter of film,few things in this world havethe engaging power that a greatportrayal of a complex characteron screen. I still remember thefirst time I saw Training Day,starring Denzel Washington asAlonzo Harris — a dirtyL.A.P.D. narcotics officer whospends a day training a newrecruit to join his elite squad,while at the same time battling arace against the clock to pay off

members of the Russian Mafiawho’ve put a price on his head.When I heard Denzel as AlonzoHarris say, “You know I’m sur-gical with this bitch Jake,” whilewielding a sawed-off shotgun, Ibelieved that Denzel was thischaracter and I got chills downmy spine.

As much as I appreciate anAcademy Award-winning per-formance on screen, I absolute-ly loathe seeing acting in sports.As far as I’m concerned, there isabsolutely no place for it, andfurthermore it compromises theintegrity of not only the playerbut of the sport itself.

Following last week’s strong third place finish at theCornell Invitational, the Red faces a new challenge atthe Binghamton Invitational beginning on Sunday.

The Red returns to the links course at HiawathaLanding for the first time since 2004 with revenge inmind.

“I would like to go out and beat Binghamton justbecause it’s their home course and they just came overto Cornell and won the Cornell Invitational,” saidjunior Zach Bosse, who finished second at the CornellInvitational with rounds of 70 and 73. “I’d like to goover there and hopefully repay the favor.”

Junior Carl Schimenti agreed with Bosse, focusinghis sights on the Bearcats.

“I think our main competition is going to definite-ly be Binghamton,” he said. “They’re probably thefavorites going in.”

It was of little surprise, then, when asked if Cornellhad developed any friendly rivalries with any othersquads, that Schimenti immediately mentionedBinghamton.

“Three of the guys on our team all played on thesame section during high school and four or five of theBinghamton guys also played in that section,” he said.“So we’ve all played junior golf against each other … It’sgood to compete against people you’ve known for awhile.”

Despite recently earning its highest finish as a teamsince 2007, the Red still looks to improve from lastweek’s performance in the Cornell Invitational, accord-ing to Schimenti.

“As a team, we can be really optimistic that we did-n’t play great but we still managed to finish third,” hesaid.

Bosse agreed with his teammate, expressing his plea-sure at how the members performed “both individual-ly and as a team.”

“Finishing third, it was a solid number to finish as ateam, considering how poorly the lineup played,” headded. “It tells me that even though the majority of theteam was playing poorly, we’re still capable of postingdecent finishes which lends itself to the hopefulthought that once we get our game in gear and once weget back in tournament mode and get comfortableagain, we’re going to be able to work and gel as a teamand … keep climbing that leaderboard.”

While Bosse conceded that while Binghamton has ahome course advantage, he is very comfortable with thelinks-style golf at Hiawatha Landing.

“People think of [links as] rolling hills, kind of wide,with tall grass lining both sides. And it’s very represen-tative of the course I played at home, growing up,” hesaid.“It’s a course style I’m very comfortable with andI’ve been around for a long [time] so I’m very hopefulwe can play the course [during] the practice round and

After a two-week hiatus, the men’s ten-nis team is back in action this weekend forthe Columbia Invitational. The Red didnot perform as well as it would have likedin its last tournament at the FarnsworthInvitational, but the squad has workedtirelessly these past few weeks to tune upits game.

“I do expect them in competitivedepartment to perform better than wehave at Princeton,” said head coach SilviuTanasoiu. “We’ve had two weeks of train-ing compared to the Princeton tourna-ment and I feel like we’ve made improve-ments … I’m hopeful that it’s going toreflect in the matches this upcomingweekend.”

“As a team we hope to do better thanwe did last time at Princeton,” addedsophomore co-captain Sam Fleck. “I feellike we should be able to do that. We’veworked hard in training the last couple ofweeks; we’ve all been playing much better[and] getting used to the indoor courts.”

The courts at the Dick Savitt TennisCenter — where the Columbia team plays

— are a slightly different surface than theRed practices on, which is a factor theteam has taken into consideration whilepreparing for the tournament.

“The indoor court there is slightlyslower than the ones at Cornell, so thatfavors people who can make more ballsbut hit less winners,” Fleck said. “Ourteam’s made up of a lot of consistent play-ers, but none of us are that big, so itshould probably favor a lot of the guys.”

Cornell’s first official Ivy League matchof the year is against Columbia(03/30/13), thus Tanasoiu noted that thistournament will provide the team with its“only opportunity to compete on theircourts and kind of get a feel for their sur-face,” a scenario which he hopes will ben-efit the Red later in the season.

“Even though … we’re playing indooron a surface that we’re not practicing veryoften on, it’s going to be a good chance forus to compete against Columbia, who’sgoing to be a contender [for the IvyLeague Title],” Tanasoiu said. “Themajority of the teams competing in thetournament (including Dartmouth,Princeton, and Penn) are from the IvyLeague, so it’s a chance for us to see where

we are compared to them.”The women’s tournament this week-

end, the USTA Collegiate Invitational,will also provide an opportunity for theladies to see where they stand among theirrivals.

“There’s a lot of Ivy League schoolswhich are coming to this tournament, soit’ll be great for us to see how we’re doingin comparison to them,” said senior co-captain Christine Ordway.

“There are about 20 teams in the tour-nament [and] the teams are from all upand down the east coast,” said head coachMike Stevens. “We don’t have any oneteam that we’re setting our sights on. The

competition’s going to be very good,which is what we want to see how we’re[doing] and what we need to improveupon.”

In practice this week, each of thewomen is working on different things.

“[Tennis] is such an individual sportwithin itself, so every player has differentstrengths and different weaknesses in bothsingles and doubles,” Stevens said. “We’reworking with each of the players individu-ally, as well as in the team practices,according to what they need to work onthe most for them to be successful.”

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Curbing Columbia | Sophomore co-captain Sam Fleck is preparing for weekend play in NYC.

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Seeking revenge | Junior Craig Esposito and therest of the Red look to beat Binghamton this weekend.

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We’ve all seen it. Every timea basketball player flails his armslike a wacky-wavy-inflatable-arm-flailing-tube man; everytime a baseball player is verynearly hit by a pitch and decidesto wince and jerk in pain; everytime a soccer player dives facefirst into the grass and grabs hisshin in pain when really he onlytripped on a blade of grass.Acting is seeping into the sportswe love to play and watch.

Does anyone recall the ChrisBosh and Carlos Boozer inci-dent? No? Well then allow me

to refresh your memory.Although Bosh’s performance inStephen Spielberg’s Jurassic Parkwas one of the fiercest I’ve everseen, his performance againstthe Bulls was pathetic. With theBulls on offense, Boozer postedup against Bosh, received thepass and pivoted 180 degrees,swinging the ball around to beface-to-face with Bosh. In theprocess of pivoting around,Boozer’s elbow came withinmillimeters of Bosh’s nose.Although slow motion replayshows that it never actually

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