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GUEST ROOM | Being an Actor of Color at Cornell

By Gwen Aviles · Monday, Feb. 1, 2016

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O'BRIEN | Revisiting Gilmore Girls: A Retrospective

By Katie O'Brien · Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016

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COLLINS | 'You Don't Belong Anymore': An Ode to the Greatest Musician/Critic Feud

By Shay Collins · Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016

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SOSNICK | Dead Music Blogs and Living Music Bloggers

By Arts & Entertainment Department · Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016

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GOLDFINE | The Walking Dead’s Post-Racial Fantasy: Race Still Matters at the End of the World

By Jael Goldfine · Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016

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GUEST ROOM | An Artsy New Year’s Resolution

By Arts & Entertainment Department · Monday, Jan. 25, 2016

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DOOLITTLE | The Gift of the DJ

By Arts & Entertainment Department · Monday, Jan. 25, 2016

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ALUR | Pick A Book, Any Book!

By Arts & Entertainment Department · Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015

Over the course of a turbulent career, plagued by problems with finances, drugs, record labels, and just plain laziness, Faust turned out one of the most brilliant bodies of work of all time. The 5-CD box The W

COLLINS | Aviva Rahmani’s Blued Trees and the Fight Against Pipelines

By Shay Collins · Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015

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STANTON | Snoop Dogg's Here, Spreading Christmas Cheer

By Chris Stanton · Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015

First game a fluke? Fuhgeddaboutit. The Cornell sprint football team regained some of its swagger, rumbling over Princeton 27-6 en route to its first victory of the season on Saturday. The Red's defensive quickness and power ground game, were simply too much for the Tigers (0-1) to overcome. "We lost some key seniors but this defense is as good if not better than last year," senior tri-captain Martin Vogel noted. "Last year our secondary was the strongest unit, but this year I think it is the line. All of us have played three to four years, and know what needs to be done. When the line is working well it frees up the defense to make big plays without losing coverage from blitzing as much." That Princeton wasn't ready for the Red rush was apparent from the first whistle, when the Tigers' Matt Babinski fumbled the kickoff into his own endzone before saving face with a 15-yard scramble. After a quick three and out, Princeton punter Peter Richter couldn't handle the snap and junior Eric Eisenhart recovered the fumble at the Princeton five yard-line. It only took two plays for sophomore Dean Coccaro to record his first career touchdown on a three-yard scamper up the middle. Coccaro is quickly establishing himself as the team's workhorse, gaining 122 yards in his first two games, including 41 against the Tigers. The rest of the first half saw both defenses display their mettle. On Princeton's ensuing drive, sophomore Matthew Wesley came up with his first career interception while shadowing his receiver along the sideline. Cornell got the ball back on its own 41, and Coccaro then ripped off a 30-yard run around the right tackle. But one play later, the Tiger defense knocked the ball from senior quarterback Sunil Gupta's hands, leading to a turnover. Gupta had a rough outing on his first start at quarterback. He threw an interception inside the Tiger 20-yard line on the next series and finished 2-for-4 for 27 yards. Nonetheless, Princeton's mistakes allowed the Red to pull away. Princeton recorded a 0-yard punt, a quarterback fumble and a 15-yard late hit penalty on consecutive series. The Tigers finished with eight fumbles on the day. "[Our] goal is to put the other team's offense in a hole early by stopping the run and forcing them to have to pass on third and long," Vogel said. "When you are sure a pass is coming it makes it easier for us on the line to rush and make sacks, and for the secondary to make their interceptions." The late-hit penalty left the Red on the Princeton 23-yard line, where junior Charlie Tam turned on the magic. He took a handoff from Gupta and slid left, but quickly ran into his own man. He then bounced back, and took off to his right where there was nothing but Schoellkopf turf in his way, making it 13-0 in favor of Cornell. The Red added two more scores in the third quarter, putting the game out of reach. Tam ran in his second touchdown, setup by a Gupta-to-Ormsby 27-yard pass play, and junior Adam Romeiser brought a scintillating 80-yard punt return to the house giving Cornell a 27-0 advantage. Late in the third, Princeton decided to attempt a comeback as quarterback Dennis Blake found Adam Ferren for a 36-yard gain. But at the goal line, the defensive line came through again as junior Scott McQuade and senior tri-captain Martin Vogel sacked Blake on third down. "Scott McQuade had [Blake] by the jersey and I was ready to come finish him off but he moved at the last second and I barely got my arm on him," described Vogel. "I thought he got away, but I looked over and he was on the ground." The ensuing field goal was blocked. Princeton finally got on the board late in the fourth quarter when backup quarterback L.T. Lawler found Matt Hall in the right corner of the endzone on a 26-yard beauty. The Red prevailed despite being gained 319-164 yards in total offense and running 24 fewer plays, largely due to the play of the defense, which had three sacks, three recovered-fumbles and three interceptions. The offense recorded a season-high 130 yards on the ground. Cornell now has a week off before playing Navy in the Pride Bowl on October 14. Archived article by Sumeet Sarin

JONES | Crime Dramas and the Wages of Sin

By Jack Jones · Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015

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DOOLITTLE | I'm Mad as Hell, and I'm Not Going to Take This Anymore

By Arts & Entertainment Department · Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015

It seems that the only thing Stephen Herek's Rock Star offers is an opportunity at stardom for the many unknowns which happen to comprise the majority of the cast. Were I any of them, I wouldn't hold my breath for instant fame; Rock Star is an average film, and, with its mediocre performances and regurgitated plot, as easily forgettable as its generically simplistic title. Chris Coles (Mark Wahlberg) is a zealous fan of rock-and-roll band Steel Dragon, so rabid in his adoration that he plays in a cover band and demands its members to play Steel Dragon's music to perfection. This attitude soon leads to Chris' elimination from the group, and he's left to make music on his own with the support of his girlfriend/manager Emily (Jennifer Aniston). And then, one morning Chris gets the opportunity of a lifetime -- an offer to replace the lead singer of Steel Dragon. He flies out to L.A. with Emily in tow, meets his idols, and soon begins to live the life of a rock star, savoring the ups of worldwide fame while Emily endures the downs of being the girlfriend of an international icon. The couple must cope with their dichotomous experiences if they want to remain together, while the audience must cope with the inevitable outcome that they probably will. The major problem with Rock Star is that it's nothing new. The plot is wholly predictable; there are no twists or turns. And yet while relying on so much predigested material, it's still hard to tell what kind of movie Rock Star aims to be. While there are a few humorous moments, there aren't enough to qualify it as a comedy (although it's funnier than most films I've seen which have been classified in that genre), nor does the manner in which the plot is carried out really lend itself to such a label. And if Rock Star is indeed intended to be an overall dramatic piece, then any weight the film hopes to convey is nullified by the series of outtakes accompanying the first minutes of the closing credits. The wishy-washy character of Rock Star resonates with the audience more than the plot itself does. With Rock Star, Mark Wahlberg continues to portray typical wide-eyed innocents who have just been initiated into worlds they have only heard or dreamed about. He did this superbly in 1997's Boogie Nights, as the well-endowed neophyte Eddie "Dirk Diggler" Adams, on the brink of a successful career in adult film. Wahlberg is good here too, but one cannot help but wonder if he is slowly but surely -- despite films such as The Perfect Storm or Planet of the Apes -- limiting himself to such a role. When one considers the many similarities between Boogie Nights and Rock Star -- including the time period, among other things -- one wonders whether Wahlberg is attempting to carve himself some sort of safety niche. Aniston is adequate as the girlfriend Emily, save the fact that, in reality, she appears a bit too old for the role (their ages are never revealed, but presumably Chris and his girlfriend are in their early 20s). Still Aniston succeeds in distancing herself from her role as Rachel on Friends and makes the role of Emily a believable one. It's unusual and worth noting, again, that that with the exception of stars Wahlberg and Aniston, all other actors appearing in Rock Star are unfamiliar Hollywood faces (the 1960's Batmobile excluded). This level of anonymity may have been used to lend a certain level of realism and credibility to the picture; if so, it doesn't entirely succeed because of Wahlberg and Aniston's presence. Rock Star is a rehash, plain and simple. It's as if Herek merely merged the plot of the aforementioned Boogie Nights with that of 2000's Almost Famous and came up with something that takes from both without offering anything new of its own.Archived article by Adam Cooper

O'BRIEN | Loving Rock N’ Roll As a Woman

By Arts & Entertainment Department · Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015

Cornell's nuclear research reactor, the last of its kind in New York and one of only 26 left in the country, will soon hit the graveyard, further endangering a rare technology in an era when nuclear engineering is on the rise. The Board of Trustees voted unanimously last summer to decommission the reactor and close the Ward Center for Nuclear Studies, according to Henrik N. Dullea '61, vice president for University relations. Heated controversy met the decision, which had been requested by President Hunter R. Rawlings III and recommended by a special faculty oversight committee. The decision to decommission the reactor had been rejected by the full Faculty Senate under the grounds that the center provides "a diverse array of service to the Cornell community and beyond." Alumni and industry users had also addressed inflammatory responses to the administration. And about 20 undergraduates were gathered outside Day Hall to present a petition with 200 signatures opposing the closure. Despite these efforts and the announcement of a $250,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to help save the reactor and make it financially independent from the University, the reactor is scheduled to shut down on June 30, 2002. Money cannot be the main reason for closing the reactor because the phase-out is going to be very expensive, said Kenan

COLLINS | Terror in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

By Arts & Entertainment Department · Friday, Nov. 20, 2015

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ALUR | Finding Solace In Sound

By Arts & Entertainment Department · Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015

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STANTON | Aziz, Louie and New York City

By Chris Stanton · Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015

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DOOLITTLE | History Has Its Eyes on You: Revisionism on Stage

By Arts & Entertainment Department · Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015

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MEISEL | White Supremacy, Poetry and You

By Stephen Meisel · Friday, Nov. 13, 2015

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BROMER | Distraction's a Good Thing? You Must Be on Krac(auer)

By Arts & Entertainment Department · Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015

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Suffragette and Stonewall: Hollywood’s Whitewashing of History

By Arts & Entertainment Department · Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015

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