![This week, daze had a chance to sit down with Eric Aceto, an instrument builder and member of the popular Ithaca-based band Mectapus. daze: When and how did you get into building instruments? Eric Aceto: It was in the very early '70s, 1970 and '71. I was attending art school and I wanted to put the music and art together. I had played music my whole life and then I got into building basic instruments. I had done a lot of repair work and work on friends' instruments. And later, when I got into it more, I started constructing instruments more in a bigger way. D: When did you build your first electric fiddle? EA: That was in 1974, early on. D: So many accomplished musicians use your instruments. Who are you most proud to build for? EA: Wow. Well, probably Darol Anger [fiddle player who has performed with David Grisman, String Cheese Incident, and others]. He's a great player and he's been a great supporter of the whole project. D: If, for whatever reason, you could no longer be either a musician or an instrument-maker, which would you choose? EA: You know, it's not like that for me. I guess part of being a Gemini is that dual nature. They really go hand in hand. Plus, I began building violins because I was playing violin and looking for a certain sound. I really don't separate those two at all. D: Do certain musical styles and approaches influence the design of your instruments? EA: Well, certainly the instrument we're most interested in building is an amplified instrument, so yes. The reason I came to it is because I'm into acoustic music, and acoustic instruments. I'm trying to translate that feel, and that timbre, to an amplified situation, and it's been tough over the years but I'm feeling pretty good about it. D: You certainly should. Roughly, how long does it take you to build a single instrument? EA: Well, it's not just me. My partner Dan Hoffman has a huge amount to do with it. We pretty much work on each instrument together. Dan does all the plate carving, and what's called the corpus, so he's working the plates and the garling and the voicing of the air chamber and everything. And then I work more on the neck, the setup, the feel, and the peg-head carving. All the electric work and that stuff. So, we really both work on them and not just one instrument at a time. Different things are in different stages of development. But we can deliver a violin, right now, in about 10 weeks. D: After all that, does the whole trend of rock stars smashing their instruments on stage make you cringe? EA: Are they doing that again? Oh no. See, I've never wanted to smash an instrument, even in my most frustrated moments on stage. Why? I've never understood it. D: Anything new in store with Ti Ti Chickapea [a folk trio consisting of Hank Roberts on cello, Richie Stearns on banjo and tenor guitar, and Eric on violin and guitar]? EA: Yeah, right now we're working on album with Kevin Kinsella [lead singer and guitarist of reggae outfit John Brown's Body]. We're doing a bunch of Kevin's material, and that's been really fun. And we're hoping to do some gigging with that kind of group. It's tough working around Richie's schedule [he's now on tour with roots-rock group Donna the Buffalo] and Kevin'd been on the road quite a bit with John Brown's. But we're going to try to do a more scaled back, amplified acoustic thing. It's been really fun working with Kevin. He's such a beautiful guy. D: Will we ever see more from Mectapus [an eclectic and notorious local band with which Eric played violin, mandolin, and guitar] in the future? EA: Yeah. Definitely. Joe [Palermo, Mectapus drummer and professor of history and English at Cornell] took a gig out at the University of Santa Cruz. So he's not here during the year, but he may still teach here at Cornell during the summer. And we've talked about doing the acoustic thing with just hand percussion. I actually got a chance to play with my dream band at the Rongo not too long ago. It was Mike Cerza [of Mectapus] on percussion, Joe on drums, my brother Harry on upright bass, and Mich](https://snworksceo.imgix.net/cds/6eb5c1e6-2c41-4404-86ed-1d1919100007.sized-1000x1000.?w=1500&ar=16%3A9&fit=crop&crop=faces&facepad=3&auto=format)
Black Students United Demands to Administrators Leaked Onto Reddit Forum
By
Josh Girsky
· Monday, Nov. 23, 2015
![During a week of tragedy, the Korean Students Association and the Coalition for Comfort Women Issues (CCW) once again invite the Cornell community to remember onto the tragedies of the past at a photo exhibition held at the Willard Straight Hall Art Gallery. The exhibition is open until tomorrow. The exhibit, "Comfort Women: Suffering and Dignity in Asia during World War II," features the photos of Korean-American photographer Yunghi Kim and a copy of the first English-language book, Comfort Women Speak, that chronicles some women's experiences in their own words. Along with these, the presentation includes original artwork from surviving women. This exhibit, which had already visited the campus in March 2001, follows organizers' plans to invite a comfort station survivor to speak at Cornell Nov. 5 at the Statler Auditorium. Mark Hwang '02 is one of many organizers from the CCW who feel that learning about this issue now can help prevent injustice in the future. "The issue of the Comfort Women is also a story filled with courage and dignity of extraordinary women who, albeit advanced in age, decided to come forth and demand for justice. These women truly deserve stage on our campus for what they're doing. They're doing it for our generation, so that we will never fall victim to another such tragedy," Hwang said. Although these events occurred decades ago, it is only until now that the CCW is bringing these women's stories to universities, such as Cornell and Georgetown University, and public arenas across the country, among them the Philadelphia Free Library, "Basically we want to inform people," said Erin Chu '03, of the Korean Student Association's political committee. "[We want] people to connect with the Comfort Women." Chu hopes that through this exhibit, more members of the Cornell community can connect with the atrocities of the past and connect with the now much older victims. To connect with the Comfort Women's story is to connect with a tragic history of sexual enslavement and secrecy during World War II. Historically called the "Comfort Women," they are a group of approximately 200,000 women of Korean, Chinese and other Asian decent who were forced into sexual slavery at the hand of the Japanese Imperial Military from 1932 until the end of World War II. They lived in "comfort stations" which lined East Asia. Many of these women were only teenage girls when the military undertook this then-legal practice, bringing women to camps where they were often raped and tortured. Through this exhibit, the sponsor organizations stated that they do not want to blame Japan for its actions nor were they against any Japanese person now, however they want to honor the women who died at the hands of the Japanese and acknowledge to the world that this ordeal even occurred. The Japanese government did not officially offer an apology or reparations to the Comfort Women until 1995. "It is our intent to commemorate the lives of all 'comfort women' of World War II and express our respect for the dignity and honor for women who were murdered as sexual slaves and for those who survived sexual slavery during the war," said by the Coordinating Committee for the CCW in their letter to members of the Cornell community which was available to visitors at the exhibit. Given the subject matter, visitor response ranged from "shock" to "anger" as they read and listened to the stories of the surviving women. Monica Jeong '02, a student of Korean decent, found that she was angered upon learning the horrendous stories of the victims. She agreed that the focus of the exhibit is not to blame but to celebrate. "It's sad to see, if you think about that part of history," Jeong said. "They don't even attempt to address it. It's a really big issue." Jeong noted the apparent refusal of the Japanese government to acknowledge the issue as the topic is often absent in Japanese textbooks. She also considered the exhibit a reminder of the pain that the women of her country had to endure. "Those people [in the photos] looked like my own grandmother. I'm probably going to look like that [when I grow older]," she added. The exhibit will travel to Harvard University, Princeton University and Yale University later this year.Archived article by Carlos Perkins](https://snworksceo.imgix.net/cds/75c73837-90ac-4d54-8b7c-11b2b32b4d26.sized-1000x1000.?w=1500&ar=16%3A9&fit=crop&crop=faces&facepad=3&auto=format)
![Derek Burrows '03 is reaching beyond the boundaries of the Cornell campus this semester by running for a seat the Tompkins County Board of Representatives. The election will take place on Nov. 6. Nancy Schuler, a member of the Tompkins County Board of Representatives for 12 years, is Burrows' opponent. "I am running because I want college kids to have solid representation on the Board," Burrows explained. A member of the Collegetown Independent Party, Burrows wants to improve quality of life for people living in District 4 of the City of Ithaca, which encompasses West Campus and Collegetown. Burrows' main concern is Tompkins County's growing budget. "The budget has been expanding at an exponential rate over the last three years," he said. "This leads to increases in student rent." Burrows hopes to protect student rent prices by assuming fiscal responsibility and capping the budget. "I want to prevent the [rumored] one percent increase in sales tax," Burrows said. "I'm for less taxes." Current seat holder Schuler is concerned with quality of life issues such as transportation, human services and consumer protection, according to her website. Schuler could not be reached for comment. These issues are of importance to Burrows as well, but he feels that because "Nancy Schuler lives outside the district and I live with college students, I am more in touch with the district's constituents. Students can approach me, call me or e-mail me with their concerns." Should he win the election, Burrows pledges to live in Ithaca for the full duration of his 4-year term. Although he is an operations research major in the College of Engineering, and has no prior experience in politics, he plans to remain involved in the political scene after he graduates. Although Burrows thinks he "definitely can win," the campaign got off to a rocky start. Due to invalid signatures on his nominating petitions, it took him two attempts to earn a spot on the ballot. Now, his remaining obstacle is getting students to vote. "I'm going to kick off my campaign with a registration drive," he said. "I will be [signing students up] at Ho Plaza, Noyes Community Center, or convenience stores in Collegetown." Students running for positions in Ithaca's government is not unprecedented. In 1999, Green party candidate Josh Glasstetter '01 defeated Jane V. Pedersen, associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, for the position of alderman for the city's Common Council. Students make up 90 percent of the voters in his district, Ward 4. Two other students running for positions on the Common Council that year, however, did not fare as well, losing to their opponents. Burrows noted that the adult members of the Board seemed receptive to working with a student. Many of Burrows' peers support his efforts as well. "Cornell students are not just part of the Cornell community, but part of the Ithaca community as well and have just as much right to speak their minds as any other citizen," said Sarah Bender '04. Burrows hopes that in case of a victory, his seat would remain occupied by a student in the future. "Student involvement in politics is a huge issue to me. Our generation has been accused of apathy and disinterest for as long as I can remember. This is a way to show the critics that we do care, and that we do want to be involved," Burrows said. Archived article by Rachel Einschlag](https://snworksceo.imgix.net/cds/67ecc005-4a0d-4cb8-8de2-b1bddccc746d.sized-1000x1000.?w=1500&ar=16%3A9&fit=crop&crop=faces&facepad=3&auto=format)
![Yesterday morning, about 48 hours after the tragic terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, the university decided to cancel all of this weekend's athletic schedule. The decision -- the result of lengthy discussions between President Hunter R. Rawlings III, Athletic Director Andy Noel and Vice President of Academic and Student Services Susan Murphy -- affects football, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's cross-country, volleyball, field hockey, women's tennis and golf. "We are canceling all sports events Friday to Sunday," Rawlings said. "All intercollegiate sporting events have been canceled, both home and away." "It just seemed obvious to not concentrate on intercollegiate athletics," Noel said, adding that it is now more important to "reflect on the tragedy and focus on family and friends." "Given the scope of this tragedy, I believe it is appropriate to cancel our entire competitive calendar this weekend," added Associate Director of Athletics, Bob Chaddock. The announcement comes as no surprise, considering several other universities, including Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, Penn and Harvard in the Ivy League have taken similar measures. However both Rawlings and Noel were quick to stress that Cornell's decision was undertaken independently, unaffected by the choices of other schools. "I've been on the phone -- since I'm the chair of the Ivy League -- and different universities have taken different positions," Rawlings explained. "Some have canceled everything, others are deciding on a case by case basis. There was not an Ivy Group decision." "The Ivy League has dealt with important issues on an institutional basis," Noel concurred. "The general feeling is that every university has to reflect on the situation and make its own decision." As a result of the Ivy League's position, schools have pursued very different policies. Yale, for example, chose to postpone all events through the weekend as early as Wednesday; Dartmouth, on the other hand, permitted a volleyball match to take place the same day. (Since, it has also canceled all events through the weekend.) "We respected the administrations at Yale and Dartmouth very much," said Noel, "but we knew we had to decide for ourselves." The decision has been brewing since a few hours after the attacks. "Discussion started as soon as the events began to sink in," Noel recalled. "For many, many hours, we were in disbelief as to what happened." Though events have been canceled, no such decision has been taken for practice schedules. "[The approach to] practices are the same as holding classes," Rawlings said. "It's healthy to have them. Otherwise life becomes abnormal. "You need to concentrate on what you're doing. Getting together in groups is very positive...especially in settings that you're familiar with." As of now, no rescheduling plans have been set. Some events, including the football game against Bucknell will likely be canceled all together. Archived article by Shiva Nagaraj](https://snworksceo.imgix.net/cds/35d77a88-46ca-4dd9-8a1f-18dec2ba33f4.sized-1000x1000.?w=1500&ar=16%3A9&fit=crop&crop=faces&facepad=3&auto=format)
![[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Typography is the work of typesetters, compositors, typographers, graphic designers, art directors, manga artists, comic book artists, graffiti artists, and now—anyone who arranges words, letters, numbers, and symbols for publication, display, or distribution—from clerical workers and newsletter writers to anyone self-publishing materials.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20"][eltd_blockquote text="Typography is the work of typesetters, compositors, typographers, graphic designers, art directors, manga artists, comic book artists, graffiti artists, and now—anyone who arranges words, letters, numbers, and symbols for publication or display."][vc_empty_space height="12"][vc_column_text]Until the Digital Age, typography was a specialized occupation. Digitization opened up typography to new generations of previously unrelated designers and lay users, and David Jury, head of graphic design at Colchester Institute in England, states that "typography is now something everybody does. As the capability to create typography has become ubiquitous, the application of principles and best practices developed over generations of skilled workers and professionals has diminished. Ironically, at a time when scientific techniques.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]](https://snworksceo.imgix.net/cds/d11ae3d3-5c77-4868-8d99-155be2e6b704.sized-1000x1000.?w=1500&ar=16%3A9&fit=crop&crop=faces&facepad=3&auto=format)
![As the semester comes to a close, Prof. Charles McClintock, policy analysis and management, and the College of Human Ecology's associate dean for state relations, will join students in their exodus from Ithaca Sunnier skies are ahead for McClintock, as he will leave Cornell to become the Dean of Human and Organization Development at the Fielding Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, Calif. "McClintock was instrumental in the formation of the Department of Policy Analysis and Management," said Francille Firebaugh, dean emerita of the human ecology college, in a press release. McClintock was involved with undergraduate and administrative services, graduate studies and research, she said. "He assumed responsibilities at critical times in the college and contributed greatly to the college's initiatives," she added. The Fielding Graduate Institute is a professional graduate school that offers programs in educational leadership, psychology and organizational studies. "I'm excited about Fielding's educational philosophy that recognizes the distinctive needs of adult learners," McClintock said. "Their approach is based on a scholar-practitioner model that emphasizes the linkage between learning and research, a community of students and faculty and flexibility of study within defined knowledge areas." In addition to McClintock's departure, the human ecology college will bid farewell to Profs. Donald Barr, policy analysis and management, Carol Anderson, human development, Lee Lee, human development, and Colin Campbell, nutritional sciences. Despite these departures, human ecology Dean Patsy Brannon remains optimistic about next semester. "We are very excited about the outstanding new faculty coming," Brannon said. "Our faculty recruitments will enable us to build in three strategic initiatives- health, life course and genomics- and to enhance our existing strengths in design and technology, nutrition, human development and social and economic well-being." In addition, the college will dedicate its new courtyard during graduation weekend. And, although behind schedule, the addition to Martha Van Rensselaer Hall will soon be completed. For the human ecology college's fellow statutory schools, the College of Agriculture and Life Science (CALS) and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), changes are on the horizon. Prof. William E. Fry Ph.D. '70, plant pathology, will become the senior associate dean of CALS in June. Fry will succeed Prof. Brian L. Chabot, ecology and evolutionary biology, who plans to continue his research in ecology. "Fry really understands the mission of our college in the fields of research, teaching, as well as extension. He has been at Cornell for his entire career and he was really recommended by everyone," said CALS Dean Susan Henry, who was a new addition herself this year. Henry also welcomes the formation of the environmental sciences major, which awaits approval for next year. "We expect that it will be approved by SUNY and the state within the next 6 to 9 months," said Prof. Susan Riha, earth and atmospheric sciences. The major's curriculum will integrate preexisting, cross-disciplinary courses, with a focus on biotic systems, earth systems, economic systems and social systems. CALS students will also benefit from the completion of the Mann Library addition while frolicking in its newly planted garden. "Not only will [the garden] look nice, but it can be used as an outdoor classroom for future classes to see how the site matures," said Peter Schrempf, administrative manager of Mann Library. The winds of change are blowing through ILR as well. The school will continue its expansion of the Catherwood Library in Ives Hall. The finished library will retain its original 43,000 square feet, but will hold many new and technologically advanced facilities. "The project is moving along as expected," said Allan Lentini, director of administrative operations in ILR. "We are [soon] hoping to provide more service to Cornell students with the latest in access to library information." The library will have larger reading rooms and a new reference and reserve area. New classrooms with distance learning facilities will be installed, though the University has yet to purchase the technology. Archived article by Rachel Einschlag](https://snworksceo.imgix.net/cds/9ca3b4d8-6b27-47c3-8e49-bb447408c200.sized-1000x1000.?w=1500&ar=16%3A9&fit=crop&crop=faces&facepad=3&auto=format)
![After a stellar campaign that saw records fall and standards rise, the track and field teams look to conclude their season in optimum form at Heptagonals in Princeton, NJ. tomorrow and Sunday. The women's squad placed fourth at the indoor get together and is looking to continue the success outdoors. The Red is expected to finish somewhere in the top four, an elite group rounded out by Brown, Yale and Harvard. "It should be a real dogfight," head coach Lou Duessing observed. Cornell enters the get-together having enjoyed victory in all its outdoor meets this season. "Our performances outdoors are almost better across the board than indoors," Duessing noted. One of the highlights of the campaign was the Red's dismantling of Ivy foe Pennsylvania on East Hill, a performance that proceeded what Duessing calls the best team effort he has seen at the Penn Relays in his eleven year tenure. "I've never been more excited about a Heps than now," an exuberant Duessing proclaimed. The squad is expected to perform particularly well in the middle distance races, the relays, throws and long sprints. "We are going to be competitive in almost every single event," affirmed the head coach. Cornell's men's team enters the venerable engagement with similar fanfare. "With a good performance, we have a chance of finishing third," head coach Nathan Taylor remarked. For a team that has failed to finish to fail above 5th in nearly 15 years, this is a major accomplishment. As in years past, studs Princeton and Pennsylvania are heavy favorites. For the last twelve years the title has gone to one of the two schools. "This is a very competitive field," Taylor, the former headman at Pennsylvania offered, adding that the difference between Princeton, Pennsylvania and Cornell is minuscule. Taylor lauded several individual efforts. Sophomore Brett Coffing garnered praise for his runner up showing in the discus at the indoor Heps while junior Jeremy Blanchet was mentioned for his runner up performance in the hammer. Sophomore Scott Benowicz, who made his presence felt on the soccer field in the fall, enters the outdoor Heps third all time at Cornell in the javelin. "[Scott's] improved a lot this year," Taylor said. Senior Pete Ippel holds the school record in the high jump and is one of the favorites in the event. Ippel's teammate in the long jump, senior Nick Senter, is also expected to compete for a first place finish. The Red is expected to be solid in the pole vault where junior Scott Lundy will compete with freshman phenom Travis Offner. Offner holds the all time Cornell record in the event. Senior Matt Murman and rookie Rahim Wooley were also lauded by Taylor.Archived article by Gary Schueller](https://snworksceo.imgix.net/cds/aba6504c-f962-4656-8bd3-74e7f580fb6e.sized-1000x1000.?w=1500&ar=16%3A9&fit=crop&crop=faces&facepad=3&auto=format)
