As the Student Assembly upheld a 22-percent cut in byline funding for Cornell Cinema last week, a number of issues surfaced that must not go overlooked. Aside from the cultural misfortunes that this budget slash would bring, we take issue with the manner in which the cuts were implemented, and what this decision will mean for the future of student funding at Cornell.

Conflicting Interests

Revolution is all about style.

That’s one of the lessons to be gleaned from The Baader Meinhof Complex, an excellent new film by German director Uli Edel playing this week at Cornell Cinema. In a humane and haunting manner, the movie traces the rise and fall of the Red Army Faction, which for much of the late ’60s and ’70s sought to violently enact a Marxist awakening in West Germany. Against a finely orchestrated shower of bullets and bombs, the urgency, hope and hypocrisy of those years is played out.

Stumped about what to dress up as this Halloween? Never fear! Daze has come up with a list of the top costumes of 2009.

Ranging from "serious" current events (Recession and Swine Flu) to pop culture phenoms (Lady Gaga, Jon and Kate + 8, and Beyoncé as the original Single Lady, among others), these costumes are guaranteed to amuse, frighten or some combination of the two.

While the strict Student Assembly Finance Committee guidelines intend to impart fairness in the distribution of funding to student groups, these rigid rules have instead prevented certain groups from fulfilling their mission. Such is the case with Sexual Awareness for Everyone, a student group that works to educate students on sexual health topics and promote safe sex practices.

In order to fulfill their goal, SAFE requested funding for condoms, lube and dental dams to distribute free of cost to the Cornell community. A clause in the guidelines prohibited the group from receiving funds. It is clear that the SAFC needs to revisit its guidelines so as not to thwart worthwhile causes due to bureaucratic practices.

Wow! Bro, I don’t want to kill your buzz, or anything, but you got to hear this. I just found out how beer is made!

With a Starbucks in Collegetown and the locally beloved Collegetown Bagels down the street, it isn’t surprising that every day thousands of Cornellians give in to temptation and order a delicious, steaming cup of Joe. Many of them have been told that the caffeine in coffee is unhealthy, and that it may lead to high blood pressure. But how much truth is there to those accusations directed at this seemingly innocent drink? What really is the science behind caffeine?

You’re walking with a friend on a trail beside the gorge and you see a stick spread across the path. You recoil, thinking it’s a snake, but your friend stays calm. Why do two people react differently to the same stimulus?

Correction Appended

Students at Northwestern’s school of journalism are doing more than learning to write ledes, conduct interviews and blog. Instead, they have worked toward and succeeded at exonerating innocent inmates who have been wrongfully accused. But now, the group of students who take part in the Medill Innocence Project are being threatened by a demand by local prosecution to hand over information surrounding a current investigation.