state funding
$177 Billion N.Y. State Budget Leaves Ithaca Shorthanded, Mayor Says
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State funding to localities has hardly increased in the last two decades, according to Mayor Svante Myrick ’09.
Science
African Farmers and Cornell Wildlife Conservationists Unite to Resolve Age-Old Conflict
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While eradicating foot-mouth disease in African wildlife is impossible, Professor Steven Osofsky and his colleagues are striving to learn how to manage it more effectively.
Arts & Culture
Spinning Singles: Drake, “Summer Sixteen”
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Drake is back and “looking for revenge.” “Summer Sixteen,” the leading single off of his upcoming album Views from the 6, premiered on Jan. 30th on his OVO Sound radio show on Apple’s Beats 1Radio. If Drake was looking to ruffle some feathers before the drop of his new album, he certainly did. From insulting President Obama in retaliation for calling Kendrick Lamar the better rapper to his multiple shots at rival rapper Meek Mill, with whom he has a highly publicized feud about ghost writing — Drake is back. As a Drake fan, I wasn’t disappointed.
Adams
COLLINS | ‘You Don’t Belong Anymore’: An Ode to the Greatest Musician/Critic Feud
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Writing music criticism all too often feels like shouting into the void. When musicians remark on criticism, they often do so cautiously. Consider St. Vincent’s answer to Jessica Hopper’s question about her public image in a 2011 Village Voice article: “I have one answer for you if the tape recorder is on, and another if it’s off.”
Thus, when musicians openly engage their critical counterparts, it is a rare and valuable occurrence. As such, alt-country artist Ryan Adams’ rage-filled voicemail to concert reviewer Jim DeRogatis is an irreplaceable resource on music criticism, just as important as any Lester Bangs masterpiece.