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Olbermann ’79 Donation Funds

New WVBR Bldg

By KERRY

Keith Olbermann ’79 has given a donation of an unspecified amount to WVBR-FM, the student-run radio station at Cornell, that will allow it to move to a larger building in Collegetown, according to WVBR president Drew Endick ’14

“We likely wouldn’t have been able to move into the house without Keith.”

The radio station –– which is currently located more than a mile from campus –– purchased a house on East Buffalo Street this year t o u s e a s i t s headquarters At a WVBR alumni dinner in New York City on Jan 10, Olbermann –– a political commentator who has hosted shows on MSNBC and Current TV –– presented the organization with a check that will allow its members to partially fund the new, more convenient location

“We picked the house because we know we wanted to own something and be close to students,” Endick said “[At the old station], if you didn’t have a car, it wasn ’ t like you could just get to the station whenever you needed to be on the air ”

It has not been revealed how much money Olbermann –– who worked as WVBR’s sports director while he attended Cornell –– donated to the station According to The Hollywood Reporter, the organization’s fundraising goal of $935,000 for the house has been reduced to $555,081

The donation was indispensable to the station, which

plans to relocate to East Buffalo Street within the next year, according to Endick

“We likely wouldn’t have been able to move into the house without Keith,” he said

The new location of East Buffalo Street measures about 2,500 square feet

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A s Rush Begins, C.U. Reprimand s Greek s

By LIANNE BORNFELD Sun Senior Writer

A previous version of this story appeared on cornellsun com on Jan 9

The Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity will no longer be recognized by Cornell after two of the fraternity’s pledges were hospitalized in a “ mentally scarring,” “sexually humiliating” hazing incident, a University official said Jan 9 The pledges were hospitalized after an alcohol-related hazing incident in October, according to Cornell Unless an appeal overturns

the decision, TEP’s recognition will be revoked for a minimum of four years

The pledges were placed in “really humiliating, sexually humiliating kinds of activities,” said Travis Apgar, associate dean of students for fraternity and sorority affairs

“There was one activity where the only thing [the pledges] were wearing was underwear, and it’d be ripped off,” Apgar said “It’s pretty strange on one hand, and pretty serious and mentally scarring on

‘excessive’ drinking

By KERRY CLOSE Sun News Editor

A previous version of this story appeared on cornellsun com on Jan 13

A recent incident of “underage and excessive alcohol consumption” has led Cornell to expel the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity for at least one year, the University announced Monday Cornell also announced Monday that Pi Kappa Phi will be punished for violating University policy, making it the third fraternity to face judicial consequences at the outset of spring rush

The most recent incident of underage and excessive drinking tied to Phi Sig occurred on Dec 2, but was just one in a “history of similar infractions over the past two years, ” according to a statement from Tommy Bruce, vice president for University communications Bruce's statement did not elaborate further on the nature of the violations, and University administrators did not respond to requests for interviews on Monday

As a result of Cornell’s deci-

sion, Phi Sigma Kappa will not be able to recruit new members, Bruce said Representatives from the fraternity also did not return requests for comment

Additionally, the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity has been placed on “provisional recognition status ” for a period of no less than four years, according to Bruce’s statement The decision is the result of three specific incidents over the course of a year, including one on Nov 4, that also involved “underage and excessive alcohol consumption,” Bruce said

C.U. disbands TEP fraternity Phi Sig, Pi Kap punished after

Although on probation, Pi Kappa Phi can still recruit new members, the statement said Monday’s announcement follows Cornell’s decision, made public Jan 9, to revoke its recognition of the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity The fraternity has been kicked off campus for at least four years after two of its pledges were hospitalized in a “mentally scarring” and “sexually humiliating” hazing incident, University officials said

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Ohio Ex-Teacher Sues, Says She Fears Young Kids

CINCINNATI (AP) A former high school teacher is accusing school district administrators of discriminating against her because of a rare phobia she says she has: a fear of young children

Maria Waltherr-Willard, 61, had been teaching Spanish and French at Mariemont High School in Cincinnati since 1976

Waltherr-Willard, who does not have children of her own, said that when she was transferred to the district’s middle school in 2009, the seventh- and eighth-graders triggered her phobia, causing her blood pressure to soar and forcing her to retire in the middle of the 2010-2011 school year

SUV Plunges Into California

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MERCED, Calif (AP) A California woman is OK after crashing her SUV into an apartment complex swimming pool

Merced police say 69-year-old Pamela Gwyn was in her Chevy Blazer on a city street Wednesday when for an unknown reason she failed to make a right turn and lost control of the vehicle

The SUV went through a wrought iron fence outside the apartment complex and continued about 50 feet before landing in the pool

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Germany: Robbers Dig 100-Foot Tunnel to Raid Bank

BERLIN (AP) German police say robbers dug a 30meter (100-foot) tunnel into the safe deposit room of a Berlin bank and escaped with their haul, setting a fire as they left to cover their tracks

Berlin police spokesman Thomas Neuendorf says the tunnel led from an underground garage into the bank's safe deposit room

Neuendorf told The Associated Press Monday that the tunnel was “ very professional” and must have taken weeks or even months to complete It was elaborately constructed and even had ceiling supports

Police were alerted to the break-in early Monday when a security guard noticed smoke coming from the deposit room

Neuendorf says police are still trying to determine what valuables were stolen from the deposit boxes

Details of the heist called to mind the spectacular robbery of another Berlin bank in 1995

During that robbery thieves entered the bank through the door, took hostages and demanded a helicopter and ransom Police besieged and eventually stormed the safe room where the thieves had holed up only to find they had escaped through a tunnel dug by accomplices Several of the thieves were later caught

From Skeptic to Supporter : Fmr. GOP Rep. Shifts Climate Views

By AKANE OTANI Sun News Editor

For mer Rep Bob Inglis, Sr (R-S C ) shifted from being “completely dismissive of climate change” to an active proponent of e c o n o m i c a l l y v i a

y friendly energ y sources Inglis who spoke at Cor nell on Thursday sat down with The Sun Thursday to talk about his views on energ y policy

THE SUN: What sparked your interest in climate change and energy?

BOB INGLIS, SR : At first, I was com-

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hope to convince conservatives of the strength of their own ideas ”

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seek out better technology because I’ll be dumped on anyway

SUN: What are the invisible costs of energy you say consumers are paying for when we line up at gas stations to fill our tanks?

B I : It’s the title of Milton Friedman's 1975 book: There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch This is what conser vatives believe But isn’t it interesting that, in this era, we apparently believe we ’ re somehow not paying the full cost of coal or electricity? We pay the full cost of coal not at the meter We’re paying higher health

pletely dismissive of climate science I said that climate change was a figment of Al Gore's imagination; that was my first six years in Congress When I ran again in 2004, my son was voting for the first time, and he told me, “I’ll vote for you, Dad, but you gotta clean up your act on the environment ” I realized he’s an impor tant constituency that I have to be relevant to

T h e s e c o n d r e a s o n : I g o t o n t h e

[House Committee on Science, Space and Technology] and went to Antarctica There, I saw evidence that was really persuasive to me ice core drillings In that 5,000 feet of ice, there’s a record of the ear th’s atmosphere where carbon dioxide levels over time can be plotted What it shows is stability, followed by a rise and u p t i c k t h a t s t a r t s w i t h t h e In d u s t r i a l Revolution I’m not a scientist, but that just makes common sense

SUN: After you left Capitol Hill, you founded a non-profit: the Energy and Enterprise Initiative What’s the main goal of the organization?

B.I.: We hope to convince conser vatives of the strength of their own ideas and that they have the answer to climate change: free enterprise When we tax negative externalities associated with b u r n i n g f o s s i l f u e l s , s u b s t i t u t i o n s [ o f energy sources] will take place and people will seek out other technologies that will drive expansion of the economy It’s all b e d ro c k , c o n s e r va t i ve , g row t h - o r i e n t e d kind of stuff That’s what we ' re tr ying to convince them

SUN: You say that there’s no economic i n c e n t i v e t o i n n ov a t e w i t h o u t e n e r g y firms paying the full price of their products

B I : Right In fact, it doesn’t make sense to innovate as long as [carbon dioxide] emitters are able to continue to socializing costs and privatizing profits I as an individual consumer can ’ t affect that it’s economically irrational for me to

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then, you think there’s no incentive for innovation?

B I : Yes, because if I paid at the meter, I’d be innovating right now in South Carolina, or installing a solar hot-water heater I’m not calling because, with kids in college, I can ’ t afford to be altr uistic But if I were paying the real price at the meter, then it would become economically rational for me to call the solar hot-water heater I’m not an economist, physicist or chemist, but I think this is bedrock economics

SUN: Another appeal to the conser vative platform you raise is that not innovating is detrimental to the U S ’ national security Can you talk a little bit about that?

B I : I feel as if we ’ re stepping into a trap in thinking that we ’ re going to have petroleum self-sufficiency when, in fact, what we ’ re doing is extending the strategic impor tance of that commodity which means that OPEC can ramp down its production until we have sucked all of ours up and burned it, and then they are still in the game with a strategic commodity, and we have not innovated If we saw the real cost of petroleum, we would be innovating toward other fuels

SUN: What do you see as the government ’ s role in this, then?

B I : The government must be the cop on the beat You can ’ t get away with socializing costs and privatizing profits Government must play the role and say ever ybody must be accountable that there has to be an accountable marketplace, a tr ue cost comparison between fuels and no subsidies

SUN: As a proponent of alternative e n e r g i e s , w h a t i s y o u r v i e w o n hydrofracking?

B I : I think it is a good near-term alternative We should be ver y thankful for the expansion of the supply of natural gas, because it is helping us achieve emission reductions that are substantial In South Carolina, for example, six coal fire plants are being conver ted into natural gas plants, which means a lot of South Carolina will breathe easier

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As to the specifics of the impacts of f r a c k i n g i t s e e m s l i k e a l o g i c a l improvement would be to have a disclosure of chemicals used in fracking and transparency there and studies on whether fracking causes fractures that end with methane reaching through other cracks and ser vices into groundwater

S U N : W h a t d o y o u t h i n k a b o u t Pr e s i d e n t B a r a c k O b a m a ’ s energy platform?

B I : I think the president has an oppor tunity to be the post-par tisan president that he might have wanted to be w h e n i t c o m e s t o e n e r g y What he can do is if he wants to be that post-par tisan guy is recognize that captain trade is graveyard dead, reach out to conser vatives and say, what proposal could we work on that could use the strengths of free enterprise to accomplish the sentiments of progressives? The sentiments of progressives are to deal with climate change and the strengths of conservatives are solutions that use the power of free enterprise and cause innovation to happen rapidly So I think that this is a great oppor tunity for him if he wants to take it

ser vatives by the environmental community and vice versa, so when he wades through those waters, he’ll be going cross culturally

SUN: That sounds like what you did

B I : Yes, that was the problem for me [laughs] But he doesn’t have to r un again, so he may as well leap

SUN: Final question: What do you see

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as the ideal outcome?

B I : Eliminating all subsidies for all fuels, attaching all costs to fuels and taxing things that you want less of and making things you want free from taxation We want more income, let's untax it We want less pollution, let’s tax it It’s a triple play this American centur y: we have the oppor tunity to create jobs through innovation, improve our national security by moving away from dependence on strategic commodities and third, clean up the air

Now, of course, the challenge for him is we ’ re all sor t of stuck in our constituencies There’s a real distr ust of con-

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A Cornell Police officer was dispatched to take a report from a staff member regarding the theft of $40 00 in cash from an unsecured wallet

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An investigator was dispatched to Sibley Hall to take a report from a staff member regarding the unauthorized use of a computer

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Univ. Cracks Down on Greek Hazing

TEP

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Apgar said the decision to revoke TEP’s recognition was clear

“These are incredibly intelligent young men; how would they not see that there are better ways to build brotherhood and trust?” Apgar said “Things that are physically or mentally harmful, especially so egregious

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ing “We’re under a little more scrutiny right now with everything that’s going on: preserving the Greek system in general, preserving safety,” said Alan Workman ’13, executive vice president of the Interfraternity Council

Still, without dismissing the new emphasis on eliminating hazing, Apgar said the University would have probably kicked TEP off campus even before the recent push

would like to believe if we had this in front of us five years ago we would’ve made the same decision.”

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as this, we cannot and will not tolerate on our campus ” Representatives from TEP rejected multiple requests for comment

The announcement follows President David Skorton’s condemnation of the hazing process and a highly publicized effort to eradicate it at Cornell In a 2011 op-ed in The New York Times, Skorton said “national fraternities and sororities should end pledging across all campuses; Cornell students can help lead the way ”

Following the February 2011 death of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity brother George Desdunes ’13 after a pledging event, Cornell Greek life faces a series of changes as the University adopts policies to end haz-

“It’s hard to speculate but I would like to believe if we had this in front of us five years ago we would’ve made the same decision,” Apgar said Cornell’s punishment raises concerns about the its medical amnesty policy, since the fraternity called for emergency medical help for the pledges Apgar said that though illegal alcohol consumption is protected by medical amnesty, hazing is not

Apgar added that the hazing reported to have occurred at TEP is not widespread throughout Cornell’s Greek system

“People want to generalize this to the rest of the community, but I think that’s unfortunate there are a lot of fraternities and sororities working very hard to let people in through legitimate activities,” Apgar said “This is not happening in every Greek organization ”

The fraternity’s loss of recognition at Cornell makes the chapter unable to recruit new members, among other lost recognition privileges

Lianne Bornfeld can be reached at lbornfeld@cornellsun com

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WVBR’s current headquarters, Endick said The increased space will include a multimedia center that will allow WVBR to train its staff in video production and web design

“We will have more production and multimedia editing space that we don’t have in our current studios,” Endick said

The station will also be able to house new studios for live air broadcasts as well as live performance space for concerts and recordings for student and local bands

“We’ll be able to expand in ways we haven’t in the old location ”

“We’ll be able to expand in ways we haven’t in the old location,” Endick said Endick said Olbermann –– who has previously made several large donations to WVBR –– is a supportive alumnus and has visited the station several times during trips to Cornell

“Keith is obviously very successful and attributes a lot of his success to WVBR,” Endick said “He knows it’s a great training ground for students who want to enter the media and he wanted to see it expand ”

Olbermann gave the donation to WVBR on the condition that he receive naming rights to the new location The new station will be called OlbermannCorneliess Studios, named for Olbermann’s father Theodore and a deceased friend of Olbermann’s, former WVBR program director Glenn Corneliess ’79

“The entire building is to commemorate what Glenn did for the station and what’s Glenn’s image for the station was, ” Endick said Endick said members of WVBR –– particularly younger students who will spend most of their time at Cornell working at the new location –– are “extremely excited” about the donation

Kerry Close can be reached at kclose@cornellsun com

Lance A rmstrong Admits to Doping

D isgraced cyclist says he has a ‘ awed character’

CHICAGO (AP) He did it He finally admitted it Lance Armstrong doped

He was light on the details and didn’t name names He mused that he might not have been caught if not for his comeback in 2009 And he was certain his “fate was sealed” when longtime friend, training partner and trusted lieutenant George Hincapie, who was along for the ride on all seven of Armstrong’s Tour de France wins from 1999-2005, was forced to give him up to anti-doping authorities

But right from the start and more than two dozen times during the first of a two-part interview Thursday night with Oprah Winfrey on her OWN network, the disgraced former cycling champion acknowledged what he had lied about repeatedly for years, and what had been one of the worst-kept secrets for the better part of a week: He was the ringleader of an elaborate doping scheme on a U S Postal Service team that swept him to the top of the podium at the Tour de France time after time

“I’m a flawed character,” he said

Did it feel wrong?

“No,” Armstrong replied “Scary ”

“Did you feel bad about it?” Winfrey pressed him “No,” he said “Even scarier ”

“Did you feel in any way that you were cheating?”

“No,” Armstrong paused “Scariest ”

“I went and looked up the definition of cheat,” he added a moment later “And the definition is to gain an advantage on a rival or foe I didn’t view it that way I viewed it as a level playing field ”

Wearing a blue blazer and open-neck shirt, Armstrong was direct and matter-of-fact, neither pained nor defensive He looked straight ahead There were no tears and very few laughs

He dodged few questions and refused to implicate anyone

else, even as he said it was humanly impossible to win seven straight Tours without doping

“I’m not comfortable talking about other people,” Armstrong said “I don’t want to accuse anybody ”

Whether his televised confession will help or hurt Armstrong’s bruised reputation and his already-tenuous defense in at least two pending lawsuits, and possibly a third, remains to be seen Either way, a story that seemed too good to be true cancer survivor returns to win one of sport ’ s most grueling events seven times in a row was revealed to be just that

“This story was so perfect for so long It’s this myth, this perfect story, and it wasn ’ t true, ” he said

Winfrey got right to the point when the interview began, asking for yes-or-no answers to five questions

Did Armstrong take banned substances? “Yes ”

Was one of those EPO? “Yes ”

Did he do blood doping and use transfusions? “Yes ”

Did he use testosterone, cortisone and human growth hormone? “Yes ”

Did he take banned substances or blood dope in all his Tour wins? “Yes ”

Along the way, Armstrong cast aside teammates who questioned his tactics, yet swore he raced clean and tried to silence anyone who said otherwise Ruthless and rich enough to settle any score, no place seemed beyond his reach courtrooms, the court of public opinion, even along the roads of his sport ’ s most prestigious race

That relentless pursuit was one of the things that Armstrong said he regretted most

“I deserve this,” he said twice

“It’s a major flaw, and it’s a guy who expected to get whatever he wanted and to control every outcome And it’s inexcusable,” he said

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BY PETER JACOBS AND ZACHARY ZAHOS Sun Staff Writer and Sun Arts and Entertainment Editor

A previous version of this stor y was published on cornellsun com on Jan 10

BEST PICTURE: Amour; Argo; Beasts of the Southern Wild; Django Unchained; Lincoln; Les Misérables; Life of Pi; Silver Linings Playbook; Zero Dark Thirty

Lincoln leads the Oscar nominations pool this year with 12 nods, miles ahead of the rest of its competitors in the prestige categories With recognition from the Academy in directing, writing and acting, it is the clear frontrunner to take home the Best Picture statue come February One potential caveat: Silver Linings Playbook is nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and every acting category If they start raking in wins early on in the night, look for SLP to make a sweep when the big awards come up at the end

ZACHARY ZAHOS: I don’t know Glancing at the nine nominees, I don’t spot any real surprises With the expanded playing field, critical darling Amour found its way onto the ballot much like The Tree of Life last year, and shut out the little-seen but much-discussed The Master in the process Thanks to that Oscar machine Harvey Weinstein, Django Unchained was released just late enough in the season to accrue enough buzz to nab a nomination as well I guess the wild card here is Beasts of the Southern Wild, the little indie film that could I wasn ’ t crazy about it it was lovely, to a point but it’s welcome to see such a miniscule production rank alongside Hollywood behemoths like Lincoln and Les Mis I would have liked to see Bernie or The Master take the indie slot, and poor James Bond only has a billion dollars of worldwide Skyfall grosses to wipe the tears as he bemoans missing Best Picture yet again

PETER JACOBS: I would agree that there are no true surprises (save maybe the heavily stylized violence of Django Unchained) I would have liked to see The Dark Knight Rises or my beloved Joss Whedon’s The Avengers on here, but neither was really that brilliant of a box-office smash to take a spot Out of the nominees this year, I would love to see Zero Dark Thirty win Best Picture ZDT was a smart, incredibly focused feature that didn’t stop to offer opinions, needless backstory or even more needless romance, it just gave the viewer a directed, centered story

BEST DIRECTOR: Michael Haneke, Amour; Ang Lee, Life of Pi; David O Russell, Silver Linings Playbook; Steven Spielberg, Lincoln; Benh Zeitlin, Beasts Of The Southern Wild

P J : I have a very, very hard time seeing anyone but Spielberg winning this categor y My money was on America’s new sweetheart Ben Affleck, but that for better or for worse won ’ t be the case Also a shame that the political discussion that has been encasing Zero Dark Thirty since it’s release may have had a negative impact on Katherine Bigelow’s chances, who, regardless of what the Academy says, directed the best movie of the year The happy surprise for me was Behn Zeitlin, whose Beasts of the Southern Wild was my favorite movie-going experience of the year Beasts is an original, whimsical and deeply moving film that is also very clearly the brainchild of its (first-time) director

BREAKING DOWN THE 2013OSCAR NOMINATIONS

Dianne Feinstein, namely) probe the filmmakers’ contact with the CIA and columnists call it right wing propaganda It is not propaganda or, I trust, a threat to national security Bigelow’s snub comes across as the Academy playing it safe and shying away from a film with a message that might (but shouldn’t) scare its members You’d think her being a woman and all would balance things out, but considering she’s the only female Best Director winner in the Academy’s 85-year history, that probably hurt her chances, too

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook; Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln; Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables; Joaquin Phoenix, The Master; Denzel Washington, Flight

P J : Unfortunately, Best Actor often one of the most exciting categories of the night seems kind of boring this year The nominations, except maybe Joaquin Phoenix’s after repeatedly dissing the Academy, were all fairly set in stone, and while it would have been great to see John Hawkes nominated, I don’t think he was ever truly in the running to take the statue home The award is likely going to Daniel Day-Lewis for a great role in a movie everyone liked, or Denzel Washington for a great role in a movie nobody liked It all seems fairly “meh” to me With Chastain, Lawrence and even Hathaway down in Supporting it seems that this year, the women are having all the fun

Z Z : I agree that there are few surprises in this line-up, and these characters are all biographical, musical or mentally ill, the Academy’s holy trinity of sorts Day-Lewis is truly transcendent as our 16th President, and I have no argument as to why he should or could not take home his third Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role, which would set an all-time record I’ll just say, however, that Jack Black, for Bernie, was robbed He sang and teetered on the edge of insanity as a character based on a real person What went wrong, Academy?!

the thought process from a couple of months ago still stands: This is Jennifer Lawrence’s to lose The Hunger Games star is not only hugely popular, she’s also a previous nominee from two years ago (becoming the second-youngest Best Actress nominee ever at age 20 for Winter’s Bone, a list she just got bumped down in)

Z.Z.: Who doesn’t love Jennifer Lawrence? Not only has she reached and far exceeded the critical acclaim quota necessary for a Best Actress win, Lawrence is America’s newest “Sweetheart,” and just at 22 years young My pick, however, goes to Jessica Chastain, who proved after being in every 2011 movie that she not only has a good agent but deserves her omnipresence too But Lawrence has a year on Chastain (her nod for Winter s Bone was one year before Chastain’s, for The Help) and will likely win because, really, who doesn’t love her?

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Alan Arkin, Argo; Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook; Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master; Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln; Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

P.J.: For me, this was the Year of McConaughey He took on not just one, but four roles this year Magic Mike, Bernie, Killer Joe and The Paperboy that have completely revamped his image from shirtless sex idol to challenging and thoughtful actor He broke type, worked with a well-respected director (Steven Soderbergh) in Magic Mike, and perhaps most importantly, delivered without a doubt in my mind one of the best performances of the year Within those who were nominated though, Robert De Niro was absolutely stellar in Silver Linings Playbook He gave a compassionate and totally quirky performance in a movie that could get a lot more statues than people think (or hope)

Z Z : Neither Alan Arkin nor Christoph Waltz, great as they were, had roles too different from their Oscar-winning characters already In the case of Django, Leonardo DiCaprio appeared to not only have a shot at being nominated but winning the prize as well, so I am unsure what happened there Every man here has already won an Oscar, so there’s really no predicting who will take it I’d love to see Tommy Lee Jones nab it, just for the way he said, “You are more reptile than man, ” to a pro-slavery Congressman

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Amy Adams, The Master; Sally Field, Lincoln; Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables; Helen Hunt, The Sessions; Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook

Z Z : I don’t doubt Zeitlin’s ability as a filmmaker, but Beasts did not sweep me away as it did my fellow Sun writers Paul Thomas Anderson likely missed out on a nomination due to The Master’ s unabashed ambiguity and confusing structure, but, man, did he create a puzzle film buffs will revisit for years to come Haneke’s nomination makes sense, as Amour is the provocative auteur ’ s most accessible film yet And I was just getting used to the idea of seeing “Academy AwardNominated Director Ben Affleck” on posters and wasn ’ t that bothered by it

My bone to pick with the Academy concerns its omission of Kathryn Bigelow for her masterpiece Zero Dark Thirty Her nomination seemed like a given, due to her 2010 win for The Hurt Locker (though, may I say, I am relieved 2011’s victor Tom Hooper is not here for Les Mis, with its unceasing, queasy close-ups), yet she is nowhere to be found It’s strange that the near-unanimous acclaim for Bigelow’s work has fallen on deaf ears at the politically correct Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, just as politicians (Senators John McCain and

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty; Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook; Emmanuelle Riva, Amour; Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts Of The Southern Wild; Naomi Watts, The Impossible

P J : One of the questions I found most interesting in the run-up to the nominations this year was “Can a six-year-old truly act?” Put more directly, should the Oscars be honoring Quvenzhané Wallis for work she did at age six, at the expense of older and more more experienced actresses? Personally, I think at that age, more credit goes to the director than to the performer, which is one of the many reasons I’m excited to see Behn Zeitlin up for Best Director this year That shouldn’t take any of the luster away from Wallis’ achievement though, both onscreen and now with the Academy While I’ll be shocked if she ends up victorious, this is the best time to invoke the cliche, “it’s an honor just to be nominated ” Between the two J’s, Chastain gave a powerhouse performance, one in a long chain of well-received roles, but I think

Z Z : This one ’ s pretty dull Unfortunately, the unforgettable, non-lead roles almost always go to men (see above), and this year revealed such imbalance Hathaway should clear aside a spot on her mantel; I wish I could say the same to Amy Adams, who was incendiary in The Master For an understated but layered performance along the lines of Jacki Weaver, the Academy missed out on Jennifer Ehle from Zero Dark Thirty, as the rival turned friend to Jessica Chastain’s character

P J : Am I the only one who felt like Jacki Weaver kept slipping into her native Australian accent in Silver Linings Playbook? I would have been fine seeing Nicole Kidman’s role in The Paperboy, nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award, in it’s place instead It’s about time the Academy recognize those who have publically peed on Zac Efron If Anne Hathaway was half as good in Les Mis as she was in Batman this summer, that’s fine with me

Peter Jacobs is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at pjacobs@cornellsun com Zachary Zahos is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun com

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e h e r collegiate debut on the vault, scoring a 9 775 and earning second place overall Fellow rookie Alicia Bair had a strong showing on vault and recorded a 9 700, w h i c

g o o d enough for s e v e n t h place “ We had p r o b a b l y w h a t w a

“Vault is shaping up to be an exciting event for us this year” M c K e

one of our most power ful vault per formances and we were able to count no falls on that event, which was one of our team goals g

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behind Nor th Carolina’s 48 525 Archer also competed on vault, posting a 9 550 According to the senior, the event will be one to watch for the Red this upcoming season “ Vault is shaping up to be an

exciting event for us this year, ” she said “ With most of our lineup returning in addition to several new people, we have more depth than we have had in a coup l e ye a r s T h i s we e k e n d , o u r freshmen did especially well on vault In their first college meet, they all stepped up and hit their vaults without hesitation ”

While the Red stood out on vault, the team began the day s c o r i n g l ow o n f l o o r A r c h e r earned Cornell’s highest place on floor, recording a 9 725 to finish in sixth overall Despite a star ting score of 47 625 which placed the team in four th, the Red was in a good place and looked to make up some ground “ We had a really strong start with the routines on our first event, floor,” Kerner said “ There were a couple mistakes here and there but each competitor did a great job staying focused and delivering great routines ”

Cornell left a positive impression on bars, placing three in the t

Jorgensen scored 9 850 to earn a second place finish, with junior Alexis Schupp and senior Sarah Hein taking four th and fifth, with a 9 800 and 9 775, respectively

“On our third event, bars, we

executing their routines just like they had practiced them in the g

months,” Kerner said “ We were also able to count no falls in that rotation and posted two scores of 9 8 or above ”

Washington’s 48 675 By the end of the third event, the Red held first place with 144 600 Cornell moved to the beam, where the team finished last with a 45 700

“Beam was our final event, and also the event we look forw a rd t o

p rov i n g u p o n t h e most in our upcoming meet at Pitt,” Kerner said “Our routines gave us a great baseline to work off of and we’ll be looking to i m p r ov e o u r c o

n c y a n d confidence on this event in the coming weekend ” Archer was the Red’s top fini s h

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h place with her 9 600 Cornell will compete on the road again this weekend, traveling to Pittsburgh on Saturday, where it will compete in a four-team meet against host Pitt, Mar yland and Temple

According to Archer, the Red

standard to build on for the rest of the season

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meet, there are a few things we are tr ying to work on, par ticularl y

d increasing consistency,” she said “At Pittsburgh this weekend, one of our goals is to count no falls on any event, as well as improve our team ’ s overall per formance ”

Lauren Ritter can be reached at sportseditor@cornellsun com

Both Red S quads Sweep Colgate Meet

By JOHN McGRORTY Sun Staff Wr ter

This past Saturday both the Cornell men and women ’ s swimming and diving teams competed against Colgate University in the team ’ s second mid-season dual meet following winter break

Coming off of Cornell’s traditional training trip to Puerto Rico, both the men and women ’ s teams had strong showings at the Teagle Hall pool and won first regular meet of the season This success will play an important role in the future of the Red this season

On the men ’ s side, the Red (1-5) won its first dual meet of the regular season with a final score of 152-112 With numerous 1-2 finishes, the Red had an extremely strong showing and looks to continue with this success as it approaches the end of the regular season

The times as a whole throughout the meet illustrate a significant payoff from the winter training trip and with the championship meets still ahead, the Red looks to end the season in strong fashion

“ The Colgate meet went great, it was after almost three weeks of hard training between training trip and winter training but ever yone swam well,” said sophomore freestyler Timothy Satterthwaite

Now is when all of the hard work and the extensive weight lifting program that the Red has instituted this year will begin to have a large impact on results

“ The Colgate meet was a huge success for both the women and men ’ s swimming and diving teams, as both sides were able to clinch their first dual-meet wins of the season, ” sophomore diver Thomas Hallowell said “For the divers, the men went one, two and three with a successful showing from the women as well It was an exciting meet overall due to the success of the team as a whole and some great swims all around ”

The women ’ s swimming and diving team (1-5) also

first regular win of the season thus far.

had its first regular season win against Colgate University this past weekend With a final score of 159-141, the Red have begun to gather the necessar y confidence it will need to have a successful end to the regular season and set themselves up for late season success at the Ivy League Championships

This coming Friday, Jan 18, the Cornell men ’ s swimming and diving team looks to continue the success with its first Ivy League win of the season The Red will race the Lions at home at 4 pm

The Red looks to position themselves with another late season win and continue to improve going into the late part of the season “ The team is looking ver y strong and seemed to train

well over the long intersession, and I think ever yone will agree that we are looking to beat Columbia It should be a good test especially coming off a ver y successful weekend against Colgate,” said Hallowell

The following day, Saturday Jan 19, the women ’ s swimming and diving team will also face off against Columbia This will be the last home meet for both teams this season and the Red looks to end its home stretch in a successful fashion Both the men and women ’ s teams will be honoring the graduating seniors at the final home meet of their Cornell swimming and diving careers

John McGrorty can be reached at jmcgrorty@cornellsun com

C.U. Fac e s C o lumbi a in Heat ed Iv y D ual

By SKYLER DALE Sun Staff Wr ter

The women ’ s basketball team (8-6) completed its non-conference schedule on Sunday with a 20-point win over division II Daemon College (8-1)

The Red’s first 14 games featured a

n u m b e r o f i m p o r t a n t m i l e s t o n e s , including head coach Dayna Smith’s 100th career win against the Manhattan Jaspers (4-11) in late November and s e n i o r f o r w a rd C l a re Fi t z p a t r i c k’s 1000th career point against the Buffalo Bulls (5-11) in early Januar y

“Any time a player can score 1000 [points] they must be doing something right,” acknowledges Coach Smith

Although the team is proud of both Smith and Fitzpatrick, the Red has its eyes set on an even bigger goal: an Ivy

L e a g u e c h a m p i o n s h i p In o rd e r t o achieve it, however, Smith believes the

team needs to improve its shooting overall

“[Some nights] we don’t have any guards that are hitting an outside shot

We need consistent shooting I think that’s first and foremost ”

Sm i t h a l s o b e l i e v e s t h a t s t a y i n g healthy is key if the team is going to make a run at winning the league

“ The Ivy League games back-toback are grueling [and] depth is important ”

e s p i t e r o o m f o r i m p r ov e m e n t

Smith is proud of the Red’s effort, especially on the defensive end She looks at the team ’ s hard-fought loss on Dec 20 against then-ranked Texas (7-9) as an example of its stellar defense

“[The game was our] best of the season out the zone We forced Texas into bad shots [ We were] real excited with that effort against a nationally ranked team ”

The Red enters conference play with the third best record in the Ivy League trailing only the Har vard Crimson (105) and the Princeton Tigers (10-5)

“Har vard and Princeton have a few special athletes,” Smith said “ They may play a little bit above the rest of the league

Nevertheless, the team recognizes that Har vard and Princeton are not the only two teams capable of beating the Red

“Ever y team in our league is going to be difficult,” Smith said

Cornell will play host to its rival Columbia Lions at home on Saturday to begin Ivy play and then face them again just one week later on the road

The Lions have won five of the last nine games between the two teams but Cornell has a 39-23 advantage in the all-time series

Though Columbia has begun the season 2-12, shooting just 31% and averaging 48 points a game, Smith isn’t fooled

“It’s the same team we ’ ve faced in years passed,” she said

Despite recording only two wins, Columbia has excelled on the defense end throughout the first half of the 2 0 1 2

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e a m ’ s defense has forced 20 2 turnovers and 10 1 steals per game and kept their opponents to just 38% shooting this season

“ They hope to disrupt your flow and use that to have quick scoring opportunities for them” Smith said

No matter how Columbia plays on Sa t u rd a y, C o a c h Sm i t h m a k e s o n e thing clear “ We’re going to be prepared ”

Skyler Dale can be reached at sdale@cornellsun com

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and try to speed them up again we can get them out of their rhythm,” Chemerinski added

Though the Red has had some slow offensive games early on, it is coming off its biggest scoring outburst of the season against Old Westbury The Red put up 103 points on the Panthers, just the second time in the past 20 years the team has hit triple digits on the scoreboard Gray led the way with 24 points on 6 of 11 shooting from beyond the arc and grabbed seven boards It was his second straight game leading the team in scoring after being relatively quiet on offense to start the season

“Any time you play well it gives you added confidence,” Gray said of the last two games

“I’ve been thinking too much instead of going out and playing Now, if I get a shot I’m taking it I’m trying to get myself into a little rhythm and letting things come to me ”

An additional weapon the Red will have against Columbia on Saturday is senior Errick Peck, who missed last season due to an injury

Though he was out for two games over the break, the 6-6 forward put up the type of big numbers his coach expects, scoring 16 points and corralling seven rebounds

“He’s been tremendous for us, ” said head coach Bill Courtney “He had to get back in shape, knock the rust out of his game, but what we ’ ve seen is his emergence back to the player we’d hoped he would be ”

The game against Columbia is the Red’s first Ivy League home game before going on a three game road trip

“Winning at home is going to be big,” Courtney said “[Being able] to establish some dominance and confidence at home is extremely important ”

Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun com

Spor ts

C.U. Look s Ahead to Columbia

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Assistant Sports Editor

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By LAUREN RITTER

Sports Editor

The gymnastics team set the bar high with its first meet of the 2013 season, re c o rd i n g 1 9 0 3 0 0 w h i l e competing at the Lindsey Ferris Invitational held at Ge o r g e Wa s h i n g t o n o n Sunday afternoon Cornell scored just below the host

C o l o n i a l s ( 1 9 3 4 2 5 ) a n d North Carolina (192 950), but outscored fellow Ivy Pe n n ( 1 8 9 5 7 5 ) a n

Te m p l e ( 1 8 7 5 0 0 ) T h e third place finish marked the second time in program history that the Red scored 190 0 or better to kick off the season

“It was a great start to the season and I was happy to be back on the competition floor,” said senior McKenna Archer “Going into my last year, I’m just trying to enjoy every moment and do the best routines I can ” L a s t