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Flu Season Peaks With Virulent Strain

Gannett of cials urge students to take u shot, despite low ef cacy

By PHOEBE KELLER Sun Staff Writer

In the wake of a particularly virulent strain of flu that is hitting the nation this winter, Gannett Health Services officials said they are encouraging students to take preventative measures

The efficacy of the flu vaccine has dramatically dropped The vaccine was only 23 percent effective this winter, a figure that hovered around 60 percent in recent years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

“Don’t underestimate the power of a healthy immune system to fight ... the flu.” S h a r o n D i t t m a n

Dr Kent Bullis, medical director at Gannett Health Services, said preparing vaccines for the flu season can be a difficult process Experts take months to gather information about what flu vaccines circulate in a given year and come to a consensus about what strains should be included in the following year ’ s vaccine, according to Bullis

“Current flu vaccine technology allows a given vaccine to protect against a limited spectrum of these variations, and to include

only four different variations of the vaccine in a given dose,” said Bullis said that H3N2 the most widely circulating strain this year contains enough mutations that the vacc does not offer as much protection as it would against an identi strain However, given the complexity of p dictions and the frequent mutations of t virus, he said it is impressive how accurate t vaccine usually is

“[The problem with this vaccine] is inevitable consequence of the nature of the ness and the vaccine, and it is remarkable does not occur more often,” Bullis said

Despite the modest success of this ye vaccine, Gannett is encouraging students walk in and get either a free flu shot or nasal mist

Sharon Dittman, associate director of community relations Gannett, said students should get vaccinated despite the low efficacy rates

“Although this year ’ s vaccine isn’t perfectly matched with t

Sorority Recruitment Numbers

By MADELINE COHEN Sun Staff Writer

Despite earlier expectations that adding a new sorority might lead to an increase in the number of women entering Greek life, only 762 women braved the snow to participate in formal recruitment 109 fewer than last year

When the Cornell Panhellenic Association announced in February that it would add a 13th sorority, Phi Mu, many expected that more women would join houses

“We are getting prepared for the possible influx of women who want to go Greek,” said former Panhel president Erika Whitestone ’15 last year

However, the number of women registered for recruitment dropped by 12 percent

since last year Following the end of recruitment on Tuesday night, Kendall Grant ’16, current Panhel president, said the figure was “ on par ” with what the council anticipated

According to Grant, the association invited Phi Mu to campus in order to add opportunities for women to join Greek life and “ encourage stronger sisterhood, communication and integration ”

Grant said the new sorority is a “ great addition” to the Greek community

“Cornell Panhellenic would love to see the number of chapters grow, but the extension and colonization process is very timely,” she said

Because fewer women participated in

Trustee Arrested for Corruption

By SOFIA HU Sun Senior Writer

Sheldon Silver the speaker of the New York State Assembly and

o f Cornell’s Board of Trustees was arrested on federal corruption charges Thursday morning, according to The New York Times Silver is accused of using his position as a lawmaker which he has held since 1994 to obtain several million dollars in bribes, The Times reported

The 70-year-old Democrat politician and lawyer surrendered himself to Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, becoming

one of many Albany-area lawmakers who have been charged with corruption in the past few years, The Times reported “As alleged, Silver took advantage of the political pulpit to benefit from unlawful profits,” said

“When all was said and done, he amassed nearly $4 million in illegitimate proceeds and

$500,000 in state funds to be used for projects that benefited his personal plans ” The University declined to comment as of Thursday afternoon

Sofia Hu can be reached at shu@cornellsun com

By PAULINA GLASS Sun Staff Writer

clearly united the French people, and it’s beautiful to see, whether on the news or social media,” Adelaide Pacton ’17 said French expatriates in

the U S said they were also largely supportive of Charlie Hebdo, the satire magazine targeted in the attacks

“There was an overwhelming response from French nationals living in the U S , ” Daniel Fines ’15 “I was in the French See CHARLIE page 4

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News, “Cuomo Pushes for Statewide ‘Yes Means Yes’ Policy,” Monday

Speaking about the handling of sexual violence on college campuses I believe there are institutions that want to protect their relationship and they don t want the publicity of the attacks happening on their campus They do what they can to tamp it down This is not a private matter This is a crime

Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-N Y )

Opinion, “The Stories We Tell About Ourselves,” Tuesday

Speaking about the importance of questioning the narratives that institutions tell themselves Understanding that the way that others portray themselves to the world and that the reality of their situation are not always in concert allows us greater awareness of the world around us ”

David Fischer ’15

Energy,” Wednesday

Speaking about the University’s agreement to purchase renewable energy from Black Oak Wind Farm Cornell is committed to exploring renewable energy sources especially those that like us have deep roots in this community The estimated annual electricity that Black Oak will produce will supply about 20 percent of Cornell s electricity needs

Sarah Zemanick, director of campus sustainability

News, “Risley Residents Shocked By Discovery of Meth Lab in Sub-Basement,” Thursday

Speaking about the discovery of a backpack with methamphetamine production materials in Risley “Risley Residential College is a collaborative tight-knit community and I am disgusted that someone abused the trust and freedom of the community to do something so downright stupid The action of whoever did it were extremely selfish as they put the health safety and reputation of the entire community at risk ”

Laura Dera ’16

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Pulitzer Finalist: U.S. Free Speech in Flux

By ZOE FERGUSON Sun Senior Wr ter

The New York Times columnist Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court in his biweekly column “Sidebar,” spoke on controversies surrounding the First Amendment in a lecture Thursday

Liptak who was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist in exploratory journalism in 2009 framed his discussion on the 1905 court case Joseph Lochner v New York, which struck down labor laws and allowed greater First Amendment freedoms to companies

Liptak called the case an “anti-canon” Supreme Court decision, one that most judges do not refer to as precedent or even give credit In its landmark ruling, Liptak said the Supreme Court decided that “liberty of contract ” was implicit in the Constitution’s promise of due process and allowed companies greater freedom over their employees It also implied that free speech of commercial entities is equal to that of individuals, he added

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He cited recent cases in which the Supreme Court ruled that the Westboro Baptist Church could protest at veterans ’ funerals and abortion opponents may protest outside abortion clinics

“We have to tolerate quite a lot of ugly speech,” he said

According to Liptak, the American position on free speech is an example of what he calls “American exceptionalism ”

“The American stance on hate speech is a complete outlier.”

“The American stance on hate speech is a complete outlier,” he said “We tolerate really vile statements about religious and ethnic and other groups in a way the rest of the world doesn ’ t In fact, the rest of the world can ’ t understand how we can be thinking this ”

According to Liptak, commercial speech has only been recognized as a protected form of speech under the First Amendment since the 1970s

Liptak said there are two primary preconditions for “Lochnerism”: the regulation being opposed must be an ordinary regulatory rule and the speech being violated must be commercial speech

Liptak said in recent years, some believe that the Roberts Supreme Court has proven

Liptak said he did not know “where all this leaves [us]” but suggested that those making decisions about First Amendment cases namely, Supreme Court justices should consider differential circumstances, including the relative political power or weakness of the plaintiff

“The law might want to be attentive to not only distinctions between commercial and political speech, but also between powerful speakers and powerless ones, ” Liptak said “That distinction is in tension, of course, with the court ’ s campaign finance decisions, which have rejected the government ’ s efforts to level the playing field of free speech ”

Liptak concluded that much of the diffi-

culty and controversy in interpreting the First Amendment and determining related cases stems from the impossibility of knowing what the writers of the Constitution intended

“ You would think they had political speech on their minds,” he said “I think, like so much of the Constitution, [free speech] is an opaque little phrase ”

Downtown Restaurant Doubles as Teaching Center

By MOLLY KARR Sun Staff Writer

From the kitchen to the manager ’ s office, students staff Ithaca’s newest Italian restaurant At Coltivare, Tompkins Cortland Community College students learn the ins and outs of the restaurant industry through the college’s Farm to Bistro program

While customers dine on an array of dishes of fresh local cuisine including applewood smoked pork cheek and a charcuterie platter, TC3 students looking to earn a degree in fields such as hospitality, management, culinary arts and sustainable farming learn the skills necessar y to manage a restaurant, according to Denis Boucher, director of Coltivare

Coltivare which opened Dec 13 at the corner of South Cayuga Street and Clinton Street is part of a 17,000 square foot culinary center, according to the restaurant ’ s website The center also includes an amphitheater, wine cellar, special event space and culinary labs

After taking Culinary 101 at TC3, students begin their practicum at Coltivare, where Boucher said they have the opportunity to obtain a preparation role

“Once they take Culinary 102, [students] can go on to higher levels of practicum, maybe working at the front or back of the house,” Boucher said

While working at Coltivare, students gain real-life experience

“The idea is that all of our management chefs, managers and assistant managers are teaching the students in a real workplace environment,” Boucher said “We need to guide [students] in the beginning, or else there will be inconsistencies all over the place ”

Coltivare staff intend to strike a balance between providing a learning experience for students and serving customers fresh food, Boucher added “I strive to showcase the natural flavors of the food in its purest form and to let the food tell the stor y, ” said Executive Chef Richard Brousseau in a press release “I never want to compromise the integrity of the ingredient by using too many ingredients

in one dish ”

Boucher said he aims to teach TC3 students sustainable culinary practices, including the value of organic produce

“We have a large farm with 60 parcels of land that we are going to be producing veggies from,” Boucher said “We will even be tapping maple trees and have an orchard All of that will feed into Coltivare ”

Boucher said that in addition to using organic produce, he intends to make the restaurant environmentally friendly using sustainable waste disposal systems, including composting

With the new restaurant, Boucher said he wants to teach TC3 students a new way of looking at food and hospitality

“We need to change their idea of the food system and how it relates to the restaurant industry,” he said

While the restaurant is staffed by students, it is open all year, according to Boucher

“We need to have a healthy restaurant, ” he said “We are here because of the students, but we do not depend on the students ”

Sophie Cheung ’18, a student of the School of Hotel Administration, said the restaurant ’ s student staffing is “ not a new idea, but a good one ”

“[Cornell] students work at Statler for that reason They want to gain experience and see how they can move up on the ladder before they actually have to work in the real world,” she said “The hospitality industry is all about social interaction You learn more from practical work experience ”

Phi Mu Fraternity Completes

First Recruitment Season

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recruitment, this year ’ s pledge classes are smaller than past ones According to Veronica D’Agostino ’15, the head of recruitment of Phi Sigma Sigma, during last year ’ s recruitment, each sorority had to accept a minimum of around 55 new members “I wouldn’t say that these new member classes are small a member class of 40 plus women, ” D’Agostino said “When compared to other campuses, like Harvard and Dartmouth, whose new member classes do not exceed 40 women, it is clear that our campus is still on the larger side ” According to Grant, 579 women of the 762 who initially signed up for recruitment received bids to join a sorority Last year, 676 of the 871 registrants received bids, The Sun previously reported While the number of women receiving

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Embassy [in Washington, D C ] a few days after the attacks, and even then they were saying they were receiving calls expressing distress over the events that had happened ”

Americans showed sympathy for the satirists at Charlie Hebdo, Fines said

“ The majority of the sentiment expressed was concerned with the fact that this sort of terrorist action against the freedom of speech could in no way be condoned,” he said

Clémence Bernard ’15 said she was in Casablanca, Morocco at the time of the attacks, where she said she heard from the local Muslim community, who were “deeply affected ”

“It was ver y interesting to be in Morocco at that time,” she

bids decreased from last year to this year, the proportion of registered women receiving bids stayed roughly the same at just above 76 percent

Some women who participated in formal recruitment said they were unsatisfied with the recruitment process

“You’ll have a great conversation with a girl, and think, I got along well with her,” Abigail Cutler ’18 said “If you aren ’ t asked back to that specific sorority the next day, you feel like there is something wrong with your personality ”

However, Annie Riley ’18 said she believed the recruitment process was “well done ”

“It’s really nice to go to every house and meet girls from each,” Riley said “It definitely helped me find the house right for me ”

Madeline Cohen can be reached at mcohen@cornellsun com

said “It really gave a new dimension to my perspective, especially c o n s i d e r i n g Mo ro c c o a n d France’s histor y and present relationship ” Some students said while they witnessed a large anti-terrorist response after the attacks, they did not feel that cultural nuances of the situation and its aftermath had been appropriately addressed At least 2 6 m o s q u e s i n Fr a n c e h a ve b e e n f i re b o m b e d , shot at, vandalized and t

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current most widely circulating strain of flu, getting vaccinated can help reduce symptoms if you do get sick with that strain,” Dittman said “[It] will provide protection against other strains of flu, including H1N1, that may yet become prevalent ” Dittman said that last year, 395 students were diagnosed with influenza-like illness at Gannett “[Having the flu] can feel like getting hit by a truck,” she said “You cannot function normally often for a week or more, and it takes a while to bounce back Occasionally people do have complications like pneumonia which can become quite serious ”

In order to prevent this suffering, Dittman said she urges students to take further preventative measures

Students are encouraged to carry hand sanitizer, avoid touching the eyes, nose and mouth, and not share anything that comes near their faces, such as water bottles

Dittman also said a strong immune system is one of the best methods of protection against the virus

“Don’t underestimate the power of a healthy immune system to fight down the flu,” she said “Give yourself the gift of self-care, and yes, that does include getting enough sleep ”

Phoebe Keller can be reached at pkeller@cornellsun com

choose to simplify this issue and a i m t h e i r a n g e r o r s a d n e s s towards innocents through violence,” she said Bernard said she hoped the terrorism and reaction would

“Seeing people from all backgrounds come together with ‘Je suis Charlie’ was uplifting.”

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Bernard said she believes the retaliator y attacks demonstrated a general reliance on violence

“Recent attacks on Jews and Muslims in France as a response t o C h a r l i e s h ow t h a t p e o p l e

ser ve as a “wake up call” for French citizens to come to solutions peacefully

“‘Je suis Charlie’ is representative of a more complex web of societal deficiencies that our gov-

ernment has not addressed for the past thirty years, ” Bernard said “Instead of fostering more violence through acts of hatred, as French citizens we need to educate ourselves and address the problem in all of its complexity ” Pacton said she thought the public reaction was disp ro p o r t i o n a t e l y “ e t h n ocentrically” focused on the attackers Instead of viewing the attack as a religious o r e t h n i c a l l y m o t i va t e d one, she said people should “ t a k e i n t o a c c o u n t t h e impor tance of caricature and satire in the national character of France that has been around since [19th cent u r y c a r i c a t u r i s t Ho n o r é ]

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” Eleonore Grant ’16 said she was initially surprised by Islamic e x t re m i s m a n d t e r ro r i s m i n

France

“ With the Muslim population in France growing, I always assumed that meant France was seen a safe haven,” Grant said “ Then again, especially compared to the States, France is really a conformist culture so immigrants definitely don’t receive the w a r m we l c o m e t h e y m a y expect ” Gr a n t s a i d s h e f o u n d t h e Fre n c h c o m m u n i t y ’ s re s p o n s e “uplifting ”

“Seeing the people from all backgrounds come together with ‘Je suis Charlie’ was uplifting,” Grant added “It made me feel as though being French was reason enough to come together, which is a feeling you don’t typically feel walking down the streets of Paris ” Bernard said she was encouraged by the Jan 11 March for Democracy, which drew over 1 5 million Europeans to the center of Paris

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march,” she said

Grant echoed Bernard, saying the march was inspiring

“ What really touched me was t h e Ma rc h f o r De m o c r a c y, ” Grant said “ The whole ‘I will not walk in fear’ [message] was really powerful, and it was nice to see the suppor t extending b e yo n d Fr a n

although I guess it didn’t make it across the Atlantic ”

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French Society will hold a forum for discussion about the attacks in the next two week, according to Bernard, co-president of the organization

The Society has not yet set a date for the meeting, but students said they are confident that increased visibility around social issues in France will have a positive outcome

“As to whether these attacks will induce real change remains to be seen, but at least it has people thinking about fundamental societal issues and will hopefully lead to positive change,” Bernard said

Paulina Glass can be reached at pglass@cornellsun com

Jenni Harrington outside her family’s barn, plastered with signs with slogans like “#NOKXL,” in protest of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which could run under their property if approved, near Bradshaw, Nebraska, Jan 13 Harrington fears that construction of the pipeline could threaten her livelihood and a family farming tradition that dates back about 150 years, to when her greatgreat-grandfather settled on the plot

Shiite Rebels Push Yemen President to Resign, Parliament Speaker to Assume Position

SANAA, Yemen (AP) Yemen’s United Statesbacked president quit Thursday under pressure from rebels holding him captive in his home, severely complicating American efforts to combat al-Qaida’s powerful local franchise and raising fears that the Arab world’s poorest country will fracture into ministates Presidential officials said Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi submitted his resignation to parliament rather than make further concessions to Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, who control the capital and are widely believed to be backed by Iran

The prime minister and his cabinet also stepped down, making a thinly veiled reference to the Houthis’ push at gunpoint for a greater share of power Houthis deployed their fighters around parliament, which is due to discuss the situation on

Sunday Yemeni law dictates that the parliament speaker Yahia al-Rai, a close ally of former autocratic ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh will now assume the presidency Saleh still wields considerable power and is widely believed to be allied with the Houthis

There were conflicting reports suggesting that authorities in Aden, the capital of southern region of Yemen, would no longer submit to the central government ’ s authority Even before the Houthis’ recent ascendance, a powerful movement in southern Yemen was demanding autonomy or a return to the full independence the region enjoyed before 1990 Southerners outrightly reject rule by the Houthis, whose power base is in the north The Houthis are Zaydis, a Shiite minority that makes up about a third of Yemen’s population

Disneyland Measles Outbreak Draws Attention to Anti-Vaccine Campaigns

LOS ANGELES (AP) A major measles outbreak traced to Di s n e y l a n d h a s b ro u g h t c r i t icism down on the small but vocal movement among parents to opt out of vaccinations for their children

In a rash of cases that public health officials are r ushing to contain, at least 70 people in six states and Mexico have fallen ill

s i n c e m i d - De c e m b e r, m o s t o f them from California The vast majority of those who got sick h a d n o t g o t t e n t h e m e a s l e smumps-r ubella, or MMR, vaccine

While still a scourge in many corners of the world, measles has been all but eradicated in the U S since 2000 because of vac-

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c k i n r e c e n t years, in par t because of people obtaining personal belief exemptions from r ules that say child re n m u s t g e t t h e i r s h o t s t o enroll in school

Others have delayed getting their children vaccinated because they still believe now-discredited research linking the measles vaccine to autism

“Some people are just incredibly selfish” by skipping shots, said Dr James Cherr y, a pedia t r i c d i s e a s e e x p e r t a

Un i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a , L o s Angeles

As cases mount, several ne wspapers have criticized the antivaccine movement

Measles “is a disease that has been beaten by modern medicine That makes it all the more

frustrating that anti-science stubbornness has proven, in the case of the Disneyland-related measles, that when it comes to contagious diseases, it’s a small world after all,” the Los Angeles Times said in an editorial last week

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Republicans Push Abortion Bill Through House

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stumble on another abortion measure Thursday’s vote let par ty leaders signal that the Congress they now command is at least tr ying to end abortion

Obama, in the West to promote his State of the Union economic and education agenda, embraced the same 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion that the protesters were vilifying He said that decision “reaffirms a fundamental American value: that government should not intrude in our most private and personal family matters ” He said the House-passed bill w

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the berry patch

A string of what appear to be Breaking Bad-inspired methamphetamine production labs, like the ones found in the Green Street parking garage in April 2013, on Maple Street in October and in the basement of Risley Hall Tuesday morning, are popping up around Ithaca faster than local food trucks With such nefarious activity taking place in Risley, we at The Sun decided to send out our best Berr y Patch columnists who were other wise busy tanning on the Arts Quad, basking in those mid-Januar y rays to see what else students think could be buried in the dungeon of this residence hall

A R e al St a rb u c ks : Possibly the best kept secret on Cornell’s campus until now Toss out your Breakfast in The Fingerlakes, make room Witches Brew, because Jamaican Me Crazy, Goldies “Gimme” some Starbucks coffee on campus!

H a pp y D av e ’ s Ha p p y C a ve : Ever wonder where the man who has it all goes to kick back? When he’s not ser ving up smiles and M C -ing the tunes for Club Oakes, Dave can be found here relaxing his cheek muscles and eating a to-go box of his favorite dishes

D u n b a r ’ s R e d u x : If you thought the original Dunbar’s was fun, think again! This new and “improved” Dunbar’s is equipped with ever ything you love about the first an incredibly long line spanning three Ithaca blocks in the sub-degree weather and, of course, an out of place pool table but instead of a popcorn machine, Risley’s Dunbar’s funnels its popcorn directly from their theatre and down the laundr y chute Talk about yum!

T h e Su n ’ s A n n e x : Did you actually think we could convince freshmen to walk all the way down to the Commons? Neither did we Rather than waste one of those precious free bus swipes, we decided to give the frosh a break and set camp up North (also, it doesn’t hurt to be close to Dunbar’s)

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A: Ezra isn’t aware of any Cornellians among this year ’ s nominees, but there are at least a fe w connections among the Best Picture candidates In The Imitation Game, Peter Hilton one of the primar y codebreakers went on to become a professor of mathematics at Cornell in the 1960s The film tells the stor y of mathematician Alan Turing, who is the namesake of the Turing Award, which is considered the highest honor in computer science At least four Cornell professors or alumni have won the award Sp e a k i n g o f b i o p i c s a b o u t Br i t i s h g e n

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CORRECTIONS

A Jan 22 news story, “Former Student Witnessed ‘Systemic Racism’ in Prison,” incorrectly stated that Keri Blakinger ’11 said the reason why the University allowed her to return after serving time in prison was because she was white In fact, Blakinger said in her Washington Post column that she believed Cornell would have offered her the same opportunity, regardless of her race

Nicholas Campalans, Prerana Chatty & Samson Hennessy-Strahs | Guest Room

Moving Beyond The Ebola Stigma

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c rowd t h a t t h o u g h t h e w a s l y i n g a b o u t s u c c e s s f u l l y re c e i v i n g t re a t m e n t , e ve n t h o u g h a l l s u r v i vo r s a re g i ve n a c a rd c e r t i f y i n g

t h e i r re c ove r y T h i s i s j u s t o n e o f t h e m a n y i n s t a n c e s o f v i o l e n c e

a g a i n s t Eb o l a s u r v i vo r s To c o m b a t t h e m i s t re a t m e n t o f s u r v i vo r s i n t h e s e c o m m u n it i e s , we m u s t re c o g n i ze t h a t Eb o l a i s n o t a l i f e s e n t e n c e W h i l e a Ja n 5 i s s u e o f T h e Ne w Yo rk Ti m e s re p o r t e d t h a t 7 0 p e rc e n t o f t h o s e a f f l i c t e d i n We s t A f r i c a h a ve d i e d , o n l y f i ve o u t o f 2 4 p e op l e t re a t e d f o r t h e d i s e a s e i n We s t e r n c o u n t r i e s h a ve p a s s e d a w a y f ro m i t T h i s m a rk s a m a j o r d i s c re p a n c y i n o u t c o m e s b e t we e n t h e n a t i o n s , b u t a l s o p rov i d e s h o p e f o r t h o s e c u r re n t l y i n f e c t e d a s a i d f ro m N G O ’ s a n d We s t e r n n a t i o n s c o n t i n u e s t o s t re n g t h e n We s t A f r i c a n h e a l t h c a re s y s t e m s Fu r t h e r d e ve l o p m e n t o f t re a tm e n t s a n d va c c i n e s a l s o c o n t r i b u t e s t o t h i s h o p e a n d m a y h e l p re d u c e t h e s t i g m a s u r ro u n d i n g s u r v i vo r s a n d t h o s e i n f e c t e d w i t h Eb o l a A s m o re s u r v i vo r s re - e n t e r t h e i r c o m m u n i t i e s , we m u s t e x a mi n e t h e s t r u g g l e s t h e y m a y e x p e c t t o e n c o u n t e r a n d t h e l i f e s t y l e t h e y m a y e x p e c t t o l e a d i n a n e n v i ro n m e n t p l a g u e d by a p p re h e ns i o n a n d f e a r If we f a i l t o u n l i n k t h e e n t i t i e s o f i n f e c t i o n a n d d e a t h , c a n we e ve r e x p e c t s u r v i vo r s t o re j o i n t h e i r c o m m u n i t i e s a s f

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Comm en t of the day

“Nonviolent civil disobedience has never made anybody popular, but people don’t do it to get popular They do it because it is an effective step towards meaningful change.”

Josh

Re: “Cornellian Decries Alleged Transphobic Harassment,” News published Januar y 20, 2015

Client Communication:

The Art of People-Whispering

Client communication is a topic that is emphasized throughout our veterinar y c u r r i c u l u m We h a v e l e c t u r e s about it, talk through scenarios in small groups, have ourselves filmed while talking to a client and even have an outside actor come in and act as a client so that we can practice different scenarios and have our per formance critiqued by our peers During my n o n - c l i n i c a l y e a r s , I o f t e n thought that client communicat i o n w a s p o s s i b l y ove r - e m p h asized I kne w that it was one of the most impor tant aspects of v e t e r i n a r y m e d i c i n e , b u t I ’ v e always liked to talk to people (especially about their animals), and I thought that most of the t h i n g s w e w e r e l e a r n i n g w e r e c o m m o n

s e n s e No w, during clinics, I f i n a l l y u n d e r s t a n d why there was s u c h a f o c u s o n c o m m u n ication

W e ’ r e taught that we

n e e d t o t e mp e r d o w n medical jargon to a level that the client can understand When I began vet school, I couldn’t imagine that I would ever be able to speak in a way that other peop l e c o u l d n ’ t u n d e r s t a n d I thought I was pretty smar t (and m o d e s t t o o , c l e a r l y ) a n d h a d never had a problem conveying ideas to people before For example, the technical term for “ x-ray ” is “radiograph,” so we learn that we should say “ x-ray ” to clients instead of “radiograph ” I used to feel that I would always be most comfor table using the word “ xray ” anyways, so it wasn ’ t something I would have to consciously force myself to do Basically, I assumed that veterinar y medicine would eventually be similar to a foreign language like Spanish that I was proficient in I became fairly fluent in Spanish when I was an undergraduate, but I usually found myself thinking in English even when I spoke

in Spanish Similarly, I thought I would always think in English and use veterinar y jargon as a reference for me to speak in when required

Clearly, since I m now writing this ar ticle, things have changed We’re e n c o u r a g e d t o s p e a k i n professional terminology among each other at school, and it took me a fe w years to realize this but it’s really a highly efficient way to speak you can use the least w o r d s t o c o n v e y t h e l a r g e s t a m o u n t o f i n f o r m a t i o n j u s t because the words are so specific Mo re ove r, t h e y b u i l d o n e a c h other: First you learn that a neutrophil is a type of white blood cell that is most active in a fresh (“acute”) inflammation and is the major component of pus (“pur u-

lent material”) So, say you take a sample from a mass on a cat by simply sticking a needle into the mass and see many neutrophils (you may call this sample neut r o p h i l i c ) y o u k n o w t h i s means that this mass is probably an abscess, an area of infection that the body has walled off, and needs to be drained How do you explain to the client that a simple needle stick could diagnose the mass? What if they ask what a white blood cell is? My first reac-

t i o n w o u l d b e “ p a r t o f t h e i m m u n e s y s t e m ” B u t t h e n , w h a t ’ s t h e i m m u n e s y s t e m ?

Okay, par t of the body’s natural reaction to fight off infection

T h a t m i g h t w o r k B u t t h a t process cer tainly required much more thought than I had anticipated

how knowledgeable they might be about biomedical topics They might be geniuses in their field, but that doesn’t mean they know what a white blood cell is Then you have to figure out how to quickly and clearly explain things to them in what is now a foreign language for you while at the same time making them feel like you are intelligent and capable at your job Definitely not as commonsensical as I had once imagined

I’ve known for a long time that veterinar y medicine is often more about the people than the animals to be at all successful as a general practitioner you have to like talking to people because they’re the ones who decide what happens with their animals But the real skill is not just being able to talk to p e o p l e c o mf o r t a b l y, i t ’ s being able to r e a d t h e m Does that couple need some time alone in t h e r o o m s o that they can m a k e a d e c ision, or would they get angr y if you left them? Does that man want you to continue to pursue treatment on his ver y sick pet, or is he ready to talk about euthanasia? If you don’t know the answer to these questions, can you come up with a tactful way to find out?

Veterinary medicine is often more about the people than the animals to be successful as a general practitioner you have to like talking to people because they’re the ones who decide what happens with their animals Ni k h i t a Pa ra n d e k a

I’ve noticed now that talking to clients is really kind of an ar t form First, you have to gauge

I wrote a column two and a half years ago entitled “ The Next Best Thing to Dr Dolittle,” where I said that par t of a veterinarian’s job was to help owners understand how their animals may be feeling Now, it’s becoming clear to me that in addition to being Dr Dolittle, or a horse-whisperer, arguably an even larger par t of the job is being a “people-whisperer ”

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A Great Film, and a Necessary One: S elma

BY MARK DISTEFANO Sun Staff Writer

Certain films about racial prejudice take their subjects as an occasion to become issue films They burst out of the gate with intense anger and outrage They attempt to collar their viewers and force them to be spectators of moral injustice to engineer change There is nothing wrong with this truculent approach, but it halts the viewer from truly experiencing the outrage, indignation and humiliation victims of prejudice have experienced, because the film is entirely wrapped up in its own agenda Other kinds of issue films will attempt to lecture, composing a long list of cinematic speeches dictating the ins and outs of its message Selma is not such a film What makes it great is director Ava DuVernay’s resolute refusal to immortalize her lead characters or to treat them as anything other than ordinary human beings This is a film that makes you feel what it’s like to be a povertystricken mother suddenly deprived of a child and shot during a riot in the 1960s Deep South It makes you feel what it would have been like to be a member of a movement that at times looked doomed and of a demographic that was heinously oppressed And it makes you feel the burden and the heartbreak of a minister in Alabama struggling to support his cause with nonviolent protest, while his friends and family are being murdered in the street

Selma

Jr (David Oyelowo) in the mid-sixties is bringing black people the right to vote as voter intimidation and other supremacist barriers have made that right all but impossible for African Americans After President Lyndon B Johnson (an excellent Tom Wilkinson) refuses to put voting rights before his Great Society program, MLK and his co-organizers decide on methods of demonstration and protest in Selma, Alabama, to get their message across Their actions raise the ire of many in that state, especially Governor George Wallace (Tim Roth), a supporter of the appalling police brutality that erupts when the protests take place

Directed by Ava DuVeray

Starring David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo

I could go on, but you can already see why Selma is a special film There’s a quote by Rosa Parks, “I didn’t get on the bus to get arrested, I got on the bus to go home,” which the film perfectly embodies It shows us the grit, the nobility and the foibles of a bunch of normal people whose lives happen to intersect with brutally oppressive times, take it upon themselves to change their circumstances and end up doing something great The outrage is all there, but so is the humanity

The story focuses on primarily one year in the life of a preeminent historical figure But unlike in Lincoln, the battle against discrimination in Selma is fought in the streets, rather than in Congress The foremost priority of Martin Luther King,

It is a period of what can only be described as lawless and morally decadent, and we are made witness to it in all its atrocity However, DuVernay keeps the camera relentlessly trained on each one of the flesh-and-blood faces being clubbed and shot at during the many riot scenes that the film portrays so well Despite the film’s PG-13 rating, it contains scenes of violence that are far more gut-wrenching and disturbing than those in most R features On the other hand, we are never allowed to lose sight of the ideals these people stood for, the progress that they made and the good that they accomplished DuVernay, an independent filmmaker with a powerful command of the form, uses hotblooded jazz music, precise framing and many other techniques to place us directly in the soles of the shoes of the people who marched from Selma to Montgomery in 1965, and the impact is simply enormous Oyelowo, an extraordinary English actor who has recently been seen as a supporting actor in such works as diverse as Interstellar, A Most Violent Year and The Butler, sinks into the role of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr and affects not only the preacher’s Southern drawl but his oratorical prowess flawlessly To hear him deliver Dr King’s sermons in chapel after the Birmingham

church bombing or the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson is a riveting, deeply moving experience These sermons were rewritten by the filmmakers after licensing issues with Dr King’s estate, and they perfectly capture the tone and intention of the real man without using his words As the congregation rises to its feet, stirred by the minister’s speech, the audience is able to share in their revelation The current climate into which Selma was released makes the film all the more relevant, but the truth is that this would have been a necessary and important film even if the protests surrounding Michael Brown and Eric Garner hadn’t been developed so recently Selma would have touched a raw nerve under any circumstances It tops such admired films as 12 Years A Slave, The Butler, The Help and even the wonderful Fruitvale Station in its portrayal of bigotry against African Americans, and carries its weighty themes with great delicacy It tears your heart out in its depiction of the Birmingham church bombing, the Edmund Pettus Bridge attack and the murder of countless innocents protesting for their rights

And yet, it lifts you up as it constantly reminds you of the progress so many, including MLK himself, died for, and how much further we have to go before we fully do justice to his life’s work At the end of the movie, blotting away my tears, I and the others in the audience spontaneously broke into applause, which is a rare occurrence in my many years of movie-going

Mark DiStefano is a unior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at mdistefano@cornellsun com

Blackhat: An Inventive if Flawed Start t o 2015

BY ZACH ZAHOS Sun Senior Writer

The problem with Rotten Tomatoes and the good-bad polarization it has wrought on the wide release of films is that movies like Blackhat slip through the cracks Movies like Blackhat: narratively suspect, baldly miscast, frequently silly and profoundly cinematic Screened before solemn awards fare, Blackhat’ s trailer only magnified those first three qualities at the expense of the fourth, which can only beam from the film proper You need to actually watch the movie, go figure, with its rhythm and texture and flawed yet mindful visual schema Blackhat is indeed needlessly lunkheaded at times, but then again so are most Michael Mann films and that does not stop any one of them from being essential viewing Director of Manhunter, Heat and Miami Vice, Mann shares the mantle with David Fincher as the Hollywood filmmaker exploring the aesthetic boundaries and philosophical implications of digital cinematography He has long been able to capture human movement in thrilling, strangely emotional ways, as anyone who has seen the ending of The Last of the Mohicans or The Insider can incoherently testify Since 2001’s Ali, Mann has shot with obviously digital handheld cameras, producing images replete with noise and motion smearing It is a style offensive to those who look to James Cameron as the future, which might be one small reason among many as to why Blackhat turned in less than $4 million last weekend, certifying it as the year ’ s first, and possibly worst, bomb

Or perhaps no one could buy Chris Hemsworth, mighty Thor, as the genius hacker protagonist, introduced reading Baudrillard’s The System of Objects in his prison cell and doing handstand push-ups a minute later I offer no defense for the realism of Hemsworth’s character, Nick Hathaway, nor can I even claim he is a cogently awesome creation His dinner table orator y about the sur veillance state coexists with shots of him coding on his laptop, blue shirt hanging open, ripped

chest exposed Nothing wrong with that, but with the love interest, Chen Lien (Tang Wei), falling for him the moment she sees him and her brother, Chen Dawai (Leehom Wang), also Hathaway’s best friend and a Chinese cyber warfare expert in his own right, convincing the U S and Chinese governments that Hathaway is their Foucault-reading savior, the film takes his appeal for granted without including the suffering or neuroses or bed head to clarify that he is actually human

Which is not to say that Mann fails to do anything with He m s w o r t h’s p re

, arranged so that he may track down a cyber terrorist who is using code he co-authored years before, Hathaway stares

Blackhat

Directed by Michael Mann

Starring Chris Hemsworth, Tang Wei

down his freedom, quite literally, in Mann’s trademark coolguy-with-sunglasses-looking-off-into-the-distance move, but it’s not phony in the least Immediately succeeding his contemplative pause is a long shot with Hathaway wedged at the top left corner, a sea of grey tarmac below him Instead of endless sky, Mann gives us concrete ground, foreshadowing the tactile trials to come and dwarfing his hero not against nature but the man-made structures surrounding him It’s an impressive moment, not redeeming of Hathaway’s haphazard characterization but mapping him onto this hostile world

The globetrotting that follows incorporates its Chinese players to an organic degree atypical of American block-

busters, with a substantial amount of subtitled dialogue that other films with East Asian box office ambitions should seek to emulate, even if they won ’ t At one juncture where Chen Dawai suggests their next move, the camera pans from him to Hathaway to FBI agent Carol Barrett (Viola Davis, deadly) as they nod in agreement, a swift paean to and marriage of both globalization and bodies coming to decisions in intimate space

For all its talk of digital warfare and unseen systems, Blackhat is a devastatingly physical film, where high-energy chase scenes and shoot-outs come to startling, silent ends When a key character expires from an unexpected volley of bullets, Mann juxtaposes their frozen face with a distant skyscraper reflected in a now-lifeless eye, driving home, in a just a couple seconds, the totality of human life lost, the indifference of the modern cityscape and the possibility of salvation Mann packs a million little metaphors like this into Blackhat’ s brisk two-hour, 10-minute runtime, spinning action poetr y out of admittedly silly material The opening, in particular, is a roller coaster: We start in space, gazing at an Earth car ved by its electronic networks, and get gradually closer and closer, soon riding along an Ethernet cable and finally zooming down an information superhighway of 1s and 0s

The film’s climax realizes this special effects sequence in human form, as Hathaway closes in on the bad guys by cutting through streams of worshippers obser ving a Hindu festival in Jakarta The representational politics are anomalously regrettable (so the faceless Indonesians might as well be code?), but the sequence affirms Mann’s commitment to telling his stor y, almost purely, through movement, as only expressive, hyperreal digital photography can It’s not like he has much choice, the script being what it is, but Mann’s authorship makes Blackhat the first work of cinematic art of 2015, as inventive as it is flawed

Zach Zahos is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at zzahos@cornellsun com

ASAP Yams: Top of His Hip-Hop Class

Though he passed a few months early to be considered a true member of the 27 Club, ASAP Yams (née Steven Rodriquez) has unfortunately joined Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain and Brian Jones as another musical visionary to leave this world too soon In fewer than eight years, Rodriguez and his ASAP Mob reshaped both hip-hop and pop music so effortlessly that many didn’t even notice

In 2007 back when ASAP only stood for “As Soon As Possible” New York rap was resting on its laurels Hip-hop coming out of the city that invented it had run stale and the seat of dominance had long ago shifted to the south and west A dedicated student of rap, young ASAP Yams recognized that sticking to the paths of Nas and Biggie had become worn out Blending New York rap with the sounds of Houston, Atlanta, Los Angeles and more was the way forward

Yams, along with ASAPs Bari and Illz, did what seems like idiocy but could be nothing other than calculated brilliance: They formed a

hip-hop collective without any rappers or producers Instead of making music, Yams continued to voraciously consume every obscure piece of rap ephemera he could, storing them in the

his brain and disseminating them via his highly influential tumblr account

As the world began to catch onto Yams’ keenly curated hip-hop picks coupled with cutting, no-holds-barred commentar y, Yams caught onto Rakim Mayers, now better known as ASAP Rocky With the Internet looking to him as an opinionated rap encyclopedia, Yams revolutionized many fans’ hip-hop consumption He simultaneously influenced Rocky’s taste, and the two worked together to form an empire New York didn’t need another Rakim (and/or Eric B), but they did need someone that could be as innovative as Rocky’s namesake

Without Yams, we wouldn’t have the ASAP Rocky we know and love today: true East Coast edge with some Southern chill, carrying West Coast-level blunts in a Y-3 bag fresh off the runway

Thanks to the massive trust he had already generated through the Internet, Yams shot Rocky to stardom As soon as “Peso” hit the web, every hip-hop head worth his or her salt knew about Rocky and the entire ASAP Mob At the time, “Peso” didn’t sound like it came squarely from one rap scene or another In terms of lyrics alone, the track touches on such disparate themes as Harlem, guns, Rick Owens and weed For the world, this came as a pleasant shock But for the ASAP Mob, this was just life

As we’d soon come to know, this sound did come squarely from a scene, but one that Yams and his crew had created “Peso” is the sound of the New York hip-hop renaissance that is still continuing to this day While

still not the definitive capital, the City has come back into its own as a viable hip-hop center

Joey Bada$$ and his Pro Era crew (co-founded by another talent lost before his time, the late Capital Steez) ran with the groundwork laid by Yams to spearhead the “Beast Coast” rap movement, promoted by other such stars as Flatbush Zombies, Bodega Bamz and The Underachievers New York went from imitating to innovating in just a few short years, and credit is largely due to ASAP Yams

Just as everything converges in New York, rap ’ s cultural significance emanates around the country Of course Rocky and Ferg wouldn’t be in the nation’s headphones without Yams, but his fingerprints don’t end there Although most of its listeners still haven’t ever heard of Yams, “Wild for the Night” legitimized non-pop rap ’ s

pairing with EDM, pumped through hit radio stations and blasted at raves After an extended hiatus, casual hip-hop fans were finally listening to New York rap again

ASAP Yams wasn ’ t a producer or a rapper

He was simply a student of the game so welleducated that he started to run it He saw what was broken and he fixed it: New York has always been a crossroads, and Yams realized that making a parallel melting pot of hip-hop was the way forward for the new Empire sound His death means the death of one of the greatest influencers and curators in rap history, and the void seems impossible to fill

Mike Sosnick is a junior in the College of Ar ts and Sciences He can be reached at msosnick@cornellsun com

26 A PARTMENT FOR R ENT

Red Hockey Seeking Key Wins

HOCKEY

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If Cornell were to beat the Crimson, its game on Saturday might be the per fect trap game While Dar tmouth’s overall record is nothing impressive, it has fared surprisingly well against some of the best teams in the countr y The Green has knocked off Top-20 teams Denver and Boston College, and shutout powerhouse Boston University earlier in the season Dar tmouth also tied Har vard in its season opener

The Green has no bad losses so far this season and its below 500 conference record is simply a result of playing in the loaded ECAC The team has the capability of beating anybody on any given night, and this is a by no means a game that the Red should take lightly

But unlike the Har vard game, the Red can ride the coattails of a solid defensive per formance to

victor y against the Green Dar tmouth str uggled offensively against Yale and Vermont this year, two teams that rank up there with Cornell in terms of defensive efficiency Two goals should be enough for the Red to notch a win

Two victories this weekend would be huge and might be the springboard needed for the Red to close out this season strongly The Red must be ready to battle with a dominant Har vard team and not overlook a Dar tmouth team that can play with the best of them

“If we play our style of hockey, and impose our will on the other team, limiting our mistakes and their scoring chances and capitalizing on our offensive oppor tunities, we will win us the pair of games this weekend,” Hillbrich said

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Red Looks to Miller This Weekend

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On the Basketball Court, All Things Are Equal

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good crossover before, but to be in that one guy ’ s shoes seemed sacrilegious

A fe w months later “the girl with the handles” was par t of our cre w, and a year after that, her friend came along Both were integral par ts of our co-ed intram u r a l b a s k e t b a l l t e a m St i l l , though, when either one of them matched up against a guy in a pickup game at the gym, there was a notable deflation of ego in him No one feels comfor table guarding a girl It’s a lose-lose situation either you blocked her and looked like a jerk, or she scored on you and you were the butt of endless jokes What I noticed was that it was only a matter of repetition before guys, including myself, smar tened up

I f w e w e r e s c o r e d o n o n c e , shame on us If it happened a second time (which it always did), then it was all business from there on out No more jokes and no more mercy The drive of competition was blinding; it didn’t matter who you were on the cour t anymore Just as it should be

An ar ticle in the Sunday Ne w York Times featured a fifth-grade b a s k e t b a l l l e a g u e i n I l l i n o i s where an all-girls team is 8-1 in an other wise all-boys league A point guard for the girls team, in a n u n d o u b t e d l y m e m o r a b l e quote, said, “ We’d walk in, and all the boys would be like, ‘ We’re playing girls?’ Then we’d beat them Some of them cried ” The coach of the team stresses toughness and physicality; the girls don’t back down from anyone

T h e y p l a y m e t h o d i c a l l y a n d u n d e r c o n t r o l , a n d t h e y w i n games It is a triumph for these girls and a victor y for women ’ s basketball in general The losses are sure to bring some of the fifth grade boys off of their high horses, but it’s unclear if any lessons are being learned After the game the boys are cr ying, not because they lost, but because they lost to girls

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G l o b e t r o t t e r n a m e d Jo h n Ho w a r d c r e a t e d t h e M i x e d

r, 2013 Ne w York Times ar ticle “My model is not antagonistic or just competitive It’s collaborative ” If young kids could somed a y w a t c h

basketball on television, matching up against a girl in a pickup game would no longer be such an anomaly

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b a l l friends has stuck together since freshman year Our friendships have extended past the cour t, but despite sore joints and old k

r more than once a week to play It’s a w

y w o r l d when we step in the gym, one in which we can put troubles aside and pretend once again, that we are playing for something We’ve learned a lot in four years, about ourselves, about each other It’s a judgment-free zone It’s why I love the spor t

Ge n d e r Ba s k e t b a l l A s s o c i a t i o n (MGBA), a professional co-ed league that pays both men and w o m e n w h o a re u n w i l l i n g t o give up the spor t This is a step in the right direction and I hope to see it grow “Playing in an o t h e r w i s e s e g re g a t e d m o d e l i s n o t w h a t I ’ m t a l k i n g a b o u t , ” How a rd s a i d i n a Nove

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Icers to Take On Crimson, Green

By SHANE LEWIS Sun Staff Writer

While most students were enjoying a break away from campus, the Red hockey team was going about business as usual Cornell (7-8-2, 5-5 ECAC) played six games over the break, going 2-3-1 overall and 2-2 in conference games The Red easily handled two of ECAC’s middle tier teams, Clarkson and Union, but struggled when playing higher quality opponents The Red was shutout, 0-3, against No 9 Miami and were outscored, 6-1, by ECAC contenders RPI and St Lawrence

If the Red wants to make a late season push for the NCAA tournament, it will need to be almost perfect over its last 10 games of the season The push for victory starts this weekend, when the Red will have critical back-to-back games that may determine the team ’ s season Cornell takes on the Harvard Crimson (11-3-2, 7-2-2 ECAC) Friday night, and then battles the Dartmouth Green (6-8-3, 3-6-1 ECAC) on Saturday

As the Lynah Faithful know, there is no bigger game during the season than when the Crimson visit Lynah Rink The rivalry makes for one of the most anticipated games for the Cornell team and coaches alike

“We definitely have this game circled in our calendars from the start of the year, ” said sophomore forward Matt Buckles “We had success against them last year, beating them twice, so we know they are going to be hungry to get back at us ”

The Red narrowly edged Harvard in those two meetings

last year, winning both, 3-2 But this year ’ s Crimson team is a different animal and will be a much tougher test The Crimson has a juggernaut of an offense that has averaged almost four goals per game and outscores opponents by nearly two goals per game Harvard is led by junior forward Jimmy Vesey, who ranks 8th in the country in points The squad also boasts six players with double digits in scoring

However, the Crimson are in the midst of a mini-slump, dropping two of its three most recent games Every time Harvard lost this year, which has not been often, one element has been the same the offense has struggled In its last three losses, the Crimson has averaged only a goal per game This bodes well for the Red, who boasts the number two scoring defense in the nation When the Red loses, the problems usually reside in the offense as well Cornell has been held to two goals or less 12 times this season

Red to Face Columbia Lions for Second Contest Within One Week

By AMIR PATEL Sun Staff Writer

With the Ivy League season heading into full swing, the Red will be matched up against familiar foes from here on out, beginning with a matchup against the Columbia Lions on Saturday A week after falling just short to the Lions at Newman Arena, 48-45, the Red hits the road to take on the

New York City squad on its home court Cornell went 3-5 over the course of winter break, giving it an overall record of 8-9 heading into the second half of the regular season and the remainder of Ivy League play

The story of last weekend’s matchup can be almost entirely told through a single statistic: Columbia shot 44 percent from the field, while Cornell shot just 25 percent Despite this stark difference in field goal percentages, the Red managed to remain within striking distance throughout the game The squad cut the Lions’ largest lead of 12 points down to just one with 18 seconds left, before ultimately losing by three Sophomore guard Robert Hatter carried the team down the stretch, scoring seven points in the final minute of the game Hatter lead the scoring with 17 points, ahead of a team where no one was able to score more than nine points That will have to change if the Red are to knock off the Lions this weekend

Senior forward Shonn Miller, who currently leads the Ivy League in both scoring (16 6 ppg) and rebounding (8 0 rpg), was held to just eight points on 3/13 shooting Miller has made himself a frontrunner for Ivy League Player of the Year mainly because he is so efficient and versatile offensively Despite this, the Lions’ did a tremendous job of stifling his ability to hit shots from the outside, made evident by his 1/8 shooting night from beyond the arc Regardless, Head Coach Bill Courtney has called upon Miller time and time again

“Since the beginning of the season, he has really stepped up his game He has gotten into great shape, and that has allowed him to play effectively for extended periods of time He has worked to improve his skills across the board, and it is showing in games, ” Courtney said Despite his subpar performance in the previous

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“Our offensive performance this season has been hot and cold,” said senior forward Christian Hillbrich “There are not many goals scored in typical Cornell Hockey What is going to win us this game is our power play ”

The formula appears clear for the Red To pull off an upset over their archrival, the team needs to remain aggressive on the offense Although there is no team in the nation capable of shutting out the Crimson for 60 minutes, the Red defense should be able to keep them partially in-check Cornell must then be able to generate goals off of the power play and utilize an efficient offensive game plan

“We are confident that if we stick to our game plan that is a physical, defensive team that is good in transition we will have success, ” Buckles said

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Va r s i t y A t h l e t e N o Mo r e

here’s something about stepping into a pickup basketball game at this school that transcends all barriers It sounds sappy, but if you haven’t done it yet, it’s something you should try The basketball courts are places on campus where ever yone is welcome regardless of race, sex or talent

amongst a much more talented and athletic group of basketball players They also became some of my closest friends

We were a diverse group like The Sandlot of pickup basketball and in keeping with that classic movie’s failure of a sequel, our most groundbreaking additions were girls It all started

level, and with so much wrong in the professional sports world, it is comforting to see that at the root of a beautiful sport, there is still some good to be found When I came to Cornell, I was a washed up high school basketball player who had averaged two points per game off the bench of my varsity team and was damn proud of it I could barely touch the backboard and was never the most fleet of foot, but the one thing I had going for me was the three ball In pickup games to 11, where a shot from beyond the arc was worth two points, my one skill luckily turned out to prove valuable

with a broken ankle not the real kind, but the one where a crossover move so quick and smooth makes your ankles buckle like a cheap beach chair We watched this happen to one of our friends at the hands of a girl, and we went wild She became a legend, a staple in the pickup basketball network that we so preciously coveted The girl with the crazy handles Only in retrospect have I realized how ignorant we were Why was it so extraordinary that a girl should cross up a guy? Every one of us had been made a fool at the hands of a