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President-elect Elizabeth Garrett’s appointment to the presidency reflects the University’s recent push towards diversity in the upper administration and throughout the University

Lynette Chappell-Williams, associate vice president for inclusion and workforce diversity, said diversity in the University’s faculty is important because it ultimately improves the University’s ethos

“Diversity within our faculty and staff populations enrich the campus climate by bringing together different experiences and perspectives

Jeremy Thomas Elected Senior Director of Cornell Real Estate Of

By REBECCA BLAIR Sun Staff Writer

By SOFIA HU Sun Senior Writer

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Student Creates Smart Maternity Wear

By OLIVIA LUTWAK Sun Staff Wr ter

Fashion design student Blake Uretsky ’15 completely reimagined maternity wear to win one of four $30,000 Geoffrey Beene national scholarships earlier this month

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Uretsky said her brand “B” Maternity Wearables uses innovative design and technology to not only enhance a woman ’ s style, but also her health Conductive fiber technology is directly incorporated into the clothing’s fabrics and has the ability to record a pregnant woman ’ s vital signs Information about her heart rate, blood pressure, temperature and respiration are sent directly to her smartphone, allowing her to monitor her health throughout all trimesters of her pregnancy, according to Uretsky

The topic of the Geoffrey Beene scholarship contest this year was a case study in wearable technology, according to Uretsky

“[It is] a growing trend in fashion, yet no one really knows how to create a successful piece of wearable technology that entices consumers to buy,” she said

Uretsky said she envisioned two characteristics that all new products of wearable technology should have in order to be successful when she was researching the case study proposal

“Wearable tech products must be both aesthetically pleasing and have meaningful characteristics that users value,” she said Uretsky said she decided to focus on maternity wear because it had been “overlooked ” She added that incorporating technology into maternity wear is valuable since monitoring pregnancies is necessary When researching her project, Uretsky said she surveyed more than 30 pregnant women and tried on maternity wear herself while wearing a fake baby bump After trying on clothing and listening to responses, Uretsky said she noted the “ poor fit” and “unflattering styles” of maternity wear

According to Uretsky, she began working on her project when the case study was handed out last May and continued to work on it until the awards ceremony this January

Uretsky said Prof Anita Racine, fiber science and apparel design and Prof Van Dyk Lewis, fiber science and apparel design, provided her with “endless support, guidance, and helpful critiques” in an otherwise “complex” and “challenging” case study

“What challenged me was that the clothing I designed for these women were to be worn before, during and after pregnancy rather than strictly just for the short nine months of pregnancy, ” Uretsky said “I had to create numerous muslin samples of each design to make sure it worked for both the non-pregnant body shape as well as the pregnant body shape ”

According to Uretsky, around 50 schools compete in the Geoffrey Beene Case Study Competition, and each school only sends one student to the competition A panel of industry leaders choose the top eight students, who then go to New York City to present their work to another panel of judges All eight attend an awards gala, during which the top four winners are each presented with a $30,000 scholarship, while four runner-ups are presented with $10,000

Former New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera handed Uretsky her award, a moment she said was “nerve-wracking ”

“It was exciting being on stage in front of 1,500 people and waiting for your name to be called I was thrilled when I was handed the award,” she said

Though Uretsky said she is uncertain of the future of her maternity-wear line, she added that she wants to pursue a career in fashion design and plans on using her scholarship money towards starting her own brand

Uretsky is the second Cornell student in a row to win the scholarship Justine Lee ’14 was awarded the same scholarship last year for her line of convertible clothing and accessories

C.U. Glee Club Completes Northeast Tour

The Cornell University Glee Club per formed the final concer t of their annual tour Friday night in the Willard Straight H a l l Me m o r i a l Au d i

m , marking the end of a series of per formances across the nor theastern United States

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The 14-day nor theast tour covered 10 cities in five different states and featured a diverse reper toire of songs from various

“We were never left onstage in front of an empty [venue] anywhere ”

musical genres, which all shared a m

according to Jacob Cohen ’16, glee club president Cohen said his favorite performance piece was one that was especially written for the g l e e c l u b by Pu

choral piece titled “Not One Word” was inspired by the

Ryokan Taigu

“ That was a really special piece,” Cohen said “ We got to meet the composer here for our concer t a couple of months ago, and getting to work with him [in person] was great ”

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D C was their most impressive stop Their per formance at the John F Kennedy Center for the Per forming Ar ts was sold out They were also able to arrange a p

Bader Ginsburg ’54, according to Harney

“In the past we ’ ve been able to sing for [ Justice Ginsburg],” he said “ This year, just on a whim, we checked to see if she was there when we were in D C Turned out she was, so we were able to arrange a private per formance in the Supreme Cour t with her [fellow justice Sonia] Sotomayor and President-Elect Elizabeth Garrett ”

The glee club also per formed

Club alumni there are, ” Cohen said “So ever ywhere we went, w e h a v e a u d i e n c e s w h o a r e excited to hear us and make sure they can plan their schedules [to attend a per formance ] At the end [they] would come up on the stage and join us in the alma mater ever ywhere we go ” “ There were healthy crowds ever ywhere,” Harney said “ We were never left onstage in front of an empty [venue] anywhere ” Now that the nor theast tour i s f i n i s h e d , t h e g l e e c l u b i s p r e p a r i n g f o r t h e i r p e r f o rm a n c e s c l o s e r t o h o m e According to Cohen, they will p e r f o r m o n A p r i l 1 9 a t C a r n e g i e H a l l i n Ne w Yo r k

Orchestra which is one of the premier professional ensembles in the countr y and a

, ” Cohen said “It’s going to be a really special oppor tunity for us ” Harney added that the glee club will per form in the United States, Mexico and Guatemala along with the Cornell Chor us

tour He said that as he looks to the club’s future, he is inspired b

Ju s t i c e Ginsburg

“One of the best [things] that she said was [that] she’s heard the Glee Club sixty years ago, ” Harney said, “but we ’ re better than ever now ”

o f t h e Cornell fight song “Give My Regards to Davy” for President David Skor ton at the Cornell Alumni Leadership Conference in Boston “ S i n c e h e ’ s r e

C i t y, i n h o n o r o f C o r n e l l ’ s sesquicentennial “[ The per formance] will feature the American Symphony

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changed the words a little bit to ‘Give My Regards to David,’” Cohen said “He was there, we brought him up onstage, and we surprised him with our ne w rendition He was always a big suppor ter of Glee Club, and he was ver y jovial about [the surprise] ”

Cohen and Harney said they w e r e b o t h i m p r e s s e d b y t h e number of audience members at each concer t

“It made me think, especially in the Nor theast, how many C o r n e l l a l u m n i a n d G l e e

Jeanette Si can be reached at jsi@cornellsun com

Friends Remember Onuora ’15

As ‘Ambitious,’ ‘Hard Worker’

Prof. Andrew Novaković : Onuora would have left ‘deep mark’ on world

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c h o i c e s He w a s a n a m a z i n g c o n v e r s a t i o na l i s t ” O n u o r a w a s i n t e r e s t e d i n e n t e r i n g t h e f i n a n c i a l s e c t o r o r a t t e n d i n g g r a d u a t e

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“Our conversations would range all over the map. You never knew where you’d end up when you sat down to talk to him.” P r o f A n d r e w N o v a k o v i ć

t i o u s g o a l s , ” Pa g e s a i d “ He w a s a l w a y s t h e t y p e o f p e r s o n w h o w o u l d w o r k h a rd f i r s t a n d t h e n p l a y h a rd n e x t ”

Nov a k ov i ć s a i d h e b e l i e v e s t h a t O n u o r a o f t e n r e f l e c t e d o n h i s p a r e n t s “ It s e e m e d l i k e h e f e l t l i k e h e o w e d h i s p a re n t s s o m e t h i n g f o r t h e s a c r i f i c e s t h e y m a d e f o r h i m , ” Nov a k ov i ć s a i d “ He w a s a p e r s o n t h a t w a n t e d t o t a l k a b o u t t h i n g s o u t s i d e o f h i m s e l f, b u t a l o t o f t h o s e t h i n g s w e r e i n s i d e o f h i m ”

O n u o r a l e a v e s b e h i n d a s t r o n g l e g a c y, h i s f r i e n d s s a i d “ He w a s o n e o f t h e k i n d e s t a n d b r i g h t e s t s o u l s t h a t w e h a d , ” H a r r i s o n s a i d “ H i s

that reflect the diversity of our n a t i o n a n d o f o u r s t u d e n t s , ” C h a p p e l l - W i l l i a m s s a i d “Increased diversity also leads to a higher level of creativity, effectiveness and innovation, as has been proven through research ” She added that Garrett would bring a “ ne w perspective” to the University’s diversity and inclus i o n i n i t i a t i v e s , w i t h s t u d e n t s having already expressed their suppor t for Garrett’s ascent to the presidency

Ni n a Q u i r k ’ 1 6 s a i d t h a t given Cornell’s “diverse” study b o d y, i t i s “nice” that the Un i v e r s i t y i s “ m a k i n g a n effor t to reflect diversity in its leadership ”

“ C o m i n g f r o m a n a l lg i r l s h i g h s c h o o l , I ’ v e a l w a y s b e e n s u rrounded by female leaders, so I think it’s great that Cornell is finally getting on board,” Quirk said

improve its communication so more people are aware of the Un

diversity and inclusion

m e n t and inclusion are the logical next steps in a diversity initiative that h

Williams said

The goal is for all members of the Cornell community to fully benefit from the increased diversity and implementation of inclusion programs and initiatives ” G a

“I’ve always been surrounded by female leaders, so I think it’s great that Cornell is finally getting on board ” N i n a Q u i r k ’ 1 6

diversity and inclusion initiatives upon assuming the post on July 1 “Although diversity and inclusion are ever

S i n c e 2 0 1 2 , C o r n e l l ’ s University Diversity Council has s u p p o r t e d t h e To w a r d Ne w D e s t i n a t i o n s d i v e r s i t y f r a m ework, which requires each college and administrative unit to identify five diversity initiatives in suppor t of four core principles composition, engagement, inclusion and achievement

“ Tow a rd Ne w D e s t i n a t i o n s has resulted in the foundation for recr uiting initiatives that will continue to increase the diversity o f o u r s t u d e n t s , f a c u l t y, a n d staff,” Chappell-Williams said For example, to increase the diversity of faculty, the provost has established ne w accountabili t y m e a s u re s i n t h e a c a d e m i c search processes and implemented core depar tmental meeting times to suppor t work-life bala n c e , a c c o r d i n g t o C h a p p e l lWilliams

G o i n g f o r w a r d , t h e Un i v e r s i t y D i v e r s i t y C o u n c i l w i l l e n c o u r a g e c o l l e g e s a n d administrative units to increase their focus on engagement as a way to improve the experiences of Cornell’s diverse population

elect Garrett will provide leadership for these efforts and hold deans, in conjunction with the p r ov

accountable for advancing

said

dent, and with her ascendency to the presidency later this year, half of the Ivy League will be led by women presidents In 2014, Cornell University received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity, the largest and oldest diversity publication in higher education The award is given to universities “that demonsrate an outstanding c o m

Insight Into Diversity website “ We are excited about our innovative diversity officer and institutional diversity frame work and we are pleased that peer institutions are quite interested in our work and accomplishments, ” Chappell-Williams said

Andrew Lee can be reached at alee@cornellsun com

Thomas Will Manage $30 Million Portfolio Of Real Estate Projects

Left-Wing Party Seizes Victory in Greece

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m e e t t h e d e m a n d s o f h i s n e w p o s i t i o n “ Je re m y ’ s k n ow l e d g e o f s t a t e , f e d e r a l a n d l o c a l f u n d i n g

o p p o r t u n i t i e s , a l o n g w i t h a s t ro n g u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f b u i l d i n g

a n d zo n i n g c o d e s , [ w i l l ] h e l p b r i n g c o m p l e x re a l e s t a t e a n d n e i g h b o r h o o d d e ve l o p m e n t i n i t i a t i ve s t o f r u i t i o n , ” W h a n g s a i d L i Vi g n e s a i d h e p l a n s t o u s e h i s o n e - m o n t h ove r l a p w i t h

T h o m a s t o e n s u re a s m o o t h t r a n s i t i o n “ I w i l

ATHENS, Greece (AP) A radical left-wing par ty vowing to end Greece’s painful austerity program won a historic victor y in Sunday’s parliamentar y elections, setting up a showdown with the countr y ’ s international creditors that could shake the eurozone

Alexis Tsipras, leader of the communist-rooted Syriza par ty, immediately promised to end the “five years of humiliation and pain” that Greece has endured since an international bailout saved it from bankr uptcy in 2010

With 92 percent of polling stations counted, Syriza had 36 3 percent versus 27 8 percent for Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ conser vatives It remained to be seen whether Syriza had enough seats to govern outright or would have to

seek suppor t from other par ties That might not become clear until Monday morning or later, when all the votes are counted

If Tsipras, 40, can put together a government, he will be Greece’s youngest prime minister in 150 years, while Syriza would be the first radical left par ty to ever govern the countr y

The prospect of an anti-bailout government coming to power in Greece has sent jitters through the financial world, reviving fears of a Greek bankr uptcy that could reverberate across the eurozone

beyond any doubt, the vicious circle of austerity in our countr y, ” Tsipras told a crowd of rapturous flag-waving suppor ters

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Editorial

S k o r t o n , D o n’t B e A L a m e D u c k

TEN MONTHS AGO, PRESIDENT DAVID SKORTON announced he would depart Cornell in June to head the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D C , as its 13th secretary Immediately following the announcement, Skorton said he would “finish the commitments” he made, emphasizing the importance of addressing sexual assault and maintaining access to receiving an education at Cornell Yet, with one semester before he leaves, we urge Skorton to stand by his commitments, to finish the work he started and to continue communicating with the Cornell community through the remainder of his final semester

Since arriving at Cornell, Skorton has made strides in addressing several problems facing the University He, along with other administrators, was crucial to helping Cornellians weather the economic crisis in 2008 by expanding financial aid available to students, bringing the amount of money spent on financial aid to an all-time high Under his leadership, Cornell was granted the rights to build what could become a transformative technology graduate campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City And more recently, Skorton promised last semester to increase payments to the Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit by $1 125 million over the next three years These accomplishments aside, it is clear that his work in Ithaca remains unfinished

During this time of transition, we urge President Skorton to bring the nearly year-long debate over Cornell’s contributions to TCAT a close by creating a sustainable relationship with the bus service In addition to working towards mending town-gown relations, the University must make progress in changing the campus climate regarding sexual assault, safety and LGBT equality A report released in 2013 revealed racial minorities and LGBT students feel less safe than their fellow students By working with Cornellians across campus, we believe the administration can create a culture that engages all students in a diverse and safe manner

Skorton has always prided himself on being accessible to the overall Cornell community In his November column in The Sun, President Skorton responded to previous calls from The Sun to further engage with Cornellians from across campus and stressed the importance of shared governance in times of transitions Yet students have questioned the legitimacy of Cornell’s shared governance systems throughout 2014 most notably last April when a group of students took over a Student Assembly meeting We call upon the President to make a considerable effort in the coming months to hear as many students as possible in order to best prepare incoming President-Elect Elizabeth Garrett

As the University begins to transition administrators, we urge both Skorton and Garrett to continue to communicate with students Cornell’s 12th president has made great progress in changing the University, but with only months remaining and unresolved issues still facing Cornellians, we wish to leave the President with a message: Please do not be a lame duck

Siobhan Brandman | Guest Room

The Problem With The PMA Department

In the past two years, I graduated from a performing arts high school, attended a small liberal arts college and then transferred to a large Ivy League university In the past two years, I have transformed in many different ways but, most importantly, I have become conscious of the direction I want my future to go in I am making the most of Cornell, possibly double majoring in English and Performing and Media Arts And while Cornell does have a respectable English program, its drama department is seriously lacking

In the recent past, Cornell had one of the best B A theatre arts programs in the country, but due to major budget cuts and restructuring in 2010, it has been whittled away Each year, faculty from the “golden age ” of Cornell theatre leave in pursuit of a more arts-friendly environment, and the students follow, too Cornell gave up the ability to provide students with a theatre arts degree by creating a ne w major, PMA, which allows students with an interest in the arts to take classes in a range of mediums. While this degree may seem favorable, it is not to a student, like myself, who wants to act and needs training The PMA major encompasses a lot of mediums and as a result of its broadness, it suffers from being too general Faculty excuse this by saying Cornell is not a conservatory program, but that does not excuse classes from being treated like a recreational activity I understand that most students at Cornell attend for the sciences I understand that most students take acting courses because they are an easy three credits These are all student motives, but from a faculty perspective I don’t understand why there is not a class specifically designed for PMA majors I’m using acting as an example here because I am an actor or at least I hope to be one, professionally Acting is about being open, vulnerable and honest. For even the Meryl Streeps it is impossible to be fully committed and vulnerable in a learning environment contaminated by a student who is not genuine When acting classes are taken for fun, they inhibit the students who are taking them in the hopes of entering and being successful in the professional world It’s like that kid in high school (or maybe even college) who fools around during lab, distracts the class then copies the work to hand in before the class is over That non-committed kid who’s only taking the class to graduate inhibits the other students who are actually trying to learn

Many students in the PMA major have expressed not feeling challenged in classes I mean, what can you expect from a group of over achieving Ivy Leaguers? The real problem, however, is that their expression is shouted into a

black hole No one listens

In a dance course I took recently, we as a class felt as though our professor was not teaching the class as effectively as he could After class, I went up to him and asked if he could possibly introduce barre into the warm-up In my last college, every level of ballet started with a barre because studying dance is ultimately ineffective and injurious if dancers do not have the proper muscles when moving My request was denied and I felt shut down; he seemed disinterested with my concerns Firstly, any teacher who has no passion or interest for what he/she is teaching is going to produce a class of poor quality Secondly, and more upsetting, is the idea that he did not even consider a student’s request or seek a class consensus, revealing that he does not care about the students

I went to another PMA professor with the story of my dance class, and she asked why I transferred and reminded me that PMA is not a p e r f o r m a n c ebased program I was shocked If the major is not p e r f o r m a n c ebased, that leaves me wondering why the major is c a l l e d

“Performing and Media Arts ” Performance is definitely a marketing tool to get students to declare the major, but it’s false marketing, apparently

She then asked when I was going to declare the PMA major At that point, tears were welling in my eyes from sadness, frustration and the hunger I felt that day from missing lunch I told her that I was not sure that the PMA major was right for me I could not walk out of that office after signing a piece of paper authorizing my support for a program that I walked in to complain about I mean, who wants to declare a major in program the administration does not seem to take seriously?

This represents the problem with the PMA major: complacency If you do what you ' ve always done, you'll get what you ' ve always gotten Without change, there are no results I believe the number of PMA majors is dying out rapidly because students feel that no one listens to their concerns and no changes are made It would be easy for me to choose complacency, to accept my classes and my lack of training, but I am passionate about what I love This column originally began as an essay about why I want to transfer on my third Common App It would be nice to not have to transfer, but I will if my school can ’ t provide the education I desire I would choose to stay at Cornell in a heartbeat if they made any attempt to keep me here

Siobhan Brandman is a sophomore in the College of Ar ts and Sciences She can be reached at shb222@cornell edu Gu e s t Ro o m appears periodically this semester

CORRECTION

A Jan 23 news story, “Sorority Recruitment Numbers Drop 12 Percent Since 2014,” incorrectly stated that 762 women registered for sorority recruitment this year In fact, 771 women registered

Walsh | Words With Walsh

P e r k s O f B e i n g

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For my first column of the semester, I’m pulling something a little risky I had an entirely different column written for today, but something happened to me this weekend that resulted in the following stream of consciousness being written on a five-hour-long bus ride from Montreal to Ithaca

What happened to me? I lost I competed at a Model United Nations (MUN) conference at McGill University this weekend, and I lost For anyone who knows me even a little bit, you know that MUN is an enormous par t of my life, and has been for the past eight years I am completely aware that this is an aggressively dorky passion, but I have always prided myself on the hard work that I pour into this par ticular hobby of mine

But despite that hard work this weekend, I didn’t win the competition As a senior, this was my last MUN conference ever, and I was initially ver y upset that I had lost But during the past fe w hours traversing the Canadian countr yside, I’ve come to realize that losing can be just as valuable as winning, if not more so

There’s no doubt that winning feels great, whether it’s a hockey tournament, a debate competition, or an A+ in a tough class There’s nothing quite like the feeling of euphoria

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that follows the discover y that you have succeeded Winning is a reassurance from the universe that you are indeed skilled and talented All of the effor ts that you have put for th have paid off

On the flip side, losing hur ts It doesn't matter if you ’ ve lost a competition of some sor t, if you were rejected from a job oppor tunity, or if you got a bad grade that awful sinking feeling in your stomach signifies that you have failed If you don’t have much self confidence, such a failure can plague your perceptions of self wor th for a ver y long time

But where winning is just reassurance, losing can be a catalyst People are more likely to tr y to learn more about themselves and make changes in their lives if they are facing a challenge If you ’ re challenged by a past failure, you can learn from your mistakes and change how you go about your actions as a result

I realized today that I value my failures just as much as I value my successes I would not be the person I am today had I not failed Being rejected from my dream college taught me that a school in Ithaca that I swore I’d never go to would end up being my tr ue home Not receiving a fellowship taught me to keep an open mind about the future, since it’s impossible to plan for Doing a less than stellar job academically my first semester at Cornell taught me simultaneously that one is not defined by their GPA, and also that studying for prelims for more than one day is probably a good idea

Losing the competition this weekend taught me that the lack of an award doesn’t mitigate the last eight years of my life par ticipating in MUN It doesn’t erase the lessons I have learned, the experiences I have had, or the friends I have made

All of these failures, and many more, have led me to change my attitudes and actions Besides vowing to worker harder, do better, and put in more effor t in all aspects of my life, I have also promised myself to keep an open mind

As I gear up for my final semester at Cornell, I am bracing myself for the inevitable failures to come Not ever y job will give me an offer, and not ever y assignment will receive an A But I will not lose hope because I have finally realized that, as incredibly corny as this sounds, we tr uly never know when our failures will eventually lead us to our greatest successes

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Theatre in a Day at Schwartz Center

BY EMILY FOURNIER Sun Staff Writer

The event formerly known as the 24-Hour Playfest, called Theatre in a Day for undisclosed copyright issues, required its writers to create one-act plays within 12 hours On Friday evening, the playwrights were given the theme, “Film,” and its twist, “Dance,” just after they arrived to ensure that their pieces were not prepared ahead of time After the exhausted writers completed their work, the actors, directors and stage managers entered the Schwartz Center early Saturday morning to prepare for the night’s 7 p m performance, which filled the building’s Black Box Theatre

Coordinated by Jillian Holch ’16 and Claire Stack ’15, the festival served as one of Cornell’s 150 Events celebrating its sesquicentennial, and it allowed students to display their talents without the involvement of outside playwrights and directors

Although the concept of creating and performing a play in merely 24 hours is not exclusive to the Schwartz Center, the plays themselves were utterly unique and are unlikely to ever be performed again Of course, writers required to pull an all-nighter will not produce their most polished work, but the five short plays were all amusing and kept the audience’s interest without taking themselves too seriously

Long List of Ex-Lovers, written by Trevor Stankiewicz’s ’15 and directed by Sam Morrison ’17 opened the festival It portrayed a sweet couple, Shanti Kumar ’17 and Alec Newport ’18, who discovered a significant difference between their numbers of former partners Carla Perez ’15 and Emma Zhu ’18 each played a string of Newport’s ex-girlfriends, reciting why they broke up with him Colin Sears ’18 portrayed Kumar’s only ex-partner in a series of flashbacks that frequently mixed with reality to poke fun at the one act ’ s structure While its concept was simple, the play was entertaining and surprisingly coherent considering the circumstances under which it was written

Gloria Majule’s ’17 Bring Back the Oscars, directed by Aleksej Aarsaether ’17, united five different film genres through five people who acted as their stereotypical characters The premise of

this production involved a cancelled award show The embodiments of the genres banded together as they traveled among movies, searching for five Willy Wonka-like tickets that would prevent their downfall The bizarre play’s highlight was Christian Kelly’s ’16 portrayal of the Musical He played a theater geek in a bedazzled crop top, who brought laughter to a disjointed but otherwise well-done production Iowa the Intimate, written by Oakley Loeb ’17 and directed by Max Joh-Carnella ’16, was certainly the evening’s wittiest play It chronicled the struggles of a pornography store owner, played by Chisom Awachie ’17, with the loud picketing of her ex-girlfriend turned Jesus freak (Jessi Silverman ’17) and a girl who decided to join the cause (Grace Gliva ’18) Silverman and Awachie were excellent for their parts Silverman’s wide-eyed concern that the BLT she was handed contained “devil’s lettuce,” was the best euphemism for marijuana I have ever heard, and it left the audience roaring Meanwhile, Arthur Egitto ’16 played a porn star visiting the store to give a talk, with Sean Doolittle ’16, Arts and Entertainment editor as his wideeyed biggest fan Loeb managed to incorporate the two plots very well without disrupting the show’s order, and it was overall quite impressive

Jazlin Gomez’s (’16) Dynamite, directed by Rudy Gerson ’16, was uproarious if not entirely original Borrowing a great deal from Napoleon Dynamite, Mean Girls and Dirty Dancing, the play depicted the pressure on Napoleon (Kay Wilson ’18) to create an “epic dance scene ” for his film With helpful visits from Regina George (Maple Chen ’17) and Johnny Castle (Will Isenberg ’16), Napoleon attempted the Jingle Bell Rock dance (complete with audience sing-along) and the Dirty Dancing lift, all to no avail Napoleon’s brother Kip’s girlfriend, Lafawnduh (Keisha Target ’15), finally gave him a recording of “Canned Heat,” which allowed Wilson to recreate the movie’s actual “epic dance scene ” as the rest of the cast joined in Though perhaps not the most creative, the play was a crowd favorite and was a truly fun addition to the collection

Finally came Not Love, Actually, written by Rachel Ellicott ’15 and directed by Alexander Quilty ’15 While its plot was rather predictable, its characters were relatable and Irving Torres’ ’18 “lover boy” character elicited many an “ aawwwww ” from the audience Set up by his friend’s girlfriend (Monica Burnett ’15) with a decidedly unromantic girl (Ellen Pyne ’15), the mismatched pair ended the date early only for Pyne to discover how much she had in common with Torres’ friend (Evan Needell ’15) Although the premise was typical of a romantic comedy, the characters were fairly well-crafted and the actors brought them to life effectively

Despite a few minor hiccups and some under-developed plots, both due to the extreme time constraints, the production was very enjoyable and the contents of the plays were varied The festival allowed Cornellians to demonstrate their aptitude for theatre and show that they remained talented under extreme pressure

Emily Fournier is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at efournier@cornellsun com

Act (Un)natural: Staged, Performed, Manipulated at the Johnson

BY SHAY COLLINS Sun Staff Writer

The works that comprise Staged, Performed, Manipulated blur and combine the technical and narrative aspects of photography Curated by Andrea Inselmann and displayed in the Gold Gallery, the exhibit includes photographs that integrate transformative editing and the performativity of gender, sexuality, and race into their composition The works span the dimension of the un-candid, from radical tableaus to stark architectural images Yet, the exhibit causes the viewer not to look back and trace the history of staged and altered photography, but rather to look around and appreciate the combinations of photography and performance

The works did, however, seem to divide into two groups: Those that foregrounded the performance and those that did not James Casebere’s “Prison (Sing Sing)” epitomizes the latter group Casebere’s extreme black and white photograph captures a Sing Sing devoid of humanity The windows and doors are black rectangles and the light cast from the right side of the frame overlays shadows of barbed wire and a crucifix on the side of the building

Works like Justine Kurland’s “Moss Covered Troll Trees” and Katy Grannan s “Kathy, Bird Sanctuar y (Gravesite), Chatham, N Y , 2003” incorporate human subjects more than Casebere’s but still do not fully embrace per formance Kurland’s photograph depicts a lush forest, saturated by greens and browns However, closer inspection reveals a naked human body at the center of the frame, about to duck behind a tree Grannan’s photograph also centers a human subject against a nature scene, but focuses more on the person Grannan’s subject sits on a small rock ledge and gazes out of the photograph with a somber gaze, reflecting back on to the viewer

Whereas Casebere, Kurland, and Grannan alter staging and placement, when I think about manipulation and performance, I definitely do not think first of massive prisons and nature scenes Rather, Staged Performed Manipulated succeeds by featuring the bold, the subversive, and, at times, the playful

In the realm of the playful, Anthony Goicolea’s panoramic “Warriors” overlays the same teenage subject over twenty times to create a one-man Lord of the Flies Kate O’Donovan Cook

uses both performance and overlaying in “Waldorf Series, 2-5,” photographing herself as an expressionless businessman and his sexual counterpart as they interact (and fail to interact) in a hotel room Cook explores the performativity of gender, equally inhabiting each role, but also embraces the role of absence in performances Importantly, neither the implied first photograph nor sexual act exist within the series

Moving from playful to heavy, Gregory Crewdson seems an obvious selection for the exhibit Staging and cinematic elements typify Cre wdson’s photography and “Untitled (vanity)” incorporates both of Crewdson’s strengths Dimly lit rooms and tilted mirrors frame the center of the work At the focal point, a woman stares at her doubled reflection in a vanity mirror However, the presence of a naked woman standing a few feet behind her, visible only in the reflection, makes the photograph look more like a still from a horror movie

After a half-hour in the gallery, I returned to two works again and again Renée Cox’s “Yo Mama’s Last Supper” is a stylistic and conceptual power play of a tableau Unabashedly addressing race, sexuality and gender, Cox’s five-panel piece adapts Da Vinci’s classic, re-casting a naked Cox as Jesus and replacing eleven out of the twelve apostles with black models (bearing pointed implications, Judas is white) “Yo Mama’s Last Supper” gained a number of critics – including former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani according to a Feb 21, 2001 New York Times article by Elisabeth Bumiller Yet, standing before the gloriously posed photograph, it’s hard to not revere its regal, unapologetic imagery

Focusing more on editing than narrative, Meghan Boody’s “Night is generally my time for walking” depicts a young girl walking away from a home engulfed in fire At first, something seems off about the piece The lighting is cast from opposite sides on the girl and on the background The background

seems alien and hyper-detailed when compared to a heavily shadowed subject Boody in fact focuses primarily on piecing together shots of her models and of her backgrounds in process of digital collaging and manipulation The end result is unnerving and fascinating, as the viewer faces a simultaneously coherent and pieced-together frame

Staging, manipulation and performance have, by no means, made a recent appearance in the photography medium Rather, as the description of the exhibition states: “Indeed, from the very beginnings of the medium photographers have shot artificially constructed scenes created only for the purpose of taking a picture ” Modern photographers, however, have mixed performance with recent technical developments to depict subjects and environments in new, constructed forms At their most compelling, the works are provocative commentaries on gender and race At their least compelling, the works still expand photography as a medium that can manipulate, question, and create narratives and settings

Shay Collins is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at scollins@cornellsun com

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Arts Around Ithaca

Jessica Williams

The Statler Auditorium Friday Jan 30, 7:30 p m

Staged, Performed, Manipulated

The Johnson Museum, Jan 24 - June 7

Break is over, winter is in full swing, a n d w e a r e d u e f o r a b l i z z a r d tomorrow that will drop six to 12 more inches of cold and wet on the streets of Ithaca Classes have just begun and all of the awards shows that tell us what television to care about this year have given us their lists So what better to do than avoid all of those things and hunker down with your bookmarked streaming ser vices and a tub of hummus and watch an obscene amount of television just, you know, to see what ever yone is talking about Well, that and dance naked to Lady Gaga when your roommates are out Obviously

There’s a lot of great mostly-ne w stuff out there Jane the Virgin, The Affair, Tr ue Detective, House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, you know, the stuff that is lauded on ever y best of 2014 list from here to Alaska So let’s not talk about those Let’s talk about the shows that didn ’ t quite make the cut on the Top 10s and the shows from 2005 that you ’ re just gett i n g a ro u n d t o w a t c h i n g n ow ( i n s e r t moment of silence for the writers strike that lead to the death of many an amazing unsuspecting show) Let’s talk about the amazing shows that you

c a n b i n g e o n w h e n M a t t h e w McConaughey's face is too much or Frank Under wood has broken y o u r f a i t h i n g o v e r n m e n t a n d humanity to unsalvageable pieces

Here is a list of the not-quite-best shows of the year and some shows to re-watch from the past

S t i l l K i c k i n g

H O U S E O F L I E S : Do you like

Physics Fair

Kitchen Theatre Saturday Jan 31, 1:00 p m

The Kitchen Theatre Company is presenting its ne west original musical, Physics Fair, this coming Saturday The production opened last Saturday and is set in a modern middle school It spor ts a vibrant cast of actual middle school and high school students from the Ithaca area, and its premise involves a middle school’s first ever physics fair The musical features live physics demonstrations, assisted by Xraise, an extension of the Cornell University Laborator y for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education, as well as melodious songs by its talented young cast Physics Fair is written by Kitchen Theatre Ar tistic Director Rachel Lamper t and Associate Producer Lesley Greene Tickets are $12 and available through Kitchen Theatre’s website and phone line Anita Alur

What Moon Things, Pinegrove, The Sea Life and Modern Hut

The Bear’s Den Pub, Jan 31, 9:00 p m

Fanclub Collective presents local groups What Moon Things, post-punk act from Ne w Paltz, N Y , Pinegrove, an indie rock four-piece from Montclair, N J , The Sea Life, dreamy, lo-fi alternative pop group from Washington, D C , and Modern Hut, an experimental, acoustic folk-rock act from Ne w Br unswick, N J Fanclub exists to provide enter tainment to the diverse members of the Cornell and local community through live music, so come check out these local acts on campus with fellow students and community members There are no tickets, but a $5 donations is suggested

Jael Goldfine

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your friends actually mean when they say they want to go into ‘consulting” when they graduate? House of Lies, not to be confused with House of Cards, is the show for you The comedy, starring Don Cheadle, yes, Don C h e a d l e , k e e p s t h e h u m o r q u i c k , witty and just vulgar enough to keep you laughing even when you ’ re cringing Episodes are only 30 minutes and there are only three seasons Totally doable Binge time: 18 5 hours

L O O K I N G : About three gay guys living in San Francisco, Looking is one of HBO’s criminally under-watched shows The show explores the lives of gay men like no other one I have seen The sex is as explicit as sex on Girls and though the characters are d e f i n i t e l y m o r e l i k e a b l e , L o o k i n g manages to feel honest in a great way Plus Jonathan Groff is the star, so there’s really nothing holding you back Binge time: 5 hours

S I L I C O N VA L L E Y: This comedy set in, you guessed it, Silicon Valley, is the best, most ridiculous comedy on right now In it we follow Richard Hendricks, who tries

Je a n - R a l p h i o f r o m Pa r k s a n d Recreation? Do you love Kristen Bell and, moreover, do you love her most when she is kicking ass and taking names and basically being the best in any male-dominated industr y? Do you ever wonder what all

to make his star tup idea a reality The characters are abominable, the humor is somehow bro-comedy meets cynical nerd

a n d i t i s p re t t y a d d i c t i n g Wi t h c a s t members like the ever-funny Mar tin Star,

Kumail Nanjiani, Zach Woods and T J Miller, this comedy has an ensemble to envy Binge time: 4 hours

O RP H A N B L A C K : Yes, Orphan Black is a b

woman ’ s name is Tatiana Maslany and she is a force to be reckoned with This show is ver y possibly my favorite one on television The plot is fast-paced and smar t The cinematography and acting required to make it work are a feat, and Maslany makes the job look easy Orphan Black is required watching for anyone tr uly interested i

Binge time: 20 hours T h

W E E D S : When you ’ re done rewatching Friends from top to bottom, make your way back to the glor y of Weeds We know you miss Breaking Bad, so what better to ease the pain than the o r i g i n a l B re a k i n g B a d Po t k i n g p i n (queenpin?) Nancy Botwin, a mother of

two, left alone after her husband drops dead, attempts to manage her family and her career as a weed dealer Basically, the u l t i m a t e w o

Created by Jenji Kohan, the creator of Orange is the New Black, this show takes no prisoners and doesn’t shy away from things like racial and gender issues, the war in Iraq and dr ug regulations Just as addicting and searing now as it was 10 years ago, Weeds is a classic Binge time: 51 hours

V E R O N I C A M A R S : I will never stop pimping this show Kristen Bell’s original role as baddest bitch in the room Veronica Mars is wor th the time No, it isn’t believable that her and her posse are high school students, but that doesn’t make the show any less juicy Just do it Binge t i m e : 6 4 h o u r s

Arielle Cruz is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at

com Death Before Decaf appears alternate Mondays this semester

Miami Heat Beats Chicago in Disappointing Loss

CHICAGO (AP) Hassan Whiteside bounced around the NBA Development league and played in China and Lebanon, hoping NBA teams were keeping t a b s a n d w o u l d g

oppor tunity

He was in Charlotte, working out at the downtown YMCA, a fe w months ago He then got his chance with the Heat and he’s making the most of it

town Y just chilling, working on my game I couldn’t get a team to pick up the phone

Bulls miserable His teammates did their par t, too

2 6 points, and Chris Bosh finished with 20

Luol Deng scored 15 in his

him to Cleveland last season

And Whiteside wreaked all kinds of havoc in just 24 minutes after m

h a sprained right ankle

Pau Gasol had 13 points and 17 rebounds for Chicago, giving h

games Derrick Rose scored 19 for Chicago but missed all six 3pointers

Tuesday at Golden State

Gasol said “ We understand the impor tance of ever y game, especially here at home We’re tr ying to get ourselves going, get in some kind of rhythm but we haven’t been able to do it yet ”

The Bulls were within 83-76 a

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Whiteside had an unconventional triple-double with a teamrecord and career-high 12 blocks to go with 14 points and 13 rebounds to help Miami beat the s

Sunday

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“It’s a blessing Like I told my t

how things work out in life,” said Whiteside, who signed with Miami in late November “ Three months ago I was at the down-

Chalmers had 15 points, and the He a t

momentum the Bulls appeared to be building after beating San Antonio and Dallas

Miami led by 10 at halftime, 12 going into the four th quar ter and remained in control the rest of the way

Wade and Bosh came through with strong per formances Deng had 10 rebounds and four assists in his first game at the United Center since the Bulls traded

Aaron Brooks scored 17 But Chicago fell to 13-11 at home

with 6:36 left in the game But t

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course, more than I expected,” Bosh said “But I kinda saw the fit [after he signed] He’s just playing at a high level right now I just want him to stay grounded, just continue to work ” It was an emotional day for D e n g , w h o w a s b a c k a t t h e United Center for the first time since the Bulls traded him to Cleveland last year He spent his f i r s t n i n e

Chicago

w i n g n i g h t

It was cer tainly not what the Bulls had in mind after handing the Spurs their most lopsided loss of the season Thursday in Chicago and then winning at D

Those two wins on the heels of a 2-6 slide seemed like strong signals they were coming around

But this was a big step back Worse, the Bulls are staring at a tough six-game trip that star ts

minute span

That spree star ted with an

Gasol off a feed from Deng to make it an 11-point game

Whiteside then answered a layup by Chicago’s Taj Gibson with another dunk, his third in about a two-minute span

“I have so many friends here,” Deng said “ You’ve got ever yone [on] your phone [saying] ‘I can ’ t wait to see you ’ It’s a lot of distractions at the same time, but it’s also exciting ”

The Bulls honored Deng with a video tribute, showing clips of his time in Chicago, during a timeout in the first quar ter

He a t : Whiteside’s 12 blocks were the most in the NBA this season His previous career high was five blocks Bosh scored his 16,000th career point in the first quar ter

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n without Mike Dunleavy Jr , who missed his 13th straight game because of a right ankle injur y The Bulls keep saying he’s close t o re t u r n i n g , b u t c o a c h To m

Thibodeau said he is “just not comfor table enough to be in a game ”

Aaron Hernandez Murder Trial Set to Begin

Former New England Pats football player stands trial for three murders

FALL RIVER, Mass (AP) Aaron Hernande z once seemed to be a man with a bright future At age 23 he had a Super Bowl appearance under his belt and a $40 million contract as a star tight end with the Ne w England Patriots He and his fiancee had star ted a family, living in a mansion in the Boston suburbs with their 8-month-old daughter

This week, prosecutors will paint a different picture of Hernande z: they will por tray him as a killer who orchestrated the shooting of semiprofessional football player Odin Lloyd

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f t e r Lloyd’s bullet-riddled body was found in a n i n

No r t h Attleborough mansion He has pleaded not guilty and, after more than two weeks of jur y selection, his trial is expected to kick off in earnest this week with opening statements

The case will be laid out in the courtroom just as Hernandez’s old team prep a re s f o r Su n d a y ’ s Su p e r B ow l , t h e Patriots’ first appearance since 2012, when Hernandez caught a touchdown pass in Super Bowl XLVI The Patriots cut him less than two hours after he was arrested Hernande z, now 25, is also charged with killing two men in Boston in 2012 because he felt disrespected after one of them spilled a drink on him at a nightclub He pleaded not guilty after being charged in those shootings in May, and the case has not yet gone to trial

Lloyd, 27, played for the Boston Bandits

football team and was dating the sister of Shayanna Jenkins, fiancee Prosecutors say he and Hernande z were friendly and had been at a nightclub together a couple of days before he was killed

Prosecutors have said Hernandez and two friends from his hometown of Bristol, Connecticut, picked up Lloyd at his home in Boston’s Dorchester section around 2:30 a m on June 17, 2013 Those men, Carlos Ortiz and Ernest Wallace, have also pleaded not guilty to murder charges and will be tried separately

From Dorchester, prosecutors say the four men drove to North Attleborough in a rented Nissan Altima, stopping along the way to buy bubble gum at a gas station An hour after he left his house, prosecutors say Lloyd was dead, shot multiple times by a 45-caliber Glock They have not said who pulled the trigger, but say Hernandez orchestrated the killing The murder weapon has never been found

Prosecutors have said toll booth, video sur veillance, GPS and cellphone records clearly place Hernande z in the car with Lloyd at the time of his murder, and have said video from the security system inside Hernande z ’ s own home shows him walking through his house with a gun minutes after the killing

Christopher Dearborn, a professor at Suffolk University Law School, says that

Attorney’s office has a lot of circumstantial evidence, its challenge is to offer a motive to jurors Prosecutors have said a

Burke, Exum Direct

As Jazz Zip Past Nets

SALT LAKE CITY (AP)

Trey Burke started on the bench again but was hard to miss once he got in the game

He turned his frustration into aggressiveness and scored 15 points in the second quarter, as the Utah Jazz rolled to a 108-73 win over the reeling Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night

“It’s new to me I don’t know if I was comfortable with it, but I knew I had to be ready to play,” said Burke, who has always been a starter since he’s played basketball

Gordon Hayward scored 24 points and Joe Ingles had a seasonhigh 16 points as the Jazz won consecutive games for the first time this month

Dante Exum had 13 in his second straight start in front of Burke, who made a big difference for Utah, which outscored Brooklyn 33-16 in the second period

“I was locked in from the start and I was looking at ways to attack the defense before I even got out there,” Burke said Jarrett Jack had 16 points and Mason Plumlee added 11 for the Nets, who have dropped three of four

One game after Brooklyn’s worst defeat of the season 12384 to the Clippers the Nets were again listless

“Collectively, we need to put more into the game effort-wise It’s not really a strategic thing anymore, we just need to give more, ”

possible motive was that Hernande z may have showed Lloyd the spot where the 2012 shooting took place But Bristol C

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n Garsh last month r uled they may not introduce anything having to do with the 2012 killing in the Lloyd murder trial

The lack of a clear motive is the b

Plumlee said Brooklyn is 3-10 in January and a half-game back of Charlotte for the last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference

There has been a little drama over 19-year-old Exum, the fifth overall pick in last years draft, supplanting Burke so early But if they both play the way they did against the Nets, it may not matter who starts

With Alec Burks out for the season and his replacement, Rodney Hood, out for a few more weeks, Exum and Burke played together for stretches

The combination worked well as the Jazz looked to run at every opportunity on the sluggish Nets

The Jazz had 27 fast-break points to Brooklyn’s nine

“We’re best when we are in transition and the ball is moving,” Burke said “Coach has been on us heavy about pace and getting the ball up the court off the rebounds ”

Instead of sulking, Burke played with an aggressive attitude from the moment he entered the game on both ends

“He is one of the guys that’s finding a good balance between scoring and playmaking,” Utah coach Quin Snyder said “The other thing I thought he did is he guarded When your point guard is at the point of the attack, is tough-minded defensively and willing to talk, that anchors your whole defense ”

o n ’ s case, Dearborn said “ You need to give a jur y a reason why, or they’re going to have pause, ” Dearborn said “I don’t think they have a motive that they can present in concrete fashion with witnesses that can support a motive ” Hernande z ’ s legal team is likely to focus on the holes, Dearborn said “ We don’t have a weapon We don’t have a confession We don’t have eye witnesses, ” he said Hernande z ’ s team does not have to offer a defense or explanation, or even d e l i v e r a n o p

Dearborn said he expects to hear one “ They will absolutely have to have their own narrative,” he said “ That narrative will probably suggest alternatives ” Jenkins, Hernande z ’ s fiancee has been charged with perjur y for allegedly lying to a grand jur y including when she said she could not remember what she did with a box prosecutors believe she disposed of after getting what they called a coded message from Hernande z

Red Drops Both Games of Tournament at Dartmouth

Cornell falls to 1-3 after losses to Indiana University and University of Denver in weekend games

By ANNA FASMAN Sun Ass stant Sports Editor

The Cornell men ’ s tennis team

t r a v e l e d t o H a n ov e r, Ne w Hampshire this weekend to take on Indiana University and the Un i v e r s i t y o f D e n v e r i n

Dartmouth’s Kickoff Classic, a series of games that took place over the span of three days The Red, now 1-3 for the season, fell to both the Hoosiers (2-0) and t h e Pi o n e e r s ( 3 - 2 ) , u l t i m a t e l y leaving Dartmouth with nothing to show for on the weekend

“Across the board, I feel like we are playing pretty good tennis, but we just didn’t get the wins.”

In Fr i d a y ’ s g a m e a g a i n s t Indiana University, the Red fell to the Hoosiers by one point, losing the match, 4-3 The No 1 doubles pair, made up of sophomores

C h r i s Vr a b e l a n d B e r n a rd o Casares Rosa, secured a win for the Red The No 3 doubles pair, made up of junior Stefan Vinti and senior Quoc-Daniel Nguyen,

also won its match Casares Rosa and sophomore Colin Sinclair notched wins for the Red in their singles matches The other doubles pair and the rest of the singles, however, were unable to secure victories, leaving the squad just short of overtaking Hoosiers

D e s p i t e t h e d i s a p p o i n t i n g loss, Head Coach Silviu Tanasoiu encouraged his players to focus on the game and not on the score

“Coach told me after my first match against Indiana that I need to cherish playing and not think about winning the match,” said s o p h o m o re D y l a n Br ow n “Moving for ward, I’m going to just work on my game and play the way I practice instead of thinking it’s win or lose

Although the Red struggled a

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t e d that the No 1 doubles win was one of the weekend’s highlights “ O u

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n a g a i n s t Indiana was definitely the best moment of the week We’ve been struggling by starting flat somet i m e s , b u t w e s t e p p e d i t u p against Indiana,” he said In its matches against Denver on Saturday, the Red fell to the Pioneers, 1-4 Brown earned the only point for Cornell as the

nationally-ranked Denver won six of nine total matches

Moving for ward, Brown said that the team should use this weekend as a reminder that they need to work on their basic skills and technique

“ We put in a lot of work in the fall and over Christmas break that’s going to pay off,” Brown said “Across the board, I feel like we are playing pretty good tennis, but we just didn’t get the wins ” The Red will take on George

Washington University and the University of Iowa next weekend at home

Gillam Shines Through Weekend

Series as Red Splits ECAC Matchups

Freshman goalie Stewart struggles against Dartmouth Green

played by the Green in almost ever y aspect of the game Dartmouth held a significant advantage in puck pos-

“We need to start getting four points a weekend.”

session and employed a great defensive game plan While the Red looked like a completely different team on Saturday, Schafer was not surprised that the Green dominated “If you look at [Dartmouth’s] record, [it’s] a good hockey team, ” Schafer said “[It’s] beaten a lot of good teams this year [It] beat a great [Boston University] team and [it] lost by only a goal to a great Boston College team It’s no surprise to our players that these guys our good ”

The loss brings the Red back to 500 in conference play and severely dampers its tournament aspirations

The Red must start putting together back-to-back wins over their last ten games of the season

“ We need to start getting four points a weekend,” Bardreau said “It doesn’t matter who you beat Friday if you ’ re going to lose on Saturday A loss erases a win ”

Improves its Ivy League Record as It Returns to .500 Record for Overall Season

Miller continues to make strides during comeback season

defense and a much more structured offensive game plan, as opposed to the typical “run-and-gun” style employed by many guardheavy teams

“Shonn has improved each game From day one, it has been incredible to see the strides he has made, and it is paying off not just for him, but for the whole team, ” Courtney said Being guard heavy is

Lady Red Continues Season’s Success in First 2015 Away Game

score at halftime remained Columbia 23, Cornell 22 The home team came out of halftime strong, scoring 10 points to Cornell’s two on an impressive r un in the first ten minutes But the Red did not take this lying down Once again, the team came from behind, with Moran and LeDuc notching a basket each, putting the score at 33-30 with four teen minutes left to play

For the rest of the game the two teams battled it out defensively, and with only five minutes left in the regulation time, Cornell finally grabbed the lead off a basket from senior guard Christine Kline, assisted by LeDuc’s defensive rebound With twenty-five seconds left, the Lions kept it interesting, bringing the score to 4

, bumping the score up to 44-42 with seventeen seconds

but could not sink it, and sophomore

not a bad thing by any means, especially when the majority of the guards can score consistently Last week’s matchup saw sophom o r e R o b e r t H a t t e r steal the

s h o w , s c o r i n g

s e v e n points in the final minute This week, senior Galal Cancer stepped up, scoring 16 points on 7/12 shooting

The Red’s balanced offense has been key in the squad’s overall development thus far

“We are continuing to i m p r ov e with the p l a y e r s that we h a v e W e k n o w not to be complacent and have made it a point to improve every day going into the height of the league season, ”

Courtney said With the Red heading into the thick of its Ivy League campaign, picking up a win over a quality Columbia team is promising for the squad With back-to-back home games against Brown and Yale this weekend, the Red is in a good position to make some noise in the early stages of Ancient Eight play

Ni a Marshall grabbed the most impor tant rebound of the game She was fouled instantly, and hit both free throws, pushing the score to 46-42 There was less than a second left, not enough time for the Lions to change the final score Cornell walked away from the series, 2-0

“ We fought back multiple times and it ended up paying off in the end and we pulled out a win,” Moran said

The win against Columbia puts Cornell at 2-0 in the Ivy League and 11-5 overall The squad’s next contest will be on the road at Brown University next weekend

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Red Splits Weekend Against Crimson and Green

By SHANE LEWIS Sun Staff Writer

It was a weekend of incredible highs and devastating lows for the Cornell men ’ s hockey team The Red defeated powerhouse Harvard, 3-2, with a stunning last-minute goal on Friday night Twenty-four hours later, the Red was thoroughly dominated by Dar tmouth, allowing four unanswered goals to begin the game before finally scoring two in the final period

This series almost exactly replicates last weekend, when the Red (8-9-2, 6-6 ECAC), who have not had a four-point

weekend since late November, beat Union and then proceeded to get shutout by Rochester Polytechnic Institute

“It’s extremely frustrating,” said coach Mike Schafer “To have such a huge win on Friday and then to lose like that on

Saturday, it’s frustrating ”

Despite the letdown in the second game of the weekend, the Red delivered an emotional win against the No 4 Crimson (124-2, 8-3-2 ECAC) in the first game of the weekend series Sophomore forward Eric Freschi scored the game winner with 40 5 seconds left, cashing in on a beautiful feed from senior forward Cole Bardreau This capped off an incredibly exciting game that left a packed Lynah Rink rocking

After a scoreless first period, Harvard struck just two minutes into the second period Harvard forward Jimmy Vesey fired a close range shot past Cornell sophomore goalie Mitch Gillam to give Harvard the 10 advantage The Crimson positioned themselves to take over the game after an interference penalty was called on the Red just 18 seconds after the goal The Red defense, however, killed off the penalty Bardreau shifted the momentum towards the Red when he scored the Cornell’s first goal just 10 seconds after the end of the power play Junior forward Christian Hilbrich scored another goal two and a half minutes later, giving the Red its first lead in the game The Red had several more opportunities to score in the second period, but ringed three shots off the crossbar

Harvard forward Eddie Ellis responded for the Crimson, tying the game six minutes into the third period Both defenses subsequently clamped down for the duration of the period with the game seemingly destined for overtime

Then, Freschi and Bardreau came up big “I called for the puck, Cole [Bardreau] delivered an incredible pass, and I fired away, ” Freschi said “It’s amazing being able to deliver like this in front of our fans ”

The Red looked to continue its momentum against Dartmouth on Saturday, but got off to a dubious start, giving the Green (7-8-4, 4-6-2 ECAC) a penalty shot one minute into the game after the referees called a tripping penalty on sophomore defenseman Holden Anderson Dartmouth

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Skating the line | Sophomore goaltender Mitch Gillam had a strong weekend in net, remaining the top goalie in the country for save percentage and goals against average

forward Eric Neiley made a nice move on the penalty shot to put the puck past Cornell freshman netminder Hayden Stewart for the first of the Green’s four unanswered goals While the Red added two goals in the third period, it ultimately dropped the contest by a 4-2 tally Cornell struggled to get anything going offensively the whole night and was outplayed by the Green in almost every aspect of the game Dartmouth held a significant

By OLIVIA MATTYASOVSZKY Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell women ’ s basketball team traveled to New York C i t y t o p l a y C o l u m b i a o n Saturday, completing the season ’ s series against the Lions Columbia is the only Ivy team that Cornell will play back to back this season

When the Lions came to It h a c a o n Ja n 1 7 , t h e Re d defeated them with a comfortable 20-point win On Saturday, the Red walked away with yet a n o t h e r w i n , t h o u g h i t w a s decidedly harder earned

“It wasn ’ t the prettiest win by any means, but a win is still a win The final score was 46-42, a n d C o r n e l l h a d t r a i l e d t h e Lions for the majority of the game, ” said sophomore forward Ni c h o l l e A s t o n “ C o l u m b i a really pressured us on defense and capitalized on our mistakes We were able to go on a couple of runs to get us back in it and eventually take the lead with a few minutes left ” Aston had a standout performance, netting 14 points and grabbing 10 rebounds off of the board Right behind Aston was

s o p h o m o re g u a rd Me g a n DeLuc, who had twelve points and shot an impressive 500 from beyond the three point line Overall, Cornell shot better than Columbia, with 32 6 percent from the floor and 42 9 from beyond the arc, while the Lions shot 30 percent and 33 percent respectively

“Columbia came out strong to start the game and made adjustments after last game, but so did we We knew they were going to adjust their game due to the fact that we took away a lot of their strengths last week,” s a i d s o p h o m o re g u a rd Ke r r i Moran

Cornell was down for the w h o l e f i r s t h a l f, k e e p i n g Columbia at 23 points with some tough defense, but struggling to score themselves Four free throws by Kerri Moran, as well as baskets by Aston and senior for ward Sarah Poland, put together an eight-point run for the Red right before halftime Though the run gave the squad good momentum going i n

enough to take the lead, and the