01-28-13

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

Cornell N YC Tech Makes Land Approval Gain

“Educational institutions such as Cornell play an instrumental role in nurturing the city’s intellectual capital that is vital in maintaining a competitive advantage over other cities ”

Campu s proposal clears second hurdle

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Staff Writer

Cornell NYC Tech’s proposed Roosevelt Island campus is one step closer to becoming a reality after earning several approvals required by New York City’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure

To date, Cornell’s proposal has been approved by the two of four review processes that are a part of the ULURP, which publicly reviews proposals for use of city land The first of these review groups, Manhattan Community Board 8, approved the University’s plan for the new campus in a nearly unanimous decision in late December

In a University press release, Cathy Dove, vice president of Cornell NYC Tech, said she was “appreciative for the support of our new neighbors ”

“We look forward to continuing the dialogue about this innovative new campus with New Yorkers during the public

review process and beyond,” she said

Just days after the first classes started Jan 21 at the tech campus ’ temporary headquarters in Manhattan, Manhattan Borough President Scott M Stringer gave his approval for Cornell’s proposal

“Educational institutions such as Cornell play an instrumental role in nurturing the city’s intellectual capital that is vital in maintaining a competitive advantage over other cities,” Stringer said in his recommendation Thursday

After filing an application with the ULURP, proposals must be approved by the Community Board, the borough president, the City Planning Commission and the City Council, according to the NYC Department of City Planning’s website Cornell NYC Tech is expected to complete the review process by May, Dove told The Sun Once the process is completed, demolition of the Coler-

Panhel Crack s D own on New Members’ Dr

By MANU RATHORE Sun Senior Writer

While the period that new members of sororities will not be allowed to consume alcohol at chapter events has been reduced f

The Panhellenic Council, the re

l l’s sororities, notified chapter officers of the policy change at a meeting Wednesday The length of the new member education period was the only “significant change”

change comes with an additional restriction: New members will not be allowed in the presence of alcohol for the first six weeks of membership

to Panhel policy, according to Hillary Pond ’14, vice president of judicial affairs and standards for Panhel

She said that punishments for violations of the policy will be d e t e r m i n

by

basis

The new policy intends to e n s u re “ t h e s a f e s t

The changes are in line with the University policies to change the pledging culture, according to Sarah Balik ’15, vice president new member education at Alpha

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[Panhellenic] can ” provide for new members, Pond said “ T h e n e w m e m b e r p e r i o d should be a fun time for the women to get to know other women in their ne w member classes, as well as older sisters,” she said “The main reason for the ‘dry’ policy, however, is safety We are trying to foster a safer and more positive Panhellenic community ”

Students Gather to Honor Deaths in

By ERICA AUGENSTEIN Sun Staff Writer

In the wake of bombings at Aleppo University in Syria that killed at least 87 people on Jan 15, about 30 students gath-

e re d o n Ho Pl a z a Saturday for a candlelight vigil to honor the victims of the attack

Ad a m Ab b o u d ’ 1 4 , president of the Islamic Alliance for Justice a student organization that helped organize the vigil said that the event was planned to spread more a

Syrian crisis throughout the Cornell community

“If we don’t share these stories, we are taking a back seat, and we are just as involved as our own government and the U N in not helping the situation,” Abboud said “The university is a sacred institution Students [in Syria] are no different from you

and me and are using that k

their families and communities ” Six students, including Ab b o u

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human suffering involved i

Speakers read poems in Farsi and Arabic as well as Je w

prayers In his speech, Abboud c

tional institution to the suffering associated with t h e Sy r i a n o

movement as a whole, noting that about 60,000 people have died there since March 2011 “ We a

n d pray for the more than 60,000 brutally tortured and murdered, and the many more that will fall

Abboud said that the vigil was also meant to

affected by the tragedy an opportunity to gather in a public venue

“A lot of people feel

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Dr Frank La Sorte Seminar: Population-Level Migration Dynamics Of North American Birds 12:30 - 1:30 p m , A106 Corson/Mudd Hall

Basic Data Analysis 2 - 4 p m , 102 Mann Library

Understanding Factors Affecting Pregnant Women’s Participation in a Nutrition Supplementation Program in Bangladesh 4 p m , 100 Savage Hall

Zen Meditation Practice

5:30 - 6:30 p m , Founders Room, Anabel Taylor Hall

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A nice change of pace from last week, with warmer temperatures, but with more rain and wintr y mix Be prepared for wet weather, but without the bitter cold Wednesday brings a nice break from the cold, with temperatures in the low 50s However, temperatures do drop back to the 30s towards the end of the week So by Thursday, be ready to strap on those boots because it is going to get snowy and cold Though somewhat fickle, this week brings some true Ithaca winter weather

Tuesday brings warmer temperatures, but with rain Do not for get your umbrella!

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Local Development for Adaptation and Mitigation To Climate Change: Strategies and Experiences 12:15 - 1:30 p m , 102 Mann Librar y

Introduction to Bloomberg 3 - 4 p m , 102 Mann Librar y The Future of Firearm Laws in the U S 4 - 5 p m , G90 Myron Taylor Hall

Visual Culture Colloquium

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Cornell Welcomes Brazilian Students to Campus

By ELIZABETH KUSSMAN Sun Staff Writer

As part of a Brazilian government program that places students in universities across the United States, Cornell has welcomed 27 Brazilian students to campus this semester

Timothy DeVoogd, director of the Latin American Studies program, visited the Brazilian consulate in New York City earlier this fall to petition for the addition of Cornell to the list of universities that participate in the initiative Cornell was approved

to accept students later in the fall

Since the Brazilian students have come to Cornell, they have been enthusiastic about becoming involved in their new community, according to DeVoogd

“Since they’ve arrived, they have been excited about everything,” DeVoogd said “Snow, the hills, Lynah Rink, paintball, women ’ s basketball and now their classes ”

The students, hailing from all over Brazil and representing a variety of majors, arrived in mid-January for an orientation program specifically for students from Academia do Brazil em Cornell, the Cornell extension of

the Brazilian government program

Luisa Zigmantas, a visiting engineering student, said that students do not have the opportunity to choose which university they attend The Brazilian government funds the expenses for students placed in American universities and decides their placement

unlike his experience at a Brazilian university

“I am amazed with the liveliness of the university.”

“Teachers and teaching assistants readily answering every doubt you have, groups that will help you if there’s too much stress on your shoulders, study places all over the campus

Zigmantas said that she is pleased with her placement at Cornell

“I could never imagine that I would end up studying in such a prestigious university, with a top-ranked engineering program, ” Zigmantas said “I am amazed with the liveliness of the university [and] the quantity and variety of courses, activities and events ”

Murilo Gallani, another visiting engineering student, said he has noticed many differences between Cornell and his home university, the University of Sao Paolo

“I think the biggest difference here is how personal [a student’s] relationship with the university is,” Gallani said “We have an academic advisor, which we don’t have in Brazil ”

Gallani praised the level of support he and fellow visiting students received from DeVoogd and ABC associate director Julie Simmons-Lynch, who handled the logistics of their arrival, including their transportation, housing and meal plans

Fernando Tadao Ito, a computer science major from the Federal University of Sao Carlos, echoed Gallani’s sentiments, saying the academic support he has received was

Grad Students to Be O ffered New Meal Plan

By NIKKI LEE Sun Staff Wr ter

At a meeting Jan 21,

t h e Gr a d u a t e a n d

Pr o f e s s i o n a l St u d e n t Assembly approved a ne w meal plan for graduate and professional students

The plan is similar to its predecessor in that it offers Big Red Bucks to graduate and professional students along with a tax discount at Cornell dining establish-

m e n t s o n c a m p u s

How e v e r, t h e n e w p l a n ,

w h i c h w i l l b e a v a i l a b l e star ting this semester, also eliminates the administrative fee charged to students each academic year, creates an additional discount at

t h e B i g R e d B a r n a n d allows students to use their ID cards like debit cards

GPSA President Mitch Paine grad said that the resolution received “ overwhelming suppor t ” within the assembly

“ When I presented the

p l a n a t t h e G P S A l a s t

s e m e s t e r, a n d a g a i n t h i s semester, I got a lot of positive feedback from my fell o w g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s , ”

s a i d M a t t Ho l d e n , t h e GPSA representative to the Student Assembly Dining Ser vices Committee

Holden said the former plan’s tax discount on $250 i n B i g R e d B u c k s e a c h semester was less than the administrative fee, causing students to lose money

“So a graduate student would be losing $10 each year, or $30 if they only

bought one semester, when c o m p a r e d t o p u r c h a s i n g their food using cash Why pay for a plan that loses you money?” Holden said “ Gr a d u a t e s t u d e n t s a r e pleased that they now have a plan that actually makes financial sense ” Holden said that students have expressed dissatisfaction with the conditions of the meal plan in previous years

“About a year back, an incoming graduate student asked me if he should get the graduate student meal p l a n I t o l d h i m , ‘ Yo u might as well take a tendollar bill out of your wallet and light it on fire,’” Ho l d e n s a i d “ It i s m y i m p re s s i o n t h a t p r i o r t o the ne w plan, there were two types of graduate students: those that bought t h e p l a n a n d w e r e d i spleased with it, and those who didn’t buy the plan ” Holden said he has been w o r k i n g w i t h C o r n e l l

D i n i n g D i r e c t o r G a i l Finan since the summer to b r i n g t h e p l a n i n t o fr uition He said one of Finan’s ideas was the discount at the Big Red Barn, w h i c h w a s c r e a t e d t o a t t r a c t m o re s t u d e n t s t o the location

“[Finan] took in ever yt h i n g I h a d t o s a y a n d incorporated some of my i d e a s w i t h h e r o w n , ” Holden said “It shows that Cornell Dining recognizes the impor tance of the Big Red Barn as a graduate student community center ”

A c c o r d i n g t o K a r e n

Brown, director of campus life marketing and communications, the ne w plan is based on the “highly successful” Executive Choice Plan offered to professional s t u d e n t s

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Management Pa

“aligns [Cornell Dining’s] offerings” to the needs of the graduate community

Paine also said he believes the ne w meal plan will be

well-received “ We

sound dining option and this opens us up to a host o f C o

Di

tions,” Paine said “Many graduate and professional s t u d e n t s s p

n d s o m u c h time on campus that having a meal plan that will make it more affordable to eat on campus can help our wellbeing as students ”

These are things the average Brazilian student does not see, ” Ito said

Zigmantas also said the University’s interactive classroom environment makes it easy for students to feel included in the learning process at Cornell

“In Brazil, the lectures are often a time for the professor to expose the content of the course; there isn’t much interaction between the professor and the students in the classroom,” Zigmantas said “Here, the lectures are not only an exposure but also an environment for the students to discuss, to challenge themselves and to come up with ideas ”

The students will stay at Cornell for the next two semesters DeVoogd also said it is possible Cornell can host more Brazilian students in the future, depending on the first group ’ s experience

“Provost [Kent] Fuchs indicated that this was a pilot program, ” DeVoogd said “We are going to wait a bit to see how this bunch is working out ”

Elizabeth Kussman can be reached at ekussman@cornellsun com

Flu Vaccines Run Out at Gannett

As New York State declares a public health emergency due to a flu epidemic, Gannett Health Services prepared by vaccinating a record number of people, causing their vaccine stock to run out on Tuesday However, Gannett has faced difficulties replenishing their supply, according to Sharon Dittman, associate director for community relations at Gannett

Cornell Offers Online Class Amid MOOC Debate

Although Cornell is debating whether or not to offer massive, open online courses, the University has started offering an online course, free to the public, on hospitality The course, “Marketing the Hospitality Brand Through New Media: Social, Mobile and Search,” began this January and is mostly based off materials from the School of Hotel Administration

TCAT Breaks Ridership Record for Sixth Year

Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit bus service has broken its ridership record for the sixth consecutive year, offering 4 million trips in 2012

This new record represents a 4 7-percent increase from 2011, moving TCAT into a “medium-sized” transportation ser vice, according to American Public Transportation Association standards

Pike

Returns to Campus After Expulsion

After hospitalizing three students during a recruitment event almost three years ago, the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity will return to Cornell this spring “Pike,” as the fraternity is also known, will be granted provisional recognition for a probationary period and can receive full recognition in 2015 if they avoid further violations

Compiled by Caroline Flax

Tech Campus Plans Move For ward

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Goldwater Specialty Hospital, which currently lies on Cornell Tech’s future site, is set to begin in early 2014

However, Cornell will not be able to move forward without making several modifications to its p r o p o s a l B

rd a n d Stringer expressed their concerns about the tech c

Roosevelt Island residents

“Despite the positive impacts this project will have on Manhattan and New York City, the proposed campus expansion should not over whelm the local neighborhood, nor should it compromise the quality of life of that neighborhood’s residents,” Stringer said in his recommendation

One of the most significant concerns of the Roosevelt Island residents is that construction will disrupt ever yday life on the island by increasing traffic and pollution until construction of the campus is completed in 2037

To address the issue, Cornell is investigating the feasibility of using barges to reduce construc-

tion traffic, according to Dove In order to use barges for constr uction, the University must obtain permits and approvals from the New York St

Engineers, she said “ We continue to meet frequently with our future neighbors and are already discussing how we will move for ward on a number of these topics,” Dove said

Some of the other conditions that Stringer and the community board have put in place include requirements regarding how late open space on the campus must be accessible and the number of bus ser vices that are available during construction, according to Stringer’s recommendation

Until the land process review and construction are completed, the tech campus is operating from temporar y headquarters in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, which were donated by Google in May TECH

Tyler Alicea can be reached at talicea@cornellsun com

New Policies D o Not Govern IFC Event s

PANHEL

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Epsilon Phi Following the death of George Desdunes ’13 in a pledging-related incident, the University released a statement in November of last year vowing to “end pledging as we know it ”

“They are trying to make some changes in the Greek system and I think [the new policy] is a part of that, especially as Cornell has had problems with the pledging process in the past, ” Balik said “So it was expected ”

Naomi Jawahar ’16, a new member of Alpha Chi Omega, said she is supportive of the new policy

“[Panhellenic doesn’t] want us to feel pressured to drink,” she said “Also, this is a good time for us to [get to] know other members of our pledge class without drinking alcohol ”

The new changes simplify earlier Panhellenic rules, according to Elysha Rothenberg ’15, vice president of standards at Kappa Delta

“I think that [the] Panhellenic Council has [banned alcohol consumption or presence] across the board so that there are no gray areas, ” she said “There has been a huge gray area in the past as to what’s right and what’s not ” Balik echoed Rothenberg’s sentiments

that,” she said “So I think this time they have kept it simple This is simple and not confusing: no alcohol under any circumstances ” However, the new policy does not extend to fraternity formals and events, according to an email sent by Emma Carver ’14, executive vice president Panhellenic Council, to all sororities’ vice presidents of new member education

“The best way that I can put the rules is that no new members may be in the presence of alcohol regardless of where or how many people there are Formals may be an exception,” the email said “ You should not in any way encourage your members to go, but it is the frats’ responsibility not to invite them ”

The exclusion of fraternity events from the new policy is due to Panhellenic Council’s lack of jurisdiction on fraternity property, according to Rothenberg

“Panhellenic cannot [oversee] what happens at fraternity houses. That falls under the jursidiction of the IFC.”

“It is the [Inter fraternity Council’s] and the fraternities’ responsibility to not invite new members for formals,” Rothenberg said “Panhellenic doesn’t have jurisdiction over what happens on fraternity grounds ” Pond echoed Rothenberg’s sentiments, saying that the IFC has the responsibility to ask fraternities to not invite new members of sororities

“[The rules] kept changing last year and they were really confusing If a certain number of members were at an unaffiliated event then there was a policy against

“Panhellenic cannot [oversee] what happens in fraternity houses That falls under the jurisdiction of the IFC,” Pond said “The IFC should be telling fraternities that they are not allowed to invite freshmen women to formals and events ”

Moreover, new members of sororities “ are young adults and should be smart enough to judge for themselves,” according to Balik

“We realize that we cannot control every aspect of our new members’ lives,” she said “If it is not an affiliated event, then I [as vice president of new member education] cannot [oversee] that But they should be responsible for themselves ”

The new policy will also promote bonding among new members of the sorority without alcohol consumption, according to Rothenberg

“I was initially surprised [by the new policy], though I think that it has a lot of value,” she said “New members will be able to foster healthier ties with each other and initiated sisters than they would have if they were to drink ” Besides, Balik said, most of the new members are underage

“Another way to look at it is that very few new members or newly-initiated members are over the age of 21, so they shouldn’t be involved in the consumption of alcohol under any circumstances anyway, ” she said

Vig il on Ho Pl az a

Honor s Vic tim s Of Syri an Tragedy

Students gather ‘in solidarity’

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n u m b e r s c o u l d g e t s o d a u n t i n g a n d s o l a r g e I w a s t r y i n g t o b r i n g t h a t h o m e ”

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Erica Augenstein can be reached at eaugenstein@cornellsun com

230 D ie in Brazil Nightclub Fire

SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) A fast-moving fire roared through a crowded, windowless nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, filling the air in seconds with flames and a thick, toxic smoke that killed more than 230 panicked partygoers, many of whom were caught in a stampede to escape

Inspectors believe the blaze began when a band’s small pyrotechnics show ignited foam sound insulating material on the ceiling, releasing a putrid haze that caused scores of university students to choke to death Most victims died from smoke inhalation rather than burns in what appeared to be the world’s deadliest nightclub fire in more than a decade

Survivors and the police inspector

Marcelo Arigony said security guards briefly tried to block people from exiting the club Brazilian bars routinely make patrons pay their entire tab at the end of the night before they are allowed to leave

But Arigony said the guards didn’t appear to block fleeing patrons for long “It was chaotic and it doesn’t seem to have been done in bad faith because several security guards also died,” he told The Associated Press

Later, firefighters responding to the blaze initially had trouble getting inside the Kiss nightclub because “there was a barrier of bodies blocking the entrance, ”

Guido Pedroso Melo, commander of the city’s fire department, told the O Globo newspaper

Authorities said band members who were on the stage when the fire broke out later talked with police and confirmed they used pyrotechnics during their show

Police inspector Sandro Meinerz, who coordinated the investigation at the nightclub, said one band member died after escaping because he returned inside the burning building to save his accordion The other band members escaped alive because they were the first to notice the fire

“It was terrible inside it was like one of those films of the Holocaust, bodies piled atop one another,” said Meinerz “We had to use trucks to remove them It took about six hours to take the bodies away ”

Television images from Santa Maria, a university city of about 260,000 people,

showed black smoke billowing out of the Kiss nightclub as shirtless young men who attended the university party joined firefighters using axes and sledgehammers to pound at the hot-pink exterior walls, trying to reach those trapped inside

Bodies of the dead and injured were strewn in the street and panicked screams filled the air as medics tried to help There was little to be done; officials said most of those who died were suffocated by smoke within minutes

Within hours a community gym was a horror scene, with body after body lined up on the floor, partially covered with black plastic as family members identified kin

Outside the gym police held up personal objects a black purse, a blue high-heeled shoe as people seeking information on loved ones crowded around, hoping not to recognize anything being shown them

Teenagers sprinted from the scene after the fire began, desperately seeking help Others carried injured and burned friends away in their arms Many of the victims were under 20 years old, including some minors About half of those killed were men, about half women

The party was organized by students from several academic departments from the Federal University of Santa Maria Such organized university parties are common throughout Brazil

“There was so much smoke and fire, it was complete panic, and it took a long time for people to get out, there were so many dead,” survivor Luana Santos Silva told the Globo TV network

The fire spread so fast inside the packed club that firefighters and ambulances could do little to stop it, Silva said Another survivor, Michele Pereira, told the Folha de S Paulo newspaper that she was near the stage when members of the band lit some sort of flare that started the conflagration

“The band that was onstage began to use flares and, suddenly, they stopped the show and pointed them upward,” she said “At that point, the ceiling caught fire It was really weak, but in a matter of seconds it spread ”

Guitarist Rodrigo Martins told Radio Gaucha that the band, Gurizada

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Editorial

Joining the Push For NCAA Reform

SCHOOLS ACROSS THE NATION are making record profits off of athletics, signing lucrative television contracts to keep their teams ’ games on America’s air waves

These profits, however, have come at a cost: Many admissions spots for academicallygifted students have been taken up by “student-athletes” who would not have been admitted if not for their athletic abilities Slipping education standards, set by the NCAA, have worsened this problem As a member of the NCAA, Cornell should join with other institutions to pressure the association into adopting more rigorous academic standards

That the NCAA’s current guidelines have created a huge discrepancy in the amount of money spent on students compared to that spent on athletes is not in doubt According to a recent study by the American Institutes for Research, schools in the Football Bowl Subdivision of which the Ivy League is not a par t spent $92,000, on average, for each athlete, compared to $14,000 for full-time students, in 2010 This disparity is only growing, with spending per athlete rising by 51 percent from 2005 to 2010 compared to an equivalent rise of 23 percent per student over the same time period Over time, the NCAA has relaxed its academic standards, allowing more and more students into college that may be athletically gifted but cannot succeed academically In 2003, the NCAA revised its minimum standardized test requirements to allow more athletes with low scores to compete

Many college presidents are not happy with this trend and are vying to improve academic standards At the NCAA’s August 2011 retreat, college leaders sought to toughen academic standards on freshmen and transfer athletes NCAA President Mark Emmer t has also suggested barring teams that fail to meet minimum academic standards from par ticipating in championship tournaments, an idea suppor ted by U S Secretar y of Education Arne Duncan The NCAA followed through on some of these reforms, raising the minimum GPA requirement from 2 0 to 2 3 While Cornell has taken steps to ensure student-athletes are held to the same standards as their peers, we encourage the University to suppor t these reform effor ts at the national level

With its strong focus on academics, Cornell differs from its peer institutions that place an emphasis on high-revenue spor ts But as a member of the NCAA, it has a responsibility to advocate policies that strengthen colleges academically, not just financially With so much money at stake, college presidents are unlikely to reverse their courses Never theless, we hope the University and its peers in the Ivy League are voices for reforming the NCAA and creating a system where players really are “ student-athletes” devoted to both academics and athletics

In defense of TEP

To t h e Ed i t o r : Re: “Citing ‘Sexually Humiliating’ Hazing, Cornell Disbands TEP Fraternity,” News, Jan 9

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Julia Moser is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at jmoser@cornellsun com

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Dangerous Liaisons

Showing 9:15 p m on Thursday and 7 p m on Saturday

Heralded as the most anticipated film of the year in China, Dangerous Liaisons is the most recent adaptation of the French novel of the same name by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos The film is set in Shanghai in the 1930s, when the Japanese sought to take over China The main characters are seemingly oblivious to the turmoil around them as they seek to fulfill their own not-so-virtuous agenda This tale of passion, jealousy and deception stars some of Asia’s most popular actors, including Ziyi Zhang and Cecilia Cheung

City is documentar y about the storied Sound City recording studio in Van Nuys, California This legendar y studio housed the recording of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours and Nir vana ’ s Never mind and produced a range of influential musicians from Pat Benatar to Johnny Cash The tape based studio vir tually defined the rock sound of the 80s Director and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl searches for meaning in the the shift of recording music from tape to computer, which took Sound City with

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On Campus Sound Off faces and places around campus comment on the latest news in pop culture Who knew they had so much to say?! Campus Sound Off runs whenever we feel like it

This week’s topic: Who should have been chosen to perform in the Super Bowl Halftime Show?

A (Cautionar y) Tale of Two Series

Those of us who noticed that The West Wing was recently added to the Netflix repertoire may find

o u r s e l v e s a s k i n g i n t h e s e t r o u b l i n g t i m e s

“ WWJD?” what would Jed (Bartlet) do? President Barack Obama recently entered his second term, and those of us sitting on the Left cannot help but enquire what will this erudite liberal do with a countr y deeply divided along

l i n e s b e t we e n r i c h a n d p o o r, r u r a l a n d u r b a n a n d Republican and Democrat Will President Obama emerge from histor y as a champion of reform, or will he stay bogged down by government infighting that has dwindled our trust in our leaders? What would Jed do?

Bartlet would make a pithy speech, wrangle the necessar y votes from Congress and pass a piece of legislation consistent not only with his liberal ideals, but with the statistics his advisers would use to back it up On his proposal to make college tuition tax deductible, he pointed frequently to the lowered costs for average families In his decision to invade Equatorial Kundu, he pointed to the number of lives saved

For ever ything Bartlet proposes, he offers a compelling rationale,

u s u a l l y b a s e d o n CBO projections or think-tank studies

And to an extent, this is the approach that President Obama has taken for all of his major policy proposals, from health care to Dodd-Frank to the bailouts In the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting he offered the gruesome statistics about mass-shootings in our countr y In pushing his proposed tax increases he points to statistics that show how little the average family would be affected or how much the deficit would decrease President Obama has looked an awful lot like Jed Bartlet from the lectern on ever y major issue of his presidency And yet, it’s not working Even though Obama’s proposals may aim to help people on both sides of the aisle, these cultural divides persist, not so much on lines of policy but on those of principal Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek in his book The Year

of Dreaming Dangerously points to the climactic cultural events that took place in 2011 as indicative of a sort of Marxist shift to a new political reality Curiously, though, he includes a chapter on The Wire, a TV show that didn’t even air in 2011 As someone who has never seen the show, I was fascinated by his account of it apparently what The West Wing is to liberal dreamers, The Wire is to postmodernist and Marxist philosophers Zizek claims that the show captures the underbelly of our countr y created by the divide “between those participating in the American Dream and those left behind ” Zizek deems this a kind of realism, although I personally like to call the genre uncomfortable realism The Wire for Zizek contains a certain “prosopopoeia where the thing which speaks is the market itself ” or, more accurately, a voice to what capitalism tried to sweep under the rug, an unusual approach given the traditional viewing audience of HBO

But postmodernists’ fascination with The Wire doesn’t end there Fredric Jameson wrote about the show in his “Realism and Utopia in The Wire” and makes the interesting point that the s h ow e x p o s e s t h a t “ t h e police as a whole is an institution and, as such, moves in the direction of a p r o p e r l y p o l i t i c a l p l o t ” and that, despite all of the antagonism of the show, “evil is vanishing socially ever ybody is alike,” somewhat corruptible and potentially heroic The series’ antagonism comes from the situations themselves that necessarily create sides, even if both don’t have rational agendas

So what’s Obama to learn from these two shows? Governance is a careful balancing act between seizing Jed Bartlet-esque energy of conviction, and resisting the us versus them politics of inner city Baltimore The Wire depicts those left behind economically and the government apparatus that, while representing the side of public health and security, antagonizes the urban underclass by not including them Ever y policy proposal has its underbelly in the sense that it was crafted by some and imposed

on others, even if it is ultimately in the best interest of all

In The West Wing the aggrieved losers in ever y political fight remain largely off screen, but surely their displeasure boils This competitive political marginalization can be seen as a source for The Tea Party, a group that emerged out of a widespread inchoate sense of marginalization and created our current Congress of “ no ”

Look at gun control Sure, an assault weapons ban may be a sensible solution, but its imposition by the liberal policy elite (with Mayor Bloomberg and Senator Dianne Feinstein as its chief proponents) creates an us versus them mentality, divides the countr y into the groups of gun owners who may not have wanted assault weapons in the first place and those pushing laws allegedly for their own good It’s not about the policy I’m in favor of gun control The President just needs to work on keeping the government from becoming a foreign institution of policy wonks imposing their good ideas on the lowly people Government should take on its role of being for the people, by the people, even if the people don’t know what’s best

Adam Lerner is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at alerner@cornellsun com Slow Lerner runs alternate Mondays this semester

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MEN’S B-BALL Continued from page 16 Albert Liao can be reached at aliao@cornellsun com

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After Losing Rondo, Celtics Bounce Back to D efeat Heat

BOSTON (AP) A double-over time victor y against LeBron James and the defending NBA champions was difficult to celebrate for Paul Pierce and the Celtics

Ne ws of Rajon Rondo’s season-ending knee injur y spoiled the par ty

“Ever yone was really happy for the win,” Pierce said after Boston beat the Miami Heat 100-98 Sunday “It brought a dark cloud in this room when you heard the ne ws ’

When coach Doc Rivers told his players after the game, the joy of ending their six-game losing streak stopped, even if they had just outlasted the team with the best record in the Eastern Conference, which came in with a four-game winning streak

Now the Celtics must tr y to keep winning without their leader, who suffered a torn anterior cr uciate ligament in his right knee late in Friday night’s 123-112 loss, also in double over time, in Atlanta

They won Sunday after Pierce's 22-foot jumper with 31 seconds left gave them a 99-98 lead

But making the playoffs got harder as the Celtics tr y to hang on to the eighth and final postseason spot in the conference with a 2 12-game lead over the Philadelphia 76ers

“Obviously, the Rondo ne ws is pretty tough I kne w it before the game, ” Rivers said “I just didn’t think it was any time to tell any of our guys ”

This game was the first in Boston for Ray Allen since he left the Celtics after five seasons and signed as a free agent with Miami He scored 21 points

Kevin Garnett had 24 points and 11 rebounds, and Pierce added 17 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for the Celtics

Rondo’s injur y “ puts this team and the rest of the guys in a position to be ready to step up, ” Pierce said Sunday’s win “ was a per fect example We showed we are capable ”

James had 34 points for the Heat, whose winning streak stopped at four

“As much as I’ve been a rival with Boston over the years, I never want to see anyone go down,” James said “It’s terrible, not only for their team but for the league ”

After Pierce’s basket, James had a chance to put the Heat ahead but missed a 12-foot jumper with 6 8 seconds to go from the left with defender Jeff Green jumping out at him Pierce got the rebound and was fouled by Shane Battier

He sank the first shot Then, as a fan shouted “ This one ’ s for Rondo,” he missed the second

Miami had one last chance, but Battier missed a long jumper at the buzzer

Familiar Turf Not Enough For Red Against Yale, Brown

By CHRIS MILLS Sun Staff Wr ter

Recent roster reconfigurations and a return home to Lynah Rink were not enough to propel the Red to victory this weekend, as the team fell to ECAC rivals Yale and Brown on consecutive nights

The pair of losses drops Cornell (8-9-2, 4-6-2 ECAC) to eighth in the conference

The No 18 Red was defeated 3-2 by the No 7 Bulldogs (12-5-3, 8-4-1) Friday night and lost 3-0 to the Bears (7-9-4, 3-6-4) Saturday evening

“It’s frustrating and the guys are frustrated,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86, taking responsibility for the weekend’s outcomes “Some of it is that the players [have] to be accountable for what they do, but I have to be accountable for what I do ”

The Red jumped out to an early lead against Yale before eventually falling in overtime Sophomore for ward Brian Ferlin scored in the first period to give the Red a 10 lead, and senior forward John Esposito struck in the second to lead the Red to a 2-1 advantage Yale’s junior forward Kenny Agostino tied the game early in the third period and freshman forward Stu Wilson crashed the goal two minutes into overtime to allow the Bulldogs to come away with the win

The following night against Brown, Cornell struggled to put the puck in the net in a 3-0 defeat The loss was the Red’s first

scoreless performance of the season

“It’s disappointing,” said junior goaltender Andy Iles “These guys laid it on the line [and] they played with a lot of heart we did what we wanted to do It’s really tough because as [the] goalie my job is to keep them in the game and I didn’t do my part tonight And it hurts but it’s a team game and we’ll get back at it on Monday ”

The game was scoreless until Iles left the net to clear the puck with 46 seconds remaining in the second period Before Iles was able to return to the goal, Brown’s Jeff Ryan put the puck in and broke the tie

“It was one of those plays where, as a goalie, I like to be active, I like to try and help the guys out when I can, ” Iles said “I got behind the net and I didn’t handle it cleanly and at that point, for whatever reason, I threw it behind me and it ended up in the back of the net ”

Brown’s second goal off the stick of Matt Lorito came only seven minutes after the first strike, at the six minute mark in the third period

“I have a process to the way I approach the games, and those last five minutes of every period and the first five minutes of every period are huge,” Iles said “I try to keep zeroes up, and the last minute is even more important That’s a tough way to end the second period ”

Despite being outshot 30-23 by a similar-styled Brown squad, the Red displayed some grit in its defeat

“We were first on pucks all over the ice tonight,” Iles said “[The key is] forecheck-

ing hard it’s being smart with the forecheck When you get their defense retrieving pucks all night you can wear them down and make them tired That’s something we ’ re going to have to do We’re going to have to get pucks deep, [and] we ’ re going to have to pay the price ”

According to Iles, the Red will have to supplement its offensive drought with more physical play

“We’re going to have to bang bodies until we start clicking a little bit and our offense starts to explode,” he said “We’re going to have to muck and grind And we ’ re ready for that, we ’ re prepared for it, and we ’ re looking forward to it ”

Senior defenseman and tri-captain Braden Birch took some positives away from the disappointing weekend

“[T]he work ethic [is] there,” Birch said “We’re so close to being a very strong team, I just think the details are lacking I think if we all come together as a strong team [if ] everyone buys in we ’ re going to come up with some wins I think we ’ re just in a rough

patch right now ”

Birch said he was also impressed by the improved play of the freshmen

“Some of [the freshmen] are our hardest working players out there,” he said “Just on top of my mind [freshman forward] Teemu [Tiitinen]: he’s working hard, blocking shots And that’s especially what we need out of freshman guys stepping in the lineup It’s the small details that really matter, and it really gets the bench going when you ’ re willing to sacrifice for the team ”

The Red experimented with lineup changes against Yale and Brown, and the team will continue to mix and match substitutions at St Lawrence and Clarkson this coming weekend

“I hope this is what kick-starts [the team],” Schafer said “As a coach you are trying to find the right buttons to push, and hopefully the buttons we push this weekend are successful ”

D erraugh Ties Record for Most Wins in C.U. Women’s Hockey Histor y

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“It was really important that we got that first goal and got the momentum going early on, ” she said “We can still be better at the beginning of games, but we ’ re getting better and getting the ball rolling a lot quicker ”

frustrating, and sometimes you grip your stick a little tighter than you should, but I think we did just the opposite We kept our cool and kept our eyes on the goal of the game, which was to put the puck in the back of the net and get good chances ”

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The Red mounted an impressive offensive attack throughout the game, taking a total of 43 shots According to Derraugh, applying constant pressure and moving the puck well were keys to the team ’ s success

“We protected the puck well in the offensive zone, and we attacked through the neutral zone with speed, causing them a lot of trouble in that regard,” he said “We generated most of the chances by wearing them down in the offensive zone, possessing the puck, and getting shots on goal ”

Saulnier said the team was pleased with the way it took advantage of these opportunities

“We knew that we needed to drive the net, get lots of shots, move the puck around, and we were able to capitalize on most of our chances,” Saulnier said

In its following match against the Bears, the Red outshot Brown heavily in the first period but was unable to score a goal Brown ultimately got on the board first, at the beginning of the second peri-

od

“In those kinds of games it’s really important to keep your composure, and I thought we did that really well,” Saulnier said “When you can ’ t score for a little bit, it gets

After Brown scored, the Red notched three straight goals to take a 3-1 lead

“Everyone knows that a twogoal lead in hockey is the most dangerous lead, momentumwise,” she said “So that goal was very important, but what was most important was continuing to pressure them after that goal and keep getting good chances ”

Both Saulnier and junior forward Brianne Jenner had standout performances in the games, with Jenner recording three goals and three assists and Saulnier adding a goal and six assists

“Both of them are all-world players [They] have been involved with team Canada at various levels, had really strong seasons last year, and are having great seasons for us again this year, ” Derraugh said “We count on them to provide not only offense, but strong play in all areas of the game, and they’ve made a commitment to getting better at both ends of the ice ”

The victory against Brown also tied Derraugh for the most wins of any coach in the history of Cornell women ’ s hockey He credits the hard work and dedication of his players and support of his staff for his success with the program

“I think as a coach you do the best job that you can for your team and prepare them the best that you

can, and from there, you need to have individuals who go out and work for the team, ” he said “I’ve been very fortunate to have high quality, great-character players, and on the other side, I’ve had very strong staff around me No coach will be successful unless he gets commitment from the University and everyone involved with the team, and I’ve been blessed to be working with women ’ s hockey at Cornell ” According to Saulnier, the two wins have put the team in good position and energized it for the upcoming games

“Those two wins were huge,” she said “We knew coming in that we needed them They were crucial This is crunch time from here on out They were really motivating for the next few games coming up These wins definitely fueled the fire and we ’ re ready to go ”

Freshmen Luke Hagy and Zach Wilk were two of three players from the Ivy League named to College Sports Journal’s 2012 Football Championship Subdivision All-Freshman Team The Red’s football team was one of just six programs in the country that had multiple players selected

For Hagy the Red’s main option at the running back position in the 2012 season this honor is the second he has received in as many months In December, he was named one of 20 finalists for the Jerry Rice Award, which is given to the national freshman of the year in the FCS He is one of three running backs named to the AllFreshman Team, joined by Jake Hutson of Valparaiso and Ryan Heaston of Missouri State Hagy finished the season as the Red’s leading rusher with 528 yards and seven touchdowns He set a Cornell freshman record for all-purpose yards with 1,054 and was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week two times during the season

Wilk receives this honor after beginning the season as the Red’s backup center After senior Bob Bullington went down with a broken wrist, Wilk took over and started the final six games of the season In the first start of his career, he snapped for senior backup quarterback Chris Amrhein in a win over Monmouth

by Scott Chiusano

No. 4 C.U. Tops

Brown in ECAC Road Trip

By BEN HOROWITZ Sun Staff Writer

The No 4 ranked Cornell women ’ s hockey team gained an edge in the tight ECAC and Ivy League standings through its two road games this weekend

The Red (16-4, 12-2 ECAC) shut out Yale (4-16-1, 310-1) by a score of 5-0 and defeated Brown (4-14-1, 3-11) the following night, 4-2

The wins moved the Red into a tie with Harvard for first place in the Ivy League

According to head coach Doug Derraugh, the weekend was important because teams ’ standings are particularly tight at this point in the season

“With the little room there is between the top three or four teams in the league this year, it may just be one win or one loss for any of those teams that will make the difference between getting home-ice advantage in the playoffs and ECAC tournament, and also for the NCAA tournament, ” he said

Cornell got off to a fast start against Yale, scoring three

Puck and run | Sophomore forward Jillian Saulnier helped the Red

assists, ear ning three total points

goals in the first period to take a commanding 3-0 lead early in the game The Red then added two more in the second period

According to sophomore forward Jillian Saulnier, a strong start makes a big difference for the Red

Red Stuns Lions for First Iv y Win

After a disappointing loss to Columbia (9-7, 11 Ivy League) last weekend, the Cornell men ’ s basketball team (9-10, 1-1) got back on track on Saturday by beating the bulldogs 66-63 in N Y C

The Red entered the half up by 12 due to a 151 run and held off a late Columbia rally to hang on

f o r t h e w i n Ac c o rd i n g t o junior forward Errick Peck, the team recognized the importance of winning the game and

m a i n t a i n i n g i t s Iv y L e a g u e championship hopes

“[ This game] was huge,”

Peck said ”[It] was a huge confidence boost from a team perspective to lose to a team in a pretty embarrassing fashion, then [to] go out and beat

them in their own house I think we showed a lot of toughness as a unit last night ”

A big factor in the victory was the Red’s ability to draw fouls and capitalize on its opportunities After getting to the line just five times against the same team last weekend, the Red was 25-29 from the charity stripe on Saturday

“In the first game, we only got to the line 5 times, which was a little bit uncharacteristic of us, ” said senior guard Miles AsafoAdjei

coach Bill Courtney emphasizing that it needed to attack the

offense

Stare down | Freshman Nashon Garrett came away with victories in both of his matches over the weekend

Wrestlers Defeat Penn, Fall to No.10 Oregon State

The wrestling team headed into its games against Penn and No 10 Oregon State over the weekend with momentum from i

Brow

d Harvard earlier in January Cornell faced Penn at

Wrestling Center and defeated the Quakers, 24-9 Highlights from the day included senior Kyle Dake’s performance, as he picked up his fourth-straight pin for his eleventh fall this season The squad also got wins out of freshman Nahshon Garrett, s o p h o m o re Br i c k e r Di xo n , junior Chris Villalonga, junior Jesse Shanaman, senior Steve Bosak and sophomore Jacob Aiken-Phillips

The match against No 10 Oregon State on Sunday did not go as well, as the Red fell to the Beavers, 23-20 Fo

by

Bosak, Garrett, Dake and fresh-

man Duke Pickett all recorded points for the Red as it tried to sneak past Oregon State

The bout eventually came d ow n t o t h e h e a v y we i g h t match Sophomore Jace Bennett moved up a weight class but was unable to take down No 4 Chad Hanke in the final match of the day

Bennett had the first takedown about 20 seconds into the match, but Hanke was able to reverse him After an escape by Bennett, Hanke added another takedown, making the score 7-3 in favor of Oregon State Hanke was eventually able to catch Bennett during a scramble to win by fall, giving Oregon State the overall victory in the match

Next weekend, the Red will t a k e o n Ho f s t r a a t 1 p m Saturday and then continue to Columbia at 6 p m to close out the Ivy circuit

Compiled by Haley Velasco