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Student Assembly Opens Referenda Process to Students

By CHRISTOPHER BYRNS Sun Staff Wr ter

Any student will be able to submit a question for a student-wide referendum after collecting enough signatures, under a new Student Assembly resolution that S A representatives called “the most important resolution” passed this year

The S A will create online forms enabling any student to submit a referendum on any topic of student interest, as set forth in the resolution, which was passed Thursday In order for the S A to approve the referendum, the student must collect online or paper signatures from at least three percent of the registered undergraduate student body roughly 450 signatures

Once the referendum reaches the three percent threshold, the S A will vote whether to bring the referendum under the vote of the entire student body, according to the resolution If a simple majority of the S A votes to consider the referendum, it will be included on the same form that students use to vote for S A representatives during elections

However, if the S A votes by simple majority to decline to consider the referendum, the student who originally submitted the referendum can overturn the S A ’ s decision by obtaining signatures from 10 percent of undergraduate student body

If the referendum receives a majority of “ yes ” votes from the student body, then the president of the S A will send the referendum

See REFERENDUM page 4

New Complex to Displace Pixel, Club Sudz 327

Eddy St.

By JONATHAN DAWSON Sun Staff Writer

development

to break ground this summer

Both the Pixel Lounge and Club Sudz will be demolished this summer once construction begins for a new development, which will house residential and commercial space, at 327 Eddy Street

Psi Upsilon Fraternity Suspended

By SOFIA HU Sun Senior Writer

Following an alleged incident involving “alcohol and an illicit substance,” the Psi Upsilon fraternity suspended all social and new member education activities Friday, the University announced Friday

The suspension was made in a mutual agreement between the national association, the Cornell Chi Chapter and the University, according to Joel Malina, vice president for university relations

“The purpose of the suspension is to prevent activities that could jeopardize the safety of the members and their guests, and to allow an investigation of the incident to proceed without the potential of further incidents,” Malina said in a statement

In spring 2011, the fraternity was placed on a year of disciplinary probation and four weeks of social probation after the Greek Judicial Board found the chapter in violation of the University Anti-Hazing Policy

The fraternity was also deactivated by its alumni board in the summer of 2008, following concerns about the prosperity of the fraternity and the safety of its members, The Sun previously reported

The University had no additional comment Friday

The last disciplinary action taken against a fraternity was in

Sofia

be reached at shu@cornellsun com

The new building, which will consist of three connected buildings each six stories high, is set to begin construction in June and be completed by August 2016, according to Steve Fontana, the landlord and proprietor of the redevelopment

See EDDY STREET page 5

Mistrial Declared After Jury Split On

Peter Mesko ’13 Rape Charge

By SOFIA HU Sun Senior Writer

A mistrial has been declared on the first-degree rape count in the trial of Peter Mesko ’13 after the jury failed to reach a consensus Friday

Mesko, who was convicted of firstdegree sexual abuse and second-degree burglary Thursday, was freed after posting bail of $50,000 cash or $250,000 bond, according to The Ithaca Journal

The former student and wrestler broke into a Collegetown residence on March 30, 2013, and allegedly raped a female student while she was sleeping

March 27 for sentencing, according to The Journal

Mesko could be sentenced from three-and-a-half to fifteen years in prison for the second-degree burglary conviction Additionally, Mesko could serve two to seven years for the first-degree sexual assualt conviction The maximum sentences are seven and 15 years, respectively If the district attorney ’ s office retries Mesko, he could ser ve an additional five to 25 years

Judge Joseph Cassidy released the jury and declared a mistrial after the jury of eight men and four women were unable to come to a decision following several days of deliberation, The Journal reported Tompkins County Assistant District Attorney Wendy Franklin has until Feb 20 to decide whether to pursue a second trial on the rape charge

Mesko is scheduled to return to court

According to District Attorney Gwen Wilkinson, Mesko will have to register as a sex offender, The Journal reported

The trial began on Jan 20 after Mesko rejected a plea deal, according to court documents In April 2013, Mesko plead not guilty to his rape charge

Mesko’s trial was initially scheduled to begin in August after his indictment last Februar y, but the trial was delayed because another case used up time set aside for the Mesko trial

Sofia Hu can be reached at shu@cornellsun com

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“You Find Only Women Here”: Family Arrangements and Labor Migration in Rural Bangaldesh Noon, G08 Uris Hall

The Politics of Fiscal Reform in Colombia 12:15 - 1:15 p m , 262 Uris Hall

Study Abroad in Nepal or Sri Lanka 4:45 - 5:45 p m , 400 Caldwell Hall

Phil Shapiro’s Group Folk Guitar Lessons

7 p m , International Lounge, Willard Straight Hall

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International Opportunities Fair

11 a m - 2 p m , Memorial Room, Willard Straight Hall

Data Management Information Session Noon - 1 p m , 701 Clark Hall

The Political Economy of an Emerging Global Dream: In Search of the Brazil Dream 4:30 p m , Management Library, Sage Hall

Free Workshop with Nrityagram Dancers

5 - 6:30 p m , SB10 Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

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Campus Visitors Utilize New Itinerary

By ANDREW LEE Sun Staff Writer

More than 500 visitors have r e g i s t e r e d t h r o u g h C o r n e l l ’ s “Itinerar y Builder 365” a ne w tool that allows prospective s t u d e n t s t o b row s e a c t i v i t i e s , attractions and campus events in the first two weeks after the tool’s debut

The website allows prospective students to customize their v i s i t a n d t a k e a d v a n t a g e o f C o r n e l l ’ s a v a i l a b l e e v e n t s , according to Adam Palcich

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“Some of the first experiences a prospective student has with Cornell are a visit to the website followed by a visit to the campus, ” Palcich said “It is impor tant for these vital first impressions to show that campus is an accessible and welcoming place ”

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New Referendum Process to Take Effect in Spring

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nently put doctors who previously didn’t see contraceptives as part of their job in the birth control picture In his book, “This Man’s Pill,” Djerassi said the invention also changed his life, making him more interested in how science affects society In 1969, he submitted a public policy article about the global implications of U S contraceptive re s e a rc h , a c c o rd i n g t o t h e Stanford News Service In 1970, he published another article about the feasibility of a birth control pill for men

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J E S S I C A W I L L I A M S AT S T AT L E R A U D I T O R I U M

BY JULIA MOSER STAFF WRITER

The Sun sat down with The Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams after her performance Friday night in Statler Hall to talk about The Daily Show, the benefits of belting Disney songs in your car and 9/11

T HE SUN: So many of the things you talked about during the show were so personal, especially recently losing your virginity Why did you decide to start talking about that?

J ESSICA WILLIAM S: Just because it’s a little scary to me, and sometimes the good stuff and the things that people relate to or identify with is the scary stuff And I know for me, I told you guys, things with sexuality are very intense for me just because [of ] the way I was raised, and a lot of people were raised that way So I just wanted to be honest, and I wanted to push myself a little bit And I’m very happy that people identified with it

SU N: It’s sort of similar to the piece from The Daily Show on campus sexual assaults you showed us, which is my favorite thing you ’ ve done on The Daily Show Do the women writers and staff members band together on issues like that?

J W : No, at the end of the day, it’s Jon’s show, so if we do something, it’s because Jon wants to do it Sometimes people pitch things more in their wheelhouse, but that one was kind of a big group effort And then women wrote it, which was cool

SU N: Yes, definitely Last night [Thursday], you did a piece about mixed marriages between Democrats and Republicans You do a lot of pieces that are clearly about issues you ’ re very passionate about, like race and gender, but that one was sort of silly and fun Is there a different way that you approach those sorts of segments? What’s the process like when it’s a piece like that?

J W : It’s cool Something like that particular piece was fun to do because it was very goofy and silly and kind of everybody was aware of how goofy and silly it was So it wasn ’ t really as heavy or hard to do as some of the other pieces were when you have to hit the take in particular

SU N: Sorry, could you clarify what you mean by “take,” you mentioned it in the show, and I was wondering if it had a specific Daily Show definition?

J W : Take is our justification basically for why we are doing the segment Maybe the take is our point of view The take is our point of view on a particular segment

SU N: What are your favorite types of pieces to do the more silly ones, or the ones that you ’ re more passionate about?

J W : It’s both It’s actually both I like things that feel really good and cathartic, but also just like things that are very goofy Have you seen that piece where Colbert is eating a banana and he just can ’ t stop? That’s like one of the funniest things I think I’ve ever seen and it’s so dumb and brilliant It’s so dumb and so good But we can still do that because we ’ re like a late night show, so we can do both, it’s like our brand

SU N: Speaking of Colbert, he just left Comedy Central, and so did John Oliver, and you ’ ve also got some new correspondents has it felt transitional?

J W : Yeah, well it’s cool to not feel like the new person anymore It’s nice [that] we have Jordan Klepper, who’s amazing, and Hasan Minhaj who is a delight, a pure delight, and it’s cool to kind of be the seasoned one smoking in the corner like [raspy voice] “Hey welcome to The Daily Show ” Yeah, I feel a bit more comfortable and that feels good It’s like when you ’ re a freshman and then you ’ re a junior

SU N: What advice are you giving the new correspondents?

J W : Don’t look me in the eye when I come around, always laugh at everything I say, and what is it Fridays we wear pink?

SU N: I think it s Wednesdays

J W : Yes, Wednesday we wear pink

SU N: What advice was given to you that really stuck out in the beginning?

J W : Just be patient Jon’s thing was be patient, you’ll figure

it out That was the most helpful

S UN: I have always wondered about this: The Daily Show, is so good at getting people to admit their hypocrisy in their own words when the correspondents interview them How do you learn to do that?

J W : That’s one of the harder parts It’s just practice For me it just took a lot of practice I have to really sit down and wrap my head around the idea and sit in there and then kind of deliver It’s something you can ’ t really prepare for until you ’ re in the room

S UN: You were on Girls last season, which I love, but it gets so much scrutiny just in general, much more than many other TV shows What was that experience like?

J W : I think that show just gets scrutiny in general because there’s a lot of pressure on that show to be the voice of everyone, like the voice of the generation Even though clearly [Lena Dunham’s] like I’m not the voice of the generation, well her character says that, but she’s just like maybe a voice of a generation I think it gets a lot of pressure because it’s like one of the shows out there that people would like to have be representative of them, and I don’t think that that’s necessarily fair But for me it was fine I loved working over there Lena’s a great boss, the way that Jon’s a really good boss super thoughtful and like kind and just very talented So it was just nice to be a part of that

S UN: How has growing up in L A impacted you? Because I m also from L A , and I think it s kind of a weird and unique place to grow up

J W : I love driving

S UN: Oh my god, yes

J W : I came here from New York and it was like a four and a half hour drive and I was like YES This is my dream Because you get to like have your thoughts and like sing Disney songs as loud as you want I just listened to Hercules on the way up here and you could even like talk to yourself if you want to and it’s fine And also, I am just not made for this weather I grew up in weather that registers as nothing Like 74 degrees is nothing weather And that’s what we have in LA all the time And this is just not a game Super intense

S UN: Yeah, they told me it was going to be -14 tonight, and I was just like, that is not a real temperature

J W : Why would you even go out? What is life? That’s so crazy to me

S UN: You brought up 9/11 during the show, and sometimes when people do that it’s like “Woah!” but actually it felt like you have a real thought process behind the idea of that changing your views on things I was wondering if you think there’s sort of a before and after in our generation?

J W : Yeah, for me it was It felt like a schism there Because it was pretty intense It’s just so crazy that that happened And then over the course of time, we put up a wall There was debate over what should go there, and everyone had an opinion on certain things and then we put up something, and not necessarily everyone was happy about it For me, it just kind of scared me and affected me and affected the way I feel about society, at least our society in general And I think part of it was because I was like 12, but we don’t talk about it, we don’t talk about it anymore It does seem taboo actually, which I’m really surprised about I hope that wasn ’ t offensive or anything, but like we should all be talking about that more probably Because it’s kind of like people treat us like we ’ re the computer generation,

and it’s like yes, kind of, but we ’ re also things happened Like I have friends who have PTSD now and who served It’s crazy

SUN: I just have one more question you talked about Jezebel during the show, and I read Jezebel, I get an embarrassing amount of my news from Jezebel

J W : You’re a Jezzie like me

SUN: I am They recently had a long piece about the harassment of women writers online and trolling And Lindy West, a former Jezebel writer did a segment for This American Life last weekend about one of her trolls I was just wondering how you handle that kind of aggression, especially from anonymous sources?

J W : I just sort of take it with a grain of salt I mean, their opinion technically doesn’t matter In the beginning I was very sensitive about it, it was really hard But now it’s kind of like, oh yeah It doesn’t matter It doesn’t hurt me Someone has a quote: ‘ you can be the most orangiest orange but at the end of the day, somebody is going to hate oranges ’ They’re going to like an apple I think it’s Dita Von Teese I’ve been saying it and I have yet to confirm it was actually her And I really need to confirm it because I’m like dropping Dita’s name all over the place But yeah, not everyone is going to love you

Zachary Zahos ’15 contributed to this article

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

BY EMILY FOURNIER STAFF WRITER

At her Friday night talk in the Statler auditorium, Jessica Williams, a correspondent on The Daily Show, was remarkably modest despite her substantial success The young actress strutted onto the stage and dramatically posed, but she proceeded to thank the audience for being there She began the night with a story about her trip from Brooklyn to Ithaca, during which she blasted the Hercules soundtrack, and then she delved into her background and how she got into comedy Williams shared that she was inspired by the successful female comedians, especially those on Saturday Night Live in the 1990s and early 2000s, as well as her own hilarious grandmother While her job requires her to challenge people s perceptions of the world around them, Williams stated that she has not always been comfortable with such confrontations especially when she was singled out for being a black woman in college In fact, she often felt helpless to change anyone ’ s mind and tended to stay silent She began to wonder why she should have to stand up for herself when her white friends were never the subjects of racist remarks She found a solution when she auditioned for The Daily Show at 22, which allowed her to speak her mind about important social

problems, especially women ’ s issues and black issues, without losing her comedic side Williams explained that although it can be difficult to put aside her feelings while creating satire, she has always found ways to deal with her emotions to ensure that her message is spread She also included clips of two of her favorite pieces on the show so far One of these pieces depicted Williams playing a woman who, while providing safety tips for girls on college campuses due to recent reports of sexual assaults, constantly interrupts her male colleague’s much shorter list of tips for guys In pieces like this that discuss truly serious topics, Williams ensures that her work is funny and accessible Williams’ character specifically advised girls taking cabs home from parties to pull up Google Maps, follow the driver’s turns, and have one hand on the door at all times in case they needed to roll out Despite the controversy of making light of tragedy, Williams and her colleagues do so in order to spread messages Just like her work on television, Williams’ speech powerfully advocated social change through humor, which is perhaps the most effective way to get people to hear what they need to hear without sounding preachy or patronizing

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

Arts Around Ithaca

Chicken Run: A Staged Reading Friday and Saturday at Risley Theatre

The Finger Lakes Comedy Festival Friday, Saturday and Sunday at The Commons

The Finger Lakes Comedy Festival is this weekend in the Ithaca Commons This three-day event will consist of comics of varying fame and experience sharing their humor with their funny counterparts and Ithaca natives Though the festival is paid, it will also include open mics, which are free to the public and open for participation by anyone and everyone The festival will conclude with a competition, allowing 20 comedians to fight for the title “Ithaca’s Funniest Comedian ” Tickets are $10 for general admission and $20 for a festival pass, which allows access to all of the shows within the three days They can be purchased through the Ithaca Events website

All Them Witches

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Ripples, Bastards and Broken Things

My biggest issue with living in Ithaca isn’t the fact that I look like Jack Torrance at the end of The Shining every morning on my way to class Ithaca is home to two large universities and a bustling community of cinephiles but no IMAX theater I don’t see a reason why we should have to drive as far as Syracuse to see certain films in the way they were meant to be experienced

This weekend, history was made when HBO partnered with the film company to present the first television program in IMAX, ever Game of Thrones: The IMAX Experience premiered on Friday night to the tune of $1 5 million, an impressive gross for two episodes of television episodes nine and 10 of season four that aired over six months ago Game of Thrones, with its unparalleled scope and breathtaking cinematic nature, lends itself well to the bigger screen, perhaps better than most films Here’s looking at you, American Sniper: The IMAX Experience

Yes, I was disappointed that I didn’t get to experience Neil Marshall’s epic battle panorama in the shadow of The Wall at an IMAX, but even more upsetting was that I missed the world premiere of the trailer for season five I go a little crazy over GoT news I hunt down every leaked photo from the set, I watch every interview and I keep a running countdown of days until the new season ’ s premiere (69 days, if you were curious) I stayed up on Friday to see if any other fans had filmed the trailer and posted it online I was not disappointed Actually, I was

A little background on Game of Thrones: The show is based on George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels that has been in the works since 1996 In 2008, HBO acquired the rights to produce a television show adapting the books By that time, Martin had completed and published four novels of the planned seven book series in 12 years, with the fifth soon on its way Or so HBO and the series’ many devoted fans were led to believe Instead of his average pace of one book every three years, Martin became embroiled in the infa-

mous “Meerenese Knot,” a nickname given to the extended period of time he took to finish the fifth book of the series, A Dance with Dragons Today, four years after the publication of A Dance with Dragons and 10 years after the publication of A Feast for Crows, the fourth novel of the series, readers continue to anxiously await the arrival of the sixth novel, The Winds of Winter Yes, we are all waiting, patiently or other wise, for Martin to finish his next masterpiece That is, everyone except HBO

The first season, released in 2011, was a mirrored adaptation of the first book in the series, A Game of Thrones I mean, it was as perfect as any novel adaptation has ever been Save for a chapter cut here or there, it

was intact Even better than the novel in some respects The second season was a pretty good adaptation of the second novel, A Clash of Kings Sure, they mucked up the characters of Stannis and Renly and changed up the climactic battle, but by and large it was true to the source material Then things got a little messy The third and fourth seasons adapted the third and best book of the series, A Storm of Swords, in separate parts There was a lot of material to cover, so this decision made some sense, but this came at the expense of any semblance of pacing the novels had Some characters had a ton of things to do trials to lose, heads to explode and fathers to kill but other characters dicked around waiting for the other characters to catch up to their narrative Some characters and plotlines were cut altogether, while unnecessar y romantic subplots were afforded valuable screentime

Now, HBO has adapted both the fourth AND fifth novels nearly twice(!) as much material as the third book, which took two seasons to complete into one jam-packed season, with plans to move into unpublished territory beginning with the coming 10 episodes Martin has allegedly told the showrunners the ending of the series ahead of time as a sort of contingency if he could not finish the series in time (which is almost definitely the case at this point) This presents a unheard-of problem for fans of the books: The show risks spoiling the source material because it rushed its adaptation This is as if Warner Bros made the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movie before you had even read the book How upset

would you have been if you knew the deaths and the ending ahead of time? Well buckle up, because it’s happening

The biggest issue with the coming season, as revealed by the trailer and various casting announcements, is that many characters and stor ylines are cut altogether Characters that we are invested in while reading the books, characters with goals and motivations and possible game-changing plans, are gone By not casting these characters, the showrunners are basically telling us that they don’t matter in the grand scheme of A Song of Ice and Fire That means and don’t Google these if you aren ’ t familiar with the most recent novels no LSH, no Aegon, no JonCon, no Greyjoy uncles, no Quentyn, no Arianne and no Manderlys Sorry, they just don’t figure into the ASoIaF endgame

The trailer broke my heart I know I’m exaggerating, but I really feel that way If that two minute clip was any indication, the next season will be a bastardization of the series of books that is nearest and dearest to me, stripping its nuance and complexity away, dumbing it down for an audience that HBO feels cannot keep track of a few more characters

Now I will be forced to watch the show run headlong toward the end of the series, dreading ever y revelation and character extraction, hoping in vain that the experience of reading the novels won ’ t be entirely ruined

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three consecutive away losses, Red sweeps weekend homestand

By SHAN DHALIWAL Sun Staff Writer

It was a great weekend for Cornell men ’ s tennis The Red (3-3) brought home two victories, a 4-2 defeat of Iowa (2-1) on Friday and a 5-2 defeat of No 57 George Washington (1-3) on Saturday The victories brought the team back to 500 on the season and, according to head coach Silviu Tanasoiu, should give the team a boost of confidence going forward

“We’re trying to bond and be as close as possible,” Tanasoiu said “That’s going to be the signature of Cornell tennis and the rest of the season ”

This season has been an emotional one for the team Over Thanksgiving, four players were involved in a car accident on Route 13, only a half hour away from campus Luckily, none of the injuries turned out to be fatal

“This was a very traumatic experience and one that has taught us many lessons,” Tanasoiu said “We’re trying to act like a family, not just a team ”

Instead of letting the accident completely demoralize the team, Tanasoiu and his squad have used the accident as motivation moving forward

“There’s a strong sense of unity after this accident,” Tanasoiu said “There is a deeper sense of appreciation for what we ’ re doing right now ”

Senior Sam Fleck is proud of how his team has responded

“The response from everyone was really incredible straight off the accident,” he said “It showed how close we are off the tennis court as well as on it ”

Fleck won both his singles and doubles matches against Iowa this weekend, as well as his doubles

match against George Washington He is nursing an injured shoulder from earlier in the season

Fleck also said the team performed much better in doubles this past weekend, which had been its weak point in its past three away matches

He attributed the Red’s success to the teams return to their home courts

“Our fans were loud and that supportive atmopshere definitely helped the guys on the team.”

“Our fans were loud and that supportive atmosphere definitely helped the guys on the team ”

With the ECAC Indoor Championships and Ivy League play approaching, the Red should be in for a challenge Both the championships and league play will be packed with quality opponents In terms of ECAC, Fleck said each game will be hard-fought

“There aren ’ t any really outstanding teams and there aren ’ t any bad teams so every match will be competitive ”

Columbia is the clear favorite in the Ivy League right now The team qualified for the National Indoors and is ranked 13th in the countr y Nevertheless, both Fleck and Tanasoiu are confident going into Ivy League play

Shan Dhaliwal can be reached at sdhaliwal@cornellsun com

Gillam Outstanding in the Net

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penalty after he began mouthing off to Raiders players, was amongst the most notable Both Freschi and Schafer apologized to the referees following the game

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“It was totally uncalled for our guys, ” Schafer said “[Freschi] hurt our hockey team, but there was too much talking from all of our players and they’ve got to start to zero in on the game and focus in on what’s at hand We had a bad penalty and that’s not a trait you want ”

Despite the team ’ s first threepoint weekend of the calendar year, Schafer said he was unsatis-

“Having a goal lead twice tonight, it was disappointing that we lost a face-off and didn’t get a guy [But] then Mitch made a huge save [at] 2-2 with a minute to go in the game, ” Schafer said “Someone lost an assignment and they got right out to the front with a turnover and Mitch made a huge save on the kid [When] you look at it from that perspective, getting a point is big, but every point this time of year is huge ”

McCarron also notched his first goal of the season McCarron, who has been struggling this season with putting up points offensively, said he was happy as long as the team won Schafer said that while,

on paper, McCarron has not done much, he said that his captain has been playing good hockey all year long

“Struggling to score, but not struggling as a player,” Schafer said “[McCarron]’s done a lot of the basic things that you’d want your captain to, which is to come ready to games to compete The struggle aspect of it is to get the puck to the back of the net That tip was huge for him to get that monkey off his back and now he can proceed forward and forget about it and continue to play the kind of hockey he’s been playing ”

Joon Lee can be reached at joonlee2@cornellsun com

Offensive Struggles Continue to Plague Team

Red shoots less than 40 percent from the eld in both contests

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The Red forced 13 turnovers and conceded just five, which proved to be a deciding factor late in the game

“We came up big when we had to We played hard throughout, and in the end, hit free throws to finish it It wasn ' t always pretty, but we displayed our ability to execute late,” said head coach Bill Courtney

In the second leg of its weekend double-header, the Red fell to Yale, 65-57 Again, offensive troubles plagued the Red Senior Shonn Miller shot just 1/11 in the first half, finishing 6/20 on the game That was coming off a night of 3/13 shooting against Brown Everyone has off days and understandably so, but when an offense goes through a player as much as the Red goes to Miller, shooting at that rate disrupts the entire team ’ s offensive flow Despite that, Miller finished the weekend at the top the league standings in scoring (16 2 ppg) and rebounding (8 0 rpg) The Red also saw fouls by sophomore forward David Onurah and sophomore guard Robert Hatter, who each played for under 20 minutes

“We did not come to play late Last night we hit our free throws, tonight we didn’t Things like rebounding and taking good shots were not done late in the game and it hurt us, ” Courtney said Courtney has shown a willingness to go deep into his bench and this weekend was no different with eight bench players seeing minutes throughout the two games Despite that, only 29 of the Red’s 114 total points were scored by bench players If the Red wants to make a push for the league title, the bench will need to pick up more of the slack on rough shooting nights, as we saw this past weekend

The Red will continue its homestand this weekend when it plays host to the Penn Quakers and Princeton Tigers With the Ivy League being the only conference to give an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament to its regular season champion, each team knows that every game is crucial The Red will look to corrects its mistakes sooner rather than later in order to make a push for that top spot

Amir Patel can be reached at apatel@cornellsun com

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Men Earn Three Points Against Rival Colgate

By JOON LEE Sun Staff Writer

For the Cornell men ’ s hockey team, sophomore goaltender Mitch Gillam, despite his young age, is someone to be respected Without his strong performances in net, the Red would not be 9-9-3 The importance of Gillam to the Red was highlighted during the team ’ s weekend series against Colgate University, which featured a 2-1 win on Friday in Hamilton, New York, and a 2-2 tie on Saturday Gillam, statistically speaking, is far and away the best goaltender in the country The Peterborough, Ontario native leads the country with a 946 save percentage and 1 45 goals against average While the Red failed to complete its first four-point weekend since the end of November, the team did pull out its first three-point weekend with the win and tie against the No 17 Raiders (14-9-3, 6-5-3 ECAC) That would not have been possible without the effort of Gillam

“Our guys want to pick [Gillam] up, ” said men ’ s hockey coach Mike Schafer “They know how critical he’s been to our success so far this year and our goaltenders and he’s been there to cover for guys a lot ”

On Saturday, Gillam prevented the Red from seeing its third straight weekend split In the third period, Gillam made an unbelievable range of saves, stopping a variety of slap shots, wristers and tip-ins with great rebound control

When a Red defender made a crucial turnover in the Cornell defensive zone, Raiders forward Tylor Spink had the puck point blank in front of the net

Gillam, poised and seemingly ready for anything, stuck out his pad and redirected a shot that seemed destined for the net, keeping the score tied, 2-2 McCarron sang Gillam’s praises following the Saturday matchup

“He’s an unbelievable backstop back there The last guy in reinforcements,” McCarron said “He’s been great all year and he was great again That huge save on that guy in the

slot with a couple of minutes left it gives us confidence, especially when we ’ ve got a weak back end there with guys injured He’s the last line of defense and he’s usually very strong for us ”

While Gillam’s performance, once again, stood out for

Red Splits Weekend Contests Against Brown and Columbia

The Cornell men ’ s basketball team went 1-1 this weekend in its games against Brown and Yale, leaving

the team at 10-10 on the season and 2-2 in Ivy League play With four league games under its belts, the Red is tied in Ancient Eight play for third place with Columbia, and sits two games behind league leader Yale

In its 57-49 win over Brown, the Red came out with a drive to disrupt the flow of the Bears’ offense Brown boasts a front court of Rafael Maia and Cedric Kuakumensah, both of whom sit at 6 feet 9 inches and can score efficiently The Red made it a point stop Brown’s big men and subsequently keep the Bears’ guards from being threats

The Red applied intense ball pressure and used its length and athleticism to trap the Brown guards constantly In doing so, the Bears were unable to move the ball inside to their big men, and it forced them to play an undesired game Despite the Red’s defensive execution, it was unable to follow through on the offensive end

The Red’s shooting woes continued with just 37 percent from the field Despite that, the squad was able to convert when necessary and used an early push to fuel a 33 point second half, giving it the victory

Last Time at Friedman

By ANNA FASMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

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wrestling team saw yet another weekend of wins, successfully taking down opponents Princeton and Lock Haven The team also took Saturday night to honor its 11 gradua t i n g s

quently wrestled in their last home matches for the Red W

under its belt, the Red now stands at 12-1 overall and 4-0 in the Ivy League The men have faced all of their Ivy o

except for Columbia, whom they will face next weekend in Ne w York City In its dual against the Lions, the team will look to notch its 13th straight Ivy title The Red moved one step closer to the title this weeke n d , w h e n i t b e a t o u t Princeton (6-5, 0-1 Ivy), 293 Junior Nahshon Garrett and senior Chris Villalonga each won by technical falls over their Tiger opponents and sophomore Gabe Dean, who has seen a strong season

o v e r a l l , w o n b y f a l l

Sophomores Brian Realbuto, D y l a n Pa l a c i o a n d M a r k Grey, as well as junior Duke Pickett, all notched wins for Cornell, securing the team a win by more than 20 points With head coach Rober t Koll wanting to get as many seniors out onto the mat as possible against Lock Haven, the Red saw wins from four

Craig Eifer t, Villalonga, Jace Bennett and Jesse Shanaman

Three of the four won by major decision, with Bennett winning by regular decision Garrett and Picket earned the Red its other two wins, and the team came out on top, 22-13

W i t h Ho f s t r a a n d Columbia coming up for the Red, the team looks to wrap up its regular season duals and move into the post-season The Red will host Drexel as par t of the National Duals and then travel to Iowa City, Iowa on Feb 21 to compete The rest of the post-season will take place in March

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