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Hotelies Confront Provost on College of Business

By JOSH GIRSKY Sun Staff Writer

Almost 150 hotel students descended on Willard Straight Hall Tuesday evening to voice their concerns about the new College of Business at an open forum led by Provost Michael Kotlikoff

Many of the students, who first gathered outside Statler Auditorium before walking to the forum, had previously opposed the creation of the business college However, with the Board of Trustees’ authorization of the new college, some hotel students said they now hoped the hotel school would retain its core elements under a new umbrella college

“This is not a protest or a march This is simply a sign of solidarity amongst hotelies moving forward, because the College of Business is already a done deal,” said David Outlaw ’17, one of the organizers of the march “We want to make sure that the hotel school is taken care of moving forward, that we ’ re not sacrificing that camaraderie and the close-knit network that we have as hotelies, both as students and alumni alike ”

The group was led out by Colton Haney ’17, one of the event ’ s organizers, who spoke to the crowd about their goal of showing the

administration how much hotel students and alumni valued the school’s distinct character

“We are here to maintain the integrity of our school regardless of what college you put us in, what group you put us under,” Haney

T h e B o a rd o f Tr u s t e e s vo t e d a g a i n s t d i ve s t i n g t h e e n d ow m e n t f r o m f o s s i l f u e l i n v e s t m e n t s , i n t r o d u c i n g n e w g u i d e l i n e s w h i c h s p e c i f y t h a t t h e Un i ve r s i t y w i l l o n l y d i ve s t e n d ow m e n t f u n d s f ro m a c o m p an y w h o s e a c t i o n s a r e “ m o r a l l y re p reh e n s i b l e ” T h i s d e c is i o n c o m e s a f t e r a s e r i e s o f r e s o l u t i o n s p a s s e d b y s h a re d g ove r n a n c e o r g a n i z a t i o n s i n c l u d i n g t h e St u d e n t A s s e m b l y, 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 A s s e m b l y, Fa c u l t y Se n a t e a n d t h e Un i ve r s i t y A s s e m b l y, a l l u r g i n g t h e Un i ve r s i t y t o d i ve s t f ro m t h e f o s s i l f u e l i n d u s t r y T h e B o a rd e x p l a i n e d i t s p l a n t o i m p l e m e n t a n e w s e t o f c r i t e r i a w h i c h i n t h e f u t u re w i l l d e t e rm i n e w h i c h c o r p o r a t i o n s w i l l b e a b l e t o re t a i n C o r n e l l’s e n d owm e n t f u n d s T h e n e w l y a p p rove d s t a n d a rd s f o r d i ve s t m e n t s a y t h a t t h e b o a rd w i l l o n l y d i ve s t f ro m c o m p a n i e s i f t h e i r a c t i o n s a re “ m o r a l l y re p reh e n s i b l e , ” c i t i n g e x a m p l e s o f a p a r t h e i d , g e n o c i d e , h u m a n t r a ff i c k i n g , s l a ve r y o r s y s t e m i c c r u e lt y t o c h i l d re n a n d v i o l a t i o n o f c h i l d l a b o r l a w s a s p r a c t i c e s t h a t C o r n e l l w o u l d d e e m u n a c c e p ta b l e , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e Un i ve r s i t y T h e n e w s t a n d a r d s f u rt h e r s p e c i f y t h a t t h e b o a r d w i l l o n l y c o n s i d e r d i v e s t i n g f r o m c o r p o r a t i o n s i f d i v e s t m e n t w i l l “ l i k e l

said “We will always and forever be the School of Hotel Administration ”

After the students entered Willard Straight Hall, Provost Michael Kotlikoff gave a 30 minute presentation on what the new College of Business would look like to

the full audience He tried to alleviate student and alumni concerns by saying that the merged schools would maintain their unique identities

“Critically, part of this plan is not just to bring [the three schools] together into one college but also to maintain the identity and focus of those schools,” Kotlikoff said “That’s important because as people hear about this, the first thing they think about is the school’s identity is going away ”

He continued, saying that while many students and alumni called the administration’s actions in creating the College of Business as unilateral, the administration decided that they first needed to “ get this rolling” before allowing people to help plan and shape the college

“That’s a very inclusive community-oriented effort to say let’s engage, let’s solve this problem,” Kotlikoff said in an interview with The Sun after the open forum “We had to get past this issue of ‘ are we going to do it or not ’ and that’s what we tried to do and I think that’s very sensitive to the community ”

While many hotel students opposed the integration of the hotel school into the College of Business, Kotlikoff said he had

By PHOEBE KELLER Sun Assistant News Editor

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Man Accused of Trying to Sell Drugs in Traffic Court

Authorities say a Pennsylvania man tried to sell drugs in a Pittsburgh traffic court

Officials say 35-year-old Christopher Durkin spoke to a man in court after he appeared Monday to face charges of driving under suspension A deputy told Durkin to leave

The other man told deputies Durkin attempted to sell him Suboxone pills

Deputies searched Durkin and he was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession with intent to deliver

He is awaiting arraignment and it’s not known if he has a lawyer

Jury Summons Directs People To Call Sex Hotline

Hundreds of southeastern Mississippi citizens received jury summons that incorrectly instructed them to call a sex hotline

Multiple news outlets report that at least 350 jury summons with the incorrect phone number were sent out in Jackson County to potential jurors

Circuit Clerk Randy Carney says people started calling

the circuit clerk’s office Monday morning to report the problem Others stopped by in person to address the issue

Carney says he doesn’t know what caused the mix-up

He has drafted an apology letter that will go out those who received the erroneous summons He says he doesn’t know if his office will be liable for costs associated with any potential jurors billed for using the hotline

Carney added that he’ll personally review summons before they’re mailed out from now on

Cats in Maine Still Await

$200,000

Inheritance

A Maine town and a group of cat caretakers have sued estate trustees in a long-running dispute over a woman ’ s wishes that her life savings go to care for abandoned cats Barbara Thorpe died in 2002 and left most of her $200,000 estate to give food, shelter and veterinary care to the stray cats of Dixfield The Sun Journal reports that only a few thousand dollars have been given for the cats ’ care

Lawyers have taken more than $16,000, and the estate ’ s trustees received over $22,000 Dixfield and five women who care for the town ’ s strays sued the trustees last week The suit says the trustees excessively billed fees to the trust and have failed to carry out Thorpe’s wishes

Trustees Approve Plans Expanding Graduate Student Housing

By YUN SOO KIM Sun Staff Writer

The Board of Trustees approved a plan Thursday to expand graduate and professional student housing, building on President Elizabeth Garrett’s commitment to close and renovate Maplewood Park apartments

While Garrett had pledged to the Graduate and Professional Students Assembly at the start of this academic year that she would prioritize graduate housing

needs, students still face difficulties securing housing as enrollment numbers are set to increase and off-campus housing prices continue to rise

Additionally, in November, the University proposed a plan to the City of Ithaca Planning and Development Board which would convert Hughes Hall, a law school dormitory, into a space for offices, administrative support and academic programs

The Board of Trustees’ buildings and properties committees approved national

S. A . Aims to Alter Student

Leave of Absence Policy

Would

allow on-leave students to remain in Ithaca

By KYLE OEFELEIN Sun Staff Writer

The Student Assembly is attempting to modify the current health leave of absence policy, by proposing a change which would allow students to procure funds to continue to reside in Ithaca rather than returning to potentially abusive or unsupportive home situations

Under the current policy, when a

co-chair of the S A health and wellness committee

“For a lot of people, returning home is just not an option and that deters them from taking a leave that would improve their health significantly,” Indimine said Additionally, Indimine said that some students chose not to take a health leave of absence and not to return home due to difficult home environments and conflicts with family members

“Some people who end up taking a mental health leave don’t come back, because they come from abusive households or they’re not able to get the treatment they need.” Y a m i n i B h a n d a r i ’ 1 7

student takes a health leave of absence they are not classified as students anymore and cannot live on campus, according to Yamini Bhandari ’17, the undergraduate student-elected trustee “ The problem basically becomes that if you are someone who has to take a leave of absence because you are struggling with mental health issues and are not doing well academically, you are essentially forced to go back home,” Bhandari said “If your family d o e s n ’ t u n d e r s t a n d m e n t a l h e a l t h treatment or support it and there are no facilities near where you live to get proper mental health treatment, you are kind of stuck ”

To help students who feel they may need a health leave of absence but cannot return home, the S A hopes to establish a fund that would allow these students to afford local housing, meals and health access if they needed it, according to Matthew Indimine ’18,

collegiate housing provider, EdR as the housing developer for the construction of the new housing complex, the University reported

Construction of replacement housing in Maplewood Park is to begin in the fall of 2016, with the goal to open during the summer of 2018 in time for the start of the 2018-2019 academic year, according to Jeremy Thomas, senior director of real estate department Currently, the graduate housing site has 394 units housing 480 residents

“[The construction] is a comprehensive replacement and redevelopment of the property as the buildings have reached the end of their useful life,” Thomas said

Expected to accommodate more than double the number of current residents, the new housing units will help alleviate the housing deficits for graduate students and as the number of incoming students increase, according to Thomas

“The new complex will continue to target and house Cornell graduate and professional students,” Thomas said

The University has been partnering with graduate and professional students to address housing needs as current residents of Maplewood Park will be required to move out and find new accommodations, according to Marty Rauker, senior director of strategic initiatives, student and campus life However, he said aid will be given to students as they are navigate the relocation process

“Informational sessions and housing fairs are scheduled for current and prospective students, along with enhanced online access to information, webinars, search resources and information about the Ithaca community and neighborhoods,” he said

Additionally, other graduate housing units will be altered to provide room for a greater number of graduate and professional students

“Graduate and professional students who currently live in Maplewood Park will be given priority for rooms and apartments in Hasbrouck and Thurston Court,” Rauker said “Spaces in Hasbrouck will be reconfigured to optimize capacity ”

In addition to the Maplewood Park expansion, the University is also considering developing East Hill Plaza for housing, according to Rauker

There are plans involving student and community participation to address housing shortage issues beginning this spring

“Cornell recently launched a comprehensive housing master planning process that will outline the strategic direction for undergraduate and graduate housing The master plan document is expected to be complete during fall 2016,” he said “Opportunities for student and community input will be available throughout the spring 2016 semester ”

Self-Assembled 3-D Superconductor

By CHLOE RIPPE Sun Staff Writer

A f t e r m o re t h a n t w o

d e c a d e s o f re s e a rc h , Pro f Ulrich Wiesner, material science and engineering, created the first ever self-assembled, three-dimensional superconductor with a research group of graduate students and prof e s s o r s o f d i f f e re n t d i s c iplines

As a result, there h a v e b e e n i n s t

o take health leaves of absence are forced to return home and can-

n o t c o m e b a c k t o Cornell, according to Bhandari

“Some people who end up taking mental health leave don’t come back, because they come from abusive households or they’re not able to get the treatment they need,” Bhandari said “ This is difficult because these are people who obviously got into Cornell and have the potential to do well here, but are struggling with something that a lot of people struggle with ” Currently, the S A is working with o n - c a m p u s g r o u p s t h a t i n c l u d e Cornell Minds Matter and the Center for Transformative Action to further and explore and eventually implement the new policy

“Ideally this would probably be s o m

y looking at what resources are available, if there are any kinds of grants already ”

Kyle Oefelein can be reached at koefelein@cornellsun com

Wiesner’s team published its findings on superconduct o r s , w h i c h a re m a t e r i a l s through which electron energy flows without resistance, i n o n l i n e j o u r n a l S c i e n c e Advances Friday

“ Su p e rc o n d u c t i v i t y i s such an intriguing property Once you have this state, electrons move around with-

o u t a n y re s i s t a n c e , w h i c h

means without losing energy

t o t h e i r e n v i ro n m e n t s , ”

Wiesner said “Think of how much energy would be saved if all our wires would be made of superconductors It would be incredible ” Weisner said this is the first time a superconductor h a s s e l f - a s s e m b l e d i n t o a p o ro u s , t h re e - d i m e n s i o n a l gyroidal structure After years o f c o l l a b o r a t i o n w i t h c oa u t h o r Pro f So l Gr u n e r, physics, Wiesner developed

t h e i d e a f o r t h e g y ro i d a l structure, employing niobium nitride as the superconducting material brought the idea to fruition

“ T h e s u p e rc o n d u c t o r s h a ve t h i s s o - c a l l e d g y ro i d n a n o s

vides a network of nanopores o f a ro

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e s t h e e n t i re superconducting structure, ” Wiesner said “The width of the superconducting str uts separating the pores itself is o n l y o f o rd e r 1 0 t o 2 0 nanometers ”

Diverging from the typical bulk material used to create superconductors, Wiesner ’ s team utilized a selfassembling, synthetic block c o p o l y m e r a s s e m b l e d i n Wiesner’s labs

“We used the power of self-assembly,” Weisner said “What this means is that we harnessed the ability of polymers to spontaneously form s p

Students Address Admins. at Business School Open Forum

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o o d f o r C o r n e l l , t h e n p re s e n t e d i t f a i t a c c o m p l i It re m i n d s m e o f t h e w o r s t a s p e c t s o f t h e o l d d a y s ” Ma n y s t u d e n t s w h o s p o k e we re a l s o c o n c e r n e d t h a t t h e i r vo i c -

“We have to make sure that these committees operate with transparency to the student bodies from which they come.” P r o v o s t M i c h a e l K o t l i k o f f

e s w o u l d n o t b e h e a rd a s p l a n s f o r t h e C o l l e g e o f Bu s i n e s s p ro g re s s “ Mu c h o f t h e d i s s e n t , a t l e a s t s p e a k i n g f ro m a h o t e l i e p e r s p e ct i ve , w a s t h e f a c t t h a t t h e re w a s n ’ t a l o t o f d i s c u s s i o n a n d i t s e e m e d l i k e t h e s t u d e n t vo i c e w a s n o t h e a rd , ” Ha n e y s a i d “ How

c a n we e n s u re t h e s t u d e n t vo i c e w i l l b e h e a rd ? ” Ko t l i k o f f re s p o n d e d by h i g h l i g h t i n g t h e s t u d e n t c o m m i t t e e s t h a t w i l l i n f o r m t h e d e ve l o p m e n t o f t h e C o l l e g e o f Bu s i n e s s “ We h a ve t o m a k e s u re t h a t t h e s e c o m m i t t e e s o p e r a t e w i t h

t r a n s p a re n c y t o t h e s t u d e n t b o d i e s f ro m w h i c h t h e y c o m e , ” h e s a i d “A l l o f t h i s w i l l b e a n o p e n c l e a r p ro c e s s ” Ma n y s t u d e n t s a l s o vo i c e d c o n c e r n s t h a t t h e u n i q u e a s p e c t s o f t h e i n d i v i d u a l s c h o o l s w o u l d b e c o m p ro m i s e d w i t h t h e m e r g e r o f t h e S c h o o l o f Ho t e l Ad m i n i s t r a t i o n , t h e C h a l e s H D y s o n S c h o o l o f Ap p l i e d Ec o n o m i c s a n d Ma n a g e m e n t a n d Sa m u e l Cu r t i s Jo h n s o n Gr a d u a t e S c h o o l o f Ma n a g e m e n t “ On e o f t h e t h i n g s t h a t a l o t o f k i d s i n t h e a g r i c u l t u re p ro -

g r a m s a re c o n c e r n e d a b o u t i s t h a t e ve r y t i m e t h e re ’ s a re o r g a n i z a -

t i o n t h e [ a g r i c u l t u re ] p a r t o f t h e [ a g r i c u l t u re ] s c h o o l g e t s s m a l l -

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f u t u re s a y i n g i t s c re a t i o n w a s d e c i d e d w i t h c o n s i d e r a t i o n f o r t h e

f u t u re “ W h a t we s t ro n g l y b e l i e ve i s t h a t we h a ve t o d o o u r b e s t t o p re s e r ve t h e s t re n g t h s [ o f t h e i n d i v i d u a l s c h o o l s ] a n d a t t h e s a m e

t i m e l o o k t o t h e f u t u re , ” h e s a i d “ T h e C o l l e g e o f Bu s i n e s s by

n e c e s s i t y c a n n o t b e c o m e g e n e r i c ” A f t e r t h e f o r u m , h o t e l s t u d e n t Ia n K i m m e l ’ 1 6 c a l l e d Ko t l i k o f f ’ s m e s s a g e c o n t r a d i c t o r y “ E s s e n t i a l l y a l l I h e a rd a t t h i s m e e t i n g w a s b o t h , ‘ We’re d o i n g a n e w t h i n g a n d e ve r y t h i n g ’ s g o i n g t o g e t b e t t e r, ’ a n d a t t h e s a m e t i m e , ‘ No t h i n g ’ s g o i n g t o c h a n g e , ’ ” K i m m e l s a i d “ Yo u c a n ’ t d o b o t h ” A l t h o u g h s o m e s t u d e n t s s a i d t h e y l e f t t h e m e e t i n g f e e l i n g u n e a s y, Ko t l i k o f f s a i d h e b e l i e ve d t h a t t h e o p e n f o r u m w a s va l ua b l e a s t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n p rov i d e d s o m e i n f o r m a t i o n t h a t h a d n ’ t b e e n p rov i d e d b e f o re W h i l e h e s a i d h e d i d h e a r “ a l o t o f f e a r s , ” h e w a n t e d t o a s s u re s t u d e n t s a n d a l u m n i t h a t t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n w a s w o rk i n g h a rd t o a d d re s s t h e i r c o n c e r n s “ T h e o n l y t h i n g I c a n s a y i s t h a t e ve r y b o d y u n d e r s t a n d s [ t h o s e f e a r s ] a n d e ve r y b o d y i s f o c u s e d o n t h o s e , ” Ko t l i k o f f s a i d “ T h e p a s s i o n o f p e o p l e f o r t h e i r s c h o o l i s s o m e t h i n g we a l s o h e a r f ro m a l u m s a n d i s s o m e t h i n g we h a ve t o p re s e r ve a n d we i n t e n d t o p res e r ve ” St i l l , h e a d d e d , t h a t h e w a s n o t s u r p r i s e d by t h e t h e re a c t i o n s t u d e n t s a n d a l u m n i h a ve h a d s i n c e t h e a n n o u n c e m e n t o f t h e b u s i n e s s c o l l e g e p l a n s “ T h e re ’ s a re a s o n w h y t h i s [ C o l l e g e o f Bu s i n e s s ] h a s b e e n p rop o s e d m a n y t i m e s a n d n o t i m p l e m e n t e d a n d t h a t ’ s b e c a u s e t h e s e t h i n g s a re ve r y d i f f i c u l t , ” h e s a i d “ T h e y ’ re d e e p l y c o n c e r n i n g t o p e o p l e It’s h a rd t o g e t p e o p l e t o l o o k f o r w a rd a n d n o t b a c k w a rd a n d c h a n g e i s d i f f i c u l t ”

FORUM Continued from page 1 Josh Girsky can be reached at jgirsky@cornellsun com

Cornellians Protest Divestment Decision

REACTION

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some of the earliest research revealing that CO2 emissions contribute significantly to warming,” he said “ This is only one example of fossil fuel companies’ actions that are not aligned with Cornell’s ‘deeply held values ’”

Alec Desbordes ’17, a member of Cornell’s Independent Students’ Union, said the decision not to divest from the fossil fuel industr y is the result

o f C o r n e l l’s “ c o r r u p t ”

p ow e r s t r u c t u re , i n which trustees consider themselves “shareholders in a company, ” only tr ying to “maximize return on investment ”

to counter this, to stand for honesty and integrity, and divestment is a powerful tool we can use

KyotoNow! campaign coordinators, said the decision not to pull endowment funding was especially disheartening in the wake of President Elizabeth Garrett’s rejection of the previously touted 2035 carbon neutrality goal

“I am extremely disappointed in the trustees and the administration because this news was paired with President Garrett’s decision to back out of

“For the sake of Cornell’s financial future we should be getting out of fossil fuel extraction while the getting is still good ”

Prof Stephen Ellner

“Of course for the shareholders or trustees the endowment is not to be seen as a means [to exercise] political or social power because they have absolute power over it,” he said “[Cornell’s students] should be in absolute control from the start of what some unknown entitled individuals feel they have the right to ”

Prof Stephen Ellner, ecology and evolutionar y biology, also questioned the trustees ’ fiscal decision, challenging them to ask themselves how much money Cornell lost by refusing to divest from fossil fuels when divestment was recommended by the S A and Faculty Senate

“Last year the energy sector did ver y badly in the stock market, and our endowment’s return was the lowest in the Ivy League,” he said “ The Rockefeller Brothers Fund hasn’t been suffering because they decided to do the right thing, and we have been suffering because we didn’t For the sake of Cornell's financial future, we should be getting out of fossil fuel extraction while the getting is still good ”

Prof David Shalloway, molecular biology and genetics, said he believed the trustees took a “ step in the right direction” by claiming moral responsibilities for Cornell’s investments, but said they should then feel compelled to condemn the University’s involvement with the fossil fuel industr y

“ The devastation we are facing from continued fossil fuel burning is an extraordinar y circumstance with consequences indistinguishable from genocide,” he said “It’s our responsibility as educators

“Both decisions reflect Cornell’s lack of motivation to act as a leader

change, and display the

tance to improve Cornell’s self sufficiency and invest into a regenerative economy of the future ” Climate change is one of the largest issues facing

Johnston ’16, executive vice president of the S A The companies Cornell invests in “have led a disinformation campaign against the science of climate change that we research on this ver y campus, ”

Johnston said “A warmer climate means millions of environmental refugees, water supplies continuing to run short, flooding, fires, more extreme weather, faster spread of certain diseases, civil conflict, and malnutrition,” she said “ What more of a moral imperative do we need?”

Several students also called the trustees ’ decision a deliberate refusal to listen to the voices of Cornell’s faculty and students, as shared governance bodies have unanimously called for the University to divest

“If conversations, such as the current one, exist it is simply to make sure that an illusion of democratic debate can be perceived by the mass of students,” Desbordes said “ The only coherent way to form a university at the forefront of society, shaping the way for ward is by deeply democratizing its ver y existence ”

Phoebe Keller can be reached at pkeller@cornellsun com

C.U. R e s e a r c h Te a m A s s e m b l e s F i r s t

Three-Dimensional Superconductor

ENGINEERING

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“ must not be regarded primarily as an instrument of political or social power ”

“[The endowment’s] principal purpose is to provide income for the advancement of the University’s educational objectives,” Opatrny said

However, the University will still use divestment to condemn corporations in certain cases, according to Joanne Destefano, executive vice president and chief financial officer

“In extraordinary circumstances, the trustees may determine that direct financial investment in particular companies associates Cornell with actions or inactions that violate the University’s most deeply held values and, therefore, should be avoided, regardless of potential financial return, ” she said

The movement to end divestment on campus began in 2013 when the S A called for divestment from the fossil fuel industry Both President Emeritus David J Skorton and President Elizabeth Garrett have articulated their concerns regarding divestment, calling the movement a drastic measure that would not meaningfully impact climate change

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TO THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF MANY ACTIVISTS on campus, the University announced Tuesday that Cornell would not be divesting its endowment from the fossil fuels industry Trustee Donald Opatrny ’74, chair of the board’s investment committee, said “the University's endowment must not be regarded primarily as an instrument of political or social power; its principal purpose is to provide income for the advance of the university’s educational objectives ”

The trustees also finalized a proposal that laid out three points which they will use to determine whether to consider divestiture in the future Under this new standard, the board said it will consider divestment when a company ’ s actions or inactions are “morally reprehensible” a subjective standard Secondly, the board writes that they will consider divestment when they will have a major impact in correcting wrongs and, finally, when the company “contributes to harm so grave ” that it would, in essence, deviate from the principles of the University These standards are much needed and will help guide discussions over Cornell’s endowment moving forward

However, we believe that by all standards, the fossil fuels industry meets the Board’s requirements for divestment The way the actions of fossil fuel giants contribute to the consistent rise in global temperature is “morally reprehensible ” This past October, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change determined that the industry contributes to the spread of pests and disease, poses risks to food and water security, floods coastal and island communities and damages livelihoods and economies While the divestment of money itself may or may not make a have a major impact on the financial well-being of the industry, the message of a major university taking a stand certainly sends a strong moral directive that could have a “major impact in correcting wrongs ” These negative aspects, we believe, deviate from the principles of the University

Tuesday’s announcement also marks another instance in which the Board of Trustees has voted against the urgings of Cornell’s five shared governance bodies, highlighted by its decision to not table the vote on the controversial College of Business While we understand the need to ensure Cornell’s endowment remains robust, we believe that divesting from the fossil fuel industry meets the criteria established by the trustees in the last months Moving forward, we urge the Board of Trustees to reexamine the issue of divestment from fossil fuels with a stronger sense of its own moral guidelines

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By EMILY HAGEN Sun Staff Writer

K i m b a l l Ha l l n ow c o n t a i n s m o re

t h a n j u s t c l a s s ro o m s f o r e n g i n e e r i n g courses and administrative offices In October, a new nanomaterials research laborator y called Cornell’s Center for Na n o m a t e r i a l s E n g i n e e r i n g a n d Technology (CNET ) opened its doors

The site features a user-centered configuration and an abundance of instruments for soft materials synthesis, physic a l c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n a n d s c a l e - u p o f materials

The development of the lab began about eight years ago when Lynden

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E n g i n e e r i n g , a n d Pr o f E m m a n u e l Giannelis, materials science and engineering, wrote a grant proposal to the King Abdullah University of Science a n d Te c h n o l o g y ( K AU S T ) T h e y obtained funding of $25 million over the course of six years to create and develop the KAUST-CU Center for E n e r g y a n d Su s t a i n a b i l i t y, w h i c h opened in the spring of 2008

“As a research facility, the center was n o t o p e n t o a l l i n d i v i d u a l s a t Cornell,”Giannelis said “Only members of the center or graduate students working under professors who were members could take advantage of KAUST-CU’s unique infrastructure for soft materials research,”

Once the grant expired, the opportunity arose for the lab to be expanded into an open user facility The 4,000-squarefoot lab was converted into CNET and is now accessible to all members of the Cornell community and will continue to function as a world-class hub house for s o f t m a t e r i a l r e s e a r c h o n c a m p u s , according to Archer Archer and Prof B r u c e v a n D ov e r, c h a i r o f t h e Department of Materials Science and E n g i n e e r i n g , a r e t h e c o - d i r e c t o r s o f CNET

CNET ’ s focus on instr umentation for studying soft materials also fills an u n m e t n e e d a m o n g c u r re n t C o r n e l l facilities that concentrate on characterizing hard materials (ceramics, metals, and fibers etc), according to Archer

“ The lab is unique with respect to E s c a l

“Researchers can make large quantities

CNET was built to do both fundamental things and also provide the opportunities for applying materials to specific products ”

Archer explained that the lab will allow for interdisciplinar y collaboration across the university as undergraduate and graduate students develop ideas for projects, demonstrate the performance of materials, and then partner up with professional students in other entities,

“CNET was built to do both fundamental things and also provide the opportunities for applying materials to specific products.”

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including the Johnson School, to incubate start-up companies that are interested in bringing products to the market To this end, CNET complements its

research with meeting, office and tele-

Cornell start-up business might use in its earliest days

“ There is increasing entrepreneurial interest on campus where researchers do not just want to study materials, but also

resolving the science and technology related to scaling up promising materials to process them into tangible products,”

Archer said

Archer further described the reasons for confidence in CNET

“ The infrastructure contained in the lab has already proven crucial in translation materials from concepts into prototypes in three different areas that have societal impacts,” Archer said

The first domain involves materials that are used for electrolytes and batteries The second deals with advancing

carbon capture from power plants, as plants burn coal when they emit carbon dioxide gas The third area is the creation of nanoparticle-reinforced hydrocarbon materials that show exceptional promise as lubricants for heavy machiner y, including windmills With respect to all three, researchers can take advantage of the lab’s opportunities for material characterization and scale-up to show that materials with favorable characteristics can be turned into materials for further investigation by industries

Several ongoing research projects at CNET are focused on energy and storage, water purification and carbon capture According to Giannelis, water and energy are two of the most important a n d u r g e n t s o c i e t a l c h a l l e n g e s Giannelis’s research group is performing three different research projects

“One project deals with demonstrating materials to absorb carbon dioxide for carbon capture and conversion; a second is focused on developing ne w membranes for water purification; the third is about synthesizing and characterizing nanopar ticle traces that once injected in oil wells can locate the oil and remove the oil from the well,” Giannelis said

As an example, a graduate student in Archer’s lab, Akanshka Agrawal, is working with undergraduate student, Emily Jeng ’16, to examine the structure and d y n a m

interaction of the polymer chains affects the properties of nanomaterials They have developed high conducting and

non-flammable electrolytes for lithium ion batteries using a mixture of different sized nanopar ticles Graduate student

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nanoporous materials design for lithium batter y application Both graduate students explained that with the useful equipment and supportive staff and faculty of CNET, they are able to conduct all related experiments and research for their graduate work with CNET

“It is pretty amazing that one lab holds so many instruments and offers such great facilities and interfaces that it seems self-sufficient to meet almost all the requirements of the experiments that I needed to carr y out, ” Agrawal said

An institute that is collaborating with CNET is the Institute for Fundamental R e s e a r c h i n S e p a r a t i o n S c i e n c e (IFFRISS) IFFRISS is dedicated to solving crucial problems relevant to the separations industr y I F

n CNET which will allow the institute to conduct research supported by a modest investment in students, postdocs, and minor specific instrumentation, accordi n

Engineering

“ There is a lot of opportunity for

k CNET and IFFRISS are better set to accomplish this than any other group anywhere,” Hur witz said

The intention is to have open public discussion of fundamental questions that need to be answered to advance separation science and to provide the scientific basis for the future expansion of the filtration, according to Hur witz

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c t u re that was based on a research grant that has become a user facility that students can use for research, entrepreneurs can use for translating research into products, and institutions can use to focus on different aspects of research,” Archer said

The future of CNET is bright and is headed in the right direction as CNET has been vastly recognized by individuals of Cornell as well as outside institutions

C.U. Finds Success W ith Cancer- Inhibiting Pr

New study: TRAIL protein eliminates metastasizing prostate cancer cells in bloodstream of mice

By NOAH RANKIN Sun Science Editor

A recent Cornell study demonstrates a promising method for killing cancer c

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injected liposomes containing a protein called Tumor Necrosis Factor Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand that attach themselves onto white blood cells to destroy cancer cells spreading through the bloodstream

The experiment, performed as a collaboration between the labs of Prof Michael King, biomedical engineering, and Prof Chris Schaffer, biomedical engineering, served as a followup to a study published in January 2014 on the use of TRAIL to attack tumor cells

encouraging, but the next step was to see

tumors distant from the original tumor, the reason for more than 90 percent of human cancer deaths

“ The key for human prostate cancer is to detect the cancer early Most prostate

treatment,”King said “But in a fraction of prostate cancer cases the regular therapies do not work, and that’s referred to as castration-resistant prostate cancer If the tumor progresses to form metastases, there’s a low chance of sur vival ”

Once again, mice were used, but this time the cancer cells were allowed to

months or years to spread within a

“We completely prevented the development of new tumors in these mice, and we even shrunk the original tumor in size, which was a complete surprise.”

“In the 2014 paper, we first showed t h a t

injected into the bloodstream, can kill nearly all of the cancer cells in the blood ” King said, “We showed this with human b

short-term mouse experiments ”

According to King, these experiments consisted of injecting male mice with human prostate cancer cells and the TRAIL-carrying liposomes, which attach

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“ We set out with the goal of demonstrating this technology in a more realistic animal model of cancer metastasis

The earlier study was focused on showing that you could kill cancer cells floating around in the mouse ’ s blood ” King said, “But what was never answered in that earlier study is whether the therapy can really prevent metastasis the formation of new tumors that are distant from the original tumor That’s the major clinical problem in human cancers Over

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m e n t a l g ro u p w a s given TRAIL therapy three weeks after i m p l a n t a t i o n , f o llowed by additional treatment every three days after that (the length of time the protein remains in t h e b l o o d ) It worked

“What we found in the current study is that we completely prevented the develo p m e n t o f n e w t u m o r s i n t h e s e mice, and we even shrunk the original tumor in size, which was a pleasant surprise,” King said Be yo n d t h i s study, the next step is to expand and adapt t h i s t e c h n o l o g y t o treat different types

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e x p e r i m e n t u n d e rway seeks to mimic the way humans are currently treated for b re a s t c a n c e r, according to King

The plan is to initiate TRAIL treatment on mice, surgically remove breast tumor, and then continue treatment

“Without our therapy, the mouse will develop metastases in the lung, and bone and other organs ” said King, “We think

Cancer in places| Mice in the control groups ( “Buffer”& “ES”) showed widespread metastasis to internal organs. mice treated with E-selectin/TRAIL liposomes (“ES/T”) showed no spread of cancer to the other organs

a few well-timed treatments before and after surgery could completely prevent the metastasis,”

The treatment is not entirely foolproof Though TRAIL particles are effective on most kinds of cancer, including prostate cancer, colon cancer, melanoma, and breast cancer, there are some cancers that have a natural resistance to TRAIL, according to King Fortunately, there are a wide variety of “co-drugs” that can be used in combination with TRAIL to make the resistant cancer cells sensitive to treatment, King said

“Some of the TRAIL sensitizers are natural products, things you would find in a vitamin store There are products that are isolated from chili peppers and actually many conventional cancer drugs will sensitize cancer cells to trail, as will a low dosage of aspirin These are things that can be done with minimal risk,“ King said “In my opinion, [the TRAIL] approach is applicable to most kinds of cancer ”

The ultimate goal is to progress to human clinical trials, according to King, and his lab has been recently receiving blood samples from metastatic cancer patients from various hospitals, allowing the nanoparticles to be tested on “real, circulating tumor cells ” According to King, this is the closest thing to experimenting on humans the team can hope for before enough data is collected to proceed to clinical trials

“We’re really pleased about the results we ’ re getting ” King said, “The students and grad students working on the team are really excited, and we hope to continue to advance this technology ” Noah Rankin can be reached at nrankin@cornellsun com

A B a r r e l o f A p o c a - l a u g h s

BY BRYNN RICHTER Sun Staff Writer

I think it is safe to say that we are all pretty familiar with the apocalypse and its effects at this point Whether it is watching a spunky girl fighting her way through its aftermath (apply this to whichever franchise you prefer), seeing aliens and zombies threaten the earth (again, your choice for this reference) or simply watching ordinar y people prepare for the end of times, the apocalypse is not suddenly a p p e a r i n g o n o u r s c re e n s

Despite the frequency with which our dear planet meets i t s e n d , Yo u , Me a n d t h e Apocalypse offers a refreshingly fun and quirky take on the end times that makes it well worth watching You, Me and the Apocalypse opens its premiere with a shot of the meteor whose impending collision threatens all life on Earth, a surprisingly calm voiceover about how death comes for ever yone in the end and the sickeningly sweet tune “I Can See Clearly Now ” The camera cuts to the narrator sitting in an underground bunker, watching the news coverage and wondering how he got to be one of 15 survivors meant to be the future of the human race So as the episode name asks, “ Who Are These People” in the bunker?

is coming and that’s not exactly boring either

The police think that Jaimie is “ White Horse,” the

Anonymous Jaimie, while slightly concerned that someone is running around with the same face as him, just wants to get back to his normal life until he sees that his missing wife appears in photos with White Horse Thanks to his mundane, routine life, however, Jaimie has an air-tight alibi and is released Unfortunately, the agent refuses to release information about Jaimie’s wife

Jaimie, the narrator, is a straight-laced British man dedicated to his boring routines and finding his wife, who went missing immediately after their honeymoon seven years ago Jaimie repeatedly tells his roommate that he likes his rut and hates surprises so, naturally, agents are sur veilling him and arrest him the same day Also, the end of the world

Meanwhile, Rhonda ( Jenna Fisher), a sweet librarian, is in

Pentagon The prisoners are

librarian and Rhonda realizes that her plan will not be as easy as she thought She also learns that she has been denied bail despite not actually stealing or

Unfor tunately, she does not learn this information before she flips off both the white

by

(Megan Mullally) and the opposing gang In a hilarious exchange between Rhonda and her lawyer, Rhonda reveals her vast knowledge of computers but her lawyer insists that she stop covering for her son who presumably knows how to use PowerPoint, unlike his mom

The last bunker occupants to be introduced come from Italy Celine, a young nun, longs for more than a life in the convent Thanks to an older nun, Celine attains a job interview at the Vatican After proving her tenacity, Father Jude (Rob Lowe) offers Celine a job as “quality control for saints,” but she does not know if she wants to spend her life with the slightly-irreverent, cigarette-smoking priest

The President announces that the meteor will hit Earth

in 34 days and ever ything starts to change even more drastically for our soon-to-be bunker inhabitants Sister Celine takes the announcement as a sign from God to accept Father Jude’s offer and sets off with him to debunk the false prophets of the rapture Chaos and riots ensue at Rhonda’s prison, as well as pretty much ever ywhere else These events are dwarfed by White Horse’s hack, which frees all the prisoners Rhonda is understandably confused and terrified until Jaimie’s look-alike grabs her (and Leanne, who is handcuffed to her ankle), claiming to be a big fan of her hacking Rhonda is now confused and terrified, but safe from being shot The real Jaimie learns amidst the chaos that he is adopted and could have a twin brother He urges the agents to let him help their investigation The agent says she no longer cares about the mission because the world is ending and hands him the file, sending him off on his new mission

The characters are ultimately headed for the bunker, but how will they get there? Only time and plenty of antics will tell You Me and the Apocalypse s premiere offers a promising dramedy that looks to stay entertaining and fun for its ten episode run

You, Me and the Apocalypse is quirky and slightly absurd

The show’s atmosphere succeeds because the writers and cast embrace these qualities One-liners and clearly delivered jokes are abundant and made me laugh out loud throughout the premiere, but the show succeeds comedically in a more subtle way as well Each cast member excellently brings somber, dramatic acting to their absurd situations, heightening the comedy

The show’s dark subject matter is mitigated by its ridiculous plotlines, as well as our knowledge that the characters we have grown to love will survive, for a while at least As long as the show continues to embrace its quirkiness, it has the potential to be a refreshing piece of programming within and outside of the apocalypse genre and downright fun television

Brynn Richter is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at ber65@gmail com

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f ro m h i s m u s i c a l p e r s o n a

2014’s Honest was the work of an artist going in all directions at once: dope-dealer posse cuts (“Move that Dope”), melodic humble-brag confessions (“Honest”), clever social commentar y (“Benz Friendz” with Andre 3000), stadium anthems (“Blood, Sweat, Tears”) Honest was also the work of an artist in love; Future became engaged to singer Ciara in

2013 On Honest’ s gorgeous, narcotizing ballad “I Be U,” Future describes a scene of perfect mirroring between himself and his partner, then declares “I be you, baby ” If the song is to be believed, Future and Ciara’s love was so potent that it reshaped and melded their identities

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Regardless, the most singular thing about Future’s music from Monster on is that it appears, at first glance, to be trash He is often nearly incoherent, his voice fluidized past understanding by Auto-Tune He raps about the same stuff on all his songs His producers use the same sound effects over and over again, on tracks that are all ser viceable but sometimes nearly indistinguishable All I can say is that I had the same experience that lots of Future fans seem to: It seemed at first like silly music, and then it wormed its way into my brain until I spent a week over break listening to nothing else There’s a core of relatability to Future’s music that defies explanation Maybe it’s best explained by Future himself: “Deep down, I believe you know you ’ re a monster too ”

Jack Jones is a sophomore in the College of Ar ts and Sciences He can be reached at jjones@cornellsun com De s p

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TRAVIS HYDE PROPERTIES

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Sports Stars Receive Special Treatment for Violence

Athleticism not an excuse for crimes, sexual assault

DENSON Continued from page 16

could play football for more than two years afterwards,” as per a statement from the defendant's lawyer

By no means am I accusing Winston of any wrongdoing however we ’ ve seen patterns of violent behavior by male athletes oftentimes at the expense of women Manny Ramirez, Kobe Bryant, Leroy Hill, Jason Kidd and Mike Tyson are all in the infamous group of alleged violence towards women in my lifetime For each respective case the men were reprimanded in some sort of way, and their legacies were tarnished Perhaps that is a sufficient enough consequence, as it seems that monetary or verbal penalties are not a good deterrent for domestic abuse

A FiveThirtyEight study implied that NFL players have higher arrest rates for domestic violence than compared to men in similar income levels While this is not conclusive evidence by any means, it seems as if these men are above the law, and it begs the question: At what point do we see these athletes for who they are as people, and not for who they are on the field? Had Jameis Winston not been a gifted athlete, I firmly believe that FSU would have launched a more in-depth investigation It’s telling that FSU chose to delay any investigation and finally settled the suit once Winston was in the NFL Superhuman athletic ability may wow people, but it does not negate the

fact that these men must act in accordance with the rest of civilized society and be properly punished when appropriate

Part of the catharsis of sports is our ability to share intense emotion with the athletes playing the game We feel the extremes of disappointment and euphoria, and we admire the sportspeople who play with said emotion But maybe it’s this intense emotion that leads some athletes to make violent off-field decisions

Michael Vick’s treatment of dogs started a larger conversation on animal abuse Len Bias’ cocaine overdose led to a change in the way the United States v i e we

s actions brought child abuse to the forefront of sports and non-sport discussion O J ’ s trial brought domestic violence with athletes to the public’s attention but that was overshadowed by a larger conversation on race relations, as per the

o p i n i o n o f E S P N w r i t e r R i c h a rd Lapchick and myself Violence against children and animals is a heinous act, and the perpetrators have been disciplined, vilified and etched in stone as synonymous with evil The period of complacency towards athletes who abuse women has gone on far too long It is time for these violent offenders to join the Hall of Infamy with all those we choose to erase from our memory

Ben Denson can be contacted at bdenson@cornell edu

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Red Takes 30 Top-5 Finishes

TRACK and FIELD

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Durant said he motivated his players in practice earlier in the week and challenged them to bring awareness to the program

“I told them in practice last week that we ’ ve been working hard and now it’s time to put some per formances out there that will open up some eyes and shock the rest of the league a little bit,” Durant said Saturday’s per formance cer tainly will not hur t Cornell also sent several male athletes t o Pe n n St

Jamerson broke the school record in the

, ranking second best all-time in the Ivy League and solidifying his 11th place rank in the nation If Jamerson continues to per form, he will par ticipate in the N

from now

Both the men and women ’ s teams will send large contingents to State College, Pennsylvania this coming weekend, looking to continue their recent success in a highly competitive, two-day scored meet

Charles Cotton can be reached at clc285@cornell edu

Women Narrowly Lose to Brown

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of energy and it helped carry the team and build momentum, so definitely a great atmosphere ”

With college swimming season wrapping up, the Red will spend its last few weeks preparing for the Ivy League Championship meet which will begin on Feb 25 at Brown in Providence, R I In the last weeks before the meet, the team will begin to get more rest and focus heavily on finer technique

“This week is the last week of real training and then we really head into tapering next week,” Newman said “It’s a fun time, energy levels get high, people get excited and we just work on little details ”

The diving program will also be training for Ivy League Championships over the next month under the supervision of an assistant coach, after the recent departure of

former coach Veronica Ribot-Canales, who coached both the men and women

Although the timing may be trying for the divers, the team is optimistic according to Newman

“We feel like the divers are in a good place,” Newman said “And we ’ re confident that they’re going to do well ”

Now all that remains for the Cornell swimming and diving program is to wait for the fateful Ivy League Championships

As has been the theme throughout the season, the entire team is optimistic about the upcoming competition, according to Sali

After closing out the regular season with a home win to send out the seniors, Sali said he’s ready to take on Brown again during the championship meet

“We’re looking forward to seeing them on their home turf in three weeks ”

Jeff Asiedu can be reached at jasiedu@cornellsun com

Spor ts

Jamerson Breaks C.U. Record

win weekend 11 events, qualify 23 to IC4As at Kane Invitational in Ithaca

CHARLES COTTON Contributor

It was another very successful weekend both the men ’ s and women ’ s track and d teams, as Cornell athletes shined Barton Hall during Saturday’s bert J Kane Invitational While the et was not scored, both teams tallied merous first place finishes and built previously established momentum ming into the meet Elsewhere, top letes flourished and Austin Jamerson ke the men ’ s heptathlon school record h a score of 5,654

The Cornell women took home seven t place finishes, along with over 30 topand several ECAC qualifiers Head coach hard Bowman said he was pleased with team ’ s performance and pointed to the d work and productive practices that e together contributed to the team ’ s newnd momentum in recent meets

“It’s a neat thing to feel that momentum t to build, and I think we ’ ve got that ng right now, ” Bowman said As many of the Red’s top runners trav-

eled to Boston University over the weekend for the Terrier Classic at which they also performed exceptionally the team fared particularly well in field events, with freshman Leena Morris leading the way for the Red’s throwing group

staff has tried to keep its team ’ s focus on the short term

“We’ve got a lot of good expectations,” Bowman said “We have to take it one week at a time though ”

“It’s a neat thing to feel that momentum start to build, and I think we’ve got that going right now.”

Sophomore Michaela Smith placed first in the shot put, ahead of three fellow Cornellians, while classmates Kate Gulbrandsen and Claudia Dabrowski along with senior Gaynelle Boham earned top honors in the high, long and triple jumps, respectively

Though not surprised with his athletes’ performances, Bowman said he continues to be “ very excited about what the field events bring to the team, ” which only add to their expectedly well-rounded group of runners

Despite recent victories and lofty expectations for the young season, the coaching

Led by Strong Relay Teams, Men Top

Brown in Final

By JEFF ASIEDU Sun Staff Writer

Both men ’ s and women ’ s swimming and diving teams faced off against Brown on Saturday in a hotly contested dual meet in Teagle Hall The meet was the last regular season competition for the program before Ivy League Championships later this month The atmosphere in Teagle was packed with energy from a home crowd supporting the Red’s men and women, but unfortunately only the men ’ s team was able to prevail over the Bears

The women ’ s team fought hard in the meet and only narrowly lost to the visitors, 156-143 The relays in particular were intense competition between two skilled relay teams from the Ivy League rivals

“They have one of the best 400-free relays in the league,” said women ’ s head coach Patrick Gallagher “[Our] team fought hard and put up the seventh fastest 400-free relay in school history, but that [Brown relay team] is a tough foursome to beat I give Brown credit We had a great meet, but their relay responded ”

The meet also served as a celebration of the senior class of the swimming and diving program, and some of the seniors made sure to get in a few last great performances at Teagle

“Victoria Kuhn’s 200-backstroke win was a highlight and fun to watch in her final home meet, ” Gallagher said

While the women ’ s team was not able to come out on top in the back-and-forth meet, the men were able to put in a strong showing to conquer Brown’s swimmers, 177-123 Head coach Wes

Regular

Newman ’09 said he was in high spirits following his team ’ s victory

“We had a lot of fun on Saturday,”

Newman said “It was a good day ”

Cornell started off a strong with a big victory over the Bears in an early relay

“I think the very first relay was a big turning point for us because it really got the ball rolling,” Newman said “On the first relay, we came in first and second against Brown which is difficult to do, to have your B relay beat the other team ’ s A relay, so that was a big highlight ”

Junior Dylan Sali, who was featured on the first place Cornell relay team along with senior Victor Luo, junior Luke Reisch and senior Taylor Adams, agreed with Newman’s sentiment after the early relay victory

“The 1-2 [finish] in the 200-medley

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relay was the highlight of the meet in my opinion,” Sali said “We couldn’t have hoped for a better start ”

In addition to the intensity created from the battling teams in the pool, the packed crowd in Teagle escalated the environment further

“There was such high energy on deck and in the stands,” Sali said “It felt like there was so much on the line in every event ”

“Anybody who’s ever been to a competition in Teagle knows that it gets very loud,” Newman said “And when you have full stands and everybody’s screaming for close races the energy level gets really high because of all the noise So that’s what it was like on Saturday, a lot

See SWIMMING page 15

JThe men had great success at home as well, winning 11 more events along with 23 IC4A qualifiers and sweeping first, second and third in multiple events Particularly convincing in their performance were the sprinters Freshman Zach Menchaca took home two individual wins and anchored the 4x400 relay to a first place finish His time of 6 84 seconds in the 60 meter sprint sits at ninth in school history Head coach Adrian Durant commended Menchaca’s continued success

“He’s been running very well all year, ” Durant said “It is really impressive ” Sophomores Miles Lazarou and Alex Rodriguez both won first place in high jump and long jump, respectively, and the triple jumpers captured five of the top six spots behind junior Bobby Plummer in his return from injury

dragged through the Atlantic City casino

Tattered and torn, her hair in a fray, makeup running down her bruised cheeks, the fallen angel’s bloody knees stained the sky blue carpet Standing over her, overcome with impulsive rage, was her now-husband, former Ravens running back Ray Rice It’s hard to fly

again with broken wings In a subsequent blizzard nix that nightmare for PR, this single event of domestic violence hurt the NFL’s credibility, tarnished the reputations of both Ray Rice and commissioner Roger Goodell It also reminded us of the all too common violent off the field behavior of athletes I’m of the mindset that at our core we use sports as a catharsis of sorts, but this idea becomes harder to support when heroic athletes become anti-heroes

Fast-forward to last week: former first overall pick and Heisman winner Jameis Winston was at the center of an alleged rape suit from a 2012 incident Florida State University settled the case out of court by paying $950,000 to the woman who accused Winston of sexual assault This was reported by NPR as a way to “ move forward” rather than an admission of any wrongdoing

“The Title IX lawsuit alleged that university officials concealed and obstructed the sexual assault investigation so that Mr Winston could play football for more than two years after-