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Psi Upsilon fraternity the site of a sexual assault that reportedly occurred Sunday morning has been placed on interim suspension, the office of fraternities, sororities and independent living announced Monday in a statement

Aside from the operation of its residence, the fraternity is suspended from all chapter operations and activities

The University previously suspended Psi Upsilon’s social and new member education activities in January 2015 after an alleged incident involving alcohol and illicit substances Psi Upsilon also faced a year of judicial probation and a month of social probation after the chapter was found in violation of the University’s Anti-Hazing Policy in the spring of 2011

In the summer of 2008, Psi Upsilon’s alumni board deactivated the chapter over concerns regarding fraternity members’ safety

Following the alleged incident of sexual assault, the Interfraternity Council passed a measure Tuesday recommitting

Cornell’s fraternities to preventing sexual assault, according to Blake Brown ’17, IFC president

The measure, which received unanimous support from the IFC and its 36 chapter presidents, will require all

if they wish to remain recognized as active chapters

Thursday, February 4, 2016

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Men’s Lacrosse Blood Drive

11 a m - 4 p m , G10 Biotechnology Building Soup and Hope Noon - 1 p m , Sage Chapel

Sovereignty at Sea: States and Security in the Maritime Domain 12:15 - 1:30 p m , G08 Uris Hall

An Economist in the Real World: The Art of Policymaking in India 4 p m , Stern Seminar Room, Mann Library

Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Aluminum Tolerance in Plants 11:15 a m , 404 Plant Science Building

The Psychology of Tort Law Book Celebration 12:15 - 1:45 p m , 390 Myron Taylor Hall

New Perspectives on the Brain Mechanisms of Attention 3:30 p m , 202 Uris Hall

2016 Monkey Year Spring Festival Gala 7:30 - 10 p m , Bailey Hall

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Mobile food vendors petition to relax policy restrictions

By LAUREN KELLY

Sun Staff Wr ter

The debate between food trucks and local restaurants has been heating up recently, as food truck owners urge the City of Ithaca to relax restrictions on their trucks and restaurant owners accuse food trucks of policy violations

Under the current policy, food trucks may not operate closer than 200 linear feet from the nearest brick and mortar restaurant

At or around Cornell , students have access to a number of food trucks that include Louie's Lunch Truck, Dos Amigos, That’s How I Roll, the Hot Truck, Franny’s and Collegetown Crepes However, many of these food trucks only begin operation late at night to avoid violating policies

In an effort to address issues facing restaurants and food trucks, a Board of Public Works subcommittee on street vending convened a meeting on Jan 25 to allow local business owners to air their concerns

Some of the points discussed at the meeting included

University

First Bedbug Genome Sequenced at Cornell

S c i e n t i s t s a t C o r n e l l sequenced the first complete set of the bedbug genome, according to the University

Sp e a r h e a d e d b y r e s e a r c h e r s from the American Museum of Natural Histor y and Weill

C o r n e l l Me d i c i n e , t h e n e w finding published in Nature Communications on Feb 2, will help to prevent pesticide resistance in the bugs The genetic information can provide the mapping of the parasite’s activity

T h e s c i e n t i s t s c o l l e c t e d DNA and RNA from various bedbugs, which allows for discover y on the role of the expressed genes The study was f u n d e d b y t h e Tr i - In s t ituttional Training Program in

C o m p u t a t i o n a l Bi o l o g y a n d Medicine, the American Museum of Natural Histor y, the National Institutes of Health and various foundations, the Cornell Chronicle reported

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complaints that food trucks were blocking sidewalks and using unauthorized spaces, rules regarding permit fees, and questions about tax payment and enforcement, according to Kathy Servoss, executive assistant in the public works department

David Farahi ’16, co-owner of the Dos Amigos food truck, located on the corner of Eddy and Dryden St in Collegetown, is one food truck vendor advocating for a vending location policy change

Dos Amigos currently operates close to restaurants like Sangam Indian Restaurant and Miyake Japanese Restaurant However, so as to not violate the 200 feet restriction, Dos Amigos only starts serving food after 10 p m when the bricks and mortar restaurants close

Farahi said that while many Cornell students still support Dos Amigos during its operating hours from 10 p m to 2 a m , being confined to certain hours of operation is frustrating and constricts business

“It’s a great time to operate, but at the same time the amount of staff on the backend that we have to hire to be

able to operate is very difficult” he said

Farahi also said he thinks it is unfair that food trucks in Collegetown cannot operate during prime hours

“It’s pretty clear that there is a monopoly in the Collegetown market and some restaurants feel threatened by a thousand dollars in sales that comes from our food truck,” Farahi said “They are uncomfortable with the fact that some people have found a way to go around high rents that are imposed in Collegetown ”

Some restaurateurs have expressed concerns that the Department of Public Works have discriminatory policies toward bricks and mortar restaurants too

Sorority Rush Results Show Drop in Bids

By RUBY YU Sun Staff Writer

Seven hundred and seventy six women returned to Ithaca early last month for sorority recruitment which officially ended with bid night Jan 26 according to Katherine-Rae Cianciotto, assistant dean of students

The number of women who participated in recruitment this year remained virtually the same as last year, with only a five-person increase, she said

However, this year ’ s recruitment numbers reveal a continuing trend of decreased participation in sorority rush Last year, around 100 fewer women partook in recruitment than the year prior, when there were 871 rushees

Although the number of participants remained roughly the same, the number of registrants who received bids also decreased from 75 percent last year to 69 percent of rush participants receiving bids

According to Veronica D’agostino ’15, the

head of recruitment of Phi Sigma Sigma, last year, during the recruitment cycle of 2014, each sorority had to accept a minimum of around 55 new members, The Sun previously reported However, this year, Maple Chen ’17, vice president of recruitment of Membership of Kappa Delta, said “ as far I know, quota the maximum number determined by Panhellenic was 43 ”

Rachel Baer ’17, vice president of recruitment for Kappa Alpha Theta, said the 2016 pledge class for her sorority was also 43 members, but she called this number “approximately the same as last year ”

because of differing class sizes,” Baer said “A big plus is that it’s much more likely that all the new members can live in the house ”

“There’s no real negative effect on sororities because of differing class sizes.”

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Some houses’ gradual change to a smaller class size can have a positive effect on members, creating a more intimate group of girls and a closer community, according to Baer "There's no real negative effect on sororities

The number of new members of fraternities is not completely set in stone either, according to Blake Brown ’17, Interfraternity Council president “As of now, 503 new members have signed bids to join an IFC fraternity,” Brown said “However, nine fraternities are participating in second round recruitment, so we are expecting that number to rise in the coming week ”

He added that that “the numbers [of new member recruits in fraternities] have generally remained the same ” from one year to the next

Ruby Yu can be reached at ryu@cornellsun com

Former Army Commander Speaks on National Security

By RUBY YU Sun Staff Writer

General George Casey former chief of staff of the United States Army and a commander in the Iraq War spoke about the evolution of national security in a talk Tuesday, hosted by Cornell’s Political Union

Casey began his talk by analyzing threats to national security, which he said have changed fund a m e n t a l l y i n t h e p a s t f e w decades While the U S was pri-

marily concerned with fighting other armies in the 1970s, the w o r l d c h a n g e d o n Se p t 1 1 , 2001, according to Casey “ T h i s s t r u g g l e t h a t w e ’ re involved with is with Islamic extremism, it is an ideological struggle,” Casey said “Because it’s an ideological struggle, it’s not something that can be measured by the length of the war in Iraq or the war in Afghanistan This is something that’s going to be with us and, unfortunately, with you all for decades ”

C a s e y s a i d h e b e l i e v e s t h e greatest threat to the U S , and to other developed countries around the world, is the possibility of w e a p o n s o f m a s s d e s t r u c t i o n falling into the hands of terrorist organizations

“I believe that we, or a developed countr y, will be attacked by a weapon of mass destruction chemical, radiological, biological, cyborg or nuclear sometime in the next five years, ” Casey said However, Casey noted that the harmful impacts of terrorist organizations are already visible around the world

“In a 20 day period, right around the end of October or early November of last year, ISIL was responsible for the deaths of 400 people in Egypt, France, Iraq and Lebanon,” Casey said “ That is significant destruction for a terrorist organization ”

He also warned that, unlike in p a s t w a r s , t h e U S w i l l n o t emerge victorious from future conflicts by relying on its militar y power alone

“So what do we do about it?”

He added that the threat of n u c l e a r a n n i h i l a t i o n t h a t h a s been present since the Cold War

peared, as both the U S and Ru s s i a h a v e d ow n s i z e d t h e i r nuclear arsenals

Before the event came to a close, the Cornell Political Union sur veyed the consensus of the students in attendance and determined that most of them either agreed with all or some of Casey’s main points, with only one student in disagreement

C a s e y a s k e d “ O n e , t h e U S needs to stay engaged Two, if we stay engaged we need to lead, but we need to lead collaboratively and three, we need to employ m u l t i f a c e t e d , i n t e g r a t e d approaches that use all of our national power militar y, information, economic and diplomatic ” However, Casey also emphasized that an outbreak of conventional war is growing less likely in today’s political climate, in all parts of the world except the Korean peninsula and Pakistan

Ruby Yu can be reached at ryu@cornellsun com

Black Lives Matter Founders Speak at C.U. Event

Headline Martin Luther King Lecture, emphasize similarities in vision with civil rights leader

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who declined to be identified by his full name He gave a similar performance, making several references to various racial protests that have occurred over the past several years

“Never have we screamed so loud Loud like 500 strong in Baltimore throwing stones into windows,” he said “There is protest in living ”

After Dubian’s performance he spoke about the motivation behind the founding of the Black Lives Matter Ithaca movement

“There have been many protests, rallies and candle-lit vigils,” he said “Black Lives Matter is a call to action and a response to the anti-black racism that permeates our society ”

Prof Russell Rickford, history, spoke about the contradictions that exist in our society and how he believes they led to the formation of the Black Lives Matter movement

“The main contradiction of black life today is on one hand, legally equality and superficial inclusion, and on the other hand economic uncertainty,” he said “It is this paradox that has produced the national Black Lives Matter movement Now a group of black organizers from all walks of life have come together to form Black Lives Matter Ithaca ”

Phoebe Brown, a local activist and one of the event organizers, said she would represent the people who could not be present at Black Lives Matter Ithaca meetings

“If I’m in the room I’m representing [the voices that are not usually heard], because that’s where I come from,” she said “I was born and raised in Harlem I was around for a lot of movements And I represent them when I come ”

Josh Girsky can be reached at jgirsky@cornellsun com

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Letter to the Editor

The Cornell Daily Sun and Cornell history

To th e Ed itor:

History is never finished The past is always rediscovered and historical texts revived So it is even with Cornell history We write to right an omission in our recently published Cornell: A History, 1940-2015 At the center of this revision is The Cornell Daily Sun

In our book we describe President Hunter Rawlings announcing on October 8, 1997, to the surprise of many in the Cornell Community, that he had “mandated that within three years all freshmen be housed on North Campus ” We gave the impression that this resolution of the vexing perception of a white West Campus and a black North Campus was his idea and his alone

It was certainly a bold exercise of presidential leadership that would forever change undergraduate life at Cornell, leading eventually to the creation as well of the West Campus House system But what we did not know when writing our History was that the idea of an all freshman North and an upper-class House system on West had already been advanced in The Sun by Editor in Chief Hilary Krieger ’98

Three weeks earlier Krieger had published a lengthy editorial entitled “Housing Solution ” In it she wrote:

So what might be a dramatic yet constructive solution? We offer one It is by no means the only viable one, but it signifies the type of thinking and action necessary in order to realize real progress In order to link the contrasting cultures of North and West, students must literally come together By putting all the freshmen on North campus, all students could interact, live and learn from each other

For good measure, Krieger’s editorial added:

Furthermore, such an arrangement would free up the U-Halls for a housing option unavailable to students at Cornell a type of dormitory which students attending Harvard and Yale consistently cite as a decisive factor in choosing their school residential colleges In addition to eating and living together within their dorm, students also have common gathering areas, libraries, tutoring and support services and workout facilities

President Rawlings told us he does not remember whether he had read that Sun editorial But an all-freshman North Campus was an “idea in the air” then, he recalls Indeed, it was Let history be revised to include the role of The Cornell Daily Sun, and Hilary Krieger in particular, in putting it there

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he arrival of 2016 signalled the beginning of a new year and a fresh start Of course, that also meant scribbling down some thoughts on the back of an already-used piece of paper

a n d c a l l i n g t h e m m y “ Ne w Ye a r Resolutions ” On the list, I had written down some of the same things I’d written ever y other year I told myself to eat healthier, concentrate more on school work and remember to look at the bigger picture The unfortunate truth is that, like other years before, while I remembered my resolutions, I tended to break them right away Had I already eaten ice cream for four days in a row? Of course Had I already put off buying my textbooks from

being sure of who one is But allowing events to change you means accepting that events help you grow I can instantly think of places I have traveled to, people I have met and specific life events that have changed me as an individual Allowing events to change you opens the doors to opportunities you would not have experienced if you were not willing to change

3 Process is more important than outcome

I remember listening to an NPR interview with Margaret Atwood, a Canadian poet, novelist and essayist She explained how older people are more confident and at ease with themselves because they have experienced life already They know more

As scary as it may seem, don’t be afraid to dive deep and uncover parts of yourself that would have remained hidden if you were too scared to take the chance.

class to delay the readings I had to do?

You bet And had I dwelled on the smallest details and blown up situations far more than they had to be? A resounding yes Basically, resolutions were things I tried to adhere by Sometimes I was successful, other times not so much

A few weeks after I shoved the small slip of paper I had written on New Years in the bottom of my desk drawer, I attended an art exhibit at the Perelman Building the annex of the Philadelphia Museum of Ar t Br uce Mau, creative director of Bruce Mau Design and cofounder of Massive Change Network, had created 24 principles of Massive Change Design to help people change the way they see things, create innovative solutions and set goals He showcased his work in “ Work on What You Love: Bruce Mau Rethinking Design ” In this artistic exhibition, he allowed viewers to learn important life principles and demonstrated to the power of design in order to produce positive change in the world using graphics, videos, objects and interactive digital displays

T h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t p r i n c i p l e o f

Massive Change Design is “ Work on What You Love ” It’s a concept that suggests connecting our energy to our passion and allows us to devote our time to work that has meaning and a positive impact Mau’s belief is that by demonstrating so-called “selfishness” working on things we are passionate about we end up contributing one of the greatest things humans can offer: love

I n “A n I n c o m p l e t e M a n i f e s t o f o r Growth,” another part of Mau’s exhibit, he displays 43 points, printed on an enormous wall, on how one can sustain a creative, meaningful life Although I found a l l t h e p o i n t s t o b e i n t r i g u i n g a n d thought-provoking, a few stood out 1 Allow events to change you

In today’s society, I feel as if people are not just afraid of change, but of being changed They seem to think that remaining true to themselves is of the utmost importance, and “changing” means not

or less how their life will turn out Young people, however, are afraid of their future There is no guarantee on how events will unfold, where they will end up and who they will become They tend to focus more on the end results than the process of getting there But the process is equally as important as the outcome Making mistakes and tr ying new things is part of becoming a creative and thoughtful individual

5 Go deep

This is one of my favorite points Mau makes It is a fundamental aspect to life that enables one to find meaning and value Superficial conversations don’t lead t o s u b s t a n t i a l e x p e r i e n c e s I n M a u ’ s words, “ The deeper you go the more likely you will discover something of value ” As scar y as it may seem, don’t be afraid to dive deep and uncover parts of yourself that would have remained hidden if you were too scared to take the chance 41 Laugh

Although we need to know when to take things seriously it is similarly important to know when not to There should never be a day when we haven’t smiled or laughed at something someone has said or something we ’ ve done Laughter releases stress It allows us to realize that things will be okay Laughter shows how comfortable we are with ourselves

My family’s spontaneous decision to attend Bruce Mau’s exhibit was one that inspired me more than I thought possible Maybe it was my love for the artistic and visual portrayal of his ideas, or the reassuring feeling I had that these points and principles were actually realistic in helping me lead a life of creativity and meaning Since then his principles have guided my words and actions and have led me to create my own principle: use what you learn to inspire others And that is exactly what I’m tr ying to do

Gaby Leung is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached atgl376@cornell

OnMonday, after nearly a year of p o l l s t h a t d o c u m e n t e d Do n a l d

Trump’s meteoric rise, Iowa voters cast the first ballots of the 2016 presidential election And he lost

This defeat, of course, marks the beginning of the end of his candidacy, the restoration of order to the Republican Party and paves the way for a nominee who can win in November Or at least that's how some pundits have portrayed it Yet, as Trump has just learned, repeatedly saying something still doesn’t make it true

In fact, all three of those propositions have a complicated relationship with reality First, losing in Iowa does not necessarily spell doom for Trump After all, he was competing on highly unfavorable turf The Republican electorate in Iowa is dominated by evangelical Christian voters a poor fit for a Manhattan billionaire Over the past several months, Iowa has consistently been the only state to show weakness in Trump’s polling lead His last-minute leads were perhaps a diversion from earlier signs of solid support for a more religious choice initially Ben Carson, before switching to the eventual victor, Ted Cruz Moreover, the Iowa caucus is often won through superior organization, while Trump has predicated his campaign on a national, media-heavy strategy If there’s a place Trump would lose, it would be Iowa

Indeed, no one should forget that Trump retains a massive lead in the next contest, New Hampshire Although his blunted momentum from Iowa will likely diminish his advantage, it remains doubtful that another candidate could close the gap over the next week Renewed by a triumph in

DuringKevin Kowalewski | Democratic Dialogue

The Implications of Iowa

New Hampshire, who knows what route the Trump campaign could take? Ever since his initial declaration in June, Trump has defied all expectations and he may continue to do so Make no mistake, his odds of obtaining the nomination have been dealt a notable blow, but they remain higher than anyone could have anticipated

Regardless, even if Trump fails to win the nomination, the Republican Party will not

Instead, the constituencies that he has attracted may continue to push the party in a Trump-like direction Trump has revealed a potent populist streak in the Republican

Washington, but they are also uncomfortable with corporate power and the traditional conser vative establishment While the Trump base does substantially overlap with the Tea Party, it is not a perfect fit Future candidates will take notice of this inconsistent, perhaps substituting ideological purity for the populist flourishes of Trump

His hateful rhetoric, too, cannot be neatly put away The dangerous effects of Trump’s tirades against ethnic and religious minorities will persist in the national conversation Once a presidential candidate can remain a frontrunner after proposing to ban

States, the door has been opened to proud demonstrations of Islamophobia and racism as part of our political debate Beyond the bluster and entertainment, this remains as a genuinely regrettable facet of the Trump campaign

These ideas will linger And so, too,

might Trump It is not hard to imagine that a losing Trump would demand a primetime speaking slot at the Republican National Convention, possibly with a revived threat of going third party He might even do it depending how well he did in the primar y race but he could hurt the GOP even if he doesn’t Throughout the fall campaign, he is to likely remain a presence in the

extremism

That brings us, finally, to Trump’s alternatives Let’s consider the winner of the Iowa Caucus, Senator Ted Cruz He rode a wave of conser vative energy to win, reflecting his intensely ideological record During his time in Congress, he has emerged as the leading voice for the GOP’s Tea Party faction, and played a major role in the 2013 government shutdown Due to his willingness to attack the purity of his fellow Republicans, he has earned the ire of his Senate colleagues It doesn't stop there: his views on abortion, same-sex marriage and climate change, to name just a few, all fall far outside of the American mainstream If Cruz is the nominee, it seems clear that he will stick to his guns literally and run an unabashedly conser vative campaign Do Republicans really want to bet the White House on a hope for record turnout from the party ’ s right flank?

But maybe there is one more potential savior Florida Senator Marco Rubio who has enjoyed the most hyped third-place finish in Iowa caucus histor y has often been heralded as the Republican Party’s moderate savior from its Tr ump woes Rubio is charismatic, young and Hispanic;

THROWDOWN

THURSDAYS

Michael Glanzel | Cornell Shrugged

The End of the Beginning

the depths of the Second World War, the British army in North Africa secured a decisive victory over Nazi Germany in the Battle of El Alamein In response to the victory, Winston Churchill delivered one of the most lyrical orations of the 20th century: “The Bright Gleam of Victory ” In this speech, Churchill uttered one of the most famous lines of the war: “Now is not the end It is not even the beginning of the end But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning ” As we emerge from the national variety show that was the Iowa caucuses, Churchill’s words echo loudly Monday night’s caucus represented the end product of months of campaigning, over $70 million in advertising and almost a dozen debates As the politicos navigate the waters of a post-Iowa world, one can only come to the conclusion that Monday was the end of the beginning Just as El Alamein was a decisive turning point for the Allies, so too was Iowa a turning point for the 2016 race Iowa put the first serious dent into the Trump political machine, suffocated many of the candidates out of viability (Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Rand Paul, Carly Fiorina and Martin O’Malley), put several candidates in the endangered species category (Chris Christie, John Kasich and Jeb Bush) and established potentially vicious rivalries (Hillary vs Bernie and Cruz vs Trump vs Rubio) Iowa was the first major turning point of the 2016 race, and thus the end of the beginning

With just under 40 weeks until the election draws to a close, the race seems poised to be aggressive, nasty, expensive and long With this in mind, I’d like to make a few comments on some of my fellow Republicans

Marco Rubio: Throughout the campaign, Marco’s strategy has been ridiculed, mocked and lambasted The youthful senator has played a risky strategy of not focusing on a single early voting state Instead, Rubio has campaigned in each of the four early states (Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada) Furthermore, Rubio has worked tirelessly to avoid

peaking at the wrong moment Instead of seizing on potential momentum, the Florida senator has aggressively worked to tamp down expectations and avoid the spotlight until the moment is right Through harshly ridiculed, Rubio’s performance on Monday night showed that this strategy might just work Though the senator only came in third place, it was a very close third place –– a virtual tie with Trump

Now a great question looms over Rubio: can he consolidate enough establishment support to power him through New Hampshire and South Carolina? If Rubio is able to successfully steal a healthy amount of support from Kasich, Bush and Christie in Iowa, t

tor could easily be competitive with Trump in New Hampshire And if Rubio is able to secure a strong showing in the Granite State, the 44 year-old will be a very strong contender for the nomination

Jeb! Bush: Jeb is the biggest loser in Iowa that no one is talking about Of course the former Florida governor was never expected to do well in Iowa, but there was hope that the Bush political machine could bring down Rubio Bush and Rubio occupy the same establishment circle –– and only one will be able to successfully harness the power of that circle The Bush campaign hoped that a massive blitz of attack ads would sink the Rubio campaign According to some estimates, the

the perfect contrast to Hillar y Clinton or Bernie Sanders Further, his life stor y is compelling, and he tends to give measured, sensible responses to voter questions Yet, he is not the candidate he is depicted as After all, Rubio won his Senate seat in 2010 as a Tea Party candidate, and over the course of the Republican primar y, he has re

re Indeed, his views do not substantially differ from Cruz they both oppose abortion with no exception for rape, they both oppose marriage equality and they both reject climate science Even on immigration, Rubio has jeopardized his appeal to Hispanic voters by flip-flopping on his prior s

reform Indeed, Rubio’s perception as a moderate comes down to little more than tone It will be difficult to maintain this under the spotlight of the general election Is he the strongest candidate to put up against Hillar y or Bernie? Probably Is he as strong as perceived? Definitely not In the end, it’s difficult to resist the urge to make the results from Iowa more important than they actually are Yes, they change the race, but they do not completely remake it; Trump is still a contender And no matter what happens, he has already defined and shaped this election That, perhaps, is not a small consolation prize: for better or worse, we now live in a world where our histor y books will have to mention Donald J Trump

Kevin Kowalewski is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at krk78@cornell edu Democratic Dialogue appears alternate Thursdays this semester

Bush campaign and its Super PAC spent over $10 million on ads attacking the Florida senator Obviously, it backfired Not only did the attack ads miserably fail to bring down Senator Rubio, the charismatic leader is now the clear favorite among establishment Republicans In the end, Iowa cost Jeb a total of $14 million and depleted any possibility of regaining a foothold in the race to be the establishment favorite If Jeb wants to prevent Trump or Cruz from getting the nomination, he should abandon his hopeless race for the nomination and get behind Rubio If not, Jeb will only be delaying the inevitable and will be hurting the chances of an establishment figure to secure the nomination

Donald Trump: While some in the establishment would like to think Monday was Trump’s Waterloo, anyone who has been watching the past six months knows that Trump isn’t going anywhere Trump has faced adversity throughout the race, and Iowa has never been the business magnet ’ s stronghold However, New Hampshire will be critical for the Donald If Trump is unable to pull a victory in the upcoming primary, he will certainly lose most of his credibly as a candidate The entire premise of “Make America Great Again” is that Trump is a winner However, if Trump succumbs to the forces of Cruz or Rubio on Tuesday night, the real estate mogul will have lost any perception he holds of being a winner

Overall, it is clear that Iowa has changed the game A blitzkrieg of Trump through all of the early voting states has failed to come to fruition Instead, the Republican party is locked in a grueling three-man match that will likely last months Truly, Monday night was only the end of the beginning of what will likely be a very long race

Michael Glanzel is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at mg786@cornell edu Cornell Shrugged appears alternate Thursdays this semester

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BY LEV AKABAS Sun Staff Writer

The man behind Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy may seem like an unlikely choice to helm a film educating its audience about the economic principles behind the American real estate market But The Big Short an adaptation of Michael Lewis’s nonfiction book about the 2008 collapse of the housing bubble that left the country in financial crisis is exuberantly directed by Adam McKay, who absolutely nails the telling of this tragic story McKay succeeds by turning a distressing topic into, at points, a comedy

The Big Short follows three separate stories of investment experts who bet against the housing market Whereas everyone else believes the market to be rock solid, it is actually supported by high-risk loans doomed to fail As the characters investigate further, they discover that the problem is being compounded by outright fraud and ignorance by nearly everyone on Wall Street While we watch them peel back the market’s layers, McKay invites us to join him in wondering, “How could this have happened?”

When a director is this passionate about his work, you can tell, and what McKay does with The Big Short is incredibly creative He pulls out all the stops, knowing that he could easily lose his audience with a script comprising almost exclusively of office meetings and phone calls about a technical subject matter McKay throws in montages of real music videos and news clips to give us a better sense of the time period To make the action feel more authentic, he uses the unrefined documentary style of filming, with the camera abruptly zooming in and out of people’s faces Timely fourth wall breaks give us a chance to catch up to his frenetic pace and make sure we understand what the heck is going on Furthermore, celebrity cameos that serve to explain complicated terminology make for some of the most memorable scenes Consider, for example, chef Anthony Bourdain showing up to describe how a collateralized debt obligation is just like throwing lots of old, unsellable fish into a brand new seafood stew (It makes perfect sense now!)

It was a treat to see four of my favorite male actors in the same movie The entire cast could not be more on point, nor could their wigs Ryan Gosling is hilariously over-the-top as the polished, well-dressed trader Jared Vennett who narrates the film to perfection He looks like he is having the time of his life in The Big Short If he were an economics professor at Cornell, I would be an econ major Steve Carell is also perfect as Mark Baum, a hedge fund manager disgusted with all the corruption around him on Wall Street and eager to profit off the banks’ dis-

yet socially inept personality to the extent that he even forces one of his eyes to not move so that he appears to have a glass eye He is incredible

Brad Pitt is uproariously funny as the constantly paranoid Ben Rickert, a banker coaxed out of retirement by two young investors, Charlie Geller ( John Magaro) and Jamie Shipley (Finn Wittrock), to help them get rich by betting against the housing market The film’s trailer leads you to believe that he is a main character even though he is really only appears for comic relief (although every character provides comic relief at one point or another) He does, however, deliver the essential line of the movie when he reproaches Geller and Shipley for celebrating their financial success while disregarding the unemployment and suffering that the impending collapse of the American economy will bring

honesty Carell’s chemistry with Gosling is still there from Crazy, Stupid, Love four years ago, and the two feed off each other’s energy in several scenes involving witty, fast-paced and often blatantly offensive dialogue

Christian Bale is, if not the best actor working today, certainly among the most versatile He is also the master of physical transformation In the span of ten years alone he portrayed a 120-pound insomniac (The Machinist), Batman, a 145-pound ex-boxer and drug addict (The Fighter), Batman again and a 230-pound 1970s con man (American Hustle), in that order In The Big Short, he plays his first character with a normal BMI Bale totally loses himself in the role of Dr Michael Burry, a number-crunching hedge fund manager with Asperger's Syndrome who recognizes the instability of the U S housing market as early as 2005 Bale fully embodies Burry’s eccentric

The film’s protagonists aren ’ t your traditional heroes their achievement is making millions of dollars for themselves off the economic failures of the country Most of their personalities come off as fairly detestable, although they are so hysterical that you want to like them anyway Making his main characters morally reprehensible is yet another way McKay outlets his palpable anger towards the greed and deceit that took place on Wall Street in the years leading up to the crash

Amidst all the gimmicks, the movie never forgets to remind us of the countless lives that were ruined by fraud We get a glimpse of a homeless family transporting everything they own in a minivan Baum sits in silence on a rooftop feeling guilty about accepting his profits The Big Short is most effective in these brief moments You will leave the movie frustrated, not only because you ’ ve been informed about the immorality of what really happened, but because McKay just made you laugh at it for two hours You actually watched a horror movie disguised as a comedy Worthy of winning Best Picture, The Big Short is, in the words of the understated Ben Rickert, “Kinda brilliant ”

Lev Akabas is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at la286@cornell edu

Van Zile

The shtick that has turned Future into one of hip hop’s biggest superstars casts him as a drug-addled club rat, drinking lean to numb the pain; this was more or less the premise of his last album, DS2, which was a huge critical and commercial success The updated hipster take on Future is that he’s a doomed, lovelorn soul who turns his druggy misery into art like a sizzurp-sipping Cobain This kind of revisionism is necessary in order to listen to such mindless music without irony, because Future’s songs are unbelievably repetitive and dreary

But in a recent interview with The Source, Future as much as admitted that his persona is a fabrication designed to sell records “I’m not like super drugged out or [a] drug addict,” he said “My music may portray a certain kind of image [ ] because I feel like that’s the number one thing everybody likes to talk about It’s a catch ” His fans have responded to this, bizarrely, by trying to ignore it If Future isn’t really a drug addict, the hipster take is wrong and he’s just a craven opportunist who parlays trapped-out nihilism into record sales You have to engage the music on its own merits; it can ’ t be an authentically interesting portrait of drug abuse because Future himself admits that it’s not authentic So how you feel about Purple Reign, his new mixtape, will pretty much come down to whether or not the trap-god persona he’s created appeals to you, because one thing he doesn’t do is innovate Lyrically, he sticks to pills, lean, guns, strippers and the mean streets of Atlanta few rappers have less range He expresses contempt for everyone he knows, everything he spends his time doing and, by proxy, himself,

although his worst vitriol is aimed at women Even his flow is maddeningly repetitive, because his raps have no bounce, no interplay with the beat A typical Future verse reads like a series of flat statements, each ending on the same sound Therefore, when pulled out of the song and onto the page, his lyrics are almost comically stupid: “I pull up wherever I want, I do whatever I want / You take her on dates and I won ’ t, you holding her hand and I won ’ t / You do whatever I won ’ t and I do whatever I want ” The guy ’ s not trying to make Illmatic here, what he’s aiming for is bangers And he’s written a few good ones, like “Jumpman” and “I Serve The Base,” which were two of 2015’s best Nothing on Purple Reign is that good, but the highlights hit hard “Inside The Mattress,” about Future’s favorite stash spot, has a nice premise, and on “All Right” his autotune is hooky and melodic The best beats on the album are the ones that give Future’s voice a little space to work with Metro Boomin’s minimalist beat on “All Right” showcases the verse well, and “Run Up,” produced by DJ Spinz, forces Future out of his comfort zone But most of the beats are more or less an interchangeable stew of 808s, snare rolls and twinkly keyboards, so Future’s voice ends up fading into the mix The songs have little replay value and “Drippin How U Love That,” which sounds like a bad Fetty Wap impression, is a particular lowlight It’s not that I don’t like the trap sound in and of itself, but Future compares unfavorably to the baroque, experimental work of, say, Travi$ Scott Trap can be and has been done better Sometimes the guy manages to work a shambling, garbled

charisma The best parts of DS2 allowed you to empathize with Future, but there’s really not much of that on this mixtape The lone exception is the mournful title track, in which he personifies lean as his girlfriend The rest of the tape is a fun-free slog through drugs and pussy It’s not his subject matter I object to as much as his complete lack of wit in describing it

I suspect that a Future fan would say that my criticisms of Purple Reign completely miss the point This fan, I imagine, would argue that Future’s music isn’t designed to be critically scrutinized, it’s designed to slap in the club The success or failure of Purple Reign as a work of art would depend on how it fares at high volume, not when hyper-analyzed through headphones I don’t think this perspective is entirely wrong

I bet that’s how Future sees it, at least and when judged by that standard, Purple Reign is a moderate success It’s hard to criticize an album for doing what it sets out to do

But I don’t think that’s a particularly lofty goal, and I think it’s been done way more artfully by many other rappers I don’t think Future is authentic, which I could live with if I liked the persona he’s created for himself To like Future, you either have to listen without paying close attention or resort to complicated justifications for why he’s cool I don’t think he’s cool, and despite its occasional high points, I don’t think you should download Purple Reign

Max Van Zile is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at mfv23@cornell edu

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TRAVIS HYDE PROPERTIES

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Food Trucks, R e s t a u r a n t s

Policy Change

De p a r t m e n t o f Pu b l i c Wo rk s h a ve d i s c r i m i n a t o r y p o l i c i e s toward bricks and mortar restaurants too

Nathan M Lyman, who represents Ithaca Renting and some of its restaurant tenants, listed some examples in an opinion published by The Ithaca Voice after the subcommittee meeting

“Property owners have to pay a sidewalk maintenance fee to the city, but the food trucks get to use the sidewalk for free Restaurants that utilize outdoor tables on city sidewalks are charged a per square foot permit fee by the city,”

Ly m a n w ro t e “ Fo o d t r u c k patrons stand on the sidewalk to access the food truck, but the city discriminates in favor of the food truck because there is no corresponding per square foot fee to food trucks for sidewalk usage ”

Lyman also argued that the amount of time the city spends regulating food trucks costs taxpayers unnecessarily

While Servoss admitted that regulating food trucks did take “ a significant amount of time,” she added that the City of Ithaca did n o t h a ve a n y u n f a i r p o l i c i e s against either brick and mortar stores or food trucks

“ T h e re ’ s e n f o rc e m e n t , addressing complaints, making sure food trucks have all their paperwork and making sure signs are put on correctly so they can be carried out, ” Servoss said “But we are being fair We are giving the food trucks a chance We are giving brick and mortar restaurants a chance We are not disc r i m i n a t i n g a g a i n s t e i t h e r o f them ” Lauren Luciani ’18, who said she loves to eat at both restaurants and food tr ucks in the Collegetown area, believes that both types of food establishments promote local business

“More choice is better for the consumer and both establishments have different purposes, ” Luciani said “Sometimes I want to sit down at a restaurant, but others I just want good food on the go ” Farahi also agreed that food trucks and restaurants should be working harmoniously

“We are not direct competition, and it’s a shame that we can ’ t be open for longer hours,” Farahi said “In other places food trucks have the ability to vend in n o r m a l o p e r a t i n g h o u r s It’s insane the amount of time we put into preparation of our food to only be able to serve from 10 p m to two a m ”

The Jan 25 meeting was only the beginning of the debate surro u n d i n g f o o d t r u c k p o l i c i e s , w i t h a n o t h e r s u b c o m m i t t e e meeting scheduled for Feb 18, according to Servoss

Uptempo Pacers Drop Nets On Strong Performance From Miles

NEW YORK (AP) Once the Indiana Pacers starting pushing the tempo in the second quarter, the Brooklyn Nets ended up in a hole that was just too deep

C J Miles had 27 points, Paul

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Indiana Pacers sent the Nets to their fifth straight loss, 114-100 on Wednesday night

“I got some open 3s, I got to the basket,” Miles said “I was able to play off of what the defense was giving me I felt like I just had a good rhythm tonight ” George Hill added 13 for the

Pa c e r s Bro o k L o p e z h a d 2 1 points and Joe Johnson had 20 points and nine assists for the Nets

Indiana opened the game on a 17-9 run Brooklyn then missed its first eight shots to start second quarter Indiana outscored the Nets 36-20 in the second and went up 62-43 at the half

In t h e t h i rd q u a r t e r, Jo e Johnson and Thaddeus Young combined for 21 points to help Brooklyn trim the deficit to 8777 at the end of the third

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Brooklyn’s by 42 points in the victory

“They brought great energy, ” Pacers coach Frank Vogel said “Solomon Hill with his energy, C J with his scoring, Joe Young

made some big buckets, Lavoy Allen had a strong performance They were a big part of the victory ” With Rodney Stuckey and Ian Mahinmi due back from injury, George believes Indiana should be considered a contender in the East

“If C J gets hot like he was in November, I get hot like I was in November, Monta (Ellis) continues to play well, Myles (Turner) steps up and continues to play at a high level like he’s doing, we get Ian back from injur y, we get Stuckey back from injury, this team can be pretty scary, ” George said

Pa c e r s : C o a c h Fr a n k Vo g e l praised the play of rookie Myles Turner who is averaging 17 5 points, 7 0 rebounds and 2 9 blocks per game over his past eight games “I don’t know if I’d call it a big surprise,” Vogel said “ We have great belief in this young man If there’s a surprise, it’s how quickly it’s coming to him, maybe When we selected him in the draft this year, we had very high hopes ” Vogel also praised the return of Paul George after missing most of last season with a broken leg “It’s a miracle he’s on a basketball court ” Rodney Stuckey (ankle) did not dress

Curry Remains Unstoppable As Warriors Zip Past Wizards

WASHINGTON (AP)

Following one of his worst offensive games this season, reigning NBA MVP Stephen Curr y stopped thinking about basketball and recalibrated his mind It worked out just fine Curr y was all systems go Wednesday night as he made 11 3pointers and scored 51 points to lead the Golden State Warriors past the Washington Wizards 134121 for their eighth straight victory, which came in spite of a monster performance from John Wall Wall scored a season-best 41 points in the shadows as Curry shot 13 of 14 for 36 points in the best first half of his career After scoring just 13 points Sunday at New York, Curry was in a zone, tying Gilbert Arenas and Michael Jordan for the Verizon Center record and reaching 50 for the second time this season

“The shots that you know feel good go in, and some of the shots that you ’ re like, ‘Oh that’s off,’ they end up going in,” Curry said “It’s a fun feeling, and you want to ride that until you can ’ t anymore ” Curry looked human when he missed seven of 10 shots during the third quarter but was dominant most of the night as the Warriors (45-4) matched the 1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers for the best 49-game start in NBA history

“It’s like Kobe (Bryant) when he had 81,” Wall said “He couldn’t miss You keep defending the best way you can We challenged some shots He didn’t have too many open looks He just made them ”

Curry’s 5 of 17 shooting performance against the Knicks was all forgotten by the end of this game Not like coach Steve Kerr was worried

“I didn’t know Steph was in a slump,” Kerr said “Steph’s never

in a slump ” Curry made his first six shots from the floor and was feeling it, especially from 3-point territory He came one 3 short of tying the single-game record, and though it was on his mind, he didn’t start popping shots just to reach it as the game got out of hand

“I was kind of searching but not trying to force with where the game was, ” Curry said

“You can ’ t mess around with the basketball gods trying to chase a record if the game doesn’t call for it ”

The game called for plenty of baskets because of 18 Golden State turnovers, including seven from Curry Kerr said that needs to change if the Warriors want to defend their NBA title

Many of those turnovers turned into points for Wall, who shot 17 of 25 and added 10 assists to set the tone for the Wizards (21-26), who led early but never got closer than two after the first quarter

“I was just being aggressive and doing whatever shots I had,” Wall said “It was just a fast-paced game (I was) also attacking the basket and getting to the rim a little bit ” Wall was doing all those things, but Curry was doing it all He finished 19 of 28 and 11 of 16 from 3 but was still kicking himself for the turnovers more than reveling in the points

“It’s one of those games I think I had probably three of them that I shouldn’t have had just a couple lazy passes, telegraphed passes, ” Curry said “It happens, but it’s frustrating because when they happen, that’s when they got back in the game and you don’t want to give them any life with transition or easy fast-break opportunities where we can ’ t get our defense set and I was the culprit plenty of times ”

Women’s Squash Posts 2-1 Record at Yale Round Robin

Men come up short against George Washington and Drexel, set for Harvard and Dartmouth this weekend

By SHAN DHALIWAL Sun Staff Writer

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Take any Super Bowl champion over the past decade and it’s obvious that fate was the reason for their success The 2007 New England Patriots were the greatest football team ever assembled How could they not win the Super Bowl that year? Well, Spygate was responsible for negative fate points You can ’ t cheat and win the Super Bowl in the same year That’s a basic proponent of The Fate Theory It was impossible for the Giants to lose that Super Bowl You really think it was physically possible for David Tyree to make that catch? C’mon, it has to be fate

But let’s look outside the realm of football In 2014, the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals Actually, they didn’t just defeat the Heat, they absolutely destroyed them This was fated to happen After the heartbreaking ending of the 2013 Finals, the Spurs gained all of the fate energy in the universe There’s no way that the sports gods would let Tim Duncan finish his career with a loss to the Heat, the villains of the NBA Nope, it was only fate that the Spurs would come back stronger than ever before and avenge their previous season ’ s defeat

It’s now probably obvious to see that the Royals were destined to win the World Series this year After their heartbreaking loss in the World Series the previous season, it was only fate that the Cinderella’s of the MLB reward their fan base with a championship

In 2011, the Dallas Mavericks defeated the heavily favored Miami Heat in the NBA Finals to win their first NBA championship Were the Mavericks really better than a team featuring LeBron James, Dwyane Wade in his prime and Chris Bosh? Of course not But once again, negative fate points (also referred to as bad karma) reared their ugly heads LeBron decided to embarrass Cleveland on national television, and as a result, he cost his team a championship

What if both teams going into a title game have compelling storylines? Every storyline can be assigned a certain magnitude The team with the highest aggregate total of magnitude is given the advantage For example, Team A may feature a star player who overcame a rough childhood in Compton, but Team B features a star player who escaped from a communist country and provided a plentiful life for his family Team B wins every time

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n u m b e r o f p o s i t i v e s f r o m t h e w e e k e n d So p h o m o re L i a d H a re ’ s p e r f o r m a n c e w a s o n e o f t h e h i g h l i g h t s H a re , w h o u s u a l l y p l a y s a t t h e No 8 p o s i t i o n , f i n i s h e d u n d e f e a t e d “ De s p i t e t h e u n f o r t u n a t e re s u l t s I t h i n k t h e w h o l e t e a m c a m e t o g e t h e r [ a n d ] h a d a g re a t a t m o s p h e re , ” h e s a i d “ We we re t h e re t o f i g h t f o r e ve r y g a m e a n d e ve r y m a t c h [ a n d ] I t h i n k a s a t e a m we a c t e d a n d b e h a ve d a p p ro p r i a t e l y ” A l m o s t a l l o f t h e t e a m ’ s i n d i v i d u a l m a t c h e s w e re c l o s e , w i t h o n l y t h re e p l a y e r s l o s i n g i n s t r a i g h t s e t s ov e r t h e t w o m a t c h e s “ T h e w h o l e t e a m w a s j u s t p u s h i n g e a c h o t h e r, c h e e r i n g e a c h o t h e r, ” H a re s a i d “ We h a d s o m e re a l l y c l o s e m a t c h e s a n d u n f o r t un a t e l y t h e y d i d n ’ t g o o u r w a y, ” H a re s a i d T h e t w o l o s s e s d r o p p e d t h e m e n ’ s t e a m ’ s s e a s o n re c o rd t o 3 - 6 , d e c re a s i n g t h e l i k e l i h o o d o f t h e t e a m e n d i n g u p i n t h e A Di v i s i o n Ne v e r t h e l e s s , t h e re i s s t i l l h o p e f o r t h e Re d , a c c o rd i n g t o H a re “ I f w e d o w e l l t h i s w e e k e n d , a n d d o w e l l t h e w e e k e n d a f t e r w h e n w e p l a y Pr i n c e t o n , w e c o u l d s t i l l e n d u p i n t h e A Di v i s i o n , s o t h a t ’ s o u r m a i n g o a l , ” H a re s a i d “ T h a t b e i n g s a i d , e v e n i f w e d o n ’ t m a k e t h e A Di v i s i o n , w e d e fi n i t e l y w a n t t o f i g h t f o r a B Di v i s i o n t i t l e s o h o p e f u l l y w e’l l m a k e t h e A a n d e v e r y t h i n g i s o p e n ” T h e t e a m h a s a n i m p o r t a n t w e e k e n d a h e a d , w i t h Iv y L e a g u e m a t c h e s a g a i n s t H a r v a rd a n d D a r t m o u t h “ We l e a r n f r o m o u r m i s t a k e s [ a n d ] m ov e f o r w a rd i n t o t h e f u t u re , ” H a re s a i d “ I f w e k e e p u p t h e g o o d w o r k a n d c o m e t h r o u g h a t t h e r i g h t p o i n t s a n d t h e r i g h t t i m e s w e c a n

Shan Dhaliwal can be reached at sdhaliwal@cornellsun com

Now, why will the Broncos win the Super Bowl? It’s actually quite obvious once you really analyze the situation John Elway, GM and former quarterback of the Broncos, was a perennial loser He made it to four Super Bowls in the 80’s and 90’s and lost them all But Elway retired on top of the world, winning Super Bowls in his final two seasons as a Bronco And now we come to Peyton Manning Manning is known for his Super Bowl struggles, and has been mocked for his inability to win big games All signs point to a Manning retirement after this game And all signs point towards Manning winning this Super Bowl and riding off into the sunset, just like the former Broncos’ quarterback Elway did This is Manning’s Elway moment The parallels are unbelievable Sorry Cam, but there’s literally nothing you can do It’s fate

Shane Lewis can be reached at slewis@cornellsun com

No. 1 Quinnipiac on Tap for Reeling Cornell Men’s Hockey

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said “[Quinnipiac] works so hard, and they are tenacious They have a great offense and it comes from their work ethic At the end of the day we have to be willing not just to match their work ethic, but to supersede it ”

Syer, who ser ved as an associate head coach for Quinnipiac for 12 years, also noted how it can get nostalgic whenever he sees the Bobcats on the schedule

One of the few players who has remained consistently reliable for the Red has been Gillam This past weekend, Gillam kept the Red competitive against Clarkson and St Lawrence, totaling an impressive 66 saves on 70 shots in two games

“ The more shots you get the more you feel in the game, ” Gillam said “ We’ve been coming out pretty strong I feel Even though we are giving up more shots I feel pretty confident in the way I’m playing ”

One of the biggest problems the Red has faced through this tough skid has been, undoubtedly, scoring Seven goals in the past six games, including being shut out twice, is not an ideal situation to be in

The second game on the weekend comes against a struggling Princeton team (5-14-2, 3-9-2), who has only been able to muster one win in its last nine games If Cornell is not able to pull off the upset on the Bobcats, Princeton could be the perfect opportunity to get the momentum back with only league play left on tap

Schafer was not available for comment after taking a puck to the head during practice, according to Syer, but he has remained involved with the team and should be good to go by this weekend

Zach Silver can be reached at zsilver@cornellsun com

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Men Look to Snap Out of Slump Against Quinnipiac

In the middle of a six-game winless streak, hockey set to face Tigers and Bobcats over weekend

By ZACH SILVER Sun Staff Writer

Going through a losing skid is never easy, especially when that skid includes losses to rivals at home But that hasn’t put a dent in the Red’s confidence going into a crucial weekend, according to associate head coach Ben Syer

“From a physical standpoint I think our guys are pretty fresh,” Syer said “It does take a little bit of a toll on you when you lose some hear tbreakers like that But [head coach Mike Schafer ’86] has talked about this all year long We have a great group of guys in that locker room and they showed up to work yesterday with smiles on their faces, ready to get after it ”

Along with coaches, players remain confident in their game According to junior for ward Jake Weidner, it is the little things here and there that will turn the skid around

“ The feeling in the room is that we are still confident in what we can do and accomplish,” Weidner said “ We haven’t lost our effort nor will to win We are giving ourselves opportunities to win and unfortunately for us it hasn’t worked out

lately ”

After a disappointing weekend against Dartmouth and Har vard, the Red had a chance to bounce back against lesser opponents in Clarkson and St Lawrence, but dropped both games in overtime losses

“A couple minor breakdowns this past weekend and some pucks in the back of the net, ” Syer said “Friday night was an unfortunate bounce with the puck going in off our own player I thought on Saturday we rebounded really well We’re close, and you can ’ t fault the guys for competing and wanting it ”

The weekend’s first game, which will be b r o a d c a s t e d o n Sp o r t s Ne t Ne w Yo r k , comes against the No 1 Quinnipiac (201-5, 11-0-3 ECAC), who the Red (11-7-3, 6-6-2) lost to earlier in the season, 5-4, in overtime In that meeting, the Red had the opportunity to pull off the upset, leading four to one at midway through the second period In the end, Quinnipiac’s high power, fast-paced offense was too much for the Red to hold its lead

“I think we just have to stick to our gameplan and worr y about ourselves,” said junior goalie Mitch Gillam “If we play our game and use our systems I think we

are one of the best teams in the countr y We need to use our size and get on Quinnipiac ”

The biggest threat in the Bobcat lineup is first liner Sam Anas, who has recorded 17 goals and 15 assists, leading the team with 32 points He recorded five points in

Gymnasts Score 192 in Third Straight Meet

By SHANE LEWIS Sun Assistant Sports Editor

The gymnastics team scored over 192 points for the third straight meet to open the season, breaking a school record in the process Still, the effort was not enough to earn a victory this past Sunday against Bridgeport The Red fell by a score of 194 175 to 192 225 against the Knights Cornell broke another record in the defeat, scoring a 48 775 on beam to surpass the previous record of 48 700 in 2004 Cornell placed the top three performers in the event Freshman Kaitlin Green took first place with a 9 875, and freshman Lyanda Dudley and sophomore Joy Gage tied for second place with a score of 9 775 For Green and Dudley, this is their second straight meet finishing in the top two positions Five of Cornell’s gymnasts finished with scores above 9 675, a mark of impressive consistency Cornell outscored the Knights by 275 in the event

As for the vault, the Red fell to Bridgeport by a score of 48 200 to 47 575 Senior Alicia Blair was the lone standout for the Red She finished in second place with a score of 9 650 Five Bridgeport gymnasts rounded out the top six, all of whom scored a 9 600 or

above All of the competitors in the event were able to manage scores over 9 300, the only event at the meet where the gymnasts were able to do so On the bars, the Red was again unable to achieve victory against a talented group of Bridgeport gymnasts The Knights took the top two positions, and placed five of their competitors in the top seven Green and junior Elana Molotsky

placed in the third and fourth position with scores of 9 750 and 9 725 respectively The Red lost the event by a score of 48 525 to 47 950

Finally, Cornell was thoroughly outmatched on the floor exercises, losing by a whole point to Bridgeport The Knights posted a staggering 48 950, a number that Cornell was nowhere close to approaching Bridgeport claimed the top five spots of the event, with all of their competitors scoring a 9 725 or above Molotsky and Dudley were the lone gymnasts for the Red that were able to crack into the top eight of the event The Red finished the event with a team score of 47 925

Although the Red came up short, the gymnasts showed an impressive amount of consistency, according to senior Sara Schupp Schupp attributes this consistency to the team ’ s effort during practice

“During our pre-season practices, we started working on getting our routines together earlier and practicing consistency on each event, ” Schupp said “This hard work spent in practice was seen ” Dudley was the only gymnast for the Red to qualify for the all-around, and she fell to Bridgeport’s Kelsey Campbell by a score of 38 100 to 37 850 While Dudley outscored Campbell in beam and on floor, she was unable to compensate for the 8 900 she scored in bars

This weekend, the Red will host Penn and SUNY Cortland at Teagle Gymnasium This will be the team ’ s first home event of the year

“It is always nice to have a big meet in your home gym because we can get a large crowd to support us, ” Schupp said

The Red will look to extend its record setting streak at 2 p m on Saturday

the team ’ s last three games and is heating up at the worst possible moment for the Red “ We will be well aware of [Anas],” Syer

What are you guys more excited for? The release of Kanye’s Waves in the u p c o m i n g w e e k s , o r Su n d a y ’ s Super Bowl 50? The correct answer is Waves, but I’ll forgive you for saying the Super Bowl That should be pretty awesome too In light of the biggest sport event of the year, I think it’s the appropriate time to unveil the biggest sport ’ s theor y of all time, philosophized by yours truly I offer you, The Fate

Theor y Using this theor y, I can almost certainly guarantee that the Broncos will win the Super Bowl this upcoming Sunday How did I conclude this? Well, let’s dive into The Fate Theor y, my friends

Almost ever y sports champion of all time has had some sort of stor yline surrounding the circumstances of their championship I’m going to argue that the magnitude of these stor ylines can accurately explain past champions and predict future champions For example, the 2012 Ravens were destined to win the Super Bowl that year Why? Because Ray Lewis announced that he was going to retire before the postseason You can ’ t have the greatest middle linebacker of all time not win the Super Bowl in his final year It has to