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Reach out | Brochures posted at Gannett Health Center remind students to reach out for help in times of need

In light of recent debates over the interpretation of federal legislation which dictates whether universities have the power to send home against their will if necessary students who pose a direct threat to themselves or others, Cornell will maintain its current policies

Currently, the University has the authority to send students home who act as a disruption to the campus community under University Policy 7 2, which first invites affected students to take a “voluntary leave,” and only after “careful consideration by staff is an involuntary leave invoked,” according to Dean of Students Kent Hubbell ’67

In March 2011, the U S Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights changed their interpretation of Title II, interpreting the new regulation as restricting the

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options of universities due to a change of the definition of a direct threat to be “ a significant risk to the health or safety of others that cannot be eliminated by a modification of policies,” according to the Department of Justice

However, discussion about the interpretation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act resurfaced after Western Michigan University revised their policies in December, according to Inside Higher Ed Beginning in 2014, the school may no longer be able to remove students who show suicidal tendencies

In March 2012, Cornell responded to the Title II change by focusing its involuntary leave policy on general community disruption rather than threat-to-self behavior, according to Gregory Eells, associate director of Gannett Health Services and director of Counseling and Psychological Services

National Public Radio Host Michele Norris Re ects on Modern Race Relations University Launches First MOOC

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‘Dedicated,’ ‘Bright’

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Senior Writer

Sa n y a H a s h m i ’ 1 4 d i e d Monday night after spending seven days in intensive care at C a

a University statement said She was 21 Hashmi, who was a biological sciences major in the College of Arts and Sciences, planned to attend medical s c h o

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In a d d i t i o n , H a s h m i w a s “ ver y active and beloved within the Cornell Muslim community, ” Gretchen Ritter ’83, dean

o f t h e C o l l e g e o f A r t s a n d Sciences, said in an email to the Arts and Sciences community

According to Murphy’s statement, Hashmi was also a member of the Muslim Educational and Cultural Association and a

c o u n s e l o r f o r t h e E m p a t h y, Assistance and Referral Ser vice

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Sh o r t a l l , s a i d H a s h m i t o o k much of her EARS training to her leadership roles within the Cornell Muslim community

“She was an extraordinarily dedicated EARS counselor and

added that plans for a commemoration on campus will be made in the next few days

Murphy expressed her condolences to the friends and family of Hashmi in her statement

“On behalf of the entire university community, I want to extend my deepest condolences to Sanya's family and f r i e n d s , ” Mu r p h y s a i d

“Please join me in taking a moment to remember Sanya and acknowledge this unfortunate loss to our community ”

provided a link for EARS outreach to the Muslim community, ” Shortall said Ritter said those who knew Hashmi “described her as warm and bright with a radiant smile and a cheerful demeanor ”

Ha s h m i’s j a n a z a h o r funeral prayers service will take place in her hometown, Holmdel, New Jersey, this week, a c c o rd i n g t o t h e Un i ve r s i t y s t a t e m e n t T h e Un i ve r s i t y

University resources: Members of the Cor nell community seeking support can

Ser vices (607-255-5155), EARS’ peer counselors (607-255-3277),

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Award-winning journalist and former National Public Radio host Michele L Norris examined contemporary race relations during a Dr Martin Luther King, Jr commemorative lecture Tuesday Norris the first AfricanAmerican female to host NPR said the concept of race is a “thing that divides us but also unites us ” A major theme of Norris’ lecture was for indivudals to have “honest” dialogues regarding race and racism

“People will stay away from a conversation about race rather than risk being called a racist or

Norris also encouraged audience members to always “exercise curiosity” to understand different points of views

“We live in a country now where you exist on a media diet that basically confirms or affirms everything you already believe,” she said

Norris added that she is on a mission to encourage Americans to think “differently” about histor y by challenging previously accepted ideas

“The civil rights movement was fractured,” she said “They

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E xperts Continue Fracking Debate

A panel of professors, energy industry members and activists disputed the issue of repealing a ban on hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” at a Forensics Society debate sponsored by Cornell Tuesday

The six speakers who participated in the panel – Prof Anthony Ingraffea, civil and environmental engineering, Prof Sandra Steingraber, environmental studies and science, Ithaca College, and John Conrad, owner of Conrad Geoscience and a member of the Independent Oil and Gas Association of New York, among other industry experts weighed the positive and negative consequences of fracking on public health, the local economy and global climate change

Panelists first addressed the effects of fracking on the environment and human health Tom Shepstone, who owns a consulting firm representing developers and writes a blog called Natural Gas Now, argued that fracking provides an alternative to harmful fossil fuels, noting that sulfur dioxide and other emissions are significantly down in areas using energy from fracking

“Nothing delivers so much energy for so little impact on the land as fracking,” he said

Steingraber countered, however, that fracking does not decrease air pollution, but rather transfers it from urban areas to rural areas She said she believes fracking to be “inherently unsafe” and that it should be banned rather than regulated

“Some things are too dangerous to be regulated, and I think fracking falls into that category, ” Steingraber said “The gold-fever rhetoric surrounding fracking has oversold the benefits and undersold the costs But now, science is finally catching up to drilling and making one thing clear: the problems with fracking including fires, explosions and death make further fracking dangerous and unethical ”

Fracking can decrease Americans’ energy costs, according

to panelist and attorney Scott Kurkoski The average American household saw a $1,200 increase in income in 2012 because energy costs were decreasing using local energy, Kurkoski said

“This isn’t just theory this is what’s actually happening,” Kurkoski said “People who have never had wealth before can have it now Cheap, inexpensive, clean energy wins the day ”

Though the Environmental Protection Agency estimates predicted low methane emissions and thus, low global warming potential from fracking, more recent National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration studies found those predictions to be too low, Ingraffea said He argued instead for using renewable sun, wind and water energy to cut energy costs while minimizing climate change

[The two sides of the debate will likely never agree,] Kurkoski added that while now is the time to move forward the fracking projects and reduce the country ’ s dependence on oil

“I’ve seen people with signs on their lawns saying ‘No Blood for Oil,’ and those same people have traded those

signs for ones that say ‘No Fracking,’” he said “You can ’ t have it both ways This is something that can benefit all of us ”

Prof Samuel Nelson, industrial and labor relations, director of forensics and the debate’s moderator, said at the outset of the debate that he hoped the speakers would be able to “discuss these issues with decorum and civility ” He said later in the debate, to laughs from the audience, that the speakers had been mostly successful at doing so

The Cornell Forensics Society sponsored the debate this year for the second time including the same questions and some of the same panelists because of the popularity of the first debate last year, according to Kirat Singh ’14, president of the Society

“The reason we do this debate is because we think it matters a lot to this community a lot of the turnout was Ithaca residents,” Singh said “This debate matters to them, because their houses and property are in question Those are the debates Forensics wants to do, where people have personal stake in the issue ”

Univer sity Unplugs, S aves $140K in Energ y

Over winter break, Cornell Facilities Services saved the University $140,000 in energy costs and released 1,200 fewer metric tons of carbon into the atmosphere by lowering temperatures in some classrooms and laboratory buildings by four degrees

Temperatures were lowered to 64 degrees from the usual 68 degrees, according to a University press release

The office’s 2013 “Holiday Setback” program, which is an annual attempt to scale back energy use, occurred from Dec 25 to Jan 2 and saw a 7 percent improvement in energy efficiency from the 2012 program, according to Erin Moore, energy outreach coordinator for Facilities Services,

In total, the program resulted in a 28percent reduction in energy usage for the nine-day period, according to a University

press release

While the Holiday Setback Program was a campus-wide effort, facilities services did not lower the temperatures of all buildings, Moore said

Only 58 of 100 buildings belonging to endowed colleges the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Engineering, School of Hotel Administration and College of Architecture, Art and Planning participated in Holiday Setback, according to the final report released by Facilities Services 15 out of 32 buildings under control of the undergraduate contract colleges College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, School of Industrial and Labor Relations and College of Human Ecology participated as well

The Holiday Setback Program can only run during Winter Break because it is the only time the University closes, according to Moore In addition, the program requires

the cooperation of multiple organizations and offices on campus, which makes it difficult to conduct during the rest of the year, Moore added

“ This program takes the combined efforts of multiple campus partners, ” she said “In order for the program to be effective, it is important that the program is done when the campus is closed ”

Cornell Facilities Services worked with the Division of University Communications to “send out university-wide messages to remind the campus community to turn off and/or unplug equipment before leaving for the winter break,” Moore said

According to Moore, obtaining the awareness of various faculty, staff and other community members was “hugely important ” for the program ’ s success

“Individual conservation efforts are also what makes this program a success on campus, ” she said

Facilities Services intends to expand the holiday setback program to include all buildings on campus for the 2014 Holiday Setback program, according to the office’s final report

In addition to the holiday setback program, Facilities Services conducts other programs throughout the year to increase energy conservation, Moore said

One of these programs are the Energy Conservation Initiative, which works to upgrade lighting fixtures to be more efficient and perform efficiency surveys of campus buildings, according to Moore

According to the Energy Consrevation Initiative’s website, these efforts achieve, “dramatic and lasting conservation results ”

Other ongoing efforts includes “Think Big, Live

which focuses “ on promoting sustainable actions in lab and office areas, including energy competitions in academic and residential halls,” Moore said

Petit Larceny On Central Avenue

An officer responded to a report from a staff member regarding the theft of a Cornell parking permit from a parked vehicle, according to t h e C

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Unlawful Possession Of Alcohol

Two individuals were referred to the judicial administrator during s

possession of alcohol, according to the CUPD

Unlawful Possession Of Marijuana

A student was referred to the judicial administrator Sunday for unlawful possession of marijuana in Mar y Donlon Hall, according to the CUPD

Criminal Mischief At Fish Hatchery

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n unknown individual broke a safety window on the west side of the building, CUPD said

Suspicious Person

Officers assisted the Ithaca Police Department with a reported suspicious person complaint on Stewart Avenue, CUPD said

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C.U. Keeps Power to Send Unwilling Students Home

TITLE II

Eells said a previous disagreement between OCR and Spring Arbor University, concerning the definition of a “direct threat,” led Cornell to revise its University Policy 7 2 also known as Cornell’s involuntary leave policy

“We [focused] more on disruption to the community, which is more of a broader threat to others categor y, because OCR is not that specific about what threat to others can mean We basically made it less about specific threat to self behavior,” Eells said University Policy 7 2 is rarely used, Hubbell said

“The policy is invoked in very rare circumstances for the explicit reasons outlined in the policy,” he said “In such cases, students are first invited to take a voluntary leave, and only after careful consideration by the faculty and staff charged with the responsibility to handle such cases, is an involuntary leave invoked ”

Eells echoed Hubbell’s sentiments, saying the involuntary leave policy is one that is only used in extreme circumstances

cases without the use of involuntary leave

“Usually if someone ’ s been to the hospital once or twice [for suicide or depression] they usually start getting better They’ll follow up with treatment here We really rarely go that route around suicide,” Eells said

Although Eells said the current policy will and should remain the same, he added that the 2011 changes to Title II have made things less clear by making the definition of “direct threat” less specific

“I think OCR and this Western Michigan case has only further clouded what to do,” Eells said “[However], making sure that [Cornell] does a case-by-case analysis has been pretty stable and is one of the most protective things you can do I don’t think there’s anything I see w h e re C o r n e l l n e e d s t o change it’s policy I think the policy is working ” Richard Thompson ’16, a residential advisor on North Campus, said he believes the involuntary leave policy “makes sense, ” although he said he hopes that it will rarely be needed

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“To get to the point where we ’ re even talking about an involuntar y leave would be someone who has multiple alcohol cases, who’s been transferred to the hospital [a couple of times] that’s a cost to the community,” he said “At that point we would start saying that it doesn’t seem that it’s safe for them to stay in this environment due to alcohol abuse When it gets to that level we’ll start having a conversation about involuntary leave ” Eells added that the University is typically able to manage depression and suicide

“It’s unfortunate that schools might have to [invoke the involuntary leave policy] in order to send a student home, but at the same time, it’s not completely the school’s responsibility to take care of that student,” Thompson said “If it’s something that the student can ’ t deal with either on their own or with professionals here, then I think the school should have the right to send them home for more help ”

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or feel badly for knowing your self-wor th The alumni at the networking br unch stressed this point above most others As we grow up, we women are taught to apologize or justify our actions in situations that we should not have to Often, women expect a lower salar y than men, just because we are taught that our wor th is lower Even with friends, many women apologize for decisions they make for themselves, such as their weight or what doing what they e

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Christo Eliot | The Tale of the Dingo at Midnight

A Future Perspective Into Your Now

Despite the University’s best efforts to make everything under the sun available to its students (barring the obvious like firearms and crystal meth), there are some things that are mysteriously absent at Cornell Some things' absence can be painful like good, cheap and greasy Mexican food, puppies or sunshine Others’ absences are not quite as bad: annoying high schoolers, annoying middle schoolers, annoying elementary schoolers, etc That is not to say that everyone in those age groups is necessarily annoying or intolerable; there are certainly members of the younger generation who are now and/or soon will be real people tainted with cynicism, but most of the time they are generally annoying

Disregarding their acne, fart jokes and affinity for graphic T-shirts (or analogous girl stereotypes), sometimes their inherently weaker minds can offer fresh perspectives with genuine insight Think of how a first grade classroom sees a lot more sharing than the corresponding lecture halls, cubicles or prison cells, (I think) It is true that we become more jaded as we grow up We also become less prone to wetting the bed Is the tradeoff worth it? I don’t know, but it is nice not having to change my sheets all the time

These thoughts of younger people not having much of a presence was brought about by seeing a wild kid loose on Cornell’s campus; one caught my eye a couple tables away as I was eating lunch in Trillium I had to do a double take because children don’t belong in Trillium I guessed it to be about six years old

Kids under the age of 13 (and a surprisingly large number of Cornell students) do not really understand most social constructs, so I would

A slightly older, adolescent me would wonder what went wrong and ask why I never became coo like we had planned

occasionally catch it staring at me and holding eye contact for just enough time to be uncomfortable However unnerving and/or flattering this attention was, it eventually posed an interesting question at the lunch table: “What would a younger version of yourself think of the present you?” Scintillating conversation between several college-aged males ensued

Personally, a much younger me circa 1999-2000 would be quite proud that I go to college, have kissed a girl and still remember most of what I learned about dinosaurs A slightly older, adolescent me would wonder what went wrong and ask why I never became cool like we had planned

The exercise of reflecting on what a past you would think of yourself now is about a lot more than wondering whether younger you would think you are cool or not The approval or disapproval from past you is secondary to the reflection itself It would be absurd to think that your values and personal goals will remain static as you grow older The passage of time has made me older than too many Olympians to keep the dream of becoming a professional skier alive, (though I do still plan to declare myself eligible for the NBA draft this spring) Sure, the 12-yearold Christo might think I’m a square for readjusting my expectations about my financial future But 12-year-old Christo is an undeservedly angsty Simple Plan fan, with a bunch of drawings of the same imagined future mansion and drum kit in his notebooks, so I don’t really respect his opinion

Your younger self looks at you without any context That is to say, your younger self is still you, and still knows you, but without the bias that comes from living your life right now Looking at yourself through the eyes of the past may provide you with a more honest vantage point one that doesn’t justify embarrassing behavior or make excuses for laziness

A similar, and perhaps similarly beneficial, exercise would be to imagine yourself doing this same reflection, but years in the future Rather than pondering what a younger you would think of current you, what would an older version of yourself think? The goal in college, of course, is to strike a fine balance between focusing on learning, which is allegedly why you are here, and creating memories that you will look back fondly on For instance, finding meaningful involvement in a group or team on campus and drinking (maybe with that same group)

Besides the genesis of who I am as an individual, my younger self is not good for much There was a brief stage in my life where I looked adorable in pictures, but that was short-lived and I never “ went Gerber” as they say in the baby modeling business Thanks to the insight of imagined past Christo, however, hopefully future Christo will reflect on present Christo and cringe a little less And then all three of us will hang out

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Comm en t of the day

“I’m glad Miller doesn’t think this is the case, but when this correlation has existed at other schools, it may be prudent to do some minimal level of investigation into whether or not this is true at Cornell. This is not news. It is a profile of one man’s personal opinion.”

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Re: “Official: High School Quality Not Factor in Cornell Students’ Success,” News, published Februar y 4, 2014

Sarah Byrne | Let It Byrne

Five Movie Clichés We Could

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Atwo weeks ago, I’m in Paris While this does translate into what one

studying abroad see-

i n g t h e E i f f e l Tow e r, going out, eating lots of crêpes it also means that I have an inordi-

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m o v i e s ! S h o c k i n g l y, not all of the m ov i e s I w a t c h a r e a r t s y a n d Fr e n c h ; i n f a c t , m o r e than I’d like to admit are romantic comedies And

because they were upset; that’s not what I’m argui n g a b o u t T h e i s s u e here is the sudden ragefueled ability to chug large quantities of liquid; it just doesn’t happen 2 Boy lies to attract girl, girl loves boy anyway: This is actually one o f m y a b s o l u t e l e a s t favorite conventions of the genre, and countless movies abuse it From You’ve Got Mail to How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days to 10 Things I Hate About You, romcoms are all about the stealth relationship The boy creates an elaborate per-

Shockingly, not all of the movies I watch are artsy French; in fact, more than like to admit are romantic comedies.

a s I w a t c h t h e s e a n d other movies, I’ve been thinking about the stupid scenes or moments

w e s e e i n t h e m a n d blindly accept as accu-

r a t e i n t e r p re t a t i o n s o f reality Let me give you some examples:

lows a whole drink: If you haven’t noticed this already, you will now W h e n e ve r s o m e o n e i s upset, for some reason he doesn’t want to talk about with his friends, but instead he goes to the bar, orders a drink and then gulps it down i n o n e s w a l l ow

A f t e r w a rd s , h e w a l k s a w a y w i t h d e t e r m i n at i o n , p r e s u m a b l y t o conquer whatever is on his mind I’ve definitely seen people drink a lot

sona and web of lies to e n t i c e t h e g i r l i n t o falling in love with him

Subsequently, either he reveals or she finds out t h a t h e ’ s b e e n l y i n g A n d a l t h o u g h y o u m i g h t t h i n k a t t h i s point she would be long gone, she decides she l ove s h i m d e s p i t e t h e t r i c k e r y ! How ? ! Yo u r w h o l e r e l a t i o n s h i p i s b a s e d o n l i t e r a l l i e s ! Sometimes/often, he has been paid to date you! These girls need to pull themselves together, and t h e s e w r i t e r s n e e d t o think of something a little more original 3. All good people go to Har vard: First, I must shamelessly admit that I rewatched High School Musical over winter break While I did not watch the diminished-quality sequels, I

recall that most of the characters attended the likes of Yale, Stanford, e t c , e v e n t h o s e w h o weren ’ t considered the “brainiacs” of the franchise This might be the lingering jealousy of my high school senior self, but not ever yone gets to go to a good college Just because you didn’t fail out of shop class doesn’t mean you get a full ride to Princeton This myth perpetuated by television and movies really only ser ves to get e v e r y o n e ’ s h o p e s u p a b o u t c o l l e g e a d m i ssions, which in reality are pretty much a mat-

ter of luck

4 Hu s b a n d / w i f e accidentally finds out sex of the baby: This

o n e c o m e s w i t h a l e n g t h i e r s t o r y Fi r s t , one spouse discovers the sex Then, she agonizes ov e r t e l l i n g t h e h u sband She doesn’t know whether her loved one will rejoice or be secretl y l e t d ow n b y t h e reveal She herself feels ov e r j oy e d t h a t t h e i r f u t u r e c h i l d i s a b o y / g i r l / w h a t e v e rt h e y ’ v e - a l w a y s - w a n t e d

Fi n a l l y, t h e o n e w h o knows tells the other, and the other is appropriately ecstatic Haven’t you guys seen the other movies like this? Calm down and tell them; in n i n e m o n t h s o r l e s s ever yone ’ s going to find out anyway

5 Someone says, “I

l ov e y o u , ” t h e o t h e r s a y s , “t h a n k y o u : ” Come on, by the end of the episode/movie we all know you ’ re going to say “I love you ” back It’s only a matter of time, spent thinking about all of your failed relations h i p s a n d h ow y o u always jumped in too soon and you don’t want to ruin this one and you really do love him/her, b e f o r e y o u c o m e around Let’s save ever yo n e s o m e a g o n y a n d viewing time and just pack all of that internal r e f l e c t i o n i n t o o n e meaningful moment If you tr y really hard, you can probably even eliminate the long, a w k w a rd s i l e n c e before you say it back As I’m writing this list, I’m thinking through all of t h e m ov i e s I ’ v e seen recently, and honestly I find it hard to come up w i t h p l o t p o i n t s / c a m e r a angles/lines of dialogue that aren ’ t tropes in one way or another And as a self-professed romantic comedy addict, I must say that I secretly love a l o

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identical plot lines, but

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about the inevitable

Histor y of Science: For mer Cor nell

Pr esident Discover ed Chemical Element

By NABILA REEM KHONDAKAR Sun Staff Writer

While best known in Ithaca for being Cornell’s eighth president, Dale Corson is also a noted figure in science history for his co-discovery of one of the least well-understood elements on the periodic table: astatine

First discovered in 1940 by Corson in a team with Kenneth Ross MacKenzie and Emilio Segre, astatine is a highly radioactive element occupying number 85 on the periodic table

According to an article in Chemical and Engineering News written by Corson in 2003, there are “ no more than a few grams [of astatine] total in the entire Earth’s crust ”

Now, more than 70 years after its discovery, Nobel laureate Prof Roald Hoffmann, the Frank H T Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters, emeritus, Prof Neil Ashcroft, physics, and former postdoctoral fellow Andreas Hermann have pinpointed previously unknown properties of astatine

Corson’s team discovered astatine by bombarding a bismuth atom with tiny clumps of two protons and two neutrons each, known as alpha particles, in one of the world’s first particle accelerators at the University of California Berkeley, according to Hoffmann Corson, MacKenzie and Segre named the highly radioactive element “Astatine,” after the Greek “ astatos ” for “unstable ” It is the last named element of the halogens, sitting just under iodine on the periodic table

According to Hoffmann, Corson’s work was related to other atomic energy research going on before World War II

Corson later moved to Cornell’s physics department as an associate professor, according to Ashcroft Corson helped build Cornell’s first particle collider and in 1969 became the eighth president of Cornell

After years of little research on the astatine, Hoffmann, Ashcroft and Hermann have picked up where Corson left off

“I had been following [Corson’s] work over the years in the department, and his early work on discovering astatine was always on my mind The periodic table doesn’t have much to say about it,” Ashcroft said

The halogens above astatine have well known properties, according to Hoffmann One important trait of the halogens is that going down the column of group 17 elements, from fluorine (yellow) to iodine (dark purple), the elements become more darkly colored

This property has to do with the electrons of that particular element absorbing light When there is a smaller gap in energy between the top layer of electrons and the bottom layer, the element will have a darker color, according to Hoffmann

“That color is a measure of the distance in energy between the highest lying energy electrons and the lowest lying If that gap between filled and unfilled levels goes to zero, then it will be no longer transparent It might be a metal,” Hoffmann said

Another important property is that the other halogens

are diatomic both in the solid and gas states, meaning they tend to exist as pairs of atoms Astatine’s properties in the solid state had until this most recent research been unknown

Ashcroft said it was unlikely this research could have been done in Corson’s time without the advanced technology of today

According to Hoffmann, the researchers used highpowered computers to perform calculations using density function theory, which involves quantum mechanics

“Astatine is a very heavy element, and when you get up to this range of mass number in the periodic table, the electrons around the centers of the nuclei are moving so fast that you have to worry about relativistic effects,” Ashcroft said

As they discovered, astatine is not like other halogens While other halogens are diatomic when condensed, astatine atoms split their weaker diatomic bonds to become monatomic and metallic in the solid state, according to Hoffmann

“Our picture for astatine is different We think that in a gas phase there are still diatomic molecules flying around, but in a solid phase there is an ordered arrange-

ment of astatine atoms, all lined up, not forming molecules, and metallic,” Hoffmann said

The findings predict that astatine is the only halogen that is metallic at normal pressures on earth According to Ashcroft, at extremely high pressures, iodine has been previously found to unpair its diatomic bonds and superconduct

“What we found is that astatine does not need any pressure to unpair All you have to do is take it from the gas to the solid or liquid and it unpairs by itself,” Ashcroft said

While direct applications of astatine are still unclear, with a maximum half-life of about eight hours it can been used as a medical tracer similar to radioactive iodine

Astatine’s newfound metallic properties may also prove useful as a superconducting element, according to Ashcroft

“The more we began to look into astatine and found out the role of relativity and other things, it opened our eyes to what could be done in other systems In a way, I think that’s the whole purpose of research ” Ashcroft said

Event Lets Kids Tackle Disasters

By RYAN LARKIN Sun Science Videographer

On Jan 25 the atrium of Duffield Hall was packed with a group of young engineers who were seeking to help mankind overcome the threat of natural disasters

These engineers, a small sample of over 22,000 participants across 12 countries, had been tasked with investigating phenomena such as earthquakes, storms, tsunamis and volcanic activity, according to Daniel Woodie, the event organizer and a Cornell staff member

After conducting some preliminar y research, the student engineers worked in teams to design prototype systems that might be used to combat natural disasters in reality

One team designed a shelter that would keep both humans and pets safe during a hurricane Another designed a mechanism that would help predict when an active volcano was about to erupt

All of these innovations were then brought to Cornell to be presented for a large-scale expo that would allow others to evaluate the engineers’ work This expo was the 8th annual Junior FIRST LEGO League, and not one of the engineers was over the age of nine

The original FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO League was founded in 1998 by Segway inventor Dean Kamen and former president and CEO of LEGO Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen Their goal was to create a robotics program that would foster interest in science and technology amongst children aged nine to sixteen

Participants in the LEGO League used special LEGO kits complete with hardware and software to design custom robots that would respond to certain physical challenges, according to Woodie

Most of these robots competed for points in national competitions that rewarded such things as innovation, team spirit, and adaptability

The League’s success ultimately led to the

development of a junior program in 2004, according to Woodie While not competitionbased, the Junior FIRST LEGO League encourages groups of children aged six to nine to respond to design challenges in a similar way

The 8th annual Junior FIRST LEGO League offered participants a chance to respond to a major real-world problem with research, critical thinking and imagination Faced with the theme of “Disaster Blaster,” the children at the event worked closely with their adult group leaders and each other to produce LEGO models that illustrated various natural disasters as well as the proposed responses to them

These models all contained at least one moving element powered by a small motor, a

competition requirement which highlighted the designers’ knowledge of simple machines

After the models were completed, they were presented alongside detailed poster boards that outlined the research behind each team ’ s decisions The Expo gave the children a chance to explore each other’s work and analyze differences in the other teams ’ approaches

“They invent something, they represent it in LEGOs, and then they come to our event here to show it off and to have a lot of fun celebrating how inventing can be really awesome, ” Woodie said

The parents of the young engineers agreed

“My son is in a LEGO group I think this event is pretty awesome it gives kids a chance to work together to work as a team and it’s a really good experience for them,” Rick

Spearman said

“It’s a great event for kids to learn about science, technology and math at a young age and just get them interested in and engaged in the sciences,” adult team leader Erik Eshelman said

For their part, the children enjoyed the opportunity to share the projects they’d spent several weeks putting together, according to Woodie

When not examining each other’s work, the young engineers designed custom paper rockets to launch into the air using a length of tube and a soda bottle

Genome Study Reveals New Insights on Dogs

By YIDAN XU Sun Staff Wr ter

Ne w research by an international team of scientists provides the most precise answer yet on the e v o l u t i o n a r y o r i g i n s o f o u r favorite canine companions

According to an analysis of modern dog and wolf DNA from areas of the world thought to be the geographic origins of canine domestication, Prof Adam Siepel

’94, biological statistics and comp u t

n Gronau grad have concluded that dogs and wolves diverged from a common ancestor between 9,000 and 34,000 years ago, before the development of agriculture

“ This reflects a more complicated histor y of dog domestication than we originally thought ” Siepel said T h

from separate analyses of wolf and dog DNA A team of researchers g

sequences of three gray wolves from China, Croatia and Israel,

s where domestic dogs are believed to have originated, according to S

l s o looked at the DNA of two dog breeds from areas of the world with no wolves: an African basenji and an Australian dingo

The genome sequences were a n a l y z e d u s i n g G e n e r a l i z e d Phylogenetic Coalescent Sampler

(G-PhoCS), a computer program developed by Gronau G-PhoCS was used to predict population sizes of each species through histor y and infer when dogs and wolves diverged genetically, taking into account potential scenarios of gene movement between populations

According to Gronau, tracing b a c k t h e p o p u l a t i o n s w i t h GPhoCS allowed the scientists to determine timelines of domestication, which coincided with significant decreases in population of both dogs and wolves

T h e s e q u e n c e d a t a a n a l y s i s took estimated population sizes of dogs and wolves and showed that d o m e s t i c d o g p o p u l a t i o n s decreased by sixteen-fold as they diverged from wolves, according to Gronau

Gray wolves also experienced sharp drops in population after their ancestors diverged from the ancestors of dogs, which implies that the genetic diversity among both species’ common ancestors was larger than what is currently f o u n d i n d o g s a n d m o d e r n wolves, according to Siepel

A c c o r d i n g t o Gr o n a u ,

a c c o u n t i n g f o r c r o s s - b r e e d i n g between dogs and wolves after domestication was a cr ucial step in the study and makes G-PhoCS valuable for obtaining an accurate model of canine demography and leading scientists to the final conclusion

The result contradicts the pre-

vious hypothesis which says that dome s tic dogs e volve d from a group of wolves adopted by early farmers It revealed that dogs are more closely related to each other than they are to wolves, regardless of their geographic origins

To fur ther suppor t this conclusion, the three wolves were more closely related to each other than to any of the dogs

T h e a n a l y s i s s h o w s t h a t instead of all three dogs being closely related to one of the wolf lineages, or each dog being related to their closest geographical c o u n t e r p a r t s , b o t h d o g s a n d wolves are descended from an older, wolf-like ancestor common t o b o t h s p e c i

Gronau

The study allows researchers to better understand the genetic differences between dogs and wolves a n d o p e n s d o o r s f o r f u t u r e research, according to Gronau

“ The analysis shows no sign of a multi-regional model or a single o

wolves that we sampled It pro-

makes the field of dog domestication ver y intriguing going forward,” Gronau said “ This paper sets the stage for the next step in the study of dog domestication that tries to determine the genetic changes that enabled this amazing transformation ”

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

MARK DISTEFANO Sun Staff Writer

Now that the annual January dumping ground for movies is over, it is time to get excited about the months ahead, when Hollywood starts releasing some quality films This year, movie lovers have a lot of treats to look forward to Here are a few of them

8 Noah: A biblical epic may seem widely out of place for Darren Aronofsky, director of small-budget, gritty films like Pi, The Wrestler, and Black Swan But his take on the immense tale of Noah seems to contain a sweeping and alluring grandeur It takes a great actor to shoulder a role of this magnitude, but Russell Crowe is up to the challenge with his proven ability to carry huge films (Master and Commander, Gladiator) and Ray Winstone is a similarly strong choice for his foil I’ll also be happy to see the enchanting Emma Watson as his daughter

7 The Grand Budapest Hotel: Anderson’s follow up to the universally-acclaimed Moonrise Kingdom contains an expansive, sprawling cast of stars who, we can assume, will each be given a colorful, quirky role Anderson’s specialty bright, saturated palette, exquisitely decorated frames and a half-comedic, halfmelancholic tone abounds in this fable about lobby boys and bellhops Ralph Fiennes is an exceptional actor to build an

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ensemble around and, judging by the trailer, Grand Budapest Hotel looks like the director’s most idiosyncratic Andersonian work yet

6 X-Men: Days of Future Past: Excluding the Wolverine film released this summer, the X-Men franchise gained new legs with 2011’s First Class, a reboot which did for the mutants what Casino Royale did for Bond or J J Abrams’ Star Trek did for Kirk and Spock Now, Bryan Singer (X-Men X2) is back in the director s chair for a X-Men fiesta that combines all the characters from First Class with the best ones from the original films That means we can expect to see Patrick Stewart/James McAvoy and Ian McKellen/Michael Fassbender playing Professor X and Magneto, as well as Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, Ellen Page as Shadowcat, and Hugh Jackman playing both iterations of Wolverine Despite Singer’s lackluster recent work, this is far and away the summer blockbuster I am looking forward to most

4 The Fault in Our Stars: With its trailer grabbing over eight million views since its release last week, it’s safe to say this is one of the most awaited movies of the year for die-hard fans of the book and cinephiles alike Shailene Woodley rejoins her Divergent co-star Ansel Elgort for a teen movie about terminal illness written by the duo who gave us (500) Days of Summer and The Spectacular Now The film’s two marvelous leads, startlingly powerful trailer and basis in John Green’s beloved novel promise that this offbeat love story will be something special

3 Whiplash: The unequivocal smash of this year ’ s Sundance Film Festival captured both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award The Sun’s own Lucy Goss reports, “Whiplash is a kind of sports movie for musicians Its excellence lies in Miles Teller’s performance as both an actor and a drummer ” After seeing his performance in last year ’ s Spectacular Now, no one can challenge that claim This festival favorite is poised to follow in the glory of such indie landmarks as Fruitvale Station, Beasts of the Southern Wild and Winter’s Bone

2 Interstellar: Christopher Nolan Enough said Anyone who

e r s i n c e , w h i l e C l o u d No t h i n g s h a s s o a re d t o c r i t i c a l - a c c l a i m , e v o k i n g 9 0 s p o s t - h a rd c o re b a n d s l i k e Fu g a z i “ I ’ m No t Pa r t O f Me” s h ow s t h e b a n d g o i n g a l l - i n w i t h A t t a c k o n Me m o r y ’ s a b r a -

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“D on’ t Fi nd An ot h er L ove ”

By Kaitlyn Tiffany

appreciates the genius of The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception or Memento is probably dying to see this movie, despite the fact that nearly nothing is known about its plot Nolan has allowed one or two details to escape and permeate the media, and the teaser for the film has revealed next to nothing The cast also includes Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, Michael Caine, Matt Damon and John Lithgow, and the premise makes for an almost guaranteed mindblower Nolan collaborated on the script with his brother Jonathan, as he has many times in his career It has something to do with outer space, time travel, wormholes and scientists, but that’s all the mastermind behind it wants to divulge

1. Inherent Vice: No film this year excites me as much as this first-time adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon novel, directed by cinematic virtuoso Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood) Only two years after The Master, Anderson reunites with Joaquin Phoenix for a Cheech & Chongesque detective story, set in the noir world of LA and the drug haze of the early 1970s I’m immediately in line for anything with Anderson’s name on it, but this type of story harkens back to Anderson’s exuberant Boogie Nights in style and tone And assuming he freely adapts it, as he did with Upton Sinclair’s Oil!, the screenplay should be a spectacular blend of his voice and that of a literary great The last time Anderson freely adapted a novel, the result was perhaps the best film of the decade

Mark DiStefano is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at mdistefano@cornellsun com

After their 2013 album Heartthrob moved the indie-folk-darling-duo soundly into the pop realm and their Jack-Antonoff-nepotismconnection got them featured prominently in Girls’ second season, Tegan and Sara have been seeing more than their customary share of commercial success Not only do they provide the musical backdrop for Oreo’s latest nostalgia-tease, but “Don’t Find Another Love,” recorded for the upcoming film Endless Love is their second soundtrack feature already this year (along with “Ever ything is Awesome,” recorded with Andy Samberg for The Lego Movie), and represents a continuation of their steady foray into mainstream pop It’s a simple and sweet hybrid of ballad and synth which repeatedly entreats “please don’t find another love while I’m away ” It’s not the best representation of a pair that usually flaunts lyrical clout, nor is it the best demonstration of how they have used stripped-down vocals and acoustic grace notes in the past, but it is still a Tegan and Sara project at heart hand claps, an inexplicablypleasant type of whining, catchy hooks and all the sincerity a pop song can muster

Kaityln Tiffany is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at ktiffany@cornellsun com

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(3) Episodes of hitREcord: J.G.L. on Pivot

BY ARIELLE CRUZ Sun Arts Editor

Over a year since his visit to Cornell during his hitREcord tour, Joseph Gordon Levitt has finally gotten his show, hitREcord on TV, well, on TV The show premiered on ne wly-created station Pivot on Jan 18, star ting with the theme “ The Number One,” in honor of its first episode and first times in general The first three episodes of the variety style show premiered at Sundance last month “ The Number One,” “Fantasy” and “ Trash” where JGL discussed his high hopes for the show and its humble beginnings at hitrecord com, a creative, collaborative web platform for aspiring ar tists

At the star t of ever y episode, Levitt graces the stage, patented sexiest-man-alive-hopeful smile blazing, to introduce the episodes theme, usually with some kind of maxim or playground saying, like “all for one and one for all” or “first is the best ” The theme is explored fur ther by Joe himself, through video collaborations from hitREcord and during inter vie ws and per formances with some of Joe’s celebrity contacts like Tony Danza in “Fantasy” and Elle Fanning in “ The Number One ”

The featured collaborations from hitREcord can be pretty impressive, especially considering that the videos (think stories, music, ar t, animation and editing) came together from bedrooms across the world of people who have never met or interacted with one another In par ticular, “Beastly Beauty,” a stor y about how a vain beauty is much more beastly than her ever-lonely, doting “beast,” features some skillful animation and beautiful presentation “Front Lawn Freak,” about freaking, whatever that means exactly, on random front lawns, is so fun and strange that it’s an immediate stand-out in its episode

However, the biggest standout in each of the episodes is Levitt himself He is in almost ever y per formance as either a singer, dr ummer, actor, pianist, you name it, he’s a jack of all (ar tistic) trades The whole extravaganza feels ultimately like the Joseph Gordon Levitt show Which is fine,

in its own right, but seems to go against the more inspirational idea of highlighting the skill and per formance of contributors He dominates whatever skit he is in, as do his celebrity friends, and the usernames of the song creators and animators who are mentioned and highlighted at the star t of a sketch are quickly lost as Levitt moves to the next scene

The live audience doesn’t seem to notice the loss most are there to see JGL, the legend himself Whether they would like to admit it or not, most people at Cornell’s show didn’t know or care what Levitt was going to do up on that stage when they bought a ticket, they were just happy to be one of the lucky fe w who got one His charisma transfers nicely to the audience when he’s on that stage if I remember correctly, but through a computer screen, much love is lost Maybe this is because with an episode cut time of 22 minutes versus the hour and a half dedicated to the live show, there is less time to vie w the collaborations, and more air time devoted to Levitt talking about how he came up with a prompt, Levitt walking down a street pondering life’s many questions, 20second animations reiterating the day’s theme or Levitt happily blowing kisses to his adoring fans

from now we’ll be nur turing ar tists like Sundance has nurtured us ”

Even when Levitt does delve into the days theme, and we aren ’ t focusing on one of his many talents, but discussing the concept of, say, fantasy, it is hard for the topic not to feel contrived After all he is attempting to spend 22 minutes discussing the entirety of the meaning and symbolism of the word “fantasy,” and hoping to come away with a higher understanding It is hard to scratch the surface of such a concept in 22 minutes, and as a result, we mostly are fed the cliches, or stories with the highest shock value More bang for your buck or, in this case, minute

In an inter vie w with Rolling Stone during Sundance, Levitt said, “In our wildest dreams we hope that decades

That is the dream And it is an admirable one Using hitREcord com, Levitt has found a number of promising, interesting and compelling young ar tists who are yearning to be seen and heard, as they should be However, as his show exists now, in some plane between the hitREcord on TV and The Joseph Gordon Levitt Show, it doesn’t quite feel satisfying as either It would be nicer if Levitt could, even with all of his sex appeal and connections, take a step back and let the ar t do the talking We’re only four episodes into season one, so maybe there is time yet

You can watch hitREcord on TV at Pivot com if you have satellite TV, or on Amazon Instant if you don’t The Cornell episode, “ The Road,” hasn’t premiered yet, but will *fingers crossed* be up some time this season

Arielle Cruz is a junior in the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences She can be reached at acruz@cornellsun com

Lawrence Welk: The King of the Middlebrow

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Elani Cohen can be reached at ecohen@cornellsun com

Upperclassmen Act A s Role Models for Squad

TRACK & FIELD

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According to Gowans, the upperclassmen have set a precedent that younger members of the team strive to follow

“I have a ton of upperclassmen to look up to, ” Gowans said “I think the younger guys ' biggest challenge, as a team, is to live up to the precedent that has already been set ”

Gowans, Tedder, Taylor and sophomore Ben Rainero went on to finish second in the 4X800, while the men ’ s 4X400 of Flood, Curtis, freshmen Cam Hebert and Jordan Sher wood went on to win their event

Freshman Grant Sisserson continued his successful season with a first place, IC4A-qualifying pole vault Freshmen triple jumpers Robert Plummer, John Enkler, Weston Northrop, Tobenna Attah and Udochukwuka Eze all scored well, with Plummer placing first overall with an IC4A qualification

According to Eze, the ceiling is high for the Red, and the only direction to go is up

“Next meet, I'd like to see us showcase all the hard work we ' ve put in at practice,” Eze said “Ever ybody is in the midseason grind, so it's time to start putting up bigger numbers ”

The Red will be back in action Feb 7 at the New Balance Invitational at the Armor y in NYC, and then on Feb 8 at the Valentine Invitational at Boston University

Lisa Awaitey can be reached at sports@cornellsun com

Koll Env isions Brig ht

Future for Youn g Dean

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choose to pursue

“We didn’t really go after him until the summer before, when I met [his father] in the city for a wrestling event, and we spoke, and it turned out that [Dean] was maybe just a little too short to play big time Division I [football],” Koll said “Although, based on my experience with him, he’s such an athlete I’m sure he’d [have done] quite well ”

Dean said Cornell found him and his ultimate decision an easy one

“They came to my house and visited me and the rest is kind of history,” he said

The rest is certainly history, as Dean’s name is now commonplace in the wrestling community He was recently profiled in the Jan 20 issue of Spor ts Illustrated’s “Faces in the Crowd ”

Though it was the win over Ruth that catapulted him onto the national scene, Dean said that he went into the match just like any other

“I just kind of said he might pin me, he might attack me, he might major me, he might beat me; but I’m going to give him ever ything I’ve got, I’m going to give him seven minutes of hell,” he said

Dean went after Ruth right from the start of the match, pushing Ruth to the edge of the circle and putting him on the defensive

The senior took a quick step backwards as if he was startled by his opponent ’ s first move Dean scored his first two points just over two minutes into the match, and although Ruth took a 3-2 lead towards the end of the first period, Dean clawed his way back

“You know it’s a good feeling, definitely afterwards, just to see

that you ’ re improving throughout the season, ” he said of the match “What really matters is the National tournament in March, so that’s kind of what I keep my focus on ”

While the upset win has put a target on Dean’s back, the freshman said he tries not to feel the additional pressure that inevitably comes with such a victory

“You turn from nobody into a somebody and the people always want to take the top guy out, ” he said “But you know, the sun comes up the next morning, win or lose, you just go out there and compete as hard as you can, and that’s all you really control ”

To Koll, Dean is more than just the freshman who upset Ed Ruth He is the type of wrestler whom, like Kyle Dake ’13, it is possible to build a program around

“Obviously as a coach, these kinds of kids are one in a million,” Koll said “And he also attracts other talented wrestlers who are in high school still because they say that guy is going to an Ivy League school, he’s hopefully going to win a national championship if he can do it, I can do it So it’s like a domino effect ”

With the remainder of his freshman year and three full years still ahead of him, there is still much left to be written in Dean’s story And you never know; Ruth and Dean might meet again, on an even bigger stage in March

“I see multiple national titles and I see amazing leadership,” Koll said of the young wrestler’s future “And cer tainly if he decides that he wants to go on and pursue the Olympic dream, he certainly has the ability to do that at that level as well ”

Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun com

Men’s, Women’s Squash Take Down Dartmouth, Improve Ivy Standings

This past weekend, Cornell’s men ’ s squash team defeated Navy, 8-1, after falling earlier in the day to No 6 ranked Franklin & Marshall at Belkin International Squash Courts The Red went on to lose to Harvard, 8-1, falling to 5-5 overall and 2-2 in the Ivy League

The women ' s squash team started off the three-match weekend on a positive note with a 7-0 victory over Franklin & Marshall on Friday The match gave the Red its ninth consecutive win in its all-time series with the Diplomats Unfortunately, the women found less success the following day in its matchup against the Harvard Crimson, who currently stand nationally undefeated at No 1

On Sunday, the men ’ s squash team took down No 11 Dartmouth, 7-2, earning its second victory of the weekend Cornell, improving its record to 6-5 overall and 3-2 in the Ivy League, is ranked eighth nationally by the College Squash Association

The women ’ s squash team also snatched a win against Dartmouth Sunday, tacking on a seventh consecutive victory by the Red in the all-time series against the Green

For the men, senior Rishi Jalan came out strong at the start of the day to lead the squad with a three-game victory at the No 6 spot The squad rounded out the first rotation with a 2-1 lead after senior Bryan Keating defeated Kyle Martino in the No 3 position in four games

The Red came out on top in the middle rotation as well, earning victories in all three matches Senior Nick Sachvie (No 1) and sophomore Graham Dietz (No 7) tallied the final additional points for the Red and secured the squad’s spot in the eight-team tournament of the national championships, the Potter Cup

The women ultimately pulled through in a tight match Dartmouth put up a strong fight in the opening rotation in hopes of upsetting the Red (7-3, 3-2) Cornell trailed 2-1 at the onset as the Green won matches at the No 3 and No 6 spots Senior Laura Caty, competing at the No 9 spot, redeemed the Red and put the squad back on the board with an impressive five-game victory Following the win, the Red rode on positive momentum and secured the next two victories to give it the 4-2 lead

In the final rotation, juniors Danielle Letourneau (No 1), Lindsay Seginson (No 4) and sophomore Reut Odinak (No 7) led the squad to clinch the competition

Compiled by Sydney Altschuler

Men, Women S ee Mi xed Results In Last Weekend’s Competition

By ELANI COHEN Sun Staff Writer

Due to last week’s victories against Skidmore College, the women ’ s and men ’ s polo teams went into this past weekend with confidence The women came out strong on Saturday with a win against the Capitol Polo Club, but lost against the University of Connecticut on Sunday Like the women, the men ’ s squad also started its weekend on a positive note with

a win against the Toronto Polo Club

The women ’ s team kicked off its weekend events with a match against the Capitol Polo Club, played at the Oxley Equestrian Center The match began favorably for the Red, with senior Kailey Eldredge and sophomores Devin Cox and Anna Winslow giving the squad a 7-2 lead in the opening chukker

The team continued to outscore its

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Dean’s Dynamic Upset Proves

The Uncanny Cycles of Histor y

that these two wrestlers’ careers are now inextricably tied

Three years ago at the Southern Scuffle, a freshman from Penn State named Ed Ruth stepped out onto the mat in the 174 lbs semi-final A name that was just beginning to be discussed in the wrestling community, Ruth was competing in just his eighth meet as a Nittany Lion

Enter Cornell senior Mack Lewnes ’11 to the mat, a two-time Ivy League Wrestler of the Year, two-time NCAA qualifier and All-American To say Ruth was the underdog would be an understatement It was a matchup of David and Goliath proportions

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Southern Scuffle Ruth is a senior now and has since carried Penn State to the top of the national rankings After defeating Lewnes three years ago, Ruth’s wrestling career began to blossom Now riding an 84-match winning streak with two national championships under his belt, Ruth steps into the center circle and locks glares with an unfamiliar face It is the face of Cornell freshman Gabe Dean, one that is no longer unfamiliar on the national wrestling scene

The storyline behind Dean’s electrifying 7-4 win over Ruth in the 184-lb final of the Southern Scuffle last month is something that only a select few diehard wrestling fans know about In fact, Dean himself admitted that he “had no idea” about Ruth’s upset over Lewnes three years prior But history tends to work in interesting ways, and it is hard not to think about the implications of the fact

“We saw this young kid come in from Penn State, we said you know, he’s probably pretty good, but Mac will handle him And he went out and beat us, ” said head coach Rob Koll of the matchup three years ago “Hopefully history will repeat itself, because [Ruth] then beat us again at the National Championship ”

More than a month stands between Dean and the NCAA Championships, but it is a month in w h i c h t h e f re s h m a n will have ample opportunity to prove that his win over Ruth was not a mere fluke Wrestling success is in Dean’s blood His

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“I probably started wrestling, I think, around seven years old, and I got into it because my Dad wrestled in college and [he] just kind of had me around the sport at a young age, ” Dean said Though Dean was modest about his college recruitment process, saying that he “ wasn ’ t that h

Minnesota and Michigan did express interest in him

“It was an uphill battle trying to get him away from those two schools,” Koll said Koll added that he got to know Dean’s father over the years, as they both wrestled at the same time in college Dean was also being recruited to play football, and Koll was unsure which sport he would

Cornell Thrives at Kane Invitational

Flood placed second in the 1000

The Cornell track and field team hosted 15 college and club teams this weekend at the Robert J Kane Invitational in Barton Hall on Saturday The women walked away with seven event wins and five ECAC qualifications, while the men finished with eight event wins and ten IC4A qualifiers

The upperclassmen led the Red with strong performances

Iles, Kubiak Take Home Men’s Hockey ECAC Awards After Strong Weekend Versus Yale, Brown

After an important sweep of a pair of Ivy League foes on the road this past weekend, two men ’ s hockey players were recognized for their achievements Freshman forward Jeff Kubiak was named ECAC Rookie of the Week and senior goaltender Andy Iles received ECAC Goaltender of the Week honors

For Iles, it is the second time this season he has received the award The Red’s netminder made a total of 71 saves in the two games, allowing just three pucks past him He made 38 saves against No 13 Yale, including four crucial ones in the overtime period, allowing his team to hang on for the 3-2 victory One of those overtime saves came with 45 seconds left in the period, allowing junior forward Brian Ferlin to stage his

late game heroics

Kubiak captured his first Rookie of the Week honor this season after his strong offensive performance this weekend The freshman was a part of three of the Red’s five goals on the weekend, assisting on two and scoring one of his own His goal in the second period of the game against Yale was the first of his collegiate year, and would eventually force the overtime period He has four points over his last three games and eight on the season, seven of them coming off assists

Kubiak, Iles and the Red will return to ECAC play this weekend with a road matchup against Colgate Saturday

Compiled by Scott Chiusano

For the senior men, Montez Blair and Tommy Butler took the top two spots in the high jump, outperforming a field of ten competitors Junior Will Weinlandt finished as the top collegiate competitor in the 800 meter, finishing with a time of 1:54 63 All three qualified for IC4As

Fo r t h e s e n i o r w o m e n , Anjelique Parnell dominated the competition, placing first in the 60 meter dash and long jump She was one of just six runners in the 37-person event to break the eight second mark in the 60 m e t e r d a s h C l a s s m a t e

Dominique Corley landed just behind Parnell, earning second place for the Red

The junior men and women also played significant roles in the Red’s victories, all with top five finishes

Juniors Sam Belcher and Zach

while pole vaulter Steven Pawlak took third in his event

Female juniors Corey Dowe, Bori Tozser and Syd Williams took second, fourth and fifth in the mile, respectively, with Dowe earning the top collegiate spot and an ECAC qualification

Christine Driscoll placed third in the 5K, while Even Bishop pole vaulted to second and Renee McKee threw for third in the w o m e n ’ s we i g h t t h row Ab b i e Clifford took first place in the 500 meter dash with a time of 1:17 83 T h e

Freshmen Adrian Jones, Taylor Spillane, Libby Nolan and Ailis Clyne all placed in the top five in their events, with Jones recording an ECAC qualifier

The freshmen men also tallied up some impressive finishes to aid the Red this weekend Wynn Curtis placed second in the 60 m e t e r h u rd l e s w h i l e Ma r t i n Murillo took third in the weight throw Freshman James Gowans placed second overall as the top collegiate finisher in the mile with a time of 4:11 24 Meanwhile, fellow freshman David Taylor and Mark Tedder were close behind, all three qualifying for the IC4As