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Ballinger ’17 Pleads Not Guity to Rape Charges

By STEPHANIE YAN Sun Staff Writer

Wolfgang Ballinger ’17, president of Cornell’s Psi Upsilon fraternity, is pleading not guilty to charges of attempted sexual assault, according to James Baker, Ballinger’s attorney “His innocence will be established at the proper time and in the proper place which is in the courts, not in the media,” Baker said in a statement Police have charged Ballinger with firstdegree attempted rape, first-degree criminal sexual act and first-degree sexual abuse in connection with an incident which occured at the fraternity last Sunday morning In a crime alert, the Cornell University Police Deparment said a female student reported that she was led to a bedroom in the Psi Upsilon fraternity house and sexually assaulted at approximately 2 a m on Sunday

Investigators identified Ballinger Friday night, with the victim’s assistance, and he turned himself in to CUPD Friday, according to a police statement

Graduate Student Stipends Increase by

By DEVON GILLIAMS Sun Staff Writer

T h e C o r n e

Trustees approved a 2 3 percent increase in stipends for graduate research and teaching assistants in the 2016-17 academic year at its Jan 29 meeting, according to the University

The newly adjusted stipends will provide $25,152 for teaching and research assistants The fellowship stipend will range from $25,152 to $28,998, depending on the student’s field of study

The highest amount will be awarded to engineering, physical and life sciences

and the lowest awarded to arts, humanities and social science majors, according

School website

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graduate professional student assembly to determine an appropriate increase based on cost of living adjustments in Ithaca, according to Barbara Knuth, senior vice provost and dean of the Graduate School

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many of these concerns and continue to work toward solutions to these challenges

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based on a nine-month period, and addi-

By MAXWELL DOPSCH

Staff Writer

Cornell Tech has added four cyber security specialists to its Department of Computer Science, according to the University

The new professors’ collective work “ spans data encryption, cryptography, cryptocurrency, machine-learning and Internet of Things privacy and security,” according to a press release

One new addition, Prof Vitaly Shmatikov, computer science, emphasized that his research in security focuses on approaching problems from

unusual angles

tional funding is often provided by various departments, with an emphasis on funding for those students that stay in Ithaca for the summer These additional summer awards typically range from $5,200 to $8,200, according to the graduate school website Richard Walroth, grad, president of t

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Assembly, said that although the stipend increase is generous for a nine-month

Cornell over the summer may need addi-

“It is very exciting when I manage to find a fresh approach that lets us see a particular security or privacy problem in a new light,” Shmatikov said “ This includes finding new types of vulnerabilities, but also deeper understanding of what security and privacy should mean in the face of constantly emerging new threats ”

Prof Thomas Ristenpart, computer science, also said his research focuses on the issue of security in the 21st century

“I work on keeping information secure, both when it's being communicated over the

Internet and when it’s being stored,” Ristenpart said “This involves developing new encryption methods, as the ones we have are very often not as helpful as we'd like, either because of functionality problems, government sabotage or other subtle vulnerabilities ”

Despite his achievements in the field, Ristenpart said he was not always on track to become a leading computer scientist He said his decision to pursue graduate school was partially motivated by a passion much less academic than cryptogra-

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a c c o rd i n g t o L e s h e d Jo h n s o n D e a n S o u m i t r a D u t t a p r a i s e d h o w D T I ’ s c o u r s e w o r k “ c r o s s e s b o u n d a r i e s a n d i n t e r a c t s w i t h i n d u s t r i e s ” i n t h e p re s s re l e a s e “ T h i s i s a n e x a m p l e o f t h e k i n d o f c l a s s we n e e d t o h a ve m o re o f a t C o r n e l l , ” Du t t a s a i d St u d e n t s w i l l t a k e c o u r s e s o f f e re d by p ro f e s s o r s i n b o t h t h e Jo h n s o n S c h o o l a n d t h e De p a r t m e n t o f In f o r m a t i o n S c i e n c e , h e a r a d v i c e f r o m g u e s t s p e a k e r s o n m a n a g i n g t e c h n o l o g y a n d t e a m c

faith released a first issue that will be distributed throughout campus next week, according to Esther Jiang ’16, the journal’s founder and editor-in-chief Jiang and a group of students w h o a r e p a s s i o n a t e a b o u t t h e i r Christian faith and eager to share it w i t h o t h

l Claritas last year The group wanted to develop discussion of their faith in a novel setting, according to Jiang “ When we created a team for Cornell Claritas, we were tr ying to find a ne w way to do it on campus, ” Jiang said “Fellowship groups have a good presence on c a m p u s b u t w e also realize that we are in a ver y academic setting, so we w a n t e d t o b r i n g the conversation to our studies, think critically about our faith and explore if the tr uth we find in the Gospel is the tr uth that is relevant to all areas of life ”

“ We are not tr ying to preach anything,” Nystrom said “ We are t r y i n g t o s t a r t a d i s c u s s i o n a n d share our vie wpoint about deeper things like tr uth and what it really means ”

The journal will include nine ar ticles written by students from a number of different majors, according to Jiang “ We h a v e a s t u d e n t w r i t i n g a b o u t p h i l o s o p h i c a l s k e p t i c i s m , exploring what some of the arguments against the philosophy of skepticism are, ” Jiang said

Other ar ticles include an essay about how donating blood is an act of love and an exploration of the re l a t i o n s h i p b e t we e n C h r i s t i a n i t y and environmental issues

“We come from a Christian perspective, but we also want to hear about other people’s ideas ”

Jiang said the journal is intended to be a semesterlong project that c u l m i n a t e s i n a ne w issue at the e n d o f e v e r y semester Writers a l s

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The journal’s purpose is to stimulate dialogue between Christians a n d n o n - C h r i s t i a n s o n c r i t i c a l issues in their life and faith, according to Ellie Schmucker ’19, the journal’s production manager “ The intent is to engage the campus in an intellectual conversation,” Schmucker said “ We come from a Christian perspective, but we also want to hear about other people’s ideas and foster a pluralistic vie w ”

Although it discusses Christian t o p i c s , t h e C o r n e l l C l a r i t a s founders intended the journal to be read by readers of different faiths, according to John Nystrom ’18, the

“ We are tr ying to put out an issue ever y semester that is more essay-based,” Jiang said “But we are also looking for different talents like ar t, design, poetr y, to join us in what we are doing because we think that different mediums speak to different people in special ways and it’s impor tant that we embrace that kind of variety in our journal ” Schmucker added that Cornell Claritas is looking for other ways to engage the Cornell community in

ever yday issues

“I’ve had really interesting discussions about ever ything from separation of church and state to racial t

departments or outside sources

“Since not all grad students are paid additionally over summer, we still think that that’s too low,” Walroth said “And in terms of being a set minimum, [the stipend is] still a bit too low, considering many grad students are here over the summer ” Research and teaching assistants also

work more than 15 hours a week the average that the Board of Trustees assumed when deciding stipends according to Michaela Brengan grad

“As a T A , I get paid the minimum rate and I spend much more time than that working, depending on the size of my class and the time of the semester, ” Brengan said Brengan agreed, saying she thinks the stipends are still not enough to cover the various expenses that graduate students

incur living in Ithaca

“For people for whom cars are necessary, paying for repairs is a big issue,” Brengan said “Ithaca winters the current one excepted wreak havoc on vehicles, and mechanics in this area are quite expensive For the many international students Cornell has, getting home even once a year can be a real hardship ”

Brengan said graduate students also lack funding to offset the cost of finding a job

CORNELL TECH Continued from page 1 STIPEND Continued from page 1

after graduation, due to “the expenses of travel, application fees and buying presentable professional attire,” Brengan said Students on the job market face substantial bills from applications to dozens of jobs, Brengan added, and the stipend increase may not be sufficient to cover costs until they find employment

Devon Gilliams can be reached at dgilliams@cornellsun com

Ballinger ’17 Faces Tues. Hearing Journal to Open Christian Dialogue

Ballinger allegedly attempted to have s e x u a l i n t e rc o u r s e w i t h t h e s t u d e n t , forced her to have oral sex and sexually violated her with his hands The student repeatedly refused by saying “I don’t want to ” and “I’m too intoxicated,” according to court documents

Ballinger is charged with one Class D and two Class B felonies He was remanded to the Tompkins County Jail and will receive a preliminar y hearing Feb 9 at the Ithaca City Court, according to The Ithaca Journal

The University placed Psi Upsilon on interim suspension Monday, following the sexual assault allegations

Ps i Up s i l o n Exe c u t i ve Di re c t o r

Thomas Fox said in a statement that the fraternity’s values do not support sexual assault

“Sexual assault, and any form of sexual harassment, is against our policy and in

opposition of the values of Psi Upsilon,” Fox said “Our chapter is cooperating with Cornell’s investigation into this matter and any members involved will be held accountable ”

“deeply disturbed” by Ballinger’s alleged actions

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Cornell, and if these allegations are substantiated, those involved will be held accountable,” Garrett said “Although I

Interfraternity Council to mandate additional training for its members, we will be considering what additional steps should be taken to ensure the Greek community at Cornell is living up to our institutional standard of excellence and respect for others ”

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Sohyung Kim can be reached at sohyungkim@cornellsun com

“I played a lot of ultimate frisbee in college and going to graduate school meant I could keep playing competitively for a n o t h e r y e a r o r t w o , ”

Ristenpar t said It wasn ’ t until his first semester of graduate s t u d y t h a t h e said he became p a s s i o n a t e about research B o t h Ristenpar t and S h m a t i k o v e x p r e s s e d e x c i t e m e n t a b o u t b e i n g a par t of Cornell Tech’s team

“ I f e e l t h a t this is a unique o p p o r t u n i t y t o c re a t e a n e w type of university, something t h a t h a s n o t h a p p e n e d i n America in at least 100 years, ” Shmatikov said R i s t e n p a r t a d d e d t h a t h e believes Cornell Tech has the potential to break the mold of traditional research universities

Ristenpar t spoke highly of the strong base provided by the Un i v e r s i t y ’ s m a i n c a m p u s i n Ithaca

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“The security research group spans across both campuses, providing a density of expertise that is hard i f n o t i m p o s s i b l e to find elsewhere ” T h

density of exper tise that is hard if not impossible t o f i n d e l s e w h e r e , ” he said “ We wouldn't be able to do a good job on

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looking for ward to “the first Cornell Tech ‘unicorn’ [a star tup valued at over one billion dollars], and the realization that other universities have star ted copying some of our ideas on education in the 21st centur y, ” he said “Oh, and confirmation that there will be a good gym on the n e w c a m p u s , ”

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Morethan four decades have elapsed since the enactment of Title IX the landmark legislation that banned sex discrimination in federally funded activities and toppled robust barriers for female athletes Plenty of women have leapt over gender-based hurdles in the subsequent years the number of girls playing high school sports has increased every consecutive year for the last quarter century, a record number of viewers tuned in for the U S women ’ s finals at the 2015 World Cup and celebritystatus professionals such as Serena Williams and Ronda Rousey have shattered popular expectations of the female body’s limits Vestiges of 20th century challenges for female athletes lowered opportunities and expectations, funding deficiencies, racism and homophobia endure, though purportedly to a lessened degree than in the past

with violence The barrage of insults takes the form of racist stereotyping (her body transcends a Eurocentric feminine standard and that irks people) and misogynist complaints about strong women (her prowess transgresses expectations about what women can do, and again, that irks people)

Mo’ne Davis, the record-shattering 14-year-old baseball player, already knows the same online abuse When Disney announced plans to create a movie based on Davis’ athletic success, a male baseball player tweeted his disgust, calling Davis a “slut ” The connection to sexuality, operating as an insult, exposes the use of gendered and racialized tropes to undercut her power Davis became privy to the bombardment of insults, racial stereotyping, and gender questioning that female athletes stomach

ers and moderators Reporting harassment becomes synonymous with a stunted sense of humor and/or censorship In recent years, many media sites have begun to revise their policies to protect against online violence in 2015, Twitter leaked a memo in which CEO Dick Costolo admitted, “We suck at dealing with abuse ” The calls for upheaval are uplifting, though the overwhelming whiteness and male-dominated nature of tech development calls into question how impactful and comprehensive the promised changes will be

The terror that women in sports confront online can be costly, and we know that virtually transmitted threats can, and do, transform into real-life violence

Yet police officers rarely take seriously reports of online abuse, even when directed at specific persons

If individuals will not give up their online rampages, if Twitter and other tech giants will not react sufficiently, if the police will not take women seriously, who will prevent online violence against women in athletics?

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While the topography of restrictions for women entering athletics has certainly evolved since 1972, four decades of “ progress ” have not obliterated the materiality of discrimination against female athletes Rather, obstacles tend to take a different character than they did forty years ago The tech innovations of the late 20th century and the digitalization of sports media and athletic communities have unleashed a Pandora’s box of new obstructions for athletes, which manifest in the form of online harassment, cyber threats, doxing and indifference from authorities

Since their inception, virtual forums have proven to be fertile cultures for sludgy caricatures of human conversations The anonymity embedded in Internet spaces proffers an element of invisibility and lawlessness You can fire off whatever acrid slur you wish from behind the protective facelessness of your username, knowing that most readers will be unable to associate your identity with the aspersion you ’ ve deposited The lack of accountability, and the virtual distance between users, has prompted media scholars to analyze the scrapping of social courtesies in favor of slimy diatribes and violent one-liners in cyberspace

Harassment in virtual reality wields a particularly gendered and racialized edge Female athletes, spectators and sports broadcasters often find themselves the target of acerbic taunts, racist and misogynist stereotypes, and graphic fantasies of violence, which, at times, directly threaten them with rape and murder A 2014 Pew Research Center study reveals that over one third of women have experienced threats and/or stalking online Amanda Hess further cites that 72 5 percent of reports of online harassment from 2000 to 2012 have come from women

Women who work in fields traditionally dominated by men, such as athletics, endure heightened levels of virtual persecution Serena Williams has withstood a torrential onslaught of internet analysis anonymous users (and credited journalists) attempt to undermine her credibility on the court by questioning her gender, body shape, sexuality and athletic ability, as well as threatening her

And of course, this type of online vitriol is not reserved for athletes Julie DiCaro, an anchor for a Chicago-based sports radio program, published Tweets from listeners calling her a “ cunt, ” “whore,” and a “ musty old fuck” who should “ go raise [her] kids and get off Twitter ” She cites colleagues who have been called a “fucking pussy bitch,” and a “ stupid ignorant cunt, ” as well as the numerous well-wishers sending their hopes that she ends up in prison, endures sexual violence, and ultimately becomes prey to a righteous murderer DiCaro describes the translation of preTitle IX sentiments (that women belong in grocery stores and PTA meetings, not at football games) into the Twitter-sphere Because much of sports commentary takes place online, harassers who try to push women out of Twitter discussions effectually attempt to exclude women from sports spaces and athletic careers Jemele Hill and Adena Andrews, prominent columnist and a social media editor, respectively, for ESPN, share repertoires of similarly nauseating slurs that Twitter users have hurled at them, including a verbose racist tirade and daily anti-woman memos Hill asserts, “When it comes to sports, women are big targets for abuse because we are supposedly infiltrating a space that has been decidedly male ” As people of all genders join men in athletics, yellow-bellied MRAs spew hateful comments online in hopes that threatening women will scare them off “ men ’ s turf ” (and fend off the emasculation that gender justice ostensibly inflicts)

The molestation of women online is facilitated and upheld by the passivity with which authorities respond to cyber threats Written off as hysterical, irrational and prone to fabrication, women often encounter dead ends when reporting harassment to site own-

Hess illustrates the repercussions of law enforcement’s inactivity; women have had to leave their homes, change their phone numbers and go into hiding, and some have endured physical violence

Many victims of online abuse opt not to report the risk of retraumatization, disbelief and stigmatization within the adjudication process is high, and the probability of justice frequently feels out of reach Authorities often dismiss online harassment as a “joke” or inconsequential noise in an ocean of rancorous online comments In the most unjust of paradoxes, victims of online abuse are sometimes blamed for provoking threats and harassment This attitude suggests that if abuse is built into modes of virtual exchanges then women should simply remove themselves from unwelcoming spaces and expunge authorities of the obligation to reenvision spaces so that people of all genders can participate

If individuals will not give up their online rampages, if Twitter and other tech giants will not react sufficiently, if the police will not take women seriously, who will prevent online violence against women in athletics? We cannot pretend 40-year-old laws will extend sufficient protections for athletes in a vastly altered society

As a nation whose social fabric is becoming increasingly imbricated in cyber-communication, we need to adapt our legal frameworks to fit a new age Violence has many incarnations U S athletics have outgrown existing legal protections; if federal law purports to defend against discrimination in sports, legislators need to reconfigure legal structures to prevent harassment in all athletic communities on and offline

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American DIY music is squarely in the era of Ex p l o d i n g i n So u n d Re c o rd s T h e B o s t o n - b o r n , Brooklyn-based label has quickly evolved into the premier tastemaker among a certain crowd with a certain sound, claiming a massive range of artists spanning from Big Ups to Palehound And let’s not forget the integral hand Exploding in Sound played in launching the careers of Speedy Ortiz, Porches and LVL UP

Just two weeks after releasing Washer’s stellar Here Comes Washer and two weeks ahead of a slated Kal Marks drop EIS is making ripples with a new Two Inch Astronaut record, Personal Life

Their debut, 2014’s Foulbrood, was grungy punk as viewed through an academic lens While not exactly math rock, Foulbrood weaved intricate guitars through a thicket of noise Its intricacy was fresh and welcome, but above all, it was loud Despite its texture, its beating heart was still that of a rock album, accessible in its intelligence

Personal Life, the Maryland group ’ s second L P , follows squarely in that tradition Two Inch Astronaut clearly still view themselves as everyman rockers, and it’s this outlook that underlies a record that’s even more a n g u l a r t h a n t h e i r f i r s t Be n e a t h Pe r s o n a l Li f e ’ s labyrinthine riffs lies a punk frustration evident in its intensity

The peanut butter to this intensity’s jelly is the

Imustalbum’s overwhelming density Each track is a thick jungle of looping, winding riffs and abrupt jumps between fast and slow, loud and soft

The album’s technicality borders on mathy at times, particularly on the spikes of “Sexual Prince of the Universe” and sharp corners of “A Happy Song ”

The knotty guitars and jerky tempo are particularly obvious on tracks without a howling, traditional rock chorus yet this is where Two Inch Astronaut are at their best The record’s title track, shared as an early single but somewhat stylistically different from the rest of the album, is more driving and jumpy Nestled in between quiet verses and angsty bridges is a more straightforward, snarling chorus that begs you to shout along with it Despite its display of musicianship, “Personal Life” is a standard punk track with far more control over the gearshift it stops on a dime and starts right back up again and skids from boisterous to nearsilent

Other tracks stand above the album in this way, too The swirling seas of jumbled verses part for a howl-along chorus on “Good Behavior” wiry ’90s revival as filtered through the mind of Ben Gibbard and “Topper Shutt,” a pile of stacked distortion that builds into an angry nasal whine

Two Inch Astronaut’s disaffected aesthetic is plucked straight from their area ’ s alternative ’90s legacy, and this

is intentional Personal Life was produced by J Robbins of D C rock royalty, having made his name with Jawbox, Government Issue, Burning Airlines and a lengthy production resume This adopted sound provides the backbone for Two Inch Astronaut’s wildly textured songwriting

At times, though, the texture comes at the expense of melody At their most knotty, such as on “Andy’s Progress Report,” the impenetrable forest of intricate riffs ebb and flow in a way that’s impressive, if not too finely constructed for a rock song

While each twist and turn is compelling in itself, the record’s sheer density makes particularly re-playable tracks a rarity Rather, Personal Life works best as a gestalt The individual tracks tend to blend into one another and get lost in the tornado of techy riffs But it’s a fun 35 minutes it passes like a blur, begging you to take in even part of its staggering heft

Many Exploding in Sound bands have made careers out of exploring mazes of wobbly riffs; Palehound and Speedy Ortiz immediately come to mind Two Inch Astronaut fit right in with the EIS roster if a web of snarling distortion and antagonistic vocals makes you salivate, Personal Life should be squarely in your wheelhouse

Mike Sosnick is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at msosnick@cornell sun edu

The True Crime Renaissance

have witnessed hundreds of murders before I turned ten If you walked into my house at any one time during my childhood, chances were there was some true crime show 48 Hours, Forensic Files, Unsolved Mysteries playing on the tube. We never actively sought these programs out, they were just there, on A&E or TLC, the kind of entertainment that you just point your eyeballs at for 30 minutes as you relax

For the longest time, I turned my nose up at these shows; they were base, tacky and even disrespectful, but I still watched I mean, these people had died, and often their killer had never been caught Entertainment fundamentally based around loss of life seems about as close to The Hunger Games as we’ll ever get

I still remember the eerie feeling I had as my family gathered around the television to catch one particular episode of Unsolved Mysteries that featured the rape and murder of an old family friend My family had known this person, actually known this person, and we’d all tuned in to see these dramatic

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m e mbers and relive the tragedy all over again I could not and cannot, to this day, fathom that kind of masochism

Why on earth do we enjoy true crime television? There’s a line to be drawn between fantasy and the truly macabre that remains unseen I’m not one to shy from the disturbing or gruesome, but even I understand that not ever ything deser ves a graphic dramatization.

Of course, I may be the most culpable viewer of them all, having gleefully devoured Serial, The Jinx, Making a Murderer and now American Crime Story: The People v O J Simpson, each within the last year and a half, and each a truly watershed moment in pop culture

One could say recent true crime has been serial killing it

No longer are the days of shoddy reenactments and over-dramatic music cues before ever y commercial break Today, longform true crime delves far deeper into

the minutiae of evidence, the complexity (well, more like fallibility) of law enforcement and the psychology of the killer than ever before It’s not snuff TV, but it’s getting there

What sets these new shows apart from their forebears, aside from the luxur y of time spent on in-depth handwriting analysis or excruciating cross-examination of corrupt detectives, is their reluctance to see the world as morally absolute In the days of 48 Hours or Forensic Files, it was clear from the beginning that the cops were the good guys, desperately tr ying to solve a cold case, and if you had any information regarding the whereabouts Serial, on the other hand, never shies away from pointing out the incompetence of Baltimore law enforcement and Making a Murderer outright indicts the Manitowoc police force of railroading Steven Aver y through the system based on socio-economic prejudice

The Jinx, more of an experiment in criminal psychology, forces the viewer to become so intimately acquainted with the accused that they may begin to empathize with him and can you even empathize with someone who has no empathy? The “good guys ” aren ’ t necessarily the good guys anymore More and more has been written about the rise of grey morality and antiheroes on television in the last decade, but I believe the cliché rings true here

The latest show in this lineage, American Crime Story, is an interesting case as it already assumes even demands a passing familiarity with the stor y of O J Simpson Of course, almost ever yone knows the key bullet points of the double murder and trial/reality show that followed: the white Bronco, Mark Fuhrman, ‘if it doesn’t fit, you must acquit” and all On top of that, ACS may be the most dramatized of all true crime TV to date; after all, it is a star-studded tour de force with the likes of Cuba

Gooding Jr , Courtney B Vance, Sarah Paulson, David Schwimmer, and John “Adele Dazeem” Travolta from the mind of Ryan Murphy, the guy who brought you Glee and American Horror Story Not exactly the benchmark of truthful, precise stor ytelling

But make no mistake: as of the first episode, ACS is good Really, really good I’ve said that about pretty much ever y Murphy endeavor so far his shows seem

to be cursed with fizzling out like, five episodes in but this one feels different, almost as if it’s ushering in an entirely new era of true crime on television Is it actually true? Does that even matter, so long as it makes for good television?

And it does make for good television, that much is certain Maybe it’s something about the tendency of armchair sleuths to play along with the case from the comfort of the computer screen, or the thrill of watching something “ true ” rather than the bore of watching something true, or the real, powerful emotions that death evokes in each of us, or some morbid combination of the three It’s comforting, in some wicked way, knowing that we can take these moments of despair and divert ourselves from our own tragedies, if only for a few hours

Sean Doolittle is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at sdoolittle@cornellsun com Pu l p Fi c t Se a n r uns alternate Mondays this semester

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Red Loses Home Matches to Quinnipiac and Princeton

By KEITH BOLLT Sun Staff Writer

Facing two ranked teams with sparkling goalie save percentages and minuscule goalsallowed-per-game averages, Cornell women ’ s hockey could only muster one goal in 120 minutes of play

The Red (9-12-4, 5-9-4 ECAC) currently in ninth place in the ECAC was not able to pick up any ECAC points in a winless weekend They fell 4-1 to Quinnipiac (23-2-4, 13-2-3) on Friday

evening and gave up two empty net goals en route to a 5-0 loss to Princeton (19-5-1, 125-1) Saturday afternoon

The final score of a hockey game is not always indicative of how both teams played Quinnipiac was very strong on Friday, with impressive individual performances that demonstrated why they are first in the ECAC and ranked fourth in the country

However, Cornell head coach Doug Derraugh ’91 believes his team had a good game against the Bobcats

“I thought we played really well,” he said

“It was one of our best games [all season] ”

On Friday, Cornell jumped out to an early lead by capitalizing only 1:45 into the game on a goal by freshman for ward Christian Higham Quinnipiac answered with a goal of their own less than two minutes later, and it would stay knotted right there until the final minutes of the second period

“We battled the whole time,” said senior defenseman and team captain Cassandra Poudrier “The effort was there ”

The Bobcats scored two more times in the third to make it a three-goal difference despite, ironically, being outshot 14-7 by the Red in the frame

“I don’t think anything changed,” said junior forward Hanna Bunton “They capitalized [on their opportunities] ” a

The third period was perhaps Cornell’s strongest; Poudrier said the Red thrived by playing “desperate” hockey with time running out

“I thought we were all over them,” she said

The result was not there in the end, but Derraugh was happy with what he saw from his team on Friday He emphasized continuing that strong play into the next day’s game, along with tr ying to convert offensive opportunities into goals by taking more shots

“We told them they were on the right track,” he said “Sometimes when you ’ re not scoring you play on the perimeter, which is the opposite of what you want to do ”

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-ing performance kept Cornell in a game in which it never led Offensively, the Red looked for equalizers looked for equalizers twice and came through on both attempts After falling b e h i n d i n t h

f i r s t p e r i o d , j u n i o r f o r w a rd Je f f Ku b i a k wrapped a shot around the post to tie the score early in the second

But Quinnipiac responded quickly, scoring on a power play to regain the lead Over 20 m i n u t e s o f s c o re l e s s h o c k e y ended when freshman forward Mitch Vanderlaan scored at the 17:31 mark, forcing overtime

Both teams created chances in overtime, but strong goaltending prevented either team from sneaking away with a win

On Saturday night, Cornell squared off against a much different opponent in Princeton (5-16-2, 2-11-2 ECAC) The Tigers sit in second to last place in the ECAC standings and are still developing The Tigers are a young squad and lack the tale n t o f a p owe r h o u s e l i k e Quinnipiac

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Balance was key for Cornell all night Five separate players scored at least 10 points Aside from Hatter and Morgan, Smith added 13, and junior for ward David Onuorah and sophomore forward Jordan Abdur-Ra’oof each

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played relatively mistake-free hockey for much of the night and actually gave Cornell problems at both ends of the ice

Still, only one error can prove fatal in the ECAC and such was the case on Saturday evening A pretty good Cornell shift midway through the second period had Princeton pinned in t h e i r zo n e A s b o t h t e a m s c h a n g e d l i n

n defenseman tried to clear the puck out He did not see freshman defenseman Alec McCrea, who came off the bench for the Red and intercepted the puck at the blue line A brilliant pass from McCrea hit senior forw a rd Jo h n K n i s l e y r i g h t i n stride

Knisley gathered the puck and ripped a long shot from just outside the left circle It was n o t a n e n t i re l y c l e a n s h o t , which may have in fact helped the Red, as the puck fluttered wildly before sailing under the Princeton goalie’s left armpit

It was fitting that the senior captain scored the decisive goal, as Cornell held on to win 1-0 Knisley has since returned to the lineup after battling injuries earlier in the season He is a team leader both on and off the

ice, and his perseverance is a constant motivator for younger players on the team battling adversity

“The guys love him and he was voted a captain for a reas o n , ” Sye r s a i d “ I t h o u g h t tonight in particular he really gave our guys a spark ” Syer praised Knisley’s ability to get above Princeton defenders and his great effort on the forecheck

At a time in which the season is still very much up in the air, Cornell needs its leaders to step up and carry the team into playoff position Only 16 teams make the national tournament, so Cornell will need move up at least one spot in the rankings to secure a spot

It appears, at least for now, that the Red have survived their worst run of the season and are heading in the right direction A win and a tie in two road

g a m e s , o n e o f w h i c h w a s against the No 1 team in the country, is a very strong performance

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back, connecting on a layup and then a 3-pointer Despite a couple late baskets from the Red, Brown connected on all six of its free throws with under a minute left and was able to hold on for the victory

The Yale game was a completely different story The Bulldogs scored the first basket and never

looked back With three minutes left in the first half, Yale had stretched its lead to 46-18

The big story of the night was

rebounds as the Red had

3 more assisted baskets than the

Saturday’s game in many ways mirrored Friday’s Facing a strong opponent, Cornell kept the game tied in the first half, before their opponent began to find the back of the net in the third period Just as on Friday, Derraugh thought his team played a strong if not flawless game Saturday

“We made a couple of defensive mistakes,” he said “I thought we played hard ” Brown points out that senior Princeton goalie Kimberly Newell was a big part of the reason the Red were not able to get on the board Saturday

“[Newell] made a lot of really great saves, ” she said

Poudrier believes that her team was up to the task of the Tigers For her, Saturday’s game was about who was able to finish off their offensive opportunities

“I thought we worked really hard,” she said ”The effort was there They just capitalized They scored when they had the chance to and we didn’t ”

Cornell knew coming in that it would be difficult to make a move in the ECAC standings this weekend given the caliber of the opponents The Red are disappointed in the final score but encouraged by the way they played

“It would have been nice to have gotten two points [in one of the games],” Bunton said “We just have to bear down on our scoring chances ”

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Manning and Newton

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2011), but the similarities essentially end there Newton, at 26 years old, is coming into his own in his fifth season as the Carolina Panthers’ Quarterback He led his team to their best regular season record, 15-1, and was named NFL MVP Manning, 39, on the other hand, is probably playing his last f o o t b a l l g a m e o f h i s 1 8 - y e a r career

Ma n n i n g h a s b e c o m e arguably one of the best quarterbacks of all time He has 71,940 career passing yards the most in NFL histor y and won the MVP award five times He also won the Super Bowl with the Indianapolis Colts in 2007 This i s Ne w t o n ’ s f i r s t Su p e r B ow l appearance but probably not his last Newton has ushered in a new style of quarterback and already h a s 4 3 c a re e r r u s h i n g t o u c hdowns To put that in perspective, Manning only has 18 in his entire career Newton has been gaining recognition for how he’s changing the quarterback position He is probably the most effective shortyardage rusher in the league and is attracting attention for the way

he’s been redefining what it means to be a pocket passer It truly is a face-off between the old generation and the new, and probably the last time for a while that we will see a game like this

T h e s e t w o q u a r t e r b a c k s a re two of the greatest currently playing in the league and are certainly making cases for becoming some of the greatest of all time But they’re just missing each other Peyton is most likely on his way on to retirement after 18 seasons filled with major highs and some lows, while Newton is just beginning to make the game his own After battling hip surger y and missing a few games this season, this game is Manning’s last shot to tie up his ring count with younger brother Eli This is an emotional game for Manning It’s his sendoff into retirement No matter what happens, he will forever be known as one of the best quarterbacks in recent histor y So while the league will most likely be saying goodbye to one of its greats this week, it will also be welcoming the future of football onto its grandest stage

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Red

“You have to make shots to get assists,” Courtney said “If you set guys up for shots and they miss, then you can ’ t get the assist ” Morgan continued his magical season and finished as the team ’ s leading scorer, notching 20 points in the loss He was the only Cornell player in double digits

Courtney admitted that it is tough to think positively after this weekend

Courtney said “That’s the one thing we’ll take from it We got to continue to fight, I think we did that in the second half of the Yale game where we didn’t hang our heads, but we instead continued to fight ”

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Cornell Uses Big Run to Blast Past Yale, Extending Win Streak

l i n e h e l p e d t h e Re d c l o s e o u t t h e v i c t o r y

C o m p i l e d b y A d a m B r o n f i n

Marshall Building off Last Year’s Success

Ni a Ma r s h a l l c o n t i nu e d h e r c a mp a i g n f o r Iv y League Player of the Year with yet a n o t h e r d o m in a n t w e e k e n d Sh e t o t a l e d 2 3 points and nine rebounds in the team ’ s win over Br ow n a n d added 18 points i n t h e v i c t o r y against Yale She was third in the Ivy League

i n s c o r i n g l a s t s e a s o n ( 1 6 3 ppg) and fifth in re b o u n d s p e r game (7 3) and was selected onto the all Ivy first

t e a m T h e l a s t w o m e n ’ s p l a y e r s e l e c t e d o n t o

t h i s t e a m w a s

Je o m i Ma d u k a in 2008

A v e r a g i n g 17 8 points this season which l e a d s t h e Iv y League she is on pace to surpass her average from last season He r 5 0 4 f i e l d

g o a l p e r c e n t a g e also ranks fourth i n t h e l e a g u e , a n d s h e i s n o t s h ow i n g a n y signs of cooling off M a r s h a l l and the Red take on Princeton this Fr i d a y a s t h e t e a m c o n t i n u e s t o f i g h t f o r a league t i t l e C o m p i l e d by Sh a n Dh a l i w a l Looking Back Princeton Harvard 92 83 Sunday, February 7

Hockey Plays to Draw Against No. 1 Quinnipiac

By TROY BRIDSON Sun Staff Writer

Coming into the weekend, No 17 Cornell men ’ s hockey (12-7-4, 7-6-3 ECAC) desperately needed a strong showing in two road games to rebound from a four-game losing streak The Red averaged one goal per game during the skid a mark that simply isn’t up to par in the competitive East Coast Athletic Conference

“We have to play faster and move pucks quicker into the offensive zone, ” said associate head coach Ben Syer “We also have to make poised plays once we get in there ” Syer described the importance of sustaining net presence Ideally, the puck is cycled down near the crease to drag defending forwards below the circles The puck is then passed out to the points where defensemen can get open shots on net

Positioning players in front of the net block the goaltender’s vision and sometimes create deflections that are difficult to stop Cornell searched for this type of offensive execution Friday night to try and right their worsening record

But snapping a losing streak on the road against No 1 Quinnipiac (21-1-5, 12-0-4 ECAC) was no easy task The Red faced an uphill battle, but the team produced a strong enough performance to snatch a point in a 2-2 tie

Shifting momentum | The men’s hockey season took a positive turn this weekend when the team’s win against Princeton halted the Red’s winless streak at seven games

“Going up against a number one team and having an opportunity as a group to come away with a point was big,” Syer said “At the end of the day we were pretty pleased ” It was a nice homecoming for Syer, who was associate head coach at Quinnipiac for 12 seasons prior to joining the Cornell coaching staff Syer is currently filling in for head coach Mike Schafer ’86

tors ” Syer now has an NCAA career head coaching record of 5-0-1 He credited the team for a terrific all around performance and noted the impact of senior goalie Mitch Gillam

“Mitch was a big reason why we had a good weekend points wise,” Syer said “He understands the game, is competitive, tracks the puck well and gives our guys a great deal of confidence ” On Friday night, Gillam knotted 39 saves against an impressive Quinnipiac offense This sensational goaltend-

“It was a little emotional,” Syer said “I spent a long time there and Coach Rand [Pecknold] is one of my men-

Red Drops Two Games to Ivy Opponents

Hype around Hatter’s return dampened by losses to Brown and Yale

By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

After sending ripples through the Ivy League by sweeping a pair of road games last weekend, Cornell men ’ s basketball followed it up this weekend with two losses Brown pulled away in the final minutes to pull off an 86-80 victory, while Yale led wire-to-wire on route to an 83-52 domination of the Red Junior guard Robert Hatter who injured himself days before the team ’ s first Ivy League game against Columbia in January made his return this

we e k e n d b u t s t r u g g l e d t o f i n d h i s rhythm

“Any time you miss four weeks of action, there’s going to be a lit-

t l e r u s t , ” s a i d h e a d coach Bill Cour tney

Brow n Fre s h m a n guard Matt Morgan

a l s o n o t c h e d 1 9 points on the night

T“He’s not 100 percent right now He’s trying to figure out where he can be effective It’s like starting all over again In practice, he’s got to figure out where his recovery is at and what his role on the team is ” Hatter scored 19 points while shooting seven of 22 from the floor against

The Red got off t o a q u i c k s t a r t , scoring the game ’ s f i r s t s i x p o i n t s Following a couple of lay-ups and jump

s h o t s f ro m Brow n f o r w a rd C e d r i c K u a k u m e n s a h , however, the Bears took a 15-12 lead Kuakumensah finished the game with 1 6 p o i n t s o n a n e f f i c i e n t 7 - f o r - 1 0 shooting

“We made a lot of mistakes defensively at the beginning of the Brown game, ” Courtney said “We didn’t get over on the outside of the floor, which we needed to do and talked about all week That really hurt us We shot o u r s e l ve s i n t h e f o o t m o re t h a n Kuakumensah dominated us ” Brown stretched the lead later in the first half to nine, but a quick rally from the Red capped off by junior guard Darryl Smith’s shot with one second left helped cut the deficit to three Cornell struggled out of the break, as has been its struggle in the past several games The Bears took advantage, opening the lead back up to nine However, the Red using a balanced offensive

his column is going to run after the Super Bowl has already been played and won, but it would seem wrong to write about anything that was not Super Bowl-related on Super Bowl weekend And

Though the two will not actually have a face-to-face showdown because that’s how football works it will still be a cross-generational battle of sorts The two quarterbacks are similar in that both stand tall at 6-foot-5 and were number one draft picks of their year (Manning in 1998 and Newton in

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no matter the outcome this past Sunday as it will prove historic for whichever team and quarterback wins the impressiveness of the matchup between the two quarterbacks remains One of the big things that everyone keeps bringing up regarding Sunday s Super Bowl is how it is a shame to see two great quarterbacks finally play against each other but at almost opposite points of the spectrum in their careers Cam Newton is on the rise, while Peyton Manning is probably playing in the last Super Bowl of his career