02-12-13

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

Univ. Forms Sexual A ssault Support Group

By KRITIKA OBEROI Sun Staff Wr ter

In the wake of reports of sexual assault on and near campus last semester, Gannett Health Services will provide a 10-week sexual assault support program for women this semester The support group, which was also offered several years ago, will be open to undergraduate, graduate and professional students at Cornell starting Feb 12

“In the last semester, we ’ ve really had a dialogue on campus about sexual assault and it seemed like the right time to offer [the support group] again,”

Training, Groups and After-Hours On-Call at Gannett

Each group will consist of six to eight women and will focus on self-care and the emotional con-

Student s Prot est Proposed Diversity Course Requirements

By JINJOO LEE Sun Senior Writer

The Campus Liberty Project a student group that believes “ every undergraduate should have as much freedom as realistically feasible to craft an individual academic curriculum” created an online petition Sunday decrying the proposed creation of University-wide curriculum requirements promoting diversity The petition had garnered 145 signatures as of 12 a m Tuesday morning

The petition was developed “in response to calls from other student organizations and members of the Student Assembly to increase the homogeneity of the Cornell curriculum in certain areas, ” according to the petition website

Alfonse Muglia ’14, editor-in-chief of The Cornell Review and one of the creators of the petition, said he considers himself a “ part of a growing number of students that believe that [implementing a social justice requirement] is an ineffective way to promote social justice and diversity on campus ”

Instead of requiring certain academic coursework, Muglia said the University can promote diversity by “encouraging students to explore their individual interests ”

However, S A members said no steps have been taken thus far to implement University-wide diversity requirements

“[The petition’s] language assumes that the S A has taken steps, and that’s actually not what is taking place at this time We are only investigating the possibility,” said Ulysses Smith ’13, S A vice president for diversity and inclusion

Though the S A has spoken to different college representatives about the

Plan Proposes Reallocation of City ’ s Parking Meter Revenue

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Staff Writer

At a meeting Monday, the city’s Board of Public Works discussed the possible creation of “Parking Benefit Districts” a step city officials said will give communities a say in how revenue from parking meters in their neighborhoods is used

Under the proposed resolution which recommends that the Common Counci consider using Parking Benefit Districts in neighborhoods with “high parking demand designated neighborhoods will be able t provide input for the use of money raised from parking meters within their set bound aries, according to board member Rober Morache

Although many of the details includ ing which neighborhoods will be affected b the plan and which community member will decide how parking revenue is used have not been determined, the board pro posed that money raised by parking meters in these neighborhoods will be allocated to separate account, rather than serve as revenu the city can use for any project

Morache said he believes these funds can be used for “ streetscape enhancements, which include repairing neighborhood side walks and roads

Board member Govind Acharya said h hopes that allowing each Parking Benefi District to provide feedback for potentia improvements will allow the city to conduct

projects that are not currently on “City Hall’s radar ” Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 who has been a supporter of other parking reforms, such as the elimination of the minimum parking requirement said the plan is “ an idea with a lot of promise ” Additionally, Morache said he believes the proposed system will give the city more control o er parking hich ill allo it to

Some city officials, however, expressed skepticism about the implications of the proposed plan

George McGonigal, a former Common Council member, said he was “apprehensive” about creating a system of Parking Benefit Districts because the plan does not have sufficient details such as how neighborhoods

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Cornell Librar y Partnership Promises ‘Greater Ef ciency ’

By NIKKI LEE Sun Staff Writer

The 2CUL partnership which was formed between Cornell and Columbia Un i v e r s i t y L i b r a r i e s t o m e r g e t h e i r resources will advance their partnership by integrating their librar y technical ser vices, according to librar y officials

The partnership represents an attempt to divert resources and expertise to support new areas, such as obtaining more d i g i t a l c o l l e c t i o n s a n d we b a rc h i v i n g , according to Robert Wolven ’71, co-director of 2CUL at Columbia University

One of the efforts to merge the two libraries’ technical ser vices involves developing an improved system to search for a n d a c c e s s i n f o r m a t i o n , a c c o rd i n g t o

Dean Krafft, Cornell Librar y ’ s director of information technology

“ We are using an open-source software system called Blacklight as part of our solution,” he said “Columbia has already created a Blacklight-based catalog and we are sharing code and advice with them as we move for ward on our own development ”

The librar y ’ s IT department is also in the process of capturing and archiving Cornell websites relevant to the needs of the Cornell community, Krafft said “ 2 C U L h a s l e d t h e C o r n e l l a n d Columbia Librar y IT groups to work

By LUCY MEHRABYAN Sun Staff Writer

more closely together in a number of areas, and to seek out new ways that we can be more efficient and effective by pooling our efforts to create common solutions to challenges that both libraries are facing in a rapidly evolving information and technology environment,” Krafft said

According to Wolven, the technical ser vices of the librar y include “units that organize, receive and catalog books and their materials for the collections ” The advancement in the two universities’ partnership will attempt to coordinate the work involved in these operations, allowing for greater efficiency and a larger pool of expertise

About 20 percent of the total librar y staff at each university is involved in technical ser vices, according to Jim LeBlanc, c o - m a n a g e

Integration

“ This work is vital, but also laborintensive, repetitive and requires a wide range of language expertise,” he said

The librar y technical ser vices staff at C o r n e l l s

guages, including older tongues such as Khmer, Tibetan and Flemish With the integration of the two libraries’ technical ser vices, this expertise will grow and many of the staff currently devoted to technical ser vices will be able to turn to other tasks, according to LeBlanc

Merging minds and resources | Cor nell and Columbia

The 2CUL partnership began in 2009, following a three-year, $350,000 grant from the Andrew W Mellon Foundation to establish the program Since then, C o r n e l l a n d C o l u m b i a l i b r a r

s h a v e pooled their resources to expand collections in Latin American, Slavic and East European and South Asian studies, building “complementar y rather than redundant collections,” according to Wolven Instead of each university obtaining a copy of a particular text, they both share a single version, resulting in the ability to attain a more diverse collection than if there were no sharing involved

According to Xin Li, co-director of 2CUL at Cornell, students and faculty now enjoy the privilege of expedited deliver y and on-site borrowing privileges to C

students and faculty to Cornell

The two universities are also beginning to co-license electronic books, which will lead to savings that will allow them to e x p a n d

Additionally, they have developed programs to address the needs of humanities Ph D students, who have high dropout rates, according to Li

According to Li, the advancement in t h e 2 C

focused on expansion but also on preser ving existing collections

“ We also have been working on making sure that our digital collections are preser ved and protected for the future,” Li said

Nikki Lee can be reached at nlee@cornellsun com

D eeya Bajaj ’16 skied to fund a girls’ orphanage, hopes to promote gender equality in India St u d e n t s’ St o r i e s

skied 550 kilometers about 340 miles across Greenland to raise money for a girls’ orphanage in Haridwar, India

housed boys whose parents suffered from leprosy near her father’s adventure tourism camps

Deeya Bajaj ’16 is no ordinar y Cornellian She has taken mountaineering courses in the Himalayas, is a certified scuba diver and has a black belt in Taekwondo However, her interests extend far beyond her passion for adventure sports

This past summer, Bajaj cross-country

Bajaj is in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, studying natural resources Her coursework at Cornell represents a passion that began at an early age due to rafting and hiking trips she has taken activities that her father organized as a part of adventure tourism camps that he runs in the foothills of the Himalayas

When she was 14 years old, Bajaj took part in a 14-day kayaking expedition in Greenland She was the youngest member of the expedition

Three years after her kayaking expedi-

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tion, her father was invited to take part in a cross countr y skiing expedition in Greenland, which was part of Polar Trilogy, which includes skiing in the North Pole, South Pole and across Greenland, all in the same year

“On a whim, I asked my father if I could join and my mother freaked out because these expeditions are very serious and scar y-sounding,” Bajaj said “But eventually they decided to let me go ”

At the same time that Bajaj was training for the expedition in Greenland, she was exposed to a boys’ orphanage which

“The thing is, in India, because [some people] are not educated, [they think that] if you are a child of a parent with leprosy, it is worse than being an orphan,” she said “You are literally an untouchable No one will touch you, eat the same food as you It is a very sorry state ”

Bajaj said she also noticed that the orphanage was only for boys, which pointed at another problem in her country: unequal treatment of men and women

“People are not educated [in India] and there is a social stigma [against] being a girl child, especially having your name associated with running an orphanage for girls You need a lot more safety precautions,” Bajaj said

As her parents had been supporting the boys’ orphanage for a long time, Bajaj said she wondered why they did not create an orphanage for girls

When Bajaj initially spoke with the manager of the orphanage, he rejected the idea, claiming there was too much social stigma and responsibility involved

“But for me, it was like, ‘If you don’t take the responsibility, then who will?’” she said

The manager eventually agreed to start a girls’ orphanage if Bajaj raised the funds to build the orphanage wing and maintain the facility

“So I decided to ask people, friends, family, sponsors if they could pledge a certain amount of money for every kilometer

that I skied So, in total, at the end of it, I did 550 kilometers and even if you were pledging 10 rupees, which is a small amount, it would become like $100 [in the end], and it added up to a large sum, ” Bajaj said

With support from friends, family, her school and a few corporate sponsors, Bajaj embarked on a 19-day cross-country skiing expedition in Greenland with temperatures under 6 8 degrees Fahrenheit and winds up to 35 miles per hour to raise money to start the orphanage in the summer of 2012

The Ganga Vatica orphanage in Haridwar now houses, feeds and educates 12 young girls between the ages of seven and eight whose parents have leprosy, according to Bajaj

“It is so nice meeting them and seeing how grateful they are [for] however little they have,” she said “Things like having friends, food and education It really makes you look at things from a different perspective ”

Bajaj hopes to eventually expand the orphanage to house 100 young girls As she is now busy with studies at Cornell, Bajaj’s parents are helping with the orphanage and planning ways to expand it

Bajaj also hopes to combine her passion for adventure sports to help her father run his adventure tourism business in India, while still working for the orphanage for girls

“As much as I would like to make a billion changes, this is a small step that leads to bigger ones, ” she said

Lucy Mehrabyan can be reached at lmehrabyan@cornellsun com

Petition Decries C.U.-Wide Diversity Req.

PETITION

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types of diversity requirements they would create if they were compelled to have such a requirement, no such requirements have yet been established, according to Smith

But Muglia said such discussions by members of the S A were indicative of their desire to work toward creating University-wide diversity requirements

“I would say that S A members speaking with different colleges regarding their opinions about diversity requirements and publishing a seven-page repor t detailing those options are considered steps taken toward implementing University-wide diversity requirements,” Muglia said

“A lot of people here come from lots of different backgrounds So it’s kind of one of those things where they introduce you to different things you might encounter, pointers on how to handle those situations,” Smith said

Smith added that he felt it is unlikely the University will immediately adopt a universal diversity requirement

“It took 10 years for [the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences] to implement [their diversity requirement],” he said

“I think it is antithetical to Cornell’s autonomy of colleges to implement University-wide requirements.”

The seven-page report which was released in January and presented by Smith and S A clerk Chelsea Cheng ’15 detailed three options for the implementation of the proposed diversity requirements

The first option involved the creation of courses that will fulfill the potential requirement including a central course that would be mandatory for all freshmen, as well as courses across the University that would function the same way as distribution requirements The second option was to use existing courses to fulfill the proposed requirement The third focused on the integration of diversity into core curricular classes through “explicit course goals and objectives ”

Among other points, the petition stated that “the Student Assembly’s attempt to impart prefabricated, narrowly-focused concepts of morality through required classes on social justice and diversity disregards true diversity ”

Smith said requirements such as Tapestr y of Possibilities –– a required presentation on diversity issues for freshmen during Orientation Week –– do not intend to impose moral values on students, but rather “ to introduce you as a first-year student to some situations that you are likely to encounter at Cornell ”

Still, sponsors of the petition said such requirements limit students’ freedom to create their own academic experiences

“I think that by adding more requirements, Cornell is limiting students’ ability to take classes they are genuinely interested in,” said Ashleigh Bowie ’14, who signed the petition “We can only take so many courses each semester and we should have the flexibility in our schedules to pursue courses that aren ’ t required by our majors ”

Echoing Bowie’s sentiments, Gustav Fellows ’15, who also signed the petition, said that “added requirements will increase student stress as they struggle to complete an increasingly complex web of University, major and pre-professional requirements and decrease the possibility for self-directed intellectual exploration ”

“I think it is antithetical to Cornell’s autonomy of colleges to implement University-wide requirements,” Fellows added

Though the petition called for the discontinuation of S A ’ s efforts to promote diversity requirements, Smith said he felt optimistic about the fact that students want to be involved in the decision-making process

“Whoever it is, I’m happy students are getting involved in this because we ’ re getting feedback,” he said

Jinjoo Lee can be reached at jinjoolee@cornellsun com

City O f cial: Plan Should Consider ‘Practical’ Concerns

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will be seleccted to be part of the system in the current proposal

Common Council member Donna Fleming (D-3rd Ward) also expressed reservations about the proposed resolution

“I think there are practical implications that need to be taken into account, ” she said In order to demonstrate to the board that other cities have successfully used a similar system, Morache cited the example of Pasadena, Calif , where the city charged its residents the appropriate price

for parking and then took money from the meters and “ put it back into the sidewalks and streets ”

A decade after putting the new districts into place, some of the neighborhoods experienced drastic infrastructure improvement, according to Morache

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reform in future meetings, according to board members

Tyler Alicea can be reached at talicea@cornellsun com

Support Group Will Help Victims Find ‘Safe Outlet’

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sequences of sexual assault The group will also address issues such as coping strategies for victims of sexual assault and the surrounding rape, according to Patterson

“It will be a place certainly where women can talk about their experiences, but there will also be elements of education,” she said

Recognizing that people cope with sexual assault in different ways, Patterson called the support group a space where there will be flexibility, support and acceptance of each individual’s situation

“Everybody’s dealing with a different story, so I think that the space they want to create for this group is one where there’s room to have a different experience than the other person, ” she said

Patterson said the group will provide peer-to-peer support, a potential advantage not offered in individual counseling However, for women who are uncomfortable with the idea of a support group, Gannett also offers individual counseling, she said

Narda Terrones ’14, women ’ s issues liaison at-large for the Student Assembly, echoed Patterson’s sentiments

“Many women might not find talking to a group appealing, which is why Gannett has other individual counseling services,” she said “However, others might find great power in it, which is why it is important to have a wide variety of services ”

There is not only a need for such resources on campus, but for generating awareness about them, according to Sharon Dittman, associate director for community relations at Gannett

“I think that’s one of the things that all of us learned coming out of last semester We need to make sure that people can find the wonderful resources that exist so that they can get to them when they’re ready for them,” she said

Such support groups on campus are also important in recognizing a p ro b l e m o f a b u s e t ow a rd w o m e n , a c c o rd i n g t o Te r ro n e s

Additionally, she stressed the need to help victims of sexual assault at Cornell with the healing process

“Since sexual assault is often coated with shame and secrecy, a support group can offer a powerful experience for growth,” she said “For many of these victims, pain doesn’t simply go away; it has to find a safe outlet ”

Both Dittman and Patterson said the group ’ s formation was prompted by a need they observed for such a group for women on campus They said they may decide to extend support services to more groups, such as men and transgender individuals, in the future

“Although at this point, the clinical need that we ’ ve identified is really related to women, we may find that, with this open door, we hear from other individuals and we may decide in the future to offer a different group, ” Dittman said

Kritika Oberoi can be reached at koberoi@cornellsun com

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De ve l o p m e n t In s t i t u t e , a n d i s o n e t h a t a d d re s s e s t h e m a j o r i t y o f p o i n t s r a i s e d i n t h e re c e n t e d i t o r i a l A g u i d i n g p r i o r i t y o f t h e C A L S N Y S In t e r n s h i p Pro g r a m i s t o p rov i d e C A L S s t ud e n t s w i t h c a re e r - re l e va n t j o b e x p e r i e n c e w i t h c o m p a n i e s a n d o r g a n i z a t i o n s l o c a t e d i n u p s t a t e Ne w Yo rk , a n d a t t h e s a m e t i m e , h e l p f o r g e m e a n i n g f u l c o n n e c t i o n s t o t h e c o mm u n i t i e s a n d re g i o n s i n w h i c h t h e y a re w o rk i n g A m a j o r i m p e t u s f o r t h i s p ro g r a m w a s f e e d b a c k f ro m Ne w Yo rk St a t e - b a s e d c o m p a n i e s w h o c o n t i n u e t o re p o r t c h a l l e n g e s w i t h a t t r a c t i o n a n d re t e n t i o n o f we l l - e d u c a t e d yo u n g w o rk e r s A s a c o l l e g e , C A L S s e e s t h i s p ro g r a m a s a u n i q u e o p p o r t u n i t y t o e x p a n d a n d s t re n g t h e n t h e p a r t n e r s h i p s b e t we e n t h e b ro a d e r u n i ve r s i t y a n d t h e m u l t i t u d e o f b u s i n e s s e s , g ove r n m e n t a g e n c i e s a n d n o tf o r - p ro f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n s a ro u n d t h e re g i o n In d e e d , t h e i s s u e p o p u l a r l y re f e r re d t o a s “ b r a i n d r a i n ” i s m o re a c c u r a t e l y a c h a l l e n g e o f “ b r a i n g a i n ” i n t h i s re g i o n Up s t a t e Ne w Yo rk d o e s n o t e x p e r i e n c e h i g h e r o u t - m i g r at i o n r a t e s o f yo u n g p e o p l e t h a n a n y o t h e r s t a t e i n t h e c o u n t r y A s t h e Fe b 5 t h e d i t o ri a l c o r re c t l y p o i n t s o u t , t h e p ro b l e m l i e s m o re i n t h e a t t r a c t i o n o f yo u n g , we l l - e d u c a te d m i g r a n t s t o t h e u p s t a t e re g i o n To c o m p l e m e n t t h e i r c a re e r - re l e va n t w o rk f o r t h e i r h o s t o r g a n i z a t i o n s , t h e s t u d e n t s i n t h e C A L S N Y S In t e r n s h i p Pro g r a m w i l l u n d e r t a k e a c o m m u n i t y e n g a g e m e n t p ro j e c t , o n e t h a t i s f o c u s e d o n a s s e s s i n g a n d i m p rov i n g l o c a l a n d re g i o n a l e f f o r t s t o a t t r a c t a n d re t a i n yo u n g , e d u c a t e d w o rk e r s W h i l e we h o p e t h a t t h e i n t e r n s h i p p ro g r a m d e ve l o p s d i re c t re l a t i o n s h i p s b e t we e n i n t e r n s a n d t h e i r h o s t o r g a n i z a t i o n s p e r h a p s re s u l t i n g i n s t u d e n t s re m a i n i n g i n t h e a re a p o s t - g r a d u a t i o n a n i m p o r t a n t g o a l o f t h e p ro g r a m i s t o b u i l d c a p a c i t y f o r o r g a n i z a t i o n s a n d t h e i r c o mm u n i t i e s t o a t t r a c t a n d re t a i n a d d i t i o n a l yo u n g , e d u c a t e d w o rk e r s We a l s o h o p e t h a t t h e C A L S N Y S In t e r n s h i p Pro g r a m c a n h e l p c o n t r i b u t e t o o t h e r i n t e r n s h i p a n d re c r u i ti n g e f f o r t s a ro u n d c a m p u s w h i c h s e e k t o b u i l d a n d s t re n g t h e n s u c c e s s f u l e d u c a t i o n - t oc a re e r p i p e l i n e s , i n vo l v i n g p a r t n e r s h i p s w i t h u p s t a t e c o m m u n i t i e s , b u s i n e s s e s a n d a g e nc i e s

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The Kids, Are They Alright?

Over winter break, I paid a visit to the family I used to babysit for in high school Their little girl, Richela, is nine years old now, and she eagerly filled me in on her fun-filled fourth grade life At first, it sounded like things hadn’t changed much since the days when my parents would shuttle me from piano lessons to karate class and I would spend the weekends at sleepover birthday parties But, as the afternoon progressed, I couldn’t help but feel that I had grown up in a much simpler time I was mid-conversation with Richela’s mom, suggesting Mystic Countr y in Connecticut as a possible family-friendly vacation option, when Richela piped up and said, to my surprise, “I don’t ever want to go to Connecticut I’m afraid that I might get shot ” I was about Richela’s age when 9/11 happened, and a lot has changed in the 11 years between the World Trade Center attack and the Newtown shooting I remember that my teachers at the time refused to tell us anything about the events of that September morning The chaos of cable news and iPhones never penetrated our elementar y school walls At the end of the day, each clueless child went home to a parent who had spent the day carefully choosing the right words to express a tragedy in the most gentle and respectful way

In today’s media saturated environment, however, the free flow of information is both a blessing and a curse In the era of 24-hour news, the latest facts hit the air waves as soon as they are properly vetted Journalists barely have t h e t i m e t o c h e c k f o r p o l i t i c a l c o r re c t n e s s , much less make sure that their words will be delicate enough for a young audience As adults, we welcome the inundation of media in times of crisis The more confusing and inexplicable an event is, the more we rely on reporters to make sense of the mess for us In the aftermath of Aurora and Newtown, most of us were on a steady diet of CNN and breaking news updates in order to satiate our information appetites But, according to child psychologists, the same media consumption habits can traumatize children Seeing images replayed over and over on television suggests a recurring event to them, and it’s eas for kids to draw the conclusion th

Kids are growing up in a culture where they turn screens before they run Mom and Dad

time, a shooter could be targeting their own school

Today, kids are growing up in a culture where they turn on their screens before they turn to Mom and Dad It’s especially difficult for parents like Richela’s mom who attempted, with little success, to delay and then to monitor her daughter’s media exposure Television and movie screens are usurping the roles that parents used to play and doing an absolutely abysmal job of it As a consequence, kids are learning things from the media before they even have the ability to fully comprehend their meaning

The news media isn’t the only guilty party: To the chagrin of their concerned parents, kids are seeing stick-thin celebrities in reality TV shows and violence glorified on the big screen My eight year old cousin once complained that she needed to diet because she was too fat, and I must have looked stunned when Richela told me, “ When I grow up a little more, I’m going to kill my brother ” Her mom gave me an apologetic look and explained that Richela had watched The Hunger Games at a friend’s house without her permission As much as they tr y to protect their child’s innocence in the face of per vasive media messages, parents are often tasked with the challenge of undoing the damage caused by poorly filtered media

It’s certainly impressive to see YouTube videos of toddlers who can expertly operate iPads, and the kindergarteners toting their cell phones seem more independent than ever before But, this generation of kids, born with the world at their fingertips, still needs many of the things that media and technology can ’ t provide Generation Z will grow up to be the most savvy information navigators yet, but for now, they’re just kids Moms and dads will do a better job of explaining the birds and the bees than any MTV show can, and despite Google’s ability to read minds and answer burning questions, it will never be able to scare away monsters or read a bedtime stor y

Greek Solutions: Houses Divided Cannot Stand

In my previous column, I

a n a l y z e d t h e t e n u o u s state of Cornell’s fraternity culture through the contextual lens of Greece’s seemingly never-ending fis-

c a l t u m u l t T h e e n d i n g

p r o g n o s i s w a s n o t o p t imistic And while I want to use my biweekly column post to address a wide range

o f i s s u e s w i t h o u t b e i n g pigeonholed as the “Greek columnist,” I felt that it would be irresponsible to leave the issue as is Pundits can easily decr y society’s ills

a n d i n v o k e p ow e r f u l metaphors to presage doom it’s much harder to offer solutions

So, before I leave behind

t h e Un i v e r s i t y ’ s b e s i e g e d and self-immolating Greek System, I will tr y to offer a way out of these dire straits Reform will not come in a series of top-down

fraternity members that can convene without University oversight

This idea of a Fraternal Congress (and I won ’ t be upset if someone thinks of a better name) is simple, yet amazingly consequential if realized The current Greek arrangement creates a perversely Dar winian ecosystem in which fraternities are expected to break the rules Those that sur vive are not the ones who listen best to the IFC’s rules, but those who have best adapted to evading punishment The University, with its intensifying sanctions, has helped z X c re a t e a n a t m o s p h e re where fraternities’ best bet is simply to hope that their

A single, courageous fraternity cannot fully embrace University reforms without abdicating its social niche

c h a n g e s f o i s t e d u p o n d e c a d e s - o l d institutions What fraternities needs is a new leadership framework

I’m not talking about

a n o t h e r a d m i n i s t r a t i v e panel to address the scourge of fraternity life As I wrote in my last column, such attempts at reform will only push the Greek system dang e r o u s l y u n d e r g r o u n d Fraternities need a forum that is honest and constructive, far from the conflictsof-interest and agenda-driven antagonism that is the

In t e r f r a t e r n i t y C o u n c i l’s relationship with the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs If the Greek System re q u i re s a n ov e r h a u l , i t must come from a Fraternal Congress: an assembly of

hours of The Fellowship of the Ring Leaders of proud, d i s t i n c t , o f t e n q u a r re l i n g entities gather together in spite of rivalries to stave off existential threats The student leaders of all fraternities must congregate and a c k n ow l e d g e t h a t w i t h ever y banned chapter, the University inches closer to a c r i t i c a l m a s s w h e re t h e Greek system is no longer deemed a valuable part of C o r n e l l T h a t re a l i t y demands action, not selfvictimization and there s no magic spell to fix that Without constant charges of oppression and unfairn e s s , t h i s Fr a t e r n a l Congress could do what the IFC cannot:

annex is not the one raided on any given weekend

It’s a dangerous game of Ru s s i a n r o u l e t t e t h a t e n c o u r a g e s a c e r t a i n amount of hostility among fraternities (someone has to get caught, after all) It can only be stopped if fraternities present a well-reasoned, unified position, independ e n t o f t h e Un i v e r s i t y ’ s vision

This Fraternal Congress would be akin to the meeting of pirate lords in the t h i rd P i ra t e s o f t h e Caribbean blockbuster, or even if you forgive me a moment of nerdiness

t h e f a n t a s t i c a l s u m m i t somewhere in the first two

reset the standards of Greek life from within to meet University goals Unlike the IFC, this Congress would not be tasked with policing the fraternity system, therefore enabling it to address the Catch-22 that haunts the core of this crisis: fraternities will be marginalized if they continue to violate University policies; if they follow those policies, however, they will be unable to provide the fraternity experience students have come t o e x p e c t Fo r e x a m p l e , Rush Week is nearly impossible if you are the only house playing by the rules I f a f r a t e r n i t y c u r b s i t s excesses, the IFC will be

y, f e m a

friends) will be alienated They will instead gravitate towards more reckless fraternities that can fulfill the social expectations of Greek life Those fraternities, in turn, continue the Greek c o m m u n i t y ’ s d ow n w a rd spiral Chaos reigns Fraternities are damned if they do, damned if they don’t It is the University’s prerogative to punish them if they don t, but the fratern i t i e s ’ re s p o n s i b i l i t y t o ensure they it is socially acceptable if they do If fraternities resolve to plan a more mellow Rush Week, a gentler pledge process and a m o re c o u r t e o u s p a r t y atmosphere, then there will be less social risk in obeying University demands A single, courageous fraternity cannot fully embrace University reforms without abdicating its social niche Reform, therefore, can only work if the vast majority of fraternities together take the plunge and renegotiate the social perception of Greek life at Cornell When this happens, IFC compliance will become less of a stigma Pressure to break rules is just as acute as pressure to follow them Both pressures must be diffused The playing field must be leveled Only the fraternities thems e l v e s a n d n o t t h e University can do that With that, I swear my next column will not mention the word “Greek!”

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BY KAITLYN TIFFANY

For Leo Kang grad, the medium is everything He is most comfortable where art and science come together, and he is fascinated by the places where individuals and technology meet He is currently conducting human-computer interaction research at Cornell, but he graduated from Korea’s Advanced Institute of Technology in 2009, New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2011 and holds advanced degrees in interactive telecommunications, information science and culture technology His exhibit, “I Want To,” on display last week in Olive Tjaden Hall, is the culmination of several years of efforts to understand the ways in which an individual negotiates his or her desires and identity in the digital age In the installation, custom-designed wooden robots are wired to a screen and set of speakers, and every 20 seconds, a system pulls Twitter messages starting with the phrase “I want to, ” altering the message to read “I have to ” The robots march in unison as the speakers announce the doctored phrase Kang chose Twitter to fuel the project because he says it is an ideal space “where we can observe our ‘ own desires’ and ‘presented desires’ easily ” It also has an edge over other social media sites, Kang said, because on Twitter, “self-presentation is easily watched by the public, which might lead people to standardize their behaviors to satisfy social expectations ” Twitter is the more universal of social media sites and therefore it is most susceptible to those societal norms that exist on a larger scale Kang said he expected to see overwhelming evidence that people are compelled to conform to societal ideals when making choices about their education, careers, relationships and financial prosperity These pressures, he believes, are global ones, differing from culture to culture only in their specifics

Though the project started as a blanket statement on the insidiousness of social conformity, Kang spent more and more time with the constant Twitter stream and started to recognize a previously unconsidered trend A lot of the modified Tweets were as he expected: People’s wants were recast as them talking about having to go to law school or find a job, buy a house or clean up the garage, reflecting the constraints that public expression of our desires can put on us What surprised Kang, he says, was t h a t “ p e o p l e a re ve r y romantic ” A lot of people expressed a desire, and after his alterations a need, to find love, to see someone that they missed, to “be liked or disliked for exactly who I am and right from the beginning ” So, in a paradigmatic shift, Kang took a detour to create the “100 Desires to See the Sky” installation in the Fine Arts Library of Rand Hall last fall Cut-outs of some of the more human and beautiful “I Have To” phrases covered the windows and encouraged the audience to “look up to the sky

t h ro u g h t h e c a r ve d holes,” a goal somewhat inspired by Yoko Ono’s famous “Painting to See the Sky ”

This readiness for change and improvisation has had to become a part of Kang’s artistic stor y, as it has been a part of his personal stor y from the beginning He says his work cannot be examined without considering his cultural background Kang grew up in South Korea which is, in his words, “ a conser vative countr y where many controlled desires exist,” and a countr y in which people who follow artistic aspirations can be seen as “surpluses of the society ” In this environment of immense pressure, he struggled to realize what it was that he really wanted to do with his career The turning point for him?

Michel Foucault’s book Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison, the ISBN number of which is featured on the faces of all of the wooden figures in his display On the surface, it is a book about the massive overhaul of Western penal systems, focusing on France and on the evolution of the modern prison

s y s t e m Bu t u n d e r n e a t h , K a n g found examination of “the social and theoretical mechanisms that c o n t r o l o u r b o d i e s a n d p e r c e ptions,” and the idea of internalizing self-discipline in order to conform to the needs of society It begged him to ask the question, “ What is my real desire in society?” and subs e q u e n t l y, t o t r y t o s h a re a n d address the question through his art Kang hopes his work will have an effect on his audience that is similar to the effect it has had on his life

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Or well’s revolutionar y novel 1984 and by the idea of negotiated identity in Er ving Goffman’s The Presentation of Self in Ever yday Life Almost all of Kang’s recent work has involved the idea of living in the ever yday world of face-to-face social-construction and, concurrently, in the secondar y but increasingly powerful world of technological representation “ The Mirror in the Backstage,” an exhibit from last spring encouraged people to look in a mirror that shows their physical reflection as well as selfpresenting information extracted from various social media sources to examine the ways in which they have striven to construct their identity His 2010 project called

While creating the installation, he had to watch the Twitter feeds for hours at a time, and eventually, he says, “I got really confused between ‘I Want To’ and ‘I Have To ’ Every time I said ‘I want to ’ do something in daily conversation, I s t a r t e d a s k i n g myself, ‘Is it really w h a t I w a n t t o d o ? ” T h i s i s t h e sort of daily consideration that he hopes to instill in h i s v i e we r s To m a x i m i ze t h i s i m p a c t , K a n g i s continuing to construct more of the hand-made wooden figures in his studio, hoping to e ve n t u a l l y a c c umulate thousands of them

K a n g ’ s w o r k

consistently focuses on the idea of being human in an increasingly technological age, as well as the notion that an individual must fight to remain their own person inside a h i g h l y - p re s s u r i z e d s o c i a l s y s t e m In a d d i t

Foucault’s work, he says, he is inspired by the “the con-

“New York Stor y ” enabled participants to record their favorite memories of New York City which were shared on mobile devices and a 2009 project “Let it Out” asked participants to contribute text via mobile device to a collaborative music performance Both of these projects were designed to celebrate the potential of technology Another 2010 project, “Jump Jam,” aimed to pair the metaphor of jump-roping which “physically discourages others from entering your personal space, ” to the omnipresence of cell phones The project operated on the principle that kinetic energy created from a person jump-roping could jam a cell phone network in the immediate vicinity, thus establishing what Kang called “ a spherical electronic personal space ” Projects like these both embrace and critically evaluate the presence of technology, while at the same time insisting that we must “look for a better way for our society to communicate ” As Kang states, “independent action is empowering, but group action is powerful ” This dichotomy is at its most obvious in Kang’s most recent project “I Want To” explores the way technology binds us tighter to social expectations, but the necessity of its sister-project, “100 Desires to See the Sky,” shows that there is a cry for originality and heart that is begging to be heard, no matter the medium

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

Black Francis at the Haunt: All About the Scream

T h e re ’ s a n o f t - re p e a t e d o r i g i n s t o r y a b o u t Bl a c k Fr a n c i s ’ t r a d e m a rk s c re a m

t h a t h a s n ow b e c o m e a s m u c h a p a r t o f t h e m a n ’ s m y t h o l o g y a s a n y t h i n g e l s e

Be f o re t h e Pi x i e s s t a r t e d u p, w h e n h e w a s s t i l l C h a r l e s T h o m p s o n f r o m Ma s s a c h u s e t t s , Fr a n c i s w o rk e d f o r a T h a i f l o r i s t w h o l ove d t h e Be a t l e s On e d a y, Fr a n c i s w a s s i n g i n g a l o n g t o “ O h ! Da r l i n g ” a n d t h e f l o r i s t

h e b i t c h ! ” T h a t d e ve l o p e d i n t o a s i g n at u re l o u d - q u i e t - l o u d s o n g w r i t i n g s t y l e s o f t ve r s e s , s h o u t e d c h o r u s e s a n d

h e re s t , t o b e b l u n t , i s l i t e r a l l y t h e s t o r y o f m o d e r n a l t e r n a t i ve m u s i c It w a s n o s u r p r i s e t h a t o n e o f t h e m a n y h i g h p o i n t s o f Bl a c k Fr a n c i s ’ i n t im a t e s h ow a t t h e Ha u n t Sa t u rd a y n i g h t , a l o n g w i t h h i s f r i e n d a n d s o m e t i m e c o ll a b o r a t o r Re i d Pa l e y, w a s a s c re a m ( o r r a t h e r, s e v e r a l ) Wr a p p i n g u p t h e i r re s p e c t i ve s e t s w i t h a f e w s o n g s a s a d u o , Fr a n c i s a n d Pa l e y d e s c e n d e d i n t o a s c re a m i n g m a t c h o n s t a g e , t r a d i n g o f f f u l l - t h ro a t e d t h ro t t l e s Pa l e y h a s a s t ro n g vo i c e a n d a g l a r i n g l y l o u d s o u n d , b u t t h e r e w a s n o c o n t e s t : No b o d y c a n

s c re a m l i k e Bl a c k Fr a n c i s Hi s s o u l s h a tt e r i n g b e l l ow s a re a t o n c e l i f e a f f i r m i

h Pa l e y a s Pa l e y & Fr a n c i s

Sa t u rd a y n i g h t ’ s s h ow d e m o n s t r a t e d t h e d i ve r s i t y o f m u s i c t h a t Fr a n c i s h a s p ro d u c e d ove r t h e p a s t 2 0 - p l u s ye a r s So n g s re c o rd e d d e c a d e s a p a r t by va r i o u s g ro u p s o f m u s i c i a n s we re re b o r n o n s t a g e , s i d e - by -

s i d e , a s Fr a n c i s b ro u g h t e ve r yt h i n g t o l i f e a s o n e m a n w i t h a g u i t a r a n d a m i c ro p h o n e At t i m e s , t h e n a k e d n e s s o f t h e

s o n g s w a s e v i d e n t p a r t i c ul a r l y o n Fr a n k Bl a c k a n d t h e

C a t h o l i c s ’ s t a n d o u t “ R o b e r t O n i o n , ” w h i c h w a s m i s s i n g b a c k i n g k e y b o a rd s i n a b a d w a y Howe ve r, t h i s w a s a s m a l l p r i c e t o p a y t o h e a r ove r a l l e xc e p t i o n a l re n d i t i o n s o f s o n g s f ro m e ve r y s t a g e o f Fr a n c i s ’ s t o r i e d c a r e e r Fr o m t h e s t r a i g h t f o r w a r d r o c k o f t h e C a t h o l i c s ’ “ B u l l e t , ” w h i c h o p e n e d t h e s h o w, t o e a r l y Fr a n k Bl a c k t r a c k s l i k e t h e a l t e r n a t i ve ro c k t e m p l a t e “ ( I Wa n t To L i ve On A n ) Ab s t r a c t P l a i n ” a n d l a t e r c o u n t r i f i e d t u n e s l i k e “ I Bu r n To d a y, ” o f f o f Na s h v i l l e - r e c o r d e d Ho n e yc o m b, Fr a n c i s re p e a t e dl y d e m o n s t r a t e d h i s c o m f o r t i

Peter Jacobs is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at pjacobs@cornellsun com

55th Grammy Awards Honors the Bland

There was good news and bad news at the 55th Grammy awards Sunday night The good news is that, perhaps somewhat improbably, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences knows its rap and R&B The bad news? The organization continues to award the least interesting and blandest sounds in rock and pop music

Let’s deal with the positives first because when the Grammys were right, they were so right I don’t think it can be overstated that a member of Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All won two Grammy awards Frank Ocean emerged this year as the standard bearer of popular and interesting music, winning over fans with his own brand of self-confessional and pop-inflected R&B While many thought he deserved more statues, and we’ll get to that, let’s just consider for a moment that an R&B singer who this summer openly documented his love for another man is one of the faces of “Urban Contemporary” music whatever that means One of the people he beat out for this oddly named award was another exceptionally deserving winner Sunday night: Miguel The single named singer took home Best R&B Song for his “Adorn,” which if you haven’t listened to, do it now And, if only to display the deep power of the genre right now, Miguel lost Best R&B Performance for his song to Usher, showing that it’s not just a young man ’ s game Usher came back last year with “Climax, an e m o t i o n a l l y tr ying and effective tune that was one of his best in years

And then there was rap Down the line, the rap awards went to the right people, with “Ni**as In Paris” picking up Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for Jay-Z and Kanye West The duo earned another statue for “No Church In The Wild,” their song with Frank Ocean and The-Dream, in Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Drake took home Best Rap

Album for Take Care, which feels like it came out several years ago at this point for the amount of songs it has managed to systematically shove into the public consciousness If you look past #yolo, you’ll be reminded of one of the strongest and most sensitive rap efforts in recent memory

Where the academy went wrong was the rock and pop categories Two bands that got the most attention leading up to Grammys were Mumford & Sons and The Lumineers, which are both really just shtick masquerading as original music This should have been a night for Jack White (nominated in several big awards, winning none), not these ren-faire wannabes Mumford took home a Grammy, but not nearly as many as the Black Keys, who dominated the night While the boys from Akron used to produce great music, at the core of their current sound is an amalgamation of every interesting riff ever produced by a better rock band “Lonely Boy” is just “Magic Carpet Ride” + T Rex + hints of angst Although, the video is kind of awesome

Oh, and by the way, Gotye, which won record of the year for “Somebody That I Used to Know,” also won Best Alternative Music Album (over the much more deser ving Fiona Apple or Tom Waits) Let’s all think and reflect for a second on why this might feel a little different than Arcade Fire winning Album of the Year or Bon Iver winning Best New Artist I don’t think anyone made a tumblr asking who Gotye is

The unfortunate reality though, is that the Grammys, especially this year, chose not only to honor boring pop, but did it at the expense of considerably more deserving and often groundbreaking music Best New Artist was basically des-

tined to go home with Frank Ocean, because, to be blunt, he put out what was definitely the best debut album of the year, and arguably the best overall Instead, we got fun , which was a new artist in 2009 and is one of the lamer bands currently putting out music Ocean was also up for Album of the Year, which was more of a stretch to imagine him winning, but definitely not enough to eliminate hope for it Who won on Sunday? Mumford & Sons

The biggest injustice of the night unfortunately fell upon one of my favorite songs of the year Song of the Year is designed to recognize a song ’ s composers, sound or final product be damned The fact that this did not go to “Call Me Maybe,” one of the most fine tuned and perfect bundles of pop goodness ever put together, is beyond me

Peter Jacobs is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at pjacobs@cornellsun com Big Talk appears alternate Tuesdays this semester

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“I really kne w we needed to score, and second chances to score were key, so when ever y shot went up, I just crashed the boards hard,” Fitzpatrick said In spite of its effor t, the Red’s success ended during over time Har vard scored the first five points of the extra period and

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Cambridge with a disappointing loss, the Red had a fe w important lessons to take from the game

“I think [that] understanding the hard work we put in during

rebounding [and seeing] how it just paid dividends [is important],” Smith said Cornell will take on Har vard a

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Ne wman Arena The Red’s game against Dar tmouth, which was

likely take place at the end of the season

The team will have a shor tened week to prepare for Yale and Brown, but Smith isn’t worried

“ We don’t believe in excuses, ” she said “[ We’re going to] build on the improvements [that we made] this weekend and carr y that into next weekend ”

Skyler Dale can be reached at sdale@cornellsun com

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Men’s Squash Ends Season With Victories

By KATIE SCHUBAUER Sun Staff Wr ter

After ending its season with a four-match winning streak, the Cornell men ’ s squash team will be a force to be reckoned with this year at Team Championships

On Friday, the Red hosted Princeton in its last home match of the season Not only is Princeton ranked No 1, but the Tigers are also the defending National Champions Cornell has not beaten them in eight years In the nail-biting match Friday, however, the Red successfully eradicated that record and defeated Princeton, 5-4 It was only the second time in Cornell’s 56 years of squash history that the Red defeated the Tigers

“It was incredible,” senior co-captain Owen Butler said “The entire team, right from the get-go, was fired up, and in the end, I think we just wanted it more than they did ”

After the first rotation, the Red was off to a good start, with victories from sophomore Ry a n To d d a n d f re s h m e n Abhijit Malik at the No 6 and No 9 spots, respectively Princeton then tied it up, 2-2, but the Red came back with a vengeance Senior co-captain Owen Butler won a three-game victory at the No 5 spot and sophomore Aditya Jagtap won in five at the No 2 spot

The fate of the match rested in junior Bryan Keating’s hands as he played Princeton’s David Hoffman in the final match of the evening Keating won the first game and lost the second two, entering the fourth with a 1-2 deficit He then proceeded to win the next two games 11-5 and 11-9 to give the Red the win

“It was so cool,” Butler said “The entire team was watching, and when he finally won, everyone was yelling and fistpumping to celebrate ”

Cornell continued its winning streak with a 5-4 victory over No 7 Franklin and Marshall and a 7-2 victory over No 12 Penn

“Going into the F&M match, we were a bit drained after such a big win the night before,” senior co-captain Nick Sachvie said “Penn was tough, too, after playing two hard matches, but we proved that our team is too strong for theirs and took the match comfortably ”

The Red finished the regular season with an impressive 16-3, 5-2 Ivy record its only losses coming from Yale, Trinity and Harvard

“This season went better than many expected,” Sachvie said “We have a very young team and a different lineup from last year but everyone stepped up their game this season and the team is playing really well together I am glad to finish the season off as strong as we did ”

The women ’ s team also finished up its season on Sunday with a 7-2 loss to No 3 Penn The team was defeated 8-1 by No 1 Princeton Friday, but came back to beat Franklin and Marshall, 9-0 Overall, the women are 12-5 overall and 3-4 in Ivy League

Both teams will travel to Yale next weekend to play in the College Squash Association National Championships The women will play in the eight-team Howe Cup, while the men are set to compete in the Potter Cup Last year, the men ’ s fourth place finish was the highest in Cornell history Butler said they are looking for an even better result this year

“Our goal is obviously to win it all,” he said “After this past weekend, we know that we have a shot at any team we go up against We will need to focus on one match at a time and get through the quarters first This team has a lot of heart, and in the end, I think that will take us far at the team championships ”

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teams won a combined four matches this past weekend

Prior to the weekend, the Red was ranked fifth, but having earned three key victories, it is in position to receive a higher seed in the tournament Rankings will be released this week and play is scheduled to begin on Friday

Katie Schubauercan be reached at kschubauer@cornellsun com

Cornell Heads to Alfred for Double-Header

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Yu also came to the team with some previous experience She took some riding lessons in high school, but her parents were wary of the dangers of horseback riding and she was unable to continue Yu rode with the western team her freshman year, but ultimately decided to switch back to English riding

“I want[ed] to get back to riding,” she said “It’s hard to stay away ”

Being on a varsity team means early morning practices and plenty of barn chores, as the squad is fully responsible for the care of its six horses

“I like it, I like waking up early,” Yu said “I didn’t think I would but I feel like the day feels so much longer and it’s nice

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Cochran is also enjoying the adjustment period

“I like learning everything It’s cool learning all the basics of equestrian,” she said

The team is pleased with its new additions

“I think they’re a really great g ro u p o f g i r l s , ” Hi l t o n s a i d “They are so excited to be on the team and I think they’re going to be a great asset They’re going to play a good role on our team ,and they’re really going to bring us together ” Next on the agenda for the Red is a doubleheader at Alfred on Feb 23 and 24 Normally Cornell would be hosting one of the spring semester shows, but the show was canceled due to an illness that has been spreading around Oxley Equestrian Center

“We’re just erring on the side

of caution, basically,” senior tricaptain Emily Kowalchik said “We can ’ t run our show without bringing in other horses so we just don’t exactly know how [the illness] will affect bringing in other horses ” With such little time to prepare, it is unlikely that the new members of the team will be able to par ticipate in the show at Alfred Still, this will provide the rookies with more time to adjust to being part of the squad

“The greater part of the semester is about getting them acclimated,” Kowalchik said “They’re coming in divisions where people are pointing out so they’re going to be able to fill in as needed ”

Although the Red is usually very successful on its own turf, the team is not overly concerned about the loss of its home show

This year regionals will be held at Alfred, so the doubleheader there will give the squad more time to

prepare and practice on the horses they will be riding for the competition, according to Webster

As seniors, the tri-captains are disappointed to have lost what would have been their last home show, but the fall home show provided them with a strong ending to their careers with the Red C o r n e l l t o o k t h e l e a d by 1 5 points, just two points shy of a perfect score for the day

“It’s really upsetting, yes, but it’s nice to know that if our last home show was the show we had in November that was a great way to go out, ” Kowalchik said “I mean that was a pretty spectacular last home show for us Even though we didn’t know it at the time, we all have positive memories from our last home show ”

“Sometimes, it’s easier not to say goodbye,” Webster said

Red Victorious in Eight Seniors’ Final Match at Friedman

By HALEY VELASCO Assistant Sports Editor

The wrestling team said goodbye Sunday when its seniors, including national champions Kyle Dake and Steve Bosak, wrestled for the last time at Friedman Wrestling Center

“It was a strange feeling, I was happy, sad and shocked all at once It went by so fast I feel like September was the start of my career even though it has been four years, ” Dake said “It was also an awesome way to end my career in Friedman to go out with a first period pin against a guy ranked in the top 10 ”

In addition to Dake’s excellent performance, the Red defeated Bucknell, 37-3

“Looking back over my time here, I couldn’t have asked for a better experience I’ve had a great time and I plan on making the best of my last couple months here,” Dake said Before the start of the match against the Bison, the Red honored its eight seniors, including Dake, Bosak, Cody Hutcheson, Pete Mesko, Oney Snyder, Lukasz Stala, Joe Stanzione and Patrick Sullivan

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its Hall of Distinguished Wrestling Alumni, including Joe DeMeo ’66, Dan Kathan ’71 and Cornell athletic director Andy Noel

125-pound freshman Nahshon Garrett won by Bison forfeit, and 133-pound sophomore Bricker Dixon won against Bucknell’s Paul Petrov in a 6-4 decision 141-pound No 12 junior Mike Nevinger won a 3-0 decision, and 149-

C.U. Welcomes New Riders, Prepares for Spring Shows

By ARIEL COOPER Sun Staff Writer

Coming off of a win at Alfred University before winter break, the equestrian team is back and ready to take on the remainder of the season

With two shows left before regionals, Cornell is just three points behind Alfred, and the team has plenty of time to close the gap

The Red has seen some slight changes to its roster this semester

With riders earning enough points to c o m p e t e i n h i g h e r d i v i s i o n s , t h e team decided to hold open rides on

Feb 1 in order to fill in the gaps In addition, a number of girls sent emails to the squad over the break indicating that they were interested in being part of the team, according to senior tri-captain Zofia Hilton

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and Yu will ride in the walk-trot division, while Mastrosimone who rode on Hofstra’s equestrian team before transferring to Cornell this spring will be showing in novice “I kind of wanted to be involved in something new this semester, ” Cochran said when asked why she decided to join the team “I really like riding horses, I love meeting new people and it’s nice to [be] a part of something, especially on a big campus ” Although Cochran will be starting off in the lowest division, she has previous riding experience When she was young, Cochran learned to ride western on her family’s trail horses She also took English riding lessons after school when she lived in England Unfortunately, Cochran’s f a m i l y m ov e d a r o u n d f re q u e n t l y, making it difficult for her to keep up with the sport Still, she said she is enjoying her time on the Red

Red Forces O vertime But Comes Up Shor t

By SKYLER DALE Sun Staff Writer

After having its matchup postponed three times due to blizzard Nemo, the women ’ s basketball team got a little extra time in Cambridge forcing Harvard (13-6, 4-1 Ivy) into overtime but ultim a t e l y f a l l i n g t o t h e Crimson 60-69

T h e Re d ( 1 0 - 9 , 2 - 3 ) arrived in Massachusetts on Thursday evening but spent the majority of the next three days in a hotel room “ Eve r y d a y, we w o u l d wake up like we were playing the game and prepare like we were until we found out that we weren ’ t playing,” senior f o r w a rd C l a re Fi t z p a t r i c k said “By the time Sunday came, we were just ready to get out there and play ” When the Red finally hit the gym on Sunday at 2 p m, they held Harvard to just 17 percent shooting from threepoint range “That was one of our best d e f e n s i ve p e r f o r m a n c e s o f t h

Da y n a Sm i t h s a i d “ Ou r team did a tremendous job

pound No 13 ranked junior Chris Villalonga won a 9-1 major decision

After the halftime break, No 1 ranked Dake took on No 10 Corey Lear Dake went on the attack right off the whistle, taking down Lear with a throw and immediately work-

playing both man and zone ” For the Red, it was all about comebacks

After Harvard’s Ali Curtis gave the Crimson its largest lead, 29-16, the Red closed the first period on a sevenpoint run to make it a twopossession game at the half

The Crimson took another double-digit lead, 47-37, midway through the second half, but the Red went on a 9-2 run to close to within three

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y s o n Di m a g n o , who scored 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, and s e n i o r f o r w a rd C l a re Fitzpatrick, who registered 17 points and took down seven boards