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C.U. Study Abroad Program in India

To Launch in

’15

By ANIKA SETHY

The University will launch a new study abroad program in Spring 2015 for students to work at a local learning center in Kotagiri, India

The Nigris Field Learning Center was created in a partnership between Cornell and the Keystone Foundation, which works with local communities to solve natural resources and rural development issues in India

Alliance Seek s to Invigorate C-Town

By KEVIN MILIAN Sun Staff Writer

The recently-formed Collegetown Small Business Alliance proposed working with Cornell to invigorate Collegetown business and creating a map of all area businesses at a C o l l e g e t o w n

Neighborhood Council meeting Tuesday To stimulate business in Collegetown, the alliance, which was formed last fall, directly asked President David Skorton to consider making Sheldon Court and Cascadilla Hall the two Collegetown residence halls options for summer student housing, according to Marty Johnson, CSBA member and owner of Uncle Marty’s S

According to Johnson, the alliance sent a letter to Skorton and Ithaca city officials regarding the housing change Though the administration said summer students are housed on West Campus to access dining halls more easily, Johnson said Cornell would continue to work on the issue with the alliance

“We had a positive response and they will keep us in mind for things regarding housing and dining,” Johnson said

Cornell’s program, previously set to begin in Spring 2014, aims to explore how to create sustainable environments by teaching students about biodiversity, the effects of urbanization and systems of governance that can implement environmental c o n s e r v a t i o n , according to the program ’ s website

“We believe Cornell students will emerge from the program ... as better global citizens ”

The faculty lead on the program, Prof Neema Kudva, city and regional planning, said that the year-long delay was due to an underestimation of the complexity of the NFLC program

Kudva said that the NFLC is unique because it incorporates a diverse group of Cornell faculty from four different colleges The scope and interdisciplinary nature of the project meant that planning the program took more time than Kudva and her colleagues had anticipated

“There are different timelines, different priorities to balance,” Kudva said “Our greatest advantage is the core group of thoughtful, committed people who have come together to make this project a reality ”

Univ. Honors P rofessors With Fellowship

Weiss Fellow s will receive $25,000 for contributions to teaching

By NABIHA KESHWANI Sun Contributor

President David Skorton

announced that three professors have been named recipients of the Stephen H Weiss Fellowship an award to honor University faculty for making important contributions to undergraduate teaching at a Board of Trustees meeting on Jan 31

The award is for professors who have a record for inspiring and influencing students “beyond the formal role as a teacher,” according to the fellowship’s website

The fellowships which will be officially awarded in a spring ceremony include $5,000 per year for five years to be used any Universityrelated purpose Prof Ashim Datta biological and environmental engineering, Prof Melissa Hines, chemistry and chemical biology, and Prof David

Autism Rights Activist Urges Students to Recognize ‘Neurodiversity

By ANUSHKA MEHROTRA

Senior Writer

Ari

Ne’eman, president and founder of the Autistic Self Advocacy

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k , which seeks to empower people with autism, spoke about the importance of celebrating the neurological diversity of people with disabilities Tuesday at the Biotechnology building Du rin

autism and a member of the United States National Council on Disability

a movement to shift the public perception away from viewing disabilities as weaknesses “ We d

autism as a disease to be c

think we need fixing,”

Ne’eman said “We do feel comfor table with the word disability because

public about the strengths that people with brain dif-

f e re n c e s h a ve a n d t o change the discourse about

“We don’t

view autism as a disease to be

cured and we don’t think we need fixing ”

eugenics, an earlier movement that sought to prevent people with disabilities from having children

“Eugenics was also

a b o u t i s o l a t i n g t h e m from the general population,” he said

disabilities to an “appreciation of difference,” according to the event ’ s website

Ne’eman said the prin-

c i p l e s o f n e u ro d i ve r s i t y d i re c t l y o p p o s e t h a t o f

A d d i t i o n a l l y , Ne’eman said a goal of ASAN is to move away from the idea that people with autism should feel pressured to act as if they do not have a disability

“We didn’t agree that t h e o b j e c t i ve o f a u t i s m intervention should be to make us appear, look and act as normal as possible,”

he said

According to Ne’eman, ASAN seeks to create an e n v i ro n m e n t i n w h i c h p e o p

treated with respect

“It’s about changing the conversation from creating a world without autistic p e o p l e t o c re a t i n g o n e where autistic people are respected and enjoy the equality of opportunity,” he said

Ne’eman said he prefers s a y

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“ a u t i s t i c p e o p l e ” instead of “people with autism” because he views

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Open Mic at the Bear’s Den Pub 7 - 9 p m , Bear’s Den Pub, Willard Straight Hall Soup and Hope Noon - 1:15 p m , Sage Chapel

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The Trials and Tribulations of Large Scale Algae Farming for Biofuel Production 12:20 - 1:10 p m , 135 Emerson Hall

Shedding Light on Planet-Disk Interactions 4 p m - 12 a m , 105 Space Sciences Building

Cornell in Washington Summer Program Info Session

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S.A. Amends Election Rules

To Allow Endorsement s

By ALISHA FOSTER Sun Staff Wr ter

In an effort to promote “creative campaigning,” the Student Assembly has loosened several election rules, allowing candidates and student organizations to show public support for candidates running for certain positions, according to Alfonse Muglia ’14, director of elections for the S A

Previously, election guidelines prevented candidates from talking about other candidates Now, all candidates are open to discuss the presidential and executive vice presidential races and publicly support candidates for both positions, Muglia said

“In the previous system, we told the most knowledgeable students on campus issues to hold their opinions to themselves,” Muglia said “ Why shouldn’t these candidates tell their friends, ‘ You know, I support this presidential candidate because he or she has [a certain] platform?’”

Muglia also said he hopes this will create two to four distinct platforms for the upcoming election

“ The idea is that the platforms will exhibit a trickle-down effect,” he said “So if one [candidate says] ‘this is what we think of mental health,’ for example, I imagine anyone that would be endorsing him or her would have the same idea ”

So m e s t u d e n t s , h ow e v e r, s a i d t h e y think the changes in election policies could create confusion

“People might inadvertently vote for people who are affiliated with candidates that they support or like instead of voting based on the issues,” Rachel Whiteheart ’14 said

According to Jessica Reif ’14, a member of the S A elections committee, this year student organizations are also allowed to support candidates through campaigning and at the S A -sponsored debate forums

“Hopefully, student organizations will choose to support candidates based on their qualifications rather than their personal relationships,” Reif said

Muglia added that, in addition to the S A f o

wants organizations to hold debates themselves, with the elections committee helping with “planning and promotion ”

Reif said she hopes that organization involvement will help boost debate attendance, which was poor last year

“People are more likely to show up at an event if their student organizations are attending,” she said

Muglia said that election rules became a focus last spring after a candidate was disqualified for using a megaphone on Ho Plaza without permission during a voting day parade, though that particular rule was left unchanged because it is part of the campus code of conduct

“You can ’ t get rid of a Cornell rule,” Muglia said “ We had to look for other ways to be creative ”

According to Muglia, one way the elec-

tions committee has tried to improve communication with candidates is by allowing

beforehand

“[Now] we can be a little more proactive in finding any potential violations,”

Muglia said

Another change has narrowed the defin

according to Muglia, will allow candidates to bring up past records, resumes and campus policies during campaigns

Hanny Chr ysolite ’14 believes that changing the definition of harassment will create problems

“ St u d e n t s c o u l d t h i n k o f n e g a t i v e things that have happened in the past that are completely unrelated to the campaign and could bring up issues that are timewasting,” she said “It could be an invasion

of privacy ”

The committee also increased the number of petition signatures presidential candidates need to secure a place on the ballot to three hundred, according to Muglia “ The idea [is] that we’ll get more motivated students to run, ” he said “You have to go that extra step And those 200 more people will be hearing platforms beforehand ”

According to Muglia, the assembly’s end goal has always been for the student voice to be heard

“ The more you educate students now on how the Student Assembly works, the more they can make a difference and the more their voices can be heard,” he said

Alisha Foster can be reached at afoster@cornellsun com

By JONATHAN LOBEL Sun Staff Wr ter

Several Cornell professors and University officials are critical of a new study known as t h e C o l l e g e Ed u c a t i o n a l St u d y Pro j e c t , which attempts to quantify the quality of large research universities by assessing academic rigor and teaching quality

Prof Corbin M Campbell, higher education, Columbia University, and a team of graduate students observed 158 courses and a n a l y ze d 1 4 9 s y l l a b i a t t w o “ s e l e c t i ve ” research institutions last spring, according to the study’s website The team then scored the educational quality of each institution on the basis of these observations

The researchers of the study expect to pursue a second, multi-institutional pilot of 7-10 institutions in the fall of 2014 and ultimately conduct a national study after that, according to the study’s website

Susan Murphy, vice president of Student a n d Ac a d e m i c

Services, said she is skeptical of these future studies

“[I’m] not sure [the study] is scalable to any helpful degree,” she said

However, Murphy said that the study is “thought provoking” because it does not focus on what many university rankings emphasize, namely, selectivity, SAT scores, and funding

Although Murphy said attempts to quantify the quality of a university are “ very difficult,” she said that they are certainly “worth doing ”

The metrics for academic rigor depended on the complexity of the course, the quantity of work assigned and the level of expectations set for students, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education Teaching quality was based on how well the instructor introduced major concepts and called forth student’s prior knowledge of the material

Prof Donald Viands, plant breeding and genetics, said he was concerned that the research team did not directly account for

what students actually learned from their courses

“The most critical factor [in assessing educational quality] is learning so that students are able to accomplish the learning outcomes for the course, ” he said

As a result of this deficiency, Viands called the study “imprecise” in its approach to quantifying teaching quality

Viands was also critical of the short duration of the study, saying that meaningful conclusions could not be drawn from such an investigation

“The [study’s] rating is very subjective,” he said “Many observations, not just one week, are needed in a course ”

Prof Malden Nesheim, nutritional sciences, said that factors including interaction with committed peers and levels of student and faculty commitment to learning were not measured

“[It’s] hard to capture all this in a single number,” he said

Prof Mark Constas, applied economics and management, also said he was critical of t h e s t u d y ’ s m e t h o d o l o g y Ac c o rd i n g t o Constas, the facts that the study had a response rate of less than 33 percent and that no assessment of response bias was provided make the study’s results suspect

“One of the fundamental weaknesses in social science studies can be attributed to bias associated with non-random sampling procedures or to the failure to adjust estimates that suffer from bias,” he said, saying that the study contained these flaws

Both studied universities’ scores in academic rigor and teaching quality were statistically indistinguishable, according to the Chronicle of Higher education Constas attributed this finding to flawed statistical procedures, which lacked sensitivity

“This study, while thought provoking, does little to promote the view that investigations of education are based on strong theoretical foundations and supported by careful analysis,” he said

Unlawful Possession Of Alcohol and Endangerment

Three students were referred to the Judicial Administrator Friday for unlawful possession of alcohol and endangerment in Ba l c h H a l l

University Police Department said

Agency Assist in Barton Cornell Police assisted the Ithaca Police Department with a reported menacing complaint at Barton Hall Friday, according to CUPD

Unlawful Possession Of Marijuana

Tw

Sheldon Court and the other in Townhouse E were referred to the Judicial Administrator in separate cases of unlawful possession of marijuana Saturday, CUPD said

False Reporting of a Fire

An officer was dispatched to take a report regarding an individual maliciously activating the a fire alarm pull box in the basement area of Low Rise 7 on Sunday, according to CUPD Driving While Intoxicated

An individual from Ithaca was referred to Ithaca Town Court after being arrested for d r i v i n g w h i l e i n t ox i c a t e d o n Pleasant Grove Road Monday, according to CUPD

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autism as par t of his identity

“ We don’t vie w our autism as an appendage as something that snuck in and attached itself to a normal person, ” he said “ We don’t refer to ourselves as people ‘with’ Judaism or people ‘with’ Christianity ”

Ne’ e m

ASAN to use the term “autistic people ”

“Our histor y of abuse, dehum a

powered is closely tied to the idea that we somehow can separate our being autistic from ourselves,” he said

However, Ne’eman said that the preference of whether to use “

mately depends on the individual

“No one should go to someone and tell them ‘I know how you should refer to [yourself ],” he said Katherine Fahey, director of Student Disability Ser vices, said the goal of the autism advocacy movement is closely related to C o r n

ow

g a rd i n g diversity and inclusion

“[ We’ve] had an initiative of u

y and building a more inclusive campus for the past year or so, ” she said “ The goal of the autistic rights movement is par t of a broader social justice movement f

with Cornell's diversity initia-

tives ” Pr o f K a t h l e e n L o n g ,

romance studies, who has a son w i t h a u t i s m , i n t r o d u c e d

Ne’eman, commending him for his contributions to the community of people with autism spectr um disorders

“ He’s p ro b a

people I most admire in this regard,” she said “He’s been a tireless advocate for people on the spectr um ” Long said that Ne’eman is a qualified lecturer because he has h a d

National Council on Disability

“Not only does he have political experience, but he has edu-

cational experience,” she said

Fahey added that the lecture w

because of Ne’eman’s firsthand experience with autism

“It was ver y impor tant to us to have people with autism speak about the empowerment and advocacy of the neurodiversity movement, ” she said

The lecture was co-sponsored by the College of Agriculture

and

Anushka Mehrotra can be reached at amehrotra@cornellsun com

C.U. Profs Recognized for Contributions

Sherwyn ’86, academic director

o f t h e C o r n e l l In s t i t u t e f o r Ho s p i t a l i t y L a b o r a n d Employment Relations, were all nominated and selected by the Board of Trustees to receive the fellowships for 2014

The three recipients have been recognized for a variety of efforts

Datta’s research is about the physics of food processes, with an emphasis on the “quality and safety ” of complex processes

“In the initial years, what kept me going was primarily my conviction that this is the right thing to do in defining the emerging biological engineering undergrad-

uate curriculum,” he said Datta added that his research goal is to develop engineering frameworks that can be applied to m u l t i p l e f o o d p ro d u c t s a n d processes as opposed to just one In addition to his research, Datta said he finds teaching to be an extremely important part of his life

“My greatest joy comes when I see the nod or smile as someone understands a concept or the passing remark of someone that he [or] she is really enjoying the course content, ” he said Hi n e s , w h o i s w o rk i n g t o understand the reactivity of atoms of nanoscale surfaces in order to produce surfaces with a specific structure or reactivity, said that receiving the Weiss Fellowship was a great honor for her

“This is truly a great place to be and to learn the students are extremely bright, highly motivated and very enthusiastic, ” she said Sherwyn said he decided he wanted to teach when one of his professors at Cornell Prof Mi c h a e l Go l d , i n d u s t r i a l a n d labor relations was out of town and asked him to run a threehour class

“I couldn’t believe that this was a job you could actually get paid for,” Sherwyn said “It changed my whole view on life on whether I wanted to be a practicing lawyer or a professor ”

Sher wyn said he researches issues regarding labor law and

working with to modernize relations between unions and management He also started the hotel school’s first industry roundtable

Sh e r w y n e m p h a s i ze d t h e importance of teaching and influencing students in his lifetime

“Cornell is a world class institute where colleagues are amazing, students are incredible, and where you are just blown away all the time by who you get to teach and who you get to work with,” he said

Sherwyn also spoke about the

from teaching his students

“The great thing about teaching is making students think making them walk out of class fighting about the two or three sides of an argument and thinking about it one step further,” he said Datta said he intends to use the fellowship money for various purposes to help students and further research

“The fellowship will advance teaching directly,” Datta said Echoing Datta’s sentiments, Sherwyn emphasized giving back to the community through teaching as opposed to from the money he will receive from the fellowship

“We have landed in a place where there is incredible access to resources and industry,” he said

Nabiha Keshwani can be reached at nk444@cornell edu

The CSBA is hoping to get the University involved through business with Collegetown amenities, according to Johnson

“We are building a relationship with Cornell, since we need them and they need us as neighbors,” said Annie Quach ’05, an alliance member and the owner of Hai Hong Chinese restaurant

A d d i t i o n a l l y , Johnson said one of CSBA’s immediate

goals is to create a map of Collegetown businesses for students and local residents to use

The CSBA is partnering with Pop Shop to create an interactive app along with the physical map of businesses, according to Natalie Sweeney, alliance member and owner of Natalia’s Boutique Sweeney added that a physical map would be available at the Ithaca Ser vice Center downtown

“We want to get the locals here all year long, instead of just

the students,” she said

D e n i s e Thompson, administrative assistant in the Office for Fraternity, Sorority and Independent Living, said the Cornell offcampus housing website could add the map as a resource list for students Ashley Popp ’16, m e m b e r o f t h e Cornell Collegetown

St u d e n t C o u n c i l , said the map would be helpful for students

“It’s really hard to

India Abroad Program Will Teach Sustainability, Rural Development

Unlike current study abroad programs in India, the NFLC program allows students to receive direct University credit, since classes are taught by both Cornell faculty and Keystone staff

The partnership with Keystone offers several benefits for participants, according to Prof Andrew Willford, anthropology, the cultural anthropologist on the core team for the program

“Keystone has been the leading [nongovernmental organization] in this biosphere working on issues of sustainability and social empowerment for indigenous peoples,” Willford said Ac

strengths of the the program is that it enables Cornell students to study alongside community members from Kotagiri

“[Students will learn] together and from each other while situated in the ver y

d understand,” Kudva said

Kudva, who is currently in Kotagari setting up the curriculum and identifying research sites for fieldwork, said the program is open to a large variety of Cornell students

“ We would like to have six to eight Cornell students join us at the NFLC in spring 2015, from various programs across the University,” she said

According to Willford, 15 students is the program ’ s absolute maximum capacity

The idea for the NFLC was formed a

few years ago when Dr Pratim Roy, director of the Keystone Foundation, was a Hubert H Humphrey Fellow at Cornell in 2011-12, according Willford “It was during [Roy’s] stay that the idea was born to create a field learning center in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reser ve, a complex and fragile ecosystem where both biological and cultural diversity is amazingly rich, yet also encounters many challenges,” Willford said

Willford believes that the firsthand nature of the program will mold students into more aware global citizens “ We

emerge from this program not only as better global citizens aware of some of the challenges facing indigenous peoples within their fragile environments, but better

able to work collaboratively across cultural and disciplinar y divides on practical solutions for various problems that are simultaneously desirable to local communities,” he said Prof Steven Wolf, natural resources, one of the other core members of the NFLC team, said that the program was created due to a need for social and ecological change

“Our approach which is part of a learning challenge is a response to what we perceive to be an urgent need for new models of how science and education can contribute to efforts to address social and ecological problems,” Wolf said

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La m e t o 3 a m c u r l i n g m a t c h e s , a n d I n o r m a l l y e n j oy a s p e c t a c u l a r s h ow i n g f o r t h e o p e n i n g c e re m o n y Bu t t h e A m e r i c a n n a r r a t i ve s u r ro u n d i n g So c h i i n t h e we e k s p r i o r h a d t a i n t e d m y u s u a l Ol y m p i c t h r i l l Fro m t h e c o u n t r y ’ s ove r t p e r s e c u t i o n o f g a y c i t i ze n s t o t h e m a s s s l a u g h t e r o f s t r a y d o g s i n p re p a r a t i o n f o r t h e Ga m e s , Ru s s i a ’ s s t r i n g o f a b u s e s h a ve p ro m p t e d a c t i v i s t s f ro m a ro u n d t h e w o r l d t o q u e s t i o n t h e In t e r n a t i o n a l Ol y m p i c C o m m i t t e e ’ s s e l e c t i o n o f

So c h i a s t h e h o s t o f t h i s ye a r ’ s Wi n t e r Ga m e s Jo i n i n g t h a t s e n t i m e n t , I t o o b a l k e d a t c e l e b r a t i n g a c o u n t r y t h a t h a d s o a g g re s s i ve l y m i s t re a t e d i t s ow n c i t i ze n s

So i n a k e y m o m e n t o f t h e o p e n i n g c e re m o n i e s , w h e n f i ve p o i n t s o f l i g h t we re s u pp o s e d t o e x p a n d i n t o f i ve p ro m i n e n t Ol y m p i c r i n g s a s o n e o f t h e m o s t re c o g n i z a b l e s y m b o l s o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l c o o p e r a t i o n , o n e r i n g u n e x p e c t e d l y m a l f u n c t i o n e d T h e re s u l t w a s a s a d c o n f i g u r a t i o n o f f o u r i n t e r w ove n r i n g s a n d o n e w i l t e d s t a r o f f i n t h e f a r r i g h t c o r n e r In t h i s m o m e n t m e a n t t o s e r ve a s a t e s t a m e n t t o t h e re b i r t h o f Ru s s i a , t h e c o u nt r y h a d f a l l e n s h o r t A n d a s I w a t c h e d t h e s p e c t a c l e u n f o l d , I c o u l d n ’ t h e l p b u t f e e l a n ove r w h e l m i n g s e n s e o f s a t i s f a c t i o n : Ru s s i a h a d f a i l e d ; Pre s i d e n t V l a d i m i r Pu t i n h a d f a i l e d ; p ro p o n e n t s o f a v i c i o u s l y a n t i - g a y s o c i e t y h a d f a i l e d

EDITORS IN TRAINING

EDITOR IN CHIEF Emma Court ’15 MANAGING EDITOR Noah Rankin ’16 ASSOCIATE EDITOR Caroline Flax 15

Feldman 15

Clemens 14

Sean Doolittle 16

Anushka Mehrotra 16

Levy 16

Chiusano ’15

Altschuler ’16

Rebecca Coombes 14

Prioritizing International Student Mental Health

THE NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ENROLLING at Cornell has been increasing annually Despite a broad push during the past few years to expand mental health resources and to better publicize them, the mental health of Cornell’s international student community has been largely overlooked at the University level International students who compose nearly a fifth of the student body face particular obstacles during their years of higher education that can put them at higher risk for mental health issues compared to their peers Yet these increases have not been accompanied by mental health programming specifically targeted at international students We believe it is time for this to change We urge the University to proactively improve outreach to the international student community to help alleviate risk factors and prevent crises from occurring

Stress is, of course, a problem for all students, but, for international students, culture shock, language barriers, lack of nearby family and an inability to travel home for short periods of time can make academically or socially difficult periods more strenuous In an editorial last March, we questioned the proposal of an international student center because, despite the distinct challenges faced by international students, we do not think the answer is social segregation from the larger Cornell community Rather, a more useful allocation of resources would be to increase mental health initiatives targeted at international students

Though many students are well-informed about the variety of options available to them, such as the Counseling and Psychological Services offered by Gannett Health Services, cultural norms regarding mental health vary greatly by nation and can prevent international students from viewing therapy as a method of solving their problems Studies have found that international students significantly underutilize mental health resources; even when they do seek help, they are more likely to end therapy early While the ISSO does host weekly Let’s Talk sessions aimed at destigmatizing therapy by offering informal, drop-in counseling sessions additional steps could be taken to improve accessibility of mental health resources to international students

During PREPARE, the international student pre-orientation week, programming could be devoted specifically to untangling misconceptions about therapy and educating students about where on campus they can seek help Additionally, while the ISSO serves crucial functions for international students at Cornell providing information about travel, visas, taxes, health insurance and more a more coordinated University effort could be made to improve mental health-related outreach to the international community The ISSO could coordinate an annual or biannual outreach effort to international students something as simple as sending a friendly email The ISSO could also offer workshops about mental health, or de-stressing activities, alongside current programming about obtaining internships and visa extensions

A coordinated administrative response is necessary to target the multitude of factors contributing to international student mental health risks, including the particularly prevalent cultural aversion to counseling As the international student community continues to grow and the University continues to prioritize student mental health Cornell must act to remedy this weak point in mental health resources

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Tom Hanna ’64 | Guest Room

Throw Collegetown To the Money Wolves?

Believe it or not, five years ago the City and Cornell ponied up a sixfigure pot of money to an outside consulting firm to re-think Collegetown Our venerable stomping grounds are about to be rezoned “Gentrified” and student renters will pay the price Will we get a better Collegetown out of it? Some of us don’t think so Guidelines were endorsed by the city legislature in 2009, and now, after a major legislative mishap in 2011, a Collegetown working group has put their own final touches on new zoning laws People who live and work inside the proposed new “Collegetown Area Form Districts” need to speak up So far, the 4,000 students living in Collegetown have not spoken out on the draft CAFD They will have one last shot at it at 6:00 p m Wednesday in City Hall at 108 E Green Street

Walk through history: Collegetown in the 1940s and 50s Almost every house on Linden and College Avenues was a family home Some were boarding houses, and, yes, Cascadilla Hall was a dormitory, as was Sheldon Court But most of the streets of Collegetown were lined with family homes A diverse business district served every need of the neighborhood on a year-round basis Students did not have cars We had famous nightspots such as the Royal Palm and Joe’s Restaurant, and the drinking age was 18

In the 1960s and 70s, Collegetown was crying out for revival The housing stock was decaying Suburban flight took faculty in Collegetown out of the city Working class families were aging out; their children moving away Landlords bought up much of the aging housing stock Housing prices climbed The remaining families struggled to get new families to buy homes to stem the tide of students

In the 1980s and 90s, the age of the mega-apartment block transformed the core of Collegetown, a trend that continues to this day Cornell increased its enrollment and the 400 block of College Ave was fully developed More frame houses were converted into apartment buildings Rents for students doubled despite the increase in the number of apartments

Since 2000, we have seen 312 College Ave emerge as another megaapartment complex The project’s builder stated, “The owner wanted an elegant, technologically advanced building to take advantage of the highend of the housing market ”

The builder says it all Since the 1980s, Collegetown’s housing boom has catered to the high end of the market Rents per bed increased from around $400 per month to over $1,000 per month Some studio apartments are more than $1,500 a month

What about Collegetown in 2035? If the plan that is now on the table is passed by the Common Council, the supply will marginally increase through consolidation of properties into more mega projects, but any new supply will be owned by the mega-builders As the number of owners decreases, the competition in the marketplace will be reduced With slightly more supply and fewer suppliers, the rents will climb higher and higher Only the wealthy will afford to live in Collegetown

But, wait: is that what the City has already approved for Collegetown’s future? No Officially-approved guidelines call on the City to zone Collegetown with a goal of affordability Yet affordability is not even mentioned in the plan

Currently, there are 233 parcels on the new Collegetown map Fortyfive parcels are either already built out as mega-apartments or are planned to be Sixty-eight parcels are undeveloped but are intended to be re-developed into “medium density” multi-unit housing Unfortunately, the proposed zoning works against this goal Many property owners will keep old housing in place or sell out to big developers who will consolidate properties for profitability The remaining 125-plus parcels, almost two-thirds of the properties, are zoned to be “preserved” rather than re-developed Many houses were built more than 95 years ago, and have been student apartments for more than a generation Though some were built as multi-family housing, under the zoning code, once it is naturally destroyed it will have to be replaced with smaller structures that hold fewer people

Clearly, the new law needs to be amended Students did not write it It does not reflect a future that students would choose for Collegetown If the goal is to slightly increase the supply of high-cost housing and reduce the number of competitors in the marketplace, this plan will be successful However, it will not ease the upward pressure on rents, and it will not improve the year-round viability of the businesses in Collegetown

But it can succeed if students call for changes that are needed For example, affordability, sustainability and technological innovation need to be built into the intent of the new law and then reflected in the zoning requirements The 64 parcels intended for re-development in Collegetown Residential-4 need to be zoned to support 1,200 additional residents over the next 20 years These parcels should be developed by current owners instead of being bought up for millions of dollars and consolidated by major developers and then put on the market at sky-high rents Also, architectural and technological innovation need to replace overly-restrictive zoning requirements More than 100 parcels with century-old frame houses should not be zoned out of redevelopment in the name of preservation They should be re-built into safe new housing

Collegetown will always be one of the most expensive areas for housing in Ithaca, but if we significantly increase the housing supply in the neighborhood and allow property owners to fill in their underutilized properties and replace obsolescent structures, we will get lower prices and better value With more diverse owners and renters, future students will find a healthier and more varied business district as well Maybe even a real grocery store But not if students don’t tell the city what they want in Collegetown

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Comment of the day

“This editorial states that while 70 percent of junior high school girls are interested in STEM fields, only 0 3 percent study computer science in college Is CS not but one component of science, technology, engineering and mathematics? It would be helpful if the writer would include the complete picture in this article, instead of citing a statistic that seems shocking until the reader realizes how narrowly construed it truly is.”

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Re: “EDITORIAL: Expanding STEM Fields to Women,” Opinion, published Feb 11, 2014

A Liberal Person Takes Issue With Liberal Site; Read to Find Out W hy

Ihave a confession A confession that may surprise those who know me: I am not the biggest fan of the website Upworthy Yes, as an unabashedly liberal person, I recognize that I should rejoice at the creation of a website that agrees with my political stance on most issues, brings to light many issues that are left out of the media and promotes my agenda with its viral videos that reach over 50 million people Upworthy’s mission is “ to make important stuff as viral as a video of some idiot surfing off his roof ” The website is clear in its distinction that it’s “ not a newspaper ” and acknowledges its bias when it chooses “ to speak truth rather than appear unbiased ” The “truth” they promote is in line with liberal beliefs and is explicitly stated on their “About” page:

“We’re pro-gay-marriage, and we ’ re antichild-poverty We think the media is horrible to women, we think climate change is real, and we think the government has a lot to learn from the Internet about efficiency, disruption and effectiveness ”

To be fair, there is not much (if anything) there that I disagree with, but there is something about this website that disconcerts me

Many people have criticized the websites ruthless use of click-bait techniques to get people to look at its content

And while these aggressively tempting and non-descript titles are annoying when they

take up your entire newsfeed, there’s a deeper underlying issue here

When I first tried to figure out the specific qualms I had with the website, I found myself thinking that my issue takes root with its selfrighteous nature It bothered me to see that so many decisive, complicated issues were portrayed as black and white and framed in such a biased context

For example, there is a featured video today that decries all development work as white men with hidden agendas and highlights the

Upworthy does not designate a space for comments on any of its pages Videos must be taken for what they are and then distributed to the millions who see them without any ability to question their content, their argument, or their message This selfrighteous air to the website’s videos stems from the lack of discussion surrounding them

When there are no comments on the page, the video can only be taken at face value, accepted as true, and then shared with friends It’s impossible to gauge how oth-

need to protect tribal populations Whether or not I agree with that statement, I believe the issue is more complex than what is presented in that 2-minute video, and it deserves a fair presentation I realized, however, that I was still displeased with the even less polarizing videos, such as the video that demonstrates a magazine’s photoshopping of Jennifer Lawrence (an outrage, I say! She’s perfect!) So, if none of the videos on the website were agreeing with me even though I agreed with (most) of their content then there must be something else going on

And then it hit me I fundamentally disagree with the fact that

ers absorbed or reacted to it, which is such an integral par t of the learning and processing process In our classes on campus, we discuss our readings as a group in order to digest them and understand them better With these videos, this option is not present The content of these videos almost appears like an indisputable fact because there are no visible naysayers to question their sources, provide more context, or to call out any disagreements

The Upworthy website acknowledges their lack of comments and cites their reasoning on their website:

“Our goal is to foster a community of people

who are focused on spreading ideas within their existing groups of friends on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, and wherever else So if you ’ ve got something burning to say about one of the videos or graphics you see on Upworthy, share it on social media and start the conversation there ” I find this explanation to be an absolute cop-out Upworthy is essentially deferring any debate of its articles to friend groups? What is the power behind that? One of the most incredible, and powerful, aspects of the Internet is that it connects people all over the world and sites like Upworthy that produce this thought-provoking content are the perfect forums for these important discussions Upworthy cheapens itself by shirking that responsibility and focusing all their energy on getting people to share their videos Many people are not as comfortable engaging in these conversations with their friends on facebook or do not wish to be limited to 140 words on Twitter, but would willingly comment on the videos directly If the purpose of Upworthy is to promote these important discourses, then why does the website deprive us of these powerful opportunities to engage with each other?

Sam Ritholtz is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He may be reached at sritholtz@gmail com Sans Pants appears alter nate Wednesdays this semester

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When the rovers Opportunity and Spirit first landed on Mars, team leader Prof. Steve Squyres, astronomy, and his team approached the mission by acting like they had “an assassin out there looking over [their] shoulders,” according to Robert Sullivan, a senior research associate in astronomy. There were dozens of things that could have gone wrong, from the martian weather to the electronics and instruments of the rovers themselves.

“We should just pretend we’re in the crosshairs. And sooner or later we’re going to get picked off … believe it or not that was ten years ago,” Sullivan said.

On Jan. 17, the Mars Rover Opportunity celebrated its tenth anniversary. Originally expected to collect data for three months, the rover has lasted far past its original expiration date.

Much of this success can be credited to the engineers involved in the mission, according to Sullivan.

“Scientists are the lucky customers of great engineering on this mission – [the engineers] continue to do a fantastic job,”

Sullivan said.

According to Sullivan, the engineers have managed to make the best of situations that might have meant the end of the mission. In 2006, two years after it landed on Mars, the front right wheel of Spirit stopped moving. With creative thinking and troubleshooting, the team’s engineers managed to keep the rover moving until its last communication four years later, in 2010, according to Sullivan.

In the process of dragging the front wheel, the team obtained some of the “most amazing science” from the impaired rover.

According to Sullivan, the dead wheel uncovered carbonates, which are minerals that are indicative of steam vents, which signify the presence of water.

Another factor that contributed to the rovers’ longevity was the Martian winds. Although dangerously strong at times, the wind cleaned dust off the rovers’ solar panels so that they could continue to operate.

While Sullivan, a scientist himself, credits the engineers with the project’s success, it is the combined efforts of scientists and engineers that made these discoveries possible.

“A very interesting part of this team is that the scientists and engineers get along very well. Generally the scientists on other teams will see engineers as keeping them from getting the good data, and the engineers see scientists as doing things to harm the rover. But we see ourselves as one team,” Shoshanna Cole grad, who works on the project, said.

While Spirit is no longer in operation, Opportunity currently sits on the rim of Endeavor Crater, an extremely old martian crater that may hold sedimentary rock with clay components, as revealed by satellite images.

This is important to the team because clays are formed from water and the weathering of rocks, which would provide further proof for the previous existence of water on Mars, according to Sullivan.

In their latest discovery, the team discovered a jelly donut-like rock that mysteriously appeared in front of Opportunity. The rover was rotating in place when the wheel got stuck, according to Sullivan, and the team believes that the motion knocked a unique-looking stone out of a hole in the ground.

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Assuming Opportunity survives the upcoming martian winter, the team plans to close in on an area with one of the strongest signals for clay and continue to explore Endeavor Crater for the next few years, as the preserved, ancient environment of the crater is similar to that of prehistoric Earth, Sullivan said.

Mars is especially well-suited for studying ancient rock composition, as the geology there has not changed much in the past three billion years, according to Sullivan.

Additionally, the rock composition on Mars provides a simple place to start and compare with Earth, according to Sullivan. Studying the geology of early Earth has been complicated by tectonic plate movements, water erosion, and large living creatures.

With Mars being millions of kilometers away, it can be easy to forget why the rovers’ discoveries are so important to humanity.

“There are two ways to make the world a better place–you can decrease the suck or you can increase the awesome,” Cole said, referencing YouTube celebrity Hank Green’s video on the James Webb Space Telescope. “If you think about what we spend feder-

al money on, a lot of that is to decrease the suck. But if you don’t also increase the awesome, the world isn’t the nicest place to live.”

Exploratory projects such as the rovers may not have an immediate obvious benefit to humanity, but according to Cole they are a big part of increasing the “awesome” in the world and could be extremely valuable in the future.

Besides following the research on ancient rock formations, the public should also be interested in the Mars rovers for the profound question of whether there is life on Mars, according to Sullivan.

“The first set of answers is that there’s no life other than us in the universe. That’s an extreme. That makes everything on this planet very, very special and worth taking care of. It highlights the preciousness of all kinds of life on this planet,” Sullivan said. “The other extreme is that there is life everywhere in the universe, maybe even life on Mars. That’s profound for obvious reasons – we have kinship now with so much more of the universe. Any answer to the question, ‘Is there life other than on Earth?’ has a fascinating answer with readily appreciated implications for anyone on this planet who has any curiosity.”

According to Cole news about Spirit and Opportunity has been valuable for science outreach, since people who are entering college this year have been hearing news about the rovers since they were eight or nine years old.

“[The mission is] really inspirational. It can get people more interested in science and engineering,” Cole said.

Sullivan is also part of the team working with Mars Rover Curiosity, which landed in August 2012. According to Sullivan, Curiosity is equipped with much more capable technology than Spirit or Opportunity, including an instrument that can identify and measure the amount of certain minerals in martian soil.

NASA is also currently planning the technology to include on its Mars 2020 mission for the year 2020, according to Sullivan. For now the team plans to continue to learn as much from Opportunity as it can while also continuing to analyze the immense amount of data that has been collected so far.

According to Cole, “there are many more Ph.D.s” to be earned based on data the rover has sent back to Earth.

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For years, British indie rock band Bombay Bicycle Club has explored the frontier of genres as diverse as R&B, folk and ‘80s synth pop (think Vampire Weekend’s Contra), becoming well-known for pushing the envelope and evolving musically Their fourth LP, So Long, See You Tomorrow, is no different Though it shares several common features with their third album, So Long, See You Tomorrow is defined by experimentation with a more psychedelic, polished sound “Luna,” the second single to be released from the album, stays true to this description Frontman Jack Steadman’s voice is complemented by sophisticated guitar riffs and light-but-driving drum rhythms, creating a vibrant and varied texture Featuring the beautiful vocal talent of UK-based Rae Morris, “Luna” has a wonderful buoyancy that explodes in fresh and unexpected ways Fitting the title, the track creates a lunar landscape that is at once foreign and familiar to the listener This playful, surprising quality can be felt throughout the track The song marks a maturation in the band’s sound and solidifies their reputation as innovators in the indie rock genre

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s TV better than movies?’ is a wor thless question ‘How is TV better than movies?’ can be a fascinating one ”

That tweet, from Philadelphia-based film critic Samuel Adams, has stuck with me since I first read it last November Adams poses a really potent hypothetical and passes it onto any Twitter-addicted writer willing to elaborate I kne w then that said elaboration would make for a good column, but I realize now that the more pressing argument lies on the other side: How are movies better than TV?

Almost ever yone I know spends more time watching, and arguing about, television than they do movies, and some general assumption has settled in that TV is, in fact, objectively better than film

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b e a u t i f u l q u a l i t i e s i n h e r e n t t o t h e f i l m m e d i u m i n exchange for the more addictive, long-form pleasures of television Bearing witness to the carefully calibrated, 47-hour arc of Breaking Bad feels awesome and even transformative, but investing your time into dozens of films over that same span of time can provide even more mind-altering moments and, most cr ucially, a wider breadth of experience

Nine times out of ten, movies look more interesting than television Naturally, exceptions abound Boardwalk Empire is stunning, while, say, War m Bodies is not at all but stick to the giant pool of quality films, old and ne w, out there and you will see not just tangible things but inner thoughts, biases, desires and so

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r woman ’ s unstable mind and depict their psychoses on screen, as 8 ½ and Repulsion do? Or tr y to visualize the grace of God, as The Tree of Life does? I mean, does anything look prettier than In the Mood for Love or Pacific Rim? All these films look dazzling, and many demand attention be paid to their visuals even more than their stor y Unlike most good TV, good movies teach you how to watch them as they go, and that is a fun, thrilling thing

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The abundance of time TV requires means that the focus remains relentlessly on the present, on catching up and binging on the hottest ne w thing Acquainting yourself with the various Golden Ages of TV, as The AV Club’s TV critic-historian Todd VanDerWer ff gratefully has, takes more time than covering the greatest hits of Tarkovsky, Murnau, Denis, Iranian cinema, queer cinema, ’60s counterculture documentaries or whatever niche you may take a liking to In between your four th and fifth time watching The Lego Movie, you can easily catch an old ’50s noir or some mid-’00s War on Terror doc ser ving a life sentence on your Netflix queue If you are interested in World War II, ignore The Monuments Men and actual-

i n g a p r e d o m i n a n t l y female ensemble It must re p re s e n t w o m e n , a s a whole, in addition to letting these specific, affluent and meandering female characters do their thing Half the time, I find Girls fresh and perceptive; the rest of the time I can ’ t stand it Of course, I want to see female characters on TV: I want to see more, I want other options! Orange Is the New Black does it right, but look to independent film and from last year alone you will find Frances Ha, Mother of George, Enough Said, Stories We Tell, Gloria, Blue Is the War mest Color and many more movies with strong female characters No one of these shoulders the weight of half the population, which means fe wer think pieces and a little more sanity in critical discourse Television draws us in because it builds slowly over time The one lie we tell ourselves when opting for TV over movies is that this 30 or 60-minute episode is all I will watch, and a

movie, after all, is longer than that Of course, you watch another episode, or two, or more, and the time argument becomes irrelevant The scope of styles you can unravel, sights you can see, lives you can live in cinema is staggering, and each of these vessels takes but a couple hours to come and go Watching movies, and lots of them, helps to discern personal taste what you like or don’t like But film’s greatest power has nothing to do with criticism; rather, it concerns empathy: For a brief fraction of your life, someone else’s pours for th from a brilliant screen, flows over the heads of friends and strangers alike and washes over you

Zachar y Zahos is a junior in the College of Arts and sciences He can be reached at zzahos@cornellsun com A Lover s Quarrel With the World appears alternate Wednesdays this semester

Sun Sudoku Puzzle #481:

Men Beat Rice; Women Go Winless in First Iv y Matches

By RYAN QUINN Sun Staff Writer

In their first competitive matches away from Ithaca this season, both the men and women suffered losses in their respective competitions The No 62 men ’ s team (4-2) traveled to Evanston, Il where it earned a victory over Rice (2-6) before losing to host No 30 Northwestern (7-2) The women ’ s team (2-2), competing against Ivy League opponents for the first time this season, was winless on the weekend after losing against both Brown (4-3) and Dartmouth (2-2)

In their first game of the weekend, the men bested Rice, 6-1 Junior Alex Sidney and freshmen Bernardo Casares Rosa and Chris Vrabel all won their doubles and singles matches, while junior Quoc-Daniel Nguyen continued his dominance of the No 6 singles spot, winning his fifth straight match Senior captain Sam Fleck also returned from an injury he sustained in the first match of the season to team up with Vrabel

The senior-freshman duo remains the No 40 pairing in the nation

“It was a good win against Rice,” Fleck said “It was a tight match and we fought extremely well on every court against a good team ”

However, in the Red’s game against Northwestern, the script followed a very different narrative The Red was shut out for the first time this season, including its preseason tournaments The No 30 Wildcats did not drop a single set against the Red, winning the doubles point as well as the No 3, 5 and 6 singles matches Nguyen suffered his first singles defeat of the season and both Sidney and Casares Rosa were trailing when Northwestern clinched the victory Fleck and Vrabel were also trailing when the doubles point was decided

“Northwestern was a tough loss,” Fleck said “We played tentative tennis on the big points, whereas they stayed aggressive and took it to us ”

Meanwhile in New York City, the women struggled in their first contests against Ivy League competition at the ECAC Indoor Championships Against Brown and Dartmouth, the Red was edged out by scores of 4-2 and 52, respectively With senior captain Ryann Young out for the season with a torn ACL, the rest of the team has moved up in their respective singles spots, meaning all three of the top singles spots were played by underclassmen again Sophomore Dena Tanenbaum played the No 1 spot in singles, and while she didn’t get the win, she took Dartmouth’s No 1 to a tiebreak and very nearly turned the momentum around for the Red

“Both of the matches were really tight and could’ve really gone either way, ” Tanenbaum said “I thought for the most part our competitiveness was really good and obviously we want to come out on top, but I think everyone played really well ”

However, the Red excelled in doubles again, maintaining doubles as a consistent strength of this team so far this season The pairings of freshmen Alexandra D’Ascenzo and Marika Cusick, as well as Tanenbaum and junior Lauren Frazier won all four matches they played in New York with both teams remaining undefeated thus far Cusick and D’Ascenzo have been excellent contributors for the Red, anchoring the No 2 and 3 singles spots as well as dominating doubles As for this weekend, Tanenbaum emphasized the experience that this has given the whole team, and especially the first year players

“It’s the beginning of the season and we ’ re kind of just getting into that dual match phase, because it’s different than in the fall,” she said “I think it was definitely a good warm-up and good practice, especially because we know we ’ re going to see them again in the Ivy season ”

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Akpaet e Break s Her O wn

400 Me t er S cho ol

By JOHN MCGRORTY Sun Staff Writer

This past weekend the Cornell men ’ s and women ’ s track and field teams competed in multiple different meets across the east coast The men ’ s team participated in the New York City Armor y ’ s Collegiate Invitational, the Boston University Valentine Invitational and the Ithaca College Quad meet The women ’ s team sent a majority of its athletes to the Valentine Invitational, where sophomore Udeme Akpaete broke her previous school record in the 400m

At the Armory, junior Stephen Mozia placed first in shot put with a distance of 64’2 5” The Red also displayed strong performances in the weight throw, with sophomore Bryan Rhodes placing fourth and freshman Rudy Winkler placing 11th with a new freshman record of 61’3 5” Senior Dan Scott improved to No 5 all-time in the triple-jump with a leap of 51’1 5” and senior Montez Blair placed third in the high jump

The Red also performed well in its short-distance events, with senior Bruno Hortelano-Roig running the fastest prelim time in the 200m and senior Kinsley Ojukwu finishing in the Top-20 in that race

“The team feels good about its performances We had some big jumps from Dan Scott and a new freshman record from Rudy Winkler It’s exciting to see people improving every weekend,” Mozia said “As a team, we want more though We are looking for an amazing full team performance, especially with the championship season approaching ” According to Blair, the team is not becoming overconfident after its recent successes

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“This weekend was not a bad weekend for us as a whole and very good for some, but we are taking this one step at a time,” he said “We know it’s a process and we are taking steps to be where we want to be ”

Now the No 14 team in the nation, the men ’ s team is not yet content with its national ranking, according to Mozia

“Our team needs to continue to strive for more Complacency could hurt us a lot,” he said

Although the team was scattered across the East coast this weekend, Mozia said it did not affect the team ’ s cohesion

“I feel like it did not really affect us as much We still kept track of each other from afar and it’s nice to feel support from your teammates from far away, ” he said

In Boston, freshman Grant Sisserson excelled once again, breaking the freshman pole vault record for the fourth week in a row with a jump of 16’6 75”, moving him into the No 4 spot in Cornell history

The women also came away from the weekend with some strong finishes in Boston The Red had 14 runners with ECAC qualifications and 20 athletes with Top-20 finishes in their respective events The highlight of the Boston Invitational was Akpaete’s finish in the 400m She broke her previous school record with an impressive time of 54 02, the fifth best time in Ivy League history

This coming weekend, the Red will travel to Geneva, Oh to compete in the SPIRE Invitational, hoping to move further up the national rankings

John Mcgrorty can be reached at jmcgrorty@cornellsun com

Sweep, Women Lose Two of Three

By HAMDAN AL YOUSEFI Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell men ’ s and women ’ s squash teams saw contrasting results this past weekend as their regular seasons came to an end

The men ’ s side completed a clean sweep of the competition over the three-day weekend, including an 81 defeat against Penn In addition, the Red also triumphed over No 28 Hobart, 9-0, and No 9 Princeton, 6-3, to end the regular season 9-5 overall and 5-2 i n t h e Iv y c o n f e r e n c e Cornell also moved up a spot in the rankings to No 7, largely due to the squad’s i m p r e s s i v

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Head coach Mark Devoy was pleased with the Red’s recent successful run, stating that he believed t h a t

together to take on the challenge head-on

“ The team really came out and fought hard I was a little bit worried during the game, because Penn has had a good run, ” Devoy said “I think they were a little bit confident in beating us, so I was concerned that the team didn’t have the right outlook That wasn ’ t the case ” Devoy also praised the home c r o w d s u p p o r t t h a t t h e t e a m received throughout the season, and

n against Penn largely to home court advantage

“ There was a good turn out as friends came to watch and support the team It definitely helped us to be in a place where we were supported and were comfortable playing in,” Devoy said Fr e s h m a n K e v i n Fl a n n e r y, i n t h e 3 rd order, suffered the

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