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Proposed Fund

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Staff Wr ter

Student leaders said they are confident that a Green Revolving Fund will be created at Cornell, after University President David Skorton sent an e m a i l t o m e m b e r s o f t h e St u d e n t A s s e m b l y Thursday saying he would “consider [giving] a onemillion dollar loan to create the fund ”

Through this fund, individuals –– as well as departments within the University –– would be able to fund projects that w o u l d “ e n h a n c e energy conser vation efforts,” according to S A President Adam Gitlin ’13

“We weren’t sure that this was going to happen, and now that it is, all the trivial detail can be worked out.”

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T h e re vo l v i n g f u n d w h i c h d e r i ve s i t s n a m e from the fact that m o n e y s a ve d a s a result of the conservation efforts would return to the fund is intended to foster student engagement in the University’s sustainability practices, according to Jacob Reisch ’13, president of Energy Corps at Cornell, an organization dedicated to promoting sustainability on campus

“A [Green Revolving Fund] opens up opportuni-

City

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By KEVIN MILIAN Sun Staff Writer

At a meeting of the Collegetown Ne i g h b o r h o o d C o u n c i l Tu e s d a y, Ithaca residents debated a potential change to the City of Ithaca’s noise ordinance that would establish a maximum decibel level for complaints

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By JONATHAN DAWSON Sun Staff Writer

The shops located i n t h e p ro p o s e d Collegetown Crossing –– a development at 307 College Ave that w i l l i n c l u d e a p a r tments and a GreenStar Ma rk e t – – w i l l b e d e c i d e d by p o p u l a r consensus on a website that was launched to the public Tuesday This project’s page on the Popularise website –– which enables re s i d e n t s t o p ro p o s e building concepts ––will allow people to submit ideas and vote o n t h e m f o r t h e upcoming space

“ Po p u l a r i s e h e l p s people post a location and pose a question, to w h i c h o t h e r p e o p l e can propose an idea, and other people can vote in support of [it]

Here, we are asking w h a t t h e b u s i n e s s e s could be [in the 307 College Ave space],” said Aylin Gucalp ’14, who started the project page on the Popularise website

Gucalp said she began the online project for the course “The Promise and Pitfalls of C o n t e m p o r a r y Planning” to create an easier way for residents to provide input for their community

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“What we are proposing are not laws for mandatory decibel readings, but a tool officers could use to make decisions regarding noise complaints ” The noise ordinance proposal was

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of One World” 5 - 7:15 p m , Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall

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Woody Guthrie Called Queer 4:30 - 6 p m , Guerlac Room, A D White House

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Hacker Warns of Zombies On Michigan TV Broadcasts

MARQUETTE, Mich (AP) No, zombies aren ’ t attacking northern Michigan

Two local television stations say hackers broke into their Emergency Alert System with messages Monday warning of a zombie apocalypse Along with a crawl strip, an audio message warned viewers that “dead bodies are rising from their graves ” and “attacking the living ”

The messages ran on public station WNMU and ABC affiliate WBUP Two Montana stations also were hit WNMU General Manger Eric Smith says police determined the source isn’t local and may be from outside the country He wasn ’ t aware of any arrests and says equipment changes have been made to prevent future incidents

Karole White, president of the Michigan Association of Broadcasters, says it’s the first breach of the emergency system that she’s aware of since its inception in the 1940s

Swedish Ice Pole-Sitting Contest Has Six Winners

STOCKHOLM (AP) Six contestants have braved butt-numbing cold and boredom to win an annual ice pole-sitting contest in northern Sweden

Two women and four men shared the 20,000-kronor prize ($3,100) for remaining on 8 25-foot-tall (2 5-meter) blocks of ice during the 48-hour contest, which ended Saturday

Competitors said the worst part of the competition was not the cold temperatures dipped below -18 degrees Fahrenheit (-28 degrees Celsius) but the monotony, even though they were allowed to come down for 10-minute toilet breaks every other hour

Organizer Annica Andersson said the contest has been held annually for a dozen years, and was brought to the Swedish town of Vilhelmnina by a local resident who had participated in a similar competition in Russia

Police: N.Y. Mom Used Kiss To Give Jailed Son Drugs

PENN YAN, N Y (AP) Police say an upstate New York woman passed drugs to her son while kissing him when she visited him in jail

Sheriff ’ s deputies in Yates County tell local media outlets 54-year-old Penn Yan resident Kimberly Margeson was visiting her son last week when she hid oxycodone pills and passed them from her mouth to his while giving him a kiss

Police haven’t said how the drugs were discovered

Margeson pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of criminal sale of a controlled substance and promoting prison contraband She’s free after posting bail

Authorities say her 30-year-old son also was charged with promoting prison contraband He remains in jail on an unrelated felony weapon possession charge, and a lawyer for him couldn't be contacted

Student Assembly Sur veys Student Safety Concerns

In the wake of several reported sexual assaults last semester, the Student Assembly released a safety survey early this month to undergraduate students to assess their campus safety concerns The survey will remain live at least through the end of the month, according to Anisha Chopra ’13, chair of the Safety Task Force for the S A

“It’s our responsibility to make sure that we ’ re serving the students We need to gauge their sentiments,” said Stephen Breedon ’14, vice president for public relations for the S A

The survey which was created by S A Vice President of Outreach Ross Gitlin ’13 and Sarah Balik ’15, CALS representative asks questions that Gitlin and Balik said they hope will help them understand the needs of the student body

One of the survey ’ s questions asks when students are walking home at night during the weekdays Another asks how frequently students use the Blue Light User Extension Late Night Shuttle Van Service –– a bus service that runs during study periods between the hours of 11 p m and 3:45 a m and is partially funded by the Student Activity Fee, a mandatory fee that all undergraduates pay to fund initiatives that benefit the Cornell community, according to the S A website

Chopra emphasized that the survey was created by students She said she hopes this will encourage students to be more candid in their responses

“We think the [Cornell University Police Department] and the administration [do] a great job in caring about safety concerns but we wanted the survey to come from a student perspective,” Chopra said

Chopra said she hopes the survey results will indicate that students found the B L U E shuttle a useful late-night resource

“This survey will hopefully show that students continue to need the [B LU E] shuttle,” Chopra said

Breedon said the survey aims to continue to alert the public of the existence of campus safety measures

“If we ’ re using resources [money], we need to make sure that these resources are actually accessed,” Breedon said “[The survey] is kind of like a self-check ”

Breedon and Chopra said that, in order to publicize the sur-

vey, the S A will continue to use social media, post the link in CUPD Chief Kathy Zoner’s weekly safety update emails and display information in campus libraries

Chopra said another goal of the survey is to use its results as evidence for the administration that there “continues to be a sustainable need for students to have transportation late at night ”

“We can use all of these [survey results] and take our concerns to the administration They are way more likely to help us if we say, ‘Here are actual numbers for you, ’” Chopra said

While Chopra said she hopes undergraduates will use the survey to voice their opinions about campus safety, she said the S A remains realistic about how many students will actually take the time to answer survey questions

“Overall, if we get a response from 30 percent of undergraduates, that would be phenomenal,” Chopra said

Both Breedon and Chopra said that marketing on a campus as large as Cornell’s is a formidable task

Laena Frechette ’15 and Alana Harris ’15 echoed this sentiment, saying that they have never seen an advertisement for, let alone used, the B L U E shuttle

“I don’t know more about it than the fact that it exists,” Harris said “The schedule could be better publicized I [usually] walk home or take the TCAT ”

Frechette said she has never used the shuttle, although she

said she “continues to feel unsafe when I walk home alone at night ”

Gitlin said lack of student awareness about Cornell’s safety resources is a problem that the S A plans to combat with marketing and public relations

“The Student Assembly along with the administration, CUPD and many other student organizations are investing time and energy in trying to publicize resources that are already available,” he said

Both Gitlin and Chopra referred to the student-created iPhone application, “ResCUer,” as one recent improvement in the way students are able to connect to safety resources at the University The application contains phone numbers of resources such as CUPD and Gannett Health Services so students can better access them in emergency situations

Gitlin said that the survey results will be able to help the S A continue to affirm its commitment to student health and safety

“[The S A ] is thinking of other innovative ways to make the campus environment and climate comfortable for everyone in the Cornell community,” Gitlin said

Librar y Exhibit D isplays Emancipation P roclamation

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In a rare vie wing, an original version of the Emancipation Proclamation is being showcased temporarily at Cornell in celebration of the 150th anniversar y of the document’s signing

As par t of an exhibit showcasing the proclamation, which will r un through the end of March, the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections at Kroch Librar y held a public vie wing of the original document on Abraham Lincoln’s bir thday Tuesday and will hold an additional vie wing on Feb 18, which is Presidents’ Day

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However, when Lincoln noticed a technical error in its phrasing, a second copy was written which changed the wording

order, according to Lance Heidig, outreach and learning ser vices librarian for Cornell Librar y That original copy was given to a California congressman and was subsequently sold to a collector, before being purchased by Nicholas Noyes, who gradu

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According to Heidig, Cornell’s copy, though it is damaged from natural aging, is better-preser ved than the official docum e n t w h i c h i s o n d i s p l a y a t t h e National Archives in Washington, D C since it has been on display less and, as a result, has suffered from less light damage

To keep the document well-preser ved, and because additional security must be hired to protect the document, it is only on display for special occasions, Heidig said For the remainder of the exhibit, a duplicate copy will replace the original in the display to alleviate the need for security and reduce damage to the document

He i d i g s a i d t h a t , a l t h o u g h t h e Emancipation Proclamation is remembered by most people for freeing slaves, the document technically did not do so, as it was only valid as long as the Civil War lasted However, he said the document remains significant for putting the U S government on the course to abolishing slaver y “ B e f o r e t h e E m a n c i p a t i o n

Proclamation, Lincoln was fighting for the preser vation of the Union,” Heidig

s a i d “A f t e r t h e E m a n c i p a t i o n Proclamation, it changed the nature of t h e w a r t o e n d s l a v e r y [ T h e Proclamation] symbolizes a turning point in the Civil War and in American histor y ”

According to Heidig, a variety of community members, including classes of students, visited Tuesday on Lincoln’s bir thday to take tours of the exhibit He said he was most pleased by how many profes-

sors are bringing their classes

Kelly McLane ’16 said she attended the exhibit with her freshman writing seminar

“I thought it was really cool that we have an actual handwritten copy of the E m a n c i p a t i o n Pr o c l a m a t i o n , ” Mc L a n e said “It contained a lot of information about the signing ”

He i d i g s a i d h e h o p e s s t u d e n t s a re inspired by the exhibit and that they consequently become more motivated to use primar y source materials in their work He said promoting student work with primar y documents is one of the Cornell Librar y ’ s goals

“One of the great things about Cornell libraries is that anyone can just walk in and see great stuff in the librar y, ” he said Melinda Lem ’16 said her interest in histor y prompted her to attend the exhibit and she was surprised to learn before the tour that Cornell owned the original copy of the Emancipation Proclamation

She added that seeing the movie Lincoln increased her interest in the subject

Jon Lash ’16 said he was excited to see the document in person “ It f e e

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“ The fact is that obviously Cornell is blessed with a great librar y The collection is absolutely astounding,” Heidig said

Decibel Levels Rise as Residents Debate Changes to Noise Ordinance

spurred by repeated noise reports from residents near Da Westy, a bar on the Commons Murtagh said the ambiguity of the current noise ordinance presents problems in commercial zones such as the Commons

“ [ D a We s t y f e a t u re s ] l o u d music, a beer garden and loud games And even after the owners moved the games and lowered the amplified music, they still get complaints,” Murtagh said “ The bars have a right to have noise in their zone ”

According to Mur tagh, the proposed changes would exist alongside the city’s current noise ordinance

“ The current noise ordinance is good for college parties, since you want that flexibility police officers have during complaints,” he said

But some attendees disagreed

“I’m someone who lives where the parties take place, and I think the problem here is the parties,” said Tom Hanna ’64, a former m e m b

r o f t h e C o m m o n Council and chair of East Hill Civic Association “It is also the rush events and people running by We have a lot of transient phenomena, and I want to see what we are doing to change the culture ”

Still, Cornell University Police D e p a r t m e n t S g t A n t h o n y Bellamy said law enforcement officials have been communicating with students about the issue “ The police meets with fraternities and sororities to discuss these matters and their responsibilities and dialogue has been well-received,” Bellamy said Tessa Rudan ’89, a member of the Planning and Development Board, proposed that community members take a reactionar y role in response to noise complaints

“ I w o u l d l i k e a b y s t a n d e r inter vention element, for not just the noise, but other conduct that goes along with it, like drinking, overcrowding and public urination,” she said

Students said there should be a distinction in the ordinance with respect to the location of the violation

“I think the discussion surrounding the ordinance needs to be looked [at] from two different perspectives,” said Eric Silverberg ’

“ The intent, being born in the b

Collegetown ” Jacob Newman ’15 said he supports the addition of a specific decibel limit to the noise ordinance, provided it is only applied to commercial zones

“I think adding the decibel [standard] is a nice objective way to measure situations I’m not sure how it will work with college parties, but it’s a nice way to monitor the commercial zones and make sure they don’t get too loud,” Newman said Murtagh said there is a need to update the noise ordinance to fit the demands of a modern city “ T h e

standards for zones, but the noise ordinance has to be unique to the It h a

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said “As the city becomes more dense, there’s going to be more complications with noise, and the current ordinance is just too archaic for our situations ”

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Rutgers University and a specialist in noise ordinances

The proposal will be reviewed

Ithaca Police Depar tment and the Ithaca Common Council for approval

“[The noise ordinance] has to have the support of the staff who are going to enforce it, mainly the building and police department,” Murtagh said

Kevin Milian can be reached at kmilian@cornellsun com

Green Fund Will Encourage Sustainability Website Solicits Input

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request funding for their projects,” he said

According to Reisch, projects could include the installation of lowflush toilets, energy efficient lighting and weatherizing windows, among other ideas

While the logistics of how the fund will operate will be determined by discussions between the University and student leaders, individuals who support the GRF said they are confident it will become a reality and are eager to continue working with the administration

“We weren ’ t sure that this was going to happen, and now that it is, all of the trivial details can be worked out, ” said Sarah Balik ’15, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences representative for the S A

But University discussions regarding initial funding, also known as seed funding, for the GRF have yet to be held, according to student leaders University officials also emphasized that Skorton has yet to make a decision about investment in the fund

In a presentation shown to several administrators in September, Reisch suggested that the seed funding could be supported either by funds from the student body, the endowment, donations or allocations from the administration’s budget

There is currently no timeline for how long talks with the University will extend or when a GRF would go into effect, according to Reisch

“The immediate next step is to create the exact model of how this is going to function,” Reisch said

Similar funds have been set up at other universities including Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania According to Reisch, 75 percent of all green revolving funds have been created in the past four years

Harvard has experienced success with their revolving fund, which started in 1993, Reisch said Over the past decade, Harvard has seen an approximate 30-percent return from its fund each year, The Harvard Crimson reported in Oct 2011

Balik said that she “could think of about a million reasons ” why the GRF would benefit the University

“I think this is a great way for students to get involved with sustainability,” she said

Student leaders who have brought attention to the GRF also said they believe that such a fund aligns with Cornell’s goals about sustainability

“The University already is extremely committed to sustainability and energy conservation We believe this is only an extension of the University’s goals,” Gitlin said Reisch, along with other students, have been working since last spring to make a GRF at Cornell a reality

The S A passed a resolution, which was sponsored by both Reisch and Balik, in October urging the University to supply money to a GRF

Gitlin expressed enthusiasm over Skorton’s consideration to supply funds for the GRF

“The S A is very excited and commends the University for their commitment [to] sustainability and the environment,” Gitlin said

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With American Citizenship Comes Responsibility

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v a d i n g s e n t i m e n t o f belonging and civic-mindedness The three speakers a Democratic mayor, a Re p u b l i c a n j u d g e a n d a local resident who was naturalized 10 years ago all spoke of the importance of maintaining a participator y role in public affairs Their words resonated with me, as someone who has been active in my community, but seemed to contrast with the general apathy of our generation

It became clear to me at the ceremony that citizenship represents not only a commitment to vote and pay taxes, but also to active-

ly contribute to the countr y i n w h a t e v e r c a p a c i t y w e can The ability of each new American to recite the O a t h o f A l l e g i a n c e i n E n g l i s h v a r i e d , b u t a l l made clear their devotion t o o u r c o u n t r y t h r o u g h e x u b e r a n t j oy a n d t h e embracing of our flag and Na t i o n a l A n t h e m T h e y d e m o n s t r a t e d t h a t a c t i v e

c i t i z e n s h i p n e e d n o t b e p o l i t i c a l i n n a t u re , b u t rather that ever yone can contribute to his or her c o m m u n i t y i n d i f f e re n t ways

Most of us at Cornell who are fortunate enough to be citizens rarely take the t i m e t o re f l e c t o n t h e importance of our nationality We begrudgingly pay taxes, sometimes vote and, o n o c c a s i o n , d e r i d e o u r

p o l i t i c i a n s T h e g e n e r a l prevailing tendency is to m o c k p a t r i o t i s m a s t h e d o m a i n o f c o n s e r v a t i v e Republicans and countr y music singers Rarely do we see our American citizenship as an imperative for t a k i n g a d v a n t a g e o f t h e rights and privileges afforded to us Instead, we take for granted that our citizenship gives us the freedom and ability to pursue a multitude of careers, play an active role in governance and participate in dialogue about change Ne w A m e r i c a n s l i k e HeeSung inspire a different f o r m o f p a t r i o t i s m a n d

conception of citizenship that registers with me far more than any Toby Keith song The new Americans n a t u r a l i z e d i n C o r t l a n d had overcome considerable obstacles and challenges in order to gain citizenship because they believed in the q u i n t e s s e n t i a l A m e r i c a n ideals of hard work, opport u n i t y a n d c o n t r i b u t o r y democracy They chose to come here and pursue citize n s h i p b e c a u s e o f t h e i r d e s i re t o p a r t a k e i n t h e g r a n d A m

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SCIENCE

Improving Firefighter Gear Using 3-D Technology

Professor studies gear ’ s effect on preventing injuries

By YVONNE HUANG Sun Contr butor

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3-D theatrics | The sensors that Prof Huiju Park uses to create images of firefighters are also used in the movie industry These sensors allow Park to determine how firefighter gear influences pressure and stress on different parts of firefighters’ bodies

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d o u s e f l a m e s , t h e i r m ove m e n t s m a y b e s l owe d by a n i n a b i l i t y t o b e f l e x i b l e Ac c o rd i n g t o Pa rk , t r y i n g t o m ove f a s t e r t h a n t h e e q u i p m e n t a l l ow s a l s o p o s e s a r i s k o f i n j u r y In a d d i t i o n t o t h e i n h e re n t b u l k y c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f f i re f i g h t e r g e a r, m a n y f i re f i g h t e r s a re a f f e c t e d by t h e p o o r f i t o f t h e i r u n i f o r m s Fi re f i g h t e r s o f t e n g r a b w h a t e ve r g e a r t h e y c a n f i n d w h e n t h e y l e a ve t o c o m p l e t e a j o b T h i s g e a r c a n b e t o o l a r g e o r t o o s m a l l a n d t h e re f o re f u rt h e r c o m p l i c a t e m ove m e n t , a c c o rd i n g t o Pa rk Wo m e n a re e s p e c i a l l y v u l n e r a b l e t o i l l - f i t t i n g g a r m e n t s Ac c o rd i n g t o Pa rk , s i n c e f i r e f i g h t e r s a r e p r e d o m i n a n t l y m a l e , w o m e n a r e a t a d i s a d v a n t a g e b e c a u s e m a n u f a c t u re r s t a i l o r t h e i r g e a r t o f i t m a l e b o d i e s Wi t h t h e d a t a c o l l e c t e d , Pa rk h o p e s t o c o n v i n c e s u i t a n d b o o t m a n u f a c t u re r s o

Yvonne Huang can be reached at yyh4@cornell edu

By KATHLEEN BITTER Sun Staff Wr ter

“I had no intention when I came to g r a d u a t e s c h o o l t o e n d u p a s a w i n e chemist,” said Prof Gavin Sacks M S ’01 Ph D ’05, viticulture and enology Sacks has a Ph D in analytical chemistr y and was planning to leave Ithaca for a postdoctoral position when he got married and his wife found a job at Cornell

“I decided to take some time off and work for a local winer y, ” Sacks said As he met more winemakers, Sacks discovered something: ever y one of them was keeping up on the latest scientific literature surrounding wines and grapes, and ever y one of them had some personal experiments for improving the quality of their wine

Sacks’ interest in the chemistr y behind wine continued to grow until a faculty position became available in Cornell’s viticulture and enology depar tment

One of Sacks’ research projects looks at why some per fectly good bottles of wine will smell like rotten eggs a fe w months after being bottled To do this, he studies the chemical makeup of wine aromas and how they change in response to bottling Sacks’ goal is to find a solution that will allow winemakers to predict when their

wines might star t to smell like sulfur and to prevent it from happening

Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva to create and cultivate ne w breeds of wine grapes that are better-tasting, more likely to sur vive tough winters and less susceptible to parasites and diseases He and other

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genomes of various grape varieties in order

aroma, or growth patterns and discover how to breed more successful varieties of wine grapes

Sacks said his favorite aspect of the job are the differences between analytical, laborator y chemistr y and wine chemistr y In

means staying in the lab for extra hours to redo the experiment With grapes and winemaking, “it could be another year before you get to redo that,” Sacks said “It’s so fr ustrating, but it also makes for a lot more enjoyable challenges,” Sacks said Wine chemists have to be extremely careful with the design and implementation of their experiments in order to avoid wasting time and money, he said

Wine chemistr y often involves direct

academia, another deviation from pure chemistr y Research being done by a wine scientist can be implemented by winemak-

impractical for resource-poor countries like Honduras, said Mary John ’15 a member of AguaClara

At the end of winter break, AguaClara, an engineering project team focused on resolving global water problems, visited Honduras to observe water filtration plants

But these were not just any water plants –– these were gravity-powered, sustainable water treatment plants that the students had designed themselves

“A lot of what we work on is directly applicable The research we do is actually going to be integrated in the designs we use, ” said Casey Garland grad, a member of AguaClara

Conventional water treatment plants are very complicated, require tremendous amounts of electrical power and have high maintenance machiner y –– all of which are

The 14 research sub-teams of AguaClara focus on improving specific sections of the treatment plant, such as sedimentation or filtration

The basic cleansing process used by AguaClara is the same as that used in conventional plants, but the team modifies each step to accommodate the lack of electricity and funding in Honduras

“You really have to design these plants with the people who are using it in mind,” John said

According to AguaClara member Julia Morris ’13, one of the big differences between AguaClara’s plants and conventional plants is that AguaClara has plants that are entirely gravity-powered The plants are built on the side of a hill, allowing water from streams and

Prof. Gavin Sacks Studies Grapes and Improves Wines

ers around the countr y in a matter of days, which, according to Sacks, is both re warding and intimidating 100,000 wines are approved for sale in the U S ever y year, and Sacks said that picking a favorite wine is like choosing one ’ s favorite child

“ The fun of wine is tr ying as many as possible That’s what makes wine entertaining: there is no such thing as the best,” Sacks said

AguaClara Purifies Water In Honduras

rivers to flow through the system via gravity Eliminating the need for electricity greatly reduces the cost of running the plant Thus, the community is more able to fund the construction of and maintain the plant

The supplies used to build the water filtration plant are “locally available, so if something were to break, [the operators] would go to their local hardware store and fix it,” Morris said The plant design in Honduras utilizes sand filters and pipes which are readily available instead of importing parts and valves

The team set up each plant so that operators can see the water grow clearer with each step

“I think it’s important to see what’s going on If [the operators] can ’ t see that it’s working normally and the people are not getting clean

water, the community is not going to want to pay to keep the plant going, and thus it’s going to fail and not be sustainable,” Garland said To judge the cleanliness of the water, AguaClara engineers use the standard unit of NTU, nephelometric turbidity units, to measure the turbidity, or haze of water The lower the NTU, the cleaner the water

Honduras standards require that water turbidity be under five NTU AguaClara, however, aims for an NTU below one, which is the standard of the World Health Organization The most recent plant cleans water to 0 01 NTU, which exceeds the United States standard, and NTU of 0 3

1,000 people do not need a fullsized plant, but the team must redesign its filtration system in order to accommodate such needs

By reworking its design, AguaClara can expand the number of communities it helps, Garland said

Not only does the team seek to aid smaller communities, it also wants to expand its work to countries besides Honduras

The “need for clean water is everywhere,” according to John AguaClara is looking to implement its technology in India and central Africa

“It’s so wonderful to be part of a team where I can apply what I learn in the classroom to real life things, and it’s a great way to reassure yourself you ’ re pursuing the right passions,” John said

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One of the challenges AguaClara faces is that its current technology can only support medium-sized communities in Honduras

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BY PETER JACOBS Sun Staff Writer

Alternative rock legend Black Francis played The Haunt Saturday night, performing songs from every stage of his 20-plus year career to a sold-out crowd Before the show, The Sun caught up with the former Pixies frontman over the phone to discuss college crowds, traveling and the moment he realized he was a real musician

THE SUN: As a performer, generally, is there a way that you approach something in a college town differently than the way you would a major city or a festival?

BLACK FRANCIS: No, not really I mean, you know, I just do what I do I mean, I’m aware that I’m in a college town when I’m in a college town, because I’m pretty comfortable in college towns actually I live in a college town, I feel like I’m still in college basically I feel like a college kid, so that’s kind of where I’m at, mentally So I always feel comfortable there

SUN: On the other side, do you ever notice any differences from a college audience?

B.F.: Yeah, I mean, I get where they’re at, where they’re kind of in the college bubble, you know, they’re in the 14th grade There’s that, I suppose But that’s not a criticism; I just mean they’re really relaxed, and kind of carefree They haven’t necessarily taken on the burdens of having to work for a living yet, and all that They can kind of be closeminded to certain things, and open-minded to other things, in terms of them listening to your music I think that they don’t take the event too seriously, in a good way I think that people that are in the city, that got their day jobs or whatever, they kind of take the event more seriously, because they just got off work and they bought a ticket and they’re out on a date maybe, and it’s like this entertainment event and this is “well now, I’m going to have my fun ” Whereas the college kids, they’re just kind of “whooooo, maaan ” They’re not taking the event so seriously, and that’s kind of good in a way, because they’re not there to kiss my ass or anything, they’re just kind of there So I can take liberties with that Also, I’m a chameleon, so maybe I will reflect that If they have kind of a lighthearted atmosphere, then I’ll be kind of lighthearted And so it will affect my performance, I suppose I’m very much a chameleon and ver y much an empath; I’m kind of reflecting what is around me

SUN: When you begin a project or an album, do you have an idea of what it’s going to sound like?

B F : No, not at all I mean, there might be some loose discussions or something, but really it always ends up coming out the way that it comes out I’ve learned to not rely too much on all the discussions about what it’s going to be, which works fine for me, because that’s not really my personality My personality is much more about in the moment, and not about having things all planned out I won ’ t say I’ve never done anything planned out, but it’s harder for me to take that approach

And then it was just sort of, “Ok, cool, we started something here So, see ya in Nashville ” We stayed up all night and wrote lyrics, and went to the studio the next morning, and this was in the middle of a tour, too, so it was very kind of scatterbrained Well, not scatterbrained, but kind of just this intense 48 hours That’s how we traditionally work, he and I We’d done a few songs together a few years ago Again, I was on tour, and I was going to be in the same hotel for a few nights, and he flew in and got a hotel room and we just kind of banged out a bunch of songs over the course of a few days Because that’s just the circumstances of his life and my life, and where we ’ re at It would be great to just go to Jamaica for a month, and write our next album, but that’s not really the cards that we ’ ve been dealt

Inside the Mind of Black Francis

your career, that you haven t played that you would like to go? Like somewhere that you think would just be a great place to go and be and perform?

SUN: As a college student, I’ve studied your music in classes and written about it for papers, and in that vein, how do you feel about your music entering academia?

B.F.: Fine, I guess I guess it potentially makes me start to feel older, but I’m fine with that I enjoy the idea that I would be discussed in an academic context I mean, the academic context has really had a big influence on the Pixies That’s really what partly they were born out of; born out of me primarily being bored in college, but also, to be really getting off on an avant-garde film class or whatever Whatever I did like about college, whatever I was able to take out of it, I promptly reintroduced into my band situation And so it had a direct influence on it I think that the arts, for a lot of people who can get into a college or whatever, that tends to be a place where you find Maybe you ’ ve heard about art, maybe you ’ ve seen a little bit of art, but unless you ’ re really pursuing it, in a big way as a teenager, maybe in college that’s going to be, for me anyway, it

SUN: When you were working with [tour mate and collaborator] Reid Paley, at what point did you realize what the album Paley & Francis was going to be?

FRANCIS: It’s literally like, “Hey, Reid, I’m going to be in Nashville for a couple of days, why don’t you fly out there and we’ll record a record really fast?” In the middle of a tour, I met him in Brooklyn at his apartment maybe a week or two before that, and we started to hash out a few musical structures and ideas

B F : Yeah, lots of places around the world, sure I’ve never played in Finland or Poland for example: I really would like to go to those two places There are just all kinds of places around the world that I’ve never been to in a musical context There are places I want to go to that I don’t necessarily want to perform in either I don’t know how relevant I am, culturally speaking, to certain audiences in the world

SUN: Has there been any show or any tour throughout your career that has stood out to you as a high point of validating this?

B F : That’s a good question It’s hard to say, I mean, any show that’s sold out is pretty much validating You know what was really validating was, a few years ago, I was getting ready to do this European tour, and I was fooling with having a website and stuff, and I was trying to come up with a viral concept, a viral idea or whatever, that was really promoted more through cell phones than it was on the Internet It started off on the Internet, but I think how it caught on was texting And I did these things called “ pre-cores ” It’s a very bad joke, I said when I came to your town, Copenhagen or Berlin or whatever, I was not going to perform an encore at the show, but I would at 5 o ’clock at a certain location in

“Well, I know about this rock music stuff, and I can’t really take a rock music class ... So what do you do? You drop out and you start a band ”

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was one of the first times I went to a gallery and saw paintings on a wall That was the first time that I saw some professor pontificate and talk on and on and on about some old art film That’s where you get a lot of exposure You go to college and you get exposed to a bunch of stuff that maybe you are interested in And for me, it was art It was art and music and theater and film, and those were the things that I gravitated towards And I soon found myself in a situation where after about two years, just being in a college wasn ’ t really cutting it for me I needed to be doing the thing that I was interested in And so if I wasn ’ t a filmmaker and I wasn t a painter and I wasn t a drama student, what was I? Well, I know about this rock music stuff, and I can ’ t really take a rock music class, that’s not part of the curriculum So what do you do? You drop out and you start a band So that’s what I did SUN: Is there anywhere, at this point in

the city arrive with my acoustic guitar and perform my pre-core for free And I would perform for 15 or 20 minutes, sign some autographs, say hello I did that in every city that I went to, I had a destination, like a rendezvous point, and I didn’t know who would show up A lot of times it was outside somewhere, like in a park or something Anyways, some of these events were very small attendance, like just a few people on a rainy street corner watching me play, and that’s sort of what I expected But there were a few occasion where it totally was nuts, and I remember the most crazy one was in Dublin, Ireland I tried to arrive at the park, but the park had closed down, they closed the gates of the park, and my rendezvous point was inside the park So there were all these people in the park trying to get to my rendezvous point, and the police were all trying to throw these people out of the park who wouldn’t leave, because they were running around looking for Frank Black Anyways, that crowd sort of attracted another crowd, which attracted

another crowd By the time I arrived, there were literally like 4,000 people at this intersection in Dublin And I would say probably half the people had no clue as to who I was But a crowd attracts a crowd, and it was like I was fucking John Lennon or something It was absolutely mayhem I was physically removed, the police finally came up to me and were like, “Look, you gotta get out of here The traffic in the city is getting all stalled up, the buses can ’ t get through, you gotta get all these people out of here It’s just out of control here, there’s too many people here ” And they put me in the back of a police car, drove me off to my nightclub engagement They were perfectly friendly about it they knew that I wasn ’ t trying to cause trouble or anything, but it was just this viral event that totally got out of control And it was very validating

SUN: When did you realize that you could do music professionally?

B.F.: I remember playing at a nightclub in Toronto it was probably the first time I ever travelled to Canada, I don’t know It was a Pixies show, obviously, and we drove up in our van and we had a couple of shows up there Back then, the border wasn ’ t such an uptight affair; we didn’t have passports or anything I don’t even think we had work permits, I don’t know how we even got into the country But there we were in a foreign country, so to speak, up in Canada, and I was playing in a club called The Silver Dollar We weren ’ t like big stars or anything; maybe we had an EP out Anyway, we played our show and the band was paid $200 dollars for the performance, US dollars I remember going upstairs and some older potbellied gentleman, a little bit gruff, was like, “Oh, OK, yeah, you want to get paid? Ok, cool So, 200 bucks, here you go ” And he counted out 20 dollar bills or whatever, 200 dollars, and gave me 200 bucks! And I was like really satisfied, and it was like, “Yeah, I’m in a foreign city, I’m in Toronto and I just got paid 200 bucks, and, hell, this is going to like pay for our gas and our motel room tonight, and this is awesome ” It was like, “I am in, man I am in the club I just made 200 bucks ” I mean, even 200 bucks back then to me wasn ’ t a lot of money, but it was money, it was real money It wasn ’ t like 20 bucks, it was 200 bucks I can do something with that; I can buy a meal with that, I can get gas with it or I can pay a bill or something So that’s when it became real, when I started to make a little bit of money I knew I wasn ’ t a star, but I’m like, “You know what? I fucking play music and the guy gave me 200 bucks Get out of my way everybody, because I’m a rock musician ”

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

Higher Education = Hazing?

BY DAVEEN KOH Arts and Entertainment Editor

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p ro f e s s o r, i s w re s t l i n g w i t h a p h o n e a n d a c rowd e d d e s k

St u d i o u s l y, t h e n f u r i o u s l y, C a ro l ( Da rc y Jo Ma r t i n ) s q u i n t s a t h e r n o t e b o o k a n d f l i p s t h e c r a m p e d p a g e s Sh e h a s t r i e d e ve r y t h i n g , a n d ye t s h e c a n n o t u n d e r s t a n d

a n y o f t h e m a t e r i a l Jo h n i s t e a c h i n g i n c l a s s , w h i c h i n c id e n t a l l y i s a b o u t l e a r n i n g a n d c o g n i t i o n Jo h n t r i e s h a rd

t o i n s p i re He e ve n f e n d s o f f i n c re a s i n g l y f re n e t i c c a l l s f ro m h i s re a l e s t a t e a g e n t a n d h i s w i f e a n d e n d s u p m i s s -

i n g a s u r p r i s e p a r t y c e l e b r a t i n g t h e a n n o u n c e m e n t o f h i s

t e n u re Im p l o r i n g C a ro l t o s t a y, h e p ro m i s e s t o re p l a c e h e r d i s m a l f i n a l g r a d e w i t h a n ‘A’ i f s h e a l l ow s h i m t o g o

ove r t h e c o u r s e m a t e r i a l w i t h h e r a g a i n W h e n a f r a z z l e d

C a ro l a s k s Jo h n w h y h e i s t re a t i n g h e r s o e xc e p t i o n a l l y,

Jo h n s i m p l y s a y s , “ I l i k e yo u ”

Ol e a n n a i s n o De a d Po e t s S o c i e t y Fi r s t s t a g e d t o c r i t -

i c a l a c c l a i m i n C a m b r i d g e , M A , i n 1 9 9 2 , a n d l a t e r t u r n e d i n t o a s t a r t l i n g l y l e s s c o m p e l l i n g f i l m f o l l ow i n g

o f f - Bro a d w a y s u c c e s s , Da v i d Ma m e t ’ s c o n t e n t i o u s t w o -

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

T h e a t re u n d e r t h e d i re c t i o n o f A n n e Ma r i e Cu m m i n g s

Eve n w h e n t h e l i g h t s d i m f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e , t h e re i s n o m u s i c , u n l i k e i n p re v i o u s Re a d e r s ’ T h e a t re p ro d u c t i o n s

T h e c l o c k p e r s i s t s T h e i n n o c u o u s p h r a s e “ I d o n ’ t u n d e r s t a n d” b e c o m e s t h e p l a y ’ s b l e a k re f r a i n , a n d a s t h e c h a r a c t e r s s p a r i t b e c o m e s h a rd e r t o t e l l w h o h a s t h e r i g h t t o t e a c h T h e g e n i u s o f Ma m e t ’ s p l a y i s t h a t yo u d o n ’ t n o t i c e h ow e ve r y t h i n g t h a t i s a c e r t a i n t y a t t h e s t a r t o f t h e p l a y ’ s s t a r t s e e m s f o u n d e d o n q u i c k s a n d a s t h e e n d d r a w s n e a r

Ma m e t g o e s o u t o f h i s w a y t o a n t a g o n i ze , t o m o s t l y s p e c t a c u l a r e f f e c t To Jo h n , c o l l e g e e d u c a t i o n i s “ h a zi n g , ” a k i n d “ r i t u a l i ze d a n n oy a n c e ” t h a t s t u d e n t s t o o u n q u e s t i o n i n g l y c ove t b e c a u s e s o c i e t y h a s m i s l e d t h e m i n t o t h i n k i n g t h a t h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n i s a r i g h t Hi s w o rd s i rk C a ro l , w h o d e e m s t h e m s e x i s t a n d e l i t i s t , a n d h e r a n g e r i s n o t u n j u s t i f i e d T h e e x t e n t o f h e r w r a t h a s t o n -

i s h e s Wi t h t h e n e w f o u n d b a c k i n g o f a s h a d ow y, p res u m a b l y f e m i n i s t “ g ro u p, ” C a ro l a c c u s e s Jo h n o f s e x u a l h a r a s s m e n t

i l l u s i o n e d , a t h i s o f f i c e A l t h o u g h ve r b o s e a n d p e d a n t i c , Jo h n ’ s b a n t e r a b o u t “ t h e t e n u re c o m m i t t e e , h e re t o j u d g e m e ” a n d h i s ow n yo u t h f u l s t r u g g l e s w i t h s e l f - w o r t h a n d f a i l u re s e e m s i m p e r f e c t b u t g u i l e l e s s It’s f a r t o o t e m p t i n g t o d i s m i s s C a ro l a s h o p e l e s s l y m a l a d j u s t e d , re a c t i o n a r y a n d l o s t Sh e h a s s e ve r a l l e s s t h a n p o e t i c l i n e s t h a t s e e m l i f t e d f ro m h a l f - re m e m b e re d m ov i e s “ yo u l i t t l e y a p p i n g

Li g h t p rove c u t t i n g A s t h e C h i c a g o Su n - Ti m e s c r

i c Ro g e r Eb e r

o b s e r ve d , o f t h e o f f - Bro a d w a y p ro d u c t i o n , we l e a ve Ol e a n n a e n r a g e d b u t u n s u re o f t h e c a u s e o f o u r r a g e : Is i t p o l i t i c a l c o r re c t n e s s o r s e x u a l e x p l o i t a t i o n t h a t d i sc o n c e r t s u s ? Or p e r h a p s we ’ re a n n oye d by s e e m i n g l y e n d l e s s a c a d e m i c b i c k e r i n g “ m y p a r a d i g m i s b e t t e r t h a n yo u r p a r a d i g m , ”

f o o l” a n d “ yo u ’ re n o t g o d” a re s o m e o f t h e p o i n t e d i n s u l t s C a ro l h u r l s a t Jo h n d u r i n g t h e i r c o n c l u d i n g c o nve r s a t i o n It’s a p p a re n t t h a t C a ro l i s t ro u b l e d ; m i d w a y t h ro u g h Jo h n ’ s l e c t u re s h e s u c c u m b s t o a p a n i c a t t a c k a n d m a n a g e s a n a n g u i s h e d , “ I ’ m b a d ” A l o n g w i t h Jo h n , we s t r u g g l e t o m a k e s e n s e o f C a ro l , a n d o s c i l l a t e b e t we e n s y m p a t h y a n d f r u s t r a t i o n At s o m e p o i n t s , i t s e e m s a s i f C a ro l m i g h t j u s t b e m a k i n g s e n s e i s n ’ t i t f a i r t o c o n s t r u e Jo h n ’ s s e x u a l l y e x p l i c i t re m a rk s a s a k i n d o f s u b t l e h a r a s s m e n t ? Bu t o u r c o m p a s s i o n i s ve h e m e n tl y t e s t e d Jo h n ’ s i n c re d u l o u s r a g e i s p e r f e c t l y c o m p reh e n s i b l e w h e n C a ro l d e c l a re s , i m p a s s i o n e d , “ I s a w yo u , Pro f e s s o r, f o r t w o s e m e s t e r s , s i t t h e re , s t a n d t h e re a n d e x p l o i t yo u r, a s yo u t h o u g h t , ‘ p a t e r n a l

Daveen Koh is a senior in the College of Architecture Art and Planning She can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun com

The Pains of Being Dell, Inc

ast week, Dell announced that it would return to private ownership, with the company being split between its founder, Michael Dell, and a privateequity firm By going private, Dell will be free from an obligation to publicly disclose its profits and revenues, undoubtedly a smart move for a company bleeding money and market share The primary reason for Dell’s recent downturn has been the advent of Android and iOS smartphones and tablets, which have been cannibalizing PC sales Ironically, this is the same company whose founder, back in 1997, said that if he were Steve Jobs, he would shut down Apple and give money to its shareholders But there’s a secondary reason for Dell’s slump: Its computers were, and are, designed badly Not only are they consistently ugly, but their ugliness has made them unreliable, loud, hot, slow and prone to breakage Dell, of course, was successful early on because its products were priced competitively But beyond cheap computers, the company never figured out what people wanted, so they tried and often failed to please consumers in every possible way (except with a higher quality product) Its website once had a section called Della, which proclaimed that pink Mini 10 netbooks are a better way for women to look up recipes, watch cooking videos and count

calories The company has also offered perplexing “artistic graphical designs” as ways for people to customize these same netbooks, which mostly looked like somebody vomited Microsoft Office Clip Art

The most egregious offense can be found on Alienware gaming laptop computers Here, there are flashy LED lights not just on the top of the computer, but also on the sides, the speakers and on the keyboard The trackpad was backlit with Dell’s logo! Don’t you want to be constantly reminded that you ’ re using a Dell computer? All this flashy branding isn’t obnoxious; your friends have Macs with the Apple logo, right? You own a REAL computer, not some fruit

Indeed, throughout its entire tenure, the company has had a strange design resentment-obsession with Apple Dell consistently came out with knock-offs so clearly (and poorly) mimicking Apple’s designs that I

couldn’t help but wonder whether it was secretly owned by Apple to drive people towards Macs At the company ’ s sanest, the Inspiron E1405 looked like a Fisher-Price MacBook Pro, with a plastic silver body

(prone to flaking) with white plastic trim (prone to discoloration) The overall weight was 5 3 pounds, but the lackadaisical industrial design made holding the laptop at certain places alternately feel like holding a hollow block or a plutonium bomb The first generation MacBook Pro, which was heavier, actually felt solid Maybe the Inspiron’s weight issue could be explained by the malignant protrusions on the computer ’ s underside, with random holes and slots without purpose (turns out it’s because the casing was ‘recycled’ from another model) The MacBook Pro was smooth

At Dell’s craziest, you have the Adamo XPS, whose ridiculousness cannot be fully appreciated until you have seen it Instead of sitting flat on the desk and flipping the screen up, the keyboard flipped down at an angle, the entire computer ’ s weight resting on a questionably built hinge Typing on this computer was a nail-biting experience; every keystroke was a mix of saying grace for the computer not-breaking and a prayer that the next will not The lid closure was not magnetic but a weird “touch-strip,” which you had to slide your finger across to open It sometimes didn ’ t work, meaning you didn’t even have physical access to your computer Dell tried so hard to show it could design something better than Apple that it went nuts

Dell has wised up recently and produced more logical designs, but they have mostly been lifted from not just Apple, but other manufacturers like Lenovo, HP and Toshiba They still have a love for plastic that is only outmatched by the girl who eats it on My Strange Addiction The font they use on

keyboards is questionable Even with flashy new materials, the build quality is still horrific (the XPS 12’s carbon fiber warps and squeaks) In addition, they now suffer from a Microsoft problem: Windows 8 is epically confusing and unusable Dell’s demise is not a just a schadenfreude trip, but a hard lesson for other tech companies that design means as much to consumers than a simple price point and the fastest processors This is a lesson that many competitors in the smartphone and tablet markets have taken to heart If it’s solidly built, good-looking, stable and usable, there will always be somebody that buys your product Otherwise, you will be forced to eat your words and retreat with your tail between your legs

Disclosure: The author owns a Toshiba laptop

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C.U. Wrestlers Peti ti on t o Keep S port

WRESTLING

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Executive Board,” said United States Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun in a statement

“Given the history and tradition of wrestling, and its popularity and universality, we were sur-

announced

At home on the Hill, three-time national champion and senior cocaptain Kyle Dake was less than pleased

“It’s unreal, I never though it would happen,” Dake said “It is one of the biggest events in the world and something ever y [wrestler] wants to go to as they are growing up ”

Dake and his teammates have been working to spread the word about this new development, urging followers of the sport to sign a petition encouraging the IOC to reconsider the decision

“Today I’ve been doing radio interviews, online petitions, talking with coaches and other wrestlers from different schools about how terrible it is,” Dake said “It is the same as taking away the NBA or the NHL and telling athletes the best you can do is win in college That is insane, because not everyone hits their peak at similar times ” Considering that the IOC declared that the decision was not a final one, Dake said he believes progress can be made if the wrestling community comes together

“I am confident that it will be reinstated, but it is going to take a ton of hard work throughout the nation and the world,” he said

Haley Velasco can be reached at hvelasco@cornellsun com

Lee Returns

Ne xt Month

O’KASICK

Continued from page 15

belt, Matt Lee, is set to report for duty to Ultimate Athletics in March

The Bombsquad might have lost one BJJ bruiser to Brazil, but it gained a featherweight phenom from Dagestan That’s right, Dagestan Shahbulat Shamhalaev, aka Shah, made the jump to Ithaca from the Russian republic when he entered the Bellator World Feather weight Championship tournament After scoring two first-round TKO victories, Shah now faces Rad Martinez Feb 21 in the finals, with the winner earning a $100,000 contract and shot at the Bellator Featherweight titleholder Look for a feature on Shah in the next edition of Fight Life in Ithaca

To read about Fight Life in Africa, visit cornellsun com

J D O’Kasick can be reached at jokasick@cornellsun com

With Hollinger in Front O f ce, Grizzlies Rely More on Analy tics

This determination is due to a d va n c e d s t a t i s t i c a l m e t r i c s like Player Efficiency Rating and Tr ue Shooting Percentage that prove that even though Gay might be a productive scorer, he is highly inefficient Therefore, he is not nearly as valuable as the casual fan or traditional basketball theorist might perceive In fact, Player

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a n a l lencompassing metric developed by the former ESPN analyst John Hollinger, rates Rudy Gay as worse than the average NBA player (Gay’s PER is 14 92 compared to t h e l e a g u

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Gr i z z l i e s gained six win shares in the trade by picking up Tayshaun Prince, Austin Daye and Ed Davis and the Raptors lost three win shares by receiving Gay and Hamed Haddadi

What is even more inter-

Most NBA teams are seeing the use of analytics as a way to gain competitive advantage over their peers

esting is that Hollinger, the long-time leader of this relatively underground analytics movement, was hired by the Gr i z

Operations earlier this year

By making his move to the Grizzlies, Hollinger made the rare jump from member of the media to front office executive It is only fitting that he is now putting his advanced algorithms and analytics to work by pulling the trigger on the Gay trade

These revolutionar y statis-

t i c s d o n o t c o m e w i t h o u t their faults, though, and until they are fully put to the test, their tr ue value will continue to be debatable For example, Player Efficiency Rating the most prominent basketball analytic is often criticized for not giving extensive c r e d i t f o r o u t s t a n d i n g defense Also, there is no possible fool-proof way to use mathematics to predict how well two players will mesh

t o g e t h e r Un l i k e b a s e b a l l , where each individual’s performance is largely independent of the players around him, in basketball, teamwork is essential

So despite the fact that Hollinger and his statistics made a solid case for the trading of Gay, there were still great risks to making this deal

t h a t t h e Gr i z z l i e

s t a n d o u t a s t o w h y t h e Grizzlies might want to make this type of trade

First, two seasons ago, the Grizzlies made an improbable r un past the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs to the Western Conference Semi-Finals while

Gay was injured This gave the front office some background of on-cour t success without Gay and helped valid a t e t h e e v i d e n c e

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owner, Rober t Pera, is the f o u n d e r o f U b i q u i t i Networks, Inc , and one of the 10 youngest billionaires in the world It only makes sense that the owner backing up this type of deal happens to be a tech star t-up whiz kid who has achieved enormous success through innovation

The Grizzlies may be making waves now for their use of basketball analytics espec i a l

d Hollinger but it is far from the first or only team using them For example, one of the highest profile basketball analytic proponents is Dar yl Morey, the general manager of the Houston Rockets who was hired in 2005 Morey, a

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A from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was about as surprising a hire as one could imagine in the NBA at the time But even Morey in his h

faced many traditional barriers to implementing his metric driven opinions The head c o a c h o f t h e Ho u s

Rockets at the time, Jeff Van G

recent Spor ts Illustrated ar ticle saying, “ There was a lot of trepidation in our coaching staff What did this mean? Would it impact in a negative light how we coach?” And while Van Gundy and Morey were quick to resolve their differences in Houston, this backlash of coaches against the analytics movement is a common theme Earlier this season, the Philadelphia 76ers c o a c h , D o u g C o l l i n s , r e s p o n d e d t o a q u e s t i o n about his use of analytics with the response that, “If I did that, I would have to blow m y b r a i n s o u t ” Un f o r t u n

l y f o r C o l l i n s , however, the 76ers went out and hired an analytics specialist only a week later anyway By now, most NBA teams are seeing the use of analytics as a way to gain a competitive advantage over their peers or at least negate another team ’ s advantage But no matter how much evidence there is to show the value of these statistics, there are still dozens of traditional basketball minds that reject them Obviously, by making the move for Gay, t h e R a p t o r s a re n e g l e c t i n g them in their own right A year or two from now, when we look back at this trade and evaluate its results, it might help us reach a clearer conclus i o n o n w h i c h e v a l u a t i o n process is more effective that of the advanced basketball analytic or the traditional basketball theorist

C.U. Prepares for Final Meet Before Ivy Championships

By JOHN McGRORTY Sun Staff Wr ter

Select members of the Cornell men ’ s and women ’ s swimming and diving teams will head to Ithaca College this Saturday at 1 p m to participate in the Red’s final regular season meet With the team beginning to taper and prepare both mentally and physically for the Ivy League Championships, this weekend will be the last chance for the squad to improve upon its previous performances in a real racing environment

Earlier this season, the Red came out on top in the Ithaca College Bomber Invitational The men earned a final score of 837 5 points while Ithaca College placed second with just 1080 5 The women were also successful at the Invitational with a 1648-point win over Colgate

The teams are looking forward to seeing where they are in their taper and hope to have the opportunity to swim in an environment that will simulate the Ivy League Championships

“This meet gives us all a good feel about how our taper is going and what final changes can be made to ensure fast swimming at Princeton and Brown,” sophomore swimmer Bethany Douglas said

Sophomore Nicole Jibrine added that members of the team are excited to try out new events

“The team is really excited about the Ithaca College Meet Some of us get to choose our events that we don't normally swim,” she said “The people who are swimming at this meet are definitely using it to see how fast they can swim before Ivy Championships It will be a great indicator to see how taper is working ”

This meet will help the Red understand what it needs to continue to do to be successful The teams understand that in addition to beating Ithaca College, this meet will help members improve their times and place better at the Championships

“This meet is about our team swimming to reach our own personal best times just using the competition to help us achieve this goal, rather than worrying about the

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The squads, however, said that they have adequate time for recovery and rest before the big meet ahead, though

“For the Championship season, we have started resting and tapering Everyone loves this part of the season because practices become shorter and easier, so you can rest your muscles and focus on racing,” Jibrine said

With practices shortening and the season coming to an

ar t to S e a s on, R e d Str ive s to St ay C on d ent

end, the Red aims to have a good last push in its 2012-13 season

“Eating right, sleeping more and befriending the TCAT are enabling us to rest up for Championships,” Douglas said “It’s a mental game, but we ’ re much more confident than last year We’re ready ”

John McGrorty can be reached at jmcgrorty@cornellsun com

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GYMNASTICS Continued from page 16 Lauren Ritter can be reached at lritter@cornellsun com

s o n He a d i n g i n t o t h e we e k e n d a t Tow s o n , C o r n e l l w i l l n e e d t o f o c u s o n s h a r p e n i n g ro u t i n e s , e l i m i n a t i n g f a l l s a n d re d u c i n g t h e n u m b e r o f m i s t a k e s i n a l l t h e ro ut i n e s , a c c o rd i n g t o Be c k w i t h “ We a re w o rk i n g re a l l y h a rd t o c o mp l e t e a s o l i d m e e t w i t h n o f a l l s o r m a j o r e r ro r s , ” h e s a i d “ If we c a n d o t h i s , we w i l l h a ve a re a l s h o t a t b e a t i n g Tow s o n I a m c o n f i d e n t t h a t w h e n we h i t a l l o f o u r ro u t i n e s we c a n s c o re t w o p o i n t s b e t t e r t h a n w h a t we h a ve b e e n d o i n g ” Ba s e d o n t h e p e r f o r m a n c e s a t t h e p a s t f i ve m e e t s , t h e Re d h a s a s t ro n g ro s t e r o f h i g h c a l i b e r a t h l e t e s ; h owe ve r, a c c o rd i n g t o A rc h e r, h a v i n g e a c h m e m b e r o f t h e t e a m g i ve h e r b e s t p o s s i b l e p e r f o r m a n c e a t t h e s a m e m e e t h a s b e e n s o m e t h i n g t h e Re d h a s b e e n w o rk i n g t ow a rd s “ Ou r t e a m h a s a l o t o f p o t e n t i a l t h i s ye a r, a n d we ’ re l o o k i n g t o p u t i t a l l t o g e t h e r a s we g e t c l o s e r t o o u r p o s t s e as o n m e e t s , ” s h e s a i d “ We’ve h a d a s o l i d s t a r t t o o u r s e a s o n a n d n ow i t ’ s t i m e t o k e e p p u s h i n g i t e ve n m o re We’re n o t f o c u s i n g o n s c o re s s o m u c h a s we a re o n p e r f o r m i n g t h e b e s t p o s s i b l e ro u t i n e s ” He i n a d d e d t h a t s t a y i n g p o i s e d i n p r a c t i c e w i l l h e l p t r a n s l a t e i n t o m o re c o nf i d e n t p e r f o r m a n c e s i n t h e n e x

It ’ s back to fisticuffs and strangleholds Let’s talk journeymen and pound-for-pound badasses

After eight months of research in East Africa, I have reentered Big Red country, and so Fight Life in Ithaca makes its return to the Sun You can still have Sex on Thursdays, but now you must first earn those coital escapades via bare-knuckle Hump Day brawls with me

While I have been away, the local fight scene has exploded with kickinggood stories and hooks of intrigue The most prominent development came in September with the launch of Gladius Fights, which bills itself as New York’s only professional mixed martial arts promotion It takes its name from the short sword wielded by Roman foot soldiers and is the brainchild of Ithaca’s Ryan Ciotoli, who also runs Ultimate Athletics and manages the pack of pro fighters in Team Bombsquad

To avoid censure from the New York State Athletic Commission, the promotion holds its professional bouts on Native American reservations and amateur competitions statewide Note that

New York remains one of only four states in the nation that has yet to legally sanction pro MMA a blood-boiling issue this column will eventually take on In upping the ante for highp ro f i l e M M A i n Ne w Yo rk St a t e , Gladius Fights seems to have struck the big digitus medius in the direction of Albany

In other news, Team Bombsquad has had more scoops than one reporter

could cover in a season

Its biggest loss came with the vanishing act of Rene “The Brazilian Bomber” Nazare, a standout fighter and now former Brazilian jiu-jitsu instr uctor at Ultimate Athletics After suffering three consecutive losses in Bellator Fighting Championships, Nazare journeyed to his home country and simply never came back The scuttlebutt on the street has everything from immigration issues to a defeated spirit that prevented Nazare’s return Whatever the case, we wish Nazare well and may he return to v i c t o r y A s h i s w o r t h y B J J

Spor ts

A disappointing takedown | Senior co-captain Kyle Dake expressed his disapproval at the Inter national Olympic Committee’s decision to drop wrestling from the 2020 games

Wrestling Dropped From 2020 Games

By HALEY VELASCO Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Games, causing an uproar in the wrestling community

Olympic wrestling is one of the oldest sports played in the games altogether, dating back to the inaugural modern Olympics in Athens in 1896

Because of the decision, wrestling has been removed from the Olympic’s 26 core sports, opening up a spot for a potential new sport It was one of three options to be removed, including field hockey and modern pentathlon

The final vote will be made at the IOC general assembly in September in Buenos Aires, Argentina

“ Today's decision is not final,” said IOC spokesman Mark Adams in a statement “The session is sovereign and the session will make the final decision ”

According to Adams, this preliminary decision

G Y M N A S T I C S

is part of a revamping of the Games

“This is a process of renewing and renovating the program for the Olympics,” Adams said “In the view of the executive board, this was the best program for the Olympic Games in 2020 It's not a case of what's wrong with wrestling, it is what's right with the 25 core sports ”

The sports that will be competing for the extra spot are baseball and softball combined, karate, squash, roller sports, sport climbing, wakeboarding, wushu and wrestling

The IOC reported that they analyzed more than three-dozen criteria including television ratings, ticket sales, anti-doping policy, global participation and popularity

The IOC executive board will meet in May in St Petersburg, Russia to decide which sport to include in the 2020 games

“We knew that today would be a tough day for American athletes competing in whatever sport

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Rudy G ay and NB A A naly tics

Since its release, I have always been puzzled a s t o h ow Hollywood turned Michael Lewis’ novel Moneyball into a blockbuster film If you really boil the story down to its core, it is merely about the

through pages of data Yes,

Billy Beane and his assistant Paul Depodesta did radically re

Pastime was played, but they did it in the confines of an office However, regardless of whether you find it entertaining or not, the results of t

great success despite their miniscule payroll

E s s e n t i a l l y, t h e a d va n c e d analytics these two minds chose to value allowed the A’s to gain a competitive advantage over their peers So now, because of their undeniable value in helping a team gain a c o m p e t i t i ve a d va n t a g e , similar advanced statistical metrics are being used to re e va l u a t e t h e w a y N B A games are played At the crux of this movement towards defining bas-

Seniors Finish Strong in Last Home Meet

By LAUREN RITTER Sun Sports Editor

On Saturday afternoon, seniors McKenna Archer, Sarah Hein and Ashley Maher competed in their last home meet of their Cornell careers The trio performed in front of friends and family at Teagle Gymnasium, earning five Top-7 finishes and helping their teammates win the 2013 Big Red Invitational title Cornell scored 190 625, easily edging out Brockport (187 250), Cortland (186 775) and Ithaca (180 125)

“It felt great to win our invitational in front of a home crowd this weekend,” Hein said “It’s always exciting when we have three visiting teams and a full Teagle [Gymnasium], so for us to stay focused through the meet and pull out ahead was a good feeling and experience for the team ” Archer led the way for the Red, earning the top marks on both vault (9 750) and beam (9 650) Hein was

close behind, recording a 9 650 for va u l t a n d 9 6 2 5 o n b a r s Ma h e r placed seventh on bars with a 9 425, rounding out the seniors’ contributions to the team ’ s winning score The Big Red Invitational marks the fourth time in the season ’ s five meets that the Red has surpassed 190 000

“It’s great that we ’ ve been consistently over 190 this season, but at this point in the season, we ’ re looking to be in the 192 range, ” Hein said “These past couple of meetings, we ’ ve had to count some falls, which have put us down at 190 We have the potential to go to 192 and higher We have yet to put it all together in one meet ”

Giving strong performances across the four events has been a challenge for the Red this season After fighting through a few unanticipated falls in past weeks, Cornell has consistently improved with each passing meet

“It is a good start [to score 190 at the Big Red Invitational,] but we still

are not performing up to the level we should be,” said head coach Paul Beckwith “We ended up last season with our last two meets well over 192, and I know that we are a stronger team than that We need to kick it up a notch if we want to win [the Ivy Championship] in two weeks ”

On b a r s , j u n i o r s Me l a n i e

Jorgensen and Lexi Schupp dominated the competition, tying for first place with 9 800 the highest score of the day Cornell had the highest s c o re f o r t h e e ve n t w i t h 4 8 3 0 0

Junior Sarah Wetter started the Red off on bars, posting a career-best 9 650 Hein and Maher were close behind with 9 625 and 9 425, respectively Cornell also posted the top score for floor, 47 400, despite experiencing a few rough performances, according to Beckwith The high scores for the Red came from sophomore Sammy

ketball through numbers is the trade last month between t h e Me m p h i s Gr i z z l i e s , Toronto Raptors and Detroit Pistons For those unaware, i t w a s i n t h i s t r a d e t h a t Memphis which is currently in fourth place in the We s t e r n C o n f e re n c e shipped leading scorer Rudy Gay to Toronto The move

was highly criticized in many basketball circles as it was assumed the trade was done m e re l y t o h e l p Me m p h i s avoid luxury tax penalties Why else would the Grizzlies be so keen to give up their most exciting and dynamic player in the midst of a playoff push? One of these criti c s , t h e Ne w Yo rk Da i l y News, described the trade this way: “The Grizzlies have gone from having championship aspirations to patting themselves on their backs for cutting more than $40 million in salaries over the next three seasons ” And while the Daily News is correct

Memphis given up its lofty championship goals