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Projected Tuition Increase

Emblematic of Larger Trend

By JOSEPHINE CHU Sun Staff Writer

Provost Michael Kotlikoff announced at a Student Assembly meeting last Thursday that Cornellians will see a nearly four percent rise in tuition in the 2016-17 academic year Kotlikoff said both endowed and contract non-resident tuition would rise 3 75 percent in coming months Campus housing and dining costs will also increase by two percent, according to the provost Kotlikoff emphasized that the proposed 20162017 tuition represents the lowest percentage increase for the endowed tuition rate since 1965, adding that the cost of tuition has decreased for

low-income families in recent years

“This is not something you hear in the paper often and is not apparent to many people, but in fact, the price of education has come down dramatically for the lowest three family income quintiles for applying students,” he said In the past, administrators have cited ncrease for tuition, room, board and mandatory fees for endowed college and out-of-state contract college students to justify tuition increases In 2015, endowed college and out-of-state contract students experienced a three-percent increase in tuition, room, board and mandatory fees Undergraduate tuition increased $1,830,

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Composer Prof. Steve Stucky

By STEPHANIE YAN Sun Staff Writer

Prof Emeritus Steve Stucky Ph D ’78, music, a widely acclaimed composer and Pulitzer Prize winner, died Sunday at his home in Ithaca He was 66

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Ensemble X a musical collaboration between Ithaca College and Cornell faculty He retired last year to teach at the Juilliard School, according to a Department of Music press release

Stucky was born in Kansas and studied at Baylor University in addi-

n American orchestral history, according to the University

Pro f St e ve n Po n d , music, attributed the success of Stucky’s music to its universality

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human condition,” Pond said “He believed in people, understood people,

listened to them and created music that people would want to listen to and would give meaning to them ” Stucky dedicated a great deal of time to improving his work, believing that he could not rely on talent alone, according to Prof Kevin Ernste, music

In Ithaca Visit, Schumer Supports Local Road Safety

By JOSEPHINE CHU Sun Staff Writer

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Charges Dropped Against Woman Who Nursed Baby Squirrels

Charges against a New Jersey woman who nursed two abandoned baby squirrels back to health have been dropped on a technicality

Maria Vaccarella, of Howell, had faced up to $500 in fines after she took in a pair of baby squirrels abandoned by their mother Vaccarella used social media to document the rehab, which caught the attention of state Fish and Wildlife officials

She was charged with illegally being in possession of wildlife in July A judge dismissed the charges after finding that the summons she was issued didn’t charge her with the correct offense

Vaccarella says she had no idea what she was doing was against the law She says she “would definitely save a life again ”

Boston Program Allows Smokers To Vote With Their Butts

The city of Boston is trying to rid the streets of unsightly cigarette butts by placing special receptacles in high traffic areas that will allow smokers to vote on a simple question

The butt receptacles, with two disposal holes each, will be placed in seven areas of the city

Each is decorated with a question that has two possible answers

For example, one butt receptacle asks smokers: “Which superpower would you want?” Smokers can deposit their butts in an opening for “Flight” or for “Invisibility ”

The receptacles, which are costing the city about $3,000, are part of the Neat Streets program They will be installed later this month and residents are encouraged to tweet their own suggestions for questions at #NeatStreetsBos

Couple Accused of Sex Act On Vegas Strip Observation Wheel

A Houston man and a New York woman are facing felony charges after authorities say they were recorded having sex in public during a 30-minute ride in a glassenclosed cabin on a Ferris wheel 550 feet above the Las Vegas Strip

A Las Vegas judge on Tuesday set a March 9 date to see if the charges against Phillip Frank Panzica III and Chloe Scordianos can be resolved without trial

The two were arrested Feb 5 after riding alone together in one cabin on the High Roller

Police say surveillance cameras captured the act, security warned the couple to stop, and people in another car shot cellphone video

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Cornell Cast Collection Figures

I n t r o d u c e d t o K l a r m a n H a l l

By KIMBERLY LEE Sun Staff Wr ter

Students and faculty passing through Klarman Hall can now admire a cast of the Flying Nike which was installed in the hall’s atrium on Feb 10, according to the University

The Flying Nike the Greek goddess of victory and one of many restored pieces from the College of Arts and Sciences’ cast collection is the first of several plaster figures to be added to the atrium

The collection was compiled in the late 19th century and “is a valuable antique collection in its own right,” said Prof Verity Platt, classics and history of art, curator of the Cornell Cast Collection

Prior to installation, many of the casts were on display in the Museum of Classical Archaeology, on the ground floor of Goldwin Smith Hall Most were later moved into storage when the space was replaced by the Temple of Zeus café, according to Platt

Gretchen Ritter ’83, the Dean of Arts and Sciences, said she enjoyed seeing the casts on display when she was a student

“When I came [to the café] to drink coffee and study, I felt inspired by my surroundings,” Ritter said

Ritter added that she thinks many students and alumni share her feelings of admiration for the artwork

“I think many Cornell alums have similar memories and will be quite pleased to see some of the casts brought out of storage, ” Ritter said “They’re here to inspire a new generation of students ”

The casts were also added to provide a sense of historical continuity between Klarman Hall and Goldwin Smith Hall, according to Ritter

“We hope to give an exciting, striking visibility to the humanities by displaying casts that have much to tell us not only about classical antiquity, but also its reception over time, as well as the importance of the visual arts at Cornell,” Platt said

Ritter said she hopes the casts will continue to inspire students

Cornell Grad Publishes Study on Employee Wellness

Insists managers are eager to make changes and improve workplace environment

By YUN SOO KIM Sun Staff Writer

Rebecca Robbins ’09, M S ’14, Ph D ’15, detailed the “10 percent solution” an attempt to promote employee wellness in a recent study

Ro b b i n s ’ p a p e r, p u b l i s h e d i n t h e

Occupational Health Psycholog y, aims “ to understand manager reactions to workplace wellness ideas, [as] very few workplace wellness programs systematically and thoughtfully engage managers in their efforts,” she said

The “10 percent solution” argues that linking ten percent of annual managerial salary increases to wellness actions will result in meaningful changes from managers in the workplace, according to a University press release

In the study, researchers asked managers to rate companies that involve and do not involve managers in employee wellness-promoting activities, according to Robbins

“We found that people with positions in management really want to be involved,” Robbins said “They actually indicated that they would leave their current job for an employer that would engage them in a way like we suggested ” Robbins said she was surprised by the degree that managers were eager to improve the workplace environment

“We were really shocked that managers really actively want this,” Robbins said “It really comes down, in our opinion, to the modern workplace a place where all employees, managers included, want to be a part of something that [has] a higher calling ”

The study indicated that managers would shift their current jobs for the changes in employee-employer interactions

“It was really interesting for us [to find] that managers want so badly to be involved in the process that they would actually leave their current jobs for an employer with a veste d i n t e re s t i n e m p l oye e health,” she said

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minute power naps are the best thing to do from a performance perspective in the afternoon.” R e b e c c a R o b i n s ’ 0 9

The employee wellness programs can be improved not only with drastic transitions but also with simple changes, according to Robbins

“These don’t have to be big massive changes, talking about an overhaul or a multi-million dollar initiative,” she said “Just motivate your managers to start those conversations ”

According to Robbins, large-scale changes like creating nap rooms in the workplace were the least well-received or implemented methods for employee wellness promotion

“The things that we found managers were most likely to implement right away were really easy, low hanging fruit, like talking to your employees, installing water coolers, providing healthy snacks, but one of the least supported intervention ideas was installing a nap room, ” Robbins said “Of course it’s counter to what you ’ re there to do You’re there to be ‘ on, ’ not to sleep ” Robbins added that understanding “how employers can be a source of healthy sleep habits for employees” is a good research direction for employee wellness promotion “ Twe n t y m i n u t e p owe r naps are the best thing to do from a performance perspective in the afternoon,” she said “If we all just took a nap instead of drinking a coke, or having a coffee, it would actually be a much better performance boost ” Robbins is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the NYU School of Medicine and Langone Medical Center

Yun Soo Kim can be reached at ykim@cornellsun com

Prof Creates Harvesting Model Designed to Improve Nutritional Value

By SO HYUNG KIM Sun Staff Writer

Miguel Gómez, associate professor in the Charles H Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, has assisted in the development of a new harvesting model to help food banks improve the nutritional value of the food they distribute to the hungry

Gómez and Dyson grad Xiaoli Fan collaborated with researchers from Boston College to address challenges faced by food banks, according to Gómez

“You have food wasted on one hand and malnutrition on the other,”

Fan said “Also the gleaning window is limited because the donated fruits and vegetables will perish quickly on the field ”

Their research aims to help address these problems with an economic model to optimize the process, Fan said

“Our model can determine the schedule, like the number of days in a week that the food bank will organize a gleaning trip, that maximizes the food bank’s social impact, like the volume of fresh produce donated through its network,”

“You have food wasted on one hand and malnutrition on the other ”

M i g u e l G ó m e z

Gómez said in a University press release “The food banks can make this link, but there’s a logistical problem here Our program contributes to a solution ”

The team has been working on improving the gleaning process for fruits and vegetables, according to Fan

“Managing gleaning operations can be challenging because there are uncertainties in both the arrival of gleaning opportunities, such as when will a farmer call for donations and how much produce will be available, and the attendance of gleaning volunteers,”

Fan said

The team collaborated with the Food Bank of the Southern Tier, which ser ves six counties in southern New York, according to Fan

“We used our model to derive general operational insights and applied the model to make specific operating policy recommendations to the Food Bank of Southern Tier,” Fan said

Fan added that their study focuses on the gleaning of apples since FBST has already established gleaning operations for this crop

“ There is significant potential for increasing apple gleaning in New York’s Southern Tier area, ” Fan continued

Gómez, Fan and their colleagues plan to meet with FBST again soon to further

improve their gleaning process, according to Fan

“This model hasn’t been implemented yet, ” Fan said “We will meet with the staff from the FBST to see how to implement our model to help improve their gleaning operation ”

Their model will benefit both the farmers and the communities, Gómez said

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develop social capital,” Gómez said, according to the University “Farmers and volunteers get satisfaction from the good that they do, and recipients of food aid may consume more fruits and vegetables There are benefits for everybody: better nutrition, reducing waste, developing community ”

So Hyung Kim can be reached at sohyungkim@cornellsun com

Textbook Rentals to Bridge Economic Barriers

By SO HYUNG KIM Sun Staff Writer

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h o u r s o f w o r k , a n d s o m e w i l l n o t p i c k u p t h e i r t e x tb o o k s a n d f a l l b e h i n d a c a d e m i c a l l y ”

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Josephine Chu can be reached at jchu@cornellsun com

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Ph.D.’78 Called a ‘Powerful Advocate for Students and Friends’

articulate, a very good writer and a powerful advocate for his students and friends ”

whole person, and I think we can hear that in the music he left us ” Prof Xak Bjerken, music, added that Stucky’s use of color and harmony in his compositions was “admired by other composers and lovers of music around the world ”

“He was a true artist who could negotiate being a scholar and teacher in academia with s e e m i n g

“There are hundreds, if not thousands of people, whose lives were impacted by Steve ”

Prof Kevin Ernste

“[He] expressed the complexities of life, its exaltations and darker moments, with a direct and heartfelt approach,” Bjerken said Bjerken remembered Stucky as “ a gentle person, extremely

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f u l l y t o each student, and he shared his knowledge i n t h e m o s t e l e g a n t w a y with clarity and without bringing attention to himself ” Ernste added that the network of people Stucky influenced extends far beyond Cornell

“My inboxes are testament to

that fact that I am far from alone,” Ernste said “There are hundreds, if not thousands of people, whose lives were impacted by Steve and his seemingly tireless advocacy of them and their work To feel the scope of that shared impact from so many sources is to understand what is meant by ‘ a life well-lived ’”

Stucky’s relationships with his students and colleagues were intimate and supportive, according to Pond

“His music family will miss him,” Pond said

The University plans to hold a remembrance for Stucky, according to the Department of Music release

Stephanie Yan can be reached at syan@cornellsun com

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TUITION Continued from page 1

Obama Seeks Solution to Maritime Disputes

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif (AP) President Barack Obama and the leaders of Southeast Asia called Tuesday for peaceful resolution of the region’s maritime disputes as they concluded a summit in California

Obama told a news conference that disputes must be resolved by legal means, including a case brought by the Philippines challenging China’s sweeping claims over most of the South China Sea

China has refused to take part in the proceedings, but Obama said parties to the U N law of the seas are obligated to respect the ruling, expected later this year

Obama has been hosting 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, in the U S for the first time That sends a subtle message to China that the U S remains an important force in the region

But the leaders’ joint statement after two days of talks avoided direct reference to China, reflecting the careful path that ASEAN members tread in their diplomacy with the world powers

“Any disputes between claimants must be resolved peacefully through legal means such as the upcoming arbitration ruling under the U N Convention of the Law of the Seas, which the parties are obligated to respect and abide by,” Obama said

operate wherever international law allows, and it will support the right of other countries to do the same

The U S has long argued for the maritime rights issue to be resolved peacefully and is looking for ASEAN to take a unified stance on the issue

The diverse group of countries includes governments that lean toward either Washington or Beijing Only four ASEAN members are South China Sea claimants, leading to sometimes conflicting views on how to handle long-simmering rifts

The U S - ASEAN joint statement did not refer directly to the arbitration case brought by the Philippines, but it does urge “full respect for legal and diplomatic processes ” in resolving disputes

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told a working dinner of the leaders on Monday night that China’s role in the region is expected to grow Loong said China’s larger presence will likely lead to occasional frictions, uncertainties and anxieties, including on the South China Sea, but these issues must be managed peacefully to preserve regional stability and security, the Singapore-based Channel News Asia reported

Josephine Chu can be reached at jchu@cornellsun com

C a s t s D i s p l a y B r i n g s

Visibility to Humanities

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The Philippines brought its case in 2013 after Beijing refused to withdraw its ships from a disputed shoal under a U S -brokered deal Despite China’s refusal to participate, the arbitral tribunal based in The Hague has agreed to hear the case

China says it has a historical right to virtually all of the South China Sea and has built seven artificial islands, some with airstrips, to assert its sovereignty Taiwan and ASEAN members Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines also claim land features in these potentially resource-rich waters, an important thoroughfare for international shipping

Though not a claimant, the U S has spoken out against China’s conduct and has angered Beijing by sailing U S Navy ships near some of the artificial islands to demonstrate freedom to sail there despite China’s territorial claims

Obama said the U S will continue to fly, sail and

The summit is the latest effort by Obama to deepen U S ties with the fast-growing economies of Southeast Asia a commitment he described as “ strong and enduring ” Obama plans to visit Vietnam in May, and then in the fall, become the first U S president to visit Laos

Human rights activists have criticized Obama for hosting Southeast Asian leaders who have not come to power in free and fair elections Obama said the U S would continue to stand with those in the region looking to advance rule of law and good governance

He encouraged the return of civilian rule in Thailand, a long-standing U S ally, whose current prime minister came to power in a May 2014 military coup

The leaders concluded the summit by posing for the traditional family photo on the plush lawn outside a historic residence at Sunnylands, the storied California desert estate where the talks were held Sunnylands is also where Obama had his first formal meeting with China’s current president, Xi Jinping, in 2013

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BRIGGS ’16

HMaking Something Out of Nothing

aving grown up in New York C i t y, w h e r e s u p e r m a r k e t s a r e sized proportionally to the apartments they aim to stock, I am always overw

a s Wegmans These interminable warehouses are large and disorienting in their ambitious goal to meet the complete needs of the shopper They test my self-control I’d like to think of myself as a fairly financially prudent person But sometimes, my shopping cart is stocked with food and drinks I hadn’t dreamed of purchasing before stepping foot into this fruit-bearing maze Why get Kraft, when there is a whole section of delic

them?

It only takes a few frivolous trips and a phone call from the recipient of a hefty credit card statement to economize

Considering The Effectiveness Of Need-Blind Policy

AMID ANOTHER TUITION HIKE, Provost Michael Kotlikoff announced Thursday that Cornell would no longer be need-blind when considering the admission of international applicants due to insufficient funding for financial aid Many students immediately expressed concern that this policy change would decrease the economic diversity of the international student population, with some thinking the new policy favors high-income and wealthier students

Judgement on whether this admissions policy change will affect the diversity of the school needs to be withheld until the administration concretely lays out how they anticipate reappropriating the presumed monetary gain or decrease in debt from the switch to a need-aware policy Whether this change will negatively affect Cornell, which has a significantly smaller endowment compared to the peer institutions in which we hope to remain competitive with, depends greatly on whether non-monetary intentions exist and what exactly they are with this sort of change in admissions policy

Need-blindness is a great principle in theory because it says a school solely considers the quality of a student during admissions However, in reality, admissions offices can infer a student’s financial situation from where one was raised or a parent ’ s level of education a fact admissions officers admitted to the George Washington student newspaper in 2013 Many other high-profile institutions have turned away from need-blind policies for a different range of reasons, such as taking the monetary gain to grow faculty or build up programs While abandoning need-blind policies could decrease economic diversity, Williams College turned to a need-aware policy to specifically target an increase in diversity by targeting those from low-income backgrounds According to The Washington Post, more than 20 percent of of students in the Williams Class of 2019 come from families below the U S median income, up five percent from the year before

The lack of student involvement in major University decisions recently for remains disappointing Although we understand the need for administrators to make pragmatic financial decisions so the University may maintain its long-term fiscal viability and overall stability, we urge the administration to determine and reveal how the university will maintain economic diversity among international students

an unfortunate set of criminal circumstances

Grossing $240,000 and claiming many festival awards, Following was a hit But its pecuniar y success and accolades were reall y s e c o n d a

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memorable career inflection point In this case, Nolan’s creativity in the filmmaking process is what will be remembered The launching pad to his renowned career was nuanced and thoughtful Calculated and measured

Nolan was extremely resourceful The black-and-white was as much style as it

It’s important to economize regardless of where you come from. To truly achieve individuality, finding your voice and mission with the fewest possible resources will speak louder than embracing the excess.

We o f t e n a r e forced to make diffic u l t p u r c h a s i n g choices given a limited budget And ever y day, we make consequential life decisions with our personal bottom line in mind While we all may come from different socioeconomic backgrounds, both the wealthiest and neediest individuals alike confront such realities frequently How we act and adapt to such limitations is both telling of character and ingenuity

The rich and famous are symbols of excess and limitless consumption But we easily forget about the humble origins of the most lucrative of artists and performers The old “starving artist” stereotype applies equally to both the eventual winners and failures in the art world Their challenges mirror the difficult daily trade-offs we make as undergraduates Just as we may need to efficiently ration our time, energy and efforts on campus, the most effective and powerful of artists have done so with their careers and futures on the line

In 1998, a young British filmmaker, Christopher Nolan, who would go on to direct Inception and The Dark Knight trilo g y e m b a r k e d o n h i s f i r s t f e a t u r e , Following, with a mere $6,000 budget Practically nothing Shot in a black-andwhite film-noir style and following a nonchronological sequence, the movie told the stor y of a loner/stalker who falls upon

opportunity for him

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were, for the most part hardly even pro-

Most had to coordi-

o b s with the filming The fact that the majority of their careers were highlighted by their roles in Following is a testament to Nolan’s ability to bring out the talent in others

We are the generation of the creative and ingenious It’s ironic to generalize a generation that prides itself for individua l i t y B u t t h e r e a r e u n p r e c e d e n t e d amounts of young, recent college graduates that want something to call their own In a recent sur vey, 67 percent of millennials stated that they intended on starting their own business No matter one ’ s future goals, an ability to succeed today surely hinges on grit and resourcefulness For ever y Christopher Nolan, there are thousands of aspiring filmmakers sticking to conventional thought, and failing to cut the fat from their productions It’s i m p o r t a n t t o e c o n o m i ze re g a rd l e s s o f where you come from To truly achieve individuality, finding your voice and mission with the fewest possible resources will speak louder than embracing the excess Less is more

Philip Susser is a senior in the College of Human Ecology He can be reached at pss226@cornell edu An Ithaca State of Mind appears on alternate Wednesdays this semester

Katy Habr | On the Margin

ENo Rest In Peace

very day, tragedy is televised from around the world, saturating the news with graphic images of death It seems, however, that the respect shown to those who have died is contingent upon who they are and where they are from Death is said to be the great equalizer, but that is certainly not true Even after death, the way people’s bodies are treated and the way their deaths are portrayed drastically differs depending on who they are Some people are remembered in thought, while others have their lifeless corpses splayed on television screens Vivid images of death and gore repeat and circulate with the hourly news I wonder why this difference exists: why is it that nonwhite bodies are shown gratuitously after a tragedy, yet the bodies of white Europeans and Americans are never shown, as the media chooses to focus on vigils and tributes instead?

Is it because we just don’t need to see their deaths to feel sadness and pain? Do we place more importance on certain lives than we do others? If just announcing the death of a white American or European has an equivalent (or even stronger) effect as showing a picture of a dead body of someone else, it is clear that white lives are valued more by the media and the world The deaths of white people are less abstract and are felt more immediately People feel pain at the knowledge that innocent lives were lost they do not need to see the mangled remains and physical evidence of death to feel something This sympathy, however, does not extend to others Why did it take a picture of a drowned toddler’s body circulating on the Internet to awaken people to the migrant crisis that had been happening for years? Thousands of Aylan Kurdis died unnoticed easily dismissed because the idea of a Syrian child dying alone was not enough to provoke a visceral reaction There had been no mass movements, no political pressure, or public discussion about accepting refugees prior to this visual reminder of death The deaths of non-white or Western people are often treated as a given, and their lives and deaths are distanced and treated clinically When certain demographics’ lives are less valued, it takes gore, shock and violence for people to feel

Is it because only certain groups are entitled to a peaceful death? People of color are exploited even after their deaths Universal human rights such as privacy and dignity are violated when their dead bodies are sprawled across screens as spectacle for the public to consume When in 2013, it was discovered that Bashar Al Assad had been using chemical weapons to kill civilians, subsequent news coverage included pictures of rows and rows of dead bodies lying on the ground, their lifeless faces identifiable in full view Adults and children whose lives were stolen had their peace and dignity stolen too as the world ate up their bodies with its eyes, showing no respect to their lives or identities

After natural disasters around the world, we see bodies being pulled out of rubble, unburied and mangled People of color are not given the liberty of dying in peace their bodies are not given to their families, but are shared with the world in the most heinous way They serve as shock factor and clickbait White people, on the other hand, are respected; their bodies are never shown on the screens and used to suck in viewers Instead, tributes to their deaths are shown The news focuses on people paying their respects

Or do these images serve as a reminder? In an act of violence, images of death are repeated, inflicting trauma, to remind certain people just how little their lives are valued and to serve as implicit threat Communities are not left to mourn in peace; instead they are constantly reminded of the pain and loss of what has been ripped away When white people in America are shot, videos of their deaths are not publicized Yet when black men are murdered by police, looping videos of their deaths replay on the news, proving they are respected neither in life nor after death Mothers have to watch their sons and daughters die over and over again, the traumatic footage disrupting efforts to heal Black communities constantly are subjected to reminders of this violence, reminding them just how easy it is for these acts of violence to happen that it could be them next

All these factors are complex; too complex to unpack in a short column, but they all come into play and contribute to a certain outcome: Non-white and non-Western people are constantly dehumanized Their deaths become stories and statistics the world is numb to Race, socioeconomic status and artificial borders affect the respect people are given Well-meaning statements that react to violence such as “I can ’ t believe this could happen in America, not Iraq or Palestine” further normalize violence and dehumanize victims (both here and abroad), even without meaning to

Respect is shown through what is depicted calm vigils and silent mourning and through what is not: bodies of the deceased are given privacy and family members are left alone to mourn and heal No such respect is extended to many We see gruesome and sickening pictures of their deaths, we become numb to the problems that cause these tragedies, and we ignore them, because when death and injustice are just a picture, and not a thought, making the problem go away is as easy as just changing the channel

Comm en t of the day

“Cornell’s employment stats have gone from 1,574 to 1,648 faculty in the past five years and 6,895 to 7,035 staff I suspect Cornell’s cost issues might have more to do with debt servicing as a result of their NYC Tech Campus, which will cost hundreds of millions to get up and fully running.”

Ben

Re: “Kotlikoff Announces Tuition Hike, End of Need-Blind Aid for International Students,” News February 13, 2016

Sarah Zumba | Zumba Works It Out

What I Learned In Public School

Alarge par t of who I am comes from my educational experience, similar to others who have had the oppor tunity to get an education My education does not only consist of what is found in books, which is something I realized early on in my educat i o n a l c

o consists of learning more about y

l d around you and building relationships It’s really up to the individual to decide what they consider to be educational Par t of what helped me grow, and actually introduced me to syst

school education I’m a direct product of the Chicago Public School system I

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All these actions demonstrate that the decision makers in the city don’t care about their educators or their students My high school, for example, had a little over 3,000 students, but did not have room for that many By my senior year, my school had use whatever spare rooms it had to fit so many kids I remember my first period class not even being held in a n a c t u a l c l a s s r o o m I a l s o re m e m b e r m y f re s h m a n ye a r where one of my classes had 36 kids in it and not enough desks, f o r c i n g m e t o u s e a s p a r e teacher’s desk in the room I’ve only touched upon one aspect of my high school expe-

t h i n k i n g a b o u t p r o f i t r a t h e r than actual education It’s an epidemic in the U S at this point Ever yone is tr ying to figure out how to make money off of students instead of actually c a r i n g f o r t h e m a s h u m a n beings, which is why educators are so impor tant They’re the ones who typically treat us like p e o p l e a n d w a n t t o s e e u s thrive

Teachers were the ones who re a l l y h e l p e d m e f i g u re o u t where I wanted to go in life, even though I’m still working on it I am so grateful to have had the teachers I did in the past, e s p e c i a l l y t h e o n e s f ro m m y high school I’m able to write

Everyone is trying to figure out how to make mone off of students instead of actually caring for them human beings, which is why educators are so important. They’re the ones who typically treat us like people and want to see us thrive

) B a s e d on the fact that I’m now attendi n g a n Iv y League institution, it’s assumed that I’m thankful to the education that the city so kindly provided me The tr uth is I owe ever ything to the teachers and staff that took their time to build relationships with me and helped develop my abilities My “ success ” definitely was not due to the CEO of CPS or the mayor of Chicago at the time who chose them

Actually, due to the inadequacies in the education system that the current mayor, Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill ), continues to perpetuate, it’s a huge surprise that I made it to where I am today The root of all the issues in the public schooling system is budgeting Teachers in the city constantly face low funding for their schools, layoffs, school closings, unfair contracts, etc

rience and it isn’t even as bad as a large amount of other schools in Chicago I went to a predominantly white high school on the nor th side of the city, so it wasn ’ t as bad as it could’ve been As much as educational institutions praise “diversity,” it s t i l l d o e s n ’ t m e a n t h e y ’ r e exempt of institutional racism

Despite the limitations that public schools are met with, teachers still manage to make do with what they have and provide a meaning ful education t o t h e i r s t u d e n t s I ’ m u s i n g Chicago as an example because it’s something I actually went through I know these issues are applicable to education systems throughout the United States, including colleges and universities The attitude towards educ a t i o n h a s d e v e l o p e d i n t o

the way I do because of the dedication of my favorite histor y and English teachers I can ’ t ever forget about them because they were part of my personal foundation Ever y time I build a relationship with a new professor or staff member, they’re also contributing to my growth These relationships help me remember that there will always be people who genuinely care about me as a person and care about my advancement Whenever I see t h e C h i c a g o Te a c h e r s Un i o n having a protest or rally, I still feel that dedication and care even though I’m hundreds of miles away

Sarah Zumba is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at sez29@cornell edu Zumba Works it Out appears alternate Wednesdays this semester

SCIENCE

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rove r, i t i s e a s y t o s e e w h y C o r i n n e L i p p e ’ 1 6 , p ro j e c t m a n a g e r f o r t h e t e a m , s a i d t h a t t h e t e a m f e e l s l i k e f a m i l y “ We’re n o t a h u g e t e a m , a n d we ’ re n o t a s m a l l t e a m , ” L i p p e s a i d “ I l i k e t o s a y we ’ re a p e r f

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“When after six months of designing ... it comes to life in front of you, it makes you realise you’re an engineer. This is what you get to do for the rest of your life”

t i m e m e m b e r s j o i n t h e t e a m , n o m a t t e r t h e l e ve l o f e x p e r i e n c e Dr a i k i w i c z s a i d t h a t b a l a n c i n g e x p e r i e n c e w i t h t a s k s i s a t o u g h b u t i m p o r t a n t p a r t o f t h e d e s i g n p h a s e “ We a c c e p t p r i m a r i l y f re s h m a n e a c h ye a r, a n d s o p a r t o f t h e d e s i g n p h a s e i s b e i n g a b l e t o t e a c h t h e m a l l t h e t o o l s t h a t we re n e c e s s a r y, a n d b e i n g a b l e t o p rep a re t h e m , w h i l e a l s o g i v i n g t h e m s i g n i f i c a n t t a s k s t h a t t h e y c a n w o rk o n a n d c a l l t h e i r ow n , ” Dr a i k i w i c z s a i d T h e Ma r s rove r i s “ a p ro j e c t o f p a s s i o n ” f o r a n yo n e w h o w o rk s o n i t , Dr a i k i w i c z s a i d Hi s f a vo r i t e p a r t i s t h e t e s t i n g p h a s e “ My f a vo r i t e p a r t i s t e s t i n g , b e c a u s e a t t h a t t i m e we h a ve a rove r, a n d w h i l e t h e re w i l l a l w a y s b e s o m e t h i n g t h a t b re a k s o r s o m e t h i n g t h a t n e e d s t o b e d o n e , ” h e s a i d “ It re a l l y b r i n g s t h e t e a m t o g e t h e r a n d we c a n s e e t h i s rove r a s we d e s i g n e d i t , a c c o m p l i s h t h e t a s k s t h a t we h o p e d i t w o u l d ” L i p p e a g re e d t h a t t h e e x p e r i e n c e o n t h e p ro j e c t t e a m h a s b e e n i n c re d i b l y m e a n i n g f u l “ W h e n a f t e r s i x m o n t h

Divyansha Sehgal can be reached at dsehgal@cornellsun com

S t u d e n t s B u i l d a n d L a u n c h R o c k e t s

F o r N A S A C o m p e t i t i o n

By REEM KHONDAKAR Sun Staff Wr ter

Space Jam isn’t just a popular ’90s movie

It’s also the name of the Cornell Rocketr y Team’s 2016 rocket, which will fly in this year ’ s NASA Student Launch Competition

The rocketr y team is one of Cornell’s newest student engineering project teams, and is the only project team involved in designing and creating rockets Formerly

b e g u n a s St u d e n t s f o r t h e E x p l o r a t i o n a n d

Development of Space in 2012, it became CRT in the 2013-2014 school year

The primar y goal of the team is to design and build a rocket from start to finish that can compete in the NASA Student Launch Competition The yearly competition is held in April and features college, highschool, and non-academic teams from across America

In April, CRT will compete at the NASA Student

L a u n c h a t t h e Ma r s h a l l Sp a c e Fl i g h t C e n t e r, i n Huntsville, Alabama

Last year, CRT competed for the first time, placing fourth out of more than 20 colleges The team ’ s rocket reached more that 2,900 feet, nearly reaching NASA’s guideline of 3,000 feet

“ That was huge for us to get anywhere within 100 feet of the target altitude is considered excellent,” said Emma Thomson ’16, team lead

The entire process of designing and building a rocket takes quite a bit of effort about 8 months, to be precise With members meeting 12 to 15 hours per week, that’s about

“180 hours, at least, per semester, ” Thomson said

While this may seem like a long time, the team actually takes less time than usual to make the rocket

“In the real world, it might take 5 years or more to build a rocket, we get to go through the entire process ever y year, ” said Connor Dempsey ’17, co-team lead

Starting in early fall semester, NASA gives out basic constraints for a new rocket The team ’ s job is to design a rocket that fits those constraints

Teams must meet deadlines throughout the months preceding the competition For example, all teams submit a preliminar y design review in November and then a more fleshed out, critical design review in Januar y

“ We also give ourselves internal projects,” Dempsey said “Last year we built ever ything to go to competition This year, since we had a much better feel for how to do it, one of our electrical team leads took the initiative to look at how to custom print printed circuit boards, which allows us to make our design much smaller ” Throughout the months preceding the competition, NASA gives teams feedback on how they compare to their competitors

“ We get to hear from actual professionals at NASA who have direct experience with doing this kind of work,” Dempsey said CRT is comprised of several sub-teams, each of

which specializes in the creation of a particular aspect of the rocket For example, the “launch pad” team creates the structure that supports the rocket during lift off which (no surprise here) is called the launch pad

Another sub-team, called “Comms,” specializes in finding exactly where the rocket lands CRT usually launches their rockets in cornfields, but finding the rocket can be difficult

“You can ’ t just rely on your eyesight,” Thomson said Anything from wind drift to contact with the ground can affect where the rocket lands and whether the team can detect its location Yet finding the rocket is critical to succeeding in the competition

“In the past we ’ ve had issues [with finding the rock et], so now we ’ ve been working on developing a coupl of different tracking methods,” Dempsey said

Team members are creating a graphical user interfac that can help locate the rocket

According to Thomson and Dempsey, CRT use computing software such as SolidWorks and Matlab t both design the rocket and to create robotics feature necessar y for the rocket to launch

“Even though we ’ re called the Cornell Rocketr Team, more than half of our competition is all of th robotics that have to happen to get our rocket ready t launch,” Thomson said

Recruiting for CRT happens in the beginning o both fall and spring semesters Impor tantly, CRT doesn’t just consist of engineers As a large part o launching a rocket requires managing team finance

CRT includes a business sub-team The importance of teamwork in designing and creating a rocket is not lost on Dempsey and Thompson

“ There are so many systems that interlock with each other, that if we didn’t work well, we wouldn’t be able to come up with the finished project,” Thomson said

Both Dempsey and Thomson said they intend to work in the aerospace industr y after graduation

“If you talked to a lot of people on the team, working at NASA would be a dream come true, ” Thomson said

Reem Khondakar can be reached at rkhondakar@cornellsun com

MAGES COURTESY OF CORNELL ROCKETRY TEAM

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Powerful, Personal, Pretty and Petty: KanyeWest’s Pablo

BY JACK JONES Sun Staff Writer

Kanyedoesn’t want his fans to be able to pick and choose He wants them to love it all and to see all the pieces his music, his outfits, his fashion line, his Twitter account, his family and their celebrity status as part of one unified art project He makes art for the age of social media celebrity, when persona and work are more inextricable than ever He doesn’t want the art separated from the artist, because he is part of his art His desire to synthesize was on full display at the bizarre event called Yeezy Season 3 that he threw at Madison Square on Thursday If you ’ re a fan of Kanye’s music and have no interest in his clothing line (like me), he made it so that the only way you could experience his new album, at least for a few days, was by watching his fashion show

Simultaneously a fashion presentation, a performance art piece and a first-time listening party for The Life of Pablo, Yeezy Season 3 balanced extravagant spectacle and inelegant improvisation in equal measure The Kardashians arrived decked out in immense, angel-white furs Kanye’s clothes were surprisingly conservative: a ballcap and a red sweatshirt He said a few words and then moshed with his team to the album, in striking contrast to the fashion models, who stood grim and eerily frozen for the duration of the presentation

My first reaction to the music I heard while watching this performance was disappointment That’s because I paid most of my attention to the lyrics that Kanye delivers himself His rapping in some places sounds careless to the point of incompetence, and he often opts for cheap shock tactics As a diehard fan, I know that you find ways to make everything Kanye does seem a But it’s a dead end Naming Kanye’s most mis album really depends upon which iteration of h yny you find most distasteful: pitying cond (808s and Heartbreak), wounded disgust (My Dark Twisted Fantasy) or ferocious lust (Yeezus) For me, Kanye’s lyrics regarding females hit a new, nauseating low on The Life of Pablo There’s some nonsense about a model with a bleached asshole that throws off the dynamic production of “Father Stretch My Hands Pt 1 On “Famous,” he reignites old controversy in tac less, pointless fashion by rapping “I feel like me a Taylor might still have sex / Why? I made that b famous ” And on “30 Hours” he sneers, “My ex she gave me the best years of her life / I saw a r picture of her, I guess she was right.” He has bee in the past, but never as aimlessly petty as this W sings “If I ever instigated I am sorry ” on “Fathe My Hands Pt 1,” it’s transparently insince Kanye is a total troll all over this album, mashing the sacred and the profane together to see what might happen The album cover sums up Pablo’ s range: an orange background with two pictures pasted on top, one a snapshot of the wedding of Kanye’s parents, the other of a model’s butt Stacked lines of computer text next to the pictures ask “WHICH / ONE” over and over

both stars and unknown artists On Pablo, Kanye plays the role of conductor more than ever, frequently stepping back to let others shine in glorious, varied ways The-Dream coos and Kelly Price belts on the opening gospel hallucination “Ultralight Beam,” before Chance the Rapper appears and delivers perhaps the best verse of the year so far, a towering display of his vocal and lyrical talent Rihanna provides a gorgeous and too-brief introduction to “Famous,” and Frank Ocean appears out of his seclusion like a ghost to lend his emotive croon to the ghostly “Wolves ” Even the odious Chris Brown is made to sound sublime on the radiant “Waves,” on which my favorite lines of the album are sung by Kanye: “Even when somebody go away / The feelings don’t really go away / That’s just the wave ” Sometimes, Kanye still tears his guts out on record In these moments, he brings all the grit, complication and naked emotion for which his fans love him On the contemplative, unsettling “FML,” Kanye stares down his libido, fighting to stay faithful to his wife and family On the gorgeous “Real Friends,” the spiritual sequel to 2004’s “Family Business,” he acknowledges the damage that fame has done to his family relationships, rapping, “When was the last time I remembered a birthday? / When was the last time I wasn ’ t in a hurry?” It’s classic Kanye, his impulses and reasoning going in all directions: he grumbles about his family hitting him up for money, then acknowledges that he’s a “deadbeat cousin,” turning the accusations upon himself He also displays his self-awareness, always his most underacknowledged quality, on the hilarious a capella verse “I Love Kanye,” a winking jab at old fans who miss the

times appalling It also offered an incredibly intimate look at the making (throwing-together?) of this album over the last few weeks. A piece of binder paper with a tracklist written in Sharpie was gradually reordered and covered with the signatures of guests on the album, with Kanye tweeting pictures of the page as it updated During this short period alone, the album title went from Swish to Waves to “We don’t have a name yet ” to “TLOP,” which was then revealed to stand for The Life of Pablo The titular “Pablo” was guessed by many to be an allusion to either Picasso or Escobar Instead, Kanye announced that it is a reference to Paul the Apostle, a man who in the New Testament changes from a persecutor of early Christians to one of their leading members when Jesus appears to him in a blinding vision This story of redemption mation is a fitting reference for a profeser like Kanye self appears to be in some rough straits e $53 million in debt His unhinged has provoked thousands of uses of the online articles and comments these past est, a close collaborator with Kanye for announced that he would no longer m, tweeting “ my brother needs help, in f counseling Spiritual & mental He p away from the public & yesmen & ove my brother I pray for his health not rtainment,” Rhymefest continued I hat a lot of truth is contained in these Kanye himself admits in “FML” to actzy when he’s off his Lexapro, a drug pred for anxiety and major depressive disor-

The hollowly provocative lyrics were what I mainly noted when I heard the first incarnation of Pablo on Thursday By the time it was available to stream on Tidal early on Sunday, it was a different record In the two days between the show and the album’s release, he extended the album by half its length, although several of the new songs had already been released through his SoundCloud account “Waves,” one of the album’s best moments, was added at the last minute simply because Chance the Rapper convinced Kanye to include it and finish it at the last moment, delaying Pablo’ s release by a day This speaks volumes about the kind of work that Pablo aims to be in comparison to the rest of Kanye’s canon: casual, collaborative and haphazard, rather than ceremonious and consequential

Kanye has always been a gifted, visionary musician, and he remains one He’s also become increasingly savvy at orchestrating talent, making places in his music for

y echo all of his previous incarnations from throughout his career: deep-freeze auto-tune confessions, grinding synthesizers, operatic splendor and above all soaring soul Pablo is an album of disparate parts, many of them exhilarating If you like experimentation, you will probably find a sound, a texture somewhere on the album that sticks with you Much of its music sounds more purely joyful than anything since 2007’s Graduation, and more loose and unfussed than anything since his debut, 2004’s The College Dropout

That’s not to say that Kanye didn’t do any fussing during the making of this album I won ’ t try to cover the greatest hits of his Twitter account over the past few weeks, which has been sometimes entertaining and other

Of course, the rest of us can only experie him as an entertainer And in his tertainment, Kanye appears happier han he has in years During the SNL perormance of “Ultralight Beam” on Saturday, Kanye ceded center stage to nce the Rapper, grinning and dancing nes, his joy absolutely infectious At the he ground on his stomach while gospel n prayed over him, a white-clad choir ind them Then the song ended, Kanye et and garbled ecstatically, “Album [incot com, right now Tidal, streaming, right g ” as he ran across the stage No transcription can do this moment justice Watch it yourself

That tension between lofty pageantry and childish disorder has always been one of the most compelling aspects of Kanye’s music On the spectrum of his work, Pablo leans towards the latter The fact that this frequently inspired and potent album ranks as a lesser Kanye project only underlines how consistently great he’s been He has led the most interesting, vital, and surprising career of any musician over the last decade On Pablo, he once again delivers something that sounds like nobody else making music. In the past this has always meant innovation and focus; here it also means messiness Luckily nobody makes a mess quite like Kanye

Jack Jones is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at jjones@cornellsun com

BY NICK SWAN Sun Staff Writer

It is perhaps the underlying ambition of any artist to depict a part of the human condition through his or her work In doing so, the artist may choose to include complex, reflective, embellishing sentiments, thereby offering a number of personal interpretations of the subject under scrutiny This is reminiscent of most 19th centur y Romantic composers, authors and painters who left much of themselves in their elaborate works However, there also exist individuals who possess a much simpler approach to their creativity, preferring to portray a given theme with bleak and sometimes caustic honesty It is this latter method that Albert and David Maysles took in creating their 1975 documentar y Grey Gardens

The film documents the lives of two women: Edith Beale, known as Big Edie and her daughter Little Edie They are also the aunt and first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy, respectively Born into the affluent Bouvier family, both women enjoyed comfortable upbringings in the early and mid 20th centur y Big Edie married the wealthy Phelan Beale in 1917, and bore Little Eddie in the same year About six years later, the Beales purchased the lavish Grey Gardens estate in East Hampton, New York When the couple separated in 1931, Big Edie maintained ownership of Grey Gardens, which she made her home She then pursued an amateur career in singing, living in Grey Gardens with male partners who supported her aspirations Meanwhile, Little Edie, an upcoming debutante, never married as was expected of young, affluent women and tried instead to establish herself as an author and singer in New York City In 1952, Little Edie moved back into Grey Gardens to support her aging mother Grey Gardens finds the two women in the early 1970s, reclusive and still living in the estate, which has become dilapidated as their wealth diminished over the decades

As mentioned, Albert and David Maysles use the simplest of methods in creating the film Documentaries typically employ uncomplicated filmmaking techniques, as

they exist in order to break away from dramatic reenactments of the subject matter However, the Maysles brothers extend such minimalism to its boundaries Grey Ga

or narration by

Background of the two women ' s lives and present situations is only given in the beginning, when the camera highlights snippets of articles from the past about Big and Little Edie and the Gre y G a rd e n s estate The Maysles let the two women interact and speak freely rather than prompting them towards a specific subject

This technique is known as direct cinema, and it ultimately allows the filmmaker to document reality to a great degree of honesty Grey Gardens ser ves as an ideal example of such filmmaking The Maysles’ use of direct cinema highlights the staggering extent of control a director has in creating a documentar y and the potential for bias that such autonomy creates A director need only play a certain song, ask a specific question or describe an event in formatted detail to instill bias in the film Of course, it is impossible to be completely unbiased; even Albert and David Maysles could not avoid the most basic interference of editing and stringing together scenes Additionally, this bias is not always necessarily wrong, as some subjective hints by the director are often crucial in establishing the film’s purpose or central message However, in the case of Grey Gardens, no such linearity is needed; there are no separate events per se, and so the Beale’s lives can be depicted in truthful detail and intimacy What exactly does this honesty seek to enlighten? In

one interpretation, Grey Gardens provides commentar y on the fickle nature of affluent living and values Simply because the two women chose not to marr y into opulence, they were left relat

d confined to live in their present state However, the most provocative revelation exists beneath the poverty and squalor of the Grey Gardens estate One finds that a strong bond exists between Big E

despite their living conditions The two are often found bickering over the past, arguing for decis i o n s t h a t w

r made or plans that never came to fruition Yet neither mother nor daughter are compelled to leave as they find a subtle happiness in each other’s company The dilapidated Grey Gardens estate and the powerful bond that exists within its walls is symbolic of the peace that exists between expectation and reality The Beales did not find the success they were seeking when they broke from affluent tradition, and they could not have expected to one day live in their current state But both have managed to find happiness in their lives At one point, Little Edie quotes the well known Robert Frost verse, “ Two roads diverged in a wood, and I / I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference ” In Grey Gardens, Albert and David Maysles exhibit the artistic limits of documentar y filmmaking in their use of the minimalistic direct cinema technique All in all, the film is a brilliant exploration of human resiliency and happiness

Grey Gardens will be screened at Cornell Cinema on Wednesday, Feb 17

Nick Swan is a freshman in the School of Industrial Labor Relations He can be reached at nb252@cornell edu

C o n c e r t P i a n i s t W o w s a t B a r n e s

BY TYRANN GRILLO Sun Staff Writer

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Remain in No. 3 Spot After Weekend Games

weekend on the road coming up, the Red has a lot to prove against

ve Ha r va rd a n d Dartmouth offenses

Cornell’s three

“Nia played good defense and Nicholle and Kerri [Moran] were making shots,” said senior guard Maddie Campbell

But Marshall could not hold back the entire Penn lineup, and despite another strong shooting night for Aston and Moran, the Quakers beat the visiting Red, 74-63

Despite the losses, Cornell is l o o k i n g a h e a d Wi t h a n o t h e r

“We still need to work on the defensive end, but thankfully, we have this week to fix that up at practice,” Aston said Campbell agrees, adding that t h

n d i s a n important one for the Red

“Really, this upcoming weekend is big for us, ” she said “We need to work on our rebounding and forward defense ”

Men, Women Break Records, Look Toward Last Ivy Meets

By CHARLES COTTON Sun Staff Writer

Record breaking performances for the men and consistently strong showings across the board for the women helped guide both Cornell track and field teams to yet another dominant weekend of competition

On Friday, both teams sent contingents to Staten Island to compete in the Fast Track National Qualifier, where top runners shined on the all-new hydraulic banked track Junior distance runner James Gowans stole the show in the mile, finishing in just 3:58, good for first place and a new Cornell record Gowans’ outstanding time makes him the first Cornell runner to break four minutes in the mile He joins a very elite group as the 459th s u b - f o u r minute mile ever recorded

on Gowans’ performance, emphasizing that there is more to come for the talented junior

“It was incredible and I still think he’s going to get better,” Durant said

Senior Ben Rainero also broke a school record in the 3K with a time of 7:58, junior Tobe Attah ran the 400 in 48 seconds to win his heat and senior Max Hairston won the 60 meter hurdles Overall, it was an extremely impressive showing for the runners

“Those guys were ready and they were ready to run fast,” Durant said

Back home at Barton for the Cornell Sunday Invitational, the men continued to show their dominating strength The Red came out on top in jumps, sprints and long distance, winning eight different events throughout the day

“All the guys are super pumped and are helping each other out, and it’s awesome to be a part of that ” J a m e s G o w a n s

“It feels great to accomplish this feat, although it hasn’t quite sunk in yet, ” Gowans said “This was the first race where I think I was really able to get a feel for my true potential ”

Gowans also credited his teammates for his accomplishment, pointing to the supportive nature of the squad as a big factor in his success

“The atmosphere on the team is great right now, ” he said “All the guys are super pumped and are helping each other out, and it’s awesome to be a part of that I couldn’t do it without them ”

Head Coach Adrian Durant commented

Pa r t i c u l a r l y notable were freshman Alex Beck’s victories in both the 60 and the 200 and junior Bobby Plummer’s first place finish in the triple jump, also good for best in the league up to this point

“The guys did really well at home there was a lot of great energy in the building,” Durant said

Durant also said he likes the determination he is seeing in his team as the indoor season starts to reach its critical juncture

“They seem to be very motivated right now this is exactly what we expected and what we wanted to see with [Ivy Championships] just two weeks away ”

With only one more event separating the Red from the Championship meet, Durant

James Gowans became one of 459 people in the world to run the mile in under four minutes He now holds the Cornell record for the mile event

is confident and feels his team is the favorite to win the league

“We’re going into this focused and I do think we have a very good chance to win,” he said “Still, it all depends on who shows up that day ready to compete ”

The women ’ s team had another great weekend as well, with five event wins and several alterations to the school’s all-time top-10 lists

On Friday night, the Red posted 15 ECAC qualifiers, including sophomore Jackie Katzman’s run in the 3000 good for fifth all-time at Cornell (9:26 07) and junior Adrian Jones’ personal best in the 200, also ranking fifth on the all-time list at 24 53

Head Coach Richard Bowman felt he got exactly what he was looking for

“Staten Island went very well for us with the brand new banked track,” he said “We definitely got what we wanted in the running piece ”

Back home in Barton Hall, the women kept the ball rolling, winning five events to go along with four more ECAC qualifiers

Freshman Leena Morris had another big day as she won the shot put and placed sec-

ond in the weight throw Meanwhile, sophomore Kate Gulbrandsen leaped to first place in the high jump and senior cocaptain Hillary Holmes took second in the long jump

“Leena Morris was spectacular again in the throws, and it was good to see our captain back at it in the long jump,” Bowman said

The Red also won three events on the track behind a 1-2-3-4-5 sweep of the mile led by freshman Gracie Todd Also victorious were classmate Ellery Bianco (first, 60 meter) and sophomore Caroline Markowitz (first, 800 meter)

“We continue to get better each week,” Bowman said “We really like where we ’ re at right now and we know we’ll keep moving in the right direction ”

The 33-person roster for the Ivy Championships is not set in stone, so this weekend’s results will play an integral role in determining it

“Right now, everybody is competing for a chance to represent Cornell as one of those 33 select athletes,” Bowman said

Charles Cotton can be reached at ccotton@cornellsun com

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goaltending,” Schafer said “They use their speed to stay above you and frustrate you I thought they played very well and getting behind against a team like that it doesn’t matter who you are, it’s going to be a long haul to try to get back into the game A real lesson on discipline It just takes one person to screw it up for the rest of the guys ” Schafer also took issue with the major penalty call on senior center and captain John Knisley 18:41 into the first period The fiveminute major for cross checking carried over into the second period and eventually led to Yale taking a 3-0 advantage and putting the game out of reach early for Cornell

“I watched the videotape and I don’t know how you get called for a five-minute major,” Schafer said “That was a brutal call A kid’s stick was down on the ice and Johnny is 5-foot-7 and his stick blade is down on the ice and he gets called for a five-minute major, contact to the head I don’t know where that came from I don’t if they’re hypersensitive from what happened in the game, but that’s the first major we ’ ve taken this year and I don’t think it’s a major I don’t even think it’s a minor ” Knisley snuck the Red’s first goal of the night past Lyon when he went from end to end like a

gazelle on skates and slipped the puck past the nation’s top collegiate goaltender With the game handily out of reach, sophomore forward Alex Rauter notched the first lamp lighter of his collegiate career, good for the second Cornell goal of the game with 30 seconds left in the match

Sophomore goalie Hayden Stewart entered the game after Schafer pulled junior goalie Mitch Gillam with the Red down 3-0 Stewart looked poised and polished en route to stopping 19 shots on 20 attempts and his relief appearance represented one of the lone bright spots on the evening for the Red

“[Stewart] did a good job coming in and shutting the door and I didn’t think Mitch was very good tonight That was one of the few games that [Gillam] wasn ’ t particularly sharp [with] rebounds and didn’t look comfortable in the net, ” Schafer said “It was a tough place for Hayden to come in and I thought he did a great job We were down 3-0 and trying to create offense, [so] you ’ re going to give up odd-man rushes in situations because you ’ re going to press the issue a little bit I thought our guys did that tonight, right up until the very end when one of our guys just fell down in the neutral zone ” Overall, it was a disappointing weekend for the Red, who tied a mediocre Brown (4-16-5, 2-12-4

ECAC) a team the Red needed win against as a weak, in-conference opponent on Friday and looked relatively lackluster against the Bulldogs in a potential statement game After the weekend, Cornell sits in eighth place in the conference, behind the likes of Ivy League rivals Yale and Harvard, who stand at second and third, respectively

The ultimate downfall for the Red on Saturday came with the play from Tschantz early in the game, something Schafer wanted no part of during his post-game press conference

“The mistake is taking a bad penalty to put them in a position to score a power play goal to put us down behind,” Schafer said “There is the difference in the game right there It’s a long night to try to get back into it They’ve beaten some really good teams and they’re No 10 in the country We shot ourselves in the foot ”

Joon Lee can be reached at joonlee@cornellsun com

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Schafer Calls Out Tschantz for Lack Of Focus Saturday

By JOON LEE Sun Assistant Sports Editor

“The key play of

Yale goalie Alex Lyon already presented a tall task for the No 15 Cornell men ’ s hockey team coming into Saturday’s game Since making his NCAA debut as a freshman in 2013, Lyon has been one of the top netminders in the country and has taken his game to another level this season while posting a 945 save percentage and allowing just 1 45 goals per game coming i n t o Sa t u rd a y night T h e Bu l l d o g s

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The Bulldogs (16-5-4, 11-4-3 ECAC) got those two goals in the Red’s net in just under five and a half minutes into the first period With Lyon in net for the Bulldogs,

that was it for the Red On a night when Cornell (12-8-5, 7-7-4 ECAC) desperately needed to make a statement, Saturday’s 4-2 losing effort at the hands of an ECAC conference rival proved anything but

Head coach Mike Schafer ‘86 took particular issue with sophomore forward Dwyer Tschantz, whose boarding penalty a minute in a half into the game led to the Bulldogs scoring on the power play to get a quick lead on the Red

“I thought that the key play of the game was the real undisciplined penalty by Dwyer Tschantz [which] put us down,” Schafer said “Just uncalled for A lack of focus in

Red Drops Both League Games on Weekend

Women remain at No. 3 spot in Ivy League behind Penn, Princeton

By OLIVIA MATTYASOVSZKY Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell women ’ s basketball team came into its most recent set of games on a hot streak The squad beat Ivy League opponents Brown, Yale and Dartmouth and were holding fast to a No 3 spot in the rankings The women were set to play the two teams ahead of them in the league last Friday and Saturday Penn was at the top of the Ancient Eight with a 6-0 undefeated streak against Ivy opponents Princeton was

right behind them with only one loss and thus a 5-1 Ivy record As a result, this weekend was huge for the Red, as it pitted them against its biggest competition and tested how well the team could cope traveling on the road In the past three weeks, the Red has only played one game on the road against Columbia, beating them 6659 However, this weekend’s away games did not prove as successful

Though both Friday and Saturday ended in losses, the standings remain unchanged Cornell holds on to its No 3 ranking and will have another

chance to face both the Tigers and the Quakers this time at home in the coming weeks

“Being on the road is tough and this past weekend at Princeton and Penn didn’t go as we had hoped, but that’s the good thing about the Ivy league,” said freshman guard and two time Rookie of the Week Caroline Shelquist “We got a feel for how they play and we get to see them again at home ” On

Princeton, New Jersey to face off against the Tigers The Red’s opponent had a strong presence around the p a i n

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against the Princeton defense Junior forward Nicholle Aston balanced the offensive side out, knocking down 22 points and shooting an outstanding 71 from the floor Despite her performance, Aston was not satisfied

“Last weekend was a disappointment because there was a lot left out there on the court, ” she said The final score against the Tigers was 51-71, with almost half of the team ’ s points coming from Aston

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played itself out again Penn out-shot the Red 421 to 370, though both teams were tied for rebounds at 36 However, it was the Penn back court

terms of going into a scrum and hitting a kid Discipline has been a real good part of our team all year When you do that and get down against this team, we turn the puck over in the neutral zone and we come right back and didn’t play very well [Then] you get down 2-0 [and] it’s going to be a long, long night ”

With Lyon in net and the best defense in college hockey on the Lynah ice on Saturday, the early mistake had the Red playing catchup the entire evening

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