02-19-13

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

Students Travel to D.C. to Participate in Environmental Rally

By NOAH RANKIN Sun Staff Writer

Cornell students joined about 35,000 activists from across the country in Washington, D C , Sunday to protest the Keystone XL Pipeline and persuade President Barack Obama to publicly reject its construction Nearly 100 Cornell students attended the “Forward on Climate” rally, according to estimates from rally attendees

The Keystone XL is a proposed pipeline system that would run from Alberta, Canada, to the Gulf Coast, transporting a form of crude oil known as oil sands or tar sands

“[ The Keystone XL Pipeline] is a global threat ”

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The nature of tar sands makes the pipeline a “global threat,” according to Kelsey Erickson ’13, a member of environmental group Kyoto NOW! who attended the rally

“The tar sands of Alberta are situated right underneath vast arboreal forests and wetlands,” Erickson said “If the tar sands were to be built, all of that would be destroyed Tar sands are one of the most inefficient and unprofitable forms of oil extraction It’s horribly dirty and would emit up to three times as much carbon dioxide as normal oil extraction ”

Proponents of the Keystone XL Pipeline say its construction will create 20,000 jobs and benefit the economy, according to CBS News

Though workers have begun constructing the southern segments of the pipeline, for more than a year protesters have maintained efforts to shut down the project In August 2011, more than 1,200 protesters, including Erickson, were arrested at a sit-in rally against tar sands

By SARAH MEYERS Sun Staff Wr ter

LAW 6951: Whistleblowers and Business Integrity, a new class in the Cornell Law School, aims to change society’s typically negative perception of whistleblowers and mold future generations of lawyers, according to Dean of the Law School Stewart Schwab

Recruitment efforts lead more than 60 students to join chapter

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Staff Writer

n s u l t a n t s t o C o r n e l l t o h e l p “ re c o l o n i ze ” t h e c h a p t e r w i t h n e w m e m b e r s T h e s e c o n s u l t a n t s

“There’s a lot of negative synonyms for ‘whistleblower’ and very few positive ones

‘snitch,’ ‘weasel,’ words like that The easiest thing is to do nothing and turn a blind eye To step up and say ‘This is wrong ’ is very difficult, and there are very frequently personal consequences, ” Schwab said “There’s no doubt that this is a major issue in this country, and I hope that our law students will be aware of that as they go out and start their careers ” Schwab said he hopes to introduce students

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to the emerging field of fraud law and encourage students to uphold a high level of corporate and legal integrity

“[Fraud law] is a growing and important area of the law and legal practice –– the amount of fraud against the United States government is estimated to be around hundreds of billions of dollars,” Schwab said “The IRS has an estimated $400 billion in unpaid taxes each year So one of the main focuses of the class is involving public citizens in public law enforcement ”

Schwab said that “technical details” are a focus of the class; students analyze and compare different instances of whistleblowers who claimed government fraud and listen to panels made up of attorneys and whistleblowers Schwab also emphasized that “the underlying issue [of the course] is promoting corporate integrity ensuring that businesses do follow the law and don’t engage in fraudulent schemes against the government ” The class has been in the works for the past few years, according to Schwab He said he and Neil Getnick ’78 both thought “that [the Law School] should teach a class like this ”

“Things kept getting in the way, but we finally decided to do it,” Schwab said Schwab said the class has tried to include a variety of different perspectives, including “the lawyers who represent the whistleblowers, the lawyers who defend the companies accused of

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Grad S chool Prepares

Students for Job Hunt

By ELIZABETH KUSSMAN Sun Staff Wr ter

In light of continued national scrutiny regarding employment prospects for Ph D candidates, Barbara Knuth, vice provost and dean of the Graduate School, emphasized that Cornell is taking measures to ensure that its graduate students find employment

Knuth cited a 2010 federal sur vey of more than 48,000 research doctorate graduates in the United States that stated that, compared to students nationally, a higher percentage of Cornell Ph D students have definite plans either for post-doctoral study or employment after graduation

Knuth said that of the approximately 490 Cornell Ph D graduates who responded to the survey upon graduating in 2010, 17 6 percent were still seeking employment or post-graduate study opportunities, compared to the national figure of 29 percent

The percentage of Ph D graduates who repor ted being employed after graduation in 2010 was 36 percent, close to the national figure of 38 percent, according to the survey Of those who found jobs, 60 percent found employment in research and d e v e l o p m e n t , soaring above the national statistic of 36 8 percent

“ These statistics reflect some of the differences in emphasis and strengths at Cornell a focus on research,” Knuth said

“We are increasing the focus on advising graduate students about the range of career paths available to them in professorial and administrative roles in academia, in industry, in government and in the non-profit sector, ”

Knuth said

Brian Jacobs grad, who is studying chemistry, said he appreciates the graduate school’s efforts

“ The graduate school of Cornell sends out emails regarding employment workshops, among other oppor tunities regarding industr y and academia,” Jacobs said “I feel that regardless of how my goals change over the next few years, I’ll have plenty of tools available from Cornell to prepare me for postgraduation opportunities ”

Other graduate students said they have found that, outside of Career Ser vices, individual depar tments at the University have helped them find employment

“My buddies [at other schools] pretty much got thrown out in the cold after they had their diploma in hand.”

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Of the graduate students who found employment, Knuth said that half of former Cornell students were employed within academia, while one third were in industry and business

“Many Cornell Ph D graduates seek employment in industry and business,” Knuth said “This reflects the strong programs we have in the physical sciences, engineering and life sciences, and accounts for some of the difference between Cornell statistics and national statistics ”

According to Knuth, the graduate school has recently partnered with Cornell Career Services to bolster advising for its students A shared group of advisors in Career Services are offering advising to graduate and professional students, Knuth said

Jacobs said the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology does a “fine job” letting students know of opportunities to apply for post-doctoral positions Email alerts are sent on a regular basis from academic institutions across the country looking to recruit Ph D candidates, he said Daniel Pena grad, an M F A student in Cornell’s English department, lauded his depar tment ’ s efforts to help graduates secure employment

“I don’t think I had the typical graduate school experience when it came to finding a job,” said Pena, who defended his thesis in the beginning of August and had a job teaching creative writing in Cornell’s English department by the end of that month

“A lot of my buddies [at other schools] pretty much got thrown out in the cold after they had their diploma in hand, which is the typical graduate school experience –– I think,” he said “What’s great about being a grad[uate] student at Cornell is that you leave with so much teaching experience, at least for an M F A , that you ’ re instantly competitive in the job market when you leave ”

Elizabeth Kussman can be reached at ekussman@cornellsun com

Cornell Grad Student Appointed To Ithaca’s Board of Public Works

By KEVIN MILIAN Sun Staff Writer

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Kevin Milian can be reached at kmilian@cornellsun com

Rally Draws 35,000 Protesters

KEYSTONE XL

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Erickson said it was exciting to return to Washington, D C , with so many people beside her “How inspiring it was to see how much this movement has grown in such a short span of time,” Erikson said

Sunday’s rally was the biggest climate rally in United States history, according to NBC News One of the speakers at the rally was Bill McKibben, the president and co-founder of 350 org, an organization that aims to use grassroots partipation to address the climate crisis The number 350 signifies the maximum parts per million of carbon dioxide that should be present in the air, Erickson said

“Right now, we ’ re at 396,” Erickson said “At the rate we ’ re going, business as usual, we ’ re headed for catastrophe This is a movement that everyone has a stake in, and everyone should be involved ”

Students took buses from Ithaca to Washington, D C , Saturday and participated in a small “March on Exxon” that evening, according to Erickson On Sunday morning, before the main rally, 264 schools formed a “student convergence ” in the W Hotel near the National Mall to make signs and discuss divestment, according to Erickson and Allison Currier, a junior at Ithaca College

“We talked a lot about the importance of divestment, the importance of our generation and what our role is in this large, national, global movement, ” Currier said

College students are well-equipped to make a difference in the environmental movement, Currier added

“We’re not only [in college] to learn, but we ’ re here to take the things we ’ re learning and put it into action and make a difference to best support our global community and our local community,” she said

The rally brought students both old and new to the environmental cause Alyce Daubenspeck, a junior at Ithaca College, said she had never attended a rally before this weekend She said the experi-

ence was vastly different from what she had imagined

“Despite the large number of people and all the strong convictions that were present there wasn ’ t any sort of real unrest or upset While some people might have felt disappointed with that, I felt like it lent credibility [to] the cause, ” Daubenspeck said Cat Lauck ’15, who had also never previously attended a rally, said it was something she would “remember for a long time ” One especially memorable moment occurred near the end of the rally, she said

“[One of my friends and I] were up near the front of the rally, and I could hear a chant starting behind us –– the ‘Show me what democracy looks like This is what democracy looks like’ chant,” she said “For the next 10 minutes, [my friend and I] were screaming out the call, and everyone else was responding It was amazing It was my first time being in the presence of so many people who were passionate about the same issues as me ”

The rally was beneficial in several intangible ways, said Ethan Kellar ’15, who also attended the rally

“Although the major victory would be having Obama reject the construction of the pipeline, even if that does go through, I’d say the effects of the rally are a lot harder to quantify,” he said “There were so many people talking to each other throughout the rally –– talking about projects they’d done at school and different sustainability groups talking to each other I’d say that’s one of the most powerful things a rally can do ”

Currier emphasized the inspiration participants gained from the rally

“The rally was extremely empowering and moving,” Currier said “I was standing with [35,000] other people from all different backgrounds and cultures saying to Obama that we don’t want this pipeline built ”

Noah Rankin can be reached at nrankin@cornellsun com

Law Course Focuses On Fraud, Litigation

WHISTLEBLOWERS

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Sarah Meyers can be reached at smeyers@cornellsun com

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Minimizing Restrictions On International Travel

THIS MONTH, THE UNIVERSITY launched a new travel registr y to better keep track of Cornell students, faculty and staff abroad We commend Cornell for following many of its peer institutions in enacting a centralized system for monitoring overseas travelers But another aspect of the program a committee that determines whether students may travel to countries classified by the University as “high-risk” gives us pause We urge the University to ensure that its goal of protecting Cornellians off-campus does not restrict students’ ability to travel to countries they believe will enrich their studies or their ability to use that education to better those countries

The new registr y will allow the administration to more adequately equip those abroad with guidance, travel insurance and even, in extreme cases, plans for emergency evacuation These added precautions are reassuring The registr y system also includes the International Travel Advisor y and Response team, a group of administrators who review Cornellians’ travel plans and itineraries to determine if they are sufficiently safe However, although ITART review is limited to those who seek to travel to “high-risk” countries, the University’s definition of “high-risk” begs further consideration as do the possible restrictions Cornell may impose on students who seek to travel to those countries

Cornell can cut off University funding for a trip or prevent students from receiving credit for classes taken abroad if the chosen destination is considered “high-risk ” But of the 57 countries ITART has declared “high-risk”, only 30 are on the U S Department of State’s travel warning list The remaining 27 are nations that fall just below travel warning status, according to University officials There is no question that travel to some, if not all, of these 27 countries carries certain risks, including high crime rates

However, travel to any international destination carries its own risk Cornellians are educated adults who may aspire to acquire certain global experiences Their willingness to undertake a degree of risk to further their education should not be disregarded by the University

Cornell also has an interest in allowing its students and faculty to apply the knowledge they gain at the University to make a difference in regions that need it the most

These are often areas that might be considered unsafe for travel The University, while seeking to promote the safety of its constituents, must balance the ideas put forth by President David Skorton in his March 2012 white paper on internationalization at Cornell In that paper, Skorton wrote that Cornell students, faculty and staff should “effect positive change in the world” by addressing pressing issues such as “nuclear proliferation, food insecurity, poverty, human rights, global health and water availability ”

The University must be cognizant that achieving some of these goals may require direct engagement in developing, and perhaps dangerous, countries The new registr y will unquestionably help Cornell document overseas travel and bolster contingency plans for students abroad who encounter emergent situations But the University should exercise restraint when considering denying students the opportunity to learn and work in the international location of their choosing

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Kirat Singh | Evaluating the Discontents

Worth the Wait

This morning, the Environment Committee of the European Parliament will vote on a proposal to delay auctioning 900 million tons worth of carbon emission permits within the E U ’ s Emissions-Trading System Buried beneath a charade that reeks of Brussels’ legalese is the future of a market-based approach to reducing carbon emissions

The ETS is the world’s first major emissions trading scheme

Covering more than 11,000 industrial establishments across Europe, it seeks to limit emissions and encourage carbon-efficiency by allocating a fixed number of pollution permits that can be traded The System is on the precipice of a price collapse caused by an initial over-supply of permits (a hotly-contested claim) and the European economic recession that have pushed the price of emitting a ton of carbon to around €5, down from €30 in 2008 Delaying the sale of new permits to the 2019-2020 financial year will reduce their supply and hopefully push the price of carbon to a more effective level At €5 per ton, European industry no longer has much of an incentive to develop more efficient production processes

Proponents of the resolution argue that failing to postpone the permit auction will cause carbon prices to approach €0, leading the ETS to collapse This, in turn, will kill hopes of transitioning to a low carbon economy Opponents remain insistent that this is unjustified intervention Even with a very low carbon price, emissions reductions are taking place because the supply of permits is supposed to fall at a steady 1 7 percent per year Further, they contend that the precedent of intervention will create uncertainty among investors These critics, however, are standing on weak ground

Before addressing these claims, it is useful to point out the diverse coalition that is backing the proposal In addition to the expected collection of environmental groups, many investor guilds and large corporations that buy and sell these permits are backing the move The support for the proposal from the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change is not surprising A collapse in the ETS would hurt those who are invested in the transition to low carbon industry I also hesitate to ascribe any altruisti i

A collapse of the EmissionsTrading System would hurt t who are invested in the trans to a low carbon economy

to the industry-coalitions backing the proposal Shell and General Electric, for instance, are likely seeking some sort of first-mover competitive advantage in low-carbon technology Motives notwithstanding, it remains true that major financial cogs in the ETS are backing the move

The contention that the current ETS is achieving its desired goals at a low cost and should be allowed to continue uninterrupted appears weak The ETS has two broad aims: bringing European emissions down to the sum of all permits in the market, as well as incentivizing the development of new, more efficient technology This development is especially hampered because investments made with the current prices in mind have environmental and financial repercussions for decades to come As The Economist persuasively argued this week, decisions about what kinds of power plants to build are being taken today, with the price of carbon at €5 per ton These power plants will be operational for decades to come, and, as the number of permits slowly gets squeezed (in accordance with the 1 7 percent figure mentioned above), they will also be financially strained

Criticism arguing the proposal will create uncertainty for investors is weakened by the fact that this uncertainty is more pernicious in the status quo Unclear about which way EU governments will vote today and in the future, investors have no leads If this sets a precedent that suggests the €5 barrier will not be breached, it would be a clear signal in favor of low carbon investment

The least discussed benefit of keeping those 900 million tons out of the ETS is the impact on innovation in developing countries The ETS allows the 11,000 enterprises in its ambit to meet their emissions reduction obligations by buying carbon credits on the international market These credits are bought mainly from certified projects in developing countries that have reduced their emissions This helps fund low carbon infrastructure development in countries like India and China If carbon permits cost next to nothing in Europe, European firms have little incentive to purchase permits from innovative entrepreneurs in the developing world Both the E U and the U S have expressed, with varying degrees of vehemence, their desire for India and China to play their part in the climate game By eliminating incentives for them to do so, the European Parliament today would make that nearly impossible

Laura Miller |

“The Russian Meteor Crisis: Count Your Blessings”

Deon Thomas | It’s Not You, It’s Me

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“It’s like in the middle of nowhere,” is what I tell my friends who have never heard of Ithaca But is it really? Every year, the Banff Mountain Film Festival comes to town and every year, the residents of Ithaca, including members of Cornell, attend the event and amaze the tour group with their unabated enthusiasm Banff is the world’s largest film festival with 306,000 people from 40 countries in the audience participating in its mountain festival world tour On Friday night, the hosts were Chris Leeming, lands program coordinator for Cornell’s Outdoor Education Program, and Charla Tomlinson from Banff, Alberta, the town in Canada after which the Banff Centre is named Tomlinson’s official title position is irrelevant; what is relevant is that people call her position the “Road Warrior ” Her job is to conquer the road while on tour all over Canada and the United States, showing films that range from clips of extreme skiing to group hiking According to Tomlinson, the farther away she gets from Banff, her hometown, the more enthusiastic the crowd gets, and Ithaca was no exception As I noticed, and as she pointed out, only when the lights dimmed did people in the audience started cheering Many were people returning audience members, people who couldn t get enough of the festival from previous years, and in fact, this year, Banff doubled its ticket sales from 6,000 to 12,000 Not too shabby

There were a total of 12 films shown on Friday night showcasing a variety of outdoor activities and spectacular filmwork One was about offwidth climbing, which is like “ultimate fighting with a rock,” as one of the world’s best offwidth climbers describes It looked incredible, though I personally would never do it Another film forever changed my previous opinion that skiing is for sissies And there was yet another one of an old man (I mean, like 92-years-old, old) who digs snow caves, cross-country skis and overall is way more active than me, for fun, because even though “[he] can ’ t hold his teeth in and don’t see very good, he’s still livin’ and goin’ ” He was so adorable that I wanted to go out, get lost in the woods and develop survival skills just for him (maybe next year, though)

The longest film, at 44 minutes, however, was “Crossing the Ice,” the story of two young Australian men who traveled from one edge of Antarctica to the South Pole and back It’s impressive enough that they were able to accomplish that, but

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what made their journey particularly significant was that it was the first trip of its kind to be completely unsupported These two men, these two completely brazen and intrepid morons who didn’t even know how to ski until several months before the voyage, walked without any assistance from the outside world into the wilderness no air support, no animal support, no nothing No one thought they could do it, not even the two Aussie adventurers themselves But they did it It took them 62 days to get to the South Pole and 90 days in total to make the round trip Through perseverance, grit and unconditional bromance, they made history Banff is truly an extraordinary event Our Road Warrior and festival guide informed us that it wasn ’ t only outdoorlovers, but also filmmakers who come to the Banff tour and gain inspiration just from observing the audience’s reactions The Road Warrior called us a part of the “Banff ecosystem ” ; we were part of a global community that is supported by and inspired by Mother Nature, by outdoor activity and by the physical world The Cornell Outdoor Education Program, one among the many local and national sponsors, is an integral part of bringing Banff to Ithaca and has been sponsoring Banff for the past 15 years As I spoke with Chris Leeming, the COE Land Coordinator who hosted the festival, his enthusiasm was infectious It is clear that COE and Banff have the same objective, to “ get inspired by the natural world ”

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COE offers all sorts of opportunities to students from leadership positions to simply realizing “ wow, look how beautiful it is outside!”

I, for one, do not have any interest in the outdoors

Climbing a slab of rock or looking at dirt is not what I do for fun But Friday’s festival changed my perspective of the outdoors As Shelton Johnson, a ranger from Yosemite National Park emphasized in the film “The Way Home,” “if [the embrace of the earth, of the continent] is America’s best idea, and we played a role in its creation, how dare we not choose that for ourselves?” Ithaca may be five hours or more away from any major city, it may seem like we ’ re in the middle of nowhere, but we are in the hub of the natural world From taking your first hike to going on another bike ride, getting out there is a privilege we shouldn’t take for granted As Chris Leeming said, “It’s about doing something new ” It doesn’t have to be insanely audacious; it’s all about appreciating the world, about “learning more about yourself,” and “this sounds crazy, but [about] being better human beings, better stewards of the land ” After the Banff Film Festival, though, Chris’ words don’t seem crazy at all

Danyoung Kim is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at dkim@cornellsun com

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Arielle Cruz is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at acruz@cornellsun com Just the Worst appears alternate Tuesdays this semester

I Am Going to Be Small by Jeffrey Brown

TAMPA, Fla (AP) Derek Jeter received an ova t i o n t h a t c o u l d b e h

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u t Steinbrenner Field when he jogged onto the diamond for the New York Yankees’ first full-squad workout Monday

Jeter took part in most of the team drills, including on-field batting practice for the first time since undergoing ankle surgery last October The 38-year-old captain, who has been hitting in an indoor cage, also took part in a 25-minute defensive session at shortstop

“It felt good,” Jeter said “It’s the first time I’m doing everything on the field, in terms of hitting on the field, groundballs on the dirt What I’m doing now is what I would be doing at the beginning of workouts anyway, but I’m a couple weeks behind ”

Although he didn’t take part in agility or running, Jeter got the day’s biggest salute from the several hundred fans present when he first appeared They also cheered when he lined a ball to right on his first BP swing

While waiting to enter the batting cage, a young fan near the dugout yelled “Jeter” several times before the 13-time All-Star turned toward the stands, said “What?, smiled and then tipped his batting helmet

A woman then asked for an autograph, and Jeter replied “(manager Joe) Girardi said no ” That prompted laughs from the fans, Girardi and hitting coach Kevin Long, who was standing nearby

After batting practice, Jeter signed a photo for the woman

Jeter broke his left ankle lunging for a grounder in the AL championship series opener against Detroit on Oct 1 and had surgery a week later He says he will be in the lineup for opening day against Boston on April 1

“I don’t have to convince myself that I’ll be ready,” Jeter said “I’ve already convinced myself ” Jeter was hurt while going after Jhonny Peralta’s

Yankees tried to keep the score tied after they rallied for four runs in the ninth

“It’s nice to see him doing what he loves to do,” Girardi said “He’s important to our club, and it’s good to see that he’s at this point The last time I saw him on the field I was helping him off it, and that’s not a good feeling ”

No date has been announced for when Jeter will resume a running program and start full lateral movement at short

“Those days, they’ll be here soon enough,” Girardi said

Jeter is likely two or three weeks away from making his 2013 exhibition game debut

Notes: The ankle injury prevented Jeter from playing for former Yankees manager Joe Torre in this year ’ s World Baseball Classic If not coming off an injury, Jeter would have played for the United States 2B Robinson Cano said he is not thinking about his potential free agency after this season and is focusing on trying to help the Yankees win a championship Cano will be playing for the Dominican Republic in the WBC

Merrick Takes Home the Win At the Northern Trust Open

LOS ANGELES (AP) John Merrick never allowed himself to think about winning at Riviera

Not when he was a kid attending his local PGA Tour event Not when he was at UCLA and could play the fabled course And certainly not late Sunday afternoon in a playoff when he faced a daunting 3-iron shot under a row of eucalyptus trees, and his opponent was in the middle of the fairway with a wedge in his hand

No wonder Merrick was at a loss for words when he won the Northern Trust Open

“Yeah, you dream,” Merrick said, his eyes still glossy “When you ’ re alone sometimes, you think about different scenarios of winning tournaments It was fun We would always play here at UCLA and have great games out here To be able to play the tournament was a dream of mine But to win? I can ’ t describe it It’s so much fun ”

Merrick hit the perfect shot under the trees on the 18th to escape with par, and he followed with another flawless shot to a skinny section of the 10th green on the second playoff hole to 18 feet He made another par, and won when Charlie Beljan missed a 5-foot par putt

It was the second straight year the Northern Trust Open was decided in a playoff on the 10th, a diabolical par 4 at 315 yards that requires skill and strategy, a hole where players are happy to walk off with par Beljan made bogey twice on the 10th, once in a regulation and then when the tournament was on the line

He went long and left both times, and in the playoff, his chip didn’t quite reach the green and he took three putts from 70 feet

“I think you could play here 10,000 times and still not know how to play No 10,” he said “Eighteen is a great golf hole I just find it tough that we go to No 10 to play a playoff hole I think it’s a great hole, don’t get me wrong I’m not knocking it But it’s just a tough hole to have a playoff on We might as well go and put a windmill out there and hit some putts ”

Beljan, famous for having an anxiety attack when he won at Disney late last year, holed an 18-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole, similar to the theatrics provided last year by Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley, to close with a 4-under 67 and wind up in a playoff

Merrick, who grew up in Long Beach, had a number of big breaks on the back nine None was bigger than his second shot on the par-5 17th headed toward the trees, only to find that he had just enough of a gap to go for the green and make par He had a 69 and finished on 11-under 273

He also hit the trees with his tee shot on the 15th, and while it left him a hybrid to reach the green, it could have gone anywhere

“You give me 100 balls off that tee, I’m not going to be there in that spot, ” Merrick said “I just hit a bad tee shot and was able to make par there ”

Such are the breaks it takes to win, and for Merrick, it was a long time coming He won in his 169th start on the PGA Tour, earned another trip to the Masters and is virtually assured to qualifying for his first World Golf Championship next month at Doral

Fredrik Jacobson missed a 4-foot par putt on the 18th hole that would have put the Swede in a playoff He wound up with a 69 and tied for third with Charl Schwartzel (70) and Bill Haas (73), who also had chances to win at different stages in their rounds

The final round contained far more drama than anyone imagined at the start of the day, when Haas had a three-shot lead Six players were separated by one shot going into the final hour at Riviera, and it easily could have been a repeat of that six-man playoff in 2001 in the cold rain

This pleasant day of bright sunshine brought a few cloudy moments

Hunter Mahan was tied for the lead after a 30-foot birdie on the 14th, only to drop four shots on the last four holes Nothing stung worse than the par-5 17th, where he three-putted from about 30 feet for bogey He wound up with a 69 Jacobson was tied for the lead when he missed an 8-foot birdie attempt on the 17th, and then badly pulled a 4-foot par putt on the last hole and missed out on the playoff The Swede closed with a 69, and bristled when asked about the final hole

“You want me to touch that one, only that one? I cannot speak about something else?” he said, before eventually conceding, “The last putt wasn ’ t very good ”

No one was more disgusted than Schwartzel, the former Masters champion One shot out of the lead, he missed a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-3 16th, and then three-putted the 17th, missing a 6-footer for birdie He closed with a 70 and tied for third, his seventh straight finish in the top five around the world

Haas faded much sooner He made five bogeys in a seven-hole stretch in the middle of his round, and his birdie-birdie finish allowed him to tie for third

“Positives to be taken, but overall, you don’t get this many opportunities,” Haas said “A three-shot lead at one of the best tournaments of the year is a great opportunity that I squandered ”

Haas looked to be in good position to join Mickelson, Mike Weir, Corey Pavin and Ben Hogan as the only back-to-back winners at Riviera

And when he dropped in a 30-foot birdie putt on the third hole, he looked as though he would be tough to catch

Instead of running away from the field, he let everyone back into the tournament Haas made back-to-back bogeys late on the front nine, and his lead was down to one when he made the turn It all began to take shape at No 10, the hole where a year ago Haas holed a 45-foot birdie putt to win in a playoff

Merrick laid up on the short par 4, and his wedge was inches from tumbling into a front bunker when it checked up on the fringe He made birdie from just inside 15 feet and tied Haas for the lead

Haas went just through the green and rolled down a slope into the rough, and from there he pitched too strong and into the bunker He failed to get up-and-down and made bogey to fall out of the lead for the first time all day, and he never caught up His tee shots sailed into the trees and into the rough, and he was out of the picture

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By HALEY VELASCO Sun Assistant Sports Editor

After coming out with an Ivy Championship title and a senior day dual win against Bucknell, the Cornell wrestling team advanced to the National Duals’ Finals next weekend thanks to two wins in the regional section of last weekend’s tournament

The Red defeated both Hofstra and the University of Nebraska on Sunday afternoon Cornell started the competition by shutting out Hofstra, 42-0, before moving past Nebraska, 19-17

The Red wracked up five pins on the day, including two by three-time NCAA champion senior co-captain Kyle Dake In total, Dake has 16 falls this season and is just one short of tying the school record of 17, which is held by Cam Simaz ’12 and Steve Anceravage ’09

“Our standouts [are] in full force, including Kyle Dake, Steve Bosak, Mike Nevinger, and Nahshon Garret These guys always step to the line with the “refuse to lose” attitude,” said senior Joe Stanzione

Freshman No 6 Nahshon Garrett, at 125 pounds, started off the day by taking on Hofstra’s Steve Bonanno and winning an 11-5 decision with 2:04 left in riding time At 133 pounds, sophomore Bricker Dixon won a 4-3 decision

Junior Mike Nevinger also came up big for the Red at 141 pounds and won a 3-0 decision over Luke Vaith and junior Chris Villalonga grabbed the “W” at 149 pounds with a 6-2 decision over Hofstra Coming into the 157 pounds weight class, junior Jesse

Shanaman went up against Hofstra’s Tyler Banks In the first period, neither athlete could score, but Banks escaped to open the second The one-point advantage for Banks was the only time during the entire Cornell v Hofstra dual

Red Finishes Regular S eason

By JOHN McGRORTY Sun Staff Writer

This Saturday, members of the men and women ’ s swimming and diving teams headed to Ithaca College to compete in their last meet of the 2012-2013 regular season With The Ivy League Championships for the women ’ s team on Feb 28 and on March 7 for the men, this meet offered the Red the opportunity to test their late season progress in a controlled race environment

The Red posted impressive times and looks to swim faster as it progresess in the team ’ s taper

“Everyone who chose to swim at the Ithaca meet was extremely happy with their results,” said sophomore swimmer Bethany Douglas “It was a great confidence booster for all of those who swam and also for the rest of us on deck [to

watch] our teammates go so fast ”

The meet helped add to the teams ’ excitement for the championship season The Red looks to improve upon the team ’ s regular season results in its most important race of the year

“The Ithaca Meet really psyched up the team [for the] Ivy Championships,” said sophomore swimmer Nicole Jibrine “We went some really fast times and we are motivated to only get faster at Ivies Even members of the team who didn’t swim at Ithaca went to support the team The spirit and enthusiasm [were] really high it will only get better and more exciting at Ivies ”

The taper has helped to motivate the Red to go faster at Ivies This resting and development period has given the team time to reflect and

that a Hofstra wrestler had the advantage over the Red However, Shanaman grabbed the lead back and turned out

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