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A number of Cornellians including two University trustees and one trustee emeritus are among the ranks f W ll Street’s “elite” secret according to an analy ducted by The Sun of membership list re leased by New Yor Magazine Tuesday University trustee Jessica Bibliowicz ’81 and Howard Milstein ’73 and trustee emeritus Sanford Weill ’55 are members of the Kappa Beta Phi societ of high-ranking Wall S utives

The membership Kappa Beta Phi society was obtained by Kevin Roose after he attended an induction ceremony in January 2012 and was published Tuesday to coincide with the release of his book Young Money, according

The organization, which was created at the start of the Great Depression, had approximately 400 members at the time of the 2012 induction ceremony, according to b ship list

owicz who joined ent firm Bridge Growth artners as a senior advisor n September, The Wall Street Journal reported in September was inducted into the society in 1999, according to the membership list Milstein, on the other hand, joined the organization in 2006 in is among one of more en billionaires to graduate ornell, joining Chuck y 6, Irwin Jacobs ’54 and others as individuals who have made significant contributions to Cornell, The Sun previously reported In addition, Milstein Hall receives its

HOWARD MILSTEIN ’73

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expect to see a new furr y friend at City events in coming months, according to the Ithaca Police Department, which announced Thursday that it will re-establish its K-9 program

The depar tment will choose the dog in March, according to an IPD press release Officer Pat Kimmich will undergo a training program with the dog where they will learn “basic dog obedience, tracking, suspect apprehension,” and other applicable skills, according to an IPD press release Later this year, the dog and officer will become certified in explosive detection

The K-9 team will attend Ithaca community events that draw large crowds, and will be

apprehension, explosive detection and searches for missing persons, ” the release said

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Private donations and a grant from the U S Department of Homeland Security are providing the program ’ s initial start-up costs, according to the press release

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Arts, “The Greatest Gatsby: The Cult of the Book Bucket List,” Thursday Speaking about the impor tance of forming individual opinions on what qualif ies as being literar y merit

“The notion of b eing ‘well-read’ app eals to some b ecause of the opp ortunity it presents : It allows them to feel more intelligent b ecause they re reading works the average p erson simply do es not b other to

Yana Lysenko ’16

Ne ws, “ Dean: C orn ell Tec h Re sourc es Se parat e f rom It hac a Campus,” Wednesday Sp eaking ab out the attributes and requirements exp ec ted of Cornell Tech facult y

“We’re not hiring faculty in New York who are just great teachers and researchers They have to have another attribute, which is fairly rare among faculty overall The faculty here have to have demonstrated their entrepreneurial activity ”

imp or tance of creative thinking during one ’ s college exp erience

My opinion is that ever yone stands to gain with more creative thinking At Cornell in particular it is all to o easy to fall into the rut of grinding out a semester of work with the proverbial blinders on ”

Christo Eliot ’15

O pin ion, “A C all to In cre ase Inv e sti gat iv e Jour nal ism , ” Thursda y Sp eaking ab out the need for The Sun to increase its in-depth rep or ting

“The Sun s masthead prominently displays the phrase ‘Indep endent Since 1880 The Sun should give more meaning to this pro claimed indep endence by conducting investigative rep orting ”

Nicholas Kaasik law

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e y i e l d e d s o m e f a s c i n a t i n g i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t l o c a l h i s t o r y, i n c l u d i n g t h e p r o m i n e n c e o f t o u r i s m a n d f e m a l e e n t re p re n e u r s d u r i n g t h a t t i m e p e r i o d “ T h e h o t e l w a s ow n e d a n d r u n b y H e n r i e t t a W i c k h a m , w h o s e d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e s c e n i c l a n d s c a p e i n c l u d i n g h e r t r a i l s a n d b r i d g e s [ i s ] t h e s a m e r o u t e s t o u r i s t s t a k e t h r o u g h t h e p a r k t o d a y, ” s a i d Ba u g h e r W i c k h a m ’ s l a n d s c a p e w o r k o c c u r re d a r o u n d t h e s a m e t i m e o f t h e w o m e n ’ s r i g h t s m ov e m e n t i n S e n e c a Fa l l s , a c c o r d i n g t o Ba u g h e r “ T h i s c o m m u n i t y w a s p a r t o f

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Student: Actions of Ukrainian Protesters Justi ed

so it’s par ticularly astounding for me to see photos of the conflict and to notice the contrast between the serenity of city I visited and the violence that is currently taking over, ” she said

Melnyk said she thought the protesters were justified in their opposition to the government “Ukraine deser ves to retain the indep e n d e n c e i t h a s f o u g h t s o h a r d t o achieve People are tired of the ongoing corr uption, lack of democratic rights and ailing economy, ” she said

Andre w Soluk ’15, former president of the Ukraine Club, said national and individual sovereignty has been the main cause of the Ukrainian dispute

Soluk said many young Ukrainians who have grown up in a post-Soviet era have been exposed to Western culture, which he says fuel their opposition to stronger Ukrainian-Russian relations

“Many have been educated in Western universities and have grown up knowing what the West can offer,” So l u k

“Ukraine deserves to retain the independence it has fought so hard to achieve ” A n a s t a s i a M e l n y k ’ 1 6

“ The situation in Ukraine has always been about one thing: freedom,” he said “Freedom from Moscow, freedom from corr uption and freedom to live a modern lifestyle Ukrainians young and old are willing to die for what they believe is a better life ”

Ukraine for the past 15 years due to Russian influence and corr uption in government ”

Vatamaniuk said many protestors and victims are similar in age to students at Cornell

“Many of the victims are college students basically kids who chose to stand and risk their lives for a better future of their countr y, ” she said Russian political interests and influence exacerbate the corr uption already in Ukraine, according to Soluk

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Ukraine on Monday as a show of suppor t for the government, hoping for a crackdown on the protests, ” he said

namesake from Howard Milstein’s father, Paul Milstein, The Sun previously reported Peter Atkins MBA ’91 and Sara Ayres, a member of the New York Weill Cornell Council an advi-

Echoing his sentiments, Melnyk said slow disaffiliation with the Western world has sparked large amounts of opposition within the countr y

“[Par tnering with] the E U offered a glimmer of hope for a better future and when that was taken away, the people realized it was time to take a stand to be able to provide a better future for their children,” Melnyk said Ir yna Ivasyk ’15, who gre w up in Ukraine, also said she was appalled by the government ’ s “inhumane” treatment of the protestors

“I am disgusted at what is happening and at how inhumanely people can be treated in 2014,” she said “People want change and want to live in a countr y with basic human rights ”

Despite the actions of the Ukrainian government, Ivasyk said she was inspired by the solidarity of the people and “proud” to be Ukrainian “ The protesters do not initiate violence, but ever y time the government uses violence against them, the numbers grow exponentially overnight and they stand together even stronger, ” she said

Anushka Mehrotra can be reached at amehrorta@cornellsun com

sor y board which strives to “strengthen the ties” between Weill Cornell Medical College and Weill Cornell Medical Center, according to a WCMC’s website are also members of the society

In addition to being a member of the society, Ayres was also a member of the “Exalted High Council” within Kappa Beta Phi in 2012, according to the program published by New York Magazine

The organization’s members

also include former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Richard S Fuld, Jr , who was the final chairman and chief executive officer of Lehman Brothers before the company filed for bankruptcy in 2008 and Mary Schapiro, former chairperson of the U S Securities and Exchange Commission, according to the list

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“We still have a long way to go I wish I could tell you we had a massive breakthrough ” P r e s i d e n

Hu can be reached at shu@cornellsun com

American reunion

Religious Freedom Bill Riles Gay Rights Supporters

PHOENIX (AP)

The Arizona Legislature gave final approval Thursday to legislation that allows business owners asserting their religious beliefs to refuse service to gays and others, drawing backlash from Democrats who called the proposal “ state-sanctioned discrimination” and an embarrassment

The 33-27 vote by the House sends the legislation to Republican Gov Jan Brewer and puts Arizona back at the forefront of a polarizing piece of legislation four years after the state enacted an immigration crackdown that caused a national furor

Similar religious protection legislation has been introduced in Ohio, Mississippi, Idaho, South Dakota, Tennessee and Oklahoma, but Arizona's plan is the only one that has passed

Republicans stressed that the bill is about protecting religious freedom and not discrimination They frequently cited the case of a New Mexico photographer who was sued after refusing to take wedding pictures of a gay couple and said Arizona

Obama to Host Dalai Lama on Friday at White House

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Plan to Divide California Into Six States Advances

LOS ANGELES (AP)

California has reached the breaking point, says Tim Draper The Silicon Valley venture capitalist is pushing a proposal to crack the nation’s most populous state into smaller pieces six of them

California has grown so big, so inefficient, it’s essentially ungovernable, according to a ballot initiative that could reach voters as early as November

It has to go, he says

“Vast parts of our state are poorly served by a representative government, ” according to Draper’s plan, which cleared a key government hurdle this week, part of the process to qualify for the ballot California residents “would be better served by six smaller state governments ”

In an inter vie w Thursday, Draper said he has seen a state once regarded as a model slide

into decline many public schools are troubled, transportation, water and other infrastructure systems are overmatched and outdated, spending on prisons has soared

A group of states could change that, he said, competing and cooperating with each other Without change “it will get worse, ” he warned “California is not working ” No one would dispute that California, home to 38 million people, is full of rivalries and squabbling Dodgers or Giants Tacos or sushi Where water goes, and how much of it

But the state has proven reliably resilient against attempts to split it apart, dating to the era of its founding in 1850 Over the years, proposals have suggested California should be two states, or three, or four

a n d Je f f re y Ke i t h Re y n o l d s , 4 4 T h e A m e r i c a n s we re s e c u r i t y c o nt r a c t o r s w h o we re f o u n d d e a d Tu e s d a y i n a c a b i n o n t h e s h i p w h i l e b e r t h e d i n Po r t Vi c t o r i a i n t h e In d i a n Oc e a n “ We a r e s a d d e n e d b y t h e t r a g e d y a n d o u r t h o u g h t s a re w i t h t h e f a m i l y a n d f r i e n d s o f t h e d e c e a s e d m e n , ” Ma e r s k L i n e L t d s p o k e s m a n Ke v i n Sp e e r s s a i d i n a s t a t e m e n t Sp e e r s s a i d t h e S e y c h e l l e s p o l i c e re p o r t i n c l u d e s o b s e r vat i o n s a b o u t t h e p r e s e n c e o f d r u g s a n d p a r a p h e r n a l i a i n t h e ro o m w h e re t h e t w o m e n we re f o u n d d e a d , a l t h o u g h t h e t y p e o f d r u g i s u n k n ow n

needs a law to protect people in the state from heavy-handed actions by courts and law enforcement

The legislation prompted a heated debate on the floor of the House, touching on issues such as the religious freedom, constitutional protections and civil rights

Opponents raised scenarios in which gay people in Arizona could be denied service at a restaurant or refused medical treatment if a business owner thought homosexuality was not in accordance with his religion One lawmaker held up a sign that read “NO GAYS ALLOWED” in arguing what could happen if the law took effect, drawing a rebuke for violating House rules

The bill is backed by the Center for Arizona Policy, a social conservative group that opposes abortion and gay marriage The group says the proposal is needed to protect against increasingly activist federal courts and simply clarifies existing state law

REBECCA HARRIS 14 Editor in

DAVID MARTEN ’14

SHAILEE SHAH 14

COURT ’15

FLAX ’15

BROMER ’16

COHEN 15

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SCOTT CHIUSANO 15

MEGAN ZHOU 15

BRANDON ARAGON 14

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EDITORS IN TRAINING

the berry patch

Collegetown Bagels, known to students and residents alike as CTB, has recently added a new sandwich to its menu called the Hunger Hero, thanks to the help of Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 We at The Sun wanted to gauge the public’s reaction to this addition to the menu So we enlisted our best Berry Patch reporters basically the most loyal patio sangria drinkers and sent them to find the best sandwiches at one of the top 33 college sandwich shops in the country, according to Thrillist

T-Money: This sandwich is literally filled with cash Be careful not to swallow a $100

The Mousetrap: This sandwich is all cheese It’s like a Chipotle Quesarito, only minus everything that isn’t cheese What mouse doesn’t like a good hunk of cheese? Or, should we say: What student doesn’t love a good hunk of cheddar? But be careful, students claim that they are “hooked ” Spring in February: Thirty-six degrees means skirts and flip-flops, right? Who doesn’t want their sandwich to reflect this “beautiful” weather? Filled with greens and foliage, and a little snow for a “kick,” this tasty treat will get you through the day, according to students

The Tonight Show: It is the same sandwich as before Available late at night and for a limited time only Get it quick before it’s gone Really, before it leaves for greener pastures

February Break: It is an awkwardly short sandwich There is nothing like small sandwiches that improve mental health According to students who stayed on campus, the miniature sandwich was just enough to get them through the miniature break

Snow Day: It is two pieces of bread with nothing in it Get it? Nothing Like the number of snow days that Cornell gives us: Zero

Provolone Because I’m Alone: After Valentine’s Day left some Cornellians with broken hearts, students have taken to drowning their sorrows in Italian cheese and bread According to these enemies of Cupid, the cheese really soothes their souls and clogs their arteries I mean, mends their hearts

East Ave : Unfortunately, this sandwich will not be available until April 2015

HEY, IT’S FRIDAY. AND WE — THE SUN’S EDITORS AND COLUMNISTS — ARE MAD AS HELL. THE WEATHER IS CONFUSING, WE’RE BACK FROM FEBRUARY BREAK AND IT’S TIME TO ...

BUT IT ’S SO GOUDA

I binged on House of Cards over break and the binging and political backstabbing made me really anxious, so I took solace in a block of Gouda cheese but I ate half the block in one sitting HELP

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YOU’RE HOT THEN YOU’RE COLD

It took me all winter to per fect my winter accessories lineup (a onetwo punch of a giant red scarf and wooly hat, for those who are interested) and now I step outside and it’s SPRING? Why, Ithaca, why?

E C

IT ’S NOT YOU, IT ’S YOUR ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY

The outlet-to-student ratio in Olin and Uris is pathetic I’ve seen friendships end and tears shed over snagging the elusive table at Libe with outlet access No true Arts student is going to trek across the Ag Quad to study in a library that closes at midnight and more importantly has a café that closes at 9 p m

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TOO FAST, I’M FURIOUS

Let’s get something straight, car-owners: If I’m standing eight whole

feet away from the street, you should not drive so fast that you are able to create a wave of muddy, melted snow that will cover me from head to toe Where are you going that is so important? This is not Fast & Furious, calm down

E S

ANIMAL HOUSE

Remember that time when animals took over Cornell this week (a k a the mouse at The Sun and the bat in Goldwin Smith)? Can that please stop? I’m tired of listening to my friends and colleagues shriek every time there’s an animal sighting T A

UGGS STRUGGS

I don’t know why, but every time the snow starts to melt, half of the slushy mess ends up on the back of my shoes I don’t know if I kick up that much when I walk, but it’s dirty C F

SLEEP IS PRODUCTIVE, RIGHT?

How did I get further behind after the break than before?

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CORRECTION

SLEEP IS STILL PRODUCTIVE, RIGHT?

Clearly professors don’t know the definition of a “mental health break ” Giving us a prelim two days after we get back is definitely relaxing

M F

MY HOMEOSTASIS IS CONFUSED

Da fuq is this weather right now?

S R

SORRY NOT SORRY

My editor keeps asking me to be negative and complain about things, and I am just trying to keep it positive

C E

WILL THE REAL SLIM SHADY PLEASE SIT DOWN?

People need to be less enthusiastic about standing ovations Most of the time, I don’t even like the performance that much I’m just forced to stand up in order to see the stage Peer pressure: this is what your parents warned you about

S B

A Feb 20 news stor y, “Cornell Leads Ivies in Number of Peace Corps Alumni,” incorrectly said Danielle Stoermer earned a M D degree In fact, Stoermer earned her MPS in 2013

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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Tuesday’s show at The Haunt was kicked off by opener Mood Rings A collection of aspiring Brooklyn hipsters, actually from Georgia, they played a solid set that got the crowd moving and pumped up for the main event While the vocals were mostly slow, brooding and moody, the band pumped up the sound with booming bass and fast rhythms This kept the energy up and made the sound something to dance to While at some points it seemed as though the elements were competing, especially with so many layers of sound running at once, it worked for the setting and energy that the group was trying to give off The band claims many inspirations, from the Top 40 to The Cure, and

many songs showed a surf-pop flair “Get Lost” was one of these, taking in that surf sound and making it more modern through fast rhythm and electronic effects

The Haunt was packed when it came time for Cults to take the stage for their first show in Ithaca The indie-pop band played a set of 15 songs, mixing hits from their debut album and recent release, Static, in an amped up version of their original style The set also included a cover of The Motels’ “Total Control,” which they made their own During the show, four small screens flashed images of neon graphics, black and white video and images of static appropriate to the album name behind them These, along with flashing projection and discoesque lighting helped emphasize intense moments of the pumped up tracks and prove that the Cults’ sound was new and complex

The duo’s new songs were clearly deviating from the ’60s and ’70s inspired sound of their first album

Grunge and rock ’ n roll influences are more noticeable now for the duo, keeping beats heavy and fun to dance aggression out to Songs from their debut were refreshed with a new infusion of the rock ’ n roll beats, without losing their core sound and same sweet, babyvoiced, echoing

vocals By adding new twists to old favorites like “Go Outside,” each song was revised for the better, avoiding an overtly cutesy indie sound that they relied on in their first album Many seemed Nirvana inspired, but emphasizing a heavier beat and fast pace to keep energy high Calling their new sound more “aggressive,” it seems that the duo have improved their tone and, importantly, are able to do so without losing the ethereal vocals and unique lyricisms that helped them make their name It is also obvious that Cults is now more capable of focusing on all the elements of their sound and not just vocal effects or simplistic arrangements of instruments

Aggressive seems appropriate, given that this is a breakup album of sorts for Cults pair Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion A couple in real life, the two split last year, which appears to have had an interesting and altogether positive effect on their direction as a band Making it more aggressive seems to work in their favor, because the sound has less of a pity-party feel and more of an empowered tone They are louder, more opinionated and more complex than the teen-queen airiness they started off with

Watching Cults perform, it seems as though the two and their backing musicians could easily have been those ultra cool kids from high school making music from their garage at home Not only was the atmosphere they created at the show reflective of their cool sound and new inspirations, but it is clear that they have a better understanding as to how music can become complex without becoming gimmicky or distracting They did not just rely on one thing, like vocals or heavy drums, to carry a song, but definitely recognized that the best ways to improve their old hits was to keep writing, infusing new instruments and doing a much cleaner job of editing these elements In short, the show was great, the sound true to album And as I left, I picked up a band shirt with images of Jim Jones’ followers on the front It seems to me that if the duo keeps up their new understanding and sound, they’ll have people drinking their Kool-Aid for a long time

Zoe Kaplan is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at zjc5@cornell edu

Give Me Rothschild Originals, or Give Me Death?

CHARLEY DU Sun Staff Writer

If there were any overarching statement to be made about George Clooney’s Monuments Men, it would be that great actors don’t always make great movies With Clooney as director, writer and member of a star-studded cast that also includes Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban and Jean Dujardin, this movie looked like it had huge potential when its trailer first premiered in theaters last year Many, including myself, pegged it to be a possible contender at the Oscars next month The first warning signs for the film however, came when the premiere date for the movie was pushed back to this month, with Clooney claiming a need for more time to perfect the period film Some were not sold, saying that Clooney had a change of heart after considering the film’s stiff competition That sentiment was definitely confirmed last week While Monuments Men is mostly light-humored and at times heartwarming, it is rarely suspenseful or engaging and fails to generate a cohesive, lasting impression

Monuments Men, based on events that took place during World War II, finds the protagonist, Lieutenant Frank Stokes (Clooney), recruiting six art experts and taking his platoon behind enemy lines in Germany in order to save thousands of pieces of art looted by Nazis Understanding the perils of war, the men undergo basic military training and separate into small groups trying to locate the stolen artworks Most notably, Lieutenant James Granger (Damon) goes off to Paris with the mission of finding out where the Nazis transported the stolen art from Claire Simone (Blanchett), a French museum curator disgusted by Nazi actions but taken by Granger’s charm As the platoon gets deeper into German territory, the stakes get higher Hitler orders the destruction of all stolen items after his death and the Russian military presses hard from the east After much hilarity and bloodshed, and with the reluctant help of Simone, the men finally save most of the artwork which Stokes deems the foundation of mod-

ern society Yet the question remains, is art worth people’s lives? Stokes certainly thinks so; Clooney seems to agree; but its hard to believe that most of the audience was ever convinced

Although the characters depicted in the film find their roots in real people, they become nothing more than caricatures for most of the film under the direction of Clooney There is no denial that the cast delivered well-rendered performances After all, they are the largest draw for the film as far as viewers are concerned and the audience got what they bargained for during the film Clooney adds a retro touch to his usual suaveness; Damon embodies the standard sidekick, yet cannot help but win over Claire Simone’s heart; Balaban and Murray provide comic relief in bantering jauntily; Goodman and Dujardin become an interesting pairing with the latter displaying his full range of “Frenchness ” Nonetheless, these characters fail to represent the hundreds of men and women who are the real heroes behind the film

Throughout the movie, Murray is the dorky architect, Goodman the obese sculptor, Balaban the acerbic theater producer and Dujardin the “Frenchie ” The reduced version of these “Monuments Men” does not do their real-life counterparts justice, as they are, for lack of a better word, fake and never bring their mission to life

The biggest problem with Monuments Men is that it attempts to combine light-hearted Clooney-style humor with as serious a topic as war while trying to do justice to the story of the “Monuments Men ” Yes, people laughed when Goodman and

Dujardin fought over shooting an enemy only to find a frightened German boy; yes, people teared up at the death of two men who sacrificed their lives for a unified cause; yes, people rooted for the rest of the platoon to save the artworks for which these men died Yet, they could have just as easily missed these few noteworthy moments because they nodded off when the film lingered and bored for its majority Clooney’s treatment of the subject is ultimately its downfall The film bites off more than it can chew In juggling humor, a historically serious topic and a realistic depiction, Clooney falls short in every category A touching moment at the end of the film shows an older Stokes visiting the Madonna of Bruges with a child assumed to be his grandson This seems to be Clooney’s reconciliation that the efforts and lives of those so-called “Monuments Men” were worth it Even if that were true not to take away from these people’s valiant efforts Clooney’s film does little to convince the audience of his belief

Charley Du is a junior in the College of Engineering He can be reached at cdu@cornellsun com

Contextualized Ethics Are ‘Out,’ CGI Is ‘In’

MARISSA TRANQUILLI Sun Staff Writer

RoboCop, released in 1987, has received acclaim throughout its time, being hailed by Entertainment Weekly as fourteenth on the list of greatest action movies of all time and securing its place in history with three Oscar nominations and one Oscar win In keeping with the “ we have nothing new so here is one of our old movies with cool effects” attitude of Hollywood, this year saw the release of a new version of Robocop, directed by José Padilha

I will say that if you have never seen the 1987 version (directed by Paul Verhoeven) you may be surprised by the content of the film RoboCop is not Transformers: there is legitimate content behind the robot battles In fact, both RoboCop films focus their critique on different aspects of the America in which they were made

Though the plot line of each is different the premise is the same Officer Alex Murphy (Peter Weller (1987), Joel Kinnaman (2014)) works for the Detroit police sometime in the future Living an almost idealistic existence, he is good at his job and has a wife and son With his partner, Officer Lewis (Nancy Allen (1987), Michael K Williams (2014)), Alex upsets a criminal organization and enters into the organization without back-up The organization targets Murphy, kills him and he is then rebuilt into RoboCop: a part human, part robot working for the police department

The original RoboCop used the sci-fi aspect partly to critically examine the ethics of robotics but mostly focused its attention on corporate America due to its late ’80s/height of capitalism context Murphy is never given a chance to remember who he is and is merely sent as a full-fledged robot onto the streets His partner

BOfficer Lewis sparks his memory and allows him to root out the corruption within the company which created him and to take out the men who murdered him in a gross, humiliating manner The graphics may be outdated, but the fact that not a single person within the company objects or questions the use of a human being to craft a robot paired with the explicit condemnation of corporate America make the original RoboCop a classic

The updated RoboCop attempts to focus on timely issues with arguably less success Samuel L Jackson’s character: possibly the most pointless and annoying character to grace the screen since Ruby Rhod, introduces the major issue at hand: robots are being used to “keep other countries safe” around the world and America is being “robophobic ”

The opening sequence, featuring a shout-out to the original (“I wouldn’t buy that for a dollar”), shows the robots at work in the Middle East and, in a very suicidebomber-esque manner, several citizens sacrificing themselves on live television to demonstrate the horror of the robot-run world While the image of a young boy getting shot by an American robot was powerful, this issue is back-burnered and the parallels to our conflicts around the world today are not touched on again in the movie Though I will admit, if RoboCop went to go help those in the Middle East it would have been too Iron Man of him, the fact that the dissent in the Middle East is completely ignored for the rest of the film really demonstrates the lack of a consistent ethical focus

RoboCop

his old brain and programmed to be as human as possible using the parts of his old brain that are still intact And unlike the human skin tacked to a robot that the 1987 version presents; 2014 RoboCop is a head, some lungs in jars, and an esophagus So, um, ew But cool As government and corporate pressure prods Dr Norton (Gar y Oldman), the scientist in charge of Alex’s surger y, he begins to alter the computer chips and chemistr y of Murphy’s brain more

Directed by José Padilha Starring Joel Kinnaman, Gar y Oldman, Michael Keaton

Unlike the Murphy of the 1987 version, Kinnaman’s Alex Murphy is revived back into

Li Hongbo:

linded by slanting sleet and ankle-deep in murky sidewalk sludge, I was determined to gallery-hop in Chelsea this February break So, dressed in my best impression of an art connoisseur somewhere between homeless chic and Mugatu’s Derelicte I dragged my art-ambivalent friend along to our crash course in culture (just in time as we may or may not have confused the Comme des Garcons flagship store as some swank spaceship-shaped gallery) Of the many trendy staples on the Chelsea gallery scene, both boutique and Blue Chip, the only mutually anticipated stop of the day for the both of us was Li Hongbo’s “Tools of Study” exhibition at Klein Sun Gallery

As the artist’s first States-side solo show, “Tools of Study” is a sleeper success, gaining hype-beast level momentum with Li’s heavily Tumbl-d, GIF-tastic works The show is comprised of unconventional figurative sculptures, which upon first glance appear to be traditional Classical masterworks rendered in marble With the help of the white-gloved staffers, a bust of David elongates and contorts, expands and contracts, like a slinky on steroids It is strange and unsettling, in a good way, seducing the unsuspecting viewer with its playful mobility

Drawing inspiration from traditional Chinese decorations, Li Hongbo imitates the honeycomb pattern of paper gourds hung during holidays Each one of his works is composed of thousands of intricately glued sheets of paper, weighing 30 pounds or more in its entirety, sculpted with band saws and polished with files to create the fine features of these (often) famous faces Intentionally rendering archetypal figures, artist Li aims to direct the audience’s attention to the wonders of the flexible material, not on each figure’s identity As he elaborates, “People have a fixed understanding of what a human is So when you transform a person, people will reconsider the nature of objects and the motivation behind the creation This is what I care about ”

To me, it was an elegant critique of East meets West, utilizing the visage of great Western democracy in a medium invented and mastered by products of a Communist country The dichotomy between the traditionally stiff portraiture format and the paper ’ s lively mutability generates a rare visual interest, forcefully uniting

RoboCop so revolutionary in its makeup The corrupt cop plotline and the senate vs corporation storylines don’t live up to the potential that they could RoboCop (1987) came out

and more: changing him from a human man to a robotic fighting machine Alex s family becomes a large part of

the plot: changing Officer Lewis from a woman to a man has forced any flirtation between them to cease and for Murphy to become a devoted husband and father The presence of his family and relationship with his son emphasizes the transformation from man to robot more so than the previous film

Apart from the greater emotional investment and somewhat larger debate of the ethics of man or machine and timely medicine debates; the newer RoboCop falls short in the societal critique that made the original

shortly after The Terminator, in a time when human/ robot crossovers were still a new concept and the cinematography of sci-fi was new and exciting

The gore and violence of RoboCop (1987) was exciting and powerful on the backdrop of the social critiques Now, in a world post Iron Man infatuation, Transformers hysteria and Real Steel special effects overkill, there is really no need for another robot battle movie The social critiques have all been seen before and without anything to truly elevate it above the standard fare of modern Hollywood, it was really unnecessary to remake (save to temporarily satisfy your still-lingering inner 12 year-old boy lust for robot battles)

Marissa Tranquilli is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at mtranquilli@cornellsun com

Art or Gimmick?

the maelstrom of Li’s theoretically and geographically polar influences

To my friend, it was like watching one of those spiraling paper memo pads unravel after ingesting a couple tabs of acid It was trippy, like shaking a slinky on some stank smack, but truthfully the whole experience was made infinitely more riveting by the work’s easy transition into an Instagram video

Either interpretation of the work is correct When probing my friend, she admitted the work was enjoyable but “gimmicky ” She used the word like it was kryptonite to high art It got me thinking, so what? What about gimmick cheapens art? Is it its popularity on various platforms of social media? Is the number of Tumblr notes indirectly proportional to the work’s inherent social value? I question what’s wrong with social media when it reaches stubborn youths for cultural and educative gains that they would’ve otherwise never experienced I wonder why my friend thinks that for a work of art to be significant, for it to be brow-furrowing, chin-in-hand “serious,” it has to mystify Many people out there myself included at times are under the false impression that good art aims to confound the viewer “Complex work baffles, eludes definition, avoids transparency, is made loftier by its impenetrable, shape-shifting meaning, right? I mean, if I get it, then it can ’ t be that good, huh? Wrong

crowd-drawing “Infinity Room” this winter, I heard many a complaint about the gaggles of corporate hipsters queuing up to six hours for a 40second spin in the mirrored room Presumably, all 40 seconds was preoccupied with capturing the perfect Instagram selfie Adding insult to injury, while waiting in the line for entrance, most visitors waltzed right by the rest of Kusama’s exhibit without even a cursory glance Yes, this is a dually amusing and depressing situation, and it not unlike the Hype Beast Colossus that was “Rain Room” mania this summer

And yet interactive art like Li Hongbo’s paper sculptures is simply addicting, containing the perfect amount of spectacle to qualify sharing on social media That’s okay It’s not high art and it’s not not high art just because it’s popular We can ’ t reject high art on the basis that it appeals to too many people Popularity is not a proper yardstick, and not everyone considers an obtuse operation as the most provoking exhibit If you think I’m an ignoramus for liking something popular, I think you ’ re an ignoramus for uniformly dismissing all popular art as “gimmicky” or “commercialized ” Don’t you know? Nowadays, art is commerce

Honestly, I think this mentality is bull This is exactly the type of snobbish attitude that is projected unto the art scene, alienating the greater, would-be art-loving public “Good” art and approachable art do not have to be mutually exclusive, and not all art aims to have some aloof, grandiose quality More and more, this unshakeable label of “gimmick art ” or “kitsch art ” is applied to interactive and sensory art Recalling Yayoi Kusama’s

Yayoi Kusama must know that her uniquely unwell history of mental illness has made her and her story more marketable than ever The “Rain Room” garnered MoMA enough foot traffic to get the would-be museum-avoiding public to occasionally visit its other exhibitions, too never not a good thing And Li Hongbo has already sold 31 of the 35 works on view at Klein Sun, with prices from $10,000 to $48,000, garnering him enough press and profit to continue producing more work Besides, I’m sure your Instagram of James Turrell at the Guggenheim this summer got more likes “than a white girl talking ” It’s a win-win-win-win so why are you complaining again?

Alice Wang is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at awang@cornellsun com Profanity Prayers appears alternate Fridays

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Adding One-on-One Contest to All-Star Repertoire

ZAKOUR

Continued from page 16

The competitiveness could benefit from a shorter game, say four 10-minute quarters, to keep it feeling crisp I would rather see skills on display in an exhibition-style game than the forced competitiveness of the MLB All-Star game The one-on-one battle for the MVP between Durant and LeBron never materialized, save for a few possessions Seemingly, Durant got the best of LeBron, including splashing a step-back deep three, when their matchups did not end in pass offs Even though the All-Star game is not perfect, it is working as intended

But if I had to improve the game, I would do away with the East against West format I get that the two conferences lend themselves to it, but I cannot bring myself to care about the result As a Knicks fan, am I supposed to root for Carmelo even if I hate most of his Eastern teammates? The most obvious and easiest solution is to have the best players in the NBA pick the teams like a fantasy draft Team Lebron vs Team Durant Lebron would assuredly pick Bosh and Wade as his t e a m m a t e s , a s w o u l d Du r a n t w i t h Westbrook and probably Harden, but just embrace the nepotism It would be highly competitive, and hopefully dramatic

The All-Star weekend also needs to trim

the fat Get rid of the shooting stars and skills challenge As skilled as the best players in the NBA are, seeing them dribble and making open jumpers just does not do anything for me It is not competitive or impressive enough It is like watching a glorified NFL combine, without any of the pressure That is not to say there should not be any skills on display, but it just needs to be the right ones

The HORSE competition is dead, but had its moments Let’s give it another shot I am not opposed to the three-point competition, but I could take it or leave it But I believe it is time for a one-on-one contest

Basketball lends itself to it so naturally A staple of NBA fandom is debate over which prolific scorer would be best in a one-on-one matchup, so it is time for a sanctioned tournament All-Stars only Eight players would be a good number

For this year, I think LeBron James, Ke v i n Du r a n t , C a r m e l o A n t h o n y, Di rk

Nowitzki, Paul George, James Harden, Kyrie Ir ving and either a crippled Kobe Br yant or Stephen Curr y would round out a fine field Jamal Crawford or JR Smith (yes, I said it) could be alternates First to 11, half court, ones and twos, call your own fouls, the whole nine yards

The dunk contest cannot die I would rather have an awful one than not have one

at all But let’s stop changing the rules ever y year Continuity is important, and I appreciate the effort of the battle round this year; however, it is too short and segmented You probably have missed it, but the D-league dunk contest is usually great There is a lot more creativity, and care, on display So I humbly suggest a dunk contest format of NBA players against D-leaguers, or even

fringe players Why? What better way to bring out the competitiveness of the world's greatest athletes than having them compete against D-leaguers An NBA player’s ego simply would not allow him to take it lightly Who wants to be shown up by a guy not even in the league? As for the format, three rounds is fine by me Let’s keep the judges and go back to the 50-point dunk scale

And since All-Star weekend acts as an unofficial halfway point in the season, I thought I would force in some predictions For the MVP, I’m backing Kevin Durant I still think LeBron will be the better player by year ' s end, but the voters are itching to inscribe a new way to justify giving the MVP to someone else As for the finals, I’ll back my MVP and the Thunder over the Pacers

John Zakour can be reached at jzakour@cornellsun com

Nearing Home Stretch, Pressure Rising for Red

S chafer hopes to have Ryan, Mowrey, Hilbrich back in lineup this weekend

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L ow r y s a i d t h a t t h e k e y w i l l b e g e t t i n g b a c k t o t h e f u n d a m e nt a l s o f t h e Re d’s b r a n d o f h o c k e y “ I t h i n k i t ’ s g o o u t a n d j u s t k e e p p l a y i n g C o r n e l l h o c k e y, ” L o w r y s a i d , n o t i n g t h a t t h e t e a m i s “d e f in i t e l y c o n c e n t r a t i n g m o re i n p r a c t i c e ” “ We’v e j u s t b e e n t r y i n g t o g e t p u c k s t h r o u g h a n d m a k i n g s u r e w e t a k i n g t h e s h o t s w h e n w e g e t t h e m s o we ’ re re a d y f o r t h o s e o p p o r t u n i t i e s i n t h e g a m e , ” L ow r y s a i d Oc c u p y i n g t h e No 1 3 s p o t i n t h e n a t i o n a l r a n k i n g s p u t s t h e Re d t e e t e r i n g o n t h e b r i n k o f a d m i s s i o n t o t h e 1 6 - t e a m N C A A - To u r n a m e n t Wi t h j u s t D a r t m o u t h - H a r v a r d a n d t h e E C AC p l a yo f f s re m a i n i n g o n t h e c a l e n d a r a f t e r t h i s we e k e n d , t h e s e a s o n ’ s e n d i s o n t h e h o r izo n Fo r t h e t e a m , h owe ve r, t h e f o c u s h a s b e e n o n t re a t i n g e a c h we e k’s p r a c t i c e s a s a m a r a t h o n a n d e a c h g a m e a s a s p r i n t “ Yo u ’ r e l o o k i n g a t e v e r y g a m e l i k e a p l a yo f f g a m e a n d i t d o e s n ’ t m a t t e r t h e re a re f o u r g a m e s l e f t i n t h e s e a s o n a n d o bv i o u s l y we’d l i k e t o g o o u t a n d g e t a l l f o u r g a m e s , ” S c h a f e r s a i d “ We

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Men Improve Standing at Potter Cup, Place Si xth

D ietz, Malik, Freeman lead Red to upset v ictor y over No. 6 Ro che

By HAMDAN Al YOUSEFI

Staff Writer

This weekend, the Cornell men ’ s squash team achieved sixth place in the men ’ s National Team Championship, the Potter Cup, with a victory over Rochester, sandwiched between fighting displays against

Trinity and St Lawrence The Red finished the tournament one spot above its national No 7 seeding Harvard came out of the tournament as the eventual winners

“We missed an opportunity, but overall picked up a lot better finish than we did last year Looking back at the weekend now, we did fine We set off to get No 8 and got No

6,” said Head Coach Mark Devoy “We missed an opportunity to move up another spot, but that wasn ’ t to be Overall it was quite good, especially considering we were missing our No 3 order We achieved a good result without him and the team stepped up ”

The Red fell to eventual finalists Trinity, 6-3, in the quarterfinal despite seniors Nick Sachvie, Rishi Jalan and junior Aditya Jagtap winning in the No 1, No 2 and No 6 spots

“We were competitive against [Trinity]

We had some close matches, we had some chances So we went into that game positively Trinity was a bit out of reach,” Devoy said “Out of the whole weekend, Trinity got through to the finals and besides them getting beaten by Harvard, we got the closest to all of them ”

getting everyone performing over a three or four match weekend,” Devoy said “There are new guys on the team and it’s sort of a learning curve for them I think it sort of has been a good experience for them

Keating was keen to highlight the positives from Cornell’s season

“I guess we wanted to get Top-four in the nation; we ended up getting sixth, but I think in terms of the camaraderie we developed by the end of the season, in terms of that it was a huge success ” Keating said,

The Red has its top order to thank for most of its success this season, with Jagtap and Sachvie recording a 25-9 record at No 1 and No 2 throughout the season

“The mission was to get everyone fired up for

” Mark Devoy

Cornell proceeded to clinch a surprise victory, 54, over No 6 Rochester in a semifinal clash that featured four five-game contests The Red produced a strong bottom order with sophomores Graham Dietz, Abhijit Malik and freshman Harry Freeman winning all their matches to set up a fifth place showdown against St Lawrence

“The mission was to get everyone fired up for Rochester We knew it was going to be a tight game and we did that We took that win, so that was good,” Devoy said

The Red ended its campaign on the losing end of another 5-4 decision, this time to St Lawrence Jagtap was integral to the squad’s success, completing a perfect 3-0 weekend with a victory over St Lawrence’s Ibrahim Khan Keating, Freeman and sophomore Gustav Runersjö helped Cornell to notch another victory under its belt

“[The loss] was disappointing, but we had a couple of close matches that we didn’t quite clinch It’s a big ask to get everyone performing for three tough matches in a row We’ve struggled with that this season,

Red Unable to Defend Title,

The No 65 men ’ s tennis team took to the road again this week, travelling to Hanover, N H , the site of this year ’ s ECAC Indoor Championships The Red, returning as the tournament ’ s defending champions, faced far stiffer competition this time around, as it placed fourth this year

After opening its title defense against Brown (3-4) with a first round victor y, the Red dropped its next two against No 24 Har vard (4-3) in the semifinals and host No 52 Dartmouth (9-2) in the third place match

The Red’s first game, a 4-2 win, was highlighted by its strong singles play as the team pulled out four of the five singles decisions, all in ver y close competitions However, Cornell struggled in that same area against its higher ranked Ivy League opponents, losing six o u t o f t h e n e x t e i g h t s i n g l e s matches

Some of the Red’s top performers from earlier this season ran into trouble against the Crimson and

Green, including the No 34 doubles team of senior captain Sam Fleck and freshman Chris Vrabel, a s we l l a s s t a n d o u t f re s h m a n Bernardo Casares Rosa Together, they managed only a 3-6 record over the course of the weekend in both singles and doubles Fleck, however, was supportive of his team, despite its slightly disappointing exit to the competition

“ We faced a lot of adversity this weekend because we had some injuries to key players and played against tough competition,” he said “ We would’ve liked to have d o n e b e t t e r a n d s u c c e s s f u l l y defended our title ”

Although the two ranked Ivy League foes had an advantage over the Red in the singles competition this time around, the Red’s doubles play is what has been concerning for the team so far this season, according to Fleck However, he looked past just this weekend and into the future when he discussed the issue

“It was one of our strengths last year, but we have struggled this year, ” Fleck said “ We have to work on being more aggressive

with our returns and our movement ”

With nearly two weeks between the end of the ECAC Indoors and a return to play at home at the Reis Tennis Center, these issues regardi n g d o u b l e s p l a y a n d ove r a l l aggressiveness will be a focal point in practice, according to Fleck With this tournament, the Red has now passed the halfway point of its nonconference schedule and now only has five more games before it meets its Ivy League rivals once again Although the Red did not come out with a trip to the finals or a trophy, Fleck still looks upon the team ’ s experience in the tournament as a positive one

“It was a good chance to see and play against other Ivy League teams; although all the teams are fairly similar, Columbia, Har vard and Dartmouth look strong, ” he said “ We will be back to full strength when we play them in the Ivies, so we are looking for ward to getting our revenge ”

“Jagtap played very well [throughout] the weekend Nick Sacvhie wasn ’ t quite at his best I’ve seen him play better weekends, but he’s still anchoring the top of the team, so it wasn ’ t like he was outclassed at all,” Devoy said “I had a very good top order; losing the three didn’t help, but with the team we haven’t quite got the depth in the middle, but I’ve also got to get the bottom order to play more consistently ”

Devoy was pleased with the overall outcomes of this season, believing that the foundation has been laid for a better, stronger and younger team in the future

“The whole idea next year is to get more depth in the middle order We’ve got a reasonably solid recruiting class for next year, so I’m looking forward to next season, ” he said “We finished on a good note and I’d like to continue that The team got a lot of experience, particularly some of the younger players ” The men ’ s team will now gear up for the individual squash championships, while the women ’ s team prepares for its own national championships, to be played this weekend

Red Wins Cornell Show, Look s Ahead to Regional, Zone Finals

D ickson earns rst ever blue ribbon in nal Cornell show of her career

By ANNA JOHNSON Sun Contributor

The Red rode to a win this past Sunday at its home show against local colleges in an effor t that resulted in team and individual success

Clinching victories on multiple levels, Cornell’s equestrian team qualified several riders for regionals in the p ro c e s s ,

senior Thea Dickson

Earning the top spot in her class, Dickson’s per formance also resulted in her first blue ribbon

“I’m so glad I got to end that way pointing out of my division and going to regionals,” Dickson said “It’s been a long four years in the same division ”

The Red placed a number of other team members

a m o n g t

Meridith Meyer, who battled through a five-way rideoff to emerge as the meet ’ s high-point rider

Meyers, pleased with the team ’ s per formance on Sunday and with its future prospects, looks for ward to the impor tant events coming up

“I am so proud of the team for all of our accomplishments this year and am ver y excited for the rest of the season, ” Meyers said “Regionals and Zone Finals are coming up fast, but I think that ever yone is riding fantastic and we can pull through to continue a great season ”

In light of past success, Meyers said she believes the team has what it takes to make a successful season

“I have never been more proud to be on a team with such amazing girls,” Meyers said

Ju n i o r c o - c a p t a i n s S o f i a

and determination of all our team members to make the show successful,” de Rham said “It is challenging to host a show in cold weather, but coming off of a long winter break was an added challenge Our horses were absolutely amazing they did a great job, as always ” Freshman Chelsea Huss, who won both of her classes, agreed that hosting a home show was organized chaos, and described home shows as more demanding of both the riders and the horses

“Some of the horses are in the ring ten times,” Huss said “Riders aren ’ t allowed to touch the horse or adjust anything [so] each [home team member] is assigned to a horse they walk and groom ”

Competitions on the home tur f are more demanding, but more fun, too, according to Dickson

“ They’re harder because we have to take care of the horses while still thinking about competing and riding our best,” said Dickson “ They’re more fun because ever yone ’ s there to suppor t each other ”

The home show demanded extra preparation, but both horses and riders per formed well, according to Huss Balancing between the demands of hosting a home show and the focus required to ride well, Cornell’s equestrian team took the extra duties in stride

“ The team once again proved [its] ability to excel under pressure, ” Huss said “Home shows can be ver y stressful, but each and ever y rider played a critical role in making sure things ran smoothly and correctly ”

“We’re pumped for this coming weekend for our last show in the regular season at Alfred University ”

Steinberger and Georgiana de Rham, too, had only positive things to say regarding the Red’s effor t this past weekend

“ The team did a great job of coming together and working hard,” Steinberger said “Not only did ever yone ride successfully, but also we ran a ver y efficient show It was great to see ever yone work together well ”

De Rham also said that the team was able to persevere through some less-than ideal conditions

“Our team put for th an incredible effor t to make this show happen, and it was so cool to witness the dedication

Of her own success, Huss said that she felt she was dealt a good hand

“I was lucky,” Huss said “Half of it is [which horse] you draw ” According to Dickson, in order to both r un the show and compete well, team effor t in and out of the ring was key

“I think all the girls worked really hard to r un a smooth show and to ride their best as well,” Dickson said “ We have a strong team this year, both in the ring and on the sidelines Ever yone cooperated to get things done ”

After this weekend’s win, the Red is looking for ward to the remainder of the season

“I think we ’ re ready to take on our region at Alfred next week and ride strong into the role of regional win-

Swimmers Set Sights on Iv

By JOHN MCGRORTY Sun Staff Wr ter

This past weekend, the Cornell men ’ s and women ’ s swimming and diving teams sent a select group of athletes to Ithaca

y

ners for zones, ” Dickson said

With another victor y under its belt, the Red advances to its next competition on Saturday, Feb 22 at Alfred, and hopes for continued success at this meet and beyond

“Ultimately, as a team, and for many, individually, we hope to make it through regionals and zones in order to go to Nationals,” Meyers said Steinberger said the team is hoping to widen the margin of its lead in the region

“ We’re pumped for this coming weekend for our last s h o w i n t h e r e g u l a r s e a s o n a t A l f

y, ”

Steinberger said “ We are leading our region by 44 points and hope to increase that lead even more this weekend ”

Given its convincing lead after this weekend, Huss said the team is confident moving for ward “ This was a great way for the team to star t not only second semester, but the remainder of the season, ” Huss said “It tr uly is incredible, inspiring even, to see what this team is capable of doing ”

Championships This Weekend

preparing for their upcoming Ivy League Championships

With only a small squad present, the Red still saw a great deal of success at the invite In this non-scoring meet, the Red placed first in five races and second in six events

On the women ’ s side, freshman Ellie

Belilos won the 50 free and took second place in the 100 breast Senior Stephanie Ah-Quah took first in the 200 free and the 1 0 0 f re

Fo

Harpham took first in t

y 11 behind and took second Harpham also took second in the 100 back

where the team stands going into Ivies

“Going into Ivies, it was good to see people's hard work all season paying off,” he said

“Coming of our spectacular win at Brown, it will be important to continue to keep our heads high.”

According to junior d i ve r T h o m a s Hallowell, the invite was a good way to prepare for the ever-important Ivy championships coming up this weekend

“The IC invite was a nice opportunity to prepare for Ivies It provided a meet atmosphere, but was still relaxed overall The team performed well and had a good experience overall,” he said Hallowell added that the meet put the Red’s depth on display, and served to boost its confidence going into this weekend

“The invite allows us to practice our meets in a low-stress environment as we go into championship season It is important to remain calm and confident, and the meet really provides a nice boost towards the end of the season, ” he said

According to junior Tim Satterthwaite, the Ithaca Invite was a good indication of

Ha l l owe l l a d d e d that the team ’ s morale is high after a strong dual season

“ Te a m m o r a l e i s very high as we continu e t o p re p a re

guys are relaxed and ready to perform at a high level,” he said

“Coming off our spectacular win at Brown, it will be important to continue to keep our heads high and emotions aimed at making a statement at Ivies ”

The women ’ s team is also coming off a historic dual season, in which it posted a 63 overall record and its first win over Princeton in program history The Red has finished in the bottom two spots of the Ivy League every year since 2001 except for one, but looks to change that this weekend “ Eve

, ” Satterthwaite said “We've been busting our asses all season, so it’s time to see some of the results ”

John Mcgrorty can be reached at jmcgrorty@cornellsun com

Spor ts

Fo ur C or n elli an s Will Brin g Hom e G ol d

Canada defeats U.S . in O.T. in women ’ s hockey nals

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Assistant Sports Edtor

There are plenty of Winter Olympic sports where the gold medal is determined by a matter of inches Hockey is usually not one of them But it was inches that saved the Canadian women ’ s hockey team in the gold medal match against the United States today, when a puck off the stick of U S forward Kelli Stack that easily could have found the back of an empty net nicked the

Getting on the board | Senior Brianne Jenner scored Canada’s first goal, cutting the deficit in half

post instead, and stayed there Maybe it was a sudden breeze inside the Bolshoy Ice Dome, maybe it was the collective sigh of relief the Canadian fans in the arena let out that stopped the puck from careening into the net Superstitions aside, with two minutes left in the third period and the Canadians still down a goal, that play was certainly a game-changer

The U S team led for most of the gold medal match, with goals by Meghan Duggan and Alex Carpenter putting the Americans up 2-0, a lead that would remain until just under 3:30 left in the final period It seemed that the Canadian team woke up at that point, after having no answer for US goalie Jesse Vetter in the first two periods And it was three Cornellians who led the charge

Going for gold | Laura Fortino ’13 assisted on the game-winning overtime goal for team Canada on Thursday.

With 3:26 left in the third period, Cornell senior Brianne Jenner scored her first goal of the Olympics It was certainly a timely one, as Jenner’s score cut the U S lead in half, giving the Canadians a glimmer of hope in what had previously been a one-sided affair Meghan Mikkelson and Jocelyne Laroque assisted on Jenner’s goal, a shot that deflected off a defender’s knee and somehow avoided an outstretched Vetter in the net This was only the first sign of fortunes shifting into Canada’s favor

The How-to Guide for Fi xing All-Star Weekend

The NBA All-Star game was last weekend Were you watching?

No? Kind of? Well then, let’s fix All-Star weekend

First, let’s lay out what exactly fixing an All-Star weekend entails making it entertaining as hell My ideal All-Star weekend is short, fun and worth talking about Players and fans enjoy it equally, while coaches hate it Unfortunately, it will

never be a tense battle between the best players in the world

Defense will never be played, hard screens will never be set and battles for rebounds will n e ve r c o m p a re t o t h e N B A

Finals But it should always be “ can ’ t miss” television Is it possible? Maybe All-Star games are passé now anyway Seeing all the best players in the world on the same court just does not have the s a m e s h e e n a s i t o n c e d i d

ESPN, NBAtv and never-ending YouTube highlights mean we can see Kevin Durant or LeBron James, or even DeMar DeRozan, whenever we want Fa n

more aware of the lesser known All-Stars, and in turn All-Star games don’t really breed stars anymore So how would I fix the weekend? I would not change the game itself much Yes, this All-

Zakour Point Blank

Star game finished with a final score of 163-155, but I am not appalled by that Blake Griffin scored all of his points via dunks and Carmelo Anthony simply converted open threes, and both men still went for over 30 But it w

showed some fire and made a comeback, while Kyrie Irving showcased his talents to close the deficit

See ZAKOUR page 12

With less than two minutes to go, Canada pulled goalie Shannon Szabados from the net, adding an extra attacker to the ice but leaving the goal open So when Stack won the puck in a fight near the boards and sent it the length of the ice, it looked as though Canada’s fate was sealed But the puck hit the post and stopped before a defender swiftly picked it up The Canadians had been gifted with another chance They made no mistakes taking advantage of that extra opportunity, tying the score just

a minute later when Canadian forward Marie-Phillip Poulin found the back of the net with 54 6 seconds left Poulin got some help from Rebecca Johnston ’12 on the assist, and just like that, what seemed like a miracle had become reality

Already stunned, the U S went into overtime on the defensive, as Canada had stolen the momentum Nevertheless, the Americans had their opportunities in the extra period, one coming off a power play that they could not convert Canada, on the other hand, took advantage of its power play After six minutes of fast-paced over-

Icers Look s to Snap Losing Skid

By CHRIS MILLS Sun Staff Writer

Fi g h t i n g t h r o u g h a t h re egame losing streak with just two weeks to play in the regular season, the men ’ s icers find themselves squarely on the bubble for a n E C AC t o u r n a m

Tournament invitation Currently tied for fourth in the conference standings, No 13 Cornell (12-7-5, 8-6-4 ECAC) will take on No 5 Quinnipiac (21-6-5, 11-4-3) Friday at 7 p m and Princeton (5-20-0, 4-14-0) on Saturday at 7 p m in the Red’s final road weekend of the regular season

“ We’ve stumbled the last few games, ” said junior for ward Joel Lowr y “But I think we ’ ve put ourselves in a pretty decent position and hopefully we can close out the season strong and head into the [ECAC] playoffs rolling ” Lowr y and the Red have the tough task of facing two Topfive teams over the span of three games No 3 Union sank the Red, 4-1, last week for what was, at the time, just the second loss at Lynah this season The first was at the hands of none other than Quinnipiac in a 3-0 f i n a l w a y b a c k i n e a r l y November, leaving Cornell to search for retribution on the road at High Point Solutions Arena in a critical late-season showdown “ We h a d a p

season],” Lowr y said “ They’re obviously a good team They have a lot of skilled for wards and they play their systems really well and they’re really disciplined, so it’s tough to kind of b