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Administrators from Cornell’s Alumni Affairs and Development Office say there will be numerous positive effects stemming from the record-breaking number of alumni donations during the 2012-2013 fiscal year

Cornell saw an 8 4 percent increase in number of alumni donors during this time period, according to a Un i ve

Education has ranked Cornell seventh nationally for gifts received, with $475 million from donors

According to Charles Phlegar, vice president for alumni affairs and development, the money raised in 2012-2013 represents “the largest cash total in Cornell’s history ”

Cornell’s increase in alumni donations defies the trend of declining donor gifts across the country, Phlegar said He added was “optimistic” that participation would “continue to buck the national trend ”

According to Phlegar, the record number of donations which in the first six months have this fiscal year surpassed last year ’ s “record” numbers will have “ a significant impact” on financial aid pro-

Calling for cash | Keneilwe Selepeng ’14 makes calls at the Cor nell Annual Fund’s phone calling event Sunday

grams “Most alumni make students their top priority for their donations,” Phlegar said “This is a trend that bodes well for the majority of Cornell undergraduates, who depend on this support ”

In addition to bolstering financial aid prog

raised from alumni donations will go toward hiring new faculty and constructing facilities, Phlegar said Ac c o rd

, director of the University fundraising program the Cornell Annual Fund, the positive effects of this profitable donation year will be felt campus-wide

“[This will] ensure [that] the Cornell experience – for students, faculty and staff in the classroom, laboratory and all o

from the Governor’s office Research on prison readmittance and correction-

reduces their chances of reoffending According to a

an official assessment to consider the possible ramifications of raising the federal minimum wage from $7 25 to $10 10 an hour, a change that

Cornell’s student employees

lacking support with Republicans –– has signifi-

income, employment, and the f e d e r a l b u d g e t , a c c o rd i n g t o The New York Times

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ment, was one of the seven outside advisers asked to review and comment on the Congressional Budget Office report on this topic “ The minimum wage has been eroded by inflation, and this is a proposal to raise it back up to its historic highs relative

[ t o ] t h

Democrats believe that this is a good way to help the working poor ” However, Burkhauser said he disagrees with the Democrats’ views on the proposal

“While this will increase the wages of most low wage workers, the great majority do not live in poor households so it is not a very effective way to help the working poor, ” Burkhauser said R

the second half o

wage workers, according to The New York Times

adverse effects on total employment, estimating that the number of lost jobs will be higher and the number of households lifted out of policy will be less

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Students: Debt a ‘Harsh Reality ’

By JONATHAN KWEE Sun Staff Writer

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c o l l e g e d e b t h a s a f f e c t e d h i s ow n e d u c a t i o n “ It’s c l e a r l y n o t s o m e t h i n g f u n t o h a ve

h a n g i n g ove r yo u r h e a d , ” Mo r r i s s a i d “ [ It i s ]

s o m e t h i n g t h a t y o u k n ow y o u h a v e t h e re s p o n s i b i l i t y t o d o , b u t t h a t d o e s n ’ t m a k e i t

a n y m o re e n j oy a b l e ”

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b e l i e ve s t h i s p ro c e s s w h i c h a l l o c a t e s f u n d s b a s e d o n a s t u d e n t ’ s f a m i l y c o n t r i b u t i o n a n d f i n a n c i a l n e e d i s n o t a l w a y s p e r f e c t “ I w i s h e d m y f a m i l y c o u l d h a ve [ re c e i ve d ] m o re f i n a n c i a l a i d , b u t t h a t ’ s f ro m a p u re l y

s e l f i s h p e r s p e c t i ve I d o n ’ t k n ow t h e c i rc u m -

s t a n c e s b e h i n d i t a n d h ow C o r n e l l c h o o s e s t o a l l o c a t e i t s re s o u rc e s A l t h o u g h i t w o u l d b e n i c e t o k n ow w h a t yo u re c e i ve re l a t i ve t o o t h e r p e o p l e , ” Mo r r i s s a i d

In c o n t r a s t , A n d re y Su p r u n ’ 1 4 c o n s i de re d t a k i n g a l o a n , b u t d e c i d e d a g a i n s t i t w h e n h i s p a re n t s o b j e c t e d b e c a u s e t h e y d i d n o t w a n t h i m t o b e a r t h e b u rd e n o f “ e x t r a f i n a n c i a l s t re s s w h i l e i n s c h o o l ” “ In m y g u i l t a s a s t u d e n t g o i n g t o a n e x p e n s i ve s c h o o l , I a s k e d m y p a re n t s i f I s h o u l d s t a r t t a k i n g l o a n s i n o rd e r t o l e a r n t o m a n a g e c o l l e g e t u i t i o n , ” Su p r u n s a i d Ac c o rd i n g t o Su p r u n , h a v i n g t o d e a l w i t h

t h e s t re s s o f f u t u re l o a n p a y m e n t s c a n b e d e t r i m e n t a l t ow a rd s t h e c o l l e g e e x p e r i e n c e “ T h i n k i n g a b o u t h ow m u c h d e b t yo u a re

a c c u m u l a t i n g c a n t a k e a w a y f ro m t h e c o l l e g e

e x p e r i e n c e , ” Su p r u n s a i d “ [ Bu t ] o n t h e o t h e

Jonathan Kwee can be reached at jkwee@cornellsun com

Graduating with a diploma and debt | In 2012, the average debt for graduating students at Cor nell was $20,490, The Sun previously reported

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By SCOTT GARTENBERG Sun Staff Writer

Though she has only been out of college for nine months, Morgan Beller ’13 has fully integrated into the workforce as a par tner at Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California Beller entered Cornell as a member of the Class of 2014, but graduated in 2013 On campus, she was involved in Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity and co-founded the PopShop, a student-run collaborative space for Cornell entrepreneurs Beller said her passion for venture capital stemmed from her experience at the Te c h C r u n c h Disrupt a t e c h n o l o g y conference in New York City she volunteered at after her freshman year

Sun Market Watch

Investors Run Back to Market After Stumble

Last week, investors ran to the stock market at the fastest pace in three months, a surge in risk that can be attributed to the market’s stumble in late Januar y and early Februar y, according to The Wall Street Journal

Economic Slowdown Due to Winter Weather

Economists have estimated that harsh winter weather has accounted for over half of the economic slowdown in December and Januar y, Business Insider reported According to the report, employment, retail sales, housing, construction and industrial production rates also contributed to the downturn

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of Switzerland’s

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According to the Wall Street Journal, customs data showed that most of Swizerland’s gold exports went to Asia in Januar y Hong Kong, India and Singapore were among the primar y purchasers of Swiss gold and silver bullions and coins, the report said

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is a reason why there are only eight jobs,” Beller said “I actually wrote off going into venture after school and put it on the long-term agenda ” Beller worked at eBay last summer as a product manager and received an offer to join their corporate development team immediately after Though she planned to return to Cornell for a Masters in Information Science, the business relationship she made with Fisher led to new career opportunities

“I called [Fisher] to ask her opinion [about returning to school] Five minutes later, my phone rang and it was Chris Dixon a g e n e r a l par tner at A n d re e s s e n Ho r ow i t z , ” she said

“If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life ... You’ll be happier ” M o r g a n B e l l e r ’ 1 3

“That was my first exposure to the ‘tech world,’ and I became completely intoxicated,” Beller said Beller said she believes that success often depends on being at the right place at the right time and that meeting the right people is essential to forging ahead with one ’ s career

“At the conference, I was fortunate enough to meet Shana Fisher from High Line Venture Partners,” Beller said “Ten minutes after meeting her, I received an email with the subject, ‘You’re hired ’ I spent the next ten months working for High Line, both directly at the fund an in-house at some of their portfolio companies ” After interning at the Cornell Tech campus the summer after her sophomore year, Beller realized she wanted to work in venture capital However, there were few venture capital jobs offered straight out of school, she said

“I came back in the fall determined to get a job in venture but then it hit me Maybe there

“We had an i n t e r e s t i n g c o n v e r s ation that resulted in me coming in the next day for an interview and signing an offer a week later I got really lucky [I] happened to be at the right place at the right time ”

Beller said her enjoyment in what she does stems from three things she always looks for in a job: the people, the place and the role

“I go into work every day and know that I am the dumbest person in the room, ” Beller said “I’m surrounded by the smartest people in the world I jump out of bed in the morning and can ’ t wait to get to the office ”

Beller’s advice to current undergraduates is to study what they love While one has their whole life to do work, there is a “short window” to learn “ anything and everything” of interest to that person, she said

“If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life,” Beller said “Do what you love You’ll be happier You’ll be better at it And you won ’ t have any regrets ”

Scott Gartenberg can be reached at sgartenberg@cornellsun com

Wage Increases Could Also Cut Jobs

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than estimated

“ The CBO believes there is a two-thirds chance that the number of jobs lost will be between almost none and one million,” he said “I think the number will be much closer to one million and could be more, because I think the best research suggests more sensitivity to employment effects than the CBO projects ”

“They

Bill Lim ’15, a student worker at the Statler Hotel, also

e x p re s s e d c o n c e r n w i t h j o b reduction as a result of minimum wage increases

“ While I obviously wouldn’t mind getting paid more –– and other students probably wouldn ' t either –– you have to think

posal Zoe Memel ’15, a former student employee on campus, said that she “strongly” suppor ts the changes

“In California, the minimum wage is much higher, and I was shocked that it was so low when I came to Cornell,” Memel said “Especially as a working student, it’s unacceptable, there’s a huge difference between the minimum wage and the living wage ”

might cut jobs and people may actually lose jobs instead of benefiting from the increased wage.”

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a b o u t h ow b u s i n e s s m i g h t react, ” Lim said “ They might cut jobs and people may actually lose jobs instead of benefiting from the increased wage ”

In lieu of increasing the federal minimum wage, Burkhauser advocates for the increase and broadening of the Earned Income Tax Credit, a tax credit that gives refunds to working people who have low to moderate income, according to the Internal Revenue Ser vice

“ When you arbitrarily increase the wages of the lowest skilled workers in the USA, this will mean that some of them will lose their jobs This does not happen when you increase the [EITC],” Burkhauser said Students working at the University may also be affected by the proposed minimum wage raise pro-

Memel said she thinks that

help many student workers at the University

“Moving towards the $10 10 wage would help the ‘working poor ’ –– not necessar y myself, but a good portion of American citizens –– and it would definitely affect me and other students on campus, ” Memel said

Memel also noted the dis-

tinction between “living wage ” –– the cost for a single person working full-time to live in Tompkins County, which is $12 62 per hour, according to the Ithaca Times –– and minimum wage

Kendra Hayes ’15, another student worker on campus, echoed Memel’s sentiments

“Raising the minimum wage is a great idea

the closer we get to a living wage, the better,” Hayes said “As a student with debt, any bit helps, but for non-student workers throughout the state with minimum wage jobs, it could make a much greater difference ”

Ashley Chu can be reached at achu@cornellsun com

Donor Gifts Could Bring ‘Real’ Bene ts to Students

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on Cornell’s overall national ranking, “real” benefits include increased financial aid, new faculty, support for research and new buildings

These benefits, in turn, may ser ve to boost rankings, Phlegar said

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involved in Cornell life overall, Lyons said “ When it comes to donor participation, last year was a strong year all around,” Lyons said Lyons said that young alumni have been among the most eager to donate He said the i

m young alumni is due to the 1865 Society, a club for “loyal” donors to Cornell launched in 2013, as well as the Alumni Duff Ball in New York City

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“ There’s something special happening at Cornell, from our record number of applications to the Cornell Tech project, and this fall our sesquicentenn

Phlegar said “From the alumi responding with donations, to the faculty, staff and students, it’s a wonderful time to be a part of Big Red ”

Zoe Ferguson can be reached at zferguson@cornellsun com

Prison Education Would Reduce Rearrests

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inmates who were educated during imprisonment were around 13 percent less likely to be rearrested within three years of release

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New York State currently spends $60,000 a year per prisoner, the release said Out of the people who leave the prison system, 40 p e rc e n t a re reimprisoned Pro f Ma r y Katzenstein, gove r n m e n t , w h o was involved with the development o f C PE P, a l s o p r a i s e d Cu o m o ’ s initiative

p ro g r a m a w a rd e d i t s first degrees when 15 people graduated with associate degrees In a Forbes article last

“Governor Cuomo’s announcement is part of a broad rethinking about how to make ‘corrections’ correctional.” P r o f M a r y K a t z e n s t e i n

“ G o v e r n o r Cuomo’s announcement i s p a r t o f a b ro a d rethinking about how to make ‘corrections’ correctional,” Katzenstein said in a University press release

CPEP was founded in the mid-1990s after Congress voted to deny Pell grants to incarcerated people, according to i t s we b s i t e In 1 9 9 9 , CPEP offered its first courses for credit, without charging inmates for t u i t i o n In 2 0 1 2 , t h e

March, President David Skorton said the benefits of prison education programs “extend[ed] well beyond improving individual lives ”

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n t s i n prison need these kind of productive opportunities t o b e t t e r t h e mselves,” Breslow said If Cuomo’s initiative p rov

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policies aimed at being

y ‘tough’ on crime ”

“Given the relatively l ow c o s t ro u g h l y $1,800 per CPEP student and manifold b e n e f i t s , i t ’ s h a rd t o fathom why there isn’t a national, fully funded p r i s o n e d u c a t i o n p rogram in every facility,” he said Sarah Breslow J D ’ 1 3 , w h o t a u g h t i n Auburn through CPEP in 2011 and 2012 said that teaching in prison was one of her best law

Spill Closes Port of New Orleans, Part of Mississippi River

NEW ORLEANS (AP) A 65-mile stretch of the Mississippi River, including the Port of New Orleans, was closed to all water traffic Sunday as crews cleaned up oil that spilled from a barge after it ran into a towboat between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, the Coast Guard said

Officials don’t know how much oil spilled, but only a sheen was reported on the river following the collision, which happened Saturday afternoon near Vacherie, 47 miles west of New Orleans by land, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Colclough

No one was hurt and all barges were secured, Colclough said

By late Sunday afternoon, 16 vessels were waiting to go downriver and 10 vessels were waiting in an upriver queue, he said He could not estimate when the river would reopen The cause of the collision was under investigation

Public drinking water intakes on the river were closed as a precaution in nearby St Charles Parish, officials said “The water supply in St Charles Parish remains safe,” parish officials said in a news release Sunday afternoon

The barge, one of two loaded with light crude and being pushed by the Hannah C Settoon, hit the Lindsay Ann Erickson, which was pushing grain barges, Colclough said

He said the rest of the oil on the damaged barge had been pumped into another barge by early Sunday

He did not know if the Lindsay Ann Erickson was damaged

An online Coast Guard database shows that the 84 5-foot-long Hannah C Settoon was built in 2010 and is owned by Settoon Towing LLC of Pierre Part, La The Lindsay Ann Erickson, built in 1982, is 168 feet long and owned by General Electric Capital Corp of Irving, Texas

U.S. Killer Dies by Gunshot in Israel Prison

SHARON PRISON, Israel (AP) Israeli special forces raided a prison in central Israel Sunday after an inmate stole a gun, shot several guards and barricaded himself inside the compound, killing the notorious prisoner who was ser ving time for a gr uesome murder carried out in the

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Sheinbein, an American who fled to Israel after murdering and dismembering another man in Mar yland in 1997 and whose case sparked a highprofile row between the two allies

Police special forces r ushed to this prison in central Israel after Sheinbein stole a weapon and shot three guards, wounding two of them seriously He then barricaded himself inside the compound where a standoff ensued, with counter-terrorism units dispatched to the scene The inmate then opened fire again, wounding three more guards, before the forces shot him dead, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said Hospital officials said one of the wounded guards was fighting for his life Police and the Israel prison ser vice have opened investigations into the incident Sheinbein’s lawyers told Israeli TV that their client was under duress and that the Israeli prison ser vice has ignored their warnings Sheinbein, 34, was tried in Israel in 1999, two

years after he fled to the countr y and successfully sought refuge from extradition, enraging Mar yland authorities and briefly threatening U S aid to the Je wish state

An Israeli cour t sentenced Sheinbein to 24 years for his slaying and dismemberment of 19-year-old Alfredo Enrique Tello Jr Sheinbein was 17 at the time of the killing and could have faced a life sentence in Mar yland His extradition to Mar yland was blocked after a yearlong battle between Israel and the United States over an Israeli law that prohibited it

Following that embarrassment, Israel changed its laws to allow the extradition of Israeli citizens on condition that they are returned to Israel to ser ve any sentence imposed

Sheinbein, of Aspen Hill, Mar yland, confessed to strangling Tello with a rope and hitting him several times with a sharp object Sheinbein then dismembered the body with an electric saw and

charged in the killing, Aaron Needle, committed suicide while in jail in Mar yland

remains were found in a garage He successfully sought refuge under a law that prevented the extradition of Israeli citizens to foreign countries

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Easing the Middle Class’ Financial Aid Burden

AT A STUDENT ASSEMBLY MEETING Thursday, President David Skorton identified a weakness in the University’s financial aid policy: the availability of aid to middle-income students While Cornell provides generous packages to students whose families’ earnings fall below the median income, Skorton noted that there are students with higher than median income who may still not be able to afford tuition We appreciate Skorton’s willingness to acknowledge the problems that such “intermediate” income students face However, as the University hikes tuition each year, middleincome students and their families are increasingly being forced to take on loans We call on Skorton to address the needs of middle-income students in a way that does not impact low-income students’ financial aid needs

At Cornell and nationally, the dialogue about financial aid often focuses on college affordability for low-income students Indeed, the University’s financial aid policy provides tuition breaks for truly needy students its current policy, implemented in 2008, eliminated loans for families with incomes at or below $60,000 a year The University offers financial aid to half of the undergraduate population At the opposite end of the spectrum, there are students whose families can afford to pay the full value of a Cornell education: $61,618 for the endowed colleges in 2013-14 This has resulted in a concern, at Cornell and nationwide about a barbell effect wherein colleges, in accommodating low-income students’ financial aid needs, neglect the middle-class The University has made some effort in recent years to stave off the barbell effect expanding loan offerings to students in higher income brackets, including those making over $120,000 a year but this is not sufficient in and of itself This problem is also not particularly new Prof Ronald Ehrenberg, industrial and labor relations and economics told The Sun in 2011 that he was concerned about “middle-income melt” at Cornell Middle-income students should not be deterred from enrolling at Cornell, but also should not be graduating with crippling debt

Other universities have attempted to combat this middle-income problem by implementing student loan relief programs to limit the amount of debt such students are taking on Franklin and Marshall College implemented a pilot program in 2012 that capped federal loans for qualifying students at $10,000 over their four years of college and replacing loans above that amount with grants While the University must evaluate its financial ability to implement such a program, it should consider gearing grant aid towards middle-income students, too There is no single solution to relieve the burden on these students, but the University can propose initiatives that work towards this goal, such as placing a greater financial burden on the wealthiest students at Cornell

In recognizing a gap in the socioeconomic distribution at Cornell that financial aid has not reached, Skorton took a constructive step towards addressing the problem But if, as the University says, financial aid is propelling increases in undergraduate tuition, policy must keep up with the plight of the middle class We believe a solution can be found without detracting from the financial aid offered to low-income students

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Daniel Lumonya is a Ph D candidate in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Feedback may be sent to opinion@cornellsun com Guest Columns appear periodically throughout the semester

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NBC ’ s O lympic Problem

The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics are over, and soon the event will slowly fade from our collective memor y with var ying consequences The good: That stupid photo of the two toilets in a double stall will finally stop getting reposted The bad: LGBT persecution in Sochi will get less coverage as repor ters slowly fly out of the city But what will not change is the way the United States covers the Olympics, which NBC will continue to do exclusively –– and poorly –– until 2020 This is unfor tunate

Commentators have already picked apar t Bode Miller’s post-game inter vie w with NBC correspondent Christin Cooper last week After Miller won a bronze medal in the men ’ s super-G competition, Cooper pestered Miller with incessant questions about his dead brother until he walked away in tears That’s when the inter vie w should have ended Instead, NBC cut to another camera to keep the focus on Miller Crouched behind a fence a shor t distance away, he clearly wanted to be left alone Instead, NBC sprinkled a simpering voice-over on top of footage of Miller cr ying “ The emotion that he’s been carr ying continues to flow out What a journey it’s been!” exclaimed Dan Hicks, an NBC commentator

We should not forget that NBC has had worse missteps, like when the network edited out a memorial for victims of the London bombings from its coverage of the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics But in the case of the Bode Miller inter vie w, we have on our hands something that actually made it through NBC’s editing process –– something that most people in the U S have uncomfor tably watched

Asking Miller about his brother’s death and his custody battle are not off-limits; these topics are, after all, valid ne ws stories surrounding the Olympic medalist But NBC was financially invested in digging for a human interest stor y: It flaunted a sappy montage of Miller’s life as a changed man, a man who overcame great

Together, [its blunders] make it clear that NBC cynically views the Olympics as entertainment events –– not as the news events they actually are.

tragedy in his life It is this kind of angle that compels questions like, “ When you ’ re looking up at the sky at the star t [of the race], and it just looks like you ’ re talking to somebody, what’s going on there?” Questions like this would drive Miller, or any athlete with a recently deceased family for that matter, to tears

The Miller inter vie w is but a blip in a long legacy of NBC missteps: The network has been consistently criticized for tape delays, ill-advised intermissions, extensive edits and a lack of live streaming on the Internet –– unless you have a cable subscription, of course Also, when comparing NBC’s coverage to that of other countries –– especially BBC’s coverage with no cuts and extensive live streaming –– it is limp and half-hear ted

Individually, these blunders render NBC’s coverage annoying, not unfor tunate But together, they make it clear that NBC cynically vie ws the Olympics as enter tainment events –– not as the ne ws events they actually are This is why NBC prolonged footage of Miller cr ying, rather than edit it out This is why, in an Olympics where Russian LGBT discrimination is a core issue, NBC edited out an anti-discrimination statement from this year ’ s opening ceremony This is why NBC justified editing out the tribute to London bombing victims in the 2012 opening ceremony: NBC’s programming is tailored for the U S audience ” This is what makes NBC’s coverage unfor tunate Ever y misstep arises from smarm

NBC has consistently attempted to defend itself by referencing the audience it purpor tedly ser ves Mark Lazar us, the chairman of NBC Spor ts Group, justified tape-delaying and editing all opening ceremonies by saying, “historical and cultural context and relevance make [a tapedelayed production] a more enjoyable and informative experience ” This is a terribly weak defense It’s unclear what the network means by “ context ” But if “ context ” means seeking to provide meaning ful commentar y, then the network has a terrible track record This is fur ther evidenced by Meredith Vieira and Matt Lauer s introducing Madagascar as “associated with a fe w animated movies” and Australia as a “former penal colony ” According to NBC, vie wers need someone to hold their hand To NBC, vie wers care more about catching bad, failed sitcoms like Animal Practice than watching the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympics Apparently, vie wers care more about human interest stories than spor t But it’s clear from the criticisms barraging NBC that vie wers can see through that cynical attitude Vie wers, on the contrar y, demand and deser ve something better Changing that attitude is key to avoiding another coverage mishap Other wise, NBC may have many more apologies to release until 2020 rolls around

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because they are the Te k k e n a n d Streetfighter of politicians Like ’90s fighting games, their fan base is small, devoted a n d i n c re d i b l y a w kward in the presence of women Attempting to u n d e r s t a n d Republican platforms and candidates requires t o o m u c h t i m e a n d money: Average voters c a n ’ t re l a t e t o Re p u b l i c a n s b e c a u s e t h e y ov e r c o m p l i c a t e t h e i s s u e s W h i l e Re p u b l i c a n s h a ve n o problem winning over p e o p l e w i t h l o t s o f t i m e a n d m o n e y t o d e v o t e t o t h e t h e i r party, they can ’ t win

trols aren ’ t complicated, since ever y charact e r h a s b a s i c a l l y t h e same three moves Still, Smash is just as appealing to hardcore gamers as it is to casual fans

When you play Smash m o re s e r i o u s l y – –instead of doing homework or developing a non-virtual social life –– you learn that the g a m e i s d e c e p t i v e l y simple Each character actually has 10 to 12 attacks in addition to their three basic ones

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a v e r a g e v o t e r s , a n d t h e y h a v e n ’ t t a k e n e i t h e r t h e Se n a t e o r W h i t e Ho u s e s i n c e 2008 because of it If Re p u b l i c a n s w a n t t o take back the Senate come the 2014 midterm elections or the White House in 2016 –– and I think they do –– they will need to attract the people who don’t understand supp l y - s i d e e c o n o m i c s , w h i l e re t a i n i n g t h e people who do Sm a s h h a s t h e b r o a d a p p e a l t h a t

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Eric Schulman is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at eschulman@cornellsun com Schulman’s Schtick appears alternate Mondays this semester

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Rethinking Opera: L’etoile at Ithaca College

Colloquially an “ opera ” has come to mean “ a show in which someone sings really high, probably in a different language, and at which the entire audience is probably rich or culturally snobbish ” Or, at least, that is what was apparent to me looking at the expressions on my friends’ faces when I told them I went to see an opera at Ithaca College Ithaca College’s production of L’Etoile (The Star), however, was anything but stogy and old Performed in English, stuffed with over-the-top humor, self-effacing humor, drunken characters and non-stop innuendo, L’Etoile completely redefined the way that I look at opera

L’Etoile premiered in 1877 and was originally written in French However, it was modified for the American stage and translated with a new libretto in 1890 It tells the story of a monarch, King Ouf (Eric Flyte) and opens with Ouf in disguise, roaming the streets of his kingdom Ouf is essentially trying to troll civilians into speaking out against the government in an effort to fulfill the tradition of executing a libeller each year on his birthday for entertainment The Princess Laoula (Shelley Attadgie), from the neighboring kingdom, is being escorted to Ouf ’ s kingdom by the ambassador Prince Hérisson (Chris D’Amico), his wife Aloès (Ariana Warren) and his secretary Tapioca (Brett Pond) They decide to come in disguise for no apparent reason a plot-furthering prerequisite and undeniable trope that the opera pokes fun at So, in a very Moulin Rougeesque style, Laoula does not know that she is engaged to Ouf and falls in love with a poor peddler/make-up artist named Lazuli (Rachel Ozols)

The complications arise when Sirocco the astrologer (Michael Roddy) declares that Ouf and Lazuli are cosmically connected

and that if Lazuli dies, Ouf will die an hour later As Ouf has added an addendum to his will stating that when he dies Sirocco will be killed 15 minutes later, both men have a vested interest in keeping Lazuli alive and happy

This, of course, sets the stage for ensuing ridiculousness, miscommunications and other fun As the Director of Opera at Ithaca College said, “L’Etoile is the pinnacle of comic farce at the peak of European Romanticism ” The Ithaca College production has the aesthetic equation of Tim Burton meets The Hunger Games: the style of dress is somewhat Victorian, especially in the hats and hairpieces, but sleek suits and modern influences also abound Characters are color-coded, the set pieces are swooping and off-kilter and everything is so brightly colored it is nearly neon I was absolutely blown away by the sets and costuming which seemed to emphasize the farcical nature of the show the character personalities were embodied visibly in their dress and choreography Characters had an air of the clichéd English upper class in their movements and personas and yet color scheme seemed to add to the comic feel of these actions and turn them into parody rather than a true to life portrayal

One cannot go to an opera, of course, without talking about the music The music, like the rest of the performance, was whimsical and accessible All of the actors had very strong voices, suited to the range and demands of the opera Many of the songs had the audience in laughter with lines such as, “There’s

always a little danger, when tickling a stranger ” Ithaca College’s stage always manages to amaze, but L’Etoile has truly increased my respect for the theater program exponentially I have never been so hooked, invested and in love with an opera like I was with L’Etoile Though its run at Ithaca College is over, its success has made me more apt to attend all of the operas staged by Ithaca College in the future as they have demonstrated their ability to truly engage the audience and craft a beautiful operatic production

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

The Tonight Show With Fallon & Friends

After a 42 year residence in Burbank, California, The Tonight Show has finally returned to its home in 30 Rock’s Studio 6B with the happy-go-lucky Jimmy Fallon at its helm

Surrounded by his venerable sidekick, Steve Higgins, and the best late-night band, The Roots, Jimmy came right into his own despite the pressures of such a large and important franchise

The opening sequence, directed by Spike Lee, showcases the new (well, technically old) hometown with calculated cool The NYC montage, paired with the new set design by Eugene Lee sparkling under the heavy lights, makes it apparent that the new Tonight Show is about more than just a hip new host: it is about the city itself

The Tonight Show is a staple of American late night programming It was the first It creates and sustains careers in show business It puts America to sleep (in a good way) From Steve Allen to Jack Paar to Johnny Carson to Jay Leno to Conan O’Brien and back to Jay, each host has left some sort of mark Unfortunately in the past 22 years, its reputation has been sullied a bit by the uncomfortable shake-up of hosts first in the early 90s and then with the infamous Conan shrift in 2010

This time the transition feels more fluid and gracious Sure, Leno’s inter vie ws have shown that he probably still wants to hold on to the job but deep down he knows there is a need for new blood on that stage And Jimmy is that fresh, new blood The competition will be stiff with Letterman, Kimmel, and to a lesser extent, Colbert (“lesser” due only to his non-network status), all in the 11:30 p m

s l o t s Bu t t h e re i s s o m e t h i n g Jimmy has that the rest do not a playful charm that appeals to the kid in all of us and an ostensible h u m i l i t y s t e m m i n g f ro m h i s awareness that he won some kind of lottery He is that all-around n i c e g u y w h o w i l l s u c c e e d i n appealing to audiences of all ages

Before the show aired, Jimmy wrote to his fans, sharing the intangible excitement in the building for the new Tonight Show knowing, “ we’ll never have this exact feeling ever again We can ’ t put that feeling that moment back in the bottle ” That energetic buzz filtered into the show’s opening monologue in the form of palpable nerves, but the tension quickly dissipated once Jimmy got to doing what he does best: viral, gif-able, celebrity collaborations He kicked things off with “Evolution of Hip-Hop Dancing” featuring Will Smith and that was just the tip of the iceberg Every night has come with its own buzzy moment that bombards newsfeeds, Buzzfeed and Tumblr: from Kristen Wiig as a confused and windswept Harry Styles, The Ragtime Gals rendition of “Ignition (Remix),” to a deftly edited video of NBC’s Brian Williams and Lester Holt rapping “Rapper’s Delight,” to the fifth installment of “The History of Rap” with best friend, Justin Timberlake Even while maintaining many of the vestiges of Late Night, Jimmy is upping the ante and reinvigorating the staleness The Tonight Show has been experiencing in recent years It has finally become relevant to the 21st century

Along with the millions of Americans, Jimmy’s family, friends and colleagues have all come and showed their support this week, in the stead of typical promotional plugging No better example exists than the payout for the $100 bets against him

and acting legends to Lady Gaga to ex-best friend, and now competitor, Stephen Colbert The latter brought him the money in pennies and yelled, “Welcome to 11:30 bitch!” (His tone changed the following night on The Colbert Report when he congratulated Jimmy on the new gig and welcomed him to the timeslot)

This warm welcome is not just for the sake of appearances In fact when Jimmy asked first guest, Will Smith, for advice, he was told simply to “keep loving people,” a trait that Fallon has been exhibiting since his days at the Saturday Night Live Weekend Update desk He has never made fun of people for the sake of being mean, but rather points out the silliness and natural comedy of the public spotlight His ego never gets in the way like some of his colleagues, either He gives credit where credit is due and in return, he has received acceptance and adulation from those with whom he has come in contact He makes show business feel warm and fuzzy and not like the cold, austere, exclusive society that it can sometimes seem to be It is a warmth that has not really been present in late night television since the king himself, Johnny Carson Or better yet, he’s basically the late-night version of Ellen DeGeneres

“My goal is to make you laugh and put a smile on your face,” Jimmy said on Monday, “ so that you go to bed with a smile on your face and live a longer life ” He has accomplished just that if this premiere week is any indication of the rest of his tenure

Natalia Fallas is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at nfallas@cornellsun com

BIn Space Jam 2

reak up the Toon Squad Rumors are only rumors, but it seems that plans are in motion to make Space Jam 2, with Lebron James taking the Michael Jordan protagonist/savior role Mixing NBA stars with animated characters is a combination so simple yet so brilliant, it’s almost as good as putting sharks in a tornado Yet understandably, the thought of a sequel is not a topic to take lightly For many of us, Space Jam was the gateway drug to all other sports movies There are those who will bemoan the project, feeling the sequel cannot possibly capture the magic of the first Yet these bemoaners are mistaken SJ 2 has the potential, repeat potential, to be so much better than the beloved, but flawed original

While you can forever insist Lebron will never be Jordan on the court, it isn t hard to see how King James could be better than MJ on screen Jordan is notorious for being icy, ruthless, isolating and kind of a dick Lebron on the other hand is known to be friendly, unselfish and generally more effervescent

Many have said that Jordan’s personality helped him win, even while personal qualities are what hold Lebron back from potential greatness But in a movie (and in life) these qualities are big pluses that should help Lebron’s cinematic performance rank above Jordan’s In Space Jam, Jordan is forever po-faced and staid Beyond early quips about his fledging baseball career, the script does nothing but extol the greatness that is Jordan Rival NBA players are present only so that Jordan can stand out as the singular hero who saves their stolen talent Space Jam treats NBA legends like Charles Barkley and Patrick Ewing like The Avengers treats Hawkeye It’s easy to see Lebron, as he has in Miami, willfully sharing the spotlight with his NBA star friends in a way Jordan didn’t Dwayne Wade would want in Durant, Paul and Anthony can be involved too, not as subservient second fiddles, but as dignified 1bs to Lebron’s 1a

The message kids will take away from the sequel is one that promotes teamwork and friendship, not merely that Jordan is the greatest and talking Southern roosters play poor defense

But the true star of Space Jam 2 and the reason why this movie (and the Internet) should exist is because of one Christopher Wesson Bosh While he might look like a Monstar, Chris Bosh has the heart of a Tune Squad starter If he brings his walking-meme, video-bombing persona to Space Jam 2, the sequel will out-gross its predecessor twentyfold

Also for the sequel, the role of the buffoonish human sidekick (played too buffoonishly in the first movie by Wayne Knight) could get an upgrade from Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family) And Bill Murray’s game-saving cameo should be given to Bill Murray, because the man is as likable as ever and the king can stay the king

The NBA is riding a relative publicity high, and can use its momentum to further its brand through the film NBA Finals television ratings are the highest since Jordan’s zenith in the ’90s Star athletes and familyfriendly personalities are not always overlapping sets, but today’s NBA star is perceived to have a clean image that should translate well to family audiences That basketball players are some of the only athletes to have their faces uncovered during play only increases their marketing potential The NBA could use Space Jam 2 to further remove itself from its publicity dark ages of the early aughts, when a player formerly known as Ron Artest punched several fans during a game and the Portland Trailblazers were coined the Jailblazers for their penchant to do illegal things when not playing mediocre basketball

While the NBA can christen its new golden era with a second Space Jam, Bugs and the Looney crew could use a blockbuster film now more than ever

The franchise hasn’t released a movie since 2003 Since then, the animation field has become increasingly crowded with Pixar/Disney holding down the throne, DreamWorks being a worthy adversary, the Muppets making a comeback and even Lego getting in on the pie If Looney Tunes is to find modern relevance, it could do worse than to ride the jerseys of affable basketball superstars The first Space Jam netted $230 million, and while Bugs Bunny might have been as popular as Michael Jordan in 1996, the NBA players in Space Jam 2 might be the known commodities who have to sell a lisping duck and stuttering pig to a new generation of young moviegoers

Space Jam 2 can still be Lebron’s movie He can spend two silly hours on screen clowning every law Isaac Newton ever held dear in the alternate universe of Tune Land Nefarious Monstars can again bully the Looney Tunes, twisting the animated characters in ways that should require a safe word And Lebron can save the day in the end But by sharing the wealth amongst his rivals and friends, he can do what Michael Jordan’s magic bottle of water could not: provide a positive message to the entertaining story There Is No ‘I’

Brian Gordon is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relation He can be reached at bgordono@cornellsun com Bring Da Ruckus runs alternate Mondays

Arts Around Ithaca

Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds at the Haunt 9:00 p m on Friday

Arleigh Kincheloe leads this eight-piece modern twist on soul and funk Her seven-man band includes her brother Jackson on harmonica and a vast brass contingent, all backing her big voice and bigger lyrics primarily penned as a teenager while she flitted between New York City and the Catskill Mountains Folk-rock quartet Thru Spectrums will open for Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds at the Haunt on Friday, Feb 28 The show starts at 9 p m and tickets are $12 Kaitlyn Tiffany

Cock at Kitchen Theatre Wednesday through Sunday

Mark Bartlett’s Olivier-winning play crosses the pond to make its Ithaca debut at the Kitchen Theatre The show, described as a “love triangle for the 21st century, ” follows a gay man who falls for the woman of his dreams when he and his boyfriend take a break from their relationship (“WE WERE ON A BREAK ”)

Performed in the round, the staging is meant to evoke an arena for the characters to duke it out The play begs many intriguing questions about sexuality, relationships and the real meaning of love Sean Doolittle

Love, Loss & What I Wore 8:00 p m on Saturday

The Actor’s Workshop of Ithaca will present a series of monologues and dialogues pulled from the stories of the late Nora Ephron stories for and about women at all stages of life, with all proceeds benefiting the Advocacy Center A night of humor, warmth, sadness and sincerity, Love, Loss & What I Wore is a great show to attend with people you trust with your ugly cry-face The show is this Saturday, Mar 1, at 8 p m and tickets can be purchased online for $17 The ticket price includes a post-show reception catered by AGAVA restaraunt Kaitlyn Tiffany

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Heat Surges to Victor y O ver Bulls, Even Without Lebron

MIAMI (AP) LeBron James watched from the bench in a stylish gray suit, and with the game deadlocked at halftime, he took off his necktie

Soon the tie on the scoreboard was gone, too Stout defense plus Chris Bosh’s outside shooting and a boost from Miami’s reser ves helped the Heat overcome the absence of their MVP on Sunday to beat the Chicago Bulls 93-79

“ We were missing a pretty big man, ” Dwyane Wade said “ There’s nothing we can do to replace the best player in the world, but we just had to go out there and play team basketball on both ends of the floor

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James was a late scratch after he broke his nose in Thursday’s win at Oklahoma City, and his teammates picked up the slack Former NBA No 1 draft pick Greg Oden replaced James for his first NBA start since December 2009, and reser ves

Chris Andersen, Michael Beasley and Ray Allen helped the Heat pull away in the second half

“You don’t want to see guys out, ” said coach Erik Spoelstra, who earned his 300th career victor y “But when guys are out, I’m always curious to see how you respond as a team We’ve have several of these games that could have been excuse games, but guys have stepped up ”

Bosh tied a career high with four 3-pointers and had 28 points and 10 rebounds Wade added 23 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, while Mario Chalmers contributed 12 points and nine assists

Defense did the rest against the offensively challenged Bulls

“ We’re starting to put it together defensively,”

Bosh said “ We got off to a slow start early in the season, but I think right now we ’ re starting to get it, starting to click ”

Like the Heat, the Bulls were also short-handed, with starter Jimmy Butler a late scratch because of bruised ribs They shot 36 percent,

went 6 for 21 from 3-point range and were called for a 24-second violation at least six times, including twice in a row

“ We weren ’ t playing with a good enough thrust,” guard Kirk Hinrich said “ We were slow getting into our stuff We didn’t make quick decisions, and we got stuck fighting the clock ”

Joakim Noah had 20 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks for the Bulls, who had won five in a row

“ Those guys have ended our seasons a lot,” Noah said “You’ve got to hate playing those guys, and ever y time we play them our intensity has to be high We did it in spurts, it wasn ’ t good the whole time, and that’s what’s disappointing ”

Miami, playing at home for the first time in 20 days, extended its winning streak to five games Wade sealed the victor y by sinking a jumper with less than three minutes left, giving the Heat their first 18-point lead Earlier two of his points came on free throws after he improvised a backward somersault when fouled hard in the lane

Other wise there weren ’ t a lot of acrobatics from the typically high-flying Heat, who shot 42 percent and had only seven fast-break points

Contributing to the workmanlike effort was the 7-foot Oden, playing his 11th game after being sidelined by knee trouble for 3½ years He had five points and five rebounds in 13 minutes

“Greg was great, ” Spoelstra said “He’s an active player for somebody that big, and he’s very intelligent He has a good grasp of what we want to do ” The stoic Oden shrugged off the milestone of returning to the starting lineup

“I’m starting to feel a little more comfortable out there, and I think guys are starting to feel more comfortable with me, ” he said “It’s something we can build on Being able to put me in that starting lineup showed some confidence in me ”

Gardner A g rees to Four -Year Contract

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Outfielder Brett Gardner and the New York Yankees agreed Sunday to a four-year contract worth $52 million

The new pact starts in 2015 and includes a fifth-year club option for $12 5 million and a $2

m i l l i o n b u yo u t If t r a d e d , Gardner would receive $1 million

“It shows the level of confidence, belief and trust, and the type of player and person he i s , ” Ya n k e e s g e n e r a l m a n a g e r Br i a n Cashman said “We’re excited to know that he’s going to be a part of this team going forward We’re a better team with Gardy on it, that’s the bottom line This is a good day for him, and we believe it makes the future for us better ” Gardner has a $5 6 million, one-year contract for this season He would have been eligible for free agency after the 2014 season “ Fre e a g e n c y i s s o m e t h i n g that, it kind of intrigued me, but i t a l s o k i n d o f s c a re d m e , ” Gardner said “I’ve never been anywhere else I love it here I love putting on the pinstripes everyday ” Cashman said talks about the contract star ted at the winter

meetings in December

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Gardner to left field this year after the signing of free agent center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury to a $153 million, seven-year contract in December

Gardner did have questions in h

Ellsbury signing “When they signed Jacoby, your name gets

trade rumors and all

“It’s kind of annoying, really I didn’t want to

want to go anywhere else, and I let them know that ”

The 30-year-old Gardner hit 273 last year with eight home r uns, 52 RBIs and 24 stolen bases

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dynamic, the defense, and I think the offense is there as well ”

Also, the Yankees agreed to

who was with Boston last year and is coming back from right shoulder surgery last July

Cashman said the right-hander might be able to join the team in August or September

Collins Will Become First Openly Gay Active Player

B R O O K L Y N , N Y (AP) Jason Collins became the NBA’s first active openly gay player Sunday

His only focus was how he played basketball

“I don’t have time to really think about history right now, ” he said

Collins signed a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets earlier Sunday and coach Jason Kidd said he would play in their game in Los Angeles against the Lakers

The 35-year-old center revealed at the end of last season he is gay, but he was a free agent and had remained unsigned

Speaking at a crowded press conference, Collins said he was aware of the magnitude of his signing, but repeatedly said he was most concerned with learning the Nets’ plays

“ The pressure is playing in an NBA game tonight and last time I played in an NBA game was last April,” Collins said “So I think that’s enough pressure right there ”

With a need for another big man, the Nets turned to the 7foot Collins, who helped them reach two NBA Finals in the early 2000s

“The decision to sign Jason was a basketball decision,” general manager Billy King said in a statement “We needed to increase our depth inside, and with his experience and size, we felt he was the right choice for a 10day contract ” Collins has played 12 NBA seasons, including his first seven with the Nets, when they were in N e w Jersey and Kidd was their point g u a r d Kidd is now the N e t s ’ coach and C o l l i n s has been a teammate of several other current Nets

excited for him and proud that our league fosters an inclusive and respectful environment, ” Commissioner Adam Silver said The Nets worked out Collins during the All-Star break and met with him again Sunday, with his twin brother, Jarron, hinting that histor y would be made

“Hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday Today should be a pretty cool day!” Jarron Collins wrote on Twitter

The ne ws on Collins comes as Michael Sam, the

“Jason told us that his goal was to earn another contract with an NBA team Today, I want to commend him on achieving his goal I know everyone in the NBA family is

SEC defensive player of the year from Missouri who recently revealed he is gay, is taking par t in the NFL draft combine Sam’s on-field workouts in Indianapolis are scheduled for Monday

Red C apit ali z e s on Power Play ; Defense S cores Twice

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shot midway through the final period and then staved off the Bobcats, who used a sixth attacker in the game ’ s closing minutes, to officially end Cornell’s three-game losing skid with a 2-1 final

“He was outstanding all weekend,” Schafer said of Iles, who is now just 10 saves away from surpassing Ben Scrivens ’10 as Cornell’s alltime leader in that category

Iles and the defense were solid again Saturday at Princeton and the team got some more help from the post, which kept the Red up 1-0 in the second period

as long as we ’ re keeping things simple on the back end we ’ re going to be in good shape getting pucks up to our forwards,” he said “We’ve got a great group of forwards up front; so as long as we keep getting pucks to them we ’ re going to be in great shape ”

“Any opponent, any night, any place, we’re going to be up for the challenge.”

J a c o b M a c D o n a l d

Cornell’s first goal of the night came on a high shot from junior forward Brian Ferlin that marked the squad’s first power play goal in the last 33 attempts

The Red continued to capitalize off the power play with MacDonald’s five-on-four goal 17:18 into the second period The floodgates opened in the third period as MacDonald fed freshman defenseman Clint Lewis for his first collegiate goal and a 3-0 lead

“The odds of that happening again are probably zero, ” MacDonald said, reflecting on the goals from both defenders in the same game and the defense’s big role on both ends this weekend

MacDonald added that the Red will continue to focus on its fundamentals after this weekend’s successes

“[We’re] just keeping things simple If we try to do too much out there we ’ re going to make mistakes, and

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The Red, staving off the Tiger attack to win by a 4-1 final, now holds sole possession of fourth place in the ECAC Although Cornell still has to secure a firstround bye in the upcoming conference playoffs, the team did lock up a home playoff series to begin the tournament

“We just want to get as many wins as we can get here,”

MacDonald said “Obviously we’d love to play at Lynah, but none of that really matters Any opponent, any night, any place, we ’ re going to be up for the challenge ”

The Red’s weekend sweep also cements the icers as outright Ivy League champions Cornell currently holds a 7-0-1 record against the five other Ivy League teams that combine to form half of the ECAC

“It was good to go on the road, get four points and come home with the Ivy League championship outright,” Schafer said “It was great for our school Now we go home for our last weekend of the season ”

Cornell will host Dartmouth on Friday night before capping the regular season with the team ’ s annual showdown against historic rival Harvard at Lynah on Saturday evening

D ouglas P raises Red’s Ability

To ‘Come Together’ This S eason

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finish for the team in the 200 back with a time of 2:01 79 The finish was also the fourth best in Cornell history

According to Douglas, the Cornell women ’ s swimming and diving program took significant steps forward this season and was focused on team success

“This season was unreal in terms of how many records were smashed and how many best times were broken,” she said

“Everyone really came together to swim for the Big Red rather than themselves which led us to our super successful winning record this season ”

Douglas said she was pleased with the outcome of the season, highlighting the moral boost that some of the victories gave the team She also emphasized that the Red would not rest on its laurels, but would use the sustained rise of the team as inspiration for the coming season

“ We’re excited that we achieved so much this year

which will give us a huge confidence boost going into next year, ” Douglas said “We’ll keep training and keep building Started from the bottom now we ’ re here ”

After a successful dual meet season and a strong performance in the Ivy championships, the Red has finished 2014 on a high note, which bodes well for the future of the program

John McGrorty can be reached at jmcgrorty@cornellsun com

Princeton’s Power Play Plagues Red

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through the third period Princeton scored two of its goals on power plays

According to Gagliardi, Cornell’s lapses on its penalty kill proved costly, because Princeton took advantage of them and scored

“Especially on their first power play goal, we kind of were running around a lot and were out of position, and the second one person is out of position, it kind of throws everyone else off,”

she said “Unfortunately, they made nice plays and scored, but that’s something we practiced all year and there were mental errors that we need to

fix

” Cornell scored to cut the deficit to 3-2, but in the final push to tie the game late in the third, the Tigers scored again to widen the lead to two

According to Gagliardi, the Red needed to take risks in the last ditch attempt to tie the game, which allowed Princeton to score again

“When you ’ re down by a goal you ’ re just trying to get anything going that you can offensively, and sometimes you take risks, but again the goal was in our defensive zone and it was a preventable goal if we just stuck to what we ’ ve been doing,” she said “We just need to make sure we have those important habits

down going for ward, when every game is do or die ”

Cornell will face Princeton again next weekend, this time in a best of three quarterfinal series of the ECAC playoff tournament This gives the Red a chance to avenge Saturday’s loss, and according to Gagliardi, this will be a motivating force for the Red next weekend

“I think that when we lost on Friday we lost our chance of winning the regular season title, and then we lost the Ivy League title also when we lost to Princeton,” she said “So I think we definitely have some built up frustration, but we ’ re confident that we can get

some opposite results to what we got this weekend ”

According to Gagliardi, the Red showed persistence this weekend

“I think it just kind of goes back to the fact that we fought to the very last second in both games, so I think we know that we put together two solid games and things could have easily gone our way, ” she said “Moving forward we need to build off the energy we had and make sure that those details are taken care of so that those goals against us don’t go in ”

Ben Horowitz can be reached at bhorowtiz@cornellsun com

W O M E N ’ S H O C K E

To u g h Co n t e st s

Red can ’ t secure regular season Iv y title

By BEN HOROWITZ Sun Staff Writer

The No 3 Cornell women ’ s hockey team was on a six game winning streak heading into its last two regular season games this past weekend at Lynah Rink, and it hoped to close out the season on a high note However, Cornell lost both contests, first to Quinnipiac on Friday, 2-1, then to Princeton, 4-3, in Saturday’s Senior Day matchup With these two losses, Cornell failed to win the Ivy League and ECAC regular season titles

N o n e t h e l e s s , according to senior captain and defenseman Alyssa Gagliardi, the Red put forth two strong efforts and is confident in its determination

“It stinks that we

lost and we know that neither of them went our way, but we did play two good games, we fought to the end, and there was a lot of heart and determination to stay close in those games, ” she said “So we didn’t get any points out of the weekend, which is a bummer and something we ’ re not used too, but the seniors went out knowing that we gave it our all ” Cornell got off to a strong start against Quinnipiac, scoring the game ’ s first goal midway through the first However, the Bobcats responded with two goals in the third period, and the Red was unable to come back and tie it According to Gagliardi, Cornell came out with a high level of energy in both games

“I thought both games we had really good energy, we stuck to our gameplan, and we were playing well except for a few breakdowns here and there,” she said “We had some unlucky bounces and breakdowns along the way,

and we just weren ’ t able to score to tie it ”

Gagliardi added that the Red’s difficulties this weekend were on the defensive end

“I definitely thought we could have prevented Quinnipiac's two goals,” she said “It easily could have gone the other way if we had been stronger defensively, so that’s definitely something we ’ re going to have to work on But the problems are certainly fixable Obviously the loss hurts a lot, but hopefully we can learn from it this week ”

Cornell also scored first against Princeton on Saturday, but it eventually found itself in a two-goal deficit midway

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t was an exciting weekend in ECAC men ’ s hockey, as No 5 Yale pulled out a 5-2 victor y over No 10 Har vard, taking its record to 14-8-4 A slow star t to the match left the game scoreless in the first period, but both teams made up for it with a flurr y of goals in the second and third periods Five of the seven goals in the game were scored on power-plays Yale’s Matthew Beattie scored 10 minutes into the second period with an assist from Gus Young Jesse Root wrapped up the scoring for the Bulldogs at the end of the third period, scoring an unassisted empty net goal Yale was involved in another high-scoring game the next night against Dar tmouth The Bulldogs were unable to pull off a victor y in this game, ending the night with a 3-3 tie The Green opened the scoring four minutes into the first period and quickly built up a two-goal lead in the second period However, Yale fought back to force the tie Dar tmouth also achieved a victor y against No 8 Brown, with junior Matt Lorito evening the score out for the Bears in the third period, before Dar tmouth regained its lead in over time to win 2-1 The game had some intense moments, including Brown’s Jake Goldberg clearing Nick Bligh’s shot off the goal line less than five minutes into the game

Compiled by Hamdan Al Yousefi

Women: Yale, RPI Battle for Tight Weekend Results

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s ECAC conference this week, as No 7 Yale held No 2 Har vard to a 3-3 draw Although Har vard took the early lead with Elizabeth Parker scoring four minutes into the first period, Yale scored three times in a row Har vard’s Miye D’Oench pulled one back and Sydney Daniels brought the Crimson level with 75 seconds left to play The game went into over time, but no goals were scored Rensselaer battled bravely

team However, the Saints came out on top, 3-2 Both sides took advantage of their power-plays with Mel Desrochers a

St Lawrence, and Madison Mar zario and Taylor Mahone for RPI

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I c e r s C l i n c h I v y Ti t l e

With Win Over Tigers

Red snaps skid, defeats Quinnipiac, Princeton

The Red is back on track

Despite recent losses to Union and Rensselaer, head coach Mike Schafer ’86 insisted his team was playing some of its best hockey of the season

No 13 Cornell (14-7-5, 10-6-4 ECAC) backed up its coach’s claim by grabbing a hard-fought 2-1 victory over No 5

Quinnipiac (21-8-5, 116-3) on Friday and a 4-1 win at Princeton (5-220, 4-16-0) on Saturday to complete a four-point weekend sweep

Quinnipiac and Princeton both are very physical We knew it was going to be a long battle and we just knew we had to come out and [fight] and we were up for the challenge this weekend ”

The Red visited High Po i n t So

“ [ W ] e k n e w we needed to bounce back and we knew it was going to take a lot of tough work,” said junior defenseman Jacob MacDonald “Those were two really tough

with the hope of cutting into Quinnipiac’s 5-1-0 record against the team since the beginning of last s e a s o n T

B o b c a t s attacked senior goaltender Andy Iles throughout the evening with limited success, but did succeed on one of Quinnipiac’s 19 first period shots

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d a t r y from the top of the left circle, but the Bobcats got the rebound and directed another shot toward Iles Sliding to his right, Iles directed the puck off his left pad toward the front

This past weekend, the Cornell w o m e n

s s w i m m i n g a n d d i v i n g team competed at the 2014 Ivy League Championships, with the Red finishing the meet in seventh place overall Cornell ended the competition with an overall score of 662 points The score represents the third highest overall total in the history of Cornell’s program The Red also broke 11 program records over the course of the weekend

Individually, the competitors on the women ’ s swimming and diving t e a m p ro d u c e d s t ro n g p e r f o rmances Several members of the the roster achieved personal bests during the meet and were able to put themselves in a position to score for the team The Red, which finished

6-3 in the dual season including the p ro g r

Princeton, carried the momentum from one of its most successful dual seasons in recent memory into the Ivy championships, according to junior Bethany Douglas

“The meet couldn’t have gone better We scored our third highest ever team total score which was the perfect ending to our season in light of our incredible dual-meet season, ” Douglas said Freshman Currie Murch Elliot swam the fourth fastest 1650 free t i m e i n C o

Schlichte beat her season personal best by 33 seconds, finishing in 17th place with a time of 17:04:55

Billy Murch Elliot also had a top

of the net, where a ricochet off sophomore f

Quinnipiac ahead 1-0 with seven minutes remaining in the first period

The Red struck back quickly with a goal from junior defenseman Joakim Ryan Junior forwards John McCarron and Joel Lowry were able to maintain possession on the left end behind the Quinnipiac goal, and McCarron fed Ryan in the left circle for a quick shot to the inside, tying the game at one apiece

Ne a r l y 2 0 m i n u t e s l a t e r, m i d w a y through the second period, junior forward Cole Bardreau intercepted the puck at

Cornell’s blue line and pushed it forward to a

Quinnipiac defender and lifted a shot over the goalie’s glove on the right side, giving the Red a 2-1 advantage

From that point on, it was up to Iles and the Red defense to keep the Bobcats off the board for the game ’ s remaining 26 minutes Quinnipiac met Iles with 41 shots on the night, compared to only 15 for Cornell, but the senior held tough by saving all 14 third period chances The icers got a little help from the post which deflected a

Career Nights From Cherr y,

Cressler Not Enough to Lift Red

The Cornell men ’ s basketball team got a welcoming ovation from the home crowd as the team gathered into a pump-up huddle prior to the start of its matchup against Yale Friday night Cornell won the tip and scored on the first possession, which led to a strong start on both ends of the ball The team pressed on defense, forcing the Bulldogs to turn the ball over in the opening minutes

Despite coming out strong, the Red was left shorthanded against the Bulldogs Four of the team ’ s major contributors all season in freshm

Yale sophomore Jack Montague, who filled in for the injured junior guard Javier Duren, shot the ball very efficiently off of the bench The 6’0” guard had a career-night, scoring 18 points on five three-pointers, despite only owning a season average of 2 1 ppg

At halftime, the Red trailed the Bulldogs 45-31

Cornell came out of the locker room with renewed intensity The team pressured on

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e r , senior guard Dom Scelfo, j u n i o r f o rward Deion G i d d e n s a n d s o p h omore center

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game “ We a l l have really different injuries, and I hope we can come back I just hope I can get back before Senior Night,” Scelfo said, who was wearing a walking boot during the game

Yale was quick to capitalize on the Red’s diminished bench as the game progressed Sophomore forward Justin Sears, who leads the Bulldogs in scoring and is a strong contender for Player of the Year honors in the Ivy League, exploited the Red’s zone coverage, hitting seven of 12 shots from the field