When Muslim students and community members sat down for Friday prayer on Feb 15 in Anabel Taylor Hall, they sought spiritual peace and a sense of solidarity with fellow Muslims
What they encountered, however, was a sermon laden with racial and homophobic slurs, according to attendees
“Not all homosexuals are pedophiles, but all pedophiles are homosexuals,” the individual said, according to Ihsan Kabir ’14, president of the Committee for the Advancement of
“The anger caused by this individual’s words ruined my prayer that day ”
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then shouted remarks targeting the LGBTQ community, criticizing President Barack Obama for “being too liberal” in his acceptance of homosexuality
“Homosexuals are freaks and queers who want a pink earth,” the individual said, according to Kabir
Not only did the individual target the LGBTQ community, but he also criticized how some Muslim women take off their hijab, or head scar f, after praying, according to Kabir
“ Women are dressing like men, but are naked at the same time,” the speaker said
EMMA COURT Sun Senior Writer
Carrying candles and signs with messages such as “Who investigates the police?” or “No more police killing,” about 75 people gathered near the site of a 2010 shooting on West Buffalo Street Saturday for a vigil commemorating the third anniversary of the death of Shawn Greenwood, a black Ithaca resident who was shot and killed by a white officer of the Ithaca Police Department
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Attorney Gwen Wilkinson, IPD officers attempted to arrest Greenwood as part of a narcotics investigation, approaching him outside of Pete’s Grocery on West Buffalo Street, The Sun reported in May 2010 Greenwood resisted officers who tried to remove him from his vehicle, prompting officers to taser him
Greenwood then drove onto a curb, hitting a Dryden police officer Ignoring orders from the other officers to stop, Greenwood continued to drive, and IPD Sgt Brian Bangs fired several shots that killed the 29-year-old man
“This happened three years ago, and we still have questions unanswered that we ask[ed] shortly after this tragedy,” said James Ricks, one of the organizers of the event
Ricks decried what he called the police’s “long history of justifying the abuse and killing of the marginalized in our society ”
“The problem is that when police forgive each other, or pardon each other, it’s usually at the expense of somebody seriously injured or dead,” he said “Usually, and disproportionally, the ‘justifiably’ killed are black, brown or poor, or some combination of these three ”
Ricks also noted the discrepencies in the police’s investigation of Greeenwood’s death
“Why, if the police are being truthful, haven’t
Students Mourn Death of AAP Prof
By ERICA AUGENSTEIN Sun Staff Wr ter
Prof Kevin Pratt, architecture, who was called a “visionary” by students, died Tuesday of natural causes, according to a University press release He was 43 Pratt was a registered architect in New York State and an expert in sustainable design who –– follow-
Walking the walk
ing his semester as a visiting lecturer in 2006 –– became an assistant professor in the College of Architecure, Art and Planning in July 2007, according to a University press release
“We are stricken to the heart by this loss,” said Kent Kleinman, dean of AAP, in the press release
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they released the videos they confiscated of the incident?” Ricks said “There was conflicting police and witness testimony about key points in this tragedy ” Greenwood’s death was reenacted twice at the e ve n t by m e m b e r s o f t h e Sh a w n Gre e n
Working Group, an organization dedicated to honoring Greenwood’s memory by “continuing to challenge police racism and to support the community to take action for justice,” according to materials distributed at the event
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Students walk around the track in Barton Hall for Relay for Life on Saturday to raise money for the American Cancer Society
Monday, February 25, 2013
weather FORECAST
Autism Spectrum Disorders:
Cognitive Strengths and Weaknesses and Primary Interventions
12 -1 p m , G10 Biotechnology Building
Harvesting the Sea: The Economic Importance of Marine Resources in the Roman World
4:30 p m , 122 Goldwin Smith Hall
Zen Meditation Practice
5:30 - 6:30 p m , Anabel Taylor Hall
Prisoners’ Art Show Opening and Sale
7 - 9:30 p m , Big Red Barn
Tomorrow
Cornell University and Development Sociology: A Community Dialogue
12 -1:30 p m , 109 Academic Surge A
Medical Humanitarianism in the Age of Global Health Education: A Case Study from Sierra Leone 12:20 p m , 200 Savage Hall
The French Resistance as Social Movement 4:30 p m , A D White House
9500 Liberty: Film Screening 7:15 p m , Willard Straight Theatre
Cor nell pr esents its finest this w eek with a delightful combination of pr elims and pr ecipitation As the semester continues to set it in with yet another r ound of pr elims, the w eather will f eatur e a full sampling of pr ecipitation fr om rain to snow and both at the same time.
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35° F lur ries April showers bring May flowers Februar y showers probably bring miser y Thursday offers another sampling of all Ithaca has to offer all in one day Luckily, the week is almost over
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Finally, the precipitation stops as a reward for making it through the week
Compiled by Erica Augenstein It’s warm enough to get your hopes up and just cold enough to facilitate freez ing rain
C.U. Responders: Job Is ‘One of the Best Things in the World’
By SHANE DUNAU Sun Staff Wr ter
With slippery slopes and gaping gorges
in addition to piles of snow, rain and sleet a walk through Cornell’s campus can prove treacherous Cornellians can rest easy, however, thanks to a well-prepared group of emergency responders
One responder, Jodi Bizari, has worked as an officer for the Cornell University Police Department for more than five and a half years, after she left an office job at a payroll company
“Have you ever seen the movie Office Space? That was my life It was horrible I thought to myself, ‘I have to do something: I can ’ t do this nine-to-five cubicle life anymore It makes me crazy, ’” Bizari said
It was then, Bizari said, that she saw a job posting for CUPD Drawing on her education in criminal justice at the State University of New York at Brockport, she applied for the job Competing against hundreds of people, Bizari said she earned the position, and within two weeks, had moved to outside of Ithaca, where she began her six-month training at the police academy
“[At the academy], you didn’t just have to be academically smart You had to work out every day: you had to be in good physical shape,” Bizari said “They kind of take you to your breaking point ”
“There was a lot of yelling,” she added
After successfully completing her training and spending more than five years on the job, Bizari said her favorite part about working on campus is the collaboration between CUPD and the campus judicial system
“At Cornell, I like that we have that intermediate entity where people can be educated, maybe get in a little bit of trouble, but not have a permanent record, not
be scarred for life,” she said
While Bizari has more recently started working for CUPD, Emergency Manager and volunteer firefighter Dan Maas ’87 has been a part of emergency services since he graduated from Cornell
Maas now works under the umbrella of the Cornell’s environmental health and safety department, but he started as a volunteer for CUPD in his freshman year and was subsequently hired as a student police auxiliary
“I worked for [CUEHS] as an undergrad, doing everything from dispatching blue light to wandering around doing night patrol, checking doors things like that ”
Maas said
Maas said he realized when he graduated how much he loved the Ithaca area and tried to find a way to stay He said he applied to the job as a life safety specialist and began working for what would become the Environmental Health and Safety Department, where he still works more than 20 years later
Maas said he was motivated by his love of exploring the University to take his first job after school
“Part of the job of being an emergency responder is knowing the campus inside and out There are folks here whose job is in one building and that’s all they know about the campus, ” Maas said “My job is to know the entire campus, so I really love that ”
Maas works full-time as Emergency Manager, and also volunteers at the Ithaca Fire Depar tment, r unning the hazmat team Additionally, he is a part of the campus confined space rescue team, and serves as the advisor to Cornell EMS
Maas said mentoring CUEMS is one of his favorite jobs on campus because he gets to work with student leaders One of them, Dan Du Pont ’13, is a crew chief for
CUEMS
Du Pont transferred to Cornell from the University of Pennsylvania his sophomore year after he came to Cornell to visit friends
“When I was doing my initial college search, I never really had that moment where I came to a campus and fell in love with it, but it definitely happened when I came to Cornell,” Du Pont said
After seeing a poster for a CUEMS recruiting drive, Du Pont applied and eventually became a member of the highly selective squad
Through CUEMS, Du Pont said he not only found his passion for emergency medical work, but also his future career “ Through the introduction that CUEMS gave me I have found a field, pre-
hospital care and emergency care which is what I want to do with the rest of my life,” said Du Pont, who switched to a pre-med track after entering Cornell as a mathematics and physics double major Du Pont, who works more than 40 hours a week as a volunteer for CUEMS, said he never regrets the sometimes long hours
“It’s just incredibly fun If you like it, it’s one of the best things in the world to do the excitement of driving to a call, getting onto an extreme scene and being able to help people,” Du Pont said “If you don’t find it fun, you really can ’ t stay in it long ”
C.U. Starts D ialogues to Empower ‘ Women of Purpose’
By ANNIE BUI Sun Contributor
In an effor t to bring together women of color from Cornell and the Ithaca community, the Women of Purpose Alliance a n e w o r g a n i z a t i o n d e v e l o p e d under the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives held its first dialogue circle Saturday, the first in a series of what will become monthly dialogue circles
OADI Community Advocate
Melanie Netter ’14 said the purpose of the Dialogue Circle was to “ create a relaxed, non-academic setting where women from
of all ages, can come together to
ences ” “ There are a variety of events for different issues on campus, but most are set in a ver y academ
ment, ” said Pheobe Sam ’14, a n o t h e r OA D I C
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y Advocate “ With the dialogue circles, we want people to be able to express themselves with-
choosing their words carefully ”
The advocates said they hope these discussions will “give rise to a sisterhood, in which mem-
each other to be the best they can be, or women of purpose, ” according to Netter
Sa m a n d Ne t t e r s a i d t h e y hope the dialogue circles will foster a suppor t system in which women of color can share their experiences confidentially with one another
“ We want to make it seem as if you were just talking to your family or best friend,” Sam said
The first dialogue circle discussed the media and its role in s h a p i n
w reality television shows, such as The Real Housewives of Atlanta and Basketball Wives, can shed
negative light on and engender society’s vie w of women of certain races
“Mainstream media is where stereotypes are usually projected,” said Kimberly Kerr ’13, one of the par ticipants
Ve r o n i c a Wa l l a c e ’ 1 6 s a i d many television shows use racial stereotypes as a selling point
“People enjoy watching the drama, aggression and fighting,” she said
Attendants also commented
with stereotypes both positive and negative and discuss cert a i n p o s
h a t helped them embrace their own culture or race
Ho w e v e r, t h e w o m e n a l s o shared negative stereotypes that they have encountered in their c o m m u n i t y, a n d e v e n a m o n g their own peers and friends
“It’s difficult to get rid of stereotypes, but one way to alleviate them is to simply get to k n o w o n e a n o t h e r b e t t e
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Kristi McKenzie ’13
Kerr added that many who live under the burden of stereotypes may have to act a cer tain way that is untr ue to themselves in order to prevent amplification of that par ticular stereotype “ There are extra steps that you have to take in order to prevent a stereotype from applying,” Kerr said “ We should connect and identify with people based on more common things, and not so much on preconceived stereotypes ”
At the end of the event, each par ticipant was asked to write a shor t message or note of encouragement on an index card Each of these cards were then distributed around the discussion circle
Wallace said she thought the dialogue circle created a “positive” environment
“I thought it would be more formal, but I felt comfor table e x p re s s i n g m y i d e a s , ” Wa l l a c e said “I will definitely keep on attending these dialogue circles, given that I have the time ”
Mc K e n z i e e c h o e d Wa l l a c e ’ s sentiments, saying, “it was relaxing I felt as if I were conversing with my friends ”
Both Sam and Netter said t
by
turnout of the first dialogue cir-
whom were from the Cornell community
“ Though we didn’t have as many attendees from the Ithaca community as we would have hoped, we have community outreach members who are spreading the word beyond Cornell
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more women will attend future events
“ We hope that more women will bring their friends, spread the word and help make this event grow, ” Sam said
Members of the Tompkins County Workers’ Center
Breaking down barriers
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Students and faculty gather Sunday to listen to Ellen Fullman’s demonstration of long string instruments set up in Milstein Hall
Alive with the sound of music
C.U. Muslims ‘Disgusted’ by Sermon
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“I must stress that it was the overall message of the speech that greatly offended me ”
O f Deceased AAP Professor
Student: Pratt was ‘always so energetic’
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Sonny Xu ’13, who was a thesis advisee of Pratt’s, said Pratt was involved in numerous oncampus projects and organizations
“Cornell is going to suffer because of this loss I don’t think [Pratt] is replaceable,” Xu said “I could not ask for a better mentor, boss or professor He is also a good friend ” Max Vanatta ’16 echoed Xu’s sentiments, adding Pratt was a formative influence in his life
“He has shaped my experience at Cornell, just being able to talk to someone like him,” Vanatta said “He was such a visionar y, and even though he was a visionar y, he was down-toear th ”
fast and he talked so much you had to r un to keep up with him
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“He reshaped the way I think about architecture and design, just the way I see ever ything,” Xu said “I am dedicating my thesis to him, because he made my education here at Cornell a full and meaning ful one ”
According to Vanatta, Pratt transformed his perception of architecture
Jinjoo Lee can be reached at jinjoolee@cornellsun com
Students said Pratt’s personality was distinctively energetic in a way that enhanced the classes he taught and built long-lasting memories
“He [was] always so energ e t i c , f r i e n d l y a n d d o w n - t oear th He [was] also ver y intelligent and full of crazy ideas,” Xu said “He really inspire[d] me and [got] me excited about my project ”
L u c i a L e e ’ 1 6 a d d e d t h a t Pratt had “the energy of three people ” Vanatta, Xu and Wills said Pratt’s class, first-year design studio, was one of the most influential experiences at Cornell
“His class was the first that I had ever taken at Cornell,” said Allie Wills ’16 “His class was one of the only lectures I always looked for ward to ” Wills and Lee said Pratt took the class on a hike for the first class
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about the world and about the impact of ever ything we do ”
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“He is the person who contributed so much to what we are actually learning, how architecture is really applicable to our ever yday lives,” Lee said
Vanatta also described Pratt as an exceptional teacher
“Some people know ever yt h i n g , a n d s o m e p e o p l e c a n explain ever ything He was one of those people that was both,” Vanatta said “ You could just talk to him for two hours and he would be per fectly fine with it ”
Xu said he felt a deep personal loss upon hearing the ne ws of Pratt’s death
“ The morning when I heard about it, I could not just take it It was too much,” he said
Erica Augenstein can be reached at eaugenstein@cornellsun com
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Emma Court can be reached at ecourt@cornellsun com
Police Seek Prime Suspect in Las Vegas Sho otin g, C ar Crash
LAS VEGAS (AP) Variously known as an adult playground and Disneyland for grown-ups, Las Vegas brands itself as a place where tourists can enjoy a sense of edginess with no real danger
But a series of high-profile episodes of random violence amid the throngs of tourists is threatening Sin City’s reputation as a padded room of a town where people can cut loose with no fear of consequences
A car-to-car shooting and fiery crash that killed two bystanders and an aspiring rapper Thursday followed a bizarre elevator stabbing and a movie theater parking lot shooting
Though crime has been falling on the glitzy stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard that houses most of the city’s major casinos, tourism officials worry that vacationers and convention planners could begin to steer clear of the town because of a perception of mayhem
“We are concerned because it can create misperceptions about the safety of the city, the safety of the Strip,” said Gar y Thompson, spokesman for Caesars Entertainment, which owns 10 resorts in the tourist zone, including Caesars Palace and Paris Las Vegas
Casinos are particularly worried about convention business, which helps fill rooms and gambling tables between weekends Corporate planners can swing the market with a few decisions, said Gordon Absher, spokesman for MGM Resorts International
“And that decision will bring thousands of people,” he said MGM operates several major casino-hotels, including CityCenter, where Thursday’s convulsion of violence originated
Violent crime, which includes murder, rape, robbery and assault, in the city’s main
tourist hub fell 13 percent in 2012, from 256 to 223 incidents, and is down 11 percent for the first part of 2013, with 50 incidents reported The number of rapes has fallen by more than a third
There have been two homicides just off the Strip this year, in addition to the three deaths Thursday, compared to none in the area during the first month and a half of 2012
Had they taken place elsewhere, the incidents that made headlines in recent weeks would never have become national stories, Thompson said But when the crime happens in a city that welcomes 40 million visitors a year, people tend to care even if they haven’t seen the neon lights in years
“It’s like, ‘I was there! I stayed in there in Las Vegas! I walked that part of the Strip!’“ he said
The spate of violence started just before the new year, when a man shot and killed his ex-girlfriend, an Excalibur hotel-casino concierge clerk, before fatally shooting himself
The following week, a blackjack dealer was wrestled to the ground at the Bellagio with razor blades in both hands She is charged with killing a 10 year-old girl and then slashing her co-worker’s face
On New Year’s Eve, a man allegedly fired a gunshot into the floor of the crowded Circus Circus casino during an argument A Saudi air force sergeant is accused of raping a 13-year-old boy in the rooms above the same night
A nighttime shooting outside a Strip movie theater left two people critically wounded earlier this month Last week, two random men allegedly assaulted a visitor in the elevator at the Mandalay Bay property, tackling him and stabbing him in such a
frenzy that they also stabbed each other
During the same period, Las Vegas courts sentenced a Florida teacher for killing a stranger with a single punch after trading words in a casino bathroom, and heard the case of two law students charged with beheading an exotic bird at the Flamingo casino-hotel
The shoot-’em-up car chase that closed the Strip for 12 hours Thursday was the most public and deadly incident yet
A person in a luxury SUV opened fire on an aspiring rapper in a Maserati near one of the busiest intersections on the iconic corridor As the bullets flew, the Maserati ran a red light and crashed into a taxi, which burst into flames The taxi driver, a passenger and the rapper were killed, and six people were injured
Casino executives say they do all they can to keep visitors safe, with armies of guards, networks of high-definition sur veillance cameras and undercover security workers
scattered throughout nearly every major attraction
“Unless you are a complete idiot, you ’ re not going to want to commit many crimes in or around a casino because you ’ re going to get caught,” Thompson said
But catching a criminal isn’t the same as stopping the crime Commissioners in Clark County, where Las Vegas is located, are weighing steps to increase safety, including installing additional cameras in public spaces and broadening the sidewalks In October, they banned potentially dangerous objects including fireworks, knives and toy guns from the Strip
But real guns remain permissible Nevada’s relaxed gun laws, including the ability to carry them openly, have made Las Vegas an attractive spot for shooting ranges and gun shows
Some observers think police should step up their presence on the Strip, just as they did after three slayings in 2011
Sunset strip | Recent incidents of violence in Las Vegas, Nev. have generated concer ns among officials about the safety of tourists visiting the city
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o a n o t h e r f o r m u t u a l u t i l i t y a n d c o n v e rs a t i o n ; w i t h o u t w h i c h , t h e re h a d b e e n a m o n g s t m e n , n e i t h e r C o m m o n - w e a l t h , n o r So c i e t y, n o r C o n t r a c t , n o r Pe a c e ” T h u s , l a n g u a g e i s t h e f o u n d a t i o n t h a t g l u e s c i v i l i z a t i o n t o g e t h e r ; i t i s u s e d i n o rd e r t o t r a n s f e r o u r t h o u g h t s a n d k n ow le d g e i n t o w o rd s , s o t h a t w e c a n m a i n t a i n p e a c e , h a p p i n e s s a n d h u m a n i t y i t s e l f Fu r t h e r m o re , a c c o rd i n g t o Ho b b e s , t r u t h a n d f a l s e h o o d a re “ a t t r i b u t e s o f Sp e e c h , n o t o f T h i n g s , ” m e a n i n g t r u t h l i e s i n o u r w o rd s , n o t o u r a c t i o n s A s a re s u l t , w h a te v e r w e w r i t e o r s a y t o o n e a n o t h e r ( a n d u l t i m a t e l y t e a c h o n e a n o t h e r ) h a s a p r of o u n d a n d p o t e n t i a l l y d a n g e r o u s e f f e c t o n o u r s o c i e t y O n e w r o n g w o rd c a n c h a n g e t h e c o u r s e o f a n y t h i n g a n d e v e r y t h i n g ; o n e w r o n g w o rd c a n l i t e r a l l y re w r i t e a n d re c re a t e t h e t r u t h Wi t h t h i s i n m i n d , t w o w e e k s a g o T h e
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i n f l u e n c e s T h u s , w h e n w e u s e t h i s t e r m i n c l a s s a n d re a d i t i n o u r t e x t b o o k s , w e c o n t i n u e t o p r o p a g a t e t h i s Eu r o c e n t r i c i d e a a n d c o n t i n u e t o l e a r n , v i e w a n d t e a c h t h r o u g h a n a r r ow e r l e n s U l t i m a t e l y, t h e s e w o rd s “ Mi d d l e E a s t ” a re t r u t h f u l i n o u r m i n d s a t l e a s t f o r t h o s e t h a t u s e t h e t e r m It i s i m b u e d i n t o o u r m i n d s a n d i s a p a r t o f t h e w o r l d t h a t w e c r e a t e f o r o u r s e l v e s R e g a r d l e s s o f w h e t h e r o r n o t o n e b e l i e v e s t h a t t h e i s s u e o f t h e Is r a e l i a n d Pa l e s t i n i a n t e x t b o o k s i s m o re a l a r m i n g t h a n t h e q u e s t i o n o f h ow w e d e f i n e “ T h e Mi d d l e E a s t , ” t h e y b o t h u l t i m a t e l y h a v e t h e s a m e e f f e c t o n o u r s o c i e t y : t h e y c re a t e w o rd s t h a t a re i m b e dd e d i n t o o u r m i n d s , re d e f i n i n g a n d re c rea t i n g t h e t r u t h So , h ow d o w e a p p r o a c h t h i s i s s u e o f d e l e g i t i m i z a t i o n o f c o u n t r i e s o r e n t i re re g i o n s t h r o u g h o u r l a n g u a g e ? Do w e t r y a n d c h a n g e t h e t e x t b o o k s , o r s h o u l d w e c h a n g e t h e c u r r i c u l u m a l l t o g e t h e r ? Wi l l t h i s u l t i m a t e l y s o l v e a n y t h i n g ? Pr o b a b l y n o t R a t h e r, w e s h o u l d l e a r n t o u n d e rs t a n d t h e p ow e r l a n g u a g e a n d w o rd
E c o n o m i s t p u b l i s h e d a n a r t i c l e a b o u t h o w Is r a e l i a n d Pa l e s t i n i a n t e x t b o o k s d e l e g i t i m i z e e a c h o t h e r a n d p l a n t n e g at i v e s t e r e o t y p e s i n t o s c h o o l c h i l d r e n ’ s m i n d s A c c o r d i n g t o t h e r e p o r t , o n e Is r a e l i t e x t b o o k “d e p i c t s A r a b s a s ‘ b l o o dt h i r s t y ’ a n d ‘ a n e s t o f m u rd e re r s , ’ ” w h i l e “ 8 4 p e r c e n t o f t h e re f e re n c e s t o Is r a e l i s a re n e g a t i v e ” i n Pa l e s t i n i a n t e x t b o o k s In a d d i t i o n , i n b o t h Pa l e s t i n i a n a n d Is r a e l i s t a t e s c h o o l s t h e t e x t b o o k s t h a t a re b e i n g u s e d “ p r o m o t e ‘ m a r t y r d o m - s a c r i f i c e t h r o u g h d e a t h ’ ” T h u s , b o t h Pa l e s t i n i a n a n d Is r a e l i s c h o o l s s e e m t o b e t e a c h i n g t h e i r s t u d e n t s t o “ h a t e e a c h o t h e r, ” a t a ct i c t h a t u l t i m a t e l y a d d s m o re f u e l t o t h e f i re o f a c o n t e n t i o u s a n d i m m e d i a t e c o nf l i c t T h i s i n s t a n c e o f d e l e g i t i m a t i z a t i o n p e r f e c t l y s h o w s u s o f h o w i m p o r t a n t w o rd s a n d l a n g u a g e a re i n g ov e r n i n g t h e “ t r u t h ” T h e s e t e x t b o o k s a re u s e d a s a m e a n s o f t e a c h i n g t h e y o u t h a b o u t t h e w o r l d t h e y l i v e i n ; t h e y a re a m e c h a n i s m i n w h i c h w e i m p a r t a n d s h a re o u r w o rd s , e f f e c t i v e l y s ow i n g t h e m i n t o t h e s e c h i ld re n ’ s i m p re s s i o n a b l e m i n d s W h e n t e x tb o o k s h a v e n e g a t i v e re f e re n c e s t ow a rd s Is r a e l i s o r p o r t r a y A r a b s a s “ b l o o d t h i r s t y, ” t h e s e w o rd s u l t i m a t e l y i n s t i l l s o m e s o r t o f t r u t h , re g a rd l e s s o f w h e t h e r o r n o t t h e s e w o rd s a re re f l e c t e d i n t h e Is r a e l i s ’ o r A r a b s ’ a c t i o n s B e c a u s e i t i s w r i t t e n i n b o o k s , t h o s e c h i l d r e n t h a t r e a d t h e s e w o rd s w i l l e v e n t u a l l y c o m e t o b e l i e v e w h a t t h e y a re re a d i n g T h i s i s t h e p ow e r t h a t l a n g u a g e a n d w o rd s h a v e ; i t i s t h e d r i v i n g f o r c e t h a t g ov e r n s o u r t h o u g h t s a n d b e l i e f s , c o n s t a n t l y r e c r e a t i n g a n d re c o n s t r u c t i n g t h e u n i v e r s e w e l i v e i n How e v e r, re m e m b e
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
STUDENT ARTIST SPOTLIGHT : Jung-ho Sohn ’14
BY EMILY GREENBERG Sun Staff Writer
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T h e Su n t a k e s a c l o s e r l o o k a t o n e o f t h e s e c a m p u s i n n ovat o r s , e x a m i n i n g t h e a r t i s t’s p ro c e s s , c o n c e p t s a n d , m o s t i m p o rt a n t l y, t h e w a y h i s o r h e r w o rk i m p rove s , s u bve r t s o r rei m a g i n e s a g i ve n m e d i u m Wo o d c h i p s a n d f l a k e s o f w h i t e p a i n t l i t t e r t h e h a rd -
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t h e l e n g t h o f t h e g a l l e r y, a re p i l e d l i k e c h a r re d f i re w o o d a t o n e e n d o f t h e ro o m To o l s a re s c a t t e re d a t r a n d o m h a m m e r s a n d h a n d s a w s i n o n e c o r n e r, d r i l l b i t s a n d m e as u r i n g t a p e i n a n o t h e r Re d y a r n z i g - z a g s f ro m f l o o r t o o p p o s i t e c e i l i n g T h e g a l l e r y i s a m e s s , b u t Ju n g - h o So h n ’ 1 4 d o e s n ’ t c a re He ’ s h i g h o n a l a d d e r d r i l l i n g o n e e n d o f a w o o d e n
b e a m a t t h e j u n c t u re w h e re w a l l m e e t s c e i l i n g Be l ow, t w o s t u d e n t s h e l p s u p p o r t t h e b e a m , w h i c h w o b b l e s s l i g h t l y A n g l e d a p p rox i m a t e l y 4 5 d e g re e s f ro m t h e w a l l , t h e b e a m r u n s f ro m f l o o r t o c e i l i n g , w h e re i t f o r m s a n e a t t r i a n g l e w i t h a n o t h e r b e a m a n g l e d i n t h e o p p o s i t e d i re c t i o n
Do n e d r i l l i n g , So h n c l i m b s d ow n t h e l a d d e r, h o p s ove r t h e re d s t r i n g a n d s i n k s b a c k a g a i n s t w a l l t o t h e f l o o r T h a t s e c o n d b e a m , h e t e l l s m e , t o o k f o u r h o u r s t o i n s t a l l a n i m p rove m e n t ove r t h e f i r s t , w h i c h t o o k s i x h o u r s
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b e f o re h i s s h ow c o u l d o p e n So h n ’ s f i r s t s o l o a r t s h ow, C o m p ro m i s e , o p e n e d t o d a y a t Ol i ve T j a d e n Ga l l e r y a n d w i l l h a ve a re c e p t i o n a t 5 p m
A s i t e - s p e c i f i c s c u l p t u r a l i n s t a l l a t i o n , t h e s h ow f e a t u re s f o u r b l a c k w o o d e n b e a m s t r a ve r s i n g t h e w h i t e c u b e g a l l e r y A s So h n n o t e d , t h i s s h ow i s a h u g e d e p a r t u re f ro m T j a d e n Ga l l e r y ’ s u s u a l s h ow s , w h i c h o f t e n f e a t u re h u n g w o rk “ It s a l m o s t a s i f t h e re s a s e t t r a d i t i o n o f w o rk h a v i n g t o b e o n t h e w a l l s o n l y, ” h e s a i d “ On l y a f e w o f t h e s h ow s t h a t I ’ ve s e e n s e e m t o i n t e r a c t w i t h t h e o p e n s p a c e o r j u s t t h e c e n t e r o f t h e ro o m , t h e c e i l i n g , a n y t h i n g l i k e t h a t , s o I w a n t e d t o d o s o m e t h i n g t h a t w o u l d a l l ow t h e v i e we r t o e n g a g e w i t h t h e s p a c e i n a d i f f e re n t m a n n e r ” If t h e s h ow i s a h u g e d e p a r t u re f o r T j a d e n Ga l l e r y, i t ’ s a l s o a h u g e d e p a r t u re f o r t h e a r t i s t So h n , w h o g re w u p i n So u t h Ko re a b u t a t t e n d e d h i g h s c h o o l i n t h e Un i t e d St a t e s , b e g a n m a k i n g t r a d i t i o n a l d r a w i n g s a n d p a i n t
r i n g h i s f re s h m a n ye a r, h e w o u n d y a r n a ro u n d t h e e n t i re t y o f T j a d e n Ha l l , p a r t l y t o s e e h ow l o n g i t w o u l d t a k e t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n t o re s p o n d ( T h e n e x t m o r n i n g , t h e y a s k e
n g s y s t e m , b u t a t s o m e p o i n t I re a l i ze d t h a t t h a t w a s o n l y o n e s p e c i f i c w a y o f c re a t i n g w o rk , ” h e s a i d , n o t i n g i t s l i m i t a t i o n s Du r i n g h i s s e m e s t e r i n Ne w Yo rk C i t y l a s t s p r i n g , So h n w a s h e a v i l y i n f l u e n c e d by C o r n e l l Pro f e s s o r Jo h n Ju r a y a n d by t h e w o rk o f Te a c h i n g A s s o c i a t e Da re n Ke n d a l l M FA ‘ 1 2 He b e g a n m a k i n g w o rk t h a t w a s d i sr u p t i ve b u t l e s s a g g re s s i ve , e d g i n g a w a y f ro m p e r f o rm a n c e a r t i n f a v o r o f s c u l p t u r a l i n s t a l l a t i o n s No n e t h e l e s s , h e c o n s i d e r s h i s i n s t a l l a t i o n s d e r i va t i ve o f h i s e a r l i e r p e r f o r m a n c e p i e c e s “ In a p e r f o r m a n c e , d u e t o m y p h y s i c a l p re s e n c e b e i n g w i t h i n t h e w o rk , I h a ve a d i re c t e n g a g e m e n t w i t h t h e v i e we r, ” h e s a i d “ [ In m y re c e n t w o rk ] t h e s c u l p t u re s re p l a c e m y ro l e T h e y a re t h e o n e s t h a t e xe r t p re s e n c e ” T h e s c u l p t u re s i n C o m p ro m i s e c e r t a i n l y e xe r t a p re se n c e Re g a rd i n g t h e d i m e n s i o n s a n d p l a c e m e n t s o f t h e b e a m s , So h n s a i d h e c o n s i d e re d t h e m “ i n re l a t i o n t o t h e b o d y t h a t w o u l d b e e n g a g i n g w i t h t h e p i e c e ” L i k e w i s e , So h n c o n s i d e re d t h i s b o d y w h e n p a i n t i n g t h e b e a m s , a l l ow i n g t h e w o o d g r a i n t o s h ow t h ro u g h s o t h a t p e o p l e c o u l d b e “f u l l y a w a re o f w h a t m a t e r i a l t h e y a re i n t e r a c t i n g o r e n g a g i n g w i t h a n d a l s o f u l l y a w a re o f h ow d e va s t a t i n g t h i s c o u l d b e ” A l t h o u g h So h n d i d n o t i n t e n d t h e w o b b l i n e s s o f t h e b e a m s , h e s a i d h e l i k e d t h e s e n s e o f p re c a r i o u s n e s s t h e y i n s t i l l , t h e e f f e c t t h e y h a ve o n t h e b o d y a s i t m ove s t h ro u g h t h e s p a c e o f t h e g a l l e r y “ It m a k e s yo u m o re c o n s c i o u s o f yo u r ow n b o d y W h e n yo u ’ re w o rk i n g w i t h a s a w, yo u ’ re m o re a w a re o f w h e re yo u r h a n d s a re p l a c e d , ” h e s a i d T h e re l a t i o n s h i p b e t we e n b o d y a n d w o rk w a s c e r t a i nl y a p p a re n t t o t h e s t u d e n t s h e l p i n g So h n i n s t a l l h i s w o rk t h i s we e k e n d o n e s t u d e n t w h o h e l p e d So h n c a r r y i n t h e b e a m s w a l k e d a w a y w i t h f o u r s p l i n t e r s Eve n a f t e r t h e f i r s t t w o b e a m s we re i n s t a l l e d , s t u d e n t s m i l l e d a b o u t c a ut i o u s l y So m e h o p p e d ove r t h e l owe r e n d o f t h e s c u l p t u re r a t h e r t h a n d u c k u n d e r t h e h i g h e r e n d f o r f e a r i t w o u l d f a l l d ow n A n M FA s t u d e n t c a r r i e d o u t a l a d d e r, c a re f u ll y a vo i d i n g t h e re d s t r i n g m a rk i n g t h e n e x t t w o b e a m s A l t h o u g h h e w o u l d n o t m e n t i
Arts Around Town
Broken Chains
9 p m on Friday and 3 p m on Sunday at Risley Theater
The life of St Peter rendered through hip-hop? Thats right Risley Theater is staging a “gospel hiphopera” about the life of St Peter in affiliation with the 36th Annual Festival of Black Gospel in Ithaca this weekend In addition to this unique concept, the performance will feature live gospel singing, slam poetr y, gospel, steep pan and West African drum In addition Prof Patrick Gray, Ithaca College, English, will present the music he co-wrote while at the Yale School of Music
Meredith
Joyce ’14
Pentatonix
Monday at 8 p m at the State Theatre
If you think you ’ ve heard Gangam Style enough for a lifetime, then you are clearly mistaken Tonight, a capella phenomenon Pentatonix will take on Psy’s hottest pop song and many other hits, all without instruments, in a stunning presentation of the power of the human voice
The winners of Season 3 of The Sing-Off, the Pentatonix have become a quintet-force in music, re-developing pop songs into incredibly catchy a capella routines We challenge you not to stand up in the theater and sing along as they dazzle their way through your favorite songs
Gabrielle Velkes ’16
OAmbassadors
Thursday at 9 p m at the Haunt
The Ambassadors are bringing their R&B and gospel-tinged rock sound to the Haunt this week Ithaca natives Noah Feldshuh and brothers Sam and Casey Harris, along with Adam Levin, released their debut album Litost in Januar y 2012 and were featured at Lollapalooza this past summer Drawing on music that ranges from anthemic to groovy, Ambassadors are influenced by ever yone from The Stooges to George Harrison Be sure to check out this up-and-coming act
Ordinar y Lives — Extraordinar y Content
n the recommendation of last year ’ s National Book Award winner Katherine Boo, this past week I picked up a copy of Barbara Demick’s remarkable work of narrative non-fiction Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea I have always been somewhat fascinated by North Korea how has a country of more than 20 million people remained so entirely cut off from the rest of the world for so long? In our digital age, where it’s not uncommon to see a Cornell student’s library desk covered with books, magazines, an iPhone, iPad, and Macbook all at the same time, North Korea has remained a country almost entirely isolated, with little unscreened information moving in or out
Demick’s work follows the lives of six North Korean defectors living in South Korea and peppers in her own background knowledge garnered during years covering the peninsula for The Los Angeles Times She writes the book largely like a novel, allowing the reader to follow her characters, understand their passions, live through the ups and downs of their romances and friendships and struggle maintaining a life during the country ’ s horrible famine in the ’90s We follow Mi-San and Jun-sang through their secret romance that endures for almost a decade without so much as a kiss on the lips Oak-hee leaves an abusive husband, venturing to China where she is caught and sent to a prison camp She eventually leaves, finds work in China and then South Korea and even helps her mother escape The characters’ rich plights in part come from the way they form in spite of the censors and government mandates that try so hard to write their citizens life stories
The book briefly mentions, though, an interesting factoid that particularly sparked my interest As it turns out, the late Kim Jong-il, despite his seeming penchant for oppression and distaste for modern culture, fancied himself quite the film buff In 1973, the young dictator-in-waiting Kim Jong-il authored On the Art of Cinema, a book on his vision for a socialist film industry, oxymoronic though it may seem The book is complete nonsense pages about how to use film to spread juche, the North Korean state-religion that venerates
Kim il-Sung, Kim Jong-il and now Kim Jong-un as divine, communism as the key to prosperity and individualism as a scourge on the Workers’ Party
Much like economics and human rights, though, the art of film was entirely foreign to Kim Jong-il The North Korean film industry never really took off, the biennial Pyongyang Film Festival that began in 1987 never showed anything more than innocuous domestic propaganda and censored foreign fluff, though one of the nation’s films, The Schoolgirl’s Diary was released in France
In an attempt to create what he saw as an inchoate North Korean film industry, Kim Jong-il kidnapped legendary South Korean director Shin Sang-ok and his former wife, actress Choi Eun-hee in 1978 Shin Sang-ok had been shut down by then South Korean dictator Park Chung Hee and was working in Hong Kong at the time of his kidnapping In North Korea, Kim Jong-il, the son of the country ’ s then leader, and presumed successor, forced the two to make dozens of North Korean propaganda films, most notably Pulgasari, a Korean version of Godzilla that served as a metaphor for capitalism destroying the country For eight years the two lived in relative luxury (the rest of the country was increasingly becoming incredibly poor during the ’80s) until they finally escaped at a film festival in Vienna
What’s remarkable about this juxtaposition is not only how horrifically repressive the idiosyncratic North Korean regime is it’s absolutely terrifying that this family possesses nuclear launch codes but what this story says about art No matter what lengths propagandists and dictators go to to manufacture stories to their liking, ones that glorify the regime and hide the awful situation their country is in, the work they produce always ends up ridiculous You can kidnap an esteemed filmmaker like Shin Sang-ok, but unless you give him the liberty to tell stories and produce art organically, everything he produces will end up being mindless dribble On the other hand, despite the unthinkable oppression and suffering of Demick’s real life characters, there’s a certain beauty in their narratives
When they see a glimmer of hope during the most trying of times, our hearts race with theirs When a family member passes
away from starvation or is sent to a labor camp for a brief critical aside of the government, we mourn with them
Demick is a talented writer, but her brilliance lies in unlocking the compassion of her characters through language, not in creating it This type of work, a pure journalistic endeavor, begs the question: are all artists simply journalists with different stylistic approaches? Sure, some may change characters names, alter situations, and often times throw in fantastical elements, but the reason a work of art, well, works, comes from its humanity, the way it offers its audience a separate point of view and facilitates empathy The book’s subtitle, Ordinary Lives, encapsulates this truth beautifully
Adam Lerner is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at alerner@cornellsun com or on Twitter @AdamBLerner Slow Lerner runs alternate Mondays this semester
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Curtis Granderson Sidelined for
Ten Week s With Broken Wrist
TAMPA, Fla (AP) Curtis Granderson jogged to first base after being hit on his right forearm as if it was a minor annoyance Back at the ballpark in a brace a couple of hours later, it was clear the New York Yankees had a pretty big power problem on their hands
In his first at-bat of spring training, the slugger broke his arm when he hit by a pitch from Toronto's J A Happ in the bottom of the first inning Sunday, and is expected to be out until the first week of May
“Grandy is not a bat you say is easy to replace, but we ’ re going to have to find a way, ” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said “No one is going to feel sorry for you ”
The Yankees, who were beat 2-0 by a Blue Jays’ split squad, first called it a bruise but X-rays revealed the break
“Five pitches in we got a little setback,” Granderson said “Now we rest, recovery, get it back, and get ready to play whenever that day comes ”
The team said Granderson could be out 10 weeks, which means he'll miss about a month of the regular season
“Mentally, you understand this is part of it, but at the same time now there’s not much I can do about it except do the best things I can to not make it worse, ” Granderson said “Keep myself ready to go ”
It’s a major blow for the Yankees, who are already without Alex Rodriguez until at least the All-Star
break The Yankees also lost Nick Swisher to free agency
Granderson led New York with 43 homers last season The Yankees hit 245 homers last year and had five players with at least 20 This year they could open the season with just two players, Mark Teixeira and Robinson Cano, who topped 20
Granderson was examined near first base before leaving the game
“It didn’t sound good,” said Yankees third baseman Kevin Youkilis, who was in the on-deck circle when Granderson got hit
The Yankees were planning to experiment during exhibition games to see if they would move Granderson from center to left, with Brett Gardner going from left to center That potential alignment is on hold
Girardi said that Gardner will likely start the season in center
Matt Diaz and Juan Rivera, in the competition for the fourth outfielder spot, could see increased playing time
“We’ll be forced to take a look at a short-term option,” Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said “Obviously, we’ll being get Curtis back It’s very early We’re still evaluating what we actually have in camp The first month there will be a vacancy that we need to fill Is that internal, external, I couldn’t even tell you ”
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Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun com
Shouldering the burden | In the absence of senior guard Johnathan Gray, junior guard Dominick Scelfo saw more minutes, scoring 21 total points in the weekend
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Fortino’s Two Goals Give Red Con dence
the defensemen was a good omen for the success of the Red’s offense in the ECAC tournament
and all of our defense are contributing, so it’s nice to see that we have a good team offense going for us ”
and for the team, ” she said “Plays like that get the team going and keep us motivated ”
defenseman
Laura Fortino added two consecutive goals to open up the Red’s lead
According to Jenner, getting significant offensive contributions from
“Having a balanced offense is going to be huge in the playoffs, because we will need everyone to contribute in order to succeed in playoffs,” she said “All three of our lines
Saulnier added that Fortino’s goals also gave the Red a boost of confidence
“For Fortino to be able to put those two goals in was huge for her
The Red finished off the season winning five of its final six games and is set to play at home during the first round of the ECAC playoffs next weekend Jenner said that having momentum heading into the playoffs is usually a good indicator of how the team will play
“Going in on a roll is huge,” she said “Oftentimes, whoever comes out on top in the playoffs is the team that’s on a roll and the team that’s cohesive and playing well, so hopefully we can continue the roll that we ’ re on, ” she said
Jenner and her teammates also understand that playoff hockey is a much different atmosphere
“We need to bring it up another gear because the playoffs is a whole new level of hockey But we ’ re excited that we ’ re going to be hosting it, so hopefully our fans will be able to give us a good boost ”
With its fourth consecutive ECAC title under its belt, the Red understands what it means to play in the intense atmosphere of the tournament
“Our experience could really help us, ” she said “We have players with international experience and even our freshmen have been in a lot of big games, so it’s not going to be too new for anyone We have a lot of experience in big games and we enjoy those big games [and] look forward to that pressure ”
Ben Horowitz can be reached at bhorowitz@cornellsun com
Putting up zeroes | The squad’s 4-0 victor y over Union marked junior goaltender Lauren Slebodnick’s fifth shutout of the season She made 18 saves in the game
Cornell Routed Twice on Road
By SKYLER DALE Sun Staff Wr ter
A f t e r s p l i t t i n g i t s l a s t t w o games at home against Yale and Brown, the women ’ s basketball team str uggled on the road this w e e k e n d f a l l i n g 6 7 - 4 0 a t Penn and 59-34 at Princeton Penn (14-9, 7-2 Ivy League), which has won five out of its last six games entering the contest on Friday, continued its hot shooting against the Red (11-12, 3-6), going 46 percent from the field and 38 percent from three-point range Cornell did not live up to those standards
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DiMagno scored 12, the team as a whole connected on just 27 percent of its shots and went zero-for-10 from three
“ T h e i r d e f e n s e w a s e x a c t l y what we prepared for We just c o u l d n ’ t h i t e a s y s h o t
c o u l d n ’ t h i t a n y t h r e e s , ” Fitzpatrick said
After nearly 15 minutes of strong defense from both teams in the beginning of the first half, the Quakers led the Red by just five points However, a pair of free throws by Brianna Bradford propelled Penn on a 9-0 r un, and Cornell scored just six more
points in the rest of the half
A c c o r d i n g t o h e a d c o a c h
Dayna Smith, the Red had scoring oppor tunities all game long, but was unable to capitalize
“Penn was playing an aggressive defense but we had open shots,” Smith said “ We couldn’t knock them down, quite honestly ”
production At the end of the first half, Cornell had only put up 14 points to Princeton’s 34
After allowing Princeton to
from the field in the first half, Cornell came out of the locker room with more energy, holding the Tigers to just 25 and ultimately their lowest scoring game in the Ivy League since Feb 3rd of the 2011-12 campaign The
Red also allowed just one of Pr
Niveen Rasheed, to score in double figures
“ We p l a y e d e x c e l l e n t defense,” Fitzpatrick said “ We limited them to under 60 points, which is a feat in itself ”
offense
“I thought we did a really g o o d j o b o f s l
tempo down [on offense],” Smith said
Although the Red scored 20 points in the second half compared to just 14 in the first the team needs to improve on its offensive game after its difficulty scoring this weekend, according to Smith
“Our goal right now is to win, but right now we just have t
l team, ” Smith said “ We need to clean up our offense ”
The Red will take on Yale and Brown on the road this weekend
road-trip before finishing the season at home against Har vard and Dar tmouth
Two Win s on S enior Weekend Keep Hopes of Playof f Home Ice Alive
defenseman Nick D’Agostino when asked about his lap on the Lynah ice during the team ’ s postgame senior recognition ceremony “It hits you pretty hard [The] moment is here, and obviously that lap around the ice is something I’m never going to forget That’s an awesome feeling ”
The Red got off to an early lead against RPI Friday when Miller scored after being fed by sophomore forward Brian Ferlin eight minutes into the first period Sophomore forward Joel Lowr y str uck just a minute later to extend the Cornell lead to 2-0
RPI dominated the stat line in the second period, due in part to four Red penalties Still, Miller outraced the RPI defense giving the shorthanded Red a 3-0 advantage and Iles remained steady in goal as the Red entered the third period up 3-1 despite being outshot 17-4 in the second Senior for ward John Esposito put the game on ice with an empty-net goal in the closing seconds, cementing the final score at 4-1
The Red continued its momentum against Union, scoring three times in the first 10 minutes of the game Freshman for ward John Knisely scored first, unassisted off a steal from a Union defender Sophomore defenseman Joakim Ryan followed up Knisely’s effort just two minutes later with a
shot that streaked past Union junior goaltender Troy Grosenick Miller continued to give the Dutchmen headaches as he corralled a loose puck and scored on the power play to give the Red a 3-0 lead
Although Cornell was outshot 32-16 in the final two periods, Iles made a series of diving stops to impede the Union offense Still, after two Dutchmen goals in the third, Cornell faced the challenge of staving off a charge from the visitors Miller made sure his last regular season game on the Lynah ice would be a memorable one, beating Union on a shor thanded goal to extend the Red’s lead to the eventual 4-2 final, pumping up the Lynah Faithful and securing four goals and four points in the standings for the Red on the weekend
“It’s gratifying for the seniors,” head coach Mike Schafer ’86 said “It’s gratifying to get the four points, but it’s [also] gratifying for our seniors to make sure that they get the right send-off throughout the course of the night ”
The weekend sweep marks the first time the Red has won at home since its 31 victory over St Lawrence on Dec 1 For the Red, which has gone 3-0-1 in the past four games, the recent turnaround has been a refreshing change from the frustrating seven consecutive losses the team endured in January and February The Red’s recent wins have also
given the team hope of making an impact in the ECAC Tournament
“[I don’t know] fully what has changed,” Miller said “Definitely our attitude Obviously there’s more confidence within the team
That happens in life and hockey sometimes
Everyone was losing confidence in us but the 26 guys in [the locker room], and that’s all that matters We came together as a team and we ’ re playing for each other
We’re one heartbeat out there, and it’s working ”
The Red is now tied with Princeton for the ninth spot
in the ECAC standings With two games left in the regular season against Brown (10-11-6, 6-8-6) and Yale (14-10-3, 10-9-1), the Red has an opportunity to gain home ice in the ECAC tournament
Perhaps the clearest scenario would involve the Red defeating the Bears in Providence next weekend and gaining ground on the Tigers (9-144, 7-10-3), who currently hold a tiebreaker in the standings via head-to-head record Regardless of what
happens as the regular season concludes, the team ’ s senior weekend sweep will not soon be forgotten by the players who have dedicated four years to Cornell hockey and the Lynah Faithful “It’s been a rough year, an up-and-down year, ” D’Agostino said “To come in here in two big games and get four points on Senior Weekend is pretty special ”
Spor ts
The Cornell women ’ s hockey team completed its 201213 regular season with two impressive road victories: the Red first defeated Rensselaer on Friday, 4-1, and then knocked off Union, 4-0, the following night With the two wins and Harvard tying and losing this weekend, the Red captured its fourth consecutive ECAC regular season title and won the Ivy League championship outright
According to junior forward Brianne Jenner, the Red is happy to have won the title with hard work and clutch victories, but the team understands it has loftier goals to achieve in the postseason
“Winning the ECAC regular season title was one of our goals in the beginning of the year, and we knew that going into this weekend, some of it was in our control and some of it wasn ’ t But we just focused on winning those last two
games and doing what we could,” she said “It’s a long season and we had some tight games, and you realize how many big wins we had There are a lot of things to be proud of and it’s a great a c c o m p l i s h m e n t , b u t obviously our main goal is the ECAC playoff trophy ”
Though the Red has started slow in a few of its road games this season, it was able to take a 1-0 first period lead in Friday’s game against the Engineers (10-20-4, 812-2 ECAC) According to sophomore forward Jillian Saulnier, taking the early lead was especially significant
“We got a good jump in the first period,” she said “We were getting chances, and fortunately we were able to bury one, and that got the ball rolling for us It was really important to get that first goal, because that was a big game ”
The Red widened its lead with two consecutive power play goals in the second period Saulnier said that capitalizing on the limited number of power play chances the team received was a key to winning
“That was really crucial, because you don’t know if you ’ re going to get one power play or five power plays in a game, so taking advantage of every one that you get is crucial towards a win,” she said “So being able to take advantage of those is good for our confidence, and it will be good going forward knowing the little things that we need to do on the power play in order to have success ”
The Red took a one-goal first period lead against the Dutchmen (7-23-4, 0-18-4 ECAC) once again, and senior
By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Assistant Sports Editor
A weekend that could have put the Red (13-14, 5-5 Ivy League) on the heels of the conference leaders ended in disappointment, as the Red’s hopes of an Ivy title and a bid to the NCAA tournament disintegrated On Friday night, Penn’s efficient 3-point shooting and aggressive on-ball defense plagued Cornell, while Princeton’s methodic offense and length in the paint proved too much for the Red to handle in a 72-53 loss Saturday
A g a i n s t t h e Quakers (7-19, 4 - 5 ) , t h e Re d p l a ye d a s o l i d first half, going into the locker ro o m w i t h a four-point lead
T h o u g h g u a rd Tony Hicks was t h r e e - f o r - t h r e e from beyond the arc in the half, the rest of the Quakers were only one-for-six The Red dominated the final ten minutes of the half with back-to-back 3-pointers by freshman guard Nolan Cressler and junior Guard Dominick Scelfo However, that hot shooting all but evaporated in the second half as Penn’s shooters caught fire instead
“Penn did a good job executing their offense,” said senior forward Eitan Chemerinski “At some
critical moments in the game, we had some defensive lapses and miscommunications, which gave them open looks at the basket ”
Hicks continued his impressive performance, scoring nine unanswered points midway through the half to give Penn the lead He finished the game with 29 points, leading all scorers
“Hicks did a good job coming off his prior experience getting some open threes,” Chemerinski said
As senior goaltender Omar Kanji came onto the ice w i t h 3 0 s e c o n d s re m a i n i n g , t h e Ly n a h c rowd ro a re d T h e Re d had just scored to take a 4-2 lead over t h e d e f e n d i n g ECAC champion, Un i o n , o n Sa t u rd a y ’ s s e n i o r night Kanji’s stint was his first and perhaps final regular season appearance
“[Omar’s] been a n u n b e l i e va b l e t e a m m a t e , ” s a i d fellow senior and team forward Greg Miller, who scored four goals during t h e we e k e n d “Both on and off the ice, he’s just a guy you can ’ t say enough about ” It was a special night for Kanji and all the Red seniors, as Cornell (11-133, 7-10-3 ECAC) w r a p p e d u p t h e final home regular s e a s o n we e k e n d with a 4-1 trouncing of RPI (15-125,
