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C.U. Law Students Receive ‘Offensive Image’ in Email

By SO HYUNG KIM Sun Staff Writer

An “offensive image” was sent out to the Cornell Law School student listserv Monday by the Cornell Black Law Student Association, according to a statement made by the BLSA

“The meme, which was sent to a student-only listserv promoting a studentsponsored event traded on offensive stereotypes about Asians ”

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The meme captioned “ABBA REE I CAN FRYYY” accompanied a photo of an Asian man singing and was attached to an email sent by the BLSA to promote an unspecified studentsponsored event Shortly after the incident, the BLSA issued an apology to the law school community

“On behalf of BLSA, we would like to formally apologize for an offensive image included in an earlier advertisement of a BLSA-sponsored event, ” the statement reads “BLSA was created and strives to be a diverse network of students committed to fostering an inclusive environment within the law school com-

See LAW page 4

Mayor Svante Myrick ’09

By TALIA JUBAS Sun Staff Writer

Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 presented The Ithaca Plan an attempt to address the city’s rampant drug abuse at a press conference this morning, saying Ithaca is “poised to lead the nation” with the implementation of the country ’ s first supervised heroin injection site

Two years ago, Myrick said he formed a municipal drug strategy committee to confront the rising death toll from opioid overdosing The mayor said the nation’s protracted “War on Drugs” has not only levied heavy financial costs, it has also proven ineffective and has enforced a system of oppression and racism

“We need a drug policy to make sure that we are responding in a more humane and more equitable way, ” he said “The war on drugs has failed ”

The most controversial recommendation in The Ithaca Plan is its plan to open a supervised injection facility, where drug users could receive monitored injections of opioids to prevent overdose without fear of arrest

Despite the controversy this idea has sparked, Myrick said he remains confident in his plan He compared the radical nature of the policy to public health campaigns to provide sexual education to teenagers in the 1970s and recent needle exchange programs, which he said have led to a reductions in illness and fatalities

He also pointed out that a similar injection clinic has operated in Vancouver for over 10 years, and even after two million

injections he said they have not had one death The clinic opened as a part of a broader policy restructuring in Vancouver to address the tragic

See DRUG PLAN page 4

Planning Board Discusses Remodeling Hughes Hall, Ag Quad

The City of Ithaca Planning and Development Board discussed the remodeling of Hughes Hall and the revitalization of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Quad on Tuesday

According to University architect Gilbert Delgado, the Hughes Hall project aims to meet the spatial needs of faculty and students and improve exterior aesthetics of Cornell Law School

The renovation will largely focus on a new enclosed loggia connecting Hughes Hall to Myron Taylor Hall and a new staircase of the west side of Hughes Hall The loggia should provide better access from Hughes Hall to the Berger Atrium and create more open spaces that enhance way-finding through the facility, according to Delgado

He added that, funds permitting, the University plans to repair the dining terrace near the Fork and Gavel Café “ to have a more spacious and modern eatery and event space ”

The Hughes Hall construction is planned for the summer to not interfere with traffic during the academic year An estimated completion date has been set for July 2017, according to project documents

The Board also discussed the Ag Quad Utility Infrastructure Upgrades and Landscape Revitalization Project Delgado explained that maintenance on the Ag quad will provide an opportunity to improve its appearance “A fair amount of utility work needs to happen in the Ag Quad and because of that we have the opportunity to revitalize the quad’s aesthetics,” he said

Davies Orinda, project manager for

Facilities, further explained that the project is

Thursday, February 25, 2016

weather FORECAST

The Future of Genocide: In Asia and Beyond 12:15 - 1:30 p m , G08 Uris Hall

Genes, Neurons and Circuits That Control Food Intake Decisions 12:30 - 1:30 p m , A106 Corson-Mudd Hall

Climate Change, Sea Level Rise and Africa 2:30 - 4 p m , G08 Uris Hall

Could Cirrus Clouds Warm Early Mars? 4 - 5 p m , 105 Space Sciences Building

Relationality at the Boundary: Kant’s Other Freedom 4:30 p m , Guerlac Room, A D White House

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Glycans and Gene Flow (Reproductive and Infectious) 12:15 - 1:15 p m , Auditorium, Boyce Thompson Institue

CAM Colloquium: Qing Zhao

3:30 p m , 655 Frank H T Rhodes Hall

Policy and Activism:

A Conversation on Climate Change and Clean Energy 5:30 - 7:30 p m , G01 Uris Hall

Friday Shabbat Dinner 7 p m , 104! West

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged 7:30 p m , Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

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Following the discover y that school water had not been tested for lead since 2005, Ithaca City School District will shut off its drinking water, according to The Ithaca Journal

Superintendent Luvelle Brown made this announcement in a letter posted online, stating that the district was being cautious Currently, over 35 children have been tested for lead poisoning, and all tests have come back negative

While the district continues to determine a time to test the water, students and staff will be provided bottled water to drink

Already, Caroline and Enfield elementar y schools have found high levels of lead in the water The district has action plans being put in place to rectify this issue, The Journal reported

National

Supreme Court to Hear Texas Abortion Law Case

On March 2, the Supreme Court will hear a case regarding a Texas law that requires doctors who perform abortions to be affiliated with nearby hospitals This law limits access to abortions for women, according to The New York Times

Whole Woman’s Health v Hellerstedt will address whether to overturn this law, which limits abortion to ambulatory surgical centers Many have argued that this places a burden on women trying to have access to abortions

With the recent death of conser vative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, it is possible that the vote on this case will be 4-4, where the Texas law would stand, The Times reported

Endowment Chairman Praises Humanities

By JEANETTE SI Sun Staff Writer

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Student Turns Life Lessons Into Self-Help Book

By JAMIL RAHMAN Sun Staff Writer

Compiled by Jenna Rudolfsky

“After its release, I was overwhelmed to see so many people enjoying it.”

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Planning Board Addresses

Ag Quad and Hughes Hall

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because the existing pathways have deteriorated extensively over the years

The main components of the plan are utility infrastructure upgrades and landscaping revitalization including adding security lighting, according to Delgado

“Parts of the quad are very dark at night, there are only two high light fixtures now, ” Delgado said “We need to have more distributive lighting to provide a more pleasing environment at night and enhance our security of the overall area ”

The project also requires 15 trees to be removed from the quad as they stand in the way of utility repairs and the fire apparatus access path, according to Orinda

“These trees all have a specific need or purpose that lead us to make the decision to remove them,” he said

Orinda added that once all the maintenance in the quad is done that the University will be planting shrubs and 54 trees of various species to create a more diverse area

“We still want to maintain the historical views of the Ag quad,” Orinda stated, adding that although the Ag quad may change, the structural and atmospheric integrity will remain the same

Lauren Kelly can be reached at lkelly@cornellsun com

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Associate of Drug Cartel Leader ‘El Chapo’ Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Cocaine

WASHINGTON (AP) The accused leader of a Mexican drug trafficking cartel who authorities say once maintained close ties to Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday, admitting that he helped ship tons of cocaine from South America to the United States

The plea from Alfredo Beltran Leyva, who was captured in Mexico in 2008 and extradited two years ago, comes weeks after Guzman, the notorious drug kingpin, was captured by Mexica authorities following a prison escape

Though the plea resolves the case without a fullblown airing of evidence, prosecutors said in court documents that they would have been prepared to show that Beltran Leyva sold drugs to U S gangs in exchange for weapons, commanded squads of hit

men that tortured and murdered rivals, and paid bribes to Mexican government officials One witness could have testified that he saw Beltran Leyva return from a meeting in the mountains with Guzman, wearing a tactical vest containing grenades, court filing show

“For decades, Alfredo Beltran Leyva helped to lead one of the world’s most notorious drug cartels, causing widespread violence and disrupting lives,” Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in a statement

The arrest of Beltran Leyva was among the early take-downs of cartel bosses by Mexican authorities in their fight against the criminal syndicates that started in the early days of former President Felipe Calderon’s term

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t was just a regular, run-of-the-mill one-night stand last semester I had been beaten squarely in a rousing drinking game of pong by a handsome stranger If we talked beyond “Wow, you actually made a cup ” or “for fire!” I don’t recall, because that’s not what made this encounter special After a brief consenting exchange, we were stumbling around Collegetown bound for his apartment Upon arrival, we made our drunken presence loudly known to all of his cohabitants in the way that intoxicated lovebirds do in the wee hours of the night

It wasn ’ t long before he whipped out his phone and swiftly plugged it into some super sick speakers I caught a glimpse of the playlist his booty-slaying playlist, which every college age human possesses in some form and immediately fell into the mood when the sweet sound of a breathy waif crooning over a cheap 1980s videogame soundtrack caught my ear Seriously, there’s nothing sexier than a remix of a cover of a remix of an Ellie Goulding acoustic session But alas, I digress

I’ll spare you the hot and heavy details, but this was a pretty decent time Kissing? Check Foreplay? Check Lights out so my stomach rolls could only be viewed under the soft and forgiving glow of the moon? Check Also, as he wasn ’ t silly, he wrapped his willy, so I knew I would be protected from both pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases It was shaping up to be a good night We slid into the first position

Fifteen seconds, or two minutes, or half an hour, or an entire night passed (I won ’ t share with all Sun readers how long this individual lasts, that would be terribly rude), and he seemed to be itching to shake things up I felt one of his hands slide to my throat He whispered, “Can I?”

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The Duchess is a student at Cornell Comments may be sent to queenbee@cornellsun com Between the Sheets appears periodically this semester

On Choking

I’m always game for some sexual adventure And I appreciated his request for consent So I gave a clear and verbal “ yes, ” though I was not entirely sure what was to come next

Oh my god, I thought, he’s squeezing I’m totally getting choked right now

Wait, choked? Is that okay? Am I okay with that? In my head I was divided, having a full-out existential crisis on those not-recently-washed-but-high-thread-count sheets His grip was getting tighter and tighter and I was beginning to feel a slight shortness of breath

Shit, I decided This is actually pretty pleasant If he were looking at my face at that moment of epiphany, he would’ve seen a girl, a bit blue from lack of oxygen, deep in thought but overall pretty pleased

The chokehold continued and I continued to like it Part of me wanted to immediately sit up and debrief What does it mean if I, a self-proclaimed and vocal feminist, enjoy something straight out of the soft pages of 50 Shades of Grey? I mean, isn’t this sort of demeaning? Isn’t it sort of violent? If I were a bit more proactive I would have ordered him to stop so we could go mellow out in a Kava bar somewhere and discuss the meaning of the phrase “ a lady on the street but a freak in the bed” which I had now just become and where it fits in the broader context of feminism It would have been a great and fruitful chat over some sweet, sweet Kava would have definitely led to spiritual and sexual enlightenment, a deep intellectual and emotional connection and probably ultimately marriage But I was not willing to have that conversation at that moment because I was too busy enjoying being choked

Walking home the next morning, utterly disoriented in

one of the deeper labyrinths of lower Collegetown, I meditated on my decision to consent to choking I could now selfidentify as submissive and take that label to any sex dungeon across the continental United States and feel welcomed into the leather-bound worlds of whips and chains In that moment I had become kinky; I was submissive and I was proud And within 30 seconds of real hard thinking, I had resolved that this encounter made me no less of a feminist

Feminism is the idea that all genders are equal and should be treated thusly Within that idea lies another: no one can tell a woman what she can or can ’ t do with her body Not significant others, not hookups, not parents, not strangers, not politicians and not friends, regardless of if they’re female or otherwise In that vein, I decided that if being choked and being dominated during sex was something I liked, nobody had the right to tell me that it was anti-feminist or wrong As long as all parties consent and all parties are having a good time throughout the act, there’s nothing wrong with whatever anyone likes to do, and it’s certainly nobody else’s business

As my tale draws to a close, I know what you ’ re thinking

What about the boy, the beer pong prodigy who kept it picante in the bedroom? You young promiscuous women, always objectifying men for your own personal gain Did you just use him to have a fun night and a sexual epiphany and then toss him out like a post-porn tissue? The answer is no We did eventually meet again And one time, I choked him He liked it A classic story of kinky boy meets kinky girl with a good old-fashioned “happy ending ”

Essie M is a student at Cornell Comments may be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun com Guest Room appears periodically this semester

Dining Guide

Your source for good food

By QIJIA YU Sun Staff Writer

DNewYear, New Recipe

uring Chinese New Year last week, the intoxicating smell of beer and the simmer of soy sauce brought me back to

,

China To celebrate the holiday, my grandma would make chicken in beer, a traditional dish originating from Jiangsu, China Last week, she shared her recipe with me for a taste of home from 7,000 miles away

I n g re d

: 1 Chinese yellow chicken

Basil leaves

2 pieces of ginger

1 clove of garlic

Scallion

Cilantro

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Sichuan peppercorn Chili pepper

1 tablespoon salt Rock cr ystal sugar Ground pepper

2 tablespoons hoisin sauce

3 cans of beer, any kind

D

basil leaves and cut the ginger, garlic and scallion Remove the ends of the cilantro

When my grandma makes this dish, she cuts up the whole

chunks back together The result is a jigsaw puzzle of a chicken, ready to be cooked But when I

bought around one and a half pounds of bone-

trouble of cutting the meat off the bone

Fun fact: When my grandma was little, doctors following traditional practices used basil

bites and bruises

An o t h e r f u

c t : Ginger, garlic and scallion are considered the “big three” of Chinese cooking, all to be kept within arm ’ s reach

In a wok, start heating the vegetable oil Add the Sichuan peppercorn and, when the oil is hot sautée the garlic

Fun fact: The spiciness of Sichuan peppercorn is actually

not a taste, but a tactile sensation acting on a

fiber on

g amounts to around 50 Hz of vibration, according to a recent study Be sure not to add too much peppercorn it’ll make

your tongue burn

In my apartment, I tried in vain to raise the temperature of my electric cooking top to the heat needed for this dish You can picture me fiddling with the buttons, tr ying to crank up my home burner to the effect of a grill Take this into consideration before tr ying this recipe! Ad d s c

and basil Stir until the smell comes out Add chunks of chicken and continue stirring until it turns golden yellow

This step is what makes me love this recipe It’s the epitome of coming home, taking a whif of the smell coming from the kitchen and knowing your mom i s c o o k i n g s o m e t h i

good

For this recipe in particular, the little splash of oil simmering above the red glow of the chili pepper and the white scallion is truly a sight

The chicken my grandma buys fresh from the market has a tough texture, so it takes more than three hours to fully cook and develop its smoky taste I couldn’t find yellow chicken anywhere in Ithaca, though, and the chicken thighs I bought were ver y tender, so it didn’t take as long to cook

Meru: Questionable but Beautiful

BY JESSE WEISSMAN Sun Staff Writer

Mountain climbers, the real-deal ones, the ones who fearlessly risk life and limb to conquer peaks, arouse a natural human curiosity about how they can be so undaunted. Besides being mortal and being 60 percent water, these people’s programming seems to have absolutely no relation to how us normal folks function You don’t know if they’re enlightened beings who have found something ethereal above the pettiness of people down below, or if they’re neanderthals who have no civilizational restraints Meru, a documentar y now showing at Cornell Cinema on Thursday and Saturday, chronicles a group of these climbers Specifically, Meru focuses on C o n r a d A n k e r, Ji m m y C h i n a n d Re n a n Ozturk as they tr y to hike the “Shark’s Fin” r o u t e o f Me r u , a p e a k i n t h e In d i a n Himalayas The “Fin” has never successfully been climbed before, making it the white whale for this climbing community

It is unclear why these guys do what they do The documentar y never really answers it beyond the cameraman asking Chin “ Why he does it?” to which he evasively answers “the views from the peak ” Of course, there are times where there is no view because of a massive blizzard, or times when the view during the climb is the same as the view from the peak But it is better off that these men leave the nature of their obsession unsaid They probably themselves could not elaborate it How could they possibly rationalize it, when ever ything on paper says they shouldn’t?

tures the simultaneous intense beauty and danger around Anker, Chin, and Ozturk And this isn’t some handheld camcorder stuff: the camera reveals everything with remarkable precision and scope. It’s as if you are watching a visually grand and gorgeous movie with the narrative frame of a documentary As I watched it, I wondered how one person, let

a wife and kids, and Ozturk, a devoted fiancee To risk their lives as they do because of their own obsession appeared to me as selfish It would have been interesting if the documentar y had acknowledged that and explored it The climbers’ loved ones could have explained how they understand and come to terms with their husbands’ thought processes

alone a film crew that presumably would be needed to get the footage they were getting, could possibly physically be accompanying the climbers It only makes sense when you find out in the credits that Chin is one of the directors, along with his wife (an ethical issue I had with the film that I’ll address later) I almost felt a sense of gratitude to Shin for making this movie: I saw the view through virtual reality and now I don’t have to risk dying in order to see what they did

Instead we are told continually by the climbers that they exercise severe risk management and are completely trustworthy to climb with (the film takes these claims at face value) Yet we are shown cases where even a climbing ignoramus like me can tell they are being reckless After their first failed attempt, Ozturk goes into a coma and almost becomes a paraplegic after getting into a snowboarding accident Yet he insists on joining the second attempted ascent of Meru (it is already questionable that Anker and Shin let him come in the first place) During the second ascent, Ozturk is unable to speak and almost has a stroke But the climbers decide they should make a summit push anyway This is where the problems with Shin being the director come into play Instead of either being a nonjudgmental piece of filmmaking or a movie tr ying to understand these guys ’ cavalier attitudes, its belief that these men exercise judgment when they clearly don’t makes the film come off as a piece of apologia

Although the tenuous ethical premise is not up to snuff in this film, ever ything else is The views are splendid Watching people so good at what they do practicing their craft is, itself thrilling Even though the movie doesn ’ t explain why these men love climbing so much, you get it They’re alive in a way none of us are

The highlights of this documentary are the visuals The camera is with the climbers the entire way through and cap-

It seems like it’s impossible to browse the Internet without reading something new about Kanye West Whether it’s about Kanye’s reluctance to release his music for normal sale, the extent to which he’s a Cosby apologist, his extravagant Madison Square Garden show driven by tunes pumped through a simple aux cord or pleas for billionaires to drop their current philanthropic projects in order to fund his creative muses, nearly every website, news outlet and social media platform is scrambling to get a piece of the Kanye pie (Clearly The Sun is no exception ) In this shitstorm of hype and speculation, it’s easy to forget that the at the hurricane’s eye is a landmark album, The Life of Pablo

Naturally, The Life of Pablo was quite divisive, with it being alternately hailed as another revolutionary record from Mr West and decried as a self-absorbed, misogynist debacle Realistically, it’s both of these things and everything in between None of the infinity minus one thinkpieces or reviews could accurately capture the album, its release or its artist in all their complex glory Between dissection for its religious significance by outlets as unpredictable as the Christian Post and a multithousand-word comparison to Springsteen, there has been more Kanye content this month than any human could possibly be expected to read To provide some guidance to your written

While these men are certainly worthy of admiration for their skill and commitment to something so cool, I found the ethics of what they do problematic Anker has

TLOP reactions, I’ve undergone the totally selfindulgent task of reviewing and analyzing a tiny fraction of its reviews Rejoice I’m out-curmudgeoning the curmudgeons so you don’t have to

Pit c hf or k: Jay s on Gr eene

Of course I’m going to start with Pitchfork, the punchline publication that everyone loves to hate without ever reading because it makes the mistake of publishing oddly specific numbers next to the album title

In a review as lofty as Kanye’s self-termed gospel album itself (as evidenced by fellow Sun writer Shay Collins’ ‘16 Buzzfeed quiz), Jayson Greene comes out of the gate swinging with the

justified point that’s clearly getting lost among those who consider themselves pop culture cognoscenti “The Life of Pablo is the first Kanye West album that’s just an album: No major statements, no reinventions, no zeitgeist wheelie-popping,” Greene writes Kanye’s career thus far has been characterized by studio albums that have redefined hip-hop, whether entirely positively (College Dropout) or in a more questionable direction (808s & Heartbreak) Greene takes the apparent slap-dash inconsistencies not as imperfections, but rather as self-awareness He gets that the album should be taken on its own not extracted from its release cycle, but still somewhat separate from the rest of Kanye’s career I refuse to believe, though, that the bulk of the imperfections weren ’ t the result of Mr West pouring his heart out in the naturally imperfect way humans do Even in praising the record’s humanity which is where TLOP undoubtedly shines Greene continues to fall short He

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notes that “tuning into the humanity” becomes tough when confronted by the album’s “ assholery ” This neglects that the assholery is part of Kanye’s humanity it has been and it continues to be Removing the s h o r t - s i g h t e d

b r a g g a d o c i o from a Kanye r e c o r d wouldn’t make it more human because that’s not who Kanye is Only in Kanye’s universe could a “gospel” album reignite his Taylor Swift beef and make me definitively say “Kanye hates women ” in one fell swoop; if that’s not (deeply flawed) humanity, I don’t know what is

Th e New Yor k Tim es : Jon C ar am a nica Jon Caramanica hits the main positives of the album square on the head: that “Ultralight Beam” is a singularly incredible track, that much of Kanye’s talent is channeling his skilled collaborators and, most importantly, that The Life of Pablo is relentlessly self-aware even in its most jarring moments Caramanica is right to call the Taylor Swift jab on “Famous” “both tacky and hilarious ” I firmly believe that Kanye knows how absurd many of his lines are (see: a model’s bleached asshole) and they make the record as great as it is Where Yeezus thrives in its unbridled (but not unfocused) anger, TLOP is defined by the intimate peek it gives into Kanye the person Like the album itself, he’s uneven, imperfect, enigmatic and affable as all hell He’s also funny humor doesn’t take anything away from the album’s ability to be read as art

Th e Gu ar dia n: A le xis Pe tr id is Petridis’ main complaint centers on TLOP being “confused and scattered ” It’s scattered, sure, but I don’t buy confused To assume that Kanye didn’t properly address its lack of central focus or even to claim that the record’s lack of a unifying sound is due to over-revision is to

miss the artistry of the record’s many facets Again, Pablo shines in its exploration of many ideas, genres, influences and collaborators Also, Petridis didn’t need three and a half paragraphs to actually start discussing the album itself While Kanye’s antics are part of the Life of Pablo narrative, they don’t define the record’s music, which should be allowed to speak for itself

Th e Nee dl e Dro p: Ant h ony Fant ano Nobody should have expected Grumpthony Pessimistano to like this record He has it out for Kanye I’m sure he genuinely doesn’t love Kanye, but he knows that picking a massively well-liked record for 15 minutes will get him talked about and there’s nothing wrong with that I respect the hustle and don’t want to discount anything he’s saying

Except his miscategorization of Yeezus’ tone as “shallow appeals to an alternative sound ” And how he discounts TLOP’ s displays of humanity as corny and derivative And how he basically shot down all of my ideas about this record by calling people with my point of view “Kanye stans ” who don’t appreciate how tired the concept of an intentionally messy album is And how he gave the record a fucking light to decent six And how he had to invoke Death Grips’ The Powers That B when discussing a time he was fucked with by an artist’s release but actually appreciated the end product Y ’know what, Anthony? You’re a Death Grips stan They’re great but they’ve been messy for the sake of being messy too I hate the new Fantano, the bad mood Fantano Whew, I’m out of breath

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Focus and Support Key for Red Fencing

FENCING

Continued from page 16

n o t ove r u n t i l we ’ re a l l d o n e a n d we h a ve t h e p o t e n t i a l t o d o re a l l y we l l ” Fe n c e r s t h a t

r It’s

Jeffrey Asiedu can be reached at jasiedu@cornellsun com

Image-Conscious NBA Produces Male Models

Confdence on the court translates to confidence on the runway for NBA players

DEN9EN

Continued from page 16

they have some new stuff See what’s good I go to Barneys; I go to Gucci, Louis, YSL I go e v e r y w h e r e R o d

n n e Westwood, Marc Jacobs, Joyrich I’m all around ”

You heard the man He goes ever ywhere He knows what’s good Westbrook has taken the reigns that Wilt Chamberlain and Walt Frazier once tightly held on to The second greatest point guard in the game has become an icon of black masculinity mixing confidence, fashion, and athletic ability into one phenomenal persona With the most flamboyant athletes in the world comes confidence in style a style that would make GQ’s fourth best-dressed British man David Beckham seem pedestrian Is that Dwayne Wade in a neon red turtleneck? Why, yes it is Fluorescent turtlenecks, classic fedoras, Jon Lennon-style sunglasses, skinny ties, teal capris-it’s all about risk-taking off the court now For some fans, such as my Mom, the excitement from these marquee matchups is not the game itself, but the fashion show after the game I hope The Sun publishes some pictures of Westbrook, Griffin with this piece, just so you can get

an idea of how ostentatious these get-ups really are especially the one from this All Star weekend with We

ing a green plaid suit The balding

Ginsburg beatnik,

“If I get bored after working out, I’ll find some shops and go check it out and see if they have some new stuff ” R u s s e l l W e s t b r o o k

, finding the perfect mix between tr ying too hard and not tr ying at all and screaming, “I’m the best at what I do and I always look the best doing it ” At the post-game pressroom you have the usual ESPN, Sporting News, local papers but then in the corner not so much concerned with the score GQ, Esquire and Flaunt Magazine, are huddled with cameras Remember, Russell Westbrook is the first and only athlete to be on the cover of Flaunt, joining the likes of Beyoncé, Scarlett Johansson and Josh Hutcherson, to name a few Congrats David Stern As commissioner in 2005, your allegedly racially motivated dress code policy has created a new world in sports The NBA is not only a stage for the

A Taste of Home, 7,000 Miles Away

nearly evaporated, add some rock cr ystal sugar and the salt

best basketball players; it has become a runway for the some of the best-dressed men in the United States Is that the ne w D o l c e & Gabbana model? Is D e r e k Z o o l a n d e r u p next? Nope, sorr y that’s Anthony Davis wearing the newest collection in men ’s-over-6-foot-10 style, sporting a unibrow and well on his (eventual) way to winning an MVP trophy

My hot take for the week: in ten years Russell Westbrook the “Kate Moss of the NBA” will have a fashion line run out of New York with Kevin Durant as his creative director Carmelo Anthony will get jealous, miss the attention he used to garner, and create a rival line with Wade and LeBron, specializing in off-color Fedoras and deep cut Vneck silk shirts that can only be worn once Get ready for the most athletic fashion war ever this is just the beginning

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Strong Senior Class to Carry Men’s Hockey

but it also lacked the distinct flavor

Add the hoisin sauce Stir and let the chicken absorb the sauce

Hoisin sauce is a specialty soy sauce that combines the salty thinness of soy sauce with essence extracted from sea food Aside from flavor, it also adds a delightfully bright color to the dish But since I didn’t have hoisin sauce, I had to make do with regular soy sauce

It is fascinating to watch the color of the sauce slowly seep into the chicken As with other Chinese dishes, the color of the sauce is crucial to the eater ’ s appetite Ad d e n o

immerse the chicken Close the lid and braise the chicken for 10 to 15 minutes over medium heat When the sauce has

The rock cr ystal sugar is another highlight of this dish It adds glow to the juice and makes the dish sweet For beer, I used Ithaca Beer Co ’ s Creeker because, as my friend pointed out, it pairs well with spicy food

Ad d t h e c i l a n t r o W h e n t h e cilantro is soft, the dish is ready

My grandma’s recipe did not disappoint me The chicken took on the delicious aroma of the spices and the beer With a little art and a food-lover's heart, she managed to bring about the unique flavor of beer without the bitterness Do you want to tr y it?

Qijia Yu is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at qy28@cornell edu

M HOCKEY

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poise up front

Wi l l c ox h a s b e e n dominant in defense at times this season and has two goals to go along with an impressive ten assists

M e a n w h i l e , Tiitinen has helped to

s o l i d i f y t h e c e n t e r position, scoring two goals and two assists Coach Schafer pointed out Tiitinen as a leader in the locker room

“[Teemu] brings a d e t e r m i n a t i o n a n d effort that represents

o u r h o c k e y t e a m , ” Schafer said “I’ve gotten a lot my work ethic from my family and wherever I go I want to leave a lasting impression,” Tiitinen said In d e e d , C o r n e l l’s senior class has left a l a s t i n g i m p re s s i o n both on and off the i c e T h e y w i l l undoubtedly lead the Red into the playoffs with pride and confidence

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Women’s Hockey to Take on Clarkson in ECAC Tournament

Cornell looking to carry four-game winning streak into a ‘sharp, mistake-free’ postseason

By KEITH BOLLT Sun Staff Writer

Playoff-bound Cornell women ’ s hockey will travel nor No

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Ba of t

was consistent and clutch play that got them where they are now Cornell has won its last four games, including a come-from behind victor y at Yale two weekends ago and most recently a sudden-death triumph er Har vard this last Saturday “ We’re happy that we ’ ve been playing some of our best hockey all season going into this weekend,” said Cornell h e a d c o a c h D o u g Derraugh ’91

“ When you look at s

Eric Freschi, a junior forward on the Cornell men ’ s hockey team, has had an upand-down season much like his team He scored Cornell’s first goal of the season

against Niagara but has not scored since He has played in every game but two and logged significant minutes on a penalty kill which has been dominant at times In the first ECAC weekend of the season, Freschi had eight penalty minutes more than 13 of his teammates have recorded all season Cornell has succeeded whenever Freschi has played well This is perhaps most exemplified by his outstanding shift in the third period against Dartmouth on Saturday The Big Green had a full twominute, five-on-three chance after Cornell penalties on Christian Hilbrich and Anthony Angello That’s when Freschi and the Big Red went to work, thwarting numerous Dartmouth attempts to enter the offensive zone A hard-working shift like Freschi’s won ’ t show up on the score sheet, but it stood out as a key turning point in the 1-0 Cornell win

It has been a season full of hard work for Cornell hockey The team has had many 6 a m practices this season, which helped establish a team-first mentality The Red’s upperclassmen worked hard to integrate a talented freshman class, both on and off the ice After months of practice, the Red kickstared the season with two

their low seeding, the Red will play all of their postseason games on the road against favored opponents, even if they make it beyond this round There are some advantages to being a lower seed; Derraugh pointed out that Cornell has essentially been playing playoff hockey all month “ It ’

“We’ll need to be extremely disciplined in our game. We’ll need to be executing.”

against Har vard “Our peak is coming at the d of the season ”

The Red have played well in recent weeks, eir success has come against unranked oppoTo move on to the semifinals, the Red will get past a Golden Knights team that is 5 in the countr y olden Knights] are tall; they use their size to ntage, ” said senior for ward Taylor Woods e the puck really well They have some pretty dual players that we need to keep an eye on ” sked about Clarkson’s strengths, Derraugh h “offense, defense, and goaltending ” re] number two in our league this season and , ” he said r to have a chance at beating Clarkson, aid the Red will need to play sharp, mistakeand force the Knights to outper form them ave to be extremely disciplined in our game, ” d “ We’ll need to be executing ” As the lower seed in the first round of the yoffs, Cornell finds itself in a position it has t been in for the last several years Because of

wins over Canadian colleges, by a combined score of 11-3

When the puck dropped on the regular season, however, Cornell would be chal-

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lenged from the start Twenty-two seconds into the new season, the Red trailed Niagara’s Luke Edwards took an innocuous slapshot from 60 feet away which Mitch Gillam never saw The Red’s netminder turned around and the puck was behind him Suddenly, Cornell trailed to an Atlantic Hockey opponent that was expected to be one of the worst Division I teams this season

In the second period of that contest, Freschi scored, and Cornell would go on to win, 3-2 in overtime Cornell won six of its eight fall semester conference games, only losing one This stretch was marked by a number of significant players missing time with injur y, but the healthy players demonstrated their solid work ethic and kept the good results coming Then, the Red took down number-one-in-the-country, undefeated Providence Jared Fiegl’s goal (assisted by Freschi) tied the score and Jeff Kubiak won it in overtime

The following night’s contest was one to forget, but Cornell would get back on track in early January against Merrimack with a weekend sweep Then came a trying stretch in which Cornell failed to win in any of seven straight games, including two straight zero-point weekends Despite this,

Derraugh said “ We’ve

style hockey the last

weeks We’ve been play-

Poudrier admitted the Red preferred outcome is playing in front of home crowds at Lynah Rink, but that the team is happy where it is “ We’re just excited to have made the playoffs,” she said

Poudrier was keen to also point out that the Red have been extremely successful in postseason play in the time she has been here (and in several seasons before that)

“Ever yone knows Cornell plays well in the playoffs,” she said

All told, Cornell’s task this weekend is formidable Clarkson has a realistic shot at a Frozen Four ber th and is heavily favored to beat the Red The Knights have the best goal differential in the ECAC Cornell has str uggled against ranked opponents, and the Knights have home ice “ The ECAC this year has been anyone ’ s game, ” Woods said “ We’re Cornell and they’re Clarkson and it’s going to be one hell of a [series] ”

Keith Bollt can be reached at kbollt@cornellsun com

the team was clearly working hard at both ends of the ice, being denied by a cruel combination of talented opponents, goaltenders and puck luck This showed in the next five conference games, as Cornell has taken points in four of those games, including huge wins at Princeton and Dartmouth Now, Cornell has clinched a home playoff series going into the final weekend of the regular season

It is imperative that Cornell has a strong showing in this ultimate weekend Capital Region foes Union and RPI will make their way to Lynah Four points are required for Cornell to even have a chance of securing a first-round bye More importantly, the Red needs to build on the successes of last weekend Last season, Cornell finished the year with a 4-0 loss to Yale It is logical to suggest that such a demoralizing defeat played a role in the playoff strug-

gles against Union that followed If Cornell cannot get four points this weekend, the Red need to avoid large defeats that could kill momentum heading into the playoffs

The best way to avoid such a defeat is through hard work Thankfully, this team has done nothing but work all season Numerous moments stand out as examples of Cornell’s hard work, from early morning practices to winning streaks despite injuries Cornell has put in effort, on and off the ice Effort will once again be required in this final weekend Cornell could lose all that it has worked for months to earn if this weekend does not go to plan Two workmanlike performances could boost this team in the right direction for the all-important playoffs

Kevin Linsey can be contacted at klinsey@cornellsun edu

Spor ts

Hockey to Close Season Against Union and

Red, backed by a strong group of seniors, hopes to carry positive momentum from road trip into postseason

By TROY BRIDSON Sun Staff Writer

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