02-26-13

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

Following Univ. Criticism,

Fraternity Changes Name

O f ‘Jugs’ Fundraising Event

By ELIZA LAJOIE Sun Blogs Editor

The title of a philanthropic event held this week by the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, in collaboration with all 12 Cornell sororities, caused some students, professors and administrators to criticize what they called its sexist overtones and resulted in the fraternity changing the name of the event

The event –– which was advertised with the title “Which Sorority Has the Best Water Jugs on Campus” ––encouraged each sorority to decorate a large water jug, which was then displayed Monday in the Robert Purcell Community Center and the Terrace Restaurant in the Statler Hotel Passersby were encouraged to choose their favorite water jug and drop change into it to benefit Pi

Kappa Phi’s philanthropic organization, Push America, which is dedicated to serving individuals with disabilities

On Monday morning, the row of sorority “jugs” was on display in the Terrace lobby, along with signs announcing the “jugs”-themed event However, on Monday afternoon, the name of the event was changed to “Penny Wars” after some students and administrators expressed reservations about the title’s derogatory implications

Associate Dean of Students Travis Apgar said his office raised concerns with Pi Kappa Phi’s national organization on Monday morning after staff members noticed the large sign placed outside the Statler Hotel promoting the event These concerns, in addition to complaints the office heard

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By JEFF STEIN Sun Managing Editor

A recent false report of attempted rape should not stoke fears about Cornell’s new policy for handling sexual assault accusations, several highranking administrators have said in defense of their controversial decision to lower the burden of proof in these proceedings

In Spring 2012, over the dire warnings and desperate pleas of many law professors and local attorneys, the University pushed through a series of changes to its sexual assault policy

The new system, which is motivated in part by a contested directive from the U S Department of Education but also by a desire to

After Leaves of Absence From Cornell, Many Students ‘Come Back Alone’

By NOAH RANKIN Sun Staff Writer

At an institution like Cornell, some students say it is not uncommon to pack in more than 18 credits a semester and still graduate in four years Often students strive to achieve even more than that With this collective mentality to graduate within four years, it may be surprising that more than 300 students take a leave of absence from the University each year

about 80 or 90 percent are for emotional or psychological reasons, according to Eells

For students that return to Cornell after their leave of absence a period of time that can last from six months to 10 years, according to Eells it can be difficult to reintegrate on campus

More than 300 students take a leave of absence from the University each year.

On average, 120 to 140 of these leaves are health-related, according to Greg Eells, director of Counseling and Psychological Sciences and associate director of Gannett Health Services The majority of health leaves

“When students return, they come back alone,” said Casey Carr, assistant dean of students and advisor for Cornell Minds Matter “Often, all the people they knew when they were here are gone or in different phase[s] of their li[ves] There’s no one here to welcome them back ”

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Former P rof, Nobel Laureate Remembered as ‘ Vibrant’ Man

By MARGARET YODER Sun Staff Writer

Remembered by colleagues for both his a c a d e m i c accomplishments and vibrant pers o n a l i t y , Prof Robert Richardson, physics

a Nobel laureate who was n a m e d

PROF RICHARSDON

Cornell’s first vice provost for research in 1998 –– died from complications from a heart attack on Feb 19 in a nursing home in Ithaca, according to a University press release He was 75

In 1996, Richardson received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery in 1971 that the helium3 isotope can reach a state of s u p e r f l uidity a state in w h i c h the isotope can f l o w w i t h o u t resistance at approximately 0 002 degrees above absolute zero, according to the press release Richardson made this discovery jointly with then-Cornell

colleagues Prof David Lee, physics, who is now a professor at Texas A&M University, and Prof Douglas Osheroff, physics, Ph D ’73 at Stanford University, who was then a graduate student at Cornell, according to the press release Osheroff called their discovery “accidental,” made at a time when many people in the field of lowtemperature physics were looking for the temperature of the superfluid state of helium-3, according to the press release

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Touring Beichuan

By Miklos Mattyasovszky 13

We went to Beichuan because my sister wanted to remember her recently deceased lover, a professor of seismology twenty-three years her senior She had left her husband, a man I liked, for him Together she and the professor had apparently spent some of their happiest weeks together amongst the ruins of the ravaged city just after the earthquake struck

But now the earthquake was two years old, and Ellen was being ravaged by her own private loss She was visiting Beichuan “in mourning, for closure ” I came along because Ellen had a ten-year-old son and claimed she was still too volatile and wounded to face the difficulties of motherhood alone

She paid I quit giving tours at the Philadelphia Mu

Philadelphians and their art museum and packed a suitcase I didn’t have a plan for when we got back, but I’d been looking for an excuse to leave Besides, I was single and frugal, so I had enough money saved to take the risk of unemployment No one was counting on me anyway

Though he’d never ridden in an airplane, my nephew Thomas lacked any of the excitement often reser ved for a child’s first time flying During our trip across the Pa

Chengdu Airport, he spent most of the time complaining, but I couldn’t blame him I hated airplanes too He slept throughout the three-hour drive to the Renhe Spring Hotel On the drive Ellen and I remained mostly silent except for a few hushed anecdotes from her trip two years ago “ When Simon and I were here, this road was basically nonexistent,” she said We had to hike the last stretch It took us an entire day ” We drove through the city to reach the hotel The Chinese government chose to leave the destruction

d i e s , s o m e t i m e s , b u t m o s t l y i t w a s t h e l i v i n g t h a t m a d e i t s o h o r r i b l e T h e y j u s t m ove d a ro u n d , a l l s o s i l e n t Eve r yo n e l o s t s o m e o n e ” A f t e r we a r r i ve d a t t h e h o t e l I c a r r i e d T h o m a s , s t i l l a s l e e p, t o o u r ro o m o n t h e s e c o n d f l o o r It w a s l a t e b u t t h e h o t e l s e e m e d b u s y, c o n s i d e r i n g i t w a s p a r t o f a c i t y t h a t h a rd l y e x i s t e d a n y m o re On c e T h o m a s w a s p u t t o b e d , El l e n a n d I e a c h h a d a g l a s s o f w i n e i n o u r s u i t e ’ s l i v i n g ro o m “ Tr a ve l i n g i s a l w a y s s o t i re s o m e , ” s h e s a i d “ T h a n k Go d I s l e p t o n t h e p l a n e “ T h o m a s d i d n ’ t , ” I s a i d “ I k n ow, I k n ow ” Sh e s m i l e d “A l l o f i t p l a n e s , a i rp o r t s , m ov i n g , n e w t h i n g s i t ’ s a l l s o e xc i t i n g w h e n yo u ’ re t h a t a g e ” “Ac t u a l l y I t h i n k h e w a s j u s t u n c o m f o r t a b l e He

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Students can send poetry and fiction submissions to jkose@cornellsun com

Cay uga ’ s Watcher s Begins Training for 119 ‘Party Monitors’

By DARA LEVY Sun Staff Wr ter

As Cayuga’s Watchers an independent group created by the Student Assembly that will train unidentified party monitors to look out for dangerous situations at the request of any student or campus organization hosting a party prepares for its launch in April, the organization held its first training session Saturday

The session which included speakers from University organizations, including Gannett Health Ser vices and CUEMS focused on alcohol education, bystander intervention techniques and sexual assault prevention

Deborah Lewis, alcohol projects coordinator at Gannett, emphasized the importance of mitigating the rate of alcohol consumption

“Slowing down how much someone drinks, but doing it in a way where everyone has a lot of fun I think that’s a really good model,” Lewis said

Eric Silverberg ’14, president of Cayuga’s Watchers, said that although the Watchers are not responsible for providing medical attention to students who might need it, they do need to be able to identify emergency situations

“It’s most important to be trained and equipped with the skills to be effective [in identifying emergency situations],” Silverberg said

There are 119 students currently part of the Watchers’ training program, but that number is still rising, according to Mike Ostro ’15, vice president of outreach for Cayuga’s Watchers

Ostro said that, because Greek organizations organize a large portion of social events on campus, the Watchers have thus far been composed largely of members of fraternities and sororities; however, Ostro added that many Cayuga’s Watchers members also belonged to a cappella groups and sports teams

“It’s crazy the amount of organizations that we have connections with already,” Ostro said “It’s friends looking out for friends ”

Still, Silverberg emphasized that the Greek community is an important part of the Watchers’ focus They have been working to recruit as many Greek members as possible and have been working with the Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council and Multicultural Greek Letter Council to gather feedback on the initiative

Though Cayuga’s Watchers said they will not be able to gauge fraternity interest until the program launches, they are currently strengthening support within fraternities by working on a one-to-one basis with fraternity presidents and

establishing an ambassador program, according to Ostro

Felix Tabary ’14, a member of the ambassador program and vice president of Sigma Pi, said the ambassador program consists of people from different “key houses” to better gauge interest in creating party guidelines that extend beyond Interfraternity Council regulations

Lewis said being a Watcher will not prove to be an easy job

“I think it would take a really special person to be able to easily navigate social situations in which people are drinking to surreptitiously slow down the rate in which someone is consuming alcohol,” she said

According to Tabary, several fraternities have been actively enlisting their members or pledges to go through the training At least one other fraternity has asked all of its new members to undergo the training to become Watchers

Though fraternities already have designated sober monitors at registered parties –– as the IFC requires one monitor for every 25 party attendees –– Cayuga’s Watchers will be unidentified The program also adds a monetary incentive because Watchers are paid for their role, according to Tim Lenardo ’14, president of Sigma Phi

Lenardo said he became a Cayuga’s Watcher because he often must sober monitor at parties

“It makes sense to have people go through that training so that they’re more effective with their jobs as well,” Lenardo said

Silverberg said he is encouraged by active participation he has observed from members of Cayuga’s Watchers

“This entire processes is a community collaboration

I’m extremely enthusiastic and hopeful that we’ll be successful,” Silverberg said

Tabary said Cayuga’s Watchers do not plan to approach their job “with the mentality of catching people ”

“Cayuga’s Watchers is a very different alternative It’s not aggressive, invasive, and there’s no legal obligation,” Tabary said

Lenardo said he had initially expressed concern about allowing strangers into his fraternity house However, Cayuga’s Watchers is aiming to reach the point where there are enough members from each house to monitor their own events

According to Silverberg, the Watchers will cover parties in teams, which he says will ensure they are held to a high standard of conduct

Lenardo said some students expressed concern that Watchers may be there to report back to the University or the police

“When you first hear about the program, there are doubts because it does seem kind of weird to allow these people into your house,” Lenardo said

However, Ostro said that Cayuga’s Watchers is not meant to serve as an enforcement agency

“We’re not there to curtail alcohol use, but to curtail alcohol abuse, which is a vital distinction,” he said “We are there to help protect the Greek community and advance the social system, not degrade it ”

Dara Levy can be reached at dlevy@cornellsun com

Resolution Hopes to Ensure Follow-Up After Crises

A Student Assembly resolution passed unanimously last month will add a structured follow-up system to the existing crisis manager system that assigns a trained individual who is on call at all times to students in the event of a personal crisis

Although the existing crisis manager system assigns a crisis manager to the student to help t h e m c o o rd

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r s may or may not reach out to the affected students after they initially request help, according to Melissa Lukasie wicz ’14, vice president of internal oper-

ations for the S A and sponsor of the resolution The S A resolution calls for the requirement of a follow-up check-in after the crisis has been dealt with, Lukasiewicz said Lukasiewicz said the resolut i o n

health issues on campus, especially in situations in which the student does not feel comfortable discussing the crisis immediately after it occurs

“ So m e t i m e s s t u d e n t s , including myself, face a crisis where they aren ' t comfortable d i s c u s s i n g i t i n i t i a l l y, ” Lukasiewicz said, adding “ my own and my friends' experiences lead to my passion for this initiative

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S A President Adam Gitlin ’13 agreed, saying the change would ensure that the affected student “is okay, knows that someone is there to help and is aware that there are a lot of re s o u rc e s a ro u n d t h e University that provide support for students

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The resolution also suggests

that crisis managers also use a software to alert the crisis managers and remind them to follow-up with the students in question

“ It’s a p ro g r a m a b l e reminder It’s a wonderful idea to get even more systematic,” said Tanni Hall, associate dean of students and director of crisis management

However, Hall emphasized that it is important for the crisis manager to be flexible

“We’re really careful not to have any absolutes for the crisis managers because every single case is different,” she said

Lu k a s i e w i c z s a i d s h e allowed for this flexibility in the resolution by giving deference to the crisis manager ’ s discretion The resolution states that the follow-up should be conducted with the help of an “appropriate reminder system, ” leaving the time interval for the follow-up to the discretion of the crisis manager

Kritika Oberoi can be reached at koberoi@cornellsun com

Psychiatric Exam Ordered in Rape Case

Psychiatrists will examine a developmentally disabled Ithaca man to determine if he is competent to stand trial for the first-degree rape of a woman who was visiting him at his apartment in Dryden, according to The Ithaca Journal

Asian Communities Gather for New Year Ithaca ushered in the Year of the Snake with a multi-cultural display of drums, dancing and food Saturday at Boynton Middle School, according to The Ithaca Journal

Constitution Talk Will Be Held by Dryden Republicans

A discussion of the United States Constitution will be held Tuesday at the Dryden Republican offices, according to The Ithaca Journal

Tompkins County Looks Toward Living-Wage Enforcement

Lawmakers will discuss whether Tompkins should require its contractors to play their employees a living wage, according to The Ithaca Journal

Student s Discuss Medical Leave Issues

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Helen Cowan ’14, who said her stress led to a major medical issue and hospitalization at the end of the fall semester in 2011, said deciding to take a medical leave was “ a really tough decision to make ”

“I was pretty ashamed of it at the time,” Cowan said “I didn’t really know anyone who had gone on leave, and it just wasn ’ t a thing that my friends had done ”

Due to the stigma that exists toward taking time off –– and toward mental illness in general –– the final decision to take a leave often does not occur until students develop symptoms that incapacitate them

“There’s a certain ‘ you have to finish this’ mentality that I think Cornell is really good at promoting,” Cowan said Amanda Nichols ’14 said that although Cornell students can be very understanding of other people’s limits, they rarely apply such leniency to themselves

“When I decided to take leave, I was basically unable to go to class,” Nichols said “I was in and out of Cayuga Medical, getting testing done and everything else it should have just been like, ‘No, I should just go home and do this at home,’ but I was like ‘No, I have to finish ’”

In an effort to provide support for students who return from their leave of absence, CMM has been hosting weekly meetings to discuss their struggles, successes and experiences, according to Carr

Some students who regularly attend the meeting said they had not been familiar with how many students actually take a leave of absence every year, or that the stress that can come from schoolwork is not always something that can just be “pushed through ”

“For me, [my leave] was eye-opening,” Cowan said “Most people here are really stressed out about something or other, and some are okay with dealing with it, and I can ’ t deal with it because I have a health problem Becoming more aware of my own moods, my own health that’s what I spent most

of my leave doing, just actually figuring out what was happening with me ”

Students said returning to Cornell brought a host of obstacles Readjusting to the rigor of coursework, feeling a pressure to get caught up, and even having problems with housing paperwork, course enrollment, insurance and funding were common stressors to the students who had returned from leave

“One thing I question with how Cornell handles things is that when you decide to take a leave, they throw a bunch of things at you at once, ” said Theresa Moniz ’15

Nichols echoed her sentiments

“There were classes that I couldn’t enroll in, and I didn’t even know what classes I was going to take,” Nichols said “I was in this weird situation where I did not get into some of my classes until the third week It was really stressful, and when you ’ re coming back from leave, you kind of want to at least have that down You’re overwhelmed, you haven’t seen people in a year or more, you ’ re getting back into the swing of things at Cornell, and then your schedule is up in the air that’s really bad ”

However, despite facing difficulties, students said the weekly group meetings have been very helpful

“If you just have that fact somewhere in your head that there are a lot of people who go on leave, it makes it so much easier to make the decision and to know that you ’ re not the only one, ” Cowan said Carr said she thinks it is positive to see these students have benefited from leave, and said that she believes students do not need to be afraid of making use of the flexibility that they are offered in the form of medical leave

“Unless [students] take care of their physical and mental health, it will be difficult for them to thrive in their academic life,” Carr said

“Failure is not falling down, but not getting back up again ”

Noah Rankin can be reached at nrankin@cornellsun com

PHILANTHROPY

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from other members of the campus community over the course of the day, led the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs to urge the fraternity to reconsider the event ’ s title, Apgar said

“Especially in a year when there’s increased effort to address bias-related incidents, the title of this activity was inconsistent with all of the efforts that the campus community has engaged in, and really is inconsistent with what Pi Kappa Phi as a fraternity is truly about,” Apgar said

Some professors, students and members of the Women’s Resource Center also criticized the philanthropy event within the context of reports of sexual violence on campus

Ashley Harrington ’13, a member of the Women’s Resource Center advisory board, said the event ’ s name was unacceptable in its implied objectification of the women in each sorority

“Jugs become what these brilliant, beautiful, talented women are relegated to, ” Harrington said “It becomes even worse when money is involved The better the sorority’s jugs, the more money they get for their philanthropy In this [way], women become a commodity masked in the name of philanthropy ”

Prof Mary K McCullough, feminist, gender and sexuality studies, similarly denounced the event as “ pretty much straight-up juvenile and offensive,” but said she would have simply dismissed it as silly if not for her concerns about the event ’ s latent sexual implications

She added that the presentation of women as only the sum of their body par ts, even if no offense is intended, can contribute to a sexually violent culture

“If you don’t think of women as complicated individuals with minds and bodies and spirits, then its easier to do things to them,” she said “There are philanthropic efforts all over the world that don’t rely on racist or sexist or homophobic humor ”

Though some students and professors expressed disapproval, Steven Smolyn ’16 –– president of the Push America Club of Cornell and Pi Kappa Phi’s philanthropic executive –– stood by the original name, stressing the philanthropic nature of the event, in an interview with The Sun prior to the event and the name change

Smolyn said that “ Which Sorority Has the Best Water Jugs on Campus” is the “premier charity event ” of the national Pi Kappa Phi organization

The event was not held on Cornell’s campus last year, following a conversation between Pi Kappa Phi and the University, in which Cornell discouraged the fraternity from holding the event,

noting doing so would be “unwise,” according to Apgar

However, the event was popular for nine years prior to that time and had returned this year after requests from several sororities

Smolyn defended the theme as an attempt to craft an effective fundraiser for the fraternity’s charitable work The proceeds will benefit a variety of organizations, including Autism Speaks, St Jude Children's Research Hospital and The National Kidney Foundation, according to Smolyn

“Bake sales don’t work anymore, ” Smolyn said in an email “Many other on-campus organizations have also started creative fundraisers that receive greater support and ultimately benefit the philanthropic cause ‘Best Water Jugs’ is essentially a play on words behind a fundraiser that has raised a lot of money for many good causes ”

He added that, after an informal complaint from a student organization several years ago, the event name had been changed from “Best Jugs on Campus” to “Best Water Jugs on Campus,” and that to his knowledge, all dissatisfied parties were content with the revision, but that the fraternity was still open to suggestions for improving the event

Still, sorority members and other students said they were not upset by the event ’ s name Kathleen McArdle ’14, a member of Phi Sigma Sigma, said that while she understood that the event ’ s name was somewhat suggestive, she did not think it was particularly offensive

“It would be one thing if the event was advertised with photos of busty, half-naked women or something along those lines, but it clearly shows a picture of a water jug,” McArdle said “The event itself isn’t demeaning in my opinion, and I believe the slang term is just being used to draw attention to an otherwise charitable cause ” Apgar said the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs had not been involved in approving or arranging the event, but urged organizations to be considerate as they organized philanthropy events

“[I would urge organizations] to carefully think through the impact of messages, regardless of intentions, and to consider how it aligns with the goals of the activity and values [and] principles of the organization you are trying to help, and those of your fraternity,” he said in an email

McCullough said she believes the University should make a strong effort to prevent offensive events such as the “Jugs” benefit

“It’s a tough battle to fight, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be fighting it,” she said

Eliza LaJoie can be reached at elajoie@cornellsun com

Nobel Laureate Was Down-to-Earth, Hardworking, Colleagues Say

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Although Osheroff said this discovery itself has no “ practical” applications, he said it transformed low-temperature physics with new insights into intricately ordered systems

After winning the Nobel Prize, Richardson became one of Cornell’s most influential administrators, serving as the University’s first vice provost for research from 1998 to 2007 In 2008, he was named an emeritus vice provost for research He also served as a senior science advisor to the University president and provost from 2007 to 2009, and as the founding director of the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science from 2004 to 2009 and the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics from 1990 to 1996, according to the press release

Richardson joined the Cornell community in 1966 as a postdoctoral researcher and was promoted to an assistant professor two years later

In addition to his academic and personal achievements at Cornell, Richardson was remembered by his friends and colleagues for his hard work and his down-to-earth personality

Osheroff said that when he was a Ph D candidate and Richardson was an assistant professor, Richardson would “rarely” get home before midnight after working in the lab with graduate students

“[Richardson] set off a spark in everyone, ” Osheroff said “He led by example, he was a hardworking person, and he encouraged all his students to act the same way a generation of graduate students ended up having more vibrant and productive research careers because of the fact that Bob taught us how to be excited and probe nature and make discoveries ”

Prof Jeevak Parpia, chair of the physics department, also praised Richardson’s dedication to his graduate students

“I felt he really then promoted those students whenever he got the chance,” he said in an email “It meant that we

all got really great placements in an era where that was not common ”

Prof Lois Pollack, applied engineering physics who worked with Richardson as a postdoctoral associate in 1989 said she remembers Richardson’s distinct and effective teaching style, which often involved dramatic but practical scientific demonstrations

Along the same lines, Parpia characterized Richardson as, “hyperactive, in the best sense of the word,” and added that Richardson had a “wicked sense of humor ” According to Pollack, in addition to researching with other scientists and students, Richardson also dedicated much of his time teaching physics to non-majors in collaboration with former Prof Betty Richardson, physics, his wife and Prof Alan Giambattista, physics

Margaret Yoder can be reached at myoder@cornellsun com

Attorney : Changed Policy Denies ‘Fundamental Rights to the Accused’

ASSAULT ACCUSATIONS

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reduce the number of campus rape cases, makes it far easier for students to be found guilty, expelled and tarnished by the charge of sexual assault

But does the new policy make it too easy for innocent Cornell students to be found guilty, expelled and tarnished by the charge of sexual assault

But does the new policy make it too easy for innocent Cornell students to be wrongly found guilty? That is the objection vociferously raised by opponents of the change, who say that false reports of sexual assault including one high-profile announcement this November by Cornell police highlight the perils of stripping the accused of certain traditional safeguards

Under the new sexual assault system, accused students’ attorneys cannot cross-examine the accusing party, defendants must only be found guilty on a “preponderance” or 51 percent of the evidence to face punishment, and students can no longer appeal decisions to a hearing board that includes students The previous, higher standard for these cases was “clear and convincing evidence ”

“False reports ser ve as a reminder of the dangers of Cornell’s policy, and of the eternal need for procedural protections, no matter how well-intentioned the authorities are, ” Prof Kevin Clermont, law, said “ The University should provide protection to the accused as a matter of fairness ”

Several key defenders of the change, however, say the allegedly false sexual assault report does not weaken the rationale behind the policy change Going further, they say that the rationale for the new policy is affirmed, even strengthened, by Cornell police’s determination in November that a sexual assault claim was invented

“I thought the fact that this incident was investigated carefully and professionally, that we figured out what the story was, was a terrific example of the system working,” President David Skorton said in an interview with The Sun “That doesn’t mean that it wasn ' t upsetting But, right now, I'm convinced the way we ' re doing it is the right way ”

On Sept 27, police said in a mass email alert that a female student barely escaped after a man dragged her into the woods and tried to rape her The attempted rape was reported to have occurred

on the Trolley Bridge near the Engineering Quad, on a Wednesday at 9:30 p m

Two months later, police announced that they had “irrefutable evidence” supported by video footage that the attempted rape report was invented Although she has not faced charges for what is considered a criminal offense, the student who filed the report is no longer enrolled at the University, according to Police Chief Kathy Zoner

Citing student confidentiality, Zoner declined to comment on several other aspects of the case, including whether or not the student has since admitted to fabricating the report, whether or not she was expelled by Cornell and whether she named an individual as her attacker

Like Skorton, Cornell Judicial Administrator Mary Beth Grant J D ’88 said the apparently false sexual assault report is evidence that Cornell police can be trusted to not charge innocent students

“I think the false sexual report demonstrates that the Cornell police did their job: they worked hard to determine if there was evidence to support a case of sexual assault, and they worked hard to determine if there was evidence of a false report, ” Grant said, noting that she cannot comment at length about the case due to student confidentiality laws “I think people who are worried there’d be more false complaints should take stock in the fact that police really worked hard and did not charge someone when the evidence did not support the allegations ”

Clermont sees it differently Like other legal experts, he blasted the University for vesting too much adjudicatory power in the hands of those investigating the accusations

"The University’s attitude is, ‘Trust us ’ A good part of the American legal system has grown up because centuries of experience have shown that trusting authority does not provide sufficient protection,” Clermont said “For the accused, a lot is at stake ”

Clermont and other law professors, including Prof Cynthia Bowman, law, have focused their complaints on Cornell’s new policy But the dispute may stem from a more fundamental divergence in perspectives Whereas Clermont and other critics of the change cite statistics that recognize the potential for false rape accusations, proponents of the lower burden of proof typically but not universally downplay the prevalence of

false rape reports

This world-view can be found on websites like that of the Cornell Women’s Resource Center, which vocally supported the new policy Citing national studies, the website says that one in four women on college campuses are victims of rape or attempted rape

It also says that “ women do not lie about experiencing sexual harassment ” Estimates about the prevalence of false sexual assault reports vary

In 2009, the National Center for the Prosecution of Violence Against Women released a study that said “methodologically rigorous research” finds that between two and eight percent of rape

reports are false However, other organizations, such as the False Rape Society, often cite an article in the Columbia Journalism Review that says statistics on false rape “depends on who you ask” and that some estimates are much higher Whatever the precise percentage of false reports is, for William Shaw ’69, an Ithaca attorney and vocal critic of the revised policy for sexual assault cases, the rights of students accused of sexual assault should never be ignored Shaw said he has represented dozens of Cornell students both falsely accused and overcharged with both sexual assault and other offenses and worries the University does not fully recognize

the “ severe emotional trauma ” that comes with a false accusation or the serious interim consequences pending the dismissal of the charge, including temporary suspension and removal from campus

“The new policies have denied fundamental rights to the accused,” said Shaw, who despite his criticism, stressed that he believes Grant and the J A ’ s office is working with good intentions

“ The University’s policies deserve to be criticized and should be changed because of their lack of concern for the rights of the accused,” he said

Jeff Stein can be reached at jstein@cornellsun com

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Editorial

Striking a Balance Between Humor and Civility

THIS WEEK, THE PI KAPPA PHI FRATERNITY hosted its traditional “Which Sorority Has the Best Water Jugs on Campus?” philanthropy event The event is not as lewd as its title might suggest It involves literal water jugs that sororities decorate and use to solicit funds for charity, competing to see whose jugs can attract the most money Some have dismissed the suggestive theme as good fun, justifying the use of sexual imagery in the promotion of philanthropic efforts But the very attention such events seek to garner gives the impression that this kind of casual objectification is acceptable We agree with the students, staff, faculty and University officials who are urging Cornellians to reevaluate whether this tradition, and others like it, runs counter to the respectful campus culture many have been working hard to create

The event ’ s mission to raise funds for the fraternity’s national philanthropy, Push America a nonprofit organization dedicated to outreach for people with disabilities is a noble one But the implications of the language used in its promotion are less honorable We recognize that the provocative name of the event is likely intended to increase attendance But it is not innocuous or without consequence We also acknowledge that this event is one of several remaining on campus that treads the line between humor and incivility Nonetheless, the harm of using objectifying language so cavalierly outweighs its entertainment value, and we call upon student groups to put more thought into whether their words and actions align with their stated values This applies not only to the organizations sponsoring an event, but also to groups on campus, male or female, who choose to participate without questioning these incongruities

Members of Cornell’s Women’s Resource Center responded to the philanthropy event Monday by contextualizing it in light of the instances of sexual assault that occurred last semester Those incidents gave rise to ongoing dialogue about how behavior that many dismiss as “harmless” or “joking” can create a culture in which disrespect for our peers is the norm The continued perpetuation of messages that can be considered demeaning to women also undermines the myriad efforts being undertaken on our campus to support survivors of sexual assault

Pi Kapp has shown its willingness to adapt the event in response to concerns from community members, to an extent The official name of the philanthropy was first changed from “Best Jugs On Campus” to “Best Water Jugs on Campus,” and on Monday, to “Penny Wars” under pressure from the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs But the angered reactions to the innuendo are indicative of the turmoil over violence against women that has ensnared the Cornell community this year We encourage all student organizations to be more cognizant of the campus climate when planning events that can be perceived as being particularly offensive

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BY NICOLE HAMILTON Sun Staff Writer

Most who venture into Milstein Hall’s dome take notice of its distinctive architectural design It’s not your classic college building Its wave-like structure was put to good use during Ellen Fullman’s Long String Instrument concert on Sunday, in which she used the main expanse of the space to create a sound landscape that no one else could create This is because Fullman created not just the performance, but also the instrument itself

“[Milstein] is kind of like a sculpture,” Fullman said “It has a wonderful resonance ” Fullman’s main work has been “the development of the Long String Instrument, a 53 to 200-foot string instrument in which rosin-coated fingers brush across dozens of metallic strings, producing a chorus of microtonal organ-like overtones, ” according to the College of Architecture, Art and Planning website Fullman performed numerous times during her weeklong residency, which began on Feb 18 Over the course of the week, Fullman took part in many public events These events included a demonstration and question and answer session, an open rehearsal with the Cornell Avant-Garde Ensemble and a film screening of 5 Variations on a Long String by Peter Esmonde, all culminating in two concerts on the final day of Fullman’s residency I attended the final concert

The dome was dark with a main light directed at Fullman’s back that illuminated her entire instrument The members of CAGE played their instruments alongside, slowly building a wall of sound Fullman’s fingers barely skirted the strings while slowly moving forwards and backwards

It opened with a dedication Ellen Fullman and members of CAGE performed a percussion piece while moving around the dome The sounds darted all over the building while percussionists walked around and above the main area Then, Fullman transitioned to her Long String Instrument and the main performance began

She played the final concert with five other musicians, including guest artist Theresa Wong on the cello and members of CAGE and the Cornell Electroacoustic Music Center Fullman said she prefers playing with an ensemble “I really like combinations that are unpredictable and combinations of different timbres,” Fullman said

“It’s really like bowing,” Fullman said “To get a good tone out of a bow, it takes a lot of practice, and my fingertips are my bows I coordinate the speed at which my fingers move to produce a good tone to get the strings to speak ”

At points, the soundscape felt heavy and quite scary with deep vibrato, and at other points, the music had an eerie quality The lighter points in the sound felt ethereal, and when close enough to Fullman, one could see the white rosin slowly fall as her fingers hit the strings

The four-song set spanned over an hour, with the first piece lasting almost a half hour The length and quality of the sound makes it hard to call Fullman and CAGE’s pieces songs When asked what Fullman would call herself a musician or a performance artist she chose her own title: composer

Most people who walked past Milstein Hall stopped to look through the main window at the purely visual spectacle that is the Long String Instrument The design of the space helped transport viewers into the soundscape, but even people standing outside who couldn’t hear the music seemed captivated by the performance

After the dome emptied and Fullman sat down to reflect on the week, she said she had a positive experience while in residence and would have liked to stay longer

“That’s why, at the end of concert, I was coming down to a quiet place, and then I started playing again and came all the way out because I wasn ’ t quite ready to really say goodbye,” Fullman said

Ellen Fullman’s work, including the performance that led Prof Kevin Ernste, music, to invite her to perform can be viewed at ellenfullman com

Nicole Hamilton is a freshman in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning She can be reached at nhamilton@cornellsun com

MMMM: Laughs, Magic and Zombies at Risley Theatre

BY MARISSA TRANQUILLI Sun Staff Writer

It is impossible to deny that the supernatural world goes through fads Just a few years ago, it was impossible to walk out of the door without tripping over the latest vampire or werewolf thriller These days, however, zombies seem to be decomposing in every theater and home across America With the release of Warm Bodies just a few short weeks ago, the overwhelming popularity of The Walking Dead and the upcoming World War Z, it was all but guaranteed that Cornell’s theater department would jump on the zombie train Mr Matthews’ Magic Morgue, written by Trevor Stankiewicz ’15 and directed by Sarah Byrne ’15, however, doesn’t quite follow the cliché modern sway of the zombie industry Alec Matthews (Oliver Viera ’15) opens the show with his magic act and eerily declares to the audience, “As time has passed, the smoke has lifted, the mirror has cracked,” preluding his performance The plot rushes along for the first few scenes, and it is ambiguous how much time passes Alec becomes engaged to his girlfriend Lily Summers (Catherine Rieflin ’15) His sister Natalie (Sue-Jean Sung ’15) lauds a “ new secret invention,” and his mother Carol (Kimberly Laura Dyckman) is killed in a horrible “accident” during one of Alec’s magic shows The final event is a major blow to Alec’s psyche he is unable to perform his tricks and gets fired from his show Frank Matthews (Mark Whitmore), sick of comparing his brilliant scientist daughter to his failed magician son, forces Alec to join him and work at the morgue Here, the pacing finally slows down enough for us to meet

morgue worker Teddy Winkler, portrayed by none other than the author of the play, Stankiewicz Teddy’s character is absolutely hysterical The lyrics to “Welcome to the Morgue” had everyone in the Risley laughing including the actor himself Teddy’s only friends are the corpses: During the song, he forms a special bond with a particular body that recently died of cardiac arrest, Victor Shingles (like on a roof, or adult chicken pox) Meanwhile, Alec, who confuses his magic wand with the baton his sister invented to stimulate brain activity in coma patients, touches each of the corpses in the morgue, which quickly come to life These scenes at the morgue contain all of the hilarity and sparkle that the play had the potential to reach Teddy urges his newly animated “best friend” Victor Shingles (Chris Liendo ’15) to make a break for freedom, and Victor returns to his former home where he was ex-magician Vladimir Tingles’ (Rudy Gerson ’14) butler Vlad, Alec’s idol, just happens to be the man who orchestrated the plot to kill his mother Carol and destroy Alec’s career In exchange for their deepest desires: fame, love and the safety of their family members, the Matthews’ agree to give Vlad the life-giving baton Nat is imprisoned in Vlad’s house (which no one really notices ) as Alec and his father rush to the morgue to resurrect Carol (which for some reason they never thought of doing when they were in sole possession of the baton) At first, Carol is just as she was the mother and wife they knew and loved However, as time draws on, all of the zombies start to change The zombies

develop cannibalistic tendencies, and in a rather amusing reference to an older viral youtube video, Victor tries to eat Teddy’s finger, causing all of the actors to suddenly develop English accents and exclaim:

“Victor bit my finger!”

“Did it hurt?”

“It really hurt!”

The newly repaired happy life at home falls apart as well, Carol loses more emotion and memory every minute The comedy was excellent in these scenes perhaps too good, in fact, for such a small theater Frank Matthews’ lines brought everyone in the theater to tears of laughter, “We had fast food I

had Wendy’s, your mother had a squirrel ” It was quite some time before even the actors could revert to serious tones A few of the actors forgot props during major dramatic moments which led to some amusing improv that threw the actors off and even led to some of the “disanimated” corpses shaking with dead laughter

The final confrontation between Alec and

Vlad was rife with moral decisions and confusing deaths, but the play ended sweetly and happily overall A few logistical points bothered me during the show, mostly the lack of a clear timeline I had to spend too much energy trying to figure out how a 20 to 30 yearold man could have seen a famous magician in his prime if said magician’s prime was 50 years ago The time passing during the performance threw me off also The play would have been much more enjoyable if I wasn ’ t left wondering about little details like these It is difficult to hit pacing and spacing directly on the head Several scenes within this show, however, got it right The scenes surrounding the first reanimation of the corpses came off beautifully and with the perfect comedy to drama ratio But the beginning felt rushed, and by the end, the actors were playing off the audience too much and nothing felt scripted or serious By this point everything, even moments that had to potential to be truly poignant, felt awkward

Many of the songs were excellently written, the lyrics by Stankiewicz and the music by Peter Arriaza and Sung They were highly amusing, clever and sweet, with each of the actors lending an excellent voice Mr Matthews Magic Morgue really has the potential to be something great, and with a little tweaking and prodding, it could move beyond a laugh-a-minute play for friends, and into something really and truly clever

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

Sun Oscar Coverage 2013

I7:37 p.m.:

Z Z: Beardless Judd Apatow: the biggest Oscar upset so far [On the red carpet ]

7:49 p m : H S : Are Sacha Baron Cohen and Ricky Ger vais invited?

8:51 p m :

Z.Z.: Christoph Waltz’s win marks an upset of sorts, though I am not upset whatsoever What a great actor and sweet man [Of Waltz’s Best Supporting Actor win ]

9:09 p m :

H S : Life of Pi cinematographer looks like Gandalf

9:11 pm:

Z Z : Life of Pi will be clearing a lot of these technical awards, I suspect Actually, “technical” is doing it injustice The work on the tiger might be the peak of the visual effects craft so far

9:29 p m :

H.S.: Har vey Weinstein is the Oscar’s Goldfinger King Midas of Hollywood has three nominated films this year: Silver Linings Playbook, The Master and Django Unchained

9:51 pm:

Z Z : Not like it had much competition, but Amour and Michael Haneke deser ve the prize And Haneke seizes the moment with TWO kisses from Jessica Chastain [In response to Best Foreign Film win ]

10:17 p m :

Z Z : Skyfall and Zero Dark Thirty, sharing sound mixing awards The two (arguably) most deser ving pictures, both getting their due This is rare

10:22

Z Z : Anne Hathaway better stay together in one piece for her damn speech [Best Supporting Actress ]

10:23 p m :

H S : That’s kind of a nippily dress [In response to Anne Hathaway accepting her award ]

10:35 p.m.:

Z Z : Adele is singing; shut up, ever yone [Best Original Song ]

11:09 p m :

H S : Skyfall’ s score is better suited for an elevator than this list [In response to Best Score nomination ]

11:26

p.m.:

H S : Argo had one of the most forced, formulaic screenplays of the year Most unfounded Oscar of the night [After Argo won Best Picture ]

11:37 p m :

H S : Ang Lee never won Best Picture for Brokeback Mountain (2006) My money says that Best Director but no Best Picture happens again

11:49 p m :

H S : Well Joaquin, you got what you wanted, not what you deser ved Rebel in the house! [In response to Phoenix shaking his head at his nomination ]

12:06 a m :

Z Z : Well, it’s late Time to sign off Had fun with this, and I thank Henr y for collaborating for the night To whoever actually read this: You are beautiful

12:08 a m :

H S : Thanks Zach Thanks readers To next year

A Slanted Look at the 85th Academy Awards

don’t mean to brag, but I did pretty well this year in my Oscar predictions I placed second in The Sun’s Oscar Picks printed last week (9/12 for those curious, and congratulations to Zach Zahos on 10/12), and I’m pretty sure I only missed one of my picks for the night’s other awards, which I screamed out to increasingly annoyed housemates That being said, the winners of the 85th Academy Awards on Sunday night were incredibly expectable Best Picture winner Argo had been picking up industry awards for weeks, Daniel Day-Lewis gave a performance in Lincoln that will likely stand as the model for a man we will never hear and if “Skyfall” hadn ’ t brought Adele to spitting distance of an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony), I think there would have been riots Predictability aside, there were many, many great parts of this year ’ s Academy Awards Not least among them was the Best Leading Actress statue going to Jennifer Lawrence the presumptive winner since nominations were announced, but never a lock for her role as a troubled widow in Silver Linings Playbook One of the best films of 2012 and deserving of many more awards (Best Supporting Actor, Best Actor Who Isn’t Daniel Day Lewis, and arguably Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay), SLP gave Lawrence her first, but likely not last, Oscar, after being nominated two years ago at age 20 for Winter’s Bone Look out for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire later this year, starring Oscar Award Winning Actress Jennifer Lawrence

see Zero Dark Thirty, arguably the most controversial film in a year that included Django Unchained and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, went home with only one statue, a split win for Best Sound Editing Magic Mike garnered zero nominations, but in my humble opinion should have been in contention for Best Picture, Best Director (Steven Soderbergh), Best Actor (Channing Tatum), and, of course, Matthew McConaughey for Best Supporting Actor

Now, to the bad stuff The Oscars were long Very, very long They were not made any shorter by a 20-minute opening monologue from supremely adequate host Seth MacFarlane and many unnecessary musical moments although Shirley Bassey and Jennifer Hudson rocked it

There were other winners that were unarguably deserving as well Day-Lewis, Life of Pi’ s visual effects team and Amour (Best Foreign Language Film) come to mind Another worth highlighting is Searching for Sugar Man, the winner of Best Documentary Feature, which I believe could have been nominated for Best Picture of the year

However, several films were unjustly looked over Beasts of the Southern Wild was nominated for four awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay) and won none, which while expected, was disappointing to

In terms of awards, I am in no place to say that an actor, actress, film, or anyone else is undeserving of recognition But I will anyway both Best Supporting Actor (a slight upset) and Best Supporting Actress (the lock of all locks) went to the wrong people Christoph Waltz was awesome in Django Unchained, but was he a supporting actor? No Was he doing anything that different from his role as Nazi Colonel Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds, which he won for three years ago? No On the other hand, in Silver Linings Playbook, Robert De Niro broke type from the typical tough guy he’s been playing for the past few decades and completely sold his superstitious and loving dad If not De Niro, it could have gone to Tommy Lee Jones, who played a 19th century version of Tommy Lee Jones, but was brilliant and engaging while doing it

Best Supporting Actress could have been presented at the nominations ceremony, as this was destined to go to Anne Hathaway for Les Misérables since the film first screened While I haven’t seen Les Mis, nor do I plan to, I’ll argue against Hathaway anyway My dislike for this stems more

from my understanding of the general over-the-top nature of the film and Hathaway’s limited screen time than any sort of hatred for the actress herself From The Devil Wears Prada to The Dark Knight Rises, she’s consistently been great; but this would have been a great award for Helen Hunt (in The Sessions, a movie I also haven’t seen, but plan to) She takes on a challenging role as a sex surrogate, spends the movie in a vulnerable state (a k a naked) and would have given some recognition to, apparently, one of the better films of 2012 I also would have been happy to see this go to Jacki Weaver for her understated mother in Silver Linings Playbook, or Sally Fields for her overwrought Mary Todd Lincoln in Lincoln, or maybe even The Master’ s Amy Adams, who was a bridesmaid for the fourth time Sunday night Basically anyone but Hathaway All in all, the 85th Academy Awards was a predictable awards show that (for the most part) gave recognition where recognition was due The one true surprise came with Ang Lee’s Best Director win for Life of Pi over Steven Spielberg and Lincoln, but neither of them are Ben Affleck, so whatever

Peter Jacobs is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at pjacobs@cornellsun com Big Talk appears alternate Tuesdays this semester

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New York Giants Owner’s Nephew Arrested for Assault

FAIRFIELD, Conn (AP) The 22-year-old nephew of New York Giants owner John Mara has been charged with felony assault in Connecticut for allegedly hitting a person in the head with a bottle during a New Year’s Eve party

The nephew, also named John Mara, was arrested by Fairfield police Friday and posted $150,000 bail The Mount Kisco, N Y , resident is scheduled to be arraigned on first-degree assault and breach of peace charges on March 8 in Bridgeport Superior Court

The victim, who hasn't been publicly identified, suffered life-threatening injuries that required immediate surgery, police said

The ordeal happened last New Year’s Eve on Fairfield Beach Road, a neighborhood along Long Island Sound where many Fairfield University students live, police said

Mara is a senior anthropology and sociology major at the Jesuit School who lives in the beachfront neighborhood where the assault allegedly occurred, university spokeswoman Martha Milcarek said The neighborhood is about 3 miles from campus

Mara’s lawyer, William Dow, said Monday that Mara will plead not guilty He declined to comment on details of the allegations

“We’re confident a jury will find him not guilty,” Dow told The Associated Press

A message seeking comment was left Monday at a phone listing for a John Mara in Mount Kisco

Police say the arrest was the result of a two-month investigation and Mara turned himself in after learning that authorities had obtained an arrest warrant for him First-degree assault carries one to 20 years in prison upon conviction

Mara also may face sanctions by the university, Milcarek said

“In a situation like this, not only is a student subject to any civil action but there would be an investigation from the standpoint of the school and, pending the outcome, the student would be subject to the disciplinary code of the university,” she said

A spokesman for the Giants said Monday that the team and John Mara, president and chief executive officer of the Giants, had no comment on the arrest

MLB Players Look to Increase Penalties for Violating Drug Tests

DUNEDIN, Fla (AP) Baseball union head Michael Weiner said Monday there have been talks about increasing the penalties for violating baseball’s drug testing program

“There are certainly some players who have expressed that,” Weiner said “We’ve had discussions with the commissioner’s office If it turns out that we have a different penalty structure because that’s what players are interested in, that’s what the owners are interested in, it will be for 2014 ”

Weiner spoke to the media after he met with the Toronto Blue Jays as part of his annual tour of spring training camps

“On one hand, we do have the toughest penalties of any team sport, ” Weiner said “Fifty games is more than you’d see for the first time in football and hockey and basketball More and more players are vocal about the desire to have a clean game More and More players are vocal about being willing to accept sacrifices in terms of testing in order to make sure we have a clean game ”

Changes to the drug program must be approved by both Major League Baseball and the players’ union

“One of the strengths of our Joint Drug Testing Program is that the bargaining parties have an ongoing dialogue about the program and potential changes that can make it even more effective,” MLB spokesman Pat Courtney said in an email “We look forward to discussions with the MLBPA about changes that may be needed to respond to recent developments ”

One area where increased attention helped encourage change was in testing for human growth hormone

“The players approved this change, and it was an important change to have year around blood testing to improve the possibility of detection for the use of HGH,” Weiner said “It was something the players felt very strongly about The players at this point have very little patience for players that are trying to cheat the system, and understand that year around HGH testing is an important component ”

HGH testing began last year but was limited to spring training

Also, Weiner says he will be speaking with the players who were named in a report by The Miami New Times as having allegedly purchased performance-enhancing drugs from a defunct Florida antiaging clinic

“Whether there’s anything to these stories or not, they’re (the players) sick of this issue,” Weiner said “So, it’s natural for a lot of guys to say, maybe we need different penalties We’ll have that discussion over the course of 2013 ”

Weiner succeeded Donald Fehr as union head in 2009, and this tour is his first of spring training since announcing in August he is being treated for a brain tumor

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Smith : Make the NB A All-Star Game Count

thing to do with TNT ’ s sound crew or the mic itself Assuming that was the case, this was an easy fix to make in my new hypothetical All Star Weekend, considering that basically every other sporting event featuring live music has somehow figured out a way to better project its sound

Now, on to the basketball I’ll go through this chronologically to make sure I cover all aspects of the weekend, starting with the Celebrity Game and the Rising Stars Game Of all the nights during All Star Weekend, Friday was the one I least had a problem with The Celebrity Game, which is usually fairly boring because we have to watch Justin Bieber run up and down the court pretending he’s Chris Paul, was actually exciting because of the addition of Usain Bolt I mean, the guy ’ s twitter biography is “The most naturally gifted athlete the world has ever seen, ” so who wouldn’t want to see him attempt to play basketball?

He did have a nice dunk, but I think he’s going to have to work on his dribbling skills and mid-range jumper if he wants to live up to his self-given accolades Regardless, props to the Celebrity Game’s planning committee for bringing in a name like Bolt

The Rising Stars game might be victim to many of the same faults as the real All Star Game, but I can ’ t really complain about it That is because I don’t know how they could improve it, and it’s still fun watching the best rookies and sophomores compete against one another It’s an excellent place for players like Kenneth Faried who isn’t subject to much national recognition in Denver to showcase his skills to the country Since I can ’ t think of a better alternative for the NBA to get its young players this type of exposure, I’m willing to accept the fact that it’s merely a dunk-a-thon

On to All Star Saturday Night

This event used to be my personal favorite of the whole weekend, but it has slowly deteriorated into a gigantic mess The shooting stars competition and the skills challenge are both nice in theory, but have become so stale and boring that they’re not even worth having anymore Check that The skills challenge is nice in theory, but the shooting stars competition, on the other hand, is plain miserable to begin with It has always been the one event no one bothers to watch, and that was no different this year As for the skills challenge, it is cool to see the best guards in the game being appreciated for their passing prowess and dribbling expertise, but in its 11th year, it has become incredibly repetitive It’s time for the NBA to come up with some new challenges that serve as testaments to their player’s abilities In my own, new hypothetical All Star Weekend, I would implement either a three-on-three or one-onone tournament to serve as the perfect replacement for both of these events

The three-point contest came next, and it was great to see Kyrie Irving shine in what was really his first moment in the national spotlight (remember, he was injured almost his entire year at Duke) I think the three-point contest has also become kind of repetitive, but

it’s still more entertaining than the shooting stars competition or the skills challenge Also, it’s a fun tribute to the best gunners in the league, so in my new hypothetical All Star Weekend, it stays If the entire All Star Saturday Night is a gigantic mess, the dunk contest is the center of the disaster The event used to be phenomenal as it featured the league’s biggest names and best athletes, but without a headlining superstar this time around, it was a disappointment

It’s not that it wasn ’ t cool to watch Terrence Ross soar over a kid, put the ball through his legs, and throw it down with legitimate swagger because it was What Terrence Ross did was truly an amazing athletic feat, but without the hype of a player like Blake Griffin or Dwight Howard, the whole event fizzles

The only hype around this year ’ s event was the famed YouTube dunk of James “Flight” White, but when he tried the same dunk on the real stage, he couldn’t actually pull it off So in my new hypothetical NBA All Star Weekend, I plan on designing a similar dunk

contest one that doesn’t rely on name recognition to succeed My plan: institute a H-O-R-S-E competition between the dunkers This type of event would be more competitive, more spontaneous and a better actual test of who the most elite dunker in the NBA is Who wouldn’t want to watch that?

Finally we can address the main event, the All Star Game The goal of the All Star Game is to showcase the league by putting all of its premier players on the court at same time Yet I can ’ t figure out how the product on the floor is a good showcase for the league, because it’s not like they really play basketball

Instead, both teams jog back and forth, trying way too hard to imitate the Harlem Globetrotters There’s always that player, like Chris Bosh, who sees the All Star Game as his one opportunity to attempt the play he knows his coach would never draw up In this instance, he decided to take a step-back-fade-away jumper from barely inside the arc The result was to no one ’ s surprise an air ball

During the whole game, I was listening to TNT ’ s Marv Albert try to convince the audience that in the fourth quarter a real game was going to break out But when the fourth quarter arrived, nothing actually changed except for that one possession when Kobe Bryant thought it would be interesting to swat LeBron James The NBA All Star Game is still more of a game than the NFL Pro Bowl, but it has become vastly worse than the MLB All Star Game The MLB All Star Game was having its own competitive issues when there was a tie in 2002 but solved that issue by declaring that the winning league earns home field advantage in the World Series In my hypothetical NBA All Star Weekend, this is precisely what I would bring to the NBA I know the players would probably not be thrilled initially because they see the All Star Weekend as a relaxing break from the rigorous regular season, but I think they will eventually come to appreciate a more competitive contest Plus, the best players are most likely going to be on teams that

really want that home-court advantage so they will have the most incentive to try their hardest We still have to account for the issue of injury risk though, so I would up the All Star rosters from 12 to 15 players This would help spread out the minutes and keep everyone fresh and less prone to injury

Undeniably, the NBA All Star Weekend in the past couple of years has been nothing but a flop

Because I’m a huge fan of the NBA, I hate writing that, but at this point, I have no choice

Despite my negative views however, the potential of the event still brings me back year after year to watch it I hope we see some changes in the near future with Adam Silver taking over as commissioner No league emphasizes its superstars more than the NBA, so it would seem only natural that the league be committed to making this event the best it can possibly be

Alex Smith can be reached at asmith@cornellsun com

Men’s S quash Finishes Eig hth at Pott er Cup

By KATIE SCHUBAUER Sun Staff Wr ter

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Getting squashed | The men’s squash team finished its team season with a loss against Yale in the quaterfinals of the Potter Cup Championship Despite the dissapointing end, the Red recorded 16 wins and only 6 losses during the season

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Red Looks to Continue Success at Rutgers

C.U. will take on Rutgers, Brockport and William and Mar y on Saturday

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“We definitely still have things we can improve on.”

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C.U. Falls to Iowa

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At National Duals

By HALEY VELASCO

Assistant Sports Editor

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Red Sets Record , Finishes Second

Schupp earns the seventh highest score on bars in C.U. history

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wish I could’ve written this article immediately after witnessing the atrocity that was the NBA All-Star Weekend, but I already had an article written and was too close to the deadline at that point anyway Luckily (or unluckily depending on how you look at it), I couldn’t kick the thought from my mind about how putrid this event has become, so I decided to use this week’s article anyway to cover not only where everything went wrong but

also how we can fix an event with such immense potential Further, I decided to create my own new hypothetical All-Star Weekend Before we can start dissecting the problems with the actual basketball (though it is hard to call what was played in Houston actual basketball), I must address the failures of either the various musical performers or the sound crew Was it just me, or did everyone who per formed besides Ne-Yo sound absolutely terrible? One of the highlights of watching AllStar Weekend is that the league

tends to bring in some pretty exceptional performers to spice up the entertainment We all know a b o u

between star athletes and star musicians, so the event ’ s drawing power is quite high This year was no different with headliners like Alicia Keys, Ellie Goulding, Fall Out Boy, Phillips Phillips and NeYo taking the stage However, something happened that made them all kind of sound like an old lady singing in the shower Take,

for instance, Ellie Goulding and her song “Lights ” On the radio, or YouTube, or wherever you prefer to listen to music, this song features spectacular and captivating vocals, but for some reason when she sang it in Houston, it was simply ugh But it wasn ’ t just Ellie Almost all of the other performers, who are all supremely talented in their own right, were subject to the same issue, leading me to believe that it was some-

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