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Cornell Proposes 3.9 Percent Tuition Hike

By ZOE FERGUSON Sun Senior Writer

The University announced Thursday that the cost of attending Cornell will increase by at least three percent for most undergraduate students in the 2015-16 academic year

According to Paul Streeter, vice president for budget and planning, the 3 9 percent proposed cost increase represents the first time in 50 years of annual tuition hikes that endowed tuition will go up by less than four percent Last year, undergraduate tuition was increased by $1,920, a 4 25 percent increase, the Sun Previously reported

The proposed budget will increase tuition by $1,830 for all undergraduates, representing a 3 9 percent tuition increased for the endowed colleges schools that receive funding through the Morrill Land Grant Act and out-of-state contract college students, according to a University press release The additional tuition will amount to a 5 9 percent increase for in-state resident contract college students Graduate research tuition will not increase

By REBECCA BLAIR Sun Staff Writer

The Federal Communi-

c a t i o n s C o m m i s s i o n d ecided Thursday to protect net neutrality by ensuring that Internet access is regulated as a public utility

This new rule “ represents the biggest regulator y shake-up to telecommuni-

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using “unjust or unreasonable” business practices in regards to the proliferation of Internet acces

By ANDREW LORD Sun Staff Writer

Students expressed varied reactions to the University’s Thursday announcement that the proposed budget for the 2015-16 academic year will bear a three to six percent tuition increase for most undergraduates

The proposed University budget, which will raise undergraduate tuition by $1,830 for the 2014-15 academic year, will be presented to the Board of Trustees for approval in May, according to t h e University

FCC, with all votes in

York Times repor ted

providers will be barred from reducing or increasing access speeds to certain websites due to business considerations This

i n offering popular websites, like Facebook or Netflix, increased access speeds in

y payments, The AP repor ted

C o n v e r s e l y, w i t h o u t net neutrality, providers could slow down access to cer tain sites as a way of pressuring those sites into accepting corporate deals

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, s a i d s h e believes Thursday’s decision could set a valuable precedent in ensuring the Internet remains an open marketplace of ideas

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announcement of a $ 3 5 0

health fee, to be i m p

n t e d next fall, for students not enrolled in the Cornell Student Health Insurance Plan

3.9% increase this year

Susan Murphy ’73 Ph D ’94, vice president for student and academic services, said she expected these tuition increases at a town hall meeting on Feb 13

“Yes, there will be a tuition increase,” Murphy said at the meeting “In my 45 years [at this] University, I have never seen [a year] that there has not been one ”

impor tant because it will ensure that the Internet remains an open market where star tups and establ i s h e d i n t e r n e t c o r p o r at i o n s a r e o n a n e q u a l p l a y i n g f i e l d , ” R o k i t o said

However, the decision was harshly opposed by p ro m i n e n t In t e r n e t s e rvice providers, including Ve r i z o n W i r e l e s s a n d AT&T, according to The AP Both companies publicly accused the FCC of par tisanship following the decision

The exact implications of this decision will be d e t e r m i n e d p a r t l y b y details which have not yet been worked out and will not be published for a

couple days, The Times repor ted Brandon Giraldo ’17, a n i n f o r m a t i o n s c i e n c e major, said he applauds the FCC’s decision, stati n g t h a t t h e I n t e r n e t ’ s broad accessibility should be preser ved “ T h e I n t e r n e t i s a n o p e n p l a t f o r m [ w h i c h ] any person or organization should be able to use freely as a tool to transmit and receive information,” Giraldo said

T h u r s d a y ’ s v o t e f o ll o w e d s e v e r a l d a y s o f heated clash between the p r o p o s a l ’ s p r o p o n e n t s a n d o p p o n e n t s F C C

Chairman Tom Wheeler refused a request to speak b e f o r e t h e Ho u s e

Committee on Oversight about net neutrality on We d n e s d a y, t h e d a y before the FCC’s scheduled vote Ho r n e l l , Ne w Yo r kbased WLEA Ne ws subseq u e n t l y r e p o r t e d t h a t Congressman Tom Reed (R-N Y ), who represents Ithaca and ser ves on the O v e r s

y w i t h Wheeler’s decision not to appear before the committee

“It is serious when any administration official refuses to speak to Congress,” Reed said to WLEA “The FCC’s new rules on regulating the Internet affect

Q u o t e s o f t h e W e e k

Opinion, “Sexual Assault: What Has Cornell Done and What Can We Do Now?,” Monday

Speaking about where Cornell stands on the issue of sexual assault compared to other Ivies

“Compared to our peers in the Ivy League Cornell has had relatively few sexual offenses reported by Campus Police and Title IX complaints filed against the University But take this with a grain of salt These statistics are hard to compare because it may be a positive sign to see higher sexual offenses reported ” Annie O’Toole grad

Opinion, “Take It Like It Is: Takeaways From the Chapel Hill Shootings,” Tuesday

Speaking about what she believes is presence of Islamophobia in the West

“Islamophobia is not merely an unfounded hostility that shapes the attitudes and actions of the Western world It also extends itself to the ways American news media outlets distribute news And in the case of the Chapel Hill shootings, the story has been unjustly marginalized and still remains on the fringes of public awareness ”

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News, “Professor David Levitsky Speaks About Journey to Nutrition,” Wednedsay

Speaking about his career as a college student before he found his passion for nutrition

“I actually hated college I didn’t want to be there I came from a little farm town in southern New Jersey so when got to Rutgers I just felt very out of place ”

Prof David Levitsky, nutritional sciences

News, “Pulitzer Prize-Winner Talks Cornell Experience,” Thursday

Speaking about his time as a student at Cornell

“I was all over the place There’s nothing wrong with that [Cornell students have] a unique opportunity to explore what s interesting The minute you walk out of this door when you graduate you re going to regret everything you didn’t study ” Jeffrey Gettleman ’94, East Africa bureau chief for The New York Times

Kenyan Ambassador to U.N. Describes Impact And Cause of Chinese Investment in Africa

ILR Disability Leadership Program Receives Funding Through 2019

The Employment and Disability Institute’s New York State Partners in Policymaking program within the School of Industrial and Labor Relations which promotes leadership for people with developmental disabilities will continue to train these individuals along with their family members for the next five years, according to the University The New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council is funding this program

University State

Governor Cuomo Creates Report on Failing Schools

Governor Andrew Cuomo’s (D-NY) office created a report Thursday to ensure stricter education standards, according to The Ithaca Journal The report will include a list of 178 failing schools outside of New York City

Currently, Cuomo is feuding with the Legislature and education advocates over education reform, and he wants to create incentives for school aid through teacher recommendations If the state legislature approves this plan, schools would get a 4 8 percent aid increase, but if they do not, schools will receive a 1 7 percent aid increase, The Journal reported

Compiled by Madeline Cohen

By MELVIN LI Sun Staff Writer

Macharia Kamau, Kenyan ambassador to the United Nations, delivered a keynote address at the Cornell Law School Thursday about the causes and impacts of recent Chinese investment in the African continent

In his talk, titled “The Journey to Invest: China’s Economic Excursion to Africa,” Kamau began by saying that while he typically focuses on issues pertaining to sustainable development and the International Criminal Court, he was glad to speak to students about Chinese investment in Africa

“I must tell you that I think it’s a very worthwhile topic to be discussing because China has truly proven to be an engine of change in many parts of our world right now, ” Kamau said “Integrating China into the international community is something that started in earnest in the 1960s when China joined the U N Security Council [China] is something that has become instrumentally important to the international community, so it’s good to be here ” Kamau said he was surprised at how much concern there was about Chinese economic excursions into Africa, especially from the West Such excursions, according to Kamau, are nothing new in light of history

“We’ve had experiences with a number of excursions, so China’s excursion to many of us, from a very African perspective, is just another experience about being in the world,” he said

“I’ve always been intrigued by

[Western concerns] We had the Portuguese in the 14th century, we had the Arabs, we had the Europeans right through the 19th century, in the 20th century we had the Americans ”

Kamau added that he was curious about why many people find Chinese involvement in Africa as peculiar According to Kamau, many newspapers in the United States and Europe portray this involvement as an unacceptable and historically atypical excursion to the continent

“If you are a historian, you’ll know that China has been coming to Africa since forever,” Kamau said “The original writings go back to the first century A D , when [African] traders would go to China to seek ivories, medicines, spices, exotic wood and wildlife, and would trade all sorts of things, from bowls to knowledge and so on

That is not exactly the portrayal that you tend to get when you read a lot of what is written about China and Africa ”

Kamau said that by 2009, after only about 15 years of investment in Africa, China had exceeded the United States as Africa’s largest trading partner By 2012, China had doubled its trade volume with Africa to almost $200 billion a year, which was more than twice the size of America’s $90 billion trade with Africa

“[The Chinese] are putting their money into [African] infrastructure, they are putting their money into manufacturing and they are putting their money into construction,” Kamau said “But they are doing this in a manner in which we in Africa have never

witnessed before The terms of engagement have been amazingly generous ” Kamau acknowledged that while Chinese investments transformed many countries in Africa for the better, they have not been made for entirely altruistic reasons Despite this, Kamau described China’s actions as nothing unusual when compared to that of other large nations through the course of history

“China is clear It wants support for its One China Policy,” Kamau said “China has maritime boundar y issues that it needs

resolved It needs friends to do that They have aspirations in the U N Security Council and they’re going to protect those aspirations, and they have the right to do that ”

Still, Kamau said newspapers in the West are still having “ panicky” responses to these actions “[Chinese] resources, money and wealth are going to be used strategically,” he said “Has this never been done before? Of course not ”

By DIVYANSHA SEHGAL Sun Staff Writer

n a l i s t s w h o w i l l b e i n v i t e d t o Ma k e r C o n i n Ne w Yo rk C i t y t h i s Se p t e m b e r w i l l b e c h o s e n by p u b l i c vo t i n g a n d j u d g e s f ro m Ma k e i n Ma y T h e w i n n e r w i l l r e c e i v e a $ 5 , 0 0 0 g r a n t t o d e ve l o p t h e i r p ro j e c t T h e j u d g i n g c r i t e r i a w i l l i n c l u d e t h e p ro t o t y p e ’ s a p p l i c at i o n t o re a l w o r l d p ro b l e m s , i t s c o m m e rc i a l v i a b i l i t y t a r g e t , t h e m a rk e t o f t h e p ro t o t y p e , o r i g in a l i t y o f t h e i d e a o r p ro d u c t a n d q u a l i t y o f t h e s u b m i s s i o n m a t e r i a l s t h e p ro t o t y p e u s e s , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e m a g a z i n e ’ s we b s i t e Pro f Da v i d S c h n e i d e r, s y st e m s e n g i n e e r i n g , s a i d h e b e l i e ve s c h a l l e n g e s l i k e Pi t c h Yo u r Pro t o t y p e w i l l s t re t c h s t ud e n t s ’ c re a t i v i t y t o s o l ve re a l w o r l d p ro b l e m s

“At C o r n e l l , we h a ve a l w a y s o p e r a t e d by f e a r l e s s a b a n d o n o f c o n ve n t i o n a l r u l e s , i n o rd e r t o t u r n o u t e n g i n e e r s w h o a r e e q u i p p e d w i t h t h e k n ow l e d g e a n d s k i l l s t o m a k e t h e w o r l d a b e t t e r p l a c e , ” S c h n e i d e r s a i d “ We f i r m l y b e l i e v e t h a t t h ro u g h a r e l e n t l e s s f o c u s o n i n t e rd i s c ip l i n a r y re s e a rc h a n d p ro g r a m s , t r a n s f o r m a t i ve t e c h n o l o g y a n d h o s t i n g c h a l l e n g e s l i k e t h e s e m o t i va t e o u r s t u d e n t s t o t r u l y s t r e t c h t h e i r c r e a t i v i t y t o e n g a g e i n m i n d f u l d e s i g n t h a t s o l ve s f o r re a l w o r l d p ro b l e m s a n d n e e d s ” Vi c k i e We l c h , v i c e p re s i d e n t o f m a rk e t i n g o f Ma k e r Me d i a Ma k e m a g a z i n e ’ s p u b l i s h e r s a i d p ro g r a m s s u c h a s Pi t c h Yo u r Pro t o t y p e i n s p i re i n d i v i du a l s t o c r e a t e d e v i c e s t h a t i m p rove t h e l i f e s t y l e s o f m i ll i o n s o f p e o p l e “ i f g i ve n t h e r i g h t o p p o r t u n i t y a n d i n c e nt i ve s ” “ En g i n e e r s a re t h e q u i n t e ss e n t i a l m a k e r s , ” We l c h s a i d “ It’s f i t t i n g t h a t C o r n e l l i s a s p o n s o r w i t h i t s l e g a c y o f c h a m p i o n i n g p r o j e c t - b a s e d l e a r n i n g t o t u r n o u t f i r s t - r a t e e n g i n e e r s w i t h t h e t o o l s t o c h a n g e t h e w o r l d ” T h i s c o m p et i t i o n i s p r es e n t e d b y M a k e i n p a r t n e r s h i p w

Tuition to Rise 3.9

Percent in 2015-16

Students share opinions on tuition increase

REACTIONS

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Zach Griffin ’18 said he thinks the tuition increase is unjust and unnecessary

“I just don’t see why students are being told to pay more year after year, ” he said “I simply feel like the money I pay doesn’t match the services provided by this school there’s not much else to it

Jonah Wexler ’18 who said he has supported the “Fight The Fee” protests over the past few weeks said he agrees with Griffin, citing the lack of transparency within the administration as his primary concern

“There are just a lot of things that are not well thought-out when it comes to the fees slapped on students,” Wexler said “The Gannett fee numbers don’t make sense I would like to start seeing real numbers [from administrators] ”

Ben Bacharach ’18, Student Assembly freshman at large representative, said he believes students and families should have a more clear idea of “what they are paying for ”

“As paying students we have the right to know what our return on investment is,” Bacharach said “What are we getting [next year] that we aren ’ t getting [now]? These are not easy economic times and paying families have the right to know what they are sacrificing ”

Wexler said he thinks greater transparency is needed to justify the increase in tuition

“Fee for this, fee for that, fee-fi-fo-fum,” Wexler said “At the end of the day, I want to know what I’m paying for it’s as simple as that ”

Andrew Lord can be reached at dlord@cornellsun com

Raising the bar | The graph above shows undergraduate tuition increases for six consecutive academic years The University announced a 3 9 percent raise in tuition for the 2015-16 academic year Thursday

C.U. Budget Pending Finalization in May

TUITION

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The budget is pending finalization in May by the Cornell

Un i v e r s i t y B o a rd o f Tr u s t e e s , according to the press release

college students, 201516 tuition will be raised f r o m $

$48,880 For students that live on campus, w

For contract college students who live in New York state, 20151

$32,740, up from $30,910 in the last academic year With room

housing and dining costs

Interim Provost Harr y Katz said in a statement that he thinks the tuition increase should be seen by students as an honest effor t to improve the Cornell experience

“Keeping the rise of tuition below four percent for undegraduates reflects our best efforts to be fiscally responsible ” H a r r y K a t z

said

increase will add up to a total cost

higher than this year

s cost of $60,914

$46,604

According to the University, student activities fees will remain the same, as will undergraduate

“Keeping the rise in tuition to below 4 percent for most undergrad-

responsible while assuring a rich and complex undergraduate education

than

month after the University announced it

fee, beginning next year, for students with private health insurance The student health fee will affect 70 percent of undergraduate students, The Sun previously reported

com

Autopsy Issued for Washington Murder Victim

SPOKANE, Wash (AP)

An independent autopsy of an unarmed Mexican man killed by police in Washington state showed he was shot up to seven times including twice from behind contradicting earlier statements from authorities, an attorney for the man ’ s family said Thursday

The independent autopsy found Antonio ZambranoMontes, 35, was shot seven times, with at least two entrance wounds on the back of his body, said lawyer Charles Herrmann, who is representing Zambrano-Montes’ estranged wife and two daughters

“Our report differs sharply with statements made by local law enforcement authorities,” Herrmann said in a statement

His comments came a day after a spokesman for the special unit investigating the Feb 10 shooting in Pasco said five or six bullets struck Zambrano-Montes, but none from behind

The Mexican immigrant’s death has prompted calls for a federal investigation, along with a series of demonstrations in Pasco, an agricultural center with 68,000 residents located about 130 miles southwest of Spokane

Herrmann commissioned the second autopsy by a Seattle pathologist, Dr Carl Wigren, who performed it Feb 20 Herrmann released a portion of the report Thursday

“The report reflects a total of as many as seven rounds striking Zambrano,” Herrmann said It also found entry wounds on the back of the victim’s right arm and one buttock, he said

The independent autopsy found the Pasco orchard worker also was shot in the face, stomach, chest, arm and scrotum, according to a diagram provided by Herrmann

At a news conference Wednesday, Kennewick Police Sgt Ken Lattin was clear that the official autopsy showed

Zambrano-Montes was not hit anywhere on the back of his body That would indicate Zambrano-Montes was not shot while running from the officers with his back turned

Franklin County’s coroner, Dr Sig Menchel, performed the official autopsy days after the shooting

Lattin is a spokesman for the regional law enforcement task force examining the shooting On Thursday, he referred questions to county prosecutor Shawn Sant in Pasco Sant did not immediately return a telephone message from The Associated Press

The final medical examiner’s report is not yet finished, but it could be done within a month, Lattin said Wednesday

He said preliminary results of the official autopsy showed three officers fired a total of 17 shots Police have not said how many shots each officer fired, or whether bullets from all three officers struck Zambrano-Montes

Lattin said the results showed Zambrano-Montes was shot five or six times, but “there were no shots in the back ”

The afternoon of Feb 10, Zambrano-Montes was throwing rocks at passing vehicles and later at responding officers, authorities say

Video taken by a witness shows the man running from officers As the officers draw closer, he stops and faces them Multiple pops are heard, and he falls, twisting, to the ground as the pops continue

Lattin said officers fired stun guns at least twice but failed to stop Zambrano-Montes before using their weapons The officers felt threatened, police said

Zambrano-Montes’ death at a busy intersection has sparked two weeks of protests in the city where more than half the residents are Hispanic but few are members of the police force or the power structure

FCC Approves Net Neutrality, Protects Access

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everyone and there must be accountability and transparency ” Reed took to Facebook Thursday to criticize the FCC’s decision

“I am opposed to today’s vote by the FCC to classify the Internet as a public utility,” Reed said “The Internet should remain free of intrusive government regulation so that rapid innovation and commerce can continue to flourish ”

However, President Barack Obama who came out in favor of net neutrality last fall issued a statement Thursday thanking the four million Americans who wrote to the FCC in support of net neutrality, likely influencing their final decision

“Today’s FCC decision will protect innovation and create a level playing field for the next genera t i o n o f

Rebecca Blair can be reached at rblair@cornellsun com

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Seeking a Shy Storm: N e w Wo r k b y C a l v i n K i m

BY DANNI SHEN Sun Staff Writer

The Sun sat down with artist Calvin Kim after a reception at the Tjaden Gallery of his new work, Seeking a Shy Storm, to talk about his inspiration for this work and painting in general

T HE SUN: Can you first talk about your relationship to painting or to the process of creating?

CALVIN K IM: As an artist, I want to make sense of the confusion and complexity of the world Specifically you ask why painting, and I am painting, but I don’t think that just because I’m painting that I want to be pigeonholed as “ a painter ”

More so, I’m using the medium of paint because that is what’s attractive to me at this time It’s interesting to think about a painting you desire to make, the painting that you see, and within the painting there’s also the painting you want to see So what does that mean as in you want the painting to manifest, and is that not an honest way of painting? I think we have a tendency to feel more engaged with mediums such as music or film; with music, when we ’ re in the womb we can hear before we see With film, we live our lives very much cinematically through continuous memory Yet, these all exist within a certain parameter of time that we can observe; we know when music starts, or when a film ends What’s so intriguing for me is that with painting, it’s timeless in the sense that it’s living Once created, it goes on living with us simultaneously, so that we coexist in time I think it’s a much slower process of understanding When I make a painting, yeah it has to be shown on the walls, but I make the painting in thought of living, growing and understanding it Every time you come back, it’s like a new co-creation of the artist, the viewer and the work In this way I think a painting wants to be alive It’s like a breathing thing The process of painting is also such a direct one-to-one relationship between the body and the piece Every mark is shown on the canvas, every subtle movement You try to give it something and it takes away, or leads you somewhere else

C K : Usually, my paintings emerge from phrases, or [are] even half word, half image So language does have a lot of influence on my work For example, how can a verb be a noun, or a noun be a verb? That’s what’s interesting because everything exists as a sort of paradox There’s a poem by Theodore Roethke called “The Waking,” that means a lot to me So the poem ends:

This shaking keeps me steady I should know What falls away is always And is near I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow I learn by going where I have to go ”

Roethke once recalled how he was under an open sky,

is preceded by a lull or the peace before a storm, which then transitions into a storm, and after returns to a state of lull SUN: The forms in your work seem very specific, yet they also seem to morph throughout your paintings Can you talk about these symbols in terms of narrative if there is one (or more), and what they signify to you?

SUN: Seeking a Shy Storm seems to be a contradiction of language, but is a longing for that “contradiction ” Can you talk about the title, or talk about language in relation to your practice?

where man isn’t too evident, but somehow he feels tremendous and has all these visions, which create a kind of awareness for him In a way I feel the same in that I’m influenced heavily by nature and the things I see All my paintings are uninhabited by any figures They’re places I want to seek out As in the poem, Roethke wakes to sleep and takes his waking slow It’s a contradiction In the same way, the title Seeking a Shy Storm contains two opposing ideas but I see them as one whole in that they’re embracive, they’re circular in the sense that a storm

C K : So in particular, these circular forms have always interested me, this creating a moment where things are in transition, are in a state of in-between, of being and becoming For example, in Philip Guston’s work, a book becomes a building becomes a wall By trying to get to their essence, I hope people can form their own narratives about them As for the horizon line, the more you walk towards it, the more there’s something behind it; it’s always elusive That’s the constant trouble for an artist, but that’s also what keeps me going Consider that the very first paintings were in caves It was about the flames flickering and instilling this aura that moved In reference to Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, in the dark, we can accept things that we see, but we mistake them for one thing, when there’s actually so much possibility for that which we haven’t seen So I think I can always go back to a painting because what I see and know are always evolving In that way, I don’t want my paintings to exist as singular narratives, but rather as shards in a world where they culminate as a continuous experience It’s not necessarily going back to that wholeness that I’m interested in, but rather the lingering, the wanting or the hope of getting there I think there’s power in that it shows the potential in things we ’ ve forgotten, especially as children I want my paintings to recognize that off-kilterness, that they actually are places we can experience And with painting, if the right questions are asked, the answers will come out of that Why would you want to look at a painting that has all the answers? It shouldn’t give you all the answers Just like it would be a lie to say that life gives you all the answers If painting is an illusion pretending to try to be something, it’s also critical of its own illusion, so therefore it can be honest I think that’s what it comes down to in art and painting for me, is listening and having conversations, as the relationships and understandings we have are far beyond what can be categorized or named

Danni Shen is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at dshen@cornellsun com

C o p y / E d i t : C a s t a n d P r e s e n t a t J o h n s o n M u s e u m

BY SHAY COLLINS Sun Staff Writer

Ancient sculptures seem to carry the weight of permanence When the viewer looks at the marble Helen, Hercules or Nike, they peer back at an age of technical precision and aesthetic purity But this account belies the true story, one that is rife with revisions and restorations

Cast and Present: Replicating Antiquity in the Museum and the Academy puts the processes of restoration and copying on a pedestal (pun intended) According to co-curators Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt, Cornell President Andrew Dickson White saw ancient sculptures as educational resources to be worked with, not simply appreciated from afar

To this end, Cornell compiled many plaster casts of ancient sculptures under White’s presidency Some of the most interesting works in Cast and Present are photographs The vaunted sculptures look humanized, almost fun, in photographs of early Cornell students dutifully sketching them in class or professors and students eating next to them in Goldwin Smith Hall’s Temple of Zeus

Furthermore, the process of casting masterful sculptures served an even more important role in the past: increasing the average person ’ s access to art The description of Italian reliefmaker Pietro Paoletti’s coin-sized intaglios states that Paoletti provided “high-quality souvenirs of this type to a new generation of middle-class tourists ” The distribution of images of ancient sculptures also benefitted lower- to middle-class artists who sought to study the masters A curatorial note about printmaking explained that “apprentices often copied from prints before being allowed to draw from actual sculp-

tures ” Interestingly, the usage of prints and copies as an instructive tool raised the importance of imitation and alteration

The curatorial note discussing the sculptor Apollonius’ decision to sign his reproductions states that such a choice “alter[s] us to the idea that originality was not necessarily prioritized as an aesthetic value in antiquity ” It’s an idea that resonates with personal experience; if someone sculpted a nearly perfect replica of Michelangelo’s David today, would you not still be impressed?

In fact, the Dulwich Picture Galler y in London announced that it will “hang a forged painting alongside its 270 authentic holdings, challenging gallery-goers to spot the fake,” according to a Jan 26 hyperallergic com article The ancient emphasis on duplication and recent renewed interest in forgery highlights the artistic interplay between creativity and proficiency Yet, the creation and preservation of casts also represents a creative process

Depictions of ancient works also provide a medium for artists to greatly affect the work’s original meaning and context Hendrick Goltzius’ The Farnese Hercules occupies the transformative extreme Goltzius’ engraving shows Glykon’s copy of Lysippos’ statue from behind, “depicting the musculature of the back and legs,” according to the curators ’ statement Goltzius also included two men in the lower right hand corner who gaze up at the statue from below Whereas the curators argue that the men ’ s presence “reinforce[s] the importance of appreciating great works of art, ” the onlookers also evidence the creative power of copying The Farnese Hercules provides an image of a massive hero, but Goltzius’ engraving provides a depiction of human awe and a cementation of physical setting

However, the preservation of casts over centuries intro-

duces an element of recreation and alteration on its own

Note, for example, an excerpt from the curators ’ note for Seated Hermes from the Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum: “black painted finish applied during recent restoration, after an earlier botched attempt to render the original bronze ”

When I first entered the Bartels Gallery, I immediately gravitated towards the rich, luxurious black casts, struck by the deepness of the sculpture’s absorption of color Yet, the striking characteristic that drew me in is a product of restoration, not of the casts ’ original composition The transformative power of such alterations further elevates the role of the invisible restorer

Kasia Maroney has played an integral role in restoring Cornell’s assemblage of plaster casts In a statement posted in Cast and Present, Maroney states, “I often see artifacts and by extension, their markers at their most vulnerable ” Again, the idea of a definitive, unaltered fragment of ancient aesthetics falters The actions of copyists and restorers like Maroney mean that the cast the viewer sees represents the work of many hands all working towards a shared, but not identical, goal

Regarding the “ present ” in Cast and Present, two of the collection’s sculptures The Nike of Paionios and The Farnese Hercules will reside in Klarman Hall after its completion

Perhaps we’ll even return to midday scenes of students and professors drinking coffee surrounded by goddesses and heroes As I left the Bartels Gallery, two middle-aged men cycled around the casts, snapping photographs on their smartphones, and once again the ancient classics were copied and transformed

Shay Collins is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at scollins@cornellsun com

What Hollywood Needs: Nostalgia’s Gritty Reboot

Picture this: A dimly lit room A menacing

buzz-saw death-machine takes center stage

A young girl is strapped in, fearing for her life From the shadows emerges the hulking, ominous outline of a man, face obscured

“Now, maybe our Lt Brown will learn,” he booms

The saw starts grinding, approaching the young girl at a torrid pace All hope is lost We hardly even knew her Then, suddenly, a ferocious canine breaks into the room, lunging at our villain’s arm The dog clenches, dragging him to the ground After a moment, the dog bolts for the shadows, as suddenly as it had appeared

“Where the fuck did that dog ” he begins But he stutters as our hero reveals himself

“Go-Go Gadget, ‘Brella,” our hero declares Inspector Gadget’s arm mechanizes into an umbrella as he slowly approaches our villain

The wrongdoer falls to his knees, begging for mercy, but he knows that there is no forgiveness in this man Only justice

I have written about it before: Today’s Hollywood seems to have an insatiable appetite for recycling characters and stories from decades past Since I last wrote about it, we have learned that we can expect a new Indiana Jones, a new Spiderman (the third in less than two decades) and a cast of female Ghostbusters that will unfortunately include Melissa McCarthy And I’m sure

there’s at least one thing that I’m missing here Against character, I’m not here to complain about the lack of creativity from Hollywood It’s a soapbox I have stood on before, and a battle that I probably won ’ t win So, instead, I’m going to try to propose something new

You may have seen it floating around the Internet this week, but there was a pretty stellar Power Rangers short film spinoff out there, directed by James Kahn Starring James van der Beek, it takes place in a future where the Machine Empire take over, and the Beek is out to kill off his former partners

See, Kahn gets me And he puts it better than I do, in far fewer words:

“There were a couple of things [about Power Rangers] that were appealing to me, ” Kahn explained in an interview with HitFix “One, as opposed to taking something like Barney and doing your dark version of Barney, there s at least a mythology there The original mythology is really expansive and kind of silly [ ] I mean, these guys turn into dinosaurs How do you take that seriously? But there’s enough of a groundwork of the original source material that they based off this repurposed Japanese show that has norms of anime and kung-fu and all that stuff that appeals to me because I’m an anime and kung-fu guy anyways I just took pieces that I liked and then streamlined it and made a bare-bones version and really expressed the versions that seemed like they naturally fit within the down-the-middle dark and gritty reboot ”

And it’s all kinds of ridiculous in a good way They explain where each character went after their Power Rangers days, and most of them turn out to be predictably messed up adults

I mean, you see every other Disney Channel

star break under adolescent celebrity pressure Now imagine the pressure that comes with being a teenager trained to kill to protect humanity? And you thought Miley turned out wild

It may sound absurd, but this is the exact kind of stuff that I would love Hollywood to run with

If I can ’ t avoid stale ideas, I want to see them pulling back to the obscure stuff, and pulling it back maturely And I want to get it repackaged in a way that is totally different than what I had known I want the innocent action-type shows and characters I loved as a kid, with the storyline and maturity that I look for today

cessful It took a childhood hero that millions of people loved as kids, and put him in the world that they want as an adult My inner child squealed for the costume, while my current self struggled with deeper conflicts of philosophy A powerful double-whammy

I want ruthless, vigilante Inspector Gadget who doesn’t have the reser vations that Christopher Nolan’s Batman has I want chainsmoking, cynical Captain Planet who indulges in his own eco-sins as an escape I want Ash Ketchum taking down the underground of Pokémon fighting the only way he can by recruiting a rag-tag team of retired fighters who realize they’ll have to strap them up one last time to end it

Do any of these make sense? Probably not But that’s for the writing process, not the brainstorming process

You want to take advantage of the nostalgia I feel for my childhood shows? Okay, great How about you throw me a curveball and tweak it to my adult tastes?

Honestly, I think that’s half the reason that Christopher Nolan’s Batman was so wildly suc-

And the glory of the options I’m throwing out there? They are all so absurd, that there would be almost no expectations Best-case scenario? You get The Dark Knight Worst case scenario? There is no worst-case scenario, because you’d still have a Digimon film where the young programming prodigies are trained save all of our private information from cyber-terrorists! It’s so ridiculously fun that nobody loses

So, if anybody reading this knows Christopher Nolan personally, please let him know that he can search me on Cornell People Search if he wants to make some great nostalgic magic

Evan Needell is a senior in the College of Ar ts and Sciences He can be reached at eneedell@cornellsun com Ne e d e l l i n a Cr a p s t a c k r usn alternate Fridays this semester

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the berry patch

TIn a decision that surprised no one, the administration announced Thursday that tuition will increase $1,830 the upcoming academic year Now we ’ re not saying that Cor nell is a gold digger (we are), but we are interested in how Cor nell will spend this extra cash money To answer our questions, we sent our Berr y Patch repor ters who were too busy scrounging for Big Red Bucks behind the Straight to complain about the tuition hike to discover how the University plans to spend its newfound dough

Filling the Teagle pool with money: Nothing shouts Scrooge McDuck quite like impeding athletes’ abilities to use their resources By filling Teagle pool, administrators could swim through their piles of money to relieve stress following any controversial announcements, tr uly embracing the idea that money solves all problems And with the announcement of a Ducktales reboot sur facing this week, there’s no better time for administrators to give up and ask, “ What the duck?”

I n c r e a s i n g c o n s t r u c t i o n : Why stop with Klarman Hall when Cornell can continue building and closing roads? And if the University shuts down all of the roads for constr uction, who needs winter maintenance?

D e t e r m i n i n g t h e c o l o r o f t h a t v i r a l Tu m b l r d re s s : We at The Sun spent hours deliberating over the blue and black (or is it white and gold?) dress that broke the Internet Thursday evening As a world class research university, Cornell maintains access to the world’s brightest minds, who could surely determine the color of the controversial dress shared on Tumblr By throwing money at this prominent issue, we are confident Cornellians can put this problem to rest

R e p l a c i n g t h e $ 3 5 0 h e a l t h

: Too soon?

GETTING LOW

T h e u n c o m f o r t a b l y low chairs in the Asian Studies room They are a l m o s t a s a w k w a rd a s making eye contact with the person sitting across from you P S

GIRL OR POPSICLE?

I love waking up with burns on my legs because I decided to unconsciously start cuddling with my space heater mid-sleep Why can ’ t the heat in my building ever be completely on?

A M

LAUGHABLE LLAMAS

Cornell WiFi spazzed out on me, so I couldn’t stream the O J Llama chase of 2015 J L

YUCKABLE LLAMAS

Note to J L : This actually alliterates J S

MORE LLAMAS

To the former Sunnie who sent me a video of two llamas running free in the streets of Arizona while I was in class: Thanks for the laughs and the subsequent glares from my classmates

T R A

COLD CORNELLIANS

Why are people walking around like it’s not zero degrees out? Let’s pick up the pace, folks, before the health fee is used to cover an outbreak of frost bite

A R

SOAKING IT UP

Wet week is Orientation Week with consequences P S

#SUBSTANTIALITY

That awkwardly loud snap when my compostable fork broke in my 15-person class R E

THROWING IT BACK

#Tbt is a hard day for those of us who weren ’ t cute children I used to wear a corrective eye patch

THE COUGH CONUNDRUM

A F

I c o u g h , t h e n y o u cough, which makes me c o u g h , m a k i n g y o u cough too Why can ’ t we all just stop coughing? J Z

IT ’S OUR KITCHEN

I yearn for the day that my roommates discover that our sink is not meant to hold dirty dishes and chewed up food for days on end E A

NO BREAKS

They told me not to come down the office, c i t i n g m e n t a l h e a l t h issues Guess I’ll have to sneak in through the Kava bar S H

NO MAINTENANCE

When you ’ re walking to class looking hella cute and you fall not once, but TWICE on your ass due to no winter maintenance A E

“WANNA DUCK?”

If you want to “hang out ” with me, text me at a reasonable hour Midnight to 2 a m is the prime window don’t send me an “Are you uo [sic]” text at 4:41 a m A E

IT WASN’T ME

Why do people keep hating on 50 Shades of Grey? I thought it was fantastic excellent cinematography

N R

MAKING GAINS

If “Gainz Guy” can make the gains at 6 a m , then I can wake up for my 10:10 a m (by the way, if you ’ re reading this: I’m single)

M A

OLIN STRUGGLES

WHY does Olin only have one exit? It is a massive building that, unlike ever y single building on campus, has one single exit instead of 30 to choose from It’s cold out, we Cornellians are trying to minimize time outside and are forced to trek around a building for 30 minutes instead of being able to utilize a back entrance S B

Julien Armstrong | Barely Legal

Free Speech and The Heckler’s Veto

In the wake of last month’s appalling massacre at the offices of the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, shock and horror have largely given way to a debate about the nature of free speech and expression in the Western world The #JeSuisCharlie (“ We are Charlie”) movement is emblematic of the groundswell of support for freedom of the press and of speech more generally which has taken place since the events of Jan 7

However, other responses to the attack have seemed less concerned with protecting fundamental human rights than with protecting the feelings of those who are violently insecure in their personal beliefs Typical of these reactions was an editorial by Tony Barber on the Financial Times’ website which, only hours after the massacre, decried the murdered cartoonists for “mocking, baiting and needling Muslims ” Barber sniffed that “ some common sense would be useful” for satirical publications, with the implication that speech or expression which might lead others to violence should be avoided Such thoughts are disappointing, but unfortunately, the belief that rights must take a back seat to nebulous concepts as security has always been with us

In the United States, the conflict between free speech rights and the “right” to not be offended didn’t start with the Charlie Hebdo attacks College campuses have been a major front in this debate, and in recent years, many schools have experienced turmoil stemming from the presence of controversial guest speakers In one particularly high-profile case, the University of California, Berkeley selected Bill Maher ’78 to be the commencement speaker for the school’s December graduation ceremony Many students were angered and protested the choice on the

t h e h e c k l e r ’ s v e t o a n d n e v e r c e a s e t o s u p p o r t

t h e r i g h t o f e v e r y o n e t o b e h e a r d

grounds that Maher had made comments offensive to Muslims Anyone with a passing knowledge of Maher and his show Real Time knows that virtually no one is spared his verbal barbs, much like how Charlie Hebdo mocked myriad aspects of French society In the end, Maher gave his speech with no disruptions, but others have not been so fortunate

In 2006, Jim Gilchrist and Mar vin Stewart, members of the anti-illegal immigration group The Minuteman Project, were giving a presentation at Columbia University when students stormed the stage The speech abruptly ended as chairs were overturned and Gilchirst and Stewart were escorted backstage for their safety Similar incidents have been depressingly common over the past decade

College campuses have historically been centers for vibrant debate and the exchange of ideas Implied in this is the understanding that not ever yone will agree with ever ything they hear, but that’s the point of going to college True personal and intellectual growth can only be achieved when we listen to and engage with people who have different views and perspectives Echo chambers might be safer and less offensive than the marketplace of ideas that Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes eloquently described in Abrams v United States, but they don’t ser ve any of the values colleges represent While protesting those whose ideas offend you is certainly preferable to Paris-style attacks, both of these reactions spring from the same illiberal sentiment: that your free speech rights end where my sensitivities begin Colleges have been far too accommodating to such beliefs, and in the process, they have abandoned their core values

Cornell, to its credit, is not one of those schools The Campus Code of Conduct explicitly states that “ To curb speech on the grounds that an invited speaker is noxious, that a cause is evil or that such ideas will offend listeners is inconsistent with a university’s purpose ” Cornell recognizes that “ a university has an essential dependence on a commitment to the values of unintimidated speech,” which are so important to our society and our educations Just as a fear of terrorism shouldn’t cause us to abandon our right to privacy, a fear of violence shouldn’t keep us from exercising our freedom of expression To succumb to fear would give credence to the so-called ‘heckler’s veto ’ the idea that one can influence and even prevent speech merely by threatening to react against it

This ver y debate may soon come before the Supreme Court, as it considers whether to hear an appeal in the case of Dariano v Morgan Hill Unified School District Late last year, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a school’s right to ban certain types of student expression due to safety concerns Specifically, the school prevented students from wearing shirts with an American flag on Cinco de Mayo after other students made threats of violence The Supreme Court could strike a major blow for free speech by overturning the 9th Circuit’s decision and issuing a ruling like that in Terminiello v City of Chicago, where it held that “ angr y and turbulent” reactions cannot justify censorship If we truly are Charlie, then we must reject the heckler’s veto and never cease to support the right of ever yone to be heard

Julien Armstrong is a student at Cornell Law School Responses can be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun com Barely Legal appears alternate Fridays this semester

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Comment of the day

O“Europeans have an additional reason for subjecting Israel to unfounded criticism: To divest themselves of the guilt and shame of the Holocaust by claiming that the Jews in Israel are behaving just like the Nazis did during the Second World War ”

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Re: “ THROWDOWN THURSDAY: The Four Causes of Anti-Israelism,” Opinion, published Februar y 26, 2015

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My Forken Opinion

O b a m a C a r e’s N e x t L e g a l C h a l l e n g e

n M a r c h 4 , t h e Supreme Cour t will hear oral arguments regarding the Affordable Care Act in King v Bur well This m o s t r e c e n t c h a l l e n g e t o Ob a m a c a re re vo l ve s a ro u n d these six words buried in the middle of the legislation: “An exchange established by the s t a t e ” B

n t h i s l a nguage, the plaintiffs will argue that it is illegal for the federal government to provide subsid i

n t h e 3 4 s t a t

s t h a t opted to not establish their own insurance exchange system If the Cour t were to strike down these federal subs i d i e s i n n o n - c o o p e r a t i v e states, millions of Americans stand to lose their existing health insurance

In June 2012, the Internal Revenue Ser vice declared that citizens on federal exchanges, r a t h

e exchanges, were in fact eligible for the subsidies Those challenging this r uling claim that the IRS d e c i s i o n o p p o s

fore, the IRS

intent and, as the express and recognized purpose of the law was to provide health care to ever y American, it’s unclear how the plaintiffs will convince the justices other wise The entirety of the economics that ensure the success of the law depends on this principle In the 4th Circuit Cour t of A p p e a l s , t h e p a n e l , w h i c h r uled in favor of the Obama a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , r e f e r r e d t o the challengers’ interpretation as “cramped ” In K i n g v Bu r we l l , t h e plaintiffs maintain that the vote from Senator Bill Nelson ( D - Fl a ) t h e v i t a l 6 0 t h vote that enabled the legislation to avoid filibuster was the result of legislative compromise that concluded the subsidies would only be made available in state-established exchanges If tr ue, this would indicate that the congressional intent of the law was to o n l y p r o v i d e s u b s i d i e s i n exchanges formed by the state

It is time for Republicans to accept the legislation as a now integral cornerstone of the American health care system.

subsequently gain legal standing and challenge the law in cour t

When the Supreme Cour t upheld Obamacare in 2012, the r uling regarded the constitutionality of the law This time around the cour t will f

m p t to create an atmosphere of doubt and ambiguity around the six words, which would then give deference to the IRS r uling, the plaintiffs will contend that the IRS skir ted the political process to circumvent state cooperation The entire decision will e s s e n t i a l l y c o m e d o w n t o

(D-PA) from Nelson in which he writes, “I always believed t h a

s regardless of who built the exchange, and the final law a l s o r e f l e c

well

Rober ts and Justice Anthony Kennedy, decide that the six words are simply a wording problem, the cour t may leave it up to Congress to reconcile t h e i s s u e , n o m a t t e r h o w unlikely congressional action may be Either way, it is difficult to imagine a situation in which the justices determine the intent of the law was to p

y state-based exchanges If the cour t was to r ule against Obamacare subsidies, this would cer tainly be a legitimate victor y for Republicans that claim the legislation is flawed and overreaching, but, as aforementioned, this does n

a n d t h e Su p r e m e C o u r t would have no recourse but t o s t r i k e d ow n t h e f e d e r a l subsidy provision in the law

However, Senators Harr y R e i d ( D - Ne v ) a n d Na n c y Pelosi (D-Calif ) filed an amicus brief in this case explaining that, “the per tinent text was not par t of any ‘ compromise ’” The provision was not a m e n d e d a f t e r [ h e a l t h c a re law] suppor ters lost their filib u s t e r - p r o o f m a j o r i t y b e c a u s e , a s p r e v i o u s l y d i scussed, no one then interpreted the provision in the way petitioners now do ” I n a d i s c o v e r y p e r h a p s even more damning to the plaintiffs is a letter now filed at the Supreme Cour t A letter sent to Senator Bob Casey

c o m e Instead, it is

times to repeal the law, to accept the legislation as

American health care system Challenging the law to strip

The

has proven effective in providing millions of Americans with health

Jake Forken is a junior in the College of Human Ecolog y He may be reached at jr f285@cor nell edu My Forken Opinion appears alternate Fridays this semester

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Offense Dominant in Win

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how Binghamton gives us their best effort every time they play us, so we knew they were going to come out strong ”

Cornell’s victory was well-earned, and the statistics were indicative of the outcome The Red outshot their opponents 41-28 and held a 27-16 advantage in shots on goal Sophomore goalkeeper Christian Knight tallied six saves, which proved critical in the final scoreline

The Red performed exceptionally well gaining possession in loose ball situations, highlighted by sophomore midfielder Domenic Massimilian winning 20 of 29 restarts and grabbing 10 ground balls Chris Cook and Marshall Peters combined for another 10 ground balls, and Cornell totaled 35 ground balls to Binghamton’s 15

While the team was quite satisfied with the effort, limiting turnovers is an area in which the Red seek to improve as the season goes on Cornell committed 10 turnovers, five of which came in the second quarter, while Binghamton committed 12 turnovers

“We could probably clean up the turnovers, but that is common with many teams early in the season, ” Dowiak said

Binghamton, who falls to 0-2, had strong performances from Tucker Nelson (two goals, one assist)

and Paul O’Donnell (one goal, two assists) Sam Sanko, Tanner Cosens and Eric Fischer split time in goal and combined for 10 saves Their next game will be against Hobart College, whom Cornell defeated, 16-8

This Saturday, the Red travel to Texas to take on No 7 Albany in the Patriot Cup at Southern Methodist University While Albany will be one of the most difficult opponents they face all season, the team believes that sticking to its own game will bring about the best result

“We just need to play Cornell lacrosse and play for each other,” Dowiak said

The Red did not mention any specific goals for the trip; instead, the team looks to enjoy the tournament and gain experience against one of the nation’s top teams

“I hope to have a lot of fun with the team throughout the trip, and I hope that we compete against Albany to the best of our ability,” Dowiak said Albany will be the first ranked team Cornell faces since losing to No 3 Syracuse, 14-6, in their season opener Albany sits at 1-0 on the season after a 15-8 win over Drexel The game will begin at 12 p m CST on Saturday at Southern Methodist University’s Ford Stadium

Nathaniel Martin can be reached at njm68@cornell

Miami Not the Same Without Bosh, Sidelined Due to Blood Clot in Lung

decision

This Week In: The NBA Can’t Possibly Have More Injuries, Right? Wrong!

L A : Derrick Rose has to get surgery again This headline would be accurate during any basketball season

E B : That’s right, Rose is out (again) with a torn meniscus, leaving the team uncertain as to his return timetable And Bosh whose aforementioned injury is actually an incredibly terrifying blood clot in the lungs is out for the remainder of the season

L A : It’s such a shame that Rose is injured yet again, since he literally was considered the next Michael Jordan

E B : Rose’s injury should at least shut up the critics who whined at him for taking too long to come back the first time Hopefully he can rehab it quickly this time around, but at the same time, you don’t want to rush that kind of thing At least he seems to be dealing with his various injuries more intelligently than Gilbert

“Agent Zero Common Sense” Arenas ever did By which I mean, he at least attempts to rehab properly and doesn’t seem to be flat-out ignoring his team ’ s rehabilitation advice

This Week In: March Madness Fever in February

E B : Sure, teams haven’t actually been picked yet for the tournament But, like hundreds of pre2008 Wall Street brokers said, it’s never too early to speculate Kentucky is 28-0 at the moment, and its No 1 seed is basically locked down Could it go undefeated through the championship, or will the Wildcats put the “madness ” in the tournament ’ s moniker and lose to a No 9 seed in the second round? Probably not Can Virginia remember to play offense long enough to make it to the Final Four? Who cares, if they keep playing their style of defense Is No 10 Northern Iowa going to be the bracket spoiler you’ll regret not having paid attention to? Uh, maybe? Does anyone like Duke? No

L A : March Madness is always a thrill, even for those completely

uninterested in basketball, college and college basketball We all remember last year when Harvard and Dayton both made it past the first round March Madness gives us Cornellians a chance to root for a college team with a winning record

This Week In: Speed Round

E B : In what is possibly an attempt to forget the last two seasons ever happened, Braves outfielder B J Upton will now play by the name Melvin Upton Jr ; Joey Logano (who? we don’t know either!) won the Daytona 500, though we are still not convinced driving in circles can be called a “ sport; ” the Yankees and A-Rod somehow continue to make their relationship worse by reportedly fighting over everything from his arrival at training camp to his giant bonuses

L A : Also, rugby videos have become increasingly popular, setting unrealistic expectations for men everywhere

Spor ts

Red Defeats Binghamton, 17-10

Strong fourth quarter helps Cornell earn its second straight win

By NATHANIEL MARTIN Sun Contributor

The No 13 Cornell men ’ s lacrosse team rallied to a 1710 away victory over Binghamton last Tuesday, with senior attacker Matt Donovan and midfielder Connor Buczek combining for nine goals The game was a close contest until the fourth quarter, when the Red outscored its opponents, 6-3, and had four of the final five goals The decisive factor in the game was gaining more fourth quarter possessions, as Cornell won seven of nine faceoffs and 11 of 13

ground balls in the final period The team improved its record to 2-1 with the win

The Binghamton game was a memorable one for freshman midfielder Jordan Dowiak, who scored his first collegiate goal early in the second quarter

“It was a great feeling scoring my first goal,” Doviak said, “but it is more important that we play our hardest and win games The better feeling came from getting our second win in a row Coach [Matt] Kerwick stressed often how

Men Face Yale and Brown to Close Season

With home-ice advantage clinched for the first

the Cornell

hockey team will look for a firstround bye this weekend

when it embarks on an Ivy League road trip through B r o w n ( 8 - 1 7 - 2 , 5 - 1 3 - 2 ECAC) on Friday and Yale ( 1 6 - 7 - 4 , 1 1 - 6 - 3 E C A C ) on Saturday The Red currently sits in seventh place in the ECAC with a 98-3 record in the conference, trailing Quinnipiac, St L a w

Dar tmouth A four th place finish in the confere n c e g i v

finale after a bout with the flu

“ I t h i n k t h e r e w e r e enough learning points [in the game against Union],” said associate head coach B e n S y e r “ T h e r e ’ s s t i l l a lot to be determined from

s t h e R e d t h e f i r s tround bye The weekend series comes off a t h r e e - p o i n t weekend for the R e d ( 1 1 - 1 1 - 5 , 9 - 8 - 3 E C AC ) , w h e n t h e t e a m tied Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2-2, and skooted past Union College, 2-1 Head coach Mike Schafer ’86 will return to the team after missing last weekend’s

these two teams o

couple of years ” The Red will look to build off

finale at Lynah Rink For the rest of this

Today is Feb 27 This is a fact Tomorrow is Feb 28 This is also a fact Sunday is the first day of March, because this is not a leap year

This is a fact in which we have 70 percent confidence March is important because it contains March Madness, one of the single most exciting sporting events of the year This would probably be classified as an opinion, but let’s just agree to call it a fact Of course, it is not yet March, a fact which makes us sad Fortunately, late February avoided its typical sports “where are the playoffs and can I have them now ” doldrums with an active NBA deadline, a slew of new injuries and one particular identity change All of those are facts, or else we have some serious problems to discuss In short, welcome to the last February edition of Around the Gorge, in which the beginnings of March Madness speculations are mixed in with other “ zany ” news from this month Is this a fact? Read and see!

Just kidding, it’s a fact We are not jerks This is not a fact

E B : I’m Emily Berman, hypothetical success story if “ success ” is defined as something between “Kwame Brown’s NBA career ” and “everything that will happen to the Phillies for the next several years ”

L A : And I’m Lisa Awaitey, an actual success story, if you consider success as a complete lack of knowledge and diminishing initiative

This Week In: Deadline Dramatics

E B : There are several ways to describe this year ’ s NBA trade deadline Crazy? Insane? The basketball equivalent of a giant merry-go-round? At the very least, with nearly 40 players swapping jerseys, the deadline could be classified as “eventful ” Among many, many other happenings, Goran Dragic, anxious to get out of Phoenix, now finds himself in the sunny, gun-infested and currently Chris Bosh-less sinkhole that is Miami; baffling many viewers, the 76ers somehow manage to get worse after trading Michael Carter Williams and K J McDaniels and acquiring human blooper reel JaVale McGee; Kevin “You’ll Be Dead Before He Retires” Garnett sounds ultra enthusiastic to return to Minnesota; Reggie Jackson was apparently “crying tears of joy” after being traded to Detroit and before apparently vomiting in his first game as a Piston Oh, and did we mention just how bad the 76ers are?

L A : Kevin Garnett is pulling a LeBron James and heading back home, but let’s not forget that LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade pulled a Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce when they formed the 2010 Miami Heat

E B : The “full circle” bit is the kind of storyline players, fans and especially journalists love Of course, these kinds of stories are rare at the deadline Most of what happens are less flashy moves based on other factors such as salary caps, the quintessential playoffs vs tanking for a draft pick dilemma and the value of expensive but expiring contracts that can free up cap space Oh, and, of course, player personality Never underestimate player personality JaVale McGee (and his contract and his mom) were so troublesome that Denver quite literally bribed the 76ers to take him and Goran Dragic was so pouty the Suns finally gave in and shipped him off to a Heat team that is now, in the wake of Bosh’s absence, probably regretting that