03-01-13

Protesters: ‘Do the Right Thing ’

Students, faculty call on Cornell to divest from fossil fuels

By KRITIKA OBEROI Sun Staff Wr ter

On Thursday afternoon, about 20 students and faculty from Cornell and Ithaca College gathered at Ho Plaza to show their support for the fossil fuel divestment campaign at Cornell The event was organized by KyotoNOW!, a student organization that advocates sustainability

T h e g a t h e r i n g w a s h e l d t o m a i n t a i n t h e momentum of the divestment campaign while s t u d e n t s a w a i t Un i v e r s i t y Pre s i d e n t D a v

d Skorton’s response to a Student Assembly resolu-

tion that calls for Cornell to divest its endowment from the fossil fuel industr y by 2020 and reinvest 30 percent of this figure in sustainable funds by 2030

“President Skorton has 30 days to respond We have not yet received a formal response, but I believe the deadline is March 9 for that,” said Anna-Lisa Castle ’13, member of KyotoNow! “ That’s why we ’ re holding the gathering It’s to remind [Skorton] that we are waiting and we do want him to do the right thing ”

See PROTEST page 5

After Sexual A ssaults, Univ. Will Centralize Resources for Victims

By KERRY CLOSE Sun News Editor

Cornell will work toward the centralization of resources for victims of sexual assault and bias, University President David Skorton said in an email sent to the Cornell community Thursday

In the email, Skorton lauded the work of the Incident Management Team, a group of staff and faculty that prepared a report addressing reports of sexual assault and violence on and near Cornell’s campus in the fall The report emphasized the need for “better coordination, communication and commitment to shared goals, strategies and priorities” in addressing these incidents

“I am asking the [University Diversity Council] to support ... efforts to prevent both bias and sexual misconduct ” P

“The lack of coordination, clear communication, ongoing assessment of needs and strategies and prioritizing of resources has obscured both current strengths and critical gaps in what [resources and services are] provided,” the report said

To that end, the report called for the creation of a “virtual” center to provide a “coordinated response ” to incidents of sexual violence

The center, the report said, would employ a director to oversee its consolidated services, as well as two part-time staff members to address its goals of providing information and support to victims of sexual assault as well as to the community at large

The report also called for the creation of a University-wide committee to address sexual violence –– a coalition that would aim to “foster cultural change, reduce risks and increase support for mem-

See ASSAULT page 4

NY C Coalition Decries Cornell-Technion Partnership

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Staff Wr ter

Holding signs that read “Occupation is Illegal” and “No to Technion in NYC,”

m e m b e r s o f Ne w Yo rk e r s A g a i n s t t h e Cornell-Technion Partnership say they plan to continue their protests of the Cornell Tech Campus’ partnership with an Israeli institution, according to the group ’ s leaders

NYACT was created in response to an appeal created by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel in March 2012 –– which called for the e n d of Co rn e ll’s c o llab o rat ion w it h t h e Technion-Israel Institute of Technology ––according to Anna Calcutt, one of NYACT ’ s organizers

Members of NYACT have been protesting bimonthly outside of Cornell NYC Tech’s temporary Manhattan campus at the Google headquarters in Chelsea since the new tech campus began classes in late January, calling for an end to the partnership

“We oppose any partnership with the Te c h n i o n - Is r a e l In s t i t u t e o f Te c h n o l o g y, [which] designs military, surveillance and security equipment that directly contribute to violations of international humanitarian law,” Calcutt said The number of protesters present at the o

remained between 25 and 30 individuals, Calcutt said An online petition created by NYACT in November demanding Cornell

received more than 300 signatures

Calcutt said she is certain that the organization is “only going to get bigger ” “ We’re working with various different people in New York and a wider network of activists,” she said “It’s a useful thing to have a network that isn’t just local, but also national and international ”

In addition to protesting and distributing leaflets, NYACT has been attempting to contact the University, without much success, according to Terri Ginsberg, a member of NYACT, who described Cornell as being “completely unresponsive to [their] concerns and demands ”

N ews, “A f te r Fal se R e port , C orne ll D ef en ds N ew R ule s f or S e xual Assau lt s, ” Tue sday

Sp eaking ab out the p otential implications of Cornell’s sexual assult p olic y change False rep orts ser ve as a reminder of the dangers of Cornell s p olic y, and of the eternal need for pro cedural protections no matter how well-intentioned the authorities are The University should provide protection to the accused as a matter of fairness

Prof Kevin Clermont, law

Supp orting the Palestinian p eople and accepting national Jewish self-determination are not mutually exclusive and many memb ers of CIPAC and the pro-Israel community at large have learned how to b e b oth pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian

Eli Shaubi ’13, co-president of the Cornell Israel Public Af fairs Commit tee

N ews, “A f te r C rit

Sp eaking ab out the name of a fraternit y fundraiser that generated controversy on campus “It would b e 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 The event itself isn’t demeaning in my opinion and I b elieve the slang term is just b eing used to draw attention to an other wise charitable cause ” Kathleen McArdle ’14, a memb er of the Phi Sigma Sigma sororit y Bowl for Kids’ Sake Noon - 4 p m , Bowling Center, Helen Newman Hall

Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation at 150 1 -5 p m , Kroch Library

The Vagina Monologues 7 p m , Bailey Hall

C U Music: Cornell Chamber Orchestra With Judith Kellock 8 p m , Barnes Hall Asia Night

8 p m - 1 a m , Duffield Hall Tomorrow

Sp eaking ab out the p ositive ef fec ts of kindess on Cornell “S ome of our deep est problems ever ything from mental health to academic stress to harassment might b e improved by a dose of kindness It seems simple or almost juvenile, to suggest that b eing nice and ‘treating others as you’d like to b e treated’ will solve Cornell’s systemic historic problems ”

Katerina Athanasiou ’13

Despite Setback s, Students Seek to Create C-Town Gym

By SARAH CUTLER Sun Staff Writer

Living together above 401 College Ave –– the space formerly occupied by Collegetown Pizza –– this past summer, Felix Tabary ’14 and Omar Nijem ’13 discovered a new business they could start right in their own building: a gym

“We were annoyed that we had to walk or drive to Helen Newman, because during the summer, everyone lives in Collegetown,” Tabary said “We realized there was a huge vacancy below where we were living We got really excited ”

Tabary and Nijem spoke to the lot’s owner, George Avramis, in early August about creating a gym in the space Avramis was enthusiastic, Tabary said, and they began negotiations with him about rent Around Orientation Week 2012, they began asking Ithaca banks for loans for their project, and by September, they had contacted an architect to help remodel the space with their newest partner, Tess Nelson ’13

However, by mid-October, the students realized they would not be able to meet their financial goals The rent for the 401 College Ave space would have cost $7,500 per month, Tabary said

“With [the costs of our education], we realized we didn ’ t have that capital,” Nelson said

They instead looked to Cornell Fitness Centers, but learned that they could not open a Cornell gym off-campus because CFC would lose its tax-exempt status that it maintains as an on-campus facility The team then turned to local franchises, including Island Fitness However, Tabary said, “it’s around then that the landlord told us he couldn’t wait around forever ”

Tabary had previously worked out a deadline of Oct 31 for the group to provide Avramis with proof that they had enough funds to cover the first two months of rent and the security deposit and insurance

“I held out for [Tabary] for a while,” Avramis said “I gave him quite a few months; I forget how many, three, four, might have been six [months] I really thought he was

going to do it, get his business plan together, open the gym ”

After Tabary and Nelson missed the deadline, the future prospects of the gym became uncertain

“Very little was said,” Nelson said “[Avramis] was kind of wondering it was like, he didn’t know if we were going to do it, we didn’t know if he’d kicked us out We’ve kind of kept hope, since [the space] hasn’t moved an inch ”

The students did not give up on their idea They said they hoped to meet with the Collegetown Neighborhood Council to get advice on their project and were still in touch with other gyms In October, they decided to shift from a for-profit business to a not-for-profit business, according to Tabary

“Where the project shifted for us was when we realized that we weren ’ t going to get backing from people if our only mission was to make money, ” Tabary said

After that point, his and Nijem’s visions for the gym began to diverge, and Nijem left the team in mid-October, Tabary said

According to Tabary, Nelson was more focused on promoting fitness in Collegetown than on making a profit, and working with her provided a fresh perspective on her goals

It’s been “Ithacating” a lot lately With snow, wind, rain and unknown percipitation, it can be difficult to trek up the hills to class What’s the most painful experience you ’ ve had with Ithaca weather?

“One time, the wind punched me in the face It was awesome ” Glen Snow-Snow ’15

“I’m just too cold to function ” It’s Rainy Again ’15

“The piles of snow They are so large because they are full of secrets ” Getting Winder ’14

“I just want it to be sunny again Then we can see the rainbows and smiles and we will all be happy ” Doesn’t Even Go Here ’16

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for the project

Nelson envisioned a gym that met more of students’ social needs and included things such as a post-prelim “ power hour” classes, she said, and she was concerned with women ’ s safety walking across campus to the gym late at night That was when something “clicked,” Tabary said

“That’s when we realized the opportunity lies in promoting fitness, helping the community, not making a bunch of money off students in Collegetown,” he said

Now, Tabary and Nelson are seeking out local fitness centers to franchise the gym and trying to get people who have a business model already formed, Nelson said But the future of the gym is remains unclear, Tabary said

“To be totally honest, I don’t think I’m going to see this gym above the ground before I graduate,” he said “But if I can turn this into some sort of club and get five or six entrepreneurs on it, it has every chance to succeed My dream is to see a gym in Collegetown before I graduate so that fellow Collegetown residents can continue to live a healthy lifestyle ”

Sarah Cutler can be reached at scutler@cornellsun com

C ALS International Program Turns 50

By EMMA QUIGLEY Sun Contributer

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the program received $25 million from the Bill & Melinda G a t e s Fo u n d a t i o n a n d t h e United Kingdom Department for International Development

The new funding will support Ne x t G e n C a s s a v a , a n In t e r n a t i o n a l Pr o g r a m - C A L S program that aims to improve the breeding of cassava, the staple food crop in sub-Saharan Africa

David Skorton’s stated goal of having at least 50 percent of C o r n e l l s t u d e n t s s t u d y i n g o r working abroad, according to McCandless “ In t e r n a t i o n a l Pr o g r a mCALS can help Cornell meet that goal,” she said

T h e p r o g r a m ’ s n e x t e v e n t will be held on March 8, which is International Women’s Day, and will feature a discussion on the role of women in agriculture

The CALS International Program aims to tackle international agricultural issues, such as sustainability and food security

The first event is a part of a yearlong celebration consisting of monthly programs that will discuss the program ’ s projects and goals, according to Linda Mc C a n d l e s s , c o m m u n i c a t i o n s director of the program

In a speech at the event, Prof Sarah Davidson-Evanega, plant breeding and genetics, senior associate director of the program, lauded the program for its projects and the opportunities it offers

“ We plan to celebrate successful International ProgramCALS partnerships,” she said During the event, speakers affiliated with the program told international faculty, students and staff about upcoming projects and partnerships, according to McCandless Davidson-Evanega said that

Ac c o rd i n g t o Pr o f Pe t e r Hobbs, crop and soil sciences, international travel is a vital component of the International Program

“One of the requirements of t h e u n d e r g r a d u a t e [ In t e rnational Program] major is to spend at least two months overseas [gaining] an international experience,” he said

Apart from globalizing the C o r n e l l e x p e r i e n c e t h r o u g h study abroad opportunities, the program aims to impart leadership skills to graduate leaders in t h e s c i e n t i f i c c o m m u n i t y, ” a c c o rd i n g t o D a v i d s o n -

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“ ensures that gender is considered in every aspect of what we do,” Davidson-Evanega said She said that she is confident that “ we will see a more diverse set of leaders celebrated” by the 100th anniversary of the program Davidson also said a new Peace Corps fellowship program which will be discussed further in April will add to Cornell’s Peace Corps Program, w

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Report Calls for Centralized Resource Center

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the community affected by sexual violence ”

In the email, Skorton emphasized the report ’ s recommendation that the University Diversity Council, a group charged with promoting diversity throughout Cornell, also work toward preventing incidents of sexual violence and bias

“I am asking the UDC to support Provost [Kent] Fuchs and me in working with each dean and vice president to enhance our collective efforts to prevent both bias and sexual misconduct,” Skorton said in the email

Skorton said he will consider the recommendations as the University moves forward in addressing reports of sexual violence from the fall

“The group ’ s recommendations –– from enhanced ser vices and enforcement to improved communications and educational outreach –– are being evaluated and, as they are ready, implemented to strengthen the University’s existing programs for the prevention of both sexual misconduct and all forms of bias throughout our community,” Skorton said in the email Skorton noted that the implementation of the recommendations will call for the help officials from “the highest levels of the University,” including Fuchs and Vice President of Student and Academic Services Susan Murphy ’73, as well as college deans and vice presidents

Despite University initiatives –– including programming on sexual misconduct for incoming students during Orientation Week

and a sexual assault resource website ––already being developed and implemented in response to the reports, Skorton stressed the need for a continued campus-wide focus on combating sexual violence and bias at Cornell

“Despite this clear progress, persistent issues on campus and continuing feedback from our community have convinced me that we have far yet to go, ” Skorton said in the email “I call on everyone in our community to engage in self-reflection, examine the issues and join us in efforts to eiminate sexual misconduct and all forms of bias from our campus community ”

Kerry Close can be reached at kclose@cornellsun com

Group S ays It Will Continue to Protest Partnership Until 2037

NYACT

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“We’ve written letters We’ve sent emails They don’t respond to anything we ’ ve done I guess that isn’t a huge surprise,” Calcutt said

Jeremy Soffin, a spokesperson for Cornell NYC Tech, said he thinks NYACT is trying to bring politics into the academic partnership

“From the Cornell Tech perspective, this is just an academic partnership,” Soffin said

Ginsberg who is also an active member of the Committee for Open Discussion of Zionism, an organization that seeks to combat efforts to suppress criticism of Israel or Zionism also said she believes the partnership does not match with Cornell’s interests

“The Cornell-Technion partnership involves a relationship between an American university that has a policy of nondiscrimination with an Israeli university that engages in discrimination,” she said

However, Eli Shaubi ’13, co-president of the Cornell Israel Political Action Committee, who is a supporter of the Technion partnership, emphasized the importance of the Technion partnership, describing the Israeli institution as the “MIT of Israel ”

“Israel especially brings a sense of innovation to the table that no other country can bring, with its reputation of being the ‘ start up nation,’” he said

Soffin also attested to the importance of the Technion partnership to the tech campus

“Technion is really a leader in creating entrepreneurs, and so many of the Israeli companies are formed by graduates of Technion It was really a perfect partner for this project,” he said

Despite receiving the support of many, Ginsberg said that if it were necessary, NYACT will continue to protest the partnership until 2037 the year when construction on Roosevelt Island is expected to be completed However, Calcutt said it would be “fantastic” if NYACT could stop the partnership from happening sooner rather than later

Furthermore, Ginsberg said NYACT is protesting the partnership because Technion forwards Israeli occupation of Palestine, which she said represents “tremendous violations of international law ”

“We’re protesting the Israeli occupation of historic Palestine We’re protesting the policies of Zionism,” she said

NYACT said it is open to working with Cornell to discuss the issues at stake Members of the organization also said they hope to see students discussing these issues on Cornell’s campus in Ithaca, as well as on the tech campus

“We would like to see genuine discussion and debate about this issue on Cornell’s campus not a forum that is set up by the University as a propaganda tool meant to forward the present agenda,” Ginsberg said

In Ithaca, the student organization Students for Justice in Palestine offered their endorsement of NYACT, according to NYACT ’ s website

“We oppose the Cornell-Technion partnership because of Technion’s intimate connections to the Israeli occupation and the ways in which the institution works against acade-

mic freedom, equal rights and the universal right to an education,” the organization said in an email sent to the Sun

Still, Shaubi said he believes it is important to talk about the issues

“I think that in order to have a real honest and productive dialogue, it is really important for both sides to accept the legitimacy of each others grievances so we can really talk,” he said

SJP also emphasized the need to maintain a discussion on campus, according to the email The group, however, said it is disappointed with the lack of transparency involved in creating and finalizing the Cornell-Technion partnership

“Ignoring Technion’s role in maintaining and furthering the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, a decision of this magnitude about the future direction of our university is something that everyone, faculty and students included, should have been included in from the beginning,” the organization said in the email

Over time, NYACT hopes to expand and make the issue more visible to the community, Ginsberg said

“We have many ideas for continuing and expanding the NYACT project and for rendering the issue more visible,” she said “We’re trying very hard to make constructive use of the media to get the word out [and] facilitate public discussion and debate ”

Tyler Alicea can be reached at talicea@cornellsun com

Student: Cornell Has ‘Moral Responsibility ’ to Divest

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Castle said divesting from the fossil fuel industry is not only an environmental concern, but also a moral obligation She said that other colleges including Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass , Unity College in Waldo County, Maine and Sterling College in Sterling, Kan , have already begun divesting

“We have a moral responsibility to withdraw our support from this destr uctive industr y and instead look toward a green economy and a just and sustainable future,” Castle said in her speech calling on President Skorton to “do the right thing” by divesting

Prof Bruce Monger, earth and atmospheric sciences, said there is a parallel between the current issue of divestment and the goals of the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement to commit to

specific emission reduction targets, which the University agreed to more than a decade ago The administration had hesitated before committing to the goals but according to Monger, now stands behind the decision

“In 2001, more than a decade ago, KyotoNOW! held a rally that asked the University to sign onto the carbon emissions reductions that the Kyoto Protocols prescribed,” Monger said “There was a big hesitation from the administration to do that Now, a decade later, Cornell stands rightfully proud of reaching Kyoto emission reduction levels and is now set to go ever further ”

He said he hopes the divestment debate will yield similar results

“I think history could repeat itself with the current issue of divestment,” Monger said Prof Sandra Steingraber, Ithaca College, earth and atmo-

pheric sciences, who is an activist working against fracking, said colleges can serve as “incubators for ideas” that can be applied to society She said it is ironic that colleges conduct ground-breaking research on environmental issues, yet continue to invest in the fossil

fuel industry

“If our colleges are turning around and subsidizing the [fossil fuel] industries it's very frustrating because we like to think of our colleges as these for wardthinking, progressive places,” she said

KyotoNOW! will be holding another gathering on March 4, to make cards for and deliver flowers to Skorton, asking again him to “do the right thing ”

Kritika Oberoi can be reached at koberoi@cornellsun com

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OVER THE LAST YEAR, THE 130TH EDITORIAL BOARD has strived not only to bring a physical copy of the paper to newsstands every morning, but also to adapt to changes in the way the news is consumed We have tried to capture videos that contextualize the words that you are reading, blog about the things that interest you, and publish updates as they happen via social media feeds

Reinventing a 133 year-old newspaper and transforming it into a multimedia organization has challenged us every day of our tenure as we struggled to balance these higher aspirations with the responsibility of continuing to publish a daily newspaper It is a challenge that editorial boards before us have also faced, and it is the same one that the 131st editorial board will have to confront when it walks through the doors of 139 W State St on Sunday for its first editorial board meeting

We have done our best And we expect the next editorial board will do the same While we aren ' t particularly sad to hand off the early-morning angry phone calls from Cornell’s press office, the 1:00 a m marches to the library after the paper has been put to bed, or the sometimes bizarre office playlists courtesy of John Schroeder, we will miss this institution and remember it always

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What Law S chool Won’t Teach You

On my first day of law school, I sat speechless among a class of timid 1Ls as our torts professor stormed in, scratched his name on the chalkboard, and picked out his first victim asking: “Ms Carrizales, what is the procedural posture of the case?”

Surprised? You shouldn’t be This scenario has been exploited to produce dozens of books and movies on the horrors of law school We enter law school expecting our teachers to employ the Socratic method, to ask us about the facts of the case and to scold us if we are unprepared

And then the surprise came: One day in a Civil Procedure course, a fellow student, after answering the standard questions about the facts of a case, thought he was done when the professor hit him with this doozy: “Do you think the result the Court reached is just?”

Wait, what?!? The question seemed so easy, and yet the look on that student’s face said everything: He had no clue where to even start answering that question And in the face of a heavy push for law schools to only explore a “practical” education, the scariest thought hit me: I may never know how to answer that question

The irony of law school is that so many legal standards are based on the idea of fairness and justice, and yet, at no point do we receive instruction on those principles So when do professors expect law students to learn what is fair and just? Do they believe every human (or at least every law student) naturally knows what justice is? If that is the case, why do the same professors reject the idea of natural law, or that other laws can be known naturally?

Maybe we learn about justice as little children After all, at a young age we do learn that it is bad to steal Suzie’s toys, that we should keep our hands and feet to ourselves, and that there are certain consequences to violating the rules established by our parents and teachers, namely timeout These rules can easily be classified as elementary lessons on the various precepts of Justice, for example, “It is not just to take what is not yours, ” or, “It is not just to injure another person ” But how can we apply these basic principles to complex legal or moral questions, including which parent should retain custody of the child? When should a minor be tried as an adult? Should a minor be subject to life imprisonment or the death penalty? Should anyone be subject to the death penalty?

Maybe as we mature, society teaches us a more sophisticated view of justice However, is this a lesson that every person, or every lawyer, is guaranteed to learn? We can argue that our society has enacted laws that teach every citizen what is just or unjust For example, discriminating in the workplace against someone based on that person ' s race is against the law, and therefore unjust But how do we fill in the gaps that the laws do not reach? Certainly most legal issues that are dealt with by the Supreme Court fall into an ambiguous space where no law or legal doctrine seems to clearly apply How do we determine what is fair or just in those instances? And even if we can say that the law codifies what is fair and just, why are we not taught these basic principles this in law school?

I have yet to have a professor instruct me on what the law says justice is Instead, I am taught that I should follow the law, not because the law is just, but because it is the law Thus, it would seem that the law transcends issues of fairness and justice This makes sense because the law can ban something that is just, while it can proscribe something that is unjust But if this is true, why do professors insist on asking us whether we believe something is just?

As law students, we need to read the Melian Dialogue and realize that mankind has been struggling with the issue of justice since the time of the ancient Greeks We need to read Plato’s Republic and the various works of Aristotle to see how some of the greatest philosophers that ever lived defined the term justice And finally, before we can determine whether the application of the death penalty in a particular case is just, we need to be able to decide on our own whether Socrates’ forced suicide by the Athenian government was just

Simply put: If the future lawyers are not instructed on justice, I am afraid that the legal community will soon be illequipped to answer the tough questions that continue to confront it

Co mme nt of the day

“There are various ways universities have adequately addressed the Dept of Education letter However, Cornell’s administration chose to push for the method long favored by CUPD and the Women's Resource Center the method that makes it most easy to take punitive action against the accused.

I, along with many others, liked the idea of a comment in the last article: Remove C.U. and CUPD entirely from the investigation and trial of such violent crimes. Remove C U 's risk Hand these cases over initially to IPD and the local criminal prosecutor office Then pending the criminal result, C U can [appropriately] punish the offender IF they are found to have committed a crime ” levelhead

Re: “EDITORIAL: Awaiting a Stronger Defense of Policy 6 4” published Feb 28, 2013

Civility or Bust: Making the First Steps Toward Peace

This weekend, I will be in Washington D C attending the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s conference to discuss the conflict going on in the Middle East

Maybe you ’ ve heard of it I’ll be the first to admit that I know relatively little about Israel and the conflict, but I do have some perceptions about the event

First, I feel like any American who cares about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict should care about AIPAC, which is the largest pro-Israel lobby in the countr y and the most important organization affecting AmericanIsraeli relations Second, I believe people attending the conference will have a wide-range of perspectives on Israeli politics Lastly, I believe people attending with hardened opinions and debate-seeking attitudes will be there to engage in a charged duel rather than an open dialogue

Last semester, I witnessed a savage screaming match take place on Ho Plaza between members of groups who seem to fall under this latter category of people Seemingly civil and respectable students in any other context used Middle Eastern politics to flex their vocal chords in support of their dear friends struggling on the other side of the globe Then, Hillel and the Students for Justice in Palestine both returned to their separate corners and haven’t interacted publically since, only via anonymous posters and poorly advertised, uninviting events While SJP refuses to program with any group with beliefs outside of their narrow definition of “justice,” Hillel failed equally in making a public attempt to reach across to the other side After the dust settled, both groups did not address the shock and frustration felt by those outside of these protesting groups, and many, including myself, still have a sour taste in our mouths from that initial exposure on Ho Plaza

These student groups often turn off the students who want to engage in constructive and nuanced dialogue Currently, it may appear to many peo-

ple that only polarizing avenues to participate, that frequently cater to more extreme voices, exist Students who disagree often do not feel comfortable engaging within the current structures found on campus Perhaps this is a selection bias, where students very passionate on either end are the only ones with the drive to participate However, I am skeptical; there are many students who want to engage more productively and do not feel h

with rights of self-determination for all is equally as important As an idealist believer in equality and justice, I understand the demography of Israel is shifting dramatically, and a Palestinian state is the only long-term democratic solution to the growing Palestinian-Arab population within Israel

is a place to do so

I am guilty for categorizing all students into one of three camps proIsrael, pro-Palestine or neutral and I am aware that this is the root cause inhibiting a space for dialogue and compromise In many other contexts, Cornell students manage to complicate the simplified rhetoric of black versus white in order to attempt an honest navigation of the gray, yet when it comes to the Arab-Israeli conflict, the gray is often forgotten

Not all pro-Israel students are against Palestine, and not all students for a Palestinian state are opposed to the existence of Israel No one wants to see more people injured and killed However, the situation in Israel and the occupied territories is simply unsustainable, and if Israeli leaders fail to begin peace talks with Abbas and the moderate Palestinians in Ramallah, a Third Intifada will surely break out Palestinians enjoy neither security, comfort nor stability, and while Israelis living in Israel “ proper ” experience a rather normal daily existence, Palestinians do not Something has got to give

I am both pro-Israel and pro-Palestine in the broadest sense, believing a stable homeland for the Jewish people needs to exist and a Palestinian nation

I know I don’t want to join any group with members who equate proPalestine to anti-Semitism or pro-Israel lonial conspiracy However, I live in Ithaca, N Y , and while I care about the people threatened by a conflict with no resolution in sight, yelling at my classmates over something far out of my immediate existence would only ruin my day and leave both me and my partner frustrated and exhausted

I want to find the truth on both sides Sadly, my criticism of Israeli settlements is often equated to an attempt to delegitimize Israel There needs to be a better medium to engage in this issue on campus, and while I understand these groups have an open-door policy, I do not feel comfortable engaging within them

I hope I can be both pro-Israel and pro-Palestine in college, the time when we should be able to maintain our optimistic view of the world I would be lying if I told you exactly how peace should be achieved or what it will look like, but I sure know a charged battle of force is the way not to make peace

I am thrilled to see that students on campus are making strides to foster this pro-peace attitude on campus Students are currently working to bring a new peace-seeking voice on campus I will be attending the conference this weekend keeping this attitude in mind I plan to learn more about the conflict, myself and others along the way I hope I can return to Cornell and continue my journey with you all

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BY TOM MOORE Sun Staff Writer

The Haunt shook on Tuesday with Murder By Death and Man Man, two rowdy bands with rowdier fans Tom Moore investigates

I went into this show cold, never having heard much of Murder By Death’s or Man Man’s music From what I had heard, Man Man was the thing, one of those cult bands whose fans look at you with excited eyebrows and the sort of look I’m more used to seeing from the religiously initiated spreading the word, followed by a streaming sigh: “You’ve n e ve r h e a rd Ma n Man?”

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ye a h , a s f a r a s Tuesday night at The Haunt goes, this is a big deal ” So I settled in

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It’s precisely this pivot from folk to punk to something in between that made Murder By Death’s set so engaging One minute, Balliet would hammer at the neck of her cello, squeezing out every possible drop of punk noise, and the next she’d saw out a big strong folksy melody, cascading lyrically over the thick rabble-rousing chaos of the band

When it worked, it really worked Sometimes it didn’t: sometimes the balance wasn ’ t quite right, and the cello and mandolin were barely audible and largely superfluous The vocal harmonies between lead singer and guitarist Adam Turla and Brackett on the keys were often strained and unsatisfying; Turla’s voice morphed from a generic alt-rock rasp (which gave me bad Nickelback flashbacks) to a more resounding folk-punk timbre, like Johnny Cash singing for the Dropkick Murphys

Every member of Man Man seems to have a mess of assorted noisemakers within arm ’ s reach, grabbing at bells and whistles and xylophones like five drunken babies let loose in an entirely unsafe musical playroom It’s wild, and it’s chaotic and somehow it’s still tight They move with an infectious, manic energy, and they’ve got the musicianship to back it up Everything else Man Man does revolves around its lunatic beats Trumpets and saxophones get distorted out of their usual melodic roles, and instead provide aggressive, honking counter-rhythms Add guitar, bass, synth, and ridiculous vocals (la la la’s, distorted growls, and plenty of howling), and you ’ ve got a really, really big sound, like Tom Waits with a bigger cabaret and, if this is even possible, less restraint Man Man’s live act is one hell of a freak show, and I mean that in mostly a good way The band only went too far once, when a fan offered

t o w a i t f o r Ma n Man, and it quickly became clear that Murder By Death had its own fanatics, a tipsy bunch taking the floor in force You could spot them easily by the pints and fists raised in unison all across the room They did their band a real service, belting out a tangible rowdiness I hadn’t felt at The Haunt in a fair while I had found myself in the middle of a devotional scene, and after a couple songs, that devotion started to make a lot of sense to me

Murder By Death isn’t an easy band to genrify Many critics will call it indie-rock, or indie-folk, or even alternative country, but none of that really makes much sense for talking about its live sound The band members have midWestern roots, coming out of Bloomington, Ind , but the vibe of the show reminded me as much of Irish-influenced folk-punk as of anything else

BY LUCAS COLBERT-CARREIRO Sun Staff Writer

The Vagina Monologues, a series of performances by women on the subject of f e m a l e i s s u e s a n d e m p o w e r m e n t , h a s grown from its humble one-woman show beginnings into an international phenomenon Originally created by Eve Ensler in 1996, the monologues are based on interviews she conducted with over 200 women and include topics ranging from sex and l ov e t o r a p e a n d g e n i t a l m u t i l a t i o n

Though productions may var y in terms of size and scope, the per formances always tackle the impor tant topics of female sexuality as a tool of empowerment and individuality a tradition that Cornell has par ticipated in for the past several years

The messages behind the play and the strong reactions from its viewers have led to Ensler’s creation of V-Day, a social jus-

t i c e o r g a n i z a t i o n t h a t n o t o n l y r a i s e s money from productions of The Vagina Monologues, but has grown to include an impressive por tfolio of ar t in suppor t of its cause The movement ’ s high aspirations are to create “ a world where women live safely and freely,” a mission statement that has lead to various delegations per forming and

Now, I love a good howl as much as the next primate, and I’m plenty drawn to the carnival-esque approach to a good freaky show That being said, Man Man might be reaching that critical cult-following mass where the fan base starts making it really difficult for outsiders to feel welcome or engaged From its first entrance, Man Man strutted the stage with a cocky swagger that comes from knowing the fans already love them and are just waiting to cheer To a newcomer like myself, a lot of the trappings came off as self-satisfied gimmicks, and from where I was listening, the music didn’t immediately match up to the bravado

All of this would annoy me more if the group wasn ’ t so damn good The core of the band’s sound is an impressive and energetic percussion groove, which pulls off metrically complex dancing beats better than most anyone around

spreading the word all around the world

Each year, a new monologue that reflects a modern issue affecting women worldwide is added to the c o l l e c t i o n Fo r example, a 2003 piece written by E n

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a group of five white men

The kids dancing for Man Man deserve a review in their own right, happily convulsive animals with none of the aggression of a mosh pit, rocking something like a stationary vamp on the camp goof of a skank circle There’s a circus sort of levity to the whole thing, a rabble of costumed young adults sporting the same big smiles children get when they hear the parade coming down the street It was a good parade, Tuesday night, a welcome moment of suspended carnival insanity I hope Man Man doesn’t go dancing down the road to the land of cult esoterica, as I’d like to hear their brand of madness more often

Tom Moore is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at wtm36@cornell edu

w o m e n i n t h e p a s t s e v e r a l m o n t h s

The Other

event ’ s goals is to “share these stor i e s a n d s p a r k c o n v e r s a t i o n s about vaginas on

c a m p u s ” T h i s specific function of The Vagina Monologues seems to have taken on a heightened sense of impor tance this year, especially in the wake of an increase in sexual attacks against

Adelaine Davidoff ‘15, a per former in this year ’ s play, says that this was an oppor tunity for her to feel p o s i t i v e a b o u t female sexuality in the wake of these e v e n t s “ T h e [ V a g i n a ] Monologues were a p l a c e f o r m e t o reflect on who I was as a woman, an experience that w a s n ’ t r e a l l y offered to me anywhere else ” Being in such close proxi m i t y t o t h e a t t a c k s h a v e l e d D a v i d o f f t o b e c o m e a f e m inist; as such, the medium of per form a n c e w a s “ t h e p e r f e c t c r e a t i v e outlet ”

That’s not to say the per formances are focused entirely on expressing the importance of the aforementioned issues: They a re e q u a l l y c o n c e r n e d w i t h c e l e b r a t i n g

femininity and creating a positive relationship between women and their vaginas While there are more serious monologues that describe in detail the horrors of genital mutilation and sexual assaults, the play also features acts like “My Angr y Vagina” a humorous stor y about the fr ustrations of tampons and the tools used by OBGYNS

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demonstrates how The Vagina Monologues attempts to encapsulate a wide cross-section of the female experience: educating and celebrating, but also promising a lot of fun

This year, Cornell’s production will be in conjunction with One Billion Rising, a global activist movement, also founded by the play’s author, which aims to bring an end to violence while suppor ting justice for gender equality All of the proceeds from the Cornell production will go to the Ithaca Advocacy Center and V-Day, which helps them to continue and expand their work to end violence against women of all ages The Vagina Monologues will be presented on Saturday at Bailey Hall

Lucas Colbert-Carreiro is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at lcolbert@cornellsun com

1. See Broken Chains

8 p m on Friday and 1 p m at Risley Theatre on Sunday

If music and theater are what call to you this weekend, your best bet is Broken Chains at Risley Theatre Much like Risley itself, this production is unusual The show will include a staged reading of an original musical about the life of St Peter featuring live gospel a capella Broken Chains presents a collaboration between a few different forces on campus and in the Ithaca area: the Festival of Black Gospel, Risley Theatre and Chosen Generation, the gospel choir here at Cornell Developed in part as a project designed to raise awareness of prisoners of conscience in countries such as China and Iran, this show should be an interesting and stimulating collaboration

2. Have a Brief Encounter at Cinemapolis

9 p m today at Cinemapolis

Art can get under your skin, and Gregory Crewdson wields this power to uncanny effect With 50-plus lighting technicians, grips and set decorators under his helm, Crewdson’s modus operandi does not necessarily scream “photography” cinema comes to mind But while he cites directors David Lynch and Steven Spielberg as influences on his work, Crewsdon’s medium of choice is the still image Through exhaustive planning and collaboration, this artist stages intricate, dense and nightmarish visions of American life Think Norman Rockwell on Valium, or your childhood home fused with The Shining’ s Overlook Hotel Cinematographer Ben Shapiro (Paul Goodman Changed My Life), seeing a fascinating subject in Crewsdon, directed the documentary Gregory Crewsdon: Brief Encounters, an in-depth investigation of the artist that took a decade to make To witness how Crewsdon painstakingly crafts his photographs, these “brief encounters, ” is an experience both exciting and daunting The 78-minute film plays at 9 p m today at Cinemapolis, and you can stare down one of his works, Untitled (Vanity), at the Johnson Museum in the meantime

Do This Stuf f Instead:

3. Watch Tony Bird on the Arts Quad

All day Saturday at the Arts Quad

Even if you have never been to southern Africa, you will still be able to feel the warm breeze through your hair as Tony Bird sings you to the Rift Valley through his somewhat eccentric but extremely powerful percussive beats and gritty vocals His lyrics reflect his intense and complex relationship with Africa including his struggle with identity as a white African during apartheid and his education in the British colony of Rhodesia All the while, Bird incorporates bushman clicks and bird calls to return, in a sense, to his native land So let’s welcome him back to Ithaca for the fourth time in the last 28 years (with a throaty growl) as he empowers us with the power of folk!

4. Hit Up a Dance-Off ... For Charity!

8 p m on Sunday on CBS

Escaping the Confines of Fiction

Lposit a bevy of lofty ideals toward w

d aspire For example, according to Ralph Waldo Emerson, “fiction reveals truth that reality obscures ” Emerson is perhaps tr ying to say that fiction is a way for people to access knowledge outside of their daily experiences Except it isn’t the kind you’d learn in textbooks, but rather knowledge of the more visceral, emotional, wishywashy quality, other wise known as wisdom Other notables go further The noted p l a y w r i g h t B e r t o l t Bre c h t , o f Mo t h e r Courage fame, ventured that “ art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it” That is to say, literature is not isolated from the social and cultural framework in which it is set, but takes an active part in constructing it

L i t e r a t u re h a s a s o c i a l i z i n g , a c c u lturating function It can topple regimes and spark changes in ways of thinking

t h a t re v e r b e r a t e down generations

However, readers a re p e r h a p s m o s t often drawn to literature out of an intense desire to escape usually, through escapist fiction Rather than obser ving reality or changing it, escapist fiction instead posits an alternate reality rooted in its own rules Escapist fiction is sometimes said to be disdained by the reactionaries and aristocrats of the lit-

Sword of Shannara open across his lap, lamenting the ‘death of literar y fiction’ Despite this highly exaggerated image, though, escapist fiction has become an inextricable part of our cultural fabric; those who look down upon it are fighting a losing battle

implicit consensus that escapist fiction is somehow on a lower pedestal than nonescapist fiction, that because it depicts a world we’d rather live in it is automatically inferior, aimed to pacify the common man as he slaves away in his gilded hamster cage, fashioning baubles for the shadowy plutocrats that loom above the puppet stage Science fiction adventure stories do not usually win Oscars, or Man Booker Prizes Instead, escapist literature is relegated to the realm of children or

escapist litera-

ywhere, but by

the recognition it deser ves

deser ve, you ask? I think that escapism is

development in recent times It is properly not an end unto itself, it is a mode, a hook,

Ma n y p e o p l e d o n ’ t l i k e t h a t

Escapism replaces that reality with one in which we actually want to live in, and thus makes literature accessible Escapism is not incompatible with literature-as-mirror or l i

In fact, far from being the great enemy of traditional affective literature, it may be its greatest emerging ally, combating the evil forces of reality TV, celebrity gossip and the alwayson camera recording the lives of the K a rd a s h i a n s T h a t i s b e c a u s e escapist fiction can, at its best, act as a cradle for good stories and good literature If the thought of escaping to a world where you can ride broomsticks and cast spells introduces kids to the wonders of reading and good stor ytelling (and a life of literacy after ward), more power to escapism

what could go wrong As places in which creativity is inspired, and both author and reader become active participants in their construction, these escapist realms are the future of stor ytelling and literature

e r a r y w o r l d T h e c o m m o n s t e re o t y p e involves a middle-aged snob sitting in his armchair next to a fireplace, glass of scotch in hand, sneering at a pristine copy of The

Literar y fiction has always seemed unapproachable because it often deals with heavy topics: the human condition, war, slaver y, inequality, the like – all within the confines of mundane existence; a mirror unto the imperfections of our own reality

But escapism doesn’t just rely on its status as a hook to justify its importance to the future of literature The experience of escapism, itself, opens up the gates to an entirely new way of experiencing the fictive realm It signifies a change in paradigm: Fiction is no longer merely a convenient tool with which to size up the world, it is a desirable destination from which the world may be sized up The best escapist literature consists of fully formed worlds of wonder and terror, where setting, backstor y and ambience are paramount, rather than merely being mis-en-scene for the narrative These places are sandboxes of the imagination, within which authors and readers alike participate in the exercise of imagining creative new ways of living Science fiction sandbox worlds like Star Trek are visions of the possible future; others, like Warhammer 40k, are portents of

And what better medium to carr y the new era than video games? Right now, video games have not quite ascended the artistic hierarchy from crass entertainment

improvements, the virtual worlds of video games might become conduits or vessels through which people can experience the kinds of stories that excite interest in the human condition, within the confines of a vast, rich and detailed world in which the setting is its own attraction Games like Fallout, Bioshock and The Witcher are already steps in the right direction So I say, rejoice, gamers, at the coming apotheosis of your burgeoning craft

Colin Chan is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at cc297@cornell edu Armchair Aesthetics appears alternate Fridays this semester

Scelfo Sees More Playing Time

According to Peck, the Red needs to improve on its talking on the defensive end

“We need to communicate on defense; last week we gave up high field goal-percentages for both teams, so our biggest thing is to talk on the floor and communicate on defense,” Peck said “If we make a mistake, we need to tell each other where we ’ re at so we’ll pick up the slack If we play good defense, we’ll get out in transition and that’s our game, so the biggest thing is to get stops on defense ”

Last time against Brown, point guard Sean McGonagill scored 19 points, but only had one assist and turned the ball over six times The Red has a similar defensive game plan against him on Friday, hoping to wear him out

“Guarding McGonagill will be the same [as last time],” the captain said “We will try to wear him down the entire game, and since he’s playing close to the entire game every night for Brown, we just have to keep coming at him and pressuring him full-court We need to wear him down and make all his shots tough looks ”

Freshman for ward Cedric Kuakumensah also had a solid game against the Red last time, scoring 13 points, grabbing 19 rebounds and blocking four shots Despite his impressive stat line, the Red is not worried he will impact the game too much this Friday

“He put up a big stat game, but if you were at the game, he didn’t have that big an impact,” Peck explained “The biggest thing is to keep him off the glass and not let him get as many easy touches inside and we’ll be fine If we do that, he won ’ t put up those stats again ”

To repeat its success against Yale on Saturday, the Red will have to contain the Bulldog’s starting backcourt of Javier Duren and Austin Morgan and freshman for ward Justin Sears, according to AsafoAdjei

“[Duren and Morgan] are very important for their team, so I imagine they will try to get them going early, so we have to do a better job this time around,” Asafo-Adjei said “They’ll also want to get their post players involved Justin Sears is one of their main options and one of their leading scorers, so I think they’ll want to get him involved a little more this time We have to do a good job of making it tough for

him to score ”

Unfortunately, the Red will once again be without Gray, who was out last weekend with an injury The Red understands how tough it is to replace him and the impact he has on the team when he plays

“Gray is a team leader and can definitely score, shoot the ball and stretch the defense out for us, ” Peck said “He was really missed last weekend and we’ll miss him this upcoming weekend, but he’s giving a lot of love and support from the bench and other people will step up and take his leadership and scoring load off a little bit while he’s out ”

One of the players who has stepped into his role is junior guard Dominick Scelfo, who played 23 minutes in each game last weekend up from his season average of 13 3 minutes

“Every game, Dom gets a little more confident,” Asafo-Adjei said “He’s a great player, especially on the offensive end He’s been a steady source of offense for us and he’s another ball handler for us as well ”

Albert Liao can be reached at aliao@cornellsun com

Buss Ushered Decades of Unprecedented Basketball Into Los Angeles

would don purple and gold during the 1980s

This era of Lakers basketball came to be known as Showtime

The Lakers quickly garnered a Hollywood celebrity following with fans such as Jack Nicholson regularly showing up to The Forum Buss transformed the Forum Club a previously family-friendly restaurant and lounge in the stadium

into the hottest nightclub in Los Angeles Add this to the emergence of the rivalry between Larry Bird and Magic Johnson which would help to revive the historic Lakers-Celtics rivalry and the NBA was back in the public spot-

light

The quality of the Lakers play, along with the high caliber players and coaches involved with the team, led to five NBA Championships in the 1980s With the 1990s being somewhat

of a dry period for the Lakers, Buss was not satisfied only with his team s success in the previous decade So he hired former Chicago Bulls coach Phil Jackson who coached Michael Jordan and the Bulls to six NBA Championships during the decade to take over his Lakers Under Buss and Jackson’s guidance, these Lakers won three NBA championships in a row from 2000-2002

After the departure of Shaquille O’Neal following the 2003-2004 season, Buss and Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak kept trying to build their team up to championship form again The acquisition of Pau Gasol in 2008 helped the Lakers win back-to-back titles from 2009-2010

Buss’ relentless desire for success and perfection is the reason why he will be remembered as such a legend Most owners of NBA teams are businessmen who are interested in the bottom line Although those owners do aspire to win championships, if their team is profitable, then they are ultimately happy Not Jerry Buss For him, the bottom line meant nothing if there was no ring at the end of it Since Buss purchased the Lakers, no team has won more championships than LA

If I had to sum up Jerry Buss in just one word, I would say that he was a winner It’s about time to start planning the next Staples Center statue

Juan Carlos Toledo can be reached at jtoledo@cornellsun com Showtime at the Forum appears alternate Thursdays this semester

Roaring back to life | Senior tri-captain and defenseman Braden Birch said that although the Red has gone through a rough patch, the team has gained momentum going into the final weekend of the regular season

Icer s Hope to Stay in Hunt For Hom e Tur f in Playof fs

By CHRIS MILLS Sun Staff Wr ter

After trouncing RPI and Union in the regular season home finale last weekend, the Red will close out the season on the road with hopes of returning to Lynah for the ECAC playoffs

Cornell (11-13-3, 7-10-3 ECAC) will battle Brown (10-11-6, 6-8-6) on Friday at 7 p m and then head to New Haven, Conn , to take on No 15 Yale (14-10-3, 10-9-1) in the final regular season game of the year on Saturday at 7 p m After losing seven consecutive games in January and February, the Red has rebounded with a 3-0-1 record over the past two weekends

“It’s like we ’ re getting a little bit of life going again,” said senior defenseman and tri-captain Braden Birch “It was pretty dark times for a

l i t t l e b i t [ W ] e ’ re

g e t t i n g m o m e n t u m , the guys are excited again and it’s good ”

The team has picked up the pace on offense in recent weeks, but Iles has also stepped up his game with excellent per formances against RPI and Union during senior weekend, en route to the ECAC Goaltender of the Week award Senior forward Greg Miller also earned a Player of the Week honor for his strong offensive performance

“It’s very comforting, as a defenseman, to have somebody like Andy behind you that you can rely on, ” Birch said Iles will also face a friendly rival this weekend going head-to-head with Brown goalie and old friend Anthony Borelli, who posted a shutout in the previous meeting between the Red and the Bears

“When you get leads you play with confidence We’ve won a few games now, so we know what it takes to win and we have that confidence ”

After falling as low as 11th in the ECAC standings, the Red is currently tied for the ninth position entering the final weekend with Princeton holding the tiebreaker In order to claim home ice for the opening round of the ECAC Tournament, the Red must overtake at least two teams and finish in the top eight

With the fourth-place and tenth-place teams in the ECAC separated by only four points, the Red also has an outside shot at finishing in the conference ’ s top four and attaining a first-round playoff bye After poring over the numerous seeding possibilities, however, the players have acknowledged they can only worry about their own performance this weekend

“We can ’ t worry about scenarios,” said junior goaltender Andy Iles “We know that at the end of the day we control the outcome of the game, and if we focus on the game and focus on the things we need to do to win hockey games then the standings will take care of themselves and we’ll be in a position to be where we want to be ”

A major challenge for Iles and the defense this weekend will be containing Brown’s attack and then corralling a high-scoring Yale offense on backto-back nights

“Yale’s always an extremely skilled team very run-and-gun,” Birch noted “ They have high offensive guys, so it’s always a tough game We play our best against them when we ’ re playing physical, and we have to work them to beat them Brown [is] kind of similar to Yale They’ve got some skilled guys up front now They’re always a hard-working team So it’s going to be a tough weekend But they’re also two good teams and it would feel good to get a couple [wins] ”

“[Borelli] was a good buddy of mine when I was at Salisbury [High School] and it was a lot of fun to play with him, s o I d e f i n i t e l y k e e p tabs on him,” Iles said “[H]e’s having a great year this year, as well as his team ” The biggest differe n c e b e t we e n t h e Re d’s l a s t m a t c h u p against Brown, a 3-0 defeat in January, and this week is perhaps the team ’ s confidence

“When you get leads you play with confidence,” Iles said “[T]hat confidence is the big thing When you have that confidence to win hockey games that’s what’s important We’ve won a few games now, so we know what it takes to win and we have that confidence that we know that in tight situations we can win ”

It looks as if the Red has finally gotten back to its winning ways, and few are more pleased than head coach Mike Schafer ’86

“For us it’s about keeping the momentum going,” Schafer noted “We’ve just got to make sure that in two weeks we ’ re playing our best hockey I think we ’ re headed in that direction ”

If the team has proven one thing to Schafer this season, it is that the Red has the ability to push through obstacles

“This team definitely knows it can overcome adversity The one thing about this team is we ’ ve gone through it all this year bad goals, bad penalties, injuries We’ve hit every possible adversity you can think of And I think the guys have pushed through that [mentally,] and that brings mental toughness And I said this about three weeks ago: When we come through this we’ll be a better team coming out the other side And I believe that ”

By SKYLER DALE Sun Staff Writer

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Dale can be reached at sdale@cornellsun com

All the small things | Senior defenseman Laura Fortino said doing the little things right will be most important for the team this weekend

No. 2 C.U. Takes On Colgat e

In Conference Quarter nals

As the No 2 ranked team in the nation, Cornell will begin its playoff season Friday night after a long and successful 2012-13 campaign The Red (23-5-1, 18-3-1 ECAC) claimed its fourth consecutive ECAC regular season crown last weekend with a 4-0 victory over Union and a 3-1 Harvard loss to Clarkson With the regular season title under its belt, Cornell earned the No 1 seed in the ECAC Tournament and the right to host the No 8 seeded Colgate (11-19-3, 6-13-3 ECAC) in the Quarterfinals

Cornell has won two of the last three ECAC Tournaments and is 11-1 at Lynah Rink all time in the postseason The best-of-three series between Cornell and Colgate is their second meeting in the postseason They previously met in 2010 when Cornell defeated the Raiders in the Quarters

“As a team, we have set high expectations,” said senior captain and defenseman Laura Fortino “If we stay focused and stick together as a team I have no doubt we will be successful and win ”

Colgate has the second-worst penalty kill 73 1 percent and fourth-worst scoring defense 3 45 goals allowed per game in the country The Raiders barely squeaked into the playoffs, winning their final two games while getting help from a Princeton loss

On the other hand, Colgate has four total shorthanded goals this season, which is tied for eighth in

the nation They also have a streaky goaltender in freshman Ashlynne Rando, who won her second ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week award last week She currently stands with a 901 save percentage and a 2 96 goals against average

“I think the key to the series is going to be mainly focusing on consistency and doing the little things right that matter at this point in the season, ” Fortino said “We need to focus on playing strong defensively first, and then letting the offensive play come ” Fortino highlighted how the Red cannot take the Raiders for granted because they have improved throughout the season The last time the two teams played Cornell took both games by a combined score of 18-2

“They are a team that works really hard and has good offensive skill,” Fortino said “We need to play aggressive hockey and bring solid work each game and set the tempo right off the start ”

Cornell will look towards players like junior forward Brianne Jenner and junior defenseman Alyssa Gagliardi to lead the squad in the playoffs Jenner scored 28 goals and 55 points this season, and she was recently named a Top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award Gagliardi was also recently added to the U S Women’s National Team training camp roster

Scott Eckl can be reached at seckl@cornellsun com

Goodbye to a Legend

If they ever tell my story, let them say I walked with giants Men rise and fall like the winter wheat, but these names will never die Let them say I lived in the time of Dr Jerry Buss, constructor of championships Let them say I lived to see Showtime, ruler of the 80s

Very corny, I’ll admit, but the sentiment behind my introduction is as genuine as it could ever be How do you say goodbye to a legend? There are timeless moments in the history of professional basketball in the United States These momentous times in the evolution of the NBA have come to define generations of fans, have provided iconic images we can easily recognize, but, most importantly, have come to shape and mold the identity of the league as we know it today

Some of the most important moments in the history of the NBA include the emergence of George Mikan, Bill Russell and Jerr y West’s Lakers-Celtics battles of the 1960s, Kareem and the unstoppable Skyhook, Magic vs Bird and of course the arrival of Michael Jordan to the Chicago Bulls However, the moment I would like to pay tribute to is the passing of Dr Jerry Buss, who in 1979 purchased the Los Angeles Lakers and revolutionized the NBA with the introduction of the Showtime Lakers, a team that would go on to win five NBA championships in the 1980s The acquisitions of Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal, which formed one of the most potent 1-2 punches

Red Honors Seniors in Final Home Games

Adjei, guard Johnny Gray, for ward Errick Peck, for ward Eitan Chemerinski, for ward

games left and it’s Senior Weekend; all our family and f

A f t e r a d i s a p p o i n t i n g weekend that eliminated the Red’s shot at an Ivy League title, the Cornell men ’ s basketball team (13-14, 5-5 Ivy League) looks to rebound this weekend against Brown (10-14, 4-6) and Yale (1116, 5-5) The Red came away

w i t h r o a d w i n s j u s t t w o weeks against the Bears and the Bulldogs, and hope to repeat that success in the last two home games of the year

The Red will honor the six seniors on the team captain and guard Miles Asafo-

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Peter McMillan as they play in their final games at N e w m a n Arena

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g a m e s a t h o m e l a s t w e e k e n d , the Red will try to move on and concentrate on playing well in its final home games of the year, according to Peck “ We o n

“We just want to come out and play hard and try to win these games ” E r r i c k P e c k

chances to win We’re tr ying t o t h r ow those losses o u t o f t h e w i n d o w ; t h e y ’ re i n the past and y o u c a n ’ t c r y ov e r spilled milk

That’s our team mentality We just [want to] come out and play hard and tr y to win these next two games ” Ha

both visiting teams on the road has fiven the Red confidence and a good indication of what it needs to do to succeed against them “ We’re pretty confident; we u n d e r s t a n d h ow we p l a ye d l a s t t i m e a n d we understand what ultimately won us the game, ” AsafoAdjei said “Both teams [Yale and Brown] are teams that run a lot of different plays, so we need to take them out of what they want to do We need to pressure the ball and make sure they can ’ t swing it easily and get into their sets ”

in the history of the NBA, culminated in a championship three-peat Most recently, the modern Lakers have won two more NBA championships Born in Salt Lake City, Utah on January 27th, 1933, Buss the engineer of all this success passed away on February 18th at the age of 80

During the 1970s, the NBA saw declining TV ratings, low attendance and both perceived and real drug-related player problems All of this threatened to derail the league

Although many point to the leadership of David Stern as the cause of the NBA’s ascension back into major relevance in the 1980s, Jerry Buss is just as responsible for bringing the NBA back into the spotlight

When Buss purchased the Lakers from Jack Kent Cooke in 1979, he inherited a team that included Kareem AbdulJabbar and that had just selected Magic Johnson with the first overall pick in the draft Buss’s vision for the Lakers franchise was to make their games a form of entertainment as well Buss felt that since the Lakers were in Los Angeles the entertainment capital of the world their games should feature dancers and a live band for home games, which he hired promptly after taking over Additionally, he wanted the playing style of his team to be up-tempo, an exciting run-and-gun style that prominently featured Magic, along with Kareem, James Worthy, Michael Cooper, Jamaal Wilkes and a number of other legendary players who

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