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Student ‘Bill of Rights’ in Works

Consolidated code will be proposed to ‘ empower ’ students

By ZOE FERGUSON Sun Senior Writer

A group of students, including members of the Student Assembly, are working to draft a bill of rights for the community due to what they call the current disjointed state of campus policies and codes

According to Amanda Minikus grad, Cornell policy is vague regarding appropriate protocol

“It’s become really painfully apparent over the last year and a half that people just don’t know where these policies are, ” Minikus said “They’re not in a place that’s accessible ”

rights would be] a very useful resource for Cornell students This proposal addresses a huge issue of students not knowing what they can and cannot do in situations ”

Juliana Batista ’16, executive vice president for the S A , added that current policies are “ opaque ” and that a bill of rights would clarify rules for students

“Students should be able to look at this bill of rights and know that due process is happening.” S a r a h B a l i k ’ 1 5

Along with several other graduate and undergraduate students, Minikus said she is drafting a potential proposal for a “Student Bill of Rights ” Yamini Bhandari ’17, vice president for outreach for the S A and one of the students working on the proposal, said a student bill of rights would be “ empowering” for students

“There is currently no organized student bill of rights that addresses all the different components of student life,” Bhandari said “I think something like [a bill of

“Students need to feel empowered,” Batista said “We do not have any pro-formative language that describes what students are allowed to do and what their rights are on this campus Many of Cornell’s codes and academic policies are opaque and difficult to understand, therefore leaving the vast majority of the student body unaware of how to navigate it ”

The Road to a Bill

According to Minikus, a draft for a bill of rights proposed in the near future would be informal, highlighting general principles and drawing on existing policies

“I think that you could extrapolate from existing policies, because they’re all so disjointed, and put the stuff

Department of Radiation Oncology Created at Weill

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Olin Library Roof May Be Replaced; Proposal to Face Approval Tuesday

By CHRISTOPHER BYRNS Sun Staff Writer

The roof on the main building of Olin Librar y may soon be replaced, according to a proposal made to the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission

The proposal which will have a public hearing next Tuesday must receive approval from the Landmarks Preser vation Commission because the library, which is located on the Arts Quad, lies

within a designated City of Ithaca historic district

Because the library was less than 50 years old when the Arts Quad was designated a historic district, the structure is considered a “non-contributing” portion meaning it is not considered a part of the original historic district, according to Bryan McCracken, a historic preservation planner for the City of Ithaca McCracken said the Landmarks Preservation Commission

will ensure that any changes to Olin Librar y will not detract from overall look of the Arts Quad

“Olin Library is a non-contributing element in the historic district so the project will be evaluated on how it will impact the other historic properties,” McCracken said “They are going to be looking to make sure that it is consistent with the material that

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By CASEY HOLMES ’06

This semester, more than coffee has been brewing at the Green Dragon Café

Rumors that the College of Architecture, Art and Planning was going to revolutionize this beloved hangout based on a student proposal threatened to set off a conflict with the Dragon’s many devoted student employees and customers

In response, the AAP administration has shelved the original plans for a “ more sustainable Green Dragon,” and all involved parties are going back to the drawing board together

“[The Green Dragon] is a big heart of the institution,” said manager David Drabkin ’07 “If a change needs to be made, it should come from us ”

Today at 5 p m in the Green Dragon, the proposal’s writer, Dana Shapiro ’06, will meet with employees, customers and other concerned Cornellians to collaborate on a new approach to improve the Green Dragon’s sustainability while preser ving its historic character

Tucked under Sibley Hall on the Arts Quad, the Green Dragon is a funky hub that ser ves as a tight-knit community of mostly-AAP student employees and cus-

tomers

Unlike all other Cornell Dining facilities, the Green Dragon is completely student-run While it sells the ubiquitous sushi packs, soups and sandwiches, it also provides other products, like Coca-Cola, that cannot be found anywhere else on campus

“ The biggest difference is [the Green Dragon] maintains the histor y of the student empowerment structure, ” said Colleen Wright-Riva, director of the dining ser vices

The entire situation began last fall when Shapiro, a natural resources major, submitted a business plan for a ‘model sustainable café” in the Cornell Entrepreneur Organization (CEO) Business Plan Competition, winning first place

Inspired by a progressive café in Vienna, Austria, where she worked while studying abroad, Shapiro said she felt that Cornell lacked a place where students could have ownership over a business following their ideals of sustainablility As an already student-run facility, the Green Dragon was a natural template

Shapiro said that when she spoke to Drabkin and Peter Turner, AAP assistant dean, about her proposal, they responded with interest

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Cornellians Discuss Bias on Campus

By DANIEL ZIMMERMAN Sun Staff Writer

Breaking Biases a public forum hosted by the Student Assembly for students to discuss problems and strategies for dealing with situations of bias Wednesday evening in Clark Atrium

At the event, the S A defined bias as “prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person or group, compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair ”

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o n w a s designed to address issues where bias frequently occurs, such as race, socioeconomic status, gender, disability and religious affiliation Students that attended had the opportunity to listen to multiple speakers from the administration, as well as students’ testimonies to how they have b e e n a f f e c t e d by b i a s o n campus

Dean of Students Kent Hubbell ’67, who was the first speaker at the event, said that “Cornell brings people from all walks of life ”

Hubbell added that the University strives to provide “ an authentic sense of belonging” for students and that one way to do this is to eliminate these instances of bias

Maria Chak ’18, freshman representative for the S A , said she organized the event to bringing discussions of all forms of prejudice that students confront on campus to the surface

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“My goals for this event is to break the stereotype that bias pertains just to race but [that bias] includes LGBTQ, first generation, socio-economics, gender, Greek life and so [many] more issues,” she said “It is a topic that is not discussed a lot on campus and I found that [to be] a problem because Cornell is very diverse ”

She also said the event was valuable because

the stereotypes were seldom discussed on campus

“Some issues that were brought up included how there was a lack of discussion about issues on campus and there are so many micro aggressions that occurs in class and amongst students,” Chak said “It is a problem that no one talks about these form of biases ”

Yamini Bhandari ’17, vice president for outreach and women ’ s representative for the S A , said attendees discussed many facets of bias

“We talked about the biases faced by everyone from international students to Greeks,” she said “I think this event was a call to action in recognizing that students who have to deal with these biases are tired of being the ones responsible for finding the solutions, too ”

was influenced by the bias she has experienced at Cornell

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Bhandari said “I think the idea of bias has resonated with me personally given my background, and it was nice meeting with other students who have had similar experiences discuss how they navigated it ”

According to Bhandari, administrators in attendance spoke to h ow C o r n e l

s a n i n s t i t u t i o n responded to bias

“The administrators that presented were valuable in giving us a perspective on what is being done to address biases at the administration level,” Bhandari said “I think as a student, that spoke to me as a call for real action ”

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Renee Alexander ’74, associate dean and director of Intercultural Programs, one of the speakers of the event, said the goal of the discussion was to educate people about bias and to prevent instances of bias from occurring in the future

In addition to the public speakers, the event also gave students the opportunity to talk in small confidential groups of around 10 to 12 people about their feelings towards the action taken on campus to prevent future instances of bias

Chak said she hoped the conversation about bias on campus would continue and that she had plans for a future event

“My goal is to begin the discussion of biases on campus and to continue this with a post

Harvard Proposes Theater, Media Concentration

Members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences responded largely positively both to legislation detailing the format of an affirmation of integrity as part of the College’s first-ever honor code and to a proposal to implement a new concentration in Theater, Dance, and Media at their second meeting of the semester Tuesday Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M Harris presented on behalf of the Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana legislation for an affirmation of integrity statement undergraduates would make as part of the College’s new honor code Under the legislation, students would be required to affirm their awareness of the honor code each time they register for the semester and would be unable to register should they not make that affirmation Students would also be asked to do so during final exams and on final papers and projects including theses and on other assignments at the discretion of the individual faculty member Harris emphasized that when affirming their awareness of the honor code, students would not be required to agree with the values of the honor code but simply acknowledge that they have read it

Additionally, incoming freshmen would be required to write a paragraph about integrity after accepting their offer to Harvard Faculty voted in approval of the College’s first-ever honor code, in addition to the creation of a new student-faculty/administrator judicial board to hear cases regarding the violation of the honor code, in May 2014 after years of discussion and planning The honor code will go into effect in the fall of 2015, according to Harris

Smith noted that the Faculty Council voted 15-1 in favor of the legislation on the affirmation statement, with no abstentions Economics professor Jeffrey A Miron, who was opposed to the legislation, said that such a statement was “misguided and a poor use of our resources and energy ”

“I think asking students to sign their name every time stimulates cynicism,” Miron said Computer Science professor David J Malan ’99 said that he too was skeptical of effects that the

affirmation statement might have “What problem are we trying to solve or reduce?” he asked English professor Martin Puchner who has spearheaded the effort to create the concentration in Theater, Dance, and Media presented preliminary plans for the concentration to the Faculty and emphasized that necessar y infrastructure, including performance space and faculty members with backgrounds in

Theater Concentration, Honor Code Proposed

Harvard faculty respond favorably to two student proposals at meeting Tuesday

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To Consolidate Disjointed Codes

being approached by a CUPD officer, according to Minikus

that’s already been approved in one document,” she said

Any proposal introduced in the near future will be “ very simple” and “ very general,” Minikus said Minikus cited a 2011 proposal to the S A that she said she believes was not passed because it was too specific

Minikus said one “key issue” lies in the fact that CUPD officers have significant discretion when interacting with students because

approaches a student, they have the discretion to give [the student] a J A ticket or a real ticket ”

Minikus said it has been difficult to find consensus among administrators regarding the role of CUPD on campus

“Every time a CUPD officer approaches a student, they have the discretion to give [the student] a J.A. ticket or a real ticket.”

“Basically, we just need to get something on paper that we can pass around with all the different people that want to be involved,” she said “I don’t think that we ’ re looking at something as detailed as what was tried in 2011 ”

Sarah Balik ’15, president of the S A , said the concept of a bill of rights is not yet formalized

“ We don’t have all of the answers yet, ” Balik said “This is an idea This is something that we want to see happen, ideally before the end of the year, but I don’t know ”

A ‘Community Bill of Rights’

Lindsay Wershaw ’16, who is helping Minikus create the proposal, says she hopes the bill will address the rights a student possesses in many different facets of the Cornell community

“[The bill of rights] plans to address [your] rights as a tenant, your rights under the code and Policy 6 4, your rights with the law enforcement, your rights as a Cornell employee and your academic rights within all colleges,” Wershaw said “Specifically, the bill of rights would include academic rights, rights a student has undergoing a University judicial process and any situation regarding violations of the code of conduct ”

Balik said the formation of an official student bill of rights would ideally entail the creation of a new student handbook

“What I would like to see, personally, is that every new student gets a book You open it up, and it says your rights as a student,” Balik said “Students should be able to look at this bill of rights, this preamble and know that due process is happening ”

Though Minikus admits that

m u c h o f t h e i n f o r m a t i o n i n question pertains only to students, she said it would be “ more appropriate” to refer to the proposal as a community bill of rights rather than a student bill of rights

“It might be more palatable for the administration if it was called a community bill of rights, because really, this stuff applies to everyone, ” Minikus said “ It’s not just students It’s any member of the Cornell community who is on the Cornell campus I think that it probably will get more support if we make it universal ”

The Rights of Cornellians

One issue that a student or community bill of rights would address is that many students, faculty and staff are unaware of what rights they are entitled to upon

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they are both employed by Cornell, a private institution, and trained as state police officers

“The CUPD officers are paid out of private funds, but they’re deputized with the county, ” Minikus said “They go through all the same training as a regular officer Every time a CUPD officer

“I’ve seen a lot of cases, the majority of all cases involving CUPD, where students don’t know what they can and can ’ t do,” she said “It’s just really hard for students to find it all ”

Balik said she would like to see the creation of a committee to “advocate for and maintain the [students’] rights” in the future

“There needs to be something established, that there are certain people working on this forever,” Balik said

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Editorial

Supporting Open-Source Textbooks

A REPORT PUBLICIZED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES last week found that using electronic “ open-source ” textbooks can save college students hundreds of dollars during their college education According to the report, the College Board estimates that the average cost of books and supplies during an academic year is between $1,200 and $1,300 In order to curb the costs of attending Cornell, we at The Sun urge faculty members to experiment with open-source books to facilitate wider adoption throughout the University

As the cost of a Cornell education continues to increase, efforts must be made in order to rein in expenses wherever possible Although allocating additional funding for those students who need financial aid is a positive step, many students still face economic challenges affording a Cornell education without taking on large amounts of debt By adopting an open-source textbook, a professor could save a student an average of $128 per course, according to the report Additionally, students who prefer not to use digital copies of books have the opportunity to have open-source books printed for the cost of the book approximately $10 to $40 Adding these savings across a total of eight semesters, Cornellians using these books could dramatically decrease the costs of education on the Hill

Faculty also have opportunities to benefit from using open-source books Due to the open licensing of the books, professors could modify the textbooks in a manner that best suits their individual teaching styles According to the report, over 2,500 faculty members from across the United States have signed the Faculty Statement on Open Textbooks, which expresses support for using open textbooks We urge Cornell faculty members to sign the statement and call upon the University to adopt a pilot program to promote open-source textbooks across campus

By providing students with low-cost textbook alternatives, the University has the opportunity to reduce the cost of attending Cornell We encourage professors to use these books in favor of their pricey counterparts and urge administrators to work to adopt a University-wide program supporting using open-source books in the classroom

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HA House Is Not (Always) a Home: Living in Peace

ere ’ s a little Spanish lesson to start your day: convivir literally, “ to live with ” Of course, that’s not an exact definition, but that tends to happen Think of it as “coexist” or “cohabitants” but with less of a scientific, I’m studying fish ecosystems ” connotation and more like the bumper sticker you see ever ywhere It’s a bit like the verb form of “communion,” a strive to share the same spaces in interdependence At Cornell, we learn to convivir with all sorts of people, people from different races, backgrounds, faiths, countries, social classes and basic demeanors But just as we manage to live together on campus, we have to bring that same way of thinking into our residences

Cue scar y music: Housing: A word that brings back violent flashbacks of camping outside Collegetown landlord offices in the chilly fall breeze, of freshman year roommates torn apart by blocking factions all to reach the glittering halls and cornucopia of the West Campus housing system Program houses, each with their public appearance of solidarity, but also filled with their own drama Let’s face it: Living with people is complicated and there are a multitude of outcomes for students here to love and/or hate In a way, North Campus housing is a strange blessing, taking away the overwhelming amount of choices autonomy brings

Housing and residential dynamics also depend on where you are in life During freshman year, there’s so much enthusiasm in being holed up on the lonely mountain You get to learn about yourself as both an i n d i v i d u a l a n d a c o l l e c t i v e s u i t e / f l o o r / h a l l / t ow n h o u s e Yo u ’ re a w a y from home for the first time, relying on survival skills to escape the plastic surger y operations that will turn you “ pretty ” and “bubbly” on your 16th birthday oh wait, that’s another Young Adult novel As a freshman, you deal with your designated housing and create preferences for the future You seek out the community you want to be a part of and anxiously sign your soul away for a beer-soaked College Avenue property or an all expense-paid lifestyle regiment on West

Sophomore year brings about this newfound freedom, as you explore the social dynamics of being a house and having housemates you chose for the first time On West, it still means you have a wide access of people, so you ’ re in a cushy in-between, living with your squad, but also seeing half your graduating class in shower slippers on a weekly basis In the small, rustic village of Collegetown, you live sitcom-worthy lives full of house parties, frequent bodily and structural damage, access to local eateries and proximity to CTB It’s bacchanalian at best, but still independent, as one chooses w h e n t o t a l k t o a n e i g h b o r ( n e v e r )

Although convivencia might not happen as a community, it certainly should start to happen in one ’ s homes This is when we learn about people’s lifestyle habits: If they like to cook, sing show-tunes in the shower, climb unto roofs, steal signs or any other behavior under the sun Naturally, we (should) sort things out

Junior year is the continuation of the dream, the cool-factor of living in a house with others By now, you ’ re enjoying the comfort of living together for a while, but you start noticing annoying trends The honeymoon period might be over, and there’s a cer tain “microscope effect” in which ever ything you do is watched and privacy is long gone The upside to that proximity is that you also have a support

network if your relationship is healthy

Nothing beats roommates who will listen to your whining, order D P Dough, watch cheesy TV shows and be your personal dermatologists when something feels weird on your scalp This is when you start saying, “You’re not my friend, you ’ re my roommate, ” because you feel that close

However, living with someone doesn’t automatically make them your best friend, no matter how hard you want them to be We all felt that burn when Kimmy Jin told Becca they weren ’ t friends in Pitch Perfect Countless college-prep books have said this: Being friends with someone and living with someone are not the same thing Just because someone is extremely friendly in public doesn’t mean they won ’ t be a tyrant in the living room Vice-versa, someone who’s really abrasive or sarcastic on the outside might be an awesome roommate once you live together We manage our selfimpressions all the time in real life, and s h a r i n g q u a

p l y reduces that distance, with var ying results

The trick to managing conflicts and peeves and relationships in general is learning to convivir The last thing Cornellians need is to have nowhere safe and comfortable to go to after prelims and problem sets and projects There’s nothing like coming home and falling on your bed, except when that bed is located in a toxic environment Drama happens, personal space is often violated and people won ’ t get along, but housing can be ver y permanent It’s relatively easy to remove oneself from abusive friendships, drop a difficult class or leave an organization that doesn’t fit well It’s extremely hard to pack one ’ s books, clothes and PillowPets and move to a better house in Collegetown Leases last a while, and people shouldn’t be getting to this point where someone feels so uneasy that they have to move When in dorms, Cornell has the responsibility to switch people around, but sadly all is fair in love and Collegetown realty We need to focus on the good rather than the bad of living with people We need to learn when it’s worth fighting over something or when to let it go and ultimately destress our lives Ever yone is here for one reason: To get that diploma 4-6 weeks after commencement, and ever yone should, if not help others achieve this, kindly not be an obstacle We all get over worked, forget to lock a door, have moody days and accidentally nuke something in a microwave, but that’s all trivial to a greater social contract What’s not alright is living in a constant state of vigilance, of feeling unwanted or of being an “other ” No one wants to feel that way The “do unto others as you’d like them to do to you ” mantra is less about religion and more about the moral imperative we have of just being decent human beings As a senior, I’m examining my own housing needs Aside from what I’ve written, I think senior year demands a change of pace and a stronger support network, but also more freedom We are in the process of defining ourselves as transitioning adults, not “together” enough to have a decent tax return, but old enough to know that ever ything we do this semester could be our “last X,” and negotiating those last experiences We are tr ying to get closure from ever yone we re leaving on the Hill, and that requires not only independence as a person, but also the safety and trust of a healthy residence Kevin Milian is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at kmilian@cornellsun com Milian Dollar Baby appears on alternate Thursdays this semester

Navigating the end of a long-term relationship is rarely easy, especially when you ’ re already maintaining a torridly abusive affair with an Ivy League institution Relationships provide a beautiful sense of comfort that is all too hard to come by in this seemingly suicidal tundra of outof-touch administrators and tri-staters, and grappling with the void left behind by a lover and best friend can be profoundly upsetting and frustrating

Nearly a month ago, I ended a year-long relationship with my boyfriend The first week was a summer breeze; I had all the confidence and energy in the world I could focus upon and challenge myself to be a healthier and more wholesome person, unmired from relational toxicity I kept busy and social and I, alongside my closest friends, routinely reminded myself that I wanted and deserved better out of a romantic partner As the weeks passed, I felt puzzlingly frustrated Not frustrated about any immediate loss of emotional dependence and connection, as he was fundamentally uncommunicative and devoid of empathy and made it an unconscious practice to cheat on me (multiple times); rather,

there was something seated in a place so carnal that I was struggling to grasp and process it rationally

In what seemed like a matter of days after our relationship ended, my ex-boyfriend was already out on the prowl fucking other people In the consoling words of a close friend, he was being “[a] little man slut eager to parade his ass around the gayborhood ” Now, I wasn ’ t upset that he was choosing to

dynamism and the shapely, well-formed ass that I got to fuck so damn hard day-in and day-out, whether in his bed, mine, on the floor or heavily inebriated and in the shower This was sex that consumed every muscle of my body and every last thought of my mind

The physicality of our relationship was so viscerally beautiful and all-encompassing that each and every night I would forget how much pain he caused me each time he

sleep with other people, albeit so soon and at an alarmingly frequent pace, as he had every right to do so and I, by all means, understand how sex can be the perfect mechanism for clearing one ’ s head or moving past someone Yet, I was passionately frustrated by the notion that someone else was getting to enjoy his absolutely per fect asshole Someone else was making him moan and forcing his head down the shaft of their dick I realized that I didn’t miss him as an emotional being at all; I missed our sexual

hooked up with someone else, only and always to respond with “I’m sorry ” and “I don’t know what to say ” I am proud of being a sexual person, and do not find my prodigious sexual appetite to be at odds with my intelligence, decency and humanity Yet the headspace I inhabit in the wake of the split is both jarring and illuminating I did not anticipate such visceral impulses to predominate, such primal senses of ownership and jealousy I feel at once attuned to the reality of my self yet con-

founded by it, simultaneously considering my thoughts more detachedly and curiously while being mired vigorously and persistently in the mud of my emotionality

The kernel of self-respect is to take accountability for oneself, as Joan Didion once sagely posited, and I cannot deny myself my feelings I take ownership of them, however base they may be They are mine And now that I am single, I am not to crucify myself for the truth of the one partner who has remained steadfast and loyal: me In the wake of a breakup, I urge you not to buy into the hype Don’t feign highminded emotionality when what you miss authentically is an ass riding on your dick like dressage, bon voyage That’s a brilliant way to feel That’s a human way to feel Feel as you do, unashamedly Don’t wrap your dick with a moralizing veneer if how you feel is raw and sexual and angry Encounter your emotions on their own terms and they will burn everything clean And if there’s one thing I hope my ex misses most about me, it’s the burn in his backside Maybe these words will sting a touch harder

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Being the straight-laced, type-A person that I am, prior to going to college I never engaged in any questionable activities My teenage years were filled with studying and approved extra-curriculars, and my idea of rebelling was breaking my school’s dress code I was never the kind of teenager to steal my parents ’ alcohol and sneak off to an abandoned warehouse in the woods to drink with my friends All that being said, you can imagine I also wasn ’ t the most popular kid in my school When I got to Cornell, I was determined to be a bit more social and it seemed that going to parties was the best way to make new friends Little did I know t h a t f o u r y e a r s d ow n t h e r o a d , Keystone and Bartons would have a bigger impact on my sex life than I would have ever thought possible I’m not talking about the questionable make-out sessions I have when I’m dr unk, but rather the way alcohol affects mine and my man ’ s performance in the bedroom

Last Saturday night started off like any other After my roommates and I pregamed the pregame, we set off on our night on the town Collegetown, that is Slowly but surely we made our way around to different parties in Collegetown, having one or two drinks at each By the end of the night my roommates and I were all reasonably intoxicated and ready for our drunk pizza It was at this time that I decided I wanted to see what my boy was up

to, so I texted him and we agreed to meet up back at my place

Just to preface the stor y you are about to read, I am not the one in my relationship to underperform due to intoxication Typically, my man has had one too many drinks and has problems getting excited However, this weekend I realized for the first time that girls can also face issues when it comes to alcohol and sexual encounters Once my boyfriend and I are in my bedroom, we start to make out

After some thrusting in the missionar y position, I would usually switch and get on top of my guy So, in normal fashion, my boy starts to roll me on top of him It was at that moment, naked with a guy inside of me, that I realized I had the spins the kind of spins where the whole room is spinning and you know that the best thing for you to do is lie on the ground and brave the storm that is about to come I quickly climbed off my man, leaving both of us in a state of confusion He was confused as to why all of the sudden we weren ’ t having sex any more and I was confused as to why now, of all times, I had the spins The rest of the night was one big, a w k w a rd , f u l l y - c l o t h

nightmare My case of the spins had left me pretty much immobile As I laid perfectly straight on my back tr ying to fall asleep on Saturday, I had an intense feeling of guilt I was guilty for being mad at all of the guys who h a d

After a couple of minutes, the sucking on each other’s bottom lips turns into intense foreplay My boy quickly takes off my clothes while I return the favor As the foreplay intensifies it is clear that we will be having sex, so my boy gets out of bed quickly to get a condom He returns and we start to have sex in missionar y position, him on top, me lying flat on my back So far so good; things are going just as they normally do

m e because of their whiskey dick

This column is my way of saying sorr y to all of you fellows whom I have judged by your lack of performance It’s also a warning to all of my fellow ladies out there: Vodka vagina is a real thing and it could happen to you, too

Queen Bee is a senior in the College of Industrial and Labor Relations The Royal Decree appears periodically this semester

Dining Guide

Tour de Chocolat

By ISABEL WISE Sun Staff Writer

Inever get tired of chocolates Some of you may be sick of sweets or flowers or anything remotely related to heart-shaped boxes now that Valentine’s Day has come and gone But to me, chocolate never gets old Chocolate crème brulee, chocolate cake, chocolate ice cream, chocolate pudding all of those and more pass as an ideal dessert (or meal) in my mind But even though chocolate can be manipulated in a myriad

o f w a y s t o c r e a t e d e l i c i o u s

d e s s e r t s , n o t h i n g b e a t s s i t t i n g

d o w n w i t h a s i m p l e b o x o f chocolates So, in search of the best places in town to satisfy that chocolate craving, I’ve ranked the top three contenders in the race for the best chocolates in Ithaca

B R O N Z E M E D A L :

P u r i t y

Pu r i t y ’ s c h o c o l a t e s a r e shipped to them all the way from Vermont, so it is clear that they are not the freshest chocolates Ithaca has to offer Overall, the chocolates were harder to bite into and were all filled with a fla-

v o r e d c a r a m e l T h e t i r a m i s u chocolate definitely had a great e s p r e s s o t a s t e t o i t , b u t t h e

chocolate coating was a little too grainy for my liking The Black Forest chocolate was composed of a vibrant cherr y flavor and creamy white chocolate to match the cherr y ’ s tar tness But overall, neither of the chocolates had the rich chocolate flavor for which I was hoping Compared to the

store-bought sweets, Purity’s are definitely the better choice even if chocolates are not the staple at the creamer y

My runner-up is a shop I frequently visit because of its delic i o u s p a s t r i

c a k e s Bu t despite being an amazing patisserie, Sarah’s also crafts their own artisanal chocolates Located in the Hilton Garden Inn, Sarah’s is conveniently nestled in the heart of the Commons The interior is clean and polished, and the display cases house some mouthwatering pastries and chocolates

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Sarah’s chocolates are their handcrafted designs Each chocolate is hand-painted with a beautiful design, making you almost not want to eat them First, I tried a coconut chocolate This chocolate was more of a coconut cream

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p a s t e , w h i c h made the chocolate lose its richness in the coconut flavor I then tried a peanut butter chocolate, which was filled with a smooth and creamy peanut butter It tasted ver y similar to peanut butter cup, but with more intense flavor

Lastly, I tried the marzipan chocolate, which was by and large my favorite This chocolate was beautifully designed and had a grainy marzipan that complemented the rich chocolate very well While Sarah’s chocolates were delicious, they were extremely small for the steep price

Despite having never heard of this shop before, it easily takes the top spot Out of all the c

S o Sweet on Green Street downtown had by far the best creations When I first walked in, I was

w quaint and homey the shop felt This old-fashioned candy shop had displays with various goodies dipped in chocolate and colorful c

y caught my eye were the chocolate display cases Over whelmed by the expansive selection, I asked a staff member which their signature chocolates were, to which he responded by guiding me over to the truffles handcrafted by the shop’s owner I selected five truffles whose flavors jumped out at me and I must say I made

quite the selection The first truffle I tried was a coconut bon bon, which was the perfect mixture of flaky coconut and creamy dark c h o c o l a t e I t h e n t a s t e d t h e crème brulee truffle which had a rich caramel interior coated in white chocolate and dipped in milk chocolate I found this truffle to be a bit over whelmingly sweet, but the caramel was amazing I moved on to the peanut butter truffle, which consisted of c re a m y p e a n u t b u t t e r c ove re d with milk chocolate I loved the peanut butter flavor, but felt as though it slightly overshadowed the chocolate The milk chocolate velvet truffle was the perfect hit of intense chocolate flavor matched by rich milk Finally, I saved my favorite treat for last: The tiramisu truffle The rich affogato-flavored interior of this

chocolate and dusted with sugar Although it didn’t really taste like tiramisu, its delicious flavor easily made it my favorite truffle Given the dynamic flavors, the reasonable prices and the gener-

the top prize

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Novel, Bold and Overdue: Fresh Off the Boat

BY HARINI KANNAN Sun Staff Writer

I must admit, I was fairly nervous before starting Fresh Off the Boat As an ethnic minority, I subconsciously felt the weight of the impact of such a novel show I knew it could go one of two ways: It could completely exploit Asian-American stereotypes to get cheap laughs from a low-key racist target audience, or it could provide a comedic yet realistic narrative of authentic Asian-American experiences While it might seem unreasonable to be fearful of the former, I couldn’t help it I have, many, many times, felt the direct degradation of white exploitation of Indian-American stereotypes in television; Indian-American characters are often cast aside in shows as unimportant side-characters, usually inherently ridiculous and laughable Although I may not be the same ethnicity as the characters in Fresh Off the Boat, I still as a first generation American wanted so badly for this show to be good And, in a pleasant surprise, it certainly is In fact, the word “good” is an absolute understatement, doing little justice to describe its importance for immigrants and children of immigrant parents

Fresh Off the Boat was created by Nahnatchka Khan, a first generation American born to Iranian parents She based the show off of Eddie Huang’s book Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir In it, Huang chronicles his life as a first generation TaiwaneseAmerican and the struggles of growing up as what he often perceived as an alien in caucasian society While the details about the creators seem superfluous, the ethnic backgrounds of the creators supplement the show’s validity This isn’t a show written and created solely by straight, white males as many of things in Hollywood; Fresh off the Boat is constructed by the genuine words and experiences of an Asian-American and are rendered into this visual medium by the hands of an IranianAmerican Yes, it would be naive to believe that non-immigrants did not have their part in it’s creation, but much of the show’s conviction in its plots and characters come from the authenticity of those who created them

The show is centered around the character Eddie Huang, a middle school boy who incurs the trials and tribulations of assimilating with white culture The series begins with the Huang family having to move from their culturally and ethnically diverse neighborhood in D C to a white suburb in Orlando, Florida Eddie’s father Louis moves the family to Orlando where he opened a new steak restaurant Immediately, the show broaches a common theme amongst immigrants: The strive to grasp the American dream While Louis’ endeavours of opening a steak restaurant seem mildly outlandish, we see his unremitting commitment, bordering on desperation, to reach the American dream This is the ideal

that most immigrants buy into, the idea that toiling away in their home countries would not amount to anything, but toiling away in America will culminate into unfathomable success Louis’ passion for achieving success emphasizes this mentality with which that many immigrants come to America We don’t see Louis striving for monetary success, we see him striving for the same success he witnesses his white counterparts achieving: self-pride, recognition, self-fulfillment Fresh Off the Boat remarkably captures the ironic nature of blindly yearning for this American illusion Immigrants must live with the reality they chose to leave everything behind in an attempt to not only better their children’s lives but also attain a level of self-fulfillment, glory and pride for achieving individual success

While Fresh Off the Boat broaches incredibly important themes of immigrant mentalities, it does not fail to provide both a genuine and comedic perspective on basically being an outcast in white society Unlike a lot of fortunate immigrant families, my family decided to live in the whitest area ever Eddie’s experience attempting to assimilate was both funny to watch as I related them to my own experiences, and a moderately painful reminder of what it was like to live in such loneliness In the show, when the Huangs first moved into the neighborhood, they were greeted by white women in spandex rollerblading; while the representation of the white community is not 100 percent flattering, its exaggerated nature really emphasized the solitude and isolation the Huang family felt Many people don’t understand what it is like to move to a new place where just looking different warrants strange looks from people Just because I was brown, or Eddie’s case Asian, I was suddenly isolated as this rare and unwanted creature, and what was normal for the white people living around me was foreign to me So while no one really experiences swarms of white women in spandex rollerblading towards you, that’s what it feels like to live in such a world Eddie also faces intense isolation at school, where he struggles to fit in, which unfortunately I related to for a long time in elementary and early middle school Fresh Off the Boat introduces the struggle of being such a distinct minority amidst hordes of white people, and while its presented humorously, the emotional isolation and alienation Eddie felt growing up is obvious It is also apparent how

his standoffish and somewhat violent nature stems from his inability to feel wanted or loved by the people around him Eddie’s character also provides audiences, those of whom are not immigrants, an authentic and important perspective on the emotional and mental toll of simply being non-white and having to grow up in an all white community If white audiences, especially younger children, watch Fresh Off the Boat, it provides even a small inkling of hope that perhaps people may be more welcoming of immigrants if they see the struggles some go through But one can only hope Fresh Off the Boat is novel, bold, and most of all overdue I wish I did not have to wait until 2015 to see a show that provides vital narratives of what it was like growing up as a first generation American But it is now here, and it is important that it stays No, it will not have the same legacy as other shows of the past decade, but Fresh Off the Boat has the potential to achieve a unique sort of legacy in that, for the first time, Asian Americans are represented in an authentic way that doesn’t exploit our heritage or culture For once, we have a show that is bold enough to subtly provoke and point out the flaws of white culture from a non-white perspective For once, there is something in the entertainment industry not completely tainted with derogatory stereotypes and cultural ignorance Fresh Off the Boat is absolutely unparalleled in surfacing an unheard narrative, one that should be listened to by those of all races

Harini Kannan is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at hkannan@cornellsun com

Garage-rock princess and Best Coast’s lead woman, Amy Constantino is really, really good at what she does: Mewing about boyfriends and girlfriends and beaches and lazy mornings and California (and a bevy of other surf pop motifs) to fuzzily dry, reverb-heavy strumming instrumentals and I love to listen to her do it She’ll coagulate the bloody angst, neurosis and bliss that you and I have felt, and puts them into the most transparent terms possible: “When I’m with you / I have fun,” “I wish you were my boyfriend,” “You drive me crazy / But I love you ” If you can ’ t articulate what you ’ re feeling, give Best Coast a listen, maybe she can (with words you might be able to find scrawled in a 13-year-old’s diary) However, it seems Best Coast is looking for reinvention In her recently released single “California Nights,” off of her forthcoming album California Nights (a title choice so predictable and threadbare that it might just actually work for her ) Constantino has traded in her low-fi purr for a bolder, psychedelically booming sound This departure left me unimpressed It’s commendably distinct from their beach pop schtick, but I found it dull and forgettable Although her vocals are lush, an unfortunate touch of auto-tune left Constantino sounding a bit like a beachy Avril Lavigne Best Coast’s half-baked, elementary lyrical style remains in “California Nights” with the repeated bar “California nights / Make me so happy I could die,” except the track sadly lacks all the earnest charm that made such plain lyrics so strangely affecting on previous records “California Nights” represents a misdirected reinvention for Best Coast, and we’ll have to wait till May to see if California Nights follow suit, or offers a more pleasant surprise

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

Emily Fournier

Ta n d m a i n t a i n s h i s s o u l f u l s t y l e A l t h o u g h t h e s e l y r i c s a re a b i t e a s i e r t o d e c i p h e r t h a n t h o s e o f m o s t o f t h e s i n g e r - s o n g w r i t e r ’ s p i e c e s , t h e y a re n o l e s s p o e t i c Wi t h b e a u t i f u l l i n e s l i k e , “ T h e re ’ s a n a r t t o l i f e ’ s d i s t r a c t i o n s / To s o m e h ow e s c a p e t h e b u r n i n g w a i t , t h e a r t o f s c r a p i n g t h ro u g h , ” Ho z i e r e s t a b l i s h e s a n a p p e a l t o f a l l i n g i n l ove w i t h s t r a n g e r s w i t h o u t l o s i n g t h e i n t e n s i t y t h a t a c c o m p a n i e s e ve n h i s h a p p i e s t s o n g s T h e j oy f u l l y r i c s ’ s e r i o u s u n d e r t o n e s a n d t h e d a rk v i d e o e c h o Ho z i e r ’ s s e n t i m e n t s t h a t “ t h e re i s n o r i g

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

P l a y I t A g a i n W i t h M o r e V u l g a r i t y

w o w e e k s a g o , I c o n d e m n e d

Mu s e o Ju m e x f o r c a n c e l l i n g a

Hermann Nitsch exhibition The museum ’ s administrators backed down on provocative ar t to placate the faction that just didn’t get it, I complained

T h i s w e e k , t h e b o u n d a r y I d r e w between vulgarity with purpose and just p l a i n v u l g a r i t y b l u r r e d Ye s t e r d a y, ARTNe ws repor ted that someone filed a p o l i c e c o m p l a i n t r e g a rd i n g t h e s h ow

“ The End of it Has Already Happened,” a juxtaposition of Bjarne Melgaard and Edvard Munch’s works at the Munch

Mu s e u m T h e o f f e n d i n g w o r k ? Melgaard’s video Gym Queens Deser ve to Die, a film denounced during its first exhibition by both Swedish UNICEF and EPCAT, a child-welfare NGO, for its purpor ted violation of child-abuse laws

Nor wegian ar t historian Hanne Beate

U e l a n d n o t e s “ [ t ] h e re a s o n f o r t h e s e strong reactions was a scene in which a man sucks on the arm of a baby girl,” in

h e r e s s a y “ B j a r n e Me l g a a r d i n t h e

No r w e g i a n Me d i a 1 9 9 4 - 2 0 0 9 ” Ye t , d e s p i t e i t s k n e e - j e r k o b s c e n i t y, t h e

Munch Museum curators saw merit in Melgaard’s film The show’s curator, Lars Toft-Eriksen, stated to ARTNe ws that Melgaard’s collection continues to “ r un u n a l t e r e d ” e v e n f o l l o w i n g t h e p o l i c e complaint

Even as an ardent suppor ter of all things indecent and profane, I have to ree v a l u a t e m y s t a n c e o n Me l g a a r d Melgaard’s past works, too, sought primarily to offend, and did so with staggering success (see: Melgaard painting on No r t h A m e r i c a n M a n - B o y L o v e

A s s o c i a t i o n m a g a z i n e r e p r o d u c t i o n s )

However, Melgaard’s past productions, I argue, arguably only harmed the sensibilities of his most chaste vie wers

Unfor tunately, much of the criticism of Melgaard’s latest exhibit esche ws ethical analysis for reactionar y indignation

Hi l d e M J R o g n e r u d w r o t e i n

Afternposten that the juxtaposition of Melgaard’s ar t alongside Munch’s “violat[ed] both the audience and Munch’s ar tistic project In Vår t Land, Olav Egil Aune lamented, “It’s a massive problem when the leaders of the countr y ’ s biggest museums think it’s okay to put child sex on the walls ”

Numerous ar t historians and critics have already stepped in to combat the first claim that Melgaard’s ar t somehow offends Munch’s legacy M H Miller notes the fitting pairing of Melgaard’s NAMBL A work and Munch’s “Puber ty, ” a painting of a nude young girl and an ominous, phallic shadow in a Feb 23 ARTNe ws post University of Oslo ar t histor y professor Ina Blom stated in an inter vie w that “people have forgotten about the scandal Munch used to cause ” Who better to bring back the scandal to

Munch’s impressionism than Melgaard? No easy explanation exists to quell the second worr y, namely that Gym Queens Deser ve to Die contains child pornography Gym Queens Deser ve to Die occupies an unner ving grey area; the work is certainly not pornographic, especially in that it does contain ar tistic merit, and yet it consciously seeks to distress and disgust Unlike Nitsch, Melgaard fails to

elicit a moral message He wants to push deviant buttons, to leave a bad taste in ever yone ’ s mouth, to be an

garde can stomach

Me l g a a r d ’ s d e s i r e t o repulse, however, does not alone necessitate his cens o r s h i p T h e a t t e m p t t o s h u t d o w n t h e Mu n c h Museum exhibition leads to a consideration of burden of proof In the curr

o f f e n d i n g w o r k d e s e r v e s censorship far more often than ar tists have to fight to keep their provocative works displayed M H Miller also notes the discord between the prevailing suppor t of freed o m i n Eu r o p e f o llowing the Charlie Hebdo attacks and the willingness of people, even within the a r t s c e n e , t o c a l l f o r

Me l g a a rd’s c e n s o r s h i p In many ways, the calls for censorship fur ther evidence the potency of Melgaard’s ar t

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By SHAN DHALIWAL Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell baseball team kept the No 1 Virginia scoreless for seven innings on Sunday before dropping the contest in the ninth inning, 5-4 Cornell came back against the Cavaliers in the top of the ninth when sophomore Jamie Smith blasted a two-run homer to tie the game Virginia, however, scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the inning to avoid being upset

The Red (1-5) dropped a contest Seton Hall on Friday, 3-0, before picking up its first win of the season versus Hartford, 4-3

“It’s good to get experience against a top notch team like that,” said senior pitcher Brian McAfee “All the guys know we can play with them now, so that helps us move toward our goal of winning an Ivy League championship and moving onto regionals ”

McAfee was named the Ivy League pitcher of the week after throwing seven scoreless innings against the Cavaliers After finishing the 2014 season at 18-21, the Red hopes to return to the form that helped them raise the Ivy League title in 2012

“We’ve been trying to go into this year with the mindset

of treating each game like its game three of the Ivy League championship,” McAfee said “We want to win every single game that we ’ re a part of out there on the field ”

Assistant coach Scott Marsh said, “I think we go after each game the same, but certainly when you look at how you ’ re going to label a season you look at your success in the Ivy League ”

The Red have a number of formidable opponents prior to Ivy League play, which begins on March 28 when Cornell hosts Yale at Hoy Field Columbia recently took three of four games in a series against No 6 Houston and looks to be a formidable foe in the Ivy League

Marsh stressed the importance of using these out-ofseason games as building blocks for Ivy League play

“I think our main focus just obviously has to be offense,” said senior infielder Dan Morris “If we can get a couple more runs across, maybe even early on in some games we should be on the winning end of these close one-run ball games ”

McAfee said that these kinks will be sorted out quickly once the team returns to practicing at Hoy Field

“I think theres going to be a very steep learning curve as soon as we see more live pitching [and] get more ingame reps, ” McAfee said “Those close one-run, two-run

losses are go o n e - r u n , t and we ’ re go ball rolling ”

Shan Dhaliw reached at sd wali @cornel sun com

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Cornell Heads to Boston for IC4A Event

By JESSICA BROFSKY Sun Contributor

On March 6-8, the Cornell men ’ s track and field team will attend their last meet of the season, the IC4A Championships Only part of the team will attend the event at Boston University due its nature as a qualifying event

“This track meet is a lot of fun for our team, ” said sophomore Wynn Curtis “We are the returning champs so there will be a little bit of pressure to perform well as a team ”

Curtis will compete in the 60-meter high hurdles and the 500-meter dash

this upcoming weekend “Personally, I would love to run a few PRs this weekend and end my indoor season on a high note, ” Curtis said “As a team we had a disappointing meet this past weekend, and I think it will be great for us to bounce back and bring some momentum into the Outdoor Track season ”

“We finally get to bring together the intensity of a championship meet.”

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Heptagonal Championship (Heps), also known as the Ivy League

C h a m p i o n s h i p s , where they finished second

“People are usually pretty tired and burnt out from Heps because Heps is such a big focus to the team, ” said freshman Jamie Smith “IC4As sometimes takes a backseat although it’s still a big deal ”

The Red has altered their practice routines in order to conserve energy for the IC4As this weekend by training as efficiently as possible

“Leading up to IC4As, we kind of go on a taper, so that means a lot less volume and a lot more speed for sprinters,” Smith said

Another technique the team uses to prepare for their events is visualization

“We also say visualize what you ’ re about to do,” Smith said “So if you ’ re running, visualize your race and always have an aggressive strategy You win races being in the front

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As the returning IC4As champions, the team feels a little pressure They, however, also feel prepared

“I think all of the competitions we ’ ve had this season and travel has prepared us for this meet, ” Curtis said “It really has been a season-long process We finally get to bring together the intensity of a championship meet like Heps with the size and depth of competition of a large invitational ”

As a much larger meet than Heps, the IC4As feature many more athletes from a wider variety of schools

“In order to run at this meet there are certain standards that have to be met, so I know going into competition this weekend there will be some very talented athletes to go up against,” Curtis said “I’m really excited for our team, and we definitely have a shot at bringing another championship title back to Ithaca ”

The Red hopes to finish this season on a strong note

“I think the kids going are really talented athletes,” Smith said “I can hope that they all kill it out there ”

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Icers Prepare To Play Union In Postseason

By JOON LEE Sun Staff Writer

The last time the Cornell men ’ s hockey team won both games of a weekend series and added four points to its standing in the ECAC, the Red faced off against Brown and Yale in late November Since then, the team has been consistently inconsistent Given the team ’ s play in 2015, it’s been a safe bet to assume that during any weekend series, the Red would on one night look like a legitimate playoff threat one and the next night look like a dud

As it were, it seemed only natural that the Red (11-12-4, 9-9-4 ECAC) needed to beat both Brown and Yale, almost prophetically, this past Friday and Saturday in order to clinch a first-round bye in the ECAC tournament But, as has been the story this season, the Red looked, once again, like a team struggling to find its identity while tying the Bears, 3-3, in the first game of the weekend before coming up flat in a 4-0 loss to the Bulldogs

Against Brown (8-18-3, 5-14-3 ECAC), the Red stumbled out of the gate, allowing three goals in the first period

The team, however, rallied back and forced overtime on goals from sophomore forward Matt Buckles, senior forward John McCarron and junior forward Christian Hilbrich, marking the first time Cornell has rallied from a three-goal deficit since the 2011-12 season opener against Mercyhurst

A goal in the overtime period from senior forward Cole Bardreau nearly gave the Red the victory, but, as has been the case for Cornell on a multitude of areas this season, things did not go their way as the shot was disallowed due

round ECAC tournament matchup against defending national champion Union

to what the deemed goaltender interference from Hilbrich with Bears goalie Tim Ernst

“We’ve got to compete for a full 60 minutes,” Bardreau said “We can ’ t just compete for 40 of the 60 [minutes] there I think that was one of the first times where we ’ ve come back from a three-goal deficit and I think that it gave the guys some confidence that when we ’ re down, we have the ability to come back, regardless of the score ” Saturday night’s matchup against the Bulldogs (17-7-5, 12-6-4 ECAC) proved to be fruitless as the Red struggled to generate offensive pressure in the loss, getting outshot 31-16 by Yale Head coach Mike Schafer said that the team ’ s shot

total is misleading and doesn’t represent the quality of scoring chances that the team had With the team now primed to face Union in the first round of the ECAC tournament, there is no room for error for the Red

“We’ve been battling all year long now It’s do or die now in the playoffs,” McCarron said “It gives you extra incentive and we should have confidence going in against Union and having beat them both times this year There is no excuses any more to be made We’re in the playoffs so it’s a message that the upperclassmen need to give to the younger guys ”

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With the Cornell wrestling team headed into EIWA Championships this weekend, the Red has much to celebrate and much to look forward to On Tuesday, the league office released the AllIvy awards in addition to Coach of the Year and Wrestler of the Year awards Cornell head coach Robert Koll took home Coach of the Year honors, while sophomore wrestler Gabe Dean won Wrestler of the Year Nine additional wrestlers took home All-Ivy honors, with five, including Dean, making first-team selections and four earning second-team picks With eight consecutive EIWA Championship wins under its belt, the squad looks to bring home its ninth straight title this weekend and qualify all 10 of its wrestlers for NCAA duals With 13 straight Ivy titles to its name, t h e Red has seen much success under the reign of Coach Koll and hopes to continue its success this weekend Currently, Cornell holds a 17-2 record on the season after a

second loss against Iowa at National Duals left the team in third place on Feb 22 With seven wrestlers ranking in the national Top-20 in their respective weight classes, the Red remains a strong competitor going into the weekend

The EIWA Championships will begin this Friday at Lehigh With a total of 43 bids to the NCAA tournament being handed out after EIWA’s, a lot is at stake this weekend However, if history is any indicator, the Red will come onto the mat with fight and tenacity, looking to earn 10 of those 43 bids

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