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Alderperson : Changes will prepare neighborhood for ‘foundation of success ’

By ANNIE BUI Sun News Ed tor

The Ithaca Common Council unanimously voted Wednesday to adopt the Collegetown Area Form Districts plan, which aims to increase development in central Collegetown and “ protect the character of neighborhoods,” according to Alderperson Joseph Murtagh (D-2nd Ward)

The Collegetown area will be split into six zones under the plan, The Sun previously reported While four zones will be designated for residential use, two zones will be reser ved for mixed commercial and residential use

Ithaca residents, business owners and Common Council members alike expressed support for the zoning ordinance, citing the economic benefits it could bring to the Collegetown area

Alderperson Cynthia Brock (D-1st Ward) said while the ordinance was only one element in an approach to improve the future of Collegetown, it was preparing a solid “foundation for success ”

“I applaud what this code does recognizing the environment

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By NOAH RANKIN Sun City Editor

Adam DeVine, known for his roles in Workaholics and Pitch Perfect, will perform stand-up comedy in Bailey Hall March 21, the Cornell University Program Board announced Wednesday

Philippa Boyes ’15, selections director for CUPB, said the board had been working to bring DeVine to Cornell for some time

“We’ve been talking about him for at least two years, maybe even three years, ” Boyes said “When Pitch Perfect came out last year, we really tried to pursue him ”

According to Zachary Zahos ’15, president of CUPB, DeVine’s mixed background in television and film will make him an interesting act for the Cornell audience, adding that CUPB is “excited” for the Cornell community to see him

By ALISHA FOSTER Sun Staff Writer

“Adam is a rising star in both the comedy world and Hollywood,” said Zahos, who is also a senior writer for The Sun “College-aged men and women made hits out of Workaholics and Pitch Perfect, and we know they will turn out to see his energetic and personable stand-up act ” Boyes said she also thinks students will be excited to see DeVine live “I think Pitch Perfect was one of the biggest movie hits last year, ” she said “I think everyone can agree he was a great comic force in it Whenever I’ve seen him in Workaholics or any other guest spots he always pulls the focus because he’s that good ” Tickets will go on sale Tuesday for students and Wednesday for the general public, according to Zahos

Three-Year Journey at Cornell Using Technology In Apparel Design Featuring Prof Huiju Park 12:20 - 1:10 p m , 153 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall

Foreign Policy Distinguished Speaker Series: Elizabeth Cobbs-Hoffman, “America: Empire or Umpire, and at What Cost?” 4:30 p m , G76 Goldwin Smith Hall

Measuring the Impact of Improved Poultry Production On Community Health in Rural Zambia 5:30 - 6:30 p m , Paddock Lecture Hall, Veterinary Education Center

Haven Gro up Changes Name to Increase Inclusion

By SOFIA HU Sun Staff Writer

In a move to become more inclusive, the Gay-Straight Alliance changed its name to the Queer-Straight Alliance Tuesday, according to Sam Naimi ’16, a QSA facilitator

The change reflects QSA’s goal of becoming more aware and inclusive of the gender identities and sexual and romantic orientations of its members and the greater Cornell community, according to Naimi

“ The name change itself is merely a way for us to show the greater campus community that queer identities are fluid,” Naimi said “ They are constantly evolving in this day and age, and we wanted our organization to make the statement that all identities are valid and welcome on this campus ”

According to Naimi, the terms “ gay ” and “lesbian” do not encompass the variety of identities on the LGBT spectrum and may unintentionally exclude students, whereas the term “ queer ” is more open to various identities

Members of the organization said they supported the change, including Sarah Sinclair ’16

“[The terms ‘ gay ’ and ‘lesbian’] force categorization and encourage stereotypes pertaining to the so-called groups as a whole,” Sinclair said “In contrast, an umbrella term like ‘ queer ’ acknowledges that an ‘objective’ classification along those lines is impossible, while simultaneously allowing for some solidarity for individuals who identify outside the gender binar y or outside heterosexuality ”

In addition, QSA updated its constitution to replace

gather in Rockefeller Hall for the Wednesday Lunch Series co-hosted by the Asian American Studies Program and Asian and Asian American Center. Professor Minh-Ha Pham’s discussion focused on racial disparity in fashion.

acronyms like “LGBTIA+” with the term “ queer, ” according to Sinclair

“Busy acronyms tend to pathologize our sexualities and impose unwelcome categorizations upon us, ” Sinclair said Naimi said the organization’s awareness of its identity and name are not unprecedented, since in the past, other LGBT organizations on-campus have evolved to be more inclusive

Cornell first established the LGB Resource Office in 1994, according to Cornell Librar y ’ s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections In 1998, the LGB Resource Center changed its name to the LGBT Resource Center, in order to include the transsexual/transgender community

According to Naimi, Haven: The LGBTQ Student Union also began as a limited umbrella organization that only aligned with “ gay ” or “lesbian” labels Haven, however, now caters to over eight sub-organizations

According to Naimi, the changes in these organizations reveal “the ways students at Cornell have consciously made the effort to incorporate more representations of the myriad categories of sexual personhood on our campus, and to create a more welcoming and inclusive environment for anyone who does not conform to strict heteronormative, cisnormative standards ”

Sofia Hu can be reached at shu@cornellsun com

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Candidates Discuss Student Groups

thing that’s incredibly important,” she said

Talbot, however, said he placed greater emphasis on keeping the interests of organizations and students above the rules of the Assembly

“One word grassroots, ” he said “We don’t need someone who just knows how the S A thinks We need someone who’s been working on the micro level ” Both candidates said working with students and student organizations will be important for the S A in the coming year Balik said she would ensure all members of the S A had to attend student organization meetings at least monthly

“We can’t be so rigid on the S A ”

“I want to bring members to club meetings that fall under their constituency, and I think requiring that will increase accountability,” Balik said “There’s no better way to do that than forcing S A members to increase their face time ”

Both Talbot and Balik said they agreed that increasing knowledge among the student body and transparency about the Assembly’s actions should be a primary responsibility of the S A

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Another issue discussed during the debate was the denial of funding to the Multicultural Greek Letter Council which did not submit its budget plan to the Assembly by the deadline last semester due to an unexpected loss of leadership, The Sun previously reported

“We can ’ t be so rigid on the S A , ” Talbot said “MGLC lost its funding because of a technicality That’s not what the Student Assembly is about ” Balik, however, said that while MGLC situation was “unfortunate,” the S A needed to be careful with its funds because they came directly from the students

“We need to treat all the organizations the same way so it’s fair,” Balik said “We need to be sitting down and asking critical questions to ensure the budget is on track to begin with ”

The debate moderated by Cornell Forensics Society President Kirat Singh ’14 with help from current S A President Ulysses Smith ’14 was hosted by the Cornell Forensics Society and took place in Ives Hall

Christine Yu ’14, a senior member of the Cornell Forensics Society, said she found the debate more enjoyable than previous candidate debates

“This was considerably better in that the candidates were forced, by the moderators, to take specific stances and to elaborate about their past records of activity, as well as opinions on S A decisions,” she said

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Sue Carnival Corporation for Millions

MIAMI (AP)

About three dozen passengers who sailed on the ill-fated Carnival Triumph cruise ship that drifted at sea for days are hoping to collect thousands of dollars apiece as a result of lingering medical and mental problems they say were caused by their nightmarish experience

Their lawsuit, the first to go to trial since the Febr uar y 2013 cruise, is being vigorously defended by Miami-based Carnival Corp , which contends the passengers cannot show such problems as kidney stones, post-traumatic stress disorder and scratchy throats are linked to unsanitary conditions or the fire that disabled the engine At stake is perhaps millions of

dollars, as well as the industry’s restrictive policy printed on each ticket that governs the kinds of lawsuits passengers can file Two maritime law experts also said the trial already set an important precedent in cruise line cases when the judge ruled Carnival was negligent simply because the fire broke out, regardless of the reason “Ships shouldn’t catch fire in the middle of the sea for no reason, ” said Robert Peltz, a Miami maritime attorney not involved in the Triumph case

Passenger Debra Oubre, of Friendswood, Texas, who said she has worked in cruise line shore operations and has enjoyed a dozen cruises, said she joined the suit to hold someone accountable

“Many of us, if not all of us, were physically or emotionally hurt,” she said “I just want the truth to be told ”

Again and again during the three-week trial, Triumph passengers have told their story to Senior U S District Judge Donald Graham, who is hearing the case without a jur y Testimony wrapped up Wednesday, and Graham said he would take written closing arguments and issue a decision later on whether the passengers deserve any damages

Some Triumph passengers testified on Carnival's behalf Wednesday, including James Ede, of Houston, who said the crew kept them well-informed and provided plenty of water

Wash. State Issues Marijuana Licenses

OLYMPIA, Wash (AP) Washington state issued its first legal-marijuana business license Wednesday, launching a new phase in the state ’ s ambitious effort to regulate a market that has been illegal for more than 75 years

Sean Green, who has operated medical marijuana dispensaries in Spokane and the Seattle suburb of Shoreline, proclaimed the document “beautiful” as it was handed to him at a state Liquor Control Board meeting in Olympia

The license will allow him to grow 21,000 square feet of cannabis at his Spokane facility the first pot that will be grown for sale under the highly taxed system approved by voters in 2012 The possession of marijuana became legal for adults over 21 soon after the vote, but it's still illegal to grow or sell it for recreational use until pot shops open in the state later this year

Green plans to start by raising marijuana starter plants to sell to other growers, and later expand to growing buds for retail pot shops

“Cannabis prohibition is over, ” Green declared to applause from a room packed with his supporters “I’m coming home with jobs, Spokane ”

Sales began Jan 1 in Colorado, the only other state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana But Colorado already had a regulated medical marijuana system and simply began by allowing medical dispensaries to sell recreational pot Washington had no regulated medical system

The Liquor Control Board said Green got the first license because he was the first applicant to complete the process

Independent Since 1880

Ever y time I meet a ne w person at Yale, the litany of questions we ask

o n e a n o t h e r r e m a i n s r e l a t i v e l y unchanged Each of them is par t of our desire to place this ne w acquaintance, to situate him or her into one or two relevant locations We recite name, college, hometown, perhaps major, if we ’ re feeling intellectual, and then the classic question crops up: “So, what kind of stuff do you do?”

These questions are per fectly innocuous and make a lot of sense; in order to forge a connection with someone, it’s helpful to find common ground They’re in Berkeley do you two have any mutual Berkeley friends? They’re from Los Angeles perhaps they know your one random friend from camp And how are those Lakers doing? The questions are just par t of a ritual to begin the pleasantries of a ne w and slightly awkward conversation

But the question of “ What do you do on campus?” I’ve found, is a question that is, if not unique to Yale, at least of more pressing concern

h e r e t h a n a t o t h e r s c h o o l s T h e q u e s t i o n somehow implies that the ver y fact

o f b e i n g h e r e , g o i n g t o y o u r classes, dutifully doing your readi n g a n d j u s t hanging out with your friends isn’t quite enough I have yet to ever talk to someone who responds to the question of what he or she does with the answer, “I take classes ”

Is t h a t s u c h a r i d i c u l o u s a n s w e r, though? It is, of course, admirable to take immense satisfaction in one ’ s extracurricular activities I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t spent more time fretting about my a cappella group than I spent on my problem set this past week The work that we are all involved in outside of the classroom can become an incredibly involved experience, if we let it Often people say that they learn more from managing their respective groups than they do in any of their esoteric classes

There is no doubt that this is tr ue for many But that doesn’t mean we should impose that norm on ever yone Or, to put it differently, it doesn’t mean that those who find it re warding to invest all their spare time in publications, clubs or theater ought to expect the same of their peers It’s easy to forget, but at many other schools it’s more than enough to simply go to your

classes and spend time doing your reading, catching up with friends, or, God forbid, sleeping eight hours a night

The depth of people’s involvement in their extracurriculars is a cr ucial par t of what makes this campus so fulfilling But the pressure to prioritize extracurriculars above all else can quickly become toxic Sometimes I feel like I use my involvement in my a cappella group or my par ticipation in the Ne ws as a cr utch or tool for social capital “I keep busy,” these accomplishments seem to say It allows me to be more than just a student; these things are, in the eyes of my peers, more real than the confines of what one learns in a classroom

But I think it might not be bad to recall that at the end of the day, many of us are here to take our classes ver y seriously And there is quite simply nothing wrong with that oftentimes in our zeal to express enthusiasm for our individual pursuits I worr y that we belittle those who prioritize their academics And even more than that, I w o r

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reading assignment take up a whole afternoon, much less let it be the most exciting par t of your day Classes are

through something to occupy the hours of ten to three until you can get back to doing your real things That sentiment might hold tr ue for many But for those who want to go about their day investing time and energy in their classes rather than side projects, who are we to impose upon them a different set of priorities? It’s just as legitimate to love classes as it is to love singing I worr y that in asking our peers what they “do,” we ’ re leaping to the conclusion that ever yone needs to have their “thing” beyond a challenging course load We’re forcing people to alter their behavior in an attempt to conform to the archetype of an overworked, bustling Yale student

Eric Pesner | Dems Discuss

Raise the Wa ge

Last year, McDonald's released a website meant to help their employees learn how to make and stick to a budget On this site, the company posted a sample budget which was met with widespread outrage and disgust Not only did this sample understate or simply ignore the

c o s t s o f m o s t h o u s e h o l d e x p e n s e s , i t

a d m i t t e d t h a t Mc D o n a l d s e m p l o y e e s needed to have a second job to sur vive

The budget also presumes an after-tax monthly income of $2,060 that’s about 75 hours per week at the current minimum wage (and McDonald’s star ting wage) of $7 25 per hour

This case forcefully illustrates a common corporate mentality a willful ignorance of the realities that many of their workers face on a daily basis It is entirely unrealistic to assume that a minimumwage worker can find 75 hours of work per week let alone successfully maintain that work schedule over the long term Health insurance costs more than $20 per month and heating isn’t free No minimum wage worker can live following a budget like this, but their companies expect them to The plight of the working poor is ignored by upper management

This is why I can ’ t take companies like

McDonald’s seriously when they vigorously oppose raising the minimum wage They claim that raising the wage would cut into their profits profits which are actually at an all-time high They have such a keen eye for profits that it’s no wonder they can ’ t see that their employees are str uggling While profits have been booming, wages are stagnant and the minimum wage is wor th over 10 percent less than it was 50 years ago

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Obama’s suggestion to increase the Federal minimum wage to $10 10 per hour And this time, at least, it wasn ’ t simply because the President is a Democrat

A Wall Street Journal poll in December found that 63 percent of Americans suppor t raising the wage to $10 10 But in the Millionaires’ Club that is Congress, propo-

It is entirely unrealistic to ume that a minimum wage worker can find 75 hours of work per week

t o T h i s i s w h y the government must raise the minimum wage it’s the only way that wages will go up

Of course, not ever yone wants wages to increase Companies don’t want their profits to drop a single penny, and they’ll fight so that their earnings are maintained And the Republican Par ty has staked its opposition to the minimum wage on a claim that

consider a hike, despite clear suppor t for one from the American people They have rallied around a CBO repor t that says that raising the wage will cause job losses conveniently ignoring the par ts of that repor t that talked about lifting nearly one million people out of pover ty and increasing the incomes of families living in poverty by $5 billion

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Julius Kairey | Always Right

The Republican Par ty seems per fectly content to ignore not only the will of the American people but also the suffering of

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Democrats have instead opted to take the increases to the states and, in many cases, directly to the American people in the form of ballot measures This is really where the battle to raise the wage will be

Democrats will be the ones fighting for it

We’ll be fighting for it because we recognize the true face of the minimum wage: Those workers at McDonald’s who needed help filling out a budget Those workers are the ones who stand to gain so much from the raising of the minimum wage Their incomes will increase and they may finally have the means to rise out of poverty And maybe the Republican are right and there will be job losses maybe those McDonald’s workers can quit their second jobs

Eric Pesner is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at erp55@cornell edu Dems Discuss appears alternate Thursdays this semester

Raising the Minimum Wage: Good Motivations, Bad Policy

Most supporters of an increased minimum wage have only the best of intentions They, like the rest of use, want Americans to earn higher pay, thus helping to alleviate the economic difficulties faced by many in this nation Economic mobility is a shared goal

The problem, of course, is that admirable intentions do not necessarily make for good policy There is a world of difference between having the right intention and getting the desired result Proponents of a higher minimum wage provide a good illustration of this truth

The most contested issue in academic and policy circles regarding the minimum wage is the likely effect that increasing it has on employment levels It is hard to find much agreement on this question, as opinions vary substantially A recent Congressional Budget Office Report estimated that, if the President’s proposed minimum wage of $10 10 were enacted, hundreds of thousands of jobs would be lost Prof Richard Burkhauser, policy analysis and management, said the expected job loss would “be closer to one million,” due to his belief that labor markets would be more sensitive to changes in the minimum wage than the CBO projects Prof Christian Weller, public policy and public affairs, University of Massachusetts Boston, however, contends that the effect on total employment would be minimal, making nearly all lowwage workers better off

expense for businesses, and it is difficult for companies, particularly those that operate on small profit margins, to simply “absorb” the cost when gross revenues are not increasing Businesses will not magically discover extra money with which to pay workers and make everyone richer

The options faced by the employer are thus quite limited, and tend to come down to a few different choices: raising prices, reducing employee work hours and laying off workers Who benefits if employers take some of these measures? Consumers do not because they will face higher prices Businesses also do not benefit because higher prices could drive away customers and layoffs make running businesses harder Even the group about which proponents of a higher wage care most the lowest paid in our economy are not

The problem, of course, is that admirable intentions do not necessarily make for go policy There is a world of difference betw having the right intention and getting the desired result

necessarily helped

How should we seek to resolve this dispute? The most effective way of doing so is to consider the matter from the perspective of those who make employment decisions in this country business owners

The past few years have not been kind to businesses Those that survived the recession are just beginning to see their profits return to pre-recession levels, while others have not seen any improvement Put aside the question to which I think there is a clear answer of whether it is right to place more costs on businesses during difficult times, and consider how many business are likely to respond should the minimum wage be raised Bear in mind that payroll is a large

Low-wage employees experience minimum wage changes differently Consider a workplace consisting of three employees, each paid $7 25 per hour Suppose that the first of these employees contributes $8 00 per hour in value to the company, the second $9 50 per hour, and the third $10 00 per hour If the minimum wage were raised to $8 50 per hour, the second and third workers would get a raise and be made somewhat better off But the unintended consequence is that it is now effectively illegal for the company to employ the first worker without accepting a $0 50 loss per hour It is widely known that companies only employ someone if they expect to profit off that person ’ s labor Once the profit goes away, so does the job

But not everyone thinks this result is so bad Former

Secretary of Labor Robert Reich commented that even if lowpaying jobs are lost, “maybe those aren ’ t the kind of jobs we ought to preserve in the first place ” That is an awfully callous perspective to have when it comes to workers who, unlike Secretary Reich, could use an additional $7 25 per hour, especially compared to the little-to-no money they would be earning if unemployed

This demonstrates what is perhaps the most regrettable effect of a higher minimum wage: It locks the lowest skilled individuals out of the labor market If an individual cannot get a first job at a low-wage, he or she is precluded from gaining the skills necessary to access higher-wage segments of the labor market This has played out most perniciously in minority communities In 1980, Milton Friedman explained that the high African American teenage unemployment rate in the United States was primarily due to two failures of government The first was poor public education in the inner cities, which put African Americans in an unequal position, and the second was a minimum wage law that meant that those who received a poor education could not get jobs Unfortunately, Milton Friedman’s description of the effect of the minimum wage on minorities, and other poor workers, is as true today as it was a few decades ago The minimum wage has become a tool for relatively well-paid workers to keep others out of the labor market After all, major labor unions support raising the minimum wage not because their members, who typically earn far more than the minimum wage, would benefit from it, but because raising the wage helps eliminate competition from the presently low-skilled individuals who may never get a chance to develop their talents Lifting the poor out of poverty requires policies that create jobs and economic growth, not policies that (badly) redistribute income An increase in the minimum wage, despite the best intentions of its supporters, would hurt many of the very people who need the most help

Julius Kairey is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at jkairey@cornellsun com Always Right appears alternate Thursdays this semester

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Rick Ross has never lacked confidence “I know Pablo, Noriega / The real Noriega, he owe me a hundred favors” Ross barked on his first single, 2006’s “Hustlin ” Since then, while Ross’ credibility has been dismantled, the boss has never stopped believing in himself That confidence is maintained on his sixth album, Mastermind Despite being bloated and repetitive, Mastermind is largely a return to the form that had Ross at the top of the game with 2010’s Teflon Don Surrounded by a who’s-who of producers and features, Ross effectively sticks to the formula that has turned him into one of the surest bets in the game

Many hip-hop purists sneer at Ross as a wannabekingpin fraud And while they are right (it has been established that Ross is a former correctional officer with no real drug dealing past), they fail to recognize the delightful escapism present in his music All rappers yes, even Chief Keef use hyperbole to describe the drugs they sold, money they made and crimes they got away with Ross has just perfected the hyperbole into a performance art So when “Drug Dealer’s Dream” opens with Ross checking his bank account to find he has $92 million in it, all you can do is go with it You do not listen to Mastermind to get reminded that the FDIC only insures $250,000; you listen to Mastermind so you can be the motherfucking boss in your Honda Civic going home to see your parents Superficial? Sure, but it also can be fun as hell

The Kid don’t stand a chance while Beyoncé’s unannounced album drop in early December was met with an apocalyptic fan reaction and unprecedented attention from the media, Kid Cudi’s similar effort last week was met with apathy, more or less Sales so far are paling in comparison to Schoolboy Q’s first major label effort, which was released by Top Dawg Entertainment on the same day If you have been following the Cudi narrative, it is obvious that this surprise 10-track album, originally intended to be released as a shorter EP leading into the last installment of the Man on the Moon series, represents not one ounce of the antiindustry, artist-centric fun that Beyoncé’s move symbolized Instead, it seems to beg listeners to forget the crimes of 2013’s Indicud before they forget about Cudi altogether

Watching a usually apathetic and confident artist sink to his knees is as uncomfortable as most of the details of his plea, which essentially amounts to meager thematic and narrative throwbacks to the Man on the Moon debut and sophomore LPs that transitioned him from Kanye supportman to an innovative and promising artist in his own right Or at least that’s how it seemed in 2010, though it now feels painfully obvious that any future reflection will emphasize the work on 808 s and Heartbreak as Cudi’s biggest contribution to the canon And that was in 2008

The complicated psychology of the Man on the Moon

One of the best aspects of any Ross album is the crew that he is sure to show up with, and Mastermind is no different Diddy, Bink, Kanye (with D J Mustard and Mike Dean), Scott Storch, The Weeknd and J U S T I C E League all help produce while Kanye, The Weeknd, Jay Z, Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy and Meek Mill get features Ever y feature is not perfect (French Montana twice), but Rick does a good job of working off of his guests Many artists would fall under the weight of so many contributors, but they just distill Ross’s distinct bass while helping keep the 19-track album palatable

“Rich is Gangsta” opens the album, with Ross quickly embracing his rap mogul/drug kingpin duality, rapping “Young mogul, Bo Jackson, I’m a switch hitter ” On “Nobody”, Diddy samples the Notorious B I G song “You’re Nobody” to great effect Ross is at his best, channeling his inner B I G much more effectively than many would like to admit Diddy, however, awkwardly attempts an intro and interlude, screaming “You can ’ t handle the motherfuckin’, the pain / Of the motherfuckin' not knowin' when the shit is gonna stop ” like a middle schooler tr ying out his first vulgarities In between Ross’s nihilistic, violent verses the image of Diddy as a tr y-hard is confirmed again and again

Hov shows up next on the Major Seven-produced “Devil is a Lie ” With looping vocals and rich musical production, Major Seven does an impressive Just Blaze impersonation Jay trolls Illuminati believers, proclaiming

“Now I’m black Jesus / Turn water to wine ” Ross is not to be forgotten though, establishing his presence with a mean hook, rejoicing “Bitch I’m alive / The Devil is a lie!”

The Kanye West-featured “Sanctified” enjoys similar success, recapturing some of the West/Ross chemistr y from “Devil in a New Dress ” “Sanctified” uses a beautiful Betty Write feature before Ye, Big Sean and Ross confess their sins Kanye highlights a conversation in which God told him he was “ too aggressive,” while Ross discusses making grilled cheese for girls that give good head

To close out the album, Ross and Wheezy jump on “ Thug Cr y, ” a gorgeous, soft J U S T I C E League beat that includes the same sample used in Souls of Mischief famous “93 ‘ Til Infinity ” Ross initially comes in strong, “Grind that motherfucker 'till it's yellow brick road / Free as a bird, spoken word in my verse ” It is Wayne, though quietly on the comeback trail to rap relevance, that takes the song Unusually comprehensible, he even shared some of his classic wordplay, rapping “Get it crackin' like an eggshell in this motherfucker make omelettes / Get a bad bitch that posts up like comments ” like it was 2007 Ultimately, while Mastermind will never be confused with Illmatic, it sure makes for a fun ride And sometimes, as the Maybach Music boss himself would testify, that is all you want

albums was one of their biggest accomplishments they had all of the anxiety, neuroses, hallucination and surrealism of a postmodern masterpiece, explored with enough specificity and lighter-hearted pauses to make them both fascinating and enjoyable Hip-hop had never been so hazy, rap had never been so melodically conversational and stoner malaise had never seemed so unpretentiously important As Indicud, and now Satellite Flight, both tried to capitalize on these themes, the impact is getting progressively weaker The opening track of Satellite Flight, “Destination: Mother Moon,” a two-minute theme-setter, serves its purpose only if the theme is getting in line at Disney World’s Space Mountain “Going to the Ceremony” and “Satellite Flight” (both produced by Dot Da Genius), are laden with guitar riffs and heavy string sections, but the latter pounds the “trip to the moon ” theme in so much as to be actually infuriating What worked in the early Man on the Moon albums didn’t have anything to do with actual space travel and this piece is frankly the Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull of hip-hop albums

None of this is to say that the album has zero brightspots The middle of the album ranges from decent to strong, with solid work on “Copernicus Landing” and the notably sexy Raphael Saadiq collaboration “Balmain Jeans” and peaking with “Too Bad I Have to Destroy You Now,”

which sees Cudi bring out his natural rap prowess for the first time on the album The song is delivered over a lighter synth than much of the overt sci-fi soundtrack that scores the rest of Cudi’s verses It is also the only track in which Cudi acknowledges his present dilemma: “People talk shit about me / when I walk in the room they can ’ t look in my eyes ” Yeah, true, Kid In 2010, New York Magazine’s Nitsuh Abebe notably commented in a review of Man on the Moon II, “vulnerability loses its power when it’s calculated to sound dramatic and masculine ” There were hints of this overstep on Man on the Moon II but it’s all there is on Satellite Flight “Internal Bleeding” aims to marry the vulnerability of Cudi’s early efforts with a new performative growl, replacing his famous spoken croon with less-than endearing results And I’m sorry, “My heart is leaking / and it hurts?” Even if the front half of the song weren ’ t so lyrically weak, the back half shoots down its integrity completely by asserting, “Here I am / the warrior man / here I stand / the warrior man ” Paired with the insistent whining he does in the album closer about no one wanting a “troubled boy,” I can ’ t help but see this album as the treatise of a man-child Vulnerability morphs into petulance and then posturing all of the familiar and traceable motions of that male voice which is uniquely equipped to find its every emotion and egotistical urge fascinating

The lonely stoner motif worked when it was genuine, but these days it feels like an overt Drake knock-off at best and a mopey pile of bullshit at worst But perhaps the most painful moment comes in the late-album track “Return of the Moon Man (Original Score) ” If you ’ re going to use horns like that, be sure you ’ ve achieved something grand or at least an evolutionary moment worth saving for posterity

The fanfare is as pre-emptively cocky as any Kanye albumender but does not even acknowledge its own gamble I’m not sure what arrival Cudi is announcing, but it s definitely not his

Somehow, after a year of what must have been overwork, Pharrell Williams isn’t fazed In 2013 the 40 year-old producer and musician worked on Get Lucky” and Lose Yourself to Dance” from Daft Punk’s lauded Random Access Memories and Robin Thicke’s controversy inspiring “Blurred Lines,” wrote three new songs for Despicable Me, did a drum session for Man of Steel’ s soundtrack, worked on Azealia Banks’ much anticipated album Broke With Expensive Taste, created a 24-hour music video for his chart-topper “Happy” and more He went home with three Grammy Awards for his collaborations, including one for Best Producer, and would have gone home with an Oscar for “Happy” had it not been for Frozen’ s viral hit “Let it Go ” Oh yeah, and Arby’s bought the Twitter-inspiring hat he wore to the Grammy’s for over 44,000 dollars In the music world, 2013 may as well have been the year of Pharrell

In 2014, Pharrell shows no signs of slowing down According to MTV, he is already rumored to be working with T I , Pusha T, Mac Miller, Charlie Wilson and Chris Brown on records to be released this year, and it’s only March The consensus seems to be that having Pharrell on your album makes a hit

With all of this in mind and an eight-year gap between Pharrell’s first album and G I R L, expectations were high for the album And, maybe as a result, the album feels good, but it’s not groundbreaking Instead, it sounds as if Pharrell’s album is a compilation of themes already present on albums he worked on this year (see: the same autotune style in ”Gush” as “Lose Yourself to Dance”), or albums of people he’s worked with But, because it’s Pharrell, the songs are nevertheless catchy and danceable as hell

Filled with Pharrell’s signature slow, intoxicating beats and amplified by his silky, ageless voice, G I R L is an album for the girls and for the bedroom

As the title alludes, every song on the album is about girls Unlike the tracks on Blurred Lines, however, each song here is laced with a kind of

rk y e l e c t ro - p o p s o u n d a n d s i g n a t u re b r i g h t r i f f s o f s y n t h y c l a s s i c a l v i o l i n a re b a la n c e d w i t h a n i n f e c t i o u s l y c a t c h y m e l o d y, a n d a b l i p p y, s we e t , ( a l i t t l e o n t h e m u s h y s i d e ) re p e a t e d c h o r u s “

enamored affection for women, not just an explicit desire for sex Less explicit than Beyonce (ex “Rocket”), and less tortured than songs on Justin Timberlake’s 20/20 Experience, G I R L is a confident album about women that is respectful, possibly to the point of being distant, and more notable for its production value than its lyrics, no matter how nicely Pharrell sings them

More than anything, G I R L sounds like it could be Pharrell's version of The 20/20 Experience Part 1 Skillfully put together with longer-thanusual tracks and complex, almost indulgent, production, G I R L follows the 20/20 formula almost to a T The phrases he uses sound like they could be Justin's ("Do you wanna get dirty, girl?”), his crooning is just as soulful and many of the beats sound just as R&B-meets-pop-gets-sophisticated as J T ’ s creation And, like 20/20, G I R L is too sonically interesting to listen to only once

Though the album starts out a bit slow “Marilyn Monroe” and “Brand New” are not particularly memorable it gains speed with each track, peaking at “Lost Queen ” Possibly the most addicting song on the album, with Despicable Me' s "Happy" pulling up in second, “Lost Queen” has a slow meandering beat that coasts forward on “ mmmm ’ s ” and tinsounding drums Its smooth, island-like vibe is hard not to move to

While G I R L is fun, sure to be played on the radio and interesting enough to take a listen to, it is not too much more than that It is catchy, but not quite poignant So take it for what it is: groove to it, move to it, appreciate the artistic mind that is Pharrell and look forward to the hits that are sure to result from Pharrell’s million more collaborations this year

The Sound and the Flurr y: The Music of Ithaca

People have tons of complaints about Cornell: its remote location, the self-righteous student populace professors more interested in their research than actually teaching, Denice Cassaro emails and, of course, the weather But when I overheard the complaint that Cornell’s got not music scene, I was appalled Thanks to the tireless efforts of Dan Smalls and Cornell Concert Commission, we get big name shows, but, thanks in part to the work of Ithaca Underground and Fanclub Collective there are some more low-key artists that are making their way around town Ithaca locals, Ithaca College students and Cornellians alike are making worthwhile music; below, I attempt to separate the wheat from the chaff Unsurprisingly, there’s lots of wheat

YAKBAK: Cornell’s Yakbak is a cerebral math rock trio that eschew vocals in favor of obtuse time signatures, unhinged finger-tapping exercises and spazzy drum fills Their songs are clearly labored-over affairs even the abridged “Kevin! Get Out Of The Cookie Closet!” has segues that must have taken hours to perfect “ Wendy Willi@ms Zombie Apocalypse” has a bit of an eerie, Slint-onspeed post-rock vibe to it before it breaks down into a palm-muted figure that almost tripped me up, much less the drummer And “Chewbacca Moss” is pure thrash-y joy as guitarist Peter Pillardy ’14 impresses with his versatility, not only switching from dissonant chords to tricky tapping riffs, but dancing upon his pedal settings masterfully Inventive and at times reckless, Yakbak are a band that offer a lot more than their near-perfect song titles Catch them at Angry Mom Records this Saturday, and you’ll learn how to count 5/4 measures sooner than you can say “YYZ ”

THE DANBEES: A quartet that does the ’90s That may sound like a vague descriptor but makes perfect sense once you listen to them Songs are titled gruffly and succinctly (”Satisfied,” “Sober,” “Faded”) or complain directly at you (“Life is Such a Bitch” or “I’m Just Too Young for This”) It’s grungy stuff; one

imagines finding a Danbees album lodged in the buzz bin of a mythical ’90s record store “Life is Such a Bitch” is maudlin and navel-gazing, with a chorus that charitably recalls Matchbox 20 or Third Eye Blind “San Francisco Nose” fares better, with a shuffle rhythm and an earworm of a riff that finds a middle ground between The Strokes and 311 The Danbees can undoubtedly get a groove going, but with turgid lyrics (“There was no one there to see me / You know I get a funny feeling / You know she gives me heebie jeebies”) and choruses that thud rather than pop, they’ve yet to hit their stride

SECOND DAM: Ithaca College s own Second Dam, named after that hallowed jumping-off point for fun times during those warm months (remember those?), are an extremely polished product With intricate string arrangements and powerful lead vocals from IC senior K C Weston, they sound like Florence Welch

fronting Ra Ra Riot with more judicious instrumentation The entirety of the 2013 E P Swimming is worth a listen: “The SS” stomps along like an assured folk-rock jam ought to, and “Mild, Medium, Hot” has Weston observing that “pleasure gets what pleasure wants, ” as her band ebbs and flows between tempered verses, explosive choruses and an intriguing choral coda Weston is the star, but the band plays to her strengths expertly, never overplaying and adding little hints, like that tremeloladen organ on “Beat,” that place them in a compact songwriting legacy that goes from the

’60s to The New Pornographers Keep an eye on Second Dam: you’ll want to be able to say that you saw them before your friends heard of them

SAMMUS: Steeped in the mythology of Nintendo heroine Samus Aran, Kanye’s chipmunk soul and the chopped/screwed beats of the Internet’s thriving nerdcore scene, Sammus approaches hip-hop with the intelligence and poise one would expect from a rapper in the midst of pursuing a Ph D Her flow on “Nu Black” is relentless, cramming syllables into measures with relative ease; she avoids too much “hashtag” rapping and instead focuses on building momentum Sammus handles her own production, and its hardly raw talent: from the car-rattling bass of “Free” (which features a pretty excellent “ toss my salad” punchline) to the delicate chiptune-meets-Philly Soul of “DL,” she exhibits the crate-digging tendencies and polished taste of a bonafide music obsessive Some might say Kanye s influence looms large over her beats, but who hasn’t he influenced? Sammus’ latest, Prime, features a voice prepared for its turn in the spotlight, just waiting for the tides to turn just right

KING SIZED PEGASUS:

King Sized Pegasus don’t need no fancy strings or computers With nothing more than the sheer will of their vocalist and a ramshackle guitar-drum attack, they make retro-style hardcore that goes best with bloody noses, buzzcuts and very loud exclamations of the phrase “FUCK YOU!” It’s aggressive music that alternates between jumping straight for the jugular and delving into almost self-parodying sarcasm (catch the hilarious, catchy and propulsive “Bad At Math” or the gasoline-as-beverage endorsement of “Orange Juice”) King Sized Pegasus is the sound of sweaty bodies colliding in VFW halls and base-

ments, and I get the feeling that that’s just the way they like it

LUST: This Cornell-based trio (featuring Sun Cartoonist Santi Slade ’15 on guitar) has fashioned a logo out of a Tide detergent label and dubbed their first E P Lust 1 with songs like “Commercial” and “Overstimulate ” If you too were expecting the political art-punk vibes of Wire, you won ’ t be disappointed: the songs attempt to explore distraction, brand allegiance and “revolution (that) won ’ t come ” with aplomb The longer songs, including the swaggering “Watching,” play as (admittedly not as hook-packed) tributes to The Pixies Lust try to cram big ideas into their songs, and while the results vary, it’ll be exciting to see what Lust 2 through 5 have to offer, especially if they start packing more melodic heft into their urgent pleas against the rubbish of modern life

CHUCK CORNERS: Yeah, this is the guy often seen peddling his wares on the corner outside Collegetown Bagels I was amped to review Cum Get Sum, Get It All, but it was scratched while buried somewhere in the deep recesses of my backpack Luckily, he’s got some tracks on the interwebs Don’t dismiss this dude: he may lack Sammus’ graduate-level wordplay, but on songs like “Drive Slow” and “Hateful World,” his braggadocious flow and beats do an admirable job at replicating radioready opulence Rappers who talk about how hard they grind, as Corners does on “Hateful World,” often set off our skeptic alarms are you really grinding, good sir? but seeing someone like Chuck actually pushing their C D in-person on an unsuspecting Collegetown populace serves as a potent reminder of hip-hop’s hard-nosed roots Give Chuck a listen; he might just surprise you

James R ainis is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at jrainis@cor nellsun com Ir re s p o n s i b l e L i s t e n i n g r uns alter nate Thursdays this semester

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Staff members adhere to a diet for a week in order to better understand the dietary challenges of students on campus

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Colorado Beats Texas One Week Into Spring Training

SURPRISE, Ariz (AP) Prince Fielder singled home fellow Texas newcomer Shin-Soo Choo but Tommy Hanson gave up two runs on three consecutive extra-base hits in the first inning before settling down in the Rangers’ 8-2 loss to a Colorado Rockies split-squad Wednesday

Hanson, who is competing for a Texas rotation slot, struck out the next two batters He pitched three innings, retiring the final five Rockies he faced

“ Whatever is going to be best for this team is going to happen Hopefully, I can go out and do my part and throw well This is where I want to be and play for,” Hanson said “Hopefully it all works out and comes together at the end of spring ”

Neal Cotts, who had a Rangers’ record 1 11 ERA in 58 relief appearances last year, allowed six runs on four hits, two walks and a wild pitch, while retiring only two of batters

Charlie Culberson, who went 3 for 4, homered in the first off Hanson Corey Dickerson, the next batter, tripled and scored on Wilin Rosario’s double

Hanson, who won at least 10 games four straight seasons from 2009-12 with Atlanta, gave up a home run to Charlie Culberson, the second batter he faced Next Corey Dickson tripled and came home on Wilin Rosario’s double

Hanson struck out the next two after Rosairo’s double and retired the final five Rockies he faced in his three innings

“So-so,” Hanson said of his second outing “ The ones they hit were up When my fastball was down, I thought it was good and I got good results When it was up, I didn’t I’ve got to stay away from those thighhigh fastballs ”

Neal Cotts, who had a Rangers’ record 1 11 ERA in 58 relief appearances last year, allowed six runs on four hits, two walks and a wild pitch, while retiring only two of eight Rockies in the seventh inning

Prince Fielder singled home Shin-Soo Choo with the first Rangers’ run

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Rockies: Franklin Morales, who was limited to one start and 19 relief appearances in last year with Boston because of injuries, allowed one run and three hits, while striking out five in three innings

“I’m not thinking of striking anybody out, ” Morales said “I’m tr ying to make my pitches and throw a strike Thank God, I feel healthy this year ”

Rangers: Hanson threw 25 pitches in the first inning, but only eight in a spotless third

“ That last inning it was a little bit easier,” Hanson said “Hopefully I can carr y that over to the next one and build on this one ” Culberson’s Big Day

Culberson, who played second and third base, went 3 for 4 with a home run and scored two runs He also made a diving catch of Choo’s line drive in the third to rob him of a hit

“ The home run felt really good especially early on in spring when you can square a ball up and drive the ball, it’s nice,” Culberson said “ That was like my first web-gem, so robbing him of a hit feels good It was a good day Right now it’s just timing and swinging at good pitches I think I did that today and found some good results ” Trainer’s Room

Rangers: Left-hander Matt Harrison, who received a ner ve-block injection on the right side of his neck on Feb 24, made 38 pitches in the bullpen, but will likely not be ready when the season opens Outfielder Engel Beltre did not play the second straight day because of left shin splints

Rockies: Jhoulys Chacin will play catch Thursday for the first time since being shut down 11 days ago with right shoulder inflammation

Elvis in the Building

Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus returned to the Rangers lineup after missing four games with right forearm tendinitis He went 1 for 2 with a double and strikeout Saunders in the Mix

Left-hander Joe Saunders agreed to a one year contract with the Rangers for $500,000 He would make $1 5 million if he is on the 25man roster and could make more in incentives Saunders, who was 1116 with a 5 26 ERA in 26 starts last season with the Mariners, will vie for a rotation slot

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Cardinals Will Beat Tampa Bay in This Year’s World Series

ZAKOUR

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Dodgers biggest concern might be the international opener in Australia messing with their sleep schedules

Wild Cards: the Nationals & t h e Di a m o n d b a c k s T h e Nationals should rebound after a

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ye a r, e s p e c i a l l y w i t h n e w l y acquired Doug Fister slotting into

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l a r I a m s o tempted to pick

break out for a big year

The American League Central defending champion, the Tigers, have been a mainstay in the playoffs But they are getting older and lost a key part of the rotation w h e n

Fister I think this is the beginning of the end for Detroit, who i

Verlander was unusually flawed last season, and can you count on Cy Young production from Max Sherzer to pick up the slack again?

The Cardinals are the most complete team on the senior circuit

t h e Me t s a s a s e c o n d w i l d card, but I cannot tell if that is blatant homerism or good intuition Either way, I will ignore it

National League Champions: Cardinals The Cardinals and the Dodgers are the two best teams in the N L by some margin, in my eyes, and I already see them on a collision course in the National

L e a g u e C h a m p i o n s h i p Bu t I think the Cardinals are the most complete team on the senior circuit, despite the Dodgers’ checkbook

On c e a g a i n , t h e A m e r i c a n League East is an intriguing division The A L East never is short on storylines, even if they do not produce the top three teams in baseball anymore The Red Sox were world champions, but are sure to regress after everything gelled together to perfection for them last year The Blue Jays are stuck in the wrong division, while the Orioles seem to be dangerous again Another MVP year out of Chris Davis would help their c a u s e i m m e n s e l y a f t e r h a v i n g done their best to sure up some of their pitching woes with the addit i o n o f Ub a l d o Ji m é n e z a n d Johan Santana

A m e ri c a n L e a g u e E a s t Champion: the Rays I love their young talent, and with David Price still in the fold, I think they will only improve on last year ’ s season Look for Wil Myers to

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y came close last year, and I think they will finally flag down Detroit this year

Probably the most interesting team in baseball is the Seattle Mariners After another mediocre season, the Mariners decided to go for it The Mariners are now high rollers, led by Robinson Cano’s astronomical $240 million contract, and bolstered by Corey Hart and Logan Morrison

But the question is whether it will be worth all of the money

The Mariners find themselves in a tough division, featuring two time defending champion the A’s, the always dangerous Rangers

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Cornell Predicts Lehigh Will Be Tight Opponent

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to keep an eye on during the tournament While Cornell was able to earn a shutout against them during the first week of February, in last year ’ s tournament, sophomore Nahshon Garrett faced Penn’s Mark Rappo in a close 6-1 match, going back and forth with him throughout Penn has also historically been the Red’s toughest Ivy opponent

Coming into this weekend, Cornell looks to wrestle with confidence and tenacity

“We like to set a high pace for the match and really push our opponents to their limits and make them wrestle our match,” Villalonga said

Additionally, Garrett explained that the team has really been working on getting over its mental hurdles

“We have been working on staying strong and mentally prepared,” he said

This weekend’s opponents include Lehigh, Hofstra, Penn, Columbia, Princeton, Rutgers, American and Navy, most of whom the Red has faced and defeated this season With its current record of 13-1, Cornell looks to end its season with as much strength on the mat as it has displayed throughout

Anna Fasman can be reached at afasman@cornellsun com

Rishi Jalan Wins Molloy Cup in B-division for Men

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on the tight nature of Jalan’s final match “It was very interesting to see the outcome And the outcome was determined by the standard of the refereeing a little bit That contributed a little to the high score [of the first game] ”

Coach Devoy had nothing but praise for Jalan, highlighting some of his best characteristics as a player that have made him an important part of the team over the last four years

“He’s always been a good starter, and having a good starter on your team is imperative He tended to play number six [for] most of his collegiate career He excels in the number six [spot],” he said “Not a lot of people enjoy starting out Players on the team like playing in different positions He’s going to be hard to replace ”

“I would have liked to see a tighter game.”

C o a c h M a r k D e v o y

Nick Sachvie also represented the Red in the individual championship, competing in the A-division and going into the competition ranked No 5 in the nation Sachvie’s highest finish in the cup came two years ago, when he finished runner up to Princeton’s Todd Harrity Sachvie competed exclusively in the No 1 position this season, finishing the season at 10-4

Sachvie defeated Har vard’s Bryan Koh and Trinity’s Miled Zarazua before falling to St Lawrence’s Moustafa Bayoumy, last year ’ s national champion

“I would have liked to see a tighter game Circumstances were a little different The court was very slow at Drexel and Nick doesn ’ t like a slow game, he likes to play at pace And the fourth seed likes playing a slow game, so he was slowing it down even more ” Coach Devoy said of Sachvie’s performance “Nick was having trouble accelerating the ball But he played to his seeding and you can ’ t

ask for more than that ” In the women ’ s competition, Letourneau got off to a strong start in the Ramsay Cup, defeating Princeton’s Hallie Dewey Letourneau then moved on to topple Penn’s Michelle Wong However, Letourneau was eliminated the next day after playing against Yale’s Millie Tomlinson She made it as far as the quarterfinals for the second year running Jessenia Pacheco fell at the first hurdle, losing to Penn’s Michelle Wong in a close matchup Pacheco however, went on to go all the way in the consolation rounds, ultimately winning the consolation final Along the way, Pacheco made short work of Dewey, defeated Trinity’s Sachika Balvani and emerged victorious over Yale’s Issey Norman-Rose Freshman Rachel Scherman also put in an impressive performance in the Holleran Cup, advancing to the semifinals The competition was her first individual collegiate championship Scherman put on a fantastic comeback in the quarterfinals, rallying past Stanford’s Zandra Ho after she seemed down and out She finally succumbed to the eventual champion, Yale’s Shiyuan Mao, in a marathon match

Lindsay Seginson was the Red’s final competitor in the Holleran Cup Seginson got off to a good start, defeating Brown’s Dori Rahbar She followed it up with a victor y over Stanford’s Serena Fagan the next day However, Seginson’s downfall came in the quarterfinal as she succumbed to Madeleine Gill, another one of Stanford’s players

This set of individual championships was the Red’s last round of matches for the season Both teams were happy with their players performances and look forward to next season

Women Split the Weekend Away At George Mason

Team wins two games against host

By EMILY BERMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

The softball team opened its season with a split record at the George Mason Patriot Classic this weekend, winning Friday and Saturday’s games against the host team, but dropping both matches to Army

The Red opened the weekend with a victor y, claiming a 4-2 win over the Patriots in its first game on Friday Cornell scored the first three runs to nab a 3-0 lead going into the bottom of the third, tallying two runs from sophomore right fielder Meg Parker and one from senior Christina Villalon on an RBI single from sophomore

“I think we played well for our first weekend ”

board in the bottom of the third, scoring

R B I double from Patriot junior Brooke Blankenship The Red added a fourth run in the top of the fourth for a 4-1 advantage, but Blankenship cut the lead to the final 4-2 with an RBI single in the fifth Both teams failed to score in the sixth and seventh innings, preser ving the Red’s lead

“I think we played well for our first weekend and our f i r s t we e k

improvement,” senior outfielder Lauren Bucolo said “I felt we maintained a high level of focus throughout the weekend, and starting off with a win definitely contributed to that ” Parker left the outfield for the mound in the Red’s second Friday game The Red fell behind Army early, allowing the first two runs on sacrifice flies and letting another

four round the bases for a 6-0 disadvantage by the end of the fourth inning The Red finally got on the board in the b o t t o m

Pendergast doubled to the left side, sending two Red players past home base

The Black Knights added three more runs in the top of the sixth to extend their lead to 9-3, and even a two-run performance by the Red in the bottom of the sixth was not enough for Cornell to catch up A scoreless seventh inning sent the Red away with a 9-5 loss, as the team tallied seven total hits to the Black Knights’ 11 “ We are learning a lot from both the high and low points of the weekend,” Bucolo said, looking ahead to the rest of the season “Our coaches do a great job of working with us to make improvements before Ivy games start ”

The Red received mixed results in Saturday’s games as well The team opened the day with a disappointing rematch against Army, scoring only one run in a 10-1 loss

The Black Knights scored multiple runs in ever y inning and flew to a 10-0 lead before Iannucci’s homer in the

Royals Earn Win O ver Diamondbacks

SCOT TSDALE, Ariz (AP) Kansas City ace

James Shields allowed one hit in three scoreless

i n n i n g s a n d Mi k e Mo u s t a k a s h i t a t h re e - r u n homer in the Royals’ 6-5 victor y over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday

A J Pollock’s leadoff single in the third was the only hit Shields has allowed in four innings this spring Shields str uck out three with no walks Patrick Corbin, set to be Arizona’s opening-day star ter against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Sydney, Australia, on March 22, gave up two r uns on four hits in four innings He str uck out four and walked two

Moustakas’ deep shot to right off lefty Joe Paterson was his third homer of the spring He had four RBIs in the game, giving him

1 0 , m o s t o f a n y p l a y e r i n spring training

“ He’s re a l l y f e e l i n g g o o d

I ’ m h a p p y, ” Roy a l s m a n a g e r Ned Yost said of his third baseman ’ s strong star t “It’s spring training, all right, but it’s got to star t some where and the work that he’s done all winter long, it’s paying off and it’s showing ”

right now we ’ ve just eased our way in and today was good ”

Diamondbacks: Corbin will have two more star ts before Arizona leaves for Sydney Manager Kirk Gibson said the left-hander will probably throw 45 pitches or so in his next star t, then toward 100 in his final outing before the team leaves a week from Sunday

Corbin said he worked on his changeup in the game and added that it was good for him to have to pitch out of a jam

“It’s going to happen during the season You’re going to throw a lot of pitches during an inning,” he said “Obviously you want to minimize that but it was good to get out there and build up the pitches and h a v e a c o u p l e o f t o u g h innings Hopefully next time I’ll get out of those innings ” Shield’s Contract

“It was good to get out there and build up the pitches and have a couple of tough innings.”

P a t r i c k C o r b i n

Moustakas is hitting 467 this spring After hitting 296 with 20 home r uns and 73 RBIs in his first full major league season in 2012, he hit 233 with 12 homers and 42 RBIs last year

“Obviously I didn’t have the greatest season last year, ” Moustakas said, “and I had to go work on some stuff I felt like I’ve got a better two-strike approach and an overall approach in general ” Starting Time

Royals: Shields got his first extended action after throwing just 10 pitches in his first spring star t

“ When you ’ re real young you come in here tr ying to fire the ball a little bit,” the 32-year-old right-hander said “But I’ve eased my way into spring training ever y single year We tr y to be real methodical and obviously it’s how your body feels You’ve got to listen to your body as a pitcher But

Shields is in the final year of his contract and there have been no talks with the Royals about a ne w deal

If he becomes a free agent at the end of the season, he would be among the most attractive pitchers available and likely would command a triple-digit contract

Shields said he doesn’t want to talk about his contract once the regular season begins

“I’ve said before I like it here,” he said “I like the city and I like the team and like where this organization is going Obviously if they want to do something then I’m up for listening But right now I’m just really focused on what I’m doing here in spring training and getting ready ”

Trainer’s Room

Royals: Kansas City has shut down right-hander Luke Hochevar for at least the next three weeks after he sprained his right elbow Monday in his next-to-last pitch against the Chicago White Sox Hochevar, who was vying for a spot in the rotation, doesn’t expect to be throwing in games before the end of May

fifth got the Red on the board Cornell flipped the stor y in the afternoon game against the Patriots, scoring three runs in the first inning for an early 3-0 lead The Red held off the George Mason hitters in the second inning, but the Patriots hit a two-RBI triple and nabbed one unearned run in the third to tie it up at 3-3 Iannucci hit an RBI sacrifice fly to score freshman Jessica Bigbie in the bottom of the fifth in what ended up as the game-winning run, after a rainstorm cut the last few innings from the game

The Red heads back to George Mason this weekend for another set against the Patriots, as well as several games against Monmouth University

“ These weekends are exciting,” Bucolo said “ We finally get to show off how hard we have been working over the past six months, and we continue to get better each game we play ”

Giants Defeat Los Angeles With Help of Matt Cain

S C OT TS D A L E , A r i z

(AP) Matt Cain pitched three shutout innings in his first start of the spring and Pablo Sandoval hit a pair of R B I s i n g l e s a s t h e Sa n Francisco Giants defeated the L o s A n g e l e s A n g e l s 3 - 2 Wednesday

Cain will start the second game of the regular season at Arizona He couldn’t throw in his first scheduled spring game on Saturday because of rain and instead threw 35 pitches in a covered bullpen session

Cain gave up one hit, a second-inning double by Collin Cowgill, and struck out two Sandoval, slimmer after losing nearly 30 pounds during the offseason, got his hits off Je re d We a ve r, w h o p i t c h e d four innings and gave up two runs and four hits with two walks and struck out two

Starting Time

Angels: Weaver, 1-0 entering the game, started off on the wrong foot in the bottom of the first inning when left f i e l d e r Bre n n a n B o s c h dropped leadoff man Gregor Blanco’s shallow fly ball in the sun along the left-field line

B o s c h l a t e r s c o re d o n Sandoval’s first hit Weaver took the loss

“Weaver threw well,” said Angels manager Mike Scioscia

“He located his fastball He puts (speed) off and puts it on

”

Giants: Cain continued a strong start for the club’s five projected starters, who now have combined for 17 innings, allowing just one run on nine hits and one walk in six games

“We (pitchers) haven’t said much to each other We know that’s what we need to do,” said Cain, who is 1-0

“You’ve got that competitive edge, and it felt good,” said Cain, who slipped to 8-10 in 2013 after going 16-5 the previous season “I felt good I was throwing good pitches, trying to get ahead of guys ” Trainer’s Room

A n g e l s : Ou t f i e l d e r Jo s h Hamilton will be out for at least another week as he allows a strained left calf to heal Gi a n t s : Se c o n d b a s e m a n Ma rc o S c u t a ro ( b a c k ) i s n ’ t expected to make his spring debut until this weekend at the earliest Pujols’ Goal

Angels first baseman Albert Pujols is staying true to his word that if he feels good, he will be in the lineup, and not just as a DH

He surprised some by starting his second straight game in the field on Wednesday and got his first hit of the spring

Spor ts

Red to Fight for Eighth Straight Title

Heads to EIWA Championships looking to win and qualify for Nationals

By ANNA FASMAN

Assistant

T h i s c o m i n g we e k e n d , C o r n e l l wrestling will travel to Pennsylvania to compete in the EIWA championships

The Red looks to win its eighth straight title against foes such as Lehigh which is nationally ranked and should be its toughest competition and Penn, who lost to Cornell by only half a

point in 2008

Not only did the Red win the championship title last year, but the team also won by a landslide of 24 5 points In the past, the Red has barely squeaked out a win, but with Kyle Dake ’13 winning by 15 points in his own match and winning the title of outstanding wrestler of the tournament, the Red had a very strong performance

With four of last year ’ s qualifiers

returning to the mat for this weekend’s tournament, head coach Robert Koll looks to have all 10 starters qualify for Nationals To him, qualifying takes precedent over a first place spot at the end of the day

“If given the choice to win the tournament and qualify eight to the NCAA’s or place second and take ten, I would take the latter,” Koll said “That being said, we care a great deal about winning the tournament and the more we qualify, the more likely it is that we win ”

One of the toughest opponents for the Red going into this weekend is Lehigh Only two years ago in the 2012 championships, Cornell was able to conquer Lehigh by a close margin of two and a half points Additionally, the men took on the Mountain Hawks earlier this season and beat them, 33-7

However, senior Chris Villalonga said that anything can happen this weekend and the team is trying to not head into the tournament with any set expectations

“This season has been unofficially named ‘the year of the upset ’ so anything can happen I just like to focus on the next guy in front of me, and take it one match at a time,” he said

Penn is another team the Red plans

Men, Women Finish Season Strong

By HAMDAN AL YOUSEFI Sun Staff Writer

This past weekend, the Cornell men ’ s and women ’ s squash teams participated in both divisions of the men and women ’ s College Squash Association National Individual Championship

The championship took place in Philadelphia and was hosted by both Drexel and Penn

Senior Rishi Jalan was a

“It was a challenge and he took it up.”

standout for the Red and emerged victorious in the Molloy Cup, the B–division of the men ’ s individual championship Jalan was the Red’s sole representative in the division, with teammate senior Nick Sachvie competing in the Pool Cup, the A–division of the men ’ s individual championship

Junior Danielle Letourneau and senior Jessenia Pacheco represented Cornell in the women ’ s A–division, also known as the Ramsay Cup Junior Lindsay Seginson and freshman Rachel Scherman participated in the

Holleran Cup, the B–division of the women ’ s individual championship “[ Jalan] had the potential to be there and it was always going to be quite close He didn’t get a very good seeding and the B’s were fairly close As [ Jalan] went on through the draw, he gained confidence and I think [in] his mind, he was a senior and he got inspired,” said head coach Mark Devoy of Jalan’s winning performance “It was a challenge and he took it up It was a very good finish for him I thought he’d have problems with the number one seed from Brown ” Jalan was impressive throughout the tournament, comfortably defeating MIT ’ s Tyler Finkelstein Friday, before making short work of Penn’s Liam Quinn Jalan carried his momentum to the next day, defeating Princeton’s Michael LeBlanc over three games, as well as edging St Lawrence’s Anderson Good in the quarterfinals These victories pushed Jalan into the semifinal competition against Brown’s Blake Reinson, against whom Jalan cruised to victory Jalan was then set up for a final match showdown against Drexel’s Justin Singh on Sunday afternoon Jalan

squeezed by Singh in a tight first game, before falling to him in the second game

However, Jalan recovered to narrowly defeat Singh over the next two games and be crowned winner of the Molloy Cup

Squashing victory | Senior Rishi Jalan won the Molloy Cup this past weekend, competing in the No. 6 spot for the Red

“It was always going to be a bit tense There were some very dubious refereeing calls for both players, which tended to upset both players ” Coach Devoy said, reflecting

Ithought I would offer some very early predictions about baseball’s upcoming season, since they seem to be equally worthless whether or not I wait for the free agents to sign So yes, I am going pick a World Series b e f o re I k n ow w h e re Er v i n Sa n t a n a o r Stephen Drew will ply their craft

Excuse my bias, but the New York Mets are an interesting team The Mets should not be bad this year, at least not “tire fire” bad Tepid praise, but better than what can be said of every year since 2008 That being said, Matt Harvey is on the shelf for the year and Reuben Tejada is manning shortstop for the time being And with either Ike Davis or Lucas Duda patrolling first, there are definitely some sizable holes

But the Mets have a ton of hope in the pitching department Zach Wheeler is looking to break out, while Noah Syndergaard, the Mets top prospect, is looking to join the team and make an impact If Bartolo Colon and Jon Niese can stay healthy, the Mets should have four above average pitchers and potentially, two very good pitchers General Manager Sandy Alderson said the Mets are gunning for 90 wins We will see how serious he is, depending on who is playing short in Queens by season ’ s end

National League East Champion: the Braves The Braves already have all the pitching and a lineup that is good enough, even if they are not world beaters Jason Heyward, the apparent superstar, certainly has not proven himself as such But the Braves’ pitching already has, and it is backed by a premier defense

In the NL Central, the Cardinals very much remain the predator The Cardinals are a possible threat every year, and this season looks to be no exception They have reloaded with the addition of Peralta at short, and we may see the departure of outfielder Carlos Beltran Following their NL pennant win, they look to be one of the best teams in all of baseball Again

National League Central Champion: I will stay conformist here The Cardinals end up winning this division The Cardinals are still a relatively young team as well and will be around for a while So get used to hearing the phrase "Cardinal Way " The Dodgers just do not care Another year, another huge contract Clayton Kershaw was locked down for $215 million, and with that, the Dodgers have probably locked down another crown A lot of money? They do not care Despite that, L A has not made any noteworthy additions, unless you count the signings of two cuban infielders, a 23-year-old shortstop and a 27-year-old presumptive second baseman named Alex Guerrero Despite this, they still have the rotation with a top three as good as any and a potent, if slightly top heavy offense

National League West Champion: the Dodgers As tempted as I am to pick an upset in the NL, I just cannot find one The