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Magazine Names Hotel School Best in World

Recognition follows controversial decision to merge Hotel School into College of Business

By PHOEBE KELLER Sun Managing Editor

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Cornell Sun Elects 134th Editorial Board

By PAULINA GLASS Sun Associate Editor

Following a stress-

l a d e n s i x we e k s o f compet, several orders of Capital Corner ’ s “ sugar dough” and some additional c l a s s i f i e d s h e n a n igans, The Sun has embarked on a new era The 134th edito-

r i a l b o a rd i n c l u d e s s o m e o f t h e b e s t ,

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s l e e p - d e p r i ve d s t udents on campus

What will this year hold? The incoming board has high hopes

t h a t n o m i c e w i l l make a reappearance in the office and that no websites will crash

Beyond that well, give them some time to figure it out It’s not like they have a p a p e r t o p u t o u t tomorrow

Wi t h o u t f u r t h e r delay, we are proud to present the editors of The Sun’s 134th editorial board:

He l m i n g T h e Sun is S o fi a Hu ’1 7, who was elected as the Editor In Chief o f t h i s i n s t i t u t i o n However, she’d just like to remind you that this institution is a community not a hierarchy

a n d t h a t c h a n g e comes from the bottom-up and not from the top-down

We asked her about her vision for The Sun, but she told us that this is a sharedgovernance organizat i o n Vo t e d “ m o s t likely to pick your b r a i n l i t e r a l l y, ”

So f i a p u l l s l o n g hours at a research lab when she’s not pulling long hours at The Sun’s office

L o u i s L i u ’ 1 8 will serve as Business Manager An Applied

Ec o n o m i c s a n d Management and a Biology and Society double major from

Be i j i n g , C h i n a , h e sports not one, not two, but four tattoos He vows to bring the i n s t i t u t i o n t o h i s level of radness, but we often can ’ t hear what he’s saying over the loud pink-ness of his fresh sneakers

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re p o r t e r P h o e b e

Ke l l e r ’ 1 8 has used her recently found freedom to rapidly ascend the ranks to s e r ve a s Ma n a g i n g

Ed i t o r W h e n n o t penning controversial mega-hit articles or fixing headlines, she can be spotted ro a m i n g C o l l e g etown after dark on her way to yet another lit Sun mixer

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Cornell Students Discuss Financial Aid With Congress

Panel Examines Issues Facing Women of Color in STEM

Students cite discrimination from peers, lack of diversity, self-censure as challenges

By KAUSHIK DE Sun Contributor

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Alumnae Share Stories, Advice

By DREW MUSTO Sun Contributor

Amy Siskind ’87, president and co-founder of The New Agenda and former Wall Street executive, encouraged 500 women attendees to find their voices, calling Cornell the “ women ’ s empowerment Ivy” at a panel Friday Cornell women should strive to maintain their independence, move past setbacks and remain confident in themselves, five accomplished alumnae stressed at the “What I Wish I Knew at 22” panel

Lisa Rangel ’92, managing director of ChameleonResumes com, encouraged students to explore fields that interest them, rather than feeling pressured to discover a career

“If you ’ re not sure what you want to do, don’t feel lost,” Rangel said “Enjoy the journey and do whatever is in front of you the best that you can ”

Women also frequently need to overcome uncertainty about their levels of preparation for the workforce after graduation, according to Young Mi Park ’79, an entrepreneur who has lived and worked in three continents

“That [mindset] is not true; you are ready now, ” Park said to applause from the audience “You’ve had enough preparation, so just do it ” Rangel encouraged audience members to never “make yourself small for somebody else” in relationships

Theresa Flores ’93, manager of public

Saturday.

affairs for Mary Kay Inc , added that Rangel’s advice also applies to women changing their last names after marriage

“Your last name is your identity, and if you want to keep that identity, you should do so, ” Flores said “If, however, for love or family reasons, you want to change your name, that’s your prerogative as well ”

Women at Cornell should have more confidence in themselves, Park said She called her lack of self-assurance one of her greatest regrets

“I always felt that I didn’t deserve things, so I didn’t enjoy my moments of success as much as I should have,” Park said

Siskind added that audience members should “ not replay in your head what happened [in the past]” and focus on moving forward

“I think that life is a series of failures,” she said “You will have future regrets if you don’t take chances that put you in a position to fail ”

Panelists also emphasized the importance of maintaining mental and physical health Park stressed the contribution that positivity and solitude have had to her wellbeing

“Try to find a way to see the positive in things, because positive leads to more positive and negative leads to more negative,” she said “[Spend] a little part of every day by yourself ”

Words of wisdom | Amy Siskind ’87 urges female empowerment at a panel Friday

Students Amend Wikipedia to Address

By NATHANIEL LACELLE-PETERSON Sun Contributor

Forty-four Cornellians revised and wrote Wikipedia articles on women and the arts at Saturday’s third annual Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-athon, according to event organizer and art librarian Susan Newberry

Editors at Cornell improved 39 existing articles and created six new pages, according to Newberry The Edit-a-thon is a global effort that raises awareness for the lack of female Wikipedia contributors worldwide, according to the event ’ s Wikipedia page

Cornell’s event was held at three locations on campus the Johnson Museum of Art, the Fine Arts Library and Olin Library However, the event took place on every continent, and Cornell was just one of its

many locations, according to event organizer and Johnson Museum interpretive fellow Brittany Rubin

“We’re one of these satellite sites, but they have sites in every inhabited continents in the world,” Rubin said Rubin said that although the meetup site had a list of target articles, the focus of the event was not the quantity of edits or new pages

“We don’t have a number goal,” Rubin said “ We’re looking more for quality ”

Some of the improved articles concern women involved in both art and Cornell such as Margaret BourkeWhite ’27, the first foreign photographer to be given access to Soviet industry, and Alison Mason Kingsbury, the wife of a Cornell professor and painter of the Willard Straight Hall mural according to the Wikipedia page that facilitated the virtual meetup

The Wikimedia foundation has found that less than 10 percent of its contributors identify as female, according to the edit-a-thon website

“While the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the practical effect of this disparity is not, ” the website said “Content is skewed by the lack of female participation ”

Last year, around 1500 participants edited in 75 meetups in 17 countries, according to the Art + Feminism website

Editors created 400 new articles and significantly improved 500 articles, the website said Cornell’s event was funded by the Society for the Humanities, the Cornell Libraries and the Wikimedia Foundation via Art + Feminism, according to Newberry

Nathaniel LaCelle-Peterson can be reached at nl368@cornell edu

Women Report Bias in STEM Field

FIRST FRIDAY

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ficult,” Rabelo said “In group projects, my positive and negative feedback is always the same The positive is ‘ you speak up ’ and the negative is ‘ you speak up too much ’”

The stereotype of the “ angry black woman ” makes it difficult for women of color to speak freely, according to Korie Grayson ’16

“You don’t want to cross that line,” Grayson said “I’ve been called ‘ratchet’ and ‘ghetto’ in a profes-

sional environment and often I can ’ t give the reaction I want to give because you don’t want to be seen as ‘ sassy ’ or having an attitude ”

Olaye offered the audience advice on celebrating their successes, encouraging them to maintain and cultivate a strong sense of identity

“Remember who you are, ” Olaye said “You deserve to be at Cornell You deserve to be in an environment and space that’s conducive to your success, and you have to speak up if it’s not doing so ”

Kaushik De can be reached at kd298@cornell edu

Hotel School Lands Top Spot in World Ranking

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“For a top-tier university like Cornell, an outstanding and integrated business program is necessar y for success, ” President Elizabeth Garrett and Kotlikoff wrote in a letter announcing the school’s creation “Students and

faculty need to engage with the economy and business, as well as collaborate with other disciplines ”

However, many students and alumni including several top donors have voiced fears that the quality and structure of the schools will be compromised as a result of the merge

“Essentially all I’ve heard [is]

both, ‘We’re doing a new thing and everything’s going to get better,’ and at the same time, ‘Nothing’s going to change,’” hotel student Ian Kimmel ’16 said at an open forum on the College of Business last month “You can ’ t do both ”

Phoebe Keller can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun com

New Board to Helm The Cornell Sun

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Editor, is from Ridgewood, N J Ridgewood, N J is a mid-size suburb 30 minutes from New York, according to Adam He used to play lacrosse in high school, which is basically the only requisite we had for sports editor

Sophia Deng ’19, a California native, will serve as Blogs editor while missing the sunshine she left for the cloudy cold of Ithaca

Known for his flaming liberal and radically progressive political views, Dennis Fedorko ’17 is the loudest, proudest Democrat voice in the office He will serve as this board’s Design Editor but might end up instituting himself as dictator of The Sun Watch out Philadelphia native Cameron Pollack ’18, the new Photography Editor, brings passion and talent to his post When he’s not searching for the perfect shot, you can find him in hot pursuit of America’s finest slice of pizza Photography is no picnic; while shooting concerts he has been kicked in the head by three crowd surfers Assistant Photography Editor Brittney Chew ’17 is also no stranger to the craft, seamlessly shooting sports games while studying heat and energy transfers as a mechanical engineer She is leading the photography department for the second year in a

row, because there is no way we could have gone on without her Representing three different years at Cornell, Yun Soo Kim ’17, Josephine Chu ’18 and Josh Girsky ’19 bring a chipper office presence to their grueling and thankless job Besides having different class years, they also come from vastly different locales, Vietnam, Delaware and “ two towns over from Phoebe,” respectively

Incoming Arts & Entertainment Editor Shay Collins ’18 can be found on the Arts Quad, convincing common folk that pop punk is intellectually relevant It doesn’t look like he’s succeeding, but don’t worry, he’s crafting a two-year action plan right now to address that The second Arts & Entertainment Editor Troy Sherman ’18, on the other hand, is frequently spotted skating and talking about skating, as well as combing his luscious blond hair in pursuit of that aforementioned “Best Blond” title

Divyansha Sehgal ’18, the Science Editor from Delhi, India, has a lot on her mind When she’s not pondering Doctor Who, she’s devising a plan on how she will survive when computers take over the world

With arguably the “ sweetest ” job on the board, Dining Editor Emily Jones ’18 sure has it good Unlike classic college students who live on ramen, she’s in charge of coverage of

all of Ithaca food events from Applefest to Chilifest and delicious local restaurants

Assistant Design Editor Melody Li ’17 fills the design candy drawer with her own homemade cookies, and Assistant News Editors

Madeline Cohen ’18 and Stephanie Yan ’18 have vowed to keep it filled so the long nights spent designing and headlining can be made a little sweeter with a sugar buzz When they’re not being forgotten in The Sun’s articles, Jack “I’m almost done webbing” Kantor ’19, Zach “Zach Silver!” Silver ’19 and Shan “ not to be confused with Shane” Dhaliwal ‘18 can be found assisting Adam in his tireless quest to get sports on the front page The prodigal sons, as they’re commonly referred to, represent the newest “Big Three” in sports

Marketing Manager Megan Lee ’18 is a triplet from both Los Angeles and Hong Kong She brings her cosmopolitan expertise and teamwork ability (obviously triplets learn to work together) to the board

Rounding out the board is Human Resources Manager Sierra Rinaldi ’18, a self-professed 20-year old cat lady In her position, she’ll care for all those under The Sun with the same dedication she gives to her four cats at home

Paulina Glass can be reached at associate-editor@cornellsun com

Rubio Wins Puerto Rico Primary; Sanders Wins Maine Caucuses

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico

(AP) Sen Marco Rubio (RFla) of Florida easily won Puerto Rico's Republican presidential primary election Sunday, with supporters saying he would help lift the island out of its long economic slump

Returns showed Rubio with 24,866 votes, followed by Donald Trump at 4,494 and Sen Ted Cruz (R-TX) at 2,922, with 95 percent of voting centers reporting “ The numbers are over-

“He understands Latinos because he is Latino And he can bring us closer to statehood.”

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whelming,” said local Rep Jenniffer Gonzalez, chairwoman of Puerto Rico’s Republican Party “This primary in Puerto Rico will demonstrate that the Hispanic vote is important ”

Residents of the U S island, which is struggling through a decade-long economic stagnation, cannot vote in the general election in November but can take part in the party primaries

Any registered voter could participate in the Republican vote, but only if they signed a document of affiliation with the party moments before casting a ballot

Holding 71 percent of the votes cast Sunday, Rubio was all but sure to win all 20 delegates

determined by the primary If no one finished with more than 50 percent, the 20 delegates would be divided proportionately among candidates who received at least a 20 percent share The territor y ’ s three super-delegates have committed to Rubio

Party officials estimated more than 30,000 people cast ballots Sunday Officials said votes cast Friday by some 6,000 inmates would not be available until Wednesday

Puerto Rico is one of the few U S jurisdictions that allow inmates to vote The only other people allowed to submit absentee ballots in the territory were militar y members, but party officials said they did not yet know how many of those had been cast

Orlando Gomez, a retiree whose two sons recently moved to the U S to seek jobs, said he participated in the primar y because of concerns over the island’s economy He voted for Rubio

“He understands Latinos because he is Latino,” Gomez said “And he can bring us closer to statehood ”

On the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders defeated Hillary Clinton in the Maine Democratic Caususes on Sunday, following his victories in Kansas and Nebraska on Saturday With 80 percent of districts reporting, Sanders had 64 2 percent of the vote, compared to 35 6 percent for Clinton

Heavy Rain Leaves Thousands Without Power in Calif.

LOS ANGELES (AP)

Heavy rain led to evacuations and rescues in some low lying areas in California, where thousands of people remained without power Sunday after powerful winds toppled trees and power lines

A second powerful storm was forecast for later Sunday, strong evidence March will not be as parched as the month that preceded it

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan Dies at 94 From Heart Failure

LO S A N G E L E S (AP) Nancy Reagan, the helpmate, backstage adviser and fierce protector of Ronald Reagan

i n h i s j o u r n e y f ro m

a c t o r t o p re s i d e n t and finally during his 1 0 - ye a r b a t t l e w i t h Alzheimer’s disease has died She was 94

The former first lady died Sunday at her home in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles of congestive heart failure, assistant Allison Borio told The Associated Press

Her best-known project as first lady was the “Just Say No” campaign to help children and teens stay off drugs

When she swept into the White House in 1981, the former Hollywood actress partial to designer gowns and pricey china was widely dismissed as a pre-feminist throwback, concerned only with fashion, decorating and entertaining By the time she moved out eight years later, Mrs Reagan was fending off accusations that she was a behind-the-scenes “dragon lady” wielding unchecked power over the Reagan administration and doing it based on astrology to boot

All along she maintained that her only mission was to back her “Ronnie” and strengthen his presidency

Mrs Reagan carried that charge through the rest of her days She served as a full-time caretaker as Alzheimer’s melted away her husband’s memory After his death in June 2004 she dedicated herself to tending his legacy, espe-

ing hands She watched his political speeches with a look of such steady adoration it was dubbed “the gaze ” He called her “Mommy,” and penned a lifetime of gushing love notes She saved these letters, published them as a book, and found them a comfort when he could no longer remember her

After Reagan was shot by John Hinckley

“She became a voice on behalf of millions of families going through the depleting, aching reality of Alzheimer’s ”

cially at his presidential librar y in California, where he had served as governor

She also championed Alzheimer’s patients, raising millions of dollars for research and breaking with fellow conservative Republicans to advocate for stem cell studies Her dignity and perseverance in these post-White House roles helped smooth over the public’s fickle perceptions of the former first lady

The Reagans’ mutual devotion over 52 years of marriage was legendary They were forever hold-

just three months into his presidency, he was said to have famously wisecracked to her, “Honey, I forgot to duck ” In announcing his Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 1994, Reagan wrote, “I only wish there was some way I could spare Nancy from this painful experience ” Ten years later, as his body lay in state in the U S Capitol, Mrs Reagan caressed and gently kissed the flag-draped casket In a statement Sunday, U S President Barack Obama and first

lady Michelle Obama spoke of the Reagan's journey with Alzheimer’s disease

“Later, in her long goodbye with President Reagan, she became a voice on behalf of millions of families going through the depleting, aching reality of Alzheimer’s, and took on a new role, as advocate, on behalf of treatments that hold the potential and the promise to improve and save lives,” the Obama’s said As the newly arrived first lady, Mrs Reagan raised more than $800,000 from private donors to redo the White House family quarters and to buy a $200,000 set of china bordered in red, her signature color She was criticized for financing these pet projects with donations from millionaires who might seek influence with the government, and for accepting gifts and loans of dresses worth thousands of dollars from top designers Her lavish lifestyle in the midst of a recession and with her husband’s administration cutting spending on the needy inspired the mocking moniker “Queen Nancy ”

Heavy rain fell in Northern California overnight and skies cleared early Sunday but another storm was expected to make landfall in the area and spread statewide later in the day

“Let it rain baby,” Don Gordon, a Long Beach resident, told Los Angeles television station KCAL-TV “I was sleeping while it was raining, so it didn't bother me But we need the wet weath-

er ”

Firefighters in Southern California rescued four people stranded along the Los Angeles River in the Encino area

Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department said firefighters were dispatched Sunday after receiving a report of a group of people and a large dog being stranded in the Los Angeles River, City News Service reported

Independent Since 1880

134RD EDITORIAL BOARD

SOFIA HU ’17

Braga, Portugal Editor in Chief

LOUIS LIU ’18

New York, N Y Business Manager

PAULINA GLASS ’18

Seattle Wash Associate Editor

RYAN TORRIE ’17

Tampa, Fla Web Editor

SOPHIA DENG ’19

Hacienda Heights, Calif Blogs Editor

DENNIS FEDORKO ’17

New York City N Y Design Editor

JOSEPHINE CHU ’18

Wilmington, Del News Editor

TROY SHERMAN ’18

Harwich, Mass Arts & Entertainment Editor

DIVYANSHA SEHGAL 18

Delhi, India Science Editor

STEPHANIE YAN ’18

Brooklyn, N Y Assistant News Editor

SHAN DHALIWAL ’18

Berkeley, Calif

Assistant Sports Editor

ZACHARY SILVER 18

Bethesda, Md

Assistant Sports Editor

BRITTNEY CHEW ’17

Foster City, Calif

Assistant Photography Editor

PHOEBE KELLER ’ 18 Rye, N Y

Managing Editor

JORDAN EPSTEIN ’18

Tampa Fla Advertising Manager

ADAM BRONFIN ’18

Ridgewood, N J Sports Editor

CAMERON POLLACK ’18

Philadelphia, Pa

Photography Editor

YUN SOO KIM ’17

Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam News Editor

JOSH GIRKSY ’19

Mamaroneck, N Y News Editor

SHAY COLLINS ’18

Averill Park, N Y Arts & Entertainment Editor

EMILY JONES 18

Basking Ridge, N J Dining Editor

MADELINE COHEN ’18

Hoboken, N J Assistant News Editor

JACK KANTOR ’17

Edgemont, N Y Assistant Sports Editor

MELODY LI 17

Fort Lee, N J Assistant Design Editor

MEGAN LEE ’18

Los Angeles, Calif Marketing Manager

SIERRA RINALDI ’18

Suffern N Y Human Resources Manager

From the Editor

T h e A d v e n t u r e B e g i n s

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Aditi Bhowmick

| Abstruse Musings

TPoverty of Aspirations

here is a salient reason why the contumacious phrase “Make America Great Again” has become so popular A lot of clubs that I am a part of on campus have crafted innocuous modifications of Trump’s catchphrase to inspire members and inject wit in agenda e-mails The words “Make Great Again” will definitely crop up on some organization’s Slope Day shirts by the end of semester There is so much more to these words than mere rhetoric Noam Chomsky’s cogent argument attributing Trump’s ascent to “deeply rooted and potentially fatal feelings of fear and anger ”

There have been several theories attempting to demystify the emerging approbation for Trump’s jingoism A compelling argument has been that the Trump appeal is a result of the slow death of white America In other words, it’s a consequence of American society becoming increasingly diverse This seems like a plausible claim at first, but what about the women supporting the Trump polemic? And is it absolutely inconceivable that a non-white American will not support the Donald at all? Chomsky points out that there are more structural and systemic forces which are responsible He points to the paradox of life expectancy in America, wherein despite accumulating wealth and progress in medicine, America has lower average life expectancy than other developing nations He makes the claim that poorly educated, middle aged white males in America seem to be at the greatest existential risk Therefore, when Trump says, “Make America Great Again,” it is quite probable that the appeal lies in the interpretation that it is a call to restore the greatness of white American males It is both a response to insecurity and a sense of hopelessness that encompasses the times we live in today

There has been a lot of deliberation about whether American primacy is on the verge of decline in both informed academic circles and sensationalized media platforms The phrase “Make America Great Again” is extremely insightful because as Shakespeare brought to our attention, “ uneasy lies the head that wears a crown ” America has been bequeathed with the laudable title of the land where dreams come true for years For a country which has always invoked the concept of the infallible “American Dream,” it is only innate that a sense of insecurity and a constant fear of losing the golden laurel will ensue For the poorly educated, China is the enemy and international economics is a zero sum game For several sections of the population, globalization and the growth of a multipolar world is hurting the “American Dream ” Now Trump is a brash, business magnate who is white and male and is uninhibited when it comes to belittling women and does not care for calculated and considerate engagement with the larger world America coexists with There could not be a better candidate in American politics to champion the “American Dream” as we once knew it, the dream only those of a certain race, gender, religion and sexual orientation could harbor

Before the international community points fingers at America for allowing the rise of the profligate demagogue, it must realize that developing countries have also contributed to this insecurity The Western world coined the phrase, “the poverty of aspirations” to describe the fate of the developing world and domestically, to condemn underprivileged communities However, now there are issues we are facing that place us all in peril irrespective of power and privilege dynamics One such threat would be climate change Another such threat would be the demographic constitution of America which only exacerbates the student debt and pensions crisis that cannot be held at bay forever The tables are turning and we are coming to terms with the fact that the “American Dream” is not exclusively something that can happen only in the West Conversely, the “ poverty of aspirations” is not necessarily something that plagues only developing nations and underprivileged communities We are at a threshold where power relations are changing and somehow do not make too much sense It is only natural that some will lament for the old days and try to fight forces that are structural with anachronistic polemic instead of mitigating the harm that decades of policies have created

The phrase, “Make America Great Again” is interesting and almost unnecessary depending on what our definition of great is If greatness is defined by power wielded by a few, and democracy and fundamental rights being reserved only for one section of the population, this war-cry makes sense On the other hand, if we define greatness by humility, inclusiveness, tolerance and an awareness of the world around us, America has come a long way and there is no need for a pandemic upheaval

Aditi Bhowmick is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences Abstruse Musings appears alternate Mondays this semester She may be reached at ab738@cornell edu

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Kate Poor | Triple Jump

Sports Diplomacy For Justice in Palestine

Growingup in Al Shabora refugee camp, Mahmoud Sarsak recalls that his only toy was a frayed, well-used soccer ball When repairs were needed, he assembled haphazard patches and inflated the ball with balloons, because he knew there was no money for a new ball Sarsak’s childhood scrimmages grew into a passionate dedication to the sport, which eventually took him to a career with the Palestinian national team His visibility within Palestinian football has been a personal source of pride and honor, but the spotlight of national sports has also made Sarsak the focus of heightened violence from the Israeli Defense Force (IDF)

In 2009, while traveling from Gaza to the West Bank to join his new football team, Israeli authorities detained Sarsak at the Erez Crossing checkpoint Checkpoints large and often dangerous blockades that regulate Palestinian mobility frequently become sites of humiliation, sexual harassment and violence After detention at the checkpoint, Israeli a u t h o r i t i e s brought Sarsak to jail; in direct violation of the U n i v e r s a l Declaration of Human Rights, Sarsak spent the next three years in Israeli prisons without a trial or official charges During his internment, he underwent myriad forms of torture, isolation, and violence In protest, he began a hunger strike that lasted for three months and eventually under pressure from the international community provoked his release in July 2012 Then-FIFA president, Sepp Blatter, and UEFA president Michel Platini, were among the principal voices motivating Sarsak’s release, illustrating the immense influence that athletic authorities hold in regards to rectifying human rights abuses in nations with an interest in competing Synecdochically, football teams around the world have become the flagships of national pride; defeats tremor through the populace, and country spirits sail on victories After long-awaited affirmation, FIFA’s 1998 recognition of the Palestinian national team buoyed pride and hope in a people suffering from decades of a violent occupation Yet, the excitement has been stifled, as soccer has become another front through which Israeli forces regulate, immobilize and subjugate Palestinians through detention, harassment and increased surveillance of soccer players and officials

league, Zakaria Issa, was similarly imprisoned for alleged but unsubstantiated accusations of connections to Hamas Issa was sentenced to 16 years in prison, where he was diagnosed with terminal cancer but denied treatment After nine months of his sentence, Israeli authorities released him, but without medical attention the cancer had grown, and Issa died shortly after his release These instances of medical negligence, torture and abuse, and denial of a fair trial outline several human rights violations that detained Palestinian athletes endure

Outside of prisons, soccer players and citizens face constant persecution at checkpoints Jawhar Nasser Jawhar and Adam Abd alRaouf Halabiya, two teenage soccer players, were shot in the feet by IDF while attempting to pass through a checkpoint on their walk home from soccer practice in 2014 After opening gunfire without warning, the Israeli authorities beat them and chased them with police dogs, exacerbating their injuries

eliminating them from participation in international competitions

Palestinian Football Association headquarters have been raided and interrogated by IDF As the occupation dispossesses land and livelihoods of Palestinians, it has devastated local economies and infrastructures; therefore, lack of funding for Palestinian soccer has diminished opportunities, rank and esteem on the world field

FIFA has recognized and even acted against some of the human rights abuses the Israeli occupation of Palestine has inflicted on soccer players Inspired by the successful sports boycotts in South Africa that figured centrally in the dismantling of apartheid, activists around the world have pressured FIFA to uphold their fundamental statutes against discrimination and political oppression in regards to Israel Article 3 of FIFA’s statutes states discrimination based on race, skin color, ethnicity, national or social origin (among other traits) “is strictly prohibited and punishable by suspension or expulsion” of the

Synecdochically, football teams aro the world have become the flagshi national pride; defeats tremor throu the populace, and country spirits sail on victories.

and terror Halabiya and Jawhar were initially sent to a hospital in Ramallah, but later went to Jordan where they could access better medical services than in the Occupied Palestinian Territories While receiving treatment, doctors said that their sustained injuries (including seven bullets in Jawhar’s left foot alone) would most likely prevent them from ever playing soccer again

In addition to checkpoints, warfare surrounds, limits and attempts to eradicate the possibility of Palestinian soccer Israeli Defense Forces have bombed the Palestine Stadium to demolition twice during the last decade (in 2006 and again in 2012) FIFA pledged funds to reconstruct the stadium both times, asserting that the attacks had been waged unreasonably Three players from the Palestinian National Team were among the 2,200 Palestinians who perished in the siege on Gaza during the summer of 2014 The siege also brought about the death of four young boys playing soccer on a Gaza beach, who were murdered in an Israeli missile attack that left their young bodies strewn across the sand

oppressor state However, after hearing testimonies from Palestinian soccer players and fans who cited the prejudiced violence imbued in a state fractured by stratified classes of citizenship, FIFA executives decided against suspending Israel in a May 2015 vote David Zirin contrasted the lack of accountability for justice in Palestine with the godlike respect footballers in other nations receive: “Just imagine if members of Spain’s top-flight World Cup team had been jailed, shot or killed by another country and imagine the international media outrage that would ensue ”

As journalist David Zirin wrote, “If you degrade the national team, you degrade the idea that there could ever be a nation:” attacks on Palestinian soccer have emerged as a potent force in the Israeli corrosion of a future Palestinian state Mahmoud Sarsak incarcerated and inflicted with violence without trial, jury or reasonable evidence now speaks out against the discrimination and brutality that sports players in the West Bank and Gaza undergo Sarsak’s col-

Compounding the devastating effects of warfare, the insidious state-surveillance, discrimination and violence of the ever-present occupation riddle players’ lives

Checkpoints obstruct access to fields, scrimmages, healthcare resources, food and fresh water, as well as dehumanize players under a generalized discriminatory assumption that they are “security threats” that must be monitored and regulated Israeli authorities have denied many players travel visas, effectually

Activists, discouraged by FIFA’s decision, assert that while FIFA may shirk its responsibility to guarantee justice for its Palestinian constituents, FIFA “ cannot delay the growth of the international boycott of Israel or prevent the continued isolation of Israel because of its human rights abuses and war crimes against the Palestinian people ” Across the globe, concerned soccer players and fans have joined with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee, and sports-related civil rights organizations such as Red Card Israeli Racism, calling for athletic authorities to deliver justice against the Israeli apartheid through sports diplomacy Until we see an occupation dismantled, a system of violence disrupted, and a militarized dispossession of rights terminated, we must continue to pressure FIFA to answer, do Palestinian lives matter?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Student Fashion Spotlight

BY TROY SHERMAN Arts and Entertainment Editor

Greta Ohaus ’16 is a senior in the College of Human Ecology She along with the seven other seniors in the program studies Fiber Science and Apparel Design (FSAD), which, come graduation in May, will get her Cornell’s version of a fashion degree Each year for the past three decades, the major, year-long project for FSAD seniors has been preparing a collection for the Cornell Fashion Collective’s Annual Runway Show In looking forward to the 32nd show this Saturday, The Sun has been sitting down with FSAD Senior designers to talk about their experiences in the program here, their fashion philosophies and what might be in store for them once they leave The Hill These designer spotlights will be running every day this week For today’s spotlight, the Sun sat down with Greta to learn more about her design process and what might be in store for us for Saturday’s show

THE SU N: First off, what got you into designing and what brought you to Cornell?

GRE TA O HAUS: I guess I’ve always had a pull towards fashion in general It really started in high school with my personal style: I’ve always enjoyed the feeling of putting on something that makes me feel really beautiful It’s a great feeling and I always wanted to be able to make other people feel that way I guess that’s where it started I’ve always had a thing for art as well Fashion is where my love for shopping and my love for art met

As far as Cornell, my grandmother and grandfather went here When I mentioned I was interested in fashion, my grandmother sneakily sent me some information on the fashion program here and was like, You have to go see it I’m not gonna force it on you, but you should really go look at it ” I ended up coming here because I wanted to be at a place where I could take fashion design classes but also take other courses beyond that

S UN: That seems to be a big thing for designers here, to have the opportunity to take great classes in any discipline Do you think getting a broader view on education has influenced the way you ’ ve designed here at Cornell?

G O : I think it makes everything more dynamic This is probably the biggest collection and concept I’ve worked on, but part of the reason it got to be so big and complex is because I was able to pull from all of the different perspectives I get from all of the different things I m learning about My major feels like the place where I can bring everything else I learn here into one If I were just at a fashion school I might have just gotten one vantage point what’s trendy, what’s fashion, what’s fashion history Being at Cornell you can look into other areas and it’s all part of your education

S UN: Do you have any overarching, governing aesthetic for what you like to reach towards in what you design? What do you do when you design?

G O : Most people that know me would say that I like to be a little over the top and dramatic, and I love storytelling I like to bring that into my collections and my designs I like to come up with a girl and her story, and something that’s hap-

pening to her and what’s happening around her Fantasy isn’t the right word, but I like to make things that are out of this world

S UN: Kind of narrative, in a way?

G O : Definitely narrative Especially the past two collections that I’ve worked on have been really narrative, and I think that’s because they’ve been bigger than what I’ve worked on before I guess that’s because once you get further in the program here, you get more freedom to get more complex with your designs, and for me the girl’s story just gets deeper

S UN: What have you done as far as different collections in the past before the show this Saturday? Is this show the biggest thing you ’ ve been working on so far?

G O : Definitely All of us started working on concept at the beginning of last semester, so pretty much our whole senior year is dedicated to this It’s definitely my baby This is the biggest thing I’ve worked on Last year I did a collection for the show as well, which was a little more separate from classes, and it had a narrative element too That collection and this have been my biggest adventures

S UN: You mentioned you like art too What kind of visual art painting or sculpture do you draw on for your designs?

G O : I’m a big fan of modern art I like to go on gallery websites and just look through random paintings and pictures For this collection I actually started with these paintings by Alma Thomas I think that her paintings have an interesting movement to them; the brushstrokes and the use of color is very exciting I like to look to modern art like that for inspiration

S UN: Are those paintings something that played into this specific line for the show?

G O : Yeah, so this collection actually started when I went to the Fine Ar ts Librar y and was just walking around I pulled out a few really big books tr ying to get random inspiration I ended up pulling out some book about the sea in Russia It just has a bunch of really cool photographs of the ocean There are so many really beautiful pictures, and so I kind of started here, obsessing I have a ver y weird relationship with the ocean The water freaks me out but it’s also fascinating, so it’s kind of funny that this book is what I pulled out After that I decided I couldn’t just pull from one source, so I decided to branch out into all aspects of my life and pull from a bunch of different resources I looked to a lot of paintings This collection stor y is about the journey to where the sky and the ocean meet; not necessarily the horizon itself, but that point that doesn’t actually exist, but we ’ re always looking at it and we ’ re always tr ying to get to it My theor y in this collection is that that’s the end of the world: your personal end of the world and the actual end of the world, and your obsession with getting there This collection is about that journey but also about what it’s like once you ’ ve gotten there I saw Thomas’s painting and I was looking at these pictures of the ocean and I was like, “I feel like that might be what the end of the world looks like ”

SU N: That’s fantastic For someone like me who doesn’t engage much in fashion, let alone designing, how do you condense all of those lofty ideas and such an articulated, almost philosophical point into clothes?

G O : It’s funny; a lot of people ask why I chose fashion out of all of the art forms My parents make fun of me because they think I don’t ever do anything [laughs]; this is gonna sound so pretentious, but I spend a lot of time just thinking I’ve spent so much time thinking about this collection; it pretty much consumes all of my thoughts right now The easiest way for me to articulate some things to other people is through fashion It’s always how I think my ideas come out clearest I’m not the most articulate person in the world, and I can ’ t just draw something and have it make sense Through clothes is how I articulate all that’s going on in my brain As far as the process itself, I’m drawn to color first, and for this collection I definitely started with color I like to start with a body and add ideas onto it step by step My journal is filled with so many trials; it’s pretty messy My system is to choose an image that’s particularly compelling, paste it down and search online to find “the girl” that I think suits the mood I cut down a couple pictures of her, paint over that a bunch of ideas and hope for something to come together I do that with a couple different images and just try to put a bunch of things together Personally, I don’t think you can design by saying, “Okay I want a long dress, I want a skirt, I want a sweater ” I think you kind of have to start from a more abstract angle and let it become concrete as you go If you start out so concrete it’s almost like you already know what you ’ re looking for, and part of the fun of designing is when you discover something on the way that you didn’t know you were looking for And then it’s like, “Wow, that s my finale dress or that s gonna be the opener That s personally how I work; I don’t think that’s how it works for everyone, nor do I think it matters

SU N: Final question: what happens after you graduate? Do you have any idea what you ’ re doing?

G O : I haven’t quite figured that out It’s really hard when you realize that your dream job might exist but it’s not the job you ’ re going to get once you graduate So, what I really want to go to is styling and editing and curating I think my skills in design research and concepts are much stronger than my technical skills Hopefully I’ll be in New York City, hopefully working in a publication or in a fashion closet, hopefully doing something artistic

Tickets for the Cornell Fashion Collective s Annual Runway Show are still available online or from Collective members The show will be held Saturday, March 12 in Bailey Hall

Troy Sherman is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun com

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Slow start | Sophomore midfielder Jordian Dowiak had a goal and an assist in the Red’s loss

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Weighing the Risks of Court Storming

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of storming the court Arizona men ’ s basketball coach Sean Miller has a similar opinion, openly stating his concerns about the well-being of his players should they get hit from an overly-excited fan He points out that there is no prof e s s i o n a l - l e v e l sport where this happens, and that the NCAA needs to address this disparity

To add to the n e v e r - e n d i n g sle w of spor ts statistics, here’s one on cour t storming; the Arizona team has been stormed in 10 out of their 11 road losses This, the coach claims, has made it difficult for the team together themselves and head to the locker room, not to mention difficult to get out of the way so the whirlwind of fans can actually join up with the home team players In evidence of his concerns,

last Febr uar y, Kansas’ Jamari Traylor was hip checked by a Kansas State fan during an incident of “ court storming ” To be fair, if one were to pit a 6-foot-7 NCAA Division 1 Athlete against a fan in the stands, I would ten times out of ten bet on the athlete (hypothetically, of course, since betting is against NCAA rules)

There is a potential risk to both the athletes and the fans in the event of “court storming ”

But this does show that there is a potential risk to both the athletes and the fans in the event of “ court storming ” Not to mention awkward that the losing team does not even have enough time to get off the court and often gets caught in the celebration of their opponent

The NCAA does not have an official, all-encompassing r ule regarding crowd control and court storming, instead allowing each individual conference uphold their own security measures

Certain conferences, such as the SEC and the Big East have strict penalties in place, which fine the teams as much as $5,000 if they fail to prevent fans from storming However, the NCAA has spoken out and said that they do not allow storming at championship games I don’t think that even when the Big Red made it to the Sweet 16 that the fans were allowed to storm the court, and that’s the first time Cornell ever won a game in the NCAA tournament

There is an argument to be made for the spirit of court storming, as it’s something that sets college athletics apart from the professional level, and is such a massive display of fan emotion It also makes for great victory pictures Honestly, I would be a little bitter if I left a basketball game I wasn ’ t even playing in and had to do three months of physical therapy, but maybe that’s just the risk of being a fan

Sophia Scazzero can be reached at sscazzero@cornellsun com

Gillam’s Goalkeeping Locks Down Dutchmen

Junior netminder stops 59 out of 60 shots in the series, helps Cornell get revenge on rival Union

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penalties and had a goal of its own taken away by an early whistle

“I had no problem with the calls they had against us, ” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86 “But we wouldn’t have minded a call going our way once in awhile ”

With seemingly endless opportunities to lose focus and fall off the rails, the Red remained sharp and clean for much of the night

“Our guys didn’t get distracted with it on the bench,” Schafer said “They killed penalties and overcame the adversity tonight ”

Union appeared to take an early lead on second chance opportunity for sophomore forward Ryan Scarfo But the officials went to the replay booth for several minutes and waved off the goal

“I thought that was the correct call,” Schafer said

“I thought the difference between our series last year and this year was goaltending,” Schafer said “[Mitch] had an outstanding series He’s been like that all year ” Gillam, who sports a 933 save percentage, has won ECAC Goalie of the Week four times this season

“I’ve just been working on fighting traffic and handling,” said Gillam “I’m always just trying to make the next save ”

Gillam’s full range of talent was on display all night long He made kick saves, glove saves, covered the puck through traffic and even played without his stick for nearly two minutes No call on the ice was made

“I thought the difference between our series last year and this year was goaltending.”

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There was a long debate over whether or not Gillam had the puck underneath him before Scarfo could take the shot The officials deemed that Gillam had secured the puck and the first period ended with no score

Cornell took the lead 10:56 into the second period on a goal from sophomore defensemen Ryan Bliss The goal was a result of some “puck luck,” Schafer noted

“Ryan shot [the puck] and it seemed like it hit three or four guys before it went in,” Schafer said “That’s the nature of the game right now ”

The rest of the second period was scoreless, in large part due to the play of Gillam and Union goalie Alex Sakellaropoulos

Gillam finished the game with 32 saves In the series against Union, Gillam saved 59 out of 60 shots which gave him a 98 percent save percentage on the weekend

“I just tried to close my five hole as much as I could,” Gillam said “[Someone] grabbed it right out of my hands after I played the puck and threw it in the corner ”

The referee had the puck at his feet and missed what had transpired

The only time Gillam was beaten was 10:56 into the third period on the fifth Union power play

The Red had some chances to win in regulation, as did Union, but the game went to overtime when neither team could punch it in Union tried desperately to escape with a victory, but Buckles had other ideas in mind

His goal was of paramount importance Not only did it prevent a winner-take-all game three scenario, it also provides an extra day of rest for the Cornell, which it will surely need after a gut-wrenching, all-in performance Cornell awaits No 1 Quinnipiac, a team with which it has quite a bit of history The teams played twice in the regular season The Red lost once in overtime and tied the Bobcats most recently

Troy Bridson can be reached at tbridson@cornellsun com

On Friday, a thirdperiod goal from junior defenseman Holden Anderson was all Cornell needed to fend off Union at Lynah After almost 50 minutes of scoreless, backand-forth play, Anderson’s goal, a one-timer from freshman forward Mitch Vanderlaan, put the Red in the lead for good On Saturday, the Red completed the sweep when junior forward Matt Buckles hammered home a shot in overtime Cornell avoided being knocked out by Union in three straight playoffs.

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An occasion for Lynah Faithful’s applause and victory laps around the ice

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By TROY BRIDSON Sun Staff Writer

Three minutes and eighteen seconds into overtime, Cornell men ’ s ice hockey team (15-9-7, 8-8-6 ECAC) had Union (13-14-9, 6-10-6) pinned in the offensive zone

A day after the Red triumphed over Union, 1-0, Cornell had a chance to win again, and this time, a victory for Cornell would mean a trip to the next round of the ECAC playoffs

In the overtime period, the puck trickled into the corner where senior forward Christian Hilbrich gathered it Meanwhile, junior forward Matt Buckles found a bit of space along the left side of the ice and darted towards the goal

“We ended up getting [the puck] in the corner and I just took off towards the net and [Hilbrich] hit me with a nice pass, ” Buckles said “I just wrapped it in ”

From then on, it was endless applause from the Lynah Faithful and victory laps around the ice

But the celebration that ensued appeared to be in jeopardy several times The battle with Union was not the type of game that allowed fans to sit back and relax, confident in their team ’ s victory

The game brought high intensity, end-toend hockey that appeared to leave several players gassed by the end of overtime

Hilbrich sent the puck towards Buckles, who ripped a shot that snuck through several players in front of the goal and found its way into the back of the net Buckles pumped his fist with joy as the rest of the Red bolted onto the ice to greet scorer

The goal helped the men get revenge on a team that had knocked them out of the previous two playoffs Cornell's victory, a 2-1 win, completes the sweep of Union

There was adversity as well for the Red in the form of five power play opportunities for Union and a two-minute stretch in which junior goalie Mitch Gillam didn’t have his stick The fans urged him to go after it in the corner But Gillam, poised and cautious, waited for the right opportunity to retrieve it

There were also moments of controversy

Twice, Union saw goals waved off, one of which came after a lengthy replay

But Cornell also appeared to be squeezed by the officials, as the Red was denied calls on what appeared to be clear

It ’ s a l m o s t b r a c k e t t i m e f o r Ma rc h

Madness, which means it’s almost thetime of year for another basketball tradition: storming the court Storming the court has been a tradition in college basketball for about as long as the sport has been around

The rush of fans onto the court is common at most schools after a monumental game; the crowd goes wild and leaves their seats to go celebrate with their team It happens so often at the end of a big game that to a spectator it seems relatively harmless just a way in which the fans get caught up in emotion and s h ow t h e i r a p p re c i a t i o n f o r t h e t e a m

Personally I have never been a part of storming the court, but it seems fun If you like crowds and celebrating However, apparently recently there has been a lot of controversy surrounding court storming Court storming most recently made it into the news after the rivalry game between Iowa State and the University of Iowa, with Iowa State coming back from a 20-point deficit to earn an 83-82 victory Full of that classic sports-fan joy, the Cyclone fans rushed to join the team on the court and celebrate What made headlines was that a longtime sportswriter for The Des Moines Register, Randy Peterson, got his leg twisted from the stampede and had to undergo physical therapy for three months afterwards Peterson is not a fan

Red Moves to 3-0 on Season With Yale Win

By JEFF ASIEDU Sun Staff Writer

The Red is rolling On Saturday, the Cornell women ’ s lacrosse team (3-0, 1-0 Ivy) faced off against Yale (2-3, 0-1 Ivy) in its first Ivy League matchup of the season In front of a supportive home crowd at Schoellkopf Field, the Red managed to gain the upper hand over Yale and weather a late furious comeback attempt by the Bulldogs to end with the win, 10-6

In the first half, Cornell came out quickly and decisively, scoring six goals and nearly shutting out Yale’s offense in the half The Bulldogs managed to score once, on a goal only 18 seconds before halftime

For the Red, the first period was all about capitalizing on opportunities

“I thought the storyline in the first half was of good shooting off the meter [after a minor foul],” said head coach Jenny Graap “First half we were pretty disciplined with our offense, I thought

we ran our play looks pretty well, and Yale was fouling us quite a bit so four of our initial six goals were off the meter ”

four Cornell penalties in the second half, but kept up her aggressive play style to get a goal at a critical time

Once the second half began, however, it seemed like the tables had turned, and Cornell began getting in foul trouble while Yale opened up with three quick goals, cutting the Red’s lead to just two

“Some of it is the officiating crew and just how they’re going to call it,” Graap said “When you ’ re leading, the calls usually go against you, it’s just human nature, they kind of feel bad for the other team Some of the cards we were taking there were just uncharacteristic I don’t think we ’ ve had that many cards in a game in the 18 years I’ve been coaching here ” Sophomore midfielder Joey Coffy was a key player in the second half, scoring a goal to halt Yale’s momentum and reestablish Cornell’s superior play for the rest of the game Coffy earned two of

“Going into the second half, knowing my teammates had my back and having confidence in my skill and what I’m capable of, taking that drive I was confident that I could really make something happen, ” Coffy said “When I saw [the shot] go in the back of the net, I knew that was a huge momentum change for our team, so I’m just glad I could have contributed that little piece of the puzzle ” Sophomore midfielder Taylor Reed was also a huge contributor for Cornell on Saturday, netting three goals, including the first of the day

“Even though she’s only a sophomore, her poise on the field and her demeanor is that of a senior She absolutely led the charge for us today ” Graap said “She’s an exceptional talent ” Coffy had similarly positive things to say about Reed, praising the consistency of the sophomore’s game

“Taylor had an awesome, awesome day and I can ’ t say it’s unlike any other day she has in any game or practice,” Coffy said, one of Reed’s classmates “She’s always a force, she’s always fearless, she’s always making the smart plays It was great to have her today because I think a lot of our starters, a lot of our midfielders, did kind of have a bit of a tough day shooting, so it’s great having that consistency that [Taylor] always brings ” Cornell’s women ’ s lacrosse team is now 3-0, the team ’ s best start to a season since 2013 The women continue their season on Wednesday with an away game against Colgate