03-08-13

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

C.U. Org to Give S cholar ships To Undocumented Students

By AKANE OTANI Sun Managing Editor

With the cost of attending Cornell’s endowed colleges approaching $60,000 a year, the DREAM Team, a student organization, is awarding $5,000 in scholarships to the University’s undocumented students an act it hopes will alleviate the financial burden students ineligible for federal aid often face

The organization was able to fund the scholarships through the Perkins Prize, an award it received from the University in April for its advocacy on behalf of undocumented

C o n s e r va t i

reforms that would provide a pathway to citizenship

grants, arguing that doing so would unfairly burden taxpayers and exacerbate illegal

President David Skorton, have urged Congress to support undocumented students for the sake of keeping their talent in the U S

“Many of us have lost sight of the important contributions immigrants have made and are making to our culture and our economy, ” Skorton said in

Dreams deferred |

Undocumented immigrants who apply for deferred action remain ineligible for federal financial aid and loans

By DARA LEVY Sun Staff Writer

T h e St u d e n t A s s e m b l y announced its election results for all positions but president and undesign a t e d a t - l a r g e re p re s e n t a t i ve s

Thursday evening

The results of the president and undesignated at-large races will be

re l e a s e d “ p e n d i n g re s o l u t i o n ” o f challenges to the positions, according to an email from the Student Assembly

Jon Weinberg ’13, S A director of elections, said that a public report will be released with the results of the c h a l l e n g e s a s s o o n a s t h e y a re resolved

“The reason for keeping confidentiality is to ensure that the elections committee can go through the process objectively and [in an] unbiased [manner],” Weinberg said

Though Weinberg declined to speak about the nature of the chal-

lenges, he said they could possibly affect both of the currently undetermined races, noting that candidates who run for president can also be elidgable for at-large

Sarah Balik ’15 was elected executive vice president for the 2013-14 academic year In the first round of votes, Balik received 1,312 of 4,141 total votes

“I’m really grateful The other candidates ran great campaigns and are all people with amazing ideas,” said Balik, who is currently serving as a the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences representative

Balik said that her priorities as EVP will be improving campus sustainability, using the SA’s safety surve y d a t a t o w o rk

h C o r n e l l University Police Department and Un i ve r s i

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Cornell NYC Tech has hit several milestones in the past year, and last week, i t h i t a n o t h e r, re c e i v i n g $2 5 million to establish a fellowship to support its graduate students, according to tech campus Dean Daniel Huttenlocher

T h e Ja m e s H a n d Marilyn H Simons Fellowship named for its benefactors will provide partial financial assistance for students at the tech campus, Huttenlocher said

“ This is the first gift for f e l l ow s h i p s u p p o r t a t Cornell Tech and we are extremely grateful to the d o n o r s f o r t h e s e f u n d s , which will be ver y helpful in enrolling a highly qualified and diverse class of students,” he said

The fellowship is meant to be used solely for financial assistance for students, and will not go to other areas of the tech campus, Huttenlocher said

He added that fellowship awards will be made as p a r t o f t h e a d m i s s i o n s process by the faculty and staff in charge of admissions for Cornell Tech

“ The amount of the fellowship per student and t h e n u m b e r o f s t u d e n t s supported will depend on t h e n u m b e r a p p l i c a n t s , their qualifications and the a m o u n t o f a v a i l a b l e funds,” Huttenlocher said President David Skor-

ton said that the fellowship shows others’ confidence in the tech campus ’ mission of turning New York City into a technological hub “ This fellowship demo n s

c e i n Cornell Tech’s promise of

“[ The funds] will be very helpful in enrolling a highly qualified and diverse class of students.”

turning research and disc ove r y i n t o i n n ova t i o n

that will create jobs and change lives in New York City and beyond,” Skorton said in a University statement

mathematics, according to the foundation’s website “Cornell Tech’s mission a

own philanthropic interests and our hopes for a

Quotes of the Week

Ar ts, “T he A rt of O f fe nse , ” Monda y

Sp eaking ab out keeping of fensive jokes somewhat acceptable (and a bit funny)

If it had b een blatantly obvious that [ We S aw Your Bo obs ] was an attempt to make MacFarlane himself seem like a tasteless immature idiot and commentate on so ciety ’ s objectification of women it would have b een a lot less problematic Instead, William Shatner s dis approval felt more like an afterthought included to placate those who might b e offended ”

Julia Moser 15

Tomorrow

Landscape for Life

10 a m - Noon, Nevin Welcome Center

The Coup: Behind the Scenes of the Act With Philippe Petit 12:45 p m , A D White House

Graduate Christian Fellowship Roundtable Discussion: “Has Science Killed the Soul?”

7 -8 p m , One World Cafe, Anabel Taylor Hall

C U Music Presents Dolce Suono 8 p m , Barnes Hall

Carnaval de las Islas Banquet

8 p m - 1 a m , Statler Ballroom

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the girls came out of it with the whole attitude of ‘I wasn’t ready I know I wasn’t ready [and] that is never going to happ en again ’ That ’ s really the attitude I want out of them it s going to make it evident that it s not just a cake

David Eldredge ’81, Head Coach for Women’s Polo

N ews, “C orn ell E st abl ishe s Fir st C ul tur

r For Musl im S t uden ts,” W edn esday Sp eaking ab out how one decision can set the stage for inclusion of an entire communit y “Getting the go-ahead for this center was huge It means the administration really understands the needs of the Muslim community and is ready to work with us to make our community more diverse and inclusive The Muslim Cultural Center can b ecome a hub for non-Muslims to reach out and meet Muslims humanizing the image of Islam on campus ”

Nayab Mahmo o d ’14, internal VP of the Committee for the Advancement of Muslim Culture

sday

Sp eaking ab out the imp or tance of organometallic chemistr y in reducing waste

“The b ottom line is that we ’ re interested in solving or understanding systems and solving problems that are relevant to minimizing the burden we place on this planet Transition metals have granted humans immense p ower to transform matter And the ability to rationally control how they do so is really the grand challenge of inorganic chemistr y in the 21st centur y Prof Kyle L ancaster, chemistr y and chemical biolog y

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

‘Allies’ Will Aid LGBTQ Students In C.U. Greek Life

By KRITIKA OBEROI Sun Staff Wr ter

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s t u d e n t s i n t h e LG BTQ c o m m u n i t y T h e re s o l u t i o n p rov i d e s f o r t h e t r a i n i n g o f “ a m b a s s a d o r s ” w i t h i n Gre e k

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All of a sudden, everybody and their mothers are pouring out their souls on Cornell Confessions What’s your Sun Confession?

“We never actually interview anybody I just watched Kenan and Kel one day and made up the Kenan Thompson interview on the spot ” Disgraced Arts Editor ’16

“I’ve written every single Cornell Confession ” Free Time ’15

“I don’t know who Toni Morrison is ” Freshman Fool ’16

“I practiced em-dashes over winter break ” Compet-er ’15

Compiled by Noah Rankin

t h e S A h a s c h o s e n t o g i ve i t t h e f re e d o m t o i m p l em e n t t h e p ro g r a m i n d e p e n d e n t l y, a c c o rd i n g t o Iw a o k a T h e a m b a s s a d o r s c o u l d b e LG BTQ s t u d e n t s o r s i mp l y a l l i e s o f t h e c o m m u n i t y, a c c o rd i n g t o Iw a o k a B o t h Iw a o k a a n d To l e d o s t re s s e d t h

Kritika Oberoi can be reached at koberoi@cornellsun com

Cornell Student, Ga. Native, Wins Finger Lakes Beauty Pagent

By RACHEL WEBER Sun Contributor

Miss Maryland is no longer the only pageant queen to reign from far above Cayuga’s waters Camille Sims ’15, who was c

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2013 Feb 16 , will compete in the Miss New York pageant in July; if she wins, she will represent New York in the Miss America Pageant Sims a human development major from Atlanta, Ga said she participated in the pageant because of her dedication to community service

“I study human development to do non-profit work,” Sims said “Everything I do, including pageants, goes back to non-profit work ” Si m s , w h o c o m p e t e d against 17 finalists in the competition, recieved a community service award as well as the Miss Finger Lakes title

T h e Mi s s Fi n g e r L a k e s competition consisted of an interview, a round of on-stage questioning, a swimsuit round, a talent round and an evening gown competition The winner also won a scholarship prize Si m s s

i d s h e vo l u

r s w i t h t h e So u t h s i d e Community Center , an orga-

nization in downtown Ithaca that sponsors an after-care program, a weekly food drive and a teen program focusing on female empowerment She said that as Miss Finger Lakes 2013, she has partnered with the organization

“I grew up in programs like Southside Community Center, so I kne w I wanted to be involved,” Sims said At the Southside Community Center, Sims said she tutors teens in math and science, coordinates the program ’ s activities and does office work She also said she was drawn to Southside because she did a lot of community service work in high school and wanted to give back to the community while at school in Ithaca

“I have a platform, which is fighting hunger and improving wellness,” Sims said “My vision as Miss Finger Lakes this year is to fund 10 families that are at-risk and to provide them with groceries ” According to Sims, she also wants to plan a dance where instead of having people pay an entrance fee, they can bring canned goods to be donated to a food bank

“In Georgia, I made a diff e re n c e , ” Si m s s a i d “ Ju s t

because I’m in college, doesn’t mean I don’t want to continue that ” Si m s , w h o i s c l a

y trained in opera, jazz, Latin dance and musical theater, sang a n R & B ve r s i o n o f El v i s Presley’s “Hound Dog” for the t a l e n t p o r t

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Finger Lakes Competition Sims said that she has mainly received support and excitement from other Cornell students for her pageant success, but some students have criti-

pageantry, in particular saying

describes her involvement in pageants from a different perspective

“The best part of pageants is showing people your platform a

It’s

empowering feeling to know that you ’ re speaking for a group of people who can ’ t speak for themselves, and that you get to look like a princess while doing it ”

Rachel Weber can be reached at rlw285@cornell edu

Award Will Fund Scholarships for Undocumented Students

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a letter to Congress published Wednesday “ Their continued contributions are critical to our countr y ’ s success ”

The belief that “higher education should be open to a n y o n e w h o w a n t s t o p u r s u e i t ” d r ov e E s m e r a l d a

Arrizon-Palomera grad and others to provide the scholarship Arrizon-Palomera said that because undocumented students are ineligible for federal aid or loans, they often find it “ ver y difficult” to pay their way through school

“ These students pay tuition through many different ways Some of them are lucky enough to be funded through private organizations that offer scholarships to undocumented students, but others do have to work for themselves, taking time off school to make money, ”

Arrizon-Palomera said “It’s ver y difficult completing school without being eligible federal aid ”

Although with $5,000 to offer and at least 10 applicants to distribute the money amongst, DREAM’s scholarships will be modest in scale, Adrian Palma ’13 said that a small amount of funding could make a big difference in an undocumented student’s life

“Even if we award $500 to someone, that could really go a long way to helping a student get through the semester whether they need new tennis shoes or need to pay for transportation to go home for spring break,” Palma said “A lot of undocumented students are from ver y low socioeconomic classes, so that’s the idea to help give

people the opportunity to purchase their basic necessities ”

He added that, although DREAM originally planned to use half of the $5,000 Perkins Prize for the scholarships, it later decided to use all of the funds because of the pressing need for aid among the undocumented student community

“ The point of the scholarship is basically to really help alleviate at least in a small way some of the financial obstacles that undocumented students face,” Palma said “ The initial plan was to give out $2500 in scholarships and use the rest of the money for other purposes maybe funding for trips, events to put on but in the end we decided the need for financial aid is real in the community ”

Both Palma and Arrizon-Palomera said that they have reached out to the administration in the hopes that the University will ultimately expand the financial aid it can offer undocumented students Currently, undocumented students at Cornell are not eligible for federal aid or loans, and they can only apply to receive funds from a limited pool of financial aid international students can receive, The Sun previously reported

Thomas Keane, director of financial aid for scholarships and policy analysis, said that in an effort to support undocumented students, the University is tr ying to “expand our financial aid program for international students through fundraising efforts ”

He added that “President Skorton continues to advo-

cate for the DREAM Act[’s] passage at the federal level ”

The act, if passed, would allow some but not all undocumented immigrants to eventually become U S citizens, which would allow them to apply to federal aid programs like the Pell Grant

Although with the DREAM Act stalled in Congress, it is unlikely undocumented immigrants will be granted a pathway to citizenship in the near future, President Barack Obama’s deferred action program has given some undocumented students a slight reprieve The program, which was instituted in June, grants some undocumented immigrants a two-year window in which they are protected from deportation

Keane said that students who have qualified for deferred action receive multiple benefits, including “the ability to work and get paid in a legal manner and [have] the fear of deportation [removed] ”

But Palma described the benefits of deferred action, which still bars undocumented students from applying for federal loans or aid, as being “ ver y limited in a sense ”

DREAM’s scholarship is “ an indirect reminder to the Cornell administration and to Cornell alumni that the need for aid is still there,” he said

“I think there’s a lot of red tape and a lot of politics that will make it hard to change anything,” Palma said

Akane Otani can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun com

New Fellowship Will Aid Students at Tech Campus

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stronger, more energized Ne w York We see Cornell Tech as a catalyst for making this happen,”

James Simons said in a University press release

donation from the Simons family, rather than a donation from the organization, a spokesperson for the Simons Foundation said

pledged to donate $50,000 per year starting this year for five years to support arXiv a free

Cornell to keep the project free for the public, The Sun previously reported in September

Tyler Alicea can be reached at talicea@cornellsun com

Winter Storm Sweeps New England

BOSTON (AP) A late-winter storm that buried parts of the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic swept into New England on Thursday, bringing snow, rain, strong winds, big waves and fears of coastal flooding

The region braced for the brunt of the storm overnight Thursday and into Friday Powerful waves and high winds were expected to cause more trouble than snow from Rhode Island to Maine

In the seacoast town of Scituate, Mass , about 30 miles south of Boston, about a dozen streets were closed after Thursday morning’s high tide sent 2 to 2 1/2 feet of water washing into some areas

Emergency management officials said the evening tide brought fewer problems, but they worried about getting through Friday morning’s high tide before the storm was expected to wind down No severe flooding was reported elsewhere

“There are no mandatory evacuations, but it is strongly advised,” said Scituate Police Chief Brian Stewart “Why put yourself at risk? Folks have been through this before, and they know what happens in these areas We’re recommending that people in areas that have experienced coastal flooding to evacuate three hours before high tide ”

In Salisbury, Mass , on the New Hampshire border, officials ordered evacuations for homes along several beachfront streets

The National Weather Service predicted up to 7 inches of heavy, wet snow in southeastern Connecticut and wind gusts up to 50 mph A coastal flood warning was in effect for east-facing shores in Massachusetts, with up to a 3-foot surge at high tide in some areas Central Massachusetts was bracing for 8 to 12 inches of snow, with predictions for Boston and nearby areas of 6 to 10 inches

“We are watching a conveyor belt of wave after wave of snow coming in over the Atlantic,” said Alan Dunham, meteorologist with the weather service in Taunton, Mass “That will be continuing all night ”

On Cape Cod, where the storm was expected to be mostly rain, officials were concerned about beach erosion The area suffered extensive erosion from Superstorm Sandy in October and a major snow-

storm last month

“We’ve really gotten more erosion in the last six months than we ’ ve experienced in the last decade,” said Sandwich Town Manager George Dunham “These three storms are really taking a toll ”

Some in Massachusetts were taking the storm in stride

Mail carrier Stephen Manning didn’t even wear a coat as he delivered mail along Dorchester Avenue in Boston Instead, he wore a hooded sweatshirt

“This is warm, ” Manning said “You wear a jacket when it’s cold ”

Dozens of car crashes were reported across Connecticut on Thursday morning A FedEx tractor trailer overturned on Interstate 84 in Tolland, causing a chain-reaction crash involving about nine other vehicles, including a state police cruiser and two other tractor-trailers No serious injuries were reported

The storm pummeled the nation’s midsection Tuesday, killing at least five people in weather-related traffic accidents

On its way north, it called on Mantoloking, N J , the shore town hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy A pounding surf broke through a temporary dune during the early-morning high tide Thursday The dune breach forced the closing of a major coastal highway for several hours

In Virginia, three people were killed, including a 22-year-old man who died Thursday after his vehicle ran off an icy road, went over an embankment and landed upside down in a creek No details were immediately available on the other two storm-related deaths

Virginia Gov Bob McDonnell declared a state of emergency and National Guard soldiers were sent to help clear roads Up to 20 inches of snow piled up in central and western parts of the state About 120,000 customers remained without electricity by mid-day Thursday, down from more than 200,000 outages at the height of the storm

The storm dumped 2 feet of snow in parts of neighboring West Virginia, closing schools in more than half the state and leaving more than 20,000 customers without power

S .A. Election Results for President and At-Large Positions Are Contested

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Noting that speaking with students might have contributed to her win, Balik said that as executive vice president, she will continue to work with students to learn what they want out of the S A

“People complain all the time about how the S A isn’t transparent enough,” Balik said “We just have to engage the student body just as much as we do during elections; that’s something we can all work on throughout the year ”

Juliana Batista ’16 was elected women ’ s issues liasion at-large She echoed Balik’s comments on expanding the transparency of the S A by working with students

“I think [having a position on the S A ] is continuously about showing your face and talking to

people not just being a higher organization of student government, ” Batista said Batista said that she wants to hear more from students in order to make her agenda less of a personal platform, and instead more representative of what students want from the S A

She also aims to work to improve campus safety, particularly by expanding the Blue Light system

Cameron Pritchett ’15 and Thaddeus Talbot ’15 were elected the two minority liasion at-large positions

The remainder of the Student Assembly election results are located on the S A website

Dara Levy can be reached at dlevy@cornellsun com

REBECCA HARRIS 14

CAMUTI 14

RACHEL ELLICOTT 13

MARTEN ’14

COURT ’15

FLAX ’15

SAM BROMER 16

SARAH COHEN 15

BRYAN CHAN ’15

SCOTT CHIUSANO 15

MEGAN ZHOU 15

BRANDON ARAGON 14

ANNA TSENTER 14

ERIKA G WHITESTONE 15

LEE ’15 Assistant Advertising Manager

Working With the Bear : St ayin g Aware of Vet S chool Problems

About two weeks ago, David Segal wrote an article in the New York Times entitled “High Debt and Falling Demand Trap New Vets ” It made a fairly big splash in the veterinary community: I know the deans of at least a few veterinary colleges sent internal messages to their students and faculty, and both the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges and the American Veterinar y Medical Association posted responses on their websites I know that it is old news now, but I want to offer a student’s perspective on the problems posed by Segal First, to summarize Segal’s main points veterinary students are graduating with hundreds and thousands of dollars of debt; entering a profession that appears to have a shrinking client base and a relatively poor starting salary; and class sizes are increasing across the country, perpetuating these problems One of the serious things that concerned me about the article was that it insinuated that veterinary students are not aware of any of these problems and are blindsided when they graduate from veterinary school a school which, by the way, they’ve seem-

not going to go away on its own and have at least vague plans in mind about how to pay it off

As for the shrinking client base and increasing class sizes these are issues we discuss in school on a regular basis The recession made it harder for people to afford veterinar y care, but hopefully this will change now that the economy seems to be on the upswing again However, if it doesn’t, we also talk about what we can do to educate the public about the necessity of veterinary care and how to encourage people to own pets responsibly Increasing class sizes at Cornell is rationalized by the fact that only pre-clinical class sizes are increasing the way it will work out will make it so that the graduating class will not add to the national supply of veterinarians

loved animals

I can say with

c e r t a i n t y that my classmates and I have been aware of all of these problems since before starting veterinary school I think that veterinary schools actually do a great job in making students aware of the amount of debt they’re going to deal with even before they enroll At almost all of the schools that I visited for interviews or accepted students tours, the interviewers either asked us what we thought about the debt issue or the administration held financial aid workshops to show us what the process was going to be like It’s something my classmates and I aren ’ t happy about, but we completely understand the ramifications

The low reported starting salary for veterinarians under $50,000 is a figure that puzzled me for years before I even applied to veterinary school, but is easily explained when you realize that a fair proportion of students enter internship programs immediately after graduation instead of entering private practices An internship is another year of schooling where you ’ re paid minimally but gain valuable additional experience However, it’s true that the adjusted starting salary, when not considering internships, is not still not ideal, but it’s not completely unmanageable

The article made these monetary concerns seem insurmountable because it followed a graduate from the Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine who had $312,000 in debt However, Ross is a forprofit veterinary school with notoriously high tuition Dr Deborah Kochevar, president of the AAVMC pointed out in her response to the article that the national student debt average is actually around half of that because many students attend their instate institutions which are usually significantly cheaper Bringing these numbers into perspective means that the figures are still concerning, but not abysmally depressing we understand how much debt we are accruing, are realistic about the fact that it’s

We’re told before we apply that loving animals is never going to be enough

However, it is true that the supply of veterinarians is going to increase through other means this is a serious issue that the profession is going to have to deal with Veterinary students and colleges are not turning a blind eye to this fact: we ’ re constantly exposed to new concepts, technologies and professions that show us that being a stereotypical veterinarian is not the only c a r e e r option for us We’re p o w e r f u l l y equipped to enter public h e a l t h , r e s e a r c h , industry and other fields that would benefit strongly from someone trained in comparative medicine It’s true that the majority of us want to be more traditional veterinarians I would guess about 80 percent of my class However, as the national oversupply becomes even more of a pressing problem, admissions departments can look to recruit students with other interests However, The Atlantic recently released a few figures compiled from The Wall Street Journal’ s study of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics which revealed that veterinarians currently have the fifth lowest unemployment rate in the country at only 1 20 percent this is not a statistic that makes us see the need to seek out another career path just yet

That being said, getting into veterinary school is highly competitive and we ’ re told before we apply that loving animals is never going to be enough Everyone says that the personal statements that start with “I want to be a veterinarian because I took care of my dog Fluffy when he was sick and then he died” are doomed from the start We want to be veterinarians because of so much more than just loving animals we ’ re passionate about the profession The science is fascinating, interacting with the people is rewarding and the deductive-thinking techniques we have the opportunity to develop are exciting Most of all though, the similarity I’ve seen across all of my peers is that we have a burning desire to make a difference I’m just one veterinary student voicing how I see these issues, but I think that veterinary student voices are important when holding these kinds of debates, and I would have liked to see more of them in public sources such as Segal’s article

Nikhita Parandekar graduated from Cornell in 2011 and is a second-year veterinary student in the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine She may be reached at nparandekar@cornellsun com Hoof in Mouth appears alternate Fridays this semester

Kimberly Kerr | Guest Room

A ny Person, A ny Study,

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“[Muslim] students applied through the proper channels and advocated for their space on campus, working with school administrators to get permission to use an existing room for this center. It was their idea, not the University’s. Just because a group is represented or active on campus doesn't mean they necessarily want to or have the stamina to fight for a physical space to meet on campus.

If a group of, say, Catholic students wanted to do the same thing, they would have to jump through the same hoops. I witnessed the students who put this together in action, and it was definitely not handed to them whatsoever. As a Cornellian, I definitely appreciate that students are creating spaces for their fellow minorities or religious groups to feel included on the Hill ”

Cayugawrites

Re: “Cornell Establishes First Cultural Center For Muslim Students” News, published March 6, 2013

Tyler Lurie-Spicer | Personal Politics

The Student A ssembly :

A Hollow Token of Legitimacy

If I r a n f o r St u d e n t Assembly, I would star t a ne w Facebook page, just for my campaign The b a n n e r w o u l d c o n t a i n a high contrast picture of me gazing out from the clock tower with a look of confi-

d e n c e a n d p r e s t i g e “ Sp i c i n g u p t h e C o r n e l l Community, one member at a time; VOTE NOW!” would be gracefully scribed

o v e r t h e b o k e h i n t h e upper corner Beneath, I would list all my sponsors just so you can officially see who my friends are If elected, I would make friends with all of

t h e a d m i n i s t r a t o r s a n d

s h o w u p t o m e e t i n g s w h e n c o n v e n i e n t I would join a secret society and business fraternity Before I apply for my next internship, I would put that ne w line down on my resume to make this c i v i l s e r v i c e w o r t h m y time And ever y Thursday, I would wonder why no students show up to the S A meetings

A s t h i s p a s t e l e c t i o n comes to a close, I am left asking myself why do people join the S A ? What does this organization do? What power does it have? What makes it any different than a glorified letter writing organization with t h e p owe r t o d e m a n d a response? We all know that the S A cannot tangibly change University policies, and yet we are still wed to t h i s t o k e n o f l e g i t i m a c y t h a t t h e Un i v e r s i t y h a s given us our voices

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though the S A holds an i n s t i t u t i o n a l i ze d p o s i t i o n , it is inherently one of crit i q u e Ev e r y r e s o l u t i o n calls for a change of some sor t Yet this role of an institutionalized critic can only go so far After all, the administrators are the only e n t i t i e s t h a t g i v e S A m e m b e r s a n y i n f l u e n c e While they may freely criti c i z e c e r t a i n p o l i c i e s i n their letters, such as a lack of garbage cans or calendar

s t a n c e a g a i n s t t h e University However, after t h e r e s o l u t i o n , Pr e s i d e n t David Skor ton asked for a meeting with S A memb e r s a n d t h e i n ve s t m e n t c o m m i t t e e C o u r t e o u s l y, S A members successfully pushed for the meeting to b e w i t h Ky o t o No w ! instead Yet the administration’s actions since the r e s o l u t i o n s h o w a c l e a r attempt to use the S A as a means to circumvent the

We all know that the S A cannot tangibly change University policies, and yet we are wed to this token of legitimacy that the University has given us our voices

c h a n g e s , t h e y w i l l n e ve r question the more fundam e n t a l e l e m e n t s o f t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , s u c h a s why cer tain members are in place or why the administrators have the powers t h a t t h e y d o A f t e r a l l , Un i v e r s i t y a d m i n i s t r a t o r s also provide representatives with a world of networking possibilities that they will forsake should they take t o o c o n t r o v e r s i a l o f a stance

T h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n often uses this communi-

c a t i o n o r g a n i z a t i o n a s a

b u f f e r f r o m r e s p o n d i n g directly to student groups

M a n y p e o p l e t o u t t h e S A ’ s r e c e n t r e s o l u t i o n b a c k i n g Ky o t o No w ! ’ s d e m a n d s f o r f o s s i l f u e l divestment as a sign that the S A can take a critical

student groups fighting the campaigns on the ground, even if the S A members are resistant

A n d y e t , e v e n i f t h e S A h e l p s g r o u p s m e e t w i t h a d m i n i s t r a t o r s , groups should never confuse access to power with i n f l u e n c e o f p o w e r Getting an S A endorsement or even a meeting w i t h S k o r t o n d o e s n o t mean a campaign is won Often, University administ r a t o r s i m p l e m e n t t a c t i c s to turn these meetings into u n p r o d u c t i v e t o k e n s o f s t u d e n t - a d m i n d i a l o g u e Friends of mine in several s t u d e n t s o r g a n i z a t i o n s h a v e h a v e e x p e r i e n c e d many of these tactics In p a r t i c u l a r, t h e y h a v e expressed fr ustration about Skor ton ’ s benign ice-break-

er go-around questions on ever yone ’ s hobbies and life goals that seem to fill up about 80 percent of the meeting It seems to me t h a t S k o r t o n h a s n o qualms about proclaiming these empty meetings as icons of his collaboration with students Cornell is not a democracy It is a business, which naturally gives way to an a u t h o r i t a t i v e p o l i t i c a l str ucture over this community While this S A r e c e i v e s s o m u c h public attention, I question whether it tr uly has any power to keep our admini s t r a t i o n i n c h e c k Ever y activist group knows that writing a letter is only the star t of a campaign and the S A str ucturally cannot go any fur ther Yet it is not our only method o f d e m o c r a t i c e x p re s s i o n on this campus Blocking the entrance to Day Hall might escalate the pressure Publically decr ying cer tain administrators may go a bit fur ther And if all else fails, remember that witho u t s t u d e n t s , t h i s Un i v e r s i t y c a n n o t f u n ction, and on any given day, we have the power to collectively decide whether or n o t we p e r f o r m i n t h a t role

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BY ARIELLE CRUZ AND ZACHARY ZAHOS Sun Arts and Entertainment Editor and Sun Associate Managing Editor

On Wednesday, CUPB presented “ The W Kamau Bell Curve Ending Racism in About an Hour” at Statler Auditorium Afterward, the FX star and Chris Rock protegé sat down with The Sun to discuss his career, Chris Rock and what it means to dedicate your life to comedy and the arts

THE SUN: I read that you dropped out of college; how did you make that decision?

W KAMAU BELL : Well, I guess technically I dropped out twice, now that I think about it I went to the University of Pennsylvania sorry and realized I didn’t want to be a doctor or a lawyer or a business man and that’s pretty much all they do there I mean, for the most part And it’s also super expensive and I didn’t want to waste any more of the money that I already wasted So I dropped out and went home to Chicago to Columbia College which is a media arts school and from there started taking classes at Second City and doing open mic so, I did drop out of college What was the question? [laughs]

SUN: I think you answered it

W K B : I did drop out of college, yes, twice Yeah, so, I just knew that what they were teaching me wasn ’ t something that I was going to try to turn into a job which I think is the main goal of college Well, not the main goal, but one of the big goals is to get an education that you can turn into a job I mean I still think about going back I’m not done It’s this weird thing where people assume I have some sort of political science degree or something and I don’t I just read stuff

Ph D school, so you know, [laughs] I come from a long line of drop outs My dad didn’t get his college degree until he was in his 40s, but they’re intelligent, well-read people I come from a family of people who all just go different paths Whatever grades I had in school didn’t always reflect, necessarily, my intellectual curiosity or the books I was reading And I went to a really good high school, so by the time I finished high school I felt like, if I want to be a doctor, I’ll go to college, but I certainly feel like my high school education was a good education

SUN: Do you have any advice for aspiring artists and comedians?

“I call [Chris Rock] foul-mouthed Yoda because he’s got a lot of advice and a lot of little stuff I can’t quote ”

W K a m a u B e l l

W K B : I mean aspiring artists are a bigger thing Aspiring comedians, maybe I think the biggest thing is [that] you have to just be honest with yourself about what you ’ re doing and what your work is and, unfortunately, there’s a thing about the arts: If you want to sit in your room and create art, you can do that forever, but if you want to try to turn it into a career, then you have to start [asking yourself ], “Is my art doing what I want it to do? And if it s not, can I fix that?” As an artist, that’s a very hard question to ask The reason why I wrote this show is because I was a stand up comic and I was not very good at stand up comedy [laughs] I felt like the biggest thing I did, was that I was honest with myself with the fact that, I wasn ’ t bad, but I was kind of mediocre and I was honest with the fact that “I’m mediocre and I think I can be better, but I have to figure out a different way of being better than just doing the same path ”

SUN: So, now, is your art doing what you want it to do?

SUN: Comedy is a creative medium but, for you, you actually bring a lot of analytical stuff in there You’re talking about current events It’s almost academic in a way

W K B : Well, yeah despite the fact that I dropped out of college, I certainly come from a very academic household You know, my mom was an academic But she dropped out of

F o r W h o m t h e B e l l To l l s

BY ARIELLE CRUZ Sun Arts and Entertainment Editor

“Ending racism in about an hour,” the title of W Kamau Bell’s tour, is the most accurate description of his Statler Hall performance on Wednesday night I walked into the show ready for a comedian, ready to laugh at some bold humor that pushed boundaries and made my stomach hurt After sitting in the audience for about 15 minutes, I realized that this was not that kind of show Of course there were jokes The crowd erupted in laughter on a few occasions But it seemed that the primary purpose of it was, indeed, to end racism in about an hour His performance focused solely and pointedly on race issues in America He spoke about how it is inappropriate to ask a black person to touch his hair or ask how she washes it, about how efforts by white people to be more accepting often reveal more racism than keeping quiet He pointed out a lot of truths And, of course, since Bell is an intelligent guy, he didn’t just point out these problems but proposed how to solve them

His prescription for the racism epidemic: a healthy dose of guilt and pride He asks for people to feel guilt about what they have that others lack: Feel guilty for being 6’3”, feel guilty for being white and male, feel guilty for being thin It s healthy He was also adamant that for better well-being, all people should have pride for their race At one point, Bell called for all of the white

W K B : Well, I do this television show, so on some level yes, but on another level you have to keep resetting you have to keep resetting goals Getting a show is one thing, making a good show is another thing, making a hit show is another thing, making the show such a hit that I can then do other projects and help other people is another thing There are moments when I can be micro and say, “That is what I wanted it to do, and this thing happened and that’s what I wanted ” But in the macro, I could be doing this better You have to be your own worst critic

people in the audience to simultaneously call out, “I’m white and I am proud ” Although the chorus was loud, and very possibly proud, I couldn’t bring myself to join the cheer His theory was sound: If we all have pride for our race, we will want it to be the best We won ’ t stand for people of our race doing things that are wrong, like New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind donning blackface at a Purim party

Overall, I can say the show was provocative However, I don’t think it was as provocative as Bell thought it was His constant side notes about people ducking their heads or wanting to sneak out the door after he said something “poignant” didn ’ t seem founded No one in the audience, at least where I was sitting, looked uncomfortable or squeamish, at least, not to the degree he was hoping for At those points I almost felt like I was being talked down to, that I wasn ’ t being given enough credit for understanding that black people don’t wash their hair down by the river with roots and the prayers of the local shaman Bell is a funny guy However, the overwhelming elements in his show about what we should and shouldn’t be doing, what our problems are and how completely serious he was 90 percent of the time made the show feel more like a lecture than a comedic performance Bell is an intelligent man, and after having the chance to speak with him, I am in awe of some of his insights However, in trying to enlighten and simultaneously lighten the mood, he strikes an imbalance that isn’t quite satisfying

SUN: And there are a lot of critics out there now, from many different channels

W K B : Yeah, there are a lot of critics out there and especially in the 21st century, you have to kind of shut that stuff off Because I think that, you know, people now are just haters, [laughs] I feel like the 21st century is very seductive in leading all of us onto a path where we ’ re not doing anything I would say about 90 percent of comics have a Google Alert for their name, because you just want to see if people are talking about you You will get feedback One of the executive producers on my show is Chris Rock He has lots of things to say, his feedback is really

important and he’s pretty honest about what he likes and what he doesn’t like And that’s plenty And there are a lot of people on the show I don’t need to know what someone who’s not connected to [me] and [has] four Twitter followers thinks about my show

SUN: What’s it like working with Chris Rock?

W K B : It’s kind of like working with Spider-Man It’s sort of like this thing where you don’t think he’s a real person Because I know [and have] worked with famous comedians, but he’s kind of on a level outside of that It took me a long time to get over that: Chris Rock is in the room [laughs] You know because I was in the Bay Area, kind of following my own path, and he came around and was like, “I want to help you get a show,” and I was like, “What does that even mean?!” It took me awhile to get over being starstruck by him And I am past that now, which is great because I’m working with one of the greatest comedians of all time How can that be bad? I call him foul-mouthed Yoda because he’s got a lot of advice, and a lot of little stuff I can ’ t quote Forgetting about the show, he’s really, in the big picture, a mentor for my career

SUN: With all of the discussion we had about race on campus and on our newspaper last month, I just wanted to know what your opinion on Black History Month is W K B : On some level, that America somehow felt a need to make a Black History Month is an indicator of how fucked up America is [laughs] Because it’s not like there’s a place called Black History, that we ’ re like, What do they do over there?” It’s America For me, my personal beef with Black History Month is the fact that it’s sad that we sort of still have that month for schools We should just be having history, you know But if we need that for elementary schools that’s fine For me, the issue with Black History Month is the fact that corporate America tries to embrace it in a weird way, and the media tries to talk about it If you ’ re in elementary school, thank god, because your textbook probably doesn’t even include enough black history But if you ’ re an adult, maybe just make some black friends

SUN: And then in the latter case, it’s more under the guise of making people feel like they’re involved or more comfortable

W K B : Well it makes people who feel guilty feel less guilty, which I think is a big problem with the race discussion in this country It’s a lot just about making people who feel a little guilty feel less guilty There’s nothing wrong with feeling guilty, guilt is actually a very cleansing emotion sometimes You should feel connected to whatever the history in this country is and what your people’s part in it was, because that’s what America’s about, in my opinion I’m a straight dude; I should feel guilty about a lot of stuff There s guilt for everybody I’m a tall guy, there’s guilt for that I feel like there’s enough guilt to go around, we should just pick up our version of that guilt The minute you start to go: “I don’t understand why those people ” that’s when it’s broken I’ll ostracize and make fun of you That’s my job

Arielle Cruz is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun com Zachary Zahos is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at zzahos@cornellsun com

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In Defense of Snobber y

t is March The Oscar buzz has died down and theaters around the countr y have begun to screen the films that summer, fall or winter refused to claim These lonely releases are adorned with trailers and posters but receive little attention Their adver tisements are dressed up in visual and 3D effects, just waiting to be picked up and given some attention They may as well be wearing prom dresses Due to the selection of high caliber titles in the fall and high grossing releases in summer, the worst of the worst comes out in spring For these three months, we critics in the Ar ts and Enter tainment section rotate our noses up and look away

With this protest to “lesser” movies, I find the need to defend the notion that there is objectively better and worse ar t and to illustrate that some people do have more right to categorize ar t I lauded the members of o u r s

Mo o n r i s e K i n g - d o m a s t h e best film of 2012 and discouraging The Dark Knight Rises from a high place on that same list, so I find this an appropriate space to play out the argument in favor of the snobs I recently stirred the debate over whether there is an objective quality of ar t with two friends and their back-and-for th dre w like so:

far off culture high-brow ar t next to an kitschy photograph, he may say that the

o t o g r a p h i s b e t t e r e v e n t h o u g h i t required much less effor t It is unfair to delegitimize his perspective The matter is entirely subjective, and quality depends on a consensus of the majority’s points of vie w

FRIEND 2: The fact that the kid knows nothing about the ar t form or its context is the point If the vie wer is a cultural tabula rasa, he or she doesn’t have the eye and education to tell what is best If you understand a movie’s influences and what literature and ideas it references, you can judge how original or cultivated it is and count how many questions it is raising If you

need a higher level of understanding to access a film, it is a tougher and better work of ar t

tive In the sum of many perspectives, a universal “good” reveals itself

FRIEND 2: There is no vote on what is best If you have a higher level of understanding of an ar t form, you are in the elect The elect are the arbiters of quality The masses are the arbiters of appeal There you have it: Taste is not democratic and although expressions of high taste insult our egalitarian political appetites, I take this perspective Although we don’t like to hear it, ar t is a top-down media

One could argue that modern ar t helplessl y

small number of people usually the

Modern Ar t is deliberately anti-popular and seeks to lodge itself into the attitudes of a small demographic, usually the elite reckoning “ to be great is to be misunderstood by the masses ” Some ar t is fundamentally meant for only a small amount of people; the more education these people have obtained, the greater their right to say whether or not this ar t achieves an objective greatness

resentatives of a group that understands movies and quality

FRIEND 1: A movie cannot be objectively good If you were to show a kid from a

FRIEND 1: Emerson said that, “Good and bad are but names ver y readily transferable to that or this” No one owns the terms “good” and “bad” All taste is subjec-

So if the A&E section’s perspectives offend the average Cornellian (shout out to Sam Bromer ’16 bashing A$AP Rocky’s acclaimed latest album), so be it let us believe that we have the authority on quality After all, audiences go to critics instead of box office results to judge what to go see and look to critics not as forecasters of the audience’s approval or disapproval but rep-

That being said, I would like to give praise to the movies that are loved by haters and philistines alike: those rare films that engage ideas (for the critics) and sensations (for the average audience) equally These directors rank amongst the fe w writers F Scott Fitzgerald referred to when he wrote that all ar tists “who have attained real permanence from Shakespeare to Mark Twain had appealed to the many as well as to the elect ” Let’s hope that this argument can be suspended in the coming of one of these films I bet you, however, that it won ’ t be released in March

Henry Staley is a freshman in the College of Art, Architecture and Planning He can be reached at hstaley@cornellsun com Politicizing Art appears alternate Fridays this semester

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real-time But he wasn ’ t So that makes no difference He was also fined $25,000 by the NBA

This distinction proved important in the game itself The foul occurred with only 1:52 remaining in the fourth quarter, and Ibaka would later help contribute to Oklahoma City’s 108-104 victory over the Clippers

The lack of professionalism shown throughout this whole situation is a huge mess

Griffin called out the NBA for not suspending Ibaka because of a game that Oklahoma City had with the Lakers the following night that was going to be on national television with his comment after the game: “It is surprising [he won ’ t be suspended], but it is a big game tonight and I don’t think they want one of their I really don’t know It’s a big game ” Griffin remained vague to avoid his very own suspension Ironic

Then, to help the situation, Kobe Bryant comes out of nowhere to say that if he had been involved in this incident, he “probably would have smacked [Ibaka] in the mouth ” Classy sentiment, Mr Bryant

There’s a lot of less-than-ideal things going on here First of all, Ibaka clearly pulled his arm back and punched Griffin with intent It was not an accident, unless people normally make a fist and swing it around when trying to get a rebound It seems hard to catch a basketball like that, but they are professionals, so who am I to say

Second, he should have been ejected from that game and he should have been suspended Oklahoma City and the Clippers are only 1 5 games apart in the standings (with Oklahoma City up) and the outcome of that game could have major playoff implications come the end of the season

If Griffin’s accusation is accurate that the NBA didn’t want one of Oklahoma City’s starters to be suspended for their showdown with the Lakers then the lack of accountability was carried to a new and disappointing level

I understand that in the heat of the game it might not be clear what happened, but upon further review, the NBA League Office should have suspended him to make up for their mistake Players have been fined the same amount as Ibaka for merely criticizing the referees after a game, so the fact that there was a punch involved does not seem to coincide with the punishment

And finally, Kobe isn’t helping this situation at all These three men are professional athletes Ibaka’s action was completely unwarranted, and he should have been ejected from that game, and/or suspended following the official review NBA players are meant to serve as role models for younger players, and what was initially an unsportsmanlike play was only further provoked by the comments and response following the game

The fact that this simple play became a top sports headline for the following two days after the incident emphasizes that nothing was handled correctly nor resolved in a manner that could even be close to appropriate

I didn’t know you could punch someone in the middle of an NBA game and get away with it, but I guess for Ibaka, that’s how it is I guess it’s another situation where it sucks to suck

Annie Newcomb can be reached at anewcomb@cornellsun com

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come at home, including victories against No 57 Michigan State on Jan 18 and Southern Illinois and Murray State on Feb 8

“Memphis, in my opinion, is one of the toughest teams we’ll face this semester, ” Tanasoiu said “They have their entire lineup returning and we are going to face a very tough opponent They were only a few points from beating Ole Miss We are excited to host them and compete against a team of their caliber We are looking forward to the challenge ”

The Tigers are led by sophomore Connor Glennon and junior Joe Salisbury, who is ranked No 6 in the Ohio Valley region and 79th in the country by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Glennon, sophomore David O’Leary and junior Johnny Grimal are also ranked in the region, 10th, 11th and 14th, respectively

Sunday will mark the first time that Memphis will play against an Ivy League opponent on the road Cornell and the Tigers have not crossed paths since March of 2003, when Memphis eked out a 4-3 victory over the Red in Blacksburg, Va

Offering free pizza to the first 200 fans who attend Sunday’s match, Tanasoiu said that he is excited for the Red to have the opportunity to play against such a talented team and he hopes that the Ithaca community will come cheer for the Red

“We would love and appreciate the Ithaca community’s support for this match,” he said “Our players need this because we feed off the support from the crowd, so it would be great to compete against a team like Memphis with a lot of people in the stands We have reached such a high ranking in the history of our program and going against Memphis we are hoping to have the Ithaca community’s support ”

Lauren Ritter can be reached at lritter@cornellsun com

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Continued from page 16 Haley Velasco can be reached at hvelasco@cornellsun com

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In First Round, Red to Challenge St. Lawrence

By SCOTT ECKL Sun Staff Wr ter

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Injurie s Hur t End of Red’s Season

By ALBERT LIAO Sun Staff Wr ter

After a promising start to the Ivy League season, the men ’ s basketball team (13-16, 5-7) seemed poised to contend for the Ivy League championship and an NCAA berth The injury bug bit the team hard, however, as the Red lost many key players including sophomore forward Shonn Miller, senior guard Johnny Gray and sophomore guard Devin Cherry and lost four in a row at home The Red looks to bounce back in the last two games of the season on the road against Dartmouth (7-19, 3-9) on Friday night and Harvard (17-9, 9-3) on Sunday in a nationally televised game

Although the Red feels confident about its chances to contend for the championship, it is difficult to continue momentum when key players get hurt, according to head coach Bill Courtney

“Obviously, injuries are a thing you can ’ t control, and when it happens, it’s very tough,” Courtney said “Coming back from Brown [two weeks ago], we were in great shape to push for a championship with four straight home games

We were playing our best basketball and found a rhythm and rotation, but as you lose guys, things start to become different It’s easier to make adjustments midway through the year, but harder when you have just two days before a game to make those adjustments [The impact] of losing starters, your top scorers, defenders and rebounders is immeasurable ”

Those expecting a return from those injured will be disappointed, as Courtney said he does not think anyone will recover from injuries in time for the rest of the season

“I don’t think we’ll have anyone back,” Courtney said “We’re just trying to figure out who we do have We had practice on Monday, and we had eight guys and five of them were centers ”

Despite the loss of many key players, the Red expects the younger players called upon this week to perform well, given the opportunity

“[ Junior guard] Dom Scelfo has been big for us all year and is getting better and better,” said senior point guard and captain Miles AsafoAdjei “[Sophomore forward] Deion Giddens has been playing great basketball and he was great on the defensive end [against Brown and Yale] last weekend, altering and blocking shots He can also score around the basket a little bit, so we ’ re looking forward to him giving us some more great minutes ”

Asafo-Adjei added that junior for ward Dwight Tarwater has the potential to be a solid contributor

“Another guy I think can play very well is Dwight Tarwater,” he said “He has very good size and can do a lot of things for us on the offensive end of the floor ”

The last time the Red played Dartmouth, the men routed the Green, 79-56, and started a key three-game win streak for the team

“We played well [against Dartmouth] definitely because of the pressure, ” Asafo-Adjei said “We took them out of everything they wanted to do I can only remember one possession where they actually ran a play; we sped them up, pressed them and made them turn the ball over ”

According to Courtney, although it will be harder to play the same style as in the previous game, the Red will still attempt to try to add the same amount of pressure

“This week, it’s going to be more difficult [to pressure them] because we don’t have that same speed and athleticism; we ’ re not that team anymore with the injuries, but we still have to try to do some of those things,” he said “We need guys to step off the bench because we need a lot of depth to keep the speed of the game going the way we want it to ”

Against Harvard, the Red need to pay particular attention to the Crimson’s two leading scor-

ers, freshman point guard Siyani Chambers and sophomore forward Wesley Saunders Saunders upped his scoring average from 3 3 last year to 16 6 this year to lead the Ivy League “Chambers is a special young player; he’s ver y quick and most people don’t realize that he is a very good shooter, especially off the dribble, which makes him hard to guard,” AsafoAdjei said “I just want to make all his shots tough, keep him in front and not let him get to the basket and create for others because he’s great at getting his teammates open looks He’s a great all around player so we have to play good team and individual defense to contain him ”

The Red’s injuries could affect the effectiveness of the team ’ s coverage of Saunders, Courtney said “[Saunders] had a lot of offers [to USC and Colorado] and was a big time recruit,” he said “But, did anyone expect him to lead the league in scoring in his second year? Probably not, but we knew he was a great player He’s a tough matchup because he’s relentless going to the basket and without Miller, somebody has to step up and prevent him from getting to the basket and out of the lane ” Regardless of the injuries or being out of contention for the Ivy League title, fans can expect the Red to play as hard as it can, as these will be the last two games the seniors will play

“It’s very important to me to finish this week-

end strong, ” Asafo-Adjei stated “It’s hard to talk about my entire experience in just a couple sentences, but Cornell basketball’s meant the world to me My teammates will be something I’ll remember the most; they were like brothers or best friends We spent the majority of our time together and it’s probably the one thing I’ll miss the most Overall, it’s been an incredible experience and something I’ll never forget ”

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Red will head to Princeton for best-of-three series

By CHRIS MILLS Sun Staff Wr ter

A n u p - a n d - d ow n s e a s o n w i l l t a k e

another dramatic turn this weekend as the Red takes the ice for a do-or-die series to kick off the conference playoffs

To o p e n t h e E C AC Ho c k e y

C h a m p i o n s h i p t o u r n a m e n t , t h e n i n t h -

seeded Red icers (12-4-3, 8-11-3) will head to Princeton to play the eighth-seeded Tigers (10-14-5, 8-10-4) in a best-of-three series The winner will advance to the tournament ’ s second round Cornell will battle the Tigers on Friday at 7 p m and Saturday at 7 p m The teams will square off again on Sunday at the same time, if necessar y

“ [ I ] t ’ s e xc i t i n g , ” s o p h o m o re f o r w a rd

Joel Lowr y said “ Win or go home, so the guys are definitely ready I think we ’ ve played a lot better in series where we were focusing just on one opponent so I think that will help [ T ]he boys are ready to go and excited for the weekend ”

According to senior for ward and tric a p t a i n E r i k Axell, although f i n a l l y e n d i n g the long regular season los-

losing skid, the Red has returned to early season form while boasting a 4-1-1 record in the past six games Head coach Mike Schafer ’86 said he is pleased with the team ’ s progress

“ We went 2-1-1 on the road; we went 20 at home,” Schafer said “I thought we played better I thought we played more disciplined I thought we did a lot of good things in those [final games] Over those six games [there was only one] period where we played poorly ”

The Red is hoping that a third meeting with the Tigers this season will not end in similar fashion to its previous two games with the Tigers In November, Princeton emerged with a 5-3 victor y at Hobey Baker rink, then thwarted Cornell at Lynah in Februar y with a 1-0 shutout One of the biggest challenges for the Red will be shutt i n g d ow n Pr

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Andrew Calof, who finished third in the ECAC with 36 points this season

“If we out-compete them, I think we have a really good chance to win.”

Joel Lowry

i n g s t r e a k helped the team ’ s mentality, the Red will have to adopt a fresh approach heading into playoffs

“I think we ’ re in a good spot right now, ” he said “ That was a tough stretch there those seven [consecutive losses in Januar y and Februar y] but we really learned a lot from it, and we came out mentally stronger after We’ve had a little bit of success in the last few [games], but it’s a whole new season now The real season starts now Ever ybody’s excited and we ’ re just tr ying to go on a bit of a run here ”

Following the frustrating seven-game

“ When you look at [Calof ], he’s probably one of the most crafty players,” Schafer s a i d “ W h e n he’s on the ice, you have to be

h i m , but you ’ ve got to be aware of other people You wish more guys would make the simple plays He’s got his head up all the time, and he moves the puck to people who are open He doesn’t tr y to force things We’ve got to control him ”

Lowr y added that the Red’s deep bench should help the team in the match-up with Calof and the Tigers

“I mean, Calof is obviously a good player, ” he said “ They have some good players on the back end too, and you just want to hit them as much as you can and wear them down I really think a team like us

[that] rolls four lines and can play physical [has] an advantage, and definitely in a playoff series where you ’ re tr ying to wear the other team down ”

Even if the Red is able to contain the Tiger offense, the team will need to bring physicality and a high energy level this weekend

“I think we just need to outcompete them,” Lowr y said “[Princeton’s] always been a team that competes really hard, and that’s the strength of their team, so if we out-compete them, I think we have a really good chance to win ”

D e s p i t e t h e c h a l l e n g e s o f f a c i n g Princeton in the first round, one factor that the team is not worried about is playing on the road

“ We’ve played in all kinds of environ-

m e n t s a c r o s s t h e c o u n t r y, [ i n c l u d i n g ] Denver and Madison Square Garden, so the atmosphere is not going to intimidate us, ” Schafer said “ With the size of our hockey team and the experience at venues they play in through the course of the year, we ’ re built to go on the road [and] we ’ re built for playoff hockey ”

Lowr y added that road trips are benefi-

cial to team bonding before big games

“I think [going on the road] also helps brings the guys together,” he noted “ You spend a lot more time with your teammates than you do when you ’ re at home, and we ’ re all busy with school I definitely think it gets rid of distractions and we can just focus on playing once we get down to Princeton ”

After a season of ups and downs, including primetime victories and fr ustrating defeats, the seniors are looking to add to their Cornell legacy and help determine the fate of the 2012-2013 season by giving ever ything they have got this weekend

“Losing sucks,” Axell said “Specifically being a senior, I don’t want these to be the last two games here, so I’m not ready for the season to end You have to play desperate now it’s desperate hockey [ We’re g]oing out there and laying it all on the line You’re playing to win a championship that’s why we ’ re here ”

Red to Head to Brown for Iv y Lea gue Championships

By JOHN McGRORTY Sun Staff Writer

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L e a g u e “ In o rd e r t o h a ve t h e b e s t s h ow i n g a t t h i s m e e t , we h a ve re a l l y b e e n t r y i n g t o m o t i va t e e a c h o t h e r, ” O ’ Ne i l s a i d “ Ou r t e a m d y n a m i c s h a ve p rove n t o b e t h e b e s t t h i s ye a r o u t o f m y f o u r ye a r s o n t h i s t e a m We a l l

“Our focus has been on championships ever since our last dual meet a month ago.”

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b o o s t ’ e a c h o t h e r ’ s m o r a l e a n d i n s t i l l c o n f i d e n c e i n o n e a n o t h e r, a n d I t h i n k t h a t w i l l h a ve a h u g e i m p a c t o n h ow we s w i m a n d d i ve t h i s we e k e n d ” T h e Re d a l s o l o o k s t o b re a k a va r i e t y o f t e a m re c o rd s a t t h e m e e t Ju n i o r Ta y l o r Wi l s o n i s r a n k e d No 1 1 i n t h e 1 0 0 0 f re e , f re s h m a n Vi c t o r Lu o i s r a

John McGrorty can be reached at jmcgrorty@cornellsun com

Red Prepares to Defend Seven-Game Win Streak

By LAUREN RITTER

Sun Senior Writer

With rackets ready to rumble, the men ’ s tennis team is preparing to host the 2012 NCAA Tournament qualifier Memphis at Reis Tennis Center Sunday at 1 p m Ranked No 23 in the country, the highest national ranking in program history, the Red is set to face off against the 69th-ranked Tigers for just the second time in the teams ’ history

Moving on to win the ECAC Indoor Men’s Tennis Championships by toppling the top two seeds, Harvard and Columbia, in the semifinals and finals respectively, Cornell solidified its place as a top contender in the league The win gave the Red its second ECAC Indoor title in the past three years

So p h o m o re a n d t e a m c a p t a

Fleck has a team-best record of 8-1 from the top half of the singles lineup The team captain also pairs up with sophomore Kyle Berman to comprise a No 3

“We are excited as a staff and a team about the team chemistry and the progress we have made.”

“I think it’s a milestone for our tennis program reaching this high rank,” head coach Silviu Tanasoiu said “I appreciate that it’s great for our players to reach such recognition on a national scene, but more importantly, we are excited as a staff and a team about the team chemistry and the progress we have made as a team since the beginning of the year We are only looking to improve and get better from here on out ”

Hosting the Tigers is just the beginning for the Red Entering the match on Sunday with seven consecutive victories, Cornell (91) has had a strong showing during the spring season Starting with a Feb 3 win over St John’s, who was nationally ranked at the time, the Red has made its presence known

recorded a perfect 7-0 record thus far Sophomores QuocDaniel Nguyen and Jason Luu are 7-1 from the middle of the order

Drawing talent from every player on the team, Tanasoiu expressed his pleasure at how well the team is playing at this point in the spring season

“Right now our strength is our team and every single person from 1-6 is competing at a high level,” he said

While the Red is primed to turn up the heat against Memphis on Sunday, the Tigers have been up against a tough schedule so far this season Memphis’s 3-4 record is deceiving, as the team has suffered a few close losses to nationally-ranked opponents in recent weeks The Tigers come to Ithaca fresh off a pair of 4-2 losses to SEC powerhouses No 40-ranked Vanderbilt and No 13 Ole Miss Memphis’s three wins have

See TENNIS page 12

Matmen S et for Tournament

By HALEY VELASCO Sun Sports Editor

This weekend, the wrestling team heads to the EIWA Championships hosted at Rutgers University

“The atmosphere of the EIWA tournament is very exciting the team race can get really competitive, so the fans really get into every match We have a lot of guys that should do very well and we are looking to qualify all 10 guys for the NCAA tournament, ” junior Mike Nevinger said “Personally, I am looking to win

the tournament Last year I came up a little short and took second, so this year I am looking to win the EIWA tournament and keep that momentum going into nationals ”

The team will send six wrestlers ranked in the top 20 of their respective weight classes to compete against some of the best wrestlers in the country

“Hopefully, the atmosphere of the tournament will be exciting I personally enjoy a packed house, whether they’re Cornell fans or

See WRESTLING page 12

Role Models: NBA Edition

While there unfortunately continues to be a lack of college football in my life, and I’m not counting the combine, (side comment: how are these draft prospects just hanging out at the combine? How are you a student?) I’m going to return to the NBA in this column and talk about the lovely Serge Ibaka

While battling for a rebound last Sunday in a game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Clippers, there was a scuffle between Ibaka, who plays for Oklahoma City, and Blake Griffin of the L o s A n g e l e s Clippers

W h i l e i t was not immed i a t e l y c l e a r what had transpired, after dozens and dozens and dozens of replays on ESPN, a slow-motion video revealed that Ibaka had punched Griffin in the groin I said punched That is because he actually, with intention, punched him Ibaka’s explanation was, “He hit my hands away He’s strong, so when he grabs you, your jersey or whatever, and you try to defend yourself and rebound So maybe you can do some move, not to hurt,

[but] just to get good position ” And Griffin’s rebuttal: “From what I heard, I guess he’s saying he was just trying to get his hand away from mine I actually didn’t have his hand He had my arm, so I don’t know how it’s going to be interpreted ”

So, following this little altercation, Ibaka was given a Flagrant Foul-1 A Flagrant Foul is defined as a serious personal foul with either violent contact or clear intention to be aggressive

Annie Newcomb

Sucks to Suck

There are only two categories of Flagrant Fouls: 1 or 2 If a player is given two Flagrant 1’s in a game, that player would be ejected A Flagrant Foul-2 is more serious, and requires immediate ejection for the player being charged with the foul Upon further review by the NBA after the game, Ibaka’s foul was upgraded to a Flagrant Foul-2 He should have been ejected from the game, had that call been made in