03-13-13

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

S.A. Hop ef ul D i s quali ed; Smith ’14 Elected President

By DARA LEVY Sun Staff Wr ter

After an elections challenge disqualified a candidate and delayed the release of two of the Student Assembly races ’ results, Ulysses Smith ’14 was declared president of the S A for the 2013-2014 academic year on Tuesday Smith said he is excited to lead the S A , saying, “Going forward, I’m confident we have a good group ”

Stephen Breedon ’14, a presidential candidate and the current vice president for public relations for the S A , was disqualified in the election because he was found to have “organized a campaign rally that violated the Code of Conduct on March 4 at 1:30 p m , ” according to a report from the S A elections committee The committee said it determined that Breedon had used a megaphone without a permit at locations not permitted by the University, which gave him “ an unfair advantage” in the election In a statement Tuesday evening, Breedon said that he was saddened by the effects that the decision will have on the rest of the student body

“I am not concerned about my personal loss; I think losing an experienced S A member is a detriment to the entire Cornell community and reflects poorly upon the S A and its processes, ” Breedon said “It’s unfortunate that the voices of so many students are muted because of a minor technicality This was our chance to make a difference, especially in the midst of a byline-funded year ”

Jon Weinberg ’13, S A director of elections, said that because the infraction took place within the first 24 hours of voting, “it was far more likely that it could [have] impact[ed]

Man in C-Town Attack to Face 15 Days in Jail After Plea Bargain

By AKANE OTANI Sun Managing Editor

A man accused of attacking and yelling racist, homophobic slurs at four Cornell students in August was sentenced to 15 days in jail rather than the two years he could have faced as a result of a plea bargain reached in the Ithaca City Court on Tuesday

Anthony Stephans, a student at Trinity College, was arrested on four counts of aggravated harassment in August in connection with the Aug 19 attack

By EMMA COURT Sun City Editor

Nate Shinagawa ’05 M A ’09, current vice chair of the Tompkins County Legislature and 2012 Congressional candidate, announced Tuesday that he would not run again for Congress in 2014

According to witness testimony, at approximately 1:40 a m in Collegetown, Stephans reportedly taunted and chased after students who had never seen him before Stephans, who is Caucasian, allegedly yelled at one of the victims, “You’re going to burn, Saigon bitch” and shoved another one of the victims into a metal railing ignoring the victims’ pleas to “Leave us alone ” When the victims ran away, he allegedly yelled, “Just keep prancing down the street ”

Under New York State law, Stephans could have served up to two years in jail for the initial charges brought by the

Tompkins County District Attorney’s office Because the attorneys ’ settlement dropped the misdemeanor charges, Stephans instead pled guilty in court Tuesday to two violation-level charges: harassment in the second degree and trespassing Stephans will be allowed to complete the remainder of his semester at college before returning to Ithaca in May to serve his sentence, Judge Judith Rossiter J D ’86 said in court Tuesday

Shinagawa ’05 M.A.’09 Will Not Run in 2014 Council Meeting D iscusses Student Housing

“With Congress still failing to turn around this economy, it’s clear Washington needs leadership However, while I’ve been pushed by the national Democratic Party and local leaders to run, I have decided that this district, and my family, need my attention at home,” Shinagawa said in a press release

Shinagawa was the Democratic nominee for New York’s 23rd Congressional seat capturing more than 60 percent of votes in the primary election He lost to incumbent Rep Tom Reed (R-N Y 29) in the November general election by about three percentage points, The Sun previously reported Shinagawa returned to his position as an administrative director at Robert Packer Hospital following his campaign, according to the press release

By KEVIN MILIAN Sun Staff Writer

Tuesday addressed local landlord-

included Ithaca landlords, student leaders and members of the Rental

Office In the discussion, panel

bers said that it was important for students to be acquainted with offcampus housing procedures and laws of Ithaca and New York state regarding tenant ’ s rights They also encouraged landlords to educate students on housing procedures “[Cornell] students aren ’ t necessarily as educated in the process of renting, of signing contracts and of even getting utilities,” said Denise Thompson, administrative assistant

Sororities and Independent Living “On the other hand, our landlords don’t know that they are educators to the students ” Monica Moll, a Collegetown landlord and board member of the Landlords Association of Tompkins County a non-profit organizat i o n t h a t p ro m o t e s p ro f e s s i o n a l skills in local landlords encouraged landlords to join the organiza-

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Lecture by Steven Berkenfeld ’81: “What Is the Future of Work?”

4:40 - 6 p m , Colbert Lecture Hall, Ives Hall

SOLAS: Live in Concert! 7 p m , Willard Straight Theatre

Tomorrow

Designing Effective Presentations

12 - 1 p m , 106G Olin Library

Dr. Robin Buell: Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Spring 2013 Seminar

12:20 p m , 404 Plant Sciences Building

LEPP Particle Theory Seminar

2 - 3 p m , 401 Physical Sciences Building

Michael Warner Public Lecture: “Risk, Normativity, and Valuation” 4:30 - 6 p m , Kaufmann Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall

Fat Cat in Texas Now Slims Down, Adopted by Vet

DALLAS (AP) An obese stray cat found wandering six months ago near Dallas has slimmed down to 34 pounds and been adopted by the veterinarian overseeing his care

Dr Brittney Barton said Friday that the orange tabby dubbed Skinny is doing well on a special diet to help lose weight and increase his metabolism

Barton says she became attached to the onetime 41pound cat she was treating at an animal orphanage and last month he became part of her family Skinny joins Barton's husband, three children, a dog and another cat at her home

Barton says Skinny gets along great with the other animals, can jump up on a couch and runs to his food bag at feeding time She says the house has long hallways that provide good exercise for Skinny

Four Arrested for Calif. Motorcycle Freeway Stunt

WEST COVINA, Calif (AP) Four men including the would-be groom have been arrested for a marriage proposal stunt in which hundreds of motorcycles blocked a Southern California freeway, authorities said The prospective groom and three of his friends were all booked for investigation of misdemeanor public nuisance and participating in an unlawful assembly The 24-year-old groom, Hector Martinez of Covina, also was booked for investigation of exhibition of speed, authorities said

Tuesday

As many as 250 motorcycles stopped on the eastbound Interstate 10 in West Covina on Jan 27 so that Martinez could propose to his girlfriend At one point, a bike sent up a cloud of pink smoke

The stunt, which lasted about two minutes, was captured on video and went viral on the Internet

"They made a spectacle of it," said Sgt Kurt Stormes of the California Highway Patrol "It's a slap in the face of law enforcement, in general "

Martinez's bride-to-be accepted the proposal She is not facing any charges

Book Returned to Estonian Library 69 Years Late

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) An Estonian man has returned a library book 69 years late, partly blaming a World War II aerial bombing that damaged the library for the late return

Ivika Turkson of the Tallinn Central Library says that last week the man in his mid-80s returned the overdue book which was checked out on March 7, 1944, while Estonia was occupied by Nazi Germany along with an apology and an offer to pay a late fee

Turkson said Tuesday that the library waived any penalty for the late return of the tome, which still contained the original emblem and serial number, allowing librarians to identify it

It was not immediately clear why the man waited so long to return the book, a work of fiction by Estonian author Eduard Vilde

Student s Gain

‘Hands-On,’ ‘Real’ E xperience From AEM Program

By NHA-AN BUI Sun Contributor

Business Opportunities in Leadership and Diversity a program in the Charles H Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management held a Green Business Lab in order to promote communication, leadership skills and business ethics among Cornell students in March

According to Deborah Mann, who works with students in BOLD, the lab provided students with hands-on business experience “in real time, under real stressful conditions ”

The 30 students who participated in the workshop which met for a total of 12 hours over two days were divided up into teams, with each team representing a fictional company Students played different roles within the company and encountered real-life situations, such as keeping track of their financial earnings and deciding whether to not to comply with federal laws

At the end of the business simulation, teams gave formal presentations in front of a board of directors, which included Daniel Roth, sustainability manager of the University, and executives from various companies

Board members questioned teams about their management style and critiqued teams ’ commitment to environmental sustainability, according to Mann

“I use this as a capstone event, where leadership development is based on understanding who the [student] is as an individual, while also understanding who their team members are, ” she said “ They must learn to hold each other accountable before they can attack the overall goal As a team, they must seek out the synergies that bring them together ”

Although many of the students who are part of the Leadership Certificate Program offered within BOLD, an intensive one-year program geared toward sophomores who apply to the program are applied economics and

management majors, a few of the students are scattered among other majors and colleges at Cornell

Nikhita Surapaneni ’15, one of the participants in the lab, said the experience helped her gain a better insight on how to lead

“Our company may not have earned the most profit or growth, but my accumulated knowledge on what it

“As an architecture student, one does not always have enough time to collaborate with Cornellians outside the design realm. The [program] helped me as a designer to work with a whole spectrum of leadership personas ”

means to be a leader and how to lead in real life was priceless,” Surapaneni said

David Pagan ’15, another participant in the workshop, said the skills he gained from the Green Business Lab and the BOLD program will benefit him in the future

“As an architecture student, one does not always have the time to collaborate with Cornellians outside the design realm The [program] helped me as a designer to work with a whole spectrum of leadership personas that

expanded my views in the areas of interdisciplinar y [and] simulated business-world teamwork challenges,” Pagan said “Looking into the future, I know that this will definitely be a good skill to possess when working within the design, developer, or business side ”

Mann said she hopes that the Green Business Lab will drive students toward achieving specific goals in a business setting

“Students work toward a triple bottom line, meaning that you not only want your business to be economically successful, but that you also want to be responsive to the stakeholders and the people affected,” Mann said “You also want to show environmental stewardship and make choices that will sustain the future Money is not the only thing that is involved in running a business paying attention to your stakeholders is also paramount ” Mann said that students gained leadership and communication skills from participating in the Green Business Lab “ There are the critical thinkers and visionaries, and also the people who are solely focused on attacking the goal Because students have so many differing personality [and] leadership styles, they need to learn how to communicate and work with others,” Mann said

I.C.-Cornell P roject Will Teach Retirees About Environment

By EMMA QUIGLEY

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Council S ays Renting Should Not Be ‘Adversarial’

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tion, saying, “We try to educate our landlords in ethics and deny membership to those who don’t follow our eight-point code of ethics

This code includes statements such as “We will act fairly in our dealings with tenants ” and “We will respond promptly to tenant request for assistance,” according to a handout Moll provided Thompson and other members of the panel encouraged students to take advantage of resources at the Off-Campus Housing Office in Willard Straight Hall

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process of moving off campus, how to manage expenses and renting

Eric Silverberg ’14, chair of the Cornell C o l l e g e t ow n St u d e n t C o u n c i l , s a i d h e believes his organization can also help disseminate information on off-campus housing resources to students

“It’s not a lack of resources on campus, but the ignorance of knowledge that exists,” he said “Freshmen, sophomores and even upperclassmen don’t know the Off-Campus

Housing Office exists [The CSC] is actively trying to be that resource to reach more broadly across campus ”

Speakers on the panel also emphasized the importance of improving relations between tenants and landlords

“[Renting] should not be an adversarial system, and there’s a false perception that all landlords are bad, and that students are bad t e n a n t s , ” Si

r b e r g s a i d “ Be i n g g o o d requires communication and compromises on both parties ” Te s s a Ru d a n ’ 8 9 , a m

Planning and Development Board, talked about the Community Dispute Resolution C e n t

Collegetown tenants and landlords on disputes

“As a Cornell alumna and landlord, I’m aware of how students behave, [and] I understand the lifestyle When my tenants have ‘lifestyle clashes,’ I refer them to this group instead of going to court, ” Rudan said

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Community Dispute Resolution Center is a non-profit organization that runs on donations and grants, where volunteer mediators are professionally trained to mediate situations Thompson said that the Community

Dispute Resolution Center has been “utilized a lot recently, but they’ll respond to requests when available ” Thompson said that often, resolving landlord-tenant issues is as easy as improving communication between parties

“The best way to get around the issues of noises and parties for both parties is to knock on the door and introduce yourself It’s good to place a face to a neighbor,” Silverberg said Panelists also commented upon the rush for housing and renewing leases, which they said occurs every fall semester Mitch Paine grad, who represented the Rental Housing Advisory Commission, proposed one possible solution to the annual problem

“We are looking at other communities like Ann Arbor to see how they handle this problem They put a moratorium for renewing the lease, 70 days after the signing of the previous one, ” he said “We’re hoping this ‘cooling off ’ period will offer students to see other places, and figure out if they want to commit to roommates and landlords for another year ”

Kevin Milian can be reached at kmilian@cornellsun com

Committee: S.A. Candidate Broke Rules

the integrity of the elections ” According to Weinberg, the S A made it explicitly clear in both a meeting with candidates and in its election rules that a candidate who violates any University policy will be considered to have violated election rules All of the candidates signed and acknowledged that they understood the rules, Weinberg said

According to the committee’s report, the committee used “substantial evidence” Facebook photos and a YouTube video, both of which pictured Breedon using a megaphone to confirm that Breedon had violated election rules At least five of the eight committee members voted that Breedon’s violation compromised the fairness of the election, according to Weinberg

The S A requires a two-thirds vote by the committee to determine that a candidate breached election rules, according to its election guidelines

Weinberg said that, in total, six challenges all relating to the presidential race were filed alleging violations of election rules However, he said that Breedon’s case “ was the only [challenge] that was substantiated ”

Alyssa Banks ’14, who supported Breedon, expressed outrage at the committee’s decision to disqualify Breedon due to his use of a megaphone

“The whole purpose of an election is so that the student body’s voice can be heard; disqualifying Stephen over something as trivial as this stifles our voice,” Banks said She said that Breedon handled the situation with “ grace and dignity,” and in doing so, “demonstrated his character as a person and candidate ” Matthew Laks ’15 echoed Banks’ sentiments

“I don’t think that [using a megaphone] is a fair reason to be disqualified from an election,” he said “I believe that Cornell students should have the right to elect the person who they believe is more qualified Just because someone is using a megaphone

and might not fully know all of the election rules, does not justify Cornell putting in place an S A president that the majority might not truly want ”

The S A released elections results for all positions but president and undesignated at-large representatives the positions that were challenged on Thursday

Smith said that waiting the four days between Thursday evening, when many of the election results were announced, and Tuesday morning, was “ very stressful ”

“Everything was out of my control, so I had to leave it to the elections committee,” he said “I was just as in the dark as everyone else ” Smith said that he attributes his success to his candor about what needs to be changed within the

S A and his record while on the S A As president, Smith said that he aims to make the S A more transparent by improving its outreach programs and strengthening its physical presence on campus Additionally, Smith said he plans to work with the administration to focus on improving residential and community life on campus, “because that is where the student experience really begins ” He also said that he will continue many of the S A ’ s current initiatives, which include improving campus safety and working with the Greek system Geoff Block ’14, Jay Lee ’14, Melissa Lukasiewicz ’14 and Liliana Ma ’14 were elected to the four undesignated at-large positions

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Com men t of the day

“How can you say that an Asian American Center, a Native American Center, an LGBT Center and many others serve a purpose while an International Center serving over 5000 internationals at Cornell isn’t?

Keep your skepticism to yourself, unless you are international and you know the struggles that we face! When I saw that an International Student Center might be built, I was excited to finally be able to access more resources (ranging from cultural adaptation to the U S in a safe space, to language, academic adaptation and social issues, to name a few).

From what I noticed in the past two years, Cornell has an extremely weak international community due to its separation and lack of unifying fulcrum, something that the International Center would help alleviate.”

MoralEzra

Re: “EDITORIAL: Questioning the Need for an International Student Center” published March 12, 2013

Jon Weinberg | In Focus

Making the Most of MO O Cs

Despite significant dialogue about Cornell’s new Tech Campus in New York City, there has been an absence of community discussion about the other new campus Cornell has slowly been constructing the one being built online

As Cornell prepares to offer its first Massive Open Online Course, I am still unclear as to the impact of Cornell’s decision to join a MOOC consortium, particularly on undergraduate students While the University appears to have taken all of the proper steps in coming to a decision, it is still necessary for the administra-

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To many, MOOCs free online courses offered by eminent universities to anyone with an internet connection represent the future of higher education Often, enrollment in each course exceeds thousands of students, who not only view interactive lectures but also complete graded assignments and engage with one another and teaching assistants

The opportunity to educate the world efficiently is, of course, captivating Most of our peer institutions have already joined one of the three leading consortia offering and facilitating MOOCS and have offered diverse courses to a wider audience Clearly, universities are now in a place to expand beyond their brick-and-mortar campuses to engage and educate “ any student” irrespective of location, nationality, ability to pay or language spoken Ezra Cornell surely would

have been at the forefront of pioneering this innovative concept that promotes greater accessibility to higher education

It’s imperative that Cornell lead in educating in a manner consistent with the University’s motto and purpose In a Sun column published last semester, my friend and Student Tr ustee Alex Bores ’13 offered many compelling reasons for Cornell to offer MOOCs Coincidentally, Provost Kent Fuchs recently announced that the University will join either edX or Coursera, two

It’s imperative that Cornel lead in educating in a manner consistent with the University’s motto

consortia offering MOOCs, sometime this month Fur thermore, Cornell announced that its first MOOC offering, per a $50,000 grant from Google, will be “Six Pretty Good Books,” an interdisciplinary course that “explores the social sciences through books by prominent authors including Steven Pinker, Nicholas Christakis, Rober t Frank, Duncan Watts and Dan Ariely ” Cornell is clearly ready to add another dimension to “ any person any study ”

Yet, the decision to begin offering MOOCs is not to be made without full consideration of all possible impacts It is worth noting that while MOOCs reach thousands of students, on average, only 10 percent of those who enroll in a course usually earn a certificate of completion I am myself a MOOC dropout

My initial interest in a finance course offered by the University of Michigan through Coursera gave way to a lack of time and selfresponsibility The dropout rate leads to a return on investment that is ultimately far lower than possible and initially expected That one needs an internet connection to access a MOOC also limits their promise as true levelers in accessibility Additionally, MOOCs are not free for the University

The direct costs of operating a MOOC include product i o n

costs, compensation for the professor and teaching assistant and the maintenance of online infrastructure Since the courses are free, these costs are not recouped; even Provost Fuchs has acknowledged that at best Cornell’s MOOCs will break even

The sources of revenue necessary to reach this goal are rather ambiguous It is also worth noting that Cornell is deciding between a non-profit and for-profit consortium, and the implications of that decision have not been made clear

Despite their promise, MOOCs are unlikely to replace our Cornell education in the near future, nor should they In a piece published in Forbes earlier this year, President David Skorton and Glenn C Altschuler, vice president for university relations, articulated a vision for the offering MOOCs at

Cornell They wrote that “MOOCs should not replace a residential undergraduate experience for young men and women able to afford it or who qualify for financial aid ” They are absolutely right Our education at Cornell is as much defined by the Cornell community as it is by the lectures we have attended You simply cannot replicate the multitude of benefits of a traditional Cornell experience online, and not just because it doesn’t Ithacate through a computer screen

Since MOOCs at Cornell will primarily serve to further our global reach to non-traditional students, the administration should guarantee us that the MOOC offerings will not impede on our education We also deserve more insight into how the University is deciding which consortium it will offer courses through MOOCs are an opportunity to bring Cornell to the world But they also shouldn ’ t take Cornell away from us in Ithaca Provided that resources are not diver ted from undergraduate education and that MOOCs are not funded by our tuition d o l l a r s , t h e y re p re s e n t progress for our University Hopefully, through offering MOOCs Cornell will facilitate the pursuit of “ any person any study” both in Ithaca and online such that o

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By REEM KHONDAKAR Sun Contributor

What if the picture of your mother on your desk was not just a decoration? What if seeing the picture everyday unconsciously boosted your positive thinking, improved your working memory, and even changed how you behaved?

Prof Vivian Zayas ’94, psychology, investigates the behavior of close relationships, and how these relationships can affect our day to day lives As director of the Personality, Attachment and Control Lab, she focuses on representations of close relationships in memory Zayas builds upon the fundamental question: How do we mentally represent the people closest to us?

“We have these abstract representations of people who are important to us; we can bring them to mind even when they’re not physically in our presence, ” she said “They can affect how we behave ”

By using both explicit and implicit methods to measure the “positivity” or “negativity” of a response to a particular stimulus that reminded the participant of a close relation , her lab found that simply seeing a representation of someone close can help people recover from negative memories An explicit measure involves a straightfor ward selfreport in which participants see a picture of someone close to them, and then note their feelings on a numbered scale An implicit measure, while more complicated, is considered to be more accurate because it omits self-reporting bias

One implicit measure involves creating a “ nonsense ” word with no underlying connotations After seeing a picture of someone close to them, participants were asked what they believe the word meant

“The idea is that you’ll use your own internal state to make sense of that word It’s a nonsense word, but if you ’ re feeling nervous, you might interpret that word as being negative, whereas if you ’ re feeling calm and secure, you might interpret that word posi-

tively,” Zayas said

Prof. Vivan Zayas ’94 Researches Relationships

Each participant also wrote a stream of consciousness after the visual stimulus Researchers then coded the words to find out how many negative words versus positive words there were in the writing If the participants had seen a picture of someone whom they had positive feelings for, the ratio of positive to negative words was higher

“What we see is that when we remind people of their mother or their partner, that simple reminder will help improve their mood,” Zayas said

But given all the positive thinking that comes from attachment, what happens with rejection?

“We’re very sensitive to any cue that these relationships could be in danger,” Zayas said “Our alarm is ready, and one of the most damaging threats is when a person within that relationship wants to terminate that relationship, which makes good sense because if you ’ re attuned to the threat you can respond to the threat ”

Zayas used Event Related Potentials which measure brain responses, while participants heard a neutral statement, compared to while participants heard an emotional statement

For example, if participants heard the statement, “If I study for a test, my partner will be ” or “If I am feeling stressed, my partner will be ” they would have to fill in the last word with a word such as “ supporting” or “dismissing ” Zayas used a component of the ERP, the N400 negative wave response 400 milliseconds after a visual or auditory stimulus, to investigate these rejection-like situations The N400 deflection had been previously shown to be associated with greater attention

“We designed the whole task to look at N400 and to see if the deflection would be more sensitive to rejection cues, ” Zayas said She found that the magnified neurophysiological response to filling in the more positive or the more negative word, recorded via ERPs, occurred within 250 milliseconds of

You can ’ t always solve a mathematical problem by reducing it to something you ’ ve already solved Sometimes, you need to rethink a n d re f o r m t h e o r i g i n a l s t a t ements Prof Justin Moore, mathematics, works to find possible breakthroughs on the generalization of Hindman’s theorems and

the classification of uncountable linear orders, in order to better understand the Ramsey Theor y of infinite sets In 1928, the English mathematician Frank Plumpton Ramsey published a paper in which he proved that when a structure, such as the edges from a graph or the positive integers, is partitioned into a small number of pieces, one of the pieces must exhibit some

the stimulus However, this magnified response did not occur with the neutral statement Thus, participants paid more attention to the emotional statement than the neutral one Moreover, she found individual differences in the neurophysiological response among participants, particularly females More emotionally invested participants had heightened responses, while more detached participants had dampened responses

Explicit trials showed participants consistently indicating their positive feelings toward the person who was closest to them, on a scale of zero to nine, as nine When asked whether they had negative feelings toward this person, they wrote down zero

“It suggests that in memory, there is a lot of positivity but there is some negativity even with the person that you value the most, ” Zayas said “Yet these relationships are so complex, and our representations are also so rich, that we don’t see the complexity with self-reported surveys Implicitly, it’s much more complex ”

Co-authored with post doctorate student, Joshua Tabak ’09, Zayas also recently wrote a publication which discusses the effects of gaydar, one ’ s ability to distinguish someone ’ s sexual orientation by simply seeing them The study was based on experimental trials in which participants were shown photographs of men and women for 50 milliseconds In this time, they had to decide whether the person was gay or straight Zayas and Tabak found that not only could people often guess sexual orientation in 50 milliseconds, but they could, unexpectedly, guess the sexual orientation of females better than males

“It wasn ’ t in the realm of what I was doing,” Zayas said, “but I said just because I don’t necessarily think it’s there doesn’t mean it’s not there That’s why we do research ”

Zayas collaborates with several other faculty at Cornell too With Prof Corinna Lockenhoff, human development, she investigates how young versus elderly populations process subtle cues of group inclusion and

exclusion She is also looking into working on inclusion and exclusion in adolescent populations in summer camps with Prof Jane Mendel, human development

Much of the current literature discusses situations of exclusion and inclusion that are very clear and explicit

“For instance, they’ll say, ‘You’re spending the rest of your life alone,’ or ‘You’re playing a frisbee game and suddenly the other two players stop throwing you the frisbee ’ But often, exclusion does not take that form, it’s more subtle,” Zayas said “What we ’ re interested in is how these people assess whether they are being included and excluded, and how do they respond?”

Zayas also teaches Human Development 2600: Introduction to Personality in the fall

Khondakar can be reached at nrk39@cornell edu

Prof. Justin Moore Investigates Infinite Sets

high amount of order or regularity According to Moore, this is now known as Ramsey Theor y An example of Ramsey Theor y would be that if the natural numbers are colored red and blue, there is an infinite sequence all of whose finite sums have the same color, Moore said Ramsey Theor y affects math as varied as algebra, combinatorics, s

n important role in several mathematical developments in the last centur y However, many parts of Ramsey theor y remain limited and undeveloped Moore said Moore’s latest research focuses o

a m s e y - t y p e t h e o re m w h i c h asserts “if the natural numbers are p a r t i t i o n e d i n t o f i n i t e l y m a n y pieces, then one of the pieces must contain all of the finite sums of elements of some infinite subset of the natural numbers ” Hindman’s Theorem only applies to certain types of numbers, and these numbers must be associative as in the following case: a+(b+c) = (a+b)+c

According to Moore, Hindman ’ s theorem doesn’t work for n o n a s s o c i a t i v e o p e r a t i o n s o n l y because of trivial reasons It is possible to modify the statement of Hindman’s theorem to avoid these trivial counterexamples

“My major contribution to the problem so far has been to realize that it would be solved if one c o u l d s u c c e s s f u l l y g e n e r a l i z e Hindman's theorem ” said More, “ The question is now whether it is possible to prove the resulting statement ”

Currently, Moore is working to

figure out the statement and find the tool to prove it If he successfully finds a generalization, mathematicians will find themselves staring into a cornucopia of techniques for solving problems in Ramsey theor y which will be ver y different from those that are currently used

Be s i d e s Hi n d m a n ’ s t h e o re m , Moore works on uncountable linear orders A linear order is a set X whose elements can be compared with one another, and for each element, x < y and y < z implies x < z Uncountable linear orders also fit under the umbrella of Ramsey theor y Mo o re ’ s i n t e re s

theor y can be traced back to his dissertation about Ramsey theor y for uncountable sets at University of Toronto

“In mathematics one has to first understand the obstructions to giving too strong a solution to a problem, as well as what a problem is really asking,” Moore said

Yidan Xu can be reached at yx265@cornell edu

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

STUDENT FASHION SPOTLIGHT : Matthew Gottesman ’13

BY MADELINE SALINAS Sun Contributor

The Cornell Fashion Collective is a student-run organization that features the work of Apparel Design and Fashion Business Management students to produce an annual fashion show for industry leaders and the Cornell community Each year members design for the show, they are given the opportunity to design an increasing number of looks, reaching a mini collection of 10 models by their fourth year This semester CFC is preparing to feature 40 student designers in their 29th annual show on April 27th in Barton Hall One of these designers is Matthew Gottesman ‘13

Matthew Gottesman ’13 began designing for Cornell Fashion Collective as a freshman Now, he does graphics for the show in addition to designing and singing in The Chordials, an on-campus a capella group One of the reasons Gottesman continues to work with CFC is because, as he points out, CFC gives designers freedom to explore design interests beyond the confines of class assignments, while also giving students an opportunity to experiment and build off of the skills learned in Fiber Science and Apparel Design classes In his latest project, for example, Gottesman was inspired by “Collections,” a required class for FSAD majors which challenges designers to identify their philosophies Gottesman quickly keyed in on his own

“I start with texture and build from that,” he says, reaching for the swatch board eased on the corner of his desk

Many of the fabrics Gottesman uses are original creations, and those he chose for his spring collection for CFC are no exception One of Gottesman’s past creations was an experi-

which fuses raised felted prints to a base material “[Designing fabrics] is usually a hobby or craft technique, but I wanted to elevate it to fashion,” Gottesman explained Indeed, his products are far from homely They seem, instead, to echo the sophistication of the Proenza Schouler runway

In his collection for the upcoming show, Gottesman is manipulating needle felting as well as knit work and denim to create a modernized natural aesthetic Don’t be too quick to conjure images of the forest, though As he explained, “it started with a safari theme, but I felt like that had been done, so I thought, why not do safari on another planet?” Drawing inspiration from films like The Matrix and Prometheus, his collection, tentatively named after one of Jupiter’s moons, “Io,” features an organic palette energized by surreal patterns

For one look, Gottesman created an artistic interpretation of leather by fusing paper on top of denim to create a crackled effect that wears away over time The idea was not his own, however He picked up the technique from a Brooklyn based designer in exchange for his own expertise in handbag patterning “My favorite piece is an original black and green snakeskin patterned knit, juxtaposed beside its scaly inspiration,” Gottesman said The raised “scales,” varying in size and shape, showcase the designer’s impeccable detail

In addition to his experience with designers such as Ana Sui and Prabal Gurung, Gottesman interned at Theory over the summer, focusing primarily on knit work “Knit work people are super nice that’s like a rule,” he jokes, recounting his enjoyable summer Since his internship, Gottesman has definitely harnessed his interests independently the fashion department’s knitting machine is stationed at his desk Gottesman’s rack of work in progress features, riffs on

COURTESY OF CORNELL FASHION COLLECTIVE

knit sweaters in crisp white and hunter green perfect for springtime in Ithaca, or, of course, an extraterrestrial expedition As his fourth year in CFC, this year he will be featuring 10 looks in CFC’s spring fashion show as a mini collection “I’m so impatient, I’m all about the final product!” Gottesman says The CFC spring fashion show is quickly approaching though and, on top of prelims and studio work, the work is piling up It’s not uncommon to pull all-nighters in the studio; in the weeks before the fashion show, designers may stake out in the studio for the night to add finishing touches

“At least half of the time I’m awake, I’m in here, whether I’m working or not!” he says, exchanging smirks with a designer across the studio In addition to long hours at work, the fashion students manage to make the most of their long hours together in studio Recently, that’s meant swindling anyone with a car into a trip to McDonald’s Over the course of four years in CFC and fashion courses, the apparel design students, numbering less than 10 seniors, form a very tight knit community bound closer by their common interests

In his last semester, Gottesman looks forward to his career but isn’t excited about having to leave Cornell behind After graduation, he plans to work as an assistant designer and eventually design for his own line Yet, Gottesman will miss being able to “ come in and spend all of my time creating,” in the sunlit studios overlooking Beebee Lake “This room alone, being with all seniors everyone is doing different work but passionate about the same thing ”

Madeline Salinas is a freshman in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning She can be reached at mms388@cornell edu

Cornell Symphony Blows Away Bailey

BY ASHLEY POPP Sun Staff Writer

Amidst prelims and essays last Thursday, the Cornell Symphony Orchestra took the stage With a wide range of contemporary and classical pieces, the audience could not have asked for a better study break Pre-Med student Karen Chang ’15 was grateful for this “breath of fresh air Attending this concert broke the cycle of going classes and heading straight home to study ”

The concert opened with a premiere piece, “Music for Orchestra,” composed by Cornell doctoral candidate Charles Cacioppo Drawing inspiration from Navajo traditions, hip-hop and composers of the Second Viennese School, Cacioppo s piece took everyone by surprise Like most contemporary pieces, “Music for Orchestra” wasn ’ t exactly melodic According to violinist Akito Nicol ’16, “Contemporar y pieces get smacked around a lot” because of this tendency to avoid simple, melodic compositions This sentiment was clear in the crowd: as one audience member joked, “ a monkey using garage band could have made the piece ”

Yet most students appreciated the instrumental disparity Flautist Hee Kyun ’16 found “Music for Orchestra” to be “ not normal,” and after a moment, added, “ not approved,” although she liked the piece In this statement, Kyun touched upon the most defining aspect of the Cacioppo’s work and, indeed, of all premieres: The audience is given the power to judge something for the first time, a power that is thrilling whether you enjoyed the piece or not

From Cacioppo’s contemporary work the symphony moved into more classical pieces when acclaimed pianist and Chemical Engineer Vikram Potdar 14 made his way on stage Potdar had just been named the ninth annual Cornell Concerto Competition winner, and after his performance, it is clear why Potdar took on the role “the lonely piano” in Samuel Barber’s piano concerto “Op 38,” a piece that won Barber the 1963 Pulitzer Prize in music This reflective, somber piece contrasted greatly with Cacioppo’s: Every note seemed deliberate and the artist’s intent clear The movement of the melody between the orchestra and piano aptly captured the path one ’ s thoughts take when dwelling on an idea too long Potdar’s solo was vigorous and his fingers

mesmerizing as Barber’s piece broke the order of the previous movement We are left with a drunken melody and a rabid pianist Barber has let us hear the breaking point of our minds

The piano concerto was followed by Edward Elgar’s “Enigma,” which easily became the fan favorite of the night This may be because a variation of the piece, “Nimrod,” was played at the opening of last year ’ s Summer Olympics in England The choice by Danny Boyle was well received by the public, as the music was considered to be tied to England’s history

“Nimrod” is the one variation that doesn’t fit the theme of “Enigma ” Elgar questions his identity in “Enigma,” naming the piece as such to illustrate his uncertainty of his life and

dichotomy of his character As Assistant Conductor Niccolo Athens explained, he was a man of contradictions, from the “ postRomantic opulence that clashed with his “Classical restraint,” to the fact that he was an “English gentleman [with a] turbulent romantic life ” However, “Nimrod” is a well-formed composition that is not wracked with internal dilemmas

The Cornell Symphony gave an incredible performance, especially considering they were without their conductor, Chris Younghoon Kim, for two weeks The Orchestra’s next performance will be at the end of this semester

Ashley Popp is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at apopp@cornellsun com

The Return of Bob Dylan

A retrospective look at Dylan ’ s past visits to Cornell

BY SAM BROMER

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Cornell’s campus began their rabid hunt for tickets to folk-rock legend

Bob Dylan’s April 14 performance at Bailey Hall as the highly prized commodities went on sale on the Cornell C

What most of these fans probably did not realize, however, is that Dylan has a long history of performance at Cornell that harkens back to a time far before tickets went on sale online or, indeed, before any of these students were even born Dylan’s first two tour stops at Cornell took place in the spring and fall of 1965, respectively

As these two archived Sun reviews reveal, a lot changed between the two p e r f o

Dylan’s sound and his public persona While the first reviewer seems like a condescending outsider, aware o

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nonetheless inclined to paint him as a silly, “Vaudevillian” character, the tone of the second reviewer’s piece mimics the increasing free spirit of the time and Dylan’s increasingly rock-based sound in the wake of the

Strangely Addicted

As soon as I heard the ominous disclaimer of TLC s hit reality TV series

“This program depicts addictive behaviors that are dangerous and risky in nature ” and “Viewers should not attempt, ” I found myself hooked to My Strange Addiction Part of my addiction is because it’s a kitschy spectacle that requires no brainpower More importantly, though, this seemingly trashy show exudes an amazing amount of social commentary about power and class that not even the most opinionated speaker on CSPAN could match Consider the title itself: What makes it an addiction? Why is it strange? What makes it worthy of television? What makes us want to watch it?

The very confessional format of the show puts each subject under the scalpel of the audience ’ s constant analysis We constantly dissect each addict to discover the true underlying cause of his or her addiction The experience is much like a Catholic confessional booth, where followers confess their sins before the priest forms the truth, the explanation, beneath the confession yet, unlike the priest

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Sam Bromer is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at arts-andentertainment-editor@cornellsun com

who can determine whether a confession translates into a problem, TLC intermediates to determine what is a problem Admittedly, the confessors in both the booth and on My Strange Addiction already believed a problem existed to feel compelled to reach out there was already an assumption by the confessor that there was a problem But within the confessional booth, the priest still has the authority to decide that there’s nothing wrong within the confessor; the possibility of this decision doesn’t exist in My Strange Addiction Such a

difference seems minute, since it is just an extra level of authority from the confessor to the audience as analysts But TLC’s purpose as a TV network makes its determination of what an “addiction” is has a huge impact

Usually, we get pretty neat explanations: Evan and Nicole’s addictions began after their father and mother respectively died But sometimes the explanations are very messy Riley, for example, explained to her friend

early on in one episode that she is “addicted to being a baby” because being transgender meant she missed the experience of growing up as a girl But later, the therapist who analyzes Riley determines that it was because she was bullied as a child, despite Riley’s protestations that she doubt it had anything to do with it And while both things are true she is transgender and she was bullied Riley thinks it’s a quirky lifestyle choice, not a problem We, as the audience, are compelled to believe that her denial of that truth constitutes a meta-problem

More worryingly, the justifications of the problems are suspiciously divided on the basis of class Most unemployed and working class confessors have addictions that deal with their own bodies ingesting plastic/rocks/bleach, keeping pets that harm the confessor’s health, butt injections and are disapproved for not spending their time and money in the “right” and “productive” way

In contrast, most middle class and bourgeois confessors have addictions that deal with other bodies taxidermy, eating her dead husband’s ashes, collecting roadkill and are disapproved for hiding their addiction, implying they can still project the image of being disciplined from their impulses These are the addictions that are explained as strange obsessions that innocently developed but still must be educated about the evils Regardless, many continue their “addictions” because they see

no problem with them

The British psychoanalyst Adam Philips once outlined in “An Answer to Questions” that psychoanalysis’ role is not to provide answers, but to provide questions As he once stated, “It is misleading somehow baffling, or distracting to be interested in answers the problem with the question is its need for an answer ” Likewise, My Strange Addiction was designed to give us the final answer, but we are smarter than TLC thinks us to be The most fascinating facets of the show which lies underneath what TLC says is underneath are the questions it raises

Kai Sam Ng is a junior in the School of Labor and Industrial Relations He can be reached at kng@cornellsun com You’ve Got To Be Kitsching Me appears alternate Wednesdays this semester

ST LOUIS (AP) Mark Mihal was having a good opening day on the links when he noticed an unusual depression on the 14th fairway at Annbriar Golf Club in southern Illinois Remarking to his friends how awkward it would be to have to hit out of it, he went over for a closer look

One step onto the pocked section and the 43-year-old mortgage broker plunged into a sinkhole He landed 18 feet down with a painful thud, and his friends managed to hoist him to safety with a rope after about 20 minutes But Friday’s experience gave Mihal quite a fright, particularly after the recent death of a Florida man whose body hasn’t been found since a sinkhole swallowed him and his bedroom

“I feel lucky just to come out of it with a shoulder injury, falling that far and not knowing what I was going to hit,” Mihal, from the St Louis suburb of Creve Coeur, told The Associated Press before heading off to learn whether he’ll need surgery “It was absolutely crazy ”

Annbriar general manager Russ Nobbe described the sinkhole as “ an extremely unfortunate event, an event we feel is an act of nature ”

“We don’t feel there is any way we could have foreseen this happening,” he told a Tuesday news conference

Mihal said it was a real downer on what had been a fine outing

With winter finally nearing an end, “it was the first day to get to play in a long time,” he said “So I wasn ’ t expecting too much ”

Golfing with buddies, Mihal was waiting to hit his third shot, some 100 yards from the pin on the par 5, when he noticed a bathtub-looking indentation about knee deep just behind him on the fairway At just one over par for the round, the golfer with a 6 handicap was on a roll

Then the ground gave way beneath him

“It didn’t look unstable,” Mihal said “And then I was gone I was just freefalling It felt like forever, but it was just a second or two, and I didn’t know what I was going to hit And all I saw was darkness ”

Getting panicky and knowing his shoulder “ was busted,” Mihal assessed his dilemma in pitch darkness as he rested on a mound of mud, wondering if the ground would give way more and send him deeper into the pit that was 10-feet wide at the opening, then broadened out into the shape of a bell below the surface

“I was looking around, clinging to the mud pile, trying to see if there was a way out, ” he said “At that point, I started yelling, “I need a ladder and a rope, and you guys need to get me out of here ’”

A ladder hustled to the scene was too short, and Mihal’s damaged shoulder crimped his ability to climb

One of his golf partners, a real-estate agent, made his way into the hole, converted his sweater into a splint for Mihal and tied a rope around his friend, who was pulled to safety

Gymnasts Place Second in Meet

By TUCKER MAGGIO- HUCEK Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell Gymnastics team continued its solid form this season last Sunday at Southern Connecticut University, scoring over 191 000 for the fourth consecutive meet The Red had a strong performance on all three events but came up just short of Brown’s 192 000 to place second in the meet This marks the second time in three weeks they have finished second to Brown The second place finish was the fourth consecutive meet that the Red have finished as runner up Cornell’s 191 675 was just short of Brown but was good enough to top Southern Connecticut’s 191 025 and West Chester’s 186 425

The Red had particularly good scores on the vault and bars Saturday, scoring a 48 200 on vault and a 48 750 on bars, both scores good enough for a first place finish in that event

Senior tri-captain Ashley Maher noted the team ’ s consistency as the reason for the confidence and high scores in these events

“Both lineups stepped up to plate to hit some of their best routines of the season, and were rewarded with some big scores as a result Hitting week after week both in the gym and in competition has given us confidence going into these events, allowing us to focus on the small details of our performances and that has made the biggest difference The team is no longer focusing on just hitting routines, but rather how well they can hit these routines,” Maher said

The Red also had a good performance on floor scoring a 48 050 but had another tough outing on beam, finishing third out of the four teams Their 46 675 on beam was a fair amount less than the second place score The team ’ s beam scores have been something the Red have been trying to improve this season; however, the athletes’ efforts on beam were well received by senior tri-captain Sarah Hein

“It was actually probably our second best performance on beam this season, even though the scores don’t show it We still need to be more confident on this event, and show that confidence when we ’ re out there in competition,” Hein said

The Red had many top individual finishers on

Saturday with nine top six finishers, including two in the top three Juniors Melanie Jorgensen and Alexis Schupp had excellent performances on the bars, finishing number one and two in the event Jorgensen’s 9 875 earned her first place and was a tie for fourth best bars score in Cornell Gymnastics history

Schupp’s 9 775 gave her the second place finish Also on bars, Maher’s 9 725 acquired her fourth place and junior Elise Kerner scored a 9 700 which earned her sixth place and rounded out the four big Red gymnasts in the top six for bars On the vault, Hein and freshmen Alicia Bair each scored 9 700’s and tied for second in the event

Senior tri-captain McKenna Archer and Hein both had top five finishes on the floor as well with Hein’s 9 700 earning her fourth place while Archer’s 9 675 would land her right behind Hein in fifth on the floor

Next up for the Red is a quad meet on Friday at Kent State The Red will come up against very good competition when Cornell will face off against Kent State, Southeast Missouri State and New Hampshire Cornell enters the meet with the lowest RQS (Regional Qualifying Score) of the four with a 191 610 Kent State boasts a 195 755 RQS which places them 22nd nationally New Hampshire’s 194 535 and Southeast Missouri State’s 193 395 also place them higher than Cornell nationally Friday’s meet has potential for the Red to put up a big score

“We’re going against some big teams at Kent State, so it has the potential to be a high-scoring meet We’re looking to take advantage of this, and hopefully get another season high,” said Hein

The Red are still looking to improve its RQS in order to keep the team in the hunt for the USAG Collegiate Nationals, but know that this week’s meet is another chance to improve their consistency in all four events and a chance to gain momentum with ECACs on the horizon

Tucker Maggio-Hucek can be reached at tmaggiohucek@cornellsun com

California Trip Seques Into Outdoor S eason

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for track and field Some of them don’t want Cornell at the NCAA finals I like

g o i n g t o t h i s m e e t a n d doing well ”

With the indoor season now wrapped up, the next step for the Red is to transition into the outdoor season The way Cornell has traditionally done this is by taking a trip to the west coast, both training and

c o m p e t i n g i n C a l i f o r n i a d u r i n g s p r i n g b re a k Women’s head coach Rich Bowman noted that the weather in California is a great way to transition

“I think this trip has always been great, ” he said “The weather on this coast when we start the outdoor season in April isn’t always that great, so we’ll see some great weather in California It’s really the perfect segue into the outdoor season ” Weather was a common

t h e m e i n i n t e r v i e w s , a s Taylor also noted that good we a t h e r h e l p s t r a n s i t i o n i n t o n e w a n d d i f f e re n t events for the outdoor season “ So m e o f t h e e ve n t s

c h a n g e s i g n i f i c a n t l y [ b etween seasons] So it’s important to get some repetitions in those events in par ticular Weather is so unpredictable here that the California weather may be the best we see all season Getting used to the differences of being outdoors is crucial ” Blair added that the trip is a great way to reconnect with alumni, as well as to sample different kinds of f o o d t h a t i s o t h e r w i s e unavailable in Ithaca

“We’ll get to see some of our alumni out there,” he s a i d “ Se e s o m e o f t h e sights in Cali, as well as eat at restaurants we don’t have here And seeing the sun is probably going to be the best part of it ” Bowman was appreciative of having the opportunity to take this trip

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Center, and the women warriors more than delivered with a thrilling four minutes and 49 seconds Carmouche had Rousey in trouble midway through the round, slapping on a standing rear naked choke and then a neck crank Rousey, who won an Olympic bronze medal in judo in Beijing, eventually shook off her competitor and gradually worked her own submission on the mat to retain her UFC bantamweight title

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The lone ironic eye-catching TV promo for the champion entailed a gym scene where she is shown walking barefoot and in training gear to the tune of James Brown’s “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” when she suddenly is transformed into donning a devilish red dress and high heels and wearing full-make up The tagline: Beauty is a Beast Rousey, who said she grew up as more of a tomboy and shunned feminine stereotypes, also recently posed nude on the cover of ESPN

“Is women’s MMA really a big deal in the 21st century?”

MMA fans have long followed women in the cage, and fighter-turned-actress, Gina Carano, became the first public face of female fighters nearly four years ago when she headlined an event for the now defunct Strikeforce promotion

Magazine It is not likely that we will ever see one of her male counterparts, such as the 265pound heavyweight title contender, Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva, on a glossy cover shot with only his six-ounce gloves concealing up his more hairy parts

bat Some of the most telling comments came from male veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars who said that, due to the changing role of foreign combat ground operations, women have already been serving in such roles

For this writer, who grew up training with scores of women in martial arts in a state where women ’ s hockey and wrestling have decades of history, one question came to mind, “Is women ’ s MMA really a big deal in the 21st century?”

With the UFC now featuring its new warrior queen as a marquee star, the arena for female fighters will never be the same Doubters and haters best drop their chauvinist grumbles faster than “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey could snap their arms in half

Nevertheless, MMA scores higher marks than many entertainment and promotion circles on this front Just watch the Academy Awards red carpet circus when all the ravenous paparazzi energy focuses basically on “how she looks and what’s she is wearing ” And let’s not even delve into the music industry

“I think it’s going to make us better all the way around,” he said “ We’re really appreciative of the administration for allowing us to have this opportunity ” J D O Kasick can be reached at jokasick@cornellsun com

Overall, the UFC handled the marketing of Rousey’s fight with class With the UFC’s core audience comprised overwhelmingly of males between the ages of 17 and 35, some Mad Men marketing types might turn to lower instincts to promote female fighters as sex objects or sideshows Instead, the UFC showcased its first-ever female fighters as the highly-trained martial artists and accomplished athletes that they are and went a step further in making them the main event Certainly, Rousey’s sex appeal plays well into her marketability

Some segments of U S society might still take issue with women in a contact, violent sport But those segments continue to fade away Coincidentally, Rousey’s rise coincided with last month’s announcement by the former U S Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, to lift the military ban on women serving on the front-lines in com-

MMA Update: Following up on the profile feature, “Shah of the Cage,” Shahbulat Shamhalaev silenced a stadium and stunned a nation on Feb 21 by defeating his challenger, Rad Martinez, via a second round TKO in the Bellator MMA featherweight tournament finals Due to a recent injury to another fighter, the Bombsquad Dagestani star has been fast-tracked to take on the Bellator Feather weight Champion, Pat Curran, in Atlantic City on April 4 What a wild skyrocket rise for Shah since move to Ithaca just six months ago

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B-Ballers Sweep Green to Finish Season

By SKYLER DALE Sun Staff Writer

The women ’ s basketball team finished its season this past weekend by completing its second-ever sweep of Dar tmouth but fell shor t to Har vard in a senior-dominated senior night

After defeating Dartmouth in a postponed game, that was finally played on Tuesday, the Red welcomed the Green to Newman Arena just three days later

In a very similar game as the one played earlier in the week, the Red handled the ball efficiently, committing only seven turnovers its lowest amount in more than two years

“We really got back to playing team basketball,” senior for ward Clare Fitzpatrick said “We were not turning the ball over and we had a lot of assists ”

The Red also excelled on the defensive end, forcing 15 turnovers and allowing the Green to shoot just 20 percent from three-point range

“Communication was big,” head coach Dayna Smith said “We let some uncontested threes in our first game against Dartmouth we really wanted to fly out on their leader Faziah Steen and we were able to hold her to 0 for 3 [from three] ”

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t s o f p re - f i g h t breakdowns and the inspirational backstories of each female combatant, the ending played out just the same As she has done in every c o n t e s t o f h e r M M A c a re e r, “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey won via arm-bar against the ex-Marine, Liz Carmouche, in the first round of the first-ever women ’ s fight in UFC history Rousey’s fierce signature sub-

mission aside, the far-reaching impact of last month’s bout surpassed anything that has ever h a p p e n e d i n w o m e n ’ s m i xe d martial arts Just two years ago, UFC president, Dana White, proclaimed that the world’s top promotion would never welcome female fighters into its ranks Even an ego the size of White’s could swallow those words with ease when along came a judoka

w h o c o u l d b r i n g b o t h t h e panache and the pain

W h a t ’ s m o re , t h e U F C proudly promoted the fact that

Carmouche happens to be lesbian and the first openly gay UFC fighter White, the madmacho genius of the UFC that he is, has openly suppor ted any h o m o s e x u a l c o m b a t

n t s w h o want to come out Former light heavyweight champion, Rashad Evans, has since publically supported gay marriage The recent o u t i n g o f t h e t r a n s g e n d e re d fighter, Fax Fallon, has raised key questions about sexuality and the support as well

After all, in recent weeks, Ronda Rousey went from the dangerous darling of the MMA world to an international megastar and heroine who has pushed the boundaries of mainstream women ’ s athletics Hundreds of media outlets such as CNN and Time-Warner, which had previously given MMA scant attention, suddenly tuned in The UFC featured her bout with Carmouche as the main e ve n t

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The final score of the game was 60-48 in favor of Cornell

After its sweep of Dartmouth, the Red took on Har vard on Saturday and concluded its season by star ting its four seniors, Fitzpatrick, Kristina Danielak, Taylor Flynn and Spencer Lane

After a slow start, the Red found itself in a hole that it could not escape

“We weren ’ t focused in the first half and we let them go on a run, ”

Fi t z p a t r i c k said

D e s p i t e a 10-point loss, 66-56, the Red c o n c l u d e d its season with another excellent defensive performance forcing the Crimson into 16 turnovers and finishing with nine steals

The seniors helped make the women ’ s basketball double its win totals from their first two to their last two seasons

“When we first got here we won [around] six games total and now we ’ re in double digits win-wise,” Fitzpatrick said

While the seniors are difficult to replace, Smith is looking forward to welcoming next year ’ s freshmen

“We really got back to playing team basketball. We are not turning the ball over ”

“I’m excited about next year It is still pretty fresh now this season with four senior spots that we have to recruit [but] we really like our incoming class” she said Junior Allyson DiMagno will lead the Red again next season DiMagno recorded 16 double-doubles in the 2012-13 campaign and will continue to be among the best players in the league

It was an emotional weekend for the Red who said goodbye to its four seniors According to Fitzpatrick, the departing class is bittersweet about the end of their Cornell careers

“[I’m] sad that it’s over but very happy with what we ’ ve done this season, ” Fitzpatrick said

“I think she will be one of the best and will have the potential to be in the running for that,” Smith said “Allyson had just an incredible year all around and that’s just the start for her ”

Skyler Dale can be reached at sdale@cornellsun com

Three Compete at NC AA Finals

By JUAN CARLOS TOLEDO Sun Staff Writer

Three of Cornell’s best athletes had the honor this past weekend of competing in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Finals meet, hosted by the University of Arkansas

Representing the women ’ s team was junior distance runner Rachel Sorna, and for the men ’ s team was sophomore shot putter Stephen Mozia and junior high jumper Montez Blair

Sorna finished in 11th place in the 5K and Blair and Mozia each also finished 11th in their respective events Blair commented on how strong the high jump field was at these NCAA finals

“ This indoors was ridiculous,” he said “A lot of people [in high jump] set personal records I didn’t do poorly, but I didn’t do as well as I could have They raised the bar pretty high for All-American standard I went in there to have some fun, it was exciting ”

Blair was also quick to mention that the athletes who compete are honored with some perks

“We had a banquet,” he said “This year, I won the athlete of the year award, so it was cool to stand up there on stage in front of some of the best athletes in the country The atmosphere was

awesome Everyone seemed so positive about competing They had more fun ”

Men’s head coach Nathan Taylor spoke about how his team and other teams like Cornell, do not always get the respect that the teams deserve in these environments

“It’s always nice to be recognized to accomplish some things at a pretty high level,” he said “I think the BCS schools don’t really have a lot of respect for the Ivies They’re trying to create a subdivision within division one