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Kotlikoff Details Presidential

Search at Faculty Senate Meeting

By STEPHANIE YAN Sun Assistant News Ed tor

Acting President and Provost Michael Kotlikoff explained what the search for Cornell’s next president will entail at Wednesday’s Faculty Senate meeting The senate also discussed the role of the new faculty dean, who will be elected in a vote which begins tomorrow

“ The plan is to tr y and assemble a search committee for the new president and have the committee consult broadly with the campus, ” Kotlikoff said The provost said that the Cornell commu-

nity will be notified and be able to engage in the search process once it begins Kotlikoff added that he

provost eventually, but cannot yet determine the timeline for this change

“ That’s the job that I want to do,” he said “I think we need a

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a y a f t e r n o o n O f f i c e r s s p o k e t o s e v e r a l w i t n e s s e s , w h o r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e r e w a s a n a r g u m e n t b e t w e e n t w o i n d i v i d u a l s d u r i n g w h i c h o n e o f t h e m d i s c h a r g e d a r o u n d f r o m a h a n d g u n a c c o rdi n g t o a n I t h a c a p o l i c e r e p o r t O n e o f t h e i n d i v i d u a l s f l e d i n a g r a y Ho n d a m i n iv a n w i t h a f t e r m a r k e t r i m s , w h i l e t h e o t

YUN SOO KIM

U S News and World Report continues to rate Cornell graduate engineering programs among the best in the nation, according to new rankings released Wednesday

Among the top engineering programs are biological and agricultural engineering at sixth place, industrial and manufacturing takes the seventh spot and electrical and mechanical

engineering ranked eighth in the country The graduate school in engineering has been rated 12th overall

The University’s undergraduate engineering degree was previously ranked ninth nationally, according to last year ’ s report on the U S News and World Report website

Among non-engineering programs, Cornell Law School was ranked 13th for the fourth consecutive year The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management

ranked at 14th an increase by two spots from last year

The Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, the University’s medical school research center was ranked 18th and Weill Cornell Medical College, the primary care medicine education, service saw a significant leap from 49th to 29th place this year

STEPHANIE HENDARTA

After a year of development, Brian Schiff ’18, Karl Reis ’18 and Leor Alon ’18 have launched Re d Ro u t e ,

phone-enabled ride-hailing app for college students

cities where a huge

portion of the population is students who are

insured to drive [commercially],” Schiff said Schiff explained that Uber struggles in these smaller cities due to a lack of drivers

RedRoute uses GPS and smartphone technology similar to that used by Uber and Lyft The

bring that technology to Cornell ” Because Schiff and his t e a m w h i c h l a t e r

Schiff said

S c h i f f a n d h i s friends developed the idea for RedRoute in Ma r c h o f 2 0 1 5 , drawing upon a business model involving students driving students “ We had free time and thought it would be a cool idea to start a business, ” Schiff said “ We t h o u g h

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included Samuel Krut, a student at UC Davis began the project without any business experience he said they had to learn the necessar y skills along the way

Aging and Brain Health: Strategies and Challenges

10:30 - 11:30 a m , Boyce Thompson Institute Auditorium

C.U. Music: Midday Music at Lincoln 12:30 - 1:15 p m , B20 Lincoln Hall

Queer: LGBTQ+ Undergraduate Social 4:30 - 6 p m , Bear’s Den, Willard Straight Hall

Wolf Gruner: Defiance and Protest: Forgotten Individual Jewish Reactions to the Persecution in Nazi Germany 5:30 - 7 p m , 122 Rockefeller Hall

19th Annual Social Justice Career Fair

1 - 4:00 p m , 423 ILR Conference Center

The New Normal of Luxur y 1:30 - 2:30 p m , Alice Statler Auditorium

Promising Futures

5 p m - midnight, Akwe:kon

City and Regional Planning Graduate Open House

6 p m , Milstein Hall

Public Astronomy Lecture

7:30 p m , Fuertes Obser vator y

weather FORECAST

CNN News Clip Sparks Housing Debate

By JULIE GENG ’08

Cornell was recently featured in a CNN news clip titled “Divided We Stand: Self Segregation” on a program hosted by Paula Zahn The video prompted Lindsay Bober ’09, a resident advisor in Clara Dickson Hall, to hold a discussion on the topic of program houses and CNN’s portrayal of the University in its video clip A dozen students and staff attended the forum

Many students felt the clip was an inaccurate portrayal of Cornell’s program houses because CNN misrepresented their true purpose; other students felt the issue of self-segregation at Cornell needed to be confronted

The segment began with a voice-over by CNN’s Boston Bureau Chief Dan Lothian saying, “At Cornell University, Jennifer St Preux lives in a dorm where race matters ”

St Preux, though, explained her decision to live in Ujamaa by commenting that “the purpose of living here is just to learn more and be proud of being black ”

Many agreed that the purpose of the program houses is to promote diversity and increase interest in a variety of cultures on campus But Megan Sweeney, president of Cornell’s College Republicans, told CNN that these program houses were evidence of self-segregation and that this issue was

taboo on campus She disagreed that the program houses were serving their purpose and instead believed that the best way to promote diversity was to have students live under the same roof

Despite these mixed opinions, Zahn concluded the clip by observing that “When students finally leave school and start moving up in the world, self-segregation moves right along with them ”

St Preux said to The Sun that the questions were very generic According to her, the interviewer was a black male, whi”ch she felt gave her a “false sense of security ”

I felt he was one of us, a minority, a black person, ” she said, not expecting that the video might portray the program houses negatively

Last night’s forum tackled the purpose of program houses at Cornell, focusing less on the CNN video and more on the implications it made about culture-based dormitories

Some said that it was not the minority’s obligation to “culturalize” the majority, while another attendee felt that the program houses as an entity did have such an obligation

One attendee said, “just because I live next to you, doesn’t mean I need to talk to you, ” responding to the segment that considered completely integrated housing as a means of promoting diversity

University

Local Incubator Receives Award

Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, an incubator for startups, won the Economic Development Project of the Year award from the Downtown Ithaca Alliance on Monday, according to the University

The project which is part of Cornell’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement, has assisted to around 40 startups in growing its business since

i t s o p e n i n g i n Se p t e m b e r 2014 The Rev team also teach entrepreneurship classes at the University and Ithaca College Rev provides the young companies ser vices from mentorship to office space for a small monthly fee, the University reported

Local

Local Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Sales, Burglary

Donald Lee, 31, pleaded guilty Tuesday to selling heroin in Ithaca and burglarizing a home on Dr yden in 2014, according to The Ithaca Voice

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degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance

The court records revealed t h a t L e e s o l d o r p o s s e s s e d around seven grams of heroin

a n d s t o l e e l e c t ro n i c s , C D s , jewelr y and personal paperwork

Lee accepted his plea deal, w h i c h e n s u re s t h a t h e w i l l

s e r v e t h re e y e a r s o n e a c h felony drug charge, one year for burglar y and two years of super vision after release for each drug record, The Voice reported National

Washington D.C. Metro System Reopens After 29 Hours

Of Inspections, Traffic

T h e Wa s h i n g t o n D C metro system reopened at 5 a m Thursday after 29 hours without train ser vice, according to Politico

T h e s h u t d ow n w a s t o inspect the transit system after dozens of cables were found to be damaged, according to The New York Times

“I know this has presented hardship to the region,” said Paul Wiedefeld, Metro’s general manager “ The shutdown today was necessar y ”

O f f i c i a l s e x a m i n e d ov e r 600 cables throughout 91 stations during the shutdown, reported The Times

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Yun Soo Kim

Students Discuss Willard Straight Reservation Policy

By EMILY FRIEDMAN Sun Staff Writer

The Willard Straight Hall Student Union and WSH Board of Directors held the second in a series of forums discussing the allocation of programming spaces on Wednesday

The forums are necessar y because the number of student organizations that wish to utilize space in Willard Straight Hall continues to increase, according to the Facebook page for the event

Various student groups such as Cornell Minds Matter, Class Council, and Cornell Contra Dance Club were represented at the meeting, defending their use of the space

David Peck, grad, representing Cornell Contra Dance Club, explained why the club needs to use the Memorial Room saying it is one of the largest rooms available for student organizations to meet

“It’s really the lifeblood of our organization,” he said “If we can ’ t have events there, there is almost nowhere else on campus where we could move ”

Matt Ferguson ’16, president of Cornell Minds Matter, voiced the need for the spaces

for its convenient location due to the nature of events they host

“Cornell Minds Matter holds a lot of events in Willard Straight that are just open to the general community,” he said “ The location of Willard Straight is really important because we can get the same amount of people from Collegetown as we can from

“If we can’t have events there, there is almost nowhere else on campus where we could move ”

north campus as we can from west campus, versus if we isolated ourselves in one of those locations ”

The conversation centered around the efficient use of spaces and how to handle situations in which multiple groups want to schedule events in the same space

The group also discussed how to divide the space between programming events and other purposes, such as weekly meetings as well as how to fairly allocate performance spaces

“I think it should be first come, first ser ved,” Daniel Engelson ’18, representing the Cornell Class Council said “If you know you are a performance group that is going to need a certain space for the upcoming semester and you know one time block works well, you sign up for it, you get on top of it, and you book that room before another group books it I don’t think there should be a hierarchy or time differentiation ”

should be certain times reser ved for perfor-

groups that only want to hold one event to gain access to the space

“I think that might be an opportunity for the board to come in and say, given that this group has had unfettered access to a room all of these weeks of the semester, we can at least open up a dialogue about whether they would be willing to move one time,” Peck said

The next and final forum will be held on March 22 and will discuss weekly meeting spaces

Emily Friedman can be reached at efriedman@cornellsun com

ILR Hosts Annual Union Days Conference

Panelists discuss experiences with labor organizations around the world

By DAVID BROTZ Sun Staff Writer

The School of Industrial and Labor Relations kicked off its annual three-day Union Days this Wednesday, bringing together various union leaders to talk about this years topic, “Workers Without Borders ”

The event included a guest panel including Ben Norton, grad,

“When I was in England, I was trying to get people to volunteer to get heckled by heavy-handed police ”

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of the Cornell Graduate Student Union, Alex Ivovic representing the University of Toronto Graduate Student Union, Scott Marsland of Cayuga Medical Center nurses and Patrick Quinn, Patricia Greenberg and Ruth Heller of Ser vice Employees International Union Healthcare 1199 NE

Norton’s talk focused on his experience organizing students while in England and the difficulties international students face here at Cornell

“In England, I got involved with helping to organize people on campus to go and help protest against the British government as they increased university fees,” he said “The experience has been very different in America When I was in England, I was trying to get people to volunteer to get heckled by heavy-handed police ”

The labor issues in the U S are different than those in England, according to Norton

“I am very aware that cultures are different,” he said “Having spoken to a number of international students, the differences in culture maybe lead them to not getting the [ Teaching Assistant] assignment that they hoped for, or they don’t necessarily know how to have the conversation with their advisors and people in positions of power within the department to get them a good T A position for that semester ”

organizing at the ILR School’s annual Union Days

Marsland discussed his own experience as a nurse as well as a member of a union

“We just couldn’t have imagined that so many of the nurses would be easily intimidated, so afraid [of organizing],” said Marsland “Organizing is not a spectator sport ”

During a question and answer session, Marsland said Cornell needs to lead the organizing effort for workers

“The reason that we have police officers in this county that have been without contract for four

years, the reason that we have teachers in this city that have among the lowest wages of almost any school district in the entire country, is because Cornell is setting the bar in this county, ” he said “And so raising the bar for Cornell graduate students would have an impact that reaches out into the county ” The event will continue through Thursday and Friday

David Brotz can be reached at dbrotz@cornellsun com

Prof Recasts Legacy of FBI Founder in Lecture

By AELYA EHTASHAM Sun Contributor

Prof Beverly Gage, the director of undergraduate

studies in history at Yale University, shared insights into the life of J Edgar Hoover the first director of the Federal Bureau

of Investigation in a lecture Wednesday Gage focused on elements of Hoover’s character and accomplishments that she said are often overlooked

Gage said her interest in Hoover as the subject of her book stems from the complexity of his life and its relation to a specific time period

“ On e o f t h e t h i n g s that’s really exciting about t h e p ro j e c t a n d a b o u t Hoover as a figure is that it takes me in so many diff e re n t d i re c t i o n s , ” s h e s a i d “ It g i ve s m e t h e opportunity to be what I fundamentally am, which

is a historian of American politics ” Gage aimed to answer t h e q u e s t i o n o f h ow Hoover emerged as a giant in American politics, diving deeper than the popular impression of Hoover, saying that the negative impression demonstrates a “ m i s u n d e r s t a n d i n g ” o f Hoover’s life

“ T h i s i d e a t h a t h e ruled only through fear, o n l y t h ro u g h b l a c k m a i l and intimidation is really a m i s u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f who he was during his lifetime and particularly it’s a misunderstanding of how he came to be the person that he ultimately

became,” Gage said Gage detailed Hoover’s rise in politics and the government, calling him a leader that people accepted

“The most interesting thing about Hoover is not who feared him, but who supported him, believed in him, worked for him and liked him That is a piece of the story that we want to start to understand,” Gage said “My b i g p ro j e c t i s t o t a k e Hoover from being this o n e - d i m e n s i o n a l v i l l a i n and bring him back into a m u c h b i g g e r s t o r y o f

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Lewenstein, science and technology studies

The newly elected dean will replace the current Dean of the Faculty, Prof Joseph Burns, astronomy, mechanical and aerospace engineering, who is currently on medical leave

Candidates for dean voiced their resolve to increase communication with the administration and transparency in leadership

“[Faculty] need to take a more proactive, agentic, involved role in what goes on around [Cornell]” said Prof Elaine Wethington, human development

In a debate at the meeting, candidates also stressed the need for greater interest in University affairs

“I wish more of us had the can-do spirit the belief that if we take a stand and get involved in something, we can actually make a difference in what happens here,” Wethington said

“This is simple peer review we do this all the time for each other’s papers, ” Soloway said “There won ’ t be unanimous agreement, but there doesn’t have to be ” Lieberwitz also called the evolution of University policy to emphasize entrepreneurship and busines over education worrisome, saying the lack of broder input in the change in direction is indicative larger University problems

“I have concerns about how we ’ re not having broader discussions about whether this is a shift in the tenor of the University,” she said

Candidates also addressed ways to increase the efficiency of discussion within the Faculty Senate, which is perceived by some as “slow moving and obstructionist,” according to Prof Charles Van Loan, computer science “ Web-based communication can help us keep track of what is going on in the senate ' s network of committees,” he said

“ T h e r e w o n ’ t b e u n a n i m o u s a g r e e m e n t , b u t t h e r e d o e s n ’ t h a v e t o b e ”

The new dean will need to address “ a certain stress [between faculty and administration] that’s been building over some time,” according to Prof Risa Lieberwitz, industrial and labor relations

P r o f P a u l S o l o w a y

A greater online presence would help address lack of transparency in the senate and administrative matters, according to Van Loan Prof Nerissa Russell, anthropology She agreed that the faculty dean must alter the trend of keeping changes within the University confidential

She added that the College of Business which all candidates complained was formed without the input of the parties most affected by it exemplifies this conflict

“[The decision] shows disrespect for shared governance and it’s demoralizing to the faculty,” she said “We need to have really strong leadership to press for shared governance [in the future] ”

Prof Paul Soloway, nutritional sciences, added that any structural change to the University should be “ a collaborative effort ”

“We should avoid agreeing to confidentiality in situations when there should clearly be involvement,” Russell said

Although there are multiple senate positions open for elections, only the position of faculty dean is contested, according to Lewenstein

Polls will open at noon on Thursday and faculty will have until Wednesday to vote, Lewenstein said

Stephanie Yan can be reached at syan@cornellsun com

S t u d e n t s L a u n c h Tr a n s i t A p p

REDROUTE

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“A year ago, if you had asked me what entrepreneurship was, I would have said ‘ no idea,’” Schiff said “ The first thing I did [after we came up with the idea] was type in ‘How do you start a business?’ into Google ”

The group applied to eLab, a Cornell-based startup accelerator, in April 2015, which disapproved strongly of the innovation, according to Schiff

“ We went for our first interview and barely made it off the

title slide,” he said “ They were all over us The biggest issue was that y o u c a n ’ t i n s u re t h e b u s i n e s s model of students driving students There were all kinds of legal issues ” Schiff, Reis, and Alon restructured their business model and decided to partner with local taxi companies

“It made our business so much easier to scale,” Schiff said “ We don’t need to do any of the driver vetting, or build the infrastructure of the company All we had to do was develop the technology ”

The RedRoute team is current-

ly adding a social media component similar to Venmo’s newsfeed, which will allow users to see popular destinations and users who have taken rides recently, according to Schiff This feature will be integrated into the app as soon as it completes beta testing

“Ever ything’s grown so much over time,” Schiff said “It’s a huge market opportunity that we had no idea existed and just stumbled upon For all of us, it has 100 percent been learning as we go ”

Stephanie Hendarta can be reached at sah368@cornell edu

Calif. Coach Grapples With Sexual Assault Cases

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U.Va. Student Receives 15 Year Sentence in North Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP)

North Korea’s highest court sentenced an American tourist to 15 years in prison with hard labor for subversion on Wednesday, weeks after authorities presented him to media and he tearfully confessed that he had tried to steal a propaganda banner

Otto Warmbier, 21, a University of Virginia undergraduate, was convicted and sentenced in a one-hour trial in North Korea’s Supreme Court

The U S government condemned the sentence and accused Nor th Korea of using such American detainees as political pawns

The court held that Warmbier had committed a crime “ pursuant to the U S government ’ s hostile policy toward (the North), in a bid to impair the unity of its people after entering it as a tourist ”

No r t h Ko re a re g u l a r l y a c c u s e s Washington and Seoul of sending spies to overthrow its government to enable the U S -backed South Korean government to take control of the Korean Peninsula

Tensions are particularly high following North Korea’s recent nuclear test and rocket launch, and massive joint militar y exercises now under way between the U S and South Korea that the North sees as a dress rehearsal for invasion

Pre s i d e n t Ba r a c k O b a m a o n Wednesday imposed new U S sanctions

on North Korea in response to what the White House called “illicit” nuclear and ballistic missile tests

U S St a t e D e p a r t m e n t s p o k e s m a n

Mark Toner said Warmbier’s sentence was “unduly harsh” and urged North Korea to pardon him and release him on humanitarian grounds

“Despite official claims that U S citizens arrested in the DPRK are not used for political purposes, it’s increasingly clear from its ver y public treatment of these cases that the D P R K d o e s e x a c t

, referring to the No

tried to steal a propaganda banner as a trophy for an acquaintance who wanted to hang it in her church That would be grounds in North Korea for a subversion c h a r g e He i d e n t i f i e d t h e c h u r c h a s Fr i e n d s h i p Un i t e d Me t h o d i s t C h u rc h

Meshach Kanyion, pastor of the church in Wy o m i n g , d e c l i n e d t o c o m m e n t

Wednesday

“My

concern now is that the U S -North Korean relationship is in a very low, negative ebb.”

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h e Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Warmbier’s family in Wyoming, Ohio,

c o u l d n o t b e re a c h e d f o r c o m m e n t

Su s a n n a Ma x , a s p o k e s w o m a n f o r

Wyoming City Schools, said last month that the district, where Otto Warmbier attended school, had been in touch with the family She said Wednesday that the district continues “ to respect their privacy” and declines to comment The University of Virginia also declined to comment

Before the trial, Warmbier had said he

Judge Accused of Sexual Assault

SALT LAKE CITY (AP)

A Utah woman alleges in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that a longtime federal judge sexually assaulted her when he was a p ro s e c u t o r a n d s h e w a s a teenage witness in a high-profile case 35 years ago

L a w ye r s f o r R i c h a rd W Roberts acknowledged an intim a t e re l a t i o n s h i p, b u t t h e y called the accusations “ categorically false” and said Roberts will challenge them in court

The lawsuit was filed the same day Roberts announced his retirement as chief judge for the U S District Court for the District of Columbia, according to documents obtained by The National Law Journal

Republican presidential hopeful John Kasich (R-Ohio) said in a statement that Wa r m b i e r ’ s w a s d e t e n t i o n “ c o m p l e t e l y u n j u s t i f i e d ” a n d t h a t t h e s e n t e n c e w a s “ an affront to c o n c e p t s o f justice ” B i l l R i c h a rd s o n , a f o r m e r U S

ambassador to the United Nations, said he had met with North Korean diplomats to the U N in New York on Tuesday to request Warmbier’s release after the student's parents and Kasich asked him to inter vene Richardson said he was neither encouraged nor discouraged by the meeting with the diplomats, who told him they would relay his request to Pyongyang Richardson said based on past experience, North Korea could release Warmbier after sentencing, but current U S -North

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“My concern now is that the U SNorth Korean relationship is in a ver y low, negative ebb, and I hope that does not affect a humanitarian negotiation for the release of Otto,” Richardson told The Associated Press

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charges in North Korea are generally short and punishments severe Warmbier was arrested as he tried to leave the countr y in early Januar y He was in North Korea with a New Year’s tour group U S tourism to North Korea is legal Arrests of tourists are rare but the State Department strongly advises against such travel

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between in consular issues when U S citizens run afoul of North Korean authorities North Korea announced Warmbier’s arrest in late Januar y, saying he committed an anti-state crime with “the tacit connivance of the U S government and under its manipulation ” It remains unclear how the U S gove

Warmbier’s actions

Investigators found evidence of a sexual relationship, but they d e t e r m i n e d Ro b e r t s d i d n ’ t break any laws, in part because the woman was old enough to c o n s e n t t o s e x u a l re l a t i o n s under Utah laws in 1981

Investigators did not interview Roberts about the allegations

A lawyer for Terry Mitchell, now 51, says in the court filing that Roberts sexually abused her multiple times throughout the trial of white supremacist

Jo s e p h Pa u l Fr a n k l i n , w h o killed two black joggers in Salt Lake City in 1980 Mitchell was with them and was wounded by shrapnel in the attack

The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they were sexually assaulted, but Mitchell said she wants to make the allegations public

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As Spring Break nears, I can feel my excitement levels rising Normally, I would be counting down the days until I can enjoy the company of my three favorite things again (my family, friends and cats) but I won ’ t be returning home until the end of May Instead, I’m packing my bags, fleeing the bipolar weather of Ithaca and heading to Nicaragua

But this isn’t just a regular spring break trip As a member of Bridges to Community at Cornell, I have the opportunity to spend 10 days in Nicaragua doing service work In order to go on the trip, I’m required to take a two credit class, DSOC 4500, that prepares students the same ones going on the trip for the stay in Nicaragua We have different lessons on service-learning and guest lec-

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They are not imposing their ideas on the people, but working alongside them and taking into account what they need Furthermore, it isn’t simply about the house, the latrine or the stove that they’re building; it’s the ability for people from different cultures to come together and create something significant and longlasting

One of the most important things you can do before going on a service trip is to research the area you are visiting Knowing the history of the country, what the people have gone through and the current issues and problems helps you attempt to understand what your role is The keyword is attempt Unless you are originally from the area or have close connections to it, you are always going to be an out outsider nonetheless There are things you will

Forming connections with the people we are working with as well as knowing and understanding the history and current issues of the country makes service trips worthwhile.

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CORRECTIONS

A March 16 article, “Cornell University Assembly Tables Request for Information on Cost of Carbon Neutrality,” incorrectly stated that the University Assembly passed a resolution requesting additional information from the University about the costs of carbon neutrality In fact, the assembly tabled the resolution Additionally, a previous of this story incorrectly stated that the assembly discussed forming a trustee board to choose a president who will focus on carbon neutrality In fact, the assembly discussed an upcoming conversation with the Board of Trustees and how to broaden the assembly’s interactions with the trustees

A March 15 article, “Graduate Students Urge Activism, Public Service on Campus,” incorrectly identified Liz Wayne as a current graduate student In fact, she earned her Ph D in 2016

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tures about the current events and history of the country itself This year, we will be doing work in Siuna, Nicaragua

Before I committed entirely to Bridges, I was wary of what this trip would entail Going on a service trip abroad was always something that I wanted to do, but I was always skeptical of the different programs that were available It was not uncommon at my high school for students to go on “service trips” to various places during the summer Social media would be bombarded with photos of them volunteering, playing with children and exploring the exotic land they were visiting But the people who came back from these trips seemed quite unaffected they came back with photos, souvenirs and a warm, fuzzy feeling that they had saved a country from their disastrous and complicated problems Maybe some people were in fact leaving a meaningful impact, but I couldn’t help but wonder if the majority were doing more harm than good

One of the first articles we were asked to read in the Nicaragua class was “The Reductive Seduction of Other People’s Problems ” In this article, Courtney Martin explains how young, privileged people in America attempt to create a life of meaning by partaking in service work abroad They view the problems afflicting people in these countries as “readily solvable” and “ urgent, ” while ignoring problems at home More than a million nonprofit organizations have been formed in the United States, focusing on helping people abroad Martin, however, does not discredit working abroad entirely She reminds people that they should go for the right reasons The motivation behind working outside of the United States should be realizing the complexity of issues abroad and desiring to work on something difficult Working abroad means putting down roots and creating something long-lasting and worthwhile Bridges to Community is a program that, in Martin’s words, has put down roots The community stays in Nicaragua long-term One of the worst things a program can do is come into a country, impose their own solutions and leave At Bridges, different volunteers may come and go (such as our Spring Break group will do), but there are core groups who stay One of Bridges to Community’s core values is “shared work,” emphasizing that it is not a one-sided effort

never know about the people living there or the problems going on that you must learn to accept But being cognizant of your role is the first step in your ability to help Many times, it is not the individual’s problem but the service program itself Many programs are focused on relief efforts giving direct aid to the people In some cases that can be helpful, but many problems are systemically based Merely giving people resources will not help them in the long-run and may cause additional problems as a consequence The PlayPumps in Africa are a good example of this They were originally installed as a sustainable pumping system powered by the play of children However, most of the time the PlayPump was not a viable solution It only worked in very specific types of situations where there were large supplies of high-quality groundwater close to the surface The problem is that there is actual water scarcity in many parts of Africa, thus the PlayPump was left completely useless Furthermore, when the PlayPump broke and the people who installed it left, the inhabitants did not have enough knowledge or resources to fix it

There is nothing wrong with genuinely wanting to do service work abroad It’s disconcerting to imagine what the world would be like if people didn’t have the curiosity and desire to help these countries in the first place and remained focused on only solving the problems within the United States Although there are ongoing problems in the United States, the majority of us are people who have the ability and resources to help others It’s one thing to question how much our service work is helping and making the needed improvements and another to believe our work is entirely ineffective and deciding to ignore the problems altogether Living in the United States, where we are lucky to have the resources and freedoms that we do, should not make us sheltered But going into countries acting as if we are entitled and superior is the wrong way to go about it

Forming connections with the people we are working with as well as knowing and understanding the history and current issues of the country makes service trips worthwhile It is not for the people, but with the people

Gaby Leung is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached atgl376@cornell edu Serendipitous Musings appears alternate Thursdays this semester

Asthe nation chooses the next president, it is worth considering not only who we vote for, but how we vote At the moment, an array of factors continue to impede the voice of the right to vote These laws and policies constitute an historical anachronism with no place in modern America democracy

The most egregious example, and the most avoidable, arises from the concerted effort to pass voter identification laws Since 2011, more than a dozen states, primarily those with Republican-controlled legislatures, have enacted laws requiring identification before an individual can cast their ballot This seemingly innocuous policy ostensibly to prevent voter fraud has been demonstrated to have severe consequences

A series of studies have shown that voter ID laws have the effect of disenfranchising voters, particularly African Americans, Latinos, youth and those who fall below the poverty line These groups are less likely to have an acceptable form of government identification, and therefore more likely to be turned away at the polling place Further, this distressing result occurs even though actual voter fraud has been shown to be exceedingly rare

Voter identification laws are an alarming trend, reducing electoral participation at a time when voter turnout is already on the decline

This column could easily linger on this subject, detailing the multitude of ways that these laws intersect with historical and existing oppression Currently, many of these laws are undergoing challenge in the courts and several

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have been struck down At the very least, regardless of whether they pass constitutional muster, they are quite simply bad policy

But the mantle of bad policy, unfortunately, is not uniquely held by the proposals of ideologically rigid conservatives The on-going Democratic presidential race has exposed a process that suffers its own puzzling and harmful aspects Namely, the continued use of caucuses as a method of determining the nominee

In most states, the Democratic contest is resolved in a familiar, straightforward way Voters head to the nearest polling place, cast their ballot and head home Yet, in 14 states and several territories, it is not nearly as simple

These jurisdictions have decided to select their delegates through a presidential caucus, a system that defies the capacity of full explanation within this column The overall differences, however, are stark Rather than leaving polls open all day, and allowing voters to choose when they vote, caucuses occur during a narrow, designated timeframe There is no provision for absentee voting and no exceptions for those who cannot make it

Moreover, caucuses are not quick Instead of casting a ballot and leaving, voters must assemble according to their preferred candidate Often, each campaign will have the opportunity to make speeches beforehand In addition, after the initial vote, if any candidate fails to meet a certain threshold of support, his or her supporters will be forced to reallocate their options to the remaining candidates Caucuses, in fact, can take several hours It

should not surprise anyone that this confusing, time-intensive process would reduce voter turnout And it does caucus states tend to have much lower participation than those that host a primary

The endurance of caucuses is difficult to trace to a greater rift among Democrats; it does not have any large implications for the ideological direction of the party ’ s nominee Nonetheless, regardless of the effect on outcome, caucuses continue to violate key principles of the Democratic Party In this year ’ s Nevada caucus, many low-income service workers were deprived of a vote because they could not take time off to attend the limited caucus hours This is an unacceptable burden, and one that has been imposed on an untold number of voters No one should be forced to choose between voting and putting food on the table We can, and we must, do better

This reform is sorely needed, and should take priority Still, there are other idiosyncrasies that deserve reconsideration Among the 4765 Democratic delegates for this cycle, nearly a fifth are superdelegates They may support any candidate they wish, and they are chosen neither by primary nor by caucus Instead, they are automatically bestowed a vote by virtue of being a prominent member within the party Proponents of this system argue, accurately, that superdelegates tend to be well-respected and accomplished individuals It has also been correctly stated that superdelegates have never changed the outcome of the modern nomination process; the majority of superdelegates have always sided with the majority of dele-

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gates selected by the electorate

However, this is not a justification in itself

Superdelegates have a weak claim to their special rights Since they are prominent figures, they have an unmatched capacity to sway the electorate through their spoken convictions and organizing efforts Why, on top of this, should they get an extra vote? At best, superdelegates are an unnecessary technicality At worst, in a close race, they have the potential to overturn the expressed will of Democratic voters I do not think this should be part of our selection process for choosing a president

The Democratic Party must live up to our name, and stand up for the values of democracy Internal reforms will serve as a strong example, but they are not nearly enough We must fight against all policies that threaten to reduce political participation These include not only voter ID laws, but also gerrymandered congressional districts, a shortage of polling locations, the failure to implement automatic voter registration and perhaps even the outdated Electoral College

Voting rights, in all forms, should be a top priority for all political activists, parties, elected officials and citizens The United States of America has taken a long, difficult path to universal suffrage To stop now would be a betrayal of the finest who have come before us

Kevin Kowalewski is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at krk78@cornell edu Democratic Dialogue appears alternate Thursdays this semester

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he past couple of weeks have witnessed perhaps the most disgusting display of pettiness, irrationality and sheer embarrassment in recent American political histor y The public has been witness to violent campaign rallies, vulgar sexual allusions, KKK endorsements and vicious name-calling In the process, the civility of American politics has evaporated While the nation can point its finger at Donald Trump for this chaos, the fact of the matter is that no one was willing to stand up to the business mogul for months The lack of courage on the part of the media, the American public and both political parties to end Trump’s rampage is truly disheartening

Yet the lack of civility in this race does not lie with Trump alone The vicious personal attacks on Hillar y Clinton at Sen Bernie Sanders (D-Vt ) rallies, profane comments made by Ben Carson on gay Americans and the backlash to Martin O’Malley’s “all lives matter ” comment have shown the true ugliness of this campaign In the process, only a select few have emerged from this disgusting fray as serious, principled and honorable candidates Gov John Kasich (R-Ohio) is one of these candidates

When Governor Kasich announced his entr y into the presidential race last Summer, no one paid any attention Kasich was the last of the 17 Republican candidates to enter the race –– and because all the big-name candidates (Sen Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Jeb!, Gov Scott Walker (RWisc ), Hillar y Clinton) had already announced their candidacy, Kasich was simply an afterthought The governor barely made it onto the first debate stage in August, and his ideas were mostly ignored Surely, many thought, Kasich had no chance whatsoever Why was he even tr ying? Yet Kasich has proved time and again that he has earned the right to stay in this race

First, and above all, Kasich has brought a rare sense of civility to the race While Sanders rallies have been taken over by Black Lives Matter activists and Trump rallies have

descended into violence, Kasich events have gained notoriety for their warmth and candor Last month, a Kasich rally in South Carolina gained attention after a young college student made a moving speech on how after a rough patch, he had found hope in God and his presidential candidate, John Kasich Holding back tears, the young man asked Kasich for a hug –– which the governor willingly accepted The moment, which MSNBC commentator Joe Scarborough described as “magic,” symbolized the greater theme of the Kasich campaign: humility and a deep devotion to one ’ s fellow man

At the same time, Kasich has been able to articulate a strong message on issues of policy The Trump campaign

Kasich’s plan does not demean wealthy or the nation’s leaders, rather focuses on “lifting all Americans ” Kasich truly seems to believe in President Kennedy’s maxim, “a rising boat lifts all tides ”

has been focused on “making America great again” –– yet the businessman has provided zero specifics on how he plans to achieve this When pressed for concrete details on his plans, Trump vaguely states that he will eliminate incompetent leaders and that will somehow magically turn the nation around At the same time, the Sanders campaign continually makes a multitude of promises that are not only unrealistic in the current political climate, but would be far too costly to afford (you can only tax the rich so much) In contrast to these campaigns, Kasich has provided a concrete, viable, common-sense approach to gov-

ernment The governor has outlined a clearly defined plan to combat the deficit, reform education, expand infrastructure, grow the economy and fight the drug epidemic

But more importantly, Kasich’s plan does not demean the wealthy or the nation’s leaders, but rather focuses on “lifting all Americans ” Kasich truly seems to believe in President John F Kennedy’s maxim, “ a rising boat lifts all tides ”

But perhaps the hallmark of the Kasich campaign is that the governor has (by far) the most experience of any candidate in the field The Ohioan entered Congress in 1983 and built an impressive resume in the House: he ser ved on the Homeland Security Committee, worked across the aisle with Democrats and worked with President Bill Clinton to pass the first balanced budget in decades as chairman of the House Budget Committee As governor of Ohio, Kasich balanced the budget, created hundreds of thousands of new jobs, cut taxes, won re-election with 64 percent of the vote and lowered the unemployment rate to 4 4 percent Now let me ask you who’s more qualified to be president: someone with John Kasich’s resume or a celebrity television mogul?

There is no doubt that this is a crucial election, as the next president will face ISIS, Russia, the debt, job growth, burgeoning frustrations in Eastern Europe, education concerns and likely a Supreme Court nomination Is the Republican party willing to nominate a man that incites violence and hate in the face of these pressing issues? Is the Democratic party willing to nominate a man whose policies are unfeasible in the current political climate? Of all the candidates running, it seems clear that the only candidate ready to put forward a clear path for the nation is John Kasich

Michael Glanzel is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at mg786@cornell edu Cornell Shrugged appears alternate Thursdays this semester

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A Not So Loving Love Story

BY BRYNN RICHTER Sun Staff Writer

Call me a romantic, but I like my comedies funny and feel-good Love fits the bill of funny (well, sometimes), but overall leaves you feeling pretty bad about people and love in general

Love tells the stor y of a man and a woman falling in love and the rough start of their relationship “Rough start, ” though, might be one of the biggest understatements I’ve ever written We are introduced to Mickey and Gus, our protagonists (but also antagonists, because they are their own worst enemies) as their lives fall into more of an abyss than usual The first episode uses beautiful framing to depict their mirroring stor ylines leading up to their first encounter Despite its shortcomings, Love excels in its presentation of stor ylines and seamless transitions that make Mickey and Gus’s stories feel intertwined and relevant even when Mickey and Gus are nowhere near each other

Following their individual breakups, Gus and Mickey struggle to find themselves They are both forced to deal with their own problems as they exit clearly toxic relationships and enter into a (not as obviously toxic) relationship with each other Mickey is an addict who dates

awful men whom she returns to after leaving Gus is an almost too nice, nerdy guy who’s generally needy and constantly worr ying Mickey and Gus’s relationship basically adds up to Mickey tr ying to date a nice guy to make up for the jerks of her past, and Gus tr ying to date an honest, edgy girl to make up for his lying, but pretty compatible girlfriend Throughout the relationship, Gus and Mickey switch roles, Mickey becoming needier and Gus, more detached

Love effectively shows its central love stor y and Gus and Mickey’s transformations throughout, but its plot ultimately left me unfulfilled Even though Gus and Mickey may not be incompatible for each other, they are definitely not healthy for each other Mickey is selfdestructive, selfish and rude to Gus and his friends, but Gus is too nice to call her out on her shit This causes a destructive lack of communication that makes Mickey all the more desperate and Gus more detached

It’s painful to watch the two stumble around their relationship because even if they were able to work past their problems, I still wouldn’t want to see them together Mickey and Gus do not bring out the best in each other, but provide outlets for each other to fall back into harmful habits The stress that they both feel in the relationship causes not only harm to themselves, but to those around them and their careers Most of my favorite moments

(which were also the funniest) came from the stor ylines outside of Mickey and Gus’s relationship Gus’s work as a tutor on the set of the TV show Wichita and Mickey’s roommate Birdy’s focus group provided lighthearted, fun contrast to the darker main plot

Love didn’t live up to my expectations for a comedy I watch comedies to feel good I want to laugh and I want to feel optimistic about the state of the world Love, like an increasing number of comedies these days, focuses more on portraying love and people honestly and accurately This depiction, however, is almost too realistic I look to television to provide an escape from stress and work Comedies don’t need to be cheerful all the time like the almost absurd 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt There is a way to balance entertaining and funny with honest and meaningful, like Scrubs does Love leans too far to the dark side of the spectrum Despite its title, Love does not paint love in such a positive light It shows that love is messy and not perfect, but it emphasizes this to the point where you start wondering if what Mickey and Gus is share is love at all, and if it is, whether it’s worth it With strong performances, Love is a quality show, but not one to watch if you ’ re already feeling down

Br ynn Richter is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at brichter@cornellsun com

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Following 7-0 Binghamton Victory, Red to Face St. Johns

By SAM HUMMEL Sun Contributor

Spring is a difficult time of year for tennis players Time to leave the coddled embrace of indoor courts and go outside, where wind, sunlight and humidity all become significant factors in a match For those who do not play tennis, this may not seem like a big deal, but there are significant challenges this adjustment process brings

The men ’ s tennis team seems to be adjusting well, starting off its first match outdoors with a 7-0 victory over Binghamton

“A very good first match outdoors,” said head coach Silviu Tanasoiu “We didn’t have any high expectations, we just wanted to make sure we were playing the right way outdoors And I think for the most part we did There is a lot to work on still ”

Despite what may seem to be a complete blowout from a glance at the score, Tanasiou was sure to tip his cap to the players on Binghamton

“I wouldn’t say it was a blow out, ” Tanasiou said “Even though we won 7-0, there were three matches where we had to win in three sets A very good first match outdoors ”

This kind of win is typically a huge boost for a team ’ s morale, according to Tanasiou Three set matches are stressful, high-intensity experiences to go into three, and then win all three, is not at all common For the beginning of the Spring season, this kind of victory is absolutely key in setting a strong tone of confidence and intensity for the exciting weeks to come, Tanasiou said

Next week, the men are going up against St John’s The last match against St John’s in the ECAC Indoor Championships was fairly decisive a 4-1 victor y However, Silviu isn’t resting on his laurels whatsoever

“To be quite honest, I don’t think the matches will have anything in common, ” he said “Initially we played them indoors, and now we ’ re playing them outdoors on their home court I think it’s going to be quite a different match than the first time around ”

Tanasiou also mentioned St John’s recent performances, where the Red Storm beat Harvard and was only a point away from beating Dartmouth “I think this is going to be a very good challenge for us, ”

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Following the Red’s match at Binghamton, the real play begins Or at least, the play Cornellians want to see Columbia, Harvard and Dartmouth, back-to-back-to-back, all at home The Ivy League is by no means known for weak tennis Not at all So when Tanasiou remarked on a “golden year ” for Ivy League tennis, he really wasn ’ t kidding Ivy League tennis right now is world-class

“We all know going into the season that the Ivy league as a conference is in its golden year right now, ” Tanasiou said “We’re competing against the deepest lineups that the Ivy league has ever seen From Columbia, to Harvard, to Dartmouth, all of these teams are beating great teams consistently To play all of these teams at home it’s a wonderful opportunity for us ”

The name David Volfson might not ring any bells to you, but in due time he will be creating quite the buzz on the Cornell tennis scene A freshman from Thornhill, Ontario, Volfson joined the team with a 988 ATP ranking (that’s top 1,000 in the world) So far, he has been playing No 1 singles

Managers Fired Unfairly

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Managers can be fired for two main reasons: on-field per formance or a disagreement with the ownership Firing managers for off-field scandals or disagreements is a completely logical reason to sack a coach Yet, clubs should resist the urge to fire their coach at any random point in the season when the team is str uggling Because coaches can be hired or fired at any time, the available coaches fluctuate in terms of skill; if a coach is fired, sometimes there are no better replacements available Oftentimes, new coaches struggle to fix the problem or the team fails to adapt to an entirely new coaching staff A third reason for clubs to hold on to a low-performing coach is to at least keep the club stable; firing many coaches in a short period of time leads to instability for the players, which brings worse long-term results than the short-term negative effect of retaining a struggling coach

To fix this problem, I suggest copying the mid-season player transfer window This is the idea that there is one month ( January) during the season in which players can be signed from other teams, both domestic and foreign In other months, teams must refrain from making signings This system could be applied to managers Clubs could hire or fire managers during January or the summer months but would be required to hold onto their manager (barring

misconduct or another extreme reason) during the season This would have a number of benefits for clubs and leagues

This “manager-change window” would allow for mid-season manager changes to be managed It would prevent constant media speculation about the future of managers It would standardize the manager market; teams wishing to fire their manager would likely do so at the beginning of the month Then, all teams could see the available candidates, interview those of their choice and make a hire towards the end of the month This change would have the most positive effect on club stability It would reduce instability caused by concern over the manager ’ s job security A manager could be clearly associated with a club for a set period of time, which placates sponsors and fans While I have made this change sound 100 percent positive, unfor tunately it will probably never be implemented Those holding power in soccer are those with the money; that is, the club boardrooms They would never agree to give up their power to hire and fire managers as they wish An idea such as this would have to go through FIFA Yet, I would argue that it is an issue that should be examined by FIFA Rapid hiring and firing of managers such as Benitez is harmful to clubs

Kevin Linsey can be contacted at klinseye@cor-

with a 0 545 win ratio

However one player can ’ t carry a team to victory As Tanasiou described it, a truly dominant team has to “fire from all cylinders ” According to the head coach, this is where the men ’ s team shines

“I don’t think there’s one player anyone needs to focus on I’m not just saying it because it’s a cliche,” Tanasiou said “I think this is why other teams are looking out for us ”

According to junior Colin Sinclair, playing at home brings its own share of advantages, and is entertaining for tennis fans and non-tennis fans alike

“All the guys are cheering on the outside,” Sinclair said “We’re always yelling and getting into fights with guys on the other team It’s a really fun atmosphere ”

The St Johns’ match will take place on Friday, then the Red returns home for the trio of Ivy League matchups starting against Columbia on March 26th

Grueling, Intense and Dangerous

Scazzero describes the pressure-flled life of a gymnast

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much for this sport that beats you up on the regular The hours aren ’ t attractive for my gym it was four and a half hour-days, six days a week, which didn’t leave a lot of time for a social life as a teen, if any at all

Then there are all the injuries that increase as your body ages Tr y and find one gymnast who hasn’t had at least one MRI, had his or her feet in a boot at least twice or won ’ t have back problems for the rest of his or her life You won ’ t Also for fun tr y and find a gymnast that will actually admit he or she is injured, again, you’ll have no luck I know girls who have competed with and still compete with multiple bone chips, torn meniscuses, fractured feet and so on Gymnasts live by the idea that as long as you ice it, you ’ re all good And on top of that, typically, gymnastics coaches are not the most rational people They’ll tell twelve-year-olds that are the size of toothpicks to watch their weight or kick you out of practice for having a rough day

So, with all this self-harm in the name of sport, what’s the draw? Why did I stay in it for 15 years? Why does anyone? There are so many reasons, and at times some are more compelling than others There are the friendships you make along the way These friends will be for life, because you ’ ve spent so much time with them during your formative years Because you ’ ve spent more time with them than your actual family, your fellow gymnasts have become your family

And there’s the fact that you ’ ve already invested so much of your life in the sport that it would seem stupid to stop when you ’ ve come so far This becomes especially tr ue come college There’s the feeling of flying through the air that you can ’ t get from anything else, and that feeling of accomplishment and pride in doing something that so few people can do And lastly

there’s that rush when you succeed When those grueling hours and all that sweating, bleeding and cr ying in a gym for 12 months pays off When you are a competitive gymnast, it becomes your identity No matter when you quit, you will always be a gymnast because of the impact those years have had on your life And it’s just too hard to give that up with a limited amount of time left in the sport College gymnastics is a whole different world than club I was lucky to be on a big team in club, so I was able to experience that sort of team spirit that is emphasized so much in college But for a lot of girls, the difference is night and day This time you live with your teammates, eat your meals with them and go to class with them They become even more prevalent in your life than anything else While the conditioning and practices remain moderately the same, there is more emphasis in college on just tr ying to not have ever yone ’ s bodies fall apart, emphasizing staying healthy and safe-to-compete rather than, I don’t know, yelling at someone for being “ too dramatic” after they tore their ACL

But the competition atmosphere is the real difference Ever yone is fighting for a spot to compete for the team, to contribute a score and to help get that win In club, you were essentially in it for yourself, and you had to compete whether you liked it or not But in college, you have to bring your A-game ever y week if you want a chance to go out on the competition floor, and you do it for the chance to make your mark on the team While this can make it more competitive at times, it does make earning that spot and getting that win all the sweeter When you know that your team has put their best possible effort out there, and you win, it’s the greatest feeling And that, that feeling, that commitment and all the years of effort, is why I’ll never be able to let the gymnast part of me die

Sophia Scazzero is a senior on the gymnastics team She can be contacted at sscazzero@cornellsun com

By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Sports Editor

A year ago, it took an overtime period for the men ’ s lacrosse team to take down Colgate at home This season, it looked as though the battle between upstate rivals would again be heading to an extra period

But freshman attackman Zach Ward was not about to let that happen

Ward’s buzzer-beating goal broke a 5-5 tie between the two teams, sending Cornell (3-2, 0-0 Ivy) to its second consecutive victory

Senior attackman John Edmonds came around from behind the goal and was shut down defensively by Colgate After almost losing his balance, Edmonds found Ward on the crease who took a step around a Colgate defensive and fired the ball into the top of goal

“We set up a play to try to get John Edmonds looking for [freshman attackman] Colton Rupp inside and it got covered up, ” said head coach Matt Kerwick

Kerwick praised the effort from Ward who, in his second career game, notched his first two career goals

“It was pretty impressive for a freshman to do that,” Kerwick said of Ward's two-goal performance “He’s really progressed considering he’s only started two games ”

Colgate got on the board first with a goal five minutes into the game The rest of the first period was scoreless, as Cornell was unable to convert on any of the seven shots the team launched in the quarter

The Red ended its scoring drought in the second quarter when freshman midfielder Clarke Petterson netted his third career goal on a feed from fellow freshman midfielder Ryan Bray

Spor ts

By KEVIN LINSEY Sun Staff Writer

Liverpool F C famously came back from three goals down to win the 2005 Champions League in Istanbul

Other players from that team, such as Steven Gerrard, are more memorable, but R a f a Benitez was the man who orchestrated the h i s t o r i c Liverpool team of that era as the manager The legendary manager has also coached Valencia, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Napoli and Real Madrid

Later in the period, Cornell took the lead off a goal from senior midfielder Emmy Poccia with three minutes to play in the half Poccia’s shot was assisted by Edmonds, who Kerwick said has been “getting better every week” as a distributor on offense

“John is a complete player for us, ” Kerwick said “He rides well, he starts a lot of our offense and when it does end up in a goal, sometimes he was two passes before that because he draws a lot of attention Teams are really keying in on him and sliding to him quickly and he’s developing as a feeder now ” Cornell added to its lead when sopho-

and players, and it should be curtailed In the most recent case, Benitez was going through a series of tough results at Real Madrid

However, the transition periods between his times at these clubs were not smooth He often was fired mid-season and picked up another job a few months later Midseason coach firing has negative effects on teams

The club’s owner, Florentino Perez, is known to have little patience with managers and decided to let Benitez go in the winter after only hiring him the previous summer

After a few months out of work, English club Newcastle United recently hired Benitez to try to save them from relegation This type of midseason coach transaction is seemingly increasing in frequency

Managers can be fired for two main reasons:

more midfielder Jack Bolen scored with just over one minute left in the first half The goal came in transition, one of the main areas that the Red has been trying to improve upon, according to Kerwick

“Our transition game is improving greatly,” Kerwick said “We’ve emphasized it and done a lot of it in practice the last two weeks in particular We want to be able to create in transition ”

After taking a 3-1 lead into the half, the Red ceded a quick Colgate goal in the third period But Cornell would bounce back with two more of its own, both coming from freshmen: Ward’s first career goal and

“ M isuse may cause serio u s i n j u r y o f e v e n death ” This is printed on ever y mat in a gymnastics facility Yet ever y day, day-in and dayout, gymnasts willfully ignore it I call this “Reason No 1 gymnastics is psycho ” A lot of spor ts make sense, like you could understand how soccer got invented who doesn’t absent-mindedly kick a rock ever y once in awhile? Or baseball let’s hit this thing with another thing! But gymnastics? Yes, let’s just throw ourselves in the air, and aim to land on our feet on a tiny wooden plank raised 4 1 feet in the air that we currently can ’ t see because we are flying through the air Just how in the hell did someone come up with this spor t, and why? But yet here it is, and there are thousands of men and women that dedicate a good por tion of their lives to this lovely form of sanity And I’m one of them

Most gymnasts got star ted in the spor t because they took the same

t o d d l e r g y m n a s t i c s c l a s s e s t h a t ever yone took as a kid and got h o o k e d So m e g o t s t a r t e d i n i t because their parents thought it was easier than testing them for ADD (shout out to my parents) Even though most gymnasts star t early on I star ted at six you can ’ t really tell if this will become the spor t that c o n s u m e s y o u r l i f e No t u n l e s s you ’ re dead-set on the Olympics, which, as a realistic child, I was not

Until I was about eight I still played almost ever y other the spor t you could think of; I played soccer until I got tired of being the only girl on my AYSO team I skated, until I decided the rink got too cold And I played tennis, until it got too hot in the summer Gymnastics seemed to be the most temperature-controlled at the time, so that’s just what I ended up sticking with T h e n , t h ro u g h n o c o n s c i o u s effort on my part, I got picked out of my rec class and moved up by the team coach She was big on aesthetics, and I just so happened to look like a tiny Russian gymnast at the time (Have I mentioned pre-pubescent bodies are prime gymnast bodies? No? Well, they are) Then ever y year I just came back because I liked

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Using a solid defense, the Raiders shut down Cornell for the next 23 minutes of play, going on a 3-0 run to tie up the game

Colgate had the ball with 2:11 left in the game, but senior goalie Brennan Donville was able to save a shot from Raiders’ midfielder Tyler Riga, putting Cornell back on offense “Brennan has been incredible the last two games, ” Kerwick said “He’s really comfortable out there, seeing the ball well The defense is giving him the shots he likes to see ” Cornell’s Ivy League schedule begins on Saturday when No 4 Yale comes to Ithaca The Bulldogs are still undefeated through five games, boasting the nation’s top defense Ker wick compared Yale’s defense to Colgate’s, calling it a “ very tight defensive group ”

“They’re a very system oriented team, ” Kerwick said of Yale “They’re very fundamental offensively They stick to their patterns very well and take the shots they want to take ”

Led by attackman Ben Reeves, the Bulldogs' offense is averaging 12 4 goals per game compared with Cornell's 9 0 per game Reeves has already tallied 13 goals on the season to go along with his 12 assists

Last year, the Red also opened its in-conference portion of the season against the Bulldogs, pulling off a dominant 14-7 victory

“We moved the ball really well last year, ” Kerwick said “We had a lot of assisted goals Defensively, we played outstandingly against a very good offensive group ” Play starts at 1:00 p m at Schoellkopf

it It wasn ’ t until I got out of compulsor y and to the higher levels that I realized I needed to consciously make the choice to stay in the sport, which for me meant moving gyms From high school on, it became harder and harder to stay in the sport both mentally and physically, you start questioning why you give up so much for this spor t that beats you up on the r e g u l a r T h e h o u r s a