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The Corne¬ Daily Sun

C.U. Republicans

Chair Fires Back

At Ann Coulter ’84

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS Sun City Editor

When Olivia Corn ’19, chair of Cornell University College Republicans, woke up late on Sunday morning and rolled over to check her phone, she found about 70 messages from friends urging her to check Twitter

Opening the app on her iPhone, Corn saw that Ann Coulter ’84 the controversial, right-wing pundit and author known for making provocative comments on television and in print had insulted her early in the morning in a tweet to 1 4 million followers

“College Republicans at Cornell have always been useless weanies,” Coulter said in the tweet, which she posted alongside a New York Times article in which Corn said being a Republican on a liberal campus is “ very difficult ”

“This girl sounds as cowardly as Charles Murray,” Coulter wrote in the tweet

Corn told The New York Times she was shoved to the ground on campus and called racist shortly after the elec-

tion of Donald Trump Cornell Republicans endorsed Gary Johnson for president in 2016

In an interview with The Sun on Monday, Corn brushed off the tweet, saying the insult made her wonder about Coulter’s priorities

“The first thought I had was, really? This is what you care about?” Corn said

New Apartments Slated for C-Town

Project would replace 2-story house with 28-bedroom building

By KIMBERLY LEE Sun Staff Wr ter

Developers are hoping a new four-story apartment building with 28 bedrooms and balconies at 118 College Ave will be available for students to rent by August 2018

The project, proposed by local developer Todd Fox of Visum Development, is expected to cost $1 4 million and will be marketed to Cornell student renters

Division of Planning and Economic Development

The proposal is for an apartment building of four, six-bedroom units with three bathrooms

room, a mechanical room and a trash area outside All aboveground units will have a balcony facing College Avenue

The developer included specific landscaping plans in the documents, saying he intends on creating “ a lush experience with interest throughout the seasons ” by planting foliage along the street edge, side and rear yards

But the College Republicans chair also pointed to Coulter’s comments as an example of what she said was a problematic split between right-wing conservatives and moderate Republicans “I think [Coulter is] indicative of a bigger trend of

Police Recover Over

A two-stor y, f i v e - b e d r o o m house with a paved driveway and concrete retaining wall currently sits on the 0 87 acre lot Site development will require the c o m p l e t e removal of the existing house and the relandscaping of the driveway, walkways and lawn, according documents submitted to Ithaca’s

the limit | Developers want to replace a two-story house on College Avenue with a four-story, 28-bedroom apartment building, complete with balconies COURTESY OF STREAM COLLABORATIVE

and one four-bedroom unit with two bathrooms

The lower level will have a bike

Preference will be given to native plants, and the plant life will be purposely selected to be naturally drought-tolerant, requiring no irrigation or manual watering past the initial period of planting

No off-street parking will be provided for this project, the documents say, and so it is predicted that car ownership among future residents will be dis-

APARTMENTS page 5

By NICHOLAS BOGELBURROUGHS Sun City Editor

Cornell Police said on Monday that officers have recovered more than 100 stolen items after arresting two people and charging them each with a felony for allegedly carrying out a string of backpack thefts last week and renting a $336 hotel room with a student’s stolen debit card

More than $12,000 in computers, cash, bank cards, headphones, jewelry and other valuables were reported stolen on Thursday, according to an updated version of the campus crime log posted on Monday Police arrested April M Mace, 31, of Savona, and Richard E Huyler, 39, of Corning, at The Hotel Ithaca in downtown Ithaca on Friday night and charged them each with criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, a class E felony, according to a felony complaint filed in Ithaca City Court on Monday

Sarah Palmer ’17 said in a sworn statement to Cornell Police that a representative from her bank called on Friday morning and told her someone had used her debit card to rent a $336 hotel room from The Hotel Ithaca the previous night

“I did not give permission for anyone to make purchases with my debit card,” Palmer wrote in the statement, noting that the bank representative also said Palmer’s card was used for a $6 purchase at Starbucks Cornell Police Officer Raymond Schweiger said in a statement that he confronted the other suspect, Huyler, outside of the same hotel and found someone else’s driver’s license and credit/debit card in Huyler’s back pocket

The name on the cards

THEFTS page 5

Gender, Spectacle and Nation-Making In Post-WWII Nigeria

Noon - 1 p m , 190 Rockefeller Hall

March Stem Cell WIP

Noon - 1 p m , Lecture Hall III, Vet Research Tower,

Connecting the Dots:

From Genetics to Food and Nutrition Security 12:20 - 1:10 p m , 135 Emerson Hall

Student Leadership Educators Network Meeting

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

2 - 3:30 p m , 148 Stocking Hall Historic Maps From Paper to the Screen 3:30 - 5 p m , 701 Olin Library The James A Perkins Prize for Interracial And Intercultual Peace and Harmony 4 - 6:30 p m , Memorial Room, Willard Straight Hall

Labor action | Sophorn Yang, president of the Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions and United Nations Ambassador, will be speaking as part of her Women Workers Resist tour and ILR Union Days

MARCH 24 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Women Workers Resist! A Talk by Sophorn Yang 4:30 - 5:30 p m , 105 Ives Hall C U Music Presents Guest Lieder Recital 7 - 9 p m , Barnes Hall Auditorium See You in the Streets: Tiffany Dena Loftin 4:30- 6 p m , 105 Ives Hall Alice Bag Book Reading 5 p m , HEC Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall Cornell Republicans Host Newt Gingrich 6:30 - 7:30 p m , David L Call Auditorium Creative Arts for Health and Wellbeing 7 p m , Slope Studio, 2nd Floor Willard Straight Hall

Local Art Collective Installs Altar

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By AMOL RAJESH Sun Staff Writer

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Country for ‘Looking to the Future’

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CGSU Liaisons Face

Grad Student Questioning

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GPSA Clarifes

Voting Procedure For CGSU Elections

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with the students’ official registered name, and also the preferred name as it’s in the systems ” Student eligible to vote in the election are the students within the bargain unit those who hold an assistants h i p : t e a c h i n g a s s

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a b o u t t w o ye a r s a g o w i t h t h e g o a l o f m a k i n g a r t a c c e s s i b l e t o t h e c o m m u n i t y, Bu r g e r s a i d “ It i s s o re w a rd i n g , e ve n i f i t i s j u s t o n e p e r s o n w h o c o m e s u p a n d s a y s t h a t o u r a r t m a k e s t h e m f e e l b e t t e r, ” Bu r g e r s a i d T h e It h a c a - a re a a r t i s t a d d e d t h a t p u b l i c a r t s t re n g t h e n s t h e b o n d s w i t h i n t h e It h a c a c o m m un i t y a n d n

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C o r n , 1 9 , ove r t h e i n t e r n e t o r a t a l l Ma n y o t h e r u s e r s c r i t i c i z e d C o r n f o r s u p p o r t i n g

Jo h n s o n , a L i b e r t a r i a n , o r a c t i n g a s a “f o o t - m a t ” f o r l i b e r a l s “ Pro b a b l y s m o k i n g t h e we e d w i t h h e r l i b f r i e n d s , ” o n e Tw i t t e r u s e r w ro t e o f C o r n “ Is s h e f ro m t h e e ve r yo n e g e t s a t ro p h y g e n e ra t i o n ? ” a n o t h e r u s e r w ro t e o f C o r n “ t h e y d o n ' t k n ow h ow 2 e m b r a c e d [ s i c ] h a r a s s m e n t 4 d o i n g s o m e t h i n g r i g h t ” In h e r i n t e r v i e w w i t h T h e Su n , C o r n w a s b o t h d e f i a n t a n d c a n d i d , s a y i n g C o u l t e r ’ s t we e t b o t h -

e re d h e r n o t b e c a u s e o f t h e p e r s o n a l d i g s , b u t

b e c a u s e i t re p re s e n t e d a s p l i n t e r i n g o f t h e G O P

t h a t h a s t a k e n p l a c e d u r i n g Tr u m p ’ s a s c e n t t o t h e O va l Of f i c e “A l l t h e c o m m e n t s o n l i n e re a l l y h i g h l i g h t e d t h e d i v i d e t h i s c o u n t r y h a s g o n e t h ro u g h , ” s h e s a i d “ It’s b a s i c a l l y Tr u m p s u p p o r t e r s ve r s u s n o nTr u m p s u p p o r t e r s ” C o u l t e r ’ s t we e t w a s l i k e d by m o re t h a n 1 , 0 0 0 u s e r s a n d re p o s t e d by h u n d re d s , i n c l u d i n g by T h e C o r n e l l Re v i e w, o f w h i c h C o u l t e r w a s o n c e e d it o r - i n - c h i e f Ef f o r t s t o re a c h C o u l t e r t h ro u g h h e r l i t e r a r y a g e n t we re u n s u c c e s s f u l C o r n s a i d C o u l t e r s h o u l d re a c h o u t t o h e r d i re c t l y i n s t e a d o f m a k i n g h e r t h e s u b j e c t o f o n e o f t h e p u n d i t ’ s f re q u e n t o n l i n e i n s u l t s “ I w a n t [ C o u l t e r ] t o l o o k m e i n t h e f a c e a n d h a ve h e r t e l l m e w h a t s h e t h i n k s o f m e b e c a u s e yo u c a n h i d e b e h i n d a c o m p u t e r s c re e n , b u t I t h i n k i t t a k e s g u t s t o t e l l s o m eb o d y w h o ’ s 3 0 y e a r s yo u n g e r t h a n yo u w h o w a s a s s a u l t e d t h a t s h e ’ s a we e n i e b e c a u s e s h e d i d n ’ t s u p p o r t Do n a l d Tr u m p, ’ ” C o r n s a i d Re f e r r i n g t o C o u l t e r ’ s p re v i o u s c r i t i c i s m o f C o r n e l l’s c o n t r a c t c o l l e g e s , C o r n s h o t b a c k a t t h e a u t h o r, c h a l l e n g i n g h e r t o a d e b a t

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Instead, residents will have access to both indoor and outdoor bike storage areas and will also be provided with a membership to Ithaca Carshare as a part of their lease Multiple cars will be available directly in Collegetown and throughout Ithaca for use

Visum Development did not respond to requests for comment, but developers are hoping to move forward with the development process during summer 2017 if all documents are approved, according to The Ithaca Voice

Kimberly Lee can be reached at kimberlylee@cornellsun com

Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs can be reached at nbogel-burroughs@cornellsun com

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WORKING ON TODAY’S SUN

Letter to the Editor

JOSHUA GIRSKY ’19

Managing Editor

LYDIA KIM ’18

Advertising Manager

ZACHARY SILVER ’19

Why STEM grads support CGSU

To th e Ed itor:

On March 27 and 28, graduate students will vote to recognize CGSU as a graduate student labor union If this vote passes, the Cornell administration will be legally required to acknowledge our needs by collaboratively drafting a contract with us that will protect and improve our working conditions Understanding how our union’s contract could benefit grad students requires acknowledging the minimal influence we currently have on our working conditions, and also requires creative thinking about how our lives could improve Thankfully, we can look to any of the more than 30 universities with existing grad student unions for examples of why working under a union contract will benefit our Principal Investigators, our labs and ourselves

A union contract does not impose limitations, but rather enables protections It is a myth that a union contract would limit the hours a graduate student can work In fact, many contracts explicitly state that grads can work as many hours as they choose For example, Article 33 Section 8 the University of Washington contract states: “Workload assigned to a [graduate employee] should not in any way be construed as imposing a limit on the amount of academic work necessary for a student to make satisfactory academic progress toward their degree ” A union contract does not limit our work, but will protect students who feel they are overworked or in need of support In the 14 years since University of Washington established their union, not only has it admitted more PhD students, it rose to second for federal research grants awarded to a university 1

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On the Importance Of Graduate Voter Participation in the Upoming CGSU Election

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A union does not limit STEM stipends, but protects them A union will not negatively impact students who receive the best stipends Instead, it protects and guarantees increases to the highest stipends, and also increases the minimum Currently graduate students have no say in minimum stipends and no guarantee that individual stipends will increase from year to year Summer appointment letters decreased by up to $780 in engineering departments in 2016 compared with 2015 It is unclear how widespread this cut was within the school of engineering since the administration does not inform us of pay cuts, who they affect, or why they occurred The Board of Trustees currently determines both minimum and maximum graduate stipends unilaterally We will draft our contract with language that protects graduates from decreasing stipends, which is exactly what NYU’s contract Article XIX protects against: “No provision of this agreement shall be construed as to lower the compensation rate of any graduate employee ” The NYU grad union contract, like many others, explicitly rebuts the misconception that stipends will decrease for the best-paid students We will include an equivalent statement in our contract that ensures stipends won ’ t decrease, and instead have guaranteed yearly net gains No CGSU member would vote to ratify a contract that had more dues than gains to salary and benefits

A union contract establishes a floor, not a ceiling We will write protections into our contract, not limitations Expanding healthcare coverage to include dental and vision limits no one Expanding graduate childcare grants limits no one Establishing clear leave policies for bereavement or illness limits no one Establishing protections for the most vulnerable, such as international students and victims of sexual assault limits abuse A union does not limit working conditions for graduates who are well supported; it protects everyone

Given that there are clear advantages to unionization, it is unsurprising that advisor/student relationships can improve when graduates unionize According to a study published in the ILR Review on precisely this subject, “the potential harm to faculty-student relationships and academic freedom should not continue to serve as a basis for the denial of collective bargaining rights to graduate student employees ” A union contract establishes baselines and expectations for everyone, so graduate workers spend less time anxiously asking advisors for bureaucratic or procedural guidance

Our union contract will enable more flexibility for graduate students In several STEM departments, the graduate school already provides training assistantships for new students during their first semester, giving them time and flexibility to decide on a group Why not expand upon the support the graduate school can provide? As a unionized graduate student body, we can put pressure on the graduate school to provide assistantships that help decouple a P I ’ s funding situation from their graduate students’ stipends How about assistance for students whose P I s are leaving Cornell? How about assistance for students who wish to change their advisor due to a lack of clear expectations or mentorship? A union provides a means to address the problems we know exist in graduate school

When we go to the polls on March 27, we will be voting to establish a democratic community of graduate students who will collectively work to improve our working conditions and benefits Every step of the process, from union recognition, to selecting a bargaining committee, to ratifying a contract is democratic Our union and the contract we develop together will reflect our interests If you don’t believe us, read any of the more than 30 contracts ratified across the country We think you’ll find them compelling enough to vote

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re a l c o n s e q u e n c e s T h e p u r p o s e o f t h i s e l e c t i o n i s t o p ro d u c e a re s u l t t h a t i s re p re s e n t a t i ve o f t h e b a r g a i n i n g u n i t a s a w h o l e , a n d o n l y a h i g h vo t e r t u r n o u t c a n g u a r a n t e e t h i s T h e s t a k e s a r e h i g h T h e r e i s n o r e q u i r e d m i n i m u m t u r n o u t f o r t h i s e l e c t i o n t h e o u t c o m e o f g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t u n i o n i z a t i o n a t C o r n e l l w i l l b e d e c i d e d by o n l y t h o s e e l i g i b l e s t u d e n t s w h o vo t e If t h e e l e c t i o n re s u l t s f a vo r u n i o n i z a t i o n , e ve r y c u r re n t a n d f u t u re e l i g i b l e m e m b e r i n t h e b a r g a i n i n g u n i t w i l l b e b o u n d by t h e re s u l t Ir re s p e c t i ve o f t h e o u t c o m e , a l ow vo t e r t u r n o u t w i l l c a s t d o u b t o n w h e t h e r t h i s e l e c t i o n i s t r u l y re p re s e n t a t i ve

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s t u d e n t e x p e r i e n c e T h i s h o l i s t i c a s s e s sm e n t i s c e n t r a l t o g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t a d vo c a c y, a n d i t i s by n o m e a n s e a s y t o m a k e A f t e r e x a m i n i n g o u r e x p e r i e n c e s a t C o r n e l l , w e m u s t C G S U E l e c t i o n a f t e r t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n o f a u n i o n W h e t h e r t h i s c h a n g e i s n e c e ss a r y, a c c e p t a b l e o r re a

Margaret Lee | Shining a Light

For the Safety Of All Cornellians

For some odd reason, Cornell seems to take pride in its lack of snow days Even when surrounding premises close down in the worst of weather conditions, Cornell remains open When I first arrived on campus in August, I was shocked to learn that despite Ithaca’s harsh winters, snow days take place rarely, if ever, every ten years or so

Surprisingly, Winter Storm Stella forced the university to cancel classes and close down most operational services from 12 p m on Tuesday to 4:30 p m on Wednesday This was the first full-day closure since 1993

Many students were grateful that classes and exams were cancelled during this stressful prelim season, while others were relieved to see that the university finally came to its senses in such hazardous circumstances

Nevertheless, Cornell could have saved itself a lot of trouble had it reacted more quickly in response to such an urgent situation It was not until 10:42 a m on Tuesday, March 14 that the administration sent out the CornellALERT emails stating that the campus would close at noon

Several weather advisories had already been broadcasted across the northeast region long before the university made the decision to close down The National Weather Service had issued a storm warning to Tompkins County from 8 p m on Monday to 8 p m on Wednesday

Most other peer institutions around the northeast, as well as in Ithaca, had issued closures on Monday evening

Yet Cornell waited until the last minute before issuing a shutdown, at the risk of the safety of its students, faculty and staff While some professors used their discretion to cancel morning classes, the university administration deferred their decision until late morning despite adverse weather conditions that had not only been forecasted, but were distinctly visible

The university needs to make clear, prompt decisions in the case of such events Although administrative complications are understandable,

While some professors used their discretion to cancel morning classes, the university administration deferred their decision until late morning despite adverse weather conditions that had not only been forecasted, but were distinctly visible.

the safety and well-being of the people who constitute Cornell should be of top priority Most students who attended morning classes were able to commute back home easily because they live on or nearby campus However, not all staff members live in such proximity to the University

For some, it takes two or more hours to travel to and from Cornell The University could have saved all this hassle had it opted to close down in advance

Cornell also needs to reexamine whether its employees are being overworked While it is important to have roads cleared for people to be able to move through, it seems unreasonable for the work to have to be done past midnight At 2 a m on Wednesday, I was shocked to hear snowplows roaring outside of Balch Hall Was it absolutely necessary for the person in the car to risk his or her own safety to be plowing past midnight?

Cornell prides itself in being a caring community concerned for the physical and mental health of its people However, I can ’ t help but wonder why precautionary measures could not have been taken beforehand under extreme weather conditions, when the community needed immediate action the most

DongYeon (Margaret) Lee is a freshman in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations She can be reached at margaretlee@cornellsun com Here, There and Everywhere appears alternate Tuesdays this semester

Com men t of the day

“Interference in U.S. democracy with the collusion of a sitting President is undoubtedly a bigger threat and higher priority than the CIA monitoring civilians, which while troubling has been somewhat codified into law after 9 /11. You claim Wikileaks is not partisan, as, “Wikileaks wouldn’t have hesitated to publish RNC emails if they could get them ” Well, that’s exactly what happened Wikileaks is partisan, or at least acted in a partisan manner, by refusing to release hacked RNCs.”

Continue the conversation by sending a letter to the editor or guest column to opinion@cornellsun.com

Jake Forken

Re: “SCHULMAN | Prioritize Privacy Over Partisanship,” Opinion March 20, 2017

Rain Drop Table Top

There’s a table outside my dorm room that is, on its worst day, in extremely high demand I might say I wish to be like this table if it weren ’ t for its lack of mobility It caters to a plethora of clients, from the diligent, early-morning academic to the late-night intellectual; from the maintenance guy who awaits his cue to the community-enthusiast depositing snacks for group gluttony So, you see, it’s a versatile table in its own right, but to further our discussion, let us direct our attention to its chairs

There’s a table outside my dorm room with four lightlypadded chairs that are, on any day, warm and inviting Please, do not consider these chairs as subjugates of the greater table Instead, I would like to propose here that the chairs are, in fact, culturally significant to a greater degree than the table, and, furthermore, pivotal in the shaping of modern youth

Allow me to justify my claim

All four chairs are close to power outlets on alternate sides, so there is no doctrine of power created by layout

However, the chairs are distinct in their p e r s o n a l i t i e s and passions

Two of the chairs face a window overlooking West Campus They ask, “Oh, to which dining hall might the winds of life take me tonight?”

pied a space so closely, never engaged in such a dynamic, interwoven dialogue, never educated each other in the way they do at the table

It’s curious, this phenomenon, but it’s not inexplicable After all, the four chairs are positioned on opposing sides of the table and therefore are capable of obliging contrary perspectives Now, let us prod at the dichotomy between privacy and companionship that afflicts many of the table’s visitors When you find yourself lured into the sphere of the table, do you want to see, or do you want to be seen? Will you sit with your back turned to your audience, or will you sit with your eyes wide, feasting on the glimpses of passers by and by? This challenge raises a key line of logic about the human population In what is likely an equal split, half of all people are hungry for information; they have insatiable cravings to know their surroundings The other half, arguably more mischievous, do not fear the unknown; they prefer

ties at this one table With this simple play, we notice an imitation of a fundamental facet of human nature A hesitation to inhabit the same territory, even when we are not outnumbered, even as we enjoy the company of our own counterparts, models a universal deficiency Yet, the four chairs are resilient Night and day, they battle on, urging the synthesis of various sects and subgroups within college society and, in time, within the world While at first glance this table seems too small, too forceful and entirely unconducive to the union of separate entities, it works relentlessly to destroy socioeconomic and political barriers and replace them with intimate connectivity For inanimate objects, the table and chairs offer us copious insights about the human experience In years to come, further study on related topics might gain momentum in laboratory settings, but the scientist in me is quite impressed with the framework that this table provides Humans might

But, alas, it is not so simple. These two pa of people are plagued by an aversion to heterogeneity. They resist the merger of their two parties at this one table. With thi simple play, we notice an imitation of a fundamental facet of human nature.

Two of the chairs offer a narrower worldview, facing internally into the hallway They are able to observe the stillness of time; they are ignited by abstract thought and broodings about the natural universe Whether by encouraging wanderlust or philosophical speculation, these chairs produce an astounding scientific paradox: the seamless coexistence of the traveler and the wallflower, the introvert and the extrovert These two characters never before occu-

to encapsulate themselves and care not of the movements around them If ever in need of clarifying your own stance, simply choose a seat

The table and its four chairs also encourage us to question the nature of synergy Consider the scenario of two pairs of people, vying to seat themselves on the table’s four chairs So far, there is no conflict four people, four chairs, one-to-one ratio But, alas, it is not so simple These two pairs of people are plagued by an aversion to heterogeneity They resist the merger of their two par-

even evolve someday into a hybrid species with personas that do not conform to these four chairs, but as of yet, that is an untested hypothesis

Me? I often wonder whether I am a window-chair or hallwaychair type of person I also often reach the same conclusion, which is that I am neither I like to hang out in my room

Priya Kankanhalli is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Scences She can be reached at pkankanhalli@cornellsun

SCIENCE

p l a n t s c i e n c e G e n e t i c s

R o o t s , S h o o t s a n d a D a s h o f M e d i c i n e

Research associate discusses the future of plant-based medicine

By CHENAB KHAKH

Sun Contributor

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MUSIC 1101, Elements of Music, begins with a rather thorough discussion of the Voyager Golden Records

Each record contains a somewhat lengthy selection of music, which was compiled in 1977, by a committee chaired by Cornell’s Carl Sagan, then professor of space sciences Of course, this spurs the musicological debate on archival selection and canon formation Is it even remotely fair that an American professor, grounded in Western culture, is in charge of leading the effort to select music representing societies of the entire world? The final lineup is indeed unjustly skewed towards the inclusion of Western musical examples and traditions

However, there is one justified choice among the numerous inequities on the Voyager Golden Record and that is Sagan’s inclusion of “Johnny B Goode,” by Chuck Berry With Berry’s recent death on March 18, I have noticed many references around various social media to his inclusion on the record, all

exclaiming that his music will live forever So many celebrities over the past several decades have praised Berry’s extensive influence over the inception of rock and roll and its subsequent development Nevertheless, it is Elvis Presley who has been canonized as the “King of Rock and Roll ” This supreme idolization of Elvis is, at worst, an acceptance of Jim Crow era social norms, a time when only a white man could front the image of an emerging musical genre Early rock and roll was not the creative experiment of white people On the contrary, it emerged from the blues genre, which stemmed from the musical traditions of African-Americans It was musicians like Chuck Berry who invented the artistry and attitude of rock music Fortunately,

In elementary school, running into your teacher outside of school was like watching your favorite television character walk right out of the screen Our grade school teachers only existed in construction paper covered classrooms, between cursive writing lessons and popcorn reading As we ’ ve grown, of course, it’s easier to see that teachers have lives too They wait with us in line at Temple of Zeus; they peek at their phones during discussion But Greg Graffin, a professor of evolution this past fall semester and former PhD student at Cornell University, forges new boundaries for the teacher-form You might see Professor Graffin at the grocery store, but, more likely, when class time ends, he heads across the countr y for the weekend to rehearse with his punk rock band: Bad Religion And if that’s not enough for an existential crisis, a community of paleontologists just named an ancient bird fossil after the professor-rock star-hybrid And, on March 10th, Graffin released his second solo album Graffin transcends classroom walls with his ten track Millport, but, rather than assuming a punk rocker alter ego, Graffin retains an intellectual, paleontologist sense of self within each folk melody

Despite what his students might think, Graffin’s Millport convinces me that he moonlights as neither a musician nor a professor Like the recently excavated “Qiliania

Chuck Berry has been given much credit in the years since his prime period of popularity, many asserting him to be the chief pioneer of rock and roll Any sole reference to Elvis as being the King is completely ignorant of the black originality of the genre, and I am glad that Carl Sagan was aware of this fact in 1977, when he chose Johnny B Goode” instead of Jailhouse Rock,” for the Golden Record

Chuck Berry’s career was not without its problems or questionable occurrences In 1959, he was arrested and charged, under the Mann Act, with moving a fourteen-year-old Native American girl across state lines it was additionally alleged that he had sex with her On these charges he was found guilty and served three years in jail during the early 1960s

Furthermore, in 1990, a group of women sued him on allegations that he installed video cameras in the women ’ s bathroom of a club he owned On this matter he ultimately settled out of court Yet, to merely label Berry a sexual offender would be contrary to the general purpose of this column, by laughably asserting judicial impartiality of the criminal justice system in the American South during the twentieth century I bet that there was a degree of racism and white resentment present in both legal settings, and the antiquated language of the Mann Act was certainly ambiguous at the time But, we all know that rock and roll and popular culture in general has a tendency to objectify people, those objects being its own vanguard of stars or women in its lyrics and mindset Many characterize the inception of rock and roll as the initiation of a rebellious, teenage state of being I believe that this characterization is rather innocent and much too white If rock music really stems from African-American musical traditions, then its inception is not of mere teenage angst but anger This nearly thirty-year-old man did not turn the volume of his guitar up so loudly and duck walk and shout across stages to pander to some young Americans, whose caricatures one observes in Hairspray or American Graffiti Chuck Berry was asserting his humanity in the face of Jim Crow America by

inventing gritty, expressive riffs and mocking the ridiculous physicality of the Al Jolson, black entertainment mentality Unfortunately, he did so by calling on the already ingrained societal subjugation of women by playing songs like “Sweet Little Sixteen” and “No Particular Place to Go,” even embodying this mentality through questionable behavior with women outside of his music career

Rock is indeed a profound mode of artistic expression and its development in the twentieth century is a fascinating subject to study Its early years may have been dominated by male artists and questionable lyrics, but soon after a profound group of women began to use the genre ’ s expressive powers for their own assertions In its truest form rock music can be used by all, and for that, anyone affiliated with the genre must owe a degree of thanks to Chuck Berry

Nick Swan is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at nswan@cornellsun com His column Swan s Song runs alternate Tuesdays this semester

graffini” fossil, Graffin emerges in Millport as an impression of all his experiences, ventures and scientific findings If his students listen to his new album, they might be surprised by how much he sounds like himself And, at the same time, they’d regret how little they knew of him Graffin describes the creative process of his album scientifically: “Like a huge tree with broad limbs, you can never predict what the crown will look like from the time that the roots are embedded in the soil ” In addition to being factually correct, this description fits Graffin’s lifestyle, as well as his academic and creative work Graffin joined Bad Religion right out of high school and now remains in the group as the only founding member He planted his roots and the rest of his career grew from that point Then, leaves sprung out: a book deal (Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science and Bad Religion in a World Without God), a PhD, a first solo album (American Lesion) and a teaching gig Yet, Graffin remains rooted in one consistent form Millport doesn’t so much unearth this root but clings on to a sense of constancy in Graffin’s ever evolving mold

Millport and Graffin’s occupational philosophy work as an additive process The album comes together by focusing on what can grow, rather than emphasizing what must drop away Millport sounds like letting

the leaves fall off a tree and then carefully pinning them back on Graffin contends that the album represents “three distinct historical trends that came together in the span of only 10 days, during recording at Studios 606 and Big Bad Sound in April of 2016 ” He cites the following as these three histories: the musicians, the musicianship and the people Graffin’s three “ roots ” could be trees all in themselves and yet he resists breaking things apart Instead, he brings opinions, occupations and instruments together Millport characterizes no one specific moment, identity or period of life It retains the professor, the high-school rock star, the mature performer and the author And, most centrally, it adds the human qualities that these titles often leave out Millport reveals what’s important to Graffin, without a syllabus or a tour schedule, without lecture slides or chapter titles Millport patches together a sense of home that place where everything fits and nothing falls apart in his lyrics and instrumentals He arrives at this place not as the un-ironic, penniless rock star reject, but as just another stop on his historical odyssey He passes through pit-stops with more than emotional baggage Evolution, as a study, relies both on the idea of moving forward and falling back We continue to ask ourselves what we once were only because we re something different now

We wonder where we came from; because, if ashes go to ashes, we might return there again Graffin’s Millport focuses on the progress from a starting point rather than the return to nothingness He approaches his music like a paleontologist observing his field work, with a knowledge of the histories, theories and characteristics that lend important meaning to small findings In the album, Graffin traces “historical roots, ” which not only stabilize his music but support all of the experiences and moments he adds to them When interviewers ask Graffin how he can make everything work in his tight schedule, Graffin answers that teaching “leaves plenty of time to head overseas on the weekends!” Teachers have a way of compacting a lot of information into short periods of time A prelim review section, after all, can transport you from pre-test self assurance to immovable horror In Millport, Graffin shrinks, squeezes, compresses and packs things up in a magical, preservative way I picture the professor arriving back in Ithaca each Monday morning and unpacking his weekend suitcase like a folk rock Mary Poppins Graffin breaks all professor stereotypes, but, I d still be surprised to see him in a grocery store

Julia Curley is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at jmc628@cornell edu

Well-worn but never quite worn out, Pitbull classics like “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)” and “Hotel Room Ser vice” are always a go-to for playlists if you want a song ever yone can sing along to He s been around for a while now, having released his first album M I A M I in 2004 and been on an up and up trajector y with many collaborations with big-name

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Robin Thicke, J-Lo and Kiesza to do a lot of the heavy lifting in most of his tracks with their vocals

But between Lopez reiterating ad nauseam how much she’d “like to get/a piece of that sexy body,” and Jason Der ulo crooning out just as frequently his potential to be a great educator in the bed department, Pitbull actually waxes a little nostalgic He sends out the platitude “ The grass looks greener on the other side/’til you get to the other side ” in “Can’t Ha ve , t h e n f o l l ow s u p w i t h “d u c k e d prison, ducked death, I’m fortunate/it was all a dream, now I wake up and live it/thinking that the sky was the limit/’til I f i g u r e d o u t t h e r e ’ s f o o t p

moon ” In case we don’t get his point by the second verse in this track he draws it out so clear you can ’ t misinterpret it; “first me make the sandwich/then we own the restaurants/first we clean the house/then we own ever y house on the block/not bad for some immigrants ” Watch out, Trump Listen to that one too many times and you might catch some of your own family histor y in that line And like Trump post-election, Pitbull’s taking a victor y tour here (but maybe a more tasteful one?), telling all of us several times over just how far he’s made it; hence t h e b

infrequent references to how much his life has changed and his nod and flippant middle-finger to people who think he’s outdated

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expecting supreme stor ytelling, or even a real reason to keep the tracks in any kind of order This is basically another shuffle album composed entirely of catchy singles and repeated forays into accomplishments and prowess The one layer to the album that speaks to Pitbull’s innovation is actually its title paired with other releases like Globalization and Global Warming,

it’s meant to draw attention to the global

insight to the tracks themselves In changing his branding from Mr 305 to Mr Worldwide, he solidified his approach of not only producing music meant for a wider audience, but also to use the broadening of his scope to draw attention to climate change itself Pitbull’s intention, it seems, is to stick an issue he s passionate about in plain sight so his listeners might give it more thought on a day-to-day basis So maybe he’s not so similar to Trump after all

Apart from not having much connection aside from all being catchy and sharing typical club beats, the tracks aren ’ t bad, but they aren ’ t going to blow your mind Standalone track “Messin’ Around,” made

Change’s lead single last April, is undeniably catchy, sophomoric and has, at best, a piecemeal stor y about someone hearing from someone that someone else is messing around so they hope that that someone also heard from someone, who heard from someone, that the messing around is mutual If you can make it through that logic, you ’ re good to go The rest are a lot

more straightfor ward unless you count “give me the greenlight ‘ cause I’m ready to go/let’s have a good time/what you waiting for?” as being esoteric

Again, the album isn t worn out, but it s probably not going to surprise you either “ O p t i o n s , ” f e a t u r i n g St e p h e n Ma r l e y, might be the most unexpected track out of the whole list, and you feel like Pitbull barely touched it The rest of the tracks are good, of course, but they don’t feel particularly innovative It’s an album full of singles I would listen to over and over again, and I love the momentum of tracks like “Can t Have and “Freedom, but this isn t an album I’m going to sit down with and listen from start to finish while I’m walking to class or on a road trip And that’s okay because sometimes you just have to be okay with calling something for what it is Climate Change is a group of successful singles united under a single name and it’s probably going to stay that way, but it’s still a collection of singles that are all worth your time

Jessie Weber is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at jlw372@cornell edu

L i g h t a n d S o u n d S y n e s t h e s i a

“ Would we be able to detect music without the ear? Of course not Well, we are surrounded by things whose existence we never suspect, because we lack the organs that would reveal them to us ”

Guy De Maupassant

De Maupassant’s quote provides an interesting

t o u c h s t o n e f o r Ya e l E r e l ’ s e x h i b i t i o n , Li g h t

Topographies, on show in the John Hartell Galler y

In this unique exhibit, the artist seeks to explain the subtleties of light, texture, sound and their relationship to one another The banal becomes the fantastical as sheets of metal, light to the touch, reflect wonderful tapestries of light on the white walls and hanging sheets of the galler y space Erel’s background as a licensed architect in New York and Israel provides the framework for light itself as a form of architecture The soft and hard lines of light paintings provide a biomorphic design framework The waveforms are exposed, enlarged and highlighted, as symphonies and crescendos are generated through a variety of interactive installations within the space

sheet of thin metallic paper that lies parallel, suspended between two sheets of translucent white paper As I hesi-

In one particular piece, entitled Double Reflector, the viewer is expected to interact with a vertically hanging

tantly poked at the floating metallic surface, a seismic shift in the reflection on the white paper gave me quite a start The simple movement, amounting to just a few inches, resulted in a projection of such vast differences in light that it was reminiscent of an earthquake, or of waves off of a stormy coastline The smallest movements and

gestures have ramifications unseen by the human eye It reminded me of the butterfly effect, the idea that the simple flap of a butterfly’s wings could cause a chain reaction of apocalyptic proportions Light is seen as a malleable but deeply complex system that is constantly being shifted, played with, yet also kept constant, despite our human meddling Erel’s interest in light, and the exhibition of its complexity, is showcased in an installation that is painterly in its assessment of physical phenomena Erel fuses the scientific and the artistic, evoking the beauty of the former and its inextricable link to the latter For thousands of years, artists have found inspiration in biomorphic forms, whether that be the cur ve of a tortoise’s shell or the splayed broad leaves of a fern In Light Topographies, a microscope is taken to the smallest of details, to cellular proportions, to highlight the immense beauty and inherent magic in something we often take for granted The exhibition allowed one to fight seasonal affective disorder and immerse in the beauty of one of our most sacred elements

Harrison Holland-McCowan is a senior in the College of Human Ecology He can be reached at hrh65@cornell edu

Ithaca Spring Concert Previe w

Ja m i l a Wo o d s 3 / 2 5 – R i s l e y

Jamila Woods’s ethereal voice, easily recognized from “Sunday Candy” and “Blessings” by Donnie Tr umpet and The Social Experiment and Chance the Rapper, will fill the room in Risley Hall on Saturday night Last year, she released the album HEAVN, which The Sun’s named second best album of 2016 We expect her to bring her own distinct brand of hip hop and urgent social commentar y Opening: SadoSan, Paulitics

Gu c c i M a n e 3 / 2 6 – B a r t o n

Trap music pioneer Gucci Mane will be taking over

Bar ton Hall on Sunday, and he’s sure to bring an energetic show His collaboration with Rae Sremmurd on “Black Beatles” last year was one of songs that most strongly defined 2016

D e c e m b e r i s t s 4 / 7 – S t a t e

The folk-influenced indie group The Decemberists will be at the State Theater to round out spring break Their tunes are complex, but concordant and take the best from rock, pop, folk and countr y music The performance will be full of energy and unusual melodies, which are wor th checking out

Opening: Julien Baker We t 4 / 1 – H a u n t

Making electronic music that is peaceful and soulful is no easy feat, but Wet have done it They’ve received wide critical praise and are ready to show off skill with synths, vocals and percussion at the Haunt

Opening: Blonder

Barenaked Ladies have been per forming for nearly 30 years, establishing themselves as fun and easygoing performers Their music bounces around different rock subgenres, sometimes bumping into alternative and folk

Opening: Alan Doyle

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Red Returns to Schoellkopf for Three-Game Home Stand

M LACROSSE Continued from page 16

Virginia combined for five points between two goals and three assists in a noble attempt to advance the Red Midfielder Jordan Dowiak also notched two goals in Saturday’s outing while fellow sophomores Jake McCulloch and Clarke Petterson contributed one goal and one assist a piece However, the Red was unable to overcome Yale’s strong defensive stands and challenge the offensive production displayed by several of the Bulldog’s talented attackmen such as junior Ben Reeves

“Obviously Ben Reeves is always a challenging matchup, but I don't think it was just one person that we had trouble with,” Knight said “They ran a pretty good offense, with a

lot of off ball movement Most of their goals came from defensive breakdowns, and losing track of a guy off ball We knew that goals off of ball movement were a big part of their game plan, but we struggled defending it ” Yale finished the game with a 38-34 shot advantage and a 36-22 ground ball advantage, highlighting the team ’ s physicality

“We need to be more physical on defense,” Kerwick said “Yale came away with the tough ground balls so we need to be more determined there We lacked a little confidence offensively early in the game and made some simple turnovers, which has been something we ’ ve struggled with in four of our five games, giving teams the ball early ”

Concerning Tuesday’s matchup against in-state rival Colgate, Kerwick is both mindful of the challenges the

A New Chapter Begins

Wrestlers

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people might put you up there like you ’ re indestructible, like you can ’ t even be touched, like you ’ re a machine, but that’s not true, ” he said “Every single one of us is a human being We all have our shortcomings We all don’t wrestle the way we play it out in our head every single time ”

But the disappointment for the Cornell team came much earlier than team ’ s finals match Palacio entered the tournament as the No 7 seed, yet the high-spirited middleweight was poised and ready for a deep run through the bracket

After dramatically upsetting No 2 Michael Kemerer of Iowa on Friday afternoon in the quarterfinals, it seemed as if he might not be stopped

Fast forward to Friday night, and with just over 10 seconds left in his semifinal match against No 3 Joey Lavallee of Missouri, Palacio was closing in on the victory Lavallee, however, responded with a late four-point nearfall to take the match in the waning moments and end Palacio’s title hopes

“He wasn ’ t wrestling a typical Dylan match,” Koll said “Normally he’s attacking and pushing the pace, but this time he was all defensive A lot of the credit has to be given to the kid he was wrestling, though ”

About 20 minutes later, it was Realbuto’s turn to earn a spot in Saturday night’s finals

Wrestling against No 3 Bo Jordan of Ohio State someone Realbuto upset in February the former NCAA runner-up also jumped out to a quick lead At one point, Realbuto led 7-2, but a rare mistake late in the third made the night that much worse for the Red

“It’s an incredibly stressful situation there with 19,000 people all screaming at the same time and it was one of the very times in his career he let the emotions get the best of him,” Koll said “He made a very poor decision, and instead of being conservative and giving up a [two-point] takedown, he went for a big move and gave up four points ”

The way in which the losses came about made them that much tougher to deal with, according to Koll

“It wasn ’ t just that they both lost, it was the dramatic fashion in which they lost,” he said “Both let

it slip away in the very last second, and it was just heart-wrenching ”

Despite the tough last two sessions, there are some positives the team hopes to take away The eighth place finish makes Cornell and Iowa the only two schools to finish in the top-10 at NCAAs every year since 2008 The team also earned an impressive four AllAmerican honors, including one from a standout in Womack

“We did come away with an All-American with Brandon Womack as the 13th seed, and everyone won matches and scored some bonus points So there were some real positives to be taken away, ” Koll said “It was just unfortunate that the seniors could not reach their ultimate goals ”

“Wrestling’s a grueling sport but at the end here, I’m glad I made it out with three AllAmerican honors,” Realbuto said in an interview after it was all said and done He now plans to stay local for a year with Dean and coach a local youth program

The remaining two wrestlers senior Mark Grey (133) and sophomore Ben Honis (197) did not place in the tournament, but competed hard nonetheless

“Grey wrestled the best he’s wrestled all year long, and I was really proud of him,” Koll said “And Honis won a match by major decision, and he’s back for two more years so we ’ re excited about that ”

With four of the six NCAA qualifiers graduating, younger wrestlers like Honis and Womack are the Red’s future, and the program ’ s winning tradition now depends on their success

“We’ve got a great group of young guys coming back next year, ” Koll said “We recruit hard, and we ’ ve got a great room That’s why these guys are where they are They’re getting pushed every day ”

While Dean, Realbuto and Palacio have all donned the red and white singlet for the final time, their departure opens the door for the next class of Cornell greats “As sad as I am to lose our seniors, I’m also excited for the next generation of Cornell AllAmericans and National Champions,” Koll said “In the fall, we ’ re going to have the next generation of Gabe Dean’s and Brian Realbuto’s ” Until then, Cornell wrestling fans will just have to be patient

Charles Cotton can be reached at ccotton@cornellsun com

Raiders will bring to Ithaca as well as the necessary changes in play his players must make in order to acquire its first win of the season

“They’re a good offensive team with a veteran goalie and an outstanding face-off guy, ” Kerwick said “It’s going to be, as it has been the last couple years, a 60-minute effort ”

With a 74 percent winning percentage historically when playing on Schoelkopf turf combined with the cold lessons learned from losses suffered so far this season, the Red hopes to start its three-game home stretch with a much needed win against Colgate on Tuesday at 5 p m

Bobby Marani can be reached at bmarani@cornellsun com

Women Remain Calm, Fend Off Late Trojan Comeback

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Smita Nalluri can be reached at snalluri@cornellsun com

W R E S T L I N G

Grapplers Fall Short of NCAA Expectations

By CHARLES COTTON Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Maybe it just wasn ’ t meant to be

At least, that’s how it seemed after Cornell wrestling two-time National Champion and four-time All-American Gabe Dean fell in the 184 pound finals on Saturday night of the NCAA Championships, capping off a tough 24hour stretch for the team from Ithaca

The Red was in prime position to bring home some hardware going into the second day of competition Friday night The team had put up big numbers during the opening sessions of the tournament and was solidly in contention for a top-five team finish Its top three wrestlers seniors Dean, Brian Realbuto (174) and Dylan Palacio (157) were all in their bracket’s semifinals Cornell had also already locked up four All-Americans with the three aforementioned seniors and sophomore Brandon Womack (165)

What transpired next was tough to swallow for anyone watching Palacio and Realbuto lost on Friday night in the final minutes, followed by Dean’s defeat on Saturday As a group, Cornell fell several spots to finish the tournament in eighth place

“We were wrestling great, but we had a couple of guys who found ways to lose on Friday night which really just took the winds out of our sails,” said head coach Rob Koll Dean came out in the semifinals against Oklahoma’s Nolan Boyd, whom he had already beaten multiple times this season, and Friday night was no different The fourtime EIWA champion came out fighting and cruised to a 9-3 victory Unlike his classmates, he was just one victory away from capping off an undefeated season and his third consecutive national title

Dean’s semifinal win landed him a matchup with No 2 Bo Nickal of Penn St on Saturday night The Nittany Lions’ sophomore had lost just once coming into the bout and was some experts ’ pick to be the only one who could take down the seemingly unstoppable Dean

“As we all know he’s a great wrestler, he’s very dangerous, ” Dean said in an interview before the match “As a senior, to have an opportunity to compete for your last title is really awesome I’m just looking forward to the challenge that awaits me ”

In the end, however, that challenge proved to be too much for Dean

The Red senior scored the match’s first two points on a takedown and appeared to hold on to that lead going into the second period However, a challenge from the Penn St staff ended up with Nickal being awarded a late takedown, giving the sophomore the 3-2 lead at first break

After an escape point, Nickal led 4-2 and held off Dean for the remainder of the second Dean escaped to open the third and had just under three minutes to land a takedown and win the match But Nickal’s defense was just too good on Saturday night in front of the raucous Scottrade Center

Dean did all that he could nearly forcing his opponent to the mat multiple times but the referees would not give Dean credit for a takedown, and the match ended 4-3 Just like that, the senior’s illustrious career at Cornell

Laxers Crack National Top 10

By SMITA NALLURI Sun Staff Writer

6 - 2 ) m ove d t h e Re d ( 5 - 1 ) u p f ro m No 1 1 t o No 7 i n t h e n a t i o n a l p o l l s a n d U S C d ow n f ro m No 4 t o No 1 0 Pre p a r a t i o n f o r t h e t e a m s ’ f i r s t - e ve r m e e t i n g b e g a n e a r l y f o r t h e R e d a s t h e t e a m w a t c h e d f i l m t o a n a l y ze t h e

Tro j a n s ’ g a m e p l a n a n d c r a f t a w i n n i n g s t r a t e g y “ [ O u r ] a t t a c k e r s w e r e f o c u s e d o n p r e p a r i n g f o r U S C ' s zo n e , ” s a i d h e a d c o a c h Je n n y Gr a a p “ Sp e c i f i c a l l y, o u r o f f e n s e n e e d e d t o b e p a t i e n t s o w

was over

“Penn State had four consecutive championships before that one, and I think the kid was wrestling on a high,” Koll said “It wasn ’ t like Gabe wrestled poorly, [Dean] actually took it to him There were a couple of opportunities that could’ve gone his way depending on the refs, but his opponent did a good job of avoiding him Gabe is relentless, but unfortunately wasn ’ t able to capitalize on a couple of opportunities ”

When all was said and done, and the undisputed favorite and Cornell’s all-time winningest wrestler had finally been defeated, Dean’s answer to a question from the day before seemed truer than ever “When you ’ re one of the top wrestlers in the country,

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Red Continues Drought After Dropping Ivy Opener

By BOBBY MARANI Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell men ’ s lacrosse team suffered its fifth consecutive loss of the season after dropping its game against Yale this past weekend 178, heading into this week’s New York rival-matchup without a win

In the 77th meeting between the two schools, Yale’s (3-3, 1-0 Ivy) offensive onslaught began in the early seconds of the game when junior midfielder Conor Mackie drove through Cornell’s (0-5, 0-1) defense to sneak in a long distance shot and quickly commandeer the lead The early goal, however, did not give the Red a reason to panic

“I've been playing goalie long enough to know that a sixty minute game is a long time and you can ' t let an early goal affect your confidence,” said junior goalie Christian Knight “That play gave them a lot of momentum though and they carried it throughout the quarter ” Although Knight notched 13 saves on the day, marking his sixth consecutive game tallying double digit stats, his overall effort in goal

was not enough to fend off Yale’s close-range and persistent attacks

“We need to support Christian m o re , ” s a i d h e a d c o a c h Ma t t Kerwick “He’s been very steady but we ’ re giving up too many looks on the inside that we can ’ t expect him to save We need to do a better job controlling the tempo on the offensive end ”

While a lack of offensive tempo a

y scrounge for ground balls troubled the Red during several of its valuable possessions throughout the game, an experienced Bulldog roster took full advantage of the Red’s youthful inconsistency and scattered defensive play

Scoring seven goals by way of seven different players, with ten total Yale players scoring throughout the entire game, Yale coasted into halftime with a 7-3 lead C

named Ivy League Rookie of the Week following his performance l a