03 22 16 entire issue hi res

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

International introductions

Comedians to Perform at C.U.

By TALIA JUBAS Sun Senior Writer

Stand up comedians Dave Coulier and Ha n n i b a l Bu re s s w i l l perform at Cornell in April and May respect

C

Pro

release

C o u

w h o played Uncle Joey on the ’90’s sitcom Full House, w h i c h w a s re c e n t l y reprised on Netflix as Fuller House is scheduled to perform in Statler Auditorium April 20, the release said

Students responses to an open online survey will be analyzed and used as a source of input for Cornell’s housing master plan, according to Cornell media relations specialist Daryl Lovell

The Division of Student and Campus Life sent online surveys to a random sample of students on March 18 The survey, which collects the student body’s opinions of the current housing system, will close March 30, Lovell said The University is in the midst of researching the master plan, which will guide Cornell’s efforts to accommodate housing for undergraduate and graduate students

Selections Chair Maria Chak ’18 said she hopes attendees will remember Coulier from childhood viewings of Full House

“The nostalgia aspect of Full House will make this an appealing show to the college-age crowd who grew up with it,” Chak said

Howe ve r, C o u l i e r ’ s stand up performance which has been featured on The Tonight Show, Detroit Comedy Jam and Comic Relief will be different from his work

The plan is Cornell’s first indepth study of its housing system since the 2008-09 economic crisis, according to a University press release

3,900 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students living on and off campus, in Greek life and unaffiliated with Greek life received the sur vey, according to Lovell

Many undergraduates struggle with freshman room selection, said Lily Englert ’19, listing pressing problems with Cornell housing

“My friend and I both got bad time slots [during freshman room selection] and had to block with someone we

didn’t know ver y well,” Englert said “It was ver y stressful ”

Similar questionnaires have been sent to students in a complementar y research project by freshmen in the Meinig Family Cornell National Scholars program, according to Marty Rauker, senior director of strategic initiatives for Student and Campus Life

The Division of Student and Campus Life has also created student focus groups that discussed undergraduate housing needs earlier this month, according to the release Compiled by Anna Delwiche

Johnson Museum Ends Security Company Contract

Service has alleged ties to prison industry

By STEPHANIE YAN Sun Assistant News Editor

The Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art will terminate its contract with G4S Secure Solutions USA a security service company that Black Students United says has ties to the prison industry according to administrator Renee Alexander ’74 Provost and Acting President Michael Kotlikoff said the museum ’ s relationship with G4S will be terminated in a letter, said Alexander, the associate dean and director of intercultural programs, student and academic services and advisor to BSU Cornell’s Division of Financial Affairs had previously contracted with G4S for consultation on Johnson museum security, according to the DFA website The company provides risk consultation, investigation and technology support services, according to the security firm’s website

BSU press release

“Incarceration across the globe has wreaked havoc on communities of color,” BSU said in the release on Monday “Any step the University takes in distancing itself from that brutal system is a step in the right

“Incarceration across the globe has wreaked havoc on communities of color ”

direction ” John Carberry, director of Media Relations, added that the University is pleased to have been able to work collaboratively with BSU

“The administration has been working closely with BSU and other student groups on a number of issues, and we are very pleased with the progress that has been made,” Carberry said

Additionally, G4S has “been linked to the private prison industry, both domestic and abroad,” according to a

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Patterns of Evolution in Domesticate Apply 12:20 - 1:10 p m , 135 Emerson Hall

200 Years of Ecology: The First 100 Years As Prelude for the Next 100 Years 3:30 - 4:30 p m , G24 Fernow Hall

Ice Cubes Neutrinos: From Oscillations to PeV Dark Matter 4 - 5 p m , 401 Physical Sciences Building

Tuo Zhao: Compute

Spatiotemporal Organization of the E Coli Cytoplasm 12:15 p m , 700 Clark Hall

Joana Fisher: Biology and Life Histor y Impact Asian Longhorned Beetles, Anoplophora Glabripennis, Susceptibility To the Fungal Pathogen Metarhizium Brunneum 12:15 - 1:15 p m , 2123 Comstock Hall

Carolyn Slupsky: Using Metabolomics To Dissect the Pathogenicity of Candidatus Liberibacter Asiaticus in Citrus 12:20 p m , 404 Plant Science Building

Antoine Picon: Architecture and Materiality in the Digital Age 5:15 p m , Milstein Hall Tomorrow Today

Vox Campaigns for Imprisoned Pregnant Women

By DEVON GILLIAMS Sun Staff Writer

Local

Ithaca Police Officer Honored for Helping Implement Use Of Body Cameras

On Monday, Ithaca Police

o

K

Month Award for her efforts in implementing body cameras for officers, according to The Voice

Harmon played an important role in the passage of a body camera policy by the Common Council She also made sure that the policy was enforced and accurately implemented

“ It’s p r o g

work and I’ve found it ver y interesting,” she said, according to The Voice

National

El Niño Upsets Seasons Internationally

El Niño is the strongest it has been in a generation and its effects are far reaching The

according to The New York Times

The extreme warm weather is causing other major weather fluctuations like with rainfall levels While some areas are e x p e r i e n c

a b n o r m a l

h levels of rain, as the case in Paraguay’s capital and South Africa, other places are experiencing low level so rainfall

This extreme weather is not

o n l y h a v i n g a n i m p a c t o n countr y ’ s economy, but also on the health of its citizens

Ac c o rd i n g t o T h e Wo r l d

He a l t h O r g a n i z a t i o n , El Niño-related weather adding 60 million people to health risks like malnutrition, waterand mosquito-borne diseases, and other illnesses

Obama and Castro Cuba Meeting Exposes Old Grievances

In a h i s t o r i c m o m e n t Monday, President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro discussed a new future regarding United States and Cuba

re l a t i o n s D e s p i t e Pre s i d e n t Obama’s declaration of a “ new day,” however, the two nations

c o u l d n o t c o m b a t l i n g e r i n g issues and problems that are still evident today, according to the New York Times

The exchange was the first time leaders of the two countries met in over a half-centur y They discussed the release of political prisoners and issues of human rights, education and equal pay The two leaders equally commented on areas where their respectable countries fell short, which made for a positive discussion, furthering a more amicable relationship, The Times reported

Compiled by Samantha Acriche

b a by ” Vox’s c a m p a i g n a l s o h o p e s t o h i g h l i g h t t h e l a c k o f re p rod u c t i ve h e a l t h e d u c a t i o n a va i la b l e t o w o m e n i n Ne w Yo rk’s p r i s o n s y s t e m I m p r i s o n e d

w o m e n a re a l s o n o t g i ve n a d eq u a t e a c c e s s t o c o n t r a c e p t i o n a n d s a n i t a r y s u p p l i e s , a c c o rdi n g t o t h e l e t t e r T h e b i l l w a s s p o n s o re d by S e n A n d r e w L a n z a ( R - N Y )

l

S 5 7 2 9 o n t o Gove r n o r A n d re w

Cu o m o T h e b i l l w o u l d p rev e n t t h e s t a t e f r o m p l a c i n

n t p r i s

n t o s o l i t

y c o n f i n e m e n t , e x c e p t u n d e r e x c e p t i o n a l c i r c u m s t a n c e s , a c c o rd i n g t o t h e s e n a t e ’ s we bs i t e T h e o r g a n i z a t i o n ’ s l

n t “ j

Prof Creates Poverty and Risk Calculator

By YUN SOO KIIM Sun News Editor

a n d s i x o t h e r Ne w Yo rk St a t e s e n a t o r s , a c c o rd i n g t o t h e s e na t e ’ s we b s i t e Pr o f T h o m a s Hi r s c h l , d e v e lo p m e n t s o c i o l o g y, h a s c re a t e d a p r o g r a m t h a t c a l c u l a t e s t h e l i k el i h o o d u s e r s w i l l f a l l b e l ow t h e f e d e r a l p ov e r t y l i n e , a c c o rd i n g t o a Un i v e r s i t y p re s s re l e a s e H i r s c h l ’ s ‘ R i s k C a l c u l a t o r ’ u t i l i z e s f a c t o r s s u c h a s l e v e l o f e d u c a t i o n , a g e , r a c e a n d m a r i t a l s t a t u s t o c o m p u t e t h e u s e r ’ s e c on o m i c s t a b i l i t y i n t h e n e x t f i v e , 1 0 a n d 1 5 y e a r s Hi r s c h l d e v e l o p e d t h e c a l c ul a t o r i n c o l l a b o r a t i o n w i t h Pr o f

M a r k R a n k , s o c i o l o g y,

Wa s h i n g t o n Un i v e r s i t y a n d Pr o f K i r k Fo s t e r, A f r i c a n

A m e r i c a n s t u d i e s , Un i v e r s i t y o f

s u r v e y t h a t h a s b e e n c o l l e c t i n g i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t f a m i l i e s f o r

ov e r 5 0 y e a r s He u s e d $ 2 4 , 0 0 0

t h e 2 0 1 5 f e d e r a l p ov e r t y l i n e f o r a f a m i l y o f f o u r a s h i s re f e re n c e f o r w h a t c o n s t i t u te d ‘ p ov e r t y, ’ a c c o rdi n g t o t h e R i s k

p ov e r t y c a l c u l a t o r i s w e ’ re t r y i n g t o m a k e p o v e r t y r i s k m o r e r e a l , s o t h a t p e o p l e c a n s e e w h e r e t h e y s t a n d a n d w h e r e p e o p l e l i k e t h e m s t a n d , ” h e s a i d

Hi r s c h l o b t a i n e d t h e d a t a f o r h i s c a l c u l a t i o n s f r o m t h e Pa n e l St u d y o f In c o m e D y n a m i c s , a

S o u t h C a r o l i n a , t h e p r e s s re l e a s e s a i d T h e In t e r n e t - b a s e d c a l c u l at o r w h i c h h a s a l re a d y b e e n a c c e s s e d b y ov e r 6 3 , 0 0 0

C a l c u l a t o r w e b s i t e L i f e e v e n t s t h a t u s u a l l y r e s u l t i n d r a s t i c c h a n g e s s u c h a s j o b l o s s , d i v o r c e o r a m a j o r i l l n e s s c a n l e a d t o a p e r i o d o f p ov e r t y, a c c o rd i n g t o Hi r s c h l “ We h a v e a s o c i e t y w h e re , i f y o u f a l l o n h a rd t i m e s , y o u f e e l t h a t i t ’ s y o u r f a u l t , t h a t t h e re ’ s s o m e t h i n g w r o n g w i t h y o u , ” h e s a i d i n t h e r e l e a s e “A m o n g w h i t e s , t h a t ’ s e s p e c i a l l y t r u e T h e re ’ s v e r y l i t t l e u n d e r s t a n di n g a b o u t s o c i a l c a u s a l i t y a n d t h e d e c i s i o n s t h a t w e ’ v e m a d e a s a c o u n t r y, p a r t i c u l a r l y s i n c e 1 9 7 0 ” Hi r s c h l s a i d t h a t h e h o p e s t h e c a l c u l a t o r w i l l s p a r k a n a t i o n w i d e d i s c u s s i o n o n p o v e r t y, s o t h a t g o v e r n m e n t

Feds Find 70 Pounds of Cocaine in Flight Attendant’s Luggage

LOS ANGELES (AP)

Federal authorities are searching for a flight attendant they say bolted from a security screening at Los Angeles International Airpor t, leaving behind about 70 pounds of cocaine stashed in her luggage Transportation Security Administration officers stopped the woman at random Friday, and she remained at large Monday, said Special Agent Timothy Massino with the U S Drug Enforcement Administration

The flight attendant was sent to a secondary

screening area, but she quickly dropped her bag, ditched a pair of Gucci heels and fled barefoot downward in an upwardmoving escalator, said Marshall McClain, president of the union representing LAX airport police officers

Police were called to investigate an unattended bag and later uncovered 69 pounds of cocaine inside, McClain said McClain expressed concern that officers were alerted about the unattended bag but not a suspicious person running through the airpor t, he said

Monday He said the case also shows why all flight attendants and other airport employees need to be screened

“With her bringing this amount of narcotics in the airport, chances are this wasn ’ t her first time through,” said McClain, head of the Los Angeles Airpor t Peace Officers Association “We’re hoping this is a wake-up call to airport management as well as federal legislators ” Security threats from “insiders” airline and airport employees, as well as workers hired by contractors have been a

focus of the TSA, particularly after the December 2014 arrest of several Delta Air Lines baggage handlers

Prosecutors allege they smuggled guns, including an AK-47, from Atlanta to New York

Federal authorities said last year that they busted a marijuana smuggling ring at Oakland International Airpor t, with arrests including baggage handlers A separate arrest in December involved a TSA worker accused of allowing drug runners to pass their bags through X-ray machines without being stopped

Four former baggage handlers at San Diego's airpor t were sentenced in September in a drug-smuggling case

The TSA has said that full screening of all employees would cost too much Instead, the agency has urged airpor ts to increase random screenings of workers and to keep background checks up to date

“We will pay particular attention to the insider threat,” TSA Administrator Peter Neffenger told a Senate committee earlier this month

Dave Coulier and

H a n n i b a l B u r e s s

Will Visit Cornell

PERFORMANCE

Continued from page 1

in Full House, according to Chak

“ We are ver y excited that we can bring one of the original cast members and showcase him doing stand up, which people might not know he had in his reper toire,” she said

Buress has acted in Broad City and The Eric Andre Show on Adult Swim and will visit Cornell on May 6, according to Gabe Diamond ’18, CUPB executive chairperson

Diamond said Buress was previously scheduled to per form at Cornell in November of 2014, but canceled and was replaced by comedian John Mulaney

“ The Cornell population’s interest in seeing Hannibal per form has only grown since he was scheduled to appear in the fall of 2014,” Diamond said

Buress’s third standup special, Comedy Camisado, is currently streaming on Netflix, and he recently appeared in the movie Daddy’s Home and voiced characters in upcoming animated films The Secret Life of Pets and Angr y Birds, the release said

Talia Jubas can be reached at tjubas@cornellsun com

FBI May Access Locked iPhone Data

LOS ANGELES (AP) A much-anticipated cour t hearing

effor t to force Apple Inc to unlock the iPhone used by one

abr uptly vacated Monday after the FBI revealed it may have a way to access data without the company ’ s help

on the eve of Tuesday's hearing

Riverside, California In cour t papers they said the FBI has

access the data on Syed Rizwan Farook’s encr ypted phone since obtaining it on Dec 3, the day after the attack

“An outside par t ” came for-

method, the government said in

Authorities need time to determine “whether it is a viable method that will not compromise data” on the phone

If viable, “it should eliminate the need for the assistance from Apple,” according to the filing

method entailed

Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym

d ordered the government to file a status repor t by April 5 Pym

also stayed her Feb 16 order compelling Apple to create software that would disable security features on the phone, including one that erases all information if a passcode is incorrectly entered more than 10 times

In a c o n f e re n c e c a l l w i t h repor ters, Apple attorneys said it’s premature to declare victor y in the case because it’s possible t h a t a u t h o

t i e s c o u l d c o m e back in a fe w weeks and insist they still need the company ' s help The attorneys spoke on c o n d i t i o n t h e y w o u l d n ’ t b e identified by name because the case is still pending

The company hopes the government will tell Apple about w h a t

files But the attorneys said it may be up to the FBI to decide whether to share the information

The fact that a third par ty may have found a way into the p h o n e w i t h o u t A p p l

sworn affidavit and filing put that the Justice Depar tment has put for ward in the last month

The government has argued in each of its filings that Apple’s help is necessar y and that the company was the only entity that could provide investigators with what was needed

FBI Director James Comey

t o l d t h e Ho u s e Ju d

r y Committee in sworn testimony earlier this month that agency i n v e s t i g a t

Agency for help but did not have success

Apple has previously said in cour t filings that the government did not exhaust all its options, and lawmakers have criticized the FBI for not doing more to tr y to crack the iPhone

help

To

h a t either the FBI doesn’t understand the technology or they w

uth when they said there is no other possible way ” of examining the phone without Apple’s

attorney for the American Civil Liber ties Union “Both of those are scar y to me ” The ACLU has filed a cour t brief suppor ting Apple's position Rober t Cattanach, a former U

security cases for the Dorsey & Whitney law firm, said the government would likely not have disclosed it had a lead on possibly unlocking the phone unless

because the disclosure weakens the government ’ s case by introducing doubt that it could only access the phone with Apple’s help, he said “ They’ve created ambiguity in a place where they’ve previously said there is none, ” he said

Protesters Urge GOP to Allow Supreme Court Pick Vote

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) An effort by liberal groups to pressure Republicans to allow Senate consideration of President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee got off to a modest start Monday as small groups of demonstrators rallied outside lawmakers’ offices around the country A bigger electionyear battle ramped up as both sides brought their viewpoints to television, social media and supporters ’ email inboxes

Five days after Obama tabbed federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland for the vacant seat, about 25 people appeared outside the Columbus, Ohio, office of GOP Sen Rob Portman, who is backing Republican leaders’ insistence on awaiting the pick of whoever is elected president in November Some carried signs saying “#DoYourJob,” a battle cry of Senate Democrats aimed at their GOP colleagues, and “#FillTheSeat ”

“The idea that they need to wait until the people have spoken, well, the people already did speak,” said Barbara Eakins, 70, an Ohio State University retiree

“They spoke when they elected Obama to office twice ”

Similar-sized crowds were observed at rallies in Austin, Texas; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Des Moines, Iowa, respectively targeting GOP Sens John Cornyn, Ron Johnson, Pat Toomey and Charles Grassley

Above the Austin rally, a plane circled briefly pulling a red “Fill the Seat” banner Cornyn is the No 2 Senate GOP leader while Johnson, Toomey and Grassley face re-election this fall

The demonstrations were among 51 events across the country, according to Brian Stewart, a spokesman for MoveOn org The group organized the actions with Credo Action, Democracy for America and other liberal organizations, timed to the beginning of a two-week Senate recess

Thirty-seven events were outside Republican senators ' offices and another 14 were aimed at Democrats to thank them for backing Garland, Stewart said He said about 2,700 people told the groups over the Internet that they would attend an event

Former State Department Employee Sentenced to Five Years for Threatening to Expose Explicit Photos

ATLANTA (AP) A former

U S State Department employee was sentenced Monday to serve nearly five years in federal prison for accessing young women ’ s online accounts from his computer at the American embassy in London and threatening to expose their sexually explicit photos

Michael C Ford, 36, sent “phishing” emails to women, specifically targeting members of sororities and aspiring models He claimed to be a member of Google’s account deletion team, which doesn't exist, to get them to hand over their passwords, prose-

cutors said U S District Judge Eleanor Ross sentenced him to four years and nine months in prison followed by three years on supervised release Ross granted a request to delay the start of his prison term until after Aug 1 so that he can be present when his wife is due to give birth to their second child in late July Ford told the judge he was feeling small and looked down upon in his personal and professional lives and retreated into an online world where the people he was interacting with didn’t seem real, he said He’s truly sorry to his vic-

tims, he said

“What I did was a low and cowardly act by a person who was desperate,” he said

He wanted to get caught so he’d be fired and could leave an unbearable work situation without having to say he was a quitter, he said, adding that he suffered from severe depression and suicidal thoughts He cried as he addressed the judge

More than 30 of Ford’s friends and family members, including some who’d traveled from England, packed the courtroom to show support

Obama, Castro Engage in Negotiations, Ending Diplomatic Standstill

HAVANA (AP)

Laying bare a half-cen-

President Raul Castro p

i n g a g g r e ssively questioned T h e e x c h a n g e s underscored deep divis i o n s t h a t s t i l l e x i s t between the two count r i e s d e s p i t e r a p i d l y improved relations in the 15 months since O b a m a a n d C a s t r o s u r p r i s e d t h e w o r l d w i t h a n a n n o u n c ement to end their Cold Wa r - e r a d i p l o m a t i c free ze Obama, standing in Havana’s Palace of the

Revolution on the second day of his historic visit to Cuba, repeatedly pushed Castro to take steps to address

rights record “ We

President Castro indi-

The DEADLINE to e-mail advertisements for Display and Classified Ads for the Monday, April 4 issue of The Corne¬ Daily Sun is Thursday, March 24, 3:00 p.m. The Deadline for Display Ads for the Tuesday, April 5 issue is Friday, March 25, 12:00 noon.

The Sun Business Office will close Friday, March 25 at noon and will reopen Monday, April 4 at 9 a.m.

“Islam and the American Common Good”

Tuesday, March 22, 5:00 p.m. Kaufmann Auditorium Goldwin Smith Hall The Public is Invited Professor Sherman Jackson University of Southern California The Cornell Daily Sun 139 W. State Street • Ithaca, NY 14850 607-273-3606

Tuesday Still, Obama heralded a “ ne w day” in the U S -Cuba relationship and said “ par

tions means we discuss

directly

Castro was blistering in his criticism of the American embar-

and

who planned to meet with Cuban dissidents

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Disney’s

BY DAVID GOULDTHORPE Sun Contributor

It’d be hard to imagine anyone hasn’t heard the hype around Walt Disney’s 55th entr y into their animated canon The film has dominated the box office for the past three weekends even overshadowing the release of Allegiant and it’s not hard to see why Zootopia, directed by Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Jared Bush, combines wit, charm and fun with sharp social commentar y, creating an experience that is truly unforgettable

The stor y revolves around a rabbit named Judy Hopps, voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin, who true to Disney standards is a bright-eyed dreamer who wants to make the world a better place She feels that the best way to do this is to become a police officer, but faces obstruction from people around her who point out that there’s never been a rabbit police officer before While on the job, she runs into a smooth-talking fox named Nick Wilde, voiced by Jason Bateman, and they end up working together to crack a case that exposes a massive conspiracy threatening the ver y existence of the city

Now, at this point, many people may be thinking that this is traditional Disney fare: talking animals doing human things, a message about being kind to others, n o t h i n g p a r t i c u l a r l y o r i g i n a l o r e xc i t i n g How e v e r, Zootopia excels at driving these elements to heights that Disney has not reached before First of all, the world built around the titular city of Zootopia is a mastercraft of imagination Other films have talking animals in a human world Here, the world is ver y distinctly animal; instead of repurposing our own world, the movie’s designers have reengineered society from the ground up to create something that feels organic and takes our breath away The sequence that introduces us to the city is visually impressive and dripping with creativity, as well as puns That’s not to say that the world is completely unrecognizable from ours Animals walk around texting on smartphones, they cut in front of cars on the street, they celebrate pop stars and take part in activist rallies Zootopia is a perfect balance between familiarity, so we can identify with their society, and originality, so that our curiosity is piqued and we are invited to learn more

Of course, pretty visuals can only offer so much without good writing behind them Luckily, Zootopia delivers here as well Ever y single character is compelling and memorable, even down to minor characters Of course, the center of attention is on the two protagonists, Judy and Nick, and they meet and exceed their duties as main characters Judy is an idealistic role model, who at first enthusiastically buys into Zootopia’s slogan of “Anyone can be anything!” Of course, she quickly learns that the mantra is not reflected in reality, but she refuses to let go of her optimism That’s not to say she’s dumb or naive about it; indeed, she proves herself to be a clever and quick-thinking character always determined to stand up for what’s right On the other side of the aisle is Nick, a charming and cynical con artist whose main business involves illicit popsicle sales He’s the guy who knows ever yone on the street, and he is the wake-up call for Judy that draws her from her dreams of utopia The duo deliver a fantastic energy to the screen that makes the humor funnier, the drama more palpable and the action more engaging Even more importantly, the characters help each other grow, creating a pair of compelling arcs that intertwine to build an engaging plot Ever ything I’ve described talks about what makes Zootopia a good movie But there is one more element that makes it go above and b e y o n d t y p i c a l a n i m a t i o n : t h e message Zootopia delivers a powerful moral about racism, sexism and discrimination in many forms Of course many children’s movies

have played with this same theme before, but with a hamhanded approach that usually translates to, “Don’t be mean if someone ’ s different!” This simple message suits a preschool classroom, but lacks the adult perspective needed to apply to the real world Zootopia excels at lampooning this approach, and then at actually tackling these themes in a way that displays nuance and an understanding that these issues are ver y serious and real Right in the first five minutes, an incident of playground violence establishes that we ’ re going to be seeing something sincere and meaningful, and the film does not fail to deliver Scenes and lines echo civil rights movements both past and present The film talks about tokenism; it shows politicians extolling diversity in front of a podium, and then failing to practice their words; it displays how people who face prejudice can harbor prejudices of their own; perhaps most chillingly, it discusses the political benefit of hatred and identifying internal enemies Anyone who’s been keeping up with the presidential races can see where

this message fits perfectly within our national discourse Already the film has inspired me to open new dialogues with people about discrimination in our society I doubt many animated movies, or even films in general, can claim they’ve accomplished anything similar

Step aside Frozen; Zootopia is without a doubt the best movie that Disney has put out in years, and arguably one of the most important ones as well It’s a great film in its own right, but it also goes above and beyond to deliver brilliant commentar y on a current issue When you consider that an animated film takes about four years to make, putting Zootopia’ s genesis before the events of Ferguson and the start of Black Lives Matter, that timing is unbelievable When you realize a cartoon rabbit and fox display more social responsibility than certain presidential candidates, that is equally unbelievable

David Gouldthorpe is a freshman in the College of Ar ts and Sciences He can be reached at djg284@cornell edu

LOUIS LIU ’18

Business Manager

PAULINA GLASS ’18

Associate Editor

RYAN TORRIE 17

Web Editor

SOPHIA DENG ’19

Blogs Editor

DENNIS FEDORKO 17

Design Editor

JOSEPHINE CHU ’18

News Editor

TROY SHERMAN ’18

C o r n e ¬ D a i l y S u n

Independent Since 1880

134TH EDITORIAL BOARD

SOFIA HU 17 Editor in Chief

PHOEBE KELLER ’18

Managing Editor

JORDAN EPSTEIN ’18

Advertising Manager

ADAM BRONFIN 18

Sports Editor

CAMERON POLLACK ’18

Photography Editor

YUN SOO KIM 17 News Editor

JOSH GIRSKY ’19 News Editor

SHAY COLLINS ’18

Arts & Entertainment Editor

Arts & Entertainment Editor

DIVYANSHA SEHGAL 18

Science Editor

STEPHANIE YAN ’18

Assistant News Editor

SHAN DHALIWAL ’18

Assistant Sports Editor

ZACHARY SILVER 19

Assistant Sports Editor

BRITTNEY CHEW ’17

Assistant Photography Editor

SIERRA RINALDI 18

Human Resources Manager

WORKING ON TODAY’S SUN

DESIGN DESKERS Dennis Fedorko 17 Tyler Breitfeller 16 Kaiwen Zheng ’17

PHOTO NIGHT EDITOR Brittney Chew ’17

NEWS DESKERS Yun Soo Kim ’17 Stephanie Yan 18

NIGHT DESKER Samantha Acriche 18

SPORTS DESKER Adam Bronfin 18 ARTS DESKER Troy Sherman 18

Editorial

EMILY JONES 18 Dining Editor

MADELINE COHEN ’18

Assistant News Editor

JACK KANTOR ’19

Assistant Sports Editor

MELODY LI 17

Assistant Design Editor

SUZY PARK ’18

Video Editor

MEGAN LEE 18

Marketing Manager

Banning the Box: Cornell As a Fair Chance Employer

THE STUDENT ASSEMBLY URGED the University on Thursday to join the national “Ban the Box” movement by removing job application questions asking applicants if they have a criminal record In passing this resolution, the S A rightly acknowledges the need for fair chance hiring practices and the crucial role Cornell plays in the community As an educational institution and an important community member, Cornell University is obligated to be a fair chance employer

In New York state, 42 percent of 24,605 ex-offenders were taken back into custody three years after their release, according to the N Y Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Additionally, 32 percent violated terms of their parole and 9 percent were convicted of a new felony Recidivism remains an important community issue, and employment plays a key role in reducing it, according to a September report by the Criminal Justice and Alternatives to Incarceration Board

The “box” which refers to the check box applicants fill if they have a criminal record allows the stigma of a criminal history to restrict the access to work for people with convictions This contributes to high levels of unemployment for ex-offenders and undermines their ability to be self-sufficient, contributing to recidivism Improving access to gainful employment following release from prison is a meaningful step towards reducing recidivism and encouraging ex-offenders to become productive members of society Those convicted of crimes serve a prison sentence in punishment for their actions This punishment stops with the end of a jail sentence, and like all other members of society, ex-offenders deserve a fair chance to be hired

Some students have asked whether doing so will jeopardize on-campus safety, but banning the box would still allow the University to conduct a background check after extending a conditional offer of employment Additionally, in Tompkins County, the majority of people in jail are charged with misdemeanor offenses and spend an average of 35 days in jail, according to the report by Criminal Justice and Alternatives to Incarceration Board Nearly all of the 794 inmates (sentenced and unsentenced) in Tompkins County jail in 2014 were under the age of 33 For these young ex-offenders facing misdemeanor charges, the obstacles towards gaining employment is often disproportionate to the offenses they committed Cornell, the largest employer in Tompkins County, has a responsibility to act fairly and appropriately in its hiring practices

Through initiatives like the 17-year old Cornell Prison Education Program, Cornell has a strong history of supporting the burgeoning incarcerated population and promoting successful re-entry The University should further work towards these aims by joining over 100 cities, including the City of Ithaca, and 21 states in banning the box

Jacob Rubashkin | The Jacobin

Who Doesn’t Love a Good Contest(ed Convention)?

Tuneinto any Sunday morning talk show and you will hear about the “growing possibility” of a contested Republican National Convention this coming July You will most likely hear that “there hasn’t been a contested (or brokered) convention since 1976” when Gerald Ford defeated Ronald Reagan in Kansas City This is not entirely accurate; while Ford entered the convention with only a plurality of pledged delegates, he quickly won the support of enough unpledged delegates to ensure a victory on the first ballot The last time our nation saw a real “contested convention” was in 1952, when the Democratic Party nominated Adlai Stevenson, not even a candidate at the start of the convention, instead of Estes Kefauver, who had won all but three primaries that year

Simply put, not since the advent of the modern primary system in 1972 has our country seen a contested convention Accordingly, the possibility of one this year has political journalists and junkies of all stripes salivating

Aside from providing more fodder for the everhungry 24-hour news media cycle, a contested convention would offer a peek into the arcane parliamentary procedures that govern our politics Even though most of us will never understand the full scope of those rules and regulations, they are an intriguing concept nonetheless Let’s not forget entire movies were made recounting the legal and administrative debacle that was the 2000 presidential election Try not to get too carried away Come July, there will in all likelihood be a presumptive GOP nominee For better or worse, that nominee will most likely be a riot inciting, overgrown and morally corrupt Jersey Shore extra also known as Donald J Trump Regardless of what you may think about the Donald’s overzealous trumpeting of his electoral victories, the man has a point He is winning votes, and he is winning a lot of them Sen Ted Cruz (R-Texas) counters by saying that 63 percent of Republicans haven’t voted for the Donald, and that disqualifies him, but by the same logic, 75 percent of Republicans don’t want Ted Cruz, and that really disqualifies him from the nomination Donald is a winner, and there is absolutely nothing to suggest that he’s going to stop winning anytime soon Cruz’s best states are behind him, and Gov John Kasich (R-Ohio) has openly stated that he has no direct path to the nomination That being said, if this election season has taught us anything, it is that nothing will happen the way it is predicted to happen, and that Donald Trump’s hands are perfectly in proportion with the rest of his body, thank you very much

Let’s assume Trump walks into Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, with fewer than the 1237 pledged delegates necessary to win outright What could happen then? The possibilities range from the absolutely mundane to the mildly eccentric to the off the walls improbable With each round of voting, more and more delegates are freed from their obligation to vote for any given candidate, and so each new ballot adds another measure of volatility

The most obvious scenario is also the most boring Trump arrives with a clear plurality, far ahead of Cruz or Kasich, and after a first ballot fails to produce a nominee, enough of Ted Cruz’s delegates switch their allegiance to Trump to carry him to the nomination He announces a limited-run edition of The Apprentice during which he will select a running mate, and then he takes his private jet out of Cleveland as fast as he humanly can

Again, quite boring and altogether likely But what if Trump isn’t able to quickly consolidate support? In this case there is a historical analogue In 1924, Democrat William Gibbs McAdoo won a plurality on the first ballot with 40 percent of the delegates, and his main competition was Al Smith, who recorded 22 percent of the delegates No other candidates registered more than six percent After 103 rounds of balloting, the party declined to

nominate either frontrunner and instead went with the consistent third place finisher, John Davis, who, while not inspiring any enthusiasm, was moderately acceptable to enough delegates

This is the situation John Kasich is hoping for The Ohio governor hopes that both Trump and Cruz are so unpalatable that no matter how hard they work to curry the favor of the delegates, neither one will be able to muster a majority Eventually, Kasich reasons, the party will grow tired of the Trump-Cruz rivalry, and will coalesce around him, the compromise candidate In this version of the convention, Kasich, like John Davis, does not need to place first on a single ballot until the final one That being said, we should be so lucky to have as exciting a convention as there was in 1924 As each individual ballot was announced, supporters of the various candidates would launch into spontaneous parades (complete with marching bands) around Madison Square Garden

Then, there is what I like to call the Boehner option, named for former House Speaker John Boehner Boehner endorsed Governor Kasich before the Ohio primary, but since then has stated that if there is a contested convention, he will support his successor Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc )for the nomination Speaker Ryan has stated in no uncertain terms that he is not at all interested in the nomination and has no intention of accepting the nomination if it is offered This is, of course, the same Paul Ryan that not one year ago stated in no uncertain terms that he was not at all interested in the Speakership and would not take it even if it were offered to him

When push comes to shove, Paul Ryan has shown himself to be highly susceptible to peer pressure, and there is no reason to believe this time would be any different In a situation where Trump, Cruz and perhaps a resurgent Kasich are locked in a dead-end battle for delegates, the optics of which only hurt the Republican Party, it is not hard to see Speaker Ryan succumbing to the pleas of the party establishment and stepping in to take the nomination The man did run for vice president in 2012, so it’s fairly clear that he wants to end up in the White House some day Why not now?

There is, of course, another possibility, alluded to by Donald Trump when asked about the possibility of a contested convention Trump declared that there would be riots if he were denied the nomination, and the conduct of his supporters at various rallies backs up that assertion Trump’s campaign manager has recently been at the center of not one but two incidents involving violence against protestors and the media, and Trump himself has incited his supporters to violence against protesters multiple times If Trump simply applies those tactics to the convention he could have the whole thing wrapped up in an hour Ted Cruz supporters? “Get ‘ em outta here!” Kasich supporters? “Go back home to mommy ” Republican Party establishment? “In the old days, they’d be carried out on stretchers punch them right in the face I’ll pay for the legal fees ” The GOP has been spineless against Trump so far It’s not hard to imagine that a little more strong-arming (quite literally) is in the cards

All jokes aside, this is a very odd time in politics All this uncertainty is frightening, for sure, but it is also exciting We could witness history this July, an event that would require the rewriting of textbooks and could serve as a final reckoning for one of America’s major political parties So there you have it folks Go and buy as much popcorn as you can If nothing else, this should be entertaining

Jacob Rubashkin is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at jrubashkin@cornellsun com The Jacobin appears alternate Mondays this semester

Michael I. Kotlikoff, Elizabeth Chi & David Shalloway | Guest Room

Bringing Us Together To Move Toward Carbon Neutrality

In recent months, many campus conversations have focused on Cornell’s commitment to adopt 2035 as the end date for achieving carbon neutrality on the Ithaca campus The degree of interest in our progress, spurred by strong direction from Cornell’s shared governance groups, shows that fostering sustainability remains a powerful realization of our core value to develop and disseminate knowledge that helps solve the world’s most complex problems

Cornell is dedicated to leading in the research and educational efforts to combat climate change, and our campus serves as a living laboratory to create, test and demonstrate solutions to the global crisis Cornell has a superb history in making bold investments in sustainability, most notably our lake source cooling system, which operates with a fraction of the electricity use and environmental impact of traditional systems, and our recent commitment to renewable energy via geothermal heat and solar panels on Roosevelt Island Because of creative, collaborative approaches to energy generation and conservation, our Ithaca campus has seen a 30 percent reduction in CO2 emissions since 2008, and no increase in building energy usage since 2000, despite a 20 percent growth in square footage We added solar panels to the rooftops of two campus buildings over the last three months, and we have shaped fresh approaches to harnessing solar energy through our two new solar farms We also continue to pursue hydropower, wind and other renewable energy sources to meet our campus electricity needs Our institutional commitment to sustainability is a signature of who we are as an academic community

In 2007, we set a goal to be carbon neutral by 2050 That date inspired the award-winning Climate Action Plan and galvanized support across campus In 2013, following resolutions from campus governance groups, the Acceleration Working Group (AWG) was formed to develop recommendations to support the goal of 2035 The AWG provided us with an excellent blueprint, yet the report relies extensively on a strategy of deep geothermal heat production; while extraordinarily promising, this approach has not been pursued in our region and remains one of uncertain costs and ultimate feasibility If we are to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality by 2035, we need a plan that does not rely on a single, unproven technology, but rather incorporates multiple strategies

The Senior Leaders Climate Action Group (SLCAG), which includes students, faculty and staff, is charged with prioritizing initiatives to help Cornell become carbon neutral Today Provost and Acting President Kotlikoff has asked the SLCAG to report back to him by Sept 1 with a menu of options and associated costs for achieving carbon neutrality by 2035 This information will help us to assess the relative costs and benefits of our choices in the context of our academic mission and our role as an international thought leader A plan that includes a financial and feasibility analysis will provide all of us with the confidence that we will be successful in achieving our carbon neutrality target of 20351

In addition to Cornell’s institutional goal, we should also pursue local efforts as a university community, and a regional partner, to promote reduction of reliance on fossil fuels by our faculty, staff, students, and neighbors For this reason, the SLCAG group has also been asked to propose initiatives that engage our university and surrounding communities in the reduction of carbon emissions

Broadening the menu of options to achieve carbon neutrality does not indicate a reduction in our efforts to explore deep geothermal technology Earth source heat could enable us to greatly reduce Cornell’s dependence on fossil fuels and, if successful, would serve as an exciting demonstration project for other communities seeking renewable, sustainable forms of energy We will continue to explore earth source heat’s potential from both a technological and cost perspective, but will also look to the SLCAG report to highlight other carbon footprint reducing options

In the interim, Cornell will continue to advance campus sustainability efforts, guided by the President’s Sustainable Campus Committee, advocate for advances in public policy on climate change and generate solutions across a spectrum of climate-related issues We call on our faculty, students and staff to work together with flexibility and creativity, across our disciplines and programs, as we address this global challenge

1Provost Kotlikoff had an opportunity to discuss this with President Garrett several weeks ago, who enthusiastically endorsed this approach

Web

the day

“Sectarian conflict of any kind; religious, political, racial is not what the founders wanted for the ‘experiment’ of Cornell University where ‘anyone can find instruction in any study ’ It is sound to pay attention to our history ”

Mar y Kay

Re: “Aided by White Nationalist Groups, Union of White Cornell Students to Release Demands, Host March,” News March 19, 2016

Alex Davies | Have I Got News for You?

A Means to an End Comm en t of

Separating a goal from the methods employed to achieve it distinguishing between an end and its chosen means may at first appear to be a rather academic distinction However, mixing and muddling of the two has serious consequences While the exact natures of both ends and means are frequent sources of disagreement, it is important to separate the two, a fact which is increasingly neglected by our society Public structures and organizations have become de-instrumentalized rather than serving as means for achieving society’s goals or representing supporters ’ interests, Americans today consider national institutions as ends in themselves and acknowledge the primacy of those institutions’ self-interest over their role as means of achieving ends Institutions and collectives at any level have always sought to further their own goals and concerns, for disregarding their self-interest prevents institutions from orienting themselves within society and presenting a coherent agenda for action Without protecting what they possess and seeking what they desire, religious, political and other public organizations wither away, their members and societal relevance poached by more rational institutions

dwarfs the $45,550 earned by ordinary members of the clergy rather than serving as institutions which further any “ common good,” such as providing an ideological mooring or spreading the gospel of Christian salvation

The “electoral-industrial complex” is another symptom of endification The transformation of politics into business has diluted its role as an arena for policy discussions and public accountability Armies of reporters, commentators and consultants depend upon this industry for their livelihoods As components in the political business, these people have hollowed out its function as a

wider consequences

One can observe the primacy of numbers in the reduction of electoral campaigns to little more than opinion poll gatherers Polls have become such a central tool of electioneering that, seduced by their reductive simplicity, the public now upholds poll numbers as approaching an absolute truth measuring support for a candidate Despite their power, polling has failed to predict the outcome of major elections Indeed, the increased reliance on polls as a source of supposedly objective information has come at a time when conducting opinion polls has become significantly more difficult (fewer people

Voting ... has mutated into a method furthering one’s own ideology instea deciding between different options b on which is best for society.

means for social change and, in much of the American consciousness, turned it into an end that must be sustained for its own benefit

with landlines; fewer people with patience), hampering the applicability of the insights gleaned

Reading the previous paragraph, the discerning reader may declare the thesis of this column null and void after falling victim to its author’s blunders Not so, the author ripostes Whereas in the past it was understood that national organizations should work for the common good or at least represent the public groups to whom they are supposedly beholden, nowadays we accept as normal that these institutions champion their self-interest over that of society and their constituents The true shift is thus in our conception of institutions, which has morphed into seeing them as ends rather than means, not any real change in organizational behavior It is what we consider acceptable institutional purposes that has changed, not the actual actions of collectives

Such “endification” pervades society The rise of the megachurch exposes the effects of this transformation on American religion These stadiums of God enrich their pastors whose average salary of $147,000

Our conception of public organizations as ends has eroded the connections we draw from them to broader societal effects, thereby promoting a narrow understanding of trends and phenomena and isolating institutions in our minds from the social fabric in which they are truly embedded If an institution is understood as a discrete entity whose most important task is pursuing its own interest, we become concerned primarily with effects upon that institution and ignore its effects upon society as a whole Organizations are contemplated not as entities acting in and shaping a complex world but as individual objects whose only understandable importance is to themselves

This limited view promotes quantitative inquiry over qualitative understanding, an attitude that in turn reinforces the disregard for holistic contemplations of society Statistical data is no longer a tool whose import depends upon its situation within a larger interpretive framework Rather, numbers have become our primary interface with social reality In a vicious cycle, this reliance on quantitative data and lack of interpretive framework has obscured the true nature of institutions as means whose actions have

Finally, society’s endification of its institutions has reduced voters ’ decisions down to allegiance to one of two political tribes Because political parties have begun to be seen as ends in themselves, the national discourse has grown more polarised as citizens become more concerned with supporting the Democrats or Republicans for their own sake rather than because of either party ’ s real actions in office Voting and politics more broadly has mutated into a method of furthering one ’ s own ideology instead of deciding between different options based on which is best for society Despite their protests to the contrary, the endification of political parties has contributed to the demonisation of the other side many are thus Democrat or Republican first and American second As a result, not only have institutions become separated from the social fabric but so have Americans begun to cleave themselves from any sense of national cohesion The consequences of this fragmentation in a country as large and as powerful as the United States should concern us all

Alex Davies is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at ajd253@cornell edu Have I Got News For You? appears alternate Tuesdays this semester

L

PROPERTIES

Westview

Edgecliff

Spor ts

GYMNASTS WIN SECOND EVER ECACTITLE

JASON BEN NATHAN / SUN SEN OR PHOTOGRAPHER

B A S E B A L L

Dudley wins beams, Green takes frst on bars

By BRITTANY BIGGS Sun Staff Writer

In a big weekend for Cornell athletics, the Red’s gymnastic team was able to secure its second ECAC title in school history on Sunday

It was a weekend of many victories for the entire team: freshman Lyanda Dudley was named ECAC Rookie of the Year and fellow freshman Kaitlin Green won Specialist of the Year Aside from the players, the coaches also won top awards with Melanie Dilliplane earning Assistant Coach of the Year and Paul Beckwith garnering his second Coach of the Year award

scoreboard and knew how close it was heading into the last event ”

Freshman Malia Mackey said the moment when the team clinched the victory was unbelievable

“It was such an exciting meet, ” said freshman Malia Mackey, who tied for second on vault in this weekend’s historic victory “The feeling was indescribable, when Lyanda, our last person up, nailed her routine we knew we had done it We looked

“We knew that if [Dudley] hit, we’d win, and if she didn’t, we wouldn’t ”

In the team ’ s championship drive, the Red came up 100 points shy of beating the school record the women set earlier this year Dudley and Green were both major contributors Dudley tied for first on beams and was fourth in the all around Green tied for first on the bars

Cornell beat out fellow Ivy league competitors Brown, Yale and Penn on its way to victory in Virginia It was a big win for a program that was already having an amazing year, according to Dilliplane

“Saturday’s championship was a nail biter until the very end,” Dilliplane said “All of the ECAC teams are very closely matched which we ’ ve seen all season long The team did a fantastic job of staying focused even though they could see the

to each other and saw tears in everyone ’ s eyes as we jumped up and down [It] was incredible to say the least ” This meet was all about execution for the team who was well aware of their chance to make history, according to Mackey She said that the team trailed Brown late in the meet, but ended up overcoming the deficit

“Going into the competition, we knew we had a chance, but we also knew that we had to hit to do it,” Mackey said “The turning point of the meet was really going into it confident in each other and ourselves Lyanda’s floor [routine] ended up being the final deciding factor We knew

that if she hit, we’d win, and if she didn’t, we wouldn’t When she landed her last pass we were screaming, jumping up and down and saw the tears in everyone ’ s eyes ” Championship season is not over for the Red as the women will look to continue their dominant season in April

“Overall, it was a superb meet We had our second highest score of the year, set a new team beam record and officially have our highest Regional Qualifying score in school history,” Dilliplane said “Kaitlin Green has qualified as an individual to the NCAA Regional Championships at the University of Michigan on April 1through 3 and then we have qualified as a team to the USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Championships being held at Lindenwood University in St Charles, Missouri on April 8 through 106 ” Mackey said even after earning the conference championship crown, the team is still hungry to continue its winning ways

“Now we have our sights set on nationals in a couple weeks,” Mackey said “ With some solid performances under our belts, we ’ re ready to get back into the gym and keep up the energy and momentum We are cherishing every last moment with our seniors, and are ready to finish the season strong ”

Brittany Biggs can be reached at bbiggs@cornellsun com

Dominant Pitching Helps Cornell Pick Up Three Wins

By ZACH SILVER

Ten games into a collegiate baseball season is often telling of how the team is going to shake out It also gives the coach a feel for what has to change in order to improve before it gets too late

The men ’ s baseball team ’ s first-year head coach Dan Pepicelli said he is very happy with how the team has performed during the first 10 games this year Following a 3-1 series win over Bucknell, the team is off to a 6-4 record, a drastic improvement on last year ’ s 1-9 opening

“We have had a way of just going one game at a time, looking at the next challenge in front of us, ” Pepicelli said “We play with a lot of heart Our biggest asset is that we are tough competitors We have flaws we are trying to work out, but all and all, our ability to get into a baseball game and be tough in one-run games is our most important asset ”

This tenacious attitude was visible this past weekend of play, against the Bison (712 ) The first game was an extra-innings thriller won by the Red, but the Bison took the second in a blowout

“It’s always good to get out and play a tough team like Bucknell and get three out of four [wins],” Pepicelli said “We are a different group They are very tough kids and competitors ”

The third and fourth game, however, were nitty-gritty close wins, and Pepicelli said he was very proud of how his team stayed tough in those efforts

On the offensive side, the whole weekend was not dominated by one or two players, but rather by team-effort performances

Only in one game did a position player record more multiple runs batted in That one game was freshman right-fielder Josh

“[The pitchers’] character and heart are really, really the strength of the program right now

”

Arndt’s three-RBI effort in the first game, a performance that also included a gamewinning, 2-RBI double in the 11th inning

“We had a better total effort than we had in the past, ” Pepicelli said “We’ve been able to plug players in, take players out who have really contributed We have been able to play a lot of people and get contributions

from just about everybody I think that’s really important going forward ” Pitching was another huge stor y this weekend In the blowout loss in game one of Saturday’s doubleheader, Cornell used five pitchers who gave up a total of 12 runs Just minutes after the game ended, Pepicelli had to gather the troops and focus on the second game of the day

“Their character and heart are really, really the strength of the program right now, ” Pepicelli said about his pitchers “[ Junior] Jamie Smith pitched some really great innings for us at the end of that blowout, and I really think that gave us momentum going leading into the second game of the doubleheader ”

In the second game, junior pitcher Tim Willittes shutdown Bucknell, only allowing three hits and no runs, while striking out 13 In the last game of the series, junior

Peter Lannoo tossed six and two-thirds strong innings, only giving up four hits

“ We had some pitchers that really shined for us, ” Pepicelli said “We are asking our pitchers to really bring their games [Assistant] coach [Scott] Marsh does a great job with them and to give us as many quality innings as possible Timmy and Pete did fantastic jobs conquering the strike zone ” Going into the next stretch, the Red will be playing five games in six days against Central Florida and Rollins This would be a cause of concern for most, but Peppicelli said he remains confident in his team

“They really enjoy it and work very hard at it,” Pepicelli said “We are really focused on the details, but we let them play I think five games in six days is something they really look forward to It should be a lot of fun, I don’t want to take that out of it ”