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By Jack Kantor

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Northeast Region - Worcester, Massachusetts

Even before faltering in the ECAC semifinals, Cornell had already locked up a No 1 seed in the tournament The Red recorded the nation’s best winning percentage during the regular season, in addition to having the best defense with 1 53 goals allowed per game

The No 3 and No 4 seeds respectively are Boston-area schools Northeastern and Boston University both just a short trip from Worcester These Hockey East groups do not receive much of a disadvantage playing in this region, despite their lower seeds

While Northeastern, like Cornell, lost in its respective conference semifinal, the Huskies were second in the Hockey East regular season standings and have an offensive menace in Adam Gaudette, who is third in the nation with 0 81 goals per game

Tied with Northeastern in the PairWise rankings and also in the Northeast region is No 2 seed Michigan The Wolverines have the seventh best offense in the nation, but struggle greatly on defense relative to the rest of the field

The Northeast is arguably the strongest overall region, with all four teams ranking 15th or higher in the PairWise rankings

East Regional - Bridgeport, Connecticut

Coming in as the No 1 seed in the East is Big Ten champion Notre Dame The Fighting Irish have been consistently near the top of the rankings all year and are a strong contender for the national title If Cornell can make it out of its region, its Frozen Four game will be against the winner of the East, so Notre Dame is a likely opponent undoubt-

edly a difficult matchup

The third and final Hockey East school in the field is No 2 seed Providence, playing a couple hours down I-95 in Bridgeport The Friars are not far removed from tournament success, having won the NCAA Championship in 2015 Providence will square off against Cornell’s ECAC foe and No 3 seed Clarkson in the first round Both squads will be hungry to continue their seasons after losing in their respective conference finals

Clarkson is making its return to the tournament for the first time in 10 years The Golden Knights saw a season of ups and downs, but, aside from some inconsistency, this is a squad full of talent Goaltender Jake Kielly is the anchor of the nation’s second best defense behind Cornell No 4 Michigan Tech extended its season by winning the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Championship The Huskies have the best scoring defensive corps in the country

Midwest Regional - Allentown, Pennsylvania

After upsetting Cornell in the ECAC semifinals, No 4 seed Princeton went on to win the ECAC Championship against Clarkson in overtime to earn a spot in the tournament The Tigers have the best power play in college hockey, converting on over 28 percent of man advantages

Despite losing in overtime to Notre Dame in the Big Ten Champion game, Ohio State managed to maintain its status as a No 1 seed The Buckeyes are a dangerous squad on both sides of the puck, ranking fifth and 11th nationally in team defense and offense, respectively

The defending NCAA champions and No 2 seed Denver will begin their quest to defend their title in the Midwest region Coming off a 4-1 win over No 1 overall seed St Cloud State in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference title game, the Pioneers are rolling entering this final stretch Squaring off against the defending champs are the fourth

and final Big Ten squad in the tournament: No 3 seed Penn State The Nittany Lions are the region’s host in Allentown, just a couple hours trip across the Keystone State from State College Penn State posted a losing record in a competitive Big Ten field, but nonetheless recorded 3 7 goals per game this season second best in the country

Western Regional - Sioux Falls, South Dakota Finishing atop the PairWise rankings, St Cloud State earned its place as the tournament ’ s No 1 overall seed The Huskies missed out on the tournament last season and will be hungry to make a run as the top overall seed No 2 seed Minnesota State boasts the best team offense in the nation, tallying 3 87 goals per game In the first round, the Mavericks will face off against in-state foe No 3 seed Minnesota-Duluth the runner-up of the 2017 NCAA Championship

No 4 seed Air Force rounds out the bracket as the lowest overall seed in the tournament The Falcons squeaked into the tournament as an auto-bid for winning the Atlantic Hockey Association Championship the conference’s only team in the tournament

D O M I N A N T D E F E N S E L E A D S R E D T O W A R D T I T L E

By Dylan McDevitt

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Defense wins championships That’s a classic axiom in the world of sports

Cornell men ’ s hockey has long prided itself on being a defensive stalwart Head coach Mike Schafer ’86 the winningest coach in Ivy League history has made defense a hallmark of each of the 22 teams he has coached in his time in Ithaca, and the Red has earned five ECAC championships during his tenure, more than any other team

This year ’ s team is no exception The Red’s defense is the best in the country, and it isn’t close The gap between Cornell’s 1 53 goals against per game and the second best team is more than twice the size of the gap

between the second and third best teams

But this year ’ s Cornell squad has something that very few before it have had a chance to compete for a national title Just one Cornell team since 1980 has been as far as the national semifinal

The defense has been as special as they come, blocking shots and gutting out victories all season long The anchor has been freshman goaltender Matt Galajda, who has had one of the best rookie seasons by a goaltender in recent memory

college hockey

But for all of Galajda’s merits and he has many he’ll be the first one to tell you that his success is thanks to the defense in front of him

“It’s everyone contributing and blocking shots, doing whatever it takes.” Junior Defenseman Yanni Kaldis

Ga l a j d a ’ s 1 4 9 g o a l s a l l owe d average is the best in the countr y and his 940 save percentage is good for third-best The tremendous season to start his collegiate career earned him ECAC Rookie and Goaltender of the Year honors, and he’s also been nominated for the Hobey Baker Award, which is given annually to the most outstanding player in

“Our D-corps has been doing an amazing job in front of me, ” the rookie said after a Feb 9 scoreless tie at Clarkson the seventh of his nine shutouts this season “Our forwards are coming back and clearing pucks It makes my job a lot easier ”

Galajda’s comment highlights that defense isn’t played by just the six blueliners on the ice The forwards have defensive prowess, too Just ask junior captain Mitch Vanderlaan who, despite missing the final six games of the regular season, has more blocked shots than any other Cornell forward this season In fact, the injury that caused Vanderlaan to miss time was sustained while he was blocking a shot against Rensselaer on Feb 3

Of course, that’s not to say that the Red’s defenders referred to as the “D-corps” by members of the team aren ’ t as instrumental as they come Junior defenseman Alec McCrea was tabbed this year ’ s best defensive defenseman in the ECAC while sophomore blueliner Yanni Kaldis was named to an All-ECAC team

“Offense is secondar y, ” Kaldis said “Once we do things right defensively, it transitions into offense So I think that it’s

everyone contributing and blocking shots, doing whatever it takes, not cheating for offense And I think the D-corps has been really solid and we ’ re doing what we ’ re asked to do and everyone has just bought in ” Blocked shots are an important metric for this hockey team Schafer and associate head coach Ben Syer have emphasized that all season long

And for a defensive platoon that has started three freshmen Alex Green, Cody Haiskanen and Matt Cairns and zero seniors for most of the season, juniors like McCrea, Brendan Smith and Matt Nuttle have been the upperclassmen leaders of the unit, setting an example for their younger teammates Those three third-year players account for one-third of the team ’ s blocked shots this season

“Our biggest thing is our depth and how committed we are to the smallest details,” Nuttle said “[Syer] does a really good job of staying on us for the details And then us, as a D-corps, we hold each other accountable and we all work really well together ”

But for all the success that the older players have been able to find, the freshmen have been major contributors right from the start, with Green and Haiskanen in particular being centerpieces of the action since the first game of the season

“It starts from the goalie at the back end and works all the way to the forwards,” Haiskanen said “It’s a whole team thing But it’s been awesome [to] contribute to such great success that we ’ ve had so far this year ” And however far this Cornell team will go this year, it is certain that they will only get there with their lockdown defense leading

Report: Merging ILR, Human Ecology Colleges Has Potential

Document proposes structural changes to social sciences programs

By MARYAM ZAFAR and AMINA KILPATRICK

The Committee on Organizational Structures in the Social Sciences, which was charged with the goal of identifying ideas that will “position Cornell for excellence in 10-15 years, ” finished a report in late February outlining drastic changes to the University’s structure One idea advocates for combining the College of Human Ecology and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Other proposals in the report include forming a new college of social sciences, creating a new center for social science research, establishing divisions in the College of Arts and Sciences and restructuring graduate social science studies

The main problem that the committee was trying to address was how to maintain breadth while still developing focus According to Provost Michael I Kotlikoff, the breadth and the involvement of the applied social sciences problems is a particu-

Simplifcations to A&S Curriculum Recommended

lar strength of Cornell

“Some of the biggest problems we face whether it’s hunger, inequality, health policy, labor policy have the breadth that is unusual amongst our peers ” Kotlikoff said “The question is can we focus some of that, and limit that fact that this breadth dilutes some of that focus ”

The desire for change stemmed from a perception that the University’s social sciences is “less than the sum of our parts, ” Kotlikoff said As an example of the issue, Kotlikoff referenced the psychology department

“You take psychology, it’s smaller than its peer departments in other Ivy institutions, but if you take the total number of Ph D psychologists in Cornell, it’s not small because they are distributed in several departments,” Kotlikoff said “I think that has an impact long-term in terms of reputation ”

The report followed internal and external

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Students could satisfy the require

The College of Arts and Sciences curriculum committee released a report on Tuesday that recommends reducing the college’s language requirement and instituting a new “human difference” requirement guage requirement, which is fulfilled by taking one non-introductory class or 11 credits of instruction in one language, would be replaced by a new requirement, in which students must take one non-introductory course or two language courses of at least three credits each in the same language

ment by taking sign language, according to the report The Student Assembly approved a resolution last Thursday that called on the University to accept American Sign Language as an option for the language requirement, The Sun previously reported Prof Tom Pepinsky, government, chair of the committee, said the committee did not add this

Cheney Speech Postponed Due to Winter Weather

Former Vice President Dick Cheney did not speak at Cornell on Wednesday night after his flight from Virginia was cancelled because of inclement weather

The event will be postponed until next month, Austin McLaughlin ’18, the Cornell Republicans president, told The Sun in a brief inter view

“ We are postponing,” McLaughlin said “ There were no flights got out of Virginia this morning because of the winter storm ”

The rescheduled date for Cheney’s speech is not yet known, McLaughlin said, but will be sometime in April

“ We are currently working closely with Cheney’s office to see when the best time to reschedule is,” Michael Johns ’20, Cornell Republicans treasurer, said “ We will most likely move the event to late

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Turkish Conversation Hour

5:00 a m - 6:00 p m , G24B Stimson Hall

BME Special Seminar - Esak Lee, Ph D 9:00 - 10:00 a m , B12 West Sibley Hall

Employee Assembly Information Session

10:00 a m - 2:00 p m , 106 Sage Hall

Miller’s Children: Why Giving Teenage Killers a Second Chance Matters for All of Us Noon - 1:00 p m ,Ten-Eyck Room, Brian C Nevin Welcome Center

Reppy Institute Seminar: Course Correction - Forging a New American Grand Strategy 12:15 - 1:30 p m , G08 Uris Hall

Midday Music

12:30 - 1:15 p m , B22 Lincoln Hall

The Law’s Failure: Farmworker Precarity in Asia 4:00 - 6:00 p m , 182 Myron Taylor Hall

Fred Moten at the Political Theory Workshop 4:45 - 6:00 p m , 110 A D White House

The History of the Activist Athlete: The Kops Freedom Press Lecture 4:45 p m , Goldwin Smith Hall

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Composers Forum: David Tanenbaum, Guitar 1:30 p m , 316 Lincoln Hall

Cornell Council for the Arts Information Table 10: 00 a m - 12:30 p m , Mann Library

Graduate Student Research Lunch Noon, 429 Rockefeller Hall

Professional Directions: Playwright and Novelist Kia Corthron Noon, Schwartz Center for Perfoming Arts

Celebrating Dan Schwartz: 50 Years of Teaching 2:30 p m , G70 Klarman Hall

Politics at Work: How Employers Use Their Workers to Shape U S Politics and Public Policy 3:30 - 5:00 p m , G08 Uris Hall

Cornell Games Club 7 p m , 156-164 Goldwin Smith Hall

DEC Investigates Groundwater Contamination in Ithaca

By PARIS GHAZI Sun Assistant News Ed tor

A mobile home park in Ithaca built on a dump in the 1970s is undergoing investigation by the Department of Environmental Conservation to detect whether contaminants in the area ’ s groundwater are a potential hazard to residents’ health and a source of toxic leakage into the town water supply

The DEC reported in 1986 that the property, known as Nate’s Floral Estates, was home to 1,515 gallons of “solid waste ” with “characteristics of ignitability” and 3,800 gallons of lead Since then, the site has undergone waste testing every few years

The investigation aims to determine whether the former Ithaca landfill is “causing a threat to public health or the environment,” a representative of the DEC told The Sun

Similar testing since 2000 has repeatedly ruled the amount of contaminants in the area as insufficient to “require mitigation,” according to a January 2018 fact sheet released by the DEC

The last test in 2015 and 2016 sampled the air beneath various homes, and findings did not reach the DEC’s thresholds for further action thresholds that are “ too lax,” according to Alderperson Cynthia Brock (D-1st Ward)

In response to The Clean Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, which calls for the DEC to determine if locations with solid waste are significantly contaminating the drinking water, a new round of sampling began in early March, which was a change from original plans to begin testing in February

“Studies and testing will demonstrate a snapshot in time,” Brock said “But just because that moment in time might not hit a particular threshold doesn’t mean that continued exposure to it doesn’t have a negative effect ”

Residents of the Estates obtain their drinking water from Ithaca’s water supply, which relies on a reservoir found three miles upgradient of the former dump The DEC told The Sun in an email that “the groundwater below Nate’s has no impact on drinking water in the area ”

Previous records, however, indicate a history of toxic contamination in the groundwater near the property, which “could be drawn into the mains and, consequently, cause a health hazard to the complete City Water System, along with the system at Nate’s Floral Estates” in the event of leaks and subsequent breaks in the City System, or due to a fire, according to a 1987 letter to Dr Reuben Weiner, the founder of the Estates, by Ivan C Burris, plumbing director of the City of Ithaca

In her conversations with current residents, Brock explained that residents have expressed a desire to know about the history and any unusual chemical composition of the site

“They were concerned about the water, ” she said “Many residents have health concerns ”

However, Thomas Annal, regional materials manage-

ment engineer, said in a letter to Brock that the testing does not strive to identify “long term trends in groundwater quality,” given that the groundwater under Nate’s travels to Cayuga Lake rather than to the reservoir that supplies the residents’ water This poses a potential contamination to the lake as well, according to Walter Hang, president of the Toxics Targeting, an environmental database service that analyzes environmental sources and data “withheld from public disclosure due to homeland security concerns, ” according to their website

In a DEC report available in the archives but not recorded in their online database, an anonymous caller reported an “oil film on top of water in [a] hole” on a street 0 4 miles from the Estates in November 2003 The DEC investigator on the case stated that substances such as ashes and organic material resulted in odors and residue over the water, emulating petroleum

In 2005, however, similar testing on the property near the Estates revealed a “low level [of ] petroleum” on the former tank area of the landfill that affected the groundwater, according to the DEC Spill Incidents Database

The DEC’s planned testing on the site “is not comprehensive in any way, shape, or form because you can see where all of the earlier monitoring took place, and you can see that this is a huge site,” said Hang

Hang referred to the water supply system of the mobile home park as “totally illegal,” which further complicates the issue if the drinking supply is in fact contaminated In the past, the site faced complications when expanding because the water system is made of plastic rather than metal, according to Hang

Comments by Burris from a May 1987 Common Council meeting support Hang’s statements, confirming

Camp Kesem Hosts Annual Fundraiser

By KEVIN LAM Sun Contributor

The Cornell chapter of Camp Kesem, a summer camp for children impacted by a parent ’ s cancer, will hold its third annual “Make the Magic” fundraising dinner on April 14

The chapter provides a weeklong summer camp for children to get away from these stressful home situations, free of charge, according to Aditi Mohapatra ’19, co-coordinator of the Make The Magic event

“It takes around $40,000 to run a summer camp for about 40 kids ” A

“It takes around $40,000 to run a summer camp for about 40 kids,” Mohapatra said “Last year we raised $12,000, and we hope to raise $18,000 this year ”

The benefit dinner is the Cornell chapter’s largest event every year

Five million children nationwide are affected by a parent ’ s cancer, and Camp Kesem is “the only organization in the U S that addresses to that population,” Mohapatra said

Founded at Stanford University in 2000, Camp Kesem is a now a national nonprofit organization with over 200 chapters

“They’ve been through a lot and we want to give them a chance to be a kid again,” said Shelley

Zhang ’18, the other co-coordinator of Make The Magic “For a lot of kids, they’re the only ones dealing with this, so Camp Kesem is a community for the them ”

“Last year we threw powder paint, we also went kayaking and swimming,” Zhang said

The camps have Cornell student counselors, certified nurses and mental health professionals who are present for support and emergency, Zhang and Mohapatra said

“Our campers have parents with variable experiences with cancer, some unfortunately succumbed to their illness, while others are currently still diagnosed, in remission, or have recovered,” Mohapatra said

According to Mohapatra, some of the campers have had to deal with the death of their parents, so the camp is a supportive platform for the children to interact with others who have had similar experiences

“Kesem translates to ‘magic’ in Hebrew, hence the name Camp Kesem,” Mohapatra said Mohapatra, who was a camp counselor in the past, said it is “the most magical thing” to see children with this similar background come together and support each other

The Make the Magic benefit dinner will be held at 6 p m on April 16 at the Ithaca Marriott Hotel Downtown Tickets can be purchased online for $60

that the mobile home park’s water system was “ not installed to Code” because of its use of plastic piping for the water supply “ not permitted anywhere in [the] State” and indicative of a “ a proprietary system ” that lacked involvement in the installation

“I believe that with your knowledge as a physician, you can see the probable health problems that could occur from such a cross connection of waste waters with the public water system, ” Burris wrote to Weiner

Even before the conception of Nate’s Floral Estates, the site was initially occupied by Wallace Steel, Inc , which periodically produced smoke, evoked repeated complaints from civilians and spontaneously burned from harmful chemicals combusting in the late 1960s After this, city leaders agreed to close Wallace Steel and designated the area as a proper town dump

When the dump was shut down in 1970, county officials called for the debris of the property to be bulldozed and later covered with two feet of topsoil Soon afterwards, the owner of the property transferred the land to his stepson, Dr Reuben Weiner, who later created Nate’s Floral Estates on the land

A walk around the edge of the property today will reveal rusting drums which previously stored herbicides and DDT, a pesticide banned for agricultural uses internationally in 2001 concrete, a tire and other debris from the property ’ s days as a dump

City developers decided to “just push [the debris] to the edge and threw some dirt on it, and the dirt has washed away, ” according to Brock “It’s not hard to see at all ”

When the zoning of the land changed from industrial to

Einaudi Center Signs Partnership to Foster Cybersecurity Collaboration

By LOUISE XIE Sun Staff Writer

Last month, Prof Hiro Miyazaki, anthropology, and Keigo Komamura, vice president of Keio University in Tokyo, signed a partnership agreement to collaborate on the social, legal, political and technical dimensions of cybersecurity, beginning a “global conversation ”

“ We think that worldwide, ever ywhere, universities are all squeezed both financially and politically,” Miyazaki told The Sun “So instead of competing, we should actually work together and start sharing resources ” Miyazaki said that cybersecurity is a topic that affects domestic and international society and emphasized the need for interdisciplinary action, which is one of his main priorities as director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies

“It’s really a socio-technical issue, and oftentimes our individual citizens’ lack of attention to

cybersecurity often opens up opportunities for attackers to come in,” Miyazaki said “It’s not just an issue of corporate or even national cybersecurity, but it’s individual attention that actually plays a role It’s something that calls for broad, interdisciplinary action ” Although Miyazaki and Komamura work on opposite sides of the world in different institutions, they have the same goals of “building collaborative relationships across disciplinary, institutional, linguistic and national borders,” according to the Cornell Chronicle, which is run by the University Miyazaki and Komamura were brought together at a two-day workshop at Cornell on privacy and surveillance that explored topics from internet censorship to conceptions of privacy across countries, according to The Chronicle release “[Komamura] and I have been discussing ways for the two univer-

Merger Could Lead to Loss of Alum Support, Report Says Cheney Speech Postponed

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reviews initiated by Kotlikoff in 2016, and key factors in the structural review were the perceived strength and the actual ability of the departments

Committee members were encouraged to think at a “high level,” according to Vice Provost Judith Appleton, and “ to ignore the challenges or feasibility of implementation,” according to the report

Each proposed change was measured “in order of promise from five stars (most positive) to one star (least positive),” the report stated

One proposed change was the consolidation of the College of Human Ecology, the School of Industrial and Labor Relations and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ departments of communication and developmental sociology into one college

across departmental boundaries, college boundaries, school boundaries ”

The report referenced similar social science research support structures at other institutions, including those at Harvard, Stanford, the University of Michigan, University of California, Berkeley and the University of Chicago

Kotlikoff assured that individuals will not lose their jobs on account of an organizational change

“I want to assure people that individuals are not going to be displaced or lose their jobs.”

Marked with four out of five stars, potential advantages include combining a significant proportion of social scientists on campus into one college, with the potential to encourage new research and collaborations

Potential disadvantages of this idea included a lack of alumni support for a merge, as well as harm to the “unique identities” of each college, according to the report, which noted that " some on the committee felt that it was not evident what problems exist with the existing structure that this is meant to cure ”

Another proposed idea is the formation of a College of Social Sciences Marked with only two out of five stars, the report acknowledges that the idea “involves a high level of complexity and disruption ”

Other ideas include the formation of a Center for Social Sciences, which would serve as a link to support research According to Kotlikoff, there is a “difficulty [in] collaborating and working together

“I want to assure people that individuals are not going to be displaced or lose their jobs associated with an organizational change,” he said, “Stating that upfront allows us to get that off the table and get people not worried about that issue and really think about the ideas that the committees has put forth ” So far, student involvement in the process has been limited According to Appleton, the committee did involve students in the discussions, although no students are cited in the committee report Kotlikoff emphasized that the process is open to conversation and debate, saying there would be meetings with the employee and student assemblies, faculty senate and directors over the next six weeks

The committee and the administration will “spend the rest of this semester listening,” he said

According to Kotlikoff, the University is making an effort to be more transparent with this process Avenues for student feedback will include a meeting with the Student Assembly and an email address for individuals to voice their concerns privately

According to The Cornell Chronicle, which is run by the University, a “ secure online discussion platform” for feedback will be available to faculty on the provost website after March 30

Maryam Zafar can be reached at mzafar@cornellsun com

Amina Kilpatrick can be reached at akilpatrick@cornellsun com

Committee Recommends Reduced Distribution Requirements

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group was “ aware ” of the resolution

The committee also proposed a reorganization of distribution requirements so that there would be 10 requirements ranging from Physical Sciences to Human Difference and students would have to take a course in each of these categories

The current system requires students to take five courses in at least four of five categories, such as cultural analysis and historical analysis They also must take courses to fulfill geographic breadth and historical breadth requirements The committee recommended that this system be “simplified ”

“Our hope is that it makes it easier for students to navigate their way through the college, by making the goal of the Cornell liberal arts model clear to them,” Pepinsky said “It also should be if we ’ ve done this right it should discourage people to think about these distribution requirements as just boxes that they have to check, and give them more ownership over the choices that they make ”

Pepinsky said the committee heard that some students were “ so frightened” of the three-course requirement that they decided to alternatively take an upper-level class to finish the requirement “And if students are doing that, then we ’ re not encouraging language exploration and language learning,” he said “We’re encouraging people to get out of the language requirement ”

“Our hope is that it makes it easier for students to navigate their way through the college. ”

P r o f T h o m a s P e p i n s k y

Pepinsky also said the new requirement may “be able to increase our coverage of less commonly taught languages ” Students may be more encouraged to try languages such as Swahili and Hebrew if they are only required to take a language for two semesters, he explained Patrick Walsh ’19 called the language requirement “just a box [he] needed to check off ” and said he did not want to “complete” the requirement

“I took 3 semesters in Spanish, and while I liked the courses, if I could do it again taking only 2 I certainly would,” he told The Sun in a message “Even after 3 semesters, I don’t feel like I retained that much Spanish since I am not actively using it in my everyday life ”

Greenberg said language professors are afraid that Cornell is “leaning more towards becoming a technical school” and emphasized the importance of studying languages at a University focused on globalization

“What’s the point of being a globalized Cornell if we ’ re eliminating a student’s ability to put progress in a language so they can go out into a world and communicate with other people and other cultures?” he said

In regards to the proposed 10 distribution requirements, one of them is a “human difference ” requirement, which could be fulfilled through a class that studies nationality, race, gender, class or other identifications

“Human difference is responding to students and faculty interest in having some set of courses that are required for students that approach the problem of diversity in the contemporary world from any number of different directions,” he said

Hadiyah Chowdhury ’18, a feminist, gender and sexuality studies major, said that this requirement would not have affected her, as much of her studies have “been based on issues of marginalization or oppression or race, gender, class,” but she hopes that it will have an impact on a student who “didn’t necessarily have those ideas coming into Cornell ”

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According to the report, the committee was “charged” in spring of 2016 to start reviewing the Arts and Sciences curriculum After 15 months of work, members of the committee presented the first draft of the curriculum proposal in a town hall meeting in March 2017, The Sun previously reported

The proposal released on Tuesday is the final version of the report, and faculty will need to approve it in a vote before further planning can take place, according to Pepinsky He said undergraduates, as well as faculty members from “ across the departments, ” provided input that went into the report

One reason the committee recommended a change in the language requirement was due to “ concern ” that the requirement causes some students to leave Arts and Sciences, according to Pepinsky

“The origin of that is faculty and student concern that the language requirement was leading students to transfer out of the college,” he said “And of course we don’t think really that’s good if they transfer out of the college ”

Walsh also said that this proposed plan “helps even the playing field a little bit” for students entering Cornell

“Freshmen from all over the world come from vastly different high schools which may or may not have prepared them in learning a foreign language, so it can be harder to double major/add a minor for those students who have to take the 3 semesters route instead of just a single higher level course, ” he said However, Prof Mitchell Greenberg, chair of the romance studies department, criticized the proposed change He said he sent a message to faculty in the Depar tment of Romance Studies to “call them to a meeting” where they can discuss the proposed requirement

According to Greenberg, Cornell’s existing language requirement is at an equivalent or lower level to “ peer ” universities

“Everybody is quite concerned that this is not a good idea,” he told The Sun “Obviously, we ’ ve also compared these recommendations to all our peer institutions, and we found that, except for Brown, which has no requirements, our requirements are totally in line or even less than our peer institutions ”

“I think that it could be really good because I think that it will encourage people to take courses that they might be interested in but maybe didn’t have the time for previously,” she said

Other changes the committee recommends include instituting a freshman premajor advising seminar worth one-credit and making students complete, over their first two years at the University, courses in five of the 10 distribution requirements, according to the report In addition, the committee suggested that the First-Year Writing Program receive more funding and “programmatic support, ” which would promote social science and science seminars

They also expressed support for interdisciplinary courses and said these courses should have their own enrollment code, which would “enhance their visibility ” The committee also proposed that the “Physical and Biological Sciences” requirement be broken down into two categories, “Physical Sciences” and “Biological Sciences,” and that students should have to take a class in each category

Anne Snabes can be reached at asnabes@cornellsun com

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Cornell Republicans said in a statement that they will release the new date, time and venue for the postponed lecture “ as soon as [they] are able [to] ”

“It’s currently unclear whether we will need to reprint tickets, but I would imagine that would be a strong possibility,” Johns said

Upon learning about the cancellation, organizers also postponed their planned protest against Cheney “ THE PROTEST WILL STILL HAPPEN WHEN HE COMES TO CAMPUS We will mobilize when we know the time,” the Islamic Alliance for Justice, which co hosted the protest, posted on Facebook

“Be on the lookout for more updates as we near the end of next month - the Facebook event page linked in our previous email will stay up until the actual protest, ” Amnesty International at Cornell University wrote in an email to its members

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

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residential in 1972, Wallace Steel’s own president Marvin J Freeman wrote to the Common Council: “ the objection of Wallace Steel, Inc to the rezoning of the old City Dump from Industrial to Residential has been based upon our sincere belief that the rezoning of this particular area is not in the best interest of the City ” “ They vehemently fought against [constructing Nate’s Floral Estates],” Brock said Little is certain about what would happen to residents of the

park if it were to be shut down, according to Brock But what does remain clear to her is that “science and common sense would say that human beings should not be living on a dump ”

Residents of Nate’s Floral Estates received a copy of the fact sheet in February and met with the DEC contractor who performs the sampling through a question and answer event, the DEC told The Sun

The DEC’s fact sheet may have been the first official notice residents received regarding the investigation, according to Brock

Once the new round of testing

is over, the DEC will create a report and use the results to determine whether further investigation will be necessary

“The bottom line is the public expects government to protect

their health and to protect the environment,” Hang said “And then when you look at the detail of these decision making proceedings you say ‘Wow [Ithaca’s politicians] kne w about these

problems decades ago and didn’t protect the residents of this trailer park ’”

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Letters to the Editor

In response to Cornell Republicans’ decision to bring Dick Cheney to campus

To t he E di to r:

We, as members of the executive board of Cornell Democrats, would like to address some concerns over Dick Cheney’s visit to Cornell

Firstly, the statements made by our Social Chair, Ethan Rosenbaum, concerning Cheney’s appearance, were taken out of context and do not accurately represent his views or the views of our organization as a whole When Ethan stated that Cheney was not provocative and controversial enough to warrant serious action, this referred to the likelihood of Cheney inciting violence towards members of the Cornell Community, not his despicable actions in the past

Secondly, we respect the right of the Cornell Republicans to invite Dick Cheney to speak at Cornell’s campus However, while we respect this right, we strongly disagree with the actions taken by Dick Cheney during his time as Vice President We have chosen to refrain from participating as an organization because our executive board could not come to a unanimous agreement on our participation For this reason, we instead will support our individual members in their participation We, as Democrats, advocate for the safety of those in the Middle East, and we support their fight for justice We vehemently condemn the use of torture on both political and moral grounds We respect the rights of both our members and members of other student organizations to protest Dick Cheney

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Re: ‘Cornell Cinema to Receive “Bridge Funding” from University for Next Fiscal Year’

To t he Edi to r:

The decision to defund the Cornell Cinema was one of the cruelest, dumbest actions in the history of the Student Assembly Thankfully, the Provost decided to provide the Cinema with bridge funding

Nonetheless, in light of the S A ’ s actions, it is time, once again, to consider the end of that body as we know it A modest proposal: Let’s give the Student Assembly vote to anyone who shows up with a student ID We’d call it the “Student Union Open Meeting ” With power vested in the many, not the few, proposals like the one to defund Cornell Cinema wouldn’t leave the cutting room floor

The history of direct democracy is rich from the Athenian assembly to today’s New England town meetings Closer to home, on the heels of the Willard Straight takeover in April 1969, more than 7,000 students led by the Students for a Democratic Society took over Barton Hall and started passing resolutions Since the Barton Hall Community’s disbandment after about a week of existence, student governments at Cornell have steadily contracted in size and scope

The University Senate which included faculty had 132 members, and was widely judged the most powerful student government in the country Only about 20 sit on the S A , and other constituencies have been relegated to other assemblies

Perhaps the smaller size of the Student Assembly makes its members more effective at doing whatever it is that they profess to do But the grittier duties of a town-meeting style assembly could be handled by an executive committee with agenda setting powers; a moderator; a finance committee; and other such boards

To preserve the democratic spirit of the new body, anyone could submit additional agenda items that would be confirmed by a voice vote The moderator would open the meeting with the traditional call of the Athenian assembly: “Who wishes to speak?” And a new era of open debate would dawn far above Cayuga’s golden shore

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Luke Bianco | Guest Room

The Greeks’ Untouchable Mindset

My time on the IFC Executive Board has convinced me of several things None of which, however, have been more salient than the pervasiveness of sexual violence in our community This declaration and the issues are certainly not new, but I struggle to justify my leadership within the IFC without publicly acknowledging that our institution has consistently tolerated, if not facilitated, sexual violence on our campus I struggle to look victims and survivors in the eye with the knowledge that the community I represent has brought about their trauma I struggle to take pride in my Greek identity while also

While sexual violence and sexual assault is not specifically a Greek issue, it is undeniably an issue within the Greek community.

recognizing the Greek system has so profoundly hurt so many of my friends and peers

I am not writing this to say that sexual violence only occurs in fraternities or is only perpetrated by fraternity men That statement would be untrue Nor am I saying that if Greek life did not exist on our campus, sexual harassment and sexual assault would stop all together I know this isn’t the case But while sexual violence and sexual assault is not specifically a Greek issue, it is undeniably an issue within the Greek community It is undeniably an issue perpetuated within the IFC

For the same reason that fraternities often embolden leaders, our community too emboldens perpetrators Those in fraternities who would never consider committing sexual assault are nonetheless creating platforms for perpetrators of sexual violence to believe that their activity is normal, and platforms that allow perpetrators to get away with it Fraternity men can and should vehemently condemn sexual violence in our community Many of us do But condemning the actions of perpetrators without also acknowledging that we belong to a system that is facilitating their behavior will never be enough If you ’ re in a fraternity and reading this thinking, “This message doesn’t apply to me; I would never commit sexual assault,” congratulations for doing the bare minimum Practicing consent in your personal life is mandatory, and, frankly, an incredibly low bar to set for yourself

want, take what they want and our system will protect them I can make that statement because I have seen fraternities attempt, and often succeed, to defame and silence survivors who try to tell their story I have seen fraternities wage smear campaigns, attempting to shame survivors into believing their harassment, drugging or assault was somehow their own fault We cannot keep perpetuating and internalizing the mindset that assailants are too wealthy, too powerful and too entitled to face repercussions for their actions We often approach the entire Greek system with the same thought process Convincing ourselves that the Greek system will never go away because of our power ful alumni, our housing and our social prestige only further convinces chapters and members that they are “ too big to fail ” Thinking that you are untouchable is dangerous, and easily weaponized And frankly, it’s untrue

If we believe that the IFC and the Greek system deserves to exist on this campus, fraternity men need to accept our responsibility in confronting the systemic culture of sexual violence in our community Firstly, we need to stop vouching for perpetrators I have far too often seen misogynist jokes about sexual assault justified as harmless humor, toxic relationships rationalized as “well, that’s just how they are, ” and serial offenders written off as “ a little creepy but well-meaning ” This needs to end

Secondly, we need to recognize that we may not be directly at fault for sexual misconduct within our system, but are nonetheless accountable and responsible We cannot wipe our hands clean of guilt if we continue to normalize behavior that falls on the spectrum of sexual violence We cannot continue to feed a

We cannot keep perpetuating and internalizing the mindset that assailants are too wealthy, too powerful and too entitled to face repercussions for their actions.

This message does apply to you, because while not committing assault is obviously part of the solution, we need to recognize our additional responsibility

Right now, we are fostering an untouchable mindset within fraternity men on this campus We are telling perpetrators that they can do what they

system where the assumption is that if someone is assaulted at a fraternity event, they were asking for it or even that they should have expected it because of what they were wearing or what they were drinking We cannot continue to provide a safe haven for offenders who hide behind our system and our letters, because we are conditioning them that their behavior is acceptable It’s not If we cannot hold ourselves accountable to these standards, our system has no place on this campus

Luke Bianco is a junior in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning and the executive vice president of the Interfraternity Council Comments can be sent to opinion@cornellsun com Guest Room appears periodically

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about making feel great for you Honestly, nothing is as hot as asking someone “Does this feel good?” and having them respond with a breathy yes

Do: Think about your mental state

Did you just get out of a break up? Did you have seven shots and are unlikely to remember this in the morning? Did your dog just die? If you just got out of a long-term relationship, you might not be ready to experience that kind of intimacy with someone ne w If you ’ re going through an emotional period for any reason, and especially if you ’ ve been drinking, I strongly suggest not hooking up with anyone you ’ ve just met that night Obviously it is on the other par ty to recognize when you ’ re too dr unk to have sex, but you should also be thinking about it if you ’ re not to the point of blackout I don’t believe that a dr unk hookup is always assault, but it’s definitely easier to take one into unsafe and nonconsensual territor y

Don’t: Assume it will end.

If you had a good time, don’t be afraid to get their number Two of my longest r unning relationships at Cornell sprang from slightly awkward, yet enjoyable one night stands The worst that can happen is they don’t text you back when you hit them up again Yeah, you feel kind of bad for a day or two, but on the plus side, you don’t have to see them all the time to remind you of the rejection To all the women reading this: it doesn’t make you clingy to want to see them more if you had a good time If they’re weird about giving you their number, then you probably don’t want to hang out with them again anyways

One-night stands are really what you make of them If you go in with a clear head and straightforward boundaries and assumptions, you’ll have a safe and hopefully satisfying experience But it’s on you to make sure the person you ’ re doing it with also feels good and is being heard I’m not going to say that people can ’ t hook up when they’re dr unk, because I definitely know I have, but when it becomes par t of the equation, you have to be even more careful Look out for your safety first and your possible orgasm second

I hope with the above tips, and your good, oldfashioned common sense, you too can have fun and fr uitful experiences with one-night stands

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Ithacans Makin’ Mac ’N Cheese Dining Guide

Macaroni and cheese aka mac ’ n cheese is an ingenious blend of dair y and carbohydrates When done well, mac ’ n cheese can be this is no hyperbole a lifechanging meal That being said, I was eager to attend the Mac ’N

C h e e s e B o w l a t It h a c a Hi g h School this past Saturday The event featured 18 restaurants and caterers, and all proceeds went t o w a rd s Fo o d n e t Me a l s o n Wheels, a meal deliver y ser vice for Tompkins County residents in need

The scene at the Bowl was incredibly lively Scores of people shuffled into the main building while I spent an eternity looking for parking Once inside, there were raffles, free samples from Ed i b l e A r r a n g e m e n t s a n d l i ve music! A plethora of small chil-

dren stood in the way of many sample tables, but I did not let that deter me; I pushed them aside and sampled all the mac ’ n cheese that piqued my interest I was unable to tr y ever y variety as some contained ingredients that I find gag-inducing, such as overly stinky cheese and corned beef Mo r e ov e r, I f o u n d m y s e l f increasingly bloated and had to stop, as I was taking on the shape of a ver y wide noodle Agava’s entr y was by far the best mac ’ n cheese at the Bowl It was not wholly traditional in that it was made with rigatoni, but that shape set it apart from your r u n - o f - t h e - m i l l “ e a s y m a c ” lookalikes Featuring a harmonious blend of mild and slightly sharp cheeses, the sauce was just thick enough and not at all dr y Agava, always a class act, truly ser ved up a winning dish This was recognized by the attendees who voted it “best vegetarian”

mac ’ n cheese Unfortunately, the restaurant does not actually ser ve mac ’ n cheese None of you can tr y it I am so sorr y I cannot write an article for T h e Su n w i t h o u t m e n t i o n i n g Cornell Catering’s own mac ’ n cheese submission Frankly, I was d i s a p p o i n

’ s two entries were mushroom-herb mac and a “macaroni empanada ” The mushroom variety was water y and chunks of mushroom gave the dish an unappetizingly gray color that resembled that of Ha m b u r g e r He

was under whelming and lacked tangy cheese or herb flavors I was intrigued by the concept of a mac ’ n cheese empanada but, alas, this item was even worse! There was possible evidence of macaroni inside, but the pastr y was so thick and underbaked that all I could taste was dough After that experience I was reluctant to tr y Ithaca College’s entr y, and, to be completely honest, never did I spent a long while assessing Luna’s mac dishes, considering t h a t r e s t a u r a n t ’ s p o p u l a r i t y among Cornell students They entered two types: one smoked gouda, the other barbecue short rib I believe they used cavatappi, a medium-length, hollow, spiral noodle, a choice that differentiated them from other competitors, but aesthetics are not ever ything

T h e s m o k e d g o u d a h a d l i t t l e noticeable cheese flavor Worse, the sample was cold and the noodles had coagulated into a large pasta ball The shor t rib was slightly better Even though I’m not a big fan of barbecue, the a d d i t i o n o f m e a t m a y h a v e improved the flavor Sadly, I have never had a good experience with short-rib dishes and, per usual, felt a tad ill after ward Red’s Place deser ves a shoutout Their “finger lickin’ fried chicken mac ’ n cheese,” despite i t s m u l t i p l e e u p h e m i s m s f o r “ greasy, ” was voted the best meat d i s h a t t h e e v e n t T h e l i g h t

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m e r g e d i n t h e i v o r y - c o l o r e d sauce gave it an overall beige tone This might just be me, but I’ve never been attracted to beige food before However, the taste

w a s q u i t e g o o d T h e c h i c k e n added crispiness to an other wise

mushy meal, and I could see how t h i s o n e m i g h t h a v e b e e n a crowd-pleaser My only qualms are that it was salty and a bit too liquidy

The entries from Kendal at It h a c a , R o g u e s ’ H a r b o r I n n ,

Serendipity Catering & Bar and Gola Osteria were all mediocre Kendal’s was swimming in sauce a n d h a d f l a v o r l e s s s h r e d d e d duck The Rogues’ Harbor Inn

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Serendipity’s was verging on too smelly to eat Gola Osteria’s “piccante ” mac was way too spicy, and my tongue remained numb several minutes after tasting it Needless to say, I only took a bite or two before discarding each of the little cups of macaroni

Overall, the Mac ’N Cheese Bowl was an eye-opening experience I was expecting to have an immensely hard time deciding which entr y was my favorite; it turned out to be all too easy I still stand by the notion that a successful mac ’ n cheese creation i

because it all comes down to the flour to cheese to milk ratio The variety of cheeses employed must be balanced, in terms of how they melt (neither too stringy nor too creamy) and how they taste

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smelly cheeses into what is supposed to be a beautiful and comforting meal Agava did a fantastic job Now we need to encourage them to offer it on their m e n u M a y b e I ’ l l s t a r t a Change org petition

Eliza Christman-Cohen is a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences She can be reached at ec645@cornell edu

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Are We There Yet?

The Feed Presents a Disturbing Near Future

BY VICTORIA HORROCKS Sun Staff Wrtier

In a period often referred to as the “information age, ” the notion of technological addiction is a fairly pervasive reality, and very much a hot topic of conversation Written for an audience primed with various science-fiction films and novels about this idea, expectations for The Feed, Nick Clark Windo’s debut novel, were high With a title that overtly references the main aspect of popular social media: one ’ s Facebook feed, Twitter feed, Instagram feed, etc , there was a sense of relevancy to the novel that was almost immediately debunked by the end of chapter one The novel evoked commentary similar to that of Dave Eggers’s novel The Circle (2013) in an atmosphere of massdeath and suspect forces akin to Oryx and Crake (2003) by Margaret Atwood However, the execution of The Feed lacked the subtlety and mind-warping prose that allowed for the success of its forebears

The “Feed” is a kind of brain-linking device implanted into the modern mind It emcompasses everything from deliving news directly to one ’ s consciousness to tuning into

other people’s thoughts and desires Demonstrated in the lives of protagonists Tom and Kate, the Feed has become an integral part of everyone ’ s lives, and there is a growing dependency on it In the opening chapter, Kate struggles to slip out of her Feed, so to speak, but tunes out to appease her husband Through Kate, Windo accurately captures the itch of being disconnected from one ’ s phone and the demand for constant streams of information This sense of disconnect mirrors the growing disconnect between people in the modern world that Tom is concerned about He is vocal about the way he, Kate and the rest of the population has grown completely disassociated from one another He remarks the fact that people have forgotten how to perform simple human interactions and displays a resentment for the social consequences of the Feed, his own father’s invention Nonetheless, Tom’s observations are correct Kate feels restless without the constant stream of information propagating through her brainwaves In one instance, their waiter struggles to take their order without immediately knowing what they want via their Feed Humanity, in Windo’s world, is practically helpless

When the Feed collapses, society is left without the ability to socialize or interact with itself, and Windo’s thriller crescendos into a post-apocalyptic novel with rampant

crime and death There is a new vapidness to the human person overridden by its dependence on technology that is certainly relevant to the reader, but hyperbolic in The Feed While this kind of exaggeration is typical of science-fiction, there is a heavy-handedness to Windo’s prose that undermines the drama of the plot The novel’s redeeming quality, however, is the way that Windo delivers intimate narratives of his characters to convey the intricacies of the failure of human interaction The pain of losing a family member or the struggle to survive is certainly intensified if the reader is invested in the novel’s characters However, while the premise had the potential to comment on the current state of human dependence on technology, the frequent twists and turns of the plot diluted this message Ultimately the novel did not so much engage the reader as much as it seemed to pull from too many different post-apocalyptic themes Had the plot been more linear, the realities of humanity’s addictive relationship to technology would have been more compelling

Victoria Horrocks is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at vrh23@cornell edu

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This One’s for the Theater Kids

When the trailer for NBC’s new series, Rise, popped up on my News Feed a few weeks ago, I cursed Facebook’s advertising algorithm and made a mental note about the pilot airing date simultaneously I mean, a show about a high school theater troupe putting on Spring Awakening, starring Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother) and Auli'i Cravalho (Moana) and produced by Jeffrey Seller (Hamilton)? It practically has my name written all over it

So naturally I had high expectations going in, but I also worried that Rise might fall into the dangerous trap of clichés And I believe I was right to a certain degree While the show is adapted from the 2013 nonfiction book Drama High and is therefore based on a real story, the plot still feels too familiar and overdone A passionate teacher at a smalltown high school attempts to revive a neglected department and ends up recruiting a group of kids who are seemingly incompatible with each other, but together they conquer all

obstacles and succeeds you must have seen or heard a variation of this storyline before It introduces characters with distinct backstories: a football star, a homeless kid, a girl with a problematic mother, a closeted boy from a religious family and a transgender teen But as much as I appreciated the diverse range of identities, it made me wonder if the writers had followed a checklist when creating them

The teacher, Mr Mazzu ( Josh Radnor), inevitably comes into conflict with the assistant director who has more experience than him, the football coach who resents him for taking away his quarterback, the principal who rejects his choice of a topically controversial musical, as well as his own family when he becomes too devoted to his students As for the cast of Spring Awakening, they shape up to be a rather competent troupe within the span of the pilot, and together deliver a heartwarming, genuine rendition of “I Believe”

toward the end of the episode

So this is where I admit that I am unable to give an unbiased take on this series: first, because there has only been two episodes, but more i m p o r t a n t l y because I am indeed very, very biased I can go on about the things Rise didn’t do well, but the one thing it got right is really the only one that mattered to me: the spirit of theater and theater education And despite all its already evident flaws in structure and plot, I found myself loving every minute of the pilot out of sheer nostalgia as a former theater kid myself

It is not nostalgia for the blinding spotlight, the flowers, the applause or the recognition It is, however, nostalgia for the opportunity to briefly escape reality and live another life, for the creative process that requires months of nonstop laboring, and for the almost euphoric sense of pride that comes from being a part of something bigger than myself It is, most importantly, nostalgia for the invaluable friendships that bloomed in the long hours of tech rehearsals, for the moments of vulnerability and doubt in the darkness backstage, and for the unshakable knowledge that this is the place I belong

At the cusp of turning twenty and officially becoming not a teenager, I’ve realized that I learned the most important lessons as a teenager in a small high school auditorium, in front of and behind some old, dusty curtains I was lucky enough to find a place that pushed me to be braver than I was, to be more than what I thought I was, but also accepted

me exactly as I was So when Michael (Ellie Desautels) introduces himself as Michael instead of Margaret and no one bats an eyelash, when Robbie (Damon J Gillespie) decides to follow his heart and join the cast, and when Mazzu convinces Simon (Ted Sutherland) to play a homosexual character in Spring Awakening, I understood and reminisced on exactly what it feels like to take risks, to persist, to believe

“We are a troupe A sacred troupe, ” says Mr Mazzu to the cast And indeed they are Student and amateur theater may not be Broadway or West End in quality it probably shouldn’t be anyway but it best embodies the spirit of the arts and exemplifies the ideals of the theater tradition It is about being passionate about the craft, expressing oneself and breaking boundaries even when the world seems to disallow it So speaking solely in terms of honoring the theater tradition and showing theater education’s power to change lives, Rise has more than done it justice

Andrea Yang is a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences She can be reached at ayang@cornellsun com Five Minutes Till Places runs alternate Thursdays this semester

In New York He Milly Rocks: Playboi Carti at Cornell

BY RAMYA YANDAVA Sun Staff Writer

Mike Floss was the catalyst to the night, starting off with a high energy set that featured heavy R&B beats, influenced by popular artists such as Travis Scott and Lil Uzi Arriving in Ithaca from Tennessee, Floss brought his innovative and unique sound, inspired by the regressive rap culture prominent in Nashville Sporting the finest of urban street wear, Floss took the stage in a black and red tracksuit with an embroidered head scarf, belting out his “Freak of the Week ” Floss’s sound radiated throughout Barton Hall, as his opening track surely set the tone for a high energy night About midway through his performance, Floss pointed to a section leftward of the stage that just wasn ’ t keeping up with his energy level He laughed and said, “Don’t worry though Early in the show is like early in the semester You can turn that shit around ” Students smiled as they jumped a little higher and sang a little louder

Floss’s realness and relatability drove the energy upward, completely obliterating the boundar y between artist and audience

Floss further tore down this boundar y when he climbed down from the stage and blended into the eager audience “We’re gonna go this way and that way, ” he chanted as he danced, both figuratively and now literally moving the audience Students in close proximity posted Snapchat selfies with Floss in the crowd, making sure to let their friends know that Barton was the place to be for the night, not Olin Throughout his hour long performance, Floss frequently made references to his humble beginnings, expressing utmost excitement to be at such a university In one of his bouts of enthusiasm, Floss laughed and said, “When I leave here I get to tell my mom I went to an Ivy League School!”

Following a full set of upbeat records, Floss chose to end with a uniquely reflective and sentimental track about his roots, telling us fans and Cornellians alike that sometimes he too feels lost Sometimes he too rethinks his career path, as we change our minds and change our majors He expressed that he often wonders whether or not he should have gone for basketball, with the potential to “make quick mills” instead of going for music However he affirmed that music is his calling “Music is

what I feel like I’m brought on this earth to do I want to make my life something when I leave this earth,” Floss said In speaking to such a corporate-driven Cornell culture, I undoubtedly believe that Floss was able to inspire us often conflicted Cornellians to go for our passions: to find our spiritual callings “I gotta make this impactful,” Floss said “I gotta leave with something honest ” Drake’s “God’s Plan” sounded as there was a sudden shift in energy, signaling the arrival of Playboi Carti Nervous excitement glazed over the crowd, as Barton’s lights shut and the stage lights glistened The Atlanta-raised star took the stage in plaid pants, a prominent trend in street wear He began with one of his most hype tracks, titled “Tats on My Neck,” from his newest 2017 album, Playboi Carti Energy was still on the rise, as fans patiently awaited his most well known track, “Magnolia,” which hit #4 on US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs back in 2017 “Mosh pit, mosh pit,” chanted Carti, and fans knew it was coming There was pure revelry and excitement, as strangers danced in unison “In New York I milly rock, hide it in my sock,” he sang, his ice glistening in the stage lights Car ti proceeded with

“dothatshit!” followed by “Fetti” and “What,” with energy on the rise until he bumped his popular “Woke Up Like This” featuring Lil Uzi Vert During this track, energy peaked as students belted out familiar lyrics, realizing with contentment that this wasn ’ t another frat party Carti was here At the end of his set, Carti repeated “Magnolia,” giving students yet another chance to “milly rock” here in upstate New York

Overall, Playboi Carti delivered a mixture of his most popular crowd pleasers and tracks off of his new album, illuminating the faces of stressed Cornellians To fans’ dismay, Barton’s lights suddenly turned on as students reunited with their friends Some stayed for a photo op with Mike Floss, and others made the familiar trek back to Collegetown or their respective dorms, some stopping for the quintessential Collegetown bagel All in all, it was another successful installment in the anual Cornell Concert Commision, and the student body eagerly awaits their next musical guest

Juliette Rolnick is a sophomore in the college of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at jr798@cornell edu

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Red Faces B.U. in Tournament Women’s Laxers

Cornell looks to avenge last season ’ s early NCAA exit

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benefit for both sides

“Our guys know what [B U is] like, the pace of it; they know their better players,” Schafer said “ They have a real good feel for what their strengths are, what their weakness are, how we need to play, things we didn’t do well when we did play against them and things we were able to capitalize on ”

The resurgent Terriers found their way into the tournament by winning the Hockey East, beating two top-15 teams to earn a fourth straight trip to the NCAA tournament

“ They’ve got some of the top players in the countr y, ” Schafer said of B U “ You just kind of go down the lineup, [their] top nine for wards are as good as anybody in the countr y So we’ll have our hands full, but we knew that against any team we were going to play ”

B U , 6-0-1 in their last seven contests, downed Boston College in the semifinals with a 4-3 over-

Providence in the conference final

Cornell, despite being the top seed in the region, isn’t entering the tournament on a roll But Kaldis said his team expects to be a force to be reckoned with on the season ’ s biggest stage

“ We are the No 1 seed so I think we should be playing with a lot of confidence going in there expecting to win, because we have a team that’s good enough to make it to the Frozen Four without a doubt,” he said “I think there is a bit of a sense of urgency here because I don’t think we ’ ve accomplished as much as we should [have] this year, especially looking at what happened last weekend ”

Matched up against one of the best top lines in the countr y for the second straight week, the Red knows all of its 18 skaters will play a role in shutting down six-foot-five Jordan Greenway, who has

33 points, and the Terriers’ top line

The Terriers score an average of 3 11 goals per game, 15th-best in the countr y Junior Bobo Carpenter is tied with his classmate Greenway with 33 points for most on the team

“Last time we played them, it really took me by surprise as a coach how much [B U coach David Quinn] plays [the top line],” Schafer said “He plays them after ever y TV timeout, a lot of times they play 11 for wards and seven [defenders] so for us it’s not going to be one line against them, it’ll be a couple different lines against them ”

Schafer said his squad can look to its game in New York as a blueprint for success against B U ’ s best playmakers

“ The strength of their team is they’re really strong down low, at the hashmarks, bringing pucks to the net and they’re good in transition,” Schafer said “ We got to play fast, catch them maybe stepping up in the neutral zone, get up and play physical ourselves and create the types of turnovers we did [at] Madison Square Garden ”

Despite the tough nature of games this late in the season, Schafer said his team will leave it all on the ice

“ We’re not going to have any regrets about how hard we played, not going to sit back and go ‘jeez, we came down, we were tentative in the game, ’” Schafer said “ There’s not going to be any of that for our hockey team ”

“ There’s definitely that edge to be ready and to make sure that this is the one chance we really have to go after it,” Vanderlaan said

The game is set for 1 p m Saturday, and the winner will advance to the regional final Sunday at 4 p m to take on the winner between Michigan and Northeastern Both games will be at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts

Raphy Gendler can be reached at rgendler@cornellsun com

Lose to Syracuse

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“I think we came ready to play and pushed the tempo early in the first half,” said junior captain Sarah Phillips “We pushed transition off the draw and made some really awesome plays by taking advantage of [Syracuse] not being set, which gave us early offense ”

Both teams then struggled to get on the scoreboard in the first part of the second half until Syracuse went on another uninterrupted scoring streak, recording six goals this time before two goals from Allen ended the Orange’s run

“In the first half we started out strong on the offensive end moving the ball quickly and capitalizing in transition,” Reed said “However, as the game progressed, we were not able to find the back of the net despite generating shot opportunities ”

Despite the lopsided final score, a side-by-side statistical comparison of the two teams tells a different story the Red took 31 shots to Syracuse’s 25, had 25 shots on goal to Syracuse’s 21, fielded 16 ground balls to Syracuse’s 11, caused eight turnovers to Syracuse’s three and won 11 draw controls to Syracuse’s 12

“I think our shooting could have been better the entire game, ” Phillips said “We could have been way more patient on our shots and took the time to place them to put more points on the board ”

Other highlights from the game include three goals and an assist from Allen, two goals from Farinholt and an assist from Phillips Freshman midfielder Grace Paletta and junior attacker Tomasina Leska also each found the back of the net once Defensively, senior midfielder and Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week Joey Coffy had another monster game for the Red winning four draw controls, fielding four ground balls and caus-

ing two turnovers

Sophomore goalie Katie McGahan tallied seven saves, and freshman goalkeeper Hailey Andress made her collegiate debut, playing for just over four minutes

The Red looks to learn from this opportunity of facing a top-10 team and translate the lessons learned into future successes

“It’s always fun and a great learning experience to play such a skilled and highly ranked team, ” Phillips said “Playing a team like that we technically have nothing to lose, so it’s just about going out there and giving a good hard fight and get-

“We were not able to find the back of the net despite generating shot opportunities.”

ting better There is a lot we can learn and build upon from this game ” Cornell gets its next opportunity to follow through on its motto and “ come to compete ” as it returns to Ancient Eight play on Saturday when it welcomes Yale (6-2, 2-0 Ivy)

“Looking ahead to another Ivy League matchup this weekend, we will continue to work on our offensive game and lock it down on the defensive end,” Reed said

The Red holds the overall advantage in the series against the Bulldogs, 20-19

“Yale is a great team and has had success this season, ” Phillips said “So we are not taking them lightly and will be doing our homework on them extensively to be the most prepared possible ” Cornell will attempt to ruin Yale’s perfect conference record at 1 p m Saturday at Schoellkopf Field

Smita Nalluri can be reached at snalluri@cornellsun com

Searching for 1st Ivy Win, Red Takes On Penn

Cornell goes up against top-20 opponent for 4th time at Penn

By DYLAN McDEVITT

Sun Sports Editor

For the fourth time in three weeks, Cornell men ’ s lacrosse will square up against a top-20 opponent when it travels to Philadelphia to take on Penn in search of its first conference win of the year

The Red (3-3, 0-1 Ivy) is fresh off a tough loss to Yale in its Ivy opener at Schoellkopf Field last weekend

“ We need to execute a bit bet coach Peter Milliman “I thoug we did a lot of things in the middle of the field well But we didn’t execute well enough on offense or defense ”

Meanwhile, the Quakers (53, 1-0 Ivy) have won two in a r most recently against Bucknell in it edged out a close, 9-8 win ove on Tuesday

Penn boasts one of the best def countr y, allowing a stingy 8 38 game to its opponents

“ We need to move the ball we be crisp there,” Milliman said “H and minimize our turnovers [T are a tough defense, they’ve go goalie They’ve got some big, phy end of the field But we need to system, play hard and really exe we ’ re taking care of the ball ”

“[Penn is] a tough defense, they’ve got an excellent goalie They’ve got some big, physical guys.” I

The Red’s most valuable weapo more attack Jeff Teat, who Millim one of the best offensive players i this season, Teat has had some h while at other times, opposing d do ever ything they can to shut hi

“Ever ybody is going to challen they play Jeff,” Milliman said “ T him off, they faceguard him, they Ever ybody’s either doing somethin just tr ying to take him out of the ly ”

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s e r i e s v e r s u s Fo r d h a m i n which the Red earned its first w i n , C o r n e l l i s l o o k i n g t o build momentum against visiting Niagara in a pair of doubleheaders this weekend

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clear up, ” Milliman said “Probably should have done that weeks ago but it seemed to make a big difference [against Yale] ”

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“My message at the end of the Yale game was that competing is not good enough. We want to win.”

unit that has won less than 43 percent of its draws

“ The work that Paul has been putting in consistently with our coaching staff has paid off,” Milliman said “If you take away the first few games, I think the last few weeks have really shown that there’s progress being made [on the faceoff ] ”

Since the start of the season, Cornell has continued to stress that this year is one in which the team is ready to restore itself as a national and Ivy League powerhouse Thus far, the Red has been able to hang tough with some of the nation’s best teams, taking two top-10 teams in Yale and No 1 Albany down to the wire

“I think we ’ ve shown that we ’ re competing,” Milliman said “[But] my message at the end of the Yale game was that competing is not good enough Obviously we want to win ”

The Red gets another chance at an Ivy League foe at noon at Penn’s Franklin Field this Saturday

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Baseball Returns Home to Host Niagara After 3 Tough Road Series

Niagara (4-10) split a series with Michigan State on the road last week, accounting for two of their four wins The last g a m e w a s a b a c k - a n d - f o r t h slug fest resulting in a 12-10 win for the Purple Eagles On the season, Niagara has str uggled with opposing offenses, giving up an average of seven r uns per game Cornell will hope to jump on Niagara’s pitching to wake up the bats As a team, the Red is an abysmal 180 at the plate, compared to the 295 team average posted last season

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Icers Clash With Longtime Rival B.U. in NCAAs

By RAPHY GENDLER Sun Assistant Sports Editor

The northeast region’s top seed Cornell men ’ s hockey is two wins away from its first Frozen Four since 2003 The first foe standing in its way is its most storied rival

Despite dominating the ECAC regular season to earn the top seed in the conference tournament, No 4/3 Cornell faltered in the league semifinals against a red-hot Princeton team that found its way into the NCAA tournament with a conference championship Now, it clashes with a No 13 Boston University team fresh off a playoff push and Hockey East championship, in what promises to be an intense, physical matchup

“Our intensity and our [competition] level is going to have to be the best,” said junior forward and captain Mitch Vanderlaan “That’s something that we ’ ve prided ourselves on all year ”

A year after losing 5-0 to a different Massachusetts foe in the first round a year ago, the Red armed with 10 freshmen who didn’t experience the loss to UMass-Lowell is primed to do some damage in the tournament this season

“I think last year everyone was just excited to be there, but this year we have higher goals for sure and we ’ re not just there to play a game or anything, we ’ re there to make it to the Frozen Four,” said sophomore defenseman Yanni Kaldis

Head coach Mike Schafer ’86 is confident his young team will be ready to go this time around

“We’re going for it,” Schafer said “We’re not going to test the waters and see what it’s like this year, we ’ re all in in the sense of going down there and going right after it ”

The Red and Terriers last met in November, when Cornell earned a 4-3 Red Hot Hockey win at Madison Square Garden in New York The old foes have a rich history but haven’t met in the NCAA tournament since the 1972 national championship game a 4-0 Terrier win Schafer said facing off against an opponent his team has already seen this season can be an advantage but it’s a

Laxers Fall to Syracuse In Tough Defensive Effort

By SMITA NALLURI Sun Staff Writer

In a midweek tilt against regional rival Syracuse, women ’ s lacrosse battled hard against the Orange, only trailing by three at the half, but ultimately succumbed to the offensive powerhouse, 14-7, on Tuesday

The No 21 Red (4-3, 1-1 Ivy) held No 7/9 Syracuse (6-2, 0-1 ACC) to its second-lowest scoring game of the season; the only team to allow Syracuse fewer goals was No 1 Maryland, who held the Orange to 11 goals on March 11

Cornell’s defensive unit contained a strong Syracuse offense that averaged a staggering 17 5 goals per game coming into the match

“Our defense held strong in the second half,” said senior captain Taylor Reed “To play a top ranked opponent so tightly in the first half shows us just how strong our team is and how much potential we have this season ”

Both teams traded goals until midway through the first half when the Orange went on a five-goal run to pull ahead, 8-3 However, sophomore attacke r C a ro l i n e A l l e n a n d s e n i

Farinholt then each notched a goal of their own to pull the Red back within three by halftime

2018 C.U. HOCKEY BY THE NUMBERS

1.53 goals allowed per game (#1 in the country)

21.7 average age (seventh-youngest in the country)

10 freshmen on the roster (most in the country)

1.63 scoring margin (#2 in the country)

3.16 goals scored per game (#12 in the country)

.813 winning percentage (#1 in the country)

13 players with 4 goals or more

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Freshman goaltender Matt Galajda is the Red’s ultimate exception He’s undoubtedly one of the most critical reasons the team enters the NCAA tournament as a No 1 seed, two wins away from the Frozen Four

But save for Galajda, Cornell’s most valuable asset isn’t a star player or 50point scorer It’s the team ’ s ability to skate four lines and six defensemen that can help a team win hockey games

“Our whole team is kind of like secondary guys, ” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86 “Obviously we ’ ve got some guys over 10 goals, but I really feel that our secondary scoring is really our primary scoring ”

answer ‘who’s your best player?,’ and while Galajda makes a strong case for most valuable, there’s no clear, single star for Cornell

“I don’t know if we have a best player, ” Schafer said “I don’t think we ’ re that kind of team I think this is one of the best teams I’ve had maybe not the best individual talent I’ve had, but this is definitely a group of guys that play very well together ”

The Red’s depth has powered it offensively, but, like with all of Schafer’s past

goals in his team ’ s first 15 games But Yates went cold, failing to light the lamp in 16 straight before scoring his team ’ s only goal in its ECAC semifinal loss to Princeton

As Yates cooled down, Angello heated up After Yates scored the goal that ended up being his last for more than two months, Angello scored seven total goals in the Red’s next six games, including a hat trick in a 3-0 win at Harvard

“I don’t know if we have a best player. I don’t think we’re that kind of team.”

Head Coach Mike Schafer ’86

“That is our team, our secondary scoring, and I love a team like that,” Schafer said “It worries me when you have one line, and you rest your laurels on that line, if another team does a great job of shutting down that line, then you start looking at yourself going, okay, where are we going to score?”

Any Cornell hockey historian will accurately point out defense as the timetested staple of the team, but this year ’ s squad has turned heads offensively, too

Playing in a conference with foes like Harvard forward and U S Olympian

Ryan Donato, Cornell ranks 12th in the country in scoring, relying on 10 players with five or more goals and 15 with five or more assists and nobody with more than 13 goals or 15 helpers

Junior Anthony Angello is tied for 80th in the nation with 13 goals, and his 26 points are tied for 146th All 15 other teams in the NCAA tournament have a leading scorer with more points than Angello

“Someone seems to always step up for our hockey team, ” Schafer said “I think our strength is our depth, that we get offense from all four lines [and] all four lines can play defense ”

Despite having, statistically, the field’s worst “best” player, Cornell has a real shot to play at the Frozen Four in April Most national contenders could easily

squads, success starts with defense the team boasts a 1 53 goals against average, best in the nation by nearly half a goal

“[Galajda has] done a good job in net, but without the guys playing well in front of him and being committed to blocking shots and backchecking and moving pucks and gutting it out and winning games [Colgate’s] Colton Point’s the goalie of the year, ” Schafer said

After dominating the conference in the regular season to hoist the Cleary Cup, the Red has drawn praise from its conference foes

“They have some high-end players, but they just come at you with tremendous depth,” said Clarkson head coach Casey Jones ’90, whose Golden Knights also earned an NCAA tournament bid “There’s not much drop-off between the lines I think it’s one of the best teams [Schafer’s] had at Cornell ” Its impressive offensive depth hasn’t prevented Cornell from having hot goal scorers throughout the season Senior Trevor Yates led the way early, scoring 11

The cliche that it’s a team game and it doesn’t matter who scores the goals seems to be true for the Red, whose constant focus on “the process ” has led it to its best season in over a decade

“They play hard for each other and that’s evident in the fact that we roll four lines and not one guy cares who scores or who has the big play,” Schafer said “So they have depth in the skill, but that mentality they have has set us apart from a lot of teams this year ”

On a hot goal-scoring streak at the end of January, Angello saw his team earn its way to the top of the national rankings That didn’t change the “ process ”-obsessed mindset

“Nothing really changes,” Angello said “Our grind still continues, we still trust the process and follow it, come to work ready to get better each day ” So while Galajda wins accolade upon accolade and stands tall between the pipes, it’s hard to say who to watch for offensively as the Red enters the NCAA tournament But it’s a safe bet the Red will play prideful defense and get scoring from, well, somebody

‘Courage to compete’ | As the Red earned its most successful season in over a decade, the team’s thought process all season long has been one that always leaves it hungry for more

By Zachar y Silver Senior Writ er

At first puck drop this season against Alabama-Huntsville, among the blinding haze of a raucous Lynah Rink back in October, four objectives sat clear in the minds of Cornell men ’ s hockey: a Kelley-Harkness Cup, Cleary Cup, Whitelaw Cup and, the most sought-out, an NCAA championship

So far, two of those goals have been accomplished The Red downed Boston University its imminent opponent in the first round of NCAAs this coming Saturday at Madison Square Garden in November for the first trophy An improbable regular season run that included only three ECAC losses handed Cornell a first place finish in the league and the second trophy

“They've exceeded our expectations of them,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86 after the regular season “I knew we could be in the top four, but I think we’d clinch [first place in the ECAC] with a game to go I knew that we had some questions, and the team has answered those questions ”

The third, however, fell quickly out of grasp Princeton, No 7 in the ECAC, flipped the regular season script and handled Cornell in the conference semifinals The Tigers would go on to steal an automatic NCAA bid by defeating Clarkson in the finals

As for the fourth goal, Cornell will need to mentally refocus before it begins its journey for the ultimate prize: the third NCAA championship in program history As evident in the 32 contests up to this point, the physical capabilities are there But it’s not falling trap to déjà vu from last year that will be key

defense-first team that also touted a top-10 blue line as early as last year with 2 31 goals allowed per game

But the biggest factor in this year ’ s incredible run, the team will tell you, is its mental fortitude not getting too high when the wins, and a temporary No 1 national ranking, come pouring in

“When you win a lot of games, you have to be mentally tough to be consistent to win,” Schafer said before the ECAC semifinal heartbreak last week “It is so much easier to chase people than to stay out in front There’s a different mindset And to be out in front is much tougher than it is to get to the top It’s much more difficult to stay at the top ”

As part of his plan to exercise his team ’ s mental toughness, Schafer had his team read the book Mindset by Carol Dweck, a Stanford psychology professor, over the summer

In the book, Dweck writes that, “those with the growth mindset [find] setbacks motivating They’re informative They’re a wake-up call ” That’s just one of many lessons that were seared into the minds of the Red’s skaters this past summer a mentality that never ceases the desire to improve, to better oneself

“Every day is an opportunity to get better,” Schafer said before the season “When you wake up and you relax on your laurels from the day before, or you think you did pretty well on that test and you rest on it, all of a sudden the guy that didn’t do so well, he’s going to study a lot harder

“So you better wake up the next day and you better get after it ”

“Every day is an opportunity to get better.” Head Coach Mike Schafer ’86

“We’re still in that transition [period],” Schafer said after his team was bounced out of the NCAA tournament last year with a 5-0 loss to UMass-Lowell “I thought these guys had a great year, one of the best years we ’ ve had here at Cornell ”

If you thought Cornell played above its capabilities last year, you will be excited to learn what the team accomplished this go-around

Cornell hasn’t just surpassed the expectations set out for it, the Red has proven a juggernaut all season long Cornell touts the best defense in the league, giving up an average of 1 53 goals per game ( 37 better than Clarkson in second place)

This isn’t exactly new, however, as Cornell has long been a

No instance of this mindset is more palpable than Cornell’s crushing, 2-1 loss to Rensselaer the same week it was crowned the No 1 team in the nation in both major polls At the time, RPI was ranked 59th in the country, according to a mathematical ranking of every team in the country

There are 60 Division I men ’ s college hockey programs

“I’m thinking we better get our shit together this week,” was a fiery Schafer’s assessment after the loss “That’s what I’m thinking I’m thinking that these guys better wake up ”

It was one of the rare time’s Cornell’s mental toughness was called into question over the course of the season While dominant, Cornell’s season thus far has not been without its hardships Injuries, having to edge out close wins and swallowing tough losses have all been thrust upon the team this season

nothing incredibly unique, but it has all helped the team build its mental strength

While the RPI loss was the worst by statistical standards, no game was tougher to swallow than the last, when Cornell missed out on the chance to play for the Whitelaw Cup by losing to Princeton, 4-1, in the ECAC semifinals It was the second straight year Cornell missed out on ECAC postseason glory after losing to Harvard in the finals last year

A team Cornell managed to beat twice up until this point (once by a score of 7-1), the Tigers’ explosive offense was too much for even the nation’s top defense to handle

“The hardest part, at least for me, is that we knew exactly what we had to do to win the game, ” said senior forward and co-captain Alex Rauter after the semifinal loss “We knew how to be successful, and we just didn’t do it ”

So now Cornell will have to push forward with its worst loss of the season still fresh in its mind Will the loss work as motivation to prove the doubters wrong or form a cloud over what has been a magical season?

Having his team read Mindset this past summer could very well prove pivotal in the single most important stretch of the season: the pursuit of an NCAA championship

“We’ve bounced back and met every challenge we ’ ve faced this year, ” Schafer said recently “We’ve played in the bright lights, big city of New York City and we ’ ve grinded it out in front of 900 people in some other people’s rink where there is no atmosphere They've met every challenge mentally When you win a lot of games, you have to be mentally tough to be consistent to win ”

For the second straight year Cornell will head into NCAAs fresh off a crushing loss at Lake Placid

Only this year, Schafer hopes his troopers are able to channel another edition of Whitelaw Cup disappointment into something productive a national championship instead of letting a magical season go to waste

“‘Success is never final, failure is not fatal It’s the courage to continue that counts, ’” is the paraphrased quote from Winston Churchill that Schafer offered his team this week ahead of what is now the do-or-die home stretch of the 2017-18 season

“It’s a quote that you can win as much as you want and just because you lose, you ’ re not done,” Schafer added “It’s about getting back on the horse and getting ready to compete and get after it That’s all that matters to us It's that courage to compete and play hard every game for Cornell and for themselves

“They’ll be able to do that ”