03-26-13

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

C-Town Trespasser,

By AKANE OTANI Sun Managing Editor

An ex-Cornell student and 312 College Ave resident who was found guilty of trespassing into the bedrooms of two females in the apartment complex may see charges against him dropped within months, court documents recently obtained by The Sun show

Jinsoo Kim, who was formerly a member of the Class of 2014, was arrested on Oct 1 in connection with the trespassing incidents He was charged in the Ithaca City Court with criminal trespassing in the second degree, a class A misdemeanor

As of Oct 17, Kim was no longer registered as a Cornell student, according to the University Registrar

After appearing in court Feb 27, Kim was given a conditional discharge: a sentence showing that the court thinks neither “public interest nor the ends of justice” would benefit from Kim being imprisoned or supervised under probation, according to New York State penal law

If Kim does not commit another crime in the next six months, the charges against him will be dismissed on Aug 30, said Ronna Collins, chief clerk at the Ithaca City Court

The trespassing incidents, which occurred on the heels of several reported sexual attacks on or near campus, prompted Cornell Police to warn students to lock their doors and windows It also spurred one resident of 312 College Ave who did not know Kim lived merely doors away from her to express concern about people “piggyback[ing]” behind others to enter the building

But in the cases of the two female students whose apartments were broken into, the threat did not come from strangers enter-

Dietectics Majors May Be Prone to Eating Disorders

By JONATHAN SWARTZ Sun Senior Writer

Beginning in the mid-1980s, anecdotal and empirical evidence has suggested that there may be a higher prevalence of behaviors and symptoms associated with eating disorders among dietetics a n d n u t r i t i o n s t u d

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Cain, Tancredo and Cupp ’01 will speak a s part of Cornell G OP series

By EMMA JESCH Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell Republicans will host Herman Cain, S E Cupp ’01 and Former Rep Tom Tancredo (R-Colo ) on campus in April

The three prominent conser vative figures will speak to Cornellians as part of the Republicans’ s p r i n g s p e a k e r s e r i e s , American Voices, according to Jessica Reif ’13, Chair of the Cornell Republicans

Cupp, author and cohost of MSNBC’s The Cycle and former Arts and Entertainment Editor for The Sun, will speak on

April 8 about the American media

A week later, Tancredo

candidate for the 2008

nomination and in 2010, ran for the Governor of Colorado Cain, best known for being a former candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, will speak on April 22 about free enterprise and the American Dream

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Cornell

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Today

Healthy Eating? I Don’t Have The Time or Money Noon - 1:30 p m , 229 King-Shaw Hall, ILR Conference Center

Infrastructural Intelligence: Thinking About and Through Layered Infrastructures 4:40 p m , 106 Olin Library

Get Smart & Get Ready: Play a Leading Role in Dealing With Climate Change in New York 8:00 p m , Sage Chapel

Tomorrow

Three Servings of Milk Per Day: Nutritional Necessity or Udderly Ridiculous? Noon 700 Clark Hall

Police and Clearance Rates: Evidence from Recurrent Redeployments Within a City 1:15 - 2:45 p m , 153 Martha Van Rensellaer Hall

Egg Coloring 3:30 - 5:30 p m , Big Red Barn

“The Dandelion”

The dandelion tore me apart Like a French lion’s golden tooth

She bloomed right under my eyes And faded just as smooth

Fondness dried out like yellow petals Scalps dispersed the once token gray

Half-dancing down winter’s road The fibers drift away

I have no regrets, the tender care Coaxing earth to accept the seed

But now I am overrun Because she’s not a flower, she’s a weed Noah Weitzman ʼ14

PUPIL POETRY corn ellians write verse

Students may send poetry submissions to arw225@cornell edu

Tax Incentives Grant ed to D owntown Marriott Hot el

By SARAH CUTLER Sun Staff Wr ter

“Compared with their sprawling counterparts, downtown hotels are friendlier to the environment, contribute more to the economic health of ordinary Ithacans and contribute more to the tax base ”

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Prof Gordon Baym ’56, physics, from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, spoke about his past interactions with Nobel Laureate Hans Bethe in Rockefeller Hall

IPD Issu es 31 Ticket s in Traf f ic S afety Camp ai g n

By JINJOO LEE Sun News Editor

In response to complaints about motorists who ignored the No Left Turn rule, which applies to motorists driving from 3 p m to 6 p m , officers from the Ithaca Police Department

Sarah Cutler can be reached at

scutler@cornellsun com

Monday afternoon on West Buffalo

Street and North Fulton Street IPD issued 31 total tickets during

issued for operating

motor vehicle while wearing a headphone, and 27 were issued for drivers that did not follow the No Left Turn rule

Jinjoo Lee can be reached at jinjoolee@cornellsun com

Police Continue Search for Suspect In Binghamton Area Double Homicide

After the bodies of Christina Rumpel, 35, and Mario Masciarelli, 24, were found in Rumpel’s Lisi Lane home March 22 Police continue their search for Aaron F Powell, a person of interest in the double-homicide, The Ithaca Journal reported

Closure of Air-Traffic Control Tower To Cause Disruptions

Although the loss of funding for the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport’s air-traffic control tower will not affect saftey or flights, the closure of the tower threatens to disrupt the entire system, airport officials said The tower will close April 7, The Ithaca Journal reported

Tompkins Grand Jury Charges Two With Drug-Trafficking

Lanard Davis, 33, of Rochester and Russel T Archer, 44, of Ithaca face drug-trafficking charges Davis was charged with two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and

charged with allegedly selling heroin, The Ithaca Journal reported Sunday

Compiled by Lianne Bornfeld ’15

Wattenberg ’03: ‘Perfectionism’ Can Lead to Disorder

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Kim said to Ithaca Police that late at night on Sept 16, he

e n t e r e d t h e a p a r t m e n t o f a female student on the third floor of 312 College Ave He walked into her bedroom, causing her to scream at him, and then fled back to his apartment on the fourth floor

Before two weeks had elapsed, on Sept 28, Kim allegedly broke into another apartment one

on the fourth floor, just next to his own apartment Again, after being confronted by a female resident in the apartment, Kim fled back to his apartment

At the time of Kim’s arrest, Ithaca Police said it was also i n v e s t i g

t i n g w h e t h e r o r n o t Kim was behind an additional series of trespassing incidents at 312 College Ave dating back to April In all the reports, the victims, who were female residents, said they saw an Asian male enter their apartments

C.U. Republicans Hope Speakers Will

Santorum (R-Penn ), former Vermont governor Howard Dean, Paul Wolfowitz ’65 and former Texas congressman Ron Paul

Reif said the goal of hosting Republican speakers is to add another perspective to Cornell’s often liberal-leaning tendencies

“Ever y semester we tr y to bring speakers to campus that represent different facets of conser vatism and have different points of views surrounding current events, ” Reif said “ There tends not to be a lot of conser vative speakers on campus, so by bringing a conser vative voice, we hope to add balance to the dialogue ”

Democrat Gena Topper ’16 said she would like to hear Cain speak, but said she is not sure whether his ideologies reflect the views of most Republicans

“I think that it’s really good that they got someone that is a well-known figure in the Republican political party, ” Topper said “However, I’m doubtful as to how well his views represent the majority of mainstream Republican viewpoints due to his involvement with the Tea Party ”

Conser vative Phil Andriole ’14 said that the larger Cornell community would benefit by attending these talks

“It was great to hear Ron Paul speak on campus [last year], though I don’t identify with many of his ideologies,” Andriole said “I think that there is always something you can gain from listening to another point of view ”

Reif said the Cornell Republicans are “proud to announce the series and excited for the speakers to come on

BOSTON (AP) Two-time Pulitzer winner Anthony Lewis, whose New York Times column championed liberal causes for three decades, died Monday He was 85

Lewis worked for 32 years as a columnist for the Times, taking up such causes as free speech, human rights and constitutional law He won his first Pulitzer in 1955 as a reporter defending a Navy civilian falsely accused of being a communist sympathizer, and he won again in 1963 for reporting on the Supreme Court

His acclaimed 1964 book, “Gideon’s Trumpet,” told the story of a petty thief whose fight for legal representation led to a landmark Supreme Court decision

His wife, Margaret Marshall, the former chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, confirmed his death from complications from heart and renal failure

Lewis saw himself as a defender of decency, respect for law and reason against a tide of religious fundamentalism and extreme nationalism His columns railed against the Vietnam War, Watergate, apartheid in South Africa and Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza

He wrote his final “Abroad at Home” column for The Times on Dec 15, 2001, warning against the U S fearfully surrendering its civil liberties in the wake of the terrorist attacks three months earlier

Citing Crisis, Cyprus’ Banks To Remain Closed Until Thursday

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) Cyprus ordered banks to remain closed for two more days over fears of a run by customers trying to get their money out, after striking a pre-dawn bailout deal Monday that averted the country ’ s imminent bankruptcy

The sudden midnight postponement of the much anticipated Tuesday bank opening by all but the country ’ s two largest lenders was sure to hammer businesses already reeling from more than a week of no access to their deposits

ATMs have been dispensing cash but often run out, and an increasing number of stores and other businesses have stopped accepting credit or debit cards The two largest lenders, the struggling Laiki and Bank of Cyprus, have imposed a daily withdrawal limit of 100 euros ($130)

Cyprus clinched an eleventh-hour deal with the 17-nation eurozone and the International Monetary Fund early Monday for a 10 billion euro ($13 billion) bailout Without it, the country ’ s banks would have collapsed, dragging down the economy and potentially pushing it out of the euro

Under the deal, the country agreed to slash its oversized banking sector and inflict hefty losses on large depositors in troubled banks

The country ’ s banks have been closed since March 16 to avert a run on deposits as the country ’ s politicians struggled to come up with a way to raise enough money to qualify for the bailout An initial plan that would have raised 5 8 billion euros by seizing up to 10 percent of people’s bank accounts enraged depositors and was soundly rejected by lawmakers early last week

But with the immediate crisis averted, worry spread across Europe that the deal could boomerang, spooking investors and hurting the eurozone ’ s efforts to keep its debt crisis from spreading

“The Cypriot bailout has a powerful legacy which may alter the security with which depositors elsewhere in the eurozone view the safety of banks,” said Jane Foley, an analyst at Rabobank International

More Prisoners Join Hunger Strike At Guantanamo Bay Prison

MIAMI (AP) More prisoners have joined a hunger strike at the U S military prison at Guantanamo Bay, officials said Monday, as defense lawyers expressed alarm about one of the most sustained protests at the base in several years

There are 28 prisoners on hunger strike, up from 21 a week earlier, including three who were hospitalized for dehydration from refusing to eat, said Navy Capt Robert Durand, a spokesman for the prison on the U S base in Cuba

The military is force-feeding 10 of the prisoners to prevent dangerous weight loss, Durand said

Lawyers for prisoners have been returning from visits to the base with reports that the hunger strike is much more widespread, involving a majority of the 166 men held there, and that some have lost significant weight in recent weeks

Army Capt Jason Wright said an Afghan prisoner who goes only by the name Obaidullah has dropped from about 167 pounds to 131 since he went on strike and appeared dizzy and fatigued as they met last week

“He seemed depressed, frustrated at the worsening conditions of his confinement,” Wright said “It seemed like he didn’t have any hope of getting out of Guantanamo Bay ”

A prisoner from Syria, Abdehhadi Faraj, has lost about 30 pounds and has been having severe stomach pain, migraines and dizziness and vomiting blood, according to Ramzi Kassem, an attorney and law professor at the City University of New York, who visited him last week He said one of his clients from Yemen has lost a similar amount of weight and that only a handful of prisoners are not participating in the strike

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Deon Thomas

TOn Euphoniously Pleasing Writing

hese past couple of weeks, I have found myself quite perplexed by an ostensibly ingenuous issue It is my perception that a multitude of people write to exhibit their exorbitant vocabulary, rather than to convey their viewpoint on the issue at hand I have set out on the outwardly asinine task to provide a snippet of writing in such an unduly manner in order to assess the ramifications As a writer, I do not endeavor to posture myself upon the rostrum of fine writing; I merely seek to clearly divulge my argument I do not set out to write in an ostentatious manner only to revel in the bewilderment of my readers

It is my humble opinion that when writing an essay or an article, the main goal is to communicate one ’ s argument When someone uses a piece of writing to showcase their unlimited vocabulary, they are not properly prioritizing communication I, much like the rest of you, do not think in predominantly SAT caliber words and, as such, do not attempt to use them every chance I get I become quickly disengaged when reading a passage that requires me to look up every other word in the dictionary As Mark Twain once wrote, “I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences That is the way to write English it is the modern way and the best way Stick to it; don’t let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in ”

I have held this opinion for quite some time, and this is why I was taken aback when I saw my vocabulary criticized on Facebook

The person went on to question how I got into a school as prestigious as Cornell I assure you that I, along with my peers, had to learn the same standardized words that only seem to ser ve as shibboleths Specifically, as a columnist for The Cornell Daily Sun, I seek to engage with a diverse

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audience that will take the time out of their day to read my article I would not dare to burden them with the task of deciphering, as well as interpreting, my writing A counterargument that I have battled with in my own mind presents that good writing, like a piece of art, should be euphoniously pleasing I completely agree with this argument when it comes to writing fiction However, when the main point of your writing is to present an argument, aesthetics must take a backseat

This argument causes me to delve even further into this issue Why is it that I see this problem manifested much more at Cornell than back home? Is it due to the fact that Cornellians have a better vocabulary than the average person, or do they simply feel the need to prove themselves to be smarter than the average person? This is something I often wonder about I too feel the need to live up to the age-old Ivy League standards in everything that I do, but when is enough enough? Many of us are easily annoyed by extravagant displays of wealth shouldn’t it be the same for intelligence? There are times when showing off one ’ s intelligence is perfectly fine; however, most of the time, it is completely unnecessary and incredibly annoying I hope I receive a lot of feedback on this topic because I am very interested in hearing your opinions on it as well However, until I see a proper counter-argument, I will continue to write with the same priorities If you insist on writing elaborately only to bemuse your readers, then never forget that it’s not me, it’s you

Deon Thomas is a junior in the School of Industrial a n d L a b o r Re l a t

dthomas@cornellsun com It s Not Me, It s You appears alternate Tuesdays this semester

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Kirat Singh | Evaluating the Discontents Laura Miller | “Planet of the Post-Spring Break Blues”

Rarely, if ever, does an incumbent party campaign on a promise of “doing better next time ” The upcoming parliamentary election in Pakistan, however, is hardly business as usual The outgoing Pakistan People’s Party is the first democratically elected government in Pakistan’s 60-year history to complete its tenure With catastrophic floods, feuding coalition partners, high inflation and continuing, wanton terrorist attacks clouding its reign, the PPP is lucky to have simply not been overthrown by the opposition or by the military Its unusual election promise of “doing better next time,” then, is not as ludicrous as it might first appear

The elections, scheduled for early May, hold the potential for an impressive debate about the country ’ s future There is no shortage of parties challenging the PPP The Pakistan Muslim League, led by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, opposes the left-leaning incumbent with an economically conservative platform Former cricketer and national hero Imran Khan is promising a tough attack against Pakistan’s notoriously corrupt political aristocracy If this field weren ’ t fractured enough, former President Pervez Musharraf arrived from his self-imposed exile in Dubai and London this weekend to, modestly, “ save Pakistan ” An umbrella group of religious conservatives will also fight for seats, but it is not expected to make substantial inroads

Pakistan desperately needs an election season discussion on domestic issues There is no prospect of reining in terrorist groups in the North-West and Balochistan, and there is a growing, bloody, sectarian rift between its Shia and Sunni populations More prosaically, the military and political elite continue to steal millions from the exchequer in unpaid taxes and ill-gotten treasure Food prices continue to increase and daily power cuts across major cities have hamstrung economic growth The impending democratic festivities, however, throw up many reasons for skepticism

The Path Not Taken Pakistan’s Ballot Test

Many popular candidates remain embedded in the very networks that a successful new government needs to disassemble Mr Sharif ’ s electoral base is situated in the south of Pakistan’s Punjab province, dominated by numerous violent and sectarian groups This “ vote bank” is not maintained in a vacuum Leaders in his PML party have publicly reached out t

[The Pakistan People’s Party’s] unusual election promise of “d better next time,” then, is not a ludicrous as it might first appe

men heading extremist madrassas (schools) If Mr Sharif wins, he will be beholden in no small measure to these outfits The PPP is led by Bilawal Bhutto, son of current President Asif Ali Zardari President Zardari is deeply implicated in many corruption scandals from the 1990s and his Presidential term continues for months after the elections With skeletons in its most prominent closets, a PPP government is unlikely to conduct the corruption crackdown so urgently needed Mr Khan is even rumored to be backed by the country ’ s intelligence agency, a group notorious for suffocating political interference

The electoral period is also directly threatened by cruder elements Prominent extremist outfits, including the Pakistani Taliban, have promised attacks against specific figures like Mr Musharraf The day before he landed, the group released a video threatening to “send [him] to hell ” He was scheduled to hold a large rally in Karachi that was canceled because of security fears And these threats aren ’ t hollow This past weekend also saw an attack in the country ’ s restive North West that killed 17 soldiers and injured another 34 In December 2007, in the run-up to the first Parliamentary elections following President Musharraf ’ s reign, Benazir Bhutto was assassinated near the capital, Islamabad She, like Musharraf, had just returned from self-imposed exile in Dubai

Finally, the elephant in the room, Pakistan’s territorial dispute with India over Kashmir, may cloud dialogue on the devils within The flare-ups are never far away In January 2013, Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fire across the internationally recognized ceasefire line in Kashmir which resulted in fatalities on both sides India accused Pakistani troops of beheading one of its soldiers and as a consequence, diplomatic relations chilled Although Kashmir is not currently dominating the campaign trail, the dispute maintains its ability to hijack discourse at a moment ’ s notice To prevent this from happening, as difficult and ghastly as it might be, India will have to play down escalations It has every right to object to brutalities at the border, but flare-ups only help those in Pakistan who wish to exploit nationalistic jingoism These groups, which include certain constituencies within the security apparatus and in the religious right, can only hurt India even more with the power they will accrue

Although the sources of skepticism are extensive, they are not new Power cuts, fragile coalitions, the looming military, bullets, bombs and drones persistently sniped at the PPP’s heels That the PPP’s political opponents knew better than to bring it down during its most vulnerable moments, knowing that only Pakistani democracy would suffer, gives hope that the ballot might win this May

Kirat Singh is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at ksingh@cornellsun com Evaluating the Discontents appears alternate Tuesdays this semester

Our generation of college graduates is suffocated by the freedom of choice

As a society, we value personal agency and initiative, but the seemingly boundless oppor tunities

f r o m w h i c h w e d e r i v e

m u c h a n t i c i p a t o r y g l e e can be the Achilles’ heel of an inquisitive soul In our fourth year here, my friends and I are making our way at various speeds toward whatever futures lie in store for us, but so m a n y o f u s a re s t u c k , grounded by indecision about the next step Yes, this is a universal symptom of impending graduation (and consequently, the first significant decision of our adult lives), and this feeling probably weighs heavily on any lost liberal artist of any given generation But it seems at least intuitive that for young people today, this process of deciding on

t h e n e x t s t e p i s m o re complex than it was for our parents or grandpar-

e n t s , g i v e n t h e v a s t resources at our disposal for decision making

T h e g a r g a n t u a n amount of information

a n d o p p o r t u n i t y t o which we are subject via t h e In t e r n e t i s ov e rwhelming Those of us who haven’t dreamt of being a plant biologist since the age of eight, t h o s e o f u s w h o t a k e classes in three different

s u b j e c t s e ve r y s e m e s t e r

w i t h o u t re p e a t i n g a theme, those of us who find frank stability desta-

b i l i z i n g a n d c h a s e o u r intellectual whim around like a dog with its tail we are adrift in a sea of possibility It seems from the undergraduate’s perspective, looking out into the abyssal post-Cornell world, that there are an intimidating number of potential life paths (this,

of course, is also a cruel illusion Actually securing a job is quite difficult, as it turns out Whoops) We just can ’ t fathom having to decide on something We’re paralyzed by t h e f e a r o f s o l i d i f y i n g ,

c o n c re t i z i n g , a n d t h u s , we conclude, ending life as we know it Our entire lives up to this point have b e e n s p e n t d e l i b e r a t e l y “diversifying” our intere s t s t o m a k e o u r s e l v e s m o re “ u n i q u e ” a n d “attractive” applicants in v a r i o u s p o o l s o f p e e r competitors This wellroundedness is a fantastic attribute for a liberal arts undergraduate, but now, we ’ re forced to abruptly c u r t a i l t h e s e v a r i o u s interests in favor of a sin-

about post-graduate life, t h i s n e u r o t i c s e n s e o f c o n t r o l t r i g g e r s f r a n t i c “what-if ” scenarios in our minds about the road not taken

We h a ve l e a r n e d t o explore, but have never been forced to commit

From within our collegiate cocoon of contentment, youthful ignorance and unrecognized privilege, we ’ re shielded from the cold truth: Finding a life path most often does not stem from passionate whim but from personal necessity For a startlingly large percentage of people, this vocational choice is not really a choice at all Those who need jobs

f o r l i t e r a l s u r v i v a l a re coerced into this decision

Thinking we can have it all because it is literally at our fingertips, will we indecisively waffle through life chasing whim to the ends of the earth?

gle commitment How does one hear their calling amid so much noise?

Ps yc h o l o g i s t Ba r r y

S c h w a r t z d i s c u s s e s t h e debilitating effects of too much choice in his 2004 b o o k , T h e Pa ra d o x o f Choice: Why More Is Less Schwartz’s central argum e n t i s t h a t w i t h a n increase in options comes an increase in indecisiveness but also heightened expectations of the outcome, resulting in both re g re t a n d d i s a p p o i n tm e n t n o m a t t e r w h a t choice we end up making We hold ourselves to such high standards of c o n t r o l ov e r o u r ow n lives because we have so m u c h i n f o r m a t i o n t o help guide us, and so few m e t h o d s b y w h i c h t o e l i m i n a t e p o s s i b i l i t i e s When making decisions

by factors much stronger than preference Others

u n q u e s t i o n i n g l y i n h e r i t the family business and f i n d h a p p i n e s s i n t h e p a t h i n t o w h i c h t h e y were born We have the incredible luck to be able to actually choose what we want to do, and this freedom is our undoing

All of our lives, our w e l l - i n t e n t i o n e d e l d e r s have assured us that we can “be whatever we want to be ” We’ve been given the gift of choice, but n o b o d y e v e r s u g g e s t e d the importance and difficulty of deciding what to want, or why to want that thing It’s just assumed that this wanting comes n a t u r a l l y t o s o m e o n e ’ s life, predetermined like h ow g r ow i n g u p i n Boston makes you a Red Sox fan And in an era

when information on any possible inquir y is at our fingertips, perhaps we ’ ve taken on more responsibility for ourselves than we can handle In this age of choice, we seem to be compromising the work of that ancient invisible h a n d o f l u c k y c o i n c idence, circumstance and n a t u r a l l y o c c u r r i n g o p p o r t u n i t y t h a t t a k e s the burden slightly off the hunched shoulders of the college senior, neck cramped as she bites at h e r c u t i c l e s a n d s t a re s blankly into the infinite depths of Idealist org We o f p r i v i l e g e d America believe strongly i n t h e c o r re l a t i o n between our chosen profession and our happiness ( d i s c u s s i o n a b o u t t h e value of this credence will have to wait for another 800-900 words) When I look at myself and at my graduating peers, I see a lot of extremely promisi n g y

squinting, tr ying to make o u

career is that will make us happy But with job websites and Google at our

results in crippling indecision Thinking we can have it all because

literally at

the ends of the ear th? Young adults of

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Todd Snider Livens Up The Haunt

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BY ZACHARY ZAHOS Sun Associate Managing Editor

D i s c l a i m e r : T h i s a r t i c l e c o n t a i n s Gi r l s

Se a s o n Tw o s p o i l e r s If yo u a re f e d u p w i t h H B O ’ s Gi rl s l i k e I a m , yo u a re a l s o l i k e l y s i c k o f t h o s e w h o w r i t e a b o u t G i r l s , t o o To d d Va n De r We r f f f ro m T h e A V C l u b i s o n e o f m a n y i n t h e va s t In t e r n e t c o m m e n t a r i -

a t w h o b a s i c a l l y s u b s i s t s o n c h u r n i n g o u t t h e s e t h i n k p i e c e s ( h e o n c e p e n n e d 2 2 0 0 w o rd s u n d e r t h e h e a d l i n e , “ How Gi rl s c h a l l e n g e s t h e m a s c u l i n e e x p e c t a t i o n s o f ‘ g o o d T V ’ ” ) So , i t i s w i t h a n a m p l e d o s e o f s e l f - l o a t h i n g t h a t I n ow p re s e n t m y o p i n i o n s o n Se a s o n Tw o o f Gi rl s , w h i c h w r a p p e d u p l a s t we e k I d o n o t t a k e Gi rl s t o b e n e a r l y a s a r t -

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

The Fall of Girls

On e p rov i d e d e n g a g i n g c h a r a c t e r d y n a mi c s p u n c t u a t e d b y b l i s s f u l s o n g c u e s ( Ro by n ’ s “ Da n c i n g o n My O w n ” ) a n d h i l a r i o u s , g e n u i n e m o m e n t s ( Sh o s h a n n a ’ s “ c r a c k c i d e n t ” ) Se a s o n Tw o d a rk e n e d t h e c o l o r s , w i d e n e d t h e d i s t a n c e b e t we e n f o rm e r f r i e n d s a n d f a vo re d h a l f - b a k e d p rof u n d i t y ove r c o n s i s t e n t e n t e r t a i n m e n t Of 1 0 e p i s o d e s , t h e re we re t h re e c o n c e p t a n d / o r “ b o t t l e e p i s o d e s ” w h e re t h e m a i n n a r r a t i ve a rc s i m m e re d w h i l e Ha n n a h ( Du n h a m ) t r a ve l e d t o o r t r i e d s o m e t h i n g n e w ( Je s s a ’ s d a d’s h o u s e ; c o c a i n e ; Pa t r i c k Wi l s o n ) T h e s e we re , by f a r, t h e w o r s t e p i s o d e s o f t h e s e a s o n ( t h o u g h s o m e , i n c l u d i n g Va n De r We r f f, w i l l ve h e m e n t l y d i s a g re e ) , o f f e r i n g f e w l a u g h s , p l a t i t u d in o u s i n s i g h t a n d w a y t o o m u c h n a k e d Du n h a m A l o n g w i t h t h e a b r u p t i n t rod u c t i o n o f Ha n n a h’s O C D t w o e p i s o d e s f ro m t h e f i n a l e , Gi rl s h a s t a k e n a n o f fp u t t i n g , s e r i o u s t u r n T h e f i r s t s e a s o n w o r k e d b e c a u s e D u n h a m a n d c o e m b r a c e d t h e t r i v i a l p ro b l e m s o f n o t - s or i c h b u t f a r - f r o m - p o o r N Y C t w e nt y s o m e t h i n g s ; t h e i r a t t e m p t s t o va l i d a t e t h e i r c h a r a c t e r s ’ s t r u g g l e s w i t h a n a d d e d l a ye r o f a n g s t a n d re a l i s m e n d e d u p f u lf i l l i n g t h e n a rc i s s i s t i c / d e t a c h e d / p r i v i l e g e d c r i t i c i s m s t h a t h a ve f o l l owe d t h e m s i n c e e ve n b e f o re d a y o n e Bu t t h e s e a s o n f i n a l e , “ To g e t h e r, ” f e l l s h o r t b e c a u s e i t a c t u a l l y d i s re g a rd e d t h e d r a m a t h a t l e d u p t o i t Pe r h a p s t h a t i s h y p o c r i t i c a l o f m e t o s a y, b e c a u s e I d o n ’ t l i k e m o s t o f Se a s o n Tw o ’ s n a r r a t i v e ; h o w e v e r, w h a t w e a re l e f t w i t h i s a n a s s o r t m e n t o f u n e a r n e d r e u n i o n s a n d b r e a k - u p s C h a r l i e ( C h r i s t op h e r A b b o t t ) a n d M a r n i e ( A l l i s o n Wi l l i a m s ) g e t b a c k t o g e t h e r i n t h e c h e e s i e s t , Je r r y Ma g u i re - i e s t s p e e c h t h i s s h ow h a s d e i g n e d t o ye t C o n s i d e r i n g t h a t C h a r l i e i s n o w t h e m o d e r a t e l y we a l t h y C E O o f a m o b i l e a p p c o m p a n y, Ma r n i e s e e m s t o h a ve f o r f e i t e d t h e t h re ee p i s o d e - l o n g d re a m o f b e c o m i n g a s i n g e r a n d re s i g n e d t o b e i n g a h o u s e w i f e , w a n ti n g n o t h i n g b u t h a v i n g C h a r l i e ’ s “ l i t t l e b row n b a b i e s ” i n t h e “ e ve n t u a l” f u t u re

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f o r a n e a s y, d e p e n d e n t l i f e , a n d p e r h a p s R a y a n d Sh o s h a n n a we re s o i n f a t u a t e d w i t h o n e a n o t h e r t h a t t h e y ove r l o o k e d t h e i r o bv i o u s t r a i t s Bu t t h e d i re c t i o n o f t h e s e s c e n e s , w i t h t e a r f u l c l o s e - u p s a n d

e x a c t i n g m u s i c a l c u e s , t re a t s t h e ro m a n c e a s s i n c e re Yo u c a n ’ t t e l l m e t h e m o r a l a m b i g u i t y o f, s a y, Ze ro Da rk T h i r t y a l s o a p p l i e s t o a s h ow t h a t e n d s i t s s e a s o n f i n a l e w i t h a d r a m a t i c t r a c k i n g s h o t o f a b oy c r a d l i n g a g i r l i n h i s a r m s a n d a s o n g by Du n h a m ’ s b oy f r i e n d ( t h a t w o u l d b e “ Si g h t o f t h e Su n ” by f u n ) To l a u n c h t h i

Kacey Musgraves is not Taylor Swift, but she’s not tweeting quotes of Nietzsche either The 24-year-old singer-songwriter’s first major label album, Same Trailer Different Park, came out last week, and the record is just what Musgraves promised: Something catchy with substance Listening to all 12 songs, what comes across most clearly is a person one with a sharp twang using music to communicate original and, at times, controversial feelings Musgraves grew up in East Texas, where she started playing music at talent shows and fairs at a young age In 2007 she was on the American Idol of country music, Nashville Star Since then, she has moved to Nashville, self-released an album and written songs for Miranda Lambert (“Mama’s Broken Heart”) Most recently, she has gotten attention for her not-so-idealistic rendering of small-town life in her first single “Merry Go ‘Round” (It opens: “If you aint got two kids by 21 / You’re probably gonna die alone”)

While her lyrics might be blunt or harsh to some ears, her voice is angelic She can make anything from a simple ode to trailer living (“My House”) to a lost cry to be put “Back On The Map” catchy She has the kind of voice that is still in your head the morning after you listen to it Maybe it’s because of the sultry country tone However, Musgrave’s best feature has to be her precision She never complicates: No overbelting for the fun of it or silencing to indicate sadness

The ease of listening to her voice to is even more remark-

able when you consider the wisdom of her lyrics The strongest element of this album is word choice and world play “Dandelion” is a metaphor for a boy who keeps her wishing he’ll come but never does “Blowin’ Smoke” her next single is about dead-end jobs: “Brenda’s trading smokes for cash/ Still hadn’t lost that baby weight/ Now that baby’s about to graduate/ From college ” In “Merry Go ‘Round” she earns some laughs with lyrics like, “Momma’s hooked on Mary Kay/ Brother’s hooked on Mary Jane/ Daddy’s hooked on Mary two doors down ” My favorite line is out of “Silver Lining,” which goes,“If you want to find a head that fits your shoulder, you ’ re gonna have to go to the dance ” Despite being a quick 40 minutes, I can ’ t find anyway to

Osimplify what this album is about Musgraves’ voice is clear and her metaphors are clever, but even when she’s telling us “ to follow your arrow wherever it points,” she’s only starting a conversation that goes well beyond the three minutes of her track In “It Is What It Is,” she sings “Maybe I love you/ maybe I’m just kind of bored/ It is what is/ Till it ain't/ Anymore ” Where truth is concerned, she doesn’t sugarcoat Musgraves takes a risk in her album by not giving all the answers It’s a risk worth taking Taylor Swift might have some nice stories, and she might even be given credit for trying to figure herself out through music, but Musgraves already knows who she is Her songs aren ’ t the type that you can use to block the world out Trying to listen to this album over and over like you would one of Swift’s will just give you a headache While the music is entertaining to listen to, it also challenges the listener not to dress up in an outfit like hers and pretend you ’ re a pop-singer, but to listen to her words

This album is worth listening to From track to track, it holds the listeners attention Each song is so singable that you may even walk away feeling something without even realizing it

Meredith Joyce is a junior in the School of

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[when the seniors graduate], but you have to continue the legacy,” Garrett said “Some other guys have to move up and make a name for themselves too You have to move forward ”

With one national appearance under his belt, Garrett’s potential for greatness is infinite as he prepares for next season with the Red

“[Garrett] is an incredible talent he is very athletic and used his athleticism to take third in the country, ” Dake said “I am scared for the people that he faces next year when he really learns how to wrestle because he is going to be something special I am excited for him because he is going to get so much better and his ceiling is so high He is going to be one of the all-time greats ”

While the rookie still has a lot to work on before next year, he has begun to build a strong foundation for a successful career at Cornell

“I have a lot to work on and this tournament helped me to realize that,” Garrett said “I feel like I am still raw in the sport I rely mostly on my athletic abilities to win and it gets me pretty far but I really want to be more technically sound so that way when I do wrestle, I know what I am doing and how to move people ”

Continuing to build his wrestling empire, Koll has recruited a strong class of incoming freshmen

“We signed the No 1 recruiting class in the country last year, ” Koll said “I don’t want to talk about those guys until they step on campus and do some damage Our goal is to get better every year We expect to be in contention for a national championship every year ”

Lauren Ritter can be reached at lritter@cornellsun com

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“[Dake’s] father is a former AllAmerican,” Noel said “ To see Dougie Dake in tears for his kid is pretty amazing really pretty amazing ”

Other recent NCAA AllAmericans for the Red have included four-time honoree Cam Simaz ’12, two-time honoree Mack Lewnes ’11 and four-time honoree Troy Nickerson ’10 Koll coached one All-American in 2001, two All-Americans the following year, three All-Americans in 2003 and 2004 and four AllAmericans a year from 2005 until 2010 In 2011, the Red had five wrestlers earn spots on the prestigious list, including Mike Grey ’11, Dake, Bosak, Lewnes and Simaz One year later, Koll coached five more wrestlers to AllAmerican status, including Frank Perelli ’12, Nevinger, Dake, Bosak and Simaz

Lewnes and Simaz hold the records for the most career wins for the Red, boasting 150 and 145, respectively Dake trails not too far behind in fourth place with 137 career wins The Cornell program under Koll has grown stronger each year, which is evident across almost every statistical category Lewnes (55), Simaz (47), Dake (44), Bosak (39) and Nickerson (38) round out the Top-5 for career fall leaders

The Red has begun to carve a name for itself, both in the Ivy League and on a national level In 2011 and 2012, nine wrestlers represented Cornell, helping the team to first and fifth place finishes, respectively While each wrestler’s performance carries a large individual significance, the success of the team as a whole depends on the group ’ s collective performance

“It’s an individual challenge when you are out there by yourself, but it’s a whole team dynamic and our team dynamic is really strong, ” Noel said

Supporting each other is a fundamental philosophy for the Red Dake and Bosak are no exception to the rule

“It is pretty cool to have someone right beside you when you have all of your success, ” Dake said “[Bosak] has always been there and we have been going out and doing great things on the national level To be able to have someone to share that time with has been great ”

Despite the fact that Bosak and Dake will graduate in a few weeks, the future of the Red looks bright Wrestlers like Garrett look to carry on the fight as their accomplished predecessors pass the torch to the next generation of competitors

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By JUAN CARLOS TOLEDO Sun Staff Wr ter

With eyes set on finishing the outdoor season with the Heps titles, members of the men ’ s and women ’ s track and field teams took their annual trip out west to California There they had the opportunity to compete in their first two outdoor

m e e t s , t r a i n i n t h e s u n n y s o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a we a t h e r a n d e n j oy t i m e together as a team bonding with one another in preparation for their outdoor campaign

Men’s head coach Nathan Taylor said he was glad to have had good weather for high quality practice time with his team

“ The trip was good,” he said “ We had good weather, [which allowed] us to get good practices ever yday I think that they made the most of the opportunity ”

While in California, the Red had the opportunity to compete in both the Aztec Invitational hosted by San Diego

St a t e , a s we l l a s t h e Sp r i n g Bre a k Invitational hosted by UC Ir vine Taylor noted that despite the fact that his team just started transitioning into the outdoor season, the performances he has seen from his athletes are good signs of what is

to come

“I thought a number of the guys did really well,” he said “ When you have to contend with the weather, the wind and some of the new events integrated into the outdoor season, I thought those guys did really well ”

Notable performances included junior Montez Blair breaking his own school outdoor record in the high jump by clearing 7’4 25” and sophomore Stephen Mozia breaking the school record in the discus with a throw of 179’6”

Women’s head coach Rich Bowman added that there are three ver y important things that his team tries to get out of the California meet

“Number one: We tr y to get good training in Number two: We want to get good competition out of the trip The third we tr y to get together and tr y to do is foster bonding within our team, and build that team camaraderie They were all accomplished,” Bowman said

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included junior Rachel Sorna setting a new all-time Ivy League record of 9:50 39 in the 3K steeplechase, as well as a win in the 4x400 relay by senior Libby O’Brien, junior Ryan Woolley, sophomore Katie Wo

Airewele with a time of 3:42 33

T h e Re d t r a i n e d a n d c o m p e t e d strongly during their entire trip, and also had the opportunity to enjoy great southern California dining

“ The trip has become mainly track, and second, food,” Taylor said “ We had a t r a d i t i o n a l Me x i c a n d i nn e r So m e o f o u r c u l i n a r y p a l l e t s we re e x p a n d e d We had a big prime rib dinner; we we n t t o R o s c o e ’ s Chicken and Waffles It was fun a southern California food extravaganza ” Bowman spoke about how from his perspective, the most fun part of the trip was all of the training that he got to see out of his team He also said that there were added benefits for his team during the trip to enjoy California

that they did a lot of things together and got to know each other well ” According to Bowman, the entire season is a process, he said

“I hope that people come back with the knowledge that every opportunity we have to compete before the Heps is very important.”

N a t h a n Ta y l o r

“From a coach’s standpoint, the training part of it is the fun aspect, ” he said “ They were out at beaches together [and] had some alumni functions I thought

“I think we ’ re right where we need to be at this point ” “ We had some great things happen, there are also things we need to improve on The whole season is a p ro c e s s , a n d this trip is a part o f t h e p ro c e s s I’m really happy w i t h e ve r y t h i n g at this point ” Ta

ished with what he hopes his athl e t e s t o o k a w a y from their trip out west

“I hope that people come back with the knowledge that ever y opportunity we have to compete before the Heps is ver y important,” he said “ There aren ’ t ver y many meets before the Heps, so I hope that is something that ever yone comes back focused on These meets were the first step in the second part of the year ”

Juan Carlos Toledo can be reached at jtoledo@cornellsun com

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

Spor ts

Aft er Losing St art, Ballers

Sweep Six Straight Games

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Assistant Sports Editor

It was an all business, no beaches spring break for the baseball team this past week, as the Red headed south to face off against top tier competition After losing its first game to Appalachian State, the Red (11-5) bounced back to beat the Mountaineers and then went on to win six straight games, sweeping perennial powerhouses Davidson and Villanova

Now sitting on a seven-game winning streak after a slow start to the season, the Red is playing with at a new level, according to senior infielder

Brenton Peters

“I think we ’ re really confident and playing really loosely lately,” he said “A prime example is in a game against Appalachian State, a top program in the country we ’ re playing them real tight and half the guys in the dugout are playing the name game in between innings They all had complete confidence in the team coming back and taking the lead or holding the lead ” After coughing up a three-run lead in the 9-4 loss in the opener against the Mountaineers, the Red was able to turn its luck around in the second game of the doubleheader Sophomore catcher Matt Hall led the offensive attack which exploded with 15 runs going five for six with four RBIs The Red put up eight more in the final game against the Mountaineers With one swing, senior outfielder Spenser Souza accounted for half of that run production as he belted a grand slam in the ninth inning to give the Red the come from behind victory

Though offense was key in the first half of break, the Red’s bats started to quiet down later in the week After a 10-9 victory over Davidson that featured sophomore Kevin Tatum’s first two homeruns of his collegiate career, the Red only scored a total of 13 runs in the final stretch

However, pitching and defense carried the Red in those contests, giving the squad wins in all four games by narrow margins

“I think we’re really confident and playing really loosely lately.”

“The pitching staff has been a major pillar for us, we ’ ve been really strong with young guys and older guys that mesh so well,” Peters said “Other teams have to be so frustrated because these guys pound the strike zone and get out after out after out ” Junior leftie Zach McCulley did just that in a 3-2 win against Davidson In his first star t with the Red, McCulley went five strong innings, allowing five hits and two runs while fanning four Freshman Michael Byrne came in to mop things up, going four innings He gave up no runs on just one hit for his first save of the season

In the opener against Villanova, sophomore Nick Busto continued the strong outings on the mound He improved to 2-0 on the season going six innings and allowing two runs After the Red took a 3-2 lead in the seventh inning off an RBI single by junior shortstop Tom D’Alessandro, senior Houston Hawley came in to pitch a 1-2-3 ninth inning and shut the door

Though the Red’s staff kept the team in these close games, the defense also provided steadfast support in the background

“Our defense has drastically improved and kept us in games and gotten us out of some tight spots, ” Peters said “When no one is making errors, no one is getting on

base when they shouldn’t, so when our pitchers get a ground ball or fly ball, they know they’re going to get an out They can last a lot longer and we can battle back on offense ”

In the second game against Villanova, four runs was all the Red needed as sophomore Brian McAfee, senior T J Parthemer and sophomore Eric Upton combined for a three-hit shutout with 13 strikeouts It was McAfee’s first victory of the season and seventh of his career

Though the Red’s offense was not quite as potent in the final games against Davidson and Villanova, Peters said the team is not particularly worried

“We played in some weird conditions In at least three of the four fields the wind was blowing directly in and probably some balls that would normally go over the fence got caught in the wind and dropped for a can of corn for the left fielder,” Peters said As a team, the Red’s offensive numbers are also down from last year, with only Hall hitting over 300

“The numbers are fairly low, but I don’t think it shows the quality of at bats that we ’ ve been having,” Peters said

The lineup has also taken a hit with the

loss of junior outfielder Chris Cruz, who hit 12 homeruns last season According to Peters, getting Cruz back at some point in the season will give the offense a significant boost

“It’s always a big factor when you get a guy like him back who can put up 12 homeruns; he has the ability to put any type of pitch over the fence,” he said “Once he’s back in the middle of the lineup to solidify things, people can start to take more bases because no one wants to throw him fastballs anymore He’ll be a huge spark for our offense when he gets back ” The Red comes home to Hoy Field for the first time today to face off against Albany in two midweek games before kicking off Ivy play against Brown this weekend According to Peters, the Red has used midweek games as preparation in the past, but is looking at things a little differently this year

“That’s not our mentality anymore It’s time to start to take advantage of those games and keep us rolling into Ivy play,” he said

By LAUREN RITTER Sun Senior Writer

Penn State Iowa Oklahoma Missouri These schools come to mind when most people think of wrestling powerhouse schools; however, Cornell is slowly joining these elite few as one of the top-performing programs in the nation On Saturday night, senior Kyle Dake etched his name into the NCAA record books when he became the first Division I wrestler to win four national titles in four separate weight divisions Dake’s accomplishment was not only a great personal feat, but also a big moment for the Red, as the Lansing native thrust Cornell Athletics into the national spotlight

“I think [the attention] provides support that our athletic program is relevant nationally certainly, in wrestling it is,” said Director of Athletics Andy Noel “In the last five years for sure, we have been in the Top-5 and we have been second twice [at the NCAA tournament] There are a lot of outstanding athletes at Cornell and a lot of teams that are relevant nationally Outsiders look at Cornell as having a combination of serious students and serious athletes It does a lot to show that you can do both ” Since assuming the helm of the Cornell program in 1993, head coach Rob Koll has made a name for himself and the Red in the world of collegiate wrestling Under Koll, Cornell has witnessed multiple athletes earn a place on the elite list of NCAA All-Americans and be recognized with EIWA and All-Ivy League honors

Over the weekend in Iowa, freshman Nahshon Garrett, junior Mike Nevinger and seniors Steve Bosak and Kyle Dake were named NCAA All-Americans after each placed in the Top-5 for their respective divisions Nevinger earned his second All-American honor with his fifth place finish, Bosak earned his third with third place finish and Dake claimed his fourth award for his first place performance

The old adage “like father, like son ” seems apropos for Dake’s family, as his father Doug Dake was an Ohio State champion and a NCAA All-American at Kent State in 1985 The elder Dake was able to share in his son ’ s accomplishment in Des Moines, becoming visibly emotional once the senior was named champion

If you were perhaps living under a rock this past week and missed it on

Sa t u rd a y, C o r n e l l’s Ky l e Dake made wrestling history ,becoming the first athlete

to ever win four national championships in four different weight classes Dake’s o u t s t a n d i n g a c c o m p l i s hment makes him one of only three wrestlers in history to win four national titles and the only one to do it without a redshirt year While Dake has firmly cemented h i

wrestling lore, his matchup w i t h

Da v

d Taylor this weekend brought t h e s p

much-needed spark to catch the attention of the national media

This is not because collegiate wrestling is in jeopardy,

but because of the challenge of reinstating international w re s t l i n g i n t o t h e

summer Olympics After a vote last month, the IOC has decided to relinquish wrestling’s title as one of its “ core ” sports, and therefore, w

with seven other sports to be included in the