03-27-13

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

Inaugural Tech Campus Class Settles Into Semest er

Two months in, beta students take learning outside the classroom with projects, workshops

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Staff Writer

Two months into their first semester at Cornell NYC Tech, the eight graduate students in the school’s beta class have been getting a taste of what life in t

through working on industry projects and participating in informative workshops

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n t s will work with throughout the semester to w o rk o n j u s t d a y s a f t e r t h e tech campus ’ first classes began in late January, according to tech campus Dean Daniel Huttenlocher

Huttenlocher said “It’s an on-campus experience with a company, ”

In their proposal, companies said what they thought the final outcome of the project would be, as well as how the creation of intellectual property will be handled

Most of the companies working with students are either those that were involved in the process Cornell worked on to earn the right to build the campus in New York City or those that have had

“We’re using the companies to bring the real world nature of the problems to the table.”

Companies proposed one or two projects that students would be able to work on, Huttenlocher said There were approximately 30 projects proposed, according to Cathy Dove, vice president of the tech campus Students’ projects will be revealed at the conclusion of the semester

“The idea of this structure is that we ’ re using the companies to bring the real world nature of the problems to the table, but we ’ re having this done in the University context where we still know h ow t o g u i d

Huttenlocher or Greg Pass, chief

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He added that, in the future, a more systematic approach for how companies can propose ideas for students to work on will be established

In addition to having a traditional faculty advisor, each student enrolled in the Master of Engineering Program in Computer Science also has a mentor from the tech industry, Huttenlocher said

“I think it’s great for the companies and for the students to have this kind of engagement, ” he said

Students have also been exposed to the entrepeneureal aspect of their cur-

See TECH page 4

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Top of cials say they plan to ‘prioritize quality over everything else’ in development of school

By SUN NEWS STAFF

The Sun met with Cornell NYC Tech De a n Da n i e l Hu t t e n l o c h

President Cathy Dove during their visit to the Ithaca campus in March The administrators discussed the future of the tech campus and its sustainability

THE SUN: Has there been any progress made toward the creation of any of the next degree programs at the tech campus?

DANIEL HUTTENLOCHER: In terms of programs, there is one overriding guiding principle for us, both with faculty hiring and with launching with programs

else Rather than committing to particular time schedules, we ’ re focused on committing to e xc

T h a t said, we want to move as quickly as we can without compromising quality So

HUTTENLOCHER See TRANSCRIPT page 5

S anitar y Violations, Statler Eateries Make Changes

By ERICA AUGENSTEIN Sun Staff Wr ter

Following violations of state sanitation codes in February, two Statler Hotel eateries

Taverna Banfi and Terrace Dining Hall

have taken steps to improve their sanitation policies, said Thomas Gisler, executive chef of the Statler Hotel

Banfi was cited by the Tompkins County Health Department for storing toxic chemicals in a way that increased the potential for the

contamination of food Terrace was cited for storing potentially hazardous foods above 45 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the citation Richard Adie, general manager of the Statler Hotel, said the official violation citations were less serious than they appeared to be

“The violation made it sound like toxic deadly chemicals were on the food preparation line,” Adie said “[In reality,] they found a can of Lysol spray in a room service storage area It inadvertently got there and was immediately removed It should not have been placed there; we were in violation [of the rules] ”

Adie said that at Terrace Dining, two cheeses were stored at 48 and 51 degrees F, when they must be kept at 45 degrees or below When brought to the staff ’ s attention during the inspection, the cheese was immediately cooled to resolve the issue, Adie said Gisler said the reason the cheese had a temperature above the regulation level was because it was at a higher temperature when it was delivered to the restaurant He added that Terrace has implemented new changes in response to the citations, such as taking temperatures on the loading dock and storing cheese in a metal container that better holds the temperature below 45 degrees

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Tomorrow

American Association of Equine Practitioners Equitarian Initiative Presentation Noon - 1 p m , Lecture Hall, Veterinary College

American Sign Language Sign Choir Learning Series 5 - 6 p m , 340 Duffield Hall

“Literary Gimmicks” The Gellman Lecture presented by Sianne Ngai 4:30 p m , Goldwin Smith Hall

C U Music: Senior Horn Recital 8 p m - 9:15 p m , 129 Barnes Hall

Weird News of the Week

Operation Should Reduce Texas Tiger’s Arthritic Pain

WYLIE, Texas (AP) A vet hopes groundbreaking surger y has relieved the ar thritic hip pain of a 13year-old Siberian tiger at a Texas sanctuar y Tacoma is one of the 66 big cats at the In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Education Center in suburban Dallas

President Vicky Keahey says Tacoma has suffered from hip dysplasia for two years The pain star ted to affect him four months ago when he stopped exercising and his hind leg muscles began to wither All he did was sleep

Dr Toby Willis operated on Tacoma last week, cutting the ner ves that carr y pain impulses from his hip to his brain Willis says the procedure, which has never before been per formed in the U S , should ensure the aging cat has less pain

Medical Marijuana Facility Partners With Rapper

OTISVILLE, Mich (AP) A Michigan medical marijuana facility is partnering with a member of the Grammy-winning rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to cultivate and distribute a new strain of medical marijuana

The Green Oasis and Stanley “Flesh-N-Bone” Howse have agreed to work together on “Phifty Caliber Kush,” which they say has a noticeable floral taste and is an effec-

tive pain reliever

The Flint-area dispensary’s owner, Anthony Butler, calls the new pot strain “the best of the best ” Flesh-n-Bone Global executive Michael “Tony B ” Bernardi tells The Flint Journal that Howse hopes the product can provide relief for any qualified, verified patient

Michigan voters approved marijuana for some chronic medical conditions in 2008

Vatican’s Communications Site Runs Batman Story

VATICAN CITY (AP) One of the Vatican’s main Twitter accounts and the website of its communications office were running stories about Batman on Thursday with the headline “Holy Switcheroo!” raising concerns they might have been hacked

But two Vatican officials said the site hadn’t been hacked, and that the reason for the unusual posting was an “internal system failure” due to a non-native English speaker posting the story on the website

The story was from the Catholic News Service It has as its headline: “Holy Switcheroo! Batman has grown bitter, more vengeful with the years ” and details the evolution of the Batman comic franchise

“Admittedly some people might have been thrown off by the headline,” said Greg Burke, a Vatican communications adviser Once a story is posted, he explained, it generates an automatic tweet on the office’s Twitter handle

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Drug Possession

In Residential Facility

An individual was referred to the Judicial Administrator on St Patrick’s Day for unlawful possession of marijuana on Forest Park Lane, according to the Cornell University Police Department

Grocery Store Theft

An officer was dispatched to a P&C Fresh Thursday in response to a report involving two unknown individuals stealing groceries The complaint is still under investigation, according to CUPD

Harassment Reported on Campus

A student reported being harassed over the phone from a known individual Friday, according to CUPD

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Students Unconcerned by Statler Violations

“We [couldn’t] live with ourselves if we knew we were doing something that would make the public sick ”

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STATLER Continued from page 1 Erica Augenstein can be reached at eaugenstein@cornellsun com

Continued from page 1

riculum through talks with various industr y members Rather than having a traditional week of classes, the tech campus ’ curriculum has been condensed into four days lasting Monday through Thursday with Friday b e i n g a p r a c t i c u m d a y, a c c o rd i n g t o Huttenlocher

Dove described the practicums as “fabulous” and said they were giving students “amazing interactions ”

Each of the workshops is lead by a person or group from the tech industr y and lasts about two to four hours, according to Huttenlocher Some of the speakers have included members from the design firm IDEO, attorneys who discussed intellectual property protection and a panel of early stage entrepreneurs

“[The practicums] tend to be things where people are sharing experiences or spending a couple of hours in a workshop teaching some specific skills,” Huttenlocher said “ Those have been going great ”

Various organizations have also been understanding and helpful to the tech campus ’ cause, Huttenlocher said

In late Februar y, a $2 5-million graduate fellowship was established by James and Marilyn

Si m o n s , t h e f o u n d e r s o f t h e Si m o n s Foundation, to provide financial assistance for students at the tech campus

Currently, about two dozen industr y partners have been working with the tech campus through the student projects and practicums, according to Huttenlocher

Dove also said Google the host of the campus ’ current home in Manhattan has been incredibly supportive of the school

“Google has been amazing, and that really reflects on how important they think this initiative is,” she said

In addition, Dove said in a statement to the Roosevelt Island community that students have already forged connections with industr y partners

“It’s been an exciting and rewarding couple of months as both the students and faculty jumped right into exploring the new academic model that we ’ re introducing at Cornell Tech,” she said in the statement

Tyler Alicea can be reached at talicea@cornellsun com

Of cials: Tech Campus Prioritizes Sustainability

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Matt Hudson is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at mhudson@cornellsun com Red in the Face runs alternate Wednesdays this semester

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Dan Rosen | Smell the Rosen

Catch a Rising Star

During my tenure at Cornell, which will end this May, I have had the good fortune of being able to attend numerous talks and concerts that have both enlightened and entertained me Music acts like the Flaming Lips, Phoenix and Nas and speakers like Elie Wiesel, Jon Stewart and Louis C K are among many highcaliber events that have enriched my Cornell experience They embody some of the perks we all get for attending (and shelling out for) an Ivy League education This semester, with the announcement of Kendrick Lamar as our Slope Day performer and Cory Booker as the convocation speaker, I was particularly surprised and impressed by these forward thinking and somewhat unconventional choices

However, in the days following both announcements it seemed that many were unhappy with these choices and were particularly vocal about it, whether around campus, on Facebook or in this paper “Who even is Kendrick Lamar?” “Ugh another politician? And who cares about Newark?” Cries like these seemed to be fairly common, and I began to wonder if there was even a choice for Slope Day or convocation that wouldn’t attract constant complaints and cynicism In all likelihood, there isn’t, but I still feel it necessary to make the case for both of these choices and to combat some of the attitudes that I view as unfounded and uninformed

One of the main complaints leveled against Kendrick Lamar as a Slope Day pick was that, unlike the previous Slope Day performers, he was unheard of and not a “ star ” This is of c

This is the opportunit we have to catch a rising star in both Kendrick Lamar and Cor y Booker.

ly false Anybody who is at all cognizant of current rap knows who Kendrick Lamar is and how he is one of the most prominent and up and coming rappers in the game In 2012, his album, Good Kid M A A D City, was placed at the top of Album of the Year lists for numerous publications, including Pitchfork, Complex and Rolling Stone MTV named him the “Hottest MC” in its annual list, ahead of more “famous” artists like Nas, Drake and Kanye (but who knows about MTV, anyway) Slope Day artists have tended to be of the rap genre of late and Kendrick Lamar would be on any remotely hip-hop-aware person ’ s short list of current rappers Honestly, I was surprised that the Slope Day Programming Board chose an artist who has both radio play (songs like “Swimming Pools” were undeniable hits) and is ambitious in both his style and content Lamar can be what you would call a “conscious” rapper, in the likes of Talib Kweli or Mos Def, whose lyrics are personal, thoughtful and introspective (something I’m not sure you could say about Taio Cruz)

Cory Booker could also face the charge that he is a relative unknown, simply a mayor of a rundown New Jersey city But again, this is a fallacy, and anybody who is remotely politically aware would know who he is Booker, like Lamar, is a rising star on the political stage He is a social media maven, with 1 4 million Twitter followers and is completely changing the way in which politicians function and relate to people in the age of social media He is, in all likelihood, going to be the next Senator of New Jersey and is already being groomed to run for the President of the United States (comparisons to Obama run rampant) He is also somewhat of a folk hero, saving his neighbor from a burning building, reducing his Mayoral salary and frequently donating his numerous speaking fees (including Cornell’s) to charity Compared to the bland and insipid politicians who have spoke here these past few years, Cory Booker is a breath of fresh air a politician who represents the future of politics in the 21st century

I am sure that in 2004, when Kanye West came to perform at Slope Day, there were many who complained about this nobody who had only released one album But now those same people can exclaim, with hipsteric glee, “I saw Kanye before he was cool!” This is the opportunity we have to catch a rising star in both Kendrick Lamar and Cory Booker, to see these two figures who in a few years will be titans in their fields You can say many things about your Cornell experiences, but cool will rarely be one of them This is a chance for us Ivy Leaguers to maybe be a little cool, so enjoy it, because either way, you ’ re paying for it

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Co mme nt of the day

“When you are young and well educated, as you are at Cornell, you have many opportunities to choose from If you have a good idea of what you want to do, you can set priorities and make choices accordingly If you are in a long-term relationship, your significant other’s priorities will affect yours As you get older, your priorities may change and you may have fewer opportunities, but they may be better opportunities Every choice you make has opportunities associated with it, and the choices you don’t make involve sacrificing opportunities You can’t do everything, but you can do well with, and enjoy, what you chose to do ”

John Randall Re: “SCHAIN: The Road Not Taken,” Opinion, published March 26, 2013

The Un spoken Word s of A n Af rmative Action Bene ciar y

As the class of 2017 is accepted and students begin to hear back from internships, graduate schools and employers, conversations surrounding merit and affirmative action seem to be almost inevitable

With this conversation comes the problematic rhetoric that people of color and women are taking the hard-earned spots of white men who may have worked harder I will never forget the first time someone told me that I didn’t deserve to be accepted into Cornell I had proudly posted a picture of myself in a Cornell 2013 T-shirt on Facebook, and it took no time for a so-called “friend” to message me saying, “Congratulations on being accepted, Ashley; I told you being black would help you get in ” What this person meant to say was that I only got into Cornell because I was black, that I didn ’ t deserve to be accepted and that I took his spot At the time, my 18-year-old self didn ’ t have the language to respond to the backhanded comments challenging my qualifications This article articulates the words I wish I could have spoken

racist practices Then, of course, there was slavery, lynching, the mass genocide of Native Americans, housing and school segregation (which continues in practice today), internment camps, disenfranchisement, mass incarceration and much more, which were institutionalized to push down entire classes of people In order to even engage in a dialogue about affirmative action, we must acknowledge these histories and the way in which their oppressive legacies still remain Affirmative action, as we know it today, recognizes that an American meritocracy is a lie It seeks to rectify institutional injustices and acknowledges that certain people were given an unfair head start because of their race, socioeconomic class or gender This is not reverse racism, a term invented by those in power to invert the con-

I will never forget the first time someone told me that I didn’t deser ve to be accepted to Cor nell.

The affirmative action narrative dominating the media implies that the policy began in the 1960s with President Johnson’s initiatives to benefit people of color The reality is that affirmative action began long before this Since this country ’ s founding, white men have received affirmative action by institutionalizing laws that elevate white men and push down anyone without the right pedigree In order to discuss affirmative action, we must acknowledge the history that many prefer to overlook In 1862, The Homestead Act was passed to preference white men gaining access to land The act allowed the federal government to steal Native American land and give 160 acre homesteads to white male applicants at no cost Descendents of these white men continue to live on the land that has been passed down through generations Then there was the G I Bill, which predominantly benefited white veterans According to scholar Ira Katznelson, the law was deliberately designed to accommodate Jim Crow and was not enforced by the government but by “white community officials, businessmen, bankers and college administrators who enforced

cept of racism for the benefit of white people reverse racism does not exist Racism is about power, and we continue to live in a white supremacist society; affirmative action acknowledges this However, affirmative action is commonly depicted in the media as placing unqualified people in spaces that they are not qualified to be in It’s depicted as people of color and women of all colors taking a white person ’ s spot In the Fisher v University of Texas case currently being heard by the Supreme Court, Abigal Fisher argues that unqualified students of color were accepted in her place The facts surrounding the case indicate that, of the students admitted to the University of Texas with lower test scores and grades than Fisher, five were Black or Latino and 42 were white Nevertheless, Fisher attacked the five black and Latino students because mediocre white students are OK, but mediocre students of color have no place at the university After all, only in the U S can a mediocre white man who graduates at the bottom of his class and speaks with incorrect grammar become president of the United States

It is a misguided assumption to presume that students of color, women and those of lower economic backgrounds accepted into places like Cornell aren ’ t qualified Despite common misconceptions, those who benefit from affirmative action have excelled in the opportunities presented to them despite the institutional roadblocks that have come their way I, myself, am a beneficiary of affirmative action and I’m just as qualified as my peers who went to expensive private schools and took science classes in state of the art labs I just didn’t have the same opportunities as some While many may think I unfairly benefited when applying to colleges because of the color of my skin, the reality remains that when I sit next to my white peers, the world will continually paint me as the less qualified student and, when I graduate, the less qualified professional Opponents of affirmative action take advantage of this sentiment in order to further their own agenda However, in this argument, they show their own biases and provide evidence for why affirmative action must still exist

I am not arguing that affirmative action is a perfect system, and in order to be effective it must consistently evolve with changing paradigms of race, gender and socio-economic status

In many ways it is just a band-aid, but we are not yet in a time when the bandaid can be taken off without further cementing the fruits of oppression, as countless disparities across racial, gender and socioeconomic lines still exist

To say that we no longer need affirmative action is to trivialize and disguise structural and institutional barriers that have existed in the past and continue today Thus, in order to move toward equity in America we must commit to honest dialogue and to caring across our diverse identities As James Baldwin said, “It is the failure to care that lies at the core of this system of control and every caste system that has existed in the United States or anywhere else in the world ”

Harrington is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She may be reached at aharrington@cor nellsun

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l a n d s , a n d h i s m e d i t a t i o n s h a ve t a k e n o n m y r i a d f o r m s , a s g l i m p s e d a t h i s s h ow s a t Se c e s s i o n i n 2 0 0 9 , a n d t h e Jo h n s o n Mu s e u m i n 2 0 1 0 In 2 0 0 3 , Pro f A s h k i n e x h i bi t e d b l a c k - a n d - w h i t e p h o t o g r a p h s d e p i c t i n g Ne w Je r s e y ’ s e c o n o m i c w a s t e l a n d s A r t f o r u m c r i t i c Mi c h a e l Wi l s o n h a s d e s c r i b e d Pr o f A s h k i n s Un t i t l e d ( Ne w Je r s e y Me a d ow l a n d s Pro j e c t ) , w h i c h f o c u s e d o n d e c a y i n g i n d u st r i a l p a rk s a n d t h re a t e n i n g c h a i n l i n k f e n c e s , a s “ p e r ve r s el y b e a u t i f u l ” T h a t d e s c r i p t i o n a l s o s e e m s a p t f o r Arc h i t e c t u re Is f o r Cre e p s A rc h i t e c t u re , i n t h e w o rd s o f p h i l o s o p h e r Su s a n n e L a n g e r, i s “ t h e t o t a l e n v i ro n m e n t m a d e v i s i b l e ” T h a t i s p re c i s e l y w h a t Pro f A s h k i n s u c c e e d s i n d o i n g h e a r t i cu l a t e s t h e u r b a n w a s t e l a n d f ro m n e a r l y e ve r y c o n c e i va b l e v i e w, d r a w i n g i n s p i r a t i o n f ro m m u l t i p l e s o u rc e s , i n c l u di n g a e r i a l p h o t o g r a p h s a n d v i d e o g a m e s T h e re s u l t a n t l a n d s c a p e s , a f u s i o n o f f i c t i o n a n d n o n f i c t i o n , c a n n o t e a si l y b e p l a c e d To r n b e t we e n t h e f a m i l i a r a n d t h e u n f a m i li a r, t h e v i e we r i s l e f t d i s o r i e n t e d a n d d i s p l a c e d Is Pro f A s h k i n p e r h a p s e vo k i n g a m n e s i a , o r p l a c e l e s s n e s s , a s a t e s t a m e

STUDENT FASHION SPOTLIGHT: Katelyn Ridgeway ’13

Katelyn Ridgeway 13 believes that the comfort of a garment is as important as its look A Fiber Science & Apparel Design major, she specializes in outdoor lifestyle sportswear: soft shell pants, digital print swimsuits and even soccer uniforms While this senior will be showing a collection in this April’s Cornell Fashion Collective, she’s not afraid to wear a sweatshirt on campus or in studio Unsurprisingly, her pieces balance beautiful details with an organic, comfortable feel

Katelyn hails from outdoorsy San Diego Growing up, she drew clothes and read her mom ’ s Vogue In high school, her parents placed her in the California College of the Arts (CCA) summer program for fashion design and illustration to see if she was serious about the actual work behind fash-

ion Fortunately for Katelyn and her parents, she was She came to Cornell specifically interested in the Fiber Science & Apparel major, which allows her to play with the kinds of materials and fabrics involved in outdoor apparel At Cornell, she’s been able to balance studio classes like active sportswear studio with a diverse range of other courses like marketing, art histor y and philosophy, which have informed her artistic vision and her business sense Over four years, Cornell has taught her the ways to turn the designs she has in mind into the pieces she has at her desk

“Cornell has really helped me to define who I am as a designer,” says Katelyn In her own words, she creates pieces that are “simple [and] sort of subdued with something interesting about them ” In her fashion, she aims to flatter and comfort the wearer She hopes that those who wear her clothes do not transform into someone else, but instead feel comfortable and flattered by the garment As an exercise in one of her classes, she was asked by her professor to describe herself as a designer in three words She choose quiet, beautiful and Arinyuna

The final “adjective” is the name of her senior collection for the Cornell Fashion Collective In the Australian Aboriginal language, Arinyuna means “toward that place” or, alternatively, a many-mile journey She came up with the name while studying abroad last spring in Australia, an experience that has come to form the inspiration for her entire collection As an activewear designer, she’s attracted to landscapes, which she photographs and puts on a board in her studio Her wall is covered with photos taken on hikes at places like The Blue Mountains, Ger vis Bay and in a tiny town immersed in the wilderness called Maringo Her board is also full of pictures of the aboriginal people, men in casual trousers and black and red cockatoos She hopes that her line “embodies the functionality of [her] clothing” but also her “ own journey” being abroad

When she s translating her vision into a piece, she “think[s] about what [it] is that [she] likes in a certain photograph” before asking herself the question, “How can I translate that into a garment?” In a recent design, for example, she created a black shirt dissected across its back by horizontal slits; she based the design on a picture of an aboriginal man with a scar down his back

While the show provides an opportunity to see and create work for a portfolio, Katelyn says it’s most important as a way to demonstrate what she’s learned “Personally, my parents don’t see much of my work,” Katelyn explained “ When I go home I don’t necessarily bring my work home I might have some pictures This is ver y exciting for them because they get to see ever ything I’ve learned in four years in a huge show on a runway, modeled with music ”

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e s l i k e Patagonia, North Face and Columbia In the near future, she will design freelance for the Spartan Race with two other students and pitch ideas to Reebok in hopes of coming out with more design work for her portfolio Katelyn also recently won a scholarship from the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund Ultimately, Katelyn hopes “ to have [her] own brand or line ”

To Katelyn, aspiring designers “need to be ver y savvy about how to present [themselves],” and should have “ a ver y singular feeling about [themselves] so that people don’t get confused ” With creative inspiration, a focused work ethic and a growing business savvy, Katelyn is certainly a designer with a clear idea of how to translate fascinating ideas into beautiful and functional pieces

Meredith Joyce is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at mjoyce@cornellsun com

Four Faces of Summer

While I would rather dedicate this column to the great films I watched over spring break (In the Mood for Love, Hitchcock s Notorious and Shadow of a Doubt, et al) or my fresh takes on late 2012 fare (consider me an apologist for Life of Pi, but not for Holy Motors), I will, for once, try to look forward My sole trip to the multiplex last weekwas to see Oz: The Great and Powerful, an abysmal, unlikable mess that, naturally, will at least double its $215 million budget in ticket sales before it leaves theaters The summer movie season has effectively begun

With that, I would like to examine not the movies but the people who watch these movies Below, I present the four types of summer moviegoers, in a digestible (and admittedly lazy) list format Keep in mind that these broad types can easily overlap with one another in particular to those adjacent THE MASSES

Hollywood cares only about this group, by far the largest demographic, from March to September of every year I cannot speak on its behalf, and I admit that, today, there are few people completely dispassionate about all movies But you could say films “dumb down” over the summer in order to appeal to this crowd That is not necessarily a bad thing the world would be pretty bleak if all movies were as serious and demanding as Amour, and there is something serene about knowing what type of movie you ’ re in for with the cost of tickets these days

up buzz from mainstream publications and television shows or commercials, not to mention from the previews that precede the other movies they go see The ubiquity of Rotten Tomatoes means that even those who consider themselves apathetic to film can still make a reasonable judgment, based on aggregate critic scores, on what movie they will go see THE IMDB CROWD

Skewed young, male and white, this rising and influential demographic demands action films with at least a little bit of substance, or about as much as a comic book can provide as source material While not everyone in this so-called crowd frequents the Internet Movie Database, the popular website collects this group ’ s opinion in its “Top 250” list, where four Christopher Nolan films rank in the Top

The majority of summer moviegoers pick

5 0 and The Lord of the Rings trilogy populates the Top 20 The website hosts message boards where users can debate over the ending of Inception or order Pixar films from best to worst In real life, these people like to talk over the merits of what made a movie good or bad (there’s not always an in between) or at least have a firm opinion on what they thought of a film I find this group to be overly concerned with plot and its minute mechanics, like plot

twists, continuity and unanswered narrative questions Nolan succeeds with this group for this very reason Nonetheless, “The IMDb Crowd” holds a lot of sway in Hollywood these days and at least brings some thought to the moviegoing experience Without them, there would be no Star Trek Into Darkness or Man of Steel this summer, and that would be just awful, wouldn ’ t it ? THE CRITICS

Professional critics do not solely represent this group far from it, actually Those who favor the movies crammed into the late-year Oscar season make up a perceptive community of summer moviegoers; these people love movies, and they would go crazy not to see any for months on end

While they may not care for the Michael Bay swill that attracts so many others, “The Critics” do see value in the occasional summer flick The Bourne films, District 9 and, depending on whom you ask, Prometheus worked for them For this group, part of the fun of the summer movie season is in finding that unlikely genre film and defending its strengths, without irony, to all who will listen THE CINEPHILES

While plenty of “The Critics” will also rightly call themselves “cinephiles,” there is a stark difference that separates them from the real McCoy: These people don’t even watch summer movies Sure, they are enjoying movies during the summer, but at art house and repertory cinemas like New York’s IFC

Center or L A ’ s Egyptian Theatre, not at the local multiplex These are also the types who make a big deal of their home theater system, but just when you expect them to take the speakers for a ride with some Top Gun, they whip out The Criterion Collection Blu-ray of Days of Heaven and harp on and on about the “grain” and “beautiful black levels ” Basically, they are not the intended audience of most, if not all, of the films coming out of Hollywood, which studios don’t mind because there are relatively few of them, anyway They may scoff at the praise you heap on the last Harry Potter movie, but, oh boy, Kino just re-released Metropolis on Blu-ray in its full-restored condition using a long-lost source print found in Argentina, and you just gotta see it

Zachar y Zahos is a sophomore in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at zzahos@cornellsun com A Lover’s Quarrel With the World appears alternate Wednesdays

SCIENCE

By SRINITYA ARASANIPALAI Sun Contributor

Prof Lynden Archer, director of chemical and biomolecular

e n g i n e e r i n g , h a s a l w a y s b e e n enamored by polymers

“I remember, as an undergraduate, deciding to do polym e r s i n m y f i r s t s e m e s t e r because the person who taught me my first chemical engineering course was a polymer scientist, and he had so much fun making polymers,” Archer said Archer went on to obtain his bachelor of science degree in polymer science in 1989 This was the period right after the oil embargo in the U S – something that led to him having a s t ro n g a w a re n e s s a b o u t b e i n g s m a r t i n u s i n g s c a r c e o i l resources

“If you were going to use those resources to make materials, you wanted to make the best polymer material possible and this cut my imagination, he said Archer has stuck to working on polymers ever since

T h e b a s i c p u s h o f h i s re s e a r c h i s t o s y n t h e s i z e a n d study polymers which are chemically attached to sur faces such as silicon or germanium

A c c o r d i n g t o A r c h e r, t h e motivation for his work came from the fact that although pure polymers can be designed for a n y a p p l i c a t i o n , a n d t h e i r behavior is well understood, the interactions between polymers and a sur face or substrate is not well studied even though such i n t e r a c t i o n s a r e c o m m o n i n nature

Archer’s research group studies polymers attached to a 1-D point in order to make branched str uctures, a 2-D plane to create s l i p p e r y s u r f a c e s a n d 3 - D

nanopar ticles to create materials called NOHMs, or nanoscale organic hybrid materials, which can be used as electrolytes in batteries

The synthesis of these 3-D t e t h e r e d p o l y m e r m a t e r i a l s called NOHMs is one of his lab’s largest discoveries NOHMs are pom-pom looking hybrid structures of the best low-cost and l i g h t w e

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m e r chains tethered to the best of inorganic nanoparticles like silicon dioxide

The traditional way to synthesize these materials is to produce the organic and inorganic par ts separately and mix them, but this does not result in a

approach to ensure homogeneity at the molecular level

Archer said his 12-year old d a u g h t e r c o i n e d t h e t e r m NOHMs, which she said sounds

str uggling to come up with a catchy name for these materials

“I like to think of NOHMs as a hybrid of hybrids, where

Archer’s group has since tackled v

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i o n s a b o u t t h e physics of the behavior of these polymers and their applications

O n e i n t e r e s t i n g p h y s i c a l attribute of these 3-D systems is that they act like a fluid under cer tain conditions According to Archer, one would expect the nanopar ticle-polymer hybrid to be suspended in some kind of solvent to result in these fluid like proper ties, think about the various blood cells suspended in the plasma or the solvent of blood, but these hybrid materi-

Prof.Lynden Archer Researches Polymers

als are actually self-suspended with no solvent

Currently, Archer is involved in making better batter y systems using NOHMs

“ The lithium-ion batter y sys-

t e m s w e a r e e n a m o r e d w i t h today are essentially a holdover f r o m m o b i l e t e c h n o l o g y, i t ’ s really no surprise when they are not as successful for cars and laptops that require more energy, ” Archer said Ever y batter y system has a positive terminal called a cathode; a negative terminal called an anode and a solution or elect ro l y t e w h i c h h e l p s f e r r y t h e electrons from the anode to the cathode through electrochemical reactions Lithium batteries employ a lithium anode which is capable of sparing one electron per atom

One of the major problems with using metallic anodes in batter y systems, Archer said, is the formation of tree like str uc-

n charging and recharging the batter y These shor t circuit the batter y, causing safety and per formance issues

A c c o r d i n g t o A r c h e r, h i s group is currently working on modelling these dendrite formations and designing batter y electrolytes using NOHMs to provide a porous media to control the dendrite growth

Creating better battery systems capable of storing large amounts of energy can lead to green solutions because these systems aid in storing energy produced from rene wable energy sources for future use, Archer said

“Most people tend to forget that green technology is sustainable only if it is economically viable,” Archer said However, according to Archer, the prob-

COURTESY OF PROF LYNDEN ARCHER

Producing polymers | Prof Lynden Archer, chemical and biomolecular engineering, studies polymers which are attached to various surfaces

lem with using lithium batteries is that there is not enough lithium available in the world to reduce usage of fossil fuels by adopting batteries Any increase in the demand for lithium for batteries will also drive up the price of lithium because of its limited availability

A l u m i n u m , o n t h e o t h e r h a n d , i s t h e m o

According to Archer, aluminum has the advantages of cost, natu

s three electrons to spare compared to lithium’s one which makes it seem like the per fect solution But aluminum also has the same dendrite problems as lithium, and the aluminum ions are bulky, which increases its shuttle time in the electrolyte

“ We are on the right path and I predict that in the next f i ve ye a r s , a l u m i n u m w i l l b e competitive with lithium at least i n c o s t a n d p e r f o r m a n c e , ” Archer said Archer is also the co-director of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology –Cornell Center for Energy and Sustainability The center was set up with a $25-million grant p r o v i d e d o v e r f i v e y e a r s b y KAUST and has several par tner universities as its collaborators

“ The nice thing about collaboration is that there is a nice feedback loop and a dynamic e x c h a n g e o f k n o w l e d g e i n research is critical,” he said Ac c o rd i n g t o A rc h e r, s u c h collaborations also help focus on t h e a p p l i c a t i o n s o f p o l y m e r

m a t e r i a l s , w h i c h l e d t o t h e founding of a company called NOHMs Technologies in Ithaca Archer is the founder and a technical advisor of the company

“ Wi t h o u t d e l i b e r a t e l y c o nnecting our research work on the fundamental side of polymers to these applications, such businesses would not be possible,” he said NOHMs Technologies commercializes batter y s y s t e m s u s i n g l i t h i u m - s u l p h u r anodes with NOHMs as a par t of the electrolyte

Until this year, Archer also t a u g h t C h e m i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g 3230: Fluid Mechanics

“I live the best life one could ever live because I do so many different things in any given day from interacting with students in the lab and interacting with staff as a director, but interacting with young [undergraduate] students is really special,” he said Ev e n t h

evolved over the years to study-

scale, Archer believes the old adage that “chemical engineers a

stands tr ue

To understand the plumbing or the fluid mechanics of a

impor tant to study, at a fundamental level, how the polymers

with the sur faces of the pipe, and this leads back to where it all star ted for me, ” he said

Srinitya Arasanipalai can be reached at sa588@cornell edu

By CAMILLE WANG Sun

One-hundred feet above the ground on the ladder-like steps of a canopy walk, eight Cornell students and one professor clung to the surrounding ropes as they slowly inched for ward

But the canopy walk was merely one stop in their week-and-a-half long trip

These Cornellians were not in Ghana for a w

y sought to identify key health concerns in Ghana and implement projects to address t

Ghanaians

Members of two Cornell groups, Big Red Relief and Cover Africa, visited various sites in southern Ghana to speak with local residents, assess their needs and come up with ne w, sustainable projects

Big Red Relief aimed to implement projects which address issues on general disease prevention and nutrition, while Cover Africa focused more specifically on malaria

“ I n s t e a d o f h a v i n g p r e c o n c e i v e d notions of how we want to help [the Ghanaians] fix the problems, we wanted to hear what they had to say about their issues We decided that listening to their concerns, their challenges and their dayto-day lives was the most valuable thing that we could take from our trip,” said Juhi Purswani ’15, co-president of Cover Africa

Through open for ums and individual inter vie ws, the students spoke to a number of Ghanaians to determine how to best h e l p t h e c o m m u n i t i e s t h e y v i s i t e d

Although the two groups travelled together, their agendas differed and they conducted separate inter vie ws

“ The stories were really power ful, and a lot of them were really emotional – it was so magical that they were so open to us, having just met us 10 to 20 minutes earli-

Students Identify Health and Nutrition Concerns in Ghana

er, ” Purswani said When Big Red Relief spoke to the communities, they discovered that the people faced a variety of diseases Such ailments i n c l

, typhoid, yellow fever and many more A c c o r d i n g t o M a d h v i D e o l ’ 1

Ghanaians also face widespread malnutrition and weight problems because of their unbalanced diet

“Eating the food myself and knowing the balance of food inspired a nutrition focus [for the trip] The Ghanaian diet has a lot more focus on carbs and proteins than vegetables and fr uits They do eat

[vegetables and fr uits], but the proportions are really off,” Deol said Cover Africa explored malaria At the sites the students visited, they obser ved t h a

tributed to the breeding of mosquitoes and spread of malaria They also saw that a lack of mosquito netting also plays a factor in spreading malaria Cover Africa is currently fundraising to buy more mosquito nets to combat the spread of this disease

Now that the students have a better s e n s e o f t h e c

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e d s , t h e y hope to develop projects this upcoming year When they revisit the sites next win-

ter break with a ne w group of students,

rather than merely assessing the situation

“[ The Ghanaians] really tr usted us to bring these stories back to Cornell and to

here I hope to harness that passion and energy to go back and learn more Now, we ’ re just in the process of figuring out what to do with all these narratives, how to put it together and create a great par tnership,” Purswani said

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S port s Fan s Reject Idea of Pay ing College Athletes, Believe S cholarships A re Enough

POUGHKEEPSIE, N Y (AP) A national poll of sports fans reveals that a distinct minority supports paying college athletes but nearly half think top college coaches should be paid as much or more than their professional counterparts

Additional results from the poll conducted by t h e Ma r i s t C o l l e g e C e n t e r f o r Sp o r t s

Communication and the Marist Poll found that 95 percent of fans want college athletes to attend class and 67 percent up 12 points from last year largely believe that college athletics departments regularly break NCAA rules

“People think even more so than ever that colleges cheat all the time,” said Keith Strudler, director of Marist's program “That was driven by a couple of high-profile scandals this year the Harvard and Miami cases The Harvard one kind of struck at the core ”

Har vard issued academic sanctions against approximately 60 students in February who were forced to withdraw from school for a period of time in a cheating scandal that involved the final exam in a class on Congress Some athletes became ensnared, including two basketball team co-captains

The Marist survey asked six questions: if college athletes should be paid; if college coaches break the rules during recruiting; if the NCAA should expand the men ’ s basketball tournament; if college coaches should be paid as much as pro coaches; if top college athletes should have to attend class like other students or be allowed to focus only on sports; and who should be held responsible when athletes get in trouble athletes, coaches, or college presidents?

Respondents to the poll released Tuesday appeared satisfied 77 percent with the current size of the NCAA men ’ s basketball tournament, while 70 percent would hold athletes responsible for their transgressions, not coaches or college presidents

Despite the professional aura that surrounds the NCAA basketball tournament, sports fans prefer to maintain some semblance of amateurism, particularly when it comes to compensating the athletes that play big-time college sports

Of 754 sports fans in the survey released

Tuesday, only 21 percent said they’d like to see top college athletes paid a stipend or salary beyond their scholarship, while 72 percent believed a scholarship alone was enough compensation

So, despite the discussion about paying college athletes, public opinion doesn’t seem to support the idea, and the trend seems to be going even further from it

“I have expected that, over the years, people would start to recognize the athletes work very hard and it’s kind of an unstable, unpaid labor force, and you would start to see those numbers creep up a little bit more, ” Strudler said “And we saw kind of the opposite happen this year Overwhelmingly, people thought that a scholarship was all that people really deserved

“Increasingly, people seem to want to kind of buy back into this myth of amateurism ”

Strudler also said he thought people would want student-athletes to go to class but didn’t expect that total would be 95 percent

“It’s almost as if they want to ignore some of the glaring realities of major college sports, ” he said

The poll found that 45 percent of sports fans think college coaches should be paid as much as the pros That’s up from 39 percent last year, though 51 percent still feel they should receive less That’s significant considering the nearly $2 million difference in average salary between NBA coaches and top college men ’ s basketball coaches

Strudler said he was surprised by the amount of dissonance people seem to have

“On the one hand, they don’t want to pay athletes and they think that everyone ’ s cheating,” Strudler said “But on the other hand, they want to pay their college coaches as much as the pros They want to professionalize it on one hand and reward the coaches, but on the other hand they seem really, really willing to penalize the athletes and not compensate the athletes ”

The overall survey, the second year for this study on ethical issues in intercollegiate athletics, included 1,233 adults and was conducted March 4-7 Adults 18 years of age and older residing in the continental United States were interviewed by telephone

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Even Brian Rober ts couldn’t b e l i e ve t h e p e r f o r m a n c e h e delivered to help end Denver’s 15-game winning streak Star ting for only the second time, the rookie doubled h i s s e a s o n h i g h w i t h 1 8 assists, Ryan Anderson scored 23 points and the shor t-handed Ne w Orleans Hornets beat t h e Nu g g e t s 1 1 0 - 8 6 o n Monday night

“It’s crazy to fathom, having 18 assists,” Rober ts said “Guys play years and don’t h a v e t h a t m a n y a s s i s t s Somebody pointed out I had more assists than they had as a team For me to come out in my second star t and do that is just a testament to my teammates making shots ” A n d t o R o b e r t s ’ w o r k ethic, too He never had 10 assists in four years at the University of Dayton, where he was more of a scorer than a facilitator Then he spent five years tr ying to make an NBA roster before hooking on with the Hornets last summer, reworking his game to become a pass-first player

11 of those passes turned into assists in the first half a l o n e a g a i n s t t h e Nu g g e t s , who finished with four fe wer a s s i s t s t h a n R o b e r t s H e became the 20th rookie to have 18 assists or more and the first since Darren Collison did it for Ne w Orleans in 2010

“I’ve had to grind and just fight to be on the team just to m a k e a n o p p o r t u n i t y f o r m y s e l f, ” Ro b e r t s s a i d “ It’s something I know I don’t take for granted But without my teammates making shots, it's not even a discussion ”

which closed the gap to 96-84 when Kenneth Faried hit a

t o u g h b a n k s h o t a n d w a s fouled with 6:07 left Ne w Orleans’ Anthony Davis followed with two free throws, Darius Miller drained a faceup three-pointer and Davis l e a p e d h i g h t o j a m i n a rebound follow, extending the lead to 103-84

The closest Denver came in the second half was 67-58 a f t e r a 1 6 - 4 s p u r t m i d w a y through the third quar ter But the Hornets’ Roger Mason Jr immediately hit back-to-back t h r e e

p o i n t e r s , a n d Ne w Or l e a n s w a s u p by d o u b l e digits the rest of the way

This one was never close

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Anderson was five of 11 on t h r e e - p o i n t e r s , a n d t h e Hornets sank 14-of-25 threes overall Darius Miller, star ting in place of injured shooting guard Eric Gordon, was four of five behind the arc and had 16 points as seven Hornets scored in double figures

Ne w Orleans won its third in a row and was in control all the way The Hornets led by nine at the end of the first quar ter, by 21 at the half and by 18 entering the four th

Da n i l o Ga l l i n a r i h a d 2 4 points for the Nuggets, who were without star ting point guard Ty Lawson (right heel injur y) for the third consecutive game Denver lost for the f i r s t t i m e s i n c e Fe b 2 2 a g a i n s t Wa s h i n g t o n a f t e r matching its 1969-70 ABA team ’ s record of 15 straight victories

“ We played a bad game and they played a great game, ” s a i d Nu g g e t s p o i n t g u a rd Andre Miller, who had nine points and six assists “ We were constantly taking the ball out of the basket and getting fr ustrated Our game plan was to trap the ball, and their point guard found the open man They outplayed us and outworked us at both ends ”

T h e H o r n e t s a n s w e r e d ever y Nuggets r un, the last of

The Hornets went ahead 25-11 in the first quar ter, getting back-to-back, wide-open three-pointers from Anderson to cap the early r un against the sluggish Nuggets No one picked up Anderson, who led the NBA in three-point baskets last season, when he shot from straightaway on the first o n e D e n v e r l e f t h i m unguarded again as he made another three the next time down the cour t T h e Nu g g e t s ’ w i n n i n g streak was well on its way to ending “ We didn’t really talk about that too much,” Rober ts said “ We had a lot of stuff going o n i n h e r e i n t h i s l o c k e r room, so we didn’t want to worr y about streak busting or anything like that We just wanted to come out and play together ” D e n v e r m i s s e d L a w s o n , who had averaged 21 8 points in his last 18 games, much m o r e t h a n Ne w O r l e a n s missed star ting point guard Greivis Vasque z or Gordon “ H e ’ s i m p o r t a n t t o u

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t , ” Nu g g e t s c o a c h George Karl said “ These last three games we were thinking we are better than we are It’s human nature ” Wilson Chandler returned for the Nuggets after missing two games with a left shoulder injur y and finished with 11 points Faried added 13 points Gordon, who is tied for the team lead with 16 5 points per game, sat out with a sore l e f t a n k l e Va s q u e z s a t o u t with a sprained left ankle after star ting the first 70 games

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d d e d 1 3 points for his first doubledouble, and Miller, who was six of seven from the floor, excelled in their absence

“A lot of times this year we ’ ve let teams come back after we got ahead of them,” Darius Miller said “ We didn’t want to do that tonight They went on a great r un and had us on our heels a little bit, but we bounced back ”

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With 14 Games in Eight Days

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Sun Contributor

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C.U. Competes at Championships

By ANNA FASMAN Sun Contributor

Junior fencer April Whitney and freshman fencer Angelica Gangemi traveled to San Antonio, Texas, this past weekend to represent Cornell in the NCAA Fencing Championships

After day one of the championships, Gangemi found herself in eighth place, followed by Whitney in 16th place Gangemi finished the tournament in 14th place, while Whitney took the 17th spot

Coming out of the Northeast regional competition, the largest and strongest of the four regional competitions, both Gangemi and Whitney finished within the top 15 in foil Gangemi, who came into the regional as the 11th seed, finished in sixth place overall with Whitney finishing close behind in 12th place Based on these strong performances at regionals, both girls were chosen to advance and compete in the championships this past weekend

On the first day of competition, Gangemi and Whitney found themselves competing against one another

“It’s always nerve-wracking competing against a teammate, ” Gangemi said “We know each other’s strengths and weaknesses April is a really talented fencer and a good friend, so competing against her is difficult ”

Gangemi finished with overall 11 victories in the championship for strong conclusion to her rookie campaign

“It was exciting my goal was to be able to go to regionals, and to make it to the Championship was amazing,” she said “I hope to go back and improve my results in the years to come ”

Whitney, who has competed for Cornell since her freshman year and has previously participated in two NCAA championships, finished with a total of nine wins under her belt Together, Gangemi and Whitney lead Cornell to an impressive 19th place team finish

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Red Captures Regional Titles; Players Honored

By EMILY BERMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

The men ’ s and women ’ s polo teams took home the regional titles this past weekend at the regional championship tournament held at Oxley Equestrian Center

The men crushed Brown University, 32-2, on Friday before topping UConn, 28-12, in Sunday’s final; the women beat Har vard, 29-8, on Saturday before riding to an easy victor y over Skidmore, 27-4, in the finals the following day The women ’ s win was the team ’ s fifth consecutive regional title

The victories in the regional competition guarantee each team an automatic bid to the national championships in mid-April The women currently stand as the No 1 seed for the national tournament, while the men head into the championships at No 3 behind No 2 Colorado State and No 1 UVA

The men ’ s victor y in the final over UConn this year comes after last season ’ s one-goal loss to the Huskies in last year ’ s regional final In last year ’ s game, the Red held the lead for the majority of the game, but lost after UConn scored a flurr y of goals in the final chukker UConn graduated its entire starting lineup, however, so the team the Red faced this year was entirely new “ There’s nothing much to compare to last year ’ s team, [last year ’ s team] was really spectacular altogether, ” junior captain Nik Feldman said “But they had a good team this year; they especially took us by surprise in the first half ”

Although the men had beaten the Huskies handily earlier this season, the match started slowly for the Red as it fell behind 2-1 early The team ended the first chukker up 7-4, but fell behind 9-8 in the second chukker before rallying to finish the half leading 10-9 Regular started Nick Steig sat out the first half for

the Red due to a stomach illness and was replaced by senior Connor Pardell Steig entered the game for the second half and the Red quickly sped ahead of the Huskies, although head coach David Eldredge ’81 was quick to praise Pardell’s play

“Connor did ver y well in the first half,” he said “He went out and did himself proud He did ver y well for himself and the team ”

Feldman noted that UConn’s mindset going into the game may have aided the Huskies’ strong first half performance

“I think the mentality going into the game was that we weren ’ t worried, and they had nothing to lose,” he said “ They went full-out They did an excellent job hats off to them ”

In the third chukker, Cornell topped UConn 10-1 and added eight more goals in the fourth for the commanding final victor y

The women ’ s team, which is currently undefeated against collegiate opponents, easily won both games on the weekend Eldredge said he was pleased with the team ’ s play

“I was quite happy with how they performed,” he said “ We went into it feeling confident winning and getting the bid, but at the same time, you never want to take anybody for granted You can ’ t go in and halfway it ”

In the final against Skidmore, the women took a 91 lead in the first chukker and added four more in the second chukker for a 13-1 half-time score The Red led 18-3 after the third chukker, then outscored the Thoroughbreds 9-1 in the final chukker The Red rotated senior captain Ali Hoffman, junior captain Kailey Eldredge, and freshmen Devin Cox and Anna Winslow throughout the game, with each one playing three chukkers Cox led the team with 10 goals, while Hoffman followed close behind with nine tallies Besides first place, the team also took home many awards at the tournament Senior captain Branden Van Loon, Feldman, Steig, Hoffman, Eldredge and Cox all were awarded Nor theast Regional All-Star honors Women’s alternate Beth LeBow took home the Region Sportsmanship award, and the team also won some Best Pony and Best String awards

Rowers to Open Spring Season With Ithaca Invitational Scrimmage

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The women ’ s rowing team will compete in its first race of the season at the Ithaca Invitational Saturday

The Red has been ranked in the top 20 in preseason polls for the past three years, and it is ranked No 15 in this year ’ s preseason polls Under the leadership of senior captains Leigh Archer and Shelly Tremaglio, as well as head coach Hilar y Gehman, the squad is looking to come out strong in every boat

high, be competitive in the Ivy League and hopefully gain another invitation to NCAAs ”

The Red posted a 7-5 record last year en route to a fourth-place finish as an Ivy League team, second place finish as an Ivy League Varsity Eight and 13th place finish at the NCAA nationals

“Our numbers headed into the spring season are better than they’ve ever been ”

The team aims to take its land speed and translate that to its boat speed to continue its season goal of posting a successful finish in the Ivy League Championship, followed by an invitation to the NCAA national tournament

“This spring, our focus is pretty simple: Go fast,” Tremaglio said “Last year was Cornell women ’ s rowing’s best performance ever We’re looking to keep the intensity

The team hopes that hardcore winter training will lead to an improved performance this season Despite the cold, the team says it has been tirelessly and consistently practicing over spring break preparing for its upcoming races

“We had an awesome winter training season, ” Tremaglio said “We did a lot of hard work in the weight room Our numbers headed into this spring season are better than they’ve ever been We’re all excited about all the PRs but still cognizant that, in our sport, we ultimately prove ourselves on the water, not in the weight room or on the erg ”

The rowing team looks to finish this week’s invitational as a start to their highly

anticipated season this year

“I think the goal is to work out any kinks before our first official race against Yale,” Tremaglip said “We’re hoping to use the race to prepare mentally for the rest of the