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Protesters Demand Entrance to Trustee Meeting

Students

chant, bang on walls of conference room

By SOFIA HU

Student activists protesting the $350 annual student health fee, tuition increases and University finances writ l a r g e c h a n t e d o u t s i d e a B o a rd o f Tr u s t e e s m e e t i n g Thursday, demanding to be let in as administrators and personnel stood in front of the meeting room ’ s closed doors

Kicking off an almost two-hour-long protest, Zakiya William Wells ’17 addressed students in the lobby of Willard Straight Hall, speaking about their grievances with the t r u s t e e s a n d

“I just want to say that if it’s already unclear, shared governance is a farce ”

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Un i ve r s i t y a d m i n i stration “ I ’ ve g o t s o m e things to say to our ‘illustrious’ trustees I just want to say that for some of us, this [$350 student health] fee is more than what we make in a month This fee is rent This fee is more than we have to our name, ” Zakiya said “This place despite all of its rhetoric on diversity and inclusion is still incredibly unsafe for people of color, for women, for people who identify as LGBT, for people who are low income I just want to say that if it’s already unclear, shared governance is a farce ”

From Willard Straight Hall, over 50 protesters marched onto Ho Plaza and up Campus Road, eventually making their way into Statler Hotel Shouting chants like “Who are the trustees? They don’t represent me, ” “Costs rise, so do we ” and “Raise hell, not tuition,” the students moved through the front lobby and hallways of Statler without

opposition from staffers or administrators

As the protesters filled the waiting area outside the Statler Amphitheater where the Board of Trustees was convened in a closed meeting, the students stood in a circle,

By GABRIELLA LEE

News

David Skorton, Student Assembly President Sarah Balik ’15 and Richard Walroth grad, president of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly

The open session, which lasted for approximately half an hour, began w

announcement that the University

By DANIEL ZIMMERMAN Sun Staff Writer

The Student Assembly passed Resolution 53 at their meeting Thursday, expressing disapproval of the University’s creation of the Senior Associate Dean for Inclusion, Engagement and Community Support position and saying that the money would be better spent allocated to programs which advocate for students

“We need to step back and understand that we’re asking one person to run an entire department ”

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The resolution text said “the University should suspend the hiring process for the new dean”, and that the “tentative $116,000 salary” for the new dean could be used more effectively in programs that are “funded by Cornell undergraduates” through “prioritiz[ing] funding to increasing service capacities of advocacy centers, not expanding bureaucracy ” Ten S A members voted for the resolution, while two opposed it and two abstained

By DAVE JANECZEK Sun Staff Writer

In the first ever Cornell Giving Day Wednesday, the University raised just under $7 million dollars, in what the alumni affairs department say they hope will become an annual event Charles Phlegar, vice president of alumni affairs and

development, said he hoped to see s o m

h i n g r e s e m b l i n g the event ever y year, but that it was too early to say if Giving Day would become an annual event

“We’ve got to evaluate [this year ’ s results] How much time

did we put in? How much did it really cost? We’ve got to evaluate what alumni liked about it or didn’t like about it,”

Phlegar said Phleger explained that the

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News, “University Decries Undercover Video Featuring Assistant Dean,” Thursday

Speaking about a video which claims that an assistant dean gave advice on how to help terrorist groups It is shameful that any individual would pose as a student facing racial discrimination at another university ask leading questions on hidden camera about Cornell’s tolerance for differing viewpoints and backgrounds and then conveniently splice together the resulting footage to smear our assistant dean and our University

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C.U. Supports Housing Fund

University pledges $1.2m for low income housing in Tompkins County

By MELVIN LI Sun Staff Writer

The University pledged support for a six-year extension of the Tompkins County Housing Fund on Thursday, citing the continued challenge of housing affordability in the Ithaca community as housing prices continue to rise

The Housing Fund was founded in 2009 as a joint initiative between the University, Tompkins County and the City of Ithaca to help develop local housing units for lowto-medium income earners in the Ithaca area, according to a Tompkins County press release

In the press release, Mayor Sva n t e My r i c k ’ 0 9 e x p l a i n e d that the continuation of the Housing Fund is a necessity due to the current housing “crisis ”

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“Ithacans pay a larger percentage of their income [for housing] than anywhere in the region ”

Ithaca is extraordinarily expensive Ithacans pay a larger percentage of their income than anywhere in the region, Myrick said “ This growing crisis requires a proportionate response That's why the City of Ithaca has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in this program and is committed to continuing our support ”

The University has agreed to provide a total of $1 2 million over the next six years to help the Housing Fund continue This is supplemented by an additional $600,000, in addition to staff support, pledged by Tompkins County The City of Ithaca has provided a further $100,000 to help cover the costs of the first year of the extension

The Housing Fund has been one of the most successful examples of campus-community collaboration in recent years, according to Michael Lane, chair of the Tompkins

County Legislature “ The county is truly appreciative of the support and financial contributions Cornell and the City [of Ithaca] have provided to establish, and now to continue, the program, ” Lane said in the press release “Nearly 40 percent of all households in Tompkins County currently pay unaffordable portions of their incomes for housing The Housing Fund's success in helping to increase the number of affordable housing units available makes it critically important for efforts to ensure that individuals and families of all income levels can live, work, and participate in community life within Tompkins County ” T

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Neighborhood Housing Ser vices and Better Housing for Tompkins County, two agencies that help our friends and neighbors find safe and affordable housing,” Skorton said “ We continue to support the Housing Fund because building affordable housing has a meaningful economic impact on the community we all share ”

Melvin Li can be reached at mli@cornellsun com

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Cornell Effective Altruism a student-run group that launched at the beginning of the semester hosted its first event, “Giving Game” in Willard Straight Hall Thursday to teach Cornellians how to donate money more effectively

The event gave passersby the opportunity to use funding from The Life You Can Save, a philanthropic organization, to donate to the charity of their choice, according to Molly Atkinson ’17, president of Cornell Effective Altruism

Students were allowed to donate tokens, representing real money, to three charities Oxfam, Give Directly and Population Services International At the end of the game, Cornell Effective Altruism donated the money funded by The Life You Can Save to the charities proportionally based on the number of tokens each charity earned

Participants were given information about the different charity options so they could make wellinformed decisions and know how the money would be used

“I thought the Giving Game was both interesting and insightful,” Nathan Ihemeremadu ’18 said “I donated to Give Directly, because it seemed like the money was going straight to the poor in Kenya and Uganda ” Ellie Reppy ’17, secretary of Cornell Effective Altruism, explained how this event related to the organization’s larger goal to raise Cornellians’ awareness about the importance of being well-informed donors

“We want to start conversations and call attention to some of the issues surrounding the way people donate money, ” Reppy said “Our adopted slogan is ‘do good better ’”

The objective of the game, which reflected the goals of Cornell Effective Altruism, was to present research from outside organizations in order to help people make informed decisions about where and how they donate, according to Atkins

“There are so many people at Cornell who care about the world and are doing really spectacular, influential things with their lives,” Atkinson said “I want to bring this idea to them, so they can have it in their heads as they move forward ”

Atkinson added that the club hopes to collaborate with Cornell’s many philanthropic organizations in the future

Discussions for the creation of the club began last fall, according to Crystal Lee ’17, treasurer of Cornell Effective Altruism

S. A. Opposes Hiring of Inclusion Dean University Raises Nearly

During the discussion period prior to the vote, a group of six students, including several S A representatives and members of different campus diversity organizations, shared their perspectives as to why the resolution is necessary

Antoine Saint-Victor ’16, co-president of Black Students United and a member of the panel, expressed his concern that the role of the dean the University is proposing would require more than one person for success

“We need to step back and understand that we ’ re asking one person to run an entire department,” Saint-Victor said “That’s why we ’ re here asking for help on their behalf, because we need more people to do more work, because it’s hard for one person to do the budgets of an entire department, cater to entire communities and be on multiple committees at the same time ”

Hubbell said

Hubbell also said that the new dean will do meaningful work

“[The new associate dean is] not going to be in a room somewhere pushing paper He [or] she will be out in the trenches like the rest of us, ” Hubbell said “This person is going to work with us [to relieve] the workload of these several associate deans by assuming some of the responsibilities that are adding to their workload ”

The S A also invited student speakers to voice their opinion on the resolution Valerie Mack ’16 said she sees a contradiction in the University’s proposals and students’ wishes

“We feel as if it's our duty to bridge these communities ”

Dean of Students Kent Hubbell ’67, who spoke in front of the S A , answered questions from some of the representatives and suggested a compromise in which both a new dean and increased funding to support centers could help to foster a more nurturing environment

“I would propose that we do both: complete our search for a talented new associate dean and endeavor to provide needed support to the directors of our advocacy centers, ” he said “If we simply stop this search right now, we will likely be obliged to begin again next year, because we will have to initiate a new search ”

Hubbell said that while budgets cuts have been made across the University and specifically in the office of the Dean of Students, the current budget will be have to be changed slightly to adapt because of the new position

“[ We] will be obliged to re-allocate resources within the Office of the Dean of Students [and] we have already begun to explore possibilities,”

“[There is a] fundamental problem on both sides [of the discussion] where the University seems to be calling for more inclusion among students, and students are calling for more support, ” Mack said

Mack said she does not believe that additional funding for advocacy groups for minority students would solve problems of segregation she believes exists in the Cornell community

“I feel that the segregation at Cornell is very strong and very apparent, and segregation adds to the pressure that students feel,” Mack said “Giving more money and support to these advocacy centers, it's not going to solve the ultimate issue which is that there is none of inclusiveness on this campus ”

Saint-Victor said he believes that advocating for resources for support programs is pivotal to help improve the Cornell community

“We’re student leaders, and we feel as if it’s our duty to bridge these communities,” Saint-Victor said “When we feel like we ’ re going to burn out, we reach out to these resources, but it’s hard to reach out to them when they’re burning out themselves because they’re by themselves ”

Daniel Zimmerman can be reached at dzimmerman@cornellsun com

$7M on First Giving Day

GIVING DAY

the Office of Alumni Affairs and Development decided to host the first Cornell Giving Day this year due to both the University’s technological capacity and the sesquicentennial anniversary, according to Phlegar

“During our sesquicentennial year we thought that it would be an appropriate time for an event like this,” Phlegar said, “There’s maybe fewer than five universities that can pull off an event like this because of the technology that goes into it ”

According to Phlegar, both the amount of money raised and the level of community excitement the drive created exceeded organizers’ expectations for the event The fundraising effort generated social media and email activity related to Cornell “like nothing we ’ ve ever seen before,” he said

“Hundreds of thousands of Cornellians were communicating with each other on social media and through emails,” he said “It brought a lot of attention to Cornell during this 24 hour period ”

The 24 hour fundraising event was described by organizers as “ a festive and inspiring virtual coming-together ” Activities included an all-day live webcast featuring alumni, professors and student group members; outreach events in New York City and trivia sessions

In addition to the option to donate directly to the University, contributors could choose to designate their gifts to specific Cornell colleges or student groups in order to help those entities “unlock” special challenge grants worth a combined total of $300,000

Raising over $1 8 million, the

Depar tment of Athletics and Physical Education took first place, the College of Arts and Sciences came in second with a total of $1 17 million and the School of Hotel Administration received the third highest total with $1 13 million raised, according to results published on the Cornell Giving Day website

Cornell Tech received the least support of all designated fundraising units, gaining $7,145 from 37 donations “ We would’ve expected Cornell Tech to be on the bottom for this one because they don’t have an alumni base,” Phlegar said “Its not a reflection of the support for Cornell Tech, which has been unbelievably successful ” The event was inspired by

“There’s maybe fewer than five universities that can pull off an event like this.”

Columbia University’s Giving Day event, now in its third year, according to Phlegar President David Skorton said in a University press release Thursday that he saw the “ power of the Cornell community in action” on Giving Day “ Together, our alumni, parents and friends have shown how m u c h t h e y c a r e a b o u t t h e University, and how much of an impact they can make together to further our mission on so many fronts,” Skorton said “I’m truly impressed and grateful for this historic day of giving to Cornell ”

Dave Janeczek can be reached at djaneczek@cornellsun com

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raised nearly $7 million in its first annual Giving Day Wednesday Salvatore’s repor t, which was met with applause, also thanked the Board for their leadership in fundraising effor ts

“I know that Columbia [University] has done [a giving day for] three years and in their third year they raised $10 million,” Salvatore said “In our first year, we ’ ve raised $7 million, so we ’ re off to a fantastic star t ”

After Salvatore’s statement, Skor ton began his repor t to the Tr ustees by presenting a memorial resolution for Henr y “Hank” Bar tels ’48, who passed away in Januar y

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Benefactor of the University, “helped the University thrive and set a lasting example for other Cornellians to give back as alumni,” Skor ton said The motion carried without opposition

Skor ton then recognized the successes of members of the Cornell community, including Mar y Opperman, vice president for human resources and safety ser vices, who was recently named one of the 15 most influential women in human resources; James Eaglesham ’15, who i

Churchill Scholar; Victoria Wines ’17, who recently placed third in the NCAA Fencing Championship and wrestlers Gabe Dean ’17 and Brian Realbuto ’17, who c a m e f i r s t a n d s e c o n d i n t h e N C A

g Championship respectively

In conjunction with the University’s announcement Thursday that it will be rene wing its pledge to the Tompkins County Housing Fund by committing $1 6 million over the next six years, Skor ton expanded on Cornell’s resolution to maintaining affordable housing for “low-to-moderate income households” in the community

“One of the concerns that we have is that of a shor tage of affordable housing in our county, ” Skor ton said “Despite the successes of Cornell University, our community around us includes a lot of people who are str uggling ”

Skor ton ended his repor t by speaking about the University’s $400,000 pledge to par tially finance a pedes-

trian and bicycle corridor along Pine Tree Road to ensure safer travels for community members using the route

Following Skor ton ’ s presentation, Balik addressed the Board about the recent initiatives of the S A , focusing on issues of affordability and community rights and responsibilities that she believed would still impact student life “10, 20 [or] 50 years from now ”

She began by explaining the “

sion” that the S A created last year by using money from its endowment to fund infrastr uc-

believe that tuition was too high

Walroth said he hoped that the University would reevaluate its funding packages to reflect the median seven or eight years graduate students took to receive degrees rather than the current five years currently accounted for in funding packages

“I would say that faith in shared governance is waning here This might be largely due to perception ” R i c h a r d W a l r o t h g r a d

prioritized, including the successful installments of “ nap pods, outlets in different libraries and more water fountains” this year

Moving to issues of affordability on campus, Balik spoke of the S A ’ s goals to tr y to create an unpaid internship stipend program through money from its “students helping students grant ” and to create a student-r un grocer y store that would aid students facing “food insecurity ” “ These issues are sometimes unspoken about on our campus and its really unfor tunate, ” Balik said Balik concluded by presenting S A initiatives that related to “rights and responsibility” on campus, which included the goal of making legal advising available to students and the creation of a community bill of rights

“ What we ’ re tr ying to do is extrapolate positive language from currently existing policies on campus and for once tell people what they can do rather than what they can ’ t do,” Balik said “Ideally, this is something that will bring together all constituent assemblies, all the members of the community and really make Cornell a place that’s easier to navigate for all ”

Walroth, who presented last during the open session, also spoke about issues of affordability at Cornell in a d d i t i o n t o a d i

University’s shared governance system

Addressing high tuition fees for graduate students, Walroth thanked the administration for lowering tuition for self-paid graduate students in their sixth years and beyond, but added that many graduate students still

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clapping and chanting A makeshift coffin, which proclaimed “Death 2 the fee,” was propped on top of a table At least four University personnel stood in front of the closed amphitheatre doors

Robert Harrison ’76, chair of the Board of Trustees, came out of those doors and stood silently, hands clasped, for several minutes near the middle of the circle of chanting

s t u d e n t s

Conspicuously out of place in his suit and red tie amid a sea of winter jackets and protesters ’ signs,

H a r r i s o n motioned several times for silence and for an opportunity to speak, but the protesters ignored him and continued chanting Harrison eventually returned to the meeting room

Appellate Division’s ruling in Holden v Cornell University (1981) requires the Board of Trustees to open its meetings to the public when deliberating actions that concern the statutory colleges

“All Board of Trustee actions concern the statutor y colleges because Cornell is composed of those colleges,” Nelson said “How can you tell me that the actions of those trustees don’t have to deal with half of the colleges on cam-

As the standoff between the protesters and administrators began its second hour, the protesters began banging on the walls of the conference room, intending to disrupt the ongoing meeting inside

Cornell Police arrived at the scene soon after, asking students to stop the banging After the protesters ceased, the officers remained, interspersed throughout the crowd

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Decrying costs | Students march on Ho Plaza to protest the health fee and tuition hikes, eventually arriving at the Board of Trustees Meeting in Statler Hall

pus? And if they do, there’s a serious problem with what’s going on inside that room ”

The protesters remained, switching from one chant to another, as administrators and Statler employees stood to the side and along the walls

Approximately thirty minutes into the chanting, the activists surged towards the conference room doors, demanding entrance

Wyatt Nelson ’16 said the New York State Supreme Court

However, according to Joel Malina, vice president of university relations, the closed session meeting was “in compliance” with the state ’ s open meeting laws

“The determination of which portions of the Board of Trustees meeting were open to the public was made in full compliance with New York’s open meetings law,” Malina said

The students ended the protest with a pledge to continue their actions beyond this year and a “solidarity clap ” “ U n l e s s they change the way they run things and actually give us the voice we deserve at this U n i v e r s i t y , we ’ re not going to let them come here and meet in peace, ” D a n i e l Marshall ’15 said “This is only going to get bigger every single year ”

Malina called the protest a “missed opportunity for the students ” “Curiously, when the Chairman of the Board of Trustees went out to talk to them, the protesters declined to have a discussion and ignored him,” he said

Sofia Hu can be reached at shu@cornellsun com

Walroth also spoke about a r

h e G P S A passed last year, which created a ne w policy for graduate

research duties

“ While we feel that this ne w policy does go a long way to address many of the issues that were raised, many students remain deeply concerned that the ne w policy doesn’t do enough to guarantee coverage to students,” he said

He added that other students also felt “Cornell [would] contest any claims that c[a]me to cour t ”

In addition to graduate student grievances about tuition and injur y policies, Walroth also said that tr ust in University transparency is declining as well

“I would say that faith in shared governance is waning here,” he said “ This might be largely an issue of perception ”

Although Walroth said he believed the University is transparent, he added that information is often only extended to a small group of student leaders When these students eventually graduate, it creates a lack of continuity in transparency of processes

“ To fix this, the GPSA proposed a ne w system where student leaders be allowed to consult a larger subset of the GPSA to get opinion from across the campus instead of just a fe w select leaders,” he said

Walroth also said the GPSA began preparing memoranda whenever consultation on major policy changes took place as a way to preser ve continuity, maintain records and highlight the key graduate students who were involved in the decision making process

Gabriella Lee can be reached at glee@cornellsun com

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Student Fashion Spotlight

BY JAEL GOLDFINE Arts and Entertainment Editor

“Finding beauty in the banal” describes the design doctrine of Fiber Science and Apparel Design student, Paige Kozak ’15, who has been drawing since she was young, and found a gratifying medium of expression in fashion and design A native of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, she originally wished to pursue her passion for art and design at a traditional art school, but has since found Cornell’s program ’ s approach and her access to a wider education of disciplines to be a positive and fulfilling experience Most recently, for her senior thesis, Kozak conceived, designed and created a character and a space for her, as an interactive gallery exhibition, which she also advertised and developed through an accompanying Instagram account (@ a muse) Attendees to the showcase were permitted to peer into the delicately but subtly curated bedroom of said muse, known as Quincy and observe her Kozak displayed unique and and characteristically peculiar objects a fishbowl, a copy of The Fountainhead, gold slippers, an alligator skin-covered discman, acorn caps and more around the room, creating a concept aesthetic, centered around whims a her character Lou Tekosky ’18, pl Quincy, performing t character as if she wa alone in her room This muse, Quincy, has inspired Kozak’s looks for her collection in the 31st Annual Cornell Fashion Collective Runway Show, which she will design for as a fourth-leve designer The Sun s down with Kozak to cuss her time at Corne senior thesis, design p and evolving career amb t o s

that seemed fitting at the time

SUN: So a big part of your work this year was your senior project “A muse: quincy ” Can you talk a little bit about that? Where did you first get your inspiration for that project?

P K : When I started drawing I would draw these elaborate set ups for stories I would make a girl and her backstory and all her favorite objects and her best friend and draw her room, and then get bored of it and move on to the next storyline So this is pretty much going back to when I first started drawing, like this is just a grown up real-life version of that I still feel like I don’t fit into something specific, like a specific job title; like I love movies, set design would be amazing, and all the little details that go into it like Wes Anderson His films are so based on aesthetic and I just think his characters are so great and they’re so defined by the aesthetic of the film and their dress and their items So, it kind of started off like that Just like bringing a person to life through her objects It sort of turned into a weird social experiment too, because it is kind of voyeuristic I’m offering you the chance to go into this girls private life and watch her, and it’s kind of creepy It’s just interesting how it developed

THE SUN: When did you start designing? How did you end up at Cornell for Fiber Science and Apparel Design?

PAIGE KOZAK: I’ve been drawing since I was really young, my dad always had a sketchbook and I wanted one too Once I got more into middle school, [I started reading] Teen Vogue, and I got really into fashion then My suburb was very typical preppy, old school, and I felt like an anomaly to that, and I liked to be different I’m from a suburb right outside of Detroit, Grosse Pointe, Michigan It’s just very basic there, so I liked doing my own thing and I guess fashion was the way that I expressed myself so that’s why I went into apparel design Initially I thought I wanted to go to Pratt but once I visited, I was not into it I applied to Cornell even though I didn’t think I wanted to go there because they’re very sterile online, and they emphasize the fiber science rather than apparel design but once I visited, I don’t know why I liked it but I just had that gut feeling And I wanted a wider education and I wasn ’ t so set on being apparel design, it was just the major

: Is that what drew you to performance art aspect of e project? Would you charcterize it as performance art?

P K : I’m not sure, I mean it definitely was a performance but it’s not like typical art I guess I guess I’m still not sure how to define it really Yeah, it’s just been a really interesting explotion and how people react t Like the fashion show is a quick showing of your d I just feel like this is just a d e e t way to interact with objects and so if this was a business plan, like this would be the store, and instead of having a typical store setup, you would just go into someone ’ s room and be like, “Oh, I like this lamp! I’ll take one ” There’s more to it than that but I don’t want to give away my ingenious business concept! So “ a muse ” is just trying to approach things in a different way, and inspire a different way of thinking about things

SUN: As far as the accompanying instagram account which documented Quincy, did you have a specific intention for using social media as a component of the project?

P K : Yeah, mostly advertisement Because what I want to do is creative direction, special project type things This project and then another project I’m working on are mini models of that, so I wanted to have the instagram build hype and create interest, and I just wanted to do something very visually appealing, like teasers And then I also [put] posters up everywhere So I just think it’s interesting to advertise like that

SUN: How would you describe your design philosophy or your mindset about design?

P K : Ok, [I would say] my catchphrase is “beauty from the banal ” And just trying to think about things in different ways, like something that you kind of take for granted every day and just turning it on its head And I like that design and art allow me to create my own little worlds I just want to think about things in different ways and have other people interact with that [I think] a lot about interaction and collaboration

SUN: Could you talk a little bit about your experience in the Fashion Collective?

P K : The fashion show is the main purpose of the club, we have speakers come occasionally, but the point is to put all the student’s work on show, which is nice, at other schools it’s a lot more selective, but here everyone is invited to show This is only my second time showing my own work, freshman year I had one piece and then there was this collabroative team with

Pendelton, a wool company based in Portland One of the sons went here and he started it a few years ago Pendleton gave Cornell students a set amount of money which is used towards Pendleton wools to create a menswear line It was a really good experience Yeah, for each year, you get to show more looks and then senior year you can show up to 11 I’ll have seven

SUN: What type of collection will you showing? What are the inspirations guiding it?

P K : There’s still one more look that I need to do but, it’s basically a romanticized version of Quincy’s wardrobe I mean everything in Quincy’s world is romanticized It’s kind of like going through her day So I’m going to have a robe pajama look, and then she has her track outfit, and she’s really into gnomes, and this cape that’s totally out of place in her small town It’s very ’70s influenced, like her smoking jacket, I always sort of picture Oscar Wilde in a smoking jacket, so that’s kind of reminiscent of him because he’s one of Quincy’s favorite authors But all the looks will revolve around this Quincy character I tried to figure out how to explain this character on the runway, without her room and all of her items behind her So I’m going to have [the models] come out, not in a traditional runway format, they’ll probably all be on the stage at once, but yeah Louisiana will close it I tried to brief the other models on what Quincy is all about so they can all embody her character

SUN: What are your ultimate goals as a designer? What do you see yourself doing after graduation?

“I’m just trying to look at things in different ways, something you take for granted every day and turning it on its head”

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P K : After graduation, I don’t know yet, but I’m thinking of starting off in advertising, branding, marketing, that sort of thing, in fashion And then from there, I want to execute my own concepts I want to do special projects, like this sort of thing Definitely selling items, but in a new way, and just making things less boring I just feel like everybody does the same thing, and I want to do something different! I don’t think that what I want to do is a definable job right now, I want to create my own niche role

SUN: If you could design for one person, a celebrity, politician, artist, writer or historical figure, living or dead, who would it be?

P K : I’m going to say Oscar Wilde again I took a class last semester, Decadence with Ellis Hanson (which I totally recommend), that was about the aesthetic movement and decadent writers, and that was really influential to me as a person and I identify with them a lot I’ve always just thought Oscar Wilde was so entertaining, and I think he would be really fun to design for [He] is influential in [my line] with all the velvet and velour What would I design? I see a lot of velvet and brocade and carnations

Tickets for the Cornell Fashion Collective’s Annual Runway Show are still available online or from Collective members The show will be held this Saturday, April 11, at 8 p m in Barton Hall

Jael Goldfine is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at arts-and-entertainmenteditor@cornellsun com

Student Fashion Spotlight

BY DANNI SHEN Sun Staff Writer

Before the 31st Annual Cornell Fashion Collective Runway Show which takes place April 11 in Barton Hall, The Sun sat down to talk to Tiffany Dang ’15, one of six senior apparel designers, about her final collection, fashion influences and career aspirations

THE SUN: How would you describe your work?

TIFFANY DANG: I’m drawn to clean lines and structure; minimal, feminine, all at the same time It’s all about the fit

SUN: And how do you define “feminine?”

T D : It’s a way in which you present yourself For me, I associate “feminine” with sophisticated; not something too extravagant It’s all these little details, and therefore not in your face I like to think that it’s a subtle notion

SUN: What inspired this collection?

T D : This final body of work is inspired by the coffeehouse culture during 19th and 20th century U S , as well as Europe The first time I thought about this idea was actually during a design project where I was going to places and just observing my surroundings So I went to a coffee shop and observed people there I remember going to Caffè Reggio, one of the oldest coffee shops in the country, which had an antique quality that I particularly liked I was also interested in the atmosphere of coffee shops and how people interact with one another within a public but intimate space There’s a kind of free-flowing exchange and coming together of ideas, but within a society that is very structured So in parallel, I thought to have both free-flowing and structural garments in this collection

Fisher the really simple garment, which is also very functional When you put it on you feel very pretty Claire McCardell and Alexander McQueen are also designers whose works I like

SUN: Has there ever been a collection or show that has left a particularly deep impression on you?

T D : There was the Christian Dior in 2007, where they did a collection inspired by origami That really left a big

ture I tell people [that] I really like to create things, and I use whatever medium I have to create Fashion just happened to be one of them

SUN: What seems to make apparel design so particular in relation to other art practices is its specific relationship to the human body Is there anything about that relationship which interests you?

T D : When I’m creating art objects, I feel like it’s about me as an individual, but in fashion, even though an inspiration might start from within me, the end product is always for someone else Everything is specifically tailored to someone else’s body When I finish making a garment, my aesthetics are ultimately for whoever will wear it

impression on me, specifically in the way they manipulated the fabric The other would have to be from Issey Miyake He had a show which featured dancers who performed wearing his pleated wear

SUN:: Are there other forms of creation that you ’ re interested in?

SUN: Who and/or what do you take influence from?

T D : I don’t have any particular designers that I follow For me it’s more interesting to look at individual outfits, or a collection However, I do like the aesthetics of Eileen

Game

TT D : I originally didn’t start out as a fashion designer, but was interested in fine art I went into fashion because it’s just a different way of expressing art to people I also love drawing and illustration, as well as building and struc-

SUN: Are your designs informed by your own cultural identity?

T.D.: They’re definitely a mixture of me and my life growing up in a very conservative culture in Asia When I’m designing, I don’t gravitate towards anything extreme There’s Western aesthetics in my work, in which the pieces are tailored very close to the body, as well as the Eastern sensibility, which is classically more loose fitting and flowing from the body I like that combination, the free form, the structured form, and maybe even a spiritual form

SUN: What’s next?

T D : Shor t-term wise, I’m looking towards women ’ s wear and ready-to-wear companies, which fit my aesthetics I also want to get a Masters in business Long-term, I see myself back at home in Vietnam working with my parents and bringing back what I’ve learned here I’d like to create a brand, which mixes that knowledge with the culture back at home

Tickets for the Cornell Fashion Collective’s Annual Runway Show are still available online or from Collective members The show will be held this Saturday, April 11, at 8 p m in Barton Hall

of Thrones : A Song of Book and Show

here is an odd tension in the air Your friends are all on the edges of their seats Fingernails are being bitten Likely, at least one person is trying to hide behind a pillow These are the kinds of things that fans of HBO’s Game of Thrones have come to expect from the political-drama-fantasy hybrid

However, a big portion of the fandom is impervious to the gut wrenching suspense and twists As a book reader, one of my favorite parts about watching the show has become not only watching what I know is about to happen, but watching my friends react as some of their favorite characters see their final day

Typing it out, I realize how messed up that may be But most book readers will agree, it’s a ton of fun There is a weird sense of security power, even in knowing what is about to unfold And this coming season, that is going to be taken away from us

Earlier this week, Producers Dan Weiss and David Benioff announced that not only will the show begin deviating more from the book from which it is based George R R Martin’s critically acclaimed and wildly popular A Song of Ice and Fire but the show will begin spoiling major plot lines from the books

As an avid fan that only began reading the books after I

watched season one of the HBO series, I am struggling to decide how I feel about this See, those of us who only started reading after they started watching are in an interesting place We have experienced both sides of the coin

My first response to this announcement was frustration and disappointment Where I am now in my Game of Thrones fandom is a place where I hold the books over the show I don’t want to learn what happens from the screen anymore, I want it from the big guy himself And what does this mean for the books? Are they going to be more of novellas than original pieces?

Fortunately, we have an answer for that question It is reported that while the show will reveal major plot points, how we are taken there will not necessarily remain the same Weiss and Benioff know exactly where each of the main characters will end up at the end of the book series They plan on taking them there, but taking their own way And I suppose that is something I can take at least a little solace in

picked up the books in the first place This part of me is anxiously excited for the prospect of having my heart torn out and stomped on with my buddies again

But still, there is a part of me, deep down, that is giddy for the unknown While I would never say I regret reading the books, at times, I do miss the shared suspense and shock that comes with watching the show with a group If it weren ’ t for the experience of going through the emotional roller coaster that is season one with my friends and family, I may never have been so hooked on or even have

Again, typing it out, I realize how messed up that may be But it comes with the territory when we ’ re talking Game of Thrones Everything’s kind of messed up And when it comes to season five, I just hope that the most messed up part isn’t my incessant complaints that things were better in the books

Evan Needell is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at eneedell@cornellsun com Needell in a Crapstack appears alternate Fridays this semester

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“Good pitching generally beats good hitting so, we must be prepared to defend consistently in order to give ourselves a chance to win,” Blood said “One could expect that the games this weekend will be very tight ballgames Solid defense, which starts with solid starting pitching, will be key We must defend ”

As a senior, Giaquinto said she feels that the talented group of freshmen ladies that have joined the squad has reinvented the team

“I think our strength comes from our freshmen Having nine new teammates has reinvigorated us this year, ” she said “We are a different team on and off the field We have great team chemistry And nine new players, including three new pitchers, means that our competition has no idea what's coming In a sport that documents practically every pitch, I think our freshmen definitely give us an edge ”

This weekend will be a challenge, as the Red has not seen as much playing time as usual at this point in the season due to many cancelled games as a result of bad weather The women will have to come out strong to defeat their first Ivy League competitors

Hannah Noyes can be reached at hnoyes@cornellsun com

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has taken equal, if not more, significant hits as the starting rotation It is hard to look at the seeming epidemic of Tommy John surgeries that the Mets have been experiencing and not believe that something could be amiss on the inside Is the organization taking proper care of its pitchers? Are these injuries being spotted early enough to help them? Mets General Manager, Sandy Alderson told The New York Times that, “You can always look at your practices in developing pitching We will certainly continue to look at what we ’ re doing But this is an industry-wide problem, and there is some suggestion this goes back to pitching loads and things that predate even college ” While I am certainly not prone to trusting Sandy Alderson’s judgment, and though his statement does seem like a bit of a cop out, I can ’ t help thinking that in this case, he might be right Maybe the Mets have just been increasingly unlucky in getting pitchers whose arms have already been overextended If that is true, then MLB teams need to start taking into account how much arm use their star pitching prospects have been subject to over the years It may be difficult to go back that far in a player’s career, but if arm issues are beginning in little league and can be identified, then it’s a problem worth trying to fix

An article in USA Today last July reported on this issue, arguing that arm troubles are rampant in youth baseball and only getting worse Prominent orthopedic surgeon James Andrews performed Tommy John surgery on 17 youth and high school players, 18 percent of the totally surgeries performed in 2000 By 2010, that number jumped to 41 surgeries and 31 percent of the total Andrews told USA Today that high school players “outnumber the professionals” in arm problems resulting in Tommy John

The Little League instituted rules for pitch counts in 2007, causing injuries there to drop 30 percent, according to USA Today This is certainly a step in the right direction, but it is possible that for some young pitchers in the league today, that change came too late

The next logical step would be to institute the same rules in high school baseball

It is much harder to nationalize rules at that level, because competition is so variable across the country Coaches differ in their coaching styles and when college scholarships are on the line, insti-

“It is possible that for some young pitchers in the league today, that change came too

late.”

tutionalized pitch counts could easily be tossed aside If this does not happen at the high school level, it is up to professional scouts to understand how much stress has been put on the arm of a prospect before he even gets to college

Pitching arms are simply in higher demand in baseball today A righty flamethrower is inevitably going to be much more attractive to scouts than a corner infielder But the risk of arm injuries is always there, and the Mets have become the Sisyphus of Tommy John surgeries; every time one pitcher climbs back into health, a different one goes down It is a cruel cycle that Mets fans can only hope will evaporate in time, if in fact it is just an unlucky streak of coincidences But if it is a more deeply rooted problem, MLB teams across the league should be investigating how to protect their pitchers better, and how to keep their prospects healthy at a young age

Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun com

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Ivy Play Starts Against Brown, Yale

By HANNAH NOYES

Staff Writer

This weekend marks the beginning of the home season for the Cornell softball team The women will host Brown today at 2 p m for its first home game on the Neimand*Robison field, and Yale on Saturday at 12:30 p m So far, the women are sitting at a 3-8 record, but spirits are high

The past two games have been cancelled, which is hard for a team that expects to play back-to-back games almost every day

“We have had a mixed bag of postponements and cancellations which has interrupted the day-to-day, game-after-game demeanor that a softballer develops,” Blood said “It takes volumes of ‘at-bats’ or ‘innings-pitched’ to establish a cerebral approach to this game I hope that we can adjust early ”

Brown’s record is currently leading Cornell’s at 5-7

However, the game against Yale will be more evenly matched, for the Bulldogs have a similar record to Cornell’s at 3-7

Senior infielder Sophie Giaquinto said she is confident in her team ’ s ability to see success against Brown and Yale

“So far, it seems like we have all the components for a successful season, ” she said “We have an extremely talented team group of individuals Our offense has been very powerful and our pitchers have done a great job mixing things up on the mound This weekend, I hope that we can put all the pieces together and stay sharp on defense ”

Blood agreed, noting that the Red also has to stay sharp in the field as well as at bat in order to remain a strong opponent

“We must remain aggressive on defense by challenging hitters by pounding the strike zone and working ahead in the count, ” Blood said “At the same time, it is important that we attack on offense ”

The Red is looking forward to seeing freshmen Maddie Orcutt and Katie Carmichael’s performance on the pitcher’s mound tomorrow Orcutt was named the MVP of her Lexington, Kentucky high school and Carmichael was a fourtime all-league selection at El Capitan High School in her

hometown of Lakeside, California Other potential players to take the pitcher’s mound this weekend include freshman Sierra Stone, sophomore Jessica Bigby, and junior Meg Parker

See SOFTBALL page 11

Despite traces of snow still left on the ground here, baseball season is on the very near horizon and the New York Mets have already received bad news Heading into this season with a young and promising trio of starting pitchers in Matt Harvey, Jacob DeGrom and Zach Wheeler, there was talk of the Mets actually being contenders in the NL

East Contenders! It’s a beautiful word, one that Mets fans have shelved for almost a decade now But with the announcement that Wheeler would be undergoing Tommy John surgery, it seems that not much has changed after all

According to an article in The New York Times, Wheeler is the sixth Mets pitcher on the roster who will have or has already had the surgery Before him, left-handed reliever Josh Edgin was the most recent players to go under the knife Reliever Bobby Parnell is also coming off of the surgery, meaning that the bullpen

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Women Head Into Post-Season at Alfred University

By ARIEL COOPER

With the regular season over, the Cornell equestrian team has one thing on its mind: nationals But with the culmination of the season still a month away, the squad is only just beginning to take its final strides towards the finish line This weekend, 17 riders will travel to Alfred University for regionals, where they will compete to move onto zones and ultimately nationals as individuals

Only two riders from each division will earn a spot at zones, so competition will be stiff The Red has doubled its practice time

over the last few weeks in order to ensure that every rider will enter the ring more than ready to compete

“We increased the freqency of our practice to help the girls just get more saddle time,” head coach Joanna Novakovic ’03 said

The intensified practice schedule has been gruelling but rewarding, according to sophomore Chelsea Huss

“It’s taxing in regards to time and sleep but I think overall there’s definitely a visible improvement with consistent performance within the team and I think everyone feels a bit more ready,” she said “Having that extra time in the saddle really helps ”

Huss will be competing in open flat and fences along with sophomore Meridith Meyer and senior co-captain Georgina de Rham While many riders will only be competing in either a flat or a fences division, all riders have been working on riding without stirrups in order to build strength in their leg muscles

“ That’s one of those things that none of us like to do but because of it, we ’ ve just gotten stronger and are more confident when we have our stirrups,” Huss said Sophomore Lauren Jaquay, who will compete in advanced walk trot canter, said the riders have also been rotating between many different horses to simulate the different kind of mounts they may encounter at regionals Riders are randomly assigned a horse in each competition

Novakovic said she has been working hard to keep the riders focused and collected before competition day and said she is excited to attend regionals for the first time

“There’s definitely a visible improvement improvement with consistent performance ” C h e l s

“In our last team meeting we talked a lot about techniques to help stay calm and to visualize and to be really positive,” she said “It’s my first time to regionals, so I’m excited to see how everyone can do ”

Jaquay said that she hopes to do her best and feels ready for the challenge ahead

“I know that I know how to ride, I just have little things that I have to keep focusing on, ” she said “I feel pretty confident that I’m going to be well prepared for the competition ”

“For the most part, we ’ re switching horses and trying to keep in mind what type of horses we’ll be getting at regionals and trying to stick with that equivalent on our team, ” Jaquay said

Although the Red will not be on its home turf, regionals will be the squad’s fourth competition at Alfred, so riders are very familiar with the horses they may be riding

“I think it does help that we know the horses there so we have a good idea of what the horses are like and how they like to be ridden,” Novakovic said “That makes it a little bit more familiar, makes a little more [of ] an even playing ground ”

While regionals is an individual competition, the camaraderie between the members of the Red remains strong

“Even though we ’ re technically competing for ourselves we ’ re still a reflection of the team, ” Huss said

Novakovic said she is confident in all of her riders’ abilities and feels that they all have the ability to succeed

“Any of them could win,” she said “They’re all well prepared [and] they’re all good riders, so it just kind of comes down to the way things turn out that day, and a little bit of luck ”