04-02-12

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

‘A remarkable American stor y’

Remembered by Cornellians as the leader whose remarkably steady guidance saved the University from the upheaval of the 1970s, Dale Corson, the eighth president of Cornell died in Ithaca Saturday morning at the age of 97 of congestive heart failure Corson who was days away from his 98th birthday taught as a faculty member in the physics department before serving as the University’s president from 1969 to 1977

Born on April 5, 1914, Corson “ came from a generation of American scientists who grew up before World War II,” moving “from a small town in Kansas to a Ph D in Berkeley,” Prof Emeritus Kurt Gottfried, physics, said

“It’s a remarkable American story, ” Gottfried said Decades later, Corson, hundreds of miles from his hometown of Pittsburg, Kan , became the University’s president amid turmoil: Cornell was still reeling from the aftermath of the 1969 Willard Straight Hall Takeover, when 80 African American students locked down the building, protesting the lack of minority rights on campus It was an institution where student demonstrators

Corson steered way after Straight Takeover

By LIZ CAMUTI Sun News Editor

When Dale Corson became Cornell’s eighth president on Sept 5, 1969, he inherited a university rife with tension, torn by new demands to include women and minorities on campus

Shortly before he accepted the position, a group of African American students took over Willard Straight Hall

in what would become known as the 1969 Takeover, the event that led to the ousting of his predecessor, President James Perkins Eight years later, at the end of his tenure, Cornell was virtually unrecognizable, faculty and administrators said Era-defining events such as nationwide riots against wars in Cambodia and Vietnam and the civil rights and

Former president also leading physicist, profs say

By KERRY CLOSE Sun News Editor

After the death of former University president Dale Corson

Saturday, members of the Cornell community reflected on Corson’s extensive contributions to multiple scientific disciplines

Though Corson primarily

worked as a physicist, Prof Emeritus Donald Holcomb, physics, described his interests and research as being all over the map ”

“He made contributions to many fields,” Holcomb said “He did everything ” Corson received his Ph D in physics from the University of California-Berkeley in 1938 As a postdoctoral fellow at Berkeley, he aided in the production of astatine –– the 85th element of the periodic table –– and in the discovery of its chemical and physical properties

“That element filled a gap in the periodic table,” Prof Emeritus Roald Hoffmann, chemistry, said “It was an important discovery ”

In the early 1940s, Corson worked in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Radiation Laboratory, collaborating with the British Royal Air Force to install airborne radar technology in its fighter aircrafts

Later, during World War II, Corson also worked on nuclear research in Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in Albuquerque, N M There, Corson played a pivotal role in developing the Sandia National Laboratories, which use

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Cornell Wrestler Threatened Woman With Gun, IPD Says

By JEFF STEIN Sun Managing Editor

A member of the Cornell wrestling team allegedly entered a neighbor’s apartment and, in search of the neighbor’s roommate, threatened her with his long gun, Ithaca Police said Sunday The woman was hiding from the wrestler in another part of the housing complex, according to police

Police said Warner Phipps ’12 is being charged with burglar y, criminal menacing and criminal possession of a weapon He reportedly broke into the apartment, which is located on Valentine Place on Wednesday morning

Phipps was arrested on Saturday and arraigned in Ithaca City Court on Sunday He was then remanded to the Tompkins County Jail, where his bail was set at $15,000, according to IPD The police have since recovered the weapon allegedly used to threaten the woman

Phipps remained in jail as of late Sunday night, an officer at the jail said

Claudia Wheatley, director of University press relations, added that “there isn’t much to say at this point,” noting that the investigation is being conducted by the Ithaca police

Phipps is from Kearner y, Neb , and is a two-time Nebraska state champion He won a national Coca-Cola scholarship and was a member of the National Honor Society while in high school, according to the University

As a wrestler at Cornell, Phipps competed at the Mat Town Open in November 2011, where he defeated two wrestlers

Student Hospitalized After Two-Stor y Fall

By JINJOO LEE Sun Staff Writer

An intoxicated female student was hospitalized early Saturday morning after she fell 14 feet from the second floor of the Chi Phi fraternity on Friday According to Kathy Zoner, chief of the Cornell University Police Department, the student was last reported to be in stable condition

As she tried to climb over a railing from the second floor onto a fireplace mantle, in an apparent attempt to dance on the mantle, the student slipped and fell, according to witnesses

She landed first on her lower back and then on her head, according to witnesses She was unresponsive at the scene and remained unresponsive for several hours afterward

All three requested helicopters could not make it to the scene because of turbulent weather, according to emergency radio records As a result, an ambulance was sent to respond “by ground ”

She is currently hospitalized at the Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Pa , located approximately 40 miles away from Cornell

Jinjoo Lee can be reached at jinjoolee@cornellsun com

C.U. Model U.N. Greets Surprise Dignitar y : Oprah Winfrey

By EMMA COURT Sun Staff Wr ter

Oprah Winfrey plays many roles talk show host, celebri-

, actress but she took on a new one this weekend: that of an obser ver of the 2012 Cornell Mo

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Winfrey came to Cornell on

y Leadership Academy for Girls, a boarding school Winfrey founded in South Africa, who were p

c i p a t i n g i n C M U N C events, according to Madeline

Briker ’12, CMUNC’s director of public relations “ We d i d n ’ t f i n d o u t [ W i n f r e y ] w a s c o m i n g u n t i l about 30 minutes beforehand,” said Briker “So that was interesting ” High school students gathered at the conference to discuss and debate different countries’ perspectives on topics of international concern such as nuclear weapons, human rights and terr o r i s m , a c c o rd i n g t o Me r i l Pothen ’13, CMUNC Director General

The surprise visit caused conference organizers to make many last-minute changes, according

to Richard Kang ’13, CMUNC’s secretar y general “ We had to change many of our logistics around accommodating her We had to consider crowd control

a n d t r a i n i n g t h e s t a f f members to act accordingly,” Kang said “Also, c a l m i n g t h e s t u d e n t s down was a big thing We have 600 high school

year According to Kang, students attending the conference which began on Thursday and ended Sunday came from

“We didn’t find out [Winfrey] was coming until about 30 minutes beforehand ” Mad eline B rik er ’ 1 2

s t u d e n t s h e re , a n d t h e y we re really excited to see the super, super celebrity ” Cornell has hosted the conference annually for the past 10 years, and organizers have been planning this year ’ s since last

all over the U S and from severa l o t h e r c o u n t r i e s , i n c l u d i n g Mexico, South Africa and India

Winfrey arrived on Saturday and stayed at the conference for about four hours, according to K a n g T h e c e l e b r i t y g u e s t attended several committee discussions, though she largely sat in the back and let the delegates debate,” according to Briker

“ We tried to keep it so people wouldn’t notice she was in the room, which was difficult somet i m e s , b e c a u s e s h e s O p r a h , Briker said Kang said that he was appreciative for the oppor tunity to meet Winfrey

“She was ver y calm and didnt really expose her tr ue charisma t o t h e a u d i e n c e a n d p u b l i c , ” Kang said But when [Pothen] and I talked to her in person, she did really generate that Oprah persona and I thought that was ver y cool ” Po t h e n s a i d s h e w a s impressed by the conference part i c i p a n t s ’ p r o f e s s i o n a l i s m a n d focus on their per formance

“In one room [ Winfrey] went to, students were a little shellshocked, but she sat there for at least half an hour and nobody

went up to her and tried to talk to her,” Pothen said “ They were immersed in the debate ” News spread quickly through s o c i a l n e t w o r k s online that Winfrey was at Cornell “Once she stepped into the first committee room, all the students star ted tweeting and facebooking and t e x

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“A lot of students tried to get a glimpse of her, but we tried our best to redirect the traffic, Kang said “Despite the craziness, I think ever ything went well

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presence did not overshadow the tr ue purpose of the conference: for students to engage in highcaliber debate But the celebrity guest affirmed the impor tance of an event organizers spent nearly a year planning for, she said

“ This visit showed Oprah’s

Model U N , something we ’ re so personally invested in,” Pothen said “It’s something we think really generates a knowledgeable and invested future generation of leaders Her seeing [Model] U N in the way we have always seen it was really amazing ”

Emma Court can be reached at ecourt@cornellsun com

Corson a ‘Major Player’ In Science Fields, Profs Say

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scientific technologies to address national security issues

“He had skills that were useful for some major projects, such as the Manhattan Project,” said Prof Clifford Pollock, electrical and computer engineering

In 1946, Corson came to Cornell as an assistant professor of physics Prof Emeritus David Cassel, physics, said that in this capacity –– and later as chair of the department –– Corson drew upon his knowledge of nuclear research to further the University’s contributions in the field

“In the post-war era at Cornell, [Corson] was involved in the laboratory of nuclear studies,” Cassel said According to Cassel, that lab was later developed into the Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, which still supports researchers interested in particle physics and accelerators Corson was also instrumental in the creation of Cornell’s Wilson Synchrotron Laboratory in 1967 ––an achievement Prof E m e r i t u s M a u r y T i g n e r , p h y s i c s , described as pivotal ”

tions at the University

While Dale was president, one time he said the engineers who ran [Cornell’s] radio station wanted to make a new antenna tower, ” Cassel said “[Corson and the engineers] had a discussion of the antenna and its technical merits, and he was delighted that he was able to use his physics knowledge and understanding as president ”

Prof Emeritus Muawia Barazangi, earth and atmospheric sciences, said Corson’s advocacy may have guaranteed the survival and continued success of Cornell’s geology program over the years

[Corson] suppor ted the department of geological sciences, which was in danger of going away when he was president,” Barazangi said “He can take credit in saving geology at Cornell and taking the department from the brinks of oblivion to one of the best in the country today ”

“[Corson] was a really exceptional leader within the American scientific community.”

P rof E merit us K urt G ot t f ried

“Synchrotron radiation is a very important tool for all kinds of sciences from basic biology to medicine to physics to engineering, Tigner said Holcomb said that the synchrotron had a positive and lasting impact on the standing of Cornell’s physics department, distinguishing it from those of other universities

“As the architect of synchrotron, he characterized Cornell physics,” Holcomb said Corson also played a part in developing the University’s astronomy department, according to Prof Yervant Terzian, astronomy Terzian also praised Corson’s role in the development of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, a site the University has operated since its construction in 1963

“[He wanted to] make it a strong observatory and he was very successful, Terzian said Prof Donald Farley Ph D ’60, electrical and computer engineering, also spoke positively of Corson’s fundraising efforts for the observatory

“[It] wound up being a 10 million dollar observatory,” Farley said Corson played a major role in supporting [the] efforts in getting it off the ground ”

In 1959, Corson was named dean of the College of Engineering, a position for which Hoffmann said Corson was wellsuited

“He also understood engineering very well He created a climate of interaction through physics, engineering and chemistr y, ” Hoffmann said Cassel said that Corson’s interest in science did not wane when he pursued administrative posi-

After stepping down from his role as University president in 1977, Corson spent most of the next two decades serving as the chair of various national study groups, comprised of exper ts from around the U S , focusing on issues in science and international relations

Prof Emeritus Fred McLafferty, chemistry, said that he and Corson served together on a committee that aimed to improve the physics departments of 19 universities in China

“My impression serving on the committee was that he got academic research going again in China and strengthened ties between our country and places around the world,” McLafferty said “He was very effective ”

In 1980, Corson helped build a sundial on the engineering quad that can tell time within a 30-second margin of error, calling it his “legacy to Cornell” in a 2006 University press release

In 1981, Corson was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in Washington, D C , which Cornell officials at the time told The Sun was “ one of the highest professional distinctions that can be conferred on an engineer ”

Faculty members agreed that Corson’s scientific achievements extended beyond the scope of the University

“I think Dale was a really exceptional leader within the American scientific community, Prof Emeritus Kurt Gottfried, physics said “He was a major player and, of course, a great president of Cornell, but his impor tance went far beyond Cornell ”

Nicholas St Fleur and Margaret Yoder contributed reporting to this story

Kerry Close can be reached at kclose@cornellsun com

Faculty Praise Corson’s Leadership as President

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er upted on college campuses

Having someone who was accomplished, known to be a

and a ver y good person was just required at that par ticular time for the presidency, said Joseph Thomas, dean of the Johnson School Thomas described the atmosphere at Cornell during

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nar y leader,” said Prof Ronald Ehrenberg, industrial and labor relations

“At a time when there was such confrontation on campus

he basically calmed things

and later, when he became president, provided the steadiness and calmness that was neces-

recalling meeting Corson at a Un i v e r s i t y f u n c t i o n f o r n e w

professors “I couldn’t believe it He just really made sure that ne w faculty feel like a par t of the University ” Kelley, who, while studying p h y s i c

used a textbook that Corson w

“probably came within inches of the Nobel Prize” for his scientific endeavors

Like Kelley, Prof Mar y Beth Nor ton, histor y, said she came to know Corson “quite well” because there were fe w female

University at the time “I cer tainly admired his leadership of the University in ver y

“picked up the pieces” after crisis in the 1960s

Even when Corson finished his term as president, he “ was still ver y concerned and interested about what was happening

“For me, and for many faculty, he was our hero He was a great scholar and certainly one of a kind ”

P rof W illiam Fr y

sar y, ” Ehrenberg said In fact, faculty recalled, amid his many day-to-day duties as

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n regularly took the time to sit down to hear others’ concerns

“I was always impressed with his willingness to be available,” Dean of Students Kent Hubbell ’67 said Prof Emeritus James Turner, Africana studies, who founded

t h e A f r i c a n a St u d i e s a n d Research Center shor tly before C o r s o n ’ s t e r m , a g r e e d w i t h

Hu b b e l l , r e c a l l i n g h o w “ y o u came away from a conversation with him [and] you kne w that he had listened, he had given you his point of vie w and he remained open for fur ther discussion ”

“I remember him as a person of great character exemplar y character, as a matter of fact a n d a g o o d f r i e n d , ” Tu r n e r added

A s t e n s i o n s o n c a m p u s r e a c h e d f e v e r p i t c h , C o r s o n “ c a m e t o t h e r e s c u e o f t h e University,” Gottfried said

“He was a steady figure

n o t f l a s h y, b u t v e r y, v e r y dependable and ver y honest, Go t t f r i e d s a i d , e c h o i n g c

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y, described Corson as “ a man of complete and total sincerity ”

T h a t s t e a d i n e s s w h i c h

Prof Daniel Schwar z, English, s a i d “ p l a ye d a m a j o r ro l e i n bringing stability to Cornell” was accompanied by a warmth that, years later, Prof Michael Kelley, electrical and computer engineering, still remembers “ We shook his hand; he said hello; someone introduced us; and, about a week later, I was walking across campus and he kne w my name, ” Kelley said,

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Murphy ’73, vice president for student and academic ser vices,

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y generous with his time and wise with his counsel as she joined Cornell’s administration

“ We were so for tunate ” for the time Corson gave to the Un i v e r s i t y, s a i d M a r y Opperman, vice president for human resources “ We have lost a tr ue leader and we are thinking of his family during this difficult time ”

As Cornellians looked back on Corson’s more than 30 years at the University and even longer legacy in Ithaca they thanked Corson for his commitment to the University Former Dean of Faculty Prof William Fr y, plant pathology, called his death the end of an era

“For me and for many faculty he was our hero,” Fr y said “He was a great scholar and cer tainly one of a kind I, and many of us, will remember him fondly and miss him ” T h o m a s , d e a n o f t h e Johnson School, called Corson “ a great human being” who “lots of us kne w well up until the e n d ” H e s a i d C o r s o n l e f t b e h i n d a Un i v e r s i t y w i t h s t ro n g e r f a c u l t y, re s e a rc h a n d teaching “ a base on which Frank Rhodes could b ring it fur ther ”

“He was intelligent, humoro u s a n d a c c o m p l i s h e d , Thomas said “ We were lucky to have him to build Cornell ”

Jinjoo Lee, Erin Ellis, Manu R athore and Caroline Flax contributed repor ting to this stor y

Akane Otani can be reached at aotani@cornellsun com

Profs: Corson Advocated Civil Rights at Cornell

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women ’ s rights movements continued to pose challenges for Corson

Corson, who died Saturday morning, encouraged students and administrators to make the University a place for “free people to take their own position on a n y i s s u e ” a n d m a d

s t r i d e s toward returning stability to a campus beset by racial and political strife “Cornell considers education for black students an obligation a n d a n u n p r e c e d e n t e d c h a llenge,” Corson said at a Cornell Constituent Assembly meeting on Sept 14, 1969, a few months after the Straight Takeover “At Cornell, we shall encourage free discussion; we shall gladly tolerate protest; we shall not tolerate coercion and violence Our institutions today including our universities, are far from perfect; but to cripple them, to destroy them, will solve nothing ”

After he was voted president, Corson said he was aware of the difficulties he would face “ W h e n t h e y a s k e d m e t o s e r v e , I r e l u c t a n t l y a g r e e d , ” Corson told The Sun in a Sept 9, 1969, inter view “I can tell you, there are a lot more other things I could be doing that would be a lot more fun ”

Despite his initial apprehensions, Corson began his term by a s s e r t i n g h i s c o m m i t m e n t t o bolstering the University’s standing He worked to bring about the changes that would make Cornell a model for the modern American university,” according to Prof James Turner, Africana

s t u d i e s , w h o f o u n d e d t h e Africana Studies and Research Center shor tly before Corson became president

During his tenure, Corson

l e d t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e Africana Center

He d e v o t e d r e s o u r c e s t o Africana that made it a permanent entity on campus, and he turned over control of Africana’s funds to the center ’ s director, according to Turner

“ We worked with [Corson] throughout his tenure in the d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e A f r i c a n a Center,” Turner said

After the Africana Center was destroyed on April 1, 1970, in what was believed to be an act of arson, Corson met with a delegation of African-American students to hear their concerns and reassert his commitment to the center ’ s growth

“ He w a s v e r y a c t i v e i n increasing the number of African Americans at Cornell through his relationships with African A m e r i c a n s t u d e n t s b e t w e e n 1960 and 1969,” Prof Emeritus

Wa l t e r L a Fe b e r, h i s t o r y s a i d T h e y t r u s t e d C o r s o n a n d talked with Corson ”

In 1971, Corson called for t h e Un i v e r s i t y t o d o u b l e i t s funding for minority education in order to establish an office for minority affairs Additionally, he sought to maintain the student body’s minority population at eight percent to reflect that of the U S as a whole

“Much remains to be done if the University is to contribute its share of leadership and resources toward solving the major social problem of of our time,” Corson said in a March 24, 1971 statement on minority education C o r

diversity also extended to equal rights for female students and faculty He presided over the cre-

appointed the first woman to an administrative position in Day Hall, according to Prof Isaac Kramnick, histor y In 1973, Corson published

cited the need for “increased funding and training programs for female and minority groups ”

“He was instrumental in the

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Kramnick called “unusual” and “ ver y brave ” In an unprecedented speech

Corson condemned the Vietnam War on Oct 15, 1969, in front of a crowd of 2,500 students, faculty and community members on the Arts Quad

“ The war ’ s impact on our colleges and universities threatens to impair their effectiveness for years to come, ” Corson said “ The war demoralizes our students, polarizes our professors, and diverts from higher education the financial support which only the federal government can provide ”

While the University took no o f

i c i a l s t a n c e o n t h e w a r, Corson said he spoke out as a citizen of the community” rather than as a University president

Several faculty members said t h e y a d m i r e d C o r s o n ’

stance on the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement

“ By 1

Vietnam was over many of the goals of the civil rights movement were realized and Cornell

LaFeber said “ There was one major reason for that, above all others, and that is that many people at Cornell, and Cornell alumni trusted Corson ” Kramnick added that it was faculty and students tr ust in C

h progress at the University

“His healing capacities were so perfect for great upheaval and

winning support of faculty and of students black and white students and female students,” Kramnick said

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R a i Jinjoo Lee, Michael Linhorst and Jeff Stein contributed reporting to this stor y

Liz Camuti can be reached at lcamuti@cornellsun com

Baby, Mother Saved As Car Began to Sink

By KAITLYN KWAN Sun Staff Wr ter

A woman and her 21-monthold child were rescued by members of the Ithaca Fire Depar tment after their car crashed through a fence and was submerged in a pond Thursday evening, according to a report from the Ithaca Police Department

IPD arrived on the scene to find the 1998 Nissan Pathfinder submerged in water up to the windows, according to the police report Water rescue personnel from the IFD then broke through the sunroof of the vehicle and removed the woman and child from the vehicle

According to the report, the car landed in a pond behind the

Cedar Creek Apartments on the 300 block of Floral Avenue, five yards away from the pond’s shore Personnel from the IPD, IFD and Bangs Ambulance responded to the call at about 8:10 p m

Prior to their arrival another person attempted to save the woman and her child by breaking the car ’ s windows with a hammer, the report stated However, due to concerns that the action could cause further flooding and endanger the passengers, an officer and police super visor removed the individual from the pond

The two were transported to the Cayuga Medical Center for evaluation No injuries were reported as of Thursday evening

Kaitlyn Kwan can be reached at kkwan@cornellsun com

Romney Wealth in Focus On Campaign Trail

APPLETON, Wis (AP) Republican presidential front-r unner Mitt Romney on Friday defended his personal wealth amid intensifying criticism from his main GOP rival and President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, unlikely allies working to por tray the former businessman as out of touch with most Americans Romney, who is wor th up to $250 million, would be among the n

Republican opponents have thr ust Romney’s success to the forefront of the presidential contest as he tightens his grasp on the GOP nomination

If we become one of those societies that attacks success, one outcome is cer tain there will be a lot less success, ” Romney said during a speech thick with general election under tones at Lawrence University in Appleton Wis “ You’re going to hear a deafening cacophony of charges and counter-charges and my prediction is that by Nov 6 most of you are going to be afraid to turn on your TV

The former Massachusetts governor argued his case several days before the GOP primar y Tuesday in Wisconsin, a state that has general election implications as he cour ts the working-class voters who make up the bulk of the electorate

Obama won Wisconsin by 14 percentage points in November 2008

Speaking to Wisconsin voters 250 miles to the west, Rick Santor um suggested anew that Romney has little grasp of the problems facing working Americans

“ We need someone who can talk and relate to folks battling in this economy, not someone talking about being a CEO of a company and making jokes about firing people,” Santor um said No, I don’t do ver y well among people with incomes over $200,000 in the Republican Par ty Those aren ’ t the Democrats and independents we ’ re going to get in the general election,” he said “ We’re going to get the voters Ronald Reagan brought to the table folks who are blue-collar folks who shared our values but were suspicious Republicans weren t on their side

Though Romney grew up with wealth and privilege as the son of a Michigan governor, he has tried to downplay his early advantages and said in Friday’s speech that he took “ an entr y-level job” after graduating from Har vard law and business schools

“I loved cars and I was ver y tempted to stay in Michigan and go into the car business as he had, but I knew I would always wonder if any success I had was due to my father,” Romney said “So when I got out of business school, I stayed in Massachusetts where I went to school and got an entr y-level job with the best company that would hire me ”

Despite effor ts to connect, Romney has repeatedly reminded voters unintentionally that he lives a different kind of life He casually bet a rival $10,000 during a December presidential debate He’s adding several expensive upgrades, such as a car garage, to a home in California And he’s mentioned multiple times that his friends include the owners of professional spor ts teams

Romney spent vir tually his entire business career with Bain Consulting and Bain Capital, the Boston-based private equity firms where he earned the for tune that has allowed him to go for more than a decade without earning a regular paycheck

Obama’s campaign is pushing Romney to release years of tax returns dating to his career at the companies The campaign distributed a Wall Street Journal ar ticle on Friday that raised questions about Romney’s investment income

“First, we learned that Gov Romney may keep his investments offshore in order to claim special tax breaks,” Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt said “Now, we found out that he may have engaged in questionable maneuvers to drive up the value of his IRA ”

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AConquering the A ncient World

few weeks ago, I waxed poetic about the delightful duo of gods from the ancient world that had made their way into my life this last semester of my senior year

To refresh your memories, I thought I had lost my Grecian love affair, a man with facial hair so plentiful that you could actually watch his freshly shaven face develop a five-o clock shadow over the course of one short class period But these memories were quickly forgotten when the Roman entered into my life He was a man so handsome that if he ever buttoned his shirt all the way to his neck, I’m sure he would be committing a crime against humanity

I finally had a glimmer of hope that Rome not that pithy little Greece was where I should set my sights, when all of the sudden I bumped into the Greek god, back from a break abroad, after leaving the Roman’s class

Surely, it was all too good to be true, I thought There is no possible way I could have Greece and Rome and still get away with it Or so I had thought

Some days after I published my article,

tache on my face, everyone would laugh, and the joke would be on me But the list came around and there was no such thing

“Okay,” I thought, “maybe he has something even more horrifyingly embarrassing planned But then thirty minutes came Forty And finally, the end of class had rolled around My deed had remained unnamed Surely, I thought, there was some mistake Did he really not know?

Well, there was no time to find out As soon as that clock hit 2:10, I had a very short window with which to bolt out of the classroom and “accidentally” run into the Grecian, ascertaining if he too knew of my sordid attraction to his adorable accent and slightly disheveled hair

The instant we were dismissed, I packed up my things with lightning speed and made a beeline for the door and the relative safety beyond its wooden frame I almost had a foot out the door when I heard this: “Are you, by any chance, Cristina Stiller?”

“Shit,” I mumbled, hopefully inaudibly, but realistically probably not I turned around, struggling to make

Editorial

Making the DREAM Reality

L AST MONTH, AN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT made public the str uggle that he and other undocumented students face at Cornell He and other undocumented students are not eligible to receive state or federal financial aid and are left to finance their educations on their own The suppor t this student received both from students and staff was inspiring, and we hope to see effor ts to suppor t undocumented students continue

Eric Hyun Jae Cheon ’12, the undocumented student who made his situation public, brought the issue to the forefront In Febr uar y, when he was one week away from being forced to unenroll from Cornell for being unable to pay his tuition, he asked the Cornell community to help him finance the remainder of his education

The community stepped in and raised $10,000 The challenge that Cheon faced to stay in college is one that many undocumented students across the countr y share

Many undocumented students come to the U S as children and are the products of the U S primar y and secondar y education system As a result, these undocumented students may identify more as Americans than they do with their countr y of origin It is unfair to deny them the same access to higher education that is available to their classmates; they were likely too young to have a say in their family’s decision to go to the United States They are in this situation through no fault of their own

These undocumented college students work hard to earn college degrees, not only completing regular coursework, but also working to pay for their education Cheon is just one example He works 30 to 40 hours per week while taking five engineering classes Financing one ’ s education independently requires an unflappable work ethic and an unwavering desire to succeed exactly the skills that are needed in the American economy

Assisting these students is difficult Cornell may never know how many undocumented Cornellians there are, and it is difficult to provide assistance when the individuals are not always able to come for ward However, it is hear tening that Cornell is exploring these options President David Skor ton has made serious effor ts to address the issue, testifying before Congress about comprehensive immigration reform His administration is currently looking into ways of providing financial assistance outside of federal and state aid

The effor ts made by Cornell provide temporar y relief However, New York State must ratify the New York Dream Act, which would open the state s Tuition Assistance Program to all students who meet the funding criteria, irrespective of their immigration status This piece of legislation helps to remedy the marginalization that these undocumented students face and allows hard-working individuals the chance to succeed

This action on the state level would be a step in the right direction With progress on this issue at Cornell and in New York State, the federal government may finally be compelled to take action

I received an anonymous email from a reader with nothing included except a picture of a statue of David with only a short description that read, “Enter the Roman ” Bravo, I thought, what a cheeky joke (pun intended) But then I looked closer There was something off about the statue At first I couldn t figure it out, but then it hit me: Whoever sent that email had pasted my Roman’s face on that statue! I could not hit the delete button fast enough I looked up from my library perch, darting around to see if anyone had noticed me I had been found out! Someone knew who “The Roman” was And that someone was probably going to tell the Roman who I was too Barring the effect that this little fiasco would have on my pride which, let’s face it, considering I wrote the article in the first place, pride should really be a nonissue I also considered the consequences this would have if the Grecian ever found out What would my first ancient love think of me? Was I to go down in their circles as a cheap Cleopatran player? I had to act fast

In class the next day, I waited to be called out Surely, the Roman was going to make some joke about his “chest hair, we’d all have a laugh and then my hopes of ever pulling an Alexander the Great across Greece and Rome would be dashed When he passed out the attendance form with all of our pictures on it, I thought that surely then I would be had There would be a silly drawing of a mous-

eye contact in a totally normal way without unleashing some serious creepy eye on the Roman He was right behind me, meaning he was 10x closer than normal and thus 10x more attractive I had underestimated my ability to keep my composure at this proximity

“Maybe,” I said, thinking this was a pretty cool way to respond It was only later that it occurred to me responding “Maybe” to a simple “Yes or No” question makes absolutely zero sense

I read your article That was pretty cool My mother always told me I had a nice butt and I’m sure she’ll be glad to find out that someone else agrees Care to have a beer after tomorrow ’ s class?”

I rebounded with a casual, “Oh, thanks I m glad you enjoyed it I d love a beer And then I made a 180-degree turn with a perfect swoosh of my skirt, impressed that I didn’t trip all over myself and even doubly impressed at the sight I beheld just beyond my classroom door

There, in his perfect symmetrical design, stood the Grecian, a copy of The Cornell Daily Sun opened to my article He looked up and caught my eye And then I made my way out of the classroom and into his open arms

Or, this is how the story should have ended anyway if it wasn ’ t April Fools

Unlearning S chool

The last fe w weeks have seen us go into our usual

modes I am, of course, a regular and willing par ticipant in the self-inflicted student suffer fest also known as prelim season I mean, what’s a little stress now if it pays off later as relief and satisfaction at having survived and perhaps, if lucky, passed a fe w of my courses?

The suffer-now, enjoy-later strategy is definitely an appealing one Stress, sleep-deprivation, caffeine addictions, bad hair and “eh, I’ll just use deodorant” days are ultimately all temporar y And though some may have pretty serious long term side-effects, I’ll still take them if they produce a high enough grade for graduate school or a job at Google or wherever my dream job might be Who wouldn’t?

But as I bombarded a friend of mine with my freshest round of complaints the other day, I realized that this round of prelims and papers may be one of the last times I have someone tell me an exact time and date on which I will be evaluated and what I will be evaluated on The seemingly quite normal and rationalized worr ying about exams that I have come to embrace all of a sudden didn’t seem so helpful

For 22 years, students are taught that the way to suc-

The appearance of inedible matzah in Noyes can mean only one thing: Passover begins this Friday night Though many students will head home to celebrate the Je wish people’s exodus from Egypt, others will stay and take advantage of the oppor tunities offered by the Je wish community This latter group will follow i n t h e f o o t s t e p s o f m a n y C o r n e l l i a n s before them Since Passover celebrates the Je wish past, it s wor thwhile to see how Passover has historically been celebrated on Cornell’s campus

The first mention of Passover I could find in The Sun is from April 1910 when s o m e o n e r e q u e s t e d “ B o a r d d u r i n g Passover in the classified section More interesting is a stor y from April 1911 entitled “Hebre ws Celebrate Passover,” which assumes that the campus audience knows little about the Passover stor y It states that Pa s s o v e r c e l e b r a t e s “ l i b e r a t i o n o f t h e ancient Hebre ws from the bondage in Egypt,” and informs all interested students that a “local Je wish society, Shevra Khadish” will host Passover ser vices in Collegetown

S i m i l a r l y, a n A p r i l 1 9 1 4 a r t i c l e describes Passover as “ one of the most impor tant festivals in the Je wish calendar and explains that it “ commemorates the deliverance of the ancient Je ws from slaver y in Egypt and the incidents connected there with ” It goes fur ther than the previous ar ticles by informing Cornellians that t h e h o l i d a y r u n s f o r e i g h t d a y s a n d involves “the use of unleavened bread, in

ceed is to do as the teacher or the syllabus tells you When there’s a test, study; when there’s an exam, study harder; when there’s a paper go to the librar y do some thinking and repor t back with a clear and organized version of that thinking Oh, and while you re at it, be sure not to make mistakes –– too many will result in an F, even a fe w will r uin your GPA Students, then, learn

machines And they

Harry DiFrancesco

Stirring the Pot

habits suited to such a system Up

(adult speak for the

where you look back on your time in col-

eyed nostalgia) the “ stress now and relax when I have no more tests ” approach becomes problematic Two reasons: First, jobs tend to evaluate employees on a daily basis, in which case using the “ stress when I have a test ” approach transforms itself into a permanent nightmare Second it is increasingly the case that those who lead successful careers never stop learning ne w skills, testing out ne w ideas and taking calculated risks In other words, they continue to learn and grow even if nobody is telling them to

So, after 22 years society pulls the good ‘ole bait and switch: Instead of re warding extrinsically motivated conformists, it star ts to re ward intrinsically motivated, creative people People with original ideas and the ability to find creative ways to implement them, people who are willing to fail, people who don’t always conform, people who think for themselves and not because

someone told them to: they are ultimately the winners Forget the class valedictorian, bring on the kid who star ted his own company

You might think that I’ve overstated the impor tance of having a more entrepreneurial approach to life And perhaps I am guilty of drinking some of the Silicon Valley kool-aid I have, after all, been reading The Star t-Up of You by Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn a book which promotes the idea of keeping your life in “ permanent beta” as if it were some type of consumer product and constantly evaluating downside risk as if you were a company star ting on a ne w venture Are those really the mental habits and ways of thinking we need after graduation?

There is something to be said, you might argue, for being a loyal employee, for the lessons that school teaches you about how to study and learn even if you ’ re not passionate about the subject And in many professions there is still value placed on responding to external factors of motivation There are fields in which doing what you ’ re told and working your way slowly up the ranks are the paths to success medicine, law and even academia might qualify in this respect

Still, with company and employee loyalty in decline, with the ne w information economy changing as rapidly as it does and with the barrier to entr y for ne w ideas as low it s ever been, the ability to follow orders is in less demand Extrinsically motivated people are at risk of being left behind, questioning where it is they went wrong after doing ever ything their teachers and professors asked of them Maybe that’s what we should be stressing over

Harry DiFrancesco is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at hdifrancesco@cornellsun com Stirring the Pot appears alternate Mondays this semester

A Pa ssover Message

memor y of the privations of the ancient Je ws in Egypt and during their wanderings ”

Clearly, Cornellians were sufficiently unfamiliar with the Je wish rituals that they required these explanations As further evidence, consider that in April 1924

The Sun included information about the Passover ser vices in an ar ticle entitled In the Churches ”

As the years went on Passover ser vices became more organized In March 1927

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Steinberg, who later became an influential rabbi and author, was coming to Cornell to r un “Passover rites” for “the 500 or more Je wish students on the Campus ”

The ar ticle explained the concept of the Seder, the ser vice where “meals are ser ved w i t h g re a t c e re m o n y, a d e q u a t e l y c o mmemorating the exodus of the Je ws from slaver y in Egypt over 2,000 years ago ”

About 100 students would take par t in Passover meals in Collegetown

The Hillel Foundation, founded at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana i n 1 9

Cornellians in the 1930s It continued doing so during World War II In 1943

Hillel invited “Students, Navy personnel and Cur tiss-Wright cadettes to a Seder at Te m p l e B e t h

n d o w n t o w n It h a c a These “cadettes” were women trained by Cur tiss-Wright engineering company to design airplanes for the United States’ war effor t In 1944, Hillel sponsored a Spring dance “ to close Passover week” featuring

the now-obscure “Eddie Moore and his orchestra ” As the campus became more politicized in the 1960s and 1970s, so did Passover In 1968 Passover occurred a little more than a week after the assassination of Mar tin Luther King, Jr The Sun’s editors saw a connection, noting that Passover’s t h e m e o f f r e e d o m f r o m E g y p t i a n bondage” inspired Dr King’s tireless advocacy for civil rights They noted Dr King’s r o l e a s a Mo s e s f i g u r e o f s o r t s a n d expressed their hope that “there may well

be a Joshua, ordained to complete the journey across the river Jordon and to lead the final str uggle ” The continuing str uggle, they asser ted, should inspire an attitude not of solemn celebration but of pessimistic uncer tainty ” Things took a more radical turn in 1970 when noted Je wish activist Ar thur Waskow led a “Freedom Seder” for hundreds of students in Bar ton Hall The e ve n t e m p h a s i ze d Pa s s ove r ’ s “ l i b e r a t i o n

theme,” which Waskow used to critique U S g ov e r n m e n t p o l i c y A f t e r Wa s k ow blessed the wine and candles he introd u c e d C o r n e l l Un i t e d Re l i g i o u s Wo rk associate director Father Daniel Berrigan, who at that time was wanted by the FBI for his involvement in anti-Vietnam War protests Berrigan then defiantly spoke out against the federal government and joined Waskow at the ser vice

Seder without explanation, and attendees w i l

Assembly, The Sun and the Greek system From obscurity to integration to the forefront of our politics and social life: The stor y of Passover at Cornell is in many ways the stor y of the Je wish experience in America

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T h e R i o t s o f S p r i n g

BY LUBABAH CHOWDHURY

Igor Stravinsky is a rather controversial name in the music world His 1913 ballet The Rite of Spring is well known not only for its jarring dissonance and abnormal rhythmic patterns but also for causing one of the most notorious riots in musical history Audience members booed and walked out of the theater when members of Serge Diaghilev’s dancing troupe Ballets Russes appeared on stage, gesticulating frenetically and stomping in an inelegant manner Of course, one should expect nothing less considering Stravinsky’s inspiration “There arose, ” he wrote later on in his life, “ a picture of a sacred pagan ritual: the wise elders are seated in a circle and are observing the dance before the death of the girl whom they are offering as a sacrifice to the god of spring in order to gain his benevolence ” The music perfectly reflects the grotesque beauty of this vision: The opening bassoon solo beckons us to a mysterious world that quickly turns violent with frightening string chords, yet also an inner peace survives with the repetition of the simple initial melody The only thing that could possibly make this piece more unorthodox and exciting? Why, having a jazz trio reinterpret it, of course!

While The Bad Plus, featuring Reid Anderson on the bass, Ethan Iverson on the piano and David King on the drums, is famous for what The New York Times called mixing “the sensibilities of post-‘60s jazz and indie rock,” their performance on Friday at Bailey Hall featured their reworking of Stravinsky s piece Considering the unusually

large orchestra The Rite of Spring calls for one cannot help but wonder how three musicians could ever conceive of taking on this challenge But once Iverson began playing, the audience knew it was in good hands

The gentle tones of the piano added to the eerie atmosphere the opening solo creates; Iverson seemed to be teasing out the notes from his instrument, causing the audience to breathlessly anticipate the chaos to come King’s drumming was astoundingly energized, more than compensating for the lack of an orchestra piece Iverson was the never-faltering heartbeat of the piece, though he had more than one shining solo The most impressive part of the performance, however, was the amount of respect the three players clearly had for the original work While other artists would have added more complex rhythmic figures and schmaltzy solos, the integrity of the musical score was not compromised As Iverson stated, The Rite of Spring “[has] really been one of the seminal works of art, and it would be a shame to try to make it anything other than what it is Cooperation between the group members was key to the wonderful performance While orchestras rely on a conductor to aid them in forming a cohesive group, these three musicians only had each other to rely on during what most likely was the hardest half-hour of performance any musician could possibly envisage Their eye contact was not only important in sustaining the music but also in the audience’s perception of the group as a cooperative unit, rather than three individual players Choir teachers always tell their students to smile while singing the logic being that the audience will enjoy the performance if

At 6:05 p m last Thursday, I received a short voicemail message from a close friend:

“Hey Tom, I reserved you a seat on stage for the Rave Play tonight, ‘ cause I just assumed that you’d be going, so whatever, bye!”

I put my phone back in my pocket and asked myself the same question that was on everyone ’ s mind that night: What the hell is a Rave Play?

No one really knows, in part because Adult Roy’s Badland, the Rave Play performed Thursday by the Latino theatre troupe Teatrotaller, was, to the best of my knowledge, the first of its kind The playwright, Jorge Silva 12, conceived the idea of a Rave Play a little over a year ago, and since then has been working together with a host of talents from Cornell and the broader Ithaca community, essentially constructing the medium from scratch

The results?

Groundbreaking doesn’t begin to cover it

By the time Badland was done with me, bits of my mind were splattered all over the stage like broken glow sticks and my conception of what theatre could be and do had been raved into a sweaty oblivion

Amara James 13, gave a powerful performance as Roy, a gun-toting nomad wandering through the hedonistic savagery of Badland Dan Bartholomew ’12, stirred the crowd into a frenzy with his antics as “Da Trak,” an androgynous personification of all that is wild and trippy Bartholomew’s mania played especially well in contrast to James’ characteristic gravitas Lacie Buckwalter ’11 and Adam Romero ’14 also performed well as Badland’ s heroine and villain, respectively, although the script gave them little chance to flesh out their characters

What really made Badland an epic Rave Play was not its characters or its plot, but rather the dynamic ways in which the audiences interacted with the performers I say audiences ” because Badland really had two distinct audiences:

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the performers seem to be enjoying the performance; The Bad Plus was able to convey unadult e r a t e d , unfeigned enjoyment that certainly enhanced the wonderful music King s smile of glee and Iverson’s occasional leap off the piano bench as if the music had electrified him was just as enjoyable to watch as the music was to hear

The multimedia aspect of the performance was also impressive Artists Cristina Guadalupe and Noah Hutton made a film to accompany the music, making the savage beauty of the piece even more palpable The film opened with an image of the sun reflecting off a snowy bank, highlighting the serenity of Iverson’s solo; only the faint heartbeat in the background told of the destruction yet to come The disorderly rivulets of melting snow and the opaque dark waters similarly added to the discord of the following musical section But the climax of the film allowed the audience to experience the ballet as it was meant to be: a lone dancer waves her arms and jumps up and down in wild abandon Her face is white, her eyes are wide with fear, but she cannot stop moving At one point she danced on a mirror that clearly reflected her

one on stage, raving with the actors, and one in the house seats, watching the play unfold Thus, Badland wasn ’ t just a rave-inspired play, or a rave-themed play It was something completely new: a Rave Play Fully rave Fully play

From the onstage audience, I have heard nothing but stellar reviews Speaking for myself, raving in Badland was a theatrical

experience unlike any I’ve had in my life Every scene coursed with a maniacal, cathartic energy Thick beats from Sound Designer Samuel Tannert, mesmerizing projections from Video Designer Lanny Huang 14 and an appearance by the IC Breakers, an Ithaca College-based breakdancing group, kept the audience raving well past the point of exhaustion

The feedback from the seated audience however has been mixed I’ve heard everything from, “Badland was visually stunning,” to “I left the theater five minutes in because watching you guys dance was boring ”

Over the weekend, I sat down with the production crew and tried to get their take on the divided reactions from the audience Director Casey Minella ’14 gave her interpretation:

As a director, I knew that there were going to be two different audiences, that there were going to be two differ-

every move, the camera focused in such a way that her true self was blurry and smudged while her reflection was sharp and focused

One could not help but think that she was dancing on her grave and that her body had already begun to destroy itself while her spirit danced on in the underworld

The Rite of Spring was ahead of its time but even now it manages to shock and intrigue audiences The Bad Plus’ respectful yet innovative interpretation perfectly captured the fear and reverence Stravinsky’s work conveys, and Guadalupe and Hutton’s film highlighted the sinister nature of the narrative If the minutelong standing ovation the performance received is anything to judge by, one could say that the rite of spring has been successfully completed

Chowdhury is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at lchowdhury@cornellsun com

ent plays that people were going to be watching The people [seated] in the house are not being active, and I think they noticed that Watching art, not actively engaging with it, is something completely different from being onstage in the production, completely submersed in the story ”

Silva describes this dichotomy as the difference between the spectacle of rave and the experience of rave As a member of the onstage audience, interacting point blank with the actors, I experienced Badland, on a raw, emotional level but I can ’ t exactly say that I saw Badland I can try to tell you about some of the places this production took me (and believe me, it took me some places), but I can ’ t give you the dispassionate thematic analysis that is usually the bread and butter of theater reviews

There’s a tension, then, between Badland the rave and Badland the play The more critical members of the seated audience would argue that the Rave Play succeeded as a rave but failed, to some extent, as a play There may be some merit to this criticism Badland included sometimes lengthy dance breaks which, while powerfully cathartic for those dancing might have gotten dull for a seated audience The play also refused to follow some conventions of theater which a seated audience might expect I discussed that tension over the weekend with Tannert:

“We had one comment that the play needs more of an arc, that it needs to go up, and then down And I thought it was great that we didn t do that We really followed a DJ set, where you have many climaxes and then releases I think we were very successful in that ”

While I can empathize with the frustration seated audience members may have felt towards the unconventional aspects of Badland I remain in awe of the production Silva, Minella and their cast and crew have created something completely new and immensely innovative A promising new medium was born on Thursday night Badland was the first of the Rave Plays, but I seriously doubt that it will be the last

Arts Around Town

Spring Awakening

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Risley Theatre

Spring Awakening, a musical presented by the Melodramatics Theatre Company, Inc , will be running at Risley Theatre for the next two weeks The musical is a rock adaptation of Frank Wedekind s play of the same name, and features music by Duncan Sheik and lyrics by Stephen Sater The stor y follows a group of teenagers living in 1890s Germany who have been

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prevented from learning about sex their whole life, yet once they hit puberty they take extreme and explicit action to come to terms with their primal desires Directed by A

d widely-banned show is sure to enthrall the audience, and is not to be missed

Clio Chang

Music: Hans Davidsson

8 p m on Tuesday Anabel Taylor Hall

Prof Hans Davidsson, music, Eastman School of Music, has taught organ all around the world, from the School of Music at Göteborg University, Sweden, to his current home in Rochester, New York His dissertation defending Baroque composer Matthias Weckmann led him to earn the first doctorate in music performance in Sweden He will perform at Anabel Taylor Hall on Tuesday, celebrating the works of George Böhm and Arvo Pärt with a visual accompaniment choreographed and danced by his sons, Gabriel and Jonathan Davidsson, and Stacey Campar A Baroque performance with this level of talent is an increasing rarity and should be cherished by all music aficionados

Zachar y Zahos

After many years of listening to and discovering a vast range of ar tists

a n d t h e i r d i s c o g r a p h i e s I h a v e come to find that the dreaded “sophomore slump is nothing more than a myth Yes, many artists fail to live up to expectations the second time around because their first effort set the bar too high But there are even more artists that have enough talent innovation and spark to go above and beyond, to grow as musicians, writers and composers following their debut records

T h e f o l l o w i n g a r t i s t s ’ second albums refute the n o t i o n o f t h e “ s o p h omore slump,” and prove that the only place to go from these ar tists’ first albums is up

3 Ne o n B i b l e b y Arcade Fire When the

C a n a d i a n e n s e m b l e exploded onto the indie pop scene with its triumphant debut Funeral, nobody expected that the band would climb much higher But when Win Butler and co followed up their ingenious first effor t with Neon Bible, Arcade Fire solidified itself as one of the most inspired bands of the decade If Funeral confronted our fear of growing up and leaving the comfor t of family behind

Rasputina and Daniel Knox

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Castaways

In 1989, Melora Creager placed an ad in a local newspaper looking for other female cellists to form a cello based rock band Julia Kent responded, launching what, in one form or another, became Rasputina: a talented, idiosyncratic band drawn together by its members’ love for historical allegory they dress in Victorian costume as well as their common instrument, the cello The group has released eight albums and toured with many different bands during their existence Rasputina will be supported by pianist Daniel Knox After stealing away to the Hilton Tower’s grand ballroom to teach himself how to play the piano, Knox has never stopped creating dark and rich soundscapes Joey Anderson

Working

8 p m on Tuesday through Saturday Clark Theatre, Ithaca College

Working is an ar t, waitress Dolores Dante sings Working is hard, but it’s also inescapable and redemptive The 25 other workers featured in the show, from house wives to tr uckers, would undoubtedly agree Stephen Schwar tz, the man behind hit musicals like Wicked and Go

Turkel’s novel about the American work-

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us, then Neon Bible, the sequel to Funeral for all intents and purposes, tackled the paranoia and anxiety of being left to our o w

Funeral instilled hope beneath its tracks a b o u

youth, Neon Bible left us without a hint of promise Take the opening tracks of each album: Funeral’ s soaring “Neighborhood #1: Tunnels” depicts kids running away to unite with their loved ones, while Neon Bible’ s haunting “Black Mirror” forces the

same kids to look inward and confront their innermost fears If Arcade Fire has anything to say about the world today, it’s that it is one ver y dark place; only by sticking together, according to anthems like “ No

Running,” can we sur vive it

2 Stereopathetic Soulmanure by Beck

Before he established himself as the unofficial leader of losers across the skate parks of America, Beck Hansen was just another one of them, putting out songs like “MTV Makes Me Want to Smoke Crack and “ The Fucked Up Blues ” Just a week before he would release his career-defining single “Loser” off the classic LP Mellow Gold, Beck released an hour-plus album of early gems that exhibit the multi-instrumentalist s unmatchable composing talent, a skill that has helped him become the go-to producer of albums by such artists as Charlotte Gainsbourg and Stephen Malkmus Even early on in his career, Beck displayed his talent for juxtaposing experimental, distorted amalgamations of sound effects and t r a d i t i o n a l b l u e s r i f f s w i t h g l o r i o u s l y tongue-in-cheek lyrics The bizarre blues number “Satan Gave Me a Taco” is the perfect example of Beck’s knack for pairing completely out-there lyrics with skilled musicianship and arrangement Even the h e a r t b re a k i n g b a l l a d “ Row b o a t , ” w h i c h would later be covered by none other than Johnny Cash, is so charming you can ’ t help but smile But Beck didn’t stop impressing u s w i t h St e re o p a t h e t i c S o u l m a n u re ; h e would go on to release several more classic albums, including the Grammy-winning O d e l a y a n d t h e b r e a k - u p r e c o rd Se a

Change solidifying his position as alterna-

after its original r un in 1978 The play’s critical success is unsurprising, given its s

, including Grammy winner James Taylor If you ’ ve ever had a hard day’s night, this musical is for you

tive rock’s slacker hero 1 In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel On the album that ended up being its second and final LP, notorious recluse Jeff Mangum s Neutral Milk Hotel followed up On Aver y Island with perhaps the most brilliant indie rock record of the centur y Taking a cue from the deafening distortion of his debut album under the Ne u t r a l Mi l k Ho t e l m o n i k e r, Ma n g u m paired guitar fuzz, a singing saw and a horn section with heart-shattering lyrics about love, death and sex inspired by The Diar y of Anne Frank Mangum strums his guitar violently and wails his stunning lyrics yearningly on an album that is impossible to listen to without feeling a broad range of emotion ov e r i t s 4 0 - m i n u t e d u r a t i o n Fr o m Mangum’s cr ying expression of love for Jesus Christ on “King of Carrot Flowers, Pt 2” to Holocaust references on the 8-minute epic Oh Comely” to the exuberant bagpipes and d

k “Untitled,” In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is a cult classic that is too beautiful, inspiring, poignant and miraculous to pass by, and is perhaps the greatest sophomore effort from any band in recent memor y

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defense does such a good job of t

when our defense steps out to pressure the ball, if that girl is going to get by her there are six other girls waiting ”

According to Steinberg, this aggressiveness defined the Red’s entire approach and led the team to success

“ We we re n ’ t p

scared, she said We were putting p re

them to make the errors instead of sitting back and waiting for them to make the move

The Red’s offense also had a

scored three goals, while Kirk and junior attacker Caroline Salisbur y

m s strategy created quality offensive chances

“ We were focusing on moving the ball and changing the point of attack quickly, making the defense react and move faster, while let us score on their defense,” she said “It was also important that we took not necessarily the first shot, but the smart shot ”

The strong play of junior goaltender Kyla Dambach was also

y, according to Kirk

“She played a huge role yesterday, played a great game, and made some amazing saves, ” she said

The Red held a two goal lead with just over six minutes to go, but the Tigers came back to tie the game with a little over two minutes remaining Cornell scored two goals in the beginning of overtime to take a two goal lead,

the Tigers cut the lead to one, but the Red held on to snatch the win

“ The thing that was important was that we were confident and we trusted our teammates We knew we deser ved to win ” Steinberg said “It’s sometimes difficult to change momentum when you just gave up a lead, but it’s easy when you as a team feel confident that you deser ve to win

” Steinberg also noted that the

advancing to the NCAA tournament made this win even more significant for Cornell

“ This game was really important because it was in the Ivy League, and being able to go to the Ivy League Tournament [by being in the top 4 of the Ivy League], is the best way to get to the NCAA tournament ”

Ben Horowitz can be reached at

bhorowitz@cornellsun com

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game, the defense presented a strong wall making up for some areas where the offense might have dropped the ball

“[ Junior defender] Mike Bronzino had a fantastic game and shut down their No 1 player, ” McMichael said “He did a great job and [junior defender] Jason Noble, who won the Hammer Award for us this game, did a great job He’s a rock for us with defense ”

The Red gives a Hammer Award out in every Ivy contest it wins to the person that the team felt was Cornell’s most valuable player in the game While the defense gave a stronger showing than the offense against Dartmouth, it was not without its faults, according to senior midfielder Scott Austin

“Our defense didn’t play perfectly, but when you only score seven goals for your team it puts a lot more pressure on the defense, especially where it wasn ’ t a lack of possession time we had in the offensive end, he said We had the ball; we just didn’t capitalize on those possessions ”

The Red led Dartmouth in shots, 34-24, and ground balls, 30-27; however the offense struggled to capitalize off of the quality opportunities the team was trying to create Areas where the Red made up ground were on ground balls and face-offs, where it went 11-15 under sophomore midfielder Doug Tesoriero and McMichael

“The ground balls are always key number one and what we pride ourselves on, Lang said A lot of credit to Doug ”

“I think that our offense wasn ’ t able to capitalize off some things we wanted to, Gilbane said “Dartmouth played great to give them credit, but I don’t think we played our best A lot of it I think we can review the film and see what we can work better on We need to continue working on shooting and capitalizing when we take those shots

Other key players for the Red’s defense included sophomore Andrew West and junior A J Fiore Cornell’s two goalies who combined for eight saves on the day

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Co r n el l Sw e e p s

A l l Fo u r Ev e n t s

By ALEX GATTO Sun Staff Wr ter

The women ’ s rowing team began its spring season last Saturday with a sweeping win over rivals Syracuse Rutgers and Boston University The Red competed in and won all of its events, including the 1st Varsity 8, the 2nd Varsity 8, the Varsity 4, and the 3rd Varsity 8 events

“Our goal was to go as fast as we can possibly go, ” said senior captain Stephanie Lohberg “Ever y boat really did what they were supposed to do ”

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Rutgers, while Syracuse squared off against BU As par t of the meet ’ s “double duel” format, after those races were finished, the winning teams competed in a final race, while the losing teams competed in a consolation one

The Red began the race against Rutgers in the 1V8, finishing with a time of 6:55 7 compared to Rutgers 7:10 2 The Red moved on to face BU in the final, where it defeated the Terriers by about nine seconds at a time of 6:46 2

In the 2V8 race, the Red defeated Rutgers to move on to the final, where it faced familiar rival Syracuse Cornell continued on to dominate the Orange, logging a time of 6:57 1 and beating the host team by approximately 12 seconds

Cornell would continue on to face and defeat

“ E v e r y b o a t d i d w h a t t h e y

w e re s u p p o s e d t o d o ”

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Syracuse in the rest of its final races going 7:48 4 to Sy racu s e ’ s 8 : 0 6 4 in the V4 e ve nt and 7 : 1 4 7 to Syracuse’s 7:21 9 in the 3V8 event In both of these events, the Red raced with an additional team that competed in the consolation races Cornell won both consolation matches, in the V4 event with 7:55 6 and

7:25 4 respectively

This weekend was a fr uitful indicator for the Red’s future per formance, as Syracuse has historically been both a dominant and key rival of the Red In all races, but the 1V8 race where it matched up against BU, Cornell defeated Syracuse in the final race by a comfor table margin

“ We didn’t really know what the margins were going to be, Lohberg said It was a pleasant surprise that we won by the margin we did ”

According to senior captain Margaret Cook, the Red came into the match with the goal of winning ever y race a goal predicated on rigorous physical and technical preparation throughout the fall and winter seasons Cook cited Saturday’s results as proof of the team ’ s dedication to hard work in the offseason and determination to win ever y race while inseason

“Preseason went really well,” Cook said “It had a big technical focus, which I think is really paying off ”

R e d L o o k s to C ontin u e St ron g

Cornell s overall goal for the season is to qualify for the NCAA tournament either by winning the Ivy League Championships or finishing in a strong stand at the end of the regular season to be invited as one of the 11 at-large teams Its sweeping win against Syracuse on Saturday will cer tainly help, but Cornell will still have to prove itself against the other Ivy League teams throughout the rest of the season

Looking ahead to this weekend, the Red will compete against Princeton, a team that Cornell has competed against annually for the past 35 years, and has been defeated only once This weekend will tell us more about how we ll compete against the Ivy League,” Cook said “ We’re confident that we can be one of the fastest teams in the Ivy League this year ”

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i n n i n g , t o g i v e t h e R e d a l e a d i n t h e back-and-for th affair

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g r a b b e d t h e w i n i n the 10-8 victor y “ This weekend was huge for us, Keene said “Obviously, now that we ’ ve entered Ivy

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

s a i d “ O u r o f f e n s e really came to life and it was great to see that b e h i n d a p i t c h i n g staff that's been doing a phenomenal job all spring ” G o i n g i n t o t h e weekend, head coach

D i c k B l o o d a n d s e n i o r c a p t a i n K a t i e Watts expressed concerns about the Red’s d e f e n s e a n d e m p

m had to focus on playing error-less softball in order to be competitive

Proving the skepticism wrong, the Red won the defensive batt l e a g a i n s t H a r v a r d , committing no errors

two games leading to five unearned r uns Stoller and sophomore Alyson Onyon (

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eight of the last nine games They are a solid team, ” Keene said “It will be a great tune up for the weekend ” Next weekend, the Red hits the road on Fr

opponents, Brown (313, 0-2) and Yale (715, 1-3) “

L e a g u e P l ay Wi t h Ho p e s of Win n in g Iv y C h a mpi o n s h i p Scott Eckl can be reached at seckl@cornellsun com

i n t h e d o u b l e h e a d e r against the Crimson However, against the Green Cornell committed four errors in

c h a l l e n g e f o r t h i s year s squad and I definitely think we rose to the occasion ” K e e n e a l s o h i g hlighted the great job that the offense did and how it was key in g o i n g t h r e e - f o r - f o u r over the weekend “Saturday was fun for ever yone, ” Keene

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Cornell Continues Iv y Dominance With Win O ver Green

By LAUREN RITTER Sun Sports Editor

It’s not the size that matters; it’s how you use it The men ’ s lacrosse team may not have had a sizeable lead heading into the second half on Saturday in its game against Dartmouth; however, the Red built on the 3-1 lead and fended off the

Green for a 7-5 finish in front of a crowd of more than 900

fans

It was a fun game; we travelled a long trip to Dartmouth and they have a beautiful field and campus, ” said senior midfielder J J Gilbane “They have some rowdy fans that made the game very interesting It was really fun to play my first time at Dartmouth The fans were wild and it was a blast

Despite quality offensive possessions for the Red at the beginning of the game, Dartmouth (25, 0-2 Ivy League) was the first to strike in Hanover, N H , with Brendan Rotanz firing off an unassisted shot with just about five and a half minutes remaining in the first frame Junior attacker Steve Mock answered less than two minutes later for Cornell (7-1, 3-0), evening the score, 11 Mock received the ball from senior midfielder Roy Lang, who dodged the net, faked a shot then popped the ball back to Mock for the equalizing goal

Junior attacker Connor English gave Cornell its lead for the day which it maintained throughout the rest of the game as he took a pass from Lang and rocketed it towards the Green’s net at 11:01 in the second quarter

Senior midfielder Chris Langton finished off the frame, 3-1, with a man-up goal Langton sent the shot home with exactly five minutes remaining in the first half, after receiving the ball from freshman attacker Matt Donovan The Red held Dartmouth to a scoreless second quarter; however, the Green rallied and came back with a fighting effort in the third frame

“Our defense played a pretty good first half ” said senior midfielder Mitch McMichael “In the second half, Dartmouth was back-against-the-wall, but we had a couple plays ”

Both Cornell and Dartmouth put away four goals in the second half; however despite the scoring effort it was not enough for the Green to overcome the Red Langton and Mock scored their second goals of the game, as McMichael and junior midfielder/attack Max Van Bourgondien recorded their first Donovan picked up his third assist making him the team ’ s high-scorer for the day While the offense was limited to the number of opportunities it could capitalize on in the

By SCOTT ECKL Sun Staff Writer

against Dartmouth in its two victories, 4-2 and 10-8

this tight contest

The Cornell women s lacrosse team started its season with multiple statement victories, but perhaps none were more impressive than its hard fought win against Princeton on Saturday afternoon In an evenly matched, back-and-forth contest, the Red (7-2, 31 Ivy League) overcame the Tigers in over time, 13-12

This victor y vaulted Cornell into third place in the Ivy League standings, while Princeton (4-4, 2-1) dropped to fourth

The game was a back and for th contest throughout, with a total of four lead changes

Neither team led the game by more than two goals at any point According to senior midfielder and captain Katie Kirk, the Red’s ability to respond after losing the lead was crucial to coming out on top of

“Lacrosse is a game of momentums shifts, and the ability to stay composed and stay focused when you are losing is huge,” she said “To keep your energy level up and just concentrate on what you need to do in the next moment, and not worry that you ’ re losing is essential ” This victory also give the Red a record of 2-0 in games following a loss

According to senior attacker and captain Jessi Steinberg, learning lessons from the losses will be the key to succeeding in upcoming games

As terrible as it is to lose, its awesome that we can continue learning , ” she said “And continue correcting and fine-tuning what we need to ”

Kirk added, Being able to bounce back after a loss shows that ability to focus on what you need to do We learned what we needed to learn and focused on the next game, instead of dwelling on a recent loss

The Red’s strong defense played an important role throughout the game as it helped keep the Tigers from pulling away when it had the lead, and helped the Red seal the win when it took a twogoal lead in over time

According to Kirk, pressuring the player with the ball and being aggressive were the keys to the strong defensive effort

“Our defense strategy was the one we generally have in every game to put pressure out on the ball, and have everybody else suppor t the defensive eight, so if someone did drop in we would have quick slides,” she said

With some offensive explosions over this past weekend, the Cornell softball team (12-11, 3-1 Ivy League) won three out of four games, completing a sweep of rival Dartmouth (712, 0-4) The Red also split against defending Ivy League champion Harvard (15-8, 31), after losing the first game in eight innings Cornell hit six home runs

Sophomore Lauren Bucolo belted three home runs during the sweep and drove in four In the early game, sophomore Jenny Edwards nailed a three-run homer to break a 1-1 tie in the fifth inning Senior Jenna Stoller (1-6) picked up her first win of the season in the early game, allowing only four hits and striking out six Against the Crimson, the Red had the lead going into

the final inning, as freshman Linda Laeufer hit a two-run homerun off Harvard’s Ivy League Pitcher of the Year Rachel Brown (8-4) in the sixth However, the Red blew the lead in the seventh and gave up four runs in the extra frame to lose, 6-2 In the nightcap, senior captain Erin Keene came up clutch with a two-r un home r un off Brown in the sixth inning, to give the Red a lead in the