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Center for Reproductive Genetics Established With $10 Million Grant

By ASHLEY CHU Sun Staff Writer

With a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, a Center for Reproductive Genetics will be established on both Cornell’s Ithaca and Weill Cornell Medical School campuses

“The CRG is aimed at understanding the genetic basis for processes that give rise to healthy gametes for reproduction,” said Prof Paula Cohen, biomedical sciences, who is director of the CRG “If you don’t have healthy eggs and sperm, then this can lead to all sorts of issues such as birth defects, miscarriages, preterm delivery and infertility ”

This grant which the University announced it had received on April 1 marks a significant milestone for groups researching reproductive genetics, according to Cohen

“This is the first time that a number of groups are being funded col-

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By TALIA JUBAS

Three Cornell mechanical engineering students have won the “Young Innovators” award in the Science, Play and Research Kit Competition, a competition that looks for ideas that “ encourage imagination and interest in science ” Mikhail Yakhnis ’14, Paul Chang ’15 and Oliver Kliewe ’14 received the $2,500 award in the prototype category for their project “Codeco,” an interactive board game designed to teach children the fundamentals of logic and computer programming

Codeco started as a semester-long project in Innovative Product Design, taught by Professor Robert Shepherd, mechanical and aerospace engineering

According to Kliewe, who is also a senior photographer for The Sun, the project grew from an idea to a “functional prototype with a high-level business plan” over the course

of the fall semester

“The motivation for this project was to provide an intuitive, physical construct through which young children can begin learning programming concepts that might not be formally taught until high school,” Kliewe said Codeco is the name of a microcontroller powered robot, included in the game, who “ comes pre-programmed to understand a certain set of interlocking tiles using a radiofrequency identification reader and tags, ” Kliewe said Chang added that each player is given a puzzle card and a certain set of function tiles that the player must use to direct Codeco from the start tile on the game board to the finish

The group believes that Codeco can provide players with more than a fun game and will help move them beyond a preliminary interest in coding, saying that it can equip children with logic skills that “will be valuable in any career they choose to pursue ”

The SPARK competition, created by the Society for Science and the Public and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, challenges participants to “reimagine the chemistr y set of the 21st centur y, ” according to its website

The competition welcomed prototypes and project ideas that incorporated any scientific field using classic chemistry sets which have become antiquated due to chemicals included in the sets are now considered illegal as a symbol of the kind of product that was once essential in capturing children’s innate curiosity in how things work and focusing it on scientific exploration, according to the press release and the competition’s website

“Cool technologies or scientific concepts that can truly excite children and organically make them want to learn more about it are becoming rare or are packaged as an iPhone or Xbox,” Kliewe said “Something that can get kids playing and learning is something that will grow the next generation of great and curious scientific minds ”

According to a press release from the Society for Science and the Public and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, SPARK received 125 entries from a diverse applicant pool, ranging from elementary and high school science teachers, to undergraduates, to scientists and inventors

Projects were divided and evaluated in two categories: prototypes, which are operational products, and “ideations,” or well-developed ideas that are not yet prototypes, the press release said After several rounds of judging, the competition selected a total of 16 winners for recognition and awarded $136,000 in prize money

“With a remarkable range and quality of entries submitted, our judges were challenged to narrow down the top winners,” said Rick Bates, interim CEO and chief advancement officer for the Society for Science and the Public “The prototypes and ideas of our winners have an especially strong potential to be developed and to inspire kids to explore their world while developing a passion for science,” he said

The winners from Cornell are working to acquire a a patent for their product and are considering launching a Kickstarter campaign in order to gauge public interest in Codeco

“We are currently in the process of further refining our design, both in its appearance and its functionality,” Chang said “Hopefully with future promotion of Codeco, we will be able to spark interest in the next generation of children to pursue science and engineering during their undergraduate career ”

Student Sues P rinceton O ver Withdrawal

THE DAILY PRINCETONIAN

A [Princeton] student has filed a lawsuit against the University and seven administrators

The student previously alleged to have been forced to withdraw from the University following a suicide attempt is now suing the University for disability discrimination in federal court, according to documents filed last Tuesday

The student had originally filed a discrimination claim with the The Office for Civil Rights within the Department of Education The claim was initially dismissed in January 2013 but the DoE has since partially reopened the case

The suit was filed by the student on March 25 The student is currently a sophomore and had been diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder, Type II In a brief, the plaintiff, identified by a pseudonym, requested that he be allowed to proceed in the case anonymously to avoid public stigma and emotional distress over the potential publication of his medical records

“As a direct result of [Princeton University’s] actions he has experienced extreme embarrassment, continuing stress and mental anguish, as well as out-of-pocket expenses, foregone wages and rep-

utational injury,” the complaint reads

The student filed the suit pro se, meaning that he will be representing himself rather than through a lawyer The student had been represented by the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, a legal organization specializing in mental disability cases, in his DoE complaint Lawyers at the Bazelon Center did not respond to requests for comment over the weekend It remains unclear whether the Center is advising the student in any capacity in this suit The student could not be reached for comment

In addition to the University as a whole, seven administrators were named as defendants in the case: Vice President for Campus Life Cynthia Cherrey, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Cole Crittenden, Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan, Associate Dean Michael Olin and President Emerita Shirley Tilghman, in addition to Executive Director of University Health Services John Kolligian, Jr and former Director of Counseling and Psychological

Services Anita McLean

The document includes 21 relevant statutory schemes and 10 causes of action pertinent to the case, listing components of the Fair Housing Amendments Act, the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act which the student believes were violated In addition, a legal brief accompanying the complaint alleges “unlawful disclosure, distortion, and misuse of plaintiff ’ s confidential medical records detailing matters he discussed with various mental health professionals ”

The student requests, in addition to appropriate compensatory and punitive damages, “injunctive relief ” that would prevent the defendants from discriminating on the basis of disability against the student or anyone else

The document also lists 59 allegations against the University arguing that the student was in fact fully qualified to function as a student because he met the essential eligibility requirements University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua declined to comment on the case, saying the University does not discuss pend-

ing litigation

However, he noted that members of the University community work together with students and families in issues of health and well-being

The student “impulsively ingested” about 20 tablets of Trazodone, on Feb 25, 2012, the document read, but waited less than one minute before seeking assistance from the health center He was then taken to a hospital, where he stayed for several nights

As he prepared to leave, the document says, his mother received a voicemail from Olin saying he had been barred from campus and therefore from attending classes

“If he did not ‘voluntarily’ withdraw, he would be involuntarily withdrawn in approximately three weeks for failing to attend the classes from which he had been banned,” the student alleges in the document, saying the University should have known that because the forced withdrawal would produce emotional distress, it was therefore against the student’s best interests and would likely exacerbate his condition

“Instead, Princeton sought to protect itself from adverse publicity or liability,” the document reads

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the role of small non-coding RNAs in gametogenesis, and it is the first big grant to focus on this area, according to Cohen

lectively to ask the same questions and, as such, this is likely to bring rapid advances in our knowledge,” Cohen said “In science, so often we work in isolated bubbles, but this center grant, which encompasses five different investigators in four different projects, is likely to lead to bigger and quicker advances ”

The center aims to address these issues at the “basic research level” in a joint effort between the two campuses, which Cohen describes as the “bench-to-bedside approach ”

“Given that the CRG is based on both the Ithaca and Weill Cornell campuses, we hope to translate our findings from the lab into the clinic to help infertile couples and to understand how birth defects arise in humans,” Cohen said

The CRG’s research focus is to understand how healthy gametes are produced, but more specifically, how the defects that arise during gametogenesis are produced

“Given how important healthy eggs and sperm are for sexual reproduction and how conser ved the genetic processes are that give rise to these cells, it’s surprising to find that human gametogenesis –– the process that gives rise to sperm and eggs –– is extremely error prone, ” Cohen said “In fact, between 40 and 60 percent of human eggs contain the wrong complement or number of chromosomes, and this situation can lead to spontaneous miscarriages or birth defects such as Down syndrome and Klinefelter syndrome ”

The research conducted at the CRG may have implications on a myriad of issues surrounding the errors in human gametes, according to Cohen

“Humans alone appear to have [this] dramatically elevated rate of chromosomal errors associated with the production of healthy gametes, and these are responsible for the relatively high rate of fetal and neonatal deaths in our species, as well as for the high rates of birth defects that we suffer from compared to other species,” Cohen said “ This research has the potential to address all these issues ”

This grant focuses specifically on understanding

“Each cell type has a different set of small RNAs and a different pattern of gene expression, including developing sperm, ” said Jen Grenier, the head of the new RNA sequencing core for the CRG “ The exact roles and mechanisms of small RNAs are not clear, and one of the main areas of research at the Center for Reproductive Genomics at Cornell is to understand how small RNAs are involved in sperm development ”

The grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development also includes an outreach component, which will provide funds to host a seminar series for the public, according to Cohen

“ These [seminars] will be held at the medical school around six times a year and will feature a renowned researcher in the field presenting their research to a lay audience,” Cohen said “ The idea is to bring basic research to the community and to the patients so that they can understand where our research is going ”

The members of the CRG team said they are optimistic for the future research potential of the center “ It’s a

research at Cornell, and I’m personally ver y pleased about the support for the new RNA Sequencing Core and more generally for reproductive genomics research,” said Grenier “ This grant will enable cutting-edge research, using the latest technological advances and discoveries, to better understand fundamental processes in mammalian spermatogenesis ”

The research in reproduction at the CRG may have a significant impact for human fertility in the future, according to Cohen

“It’s important to realize that infertility affects something in the order of 70 million couples annually worldwide, so understanding the basis for human fertility is crucial,” Cohen said

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Episode Airing Thursday

across but it was really heavy,” he said Newkirk added that the game went by much faster than he expected it to By the end of the taping, he said he did not realize that he had just played on According to Ne wkirk, the secret to being selected to compete on the show is to be enthusi-

astic and have good sportsmanship To be chosen as a contestant on Wheel of Fortune, he said that applicants needed to be excited and play the game strategically Using certain skills and strategies, such as calling out the most common letters of the English language, buying vowels as soon as possible and being able to solve the puzzles helped Newkirk gain a coveted spot on the show, he said

Although Newkirk needed to pay for his own hotel accommodations and plane ticket to Los Angeles, he said he would repeat the entire experience again “It was a lot of fun,” Newkirk said “Everyone should at least try out for it because you never know you may end up being chosen ”

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Storms in S outheast Cause Deaths, Flooding

thunderstorms dumped heavy rains across the Southeast on Monday and caused flash flooding in central Alabama,

dozens of people from their homes and cars

In Mississippi, a 9year-old girl was swept

in metro Atlanta was found dead after driv i n g i n t o a c r e e k swollen with rainwater St r o n g w i n d s d o w n e d t r e e s , p o w e r lines and snarled r ush h o u r c o m m u t e s Na t i o n a l We a t h e r S e r v i c e f o r e c a s t e r s i n No r t h C a r o l i n a s a y video indicates a tornado touched down near the town of Belhaven in the eastern par t of the state Authorities say a pickup tr uck was lifted off the highway, injuring a man and his son

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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) A beloved, elderly Dutch priest who made headlines this year with a desperate plea for aid for civilians trapped in the besieged Syrian city of Homs was assassinated Monday by a masked gunman who shot him at his monastery, the latest attack targeting Christian clergymen in the country ’ s civil war

The killing of Father Francis Van Der Lugt a Jesuit, the same order as Pope Francis underscored fears among many of Syria’s Christian and Muslim minorities for the fate of their communities as Islamic extremists gain influence among rebels seeking to topple President Bashar Assad

The 75-year-old Van Der Lugt, an Arabic speaker, had lived in Syria for 50 years and refused to leave Homs even as hundreds of civilians were evacuated from rebel-held districts of Homs that have been besieged for more than a year by Assad's forces Van Der Lugt lived in the monastery in one of those neighborhoods, Bustan alDiwan

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monastery, entered the garden and shot him in the head, said Rev Ziad Hillal

“I am truly shocked A man of peace has been murdered,” Hillal said in a phone interview from Homs with the Vatican Radio

A person, who has lived in the monastery with the slain priest said he was buried in the convent ' s garden late Monday The person who passed the information of the priest's burial on the phone did not want to be identified for fear of being targeted

The motives for the attack were not known, and no one immediately claimed responsibility for the killing

Over the past year, hard-line rebel groups, including the alQaeda-linked Nusra Front, have become more influential and dominant among the opposition fighters in the central city, as in many other areas of Syria

Another Jesuit priest, Father Paolo Dall’Oglio of Italy has been missing since July after traveling to meet Islamic militants who now rule the eastern city of Raqqa A year ago, two Greek Orthodox bishops were seized from their car by gunmen outside the northern city of Aleppo and have been missing since

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Have Invited Ehud O lmert

On Ap r i l 8 , C o r n e l l Un i v e r s i t y would have been graced by the presence of Ehud Olmer t The former Israeli Prime Minister is rightly absent from campus today, but for the w r o n g r e a s o n s A s t h e a r c h i t e c t o f

Operation Cast Lead, Olmer t presided over a r uthless militar y operation against an already beleaguered, sanctioned and blockaded civilian population He also authorized the 2006 invasion of southern Lebanon, which resulted in the death of more than 1,000 Lebanese civilians and one million more displaced This is nothing ne w After all, the state that Olmer t headed from 2006 until 2009 Israel was founded by forcing the dispossess i o n a n d d i s p l a c e m e n t o f i n d i g e n o u s populations

I take strong exception to the possibility of Olmer t ’ s appearance at Cornell As Prime Minister of Israel, Olmer t led a

b r u t a l c a m p a i g n a g a i n s t i t s n o r t h e r n n e i g h b o r L e b a n o n It s s t a t e d g o a l , according to Israel’s Army Chief of Staff, w a s t o “ t u r n L e b a n o n ’ s c l o c k b a c k 2 0 y e a r s ”

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of Palestinian people and legitimates the occupation of their lands It does nothing to undermine the actions of the Israeli war machine For ever y Ehud Olmer t who is invited to speak on behalf of Israel, there are thousands of Palestinians whose voices are lost in the violent reality of Israeli colonialism and apar theid Some would propose that we should welcome any speaker in order to “listen to all sides ” These people often request “dialogue,” while at the same time seeking to limit debate to something unworthy of the name To make this case about Olmer t would present a distor ted image o f t h e Is

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space ” Even when motivated by good intentions, the “ two sides” approach to the conflict grossly distor ts the reality of a vastly uneven balance of power between the Israeli regime and its many victims Israel has the economic, militar y and political strength of the U S on its side,

Some would propose that we should welcome any speaker in order to “listen to all sides ” These people often request “dialogue,” while at the same time seeking to limit debate to something unworthy of the name

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’ m writing about race again I cannot help it; it’s simply my dirty little obsession I wish I could stop but I have become quite involved in my commitment to battle ignorance tooth and nail until it has been vanquished It is an increasingly difficult battle to fight, especially when those that seem to be fighting alongside me are hurting the cause as much as they are helping it

This column has been encouraged and inspired by a chain of events, which began with a man with whom I vehemently disagree This man is Daniel Snyder, who made headlines once again, not for his stellar leadership but with his fight for bigot Snyder has recently been combating those who have decried the name of the Washington Redskins, the NFL team that he owns The word “redskin” in my opinion is undeniably offensive The Redskins organization has attempted to survey the surrounding population as well as Native Americans on whether or not “redskin” is an offensive word To nobody’s surprise they have somehow came to the conclusion that the majority of people do not find the word provocative I’d also like to see the survey the Ku Klux Klan did on whether or not the N-word is offensive

Nonetheless, we are well into the twenty-first century and this multimillion dollar business and broadcasted sports team still carries the name of a racial epithet It is a fact that since 1898 dictionaries have defined the word redskin as contemptuous To have it as a team name; that is unacceptable! We should be outraged as a nation because this is an irrefutable threat to the respect our society is willing to pay not only to Native Americans, but also to every other minority group

The latest news of Daniel Snyder’s racist quest is quite ridiculous in nature He has announced the creation of a foundation entitled the “Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation ” As Slate com writer Josh Levin pointed out, “This is perhaps the most uncharitable name ever conceived for a charitable group, something akin to calling your organization ‘Kikes United Against Anti-Semitism ’” Surprisingly enough the word redskin is not the “R” word that I am referencing in the title of this column There is another “R” word that is being used far too often This word came into play with The Colbert Report’ s debut with this situation

Situation: An employee of The Colbert Report decided to tweet a joke about Daniel Snyder’s foundation that was made on the show that day Problem: He didn’t reference what was being parodied or the fact that it was a continuation of the show The tweet read: "I am

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This joke in no way differs from the racial pokes that comedians make in nearly all of their material However, without the necessary context the joke can obviously be seen as incendiary After spotting the tweet, 23-yearold Asian-American activist, Suey Park, instantly began a Twitter hashtag campaign attempting to get #CancelColbert trending worldwide This campaign was extremely successful and was immediately picked up by every major news outlet Colbert was quickly and, in my opinion, unfairly ostracized as the popularity of the campaign soared

Now, there is one thing I value about myself There is an innate ability we all have as human beings that we are able to use this little thing called reason Reason, sometimes called common sense, is something I find incredibly useful When I first saw the Colbert Report tweet, I used my common sense ” to ascertain that this parody show’s tweet was most likely a parody of something else Low and behold I was correct! If one probed a little further they could find that The Colbert Report was actually attempting to out Daniel Snyder and not the entire Asian-American community! With this in mind one couldn’t possibly want a show cancelled for such a reason and also would have to reason that there is not enough evidence to prove that Stephen Colbert is a racist Darn! We even found out a little later that Colbert didn’t even send the tweet

Crying “racist” is very similar to crying “wolf ” If you decide to label everything and everyone as racist, it loses its power For example, because Suey Park decided to go after Colbert, Snyder was able to get away unscathed Native American activists have complained that the #CancelColbert campaign stole the winds out from under the Redskins issue Also when the next television host is called out, people will simply discard the issue because the last instance seemed to be nothing more than a hoax Lastly, one of the main reasons racism is so harmful is because of its ability to label those that it harms Qualities that individuals do not possess are awarded to them due to their race For example, because I am African-American many may see me as dangerous, however I happen to be a 5’8” peacekeeper! When someone is called racist they are instantly labeled Just because of a single instance of a tweet, Colbert was assigned many qualities that he doesn’t actually exhibit, which is extremely unfair to him It also is of immense irony when those that have been victims of racism inflict that same damage on others If we continue to make victims of men like Colbert and refuse to vilify men like Snyder, these problems will continue to persist and will probably worsen If you decide to live in such a world and attempt to lament your very existence, please keep in mind that it’s not me, it’s you

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Student Fashion Spotlight

BY KAITLYN TIFFANY

Arts and Entertainment Editor

Abby Spatz ’14 will present a full collection of knitted apparel and structured

o u t e r w e a r a t t h e C o r n e l l Fa s h i o n Collective’s 30th Annual Runway Show this Saturday The Sun was able to visit her in the studio to get a look at what she’ll be showing, to talk about the inspirations for her collection and to get a better idea of what it takes to put together a collection of knitwear

Spatz spent a year abroad in France, livi n g i n t h e 1 1 t h arrondissement and gathering ideas for her collection The 11th is not one of

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The pairing of Paris influences can be seen in the color palette that Spatz draws from While the bulk of the collection is done in neutral colors, something that Spatz noticed on many of the people on the street in France, the color pop that she chose was red

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the entirety of last semester conceptualizing this collection), their own design, sewing, styling and final presentation they’re even responsible for the hair and makeup of their models

More challenging than getting good with an eyeliner pencil, the designers have to find their own models The Fashion Collective hosts a “model call,” but designers don’t always find enough models and end up asking friends or people they know, or, as Spatz said she did once this semester, asking random people in the dining hall

Spatz’s design career began when she was in middle school, she said “I would have a vision in my head of what I wanted but could never find it in stores so I started taking sewing lessons ” Her sewing teacher from that time will be at the fashion show on Saturday, and Spatz says that she is excited for someone who will understand how much she has grown since middle school to be in attendance

Another key piece of her origin stor y was the decision to come to Cornell for design Spatz explains why she selected the Cornell program, saying, “I have always been more interested in the technical side of design and Cornell has a great technical program I also wanted to take upper-level French classes and business class, which were hard to find at other schools offering apparel design ” My question about her plans for after graduation prompted a ner vous laugh and t h e

Economics major “Design jobs want you to start immediately,” she told me, “ so it’s

a little bit early for me to know anything ” Nevertheless, Spatz has a definite idea of the type of designing she would like to be doing after graduation:

“I want to design clothes that people can actually wear Of course, I am imagining fabulous people who go to cocktail parties and like to dress up, but pieces of my collection could be pared down and worn to work or out on the weekend ” For fun (and because this whole thing is an enthralling foray into real-life Project Runway for me), I asked her what celebrity she would love to design for “I would design for Zooey Deschanel,” she said, “because she has a really great feminine vintage vibe and I think she would like my clothes and pull them off really well ” In closing, Spatz says she hopes that her collection “ can inspire young designers to become more interested in knits, because there are so many amazing possibilities in fashion through knitting and it is a great creative outlet!”

Ti c k e t s f o r t h e C o r n e l l Fa s h i o n Collective’s Annual Runway Show are still available online or from Collective members for $12 in advance or $15 at the door The show will be held this Saturday, April 12, at 8 p m in Barton Hall

Kaitlyn Tiffany is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun com

Student Fashion Spotlight:

Speaking with Student Designer Lea Freni ’14

SEAN DOOLITTLE

Arts and Entertainment Editor

Lea Freni ’14 will unveil her newest collection of womenswear at the Cornell Fashion Collective’s 30th Annual Fashion Show this week on April 11 Her personal line, VOGEL, infuses intricate Japanese origami art with high-end style The Sun spoke with her about her beginnings in fashion design, her style inspirations and her goals for the future as part of a series of interviews and studio tours with the Collective’s Senior designers written by various Arts and Entertainment staff writers

THE SUN: When did you start designing? How did you end up at Cornell for design?

LEA FRENI: I can ’ t remember a time when I wasn ’ t designing I’ve been drawing since a young age and began making my own clothing at 10 I chose to study apparel design at Cornell as opposed to a traditional art school because it was important to me to find a design program where I could continue to pursue some of my more academic interests Having a well-rounded education has defi-

nitely impacted my designs Concepts from my elective courses often serve as inspiration for my design work, while being a part of a student body with a diverse range of interests has been one of the most valuable aspects of my experience at Cornell

SUN: How would you describe your design style? What inspirations should we be able to see in your designs?

L F : Derived from the intersection of order and enigma, my designs seek to initiate intrigue and project a sense of quiet elegance through clean, mathematical intricacy, precise detailing and coded imagery

Hallmark elements of my work are controlled refinement and hieroglyphic mystery, both of which are featured strongly in this year ’ s CFC collection

SUN: What are your goals for designing? What type of person do you imagine that you ’ re designing for?

L F : I am specifically interested in designing for the contemporary womenswear market In terms of sourcing and production, Fair Trade manufacturing and artisan partnerships are niches that I have always been drawn to but rarely intersect with the high-end contemporary segment I would love to play a part in filling that void!

SUN: Could you give us a little preview of what to expect at the April show? What type of

c o l l e c t i o n are you s h o w i n g ? What are the inspirat i o n s b e h i n d it/the phil o s o p h y guiding it?

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e n s w e a r line with s t r o n g mathematical underpinnings, my line, VOGEL, celebrates the pure, enigmatic beauty concealed within geometric relationships It’s inspired by the metamorphic qualities and delicate intricacy of origami, at once ethereal and architectural Conceptualizing the relationship between a flat, two-dimensional plane and a threedimensional form is a mental exercise that has always intrigued and challenged me as a designer

SUN: Could you talk a little bit about your experience in the Fashion Collective? I don't think a lot of our readers are very clear on what it is like

This transformative quality present in apparel construction is also what first attracted me to origami My research for VOGEL started with an intensive exploration of traditional paper folding techniques This experimentation culminated in a focus on deconstruction and manipulation of the paper crane to develop innovative silhouettes, garment components, surface embellishments and original digital print designs

The Cornell Fashion Collective, formerly the Cornell Design League, is a student-run organization that produces a fashion show each spring CFC provides the Cornell Community with a creative outlet to showcase their fashion design and management talent It has traditionally been one of the largest student-run events on campus, but this year ’ s 30th anniversary show will reach a larger audience than ever before through an online video stream a viewing party in NYC!

Sean Doolittle is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun com

Enjoy Your Stay at the Grand Budapest

MARK DISTEFANO Sun Staff Writer

Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel is a confection not dissimilar to the delicious and idiosyncratic pastries its characters enjoy The titular hotel itself, set in a snowy, mountainous, fictional eastern European nation, resembles a toy model and recalls the animation featured on Monty Python’s Flying Circus The narrative, a colorful display with underlying social and political commentary that stretches from 1932 to the present day, faintly brings to mind Alfred Hitchcock’s 1938 thriller The Lady Vanishes The film features an extensive cast of big-name actors, including Ralph Fiennes, Saoirese Ronan, Tilda Swinton, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe and Jeff Goldblum In fact, just about every little part in this film is filled by a topnotch character actor, and maybe for good reason; all of the people in Wes Anderson movies are characters with a capital C

Indeed, Anderson’s characters all share a bundle of highly distinctive quirks and traits, from the band of unusually well-armed khaki scouts in Moonrise Kingdom, to the hell-bent, overachieving Max Fisher in Rushmore, to the dapper, too-quick-witted-for-his-own-good Mr Fox of The Fantastic Mr Fox Anderson’s storylines bear similar hallmarks as well they are all obsessively composed, ironically funny and tinged with a melancholia that goes handin-hand with the humor Walking into the theater, one must be prepared to accept an Anderson package There is no precedent for any of the events or any of the worlds this filmmaker creates, and in fact all of his stories take place inside his own imagination They are fairy tales and there is likely to be inexplicable, charming and socially-astute elements woven into them

Now in Anderson’s best films Moonrise Kingdom for instance his work transcends his trademark style, which is perfectly entertaining, and blossoms into something profound and beautiful In the case of that film, it was watching the truly arresting bloom of first love between two 12 year-olds as all the bumbling adults around them seemed to flounder around with far less maturity and depth of understanding In his lesser works, say, The Royal Tenenbaums, his pictures can become all style and no substance always a danger when working with a paintbrush as peculiar and instantly recognizable as his

The Grand Budapest Hotel falls somewhere towards the high end of the spectrum It is not nearly as good as the wondrous Moonrise, but it is quite possibly the most entertaining film Anderson has ever made without transcending his bedrock manner The plot is recounted within two flashbacks, first by an author in old age (Tom Wilkinson) remembering how Zero Moustafa, the manager of the Grand Budapest Hotel (played by F Murray Abraham in old age) told him of his adventures when he began at the hotel as a lobby boy in the 1930s This decade is where our attention is directed for most of the movie, with Zero as a young teen played by Tony Revelori, under the supervision of Monsieur Gustave H (the excellent Ralph Fiennes)

Monsieur Gustave has an odd habit of taking aging hotel patrons, particularly widows, to bed with him like the elderly Madame D (an unrecognizable Tilda Swinton) After she is found murdered and her will read out by the executor of her estate (Jeff Goldblum), it is discovered that she bequeathed Gustave a priceless painting known as Boy with Apple This raises the ire of her goth-ish, disagreeable son (Adrien Brody) and his malevolent bodyguard (Willem

Dafoe) The local authorities of Zubrowka the country in which the Grand Budapest is located led by Edward Norton believe Gustave is responsible for the murder and arrest him Meanwhile, Zero begins a romance with pastry shop girl Agatha (Saoirese Ronan), who eventually helps Gustave escape from prison by hiding digging tools in small cakes and smuggling them into the facility

Eventually, aided by other prisoners and some fellow hotel owners, Gustave escapes the hotel and, in the movie’s most amusing sequence, he and Zero escape an assassin whose identity is obvious from the time we first see him on screen

The Grand Budapest Hotel Directed by Wes Anderson Starring Ralph Fiennes

They make a getaway on skis in a way that only Anderson could imagine, with hurdles and trees flying past the camera at exuberant speed, like the motorcycle ramp stunt performed in The Fantastic Mr Fox Such a sequence illustrates what is best about Grand Budapest With so many characters and stars in motion, it is not Anderson’s first intention to move you or evoke profundity, as he has in some of his other films, but to titillate and delight you, and in that regard he succeeds triumphantly

While lacking in certain characters of three dimensions and emotions you can take home, Grand Budapest contains one charming set piece after another and, especially for Anderson fans, is an extremely entertaining ride

Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revelori and Saoirse Ronan command most of our attention as the

standouts in a sea of supporting characters, and the ones with the most sympathetic, nuanced roles The film contains a host of strictly Andersonian one-liners that are gems “She was dynamite in the sack, by the way ” “She was 84 ” “Oh, I’ve had older ” or the scenes where Gustave insists on reading long poetic speeches to his employees during dinner, forcing them to shovel their food

For a director who gets a lot of credit for his immaculate visual composition, Anderson also has a great dexterity with words, and his gifts as a verbal storyteller have not gotten as much notice His Grand Budapest is a playground for him, all his rambling story ideas and his multitude of wild characters, which he has wrangled together into one delightful tale

Mark DiStefano is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at mdistefano@cornellsun com

Buffalo Trade Sends Williams To Hometown

O RC H A R D PA R K , N Y (AP) Receiver Mike Williams acknowledged he has some growing up to do while addressing questions about his troubled past Monday

For Williams, there’s no place better to start fresh than in his hometown of Buffalo

“It’s like being drafted all over, especially to my hometown, and get to come back and play in front of the people that know me, where I came from,” Williams said during a news conference three days after the Bills acquired him in a trade with Tampa Bay “ The people know what type of guy I am ” Calling the homecoming “ a

returns to the place he was a high school star He went

Syracuse, where Williams abruptly quit the team in November 2009 during his junior season

This is the second and potentially final chance for Williams to put behind off-field distractions, which led to the Bu

their starter in exchange for a sixth-round draft pick The deal was made a year after Williams signed a six-year, $40 million contract

The breaking point came two weeks ago, when Williams was allegedly stabbed in the leg by his brother, Eric Baylor, who has since turned himself in to police

Williams passed his physical in Buffalo and said the injur y from the stabbing won ’ t prevent him f ro m re p o r t i n g f o r vo l u n t a r y team workouts, which begin April 22

Williams acknowledged making mistakes and vows to do bett e r, s a y i n g t h e re a re p e o p l e depending upon him, including his infant son

“ When you get a lot of bad attention or bad this, or bad that, it’s about: Are you going to let the bad attack you? Are you going to fall?” Williams said “Or are you going to get up and tr y again? That’s why I think a fresh start is needed ”

On the field, Williams has displayed the potential as a No 1 receiver

A fourth-round draft pick in 2010, Williams led NFL rookies with 65 catches for 964 yards and 11 touchdowns Though a hamstring injur y limited Williams to just six games last year, he has 215 catches for 2,947 yards and 25 touchdowns in 54 career games

The Bills are in need of an experienced player to complem e n t re t u r n i n g s t a r t e r St e v i e Johnson, who led an other wise young group of receivers

It’s off the field where questions have arisen

The Tampa Bay Times has reported that Williams’ neighbors in Tampa were unhappy with noise issues and damage to the player’s rented home

Without providing specifics, Williams said two of the numerous accusations were made up When pressed on which two, Williams said the Bills requested that he not discuss it

Devils Fall to Flames With Shutout Defeat

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Yankees Top Orioles in Bron x Home O pener

NEW YORK (AP) Feted by fans and celebrated by teammates throughout his final opening day in the Bronx, Derek Jeter hardly felt as if he was star ting his 20th big league season at home

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St a d i u m t r a d i t i o n , t h e n t h e rookie helped make the captain a winner Monday as Ne w York beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-2

“I don’t want to jinx anything but it felt really good,” Jeter said “It felt like maybe my first home opener It was a fun time for me ” Mi s s i n g f ro m t h e w i n w a s n e w Ya n k e e s c l o s e r D a v i d Rober tson He strained his groin and will be placed on the 15-day disabled list

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Playing in his first game in the Bronx, Solar te needed Jeter to tell him to wave to the Bleacher Creatures when they chanted his name during pregame roll call

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“It felt like maybe my first home opener. It was a fun time for me ”

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r u n t r o t b e f o r e t u r n i n g u p t h e s p e e d , a n d s c o r e d o n Ja c o b y Ellsbur y ’ s first hit in pinstripes in the fifth Hiroki Kuroda (1-1) pitched 6 1-3 sharp innings in the Yankees’ 112th opener in New York

Te a m m a t e s i n t h e d u g o u t teased Jeter for his near blunder

“For Derek, at 40, we ’ re going to let it slide,” said injured first baseman Mark Teixeira, pushing Jeter’s 40th bir thday up a couple of months from June

In what manager Joe Girardi said would be a season-long lovefest for Jeter, the shor tstop was cheered ever y step of the way by an adoring crowd of 48, 142

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Mariano Rivera’s replacement at the back end of the bullpen after a major league-record 562 saves “Other guys get a chance to step up, and you expect them to step up and get the job done in his absence,” Girardi said

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“We are just staying within ourselves and trusting that we will get the job done,” he said “We know that there is another guy behind us that will come up big, so there is pressure lifted off our shoulders ”

Though he gave up one run in the bottom of the seventh, the Bears never really threatened, and Jones secured the complete game and the Red’s second victory of the weekend

The series finale against Brown was a nailbiter, with the Red falling behind when the Bears scored two runs in the bottom of the third Down 4-3 going into the eighth inning, Cornell’s bats woke up, helped along by anoth-

er homerun from Cruz to lead things off Junior outfielder JD Whetsel hit a two-run double later in the inning to give the Red the lead for good “Offensively, it took a lot of

“We know there is another guy behind us that will come up big, so there is pressure lifted off our shoulders ”

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poise and resilience to put together those late inning comebacks,”

Winawer said “We know that our pitching staff is going to hold teams in check, so offensively we just have [to] stay patient and trust that at some point we’ll put

up runs ”

Cornell used five different pitchers to secure the win and the series sweep of Brown Freshman

Paul Balestrieri got the victory, the first of his career

The Red will head to Binghamton for a midweek nonconference matchup on Wednesday, before diving into the Ivy League’s Lou Gehrig divisional play against Penn this weekend

“We just have to take each game one at a time Win this pitch, win this inning, win this weekend,” Tatum said “If we stay in the present and play to our capabilities, then we will be in every ball game and come out on top ”

Scott Chiusano can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun com

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innings, Howie Kendrick and Raul Ibanez each drove in three runs and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Houston Astros 9-1 Monday

The Angels took three of four from Houston after starting the season 0-3 Kendrick drove in two with a s i n g l e i n a t h r e e - r u n f i r s t inning He added an RBI with a single when the Angels tacked on three more in the seventh Kole Calhoun homered off

Jarred Cosart (1-1), sending a drive to right field for his second shot of the series to push the lead to 4-0 in the fifth inning Wi l s o n ( 1 - 1 ) y i e l d e d f o u r hits and a run while fanning seven He looked a lot more like the 17-game winner he was last year than he did in his first start this season when he allowed eight hits and six runs in 5 2-3 innings of a loss to Seattle Ho u s t o n s t r u g g l e d t o g e t anything going off of him Jesus Guzman doubled with one out

in the second before Wilson retired nine in a row A double by Chris Carter came with one out in the fifth inning, and Wilson sat down 10 straight after that The Astros finally got o n t h e b o a rd w h e n C a r l o s Corporan launched a 76 mph c u r v e b a l l i n t o t h e C r a w f o rd Boxes in left field for a home run that made it 8-1 Cosart was done in by a bad first inning where he had to use 32 pitches He was pulled after allowing three hits, five runs and walking four in six innings

With One Broken Foot, The Spurs Began 17 Years of Domination

Gregg Popovich’s coaching leads the way

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No team plays “team basketball” like the Spurs. Some players may not have survived one season in the league on other teams, but have had successful careers with the Spurs.

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John McGrorty can be reached at jmcgrorty@cornellsun com

Spring into action | The Met Intercollegiate marked the Red’s retur n to competition for the spring portion of the season The Red last competed together at the Ivy Match Play Event in October

Red Tops Dar tmouth in D ouble-O ver time Victor y

Fre shman attack Catherine El li s p owers C ornel l of f en se w ith care er -hig h si x-g oal p er formanc e

By RYAN QUINN Sun Staff Wr ter

Just one week after an agonizing overtime loss to Ivy League rival Princeton, the Red regained ground in the race to the Ivy League playoffs with a thrilling double-over time victor y over Dar tmouth on Saturday

The Red’s sudden-death 11-10 win included drama at nearly ever y turn as the contest featured five lead changes and six ties, two of which came at the ends of regulation and the first over time period

The win also marked the end of a t o u g h f o u r - g a m e l o s

C o r n e l l ( 5 - 5 , 2 - 2 Iv y ) , a n d f i r m l y reestablished the Red alongside the other Ivy League contenders

Senior Rachel Moody, who had two goals in over time to go along with her two assists, said the game allowed the team to get back on track and regain some confidence they had been lacking

“I think it was definitely much needed for morale and to keep us alive in the Ivy standings to be able to compete in the Ivy tournament so that was huge for us, ” she said “ Winning in over time is a huge deal for us so that keeps us optimistic ”

Although the win required a complete team effor t, Sunday’s match was tr uly a

Catherine Ellis

The first-year attacker paced the Red throughout regulation, netting a career-high six goals Her six goals are also the most by any Cornell player this season

After Dar tmouth ran out to a 5-1 lead

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responded with two quick goals as par t of a 4-0 r un for the Red that evened the score In the second half, Ellis scored all of the Red’s final three goals, including her last goal with just three minutes left

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game into over time

Ellis was re warded with Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week honors, but she did face stiff competition or the re ward from the Big Green’s leading goal scorer, sophomore Jaclyn Leto Cornell’s defense was troubled once again by a talented attacker, as Leto tallied five goals for Dar tmouth

Even when Moody put the Red ahead by two goals with under two minutes remaining in the first overt i m e , L e t o s l i p p e d past the Red defense

t o e v e n t h e s c o r e A f t e r s c o r i n g o n c e with just 42 seconds

Penn State The Nittany Lions (7-5, 2-2 A L C ) a

s e c o n d straight loss, but both have come against teams ranked in the Top 10 T

Penn State and Cornell share is Rutgers While Cornell str uggled and lost a narrow contest to the Scarlet Knights, Penn State cr uised to a 12-goal victor y over that same team H o w e v e r, s e e mingly small odds did n o t s

“I think [the win] was definitely much needed for morale and to keep us alive in the Ivy standings.” R a c h e l M o o d y

notched another goal only 18 seconds later to pull her team even with Cornell and force a second over time

Regardless of the defensive lapses in that final minute of the first over time, the Red’s leading goal scorer responded by netting the decisive goal two minutes into the second extra period Junior cocaptain Lindsay Toppe notched her 31st goal of the season at the exact time the Red needed it, ending the game with a shot just past the goalkeeper’s off hip

The team r ushed onto the field with the victor y in hand, swarming its co-captain after her clutch game-winner

“From the get go [we thought] we ’ re not losing this game, we ’ re not losing this game, ” Moody said “I think that ever yone just had a really positive attitude about going into over time and I think that really helped us out ”

While this marked the end of the R e d ’ s f o u r - g a m e l

return to an Ivy League playoff position, it also marked the end of Cornell’s sevengame losing streak against its rivals from Hanover, N H

The Red will now look to bring the momentum and positive outlook from Sunday into its matchup with No 11

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result, but to achieve that they will have to focus on stopping a formidable Penn State offense

The Nittany Lions average nearly 14 goals per game and have eight players that have scored double-digit goals so far By contrast, the Red has only four double-digit goal scorers and averages nearly three fe wer goals per game On the other side of the ball, although Penn State does not possess an excellent defense, in all but one of its seven wins it has held its opponents under 10 goals

For Moody, though, the key to getting a good result out of this game is more in

Happy Valley rather than the statistics and numbers

“Really star ting out strongly and star ting out confidently is going to be huge for us in this game We don’t want to s t a r t b a c k o n

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d against Dar tmouth, especially against a Top 10 type team like Penn State,” she said “But, I think that we need to just really come out strongly and confidently, and really play gritty and tough ”

Ryan Quinn can be reached at rquinn@cornellsun com

R e d Nin e Gra b s Thre e

Of Four in Iv y Cont e st s

Winawer’s base hit leads team past Yale in second game

game where I could have a big impact ”

Sophomore outfielder Jordan Winawer stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth inning of a tied game against Yale The Red had already dropped the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader and was slowly losing momentum after the Bulldogs scored two runs in the previous frame Winawer was digging in not only at a key moment in the game, but also for the first time in his collegiate career

“I kept my approach simple I just told myself to stay relaxed and look for a good pitch to hit,”

According to junior infielder Kevin Tatum, Winawer’s success has been a long time coming

“Jordan is one of the hardest working players on our team, ” Tatum said “[He’s] a hard-nosed kid who always gives it his all ”

Winawer’s two-RBI single sealed the series split with Yale on Saturday and gave the Red just enough momentum to run with into its doubleheader against Brown the following day

“I’m glad I was able to help my team get a big win.”

J o r d a n W i n a w e r

Winawer said “I didn’t feel nervous I was excited to have the opportunity to hit in that situation ”

Winawer did just that, and in his first atbat for Cornell, the sophomore came through with a base hit up the middle that brought in the eventual game-winning runs

“I’m glad I was able to help my team get a big win,” Winawer said “The whole season I’ve been telling myself to stay ready for when I get an opportunity to play, and I’m happy that it came at a point in Saturday’s

R A C K A N D F I E L D

The four-game road trip got off to a slow start for the Red, which dropped the first game to the Bulldogs, 1-0, in eight innings Sophomore leftie Michael Byrne was brilliant on the mound, tossing seven shutout innings, but the offense was shut down by the combination of Yale’s Chasen Ford and Chris Moates The Red mustered up only two hits on the day, and though Yale recorded only one more hit, it was the most important one, driving in the only run of the day

After a slow offensive start to the series, the Red found its stride in game two, scoring three runs in the first inning, two of them coming off a homerun from senior outfielder Chris Cruz The round-tripper was the fourth of the season

for Cruz and the 23rd of his career, a Cornell program record Tatum had an RBI single later in the game to plate the Red’s fourth run, but Yale tied the game in the bottom of the eighth, setting the stage for Winawer’s single in the ninth Junior reliever Kellen Urbon sealed the deal for the Red in the bottom of the ninth, striking out the final batter

Winawer said that his late inning heroics Saturday helped motivate him for future opportunities

“Whether or not it affects my future playing time is beyond my control, but I can say that I’ll be ready the next time my number is called,” he said

In the opener of the Brown series, junior Brent Jones took the hill, handing the Red a four-hit gem and keeping his offense in the game Jones went the distance, allowing no

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earned runs while striking out seven The contest was a pitcher’s duel through six, with neither team getting on the board

The Red left three runners on base in the game, but was finally able to come through in the top of seventh Senior shortstop Tom D’Alessandro led off the frame with a double, and junior outfielder Ryan Karl and senior first baseman Ryan Plantier both drew walks to load the bases Cruz then came up clutch again, crushing a double that brought in two runs Cornell scored two more insurance runs, and Jones came out in the bottom of the seventh to try to close things out Tatum said that the Red hitters have confidence in one another to come through in clutch situations

The Success Of The Spurs

When the final buzzer sounds on the 2013-14 NBA regular season, it will mark the 17th consecutive playoff berth for the San Antonio Spurs Over the course of those 17 seasons, the Spurs’ lowest win percentage was 610 when they finished 50-32 in 2010 How atrocious Their

17 straight years of glory have included four championships, multiple MVP and Coach of the Year awards, scores of All-Star selections a

Association The nearly two-decade run that the Spurs are on will go down as one of the most incredible stretches of dominance in all of professional sports The Spurs are an epic dynasty, and their success over the last 20 years can be largely attributed to one broken foot

San Antonio had high hopes heading into the 1996 season Led by one of the most talented big-men of his time, David Robinson, the Spurs were on track to compete for a title Just six games into the season, though,