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DIAMONDMEN SET SIGHTS ON SECOND IVY CHAMPIONSHIP

By HALEY VELASCO Sun Sports Editor

After winning the program ’ s first Ivy League title in Cornell history, the baseball team returned this spring ready for more success, as much of the 2013 season is already underway With most of the young pitching staff returning and some strength at bat, the Red hopes to continue its early season success under head coach Bill Walkenbach through the rest of the spring

“Our mentality didn’t change from last year to this year We know that we are a really good team and that we are capable of having another successful season so we really try to focus on the present and take care of business on the field,” said sophomore pitcher Connor Kaufmann “We all are really focused on trying to make it back to the NCAA Regionals ”

So far this season, the Red has come out strong with a 1710 record and wins in some highly contested match-ups, especially against Ivy rival Brown Cornell started the season with an opening weekend at the UMES tournament during the first weekend of March, which allowed the team to takedown the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 5-3, 6-2 The Red also split to St Peter’s College that weekend as well, 3-4, 3-2

Heading into the next weekend, Cornell faced off against George Washington for four games, where the Red fell to the Colonials, 3-4, 3-5, on Saturday, March 9 and split on Sunday, 0-1, 7-5

weekends are important to take seriously Each game in the Ivy League counts for the same amount, ” senior second baseman Brenton Peters said “We came in taking these games extremely seriously We lost a couple but we are still in the running for first place ”

Pitchers

The pitching crew looks pretty similar to last season with the return of most of the players this 2013 season with a few shifts in starters

Kaufmann led the starting lineup for the Red but after an injury it is unclear whether he will be able to play for the rest of this season In 2012, he went 7-2 with a 3 90 ERA; his collegiate highlights from the mound so far, including a nohitter against Dartmouth, which attributed to his All-Ivy first team honor last season

Coming in as the second guy in the rotation is sophomore Brian McAfee Last season, he only walked 10 batters in 66 2 innings and grabbed himself an All-Ivy Second Team honor

Outfield

The stud of last year ’ s Ivy winning team, junior Chris Cruz returns to right and clean up in the batting line-up after setting the school record for homeruns in a season in 2012 with 12

Sophomore J D Whetsel took over for Brian Billigen ’12 in center field At the plate and on base, Whetsel has had a more refined approach this season thus far and has quick feet and a lot of potential for big-time stolen bases

To round out the three is sophomore Kevin Tatum in left field After serving as the designated hitter last year, Tatum occupies the third spot in the lineup Catchers

“We really are trying to win another Ivy League championship because we have a really talented team.” Connor Kaufmann

Spring break for Cornell was not filled with beach time, as the team faced Appalachian State in a first weekend trio and then turned to a doubleheader against Davidson on March 19 In the three against the Mountaineers, the Red grabbed two of three W ’ s, 15-5, 8-4 Cornell took down the Bearcats, 10-9, 3-2, in the midweek throwdown before heading to Villanova to finish off the week The team swept three games against Villanova, 3-2, 4-0, 3-1, to close out the time off from classes

Coming back from the break, the Red went up against the University of Albany on Tuesday, March 26, suffering a 1-4 loss and gaining a 5-4 win

“The first half of the season went pretty well but we really seem to be hitting our stride lately, which, is great because we are about to head into the most important part of our schedule,” Kaufmann said

The weekend brought about the first of Ivy League competition for Cornell as it faced Brown and Yale In the two against the Bears, the Red took both, 6-1, 4-1 As for the Bulldogs, Cornell took the first one, 8-5, before the second of the scheduled games was postponed due to poor weather The games against Dartmouth and Harvard both had the same outcome as the Red split the duo of doubleheaders, 1-1, against each Ivy foe

“ A f t e r last year, we realized that these first c o u p l e

“The pitchers have been doing really well this year They have been hitting the strike zone which is crucial for every aspect of the game If you throw strikes, a pitcher stays in longer and the defense gets to be incorporated into the game, ” said sophomore Brent Jones “Guys like Brian McAfee and Nick Busto, those guys have started to really shine and do their jobs well ”

As a freshman, Jones was one of the most consistent players in strikeouts on the roster He returns this season with a deadly fastball and a power slider to face the competition

As a closer, the Red mainly looks to sophomore Kellen Urbon, who is a tough pitcher on the mound His skills garnered him Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 2012, Freshman All-American, All-Ivy First Team Closer and 2013 Preseason All-American

Infield

To start in the infield, Peters plays at second for the Red and has been hitting lead off this season

At third, Cornell has junior co-captain Ben Swinford joining Peters, and he returns to the starting lineup for the third year in a row

Junior Tom D’Alessandro is the Red’s new shortstop, after serving as a utility player for the past two seasons

To finish out the infield at first is junior Ryan Plantier He has been a powerful hitter for Cornell who will continue to showcase his talent in the middle of the l i n eup

The catching position was highly contested this spring with three top candidates, including senior Chris Burke, freshman Collin McGee and sophomore Matt Hall As the eldest of the contenders, Burke has hands-down the most experience of the bunch as well as good receiving skills and the knowledge of the current pitchers As a freshman, McGee has shown up ready to play, and along with his strong arm and control of the field, he possess a great threat to opposing teams For the third possible starter, Hall comes in with strong blocking and receiving skills When he is not behind the plate, he is the designated hitter in the middle of the lineup for the Red The Remainder of the 2013 Season

Cornell looks to finish the rest of its season with matchups against Columbia, Siena College, Penn, Binghamton and Princeton before a potential Ivy Championship and hopefully another NCAA run

“Honestly our entire division in the Ivy League is very strong so they are all going to be tough games, ” Kaufmann said “We play Columbia, Penn and Princeton in the next three weeks and they are all having great seasons so far, so we really need to focus and have a few good weekends ”

The rest of the season is packed with Ivy League competitors as Cornell looks to defend its Ivy League title and make another NCAA tournament run this spring

“We really are trying to win another Ivy League championship because we know we have an extremely talented team and we know we are capable of it,” Kaufmann said “If we can accomplish that, then I hope we make a run in the NCAA Tournament Ivy League baseball is under-rated and we are trying to be the team to make some noise ”

In addition to winning last year, according to Peters, the team has seen some success on the field so far this season

“I believe [we can win another Ivy title] We have been playing defense really well and the pitching has been good

E v e r y b o d y has had some quality at bats and hitting the ball solidly,” Peters said

By CHRIS MILLS Sun Staff Writer

A tight 9-8 defeat versus No 11 Bucknell being the only blemish thus far for the Red, the Cornell men ’ s lacrosse team appears poised to make a championship run and return to the NCAA Tournament after narrowly missing out in 2012

“Obviously last year wasn ’ t the typical season [we’ve been] used to in the past couple years, having not won the Ivy League championship and not [making] the NCAA Tournament,” said senior attackman Rob Pannell “[ W ]e knew coming into this year we really needed to refocus and start from scratch ”

The Red’s 2012 season (9-4, 4-2 Ivy League) was marked by an eerily similar 9-1 start From that point on, however, the team dropped its final three games: a 10-9 loss versus Brown, a 14-9 defeat at Princeton, and a disappointing 14-10 finish against Yale in the Ivy League Tournament’s opening round

After coming off an injury last s e a s o n , s e n i o r c a p t a i n Ro b Pannell returned to the field this season shattering records becoming the all-time scoring leader for the Red and all-time assist leader His time on the Hill got him an ESPY nomination in 2011

Senior attack Steve Mock maintains his presence on the field for Cornell. He currently leads the nation in goals per game at 3 7 He was also honored as Ivy League Player of the Week twice so far this season and four times overall in his career

L a x e r s L o o k t o R e t u r n t o N C A A C h

“We just didn’t get better over the course of the year, ” Pannell said, stressing the importance of senior leadership

With last season ’ s 0-3 finish fresh in the team ’ s memory, the Red appears focused and is aided by the return of fifthyear senior Pannell one of the most accomplished players in program history after missing most of last season due to injury

Attack

Nine former starters have returned for the Red this season, including several pivotal leaders on the attack

One of the team ’ s impact players this year has been senior attackman Steve Mock, who earned All-Ivy honorable mention in 2012 and is one of four team captains for 2013 This year Mock has scored 31 goals in just nine games for a per-game average of 3 44, putting him comfortably among the NCAA’s top five in that category

“I’d say he’s having as good a season as he’s ever had,” Pannell said “He’s taken that captain job and he’s done a great job transitioning his leadership skills over to the field ”

Mock’s presence has been felt the team ’ s only loss coincided with the one game Mock has missed thus far but the return of captain and 2011 USILA National Player of the Year Pannell has been of equal importance In ten games this year Pannell has nabbed 24 goals and has been on the giving end of another 30, putting the 2011 ESPY nominee among the NCAA’s best in both goals and assists During a 10-5 victory over Penn on March 23, he eclipsed the 300-career point mark one of only eight Division I lacrosse players to have accomplished such a feat

Midfield

Short stick defensive midfield

Tom Trasolini is representing the midfield as a team captain this season Junior Doug Tesoriero and senior Thomas Keith hold the team marks for ground balls with 58 and 50, respectively, and Tesoriero has won more than 58 percent of his faceoffs this season for the Red

“[Buczek] made the U-19 U S team as an attackman, and coach moved him to middie and he made the switch and he’s done a great job so far of generating offense for us and pulling his best defensive player who covers the midfield,” Pannell said

Defense

Senior team captain and 2012 All-Ivy selection Jason Noble has anchored the Red defense, which has surrendered a mere 7 60 goals per game Noble leads the defense with 20 forced turnovers this season, with junior Tom Freshour next on the list with 13

Head coach Ben DeLuca ’98 received four letters as a member of the Red defense himself, and has worked to keep the unit among the nations best Since DeLuca became the Red’s defensive coordinator in 2002, the Red defense has kept opponents to fewer than 10 goals in over 68 percent of all games, including seven times this season Goaltender

Senior A J Fiore a graduate of Ithaca high school has started every game for the Red thus far Fiore has stopped 85 shots for a 559 save percentage, putting him among the top-20 DI goaltenders in save percentage Sophomores William Joyce and Brennan Donville, a member of the U-19 Canadian National Team, have also seen limited action in goal this season

“[AJ] Improved tremendously over the fall, and is only improving as the season goes on, “ Pannell noted “[H]e’s played as good for us as I’ve ever season him play as far as making the saves that he’s supposed to and making some of the saves he’s not supposed to make He’s really done a great job of leading our defense ” 2013 Season

Cornell was ranked 15 in the 2013 Coaches’ Preseason Poll to begin the season, and the team has moved up to second after a series of impressive victories

The Red has put up big scores this season, including 193 and 21-5 victories over Colgate and Dartmouth, respectively More importantly, the Red was able to pull out a win in a tightly contested matchup against the University of Virginia scoring a final-minute goal to defeat No 18 UVA, 12-11, on the road in Charlottesville

Although the team has remained within the NCAA’s elite in most major stat categories, the Red still has room for improvement “Something we can work on, really particularly, is our ability to clear the ball,” Pannell said “Bucknell was our sole loss because we could not clear the ball ” As the Red closes out its third season under coach DeLuca, the team must remain focused over the final four games road contests against Harvard (4-5, 11), No 8 Syracuse (6-2), Brown (5-3, 1-1), and No 8 Princeton (6-2, 2-1)

“You’ve got to take every team as the best team in the country and take that day-by-day approach,” Pannell said

Among the younger players on the roster, sophomore Connor Buczek has emerged as one of the squad’s top midfielders

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

City Mark s Start of Commons Redesign

By GABRIELLA LEE Sun Contributor

The $10 million project to redesign the Commons, which has taken five years of planning and funding from four levels of government, kicked off Monday at an event that featured live music, speeches and an elementary school class performance of the “Bob the Builder” theme song

“It’s an expensive project because it’s an extensive project,”

Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 said at the groundbreaking

Construction will officially begin on April 15 to replace the amenities, furnishings and surfaces of the Commons and rebuild underground utilities which include water pipes that are over 100 years old

The redesign’s timeline has been structured to minimize the disruption experienced by local businesses, according to Myrick

“We’re going to do it in the most careful and deliberate way pos-

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Explosion Caused Brush Fire on North Campus, Police S ay

No injuries or damage reported

By AKANE OTANI Sun Managing Ed tor

Cornell Police are currently investigating the cause of a small explosion that occurred near Risley Residential College early Monday

The explosion occurred near the tennis courts west of

Risley at approximately 12:45 a m and caused a small fire to break out, according to Kathy Zoner, chief of the Cornell University Police Department

When Ithaca Fire Department officials arrived on the scene, they found “ an area of brush burning along a fence line behind the residence hall,” according to a press release from IFD

No injuries or property damage were reported, according to IFD

“At this point, it’s an ongoing investigation Everything

has been gathered, the scene has been cleared and we ’ re now investigating who may have [been responsible],” Zoner said

In addition to CUPD and IFD, the Ithaca Police Department and Cornell Environmental Health and Safety officials assisted efforts to respond to the fire, Zoner said

Akane Otani can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun com

S.E. Cupp ’01 Discusses Media Bias and Future of Republican Party

By EMMA JESCH Sun Staff Writer

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Today

During Mao’s Cultural Revolution

12:15 - 1:15 p m , Lecture Room, Johnson Museum of Art

16th-Annual Social Justice Career Fair

1 - 4 p m , 423 King-Shaw Hall

Mongrels or Mar vels: The Levantine Writings of Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff

4:30 - 5:30 p m , 106G Olin Librar y

Public Debate on the Greek System

5 - 6:30 p m , 228 Malott Hall

Tomorrow

SEAP Brown Bag Lecture:

The Wizard King and His Daughters:

Burmese Buddhist Female Mediums, Healers, and Dreamers

Noon - 1:30 p m , Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave

Climate and Air Quality:

Investigating the Impact of Changing Landscapes 3:30 - 4:30 p m , 2146 Snee Hall

Union Days 2013: Worker Organizing and Strikes at Walmart

4:30 - 6 p m , 105 Ives Hall

Ricardo Martinelli, President of the Republic of Panama Lecture

5:15 - 6:15 p m , Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall

“Vagabond”

I am a vagabond amongst my own, A wanderer, lost within unavailing for malities, Groping in the dark for anything, anyone. Tip-toeing along the jagged line between The ingrained American Dream of freedom And the shackles of Kowloon.

I am incongruous to the manes of waterfall black, My own flowing sugar y-brown and my will a bolt of steel.

Unbendable, non-negotiable, too difficult to deal with, Tongue-in-cheek, acid wit, Thriving on the desperation of Kerouac and Ginsberg, Searching on a straight road to nowhere

Michelle Carmen Ki ʼ16

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New Peace Corps Agreements Signed

By TALIA JUBAS Sun Contributor

Corps recr uits than any Ivy League school for the past two years and helped Ithaca become the third-largest per capita contributor in the entire world, rene wed and expanded its long-standing par tnership with the agency Friday morning

Peace Corps Acting Director Carrie HesslerRadelet met with University President David Skor ton Friday morning to sign two agreements

The first ser ved to rene w the University’s existing Master’s International Program, which allows students to count Peace Corps assignment work toward their masters degrees, and the second e x p a n d e d t h e Pa u l D C o v e r d e l l Fe l l o w s Program, which grants scholarships to returned Peace Corps volunteers, from the College of Architecture, Ar t and Planning to include the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

The signing, which took place in the Day Hall boardroom, was attended by University and Peace Corps representatives who were “instr umental” in the materialization of the agreements, according to Hessler-Radelet

President Skor ton expressed approval of the “brisk pace of recr uitment,” a sentiment echoed by Hessler-Radelet

“[Cornell] is a ver y special place,” she said

The University has had “ a strong histor y of par tnership” with the Peace Corps since the organization was founded in 1961, Skor ton said

The agreements are the product of an initiative to fur ther develop this relationship between the Peace Corps and the University, according to Skor ton

The University recognized the suitability of the CALS curriculum, which prepares students by equipping them with the skills the host countries need, to the Peace Corps’ mission, according to Skor ton

“Students in CALS learn specific ways to analyze and approach complex agricultural prob-

Madagascar and Zambia

The Paul D Coverdell Fellows program stipulates that, upon return, volunteers continue utilizing the skills they used abroad to contribute to domestic cities in need, according to its website

“Internships in underser ved communities will be an integral par t of each recipient’s degree, allowing returned Peace Corps volunteers to bring the skills they acquired during ser vice back home to make an impact in the United States,” Skor ton said in a press release

The program will allow the returning Cornell students to use their skills in their respective fields to ser ve the greater Ithaca area, while pro-

Skor ton said

Talia Jubas can be reached at tfj23@cornell edu

In remembrance

Brush Fires Strike

Tompkins County

Following a series of brush fires over the weekend and on Monday, local officials reminded the community of the outside-burning ban that remains in effect through May 14, The Ithaca Journal reported

Top-Tier Graffiti Artists Come to Ithaca

Forty-five top graffiti artists collaborated to paint all four sides of the Cornell University Press building on Cascadilla Street this weekend, The Ithaca Journal reported on Monday

Jury Selection Begins

In Police Shooting Trial

Jury selection began Monday in the trial of Jamel Booker, 23, who is charged with attempted first-degree murder and several other crimes in connection with the shooting of Ithaca police officer Anthony Augustine, The Ithaca Journal reported Tompkins Democrat to Announce Congressional Candidacy

A Tompkins County Democrat will officially announce his or her candidacy for the 23rd Congressional District on Thursday, The Ithaca Journal reported

Compiled by Lauren Avery

P risoner’s Daughter Tells Father’s Stor y

By JORDAN JACKSON Sun Contributor

Teresa Shoatz, the daughter of Maroon Shoatz who has spent 39 years in the United States prison system, including nearly two decades in solitary confinement visited Cornell Thursday as part of her countrywide tour promoting her father’s book, which advocates on behalf of those who are discriminatorily incarcerated and against social injustices in the prison system

“The warden placed Maroon in solitary confinement because of his beliefs He is a believer, a leader and a teacher,” Shoatz said “His main education piece is to rearrange the mindset of folks who commit petty crime and end up in prison, so when they are released, prison doesn’t become a revolving door for them –– almost like a prison education program ”

Shoatz said her father, who was a member of the Black Panther Party, was imprisoned after the party carried out an attack against the Philadelphia Police Department that was motivated by the depar tment ’ s armed attempts to destroy the party ’ s resistance The 1972 incident left an officer dead, and despite Maroon’s professed innocence, he was arrested and placed in the Philadelphia prison system

Shoatz emphasized the importance of teaching young people about the injustices that can be perpetrated by the prison system

“I wanted to open the minds of young folks [from college] before they are released back into their communities, areas and workspaces, helping them to acknowledge the present day prison system As students, you are devoid from the outside world You have these fresh new grains because your focus is on the college,” said Shoatz

Carrie Freshour grad said she organized the event to make Maroon Shoatz’s story more wellknown

“We wanted to bring awareness to Maroon’s life and work

and his unjust political imprisonment On a larger level, we wanted to get the word out about his work against the prison system, ” Freshour said Freshour also said that Maroon Shoatz’s book was an entryway to discussing the disproportionate extent to which minorities are imprisoned in the United States

“It’s depressing; the criminalization of people of color is an issue that we hoped to bring attention to here at Cornell,” Freshour said “Men of color make up 60 percent of the prison population, while only constituting 30 percent of the entire U S population This is even reflected on a local level with the Ithaca Police Department ” Mariamma Kambon grad echoed Freshour’s sentiments, and said that it is important to bring light to injustices perpetrated in the United States prison system

“It is a stark reminder that while we are busy outing fires in far away places, our own neighbors are burning,” Kambon said “Can we truly, legitimately, point fingers across international borders about human rights violations, when we ignore them within the borders of this nation? The system of mass incarceration, especially with its ugly taint of color and class prejudice, is the civil rights issue of our time ”

Maroon has since been moved to State Correctional Institution Mahanoy, a level-four solitar y confinement prison, an improvement on his previous level-five imprisonment at State Correctional Institution Greene, according to Teresa Shoatz She said the movement to rally support behind Maroon and to shed light on the injustices of the U S prison system will continue

“The biggest part is to make people aware [of ] who Russell is He shouldn’t be forgotten and is still on the front line of activism within his community,” Teresa said

Jordan Jackson can be reached at jcj65@cornell edu

Redesign Plan Seek s to Minimize Downtown Disr uption

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sible so that all of these businesses on the Commons can stay open and continue doing business for the entire t i m e t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n

“ We’re going to phase it so that the obstr uction is as minimal as possible ”

The city was able to secure funding for the project through a comprehensive package comprised of federal, state, county and city funding, along with $500,000 of private funding from the Downtown Ithaca Alliance, according to DIA Executive Director Gar y Ferguson

Securing the funds for the project was a difficult process, according to Ferguson He said that the project was the result of “ ten years of talking and five years of planning ”

“Up until a fe w months ago, most people did not believe that this project would move for ward at all It was too difficult, too big and too expensive,” Ferguson said

Myrick said that the city was finally able to secure the funds necessar y for the project thanks to the effor ts of e

Schumer (D-N Y ) were instr umental in the City of

Ithaca receiving $4 5 million in funding from the federal government

The city also received $1 8 million in state funding, according to Myrick, for which he thanked Ne w York Governor Andre w Cuomo (D), executive director of Empire State Development Kevin McLaughlin, and State Senator Tom O’Mara (R)

“If we didn’t get that, and if we didn’t get that last year right when we needed it, we tr uly wouldn’t be here,” Myrick said

In many ways, Ferguson said the redesign project mirrored the creation of the Commons 40 years ago, which he said “defined and branded Ithaca for a generation brought twenty years of prosperity, spurred ne w development and made Ithaca a walkable city ”

Myrick also said that the redesign project would be instr umental in revitalizing downtown Ithaca

“Here we are at the center of our city and the center of our county We are here at the cultural, social, political hub,” Myrick said “If this is not successful, then our county will not be successful ”

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Community School of Music and Ar ts, which is located in the Commons, described the redesign as “terrific” and said that she was “really looking for ward to a revitalized Commons, once it’s done ”

Tropper-Herbel said the long-term benefits of the

redesigned Commons outweigh the shor t-term inconveniences of constr uction

“It should be a minimal amount of changes to traffic, and I know that there will be plenty of accommodations for pedestrians so that businesses will be open and thriving,” Tropper-Herbel said

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Legislature, agreed that the Commons was in great need of renovations

“I think it’s a great idea, and it was sadly needed for a long time The Commons needed to get rebuilt, and I think it was a big effor t on the par t of many mayors, ” Dennis said

Dennis added that, during the constr uction of the Commons in the 1970s, the disr uption may have caused fe wer people to come downtown and as a result, many stores went out of business

“I believe that what they’re going to have to do is make sure we don’t lose businesses,” Dennis said “ The city has to really do a good job promoting the idea: ‘Come on down Watch us build We’re open and ready for business ’”

Gabriella Lee can be reached at gdl39@cornell edu

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N.Y. Ethics Needed Again

ALBANY, N Y (AP) Days after federal authorities rocked New York politics with an announcement of more “ rampant ” corruption cases, Gov Andrew Cuomo said Monday that solutions abound to fix Albany’s intractable ethical lapses

But he isn’t releasing any remedies yet in his call for another overhaul of ethics laws and enforcement in two years, and so far he won ’ t order a powerful corruption commission to investigate state politics as his father, Gov Mario Cuomo, did in 1987 “ The governor will be proposing a comprehensive anti-corruption

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spokesman Rich Azzopardi “ These are separate and distinct issues from the 2011 law to reform the operations and oversight of state government ” Cuomo in a radio inter view didn’t say how his new overhaul would be different from his ethics reform two years ago, or other ethics reforms four years before that

Those who have regulated state government say the latest rhetoric follows a pattern over decades following scandals where, despite numerous press announcements, reforms came up short

The former state ethics and lobbying watchdogs say Albany continues to avoid focusing on the root causes of corruption The regulators said in inter views that Albany must break down political hurdles so people can run for office without making concessions to party bosses, and state officials must begin to report suspicious behavior of colleagues

Former state ethics board Executive Director Karl Sleight said that in his experience it was “ ver y unlikely” that a state official would report concerns about another state official's ethical behavior

“It’s a collegial environment,” said Sleight, who led the 2006 investigation into former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi that resulted in one of Albany biggest corruption convictions “ They all go through the same political battles of getting themselves on the ballot There’s a certain collegiality that develops, and I think it transcends party labels

“ The larger issue is how to attract quality candidates with the right moral compass and improving ballot access for those people,” Sleight said He said public-spirited citizens can be dissuaded from politics if they are first required to make donations to party bosses, diminishing the pool of top candidates

“At the end of the day, crooks are crooks,” Sleight said “It doesn’t matter what ethics law you pass If you are willing to take a bribe, you take a bribe ”

The former state lobbying executive director said governors and legislatures focus on new ethics laws in press conferences, while the small stuff that foster what Cuomo as attorney general had called a “culture of corruption” goes untouched

“It starts with gateway violations, just like drugs,” said David Grandeau, now an attorney representing lobbying clients

He said the culture is fostered by routine abuse of legislators' " per diem payments, friends and family on the payroll, abuse of campaign funds for non-campaign purposes, and they go from there "

Grandeau blames his frequent target, the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics created under Cuomo’s ethics overhaul two years ago, which replaced another board created four years before under the ethics overhaul of former Gov Eliot Spitzer

“ That’s why these guys do it They get away with it,” Grandeau said “ This is the governor ’ s responsibility ”

Cuomo said he’s had private discussions with legislators on his ideas

“It’s ver y hard to do it piecemeal the better way to do it is to reform the overall system, ” Cuomo said Monday “Even good people in the system will say the system doesn’t work ”

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Editorial

Limiting Restrictions On S cholarly Research

ON MARCH 20, THE U S SENATE PASSED the Coburn Amendment, which prohibits the National Science Foundation from funding political science research unless it promotes U S national security or economic interests This move is alarming for a number of reasons There will be damaging cutbacks to political science research Additionally, the new criteria for evaluating research proposals will restrict the breadth of the discipline Given the seemingly political motivation behind its passage and its potential harm to the study of political science, we believe the Senate was remiss in passing this amendment

The NSF is critical to political science research in the U S , funding 61 percent of all research in the discipline nationwide At Cornell, one in five of all external political science grants given to graduate students and faculty are awarded by the NSF The impact these restrictions will have on this academic field could be devastating Yet political science funding accounts for less than 01 percent of NSF’s total budget allocations Given the already small scale of political science research funding, the move seems to have been made with politics, rather than economics, in mind The arguably symbolic shift in priorities the Coburn Amendment will achieve does not justify the negative impact the policy will have on political science research in the U S

The Senate’s decision to support only research that promotes U S interests is an unsettling departure from academic freedom Though the country faces tough economic times, those hardships cannot and should not be solved by a governmental dictation of what research American scholars ought to pursue Decisions made about funding allocations at the micro-level should be made by scientists, not politicians The “promoting national security or the economic interests of the U S ” requirement for NSF funding not only undermines the autonomy of our nation’s scientists, it also threatens to cause a chilling effect on scholarship in the U S

Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla ) may be right in saying that the NSF has failed to responsibly allocate taxpayer funds to critical research projects Perhaps they have, as he argues, failed to properly manage their priorities in awarding grants Nonetheless, a more targeted and narrowly-tailored approach to holding the NSF accountable would have been far more appropriate Instead, the Senate has dealt a painful blow to political science research in the U S in order to make a political point

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b e s t T h i s b r i n g s m e t o t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t p a r t o f t h i s c o l u m n : T h e i m p l i c a t i o n s o f t h i s r a n k i n g p h e n o m e n o n m u s t b e d i sc u s s e d We m u s t a s k o u r s e l ve s : W h a t a re t h e s e r a n k i n g s d o i n g t o u s ? I b e l i e ve t h a t t h e y c a u s e a b i t o f u n h e a l t h y c o m p e t it i o n C o l l e g e s m u s t n ow t h i n k a b o u t e ve r y d e c i s i o n t h e y m a k e i n t e r m s o f r a n k i n g s , e s p e c i a l l y w h e n i t c o m e s t o a d m i s s i o n s T h e f a c t o f t h e m a t t e r i s t h e m o re c o m p e t i t i ve a d m i s s i o n s a re , t h e b e tt e r o n e ’ s r a n k i n g a n d t h e

Kirat Singh | Evaluating the Discontents

Aiding Inclusive D evelopment

The United Kingdom recently became the first member of the G-7 countries to pass an esoteric milestone by spending over 0 7 percent of its gross national income on foreign aid That fact, combined with the rapid growth fueled by an oil and minerals boom across the African continent, has sparked renewed interest in the debate over whether foreign development aid should be reduced In a recent piece for CNN, development specialist Bob Geldof makes a persuasive case for the continuing need for aid I argue that in addition to issues like persistent poverty in pockets of the region and unacceptably high maternal mortality, aid is needed because the African growth trajector y will systemically create losers These losers will require the United Kingdom to get some company at the top

The case for drawing down aid rests on the continent’s recent growth spurt A McKinsey report charting this growth shows that natural resources generated over 30 percent of African GDP in the 2002-2008 period Moreover, this industr y was the fastest growing, expanding 24 percent in the same time period The retail industr y, which comes in second, grew 13 percent Chinese demand drives a significant proportion of this growth In addition to being a customer for oil and minerals, China has invested heavily in infrastructure with a view to guaranteeing its supply of resources

Even though six of the 10 fastest growing economies over the 2000-2010 period were from Africa and growth rates there are expected to trump those in Asia in the coming decade, the case for aid remains robust First, the growth remains unequal Tanzania, Ghana and Nigeria might be galloping, but the Democratic Republic of the

Accomodating those marginaliz by extractive industries and export-led growth requires intelligently targeted aid

and the Central African Republic remain mired in conflict As mentioned above, certain demographic indicators like infant and maternal mortality remain stuck at unacceptable levels

More interestingly, however, is that even in the fastest growing states, the growth is creating losers Accommodating those marginalized by extractive industries and export-led growth requires intelligently targeted aid In countries benefiting from recent Chinese investment in mineral and food production, the degree of local involvement in the new industries in highly contested Proponents of Chinese investment point to increasing ratios of local to Chinese workers at these industrial facilities as well as Beijing’s diktats to improve the “working skills of local youth and women ” Taken at their strongest, these arguments still leave room for skepticism on three counts First, the involvement of locals remains at the lower levels of the industrial hierarchy Second, extractive industries by nature tend to exclude certain groups, most notably women

Finally, the pace and type of industrialization has led to large scale environmental damage which hur ts those who once depended on those ecosystems for their livelihood To refuse to consider the connections between the continued havoc the oil industr y wrecks in the Nigerian delta and continued attacks on its workers, is to ignore those marginalized by the countr y ’ s economic boom These are not jabs solely at Chinese investment in the region Although he is excessively optimistic in his assessment of the actions of Chinese firms, Qu Xing is right to point out the counterfactual in last week’s Financial Times The interest of Western firms, he said, is also “oil, oil, oil and nothing else ” The biggest actors in the Nigerian oil industr y, for instance, are Shell, Exxon and Total Aid, then, has a role to play in assisting, training and empowering those who are unlikely to ever benefit from this growth phenomenon This is not a blanket critique of the growth strategy described here, but a call to recognize the role aid plays in making that growth inclusive The money needs to be carefully spent and backed by rigorous empirical testing Geldof cites an example of aid done wrong in Turkana, Kenya, where a community attuned to eating goat meat and with an unreliable electricity supply was provided a giant fridge to store fish Similarly, in their bestseller from 2011, Poor Economics, Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee provide numerous other examples of the local context making or breaking an aid inter vention Harnessing that knowledge, aid needs to fill the old gaps and new chasms that economic growth in Africa will create

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Cornell Greek Guy Re: “OH: Diversifying the Greek System,” News, published April 8, 2013

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p a j a m a s Ac c o rd i n g t o a n a r t i c l e l a s t month in Ar tinfo, Dot Dash 3 (the name references the three dots and dashes for “ ar t ” in Morse code), is like a “video game for ar t collectors,” a vir tual exhibition space where ar tists can sell their w o rk a n d s i t u a t e i t w i t h i n a g a l l e r y design of their choosing

The site allows vie wers to enter vir tual ar t shows for individual ar tists Along with images of the work situated in a g a l l e r y s p a c e , e a c h s h o w c o n t a i n s a description, an ar tist biography, information about specific pieces and prices for specific pieces

The project depar ts from traditional galleries and traditional ar t sale websites in several impor tant ways: First, unlike other websites for selling ar twork, Dot Dash 3 shows what the individual pieces would look like installed, as if in a real galler y space However, the ar tist does not have to adhere to e x i s t i n g d i m e n s i

the owners of the company pointed out to Ar tinfo In addition, the site is ar tistdriven, cutting out the traditional middleman dealers in both on and offline venues Dot Dash 3 screens interested ar tists before allowing them to create a vir tual show When pieces are sold, the site takes a commission and donates a por tion of that commission to fund ar tist residencies

The site has important consequences for how we think about galleries On the one hand, Dot Dash 3 democratizes the galler y by bringing it to a wider audience Now, you don't have to be in the same geographic location as a work to see it Moreover, going to see work in person is a commitment With Dot Dash 3, those with a more casual interest can view art without investing time and energy in doing so In addition, the site shows the

They instead get to design a ne w space entirely Although the current shows all simulate traditional white cube galler y space, the site provides the option of creating other vir tual spaces for the work, as

work of artists who don't have dealers and would not be able to show in traditional galleries, something which could potentially bring more attention to underrepresented artists and styles of work At the

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that such works are probably better suited for vir tual environments, I'm not sure they need to borrow traditional notions of physical space Why imitate a galler y if the work is best experienced online? A more suitable space would not need to reference the galler y, but would instead take advantage of characteristics natural to the web Although the owners claim the ar tists can design non-galler y spaces for their work, they continue to frame space as something physical and material. A vir tual exhibition space should be just that: A space for vir tual work, not a replica of a traditional galler y space We have enough white cubes

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next weekend at the Reis Tennis Center in Ithaca This will be the Red’s first home game of the Ivy League series The team will face the Bulldogs, 2 p m on Saturday, f

Brown at 2 p m on Sunday The women ’ s team similarly defeated Dartmouth, but lost to Har vard The team played its

Friday at the Reis Tennis Center and won 4-3 but lost 6-1 to the Crimson on Saturday, taking the team to a 12-2 record for the season so far and a 1-2 record in the Ivy League

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Dartmouth at the No 3, No 5 and No 6 positions, senior Sarah O’Neil won her match at No 1, 6-2, 6-4, junior Ryann Young defeated Dartmouth’s Janet Liu at No 2, 6-0, 6-1 and freshman Dena Tanenbaum secured her match at No 4 6-0, 6-2 The team played well in its doubles m

wins The third match at No 2 doubles did not finish

Cornell was unable to hold off the Crimson on Saturday with only two wins for Red the first being at No 2 doubles with s e n i o r C h r i

O rd w a y a n d Tanenbaum winning 8-6 and the s e

Judeh winning her singles match at No 5 6-2, 7-5

“Dartmouth was a really good w i n , ” Ta n n e n b a u m s a i d “ We knew coming into the Ivies that it would be ver y competitive and [the] matches would be tough, but most of our losses were by a ver y close margin We all know that the matches could have gone either way Har vard, of course, was a tough loss It’s the tiny details that make a difference and we are learning from our loss talking about things that went wrong and what we can use to play better Playing against Yale and Brown should be fun and all of us are really excited to get back out there ”

Deeya Bajaj can be reached at dbajaj@cornellsun com

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Red Takes Down Green, Splits Games at Har vard

By ANNA FASMAN Sun Staff Writer

After splitting its start to the Ivy League season, the Cornell softball team came into this weekend ready to face tough opponents Harvard and Dartmouth Both have notoriously strong programs, according to junior Christina Villalon, so the Red came into the weekend ready to face two trying opponents

After dropping its first game against Dartmouth, Cornell was able to fight back and earn a win against the relentless Green The Red held on to three run leads in the first, second, third and fifth innings, however, Dartmouth was able to catch up and eventually surpass the team In the seventh inning, the women were able to tie up the score and, after a long ten inning game, earn a win against their taxing opponent Junior pitcher Alyson Onyon pitched for all ten innings and did not give up any hits in the last four, allowing the Red to come out with the win

On Saturday, Cornell started its first game against Harvard with an impressive 5-0 lead However, after Harvard was able to score seven straight runs, Cornell had to fight to gain the lead once again In the sixth inning, the Red was able to tie up the game after a double hit by junior Christina Villalon drove in a run and an error made by the Crimson allowed for a second run, tying the game up at 7-7 The women were able to score three more times in the final inning, winning at Harvard 10-7

However, game two did not end as well for the Red What started off as a 42 game with Harvard in the lead ended abruptly in the fifth inning when the Crimson was able to score seven runs, finishing the game earlier than expected with a final score of 11-2 Beforehand, Cornell fought hard, taking the lead at various points throughout the game, but ultimately, the team fell short of the win in a heartbreaking culmination to its second game

“Of course it is frustrating to split games because one timely hit can change the entire ballgame, but we are happy with the wins that we have been able to come away with,” said Villalon

Villalon had a strong day at bat, scoring two runs and hitting two doubles and three RBIs in the first game against Harvard

Despite the rocky start to league play, the team is “optimistic for the rest of the season, ” she said “Offensively and defensively, we are ready to take on the rest of the Ivy League ”

Overall, Cornell finished the weekend with a 5-5 record in Ivy League play and a 15-17 record for the season The team will take on the Orange in Syracuse, N Y this Wednesday

Anna Fasman can be reached at afasman@cornellsun com

We have a pitcher | Junior pitcher Alyson Onyon pitched all ten innings of the Red’s victorious game against Dartmouth, not giving up any hits in the last four innings

Baseball’s 2013 Seas on May Have S ome Surpri ses in Store

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both Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout had last year, it’s hard to imagine someone else breaking into the fray and stealing the AL MVP award in 2013 However, while Trout and Cabrera may individually have the best odds of winning the award, there is still a host of other viable candidates who collectively stand a better c h a n c e T h i s i s b e c a u s e f o r Cabrera to win the award he’ll

h a ve t o c o n v i n c e a s t u b b o r n group of writers that he deserves to enter the rare air of back-toback winners For some reason, writers tend to avoid voting the same player MVP in consecutive years and it has only been done 11 times in the history of baseball For Trout, the difficulty in returning to the top of the MVP race will come from more advanced scouting reports and simply proving that he’s here to stay There’s no debate that what Trout did last year was remarkable, as he posted

o n e o f t h e b e s t s e a s o n s e ve r regardless of the fact that he was a rookie But the true test of his prowess will come this year as he’ll now face pitchers who know his strengths and weakness better and he’ll have the burden of expectation riding on his shoulders I predict Trout will still have a phenomenal career but would not be surprised by a slight drop in pro-

duction in 2013 The main comp e t i t o r s f o r t h e s e t w o a re Robinson Cano of the Yankees, fresh off a World Baseball Classic MVP Award, the always consistent Albert Pujols of the Angels, the constantly improving Adam Jones of the Orioles, and the newly acquired Jose Reyes of the Blue Jays

2 There will be more Yankee b a s h i n g t h i s ye a r t h a n a n y other year in the history of baseball.

This might come off as a tad extreme being that the Yankees have existed for more than a century, but backing up my argument is the new age of social media where there are simply m o re p l a t f o r m s t o b a s h t h e Yankees in Be it on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or in person, every non-Yankee fan will take as many swipes at the Bronx Bombers as possible during the first few months of the season as t h e i r m a n y we a k n e s s e s a re exposed Being a Yankees fan myself, I am ready to embrace the verbal thrashing as a mere consequence of being really good for the past 18 seasons I am also willi n g t o a d m i t t h a t t h e 2 0 1 3 Yankees have the potential to be one of the worst teams to cheer f o r i n a l l o f Ma j o r L e a g u e Baseball They not only are sending out a makeshift lineup that more resembles a retirement com-

munity than a group of fearsome sluggers, but they have zero young potential on their roster If you ’ re not going to be good you might as well have some exciting youngsters that fans can watch develop over the years I mean even the crosstown Mets have some top p ro s p e c t s n ow Pl e a s e ! Pl e a s e ! Pl e a s e ! De re k Je t e r, Cu r t i s Granderson, and Mark Teixeira get healthy soon and miraculously save the season

3 There will be more close division races this year than in any year of recent memory. Since the new Wild Card rules that were implemented last season do not guarantee teams a spot in the Division Series, there is an added emphasis for each team to win their own division Making this all the more exciting is that there are more teams that could actually win their division this year than any year I can remember In the NL West the Dodgers are loaded with their team of highly paid superstars, but the defending champion Giants can never be counted out, and the feisty Diamondbacks, Rockies, and Padres shouldn’t be forgotten about either In the NL Central the Reds look to regain the top spot, but the Cardinals are always contenders and the Brewers just added Kyle Lohse to pair with Yovani Gallardo, forming a deadly one-two punch in their rota-

tion The NL East features the dynamic young Nationals with p h e n o m s Br yc e Ha r p e r a n d St e p h e n St r a s b u r g c o m p e t i n g against the newly united Upton brothers in Atlanta The AL West might be the most stacked of all the divisions with a lethal Angels lineup starring Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, Josh Hamilton, and Mark Trumbo, an Athletics team that won 95 games last year, a Rangers team that’s made two of the last three World Series, and an upstart Mariners team that’s improving fast The AL Central might be the most boring of the races as the Tigers seem to be the dominant team but the Royals traded for James Shields over the winter in an effort to make a run this year, and the White Sox always seemingly put together solid seasons Finally, in the AL East all five of the teams could legitimately take the crown The Yankees and the Re d Sox a re s u r p r i s i n g l y t h e biggest long shots with slowly d e p l e t i n g ro s t e r s , b u t i t ’ s n o t i n c o n c e i va b l e t h a t Je t

n d Rivera or Ortiz could make one last run The Rays acquired super prospect Wil Myers in the offseason and with a healthy Evan Longoria may be the favorites The Oriole s qu alifie d for the playoffs with a magical run last year and look to build on their recent success And the biggest splash of the offseason came up north where the Toronto Blue

Jays have added Jose Reyes, R A Di c k e y, Ma rk Bu e h r l e , Jo s h Jo h n s o n , Me l k y C a b re r a , a n d Emilio Bonifacio and seem poised to contend now Who said there’s no parity in baseball?

4 The New York Mets will come out as the big winners of the their offseason trade with the Blue Jays I applaud the Blue Jays in their efforts to try and win now and I think they’ll have a fine season Yet the fine season they’ll have will be more a result of the trade t h e y m a d e w i t h t h e Fl o r i d a Marlins than the one they made with the New York Mets In the trade with the New York Mets, the Blue Jays acquired last year ’ s NL Cy Young Award winner R A Dickey This may sound great in theory, but Dickey is 38 years old, had never had a season in his career like his last one, and is already off to a mediocre start in 2013 Plus the Blue Jays had to give up elite catching prospect Travis D’Arnaud and the high upside Noah Snydergaard to get h i m In D ’ A r n a u d a n d Snydergaard the Mets have a player who could become the face of the franchise for years to come and a top flight arm who can develop into a quality starter or be flipped for a player who can help them contend sooner I do believe

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Red Row s Into Sea s on St ron g

By TUCKER MAGGIO-HUCEK Sun Staff Writer

This past weekend the men ' s rowing teams kicked off its season with competitive races The lightweight team enjoyed some success in its matchup against Har vard and Penn in Pennsylvania, while the heavyweight team struggled in its season opening races against Har vard in Massachusetts Both teams will use this past weekend's races to learn from and build boat speed for future competitions

The heavyweight team ’ s matchup against Har vard ended with the Crimson winning three of the four races, including the varsity eight, second varsity eight and third varsity race The Red did manage to edge the Crimson in the freshmen eight race by almost three seconds Har vard proved to be a talented opponent, finishing ahead of the Red's varsity eight by 20 6 seconds and finished 12 4 seconds ahead of the Red in the second varsity race as well

The results of Saturday's competitions illuminated many areas that the team needs to improve upon

“Saturday's racing was eye-opening in terms of realizing that we have a lot of speed to gain throughout the rest of the season, ” senior coxswain Ryan Anthony said “ The varsity boats have a lot of potential for improvement and can continue to get faster throughout the season if the right changes are made ”

Early in the season, it is difficult for teams to find a rhythm and work together as a unit Anthony stated that the the biggest improvement the team needs to make is building upon the unit’s ability to work together

“In general, the team needs to improve on unity and efficiency,” he said “ The key to some great crews is not only are they all together in sync, but they row efficiently so that all work exerted is used to drive the boat further ”

The Red does not have another competition for two

Spor ts

weeks, so there will be plenty of time during training sessions for the team to optimize boat lineups and improve as individuals and as a team

“In the next two weeks it will be vital for ever y person to continue to improve individually, but more importantly to integrate those improvements into helping the whole boat pick up speed,” Anthony said “ Teamwork is going to be essential and we will keep testing out different lineups of people until we find the best combinations possible ”

The lightweight team managed to keep the Matthews Trophy for the 19th straight season with a varsity eight victor y over Penn Har vard, who was not eligible for the Matthews Trophy, won the varsity eight race over the Red and the Quakers, as well as the second varsity race and second freshmen race The Red did manage to win the third varsity race by almost 12 seconds over Har vard, and a large margin over Penn Penn finished last in ever y race besides the first freshmen eight race in which the Quakers finished 2 3 seconds faster than the Red

Five Bold Predictions For Baseball Seas on

Last week, I had the tough decision of whether to ride the March Madness wave that has been sweeping the sports world or venture off and preview Opening Day of

t h e b a s e b a l l s e a s o n Be i n g caught up in all of the hoopla following an extremely exciting Sweet Sixteen/Elite Eight weekend, I decided to go with college hoops However, since baseball is a personal favorite pastime, I’m going to use this week’s column to have my own pseudo belated baseball preview Unfortunately, I can ’ t go through all 30 teams in the span of one article and discuss their prospects for the year, so instead I’m going to tackle this gigantic task through five bold p re d i c

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e might come off as out there, but bear with me and recognize that the 162 game baseball season is tr uly unpredictable, unique, enchanting, and completely and utterly awesome! I apologize if I’m coming off as overly enthusia s t i c , b u t a f t e r t h e g re a t we a t h e r we h a d t h i s p a s t weekend it’s finally starting to sink in It’s actually baseball season!

1 Someone other than Mike Trout or Miguel Cabrera will win the AL MVP award. Wi t h t h e u n b e l i e va b l e record-breaking seasons that

The Red finished the varsity eight race 2 7 seconds

Chamberlain was a positive outcome for the first race of the season

“Our team had a strong showing for our first league race of the season, ” he said “Har vard is one of our fastest opponents and the result showed we are right there with them ”

This weekend's competition helped bolster early season confidence in the Red going into the team ’ s next races The teams will take on Princeton on Saturday and Yale on Sunday The Red will look to use the confidence to bring extra intensity to practice sessions in order to build upon its early season successes “ We just need to bring a little more racing intensity and apply the confidence we gained to this weekends racing,” Chamberlain said

Tucker Maggio-Hucek can be reached at tmaggiohucek@cornellsun com

Men and Women Split Matches A gain st Har vard and D artmouth

By DEEYA BAJAJ Sun Staff Writer

T h e C o r n e

m e n ’ s tennis team has a game tally of 12-6 for the season and 1-2 in the Ivy

L e a g u e m a t c h e s a f t e r this weekend The team won its first match of t h e we e k e n d i n Ne w Ha m p s h i re a g a i n s t Dartmouth on Saturday April 6th, but lost to Ha r va rd i n Ma s s achusetts the following day

The victor y against Dartmouth marked the first Ivy League victory for the Red with a 5-2 win Cornell lost its first doubles match but won the next two doubles matches, 9-7 In singles, the Red lost only two matches at No 1 and No 6 against the Green

T h e t e a m d i d n o t f a re s o we l l a g a i n s t Ha r va rd , c u r re n t l y ranked No 18 by the

In t e rc o l l e g i a t e Te n n i s

Association Its only successful match was a 6-4, 6-4 win by sophomore Jason Luu in the No 5 s i n g l e s m a t c h

T h e team lost the first two d o u

RO W E R S O P E N W I T H S I X S T R A I G H T W I N S

By LAUREN RITTER Sun Senior Writer

After winning six straight to open up the 2013 season, the Red (6-3, 2-2 Ivy League) are in a small funk, losing the last three games Ranked No 14 in the nation, the Cornell women ’ s lacrosse team had a promising start to the campaign despite the recent struggles With the season more than half over, the Red looks to improve on its 11-5 record from last year

“We are not satisfied with where we are right now, ” senior captain and defenseman Kate Ivory said “We know how much potential we have, and our recent failures are going to drive us to stay disciplined and learn from those mistakes so we can continue to improve ”

It has been a tale of two seasons for the Red, especially in Ivy League play The team started off with a 17-12 victor y against Harvard and a 14-7 drubbing of Columbia Sophomore attacker Lindsay Toppe was the star of both games as she combined for eight goals and five assists in the two games Her career-best game came on March 2, against the Crimson when she recorded nine points

After the 2-0 start in the Ivy League, the Red lost two consecutive games In two incredibly close games the Red lost, 12-11 (OT), to Penn and 12-10 to Princeton

On the road in Philadelphia, Cornell did not give up easily as they scored seven second-half unanswered goals to force an overtime period Leading the Red’s surge was Toppe with four goals, and junior midfielder Amanda D’Amico and senior captain and attacker Caroline Salisbur y with two apiece Also instrumental in the comeback was sophomore goalkeeper Carly Gniewek, who relieved starter goaltender senior Courtney Gallagher, and made seven key saves and allowed just one goal in the second half Despite the individual performances, Penn was able to shut down the Red offense in the overtime and win 12-11

In Cornell’s last game, a 12-10 loss to Princeton, the team again failed to come all the way back They trailed 12-8 and two late goals by Cornell with 9:07 left would not be enough to overcome the Tigers Sophomore midfielder Sarah Hefner led the Red with three goals, which extended Cornell’s streak of having at least one player record a hat trick to 32 games

“Leadership is huge on this team, ” Ivory said “And it is really important in the success of our team We have a lot of leaders in each class, which makes for an interesting team dynamic ”

The play of the underclassmen this year has in fact been one of the Red’s strengths Toppe leads Cornell with 31 goals and 40 points D’Amico is second with 22 goals and junior attacker Rachel Moody is fourth with 11 Adding to the play of the underclassmen, the steady performance of captain Salisbury has provided a strong example to the younger players of what Cornell lacrosse should look like She has played all nine games and is third on the team in goals scored with 21 She is also second on the team in points with 27

Reflecting on the season so far, Salisbur y mentioned the team ’ s games against Penn St and UNC as important non-Ivy League games the team has played this year

The March 13 victory against Penn St was perhaps Cornell’s most impressive victory Cornell defeated the No 7 ranked Nittany Lions, 13-12, in double overtime D’Amico scored five and Salisbury scored three including the game winner in the comeback Cornell trailed, 11-7, 15:03 in the second half before scoring four unanswered, two by D’Amico

In its March 20 contest against No 3 UNC, Cornell was leading, 10-7, late after a 6-0 scoring streak starting the second half The Tar Heels, however, ended the night on a 4-0 run and were able to sneak off with the lead The loss was Cornell’s first of the year, and the team has not won since

“We played well against Penn St and UNC and we in all the games we play,” Salisbury said “The next few weeks we have one game a week and it will be important to have more practice to focus on what has been lacking and focus more on our

mistakes We just have to figure out how to get over that hump ” Cornell has five games remaining, two of which are against Ivy League rivals, Brown on March 12 and at Yale on March 20 The remaining non-conference opponents are at Syracuse on March 16, Binghamton on March 23 and Boston on March 27

“We have to remain giving it our all every single game, ” Ivory said “We have a lot of confidence in each other in our abilities and that creates a unique bond that is important for success ”

G o l f e r s R e a d y f o r S p r i n g M a t c h e s

By EMILY BERMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

After a bumpy fall season, the golf team is back in full swing with matches each weekend in April leading up to the Ivy League Championships on April 26

The Red last played officially as a team at the Ivy Match Play event back in October Although the Red fell in the first and third rounds to Princeton and Penn, respectively, the team took a memorable 3-2 victor y over Har vard in the second round

Freshman Brandon Eng, who claimed Cornell’s first match play victor y at that tournament, said that he sees room for improvement from semester to semester

“I thought we definitely could have been stronger, ” he said “As for me, it was my first semester at Cornell, and it was my first semester playing golf for Cornell it was interesting having to balance all the things I was doing In terms of how the team played, I thought my teammates played well I think I can definitely improve in the spring semester ”

Junior Carl Schimenti added that the Red started the fall season strong and hopes to start the spring semester in a similar fashion

“I think our best tournament was our first, the Cornell Invitat i o n a l [ i n w h i c h

The Red looks to three matches in April for Championship r un.

he said “From there, we fell off a little bit This spring, we ’ re looking to return to form and be in the top five in spring tournaments ”

Although the team does not hold organized practices in the winter, many of the players attempted to hit balls at least twice a week into indoor nets in order to practice the long game, Schimenti said He added that the team will likely need the most work with putting and chipping

“Definitely when you ’ re coming back in the spring, when most of us have time off, the short game tends to be a little rusty, ” he said

The team ’ s first official match of the sprinwas the Yale Spring Opener where the team placed in 13th But the team headed down to Florida over spring break to take Princeton and Dartmouth in a semi-formal tournament Many of the players finished matches, but the final groups were rained out so no winner was declared

“I thought we did really well in our matches over spring break,” Eng said “ They were friendly matches, but I thought we played pretty well I’m

pretty confident with how we ’ re doing so far ” Schimenti labels Princeton as the Ivy frontrunner, but notes that Penn, Har vard and Yale all have strong squads for the Red to c o m p e t e against He added that each Ivy team

h a s a g o o d shot at taking home first at the Ivy L e a g u e championships “ T h e Ivy League is actually pretty even it’s wide open, there’s no one

t e a m that has a bunch of b e s t p l a yers, ” he said T h e Re d’s three matches in April leading up to the championships a re i m p o r t a n t o n their own, but also provide good preparation for the champio n s h i p t o u r n a m e n t , Eng said “ We w a n t t o g o out and do our best at as many of the tournaments as possible,” Eng s a i d “ [ Bu t ] T h e Iv y League championship is definitely the most important tournament If we don’t come out on t o p d u r i n g o u r matches before that, we still want to use t h e m

OLIVER KL EWE / SUN SEN OR PHOTOGRAPHER FORE! | The golf team plays matches ever y weekend during the month of April with the hopes of winning Ivies

S T R O N G S E A S O N B U I L D S M O M E N T U M

DESPITE MIX OF

EXPERIENCE,

ROWERS LOOK TO IMPROVE

By TUCKER MAGGIO-HUCEK Sun Staff Writer

The heavyweights are looking to build upon their successful 2011-12 campaign this season Under head coach Todd Kennett ’91, who in his four years at Cornell boasts a 31-7 record, the Red hopes to add success to the program ’ s storied history Last season the heavyweight team finished with a 6-1 record, a 10th place finish at the Eastern Association of Rowing Championships and a ninth place finish at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships Highlighting last year ’ s season was a sweep of Princeton and Yale in a regular season match at home

This year ’ s team returns five letterwinners and four members of the varsity eight Senior captain Kevan Zadeh leads a group of four seniors who are returning as members of the varsity boat Zadeh, a two time member of the varsity eight is joined by senior coxswain Ryan Anthony, senior Chris Massey and senior Jim Rectenwald, another two time varsity eight member Last season the Red returned 8 of the 9 members of the varsity boat including two national team members

This year the varsity boat returns only four members, despite the drop off in experience, Zadeh said that he sees no difference in the teams physical form

“In terms of experience we ’ re a little bit less experienced, but in terms of strength and focus its better than last year, ” he said

This season the members of the second and third boats are going to have to step up and c o mpete for spots in the varsity boat Since the Red has been faced with injuries to rowers in key roles this season, the seniors have focused their attention on assuming leadership roles and helping the team persevere through the adversity

team The Ivy League and Eastern Sprints League are shaping up to be very competitive, with many talented teams in the mix Accroding to Zadeh, the Red should benefit from the competition and hopefully be prepared to remain competitive in the postseason

“We definitely have grand final potential at both the

Eastern Sprints and the IRA grand final,” Zadeh said

The lightweight team is coming off of a season in which it experienced successes from the varsity boats

This year ’ s team, led by head coach Chris Kerber, will look to build upon the achievements from the 201112 season, which saw many of the varsity boats compete and win medals in postseason competition Last season the varsity boat won several key meets against Princeton, Columbia and MIT, it also finished sixth in

boats last season it should not be difficult to find talented rowers to fill the first varsity boat Last season the second varsity boat won silver and the third varsity boat won gold at the Eastern Sprints Championship, while the fourth varsity boat went on to win a silver medal at the IRA national championship regatta

Senior captain Taylor Black knows that the depth within his team should make the competition for the all of the varsity boat seats very tough

“All members of the team are highly talented and motivated , ” Black said “This makes the competition for every seat very tight, especially when it comes to the varsity eight This can only benefit us in the long run, as this level of inner squad competition pushes each member of the team to continuously improve ”

Not only will the depth from last year ’ s team help the Red succeed this year, but the team is building upon the values that were instilled in the program since last season

“This year ’ s team has built upon the determin a t i o n , aggression a n d h u n g e r of last

Spirited squad | The men’s heavyweight varsity eight squad only returned four members this season but seem ready to makeup for potential defecits in competition

While the senior class is leading the younger members of the team, many seniors have taken advantage of the opportunities to step into roles where they can compete for the varsity eight spots

“I think there has been strong leadership coming from the senior class this year, ” Zadeh said “A lot of guys from the second and third boat that are seniors are stepping up and making a push to be in the top spots ”

Even though this year ’ s team is not returning as many letterwinners and experienced veterans as last year, there are plenty of potential leaders for this year ’ s

the Eastern Sprints and fifth at the IRAs The successes of the second, third and fourth varsity boats helped lift the team to a fourth place finish in the Jope Cup

This season the Red returns four members of the varsity boat Returning for their senior season on the varsity boat are John Redos and Jonathan Chamberlain Joining them will be juniors Gabe Fort and Eddie O'Neill, who were also members of the varsity eight last season

With such talented second, third and fourth varsity

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y e a r ’ s t e a m , ” B l a c k said “A core group of upper class men has been driving the team to reach for new benchmarks on and off the water As a team, we are never satisfied and know what no matter how good a practice or a race is, there is always speed to be gained ”

With some serious inner team competition for the varsity spots and some senior leadership on the varsity boats, there is plenty of potential for the team this season, but Black said that he is aware that potential can only take the team so far, and execution will ultimately determine how the team competes this season

“Across the program we are showing good speed and have the potential to do very well, but potential can only go so far [or] fast,” Black said “Ultimately, our success will be determined by each boat’s ability to execute effective and aggressive races every weekend ”

Senior Chris Massey rowed in the varsity eight during his

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RED HEADS TOWARD IMPROVEMENT

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Assistant Sports Editor

After almost three hours on NiemandRobinson field on March 30, the Red suffered a gut-wrenching 7-2 defeat in 13 innings in its first Ivy game of the season against Yale The squad then lost another extra inning heartbreaker just a few hours later, marking the first time in recent memory that the Red has dropped its first two games of the Ivy League season

However, the Red bounced back with two wins against Brown and splits at both Harvard and Dartmouth Now 4-4 in the Ancient Eight and 14-16 overall, the Red which has won four consecutive Ivy League South Division titles and five conference

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championships under head coach Dick Blood has some ground to make up in its quest for another divisional crown

The Red started to improve its play in mid-March with three straight wins over Boston College and Bethune-Cookman, but then hit a rough patch and lost five straight

“We had a really difficult schedule over spring break,” said senior Erin Belles “We were up against some teams we knew we might not be able to beat, but would challenge us going forward ”

Pitted against some top Florida teams like Stetson, Jacksonville and USF, the Red was unable to come away with a win, but was at the same time not overwhelmed by the competition Two of the losses one to Stetson and one to Jacksonville were by only one run, and, according t o

Belles, the Red was able to produce some offense in a 5-0 loss to a tough USF team

“In our last game, against USF, one of the best teams in the country, we had a lot of hits and they didn’t shut us down completely,” she said “We got runners in scoring position so that was a good place to start, and the next game we went into extra innings so we resolved to turn it around ”

It looked as though the Red were prepared to do just that Returning home from sunny Florida, the squad swept a doubleheader with Manhattan, winning the first game, 4-3 in extra innings Junior hurler Alyson Onyon went the distance, allowing just six hits and three runs in nine innings while striking out four

“After those two wins, everyone was feeling good and as far as hitting mechanics and defense and things like that, I was pretty confident we could bounce back,” said senior catcher Kristen Towne

However, the team ’ s back-to-back losses to Yale momentarily crippled its turnaround, before it was able to come away with an 8-5 victory over Brown

Though the losses were a tough break for the Red, there is a long Ivy season still ahead, and the team has a wide variety of weapons that will carry it through

Onyon, the staff ’ s ace, is a workhorse on the mound, starting 15 of the team ’ s 25 games so far this season She leads the Red in wins with eight and ERA at 2 84 Rounding out the rotation are junior Sammy Roth and freshman Meg Parker In her first year with the Red, Parker has earned eight starts on the hill

“Meg is a freshman; one of our three pitchers, and she’s been getting much better as the season goes on, ” Towne said Parker is not the only underclassman who has made an immediate impact on the team, according to Belles

“We have a lot of freshmen that are prepared to take on some starting roles and some filling roles as substitutes,” she said “They are h i t t i n g t h e

ball pretty well ” Freshman Michiko McGivney has started 16 games in the outfield, hitting 308 with four homeruns, two of which came over spring break Freshman Emily Weinberg is also hitting 338, and when not on the mound, Parker has chipped in on offense as well, hitting 329 with a team-high 18 RBIs

With a roster made up of only two seniors, the younger players have been pushed into larger roles

However, as one of the two seniors, Towne said that the apparent youth of the team is not something she is concerned with

“I think we ’ re actually stronger than last year because the juniors are a very large class and have been doing very well hitting at opportune times,” she said “They’ve been around the block, they know the Ivy season and they’re not wide-eyed not knowing what to do, so the youth is not a worry ”

Junior Christina Villalon is leading the team in batting average at 403 with 16 RBIs In 72 at bats so far this season, she has only struck out twice Junior Lauren Bucolo has also been a steady source of offense She is third on the team at 361 and is coming off an Ivy League Co-Player of the Week honor

Though Belles and Towne have the ever-taxing job of leading a young team, they have not let this get in the way of their own play Towne is hitting 328 with a team-high nine doubles Belles who finished last season hitting just 205 is now second on the team at 375 As a senior, this turnaround has been especially significant for her

“It’s really important for me to focus on doing the best I can [with my] opportunities and trying to hit the ball as best I can, especially with people in scoring position,” she said “But I think what matters most at the end of the day is whether we come out with wins ” As seniors, Belles and Towne are well aware of the standard of success Cornell’s softball program has upheld under Blood However, rather than feel pressured by the history, Towne said it motivates her to push the team

to its limits

“I’m very excited because I know what the program has accomplished and we know better than anyone else and what we ’ re capable of,” she said “ We have confidence that we can win another South Division crown, we just have to play to our strengths ”

Junior Christina Villalon looks to be a threat for the Red as she batted 248 with six doubles and two home runs to go along with 17 RBI and seven runs scored in 36 contests, including 34 starts, as well as batting 311 with 13 RBI in 14 Ivy games, posting

The junior pitcher, Onyon, ear ned second-team All-Ivy accolades, after going 14-5 with a 2 74 ERA and 117 strikeouts in 151 0 innings of work Her 14 wins ranked tied for third in the Ivy League and her ERA and strikeout total was fifth-best in the league