04-11-13

C.U. Appoint s First Female Dean of Arts and S ciences

By AKANE OTANI Sun Managing Editor

Gretchen Ritter ’83, a third-generation Cornellian and vice provost at the University of Texas at Austin, has been appointed the 21st dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Provost Kent Fuchs announced Thursday

Ritter will be both the first woman and first externally hired dean to lead the arts college in its 148-year history

“I am honored and humbled to have the opportunity to serve as the next dean ”

Ritter, who is also a professor of government at U T -Austin, will begin serving as the college’s dean on Aug 1 As vice provost for undergraduate education and faculty governance, Ritter has worked to improve the retention of underrepresented minorities, foster the development of faculty and redesign large i n t ro d u c t o r y c o u r s e s i n b i o l o g y, chemistry and other subjects at the college, according to a University press release

Her roots to Cornell are extensive beyond the bachelor degree in government, she is a member of the third generation in her family to attend Cornell

Coming back to Cornell after having grown up in upstate New York and attaining a “ great education” at the University will be “ something of a homecoming,” Ritter said in the press release

“I am honored and humbled to have the opportunity to serve as the next dean of this great college,” Ritter said “Cornell is a special place as I know from my years of having been a student there I look forward to working with the college’s extraordinary students, faculty and alumni in making a great college even

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Ithaca Mulls Changes to Lease Policies

Proposal would delay signing of leases for C-Town houses

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Staff Writer

Following students’ concerns about the pressures o

Economic Development Committee unanimously voted Wednesday to circulate a proposal to delay the signing of leases

The decision comes after what some landlords described as the

sign leases for the next academic year in late September

The proposed amendment to the city code would create a minimum notice period of 60 days for landlords to alert current tenants before they

Ithaca Resident Arrested for Selling Narcotics to Police

An individual was arrested Tuesday for selling narcotics, according to an Ithaca Police Department press release Andrea Caraccilo, 47, was arrested in the 200 block of South Cayuga Street after she sold narcotics to an undercover officer The officer was dispatched after IPD received a telephone tip Caraccilo sold Roxane pills to the undercover officer before she was arrested Roxane is a generic version of Opana, a prescription drug for pain relief Opana is classified as a

Students Debate Impact of Divestment on C.U.

ERICA AUGENSTEIN

In a debate that drew an audience of approximately 100 people, students debated whether or not Cornell should divest its endowment from fossil fuels

Representatives from Cornell KyotoNow! argued in favor of divestment, while the Cornell Republicans argued against divestment

Those in favor of divestment said the environmental damage resulting from fossil fuels has had a large, negative impact on mar-

ginalized communities

“Cornell must lead the way to a sustainable future This is a very powerful way to expose injustices,” said Alyssa Tsuchiya ’13, member of KyotoNow! and former Sun associate design editor

Cornell Republicans, however, said

“Cornell’s ability to provide services is predicated on an endowment.”

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Members of the Cornell Republicans added that divestment would lessen the ability of Cornell to provide funding to the

Schedule II

Narcotic Caraccilo was arraigned in Ithaca City Court and was released on her own recognizance, according to the IPD

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Panel Addresses Legality

Of Same-Sex Marriage Acts

C.U. prof says if Supreme Court upholds Prop. 8, D O M A, ‘it w ill set things back by about a decade’

By ALEXA DAVIS Sun Staff Writer

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Proposed Changes May Relieve Housing Pressure for Students

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renew rental agreements, show the residential unit to prospective tenants or enter into a new agreement with future tenants The period, however, may be waived under the proposed changes if the current rental period is less than nine months, if a

n d c o mplaint to recover possession of the premises has been filed, or if the landlord and tenant mutually agree to waive the notice period

t Council, said it is ver y important for the proposal to be considered

town about the issue He described the proposed changes as “ tr ying to g i v e p e o p l e b re a t h i n g space ” “ This is an opportunity for both [landlords and tenants] to get more

i n f o r m a t i o n , ” h e s a i d , adding that he did not see the minimum notice as a waiting period

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Alderperson Graham Kerslick (D-4th Ward), however, said this is not just an issue that applies to students and said he has received calls from

“ T h e p e r c e p t i o n exists that if you don’t sign [a lease] by the end o f Se p t e m b e r, y o u ’ re n e ve r g o i

good place,” Bores said

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n d that it will please both landlords and tenants

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s a i d t h e p r o p o s e d changes to the city code w i l l a l s o b e n e f i t l a n d -

ward,” he said Garrison Lovely ’16, freshman representative for the Student S A , said he thinks “these policy changes might give freshmen a chance to get good off-campus housing ” Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 thanked the students for giving their input at the committee meeting Wednesday Alderperson St e p h e n Sm i t h ( D - 4 t h Ward) added that they “did a great job providing the student perspective ” The proposed changes to the city code will be distributed to the public a n d o t h

n m e n t bodies before being voted on again by the committee If passed, the prop o s e d c h a n g e s w i l l b e s e n t t o t h e C o m m o n Council for voting

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No Panic in Pyongyang Despite Talk of Missile Test

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) As the world braced for a provocative missile launch by North Korea, with newscasts worldwide playing up tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the center of the storm was strangely calm

The focus in Pyongyang on Wednesday was less on preparing for war and more on beautifying the capital ahead of the nation’s biggest holiday: the April 15 birthday of the nation’s founder, Kim Il Sung Soldiers put down their rifles to blanket the barren ground with sod and students picked up shovels to help plant trees

But the impoverished, tightly controlled nation that has historically used major holidays to draw the world’s attention by showing off its military power could well mark the occasion by testing a missile designed to strike U S military installations in Japan and Guam

South Korea’s foreign minister said the prospect of a medium-range missile launch is “considerably high ”

North Korean officials have not announced plans to launch a missile in defiance of U N Security Council resolutions barring Pyongyang from nuclear and missile activity

Obama Budget Proposes Spending Cuts, Higher Smokers’ Taxes

WASHINGTON (AP) Mixing modest curbs on spending with tax increases reviled by Republicans, President Barack Obama proposed a $3 8 trillion budget on Wednesday that would raise taxes on smokers and wealthy Americans and trim Social Security benefits for millions

Obama’s 2014 blueprint combines a $242 billion infusion of new spending for road and rail projects, early education and jobs initiatives - all favored by Democrats - with longer-term savings from programs including Medicare and the militar y It promises at least a start in cutting huge annual federal deficits

The president pitched his plan as a good-faith offer to his GOP rivals since it incorporates a proposal he made to Republicans in December that wasn ’ t radically different from a GOP plan drafted by House Speaker John Boehner But it follows Januar y ’ s bitterly fought 10-year, $600 billion-plus tax increase that has stiffened GOP resolve against further tax hikes

“I have already met Republicans more than halfway, so in the coming days and weeks I hope that Republicans will come for ward and demonstrate that they’re really as serious about the deficit and debt as they claim to be,” Obama said

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Georgia Firemen Held Hostage

SUWANEE, Ga (AP) An armed man who was having financial problems held four firefighters for hours in a suburban Atlanta home, demanding his cable and power be turned back on, before being shot dead when SWAT members stormed the house, authorities said Wednesday The hostages had cuts and bruises from explosions that officers set off to distract the gunman before moving in, but they will be fine, a fire official said

Minutes before the police announcement on the resolution, a huge blast could be heard a quarter-mile away from the home, shuddering through the Suwanee neighborhood, setting off car alarms

Earlier Wednesday, five firefighters responded to what seemed like a routine medical call and were eventually taken hostage by an unidentified suspect inside the house, police said The gunman released one of the firefighters to move a fire truck but held the other four

Dozens of police and rescue vehicles surrounded the home and a negotiator was keeping in touch with the gunman, police said The situation remained tense until the blast rocked the neighborhood of mostly two-stor y homes and well-kept lawns Residents unable to get into their neighborhood because of the police cordon flinched and recoiled as the enormous blast went off

Soon after the stun blast, officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect and a SWAT member was shot in the hand or arm, but should be fine, said Gwinnett County Police Cpl Edwin Ritter Ritter would not saw how the gunman was fatally shot, saying it was being investigated

“ The explosion you heard was used to distract the suspect, to get into the house and take care of business,” Ritter said in a news conference minutes after the resolution He said the situation had gotten to the point where authorities believed the lives of the hostages were in “immediate danger ”

The gunman, who has not been identified, demanded several utilities be restored, Ritter said According to public records, the home is in foreclosure and has been bank-owned since mid-November

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N.J. Diner Owner Hires Hitman to Kill Uncle

TOTOWA, N J (AP) The manager of a popular New Jersey diner who felt he wasn ’ t getting his fair share of the profits tried to have a hit man kill his uncle, who co-owns the restaurant and a second diner in New York City, authorities said Wednesday Georgios Spyropoulos, the 45-year-old manager of the Tick Tock diner in Clifton, asked an undercover trooper posing as a hit man to kill Alexandros Sgourdos and to get rid of the body so it couldn’t be found, authorities said

The 57-year-old uncle also manages the other Tick Tock diner, a popular tourist spot across the street from Penn Station, in Manhattan Authorities said Spyropoulos resented the control his uncle exerted over the New Jersey restaurant, which was featured on Guy Fieri’s Food Network

show, “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives ” They said he also felt his uncle was taking an unfair share of the profits “I think it’s an understatement to say they weren ’ t close,” Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa told a news conference Spyropoulos was being held in lieu of $1 million bail on charges of conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder and unlawful possession of a weapon A message was left for his attorney Chiesa said investigators believe Spyropoulos was motived by greed and wanted to steal a large amount of cash that his uncle kept in a safe Spyropoulos told the undercover officer, Chiesa said, to make sure to get the combination to his uncle’s safe before killing him

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Social life at Cornell: Fi xing more than just the Greek system

To t h e Ed i t o r :

Re: “Debate Weighs Pros, Cons of Greek System at Cornell,” News, April 10

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Senior Editor S E N D US YO U R F E E D BA C K.

Tuesday’s public debate on the Greek system ’ s merits reminded us that reforming Greek life is as uninviting as a frat bathroom The discussion, however, missed a greater point Cornell’s broken social scene stretches far beyond the liabilities facing fraternities and sororities What Day Hall has taken away from student life by suffocating the Greek System has deflated Big Red pride a move that will ultimately produce more detached, disheartened alumni

Remodeling campus life is a task for two teams In the case of Greek life, it feels like only one ’ s been playing Undergrads have neither the permanence nor the money to rebuild Cornell’s social scene in the wake of Greek life’s diminished presence (e g the dwindling bars and the stalled student-led attempt to start a non-profit Collegetown gym) Cornell and East Hill offer a menu of largely unexplored resources Nothing binds administrators to make Cornell more fun While the University need not spoonfeed us our social lives, they can and have done better

In 1924, President Livingston Farrand commissioned Willard Straight Student Union because “education in the art of living is as practical as a course in engineering ” Or as Prof O D von Engeln wrote in 1917, “Many good people consider the greatest benefit of a college career to be its social opportunity These social opportunities, that should properly be only secondary advantages of a university career, are often of preponderating importance in after life ” We’ve boosted mental health services and reformatted the academic calendar to reduce stress Lively campus life, however, remains the first line of defense against gray skies, steep hills and rough prelims

Going forward, administrators can help launch more traditions that rally students, like Cornell-Harvard hockey games, Dragon Day and Slope Day We can fund additional concerts We can make West Campus life attractive to more students We can boost funding for Slope Day Programming Board, the Cornell University Programming Board and other groups We can get serious about filling empty Collegetown storefronts The Ivy Room Bear’s Den and RPCC Dance Club serve as admirable starts But few want to spend their nights

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w h a t p r o g re s s i v e C o r n e l l b u b b l e , g u y s a re u s ua l l y t h e i n s t i g a t o r s , a s w e l l a s t h e t e r m i n a t o r s , o f r o m a nt i c re l a t i o n s h i p s In b e d , g u y s s o m e t i m e s f e e l l i k e t h e y h a v e t h e p ow e r t o g e t g i r l s t o d o t h e i r b i d d i n g Gu y s m a y s o m e t i m e s c o a x l a d i e s i n t o g o i n g f u r t h e r t h a n i n t e n d e d i n t h e b e d r o o m w i t h u n o r i g i n a l l i n e s s u c h a s , “ Ju s t l i c k i t o n c e , b a b y, ” “ I o n l y w a n t t o f e e l y o u w e t o n m y c o c k , ” a n d t h e a g e - o l d , “ Ju s t t h e T E P ? ” Su c h v e r b a l s e x u a l e m b a r r a s s m e n t i s t o o o f t e n c o n d o n e d b y l a d i e s w h o g i v e i n t o s u c h w i s h e s How e v e r, l e t m e m a k e i t k n ow n t h a t I d o n o t j u d g e t h i s c o m p l i a n c e I f u l l y r e c o g n i z e t h e t e m p t a t i o n p r o m p t e d b y n a u g h t y re q u e s t s w h i s p e re d i n o u r e a r s , i n t e r r u p t e d o n l y b y t h e p u r p l i n g o f o u r n e c k s t h r o u g h h i c k e y s i n t e n d e d t o s e d u c e I h a v e b e e n t h e re , a n d i t i s h a rd t o b a c k o u t t o s a y “ No ! T h a t t h i n g i s g o i n g n o w h e re n e a r m y ( i n s e r t b o d y p a r t h e re i n w h i c h i n s e r t i o n i s u n w e lc o m e ) , ” It i s e s p e c i a l l y h a rd t o s t a n d y o u r g r o u n d w h e n i t ’ s h a rd r o c k h a rd r i g h t n e x t t o y o u r n a k e d b o d y, s t a n d i n g u p t a l l t o g re e t y o u Bu t , l a d i e s , l e t n o p e n i s , l a r g e o r s m a l l ( b u t e s p e c i a l l y s m a l l ) o r t h e m a n a t t a c h e d t o s a i d p e n i s s t e e r y o u ( o r s t i r y o u ) w h e n y o u d i d n o t w a n t o r i g i n a l l y w a n t i t I f y o u i n t e n d t o g e t i n t o b e d w i t h a g u y a n d s o l e l y l o o k a t h i s p e n i s , t h e n d o n o t t o u c h i t I f y o u w a n t i t n o w h e re n e a r y o u r m o u t h , d o n o t t r a i l y o u r t o n g u e p a s t h i s n a v e l A n d i f y o u i n t e n d n o P a n d Va g i a c t i o n , l e t n o d i c k n e a r y o u r h a l l ow e d h o l l ow St i c k t o y o u r l a u re l s , l a d i e s I f h i s c o c k i s t h r o b b i n g f o r t h i rd b a s e o r h o m e p l a t e , l e t i t t h r o b a n d i f t h e ( b a s e ) b a l l s t u r n b l u e , t h e n b o o - h o o : Bi d h i m a d i e u

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Dining Guide

From Takeout To Dining Out: Tamarind Triumphs

By EMILY FOSTER

I

Tamarind Thai dozens of times

My roommates and I always go with the standard favorites: spring rolls, Pad See Ew and chicken fried rice The spring rolls are exquisitely flaky and crunchy on the outside, with a delicious filling of bean threads, carrots and other vegetables, served with a sauce that is sweet at first but has a wonderfully spicy kick at the end The Pad See Ew is my alltime favorite: a combination of long, flat noodles, the meat of

Tamarind’s Pa n ang Curry

your choice and broccoli, all mixed in a sweet soy sauce Lastly, the fried rice is accompanied by egg, tomato, onions, Chinese broccoli and cucumber and is very flavorful, with hints of pepper and ginger Best of all, this food is always delivered hot Tamarind is prompt and efficient in its delivery service, which is perhaps why I’ve never felt the need to venture to the restaurant itself

For this article, however, I did Not only had I never been to Tamarind before, I didn’t even know where it was Perfect for a date, the inside of Tamarind Thai Restaurant, on Meadow Street, is small and cozy, but not overcrowded The lighting is low and soft jazz music plays over the s p e a k e r s , c re a t i n g a c a l m i n g atmosphere

For an appetizer, we ordered the butterfly shrimp The shrimp t h e m s e l ve s we re d e l i c i o u s tipped in panko bread crumbs and fried in batter, they were crisp and crunchy on the outside, but soft and tender on the inside The dish was beautifully presented on a jade-green ivy-leaf shaped plate, and the sweet plum sauce served with the dish complemented it

beautifully What truly made the dish a delight, however, was that it was also served with broccoli, green bell pepper, string beans, onions, carrots and baby corn, battered and deep-fried tempurastyle These vegetables were crisp on their batter-fried outsides, and soft but not overcooked on the inside Flavorful and filling, the butterfly shrimp is definitely an appetizer I’m going to start ordering when I get takeout from Tamarind

For drinks we ordered Thai iced tea and Thai iced coffee if you want to try some of the best Thai iced tea I’ve ever had, go to Tamarind and ask for Nounou

As our server, she was almost as sweet as the tea she made, and extremely prompt and capable with her service For entrees we o rd e re d a c l a s s i c , t h e Pa n a n g curry, as well as Pad Priew Wan, or “Sweet and Sour ” Tamarind is par t of the growing trend of restaurants that lets diners choose their spiciness level; they have a scale from 1-5 A warning: we ordered our curry at a “2”, and it was still very spicy and I’m not a spiciness baby The Pad Priew Wan, on the other hand, was def-

initely more ‘ sweet ’ than ‘ sour ’ , bordering on a touch too sweet

So we had a revelation: mixed together, the sweetness of the chicken Pad Priew Wan toned down the spiciness of the beef Panang curry, and vice versa I don’t know how comfortable you are about mixing your own foods, but the mixture of these two dishes was exquisite The mixture of the chicken, stir-fried pineapple chunks, cucumber, tomatoes, carrots and bell peppers in the Pad Priew Wan and the beef, coconut milk and kaffir lime leaves in the Panang Curry made the combination of these dishes diverse and flavorful

While we passed up on dessert, Tamarind has an assortment of desserts including Roti with sweet cond ensed m i lk a nd fr i ed i ce cream Overall, Tamarind Thai is a wonderful place to have a relaxing meal with friends or a romantic date with delicious food, a wonderful atmosphere, friendly and efficient servers and relatively low prices, it’s hard to go wrong

Emily Foster can be reached at efoster@cornellsun com

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs emerged as one of the early-2000s bands that were all-but-destined to save rock Aside from the New York trio, there were also bands like The Strokes, The White Stripes and others that critics and fans merged into a group of rock superheroes who led a sort of post-punk revival As of now, though, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are essentially the lone survivors of said movement; The White Stripes are defunct and, let’s be honest, nobody really knows why The Strokes even make new music anymore

Even with only four albums under their belt since their 2004 debut LP, Karen O, Brian Chase and Nick Zinner still manage to stay fresh and sound new again with each record

Unlike some of their peers, the YYYs have aged very gracefully and, as proven by their latest release, Mosquito, still have even more potential to grow Mosquito is a natural progression for the band that manages to at once surprise us and give us just what we expect, resulting in a final product that’s nothing spectacularm but nevertheless full of shining moments

Mosquito is pretty much an amalgamation of everything the YYYs have done already: there’s bratty, Fever to Tell-era punk on the title track; there are anthemic ballads like the Show Your Bones-esque “Despair”; and the occasional venture into disco on tracks like “Always” and “These Paths” that harken back to It’s Blitz The record thus leaves us with a reminder that even as the band continues to expand its

repertoire, it doesn’t forget how and where it started

But the album’s really exceptional moments are found on tracks where the group experiments with new sounds Lead single “Sacrilege” appropriately features a gospel choir, while on James Murphy-produced “Buried Alive” the band enlists Dr Octagon to rap a verse over Chase’s thundering percussion and Zinner’s distorted riffs

These journeys into territory previously unknown to the band enhance already great songs, leaving us with album standouts, most notably the best track on the record, “Under the Earth ” The booming, reggae-tinged track is the album’s funkiest and catchiest, reminiscent of what is arguably the band’s best post-Fever to Tell release, the 2007 EP Is Is It’s also the album’s darkest song, with Karen O burying a suitor in the ground

And then there’s Karen O She’s probably the closest thing to a rock goddess our generation has Her infamous live performances have seared her into fans’ minds as a flamboyant, feather- and sequin-clad, beer-swilling (and spitting) hooligan But as the years pass, she continues to transform into a more refined frontwoman with the same commanding, powerful stage presence

Her toned-down live performances as well as her newly refined lyrics and delivery could be a result of maturity, but we also must remember that Karen O, who used to scream “I gotta man who makes me wanna kill” and “ride daddy

Dawes will open for Bob Dylan at Barton Hall this coming Sunday Still an emerging band, the choice may seem obscure Yet, Dawes’ 2011 album, Nothing is Wrong, gives them ever y right to set the stage for the fabled folk legend

Their sound has a retro feel, almost reminiscent of a classic rock band like the Grateful Dead But make no mistake, while some bands may cringe at this comparison, Dawes embraces the soul of a previous generation, while also bringing their own style to the table They play relaxed, letting lead singer Andrew Goldsmith’s voice anchor a vibrant movement of warm harmonies It’s almost as if the music comes easy to these guys, and who’s to say that it doesn’t?

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employing a tight-knit mix of guitar, piano, vocals, bass and drums Yet Goldsmith’s lyrics provide depth where needed, as evident in the opening lines to “From the Right Angle”: “You have found me on the other side of a loser’s winning streak / where my thoughts wander further then

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ride,” is now a wife This could probably explain her shift from not-so-subtly erotic lyricism to more heartfelt, loveydovey sentiments The album’s closer, aptly titled “Wedding Song,” has her cooing ethereally, “You’re the breath that I breathe,” while on “Sacrilege,” she compares her lover to an angel that fell from the sky She also sings to her first love, New York City, on “Subway,” singing in a wistful falsetto over Zinner’s fluttering guitar line

But on other tracks, she proves that while you can take the crazy out of Karen O, you can ’ t keep Karen O away from the crazy The title track has her wailing her signature wail on the chorus (“I’ll suck your blood!!!!!!!”) and the sci-fi “Area 52” has her snarling, “I wanna be your passenger / take me as your prisoner ” Songs like these make fans thankful that the band hasn’t forgotten its roots

But, as the saying goes, there’s a time for everything, and with Mosquito, the band just can ’ t figure out its footing Clearly, the songs here have a place somewhere; each one is wonderful in its own way But they don’t necessarily belong on Mosquito; in fact, they belong on a number of other albums

Sure, Mosquito lacks cohesion, but hey, Karen O and crew are back in a big way

Sydney Ramsden is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be contacted at srasmden@cornellsun com

they should / let me sing to you my solitude, let me pay for your next drink/let me defend these hearts which are so rarely understood ” In a way, this is an album about humility, which is helpful for a band now stepping further into the spotlight On t h e o p

Goldsmith confronts the all-too-common war between self and appearance: “Just beneath the surface is another one of me / at the root of all my trouble, in the twitch before I speak ” While admitting feelings of solitude, confusion and even defeat, Goldsmith counters with an appreciation for life: “And she thinks, most people don’t talk about how lucky they are / Most people don’t talk about the love in their hearts ”

It’s hard to see this band letting fame or fortune get to them No matter what comparisons they might draw, their second album gives them the right to stay true to themselves going for ward Trust me, that’s a good thing

Scott Goldberg is a freshman in the School of Industrial Labor Relations He can be reached at smg292@cornell

Imagine the musical version of a red-hued, heavily lens-flared photo of an underemployed twenty-something in aviator sunglasses on a beach If you ’ re anything like me, you ’ re probably imagining “Wakin on a Pretty Day,” the opening track on Kurt Vile’s new album, Wakin on a Pretty Daze The ten-minute track is simple and meandering without much progression, but it feels like one could listen to it for another 20 without losing interest This song is the perfect introduction to a 70-minute journey filled with musical and lyrical movement that is almost zen in its balance

Kurt Vile has been an indie staple for the latter half of the last decade, but he truly hit the limelight with his 2011 LP, Smoke Ring for My Halo As he matured in life, so did he musically Rather than veering off into aimless rambling, as some of Vile’s long older tracks had a tendency to do every track on Wakin on a Pretty Daze is attentively composed His notably intricate and perfectionist songwriting seems like it was effortlessly done in minutes even as he’s able to hold the listener’s attention seemingly into infinity Throughout all 70 minutes, I never once looked at my watch Instead, I felt like I could lounge in the songs ’ musical warmth all day

Producer John Agnello, who also produced Smoke Ring for My Halo, expertly sharpened Vile’s contemplative, nebulous ideas while keeping Wakin on a Pretty Daze the perfect representation of sunny peace The first and last tracks provide serene bookends to a slightly more mature middle, featuring dreamy “Was All Talk,” guilty “Shame Chamber,” and sparkly “Too Hard,” whose lyrics try to balance maturity and carefree youthfulness With lines like “I will promise not to smoke too much and I will promise not to party too hard,” it’s easy to see that Kurt Vile is trying to reconcile his relaxed past with the reality of being a father, all without ever getting too heavy

The tracks on Wakin on a Pretty Daze tend to blend together, but not in the way tracks on an unmemorable album do Instead, they blend like the days and weeks of a delightfully uneventful suburban summer calm, chill and at ease

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What’s a Stor m Tharp?

No one goes to the Johnson I know this because I go to the Johnson, and the only people I see fall into three categories: townie toddlers, touring pre-frosh accompanied by parents, and students required by their arts-related classes

Admittedly, I used to belong in the last category, but after having had sketched the museum interiors on numerous occasions, I’ve come to appreciate this remarkable structure of Brutalist architecture The I M Pei-designed Johnson houses some really tremendous works and tremendous for the States, not just Ithaca With over 35,000 pieces in its permanent collection, two windows from Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House and works by Stiglitz, O’Keefe, and Rauschenberg, it’s a wonder that anytime anyone mentions the Johnson, it’s only to call it an eyesore

Okay, okay, it kind of looks like an old school sewing machine And yes, those highway medians placed at the entrance are a bitch to dodge (that’s the point it’s part of the installation!) And those Leo Villareal LEDs above the sculpture court are cool But if you ’ ve run into me any time in the last three months, you ’ ve probably heard an effusive exhortation to catch Storm Tharp’s Third Person exhibition before it ends Well, now it has ended It was over on Sunday You missed it You missed everything

The only response I received from my vehement beseeching was, “ What’s a Storm Tharp?” Like it’s some waterproof covering to protect valuables during hurricanes, or something In fact, Storm Tharp is a Portland-based mixed media artist, and he just so happens to have the coolest made-up-sounding name ever to not be made-up (since Benedict Cumberbatch) Maybe this all means nothing to you, but Tharp ’92 remains the youngest alumnus to hold a monographic show at the Johnson, and it’s obvious why Possessing equal parts technical facility and conceptual continuity, Storm Tharp was most likely that kid in your studio to whom everything came easy You know, the one who breezed through crits unscathed, who could shit prettier than you could ever draw The one you loathed out of pure envy

drawing, hastily sketched, seemed fit to be framed

The extent of his technical prowess is under total scrutiny in Third Person’ s exhibit of large format portraits With pieces scaling in at 53 by 42 inches, composed primarily of ink and gouache, Third Person refines Tharp’s signature style of grotesque portraiture, in equal parts inspired by old master European portraits and Chinese ink drawings The maelstrom of these two polar influences results in the complex nature of Storm Tharp’s paintings: The dichotomy between the traditionally stiff portrait format and loose ink dispersal, the immaculate technical detail of the subject’s dress and the haphazard, blooming ease of the subject’s flesh, strikes just the right balance between risk and rarefied control

To create these portraits, such as The Duke of Albuquerque or Boom, Storm Tharp draws contours on paper with water and then applies mineral ink randomly across the wet surface to create bleeding pigments From these intricate tributaries of ink and black nebulous splotches, Tharp retroactively fits the figures’ facial features, creating the illusion of clownish and woolly countenances Thus, the figures’ features seem to slip in and out of focus like a broken camera, a foggy memory, or even a ghostly spirit, waffling between fantasy and reality In The Duke of Albuquerque, there is a sort of special balance between the cancerous ugliness of the Duke’s flesh and the painstaking precision of the Duke’s dress, but it is exactly this balance that generates Tharp’s rare visual interest The former without the latter (or vice versa), such as a piece entirely amorphous or a piece entirely methodical, would only serve to overwhelm the viewer with its predictability

would a man with a two-foot afro likely dress like a stuffy Classics professor? Or as in Einstein, would a man with purple coiffure wear a kimono? It’s these types of questions that Tharp invites the viewer to ask, allowing us to dream up the strange narratives that such a peculiar character may carry

But what are we questioning exactly? It’s difficult to determine, but perhaps this is what Storm Tharp wants the hard-to-define in-between quality of it all, of character, of existence The overall effect is jarring Either the viewer is hallucinatory, creating these amorphous forms in his or her mind, or the subject is some shape-shifting, otherworldly being, haunting the canvas What is the figure expressing about himself? In which realm does he occupy? Does he even exist? Though the facts of each figure’s origins are never quite clear, what is plainly evident is our constant quest to obtain them

Even his notebooks and studio ephemera, which formed part of the Third Person exhibition, exemplified this exasperating, effortless quality With sketchbooks full of quick studies that seem so easily masterful, just a single-stroke line drawing of kimono folds seemed remarkably adroit, and each

But still, the scrupulous exactness of each portrait subject’s attire is notable a throwback to Tharp’s dalliance with fashion and a testament to his expertise in the medium The sharp lines, perfect squares, and application of pattern lend a sense of reason or geometry to the lower half of the portraits, but when adjacently placed beside the vague bleeding blemishes, they only serve to mystify As in The Duke of Albuquerque,

And so, in the end, the viewer must complete the narrative of how this character came to be Here, Storm Tharp succeeds in rousing the viewer to contemplate the qualities of an elusive character and a bizarre existence not only unto the The Duke of Albuquerque or Boom or Einstein but also unto themselves And this, beyond the downright enviable technical genius of Storm Tharp, beyond the rich cultural references to Hiroshige prints and Nabokov, is the true value of Third Person For a few months, this is what made walking into the Johnson feel like you were ducking into the Met for some solace from the bustling chaos of the city This held that meditative contemplation that only a museum can provide This is what you missed This is Storm Tharp

Alice Wang is a sophomore in the College of Human Ecolog y She can be reached at awang@cornellsun com Profanity Prayers appears alternate Thursdays this semester

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NEW YORK (AP) The Brooklyn Nets are losing one of their biggest names as they prepare for the playoffs

Jay-Z owned just a little piece of the team, but was a large presence when the franchise changed homes and identities this season

The rap mogul is selling his stake in the Nets so he can become cer tified as a player agent, possibly before the end of the season

The process is under way, a person with knowledge of the details said Wednesday

NBA r ules prevent anyone from being involved in ownership and player representation

Yahoo Spor ts, which first repor ted Jay-Z’s plans, said his Roc Nation company has par tnered with Creative Ar tists Agency (CAA) and hopes to compete for players in this June’s NBA draft

Jay-Z owns less than one percent of the Nets, but has had a major impact with the franchise’s move to his hometown

The Nets hoped his reputation and friendships would help them three years ago when James led a loaded field of free agents, but the Nets, then playing in Newark, failed to land any of them

Jay-Z attended only a handful of games this season, but his affiliation with the franchise provided a necessar y buzz for its first season in Brooklyn He sat in his cour tside seat next to wife Beyonce in November when the Nets beat the Knicks in their first matchup as New York rivals, providing the trash talk after ward when he tweeted that the city was under new management

The Nets have clinched their first playoff ber th since 2007 and are in position to have home-cour t advantage in their first-round series

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) A federal indictment unsealed Wednesday accuses 34 people and 23 companies, many of them registered in Central America, of operating an illegal sports bookmaking business that solicited more than one billion in bets

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The 95-page indictment, handed up by a federal grand jury in Oklahoma City on March 20, accuses the defendants of operating from San Jose, Costa Rica, and Panama City to take bets from gamblers in the U S

The indictment says that since 2003 the operation known as Legendz Sports used the companies to operate as payment processors, launder gambling funds and make payouts to customers It alleges a conspiracy and accuses the defendants of violating federal racketeering and money laundering statutes as well as operating an illegal gambling business

The indictment also accuses the defendants of violating illegal gambling statutes in several states, including Oklahoma, California, Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, New York and Texas

“Legendz Sports solicited millions of illegal bets totaling over $1 billion on sports and sporting events from gamblers in the United States,” the indictment alleges As part of the conspiracy, Legendz Sports operated Internet websites and telephone gambling services from facilities located in Panama, the indictment says

U S Attorney Sanford Coats of Oklahoma City said the charges culminated a multiyear investigation by the FBI and Internal Revenue Service

“The defendants cannot hide the allegedly illegal sports gambling operation behind corporate veils or state and international boundaries,” Coats said

The acting chief of the Justice Department's criminal division, Mythili Raman, said the government is determined to crack down on illegal online gambling by U S citizens, regardless of where the business operates or where the defendants live

“These defendants allegedly participated in an illegal sports gambling business, lining their pockets with profits from over a billion dollars in illegal gambling proceeds,” Raman said

Among the individual defendants listed in the indictment is Bartice Alan King, 42, of Spring, Texas, who's accused of conspiring with others to operate gambling services that took wagers almost exclusively from U S gamblers

The enterprise allegedly used bookies in the U S to illegally solicit and accept sports wagers as well as settle gambling debts The 34 individual defendants were allegedly employees, members and associates of the Legendz Sports enterprise, the indictment says

Bob Troester, a spokesman for the U S Attorney's Office in Oklahoma City, said King remained at large Wednesday but that 22 other defendants including King's former wife, Serena Monique King, had been taken into custody

If convicted, the defendants face up to 20 years in prison for racketeering, up to 20 years for conspiring to commit money laundering, up to 10 years for money laundering and up to five years for operating an illegal gambling business

In addition, the indictment seeks forfeiture of at least $1 billion in numerous assets including real estate, bank accounts, brokerage and investment accounts, certificates of deposit, IRAs, domain names, an aircraft, a gas lease and several vehicles

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Air wele Delves Into Her Musical

Loves and Social Media Use

QUESTIONS

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What about Nicki Minaj?

Ugh, no If you could lock someone up in solitary confinement and never see them again for the rest of your life, it wouldn’t even be good enough for Nicki Minaj She is a terrible human I feel the same way about Kim Kardashian You know how you report diseases to the CDC? I would report those two to the CDC

What type of events do you feel are worthy of reactivating your Facebook?

If Beyonce texted me and told me she would friend me on Facebook and she would delete all her other friends and I would be her only friend, probably that But the truth is, I have my roommate ’ s password so I can still creep on everyone whenever I want

8 What significance does the term ‘ coco radiant’ have?

Okay so in America, we use the terms ‘black’, ‘white,’ whatever, to describe people’s skin colors I am not black My skin color is not black It’s not a Crayola marker I believe I’m coco radiant A little bit of coco color and I’m radiant I want to copyright it, market it

9. You are in charge of social awareness for your sorority and you are quite the personality on Twitter, but you apparently have hundreds of text messages that you have chosen not to open Why is that?

Okay, sometimes people send you text messages and there’s just no response to them It’s like cool, good for you, I don’t care So there is no point in me replying I’ll just see you in person I think right now I’m up to about 131 text messages that I haven’t looked at But in my defense a lot of them are group

texts that I just don’t want to read because I’ll get caught up in like an hour of responding to them

I hear you are famous especially among people who have attended hockey games Were those jumbotron feature videos your on-screen debut?

(Laughing) Okay, so that advertisement played at MSG and there were like eight different commercials with people way more important in the athletic world than I am But they decided to show the one of me running in slow motion with the title “Fast” like what is that? It was my on-screen debut and I’m kind of disappointed that more famous athletes didn’t text me I didn’t get more followers on Twitter, Beyonce didn’t friend me Like seriously, B, I’m at Madison Square Garden, what more could you want? Jay-Z played a concert here only a few weeks before I’m doing ever ything I can do Beyonce, where are you?

Do you have any hopes to be on TV in the future?

I actually tweeted the other day that I hope Oprah doesn’t become irrelevant before she can name me as her successor I feel like the best outlet for myself is on TV maybe in a self-help show where I tell people what they’re doing wrong

If you had your own TV show, what would it be called?

That’s a good question I was talking about that with my mom the other day and I really couldn’t decide I think maybe ‘Ebolutalese: Coco Radiance ’

10. What other Cornell team do you like to hang out with the most?

Boo-yah Technically, I should say the men ’ s track team, but they haven’t been doing enough abs lately for that accolade I think maybe men ’ s soccer team because I like what they’ve been doing lately I’m a big fan Keep doing what you ’ re doing

Katie Schubaeur can be reached at kschubaeur@cornellsun com

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Ebolutalese Air wele to discuss her nickname, love for Amazon and her love of Beyonce

1 O T , you are a junior on the women ’ s track team What has track meant to you over the course of your college career?

I’m from Ithaca, so I had a bunch of f r i e n d s c o m i n g i n t o C o r n e l l a n d I thought I was set with friends But then when you join the track team you ’ re automatically pulled together with this big group of people It’s not like in high school where you just do it because it’s something to do after school and it’s a coed sport You really love it and are passionate about it and ever yone on the team is as good as you are It’s amazing You have this big family of girls and guys that are really passionate about something and we all love each other We’re the only ones here who really understand having an all-year season We start in August and end in May so we have lots of movie nights together and we go out together when we can It’s like having a big family on campus You never feel lonely

Who is your favorite teammate?

That’s a really hard question I guess on the girls’ team it would have to be my roommates because they’re all awesome and I live with them so they have to deal with me on a daily basis But by far my best friend is Daniel Scott He’s the greatest He’s me in a guy form

Can you tell us about the unofficial track awards ceremony freshmen year?

Oh Alright Well, we have a ceremony with the team where we give out awards to each other and they pretty much just call you out for funny things you ’ ve done over the course of the year

My freshmen year, I got called out for a lot of craziness It was good because it changed me as a person, but it was kind of a painful night Is it true that even as a varsity athlete, you hate water?

I think it’s disgusting It’s pointless It tastes like nothing It’s a waste of my time I recently discovered that seltzer counts as water, so I’ve been drinking a lot of seltzer lately Water is just dumb Like animals drink water Why should I drink water?

2 Your real name is Ebolutalese, but ever yone calls you O T Where did that nickname come from?

Okay, so when I lived in Nigeria, I was a tyrant as a child It was my way or the highway And in my mom ’ s language, O T means ‘ no, ’ so my nanny would say ‘ no ’ to me all the time She would say ‘ no, no, no, ’ but there, it was ‘O T , O T , O T ’ So ever yone just started calling me that And it’s better than E T

Is i t t r u e t h a t yo u t h i n k yo u ’ re a Nigerian princess?

OK, Nigeria doesn’t technically have a royal bloodline, but if there were to be one, I would say I would be pretty up there So yes And if other people want to believe that I am one that would be fine with me

3 Can you please describe your love for Amazon?

(Gasps) Oh God I don’t know how to describe the feelings I have for Amazon It’s kind of like when I’m feeling tired or sad or had a bad day I just go on Amazon and start shopping Maybe I want some beige wedge heels I start browsing Three hours later I have like 80 things in my shopping cart You can buy toilet paper on Amazon, gushers, candy I heard you really enjoy buying gushers

from Amazon

Yeah, you can buy a 36 pack box so I don’t need to go to the store ever

There’s no point Shoes, pants nothing I’m wearing today is from Amazon but yesterday was an all-Amazon outfit I just love it, and I think that I should be their most valued customer

4 In terms of your going out habits, I’ve heard that you enjoy getting ready to “Anastasia” and other Disney songs Is that true?

Yes A lot of times when I get prepared I know people have a party playlist but I like to go back to Disney tunes, specifically “In the Dark of the Night ” Lion King has been on a few times, Little Mermaid, definitely Aladdin It really gets me pumped up And once in a while I throw a little Celine Dion in there Mix it up

How do you feel about a capella?

It’s pointless One of my best friends is in an a capella group and I had to listen to the concert Good for her Whatever But like I lived in Balch my freshmen year, and there would be all these arch sings with all these people singing and you can ’ t get into your dorms I would like to study for my finals I don’t want to hear you singing for three hours outside my dorm Also, what are we, the twentyfirst centur y? Evolve Get a keyboard

Buy a musical instrument Like Stevie Wonder has a great voice and what did he do? He played piano A capella is stupid Evolve I hate it Invite me to your concert and I won ’ t go It’s pointless

5 Can you tell us about your love for prisoners?

I think that a society is defined by how it treats the worst in society So I have developed a love for prisoners and prisoner reform I actually met a former prisoner at Cornell that really has meant a lot

to me as I’ve gone through my years here I also love bad boys, what can I say?

On the topic of boys it true you have a different boy cooking for you ever y night?

That is not true, ever yone! I don’t know how to cook Sometimes people I meet like to volunteer to teach me how to cook That’s fine And I like breakfast

6 What is ‘Rachet?’

You know what the word “ghetto” is? Rachet is the ghetto word for “ghetto ” So let’s say you ’ re at Walmart and you see a lady that you identify as “ghetto” and then you look at her outfit and she’s wearing high-heeled Timberland boots, a jersey jacket [and] her hair is like seven to eight different colors: she’s rachet She has no holds bar Rachet is like if the only team you ’ re on is the twerk team, then you ’ re rachet I’m a huge fan There aren ’ t a lot around Cornell

Speaking of hair, how do you feel about people touching your hair?

Don’t Just don’t It’s not a petting zoo You can look but you can ’ t touch You can ’ t ever I will lose friendships over it You are not allowed to

7. Can you describe your feelings for Beyonce?

(Sighs) You know sometimes when you go to church and the pastor really gets into what he’s saying? That’s how I feel about Beyonce I shake whenever I see her, I cried when I learned she was pregnant I cried for hours I think that Beyone is the perfect ever ything Like so what if she’s in the Illuminati? She should be if she wants to She’s perfect I love her Ever ything about her is perfect I love my mom I really, really love my mom and she’s like up here, and Beyonce is only a tiny bit below her, and then ever yone else

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Speedskater Farrell ’08 Speak s Out on Sexual Abuse

By HALEY VELASCO Sun Sports Editor

Bridie Farrell ’08 is currently training in long track speedskating with the hopes of making the U S Olympic team for 2014 in Sochi, Russia

“I am going to compete at the 2014 Olympic trials I have to improve a lot to make the team, but it’s not impossible That’s my goal in the short term, ” Farrell said

However, her story is much more complex than a Cornell diploma from Human Ecology and skating around a track In 1997, at age 15, Farrell was training at Milwaukee’s Petit National Ice Center with the hopes of becoming a top speedskater

“I started ice skating when I was six years old in Saratoga Springs, N Y My club was, and is again, a Mecca for short track speedskating primarily because of the coach that we had,” Farrell said “Folks would come and train in Saratoga Springs to train under that coach ”

Andy Gabel came to Saratoga Springs for the first time to train for the 1994 Olympic trials and this was the first encounter that Farrell and him ever had

Over a period of several months, Farrell had sexual contact with four-time Olympian and former head of U S Speedskating, Andy Gabel, who at the time was 33 years old Though according to Farrell, the relationship never included sexual intercourse, but was still inappropriate

“It’s disgusting It’s absolutely disgusting,” she said in a statement on Feb 28

The sexual abuse was kept a secret and no one, other than the two, knew it went on for many months until Farrell told a few family members in 2007

No team in baseball was more disappointing than the NL East inhabiting Miami Marlins last season The Marlins and Toronto Blue Jays made headlines with a blockbuster trade in the offseason, but are headed in ver y different directions If I had to make a prediction (always a sure way to be wrong) I’d say the Marlins finish last in the NL East, while the Blue

Speaking out | Bridie Farrell ’08 spoke out about her sexual abuse at as she prepared to compete for a spot on the 2014 team that will head to compete at the Olympics

Ma rl in s a n d Jay s Lin ke d by Tra d e Point Blank

Jays win their division on the strength of their balanced roster

A year ago in Miami, expectations were high after acquiring Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle, Heath Bell, and Carlos Zambrano The Marlins opened a brand new stadium, swapped the “Florida” in their name in favor of “Miami” and made new (orange) uniforms

T h e Ma r l i n s s e a s o n , h ow e v e r, c a m e u n d o n e e a r l y a n d t h e

Marlins did what they do bestblew it up Hanley Ramirez, Jose

Reyes, Josh Johnson, John Buck, and Emilio Bonifacio were all traded away One figures closer Heath Bell would have been gone if the Marlins could’ve found a taker Although they were quick to pull the ripcord on the season, it was probably the right decision By gutting their big league roster, t h e Ma r l i n s g o t s o m e q u a l i t y returns Marlins fans have a right to be upset about how it all went

“For the ’98 Olympics, [Gabel] moved to Saratoga in 1997, and that was when we started training together There were about 15 to 20 people training ranging in ages from 15 to 33 Over time, he started to spend more and more time with me He would drive myself and another girl home but would always drop her off first He would take me home, and then one day, he should have gone right to go to my house but he went left, and that was the first time that anything physical happened between us It kind of escalated from there It went on from summer of ’97 through the last time in March of ’98 ”

In her interview with the Milwaukee station, WUWM, who she trusted with the first recount of the story, Farrell says that she always knew that it was not right

“I knew it was always wrong And I knew it that because he made it be a secret But I will say the 15 year old thought it was exciting The 15 year old was starstruck,” she said ‘And so, I don’t know, you know you take the good with the bad, and this is ‘shit’ you hear about this all the time ”

The question is: why choose to come out with the story now?

Farrell, now 31 years old, said she feels that she is ready to share her story She says that she is not out there to destroy Gabel or get revenge for what he did, but to tell her side of the story

“I didn’t come forward in hopes of retaliation or hopes of anything against Andy It is not a revengeful or vindictive kind of thing,” she said “It was much more peaceful for me It happens to coincide with me returning to the rink ”

COURTESY OF BRIDIE FARRELL 08 Haley Velasco can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun com

John Zakour

d ow n , b u t t h e re a l i t y i s t h e

Marlins were never going to be competitive with their core- so they trimmed payroll and traded away veteran talent like no other team before them Part of their fire sale was simply dumping payroll, as they did cut $60 million in payroll in a season, but it pays dividends in the future to be bad

The fastest way to rebuild is to get ver y bad and stockpile high draft picks

Of course, rebuilding is nothing

new to the usually cash-strapped Marlins In fact their dismantling of the 1997 World Series Champion Marlins is the only fire sale in recent memory comparable to their latest one And given their propensity to rebuild, they’re actually pretty good at it The Marlins acquired exciting prospect Adieny Hechavarria and other young, cheap talent The Marlins now lay claim to six of the top 100 prospects in baseball, according to recent MLB com rankings, and are one of only two teams in the majors that have two top 10 prospects in baseball Their former top prospect pitcher Jose Fernandez made the huge jump from single-A ball to the majors and the early returns are ver y promising In his first start, Fernandez baffled the Mets lineup through five innings, putting up eight strikeouts against one walk and only one run in 80 pitches of work Fernandez’s lethal curveball has already earned a nickname from teammate Logan Morrison “the defector” a reference to the strife the Cuban born Fernandez had to endure just to get to the majors But, most of Miami’s

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Compiled by Haley Velasco

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