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Factor y Redevelopment Proposed

D evelopers, planners hold public meeting on project

By ZOE FERGUSON Sun Staff Wr ter

developers and planners held the first public planning meeting Thursday for the

If completed, planners hope to turn the site of the approximately mile-long factory into a new Ithaca neighborhood called the Chain Works District, according to Julie Bargmann, founder of Dump It Right There Studio, a site design company

Bargmann said she thinks there is a large amount of potential in redeveloping the factory

“We’re pretty happy that it’s been affectionately called the ‘sleeping giant’,” she said “We’re kind of poking it to wake up ”

The project to build the Chain Works District is being lead by Whitham Planning and Design, developer Unchained Properties and Dump It Right There Studio

Bargmann said the team wants to celebrate the factory complex’s industrial past and that she is looking to “work with what’s there” to repurpose the factory

“The intention here is to work with what’s there, to really use the evidence of the site histories and use adaptive reuse to bring the giant into being a friendly

Complex chain | An aerial photo shows the unoccupied Emerson Power Transmission site on Ithaca’s South Hill An inset shows the Arts Quad at the same scale

Man Reportedly Stabbed Inside Level B Thursday

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Managing Editor

A male victim was reportedly stabbed inside the Level B Bar on Eddy Street early Thursday morning

Ithaca Police responded to an assault that reportedly occurred around 1 a m Thursday at 410 Eddy St , according to a University crime alert

Upon discovering the victim, police found that victim was “stabbed in the torso area, ” according to police He was treated on scene and transported to a landing zone at Titus Flats, where he was then airlifted to a regional trauma center

The suspect is still at large Police are looking for a male who is approximately 22 years old and

S.A. Tables Resolution to D ivest

From P ro-Israeli Companies

By SOFIA HU and ALISHA FOSTER Sun Staff Writers

After a 15-8-1 vote, the Student Assembly tabled Resolution 72 which urged Cornell to to divest from companies that “profit from the Israeli military occupation of Palestinian territories at Willard Straight Hall Thursday

Upon the S A ’ s decision to table the resolution, many students applauded while others left the crowded room, shouting expletives

“We’re walking out This is bullshit,” a student said Another student who left the room

shouted, “You wanna celebrate 65 years of genocide?”

Other audience members, however, clapped for over a minute in support of the S A ’ s decision

After the vote, the S A opened the floor to a general discussion However, the first nine speakers who had put their names on the list for general discussion left the room before their names were called

A point of discussion was whether the S A

After Fire, Ithaca Landlord Hopes to Rebuild

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Managing Editor

5’10 with “medium complexion” and “black shoulder length wavy hair ” The suspect was last seen wearing a red shirt and blue jeans, according to police Representatives from Level B posted on the bar’s Facebook page that they will be increasing security measures for the “foreseeable future ”

“We do not tolerate violent behavior in our bar, and the safety and security of all our guests in our bar is paramount We are very upset that someone was injured Wednesday evening,” the Facebook post stated Police say no additional information is available and are continuing to investigate the report

Tyler Alicea can be reached at

managing-editor@cornellsun com

Nick Lambrou says he plans on rebuilding the house that both he and students loved

rebuilding her,” he said of 202 Eddy St , which was destroyed after a fire broke out on March 14

Twelve students were displaced after the fire destroyed the interior of the residence No injuries were reported and Cornell assisted the students in finding housing

After meeting with the City’s Building Department Tuesday, Lambrou said both the department and Ithaca are in “ complete support ” of the reconstruction of the house

Lambrou said he plans to meet with the Ithaca Landmarks

weather FORECAST

Ne ws, “ Trustees E stabli sh S earch C omm itt ee f or Sk orton’ s S ucc essor, ” Monday

Sp eaking ab out the Presidental S earch Committee’s plans to nominate Cornell’s next president

“S ome of the questions we will b e asking are, ‘What are the current initiatives that have b een critical to Cornell’s success, and what are some of the opp ortunities and challenges going for ward?’ And therefore based on those assessments, what do we think are the key criteria for the p erson who would assume presidenc y?”

Jan Ro ck Zubrow ’77

but when I walked onto the set, it was smaller than I thought it would b e The audience was only mayb e ab out 100 p eople and the wheel wasn’t as big as I thought It was only six feet across but it was really heav y

Eno ch Newkirk ’14

Opin ion, “O kay, Cupid: My Adv entures i n Onli ne Dati ng, ” T hursday

Sp eaking ab out online dating and b oth its advantages and disadvantages

“It ’ s sup erficial at b est and dangerous at worst It won’t do ever yone justice; some p eople take awhile to grow on us, and the snap judgments we make online don t afford them that opp ortunity But b earing all this in mind, it may have something to offer after all ”

Liz Kussman ’14

C.U. Model U.N. Conference

Hosts Nearly 700 Students

Students are coming up with ‘creative solutions to problems’

By SUSHMITHA KRISHNAMOORTHY Sun Contributor

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“[The conference] may be the single largest P.R. event that Cornell puts on each year for potential students ”

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Barney Horowitz ’72 from the National Labor Relations Board speaks with a representative from the Fair Pay Campaign Thursday

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s h e s a i d T h e d e l e g a t e s a re a t t e n d i n g a d m i ss i o n s s e s s i o n s a n d c a m p u s t o u r s d u r i n g t h e we e k e n d a n d h a ve t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o i n t e r a c t w i t h p ro f e s s o r s , w h o c a n “ e n g a g e d e l e g a t e s i n p re s e n t a t i o n s o f t h e i r c o mm i t t e e - re l e va n t re s e a rc h d u r i n g t h e we e ke n d’s s e s s i o n s , ” a c c o rd i n g t o t h e c o n f e re n c e we b s i t e B e c a u s e o f t h i s , W i s s i n k s a i d h e b e l i e ve s t h e c o n f e re n c e s e r ve s a n a d d it i o n a l r o l e b y a d v e r t i s i n g f o r t h e Un i ve r s i t y “ [

Krishnamoorthy can be reached at sk2273@cornelledu com

S .A. Unanimously Votes Against Innovation Fund

By ALISHA FOSTER

Sun Staff Writer

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Alisha Foster can be reached at afoster@cornellsun com

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said “This is a cultural landscape and it can be that way again this site could come back alive ”

giant that’s awake again,” Bargmann said Additionally, Bargman highlighted the factory’s former glory and its potential to emerge as a vital part of the Ithaca community

“Morse Chain was, and now again can be, a really vital part of the community here,” Bargmann

Bargman added the existing buildings which were built from the 1910s to the 1980s “have incredible personalities,” which would be maintained in the Chain Works District

Craig Jensen, a par tner at Chaintreuil Jensen Stark Architects the company handling architecture and planning

for the project said some buildings in the complex would be demolished to create space for cour tyards and enter tainment venues

Jensen said the team is looking to “knit our piece of the city back into the community” and added that these renovations are essential in creating a neighborhood where residents can “live, work and play ”

Scott Whitham M L A ’97, principal at Whitham Planning and Design, said the meeting was “the entry conversation ”

“This is the broad brush conversation,” he said “We now feel comfortable to move forward with the team ”

Some Ithaca residents praised varied aspects of the Chain Works District including the proposed studio spaces available and their ambition in embarking on this project However, many also said they were concerned about issues regarding environmental safety, affordability of housing and the navigability of the Ithaca zoning process

In response to multiple questions about the chemical conditions of the factory and its livability, Whitham said there is an “intensive” yearlong environmental investigation He also added that this is the first meeting in a series of public meetings and constructing the Chain Works District would be “decades-long process ” Additionally, Bargmann said the plans for constructing the Chain Works District would ideally involve the “100 percent reuse ” of all materials on the site and that the project is intended to be sustainable in both construction and function

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Air Force Launches Spy Satellites From Florida

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (AP) The Air Force has launched a new spy satellite

An unmanned blasted off Thursday from Cape Canaveral with a satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office No details about the classified satellite were divulged It’s intended for national security

The Atlas rocket should have flown two weeks ago But crucial radartracking equipment was damaged a day before the planned March 25 liftoff An electrical short overheated the unit Because repairs continue, the Air Force used backup radar to monitor Thursday afternoon’s launch

The radar accident also delayed a private SpaceX launch, now targeted for Monday

SpaceX has a fresh load of supplies for the International Space Station NASA is using private companies to keep the orbiting lab stocked

Colbert to Take Over David Letterman’s Late Show

NEW YORK (AP) CBS moved swiftly Thursday to replace the retiring David Letterman with Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert, who will take over the Late Show next year and do battle with Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel for late-night television supremacy Colbert, 49, has been hosting The Colbert Report at 11:30 p m ET since 2005, in character as a fictional conser vative talk-show host The character will retire with The Colbert Report

“Simply being a guest on David Letterman’s show has been a highlight of my career, ” Colbert said “I never dreamed that I would follow in his footsteps, though ever yone in late night follows Dave’s lead ”

Letterman, who turns 67 on Saturday, announced on his show last week that he would retire sometime in 2015, although he hasn’t set a date CBS said Thursday that creative elements of Colbert’s new show, including where it will be based, will be announced later

Mayors of New York and Los Angeles have already publicly urged the new Late Show host to choose their city New York would appear to have the clear edge, since Colbert is already based in New York and CBS owns the Ed Sullivan Theater, where the Late Show has been taped since Letterman took over in 1993

New York Gov Andrew Cuomo (D) added his voice to the mix, calling on CBS to keep Late Show in place and lauding the contributions of such programs to the state ' s economy

“ We must ensure that the Late Show’s long and proud histor y of making the nation laugh from New York continues for years to come, ” he said in a statement

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Thursday “Stephen has always been a real friend to me, ” he said “I’m ver y excited for him, and I’m flattered that CBS chose him I also happen to know they wanted another guy with glasses ”

It's a rapidly changing period for that time slot Fallon took over for Jay Leno on NBC’s Tonight show in Februar y, and has dominated the ratings since his arrival, with Letterman and Kimmel running neck-and-neck for second Chelsea Handler has also said she is about to end her talk show on E! Entertainment Television

Judge Says Flashing Headlights Is Free Speech

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Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling

Ez r a ’ s O r a c l e we l c o m e s i n q u i r i e s f r o m m e m b e r s o f t h e C o r n e l l c o m m u n i t y a b o u t a n yt h i n g a n d e v e r y t h i n g re l a t e d t o t h e Un i v e r s i t y We s e e k o u t a n s we r s t o c a m p u s m y st e r i e s re s e a rc h r u m o r s a n d i n v e s t i g a t e i s s u e s o f re l e v a n c e t o C o r n e l l i a n s Q u e s t i o n s c a n b e s u b m i t t e d v i a e m a i l t o e z ra s o ra c l e @ c o r n e l l s u n c o m

Q : How l o n g h a s t h e In t r o d u c t i o n t o W i n e s c o u r s e b e e n t a u g h t a t C o r n e l l ?

C a b e r n e t C o n n o i s s e u r ’ 1 6

A : T h e p o p u l a r Ho t e l S c h o o l c o u r s e i s o n e o f t h e c o m m o n e x p e r i e n c e s s h a r e d b y g e n e r a t i o n s o f C o r n e l l s t u d e n t s Mo r e t h a n 4 2 , 0 0 0 s t u d e n t s h a v e t a k e n W i n e s s i n c e i t s i n c e p t i o n i n 1 9 7 2 T h e c o u r s e w a s o r i g i n a l l y c r e a t e d b y Pr o f Va n c e C h r i s t i a n ’ 6 1 ,

a g e m e n t i n d u s t r y w o r l d w i d e a n d s e r v e d a s a m e n t o r t o c o u n t l e s s C o r n e l l i a n s b e f o r e h i s d e a t h i n 1 9 8 4

Q : W h a t’s t h e s t o r y b e h i n d t h e “ It h a c a i s Go r g e s ” p h r a s e ?

It h a c a i s C o l d ’ 1 4

A : T h e u b i q u i t o u s “ It h a c a i s G o r g e s ” s l o g a n w a s c o i n e d b y C o r n e l l i a n How a rd

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C o g a n s p e n t h i s c a r e e r w o r k i n g i n a d v e r t i s i n g a n d p u b l i c r e l a t i o n s , l a t e r j o i n i n g t h e f a c u l t y o f t h e Pa r k S c h o o l o f C o m m u n i c a t i o n s a t It h a c a C o l l e g e To h e l p p r o m o t e t h e It h a c a a r e a a n d l o c a l t o u r i s m , C o g a n c h o s e n o t t o t r a d e m a r k h i s f a m o u s c a t c hp h r a s e , a l l ow i n g b u s i n e s s e s t o u s e i t f r e e l y D e c a d e s l a t e r, C o g a n ’ s l e g a c y l i v e s o n a n d “ It h a c a i s G o r g e s ” h a s e s t a b l i s h e d i t s e l f a s a k e y p a r t o f o u r l o c a l i d e n t i t y

Q : Is t h e re a c o n n e c t i o n b e t we e n T h e W i z a rd o f O z a n d C o r n e l l ? W i c k e d W i t c h o f We s t C a m p u s ’ 1 5

A : I n a d d i t i o n t o r e p o r t s o f t h e o c c a s i o n a l f l y i n g m o n k e y o n S l o p e D a y, O z a u t h o r L Fr a n k B a u m d o e s h a v e t i e s t o C o r n e l l B a u m ’ s w i f e , M a u d G a g e , e n t e r e d C o r n e l l w i t h t h e C l a s s o f 1 8 8 4 , a n d h e r n a m e a p p e a r s i n 1 8 8 0 ’ s i n a ug u r a l i s s u e o f T h e C o r n e l l Su n a s o n e o f 1 9 w o m e n i n a f r e s h m e n c l a s s o f 1 3 1

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C o r n e l l W h e n T h e W i z a rd o f O z f i l m o p e n e d i n 1 9 3 9 , t h e t i t u l a r c h a r a c t e r o f

t h e W i z a r d w a s p l a y e d b y Fr a n k Mo r g a n , C l a s s o f 1 9 1 2

Q : Is D r y d e n R o a d n a m e d f o r h o c k e y p l a y e r K e n D r y d e n ’ 6 9 ?

No t a Si e v e ’ 1 4

A : D r y d e n R o a d p r e - d a t e s h o c k e y l e g e n d K e n D r y d e n ’ 6 9 c o n s i d e r a b l y

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

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c a m p u s T h e t ow n w a s s u r v e y e d b a c k i n 1 7 9 0 a n d n a m e d f o r E n g l i s h p o e t a n d p l a yw r i g h t Jo h n Dr y d e n , b o r n m o r e t h a n 3 0 0 y e a r s b e f o r e K e n Dr y d e n T h e h o c k e y -

p l a y i n g Dr y d e n w a s C o r n e l l’s m e n ’ s i c e h o c k e y g o a l i e f o r i t s 1 9 6 7 N C A A c h a m p io n s h i p Hi s h o c k e y c a r e e r c o n t i n u e d w i t h t h e Mo n t r e a l C a n a d i e n s , w h e r e h e w o n s i x St a n l e y Cu p s a n d n u m e r o u s o t h e r a c c o l a d e s He h a s s i n c e a u t h o r e d n u m e r o u s b o o k s , s e r v e d a s p r e s i d e n t o f t h e To r o n t o Ma p l e L e a f s a n d w a s a m e m b e r o f t h e C a n a d i a n Pa r l i a m e n t

Q : B a s e d o n re c e n t n e w s c ov e r a g e , M a y o r o f It h a c a S v a n t e My r i c k ’ 0 9 s e e m s t o b e a t o d d s w i t h t h e Un i v e r s i t y o f t e n Is i t c o m m o n f o r C o r n e l l i a n s t o s e r v e a s It h a c a ’ s m a y o r ?

Fu t u re Fr a n k Un d e r w o o d ’ 1 7

A : Tow n - g ow n r e l a t i o n s c a n s o m e t i m e s b e c h a l l e n g i n g , a n d m a n y o f o u r l o c a l l e a d e r s a n d u n i v e r s i t y a d m i n i s t r a t o r s h a v e s t r u g g l e d w i t h t h e b a l a n c e T h r e e o f t h e l a s t f i v e m a y o r s o f It h a c a h a v e b e e n C o r n e l l a l u m n i , a n d m a n y o f t h e n o n -

C o r n e l l i a n m a y o r s h a v e h a d o t h e r t i e s t o t h e u n i v e r s i t y Fo r m e r m a y o r B e n Ni c h o l s ’ 4 1 , M E n g ’ 4 9 s p e n t h i s c a r e e r o n t h e f a c u l t y o f t h e C o l l e g e o f E n g i n e e r i n g a n d w a s o n e o f t h e m o s t o u t s p o k e n p r o t e s t e r s w h e n C o r n e l l t u r n e d a s m a l l w o o d l a n d a r e a k n ow n a s Re d b u d Wo o d s i n t o a p a r k i n g l o t i n 2 0 0 5 Fo r m e r m a y o r Jo h n

Gu t e n b e r g e r, n a m e s a k e o f t h e B o a t y a rd Gr i l l’s d e l i c i o u s “ Gu t e n b e r g e r ” b u r g e r, c u rr e n t l y w o r k s i n C o r n e l l’s O f f i c e o f C o m m u n i t y Re l a t i o n s O n e o f t h e e a r l i e s t C o r n e l l i a n m a y o r s o f It h a c a w a s Ja r e d Tr e m a n Ne w m a n , C l a s s o f 1

Justin Haseltine | What’s Up Doc?

Beyond the Test

Apatient is admitted to the hospital for management of florid psychosis Several antipsychotic drugs are tried with little success Finally, the patient is put on clozapine, a potent neuroleptic medication, but one that is exclusively used as a last resort due to its numerous and catastrophic side effects (The FDA slapped on five black box warnings ) He begins to improve, but a few days into the hospital stay, he rapidly develops high fever, confusion and difficulty breathing The list of possible causes includes several major side effects of clozapine, but the patient turns out to have aspiration pneumonia, likely caused by a strange drug side effect: excessive drooling

Hypersalivation can drench pillows with saliva by the time a patient wakes in the morning, but for such a situation to lead to pneumonia is unlikely and was initially not seriously considered in this case While this specific scenario is uncommon, the likelihood that a clinician will see a similarly bizarre presentation at any given time is actually not so rare due to the large number of cases seen ever y day Statisticians explain this with the law of truly large numbers and the law of near enough Tales of equally peculiar medical circumstances are told on a regular basis

Fortunately, peculiarity is not a criterion for inclusion of subjects in medical curricula At least in academic medicine, there is constant discussion of “high-yield” material the stuff that is commonly seen or commonly tested Since ever yone wants to ace the exams to help further their career goals and attain a medical license much emphasis tends to be placed on such high-yield information But what is actually seen ever yday is often quite different from the “classic” disease presentations canonized in textbooks, or the obscure findings that are ver y characteristic but are so rare that they have never been seen by many seasoned physicians The constellation of symptoms and findings in a given patient regularly escapes the simplified question prompt of the exam

My friends and I will often joke around about this or that tidbit of knowledge as being “low-yield,” especially when studying for one of the barrage of standardized exams that we sit through In this setting, it s probably appropriate to forget minutiae in favor of overarching concepts But dismissing the so-called low-yield becomes unfortunate and potentially detrimental to the health of others when the categor y of low-yield expands to include items integral to patient

The real world isn’t an exam, and it takes ever yday vigilance to assimilate low-yield information into a problem-solving strategy that best ser ves patients.

care Can this medication be taken with a meal or is it only effective on an empty stomach? What should be done if a dose is missed? Is the drug covered under this insurance formular y? Medication compliance is a constant struggle in medicine, and effective counseling, including having answers to questions like these, is important in equipping patients with the knowledge and confidence to manage their health

The real world isn’t an exam, and it takes ever yday vigilance to assimilate low-yield information into a problem-solving strategy that best ser ves patients Learning material that will likely never be tested can still prove to be immensely beneficial, and may make the difference between a patient who recovers well at home and one who returns to the hospital shortly after being discharged with recurrent or unresolved issues This is not so much a mandate to study and know ever ything under the sun as it is an admonition to remain engaged even in the face of seemingly mundane details Prioritization is paramount and even cramming has an occasional role, but there is no good substitute for immersion to achieve master y Knowledge of the basic foundations of medicine is essential and likely sufficient for the effective treatment of a population on the whole But one must continue striving to obtain a depth of knowledge sufficient to treat each individual A specific rare presentation may occur at low frequency in the general population and thus good management of this population can take place in the absence of certain specific knowledge It may not mean much to a group that one individual will present with a particular uncommon condition, but you can bet it will matter an awful lot to the individual And, at the end of the day, we aren ’ t treating populations so much as we ’ re treating a series of individuals who make up that population

The truth about the example given at the beginning of this article is that it is not so low-yield as I may have led on Knowledge of major medication side effects is stressed and most medical students will know that clozapine causes hypersalivation by the end of the third year Given the clinical scenario, the jump to aspiration pneumonia is not that big after other things have been ruled out, especially in light of certain test results But somehow I don’t think you would have kept reading if I regaled you with a stor y of performing medication reconciliation a true tedium of life on the wards and something that is certainly not tested but a task of utmost importance If you ’ re not familiar with a “med rec, ” here’s your chance to engage and discover a new thing Phoning a friend and asking Google are always acceptable starting points

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“Cornell profiting from climate change is not in line with the mission of the University: ‘Our faculty, students, alumni and staff strive [towards the University’s] objectives in a context of freedom with responsibility ’

It is not only the right thing to do, pulling money out of such significant climate change promoting industries like big oil, big coal, big natural gas and other fossilized fuel investments; clinging onto these good performers of the past will be a burden to the University.”

EcoAdvocate

Re: “University: Divestment Will Have Minimal Impact,” News published April 9, 2014

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In Vet erinar y Medicine

Es t r i k e s yo u i s t h e c h a n g e i n t h e r a t i o o f m e n t o w o m e n i n t h e c l a s s e s In t h e b e g i n n i n g , t h e g r a d u a t i n g c l a s s e s a re a l l m e n T h e n , a r o u n d t h e l a t e 1 9 2 0 s , o n e o r t w o w o m e n s t a r t t o t r i c k l e i n e v e r y n o w a n d t h e n Bu t i t t a k e s u n t i l t h e 1 9 7 0 s f o r t h e re t o b e m o re t h a n j u s t a s m a l l h a n d f u l o f w o m e n , a n d f i n a l l y i n t h e l a t e 1 9 8 0 s a n d e a r l y 1 9 9 0 s t h e c l a s s e s b e c o m e p r i m a r il y w o m e n Fo r t h e m o s t p a r t

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Some people say that women are drawn to veterinar y medicine because they are inherently compassionate and it is a profession that requires a good deal of compassion.

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Student Fashion Spotlight

BY CALVIN PATTEN Sun Staff Writer

“Collagist fashion” is how Lesley Young ’14, describes her unique integration of traditionally Asian designs and fabrics with

inspired largely by Young’s own experiences as an Asian-American hip-hop dancer, the collection is a refreshing reminder that hiphop culture is not limited to males or African Americans, but instead is a worldwide phenomena that has inspired a variety of peoples Further influenced by her belief that comfor t can coexis t with visually attractive pieces, she has designed a senior c

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In selecting fabrics for her designs, Young focused on finding textiles that were not only aesthetically pleasing and fashionable, but durable Subsequently, many of her fabrics were brought directly from Japan or the Philippines, while other prints were designed by Young herself These colorful, distinct fabrics offer an exotic taste to outfits influenced both by the current and past hip-hop culture And, in an ode to the classical roots of the culture, Young referenced graffiti, breakdancing and DJing, along with the resurgent popularity of hiphop dance groups as inspirations

Young will be headed to New York after graduation in an attempt to find work where she can continue to design with such inspiration While her designs certainly enjoy an artistic flair, they are also notably wearable and are designed with an eye on the streets in addition to the runway This should translate well to the private sector, with Young specifically mentioning popular designers Phillip Lim and Kenzo as designers where her work could excel

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

LESLEY YOUNG: I went to a specialized

arts high school in New York City as a visual arts major One of my electives in my junior year was Fashion Illustration and that was when I fell in love with the challenges of

industr y I chose Cornell over Parsons because I did not want to give up my love for academia, and I also wanted to step out of my comfort zone Going to Parsons meant staying in the city and surround-

with mostly artists

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

L Y : My design aesthetic is defined by the concept of ornate casual clothing, in the sense that luxurious visuals can coexist with the ability to wear clothing comfortably This notion emerged from the combination of my artistic background with apparel design I also tend to design like a collagist by assembling many different elements together This is because I draw inspiration from ever ything

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

L Y : I learned from my internship at Marchesa that even though I love embroider y and intense surface designs, I cannot relate to the concept of formal wear because as a designer, I think more in terms of ever yday wear I want to believe that you can look at a garment that has intense visual appeal, like a heavily beaded dress would, but also have the desire to live in the garment as if it was your favorite sweater or jeans

SUN: Your website has such a

apparel to design?

L Y : T h e re a s

diversity is mainly because

design and have my work displayed on my website for the time being My focus is mainly on women ’ s ready-to-wear and accessories and my website will better reflect that in the near future My design philosophy definitely has a streetwear connection, especially from the hiphop perspective I have always been inspired by the old school hip-hop notion of dressing as an “urban warrior” so that you are ready for anything I’m not an active wear designer, so I am not saying you will wear my clothes so that you can jump into a dance battle, but I am motivated by the idea that your clothing

can both make a bold statement and have taste, as well as b e c o m f o r t a b l e C o m f o r t m e a n i n g u n re s t r i c t e d m ov ement and freedom, allowing you be in your natural element and ready for anything

SUN: Could you give us a preview of what to expect at the April show? What type of collection are you showing? What a re t h e i n s p i r a t i o n s b e h i n d it/the philosophy guiding it?

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inspired by the cross cultural p

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d What this means in terms of my design philosophy is that m y s i l h o u e t t e s a n d g a r m e n t d e t a i l s a re i n s p i re d b y o l d school and contemporar y hiphop fashion, while my surface d e s i g n s a n d f a b r i c a t i o n s a re based on traditional East Asian and Southeast Asian art, textiles and clothing, all of which will be assembled together in a collagist fashion to convey the sweeping nature of this movement

The collection’s concept was inspired by m y p e r s o n a l e x p e r i e n c e s a s a n A s i a n American hip-hop dancer, and discovering how the hip-hop cultural landscape for the past decade or so has been rapidly expanding due to the growing numbers of successful and incredibly talented hip-hop artists of Asian descent around the world This can mostly be seen in dance, thanks to Youtube and shows like America’s Best Dance Crew, but it is also the case for rapping, DJing and graffiti Even though East

A s i a n a n d So u t h e a s t A s i a n c u l t u re i s extremely heterogeneous and cannot be fully represented in a single collection, my work acts as a homage to the cultural solidarity that exists within Asian communities ever ywhere I want my collection to introduce this conversation about Asians reshaping hip-hop culture and act as an artistic representation of this movement, while staying true to my design philosophy

SUN: Could you talk a little bit about

your experience in the Fashion Collective? I don't think a lot of our readers are ver y clear on what it is/what the experience is like

L Y : Designing for the CFC show is open to any student, although most of the designers are naturally from my department, Fiber Science and Apparel Design

How much you put down the runway is based on your previous experience with CFC So as a freshman I was a First Level designer that sent down one look The number goes up until you ’ re Fourth Level like I am now, and can send down a full collection of at least six looks or more

There are many deadlines throughout the year involving faculty critiques to guide the designers’ progress There is also a ton of management work that is done throughout the year, mostly by the fashion management students, in preparation for the show

Calvin Patten is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at cpatten@cornellsun com

THE LORD GIVETH AND THE LORD TAKETH AWAY

ZACHARY ZAHOS Sun Senior Writer

My favorite episode of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm is called “Palestinian Chicken ” In it, Juliette, the wife of one of Larry David’s socalled friends, gives Larry a mission: Keep her away from dessert, “ no matter what ” She lost 65 pounds through a careful diet, so her request sounds logical, disciplined After the meal, Juliette tiptoes to the dessert table, peers side to side and reaches for a cake Larry comes out of nowhere to grab it from her hands, and when she tries to laugh off her earlier charge, Larry whines, “But you said, ‘No matter what ’ This is the what That’s why you asked me and not these other people, because you knew I wouldn ’ t let you!” He refuses to relent and the two tackle each other to the floor

Replace Larr y with the Biblical Noah, Juliette’s request with the word of God and the cake with the lives of Noah’s wife and children and you have the conflict at heart of Noah, the new film by Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream) I realize that is a rather flippant analogy with which to place aside an adaptation of a sacred, 2,500 year-old text, but A) this is 2014, “God Is Dead,” yada yada yada, and B) Aronofsky has no intention to make a sanctimonious Cecil B DeMille film This is a film that rebukes blind faith, esteems free will and, through meticulous time-lapse sequences, promotes evolution And like Larry David, Noah is less a hero than a dogmatic asshole Aronofsky secularizes the story of Noah to the point that you, whatever your beliefs, should glean a provocative message or two regarding faith, human violence, love and so on You will

Ajust have to fight against an unfocused screenplay and a truly erratic visual style to appreciate the film beyond a superficial, hey-look-it’sEmma-Watson level

The film opens with a montage of the events between the Garden of Eden and Noah’s time, covering 10 generations, thousands of years and a whole lot of bloodshed It’s a trite way to open a movie tackling the dilemmas of human existence, since it reminds us of Lord of the Rings or any “Previously On ” TV recap But it introduces us to the Watchers, angels cast from heaven and doomed to lumber about the earth as rock giants, whose disfigured appearance I’d like to call “Doom Rococo ” They partake in some CGIheavy battles later on, so you sense their presence is motivated by blockbuster expectations more than any narrative or thematic necessity Thankfully, Aronofsky and co-writer Ari Handel

order to spare “the innocents” from the wrath of “the Creator” (not one use of the word “God”) He receives his mission through a pair of wordless, expensive-looking dreams that realize the terrifying image, “The waters of the heavens will meet the waters of the earth ” He has the assistance of not only the Watchers but also his immediate family, including his wife, Naameh (Jennifer Connelly), his put-upon son, Ham (Logan Lerman) and his adopted daughter turned daughter-in-law, Ila (Emma Watson) There is a lot of incest, implied and otherwise, in this film, and Aronofsky gives us no comment on

justify their silly creatures with a subtle, melancholy conflict regarding the afterlife that comes to a head at a hectic scene of warfare right before the Flood With Frank Langella voicing a prominent Watcher who helps Noah on his task, these beasts are more human than you would expect, which is a quietly impressive achievement Noah’s task is, of course, to build an ark in

it, which is weird What he does stress is the ignominy of infertility, which a childhood wound inflicted upon Ila And yet to be “barren,” might be part of the Creator’s will, given his plans to wipe his finest creation off the face of the earth That question should I kill my family? taunts Noah for the second half of the film, as they pass time in their ugly brick of a boat

Yet Noah dilutes the potency of that central question For one, the screenplay wanders As gnarly as the scene-stealing Ray Winstone (The Departed) may be, his character Tubal-Cain serves as a standard-issue villain who distracts us from the meat of this story Which is ironic, since he is the carnivorous exploiter of the earth’s resources to Noah’s vegetarian, forager

family In a ver y Game of Thrones-esque sequence at a miserable village, the film conflates meat-eating with pollution, prostitution, even cannibalism its environmentalist message is as sensationalist as Elysium’s health care politics were naive

Then we get to the film’s visuals, which oscillate between spectacular and nondescript Aronofsky delivers his signature hallucinatory montage (remember the eye-opening one from Requiem?), here a triptych of Eve plucking the apple, the serpent and Cain’s raised fist over Abel It’s awesome Nor will I forget the sight of Noah’s bare feet standing on a blood-soaked sea of volcanic ash, or the sight of green water lapping against a urine-yellow skeleton of some mammal that, presumably, snuffed its species before the rain begins The most upsetting image calls back on European art, in particular Francis Danby s The Deluge, as it depicts wailing human survivors hanging onto a mountaintop besieged by waves There s beautiful stuff here

And there’s the rest of the movie For whatever reason, Aronofsky opted for handheld close-ups of not just Noah but everyone It looks like The Hunger Games the first one He ignores the production design and restricts his mise-en-scène (lighting, costume, blocking, symbolic geometry) to his actor ’ s faces I mean, they’re good looking, but come on Perhaps Aronofsky sought to empower his female characters by allotting them more screen time, for Jennifer Connelly owns every second Such is a noble aim, yet in this case it leaves Noah, perhaps the most troubled protagonist in any recent blockbuster, a puzzle unsolved It’s one thing to plunge into his psyche and emerge with no sure diagnosis; it’s another matter when an analogy between Noah and Larry David sticks

Zachary Zahos is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at zzahos@cornellsun com

Gangster Rappers Have Asthma,Too

perfect storm of all my senseless fixations, Fader’s “The Things I Carry” photo series has effectively combined all my best-worst habits: voyeurism, materialism and borderline religious worship at the altar of rap gods Thank You Based, or otherwise Emptying the bags of favorite artists for their daily essentials as they dip between tour dates, label meetings and strip clubs, “The Things I Carry” functions like a gangster version of the haute beauty editorial site, Into the Gloss

But instead of Miranda Kerr’s YSL lip stains and cult antiaging creams, we ’ ve got Chief Keef ’ s Trojan Magnums and stacks on stacks of hundos And while I found all the usual suspects to be present in spades gold chains and purple drank abound it was the shamelessly mundane possessions that seemed infinitely more intriguing I mean, which former oxyslangin’ L A Crip needs to regularly puff his inhaler?

And what hoodrat-lothario is copping teething rings for his newborn? Who’s walking in with his pockets full of throat coat tea bags and travelsized moisturizers, like “ill n*gga alert, ill n*gga alert!” No matter how many metal detectors these dicks are setting off, it looks like even the trillest OGs gotta score some Burt’s Bees for their lips sometimes Here’s some phat shit and surprisingly not-so-phat shit that are filling rappers ’ pockets

WAKA FLOCKA FLAME’S HALLOWEEN CANDY

Waka, the glorious oxymoron that he is, keeps his fun-sized cherry Laffy Taffy right beside his brass knuckles At Fader, he throws down his diamond-encrusted pinky ring, slinging such sagacity as, “You should own jewelry jewelry shouldn’t own you ” Man, statistically, I suppose, even thug punks got to spit wisdom sometimes, even by accident Logistical question though does the taffy ever get stuck in his platinum grills?

RIFF RAFF’S TRAVELING HAIR SALON

Despite a backpack full of buzzers, buzzer chargers, buzzer heads, cutting shears, a tiny Conair hairbrush, a miniature Curve cologne, a travel toothbrush and no less than two sets of gold grills, this Spring Breakers pimp muse has not gone from G to gent Hip hop’s most brazen troll the real life, even more cartoonish version of Jamie Kennedy’s Malibu’s Most Wanted is meticulously groomed I mean most dogs are, no?

SCHOOLBOY Q’S INHALER

Q, who as a kindergartener had his grandma show him his first strap (that’s a gun, you turds), joined the 52 Hoover Street Crips at age 12 and has proudly pimped out his AIDS-ridden prostitutes on Figg Street apparently has acute asthma? The self-proclaimed “Gangsta-Gangsta-Gangsta-G” cum “GangstaGangsta-Gangsta-Q” has been newly reformulated as a GQ Gangsta While his first “The Things I Carry” column included a bottle of lean, his second profile marked his abandonment of the sizzurp-slurping lifestyle In place of the codeine syrup is fine Parisian champagne, as he busts in “Gangsta”: “Perrier Jouet Rosé, I might relocate ” Even better he totes around a Nintendo DS to play Pokemon Platinum Wow, GQ Q, I am crying both from laughter and from our shared ragweed allergies

MAC MILLER’S PAUL COELHO NOVEL

I know Gambino “ so Kurt Vonne” but Mac Miller is reading Paul Coelho’s sequel to The Alchemist called Manuscript Found in Accra That means Mac Miller has read The Alchemist That means that Mac Miller has read at least one more book than I have this year That means that Mac Miller can read?!

JEREMIH’S TEETHING RINGS

Trading in his bae for a baby and dropping the “mack” to his once reigning title of “mack daddy,” Jeremih is officially a father, y ’all An adorable one, apparently, who likes to eat half a pack of Smarties and roll the rest up for later There’s something comforting in his plebeian possessions, with his cheapo Skullcandy earbuds and travel toothbrush

TY DOLLA $IGN’S “COOKIE JAR”

While many of the artists profiled in this series had marijuana paraphernalia and a fresh pick-up of greens in their possession, Ty seemed to have unabashedly thrown down the gauntlet Carrying at least a q of (dank!) bud and a Cookie Jar a towering stash container with several stacked compartments for various strain storage this rapper is really about “Blue Dream by the bouquet ‘til [he’s] blue-faced on a Tuesday ”

DANNY BROWN’S MINIATURE VASELINE

Amongst a dozen white grape cigarillos literally the storybook perfect cig for Danny Brown to puff in one of his seemingly numerous tiger-striped jumpsuits is a tiny tube of Vaseline Even the baddest yaks got to combat winter ashiness and lip chapped-ness Strangely, or perhaps not strangely at all, Danny Brown is the only dude in the rap game right now to actually gain street cred from such an incongruous juxtaposition of private possessions Amongst a veritable sea of Rolleys, Gucci and gold iPhones (I’m looking at you, 2 Chainz), these refreshingly innocuous items fit right in with Brown’s flamboyant DGAF persona Nothing says #fuckwithmeyouknowigotit like some well-lubricated lips

Alice Wang is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at awang@cornellsun com Profanity Prayers appears alternate Fridays

Haas Draws Inspiration From D ad in Best Round of Master s

Teeing off | Adam Scott finished one stroke back of Bill Haas after a disappointing shot on the 12th tee in Thursday’s round of the Masters

“I do know that there’s times I’m like, ‘I wish my dad could hit this shot for me ”

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Undefeat ed Quakers Pose Threat in Conference Play

BASEBALL Continued from page 16

one-for-four on the day, said “If you put too much stress on yourself, you do too much to get yourself out We are able to remain confident that someone in the lineup will get the job done, which also helps out late in the game ”

Junior designated hitter Ryan Karl chipped in w i t h a h i t a n d a n R B I o n t h e d a y,

D’Alessandro drove in two and freshman catcher

Jamie Smith had a hit and scored a run

The Red kicks off divisional play on the road this weekend when it heads to Philadelphia, Pa to t a k

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matchup undefeated in conference play, the first 80 start by an Ivy League team since Dartmouth did it in 2009 They also lead the league in team bat-

ting average at 281 Their potent offense is headlined by senior outfielder Rick Brebner and junior first baseman Jeff McGarr y, who are both hitting 327 Brebner also leads the league in homeruns with seven

The Red took three of four games from the Quakers last season, dropping the first contest, but storming back to sweep the final three “ We are just looking to continue what we have been doing well and fix some late game defensive issues that have been plaguing the team, along with

“ These are things we know we can do and are hoping to iron out during the week ”

Scott Chiusano can be reached at

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Giants’ Eli Manning to Undergo

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C.U. Splits Squads at Weekend Invites

Coming off successful spring break, squads travel to Invitationals

By JOEL COOPER Sun Staff Wr ter

After a strong spring break, Cornell’s men ’ s and women ’ s track and field teams are back in action this weekend, with the squads splitting between the Bucknell Invitational and George Mason Invitational

Both the men ’ s and women ’ s sides of the team put out some impressive performances over spring break, with 23 women reaching the ECAC qualifying goal and 21 men reaching the IC4A equivalent

At the Riverside invitational, the women ’ s team placed second overall with four wins and four second place finishes Senior Rachel Sorna led a Cornell 1,2,3 in the 3000m steeplechase Sorna’s winning time of 10:05 43 was a stadium record by 70 seconds and an NCAA leading time Cornell also swept the 3000m podium, led by Devin McMahon, while Elyse Wilkinson won the 800m

After impressive performances over break, the squads look to continue their success this weekend According to sophomore Udeme Akpaete, who will be running at the Bucknell Invitational, it is the depth in the teams that has led to numerous records falling so far this season, and will likely lead to more exciting performances for the Red

“As an athlete, I'm constantly looking not just to replicate my performance, but to surpass it,” Akpaete said “As we have a really good team this year, it constantly spurs improvement as we challenge and support each other, so I definitely think that improvement is possible moving into the season ”

“The talent on this team is so deep that it’s fair to expect a lot of great things from a lot of different athletes. ”

Udeme Akpaete

The men ’ s team placed sixth at the same meet, with the most impressive performance coming from junior Robert Robbins Robbins set a new school record in the javelin of 246’6”, to place second The men also participated in the Texas Relays, where Daniel Scott won the triple jump

Both squads rounded off spring break at the Stanford Invitational For the women, Sorna performed well again, finishing fifth in the 5000m and breaking the Cornell record, which had previously stood for 22 years, by 10 seconds On the men ’ s side, junior Stephen Mozia continued his fine form so far this season, winning three throwing events and setting a new school record in the shot put

Even with the remarkable depth to both teams, one can still expect certain individuals to provide the highlights for Cornell, led by Mozia, who already placed second in the NCAA Championships earlier in the year

"As always you should watch out for Mozia, [senior] Montez Blair and [senior] Bruno Hortelano-Roig,” Robbins, who will be throwing at the Bucknell invitational, said “Also watch out for the rest of the high-jump crew and the younger throwers, and also the 4x100m relay team "

According to Akpaete, the Red will face strong competition at both meets, which serves as motivation going into the weekend

“We view all of the schools as great competition, so that will be a huge driver in individual and team performance, ” Akpaete said “The talent on this team is so deep that it's fair to expect a lot of great things from a lot of different athletes this upcoming weekend ”

Akpaete added that with the wide variety of talent on the team this year, the Red has come to expect success at each meet

Red Hopes to Bounce Back in Road Matchup Against Brown

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“I'm generally always expecting the team to do well We have a lot of talent this year and a lot of my teammates have already started doing great things,” Akpaete said “We hope to continue that into the season ”

Joel

Exerting In uence O f f the Court

Br yant, Jordan differ in ambitions beyond basketball

CHIUSANO Continued from page 16

changed the course of the league and will likely never be surpassed in talent or sheer greatness, Jordan had the potential to be an ambassador for the NBA, but never seemed to grab hold of the reins As a 50-year old celebrity and multi-millionaire, Jordan has not changed much from his playing days He seems content with promoting his own brand and continues to be a nasty competitor, now just in the front office and on the golf course instead of the hardwood

I honestly think it is disappointing to see such a prolific athlete fall into a kind of anonymity after essentially wasting the influence that could have come from a storied career While I didn’t know much about Kobe off the basketball cour t until reading McGrath’s article, it seems that Bryant may pose an alternative to the trap that so many celebrities (especially athletes) seem to fall into after retirement one where excessive fame breeds addiction Bryant, who grew up in Italy and, though he never went to college, continues to read and learn in many different capacities He seems to realize that something does come after basketball “I get questions all the time: ‘What are you going to do when you retire?’ As if I had no life, no talent outside of playing basketball It absolutely drives me crazy ‘You just going to golf all day?’ I’m like, ‘No Who the fuck said that? It’s maddening,” Bryant says in the article

It is important for athletes to understand that there is a world outside the sports bubble in which they are worshipped and seldom criticized I think that understanding starts as a player, though, when it is easiest to be heard Bryant has never been quiet; even while injured, he has spoken to the media at practices and before games, something that is uncharacteristic of

most injured players Bryant has also never been afraid to be outspoken about politics, even if his view deviates from the norm McGrath asked Bryant what he thought about the reaction of the Miami players to the Trayvon Martin incident (they posted pictures of themselves on Twitter dressed in hoodies) “I won ’ t react to something just because I’m supposed to, because I’m an African American That argument doesn’t make any sense to me You sit and you listen to the facts just like you would in any other situation, right?” Bryant received a significant amount of flack last week for that comment, but it proves to me that he, unlike Jordan, is willing to express his opinions on issues that extend beyond just basketball in a calculated, intelligent way Jordan never got further than issuing the statement, “Republicans buy shoes too, ” as defense for his decision not to endorse an African American challenger to Jesse Helms in 1990

In McGrath’s article, he also quoted Bryant as saying, “You don’t want to go out and just play the game There’s so much that goes on around you in your brand and what you represent, and what you could represent ” Sure, Jordan represented himself through a brand of sneakers that carries his name, but this speaks nothing to the face behind the logo Because they are inevitably surrounded by the public spotlight, athletes have the unique opportunity to exert their influence beyond the sport they play Should we as fans really care what athletes think about politics? Maybe not But it is important that athletes can take pride in the way they are represented, and that means more than simply promoting a personal image In that one-onone, I think Bryant has Jordan beat

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

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Looking Forward (Women’s)

Dartmouth Penn Saturday, April 12

L o o k i n g F o r w a r d ( M e n ’s )

Yale Brown Friday, April 11

L o o k i n g F o r w a r d ( M e n ’s ) Saturday, April 12

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Red Kick s Off Divisional Play After Defeating Bing

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Sports Editor

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Binghamton on Wednesday, the baseball team continued its streak, taking five of its

last six games The next test for the Red will be in Ivy League Divisional play, when the team takes on Penn in a four-game series starting on Saturday

The Red pitched by committee in the midweek game against the Bearcats, send-

y a n t v s . Jo rd a n ,

“Itought I taw – I did! I did! I did tee Michael Jordan!” When beloved Looney Tunes character Tweety Bird sees the Chicago Bulls star for the first time in the Warner Brothers classic movie Space Jam, this is what she famously exclaims Jordan’s basket-

acknowledged that he and Jordan have “different interests, ” and Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said that “Bryant’s ambitions are greater [than Jordan’s], and it is easier to imagine him adjusting to the off-court life gracefully ” When Jordan turned 50 at

ball career, not to mention his acting career, are long over, and though he is the owner of a Charlotte Bobcats team on the brink of making the playoffs, Tweety Bird’s exclamation has become eerily pertinent Why don’t we “ tee ” Michael Jordan anymore?

In a feature on Kobe Bryant in the New Yorker last week, Ben McGrath spent some time talking about the two basketball superstars Though they are both fierce, unrelenting competitors who never cared about whether or not people liked them, Bryant and Jordan have their differences, beyond just the one championship ring that, at the moment, distinguishes their two careers Br yant

the end of February, we got a glimpse into that off the cour t life from ESPN’s lengthy feature about how he has adjusted to middle age (the answer seems to be not particularly well, considering the article’s focus on Jordan’s ruminations about death and dying) Since then, though, we have seen very little from Jordan, with the exception being some painful Hanes commercials and slightly pathetic news from the golf course every so often

As McGrath points out in his article, Jordan has long been criticized for “failing to exert his vast influence on any cause greater than footwear ” A man who

ing seven different pitchers to the mound in an effort to save arms for the important weekend matchup Junior Roberto Suppa and freshman Tim Willittes threw two scoreless innings each, allowing just three hits between the two of them Sophomore Matt Horton picked up his second win of the season, giving his team an inning and two thirds of scoreless work Cornell had similar success from its staff in last weekend’s sweep of Brown and split with Penn, especially from relievers in the late innings

“The team has a lot of confidence in those guys coming out of the pen, ” said senior outfielder Chris Cruz “We know that if someone gets into trouble, there are others waiting to come in and get them out of a jam ”

pitch He came around to score on a sac fly by senior shortstop Tom D’Alessandro

Winawer continued to impress in his first start, going two-for-four and scoring two runs

The offense was quiet through the first two innings on Wednesday, but was able to get on the board in the top of the third Sophomore outfielder Jordan Winawer, making his first collegiate start after his

against Yale, started things off with a hit by

“Jordan is a guy that works hard and has put in a lot of effort to overcome surgery his freshman year and find a way onto the field this year, ” Cruz said Binghamton tied the game in the bottom of the sixth, but the Re d’s b a t s t o o k ove r i n t h e eighth Junior infielder Kevin Tatum brought pinch r unner Dan Morris home with an RBI single, giving Cornell the lead for good The offense put up four more runs in the next inning, and the Bearcats never threatened again

T h e 6 - 1 w i n ove r

Binghamton marks a streak of four straight wins where the offense has produced at least four runs

“The hitters are staying relaxed and not trying to force too much,” Cruz, who went

La xers Fall to Penn State, Ready

For Conference Battle With Bears

By HAMDAN Al YOUSEFI Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell women ’ s lacrosse team came out of the spring break period with a crucial overtime c o n f e re n c e v i c t o r y ove r Dartmouth and consecutive losses against Stanford and Princeton

The Red also suffered a 13-8 loss to Penn State on Tuesday evening at the Penn State Lacrosse field Cornell is now 5-6 overall and 2-2 in the Ivy League

The matchup was a deceptive-

remaining in striking distance of

Penn for the majority of the match

The Nittany Lions grabbed an early lead, scoring five minutes into the first half Penn State soon doubled its advantage three minutes later when Mackenzie Cyr scored on a Jess Loizeaux assist The Red staged a quick comeback, scoring twice in two minutes to bring the score even So p h o m o re m i d f i e l d e r Sh e l by McNeilly finished a pass from freshman attacker Catherine Ellis to record Cornell’s first Penn State was quick to regain its lead, though, with Cyr turning

Undeterred, the Red pushed forward with junior attacker Lindsay Toppe scoring her 32nd goal of the season to bring Cornell level With 11 minutes of the half left t o p l a y, s o p h o m o re a t t a c k e r Emily Tripodi put the Red ahead for the first and last time of the game

Cornell’s lead lasted three minutes as Nittany Lion Ally Heavens tied the score for the third time of the game Cyr then scored two consecutive goals to give Penn a

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