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Students Wanted in

By AIMEE CHO Sun Staff Writer

The City of Ithaca is looking for Cornell students to help clean up The Jungle, a homeless encampment in the City, according to an email sent to student leaders on Friday

“We’re still trying to find some student organizations who would be interested in volunteering There are still lots of little pieces of trash that need to be cleared,” Sutherland said Over the past week, the City has worked to build a road and clean up trash in The Jungle according to Kevin Sutherland, chief of staff of the City of Ithaca

So far, city workers constructed a preliminary road over the railroad tracks, cleared dead trees and picked up large pieces of

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He estimated that all of the efforts

teer organizations

said they are supportive of the City’s attempts to clear The Jungle

Jourdan Norman ’15, co-president of Into the Streets said he is “remorseful” that some Ithacans are exposed to environments like The Jungle

“I wish to aid any efforts that the City of Ithaca may request to clean up that area, ” he said Lara Keskinkaya ’16, co-president of Into the Streets, said she

Undergraduates Receive Awards for Innovation at Big Idea Competition

Green car wash, gummy medication among winning ideas

By ANNA JOHNSON Sun Contributor

Last Friday, the Big Idea Competition gave 10 teams of Cornellian entrepreneurs the chance to make their idea “the next big thing” by awarding several prizes

T h e a n n u a l c o m p e t i t i o n , s p o n s o re d b y Entrepreneurship@Cornell and RECESS, a music and ideas festival, supports early-stage ideation and offers outlets for the next generation of entrepreneurs, according to the event ’ s website

By ZOE FERGUSON Sun Staff Writer

Dong Ki Kim ’17 and Moonyoung Lee ’15 won first place in the non-profit or social business categor y for their idea of Smart Horn, a digital communication system for cars They received a $2,000 prize, as well as an additional $1,000 via the People’s Choice award

Both Kim and Lee said they faced many “frustrating obstacles” during the development of their idea and in preparation for the competition

See IDEAS page 4

which was announced as the selection for the reading project last Wednesday, will

Hobbs ’17 said she thinks Clash of Civilizations was a good choice for ne w students to read “I think the book was well chosen for the incoming class that is supposed to be the most d

, ” Ho b b s said “Reading this book will star t giving them an

students said they believe that the project will help them transition to Cornell more easily

Alpha Delt a Phi Raises Money for Youth Training

Over 300 students attend annual Victor y Club event

By RACHEL WEBER Sun Staff Wr ter

The Alpha Delta Phi fraternity hosted their annual Victory Club philanthropy event Saturday, raising money for Ramapo for Children a set of youth training programs that supports children with special needs

Over 300 people took part in table games such as poker, roulette and blackjack while a student band performed jazz music, according to Victory Club co-chairman Reed Newman ’16

“Victory Club is one of the highlights of the year for Alpha Delt,” Newman said “Every year, we have a great time raising money for a great cause ”

Members of Alpha Delta Phi began planning this year ’ s Victor y Club two months ago, according to Victory Club cochairman Ilyas Abayev ’16

The event ’ s origins date back to World War I, where guests would purchase Victory Bonds to attend the event which resembled

a speakeasy

“Later in the 1960s, it became the gambling event we have today,” he said

The house, which is located at 777 Stewart Ave , previously had a gambling license, but now the gambling is “just for fun,” according to Abayev

Amanda Barreto ’15, an attendee of the event, said she liked the poker theme of the event

“I like the way the event was evocative of the 1920s the jazz band, classy dress, and

“It

free-flowing champagne felt straight out of The Great Gatsby, ” Amanda Barreto ’15 said Belle Kielty ’17 also said she enjoyed

having the opportunity to meet everyone who attended the event

“It was a really great event for both family and friends,” Belle Kielty ’17 said “I had an awesome time the entire night and met so many new people ”

Abayev said he thought the event was a success both in terms of the money gathered

and enjoyment of attendees

“This year ’ s Victory Club was a great success, with champagne, fundraising, gambling and a black tie dress code [resulting in] a night of serious fun,” Abayev said

Weber can be reached at rweber@cornellsun com

Har vard Academic D ishonesty Cases Triple in 2012-13

Administrative Board statistics detailing the outcomes of cases heard by the disciplinar y body in the last academic year show that, as expected, the number of stu-

d e n t s re q u i re d t o t e m p o r a r i l y withdraw from the College for academic dishonesty was more than three times higher than the number in 2011-2012

Ac c o rd i n g t o t h e s t a t i s t i c s , released Friday on the Ad Board’s website after repeated requests from The Crimson, 97 students involved in academic integrity cases were required to withdraw in 2012-2013, the year that saw Har vard’s largest cheating investigation in recent memor y

Roughly 70 of those 97 stu-

d e n t s , a c c o rd i n g t o p re v i o u s statements from administrators,

w e re i m p l i c a t e d i n t h e Government 1310 cheating scan-

dal, in which about 125 students were accused of plagiarizing or inappropriately collaborating on t h

exam

This would mean that about 27 students outside of the Gov 1310 case were required to withdraw for academic dishonesty last year, a number consistent with the previous academic year, in which 26 students were required to withdraw in academic dishonesty cases The number of students who were placed on disciplinar y probation due to academic dishonesty also rose to 31 in 2012-2013, compared to only 16 students in 2011-2012 Administrators have previously said that about half of the students implicated in the Gov 1310 case who were not required to withdraw were placed on probation In 2012-2013, the Ad Board took no action in 14

academic dishonesty cases, compared to just one in 2011-2012 Administrators have said since 2010 that they plan to increase t

Ad

m o re detailed case summaries, but have delayed the release of that database in the years since, leaving the five-year statistics as the most

detailed public information available on the body’s proceedings

Board’s website Now, as released, the public statistics include a count of the outcomes of cases in s

m academic dishonesty and “social behavior - alcohol” disciplinar y cases to petitions for advanced standing

According to Interim Dean of the College Donald H Pfister, the more detailed statistics that would be included in the database have been delayed by concerns over how to increase the Board’s transparency while still maintaining the privacy of students involved in its proceedings He wrote in a statement that

determined how to overcome this substantial hurdle ” Pfister further wrote that with conversations regarding privacy concerns and the creation of a student-faculty honor board to h

s ongoing, he decided to release the 2012-2013 Ad Board statistics “in the same manner we had in the past ” The 2012-2013 numbers are part of a document that includes Ad Board statistics from the past five academic years, since 2008-

2009

According to the statistics, the number of cases listed under the categor y of “social behavioralcohol” decreased from 20112012 Last academic year, 52 cases under this categor y went before the Ad Board, while 69 such cases did in 2011-2012 The n u m b e r o f “ Ho u s e w a r n i n g s ” issued in disciplinar y cases also decreased, to 74 last year from 109 in 2011-2012

Fo r c a s e s o f “ a c a d e m i c review,” which involve students who receive unsatisfactor y grades or fail to meet the College’s mini m u m a c a d e m i c re q u i re m e n t s , the Ad Board voted to “take no action” in 87 of those cases in 2012-2013, more than double the number of votes in 20112012 According to the Ad Board website, the Board can vote to “take no action” and merely warn students in cases where an unsatisfactor y student record results from “compelling and well-docum e n t e d e x t e n u a t i n g c i r c u mstances ”

Man Injured in Seneca Street

Stabbing Sunday Mor ning

A 27 year old male was stabbed in an alley at 107 East Seneca St early Sunday morning, according to police

The stabbing, which was not life-threatening, occurred at approximately 1:15 a m after an argument between the victim and the suspect, according to an Ithaca Police Department press release

Police describe the suspect, who is still at large, as a “white male in his twenties ”

This is the second reported stabbing in Ithaca over a four-day period An unidentified male was stabbed at the Collegetown bar Level B around 1 a m Thursday morning

A further investigation is currently taking place and no additional information is available, according to police

Compiled

by Anushka Mehtotra

Winning Competition Entr y Addresses Noise Pollution In Metropolitan Areas

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m e t ro p o l i t a n a re a s s e e m e d t o t i e t h e m t o g e t h e r w i t h a u n i ve r s a l p ro b l e m , ” L e e s a i d “ We b o t h

a g r e e d t h a t t h e c u r r e n t c a r h o n k i n g s y s t e m h a s a s e r i o u s p ro b l e m i t a l e r t s e ve r yo n e w i t h o u t d i sc re t i o n ” To s o l v e t h i s p r o bl e m , t h e p a i r d e v e lo p e d a n i d e a t h a t w o u l d c o nf i n e t h e h o n k i n g s i g n a l t o t h o s e w h o w o u l d n e e d t o h e a r i t a n d s p a re t h o s e w h o d o n o t “ In s t e a d o f a l w a y s e m i t t i n g a n a u d i b l e s o u n d , t h e Sm a r t Ho r n w i l l s e n d d i g i t a l s i g n a l s t o s u r ro u n d i n g c a r s a n d h o n k i n g

“As a team, we encouraged each other and overcame our obstacles ”

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M AKING MOOCS

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014

4:30–5:45 DISCUSSION

HOLLIS AUDITORIUM GOLDWIN SMITH HALL

Learn the experiences of those who created Cornell’s inaugural MOOCs.

Participants Include:

Edward E. Baptist, History

David Chernoff, Astronomy

David Easley, Economics

Louis Hyman, ILR

Stephen Wicker, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Laura Brown, Senior Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education

Reception to follow at 5:45–6:45 in the Goldwin Smith Entry Lobby. This event is open to the public

Reading Project Will Provide Students With ‘Idea’ of Campus D iversity

READING

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reading and writing, and talking to people about [the book],” said Noah Gonzalez, an admitted student

Justin Minion, an admitted student, said that his high school featured similar reading projects, and appreciated how they give students “something in common to talk about ”

“We did a lot of stuff about cultural differences, like socioeconomic privilege, and I found that it usually led people to break out of their shells and discuss something that may not be so easy to talk about,” Minion said

pare admitted students for the diversity of Cornell’s student body “It’s important to realize there are going to be culture clashes,” Smith said “I got to engage in a conversation about diversity and different cultures from reading [last year ’ s new student reading project selection] When the Emperor Was Divine ”

“I think the book was well-chosen for the incoming class that is supposed to be the most diverse of all.”

He added that he appreciates that he will have something in common with other students arriving on campus in the fall

Hannah Smith ’17, an orientation leader, said she believes the new student reading project will help pre-

According to a University press release, some of the novel’s themes include personal struggle, ethnic identity and marginality

The novel “ conveys the global perspectives of immigration and exile, using narrative unreliability as a way of translating preconception and prejudice into a realistic empathy for the marginal populations of the world’s major urban centers, ” the release said

Zoe Ferguson can be reached at zferguson@cornellsun com

Ithaca’s ‘Jun g le’ to Undergo

C l e an Up; S t u d ent s Wa nt e d

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Aimee Cho can be reached at acho@cornellsun com

Three People D ie in Kansas City Shooting

OVERLAND PARK, Kan

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Jewish community center campus and retirement community in suburban Kansas City, and a 15-year-old boy is in critical condition

O ve r l a n d Pa rk c i t y spokesman Sean Reilly said two p e o p

Community Center of Greater K

Overland Park and one was killed at Village Shalom, which is a retirement community that is several blocks away from the center

Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park posted on its Facebook page Sunday afternoon that a “shooting incident”

later post said that no shooting occurred inside, but in a parking lot

“Ever yone par ticipating in J C C p ro g r a m

b e e n released to their homes,” the center said on Facebook

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y Straeb, 47, said her sister-in-law Stacie Ventimiglia was at the center ' s pool with a friend and four little girls under the age of 7 for a swimming lesson, which ended about 12:45 p m Straeb said they decided at the last minute to get the girls showered

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Fi re Department spokesman Jason Rhodes said Authorities didn't immedia

about the shootings, including whether the center and retirement community were targeted because of religion

received multiple calls at about 1 p m Sunday, public information officer Gar y Mason said in a news release A news conference is scheduled for Sunday evening

The women got into a cubby area and were “ready to push the little girls into four empty lockers, ” Straeb said She noted that the women and their children were not harmed and left the center about 2:45 p m Sunday

There was a heavy police presence at the campus, which spans several acres in an affluent area of Johnson County, Kan

The entrance to the campus is blocked off Police have also taped off the entrance to Village Shalom, and several patrol cars and a crime scene unit van are parked in front

T h e C o r n e ¬ D a i l y S u n

Independent Since 1880

It s the People, Not The Place

ANUSHKA MEHROTRA ’16

EDITOR Kaitlyn Tiffany ’15

DESKERS Noah Rankin ’16

The Student Assembly

Should Have Listened First

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SinceThe Real Housewives series and Keeping up with the Kardashians first aired, their new format and redefinition of reality television has captivated the public Unlike the previous wave of reality TV shows that reset participants every season after achieving specific goals enhancing professional credentials for The Apprentice, losing weight for The Biggest Loser, advertising clothing design for Project Runway the new wave of reality shows placed focal points at the participants themselves, showing their day-to-day reality for the sake of reality to the entire globe

The success of fictional genre TV programs are usually attributed to the public’s fascination with professions in certain industry Medical drama, legal affair and criminal investigation have been immensely popular for their insiders scoop, and in the due process, it has also educated the public with medical terminology, legal proceedings and political processes in this country Some shows were so influential that ER and Grey’s Anatomy inspired millions of young people to pursue careers in the life sciences at least until they encounter Orgo and application to science investigators spiked after the success of the CSI series

This new generation of reality shows, on the other hand, exerts zero to minimal pedagogic value By featuring the everyday triviality of parental conflicts, sibling rivalries and girlfriends drama, these shows seduce viewer of any educational credential to tune in by stripped away professional jargon and pedantry employed by screenwriters Although in a certain sense the lives according to the Kardashians, The Real Housewives of New Jersey and Duck Dynasty can differ in greater degree than fictional drama from one ’ s immediate reality, the low barrier allures viewers with its melodramatic, incendiary storyline

By establishing non-actors as fixed, recurring characters, reality shows have generated yet another phenomenon: Famous for being nothing Kim Kardashian is one of the top celebrities Her sisters Khloe and mom Kris frequently decorate magazine front covers independently, but there is no conspicuous reason for their success

There has always been trashy TV, and in every entertainment outlet there will always be tacky, low-quality productions Throughout human history, however, forms of entertainment have always contained a grain of truth It is only when elements of reality are reconstructed and reorganized in a way whether that be sarcastic, humorous, revealing and uplifting that’s when people experience a sense of fulfillment in human desire and thus feel entertained

At times, without a doubt, a barrier was placed to preserve exclusive, hierarchic social construct by limiting the access to these mediums to only those of means and status Only the elite could read Latin to understand poems and plays; only the literate could read; only the ones exposed to great art could distinguish and appreciate political undertone of a painter

The three Kardashian sisters’ incessant obsession with their appearances and insatiable desire for male attention is reinforced and affirmed in our society It sends a paralyzing message to young people, especially to girls, that pursuing external beauty above all else is worthwhile and may lead to marrying a celebrity with fame and money Their utter negligence and oblivion in regard to non-superfluous elements such as intellect, intrinsic character, authentic self and service for greater humankind is neither questioned nor acknowledged

This complete absence of regard for the non-material world is appalling The more the public is exposed this type of media, the more they will spend greater resources on cosmetics and beauty industry whose profit will be reinvested into this cycle

One layer deeper, there is another party that benefits from relegating citizenship to mere consumerism in the capitalistic scheme of profit maximization Myopic perception of construed reality abets complacency and a false sense of security

Rather than bursting out of one ’ s bubble to explore higher aims in larger society, the reality shows portray the outside world as self-sufficient and thus unworthy of our attention

This seductive message to overlook any major economic, political, environmental, humanitarian issues around the globe is surprisingly convincing and convenient Why should one go through all the trouble of doing homework, attending college, questioning authority when the secret to success lies no farther than your dressing table?

The current state of education in this country is already dire enough that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice designates education in America as the “ greatest national security challenge ” Intellectuals call our generation “the dumbest generation” for this is the first generation in the history of the U S to be less educated than its previous generation I might be a paranoid conspiracy theorist, but the influence of these reality TV shows will only grow unless addressed

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O“I challenge both SJP and CIPAC, if they are both truly committed to peace as they both claim they are, to sit down at a table and tr y to work on [an] agreeable solution to advancing peace. Peace will not come through unilateral resolutions or attacks from either side ” Anonymous

Re: “Student Assembly Tables Resolution to Divest from Pro-Israeli Companies,” News published April 11, 2014

W hy I Walked O ut

n Thursday, I was one of the hundreds of people who showed up to the Student Assembly meeting to talk about the possibility of talking about Resolution 72, which calls for divestment from six companies that profit from the Israeli occupation of Palestine A point of clarification that I don’t think has been publicly made: This is not consistent with the Boycott Divest Sanction movement, which calls for boycotting all Israeli companies until the state complies with international law and near-unanimous internationally agreed upon pre1967 borders I repeat, Resolution 72 does not call to boycott Israeli companies, it simply names six companies that benefit from the occupation, only one of which is Israeli This point might have been made if the resolution had been allowed to be presented, but it wasn ’ t In an unprecedented move, the S A voted to overturn its president to deny the resolution from even being introduced and tabled it indefinitely without hearing from its sponsors or allowing for public discussion As far as I’m concerned, in doing so, the S A ceded its legitimacy as a democratic body

The only opportunity for the public to address the assembly before voting was during an open-mic, so I signed up to speak I followed a woman who stated quite seriously that the student government should not take positions on political issues or at least certain issues This argument astounds me We have already taken a position through our investment choices and through our silence There is no such thing as neutrality in conflict, and to do nothing is to side with the stronger force In this case, Israel is undoubtedly superior to Palestine in arms, funds, powerful allies and clearly, student representation on

Cornell’s campus While neutrality does not exist, not being invested in the conflict at all would be the closest approximation Not only have we as an institution already chosen our side, but Cornell has failed its students if they can uncritically accept that, or believe that it is possible to exist in a vacuum we are all part of this world

When I walked from the back of the packed room up to the microphone past t-shirts that read “Israel is Gorges,” friends and strangers staring at me from both sides of the aisle my voice shook I don’t usually get nervous, but I had never before stood in front of such a large crowd who might truly hate what I have to say I was cut off before I got my bearing; apparently we were not

taining the status quo As for peace in the Middle East, there can be no peace without justice, and there can be no justice in an illegal occupation When it comes to Israel-Palestine, there is not a level playing field for debate, not in numbers or volume, but at least there is a chance to make an argument that leads to action an argument founded not on strength but on moral authority When it became clear that we would not be given that chance, we walked out

I wasn ’ t allowed to speak on Thursday, but here’s what I would have said:

It is truly unfortunate that in the American court of public opinion, criticizing Israel is not allowed It is seen as tantamount to anti-Semitism When Israel was in its infancy, a similar

When it comes to Israel-Palestine, t not a level playing field for debate least there is a chance to make an ment that leads to action When i became clear we would not be give that chance, we walked out

allowed to reference the resolution, even in concept, before it was presented Of course, it never was presented In a patronizing and futile move, speakers were allowed to address the resolution only after the fact

The next day, The Sun reached out to the presidents of CIPAC, Cornell’s branch of the pro-Israel lobby, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, who organized opposition to the resolution and lobbied the S A before the vote They are quoted saying that peace on campus and in the Middle East is best reached through dialogue, rather than public debate Dialogue is good, but as we have seen in past peace talks and on campus, rarely is anything settled and, more often than not, extending “dialogue” serves as a smokescreen for main-

oppose the occupation there are Jewish activists all over the world and conscientious objectors in Israel their dissent is often shamed or silenced in the United States, because to question occupation in Palestine is to implicate ourselves and the American history of settler colonialism

jingoism existed regarding public dissent in America; sociocultural and ideological identity was conflated with state loyalty and it was rigidly policed We now call this era the Red Scare, and it is known as a time when democracy took a back seat to fear Just as nationalism here conflates American identity with the values of the state, Zionism conflates the globalized Jewish identity with Israel Of course, the relationship of people to a state is far more complicated than this But certainly this mechanism of Zionism has proved extremely limiting to productive discourse because according to this logic, to be Jewish is to support Israel; therefore, to criticize Israel is to be antiSemitic and the Jewish state is placed beyond reproach Though many Jewish and Israeli people

I am an American woman I am descended from occupied and conquered people; I am also descended from the occupiers Whatever the complexities of interaction with European settlers, borders were undemocratically drawn and redrawn around people living in what is now Texas by others who felt they had a divine right to the land In an effort to increase the power and number of slave states, it was annexed by the United States displacing or suppressing, if not annihilating, an indigenous population to make room for an enslaved one Texas got a new o c c u p y i n g force; with the signing of the Treaty of GuadalupeHidalgo, my ancestors became Americans There was great violence before and after my mother’s home became a state, there still is This is undisputed I do not mean to equate the history of America to that of Israel; these are unique and complex histories I do, however, believe that depending on who you are and what you want this country to mean, it may ver y well be unAmerican to reject the logic of occupation, of settler colonialism I understand how these critiques might not be accepted

But, at this late date, to refuse to even hear them is shameful

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Cornell Fashion Collective: The 30th Annual Runway Show

BY KAITLYN TIFFANY Arts and Entertainment Editor

The Cornell Fashion Collective hosted its 30th Annual Runway show last Saturday night in Barton Hall The Collective showcased first-time designs by freshman members as well as full collection from members of the senior class and displayed a range which was as polar as one might possibly imagine Beachwear and lingerie graced the same runway as highly conceptual alien-invasion preparedness wear, a line of children’s dresses and a handful of collection with clear socio-political intents

The First Level designers, freshmen in the Collective, showed one design each, primarily formal wear which were created with the intention of marrying ideas of the 1930s vs the year 2030 As first year contributions, these designs were impressive in both construction and creative variation while the temporal guideline was obvious in each look, each was wholly original and no two pieces looked to be the brainchild of the same person

Second Level designers sophomores in the Collective presented two designs each, and were encouraged to reinterpret the idea of a “uniform” in their designs The stand-out here was a twin pair of highly-structured white coats, unbuttoned to reveal silk gowns which were pinned up and then dropped down to cheers from the audience

Third level designer, Jill Austin ’15, pre-

sented a beachwear line called “CURE ”

The aesthetic is familiar if you ’ ve seen any number of teen beach movies translucent white is layered over eyepopping blues and corals to create a somewhat expected, but still enjoyable effect On the contrary, Cat Corley’s ’15 “Ruska Roma” was inspired by the “Russian folk costume with a hint of gypsy flair,” and incorporated over 40 different textiles While these pieces were totally conceptual and belonged maybe in a Revolution-era period epic, the complicated trims and architecture, as well as the multiple layers involved in each outfit made this into a feat of hand-sewing S m r u t i

Mahapatra ’15 presented a line of children’s wear called “Reverie,” which was inspired by “light’s play, blending vividness of reality with the serenity of a dream ” The crowd went more than a little bit crazy for the adorable preteens she enlisted to model the line, but the clothes t h e m s e l v e s were also worthy of ample applause Muted blues and pinks were paired with ivory into truly ethereal dresses which indeed, played with light and paired well with the spunk and energy of the young girls

Just as fun was Yuxiao Zhang’s ’15

“Transparent Color,” ostensibly a line of rainwear which was made primarily of sheer plastic and featured raindropshaped pops of color Architecture was everything for these bold shapes and Zhang styled her models expertly with matching peppily high pony tails and brightly-colored footwear Shout-out to her own neon yellow wedges, I am jealous of those now and forever

While all of the Third Level designers contributed something unique and impressive to the show, the obvious stand-out, both in design and styling and in concept, was Madeline Jones’ ’15

“Music Box ” A large wooden box pulled

out onto the stage was opened and ballerina after ballerina struggled (somehow gracefully?) her way out onto the runway Jones’ statement explains her intention of showing the emotional decay of a ballerina, saying, “through tattered and falling apart garments that impede the ability to dance and carry oneself with grace and ease, the decay is represented outside the body, so that the harm done within, usually kept secret and locked away, is reflected outside ” However, this explanation was hardly necessary to enjoy the creepy beauty of Jones’ tattered tutus and dangling hair ribbons her models dedicated themselves full-boar to the characters they were playing to create a genuinely chilling artistic experience

The highly-anticipated Fourth Level designers were saved for last and did not disappoint We’ve gotten familiar with the work of these seniors throughout the last couple of weeks in the Daily Sun Designer Spotlights, and seeing the final products of their work and the realization of the concepts and inspirations we discussed with them was beyond impressive Grace Choi’s ’14 line, “Magdalen,” gave an artistic representation of the victims of 18th century Ireland’s Magdalen Asylums She draws on the idea of the “fallen woman ” who was imprisoned and subjected to mental, physical and verbal abuse ” The sleek, primarily black and white designs screamed American Horror Story but were also softened by tasteful panels reviewing natural feminine forms and covered in silk flowers

Many of the senior designers this year took on potent issues of cultural identity from Marianne Dorado’s ’14 expertly-constructed “TRIBE,” inspired by African and Papa New Guinean practices of tribal tattooing and body modification, to Lesley Young’s ’14 “ Yellowhood,” a colorful and uber cool embodiment of Asian culture’s adoption of hip-hop culture Young’s designs incorporated hip-hop influences from its mainstream appropriate in the 1980s to present, and in her artist statement she dedicated the line saying, Here’s to all my people with a drop of yellow From the States to the East, Japanese or Filipino ” Caterina Gutierrez ’14 took on common stereotypes of Hispanic culture, dressing models in clothes stamped with gen-

dered terms of degradation in Spanish as well as a blouse studded with the words “My Parents Went to College ” Others, such as Dale Kinny ’14 and Holly Meyers ’14, made special efforts to confront expectations for the female form Meyer’s line of nature-inspired lingerie aimed to celebrate the female body by “allowing [it] the freedom and the natural exposure enjoyed in the wild,” and featured gorgeously engineered interactions between functional lingerie and overthe-top design work Kinney’s “BLEKK,” used “positive and negative space in an attempt to reveal and emphasize suggestive regions of the female figure ”

Experimentation with textile was a recurring theme as well, as Lea Freni ’14 presented VOGEL,” a line of geometric, origamiinspired clothing, which truly emulated the thin and moldable paper it took its cues from Justine Lee ’14 showed a laser cutting, needlepunching and melding-heavy line, culminating in a pair of stand-out jumpsuits one black, sported by a Caucasian model and one white, worn by an African-American model which, aside from being obviously laborintensive, was visually-stunning and a true feat Abby Spatz ’14 showed the only line made up entirely of knitwear, inspired by the eleventh arrondissement in Paris, a line which we previewed ahead of time but which came to life on the runway pops of red lipstick and crisp construction married her American and Parisian influences perfectly

Madeline Miles ’14 showed a line inspired by exploration expeditions of both Earth and space, which was easily the most cohesive of the collections displayed Each piece was multi-layered, revolving around an activewear aesthetic and a color scheme of black and royal blue that would not have been out of place on a city street

Crowd favorite and most heavily-performative, Julia Shapiro’s ’14 “PSA: This is Not a Drill The Apocalypse is Here,” was a look into the mind of an alien-invasion-fearing paranoid From a romper stamped with alien heads to a military jacket with the words “They Are Among Us,” painted down the back, the somewhat-comical line was deceptively beautiful The model who walked wearing a metal-colander-turned-helmet was also wearing a show-stopping leather jacket intricately beaded and layered with stitched-on survival tools

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

Arts Around Ithaca

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Danny Brown 9:00 p.m. on Friday at the Haunt

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David Letterman announced his retirement from Late Show last week and before you could say “ you know Stephen Colbert would be great at Late Show, ” Stephen Colbert was named the next host of Late Show So we’ll have ourselves a little debate, in the vein of the old Daily Show Even Stevphen segment: Is Colbert’s switch to Late Show good news?

HARRISON OKIN: Yes

BRIAN GORDON: No

H O : YESSSSS!!!

H O : As devilishly biting as his satirical persona has been on Comedy Central these past nine years, I can ’ t help but feel that Colbert was held back by his act I unearthed clips of a precocious young Stephen, from back before he pronounced “Report” like a haughty Frenchman What I saw was a Lord of the Rings nerd who seamlessly traded hip-hop freestyle barbs with Wayne Brady on Whose Line Is It Anyway? The deadpan wit was just beginning to develop, hampered only by brief touches of naïveté Since then, he has been hardened, after years of exploiting the country ’ s most ridiculous viewpoints by embodying a faux-hero whose ridiculous voice was always the loudest He abandoned his throne at Gondor and crowned himself Aragorn, King of the Fools

Yet it is time for him to move on For how long would his act have been funny before he hit the inevitable “border wall” (which he proposed building last year to keep Floridians enclosed separately from the rest of America) If viewers really want to see conservatives acting silly, they can just turn on Fox News ( Just kidding, Cornell Republicans) With the character gone, Colbert’s potential is without bounds I’ve always admired Colbert for his keen eye in choosing eclectic and interesting guests, but the interviews often felt like missed opportunities, given his insistence on

making fun of them Now, he has the ability to stand out amongst late night hosts by arguing and debating with writers, scientists and intellectuals, rather than just pandering dumb jokes to celebrities

Though Colbert will shoot straight on CBS, he is by no means abandoning the traits that make him such an enthralling performer Given all of his bombastic showmanship, I wouldn’t be surprised if he injects a bit of fiery competition into late night television During the ill-begotten Leno era, Jay s vitriolic feuds with Letterman and later Conan O’Brien were not funny they made audiences feel uncomfortable But when Jimmy Fallon started his gig on The Tonight Show, he had a bit where all the famous celebrities who doubted him came up and paid him $100 as part of a bet Cool as a clam, Colbert naturally entered with a bucket of pennies, poured the load all over Jimmy’s desk, snapped a quick selfie and screamed “Welcome to 11:00 p m , [expletive]!” Prophetic as always, Colbert’s declaration sounded less like a skit and more like a challenge He has redefined late night once already I don’t think we’ll have to wait for a Jeb Bush presidency for him to do it again

B G : I’ve stewed over Colbert’s move for the past few days I’ve passed through stages of excitement, concern and gassiness before arriving at sadness It’s an admittedly selfish sadness Come sometime in 2015, I won ’ t get to watch new episodes of The Colbert Report I’ve

missed seven episodes in the past two years I’ll let that record speak for itself (It speaks “You need a hobby and/or girlfriend”) Calling the show irreverent is an understatement The show is consistently good and often brilliant Colbert approaches each show with unparallel alacrity His insincere alliance with peevish Fox News anchors and petulant House Republicans brings giggles but also comfort, for shooting spitballs at the absurd implications of some very real policies can help ameliorate the pain involved in thinking about them He will be good on Late Show, but he can ’ t ever be that kind of good again Comedy Central, like reality as Colbert’s character likes to say, has a well-known liberal bias CBS does not He ll have to broaden his comedy to a wider, older, more conservative audience, one with perhaps a more brittle collective funny bone He will go to CBS and showcase the actual Stephen Colbert the liberal, Catholic, youngest sibling of eleven Colberts, who likes to dance and sing His average viewer will go

from someone who watches Key and Peele religiously to someone who thinks Key and Peele is an adventurous way to eat a kiwi His lead in will no longer be The Daily Show, it will be your nightly local news with Jennet Lomax and Don Alhardt (with Rich Funkie on Sports!)

Colbert has earned every right to switch gigs after a decade And he’ll certainly bring the funny, and maybe exceed the parameters of what a traditional late night show can be with his alleged otherworldly versatile array of talents And we’ll still have The Daily Show, which already fills a good chunk of the biting political humor industr y But while Jon Stewart’s program is often more informative, it rarely tops the superlative heights of Colbert These are the heights I ll miss Brian Gordon is

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Toppe’s Hat Tr ick Culminates in Game Winner

8-7, its first lead of the game

With the score at 6-3 in Brown’s favor, McNeilly struck again, scoring off an assist by freshman attacker Catherine Ellis

Although Kerianne Hunt scored to put Brown ahead 74 , Ellis and junior attacker Lindsay Toppe got their 21st and 35th goals of the season respectively to send Cornell into the half down by just one score

Junior midfielder Sarah Hefner opened up the scoring 40 seconds into the second half, bringing the Red level at 7-7

The eight minutes that followed featured a scoring drought from both ends of the field Cornell was pushing forward onto the Brown goal with Eliis seeing two shots well saved by the Bears’ goalkeeper

D’Amico finally found the back of the net for her second goal of the game and 15th of the season to put Cornell up

Mastro equalized for Brown not long after and Bre Hudgins put the Bears ahead again, continuing what had already been a roller coaster affair

The Red continued to fight back Toppe found the back of the net again with Cornell a man up after a foul on Brown’s Richeal Walsh resulted in a yellow card

Ellis also struck with nine minutes left to go in the game, netting her second of the contest from a free position shot

The Red held onto its lead admirably, preventing Brown from making a single shot It was clear the Bears were getting frustrated, conceding two fouls almost immediately after one another

However, it was a foul on Cornell’s senior defender Cat Thomas that presented Brown with the opportunity to draw level, with Bre Hudgins scoring the equalizer from a free position shot with 25 seconds left to play Hudgin’s shot just slipped by Cornell’s junior goalkeeper Carly Gniewek

With the score tied at 10-10, Hudgin’s goal forced the game into overtime

Brown registered two shots in the overtime period, but Gniewek pulled off a good save three minutes into the OT period to prevent Brown’s Lauren Toy from scoring

“I think our goalie really stepped up and it was really important to see that she had a great game, ” Moody said of Gniewek’s play

It was Toppe who scored once again, in dramatic circumstances, to complete her hat trick and hand the Red a much needed win

“I think we were a little fearful but I think people realized that if we didn’t beat Brown, we would be out of the Ivy tournament People dug deep, people stepped up, ” Moody said

Hamdan Al Yousefi can be reached at hyousefi@cornellsun com

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man-advantages from 7:56 to 5:18 in the second By halftime the hosts had gained the upper hand, 6-4

“We [needed] to do a better job finishing our opportunities,” Kerwick said “We had a lot of good looks at the goal and just didn’t put them away I thought that was the difference in the game ”

Ithaca seemed to be against the Red as well A week after Ithaca High School grad and Harvard senior midfielder Gabriel Mendola shook up the Red from the faceoff X, his former classmate and Hofstra senior attackman Torin Varn made his own contribution against his hometown squad Varn scored three of Hofstra’s first seven goals, including a conversion off a Cornell turnover in the closing seconds of the third quarter to cap the Pride’s big run

The Red began the fourth quarter in retreat as Hofstra threatened to take a four-goal lead off the draw Knight fought off a shot, however, and the Red raced to Hofstra’s end, where Edmonds buried his chance to close the gap to 7-5

With its first goal since the first half, Coach Kerwick’s team began to take control again Paoletta scored his third and fourth goals of the afternoon, and Edmonds and Lintner piled on to give the Red five goals in under five minutes and a 9-7 lead

“I thought we played a ve r y g o o d t h i rd q u a r t e r defensively and we had a lot of good opportunities o n t h e o f f e n s i ve e n d , ”

Kerwick said “We felt like we were controlling the pace of the game, but we we re n ’ t c a p i t a l i z i n g , a n d then in the fourth quarter

“A week ago we were an undefeated team and now we have three losses, and that’s challenging for our guys ”

Matt Kerwick

we were able to start finishing those shots that we were getting throughout the game ”

Even as junior defenseman Jordan Stevens and company corralled the Hofstra offense with continued pressure from the Cornell attack, the Red couldn’t quite find the decisive game winner Junior midfielder John Hogan weaved his way toward the front of the net, but his shot struck the bottom pipe and deflected away

“John Hogan made a heck of a play,” Kerwick said “I think if that would’ve gone in we would have had that cushion ”

With the window still open, the Pride rallied for a score with 3:22 to play and got past Knight on a bounce shot to tie the game, 9-9, at the 1:06 mark

Cornell still had life entering overtime, but an early turnover proved fatal Hofstra won the opening faceoff, but senior midfielder Doug Tesoriero used a check to claim possession The senior could not get off a clean pass, however, putting the ball into the Pride’s hands one final time Hofstra junior midfielder Mike Malave found a lane, skirted a defender and beat Knight on a running bounce shot for the game winner

“A week ago we were an undefeated team and now we have three [losses], and that’s challenging for our guys, ” Kerwick said “But it’s an outstanding group and there are some great leaders in the junior and senior classes that are going to have to keep everybody together ”

The loss puts a bruise in the Red’s chances for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament in May, meaning the road to a championship may have to come through the Ivy League

“[ Winning] the Ivy League Championship is always one of our most important goals and is still within our reach,” Kerwick noted One bright spot on the weekend was No 11 Penn’s fourth quarter comeback to stun No 17 Harvard, moving Cornell into a first-place tie with the Crimson in the conference standings The Red returns to action next Saturday at Schoellkopf against Brown (6-5, 1-3) for Senior Day before heading to Princeton (7-4, 2-2) to wrap up the regular season

Chris Mills can be reached at cmills@cornellsun com

he big news in Ivy League lacrosse this weekend was Har vard’s dethroning at the hands of Penn The Crimson no longer has sole posession of first place in the conference, as Cornell moved into a tie in the standings, despite losing in non-conference play to Hofstra The Quakers escaped with the upset win in over time, lifted by Kevin Brown’s goal 2:38 into the extra period Penn kept pace with the top-ranked Crimson throughout the match, never falling behind by more than one goal Har vard had the lead with 13 seconds to go in regulation, but the Quakers did not let the opponent rest easy Drew Belinsky found the back of the net, forcing over time and setting the stage for the comeback shocker The Har vard Penn match was not the only over time thriller in Ivy League lacrosse this weekend Brown forced an extra period against Yale when Kylor Bellistri scored with 1:15 left in the game However, Yale came out on top with a Michael Boncci score 2:49 into over time, putting the Bulldogs in a tie for third place in the conference with Penn, and dropping the Bears to 13, just a game out of the bottom spot in the league Princeton also topped Dar tmouth, 13-10

Compiled by Scott Chiusano

Looking Back (Women’s)

Saturday, April 12

Penn Dartmouth 10 6

April 12

Women: Princeton Pours on 15 Goals

In Win O ver Crimson

against Har vard, winning 15-6 and dropping the Crimson a place back in the standings Princeton’s midfielder Erin Slifer led the charge with four goals and three assists and Erin McMunn had five

Lions remained winless in league play The highlight match of the weekend did not disappoint, with Cornell defeating Brown in over time, 11-10, on

goal by junior attack Lindsay Toppe

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Looking Back (Men’s)

Friday, April 11

Yale Brown 7 6

Spor ts

Laxers Prevail in O vertime

By HAMDAN AL YOUSEFI Sun Staff Writer

Junior attacker Lindsay Toppe struck the winning goal for the women ’ s lacrosse team with 17 sec-

Saturday afternoon in Providence, R I

“I think Lindsay has been a really solid player; we can really depend on her,” said senior attacker Rachel Moody “She was able to clinch the win for us against Dartmouth and Brown and that’s really important for us as a leader ”

The win takes the Red to 6-6 overall and 3-2 in the Ivy League, as Cornell snapped a streak of five losses in the past six games Moody acknowledged that the team is not where it hoped to be at this point, but that the players have continued to mature on the field

“I hoped for a better record, but I think we ’ ve had some tough challenges,” she said “Some teams surprised us, but I think we ’ ve definitely grown and learned to be a better team ”

Grace Healy put the Bears ahead 51 seconds into the game, but Cornell sophomore midfielder Shelby McNeilly was able to equalize almost immediately, finding the net 11 seconds after the game had restarted

Struggles Continue as Hofstra Hands Men Third Straight Loss

By CHRIS MILLS Sun Staff Wr ter

The drought continues

C o m i n g o f f d e f e a t s a t t h e h a n d s o f

Har vard and Syracuse, No 6 Cornell (9-3, 31 Ivy) rallied in the four th quar ter to contest

No 16 Hofstra (9-3, 3-0 CAA) Saturday

a f t e r n o o n , b u t c o u l d n o t c l o s e t h e d o o r, falling 10-9 in over time

“ We have a lot of disappointed guys in the locker room right now and it’s been a tough week for all of us, but I thought we played well enough to win [Saturday],” said interim head coach Matt Ker wick “ We won ever y statistic that we wanted to win except the most impor tant one, and that’s the scoreboard ”

The Red took an early lead on an unassisted goal by senior midfielder Joe Paoletta at 10:09 in the first quar ter, followed by another unassisted strike from senior attackman Dan Lintner at the end of the period By the time junior attackman Matt Donovan fed sophomore attackman John Edmonds to up the score 12 seconds into the second quar ter, Cornell held a 3-0 advantage

The Red defense, aided in the first by four of freshman goalie Christian Knight’s 10 saves on the afternoon, stifled Hofstra early, but the Pride began a Cornell-esque r un during the second quar ter to put the Red on its heels

Hofstra finally got on the board at around 13:05 in the second and did not relent, rattling off a seven-to-one r un The Pride was out-ground balled 16-7 and was dominated in the faceoff X 6-3 by senior midfielder Doug Tesoriero duri n g t h e

ond and third

critical statistic during the afternoon

Interr upted only by a quick score from Paoletta were three Hofstra goals on consecutive

Moody lauded the play of the sophomores on Saturday, especially McNeilly and sophomore midfielder Abby Hanson

“I think we had a lot of players step up, especially Shelby and Abby, two sophomores who played really well We were really proud of them,” she said Brown was quick to build up an early lead, scoring three goals to go ahead 4-1 in a period of 90 seconds Kerianne Hunt struck twice with a Danielle Mastro goal sandwiched in between

“ We started slowly we ’ ve gone back and forth between starting slowly and starting well,” Moody said “ We were able to catch up gradually and stick with it the whole game ”

The Red was able to rally with a score from freshman midfielder Kristy Gilbert the third of her career off an assist from freshman midfielder Amie Dickson, putting an end to Brown’s scoring run

However Gilbert’s strike was not enough to tame the Bears as Brown proceeded to hit the back of the net twice more before Cornell could answer

An unassisted goal by senior midfielder and cocaptain Amanda D’Amico with 10 minutes left to play in the half signaled the start of a Cornell comeback

Women Fall to Virginia In USPA National Finals

By ELANI COHEN Sun Staff Writer

c State University The win sent the Red to the National finals match against Virginia It was the team ’ s 31st appearance in the National finals, but Cornell fell, 14-12, in a tightly contested matchup

“Our semifinals game against Cal Poly was a positive start to the tournament for our team as

opportunity for us to get ourselves used to the bigger arena and adjust our

hitting to the more challenging surface ” The opening match began with senior Kailey Eldredge and sophomores Anna Winslow and Devin Cox as the starters for the Red The match began with a 1-1 tie, but it was as close as Cal Poly would get on the day, as Cornell scored 12 unanswered goals The first chukker ended with a fourpoint lead in Cornell’s favor, which was quickly built upon during the second El d re d g e s t a r t e d t h e s c o r i n g spree, which got to 12 goals before the Mustangs scored its second goal during the third chukker The Red went into the fourth chukker