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Kotlikof f Responds to U.A. Qatar Resolution

Addresses alleged labor violations at Weill Cornell Medical College in Doha

Ithaca Police Respond To Gunshots at West Village Apartments

Ithaca Police responded to multiple reports of gunshots fired at West Village Place apartment complex last night at approximately 11:53 p m , according to a police department press release

After sur veying the scene, officers found several shell casings in the street but no victim or suspect, the release reported

Witnesses in the area said they heard shooting but no suspect information has been confirmed, according to the release

The investigation is ongoing No suspect or victim has been located at this time, according to Officer Jamie Williamson

This event follows an unrelated incident on Tuesday afternoon where Ithaca Police arrested Nicholas Monaco, 38, for allegedly threatening another man with a gun on the Commons, according to a police department press release

Monaco fled into a building with multiple apartments after making the threat, the release reported

Police charged Monaco with two class

A misdemeanors menacing in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree He was taken into custody at the Ithaca Police lock-up and arraigned at the Ithaca City Court Tuesday night, according to the release

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By DAVID BROTZ

Provost and Acting-President Michael Kotlikoff released information addressing allegations of labor abuses at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar Wednesday, over a month after the University Assembly passed a resolution requesting information on Qatari labor practices

In his response to the U A ’ s petition requesting answers, Kotlikoff assured students that the administration is doing what it can to prevent any labor abuse on Weill’s campus, citing Cornell’s reputation as a “progressive employer ”

“Cornell is vigilant about preventing any migrant worker abuse from occuring at [ Weill Cornell Medical Qatar ].”

“I can provide you with assurance that Cornell is vigilant about preventing any migrant worker abuse from occurring at WCM-Q,” Kotlikoff said “More broadly, we take measures to ensure that all WCM-Q personnel are treated respectfully, in accordance with Cornell’s values, and have working conditions that reflect the University’s high standards as a progressive employer ” Kotlikoff ’ s response detailed worker protections granted people on

S.A. Debates Straight Reservation Policy

By EMILY FRIEDMAN Sun Staff Wr ter

The Student Assembly discussed a revision to the S A charter concerning the Willard Straight Hall room reservation policy and passed a resolution to fund increased lighting on Libe Slope at its Thursday meeting

The discussion centered around an amendment to the S A charter that would ensure that student organizations that regularly use space in Willard Straight Hall have priority in reserving the space

“The Willard Straight Hall Student Union will allow representative organizations with a compelling public interest to reserve rooms for regularly scheduled meetings in Willard Straight Hall before times are made available for programming events, ” proposed Gabriel Kaufman ’18, S A undesignated atlarge representative

In a 7-9 vote, the S A ultimately did not pass this amendment Matthew Stefanko, S A vice president for finance, said he believes that giving the S A the power to “ strong-arm ” the Willard Straight Hall Student Union Board is “absolutely unreasonable” and sets a “bad precedent ”

“Us as a body saying that we are going to make an organization do what we want it to do is something that I think is overstepping our power as a representative body,” Stefanko said “I think it assumes that we are more important than we actually are at the end of the day, we have to understand that this organization has autonomy just like we have autonomy ” Kaufman argued in favor of the amendment, citing a need for the S A to prevent student organizations from being kicked out of their meeting spaces

“I think that it is important that people recognize that the Student Union Board has multiple times tried to kick the S A and other organizations out of their rooms, ” Kaufman said “Organizational autonomy is important, but they have attacked other student organizations and I think that it is our responsibility to do something when they do that ” College of Arts and Sciences representative Robert Dunbar

’18 said he believes the S A has “ every right to ask the Willard Straight Student Union to reserve this time and place for us ” “This building is the home of the students, and we are the body representative of the students, so it is only fitting that we

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Ithaca Man Pleads Not Guilty to Criminal Charges

Suspect allegedly found with seven guns, hundreds of rounds of ammunition in car

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Kimberly Guilfoyle co-host of the primetime talk show The Five on Fox News discussed her life and career while encouraging open political discourse in a lecture Tuesday hosted by the Cornell Republicans

Guilfoyle spoke about her experience as a female lawyer in California prior to joining Fox News She cited one of her greatest life accomplishments as being “undefeated in the courtroom ”

While serving as the assistant district attorney of San Francisco in 2002, Guilfoyle said she earned a conviction in a seconddegree murder trial in the case of People vs Noel and Knoller, which garnered international attention and put her in the spotlight

“I received six unsolicited offers to work in television,” Guilfoyle said "I was getting calls from William Morris agency, Creative Agency, saying we’d like to represent you "

Guilfoyle said she declined at first, because she was content with her law career However, after divorcing California politician Gavin Newsom, Guilfoyle said she relocated to New York to pursue a career in television

Starting out as a political commentator

on several shows including Larry King, Good Morning America and Anderson Cooper, Guilfoyle acknowledged that working in the male-dominated world of politics could be challenging

“I put myself out there to take a chance,” Guilfoyle said “You develop a thick skin ” As co-host of The Five, which airs daily on Fox News Channel, Guilfoyle said she is one of five voices sitting around table

Harvard Professor Explains ‘Koch Effect’ in Politics, Republican Party

Cornell’s A D White Professorat-Large Prof Theda Skocpol, government and sociology, Harvard University, presented early results on the “Koch Effect” the network of big money controlled by the billionaire Republican donors, the Koch brothers in a lecture

Tuesday

The Koch network describes the coordination of “big money funders, idea producers, issue advocates and innovative constituency-building efforts” in an attempt to move American politics to the right, according to a paper by Skocpol and Alexander HertelFernandez a doctoral candidate in government and social policy at Harvard University

Skocpol said Republicans have increasingly adopted the Koch network’s agenda “ even if those positions are unpopular with most Americans or even if they are unpopular with most Republicans ”

“On the policies that we see Republican politicians espouse with increasing unanimity tax cuts to the wealthy and business the Koch network is a powerful force that is pulling and pushing the Republican party to extreme and often unpopular positions,” Skocpol said

Unlike previous scholars who considered the Koch network as a “ maze of money, ” Skocpol explained that her team is taking an organizational control perspec-

with co-hosts Eric Bolling, Greg Gutfeld, Dana Perino and Juan Williams discussing politics, economics, news and entertainment

Guilfoyle described her experience as coanchor of The Five as “incredible,” stressing her respect for her colleagues

“I feel like I play for the Yankees,” Guilfoyle said “We have a great team, a great line-up ”

Guilfoyle offered advice to students exploring their political identity, suggesting they “ get exposure to both sides” of contentious issues

“Reading, watching news, formulating your own opinions it’s kind of like baking a cake Put in all the ingredients and see how it turns out, ” she said

When asked, Guilfoyle declined to reveal her predictions for who will win the Republican nomination in this year ’ s presidential election

“You never know for sure, ” she said “We’re waiting to see ”

Guilfoyle thanked the Cornell Republicans for hosting her on campus in “One More Thing,” the final segment of The Five, on Wednesday’s on-air program

Koch Network Exerts Undue

Infuence, Lecturer Argues S.A. Passes Resolution for Increased Lighting on Slope

the Koch network both mirrored and inter twined with the Republican par ty

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“In our group, we are approaching t h i n g s d i f f e re n t l y, ” Sk o c p o l s a i d “ We want to know about the specific subset of o r g a n i z a t i o n s f o u n d e d b y t h e Ko c h brothers and their immediate associates and the organizations that are r un by the people they install ”

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Skocpol dre w par ticular attention to the “ superstar ” of constituency mobilization Americans for Prosperity calling the organization “ an impor tant par t of American politics [which] rivals the Republican par ty itself ”

After analyzing the careers of state directors within Americans for Prosperity, Skocpol said she and her team found that

“In many ways the Koch network is a parallel of the Republican Par ty, ” she said “It helps to inject a cer tain amount of resources and spine and backbone into an ultra free market But it’s inter twined w i t h t h

moves people back and for th in key positions in the Republican Par ty itself ”

Study of the Koch network helps polit-

recent shifts and “asymmetric polarization” in the political landscape, according to Skocpol “ The unresponsiveness of many politicians to the mass public that political scientists have increasingly documented,” she said “[ The Koch network] cer tainly helps us understand why many ne w publ

increased economic inequality in an era of already galloping economic inequalities ”

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Mitchell McBride ’17, vice president for internal operations, explained what he called practical reasons for why it is important that the S A meet in the Memorial Room

“Attendance is highly variable for these meetings, and it is hard to predict that,” he said “Also this room is very accessible and people know where we are ”

S A should not have the power to revoke an entire organization’s funding just so it can meet in a par ticular room “

impor tant to ask is ‘does the S A have the ability to force organizations to do things that are only helpful for the S A and be able to enforce that

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The S A voted to defeat the amendment but passed a resolution “responsible for regulating the Student Activity Fee and ensures that byline funded organizations spend their allocation responsibly ”

The assembly also passed a resolu-

S A Infrastructure Fund to allocate $30,000 to fund increase the lighting on Libe Slope

Without this funding, the project would have taken another three and half years to come to fruition, according to SAID committee member Nicolette Swanbery ’18

“We feel that it is worth us funding the project now because lighting on the slope is a safety issue and we feel it impacts a lot of students,” Swanbery said

Emily Friedman can be reached at efriedman@cornellsun com

Kotlikoff Addresses Qatar Labor Allegations

campus employed by third party c o n t r a c t o r s w h o we re n o t named due to “business confidentiality concerns ” These prot e c t i o n s i n c l u d e p rov i s i o n s i n contracts that provide housing, salar y and other benefits required by Qatari law Kotlikoff said in his response that workers have been quest i o n e d s o t h a t a d m i n i s t r a t o r s could assure that they were paid in a timely manner He added that the WCM-Q manager has an open-door policy where any worker can come in to confident i a l l y re p o r t l a b o r a b u s e s However, no investigations have taken place due to the lack of labor abuse allegations at this time, Kotlikoff said In addition to the open door policy, Kotlikoff ’ s response also noted that the Cornell adminis-

tration maintains “regular contact with both the vendors and the contracted staff to ensure adherence with terms of contracts ” Kotlikoff added that the U A should have reached out to its counterpart campus governance group in Qatar and should do so “for future matters that the U A may be considering that have a d i re c t b e a r i n g o n t h e s e o t h e r Cornell campuses ”

“In formulating the resolution, I believe it would have been helpful if the U A had first conferred with counterpart campus governance groups at the WMC campus and at its branch campus in Qatar,” Kotlikoff said Christopher Hanna ’18, cof a c i l i t a t o r a t A m n e s t y International at Cornell, said the i n f o r m a t i o n p r ov i d e d b y Kotlikoff does not rule out the possibility that labor abuses exist on the campus in Qatar

“[Kotlikoff ] has still refused to initiate a third party investigation into labor practices at WCM-Q in accordance with the demands of shared governance and the C o a l i t i o n A g a i n s t Gu l f Exploitation,” Hanna said Hanna added that although Kotlikoff said benefits are provided in accordance with Qatari law, the law does not actually protect workers’ rights

“I anticipate further action on this issue, both from the folks at t h e C o r n e l l O r g a n i z a t i o n f o r Labor Action who launched this campaign and the Cornell community at large,” Hanna said “I think that concerned members of the Cornell community are tired of hearing that concrete action on human rights at the WCM-Q campus is far-fetched We expect more from our University ”

David Brotz can be reached at dbrotz@cornellsun com

Senate Democrats Call on Republicans To Approve Garland’s Nomination

Democrats called on Republicans to vote on Merrick Garland's nomination to the Supreme Court by Memorial Day, as GOP lawmakers showed no sign of relenting despite the latest round of courtesy calls

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McConnell, R-Ky , maintains that the president chosen by voters in November should fill the vacancy on the high court, and there will be no confirmation hearings or a vote But Senate Minority Leader Harr y Reid and his Democratic colleagues are hoping that election-year p

down

“ We feel the public is on our side, and this is to their detriment,” Reid told reporters Thursday at a news conference in which Democrats pressed for consideration of Garland's nomination

One Republican in a tough re-election race, Sen Rob Portman of Ohio, met with Garland Thursday morning and told the judge that he agreed with McConnell on delaying the nomination u n t i l a f

office

“ This will be obviously a ver y consequential seat that will determine the direction of the court for some time,” Portman said

McConnell announced within hours of the death of Justice Antonin Scalia on Feb 13 that there would be no consideration of Obama’s nominee In March, Obama chose Garland, now chief judge of the U S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia

released Wednesday showed that while 2

Senate hold hearings and a vote, just 1 in 5 say they have been following the partisan battle closely

Garland also met with Republican Sen Jeff Flake of Arizona In a statement after the meeting, Flake said Garland is justified in waiting until after the election because the nomination could shift the balance of the court

Still, he said Garland is “obviously a man of accomplishment and keen intellect He is also kind and engaging ”

MOSCOW (AP) Russia’s defense ministry has rejected complaints by U S officials who said Russian attack planes buzzed dangerously close to a U S Navy destroyer in the Baltic Sea this week

The U S European command says the Russian planes buzzed a U S ship multiple times Monday and Tuesday in what the U S officials described as an unsafe and unprofessional manner

Secretar y of State John Kerr y told CNN Espanol that under U S military rules of engagement, the Navy ship could have opened fire He condemned the Russian actions

Maj Gen Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian defense ministry, said Thursday that the pilots of

Russian Su-24 jets saw the ship and turned back “while using all measures of precaution ” Konashenkov said he was baffled by what he described as the “distressed reaction of our American counterparts ”

The U S European Command statement on Wednesday said officials are using diplomatic channels to address the matter

“It may have been in international waters and therefore may not be any violation of international law, but it is still irresponsible behavior,” said NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow, a former US ambassador to Russia

“It illustrates that Russia is contributing to tensions,” he said, speaking on the sidelines of a security conference in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital

Protesters Continue to Call for Fifteen Dollar Minimum Wage After Fast Food Victory

NEW YORK (AP)

Protesters calling for pay of $15 an hour and a union were at McDonald's restaurants around the countr y and overseas Thursday as part of an ongoing push targeting the world's biggest hamburger chain

The “Fight for $15” campaign says low-wage employees including airport workers, adjunct professors and home care workers turned out to show their solidarity with fast-food workers They say they’re targeting McDonald's because of its ability to influence pay practices throughout the economy

The push is being backed by the Ser vice Employees International Union and began in late 2012, with striking fastfood workers in New York City Since then, the growing demonstrations have helped make hourly pay a major political issue

The success has prompted organizers to expand their push to energize new swaths of workers

to fight for higher pay and unionization

Organizers said strikes and protests were planned for cities including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami

In Paris, about 100 people waving red union flags protested outside a McDonald’s restaurant at Disneyland

In New York, demonstrators were planning to march crosstown to a Republican gala in the early evening

The campaign is taking place as McDonald's Corp tries to reinvigorate its business and win back customers This week, executives met with franchisees in Florida for a biannual convention and discussed plans for a rebound

Lisa McComb, a McDonald's representative, said the company gives workers access to programs that help them earn high school and college degrees She noted McDonald’s raised pay last year at company-owned stores in the U S , which

account for about 10 percent of its more than 14,000 locations The hike for starting pay was for $1 above the local minimum wage

“We proudly invest in the future of those who work in McDonald's restaurants, ” McComb said

McDonald’s workers called those measures a publicity stunt that failed to address the difficulties they face

Sepia Rasheen Coleman, a home care worker in Memphis, Tennessee, said she became involved in the Fight for $15 campaign after an organizer reached out to her on Facebook

She said she was initially dismissive, but was later awed by the support for workers she felt at her first demonstration

Since then, Coleman said she has been to Washington, D C , for training on organizing protests

“This is a mission, this is something I need to do,” she said

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t h i s c o l u m n I c o u l dn ’ t s h a k e t h e i d e a t h a t e v e r y t h i n g I w a s f e e li n g w a s c l i c h é , n o rm a l a n d p a t h e t i c A n d p e r h a p s i t i s I s a y t h i s n o w, b u t i n t w o y e a r s I c o u l d e a s i l y b e s e l l i n g m y s o u l t o a v o i d s l e e pi n g o n m y p a r e n t ’ s c o u c h Ev e r y a d u l t I ’ v e e v e r m e t t e l l s m e t o r e l i s h i n c o ll e g e l i f e , b e c a u s e “ t h e r e a l w o r l d ” i s a r e a l i t y c h e c k B e s t f o u r y e a r s o f y o u r l i f e , r i g h t ? M a y b e I a m d e l u d e d M a y b e I a m c l i c h é B u t I g e t t o b e – I ’ m y o u n g S o I ’ m n o t s u r e I m i n d w h e n p e o p l e u n d e r e s t i m a t e m y a g e a n y m o r e I t s e e m s b e t t e r t h a n t h e a l t e r n a t i v e R i g h t n o w, I g e t a l l t h e “ w h e n I g r o w u p , I ’ l l b e ” t h a t I w a n t My f u t u r e i s s t i l l f i ct i o n , a n d I l i k e t h a t O u r y o u t h a f f o r d s t i m e , p o s s i b i l i t i e s a n d t h e i d e a t h a t w e c o u l d s t i l l o p e n t h a t r e s t a u r a n t , w r i t e t h a t n o v e l , p a i n t o u r w a y a c r o s s t h e c o n t i n e n t We a r e s t i l l w r i t i n g i n p e n c i l h e r e ! T h e r e i s n o r e a s o n t o e t c h o u r f u t u r e i n s t o n e b e f o r e i t a r r i v e s

We l l , f o r s t a r t e r s , i t ’ s w h a t C o r n e l l t e l l s u s t o d o It ’ s a s a f e m o v e , i t ’ s a s a l a r y a n d , m o s t o f a l l , i t f e e l s l i k e w e ’ v e w o n T h i s w a s t h e e n d g o a l , r i g h t ? T h a t w a s w h a t a l l t h o s e c a r e e r f a i r s a n d r e s u m e c r i t i q u e s w e r e a l l a b o u t T h a t ’ s w h y y o u d i d t h a t i n t e r ns h i p A g o o d j o b w i t h a b i g c o m p a n y i t ’ s j u s t f o r a f e w y e a r s , w e s a y A n d t h e n w e c a n d o s o m e t h i n g w e l i k e B u t t h e w a y I s e e i t , i f e v e r t h e r e ’ s a t i m e t o s u f f e r f o r o u r a r t , i t ’ s n o w I w i l l a c k n o w l e d g e t h a t t h e r e i s s o m e t h i n g t o b e s a i d f o r h a r d w o r k a n d e a r n i n g m o n e y B u t t h i s s o r t o f u g l y i n t e r n a l c o m p r o m i s e s e e m s t o b e e v e r yw h e r e , a n d o n c e y o u s t a r t t o s e e i t i n t h e w o r l d , e v e n t h e o c e a n s l o o k s h a ll o w It ’ s s h o r t o v e r l o n g t e r m ; i t ’ s p o w e r o v e r p a s s i o n It ’ s M a c h i a v e l l i a n , r e a l l y t h e e n d s j u s t i f y t h e m e a n s Fo r g e t l i f e b e i n g a j o u r n e y We t r e a t l i f e a s a r a c e , a n d w e a r e o u r o w n w o r s t c o m p et i t i o n It ’ s a t e r r i b l e c o m m e n t a r y o n t h e w a y w e l i v e b u t t h e r e a l i t y i s

Small Fish, Big Difference

Haveyou ever thought about the functions of the thousands of genes inside our bodies?

Scientists have been excited to answer this question ever since the Human Genome Project identified more than 20,000 genes, most of which were of unknown function The past decade has witnessed a great explosion of knowledge about gene function and regulation Most of this knowledge has come from studying model organisms, ranging from single-celled yeast to multi-whiskered mice Since the fundamental biological processes are amazingly conserved across different species, studies from model organisms have taught us a lot about how our own bodies work and have led us to develop methods to treat diseases

One such model organism, the tiny zebrafish, has attracted a lot of attention in the past 20 years for its versatile contributions to science Originally found in freshwater streams in Asia, the zebrafish was first developed as a model organism by George Streisinger in the late 1960s In addition to their rapid development, zebrafish are small in size and easy to maintain in research facilities Each zebrafish mating produces hundreds of embryos to work with The most amazing feature of zebrafish is that their embryos develop externally and are almost transparent As a result, scientists can observe the entire developmental progression from a single cell to a larva in a dish!

The many advantages of zebrafish make them ideal for geneticists and developmental biologists to study gene function A classical way scientists have interrogated the function of a gene by randomly introducing mutations in genes simply by adding mutagenic chemicals into fish water By studying developmental abnormalities that develop in these mutant fish, we can understand the functions of the genes that they are mutant for Using this method, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and colleagues led the pioneer massive screens in the early 1990s and identified thousands of genes that are important for development, many of which are conserved in humans and expected to execute similar roles in human development These screens had the limitation that we did not have control over which genes would be mutated

However, we have now come a long way to overcome this randomness

Scientists have developed ways to introduce mutations very specifically in the gene they are interested in and study the consequences of such disruptions to unravel the function of a specific gene

Given that around 70 percent of human genes have at least one similar gene in zebrafish, understanding functions of genes in zebrafish have been and will be useful to understand how humans work

Beyond answering the very basic questions in biology such as gene function, zebrafish have also provided new insights into human health As the immune system in zebrafish is similar to that in humans, many human infectious diseases are being studied in zebrafish Tuberculosis is a dangerous global infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and kills 1 5 million people per year

Mycobacterium species also infect zebrafish and cause similar disease symptoms as in humans Exploiting the optical clarity of zebrafish embryos, fluorescently labeled pathogens have been traced in real time after infecting the zebrafish This has furthered our understanding of how pathogens spread as tuberculosis develops and how host immune cells respond to

pathogens Granulomas are hallmark structures of tuberculosis characterized with aggregated immune cells

Tuberculosis granulomas have been long considered to resist mycobacterial growth Studies in zebrafish have shown otherwise as granulomas in fact facilitate bacterial growth by disseminating infected host immune cells These studies have provided a new antituberculosis therapy by targeting the formation of granulomas

Zebrafish also have an extraordinary ability to regenerate various cells and tissues When zebrafish heart is damaged, the wound is quickly sealed and new heart muscle cells gradually replace the damaged site, rebuilding a fully functional heart In contrast, the human heart is unable to regenerate new muscle, resulting in compromised heart functions after damage Scientists have been curious to understand why zebrafish heart and human heart have such different regenerative abilities, despite their functional similarity For example, studies have reported that the expression of certain key cell cycle factors are turned up to promote heart regeneration, assuring the massive proliferation of heart muscle cells to mend the broken heart If scientists can switch on the same set of genes in human that allow zebrafish to regenerate their heart tissues, people may have better clinical outcomes after heart attacks and heart injuries

Last but not least, zebrafish has become a popular model to study many types of cancer Zebrafish develop cancer spontaneously when exposed to a carcinogenic environment As many genes are shared between zebrafish and human, human cancercausing genes or human cancer cells often culminate in similar cancer phenotypes once introduced into zebrafish Scientists have successfully generated leukemia, melanoma, pancreatic and liver cancer models in zebrafish to study tumorgenesis in the context of different genetic backgrounds Metastasis, the spread of cancer cells from the primary site to distant sites, is an intrinsic feature of many cancers Metastasis remains the primary cause of death of cancer patients and the nature of metastasis is still poorly understood Zebrafish provide a new approach to tackle the question The translucent skin of zebrafish allows scientists to transplant fluorescently labeled tumor cells into zebrafish The spread and seeding of cancer cells can be characterized subsequently with a microscope at single cell resolution Using zebrafish cancer models, scientists have shown that knockdown of certain genes in human cancer pancreatic cells decreased invasion and metastasis In addition, zebrafish cancer models have also shed light on cancer treatment

Through screening a library of 2,000 chemicals, leflunomide, which is originally used for patients with rheumatoid arthritis, shows potent ability to inhibit the growth of human melanoma cells This discovery will be instructive to further screens in zebrafish to uncover new inhibitors of tumor growth and metastasis

Over the past two decades, we have already learned a lot from the zebrafish With the soaring popularity of zebrafish model and more investment on zebrafish research, our vertebrate relative is going to tell us more about who we are and where we are going

Cheng Li is a fifth year Ph D candidate at Weill Graduate School of Cornell University in New York City He may be reached at chl2030@med cornell edu What’s Up Doc? appears alternate Fridays this semester

Comment of the day

“It has been my observation that a good many Bernie supporters have never been Democrats, are not beholden to the Democratic party, and would not be voting in a Democratic primary if Bernie were not running in it ”

Susan M Re:

“RUBASHKIN | On Bernie Bros and Blue Faces” Opinion pub April 12, 2016

Jeremiah Grant | Gates & Ladders

SometimesCultivating Campus Based Leadership

education is a blessing and a curse In Lima, I admire los Cerros De Huaycán with mountains that surround the landscape However, I cannot ignore hearing the man at the intersection catcalling the woman in the street in Spanish In Paris, I marvel at le Champs-Élysées with its great diversity of high-end stores

But I cannot avoid the Algerian family of five asking for money in French, the young girl in her hijab with her forehead to the concrete, her arms outstretched with a cup seeking donations In Berlin, I see der Brunnen der Völkerfreundschaft, the Fountain of the Friendship of Peoples of Alexanderplatz and am welcomed by the people However, I cannot help but remember the Berlin Conference of 1884 that divided Africa In Johannesburg, I appreciate the Greater Kruger Safari that lies away from the bustling, but I cannot look past Mandela’s House, the Apartheid museum and remember the effects of colonialism I believe having a healthy respect for history is important, however, many times history conflicts with present day reality Despite the beautiful places I have seen and amazing people I have met, I still see remnant and elements of racism, sexism, classism and ableism, not only abroad but also on my campus, that leaves me heartbroken, discouraged and at times in tears Over the course of my life I question and wonder who the leaders of tomorrow will be to take on the problems of today, rewrite history and lead us toward a more empathetic future In my experience the best leaders I know do one of two things, sometimes both The first is that they create a space where people feel positivity, productivity, acceptance and love The second is that they, with their presence alone, can enter into a preexisting space and shift the atmosphere of the room with a contagious aura These leaders are the ones who engage and unite people around them, mending the hearts of the broken and giving inspiration to the masses On April 7, 2016 the Gates Millennium Scholars Program held its annual leadership conference in San Diego, California on leadership, mobilization and organization,

among other topics, for its Campus Based Leaders from around the nation Each of leaders I met were working this year to create a Campus Based Organization, an initiative for Gates Millennium Scholars to commit a year or more to being leaders serving their campus community, planning events and creating a space on campus where fellow scholars are able to feel welcomed, accepted and appreciated

During the conference I was able to meet four of these extraordinary leaders among many: Silvana at the University of Central Florida, Rory at the University of Denver, Giovanny at Temple University and Gabriel from Brown University The four leaders I met, Silvina, Rory, Giovanny and Gabriel, are among a larger collective of students in the Gates Millennium Scholars program, one that provides 10-year full academic scholarships for undergraduate and graduate school The members of this group comes from underrepresented minority communities from diverse backgrounds who have overcome tremendous obstacles throughout their lives, struggled and achieved academic excellence and who embody respect, rigor and responsibility to their communities to give back, pay it forward and leave the world a better place

From an outsider perspective, the idea of having a safe space on campus seems contradictory Isn’t college a safe space already, a protected bubble from the real world? Not for everyone For many students on college campuses, the pressures from the real world are still alive and well in the backpacks of students everyday as they walk to class If ignorance is a disease, education is the cure However, for many students across the nation, this cure comes with some side effects The CBL program understands that college is a challenging place that leaves many students feeling isolated, alone, away from home, without family and under pressure to perform in a new setting at an incredibly high level Thus, it provides the chance for students to network with one another, be mentored by older students and alumni and establish on campus support for one another

This semester I took Biomedical Sciences 5660: Social

Issues in Community Engagement by Cancer Scientists where I learned that the way that the body reacts to drugs is just as important, if not more so, than the illness being treated Have you ever read the advertisements that come on the television promoting a new miracle drug or supplement? The results sound great at first The commercial begins with the camera zooming into a shot of people smiling from ear to ear, laughing, conversing and enjoying life in the sun The people walk down sunsprayed sidewalks and hike up glistening mountains with rain dew falling from the tips of leaves The camera pans to a couple riding a bike, children holding balloons and enjoying a good time with blue skies, fluffy clouds and crisp bright green grass around them In the first few seconds, fantasy turns into reality That is until the narrator begins to list all of the side effects associated with taking the drug Suddenly, things like difficulty breathing, high blood pressure, enlarged prostate, trouble swallowing, hives, rashes and bleeding make us question which is worse: the disease or the cure At an institution of higher education, education is a blessing

However, it can also be a curse

The CBL programs works to craft a new narrative

What if we could make it so that students felt so at home on campus that when they left college they felt homesick? What if we could instill a love for learning that was free from judgment and prejudice from professors and students? What if the cure for ignorance did not have a side effect? What if we could make students feel included in their communities at home and at school? It requires more than just students It requires advisors, alumni, administrators and individuals willing to donate time and money into student success and achievement It is possible to create safe spaces on campus and the Campus Based Leadership initiative is a model that should be established on every university system that wants to support its high achieving student population

Jeremiah Grant is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences Jeremiah can be reached at jg856@cornell edu Gates & Ladders appears alternate Fridays this semester

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Billy Blythe: Opera Comes to Ithaca

BY SAM MORRISON Sun Staff Writer

Composer Bonnie Montgomery is adorable as she quietly jokes with a noticeable southern twang, “It’s nice to perform without a bunch of beer bottles clanking ” It is clear why the company had her introduce the show with a few songs of her own, I wouldn’t want anyone else to guide me through life in small town Arkansas She does so admirably in the world premiere of this self described folk opera, albeit through an unnecessary lens

The marketing posters boasted an iconic and gray Clinton epically gazing against an American flag backdrop With Hillary campaigning a few hours away in NYC at the time of the performance, I was prematurely concerned the show would try to be a bit too ambitious for itself But it turned out to be quite the opposite The opera starts and ends before our protagonist even makes it to Georgetown, and there isn’t a single reference to government For me, Billy Blythe is the story of one family’s struggle against domestic abuse While a fine narrative, it isn’t quite clear why Montgomery and librettist, Britt Barber, were compelled to write about Clinton at all Garrett Obrycki, who nobly interprets the title role, could have been any good ol’ boy from the south until a stock photo of young Bill Clinton was projected onto the back wall

Using the focus on Bill’s less fantastical adolescence, Montgomery played the medium of opera against itself in a fun, and surprisingly sexy manner For one, the libretto demands productions focus predominantly into the master bedroom, which Dawn Pierce and Erik Angerhofer, playing Virginia and Roger Clinton respectively, embodied in a playful sensuality Their dominant vibratos fully tap into the power of contrasting intimacy and intensity, and accentuate an already fluent chemistry that was on vivid display,

overflowing with sex appeal If I didn’t know better, I would guess they have been developing this relationship for at least a few years

The real feat of the night was the ways in which the show was able to tactfully balance the modest set and intimate sensuality with the bellowing sounds of Ithaca’s most powerful singers; the result is an exotic but forceful combination

Admittedly, the disparity took some getting used to and early on it landed with awkward humor But eventually it developed into something incomparably affectionate, warm and intimate; opera like you ’ ve never seen it before With every breath they seem to threaten the time worn conception of opera framed with giant red velvet curtains created for an audience of clichéd one-dimensional, crackling, paper maché, distracted patrons

As much as I can praise its provocative challenges to the operatic norm, structurally, it’s missing a few beats I left the theatre without the epic satiation of dramatic conflict and resolution that opera is so well suited to tackle I never expected nor hoped for a heap of bodies at the end, but at times there was an event or an action without a second to further develop it, and you were left questioning its function in the script The obvious exception is when Billy Blythe stood up to his dad in a scene that can only be described as epic Refusing to let his vulnerable mother be abused, Obrycki effectively wards of his father’s advances with a powerful

and clear baritone The climactic incident was followed by a compelling final scene harmoniously melding several scores from the play and riddled with ostinatos The elegant music and disjointed characters all jam-packed on the Kitchen’s small stage epitomized Montgomery’s skill as a composer, yet highlighted the narrative incohesion

As artistic director, Lynn Craver informed us in the beginning of the show, Opera Ithaca is a rapidly growing group that has made incredible ground work since its inception just two years ago

Thanks to Craver and General Director Zachar y James, Ithaca now has its own prolific and qualified opera company Exploring the edges of the genre ’ s boundaries, they are building a new audience of opera goers that might just be the opposite of the urban relics of classical opera aficionados Whatever Opera Ithaca’s upcoming projects are, they might not be what one expects from the time honored tradition, but you can be sure they will be downright innovative, fresh and exciting to watch We are lucky to have them, so take advantage of it I’m looking at you, Cornell student

Sam Morrison is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at shm89@cornell edu

Blending Boundaries: RAMS at Cornell Cinema

Grímur Hákonarson’s Icelandic film, RAMS, won ’ t warm you up Set in a secluded, mountainous valley, winter rolls into the lives of Gummi and Kiddi, two sheep-rearing brothers, much as it does in Ithaca, and brings with it an ironically accessible story of death and rebirth Despite the wind and snow, RAMS captures the warmth of our approaching spring

The film combines an understanding of humanity and nature in the lives of Gummi and Kiddi, two aging men, neighbors and antagonists When scrapie, a brain-eating sheep disease, infects Kiddi’s heard, veterinarians demand that every sheep and ram in the valley be slaughtered What follows is a drama that challenges the brothers’ 40-year-long silence and blurs rigidly accepted separations

Hákonarson frames his story as a work of art, shot by shot linked together with sporadic language The plot unfolds through expression, movement and implied meaning But, the film avoids hermeticism through Hákonarson’s impressive understanding of psychology and its bridging the gaps from the animal to the human Gummi and Kiddi, as well as the community as a whole, cohesively blend with their surroundings The villagers reject all boundaries between the natural and the modern through their sheep-like beards, sparse use of words and oneness with the landscape Hákonarson’s vast Icelandic scenery captures the simplicity that underlies Gummi and Kiddi’s decadeslong loathing Where the two men deny their own closeness, they remain desperately attached to the same lineage of sheep Where the brothers lack in familial communication, they succeed in loving, understanding and caring for their rams

affinity for unspoken communication, RAMS tells a universal story The beautiful and chilling landscapes shape a charming metatheatre in which the Scrapie that infects the sheep mirrors an affliction of their caretakers The infection requires a renewal of stock and a simultaneous acknowledgment of deeply rooted tensions between brothers Scrapie promises to reappear with a failure to root out the virus, just as the brothers’ violent and hostile history insures repeating its angry course without a detoxification The diseased sheep function not only as a basis for confrontation in RAMS, but also as a mirror of the unfolding drama

Together, the two stories align to emphasize each part ’ s validity The human and the animal join forces in RAMS to tell a story that overcomes all differences of language, of distance, of species Hákonarson’s film speaks to viewers through visual expressions and elicits compassion through its simplicity Each frame, combining the quaint village culture with the breathtaking landscape, understands the action of the film and develops along with its characters Through the director’s artistry, RAMS exists as a picture of enduring humanity, equality and unity

assumes an extra weight through the scarcity of lines The script forces cast members to display an unspoken understanding of their character Both actors mirror their sheep and one another The roles of Gummi and Kiddi, played by Sigurdur Sigurjonsson and Theodor Juliusson respectively, expertly fit the naturalness of the landscape and the remorselessness of the sheep With the combined help of each actor, the film successfully dissolves into its own meaning Each part exists alone, but fades into the next in order to share its powerful human message

And, with the blending of nature and humanity, RAMS invites its audience to sympathize along with its characters, to feel in the tragedy, and join in the renewal Hákonarson relates each element of his film the sickness of the sheep, the hostilities between brothers, the landscape and the valley in order to weave a story accessible to all audiences As spring approaches in Ithaca, it’s a good time for cleaning out RAMS captures this shocking, sad and beautiful process of starting anew The story challenges each viewer’s morals, loyalties and sympathies through the quiet lives of Gummi and Kiddi

Through Hákonarson’s artistic framing and each actors

Hákonarson blends several morals that his actors successfully convey through their presence, expression and speech The characters act among each other naturally as if they themselves evolved to play such roles as the rams succeeded in their parts without rehearsal or intention Each performance appears instinctive and convincing, not only due to Hákonarson’s environment, but to Gummi and Kiddi’s compelling relationship The central men, and their surrounding family members, capture the simultaneous closeness and distance within communities The value of each character’s role

Despite the oceanic barrier between the 92 minute film and Cornell Cinema, RAMS conveys a sympathetic message to even the most frost-bitten Cornellian The vast Icelandic landscape captures a snapshot of life far beyond the remote village The film, showing at Cornell Cinema this weekend, April 16 and 17, promises to please a large audience of viewers It communicates, simply and completely, a message ironically appropriate for a diverse crowd of moviegoers RAMS shares the beautiful Icelandic landscape with a touching story of disinfecting and accepting

Julia Curley is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at jmc628@cornell edu

Stephen Meisel

D e s p i t e t h i s p h y s i c a l i n t e n s i t y f o u n d t h r o u g h o u t

He c k e r ’ s d i s c o g r a p h y, h e o n l y re c e n t l y b e g a n t o f o reg r o u n d m o r e c o n v e n t i o n a l , c o n c r e t e i n s t r u m e n t s

R a v e d e a t h , 1 9 7 2 p r o m i n e n t l y f e a t u re s a c h u r c h o r g a n s l i c e d i n t o a b s t r a c t p u l s a t i o n s Vi r g i n s m a r k s a n o t h e r s i m i l a r t u r n a s He c k e r c o l l a b o r a t e d f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e w i t h l i v e m u s i c i a n s L ov e St re a m s , He c k e r ’ s m o s t re c e n t re l e a s e a n d h i s f i r s t f o r t h e 4 A D l a b e l , c o n t i n u e s t h e p r o g re s s i o n

A l t h o u g h t h e C a n a d i a n a r t i s t h a s r e l e a s e d s e v e n a l b u m s b e f o re L ov e St re a m s , t h i s re c o rd i n t r o d u c e s u s t o t h e c o m p o s e r ’ s f i r s t s i g n i f i c a n t u s a g e o f t h e h u m a n v o i c e Fo r a m u s i c i a n w h o m o s t l y d e a l s i n t h e p u re f o r m s o f e l e c t r o n i c s o u n d , t h i s a d d i t i o n t o h i s v o c a bu l a r y a r r i v e s u n e x p e c t e d l y b u t w i t h a p p re c i a t i o n

In s p i re d b y t h e “ l i t u r g i c a l a e s t h e t i c s ” o f m u

The Mingus Big Band is one of several ensembles formed after the death of jazz titan Charles Mingus that dedicates itself to performing and interpreting the canon of the late composer ’ s music Since 2008, the band has held a residency at mid-Manhattan’s Jazz Standard club, per forming two sets of music ever y Monday night The Mingus Big Band has been recording their iterations of Mingus’ music for nearly thirty years, and their album Live at Jazz Standard (2010) earned the group a Grammy award

During spring break, I was fortunate enough to see the group play one of their sets On this specific night, the band performed “Haitian Fight Song,” one of Mingus’ more significant and revered compositions that appeared on his 1957 album The Clown After announcing it, lead alto saxophonist, Alex Foster, discussed Mingus’ purpose in writing the piece, explaining that “Haitian Fight Song” is the composer ’ s embittered reaction to prejudice and racism he perceived throughout his lifetime As the piece emerged from its ominous introductor y bass solo, its tempestuous character became apparent The brass and saxophones blared the composition’s militant melody, and one trumpeter in the group began to yell out, “Get mad! Get mad!”

Get mad! It is precisely this fer vor, angst and thematic conveyance that comprise the most profound occasions of jazz composition

a n d p e r f o r m a n c e

Ja z z , l i k e p o e t r y, punk rock, abstract expressionism, etc is

a b l e t o r e f l e c t t h e thoughts and feelings of its composer with s t i m u l a t i n g a r t i s t i c c l a r i t y Ye t , d e s p i t e i t s c r e a t i v e p o w e r, jazz has indeed fallen dramatically in popularity during the past several years Moreover, the creative potential of jazz is dishearteningly absent from the few appearances of the genre in popular culture of the 21st centur y As the popularity of jazz music has dwindled in the

past several decades, its presence in prominent cultural phenomena is rare In the most recent years, jazz seems to be limited by the confines of intensively promoted duet albums or historical biopic films Of course, I am referring to works like Cheek to Cheek, Tony Bennet and Lady Gaga’s

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consisting of the duo singing

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Cheadle’s just released Miles

A h e a d , a c i n e m a t i c e x p l oration of the life of Miles

Davis These two examples are indeed aesthetically enjoyable and indicative of their creators ’ vocal or directorial

, t h e underlying tone of similar albums and films is nostalgic in nature and not contributive to the creative evolution of jazz music Rather than contribute to the genre, these works only attempt to recreate specific moments in the histor y of jazz Perhaps this is to be expected of the 89year -old Tony Bennett or the film that explicitly claims to be primarily biographical Yet, it is detrimental to jazz music as a whole when its most significant appearances are only eulogies of the past One close exception is the movie Whiplash, as it portrays jazz musicianship as being vigorously alive (and frighteningly draconian) The film does explore the obsessiveness and elusive contentment that characterizes musical artistr y, and indeed it is loosely based upon director Damien Chazelle’s experience in Princeton High School’s jazz band Yet, as Richard Brody writes in The New Yorker, “Certainly, the movie isn’t ‘about’ jazz; it’s ‘about’ abuse of power ” In considering its place in Whiplash, jazz music is only supplemental to the film’s plot, and so its real contri-

bution to jazz is minimal

Has jazz then faded away? A spirit left adrift in the smokey, opiate visualizations of Parker, Coltrane, Brubeck and other legends past? It can be considered functionally

from the world of popular culture For the time

thrives in a somewhat “underground” forum of musicians and fandom

cians, the Mingus Big Band and smaller groups continue to perform at clubs and venues around the world In the studio,

develop jazz, synthesizing it with elements of hip hop on albums like Black Radio

Perhaps the most profound contemporary occurrence of jazz exists in less formal settings For example, if one were to wander into Washington Square Park on a pleasant afternoon during August, it is completely possible, and indeed likely, that one would stumble upon a combo of jazz musicians playing for any who will listen This case is the finest example of jazz’s creative power The improvised melodies and limited harmonic confines that characterize jazz music are dialectic in nature This offers jazz musicians an intrinsic satisfaction not reliant upon the exposure of popular media This musical “discourse” has spread to the contemporary genres that have come after it In this way, jazz is less a genre as it is an institution, or a technical, melodic, and even spiritual method of approaching music If recognized jazz music were to fade to relative obscurity, its effect on music is still lasting and profound

Nick Swan is a freshman in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He can be reached at nswan@cornellsun com Swan s Song runs alternate Fridays this semester

Orange Win Sets Up Lehigh Battle

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“Our strategy is going to be the same as it is every game, that is to make hustle plays.”

Red Entertains Columbia for Four-Game Series

Softball Sweeps Albany,Welcomes Lions to Ithaca

SOFTBALL

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in five innings

“Meg was fantastic,” Farlow said “She probably had her best game of the year ” Wednesday was an all-positive game, and Cornell now looks ahead to South Ivy rival Columbia (8-24, 2-6 Ivy), who is coming to town this weekend for four games According to Farlow, the Red is

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very familiar with the Lions in part because the two play so often each season, and in part because this year ’ s team has had relatively little turnover from years past

“They’re going to be a very similar team to what we ’ ve seen in the past, ” Farlow said “They’re generally just a pretty steady ball club ”

Farlow believes her team can use its

returning from last season to their

advantage At the same time, Columbia is ahead of the Red in the standings so far

“ They’re hitting the ball well,” Farlow said “Their pitching is something we can try to attack ”

After an excellent week, Cornell is hoping the Machine’s cogs keep on turning

Keith Bollt can be reached at kbollt@cornellsun com

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Resiliency and Figure Skating

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seemed she would fall just short of her dreams

But in an unprecedented turn of events, the US Figure Skating Association announced she would be competing in Sochi with the other two top finishers at nationals

Tracy O’Neill wrote in a Rolling Stone article, “the thing about Ashley Wagner is that she's kind of like a zombie; a very nice zombie with élan and poise, yet still impossible to beat back You cannot defeat Ashley Wagner, because defeat only positions her for a feeding frenzy of success It’s her best quality, and perhaps her defining one, too ” Wagner said in that interview, “My entire career has been about resilience and about not having something go my way Having to fight back and prove to people that I’m hungry for it and capable of being a national champion I’m constantly having people tell me that I can ’ t, that I’m not good enough, that I’m too old, that I’m not graceful enough I’ve always just heard it and I’ve always just used that as fuel There’s nothing that I love doing more than proving people wrong ” Wagner also said, “I never want to settle for good I want to settle for the best That’s my goal I never really enter a competition just to get second

place and be good I enter a competition because I want to win ”

It’s the attitude of a champion that allows her to push beyond everyone and everything

O’Neill wrote in the context of the 2014 nationals, “asked if she had since consulted a sports psychologist, Wagner said she had relied instead on the unvarnished advice of her father, Eric, a retired Army lieutenant colonel He told her simply, ‘Don’t be a wimp ’”

Now, as the world silver medalist, she has validation In an interview with NBC after her performance, Wagner said, “I have a world silver medal because of something I did, not because of something everyone else didn’t do That is so sweet ”

It’s the attitude of a champion that allows her to push beyond everyone

She is the type of person that responds to hard facts Now she has this one to hold onto

And she is not done Wagner is committed to training for the uphill battle that is the 2018 Olympics

Wagner said in an interview with NBC following worlds, “I have a long ways to go before I’m the athlete I want to be for 2018 ”

This is the kind of person we can look up to: someone resilient and unafraid to throw herself to the wolves for what she loves

Jessica Brofsky can be reached at jbrofsky@cornellsun com

Red to Face No.11 Princeton

W LACROSSE Continued from page 16

Kristy Gilbert, junior Catherine Ellis, senior Olivia Mattyasovszky and junior Amie Dickson The Red did an excellent job of maintaining its skill and poise during the Penn State matchup playing against a higher ranked team in f

University Park

“A key to our team ’ s success this year has been the ability to bring intensity and lots of energy to each and ever y game we play no matter who we are facing,” Marriott said “No matter the game, we have a standard of energy and intensity that ever yone needs to bring in order for us to get the outcome we want The team does a great job of not letting the ranking of our opponent get into our heads and affect our play ”

The Red will need to maintain that positive energy and focus this weekend, when the women travel to Princeton to face off against another nationally ranked c

Princeton

Princeton will likely be the biggest contender for Cornell as

spring

The Tigers are the defending Ivy League champions, and to beat them, the women will need to play some of the best lacrosse they have played all season, according to Graap

Princeton have a lot of similarities,” Graap said “I’m counting on us to be the hungrier team on

We’ve got to bring the desire and the intensity to this match up ”

The Red will face off against the Tigers on Saturday at noon in Princeton, N J

Jeff Asiedu can be reached at jasiedu@cornellsun com

Price’s Homer Powers Red to Win Over

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Laxers Defeat Penn State, Moving to 10-1 for Season

By JEFF ASIEDU Sun Staff Writer

Don’t call it a comeback; the Cornell women ’ s lacrosse team with just one loss to date is back on a winning streak

our team for sure ”

The Red got off to a slow start in the game, and allowed Penn State to earn a 5-2 lead in the first half

However, Cornell was able to mount a furious comeback, scoring six straight rapid-fire goals

“We were uncharacteristically flat at the opening whistle which resulted in far too many unforced errors, ” Graap said “The great news was our D-unit held strong and [junior] Renee [Poullott] made six saves in the first half ”

Just over a week ago, the Red (currently ranked 20 in the nation) lost to No 1 Maryland, but the women managed to bounce back from that matchup to beat Ivy foe Dartmouth, and this Wednesday the Red traveled to University Park, PA, to face, and defeat, No 10/12 Penn State, 10-7

The Red is now 10-1 on the season and undefeated in Ivy League, but Cornell may have its biggest Ivy showdown so far on Saturday when they face Princeton at home

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matchup, one where either Cornell or Penn State could have triumphed; luckily, the Red came away with the win

On offense, the Red managed to score 10 goals, led by sophomore Joey Coffy’s four-goal performance, a career high

“Joey was on fire in the attacking end,” said head coach Jenny Graap “She went four-for-four on her shooting, which is incredible,” said head coach Jenny Graap “Joey’s first half performance sparked

Once Cornell’s defensive unit was able to weather the initial scoring frenzy of Penn State, the offense was able to get some key shots to even the game up and take the lead

“Our team just did a better job of capitalizing on the opportunities we had when we did get the ball,” said senior co-captain Brittany Marriott “We did a very good job of holding possession on offense, tiring out their defense and then executing on our scoring plays ”

Aside from Coffy’s four goals, Cornell’s 10 goals were contributed by sophomore Taylor Reed, junior Kristy Gilbert ’17, junior Catherine Ellis ’17, senior Olivia Mattyasovszky ’16 and junior Amie Dickson ’17 The Red did an excellent job of maintaining its

Softball Turns Back Greyhounds

By KEITH BOLLT Sun Staff Writer

As far as crooked numbers go, 11 is s t r a i g h t l i k e a s a n a r row On Wednesday, Cornell softball sent 14 batters to the plate and scored 11 runs in one inning It was the exclamation point on an all-around successful doubleheader sweep against Albany

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Niemand*Robinson Field Cornell (6-20, 1-7 Ivy) won the first game, 63, and the second game, 14-2

After the game, Cornell head coach Julie Farlow ’97 told her players that if it took them until mid-April to reach what they were capable of, that was OK

“I think we played well all day long,” Farnow said “It was one of the few times this year when everything

just gelled together [ Wednesday] wasn ’ t a fluke, and I think it can be a turning point ”

Cornell scored first in both games

According to outfielder and game two starting p i t c h e r, s e n i o r Me g Parker, jumping ahead i s ve r y i m p o r t a n t because it sets the tone for the rest of the game

“ Ma d d i e p i t c h e d a we s o m e , ” Parker said “One earned run in seven innings and she’s only getting better ” Senior Emily Weinberg had simi-

“It’s obviously nice to have a big lead early on in the game. It was great to see everyone hitting throughout the lineup ”

“We always try to score first and hold the lead,” Parker said “Jumping ahead in the game provides momentum and confidence throughout the game ”

Cornell scored in each of the first three innings, but a big part of game one was the shutdown pitching by sophomore Maddie Orcutt Parker said she was very impressed with her outing

larly positive things to say about Orcutt

“ Ma d d i e p i t c h e d ve r y we l l probably one of her best per formances of the season, ” Weinberg said “She was hitting her spots and getting batters to hit the balls to our defense ”

Cornell held on for the 6-3 win And so the Red played two, as Ernie Banks would implore

The Red one-upped its start to game one by scoring three times in the first inning of game two to make it 3-1 In the bottom of the second, t h e c o g s o f t h e C o

So

Machine fired up and turned over 11 times

“It’s obviously nice to have a big lead early on in the game, ” Weinberg said “It was great to see everyone hitting the ball throughout the lineup It definitely gives us a lot of confidence going into the South division this weekend ”

Not forgotten amidst an offensive outpour that cut the game short by rule at five innings was the pitching performance of Parker She gave up two runs on two hits and three walks

The Ups and Downs Of ‘ The Almost Girl’

Deemed “The Almost Girl” in 2010, Ashley Wagner has assumed the role of the token tragic figure skater who falls under the weight of expectations and unfortunate circumstances She’s been this girl over and over the girl who chokes

And yet on Saturday, April 2, 2016, Wagner became the World Figure Skating Championships’ Women’s Silver Medalist She effectively ended the 10-year drought on American women ’ s medals at the championship

There’s no denying Wagner as an accomplished figure skater and icon Her career has extended across 19 years and she has competed as a senior lady for nine seasons At 24 years old, she is old for figure skating

She is a three-time U S National Champion (2012, 2013 and 2015), the winner of four Grand Prix Events and she’s a three-time Grand Prix Final medalist She was a member of the 2014 Winter Olympic team and won a bronze medal in the team event

However, her career has been punctuated most memorably by failure In 2010, she fell short of qualifying for the Olympic team by one place She sat out Vancouver as an alternate

Then in 2014, another Olympic year, the world of figure skating was behind her in her quest to make the team She was a front-runner The Almost Girl would get her turn at Olympic glory That year, there were three spots and she had to claim one However, she came in fourth place and once more it