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S. A. Discusses Gorge Safety Programs, Cornell Maker Club

By CAROLYN DOYLE Sun Staff Writer

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t h e Un i ve r s i t y p re s i d e n t t o p ro m o t e s a f e t y a n d re s p o n s i b l e u s e o f g o r g e s , ” Bi t t n e r s a i d “ We h a ve a p ro g r a m b a s e d o n f o u r a re a s : e d u c a t i o n , e n f o rc e m e n t , a l t e r n a t i ve s a n d i n f r a s t r u c t u re ”

T h e n e w v i d e o h i g h l i g h t s t h e d a n g e r s o f g o r g e s w i m m i n g a n d n ow i n c l u d e s s e g m e n t s e x p l a i n i n g s a f e t y p re c a u t i o n s B i t t n e r s a i d t h e e d u c a t i o n p r o g r a m s a r

Congressman Reed Addresses Rising College Tuition Cost

Aims to use REDUCE Act as vehicle to lower debt burden on students

By JOSH GIRSKY Sun News Editor

Congressman Tom Reed (R-N Y ) challenged colleges and universities across the country to recognize the “crisis” of the rising cost of college tuition, which he said is saddling students with debt in an interview with The Sun Wednesday

Reed spoke about his work on the REDUCE Act which mandates that colleges and universities with endowments greater than one billion dollars must use 25 percent of the returns on the endowment for financial aid

He said he hopes it will serve as a vehicle to “ not only bridge us through this immediate crisis, but to get to the long term solution which is bringing college costs down ”

Although many people consider reducing the cost of college a Democratic issue, Reed said the issue is a major priority for him and his team

“ There’s Republican leaders that often many folks chastise or summarily dismiss that we don’t care, ” he said “I care deeply about this and I think there’s many Republican leaders that are joining us in this effort to say ‘ we need to tackle this issue ’”

Reed said he believes Donald Trump who he has endorsed for President could be a major ally in this effort

“One of the reasons we made the endorsement that we did is because we want to use our position in a positive way, and if we can

By JOSEPHINE CHU Sun News Editor

The trial of Charlie Tan ’17 who was accused of murdering his father last year will be featured in the NBC News program Dateline in a segment called “House of Secrets” tonight at 10 p

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Producer Announces Impending ‘Death of Hollywood’

By RACHEL WHALEN Sun Contributor

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l l y w o o d i s d y i n g a n d t h a t i s a g o o d t h i n g , w r i t e r a n d p r o d u c e r Ro b L o n g s a i d i n a l e c t u re Tu e s d a y

W h e t h e r A m e r i c a n s w e re s e e k i n g a r t , e n t e r t a i n m e n t o r s i m p l y a n e s c a p e , t h e y h a v e b e e n f l o c k i n g t o t h e a t re s f o r n e a r l y a c e n t u r y, Ho l l y w o o d h a s l o n g p r o f i t e d f r o m p e o p l e ’ s i n n a t e d e s i re t o g o t o t h e m ov i e s , L o n g s a i d “ Ev e r y o n e w e n t , ” h e s a i d “ It d i d n ’ t re a l l y m a t t e r w h o y o u w e re , y o u h a d t h e s e m ov i e s i n c o m m o n A n d t h a t w a s a f a n t a s t i c b u s i n e s s ” How e v e r, h e s a i d a l l t h a t i s c h a n g i n g n ow So c i a l m e d i a a n d m o d e r n t e c h n o lo g y h a v e a l t e re d o u r d a y - t o - d a y i n t e r a ct i o n s a s w e l l a s d r a m a t i c a l l y re v o l u t i o ni z e d s t o r y t e l l i n g , a c c o rd i n g t o L o n g “ Ho l l y w o o d m ov e d f r o m a p l a c e t o a s c re e n , a n d t h a t ’ s w h a t k i l l e d i t , ” L o n g s a i d “A n d t h a t i s b o t h s c a r y a n d a l s o

“Hollywood moved from a place to a screen, and that’s what killed it ” R o b L o n g

of the screen | Writer and producer Rob Long speaks about how social media is changing the movie landscape in a lecture Tuesday

g r a t i f y i n g i f y o u b e l i e v e i n f re e d o m , i f y o u b e l i e v e i n d i v e r s i t y o f v o i c e s ” Du e t o o u r n e w f o u n d a b i l i t y t o c o nt r o l w h a t w e w a t c h a n d h ow w e w a t c h i t , w e a r e n o w l i b e r a t e d f r o m

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V i o l e n c e C a r r i e d O u t I n t h e N a m e o f G o d

By NATHANIEL LACELLE-PETERSON Sun Contributor

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks a

re n ow n e d re l i g i o u s s c h o l a r a n d philosopher spoke about his new book, Not in G-d’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence, and addressed the growing problem of religious radicali s m i n t h e w o r l d a t a l e c t u re Wednesday

“What is happening in the Middle East, what is happening in Syria and Ir a q , A f g h a n i s t a n , So m a l i a , L i by a , Yemen South Sudan is genuinely terrifying,” Sacks said “I doubt anyone would have expected this would happen in the 20th century ”

Sa c k s t u r n e d t o history to understand the problem of religious violence, discussing times when re l i g i o u s h o s t i l i t i e s exploded and when they receded

violence by separating religion from power, ” he said

He cited famous figures like Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, arguing that new solutions are needed today because extremist religious groups are seizing power

“What was not looked at in the 17th century are what I call the ‘hard texts ’ of religion, those texts which if taken literally and applied directly lead to violence and war and murder,” he said “You have to confront the religious roots of violence ”

Sacks added that in his book, he examines passages from the book of Genesis for the roots of violence

“Wars are won by weapons but peace is won by ideas.”

J o n a t h a n S a c k s

“Let’s go back and ask when did this last happen?” Sacks said “Maybe we can learn from when it last happened, and it last happened in Europe in the 16th century ”

Sacks traced both the 16th century violence of the Protestant Reformation and current religious violence to revol u t i o n s i n i n f o r m a t i o n t e c h n o l o g y, which he said empowers marginal groups

“The single most important factor [in the 16th century] was the revolution in information technology, which in the Reformation was the invention of printing,” Sacks said “The internet is changing the world and it is empowering groups like ISIS which otherwise would be completely marginal and small scale ”

Sacks also talked about how peace was achieved in the 17th century, saying “ wars are won by weapons but peace is won by ideas ”

“In the 17th century, people solved the problem of religiously motivated

“I’ve tried to develop a theology for the 21st century that is deeply religious, but one which will allow us as Jews,

C h r i s

n d Muslims to serve Go

between our faiths,” he said

Sacks explained this theology focuses on sibling rivalry as the origin for religious violence

“ T h e w h o l e re l a t i o n b e t we e n Judaism, Christianity and Islam, is not a zero-sum game, is not a justifiable case of sibling rivalry, because divine love is not finite, and God loving me does not mean that he has to love you any less,” he said

Sacks explained that his book grew out of a moment he shared with several British religious leaders of different faiths at Ground Zero, shortly after September 11, 2001

“We all stood together at the ruins of Ground Zero, sharing our prayers and our tears, ” he said “And I suddenly realized: these are the two faces of religion Religion harms, yet it can also heal ” R a b b i S p e a k s A g a i n s t

Nathaniel LaCelle-Peterson can be reached at nl368@cornell edu

Dozens of Teams Compete in Case Contest; Winner to Present at Citibank

By JUSTIN PARK Sun Staff Writer

Over 130 participants and 33 teams competed in the “Citi Mergers and Acquisitions Case Competition” hosted by the Cornell Hedge Fund and professional business fraternities Alpha Kappa Psi and Phi Gamma Nu Five teams were selected to present their pitches to Citibank investment bankers at the final round on Wednesday

Ten days before, each team received a case of a potential acquisition of GNC by Nike The teams analyzed Nike’s financial advantages or disadvantages in acquiring GNC, how GNC would fit into a company like Nike and potential competition in an acquisition, according to Rittik Rao ’16, co-founder of Cornell Hedge Fund

called the competition a learning experience for all participants

“We just picked up the skills along the way, ” he said “I wouldn’t be 100 percent confident that we could do it again It would require great effort [to do it] again, but we did learn the fundamentals of [M&A] fairly well and how ever ything came together ” Nicole Kwok ’19, anoth-

in the industry don’t even know what [a M&A model] is,” Rao said “This is to help educate them No Cornell student is going to submit something that is [perfect] they haven’t had the industr y experience The best part about this is the feedback ” Rao added that the motivation for the competition aligned with the club’s purpose

“We don’t believe in peer exclusivity. We see that as a reason why we gain the competitive edge ” R i t t i k R a o ’ 1 6

er member of Team Sage, said that working with unfamiliar concepts was a “ very valuable experience,” because it “pushed us to figure things out on our own and expanded our knowledge in the field ”

Team Sage was declared the winner Darien Lord ’18, a member of Team Sage,

Case closed | The winning team of the “Citi Mergers and Acquisitions Case Competition” will get the chance to present their pitches to investment bankers at Citibank

Rao explained that the case competition was created for students eager to gain experience in business

“A lot of people interested

“One reason we started as a club why we are so successful, why we are now the largest u n d e r g r a d u a t e finance club on campus is because we have an extremely open attitude,” Rao said “We don’t believe in peer exclusivity We see that as a reason why we gain the competitive edge All majors should be welcome you can be a business major, but a lot of people I met [in internships and in the industry] come from diverse back-

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Congressman aims to ensure ‘charitable endeavor of educating our kids is being maximized’

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influence people like Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, John Kasich and weigh in on the presidential election to say this is a priority that we are working on and we think you should share this as a priority,’ we will continue to do that,” Reed said

He added that despite his endorsement o f Tr u m p, h e b e l i e ve s that whoever is in the White House will be an ally in the fight against the rising cost of college

“It is an issue that d o e s n ’ t k n ow l e f t o r right,” Reed said “It is a n i s s u e t h a t i m p a c t s kids, and that is something that should bring us together strongly ”

The bill was criticized last year by Cornell administrators, including President Elizabeth Garrett, who at the time said that although those who support the legislation have “their hearts in the right place their methods won ’ t succeed for the goals they have in mind ”

John Plumb who is running against

Reed in the November elections said that Reed’s approach “doesn’t solve the problem of college being unaffordable or the problem of high student loan debts ”

“Reed’s claimed interest in student aid rings hollow given that he voted just last year to slash Pell Grants, which would hurt our rural middle-class families and college students who rely on that program to pay their way through school,” Plumb said in a statement to The Sun

“This is just one more

cover up his six years of

real solutions, not political stunts and they deserve a new member of Congress who knows the difference ”

Joel Malina, vice president of university relations, said in October that taking money from Cornell’s endowment could be a short-term solution, but that it would have unintended consequences in the long run

“Taxing or otherwise tapping into an endowment’s principal investments might satisfy short-term demands but would

also cheat future generations of the educational programs and financial aid that today’s endowments support, and violate state laws that require prudent and careful management of endowment funds,” he said

Reed responded by saying that there has been confusion surrounding the bill and that he has been working hard to clear up any doubt about its implications

“We’ve improved the framework of the legislation and making sure that we don’t move forward without having these conversations about the unintended consequences, ” he said “There was some confusion early on in the conversation that we were talking about the principle of the endowments, but we were talking about the income coming off of the endowments ”

Colleges and universities receive preferable status under the tax code, allowing donations to be tax deductible and returns off of endowments accumulate tax free However, despite mostly altruistic missions that benefit the public good, some univers i t

money, according to Reed

He said he hopes the REDUCE Act will bring about increased transparency in how

money “We’ve heard stories of football coaches, people making a donation to an endowment to get a tax deduction, that that money is used to pay off a football coach contract so that they can get rid of a football coach,” Reed said “Is that really the charitable effort that we ’ re trying to recognize under the tax code?”

Reed also said that “if we ’ re going to have the government granting these charitable deductions and this tax free status to these funds, that it’s my role as a person who writes that legislation, being on the Ways and Means Committee, to ask the questions and make sure that the charitable endeavor of educating our kids is being maximized ”

Malina responded to Reed’s comments by saying that the administration will review the REDUCE Act and added that “Cornell remains committed to providing robust financial support to our students and to working to continually improve a c c e s s t

Americans ”

Josh Girsky can be reached at jgirsky@cornellsun com

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n t o g i ve s t ud e n t s a c c e s s t o t h e s e t o o l s ” S e l i g d i s c u s s e d d i f f e r e n t a r e a s o n c a m p u s d e v o t e d t o C o r n e l l M a k e , s u c h a s s p a c e s i n M a n n L i b r a r y, C a r p e n t e r H a l l a n d C a r l B e c k e r H o u s e , a n d t h e i n i t i a t i v e ’ s s p o n s o r s , i n c l u di n g C o r n e l l D i v e r s i t y In n o v a t i o n Fu n d a n d C o r n e l l E n g i n e e r i n g “ Ou r g o a l i s t o g i v e s t u d e n t s t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o c o m e t o g e t h e r a n d c re a t e , ” Se l i g s a i d “ We a re t r y i n g t o e m p ow e r p e o p l e t o m a k e ” St e f a n k o s a i d h e s u p p o r t s t h e i n i t i

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Tan ’17 Case to Be Featured on NBC’s Dateline After Dismissal

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abused both him and his mother and that the prosecution failed to prove that Tan ever even held the murder weapon a shot-

T h e Democrat and Chronicle

Tan’s trial began on Sept 22, 2015, and after weeks of deliberation, Monroe County Cour t Judge James Piampiano declared a mistrial At his hearing on Nov 5, Piampiano dismissed the m u rd e

not enough evidence had been presented to justify it, The Sun previously reported Tan has been a free man ever since but has decided not to return to Cornell, The Sun pre-

unsolved

Josephine Chu can be reached at jchu@cornellsun com

Offshoot of Pakistani Taliban Claims Responsibility for Police Shooting

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) Gunmen on motorcycles shot and killed seven Pakistani police officers involved in a polio vaccination campaign in two separate attacks Wednesday in the por t city of Karachi, police said

A breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban that calls itself

Wednesday

The slain officers had been deployed to protect health workers administering polio vaccinations No health workers were harmed in the attacks in Karachi, the capital of southern Sindh province, local police official Mohammad Ijaz said

Another senior police officer, Feroze Shah, said authorities had no plans to suspend the polio campaign despite the attacks

Pakistani Geo ne ws network that the attacks that killed the seven officers were minutes apar t He said the attackers targeted police deployed in the city for the campaign to vaccinate children

Hours later, Ahsanullah Ahsan, a spokesman for the Jamat-ulAhrar militant group, claimed responsibility for the attack In an email to repor ters, he said Wednesday’s attack in Karachi was par t of the group ’ s campaign against security forces

However, Islamic militants have in the past targeted vaccination effor ts both in Pakistan and in neighboring Afghanistan, based on conspiracy theories that they are a cover for a Western-led sterilization campaign

The Pakistani militar y has launched multiple offensives against militant hideouts in the tribal regions and else where, but the insurgents have proven resilient

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif strongly condemned Wednesday’s “terrorist attack” Karachi In a statement, he said police officers sacrificed their lives to secure the future of our coming generation Polio, which can cause paralysis and death, remains endemic in Pakistan

Polish Jewish Community Deceived by Catholic Man

WARSAW, Poland (AP) A

Je w i s h l e a d e r i n Po l a n d s a i d Thursday that her community was deceived by a Polish Catholic man who pretended to be an Orthodox Jew, wearing a beard and payots curly sideburns in front of the ears and leading prayers in Hebrew

A l i c j a Ko b u s , l e a d e r o f Poznan’s Jewish community, said that the impostor was unmasked

re c e n t l y w h e n p e o p l e i n h i s hometown saw him on television taking part in ecumenical obser-

v a n c e s w i t h C a t h o l i c a n d

Muslim religious leaders They then informed local journalists about the hoax

Kobus told The Associated Press that the man presented himself to the community as Yaakav Ben Nistell from Haifa, Israel Polish media say his real name is Jacek Niszczota, a cook

f r o m C i e c h a n ow, a t ow n i n n o r t h - c e n t r a l Po l a n d He h a s vanished since being unmasked

The Poznan community has posted a warning on its website on Niszczota saying he “deceived not only the community members but also other people with whom he cooperated on behalf of the Poznan Jewish Community ”

As a volunteer, the man was not obliged to prove his identity, and his activities raised no suspicion

“He won our trust with the good things that he was doing: he baked challahs (bread) for Israel Independence Day ceremonies, he helped with maintenance of Jewish cemeteries, he had the right knowledge,” Kobus said He also led prayers and gave lectures on Jewish tradition, that were all correct, and did not protest when people from outside the community occasionally addressed him “rabbi,” Kobus said

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Ethiopian Troops Cross Into South Sudan To Rescue Kidnapped Children

UBA, South Sudan (AP) Ethiopian troops were operating in South Sudan on Thursday after crossing the border to rescue about 125 Ethiopian children who were kidnapped during a bloody cattle raid, and top officials from both countries sought to coordinate their efforts

Israeli radio Poland’s Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich said he met the man a few times and always found him to be “ ver y sweet and smiley ” Schudrich said that while it’s not good that the man misrepresented himself, the incident is indicative of a growing interest in Poland in its once-large Jewish community, which was nearly destroyed by Nazi Germany in the Holocaust during World War II “ Who 30 years ago in this countr y would have pretended to be a rabbi, to say nothing of 70 years ago?” Schudrich said

Peter Bashir Gbandi, acting South Sudanese foreign affairs minister, said South Sudan Chief of Staff Paul Malong would go to Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, as soon as Friday to coordinate Bashir told The Associated Press that South Sudan doesn’t want Ethiopian troops to go deeper into South Sudan He said the South Sudanese army has no forces in the area but has put troops on standby

He wouldn’t answer directly if South Sudan gave permission to Ethiopia to enter but insisted, “ we are in touch ” He said he knew who was responsible for the attack in Ethiopia and added that the area “is full of jungle These are criminals ” Officials in both countries said there was no tension between the neighboring states

South Sudanese local leaders, meanwhile, traded accusations over who was responsible Ethiopia’s government said the April 15 raid in its Gambela

region resulted in 208 deaths Ethiopia announced Wednesday its military entered South Sudan and surrounded the attackers, believed to be Murle tribesmen who abducted 125 children Local media in Ethiopia reported the Murle wanted the children to raise the 2,000 head of cattle the tribal members stole South Sudan’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, Akuei Bona Malwal, told the AP that Ethiopia and South Sudan are coordinating their actions to solve the crisis, but declined to give details about “joint tasks” which he said the two countries are carrying out

Baba Medan, the governor of South Sudan’s Boma state, where Murle and other groups live, said dissident members of the Cobra faction were responsible The Cobra was a rebel militia comprising Murle and Anyuak tribes which signed a peace deal with South Sudan’s government in 2013 and has been integrated into the national army

David Yau Yau, who led the Cobra rebellion, denied any involvement of his former troops and accused the governor, a Murle who was allied with the government against Yau Yau during the rebellion, of arming the groups that carried out the attack in Ethiopia

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Editorial

Tom Reed’s Misguided REDUCE Act

THE REDUCE ACT a piece of legislation that Congressman Tom Reed (R-N Y ) is currently working on mandates that colleges with endowments greater than $1 billion must use 25 percent of the returns on the endowment for financial aid Reed said he hopes that this policy will help combat the rising college tuition and debt burdens that many young Americans face

While Reed’s proposed legislation rightly seeks to tackle issues of affordability of and access to higher education, this policy would have damaging effects on colleges’ longterm funds As administrator Joel Malina argued, “Taxing or otherwise tapping into an endowment’s principal investments might satisfy short-term demands but would also cheat future generations of educational programs and financial aid that today’s endowment support ” If implemented, mandates like the REDUCE Act would also decrease the agency and flexibility that individual colleges have to steer their fiscal policy Such hard-line requirements limits the conversation to increasing financial aid, confining the innovative approaches that colleges could take to combat rising high tuition costs

Policymakers and college administrators cannot address the skyrocketing price tag of a college education by increasing financial aid alone From a rise in the number of college administrators to decreases in public funding for higher education, deeper issues at the national and individual college level underlie this problem Colleges must look not only to increasing financial aid but also to reducing operational costs and the cost of tuition

Ironically, increases in financial aid also provide colleges with more leeway to hike up the price of tuition Every year, Cornell administrators point to a rise in financial aid to justify annual hikes in tuition

Reed’s strongest argument for the REDUCE Act is its potential ability to increase transparency and accountability in how colleges spend their endowments While colleges often express a strong commitment to financial aid, actual policies such as Cornell’s decision to switch from need-blind to need-aware financial aid for international students brings that promise into question

Ultimately, colleges should be allowed adequate room to implement innovative, costeffective approaches towards higher education, and misguided policies such as Reed’s REDUCE Act would limit this ability However, university administrators must also take advantage of this flexibility with responsibility and a clear commitment to making higher education more affordable for students

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Income Inequality And Proposed Solutions

Whileincome inequality has come to the forefront of American politics, most Americans are unaware of the impacts that it has on our country The effects of income inequality impact everything from our economy ’ s performance to access to healthcare to the fairness of our judicial system A variety of solutions have been proposed to help combat the impacts of income inequality, however it is important that we confront not just the unfair outcomes, but the root of the problem as well Rather than just pouring increasing amounts of money into ineffective welfare programs, we should focus on incorporating measures for fairer access to education

The rise of income inequality has reached devastating proportions in the United States The OECD reports that the U S has “the second-highest level of inequality, after Chile ” Moreover, the problem worsens when we account for not only disparities in income, but also disparities in wealth As the Center for Poverty and Inequality notes, almost half of income advantages are transferred from parent to child, making the problem cyclical and intergenerational The present message coming from politicians suggest that social mobility has been declining, and even the most optimistic studies conclude that social mobility has stagnated at a level that makes countries

The present message coming from politicians suggest that social mobility has been declining, and even the most optimistic studies conclude that social mobility has stagnated at a level that makes countries such as Denmark twice as socially mobile as the U S

such as Denmark twice as socially mobile as the U S

It is important to note that an excessive income inequality is not simply a representation of unfairly distributed resources It also signals larger problems for the economy and society as a whole Vast income inequality, combined with low levels of social mobility discourages, as well as often actively prevents, future generations from taking proactive steps to improve their situation such as getting educated, starting businesses, and staying away from crime

Moreover, The Washington Center for Equitable Growth reports that if the U S could reduce its income inequality to Canada’s level, our economy would grow almost 30 percent faster Additionally, increasing a country ’ s Gini coefficient (the statistical device used to measure inequality) has also been associated with a lower tax base, meaning that reducing income inequality would naturally increase tax revenues by expanding the middle class Furthermore, the impact that income inequality has on the outcomes of criminal proceedings cannot be overlooked Decisions to prosecute cases are often determined by the prosecution’s expected chances of success at trial, which may certainly be affected by a given defendant’s ability to afford an attorney Whether the defendant must wait in jail before criminal proceedings is also largely a function of the defendant’s ability to afford bail When income inequality so pervasive as to undermine the health of the economy, disrupt equal justice, and discourage individual people from working to make their lives better, change is needed

Many proposals have been made to attempt to address income inequality; however, no solution that ignores the role education plays in shaping our economy will be complete Education has always been a route to social mobility, but with the rise of income inequality, it is slowly becoming the only option for many underprivileged Americans Both the public and private sector often require a college degree for entry-level positions Moreover, even when entry-level jobs do not require a college degree, they often only offer a chance for promotion to college graduates The more corporations adopt these kinds of practices, the more the notion of starting from the bottom and climbing the corporate ladder disappears The rise of big box stores, outsourcing, and technology have also eliminated many opportunities that the average American might otherwise have to pursue a trade or open a small business These economic realities have lead to a rapid rise in the demand for education which has simply outpaced the supply and inflated tuition

Pursuing a college degree has become incredibly competitive and expensive Due to lack of available seats, once qualified students are now rejected in droves For example, as the San Francisco Chronicle reported, about 78 percent of California’s public universities are unable to admit otherwise qualified students, and in 2014 alone these universities rejected 22,000 students This problem has trickled down to community colleges as well Their once proud accept-anyone-interested approach has become an application process which has denied hundreds of thousands of otherwise qualified students access to higher education It simply cannot be said that we are taking the correct actions to combat income inequality when people who are ready, eager, and able to improve themselves are denied the opportunity to do so Even for students who are accepted, the rising costs of an education are also problematic and must be addressed When education is one of the only viable paths to a middle class life, we cannot force students to be encumbered by unreasonable debt to get there

Income inequality is cyclical It is both cause and effect By failing to provide opportunities for social mobility, and saddling with debt those who attempt to make better lives for themselves, we fail to combat the cause of income inequality and guarantee the next generation its effects Politicians who have proposed solutions ranging from expanding welfare programs to changes in infrastructure to shifting tax policies cannot succeed without addressing the dire need to fund education In modern America, educating our people is simply a prerequisite to alleviating and reducing income inequality

Comm en t of the day

“Although it’s always hard to let go of a coach many athletes here knew very well, it is also necessary to have a successful basketball team. Maybe allowing Earl to have a fresh start and create his own foundation of cohesive basketball players is what the program needs to get away from their consistently losing record I have high hope for what Earl can contribute to Cornell men’s basketball ”

“W ho Shot J R ?”

The now infam o u s q u e s t i o n in 1980 that puzzled Dallas fans for months after the end of s e a s o n t h re e g e n e r a t e d s u c h curiosity that over 80 million Americans watched the “whod u n i t ” e p i s o d e It’s h a rd t o imagine a show in 2016 being able to similarly capture the public’s attention due to the endless availability of old and new content Yet, if the name Jon Snow sounds familiar, that’s b e c a u s e w h e t h e r yo u w a t c h Game of Thrones or not, the growing curiosity his name has generated is reminiscent of the ever popular Dallas myster y 30 years ago Is Jon Snow dead? Is he alive?

C a n h e b e re v i ve d ? W h o are his parents?

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Re: “How Cornell Basketball Hired Brian Earl,” Sports published April 21

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small, to evolve the vision for the television adaptation For example, changes were made to address the issue of child actors and actresses significantly outgrowing their characters in age However, now with this season surpassing the books, the producers and writers are entering unchartered territor y This puts more pressure on the show to deliver a satisfying stor y to both the c o n s i s t e n t v i e we r s a n d t h e readers who will be learning of Jon Snow’s fate (and other m a j o r p l o t d e ve l o p m e n t s ) through the show for the first time However, it also gives the producers more creative

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g o i n g a ro u n d about the fate of the character, compounded by HBO’s teaser poster, featuring Snow front and center with blood dripping from his eye, has only further escalated anticipation for the show, which returns on Sunday, April 24 Will the new season live up to the hype, much in t h e w a y t h a t Da l l a s d i d ?

Viewers are expecting the same high production levels, writing and acting that earned Thrones a record-setting 12 Emmy nods last year One of the challenges going into this year is that unlike all the previous seasons, this one will be premiering b e f o re a u t h o r Ge o r g e R R Martin has even finished writi n g i t s c o r re s p o n d i n g b o o k , The Winds of Winter While author George R R Martin is a producer on the show and has shared his general vision for how the show ends with the producers, he simply hasn’t created the specifics yet

Is this a cause for concern? Not necessarily In previous seasons, when the producers had complete access to the original text, they made conscious decisions, both big and

freedom to take unique risks that set it on an asymmetrical course with the books such as f u r t h e r d e ve l o p i n g c e r t a i n characters As viewers of the show who have accepted the changes that have been made thus far, it’s important that we trust the producer’s vision

Tr u s t i n t h e p ro d u c e r ’ s vision is equally as important for ending the series Most television producers will say that when it comes to conclusions, it’s nearly impossible to satisfy ever y vie wer And as popular as Thrones is, all the good will towards the show could come crashing down, like any other show, if the ending doesn’t at least meet general expectations Additionally, producers have to deal with external threats such as the networks themselves, who may tr y to squeeze as much money out of their content before all is said and done Take How I Met Your Mother, the CBS sitcom that generated a buildup of curiosity over many seasons based on one central question: Who’s the mother? While the finale itself polarized fans, many believed

n g president Michael Lombardo already spoke of his desire to see the show run six more years However, executive producers David Benioff and Dan Weiss t o l d Va r i e t y t h a t t h e y we re strongly considering wrapping the show up with 13 more episodes, which would comprise both season seven and eight As viewers of the show, we can only hope that the d e s i re f o r e m b r a c i n g t h e c re a t o r ’ s v i s i o n o u t we i g h s t h e economic allure that has all too o f t e n d a m a g e d the reputation of previous shows As a relative newcomer to the show (I started season one last summer), I’m looking for ward to finally being caught up and able to watch the show live so I can experience new episodes with my friends who have watched from the beginning Since we know the producers have envisioned a potential end to the show in the not-so-distant future, it’s safe to assume that season six will be p i vo t a l t o t h e s h ow ’ s f i n a l stretch While there’s no guarantee we will be satisfied with the ending down the road, we can hope that HBO’s programming department sees fit to let t h e p ro d u c e r s a n d w r i t e r s decide when’s the right time to stop and let them do what they do best, create To George R R Martin and the producers, I say thank you for the journey so far and, speaking as someone who goes to school in upstate New York, I’ve never been so excited to hear the words “winter is coming ”

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s t o r y o f t w o o f f i c e r s m u rd e re d i n Bro o k l y n i n 2 0 1 4 , a n d a f t e r a n a l b u m o f p e r s o n a l m u s i n g s , re t u r n s t o f u l l - o n p o l i t i c a l f o r m ( “ Pro t e c t yo u / i s w h a t t h e y s a y, b u t p o i n t a n d s h o o t / i s w h a t t h e y d o ” )

Fi n a l l y, t h e a l b u m c l o s e r, “ It’s G o n n a H a p p e n , ” c o m e s a s a p ow e r f u l c o u n t e r p o i n t t o t h e s o u n d a n d f u r y w h i c h p re c e d e s i t He re , t h e b a n d t a k e s a s l owe r - p a c e d a p p r o a c h , w i t h l i t t l e m o re t h a n u n a d o r n e d g u i t a r a n d Sa v a g e ’ s v o c a l s A m i d a w o r l d o f “ p l a s t i c f a c e s ” w h i c h “f e e l c o l d a n d / u n c o m m o n l i k e t h e y ’ v e g o t s o m e / p l a c e t o b e , ” h e h a s f o u n d a d e g re e o f i n n e r p e a c e A s i f t r y i n g t o c o n v i n c e h i ms e l f o f t h i s , h e s i n g s t h a t h e ’ s “ n o t a n i m p o s t o r, ” a n d t e l l s t h e l i s t e

Sam Bromer is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at sbromer@cornellsun com

The Beautiful Ones

Jamie Foxx once did a bit in a stand-up act about meeting Prince The punch-line of his body language essentially revolved around Foxx demurring in Prince’s presence, unable to look the singer in the eyes for fear of questioning his sexuality

It’s a stale joke The actual language is pretty homophobic too (there are other comic pieces about meeting Prince which also base their humor on fragile masculinity, but we’ll leave Dave Chappelle and Charlie Murphy alone for now) The bit still works though because ever yone in the audience is already familiar with the regal if not godly eroticism which permeates any project Prince has touched He carried an air of omnipotence and desire simultaneously, no less compounded by the intensities he reached in his music, which flaunts an extraordinar y range and talent

Not to be outdone even by his own capacities as a producer, songwriter and musician, he also performed electrically If you can scrounge up a bootleg of his 1985 Grammy rendition of “Baby I’m a Star,” I would highly recommend you watch the entire video It attests to Prince’s charisma It begins at a simmer and quickly spirals into magic celebration The Revolution, his backing band, coordinate fluidly while Prince pulls the crowd onstage By the end, he’s walking shirtless through the audience with a dismissive air, and honestly, I think he has the right There’s no way anyone that night could have played as good a show as he just had

Despite these vivid expressions

o f l i f e a n d j oy, Prince’s work also

remember that love, sex and celebration persist in even the darkest of times Rather than fighting

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, Prince’s music encourages us to rejoice in them

My own personal relationship with Prince’s music began with a play-through of his record

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been surpassed by other candi-

album, Dirty Mind nonetheless established the entertainer in my mind as a mystic and indefatigable funk fiend He presented himself as such, with punk songs

deflowering

Stephen Meisel

c a m e a c r o s s a s profoundly honest Even with his e a r l y h i t s , h e u n d e r s t o o d t h e gravity of the times “1999,” while admittedly a let’s-forget-ever ything-to-party song, speaks to the freedom in letting go of fear The men in charge beget the apocalypse, but there’s still a moment to engage in the rapture of living

This hyperbolic but thrilling personality was a vital part of his magnetism It’s the same obscenity we can thank for Parental Advisor y warnings, with Prince’s jam “Darling Nikki”, a short but energetic tune about one peculiar sexual encounter, scaring Tipper Gore so much that she founded the Parents Music Resource Center It never seemed like Prince’s songs were specifically intended to shock Opposed to some music which receives a similar type of attention for obscenity, the sexuality of Prince’s music becomes something inherently less violent but all the more truthful and beautiful

Appearances

Often times this is the purpose found throughout Prince’s work to feel with passion a diversity of emotions, to

With baffled reactions like Tipper Gore’s, we also see that the music embraces its political value, and Prince was never one to shy away from mixing music and politics During his 1993 conflict with Warner Brothers, Prince would often be seen in public with the word “slave” on his cheek Just last year, he called out record contracts as slaver y, urging newcomers to stay away from deals with labels Regardless of how artists are treated by the music industr y (dismally), these actions speak to Prince’s willingness to

Research Board Hosts Annual Spring Forum

Encourages undergraduates to present posters on research projects

By EVELYN SHAN Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell Undergraduate Research Board held its 31st annual student-run Spring Forum, which drew hundreds of spectators to Duffield Hall, where 120 undergraduate students presented their research projects on Wednesday

“The goal is to get as many undergraduates as possible who are involved in research to come together and present their posters, ” said Maria Sirenko ’16, copresident of CURB

“A lot of people know about this, so faculty will tell their students to present ”

this year

“At our previous Spring Forum event, our presenters performed research heavily in the biological sciences, molecular biology and genetics and within the College of Human Ecology, but this year we ' ve increased our amount of social science and engineering presentations,”

Ragi said

The number of submissions increased this year and planning for the forum has lasted the entire semester, according to Jake Weiser ’16, co-president of the Symposium Committee

“The goal is for more people to be interested in engaging in research.”

Kylie Long ’19, a member of the Symposium Committee the committee in CURB that organized the forum said the forum seeks to encourage students to conduct their own research

“The goal is for more people to be interested in engaging in research, not just science research, but also the humanities side of things,” Long said “If people are interested, they might want to do research as well ”

Sara Ragi ’18, a member of the Symposium Committee, said the breadth of research topics has expanded

“In terms of the actual event, it’s a matter of getting ever yone on board, delegating roles, waking up at five in the morning to move the boards from Biotech to here, coming at 2 p m to help set up and making sure that things don’t go wrong, ” Weiser said Taylor Crisologo ’16 studies ornithology and has a manuscript in review for publication and another still in preparation She said she appreciates being able to present her work in a formal setting and receive feedback from her peers

outline,” she said “I love it, because it’s a great community; it’s like an idea incubator ”

Vianna Chan ’17 said the poster presentation was also good practice for students to share their work with those without prior knowledge of the topic She said her research involves the integration of water treatment system design and fiber science approach to environmental effects

“I’ve never formally presented my work before, so I guess it’s an opportunity to communicate what I’m working on and to generalize the information to people who might not be knowledgeable in my field,” Chan said Megan Daniels grad one of the judges and a teaching assistant for investigative biology, called the experience enjoyable for both students and judges

K y l i e L o n g ’ 1 9 Evelyn Shan can be reached at eshan@cornellsun com

“Being able to talk to my peers so that what I’m explaining in poster form makes sense to them allows me to go back home and start writing a clearer

“As a judge, I’m looking for a clear explanation of why they did it, the reproducibility and what sort of scientific rigor went into it,” Daniels said “I want to know that they were thoughtful in conducting their research, and that it wasn ’ t purely observational or randomly motivated It really makes me appreciate how creative science can be ” Winners for the Spring Forum will be announced in a few days, according to Weiser

push boundaries on all fronts, not just musical ones

It’s difficult to imagine American pop culture without the man ’ s influence The temples of the self our society inflates and praises, conflating our celebrities with deities and making a point of this fact, find their roots in the multicolor dreamshow written, produced and directed by a son of Minneapolis musicians Some of the wavy grooves of the late 2000s, anywhere from MGMT to Miguel, can locate their foundations in the hybrid funks Prince explored And looking past the cult of personality, the random appearances, the stand-up comedy routines, we also see a person who dedicated themselves to their art for the sake of other people Prince didn’t just want people to feel happy He wanted ever yone to throw their hands up, get on stage and let go Music has lost a star today It was the mastermind behind one of the most electrifying aesthetics to ever come alive and paint a perfect picture for the rest of us

Stephen Meisel is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at smeisel@cornellsun com Appearances appears alternate Fridays this semester

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Baseball Looks to Rebound Against Penn

By JACK KANTOR Sun Assistant Editor

Following a promising weekend against Columbia, the Cornell men ’ s baseball team walked away empty

h a n d e d We d n e s d a y i n a d o u b l e h

Dartmouth at home After scoring a total of four runs in the two games, the Red will take on Penn in a key four-game series and tr y to get back on track

In the first game, Cornell (12-16, 5-7 Ivy) surrendered five runs in the final inning after holding a couple of leads over the course of the game However, the game ended in final score of 9-3, in favor of Dartmouth (13-20, 7-5)

“In game one, we had some opportunities and we

Let’s get physical | Head coach Dan Pepicelli cites a lack of aggressiveness behind the plate as a major problem

Underclassmen

Hope to Win One for Seniors

lot on our transition play both offense and defence as well as face offs because we know that that those two areas are going to be key come Saturday,” he said

Kerwick has devoted the first half of the week to what he calls “Cornell lacrosse ” Specifically, that is getting back to the Cornell standard without looking much at Brown’s tendencies

“It’s been about just performing at our highest level this week and focusing on that,” he said “We’ll look a little bit at their personnel and the way they do things today ”

Tomorrow’s game is also senior day, as it is the Red’s last home game of the season The exemplary senior class will certainly receive some well-deserved praise, but the real celebration will come after the final buzzer sounds

“These young men have done so much for our program and everyone within the locker room knows that,” Kerwick said “We will definitely recognize them before the game, [but] most of it comes after the game when we get together as a team in the locker room with the families for a bite to eat up in the Hall of Fame room ”

It will be nice to step back to take a break and put these players’ careers in perspective at such an intense part of the season, but Kerwick and the Red know that this will only be one side note to a very pivotal game

Kerwick is confident that the team will put up an excellent fight against Brown, despite the gap on the leaderboard

“We’re playing our best lacrosse right now which is what you always want to do as a team, [playing] your best down the stretch,” he said “[Everyone’s] hard work [is] starting to pay off, so it should be a great lacrosse game to watch ” Play begins at 1 p m on Schoellkopf

had a lead but we just couldn’t hang on We are just disappointed,” said head coach Dan Pepicelli

In the second game of the day, the Red saw a bit more success at the plate with six hits three more than the first game but the Green seemed to have a hold on the Red

C o r n e l l t r a i l e d f o r whole game, but attempted to come back in the seventh inning when sophomore Ellis Bitar managed to steal third and home on an error to put his team on the board However, that would be the Red’s lone run as the team would go on to lose, 3-1

leaning on three or four for four hitters ”

This is a problem the Red ran into in the first game yesterday

“It’s tough to play on the road in the Ivy League. It’s going to be really important that we band togerher and go for it ”

“ We had a good game going into the seventh,” Pepicelli said “[But] we had to use some other guys b e c a u s e we h a d a s e c o n d game coming They scored five in the seventh; we clearly could have limited what that was We had to worr y about game two a little bit too ”

“ We didn’t get enough with the opportunities that we had,” Pepicelli said “It’s disappointing With the second game we felt like we didn’t have ver y good luck ”

Junior infielder Frankie Padulo said he thought his team performed much better in the second game, despite the loss But the effort was not enough “ We did not swing the bats well at all in the first game, ” Padulo said “And then [in] the second game we put a lot of barrels on balls, but could not quite get the timely hit we needed ”

The pitching was also much better in game two The four relief pitchers collectively allowed two hits, one walk and no earned runs in three innings

What will be 10 games in nine days with the upcoming series against Penn (15-18, 6-6) is no easy task, especially with the recent pitching struggles For this reason, 10 different pitchers were used in the two games against Dartmouth so that no pitcher was overworked, according to Pepicelli

“ I a m t r y i n g t o re d u c e t h e w o rk l o a d o n o u r bullpen,” Pepicelli said “It’s going to be more like, ‘ get your three or two guys and get of there,’ rather than

In addition to pitching, Cornell will have to figure out their offensive game and start getting more hits in order to win the series against the Quakers One such solution, Pepicelli suggests, is being more aggressive at the plate

“From an offensive standpoint, we just need to take aggressive swings and put barrels on balls,” Padulo said The Red sits one game below the Quakers in the Lou Gehrig division of the Ivy League This series will be pivotal in closing the gap between Cornell and the Ivy leader Princeton, who will play the Red in four games the following weekend

It will not be an easy weekend But Cornell is ready for the challenge, and more than willing to take it on

“[Penn] is ver y similar to us, ” Pepicelli said “ They have pretty good pitching numbers We are playing at their place; it’s tough to play on the road in the Ivy League It’s going to be really important that we band together and go to it ”

The pitchers for the series will be junior right-hander Paul Balestrieri first on Saturday and junior righthander Peter Lannoo secon Sophomore left-hander Justin Lewis and junior right-hander Tim Willittes will start Sunday

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Earl Hopes to Turn Program Around

Several issues face the team immediately Given that every player on the current roster was brought in by Courtney, there will be a natural skepticism toward a revamp from some of the older guys on the team, according to Fleming

“[ The seniors and juniors] are excited but some people are a little tepid because it is entirely new and are no longer under the man who brought us to this school,” Fleming said “I owe Coach Courtney so much for me being here He was the one who gave me the opportunity to play Division I basketball, so I’ll be forever grateful for that ”

While there will be a transition period for the players, the new head coach of Red basketball will face a similar change in environment But for Earl, the opportunity to be a head coach in the Ivy League is a dream come true

“I want to be a head coach, but I think just I’m trying to get up there and understand, more than anything else,” Earl said “A lot of times people want to come in and impose their will and I want to get up there and understand the situation and meet my players and get them comfortable with me and then move forward in the best way for us A lot of it is coming in and getting a feel for the basketball situation and moving forward in the best way

”

As for switching allegiances from an Ivy League rival trading in that Princeton orange for the Cornell carnelian Earl said he doesn’t anticipate any issues

“Princeton will always be a part of who I am, ” Earl said “Alma maters are always a part of whoever you are, but it will be high on my priority list to get

two wins against them every year for the next few years ” The Future

A few hours after the announcement of Earl’s hiring, Noel, John Webster, the director of athletic alumni affairs, and Jesse Saldana, Noel’s assistant, stood around the reception desk watching an old highlight video of Earl during his college days As Earl slashes to the hoop and drains some fadeaway jumpers, the trio laughed happily, seemingly reminded of the endless potential ceiling any new coaching hiring brings to any athletic program

The previous failures, the disappointment all fade away A new coach means a new generation of endless

potential success And hey, maybe even a return to the glory days of the Sweet 16 run is now in play Nothing seems impossible, until, of course, the first tip-off of the new season, when reality sets in As video of Earl draining a 3-pointer plays in the background, Noel turns with a big smile, like that of a first grader who’s just gotten a new toy to bring into show-and-tell, and chuckles

“ That Brian Earl,” Noel says, tongue in cheek, “he looks like he’d be a pretty good coaching candidate for this Cornell basketball job ”

Earl Declared Next Head Coach After Arduous Process

“The one thing that is very critical about being in this interviewing process and the campus visit process is that you want each candidate to have as strong a feeling for Cornell and our department and our basketball program as possible,” Noel said “You don’t want anyone to come here and all surprised at anything because that just causes issues You really put it out there ”

The candidates sat down again in long meetings with Noel in order for him to get a better grasp of each coach’s short-term and long-term visions for the program and how they differentiated themselves from the rest of the pack

“It was getting to know a lot of the senior staff and understanding Cornell University and the facilities for basketball and really getting comfortable with the few aspects of the University that I hadn’t already known about,” Earl said “I met with a lot of people and made sure that they felt comfortable with my knowledge and potential It was a long few days, but I felt very comfortable with the people and with the University ”

As Earl toured the slopes and intricacies of the Cornell campus, he began to feel at home, which was something Noel sensed during their talks And while he had been to Ithaca before, as both a player and a coach, the tour brought Cornell into a new light for Earl

“In 13 years of going up there and playing against Cornell, you really only drive up to the gym and get out and play the game and get back on the bus and drive away, ” Earl said “I hadn’t been able to get out and see the University It is very unique as the Ivy League institutions go It’s got such a large scale and scope to everything and there’s students everywhere and a really big campus feel There were a lot of things that you think you ’ re close enough to understand, but once you get there, you understand what an amazing place it is ”

outside Noel’s office in Teagle Hall First Billeter, then Taylor and finally, Earl While the players spoke highly of all the coaching candidates, they said Earl stood out from the pack for a number of reasons

“With Coach Earl, his understanding of the league, he was player of the year in 1999,” Morgan said “He’s been through it He’s coached at Princeton for the past nine years and they’ve been real successful He understands the league ”

“We wanted someone who understood what the typical Ivy League player goes through on the daily.”

But the sightseeing and the chats with Noel were just the beginning After passing through inter views with the administration, each candidate faced the players

The Player Interviews

Noel and Quant reached out to four players to help with the selection process in order to include an athlete's perspective in the candidates’ evaluation Rising seniors JoJo Fallas, Dez Fleming and David Onuorah and rising sophomore Matt Morgan joined together to help choose the coach that was in the best interest for Cornell’s program both now and in the future

Each brought a different set of questions, issues to be considered when speaking with the candidates How would a new coach establish the right culture? How would they continue to develop players across different positions? How would they care about the well-being of the players on and off the court? And these questions preceded considerations of on-court offensive and defensive philosophy

“With every coach, there is some aspect they are trying to sell themselves and what they can bring to a program, ” Fleming said

For each coaching candidate, the players met in a room

The players also got a sense of flexibility from Earl, a willingness to adapt and change, but also saw him as someone who could lay down a foundation for a new culture around the program

“He’s not set on a prescribed offense or defensive system, ” Fleming said “He wants to see what tools he has here and then mold that group to a longer term vision as well as establish a culture that is self-sustaining to where, obviously as a head coach, he has control and leadership of the team, but he wants it to become an area where players are holding each other accountable and making sure everything is done in order to win a championship here ”

That flexibility, combined with his previous experience as a player in the Ivy League, certainly left an impression on Morgan

“It was very important because we wanted someone who understood what the typical Ivy League player goes through on the daily, especially when it comes to Ivy season, those back-to-backs on the Friday and Saturday games, ” Morgan said

After the candidates finished their respective interviews with the select group of players, the athletes went to the locker room and began deliberating on a white board about who they wanted to recommend For each of the coaches, the players created a pros-and-cons list While there were concerns with each of the candidates, the players easily

came to a consensus on which candidate they wanted to recommend It was Earl

“All I could think during that meeting,” Fallas said, “ was that I wanted [Earl] to be my coach ”

However, in order to make sure they weren ’ t making a snap judgment last thursday, the players slept on their decision On Friday, they woke up and recommended Earl to Noel and Quant

The Offer

After finishing his interview with Cornell on Friday, Earl drove to New York City to work on recruitment

“When I went up to Cornell to understand the place, I fell in love with it,” Earl said “I was living on egg shells there for a day or two not knowing if it was me or not ”

With the recommendation from the players in mind, Noel and others spent Saturday deliberating who they wanted to offer the job to At the end of the day, several factors separated Earl from the other candidates in Noel’s eyes

“There was very strong support for Brian and some folks were surprised,” Noel said “Some people went into it thinking we wanted someone who has definitely been a head coach ”

“Originally, my mindset was not to have a guy who had only been an assistant coach,” Fallas said “[Earl] blew me away even though he I had that preconceived notion ”

There was Earl’s familiarity with the conference, both as a player and a coach According to Noel, Earl’s experience as Princeton’s Ivy League scout not only made him familiar with the Red, but also with every other team in the conference

“He understood the strengths of our current players, the talent level that they have and the ways that they would adjust and modify,” Noel said “He was very optimistic about the group that we had now and he has a pretty extensive plan for moving forward ”

This sentiment was mirrored by the players

“We felt like he was part of the Ivy League,” Morgan said “There was that sense of comfort and trust that he would be able to do the job because he's been here, not to say the other coaches weren ’ t great because Billeter and Taylor, both of them were great head coaches and would be great coaches at the [Division I] position, but [Earl’s] understanding of what it takes to be successful to be in the Ivy League was important ”

Noel was similarly impressed by Earl’s ability to talk about the X ’ s and O’s of the sport But most of all, Earl represented someone who was a “ strong basketball guy, ” Noel said

“He certainly, in my view, should not be pigeonholed as an Ivy guy, ” Noel said “He's a basketball guy who played in the Ivy League, who coached in the Ivy League, but he has a real plan and vision for where he thinks Cornell can go ”

After considering all the factors, Noel called Earl on Sunday and offered him the job Earl accepted and turned a new chapter in his life and for Cornell basketball by doing so

The Change

Earl was introduced to the Cornell community at a press conference on Thursday While there was fanfare and jubilation, the reality of the situation is that Cornell faces a tall task at hand The Red finished near the bottom of the Ivy League last year and, given the national exposure Yale received in its run in the NCAA tournament and the continued development of Har vard into a powerhouse the Crimson brings in a Top-25 recruiting class in 2016-17 bringing Cornell back towards the top of the conference will be no easy feat

How Cornell Basketball Hired Brian Earl

By JOON LEE Sun Senior Writer

It started with a bunch of binders, and a whole lot of them at that

Cornell athletic director Andy Noel decided that the men ’ s basketball program needed to move in a different direction the day after the season when he finalized the move to not renew the contract of Bill Courtney Courtney was the man formerly at the helm of a program that had been struggling since the days of three consecutive Ivy League conference titles and that improbable Sweet 16 run in 2010

With the decision not to renew Courtney’s contract, Noel began his first coaching search since the man who led the way to the Sweet 16, Steve Donahue, defected to head the program at Boston College So with the help of Larry Quant the deputy athletic director Noel put together a binder of potential coaching candidates, looking at the coaches from every school in the Ivy League, the Patriot League and other notable mid-major programs and academic institution with high academic standards Among those include powerhouse schools like Duke and Notre Dame, along with Vanderbilt and Northwestern

and Quant spent two to two and a half hours with each of the candidates getting to know their coaching philosophy and what they would bring to the Red's basketball program

“[Noel and Quant] made it very cordial and comfortable and we talked some very specific Cornell and Cornell basketball things, but got to know each other a little bit as well,” Earl said “It was nice ”

While some other programs typically spent around a half hour with their potential coaches, Noel said he wanted to be as thorough as possible Leaving the conference in Houston, he had narrowed his list down to three finalists for the coaching job: Tom Billeter, the head coach of Augustana College, Billy Taylor, the former head coach of Ball State and Lehigh, and Earl

The next step was to bring each of them to Ithaca

The Tour

“[ Earl is a] Mild mannered on the outside, [a] burning cauldron on the inside.”

In these binders, Noel and Quant noted each candidate’s qualifications, ranging from their playing and coaching accolades to newspaper clips from student newspapers to win-loss records From there, the duo narrowed down their potential coaches to a group of 12 to 15 candidates and flew down to Houston for the annual convention for the National Association of Basketball Coaches

“We wanted to make that opportunity really work for us because we could see a lot of really good people in a three or four day period, so that's what we did,” Noel said “Out of that group, I will tell you, not a single person failed to do a good job ”

Brian Earl, the associate head coach at Princeton, was on the prowl for his first head coaching opportunity as well, and sat down with Noel and Quant for a dinner that lasted just under two hours Earl was a four-year starter for the Tigers as a student and started his coaching career with his alma mater in 2007

The interviews were grueling, according to Noel Both he

Each of the coaching candidates brought something a little bit different to the table Billeter brought the most experience to the table by far, having spent 14 years with Augustana and another five previously with North Dakota State Under Billeter’s watch, the Vikings went 65-5 over the past three seasons Additionally, Billeter also led Augustana to a national championship trophy at the NCAA Division II level while also garnering DII Coach of the Year honors

“[Billeter] was a lot like Steve Donahue,” Noel said “He had a path a lot like Steve Donahue because when he started [at Augustana], he had some rocky seasons because he had some rocky seasons and then he emerged and did really well ”

On the other hand, Taylor previously served as the head coach for Lehigh in the Patriot League, a similar mid-major basketball conference Under Taylor, Lehigh won the 2004 Patriot League tournament and was named Coach of the Year in both 2003 and 2004 After his time at Lehigh, Taylor moved closed to his family at Ball State in Indiana where his team accumulated a 84-99 record But after a new Athletic Director was brought in to run the ship in 2013, Taylor was let go Since then, he’s been at Iowa serving as the director of operations under Fran McCaffrey

“Unbelievably gregarious, into analytics,” Noel said of Taylor “Knew our team inside and out Had watched most

of our games on the web Terrific with people, highest recommendations Great player He was a former captain at Notre Dame Impressive ”

Unlike the previous two candidates, Earl did not have any head coaching experience, but working in finance before serving as the associate head coach and director of recruitment under his former Tigers teammate Mitch Henderson

“[He’s] an extremely competitive person, ” Noel said “Mild mannered on the outside, burning cauldron on the inside ”

All three individuals visited Ithaca in order Noel accompanied each of the coaching candidates on a tour of the campus, visiting the Johnson Museum, the Cornell Store, Willard Straight Hall and the basketball facilities as highlights

Laxers Face Tough Test With No. 3 Brown to Visit on Senior Day

By SHAN DHALIWAL Sun Assistant Sports Editor

With two Ivy League games left in the season and an Ivy League title still at play, it is crunch time for the men ’ s lacrosse team The Red have had ample time to develop over a long season and will need to put what they have learned to the test

Cornell (6-5, 1-3 Ivy) welcomes No 3 Brown (11-1, 4-0) tomorrow on Schoellkopf field

R i d i n g a t w o - g a m e w i n n i n g streak, this game will be key for maintaining positive momentum continuing through the end of the season

“It is going to be the biggest game of the year so far because there is so much riding on it,” said freshman midfielder Clarke Petterson

Petterson’s excellent play last week which included his first career hat trick in the overtime win against Syracuse and two timely goals to set up freshman

attack Colton Rupp’s buzzer-beater in the Lehigh game was good enough to earn him Ivy League Rookie of the Week

He hopes to keep this level of play up in the Brown game “A win over an Ivy opponent right now is a necessity,” he said “If we want a shot at maki n g t h e Iv y L e a

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N C A A t o u r n a m e n t then this is a must win game ” Heach coach Matt Kerwick knows Brown h a s o n e o f t h e b e s

teams in the country and will be a tall task for his team

turning the ball over They’re just a team that likes to go and keep going ” The Bears lead the

goals per game and are

“They play a different style than almost anyone in the country right now, ” he said “They’re very aggressive when they come over the midfield line attacking the goal and don’t care about

with a shot percentage of 371, so it will be essential that the Red

then have an excellent defensive game

“We know Brown is a very dangerous team, especially in transition, so we are really focusing on limiting transition opportunities and trying to play good transition defense,” Petterson said In terms of preparing, Petterson noted that the team has been working a lot on its transition play

“In practice we are focusing a