04-24-13

Natural Resources Bldg. Opens After 2 Years

Fernow Hall met with enthusiasm from students, professors

By KEVIN MILIAN

Sun Staff Wr ter

After two years without a building to call home, students and faculty in the Department of Natural Resources heralded the reopening of Fernow Hall Tuesday

The building, which was shut down for renovations in 2011, now has a rain garden to control stormwater runoff, a garden terrace for use by the faculty and staff and solar

p a n e l s f o r re n e w a b l e e n e r g y, a c c o rd i n g t o C o r n e l l Sustainable Campus’ website

Since construction on the building began in May 2011, the natural resource department had been scattered across campus Administrative and faculty offices were housed in nearby Bruckner Lab, graduate students conducted research in Rice Hall and undergraduate students took courses in a

variety of classrooms on the Agriculture Quad and as far as Bardfield and Riley-Robb Hall

Prof Paul Curtis, natural resources, said that Fernow’s closing resulted in a less than ideal setup for faculty

“I was in Bruckner in the basement in a small room with a small window that couldn’t open, ” Curtis said “It’s nice to have fresh air, and [Fernow] is amazing Bruckner was functional; we met our needs, but it’s much better in the new building ” Samantha Dean ’12, who was a natural resources major, said that while Fernow was closed, many of her required classes were held in one room in Warren Hall, which she described as “basically Satan’s armpit because it has zero windows and the thermoregulation capabilities of a camp-

Sur vey Defends Education in The Liberal Arts

By LAUREN AVERY Sun Senior Writer

Despite facing seemingly limited job prospects, students graduating with a broad academic background and a variety of skills may be more appealing to employers than students with a narrower academic focus, according to a recent survey conducted by the Association of American Colleges and Universities

The AAC&U surveyed 318 employers in the U S last January about college graduates with either two or four-year degrees 74 percent of business and nonprofit leaders said they would recommend that students obtain a 21st-century liberal arts education “in order to prepare for long-term professional success in today’s global economy, ” according to the study

Echoing the AAC&U survey ’ s message, Rebecca Sparrow, director of Cornell Career Services, said the specificity of a student’s course of study is not as important as a student’s professional skill set

“With my experience of talking to employers, they are looking for people with a range of skills and a solid academic background,” Sparrow said “It is all about finding the right mix between your academic training –– where you learn how to learn –– and the other skills that you will develop and take into the workplace ”

While some careers require applicants to have a more specific academic background, such as computer science or mechanical engineering, those options “ not the bulk of jobs by any means, ” Sparrow said

Still, students in more specialized majors at the University such as those in the School of Hotel Administration or the College of Engineering should not be concerned about being overshadowed

Panelists Call for S olution to Con ict in Middle East

By EMMA JESCH Sun Staff Writer

Throughout the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has been marked by violence and bitter diatribe, many have questioned whether peace is even possible in the Middle East At a p a n e l Tu e s d a y, h owe ve r, t w o s p e a k e r s expressed hope that Israel and Palestine can reach a resolution by engaging in meaningful negotiations with each other

The talk, sponsored by the Cornell Israel Public Affairs Committee, touched on the feasibility of the two-state solution which would create an independent state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel and the need for negotiation between both sides

The goal of the discussion was to “shed more light and less heat on these issues,” said David Makovsky, director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy Project on the Middle East Peace Process and a pro-Israel activist

“We want a solution that gives dignity to both sides,” Makovsky said

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Weird News of the Week

Cops: Men Toss Dead Groundhog, Grouse Into Pennsylvania Bar

BROOKVILLE, Pa (AP) Police in one western Pennsylvania town are investigating a case of bar kill: a groundhog and a grouse, both dead, tossed into a tavern by unsatisfied customers

The (Dubois) Courier-Express repor ts that the animals were tossed into Bill’s Bar hours apar t Sunday in Brookville, about 70 miles nor theast of Pittsburgh

Associated Press that the suspects are an underage man who was refused ser vice at the bar and another who was turned away because of “ an alcohol problem ”

The chief says such use of animals is a fairly common problem in Brookville He says, for example, “ a guy will get in an argument and put a dead squirrel on his girlfriend's doorknob, that kind of thing ”

GIRARD, Pa (AP) Police have cited a 42-year-old Pennsylvania woman for disorderly conduct after she called 911 requesting a divorce and police assistance to make her husband leave

Troopers say the woman called just after 1 a m Saturday asking that officers be sent to her home in Girard

Township in northwestern Pennsylvania

Police say they explained to the woman, whom they are not identifying, that a divorce is a civil matter and that they could not make her husband leave the residence because no crime had been committed

Instead, police have cited the woman for disorderly conduct and misusing the Erie County 911 system

SALINA, Kan (AP) A central Kansas woman likely won ’ t remember her first circus for the clowns or performances it’ll be the tiger in the bathroom

The big cat had escaped briefly after its turn in the ring Saturday at the Isis Shrine Circus in Salina Staff members blocked off the concourses at the Bicentennial Center as the tiger wandered into the bathroom, where one of the doors was blockaded

About that time, Salina resident Jenna Krehbiel decided she needed to use the restroom When she walked in the door that hadn’t been blocked off, she found a tiger standing about 2 feet away, The Salina Journal repor ted

“You don’t expect to go in a bathroom door, have it shut behind you and see a tiger walking toward you, ” Krehbiel said Chris Bird, manager at the Bicentennial Center, said the bathroom was only 25 feet long

“Once she saw the tiger, I’m sure she knew to go the other way, Bird said “Overall, it was a scary, surreal moment I am glad no one was hurt or injured ”

C.U. Bio diversity Program in India To Launch in 2014

By LUCY MEHRABYAN Sun Staff Wr ter

Starting in Spring 2014, students will be able to travel to the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in Southern India for the semester to learn about biodiversity conservation, sustainable environments and livelihoods

“The plan is for the Nilgiri Field Learing Center to grow into a vibrant program that engages people from very different places, cultures and life experiences,” said Lesley Yorke, the program ’ s communications lead “I believe that the knowledge we need to solve problems comes not only from academia and not only from the community, but in that creative place where people from those traditions meet and learn from one another ”

The Field Learning Center will have five Cornell undergraduates, five students from India and five community members learning and researching together, according to the program ’ s website Cornell faculty members will teach throughout the semester, which is divided into three-week modules

The three subject areas covered in the semester include the impacts of biodiversity on nutrition and traditional medicinal systems, the effects of urbanization on the biodiversity of the Nilgiri reserve and an examination of systems of governance for effective conservation, sustainable environments and livelihood generation, according to the program ’ s website

Cornell partnered with The Keystone Foundation an organization in India that works on environmentally friendly projects in indigenous communities to establish the program

Dr Pratim Roy, director of the Keystone Foundation, brought the idea of a field learning center where academic professionals, students and local community could come together to learn when he came to Cornell a few years ago

Among the people who have played a central role in collaborating with the Keystone Foundation in the development of the program are Prof Neema Kudva, city and regional planning, who is Cornell’s faculty lead on the project, and Yorke The core faculty members involved in the project are Prof Anurag Agrawal, ecology and evolutionary biology, Prof Rebecca Stoltzfus, nutritional sciences, Prof

Court: Shooter of IPD Officer Not Guilty of Intentional Shooting

City police expressed dismay Monday that the man accused of shooting an Ithaca Police officer in October was not found guilty of attempting to intentionally kill the officer

On Oct 12, IPD Officer Anthony Augustine was shot while pursuing a suspect on foot who was accused of stealing a vehicle on West Hill

According to a statement from IPD released Monday, while Booker was found guilty of shooting Augustine, there was a hung jury on the most serious charge brought against him: attempting to intentionally kill a police officer

In the statement, John Barber, acting chief of the IPD, said the “hung jury on the most serious charge is a blow to the men and women who serve and protect our community, but it will not bend our commitment to providing the citizens of Ithaca with the best possible service

Augustine sur vived the shooting “thanks to his will to survive,” but is still in recovery, Barber said in the statement

“The courage that Officer Augustine has displayed in refusing to allow evil to prevail since that fateful night in October is the epitome of what the IPD strives to achieve each day,” Barber said –– Compiled by Caroline Flax

Andrew Willford, anthropology and Asian studies and Prof Steven Wolf, natural resources

Mohit Nair ’13, who is the program assistant for the Nilgiris Field Learning Center, visited the site this past winter

“The site was nothing like what you imagine India to be,” Nair said “It is a beautiful, serene location in the hills of the Nilgiris, a two-hour drive from the nearest airport in Coimbatore –– a beautiful escape from the typical, crowded city scene that epitomizes most of India ”

At a recent information session for the program held in Mann Library, one of the attendees, Jessica Sparling ’13 said she was inspired by the potential of the program

“If I weren ’ t about to graduate in May, this is undoubtedly a program that I would apply for The program format is [a] rare opportunity for students to interact with and learn from other students, experts, individuals and non-profit workers while engaging in service work,” Sparling said

The program is unique because it includes aspects of service-learning to ensure that students have experiences with tangible learning outcomes, according to its organizers

Yorke said the program hopes to achieve a service-learn-

ing environment by emphasizing learning by doing, fostering learning from the interactions between people of different life experiences and teaching students problem-solving abilities through practical application

“I hope that we will generate knowledge that benefits learners of any age, that we engage in research projects that make a difference to the communities in the Nilgiris and that we create an engaged learning and research program that others will want to emulate,” Yorke said Sparling said she thinks many students will be interested in the program

“If you are an adventurous, open-minded, compassionately curious student who is willing to push themselves far outside their comfort zone to live, work and study alongside their international team of colleagues, this project is definitely worth investigating It is such a unique and marvellous opportunity; it makes me wish I was a year younger!”

Sparling said

Lucy Mehrabyan can be reached at lmehrabyan@cornellsun com

A s Time Run s Out, Slope D ay S eek s Volunteers

By ERICA AUGENSTEIN Sun Staff Writer

With about 230 volunteers signed up, Slope Day organizers have less than two weeks left to reach their goal of doubling the number of volunteers who will help out at the event

Slope Day Chair Yang Zhao ’13 said the volunteer shortage is fairly typical, adding that “ every year, we are pretty low until the last week ”

Mason Brody-Carney ’13, who has helped oversee the event ’ s entire volunteer force for the past four years, echoed Zhao’s sentiments

“Usually, there [are] about 100 people who know they are volunteering I guess you have about 300 people [sign up] once they find out about [the need for volunteers],” Brody-Carney said

Despite the consistent lack of confirmed volunteers leading up to Slope Day, BrodyCarney said volunteering help man the event appeals to many students who want to enjoy the tradition but “don’t necessarily want to go and drink ”

Brody-Carney said he wants to recruit enthusiastic volunteers, adding that the slope could be inadequately surveyed if people feel obligated to help

“We want people who want to volunteer, ” he said

April Schneider ’13, who has been a Slope Day volunteer in the past, said she has enjoyed being a part of the event ’ s success

“Personally, I enjoy Slope Day way more when I have a constructive part in putting on the program It feels good to be able

to help people at least in a small way, ” Schneider said

The committee aims to recruit 400 to 500 volunteers in order to ensure the event runs smoothly, according to Ashwin Raja ’14, leader of the team of Slope Day volunteers who are responsible for the event ’ s environmental sustainability

“You always want man power on the day of the event The more volunteers there are, the better the experience is for everyone, ” Raja said Student volunteers encourage attendees to eat and drink, distribute water, pick up litter and watch out for people in need of medical attention, as well as work at various stations in SlopeFest on Ho Plaza, according to the Slope Day Programming Board website

Raja said the volunteers are split into shifts and teams, adding that the aim is to have about 80 people on the slope at any given time

The volunteering team also helps clean up after the event

Brody-Carney explained that with an adequate volunteer force, all of Libe Slope can be cleaned in 10 minutes after the event, adding that “that is what we are most famous for ”

Zhao said the SDPB has also made several improvements in how the event is conducted, including creating a new app for the iPad that will mark where people are in trouble

Augenstein can be reached at eaugenstein@cornellsun com

Students D ebate Value of Liberal A rts Education

LIBERAL ARTS

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by students with broader majors in the job market if they concentrate on honing their skills, she said

“In certain specialties, there are a lot of job opportunities right now, such as in computer science Those Cornell students should feel pretty good about their job prospects, ” Sparrow said “At the same time, though, they have to be concerned about developing these other skills Even if you are a great computer scientist, if you don’t have great communications skills, you ’ re not going to be of value to your employer ”

Like Sparrow, Mark S Savage, director of Cooperative Education and Career Services for the College of Engineering, said students in more specialized fields, such as engineering, should not make their educational focus too narrow

“Overall, I think well rounded[ness] is probably good and attractive to most employers,” Savage said “In most cases, even in engineering roles, most employers would prefer someone who is well-rounded rather than someone who just wants to sit at a computer screen and crunch numbers ”

By obtaining both professional skills and a balanced education, students in more specific fields of study can broaden their career search and enhance their job prospects, Savage said

“I think professional skills are some of the reasons why our engineering students are sought after in positions outside of technology because they can bring skills related to analyzing and solving problems, while offering some facility with numbers and in using technology tools Most employers view those as useful within their organizations,” he said

Some Cornell students, such as Brian Harwitt ’15, an applied economics and management major and an East Asian studies minor, argued that, despite the survey ’ s findings, a liberal arts education is not the most important factor to an employer

“I believe that a recruiter will hire someone who they believe is smart and has good perspective,” he said “That doesn’t necessarily mean that I have to be a liberal arts major or in the College of Arts and

Sciences ”

Other students agreed with Harwitt, saying the usefulness and quality of a Cornell student’s academic background rather than a liberal arts education is what is most appealing to an employer

“Depending on the industry, I think the ideal graduate has a range of relevant academic interests and experiences The key is relevance,” said Evan McElwain ’14, an economics and Asian studies double major “With rising tuition costs and stagnant employment rates, I am not sure a dual degree in art history and communication will make a graduate very employable, no matter how diverse their interests may be ”

Some students, however, disagreed, saying the intensive curriculum within other colleges at Cornell makes pursuing a liberal-arts education as outlined in the survey extremely challenging

“In my opinion, it is incredibly hard to get a diverse engineering background in the College of Engineering because there are only six allotted spaces for liberal arts classes in your schedule to graduate That’s essentially all the space you have, so it is really hard to branch out, ” Karen Martin ’15, a mechanical engineering major, said

Despite some students expressing concerns about requirements inhibiting them gaining a broad education, Cornell Career Services administrators said students with more specific majors should not be more concerned about their job search Other components of their job application, such as extracurricular activities, can show employers that they have a wide range of interests, Savage said

“Oftentimes, employers love students from Cornell because they see them as being more wellrounded than those from some of our peer institutions, regardless of their major Our engineering students, for example, are able to do the hard engineering stuff, but are also active in activities on campus and downtown They are often well-rounded even if their major is specific,” Savage said

Lauren Avery can be reached at lavery@cornellsun com

C l a s sr o o m i n Fe r n ow Is ‘ Li g

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Julia Parrish ’14 bemoaned the fact that Fernow had been closed for an extended period of time

“It’s sad [Fernow] was closed for most of my undergrad [years] because it is the place where all the natural resources majors could go to hang out and bond, and we never got that opportunity,” Parrish said

Now that the building has reopened, students will have a “place to congregate, ” which Parrish said will “[do] a lot to increase enthusiasm and excitement for the major because putting ever yone together creates synergistic excitement ”

The renovation of Fernow Hall was necessar y because it was an “old building that was in need of renovations to meet current needs for the depar tment, ” said Sarah Gould, business administrator for the Department of Natural Resources Gould said the newly renovated building would please students and faculty members

“ We had ver y nice space in Bruckner Hall, smaller, and not private, so it makes people a lot happier having their own building,” Gould said

Gould said that because Fernow Hall is a historic building it was built in 1915 there were certain restrictions on how it could be renovated However, ultimately, modern additions that were necessar y were able to be made, according to Gould “ We only had one staircase and no elevator, but now we have an elevator and more stairs [Also,] the old building didn’t have air conditioning,” Gould said

The renovated building boasts four floors and two classrooms, a 25-person classroom and a 50-person classroom that is built as a modern extension to the historic building

“ The new classroom is a light-filled, glass-walled building It looks different from Fernow to stand out as separate structure, ” Gould said

Funding for the renovation comes from the State University Construction Fund funding from New York that supports capital projects which is also funding renovations for Stocking, Warren and Rice halls, according to Gould

Fernow Hall is also in the process of acquiring

Certification, a standard for environmentally friendly

Peace P rocess Is Possible, Panel S ays

MIDDLE EAST

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Ghaith Al-Omari, executive director at the American Task Force on Palestine and a proPa l e s t i n e a c t i v i s t , a g re e d w i t h Makovsky, saying the role of the United States should be to create an environment that does not contribute to conflict between Israel and Palestine

“We have a common objective,” Al-Omari said “We need to approach differences as hurdles, not as opportunities to fling mud onto the other side ” Makovsky said both Israel and Palestine have an intense historical attachment to Jerusalem, a factor that forms the root of the conflict

“ T h e d i f f e r e n c e s a r e n ’ t a s much as par t of the policies but the politics between each countr y, ” Makovsky said “ The good ne ws is the gaps have been narrowed In the end, the land must be shared, so we need a solution that is civil and fair ”

Al-Omari said that although policymakers are beginning to see the “ contours of the solution” the creation of two separate states coexisting side by side t h e c u r re n t p o l i t i c a l e n v i r o nment has not allowed this situation to be realized

“I’m a believer that the situation in Palestine and Israel is like a bike; if you stop moving, you fall over, ” Al-Omari said “ We need to continue to promote progress ”

Ma k ov s k y a d d re s s e d p u b l i c

o p i n i o n ’ s ro l e i n c re a t i n g t h e d i v i d e b e t w e e n t h e o p p o s i n g vie wers

“If you ask one side if they are for the two-state solution, they’ll

say yes, but are convinced that t h e o t h e r s i d e o p p o s e s i t , ” Makovsky said “Often, the public doesn’t know what is happening on the other side You have to deal with the gut fears; you need an acknowledgement from the other side that changes are being made ” According to Makovsky, leaders of both Israel and Palestine have to focus on the power of public opinion

“ L e a d e r s f e l t l i k e t h e y g o t burned when they got too far o u t a h e a d , ” M a k ov s k y s a i d “ The public has to lead the leaders ”

Al-Omari said that although the “the loudest voices are the angriest voices,” both sides must not get caught up in mudslinging; instead, they must focus on t h e n e g o t i a t i o n s b e t w e e n t h e two countries

“ Ne g o t i a t i n g i s n o t a b o u t anger; it’s about the goal,” AlOmari said “Nothing works without positive messaging ”

A c c o r d i n g t o A l - O m a r i , negotiation fuels progress, but this progress has to be mutually beneficial

“A s a n e g o t i a t o r, y o u a r e always taught to get your par ty

the best deal,” Al-Omari said “I have learned that if you don’t re a c h a h o n o r a b l e a g re e m e n t , then your victor y will be meaningless ”

Makovsky said that interaction between Je wish Americans

a n d Mu s l i m A m e r i c a n s c o u l d help improve relations between the groups

“ D u r i n g a 1 0 - d a y s p r i n g break, they could work side-byside, spending five days building a playground on the Je wish side and five days building another playground –– this time on the Palestinian side,” Makovsky said Before the panel, both speakers said the goal of this dialogue is to show students that the two sides can engage in a civil discussion

“ There is more at stake in the s o l u t i o n t h a n i n p e r p e t u a t i n g the conflicts,” Makovsky said “ We both want to be par t of the solution and not par t of the problem ”

Al-Omari agreed

“Peace is in the interest of ever yone, ” he said

Emma Jesch can be reached at ejesch@cornellsun com

buildings According to Gould, the building is looking for a gold certification

To help ensure that the building was environmentally sustainable, “during the demolition process, the waste was diverted from landfill, and so it was used in other ways, ”

Gould said

Additionally, “materials used are sourced locally in the region, all the wood trim was taken out, refinished and put back and the systems in the building are also green, having an efficient heating and cooling system, ” Gould said

Dean said she looks for ward to returning to Cornell and seeing the improvements to Fernow

“As much as I loved the old Fernow moose head and all I’m happy that the new Fernow [Hall] will better fit in with the sustainable atmosphere that surrounds ever yone in the department,” Dean said

Faculty and staff are currently in the process of moving their offices back to Fernow Hall, according to Gould

Kevin Milian can be reached at kmilian@cornellsun com

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Editorial

O versimplifying Divestment

On Monday, Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 declared that the City of Ithaca will not invest in the fossil fuel industry as long as he is mayor A city press release lauded the Earth Day announcement as rendering Ithaca “the first east coast city and second city in the world to agree to divest its financial holdings in fossil fuels ” But is divestment

“ to rid oneself of something that one no longer wants or requires” accurate terminology here? Since the city has no existing investments in fossil fuels to begin with, we think perhaps it is not

It is easy enough for the City of Ithaca to swear off investments in an industry upon which its government does not rely While the city’s choice is symbolic, the University’s would not be Cornell’s chief investment officer, A J Edwards, told The Sun last month that withdrawing from the traditional energy sector would have “ a material impact on the return of the endowment and its contribution to the operating budget of the University ” We wonder whether Myrick who has repeatedly called upon Cornell to increase its financial contributions to the city would as easily make the decision to divest if Ithaca’s economic stability was dependent on fossil fuels

We do not mean to diminish the positive nature of Myrick’s announcement We acknowledge the admirability of the city’s willingness to engage Ithaca’s young and foster activism in the local community Furthermore, the emphasis on investing in sustainable enterprise is an important takeaway Cornell, and all universities that invest in traditional energy, should continue to explore viable alternatives to fossil fuels When these environmentally-friendly investments become more competitive, Cornell should absolutely re-consider a policy of divestment

In the meantime, the “hope that the city’s decision will influence divestment campaigns at Cornell University and Ithaca College,” as noted in the city’s statement, oversimplifies the complex reality of this issue It cheapens Cornell’s fiduciary responsibility to maintain a robust endowment to fund academic programs, financial aid and other services for its students If the University, like the City of Ithaca, had no existing investments in the fossil fuel industry, it too would surely “divest” without hesitation

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Dan Rosen | Smell the Rosen

S o Long and Thanks for All the Fish

My freshman year, on Slope Day, I was graced with the oppor tunity to see a tr uly inspiring ar tist, a voice for a generation and a cultural icon Yes, I am of course talking about Drake, the former wheelchair bound Degrassi star turned Bob-Dylan of rap Now, as my graduation nears and my time as a columnist comes to an end, I must defer to his lyrical genius, as only he can reassure me of the decisions I have made “ What am I doin ? What am I doin ?/Oh, yeah, that s right, I m doin’ me/I’m doin’ me/I’m livin’ life right now, man/and this what I’mma do ‘til it’s over ” Pure poetr y If the Romans had “Carpe Diem,” then I guess we have YOLO But on a more serious note, while Drake might make Rebecca Black look like William Butler Yeats, I do some what agree with his sentiment Over the past year as a regular columnist for this paper, I have tried to give an authentic image of myself; my quirks, my interests and my honest opinions I am graduating this May and my bi-weekly column, along with my Cornell tenure, has come to a rapid but inevitable end My column ’ s moniker has been “Smell The Rosen,” a slight pun on my par ticularly Je wish name When I first came up with the it, I thought of it as nice introduction to the l

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embrace within my column; to show that I do not take myself par ticularly seriously and, thus, neither should you However, I quickly realized that I wanted my column to be an outlet for not only my thoughts, but also my fears and odd desires Sometimes t h e Ro s e n s m e l l s n i c e , h a v i n g b a t h e d t h a t m o r n i n g a n d scr ubbed himself thoroughly Sometimes the Rosen smells not so nice, like when he just came out of yoga, didn’t have time to shower and gets awkward glances at the Green Dragon before he is politely asked to leave

Hopefully my past twelve columns have exemplified this desire for authenticity, r unning through a vast gambit of styles and subjects that I felt the urge to comment on I do appreciate the oppor tunity I was given to exercise my thoughts, however weird or personal they might be, as well as what the oppor tunity to inject into my writing what some commentators have described as “ my feeble attempts at humor ” I never imagined that I would feel comfor table enough to share my intimate fears of my future, or of my aging father, but I put myself out there, and was able to keep doing so because of the acceptance of my readers Receiving the comments and emails after the column about my father is one of my most treasured experience at Cornell People who I had never spoken to before or who did not even go to this school wrote to me, telling me their own stories and that my words str uck a chord for them However, while these personal columns seemed to be the best liked, as well as the most circulated, I am equally proud of the silly and nonsensical columns I wrote, which made some laugh and others scoff in disgust Both kinds reflect genuine characteristics of my thoughts, and it would have been deceiving to have por tray myself solely as a serious man with good taste

Since this is my last column, however, I find it necessar y to unload a disjointed list of some final thoughts First, the Israel/Palestine related columns in The Sun need to stop They are almost all unequivocally nauseating, biased and unproductive Second, I challenge anybody to read through one of President David Skor ton ’ s emails and take away a single tangible thing said They are all long, administrative exercises in nothingness and seem to hedge ever y possible bet they can Please begin to state tangible accomplishments, or just stop emailing us all together, Skor ton Third, fresh-take sushi is an abomination matched only by the slop that is ser ved at Okenshield’s Four th, it is ver y odd to me that the Cornell bookstore no longer sells, ya know, books Fifth, people need to star t going to Cornell Cinema It really is a treasure that is unfor tunately unattended, despite its cheapness and its quality selection of films Finally, I would like to thank all of my readers and my esteemed editors Liz and Ruby It’s been great I’ll smell you later

Comm en t of the day Web

“ I demand that the City of Ithaca divest from all ethically questionable and morally objectionable corporations No investments in firms with ties to tobacco, alcohol or phameceuticals No investments in firms supplying any components to the military No investment in firms making any raw components necessary in the manufacture of guns No investment in firms connected to corporate farming No investment in firms that serve meat products in their cafeterias. No investments in firms without a wholly unionized workforce No investment in firms without a fleet of electric vehicles powered solely by solar power No investment in firms that have ever utilized Citizens United or donated to political campaigns No investment into firms turning any kind of profits or enriching ‘the 1% ’”

Granola Re: “Mayor Svante Myrick '09: City of Ithaca to Join Movement for Divestment,” Opinion, published April 22, 2013

Moore and John Rhee | Guest Room

n e Ye a r O u t

At the start of our final semester at Cornell, worried that time was running out to check ever ything off our college bucket lists, we attended the Cornell Alumni Leadership Conference in Washington, D C From the moment we entered the hotel, we were overwhelmed with enthusiastic, excited alumni They were eager to understand how to improve student life on campus, and wanted so badly to hear our individual stories and share their own

The people we met and came to love during our time on the Hill molded our Cornell experiences Some may argue that this is not unique to Cornell, but we disagree Cornellians are unique and the conference proved just that; we bonded with the enthusiastic alumni in attendance through shared experiences of ambitious endeavors, social activities, difficult classes and the sometimes, unbearable weather The people we met at Cornell were there for a reason, and they chose Cornell for a reason; that binds us together as Cornellians long after graduation

impacting his career choice Or perhaps the extra time I spent prepping an undergrad on the phone for an interview will help her get accepted to her dream medical school It is through these efforts, passed down to the next generations of Cornellians, that we can maintain the essence of Cornell for the Class of 2017 and beyond

As the brilliant Katerina Athanasiou ’13 pointed out in a poignant column recently, senior year goes by too fast In my last months as a student, I (Olivia) spent

dent programming, supporting initiatives from club sports teams to the Intercultural Center and making campus more dynamic for you, the students

Enjoy ever y last minute of this semester, seniors At the end of the day, remember that we’re so fortunate to have something so amazing to miss

each moment drinking in time with my friends, the sun on the quad and lazy afternoons at CTB Graduation Day was magical, but it came and went, as did the summer Soon, we were months into our jobs, fully supporting ourselves for the first time, and desperately missing The Hill

At CALC this year, my first as an alumnus, I ( John) found myself imitating the generations of Cornellians that I had met the previous year I wanted to spend most of my time with current students, learning about campus and their plans for the future I sat in on sessions like the one Vice President Susan Murphy ran on the current state of the University As an alumnus, I mentor students and have been back to campus multiple times to speak and advise students on global health

Cornell alumni have taught me the importance of giving back to students so that I can be someone who improves Cornell life for undergraduates Perhaps the gift I gave to Cornell this year will help fund a student’s summer abroad experience,

For the first few months after leaving campus, I was still in a student mindset, hoping that this apartment in New York City was just temporary and that soon, I’d be back at my beloved Cornell But now, as time progresses and I begin to identify as an alumna, I’m LOVING it There are countless opportunities for alumni to reconnect and contribute, and the reunions are incredibly sweet Last month, we were among the 400 young alumni at the first ever Alumni Duff Ball Joined by trustees and staff in the Cornellthemed Bowery Hotel, we chatted, caught up and danced the night away And the sweetest part? A portion of every ticket went to VP Susan Murphy’s Student Life Fund at Cornell Those dollars went to stu-

Did you know that 86 percent of Cornell’s $1M+ donors gave their first gift in the first five years after graduation? Most of those initial donations were small, no more than $20 The Tech Campus is about to break ground on Roosevelt Island, thanks to Mr Feeney’s incredible gift, but he couldn’t always give $350M away I encourage you to listen to your Senior Class Campaign classmates and give, even just a little Your dollars truly add up and the sense of pride you’ll feel after wards will overwhelm you In addition, give your time mentor younger students, volunteer, come back for Reunion Zero and stand tall in your soon-to-be Big Red Alumni status

What’s important to remember is that once your physical time on The Hill is over, it doesn’t mean you’ll ever actually leave A part of us will always belong to Cornell, and we hope you’ll join us in doing everything possible to give back and make the Big Red experience extraordinary for each incoming class We, the newest alumni of Cornell, are now the supporters of the University that encouraged us during our most formative years Each new building, endowed professorship, undergraduate scholarship and sponsored event those are OUR dollars and ideas Enjoy every last minute of this semester, seniors At the end of the day, remember that we ’ re so fortunate to have something so amazing to miss

SCIENCE

Breakthrough in Canine Conservation

By KATHLEEN BITTER Sun Senior Writer

While puppies are not an uncommon sight, there’s something special about a

Klondike: he is the result of the combined effor t of the Cornell Center for

This new technology could have major implications for canine conservation

16 cells

By CAMILLE WANG Sun Staff Wr ter

Hor ticulture students eyed the pile of dir t hesitantly Were they really going to turn this into a couch? Despite their reser vations, after three hours of shoveling and hard work, students were sitting on the ne wly constr ucted sod sofa on the agriculture quad under warm sunlight and blue sky

This project, constr ucted by the class Hor ticulture 2010: Ar t of Hor ticulture, is one of the many ways in which Prof Marcia

E a m e s - S h e a v l y, h o r t i c u l t u r e , a i m s t o u s e i n t e r a c t i o n w i t h plants to help students engage in their creative process

Although she does not conduct scientific research, her passion lies in helping students use plants as a source of self-expression through a focus on teaching and outreach

“ What I’m really interested in is how students engage in the creative process and the ultimate

i m p a c t o n t h e i r w e l l - b e i n g , ”

Eames-Sheavly said “As you can i m a g i n e , s o m e o n e i s w o r k i n g w i t h p l a n t s a n d t h e y ’ re d o i n g something they [may have] never done before – often they can feel really good ”

The huge impact of the plant w o r l d o n h u m a n l i f e i n s p i re d

Eames-Sheavly to incorporate ar t into hor ticulture as a medium for self-expression and development “ We really rely on plants for absolutely ever ything – ever y single thing, from our food and clothing, to shelter, and sometimes people forget that,” EamesSheavly said “Reconnecting students with the plant world and discovering the myriad ways from food to ar t to teaching other people to engage with plants and gardens there’s a lot there ” S h e b e g a n h e r c a r e e r i n

C o o p e r a t i v e E x t e n s i o n b e f o r e moving back to Cornell; her curr e n t l

Cornell Garden-Based Learning focuses on children and youth garden education

Eames-Sheavly is also a watercolor ar tist She incorporated her passion for the plant world and the ar t world into developing the “Ar t of Hor ticulture” university course that connects these two subjects “ You talk about hor ticulture being the ar t and science of cultivating plants, and it occurred to me that we didn’t really have a course that focused on the ar ts, ”

When he was only eight to sixteen cells big, Klondike was taken from his biological mother, flash-frozen for a period of time, and transplanted into a surrogate mother when she was able to carr y the pregnancy

Klondike is the first successful result of this procedure in the western hemisphere, showing exactly how difficult and poorly understood the canine reproductive system is “ We really know ver y little about their r

Travis, reproductive biology “It’s an area where there’s still so much to be done ”

Travis is interested in being able to free ze embr yos as par t of conser vation effor ts in many endangered species of wild dogs The key to maintaining a species is preser ving its genetic diversity, which can be difficult when animals are in captivity

Canine species in par ticular have a set social order within their groups, and m

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r e q u i r e t r a n s p o r t i n g g r o w n a n i m a l s , allows for the preser vation of the genetic material of deceased animals and also allows the embr yo to be implanted as soon as a surrogate mother goes into heat

According to Travis, researchers are currently unaware of what triggers ovulation in a dog, but with frozen embr yos ready to go at any time, conser vationists can impregnate a dog as soon as she’s bio-

logically ready “ The same technologies could be used in veterinar y care of pet dogs,” Travis said It would allow dog breeders to get as many puppies as possible from their best dogs, he said

The next step in the process of understanding and being able to manipulate canine reproduction would be successful in-vitro fer tilization, which, according to Travis “has never been done in a dog ”

In order to accomplish that, however, there are still many puzzles to be solved on both the sperm and the egg side of reproduction

The differences between dog reproduction and that of other mammals are still being identified and worked out

Jennifer Nagashima ’09, the grad student who worked on the project to create Klondike, is one of the first students of

Graduate Training Program She divides

Cornell, both of which relate to canine reproductive biology

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between an academic institution and a great conser vation organization because they each bring different things to the table,” Travis said

Currently, there are only two graduate students enrolled in the program, Travis said, but they are looking to get the word out to anyone interested in doing graduate work in conser vation biology

Kathleen Bitter can be reached at kbitter@cornellsun com

Prof. Marcia EamesSheavly Teaches Ar t Through Hor ticulture

really enjoy about [hor ticulture] is that it’s not just drawing or painting, it’s also the full expression of the ways in which plants can be used to creatively inspire our lives ”

Sheavly, students explore plants as a subject and as a form of

some kernel that impacts them for the rest of their lives,” regardless of whether that impact is in hor ticulture or not

By choosing to make a concrete leaf, students may discover a passion for working with concrete Through the written reflection process used in her class, they may fall in love with writing Re

that inspires passion may ultimately result in a lifelong par ticipation, demonstrating the powerful learning component of hor ticulture

Eames-Sheavly also works in outr

with educators, such as teachers growing school gardens or community members who want to

Creative crops | This sod cow is only one of the many projects created by

Through such interactions, she

developed a number of educational resources, and they have s

work

Gardens and plants can not only help inspire a long-term participation, they can also help people reconnect with their lives and with the plant world

“ We’re beginning to raise people indoors,” Eames-Sheavly said

“ There are just so many concerns affiliated with that But when we think about the most pressing issues of our time, such as fighting obesity, food safety, sustainable energy – all of that can begin literally in your backyard, as you star t a garden and become more and more involved in the environment ”

Prof. Susheng Gan Studies Plant Longevity

decides to end its leaves’ life cycles to reduce consumption of nutrition and support necessary growing tissues

The terminal phase in a leaf ’ s life, known as life senescence, is a genetically programmed active degeneration process during the life of the plant Plant senescence occurs when there are not enough resources for the plant to continue growth, so the plant

For vegetable lovers, having a big bowl of salad for a summer dinner comes with a potential risk If not completely consumed in time, the romaine lettuce will wither and turn yellow in just a few hours According to Prof Susheng Gan, horticulture, it is possible to extend the freshness of leaves through the discovery of the genes that trigger tissue aging

Such a “suicidal” process is more complicated than it sounds The purpose of senescence is future regeneration Leaf senescence is like a recycling process The proteins are degraded and the amino acids are stored for the new leaves in the next growing season

“If you look carefully at the leaves in the fall, you will notice that the vascular tissue on each leaf is the last part to die,” Gan said Without the veins, materials cannot be transported during senescence ”

During the mobilization of leaf senescence, about 10 percent of plants’ genes are activated, each with different functions One of Gan’s main projects is to figure out, at the molecular level, how senescence genes are regulated

“If the whole senescence process is a drama,” Gan said “What we are doing is to find the director of the drama, the master regulator gene, from whom we learn quickly how the drama works ”

Learning about the mechanism behind senescence helps scientists control the master regulator gene From there, they may be able to remove its function, disable the subset genes, and delay the senescence process

“This is like the army, ” Gan said “When the commander is removed, his soldiers don’t know how to fight ”

Gan has already found one of the master regulators in leaf senescence – called AtNAP It is a protein that controls the flow of a group of genes After AtNAP is removed, the leaf longevity of rockcress, the model plant used in Gan’s research, increased up to 50 percent

Gan and his lab translated this discovery to other plants The same gene-removal strat-

egy was applied to the soybean plant, which is genetically similar to rockcress

The result was dramatic – without the group of counter genes, not only was leaf longevity of the soybean plants extended, but the senescence of its underground root nodules was also delayed This allowed the root nodules to fix more nitrogen into the ground

“This is very important because the fixed nitrogen supports plant growth,” Gan said “Meanwhile, it fertilizes the soil, forming sustainable agriculture ”

According to Gan, his lab aims to find more master regulator genes to prolong leaf longevity

“The reason we especially focus on leaf longevity, is that the leafs’ function is like manufacturing – everything in a plant made from the leaf,” Gan said “Delaying leaf senescence boosts the yield and biomass accumulation ”

Gan’s discovery also applies to food security and food preservation For the vegetable lovers, Gan’s research provides a possible solution to wilting lettuce

“As we know, old people are more vulnerable to pathogens than the youth,” Gan said “The leaf is like us As the leaf started to turn yellow, it became more vulnerable to pathogens The post-harvest pathogens produce toxins that harms humans ”

Once leaf senescence is under control, harvested vegetables can be preserved fresh for longer without deterioration or generation of post-harvest toxins

In addition to research, Gan shares his knowledge of senescence with students in Horticulture 4250: Postharvest Biology of Horticultural Crops, in the spring semester

Yidan Xu can be reached at yx285@cornell edu

Studying Childhood Learning

By NICOLAS RAMOS Sun Senior Writer

“ C h i l d re n a re l i k e l i t t l e s c ie n t i s t s , ” a c c o r d i n g t o Pr o f

Ta m a r Ku s h n i r, h u m a n d e ve lo p m e n t , w h o s t u d i e s t h e e m e rg e n c e o f k n ow l e d g e i n yo u n g c h i l d re n i n t h e E a r l y C h i l d h o o d C o g n i t i o n L a b o r a t o r y H e r re s e a rc h i n ve s t i g a t e s h ow c h i ld re n d e ve l o p a va r i e t y o f c o g n it i ve a b i l i t i e s , r a n g i n g f ro m t h e i r u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f c a u s e a n d e f f e c t t o h ow t h e y c h o o s e re l ia b l e s o u rc e s o f i n f o r m a t i o n Ku s h n i r ’ s re s e a rc h f u n c t i o n s i n a b ro a d t h e o re t i c a l f r a m ew o r k t h a t v i e w s l e a r n i n g i n yo u n g c h i l d re n a s a k i n d o f s c ie n t i f i c d i s c ove r y L i k e s c i e n t i s t s , c h i l d re n a s k q u e s t i o n s a n d c o ll e c t d a t a t h ro u g h p l a y C h i l d re n a l s o re l y o n o t h e r p e o p l e f o r i n f o r m a t i o n a n d t r u s t o t h e r s w h o p rov i d e re l i a b l e i n f o r m at i o n , j u s t a s s c i e n t i s t s c o l l a b or a t e a n d s h a re t h e i r w o rk “ S c i e n c e i s a c o l l a b o r a t i ve , s o c i a l i n s t i t u t i o n , ” Ku s h n i r s a i d “ I ’ m i n t e r e s t e d i n h o w c h i l d re n l e a r n f ro m o t h e r s a n d a b o u t o t h e r s ” Ku s h n i r c o n d u c t e d a n e x p e ri m e n t t h a t d e m o n s t r a t e d h ow c h i l d re n we re a b l e t o i d e n t i f y re l i a b l e s o u rc e s o f i n f o r m a t i o n a n d u s e t h i s k n ow l e d g e i n t h e i r u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f c a u s e a n d e f f e c t Yo u n g c h i l d r e n , a p p r o x im a t e l y t h re e t o f o u r ye a r s o f a g e , we re s h ow n a p u p p e t s h ow

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By James Rainis

With all of Daft Punk’s futurism their mindful manipulation of machine music and their metallic identities it’s somewhat surprising to find that they are “ambivalent” about their place as the godfathers of the modern EDM movement One look at Skrillex s impressive stage-show, replete with giant cyborgs, seizure-inducing lights and the sounds of vomiting Super Nintendos, surely indicates that the future the robotic duo foretold is finally here, right?

Maybe we read Daft Punk all wrong They aren ’ t some sort of Philip K Dick novel, predicting the end of music as we know it “We’ve come too far to ignore who we are, ” Pharrell sings on “Get Lucky,” the first single from Daft Punk’s upcoming Random Access Memories And what Daft Punk is is this: lithe grooves, choice collaborations (both Pharrell and dance-funk guitar legend Niles Rodgers kill it here) and paeans to long nights out in pursuit of drinks and fornication The ’70s disco vibe of “Get Lucky” is timeless; until the signature vocoder breakdown, one might mistake it for a subdued Earth, Wind and Fire track Perhaps Daft Punk aren ’ t futurists as much as they are retro-futurists, but that really doesn’t matter What does matter is that we ’ ve been given a dance track sure to be the soundtrack of the summer, and we better be damn sure we use it (ir-)responsibly

James Rainis is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at jrainis@cornellsun com

WJa me s Bl a ke “Ov er g ro w n ”

By Mike Sosnick

Starting with a few calm strikes of a piano and a tender moan, James Blake sets the scene for a living, breathing, evolving track with “Overgrown ” The title track of his latest LP is classic Blake “Overgrown’s” only constant is a drum beat in standard time, while shimmering piano and full bass fall on the rhythm in a calculatedly sporadic mix The eclectic sounds ebb and flow over time, eventually building to a head of gloriously fuzzy noise at the end, as the piano finally overtakes the percussion As Blake’s signature mix of R&B and trip hop tends to do, the song continuously twists, contorts and unravels itself as it transfers energy from emotion to emotion

Blake’s characteristically warm, passionate voice is as present as ever on “Overgrown ” Never wavering in volume, the heady vocals in the beginning get looped as the track reaches its chaotic finish, and by then they have artfully blended into the mélange of sounds and rhythms

Although Blake solemnly informs us that “time passes in the constant state, ” at the outset of the track, he clearly tries to disprove that claim through the metamorphosis in “Overgrown ”

By Sydney Ramsden

It’s hard to believe that MGMT hasn’t put out new material in over three years not since its sophomore LP back in 2010 But our favorite Wesleyan grads have quietly crept back onto our radars with the release of “Alien Days,” an unsurprisingly bizarre, trippy sci-fi odyssey, appropriately released on a certain holiday (April 20th’s Record Store Day, of course) The track appears on the band’s upcoming self-titled third record, and if “Alien Days” can tell us anything about what’s to come, it’s that MGMT won ’ t sound all that different than the polarizing Congratulations “Alien Days” is neither catchy nor upbeat It’s long, heavy on acoustic guitar and synth arrangements and is essentially the opposite of the stuff on Oracular Spectacular that catapulted the band into popularity And, yeah, it’s pretty weird it opens with VanWyngarden’s vocals which have been sped up so much he sounds like a little kid During a synth solo over fuzz bass VanWyngarden’s voice is sometimes unrecognizable as he turns in his signature falsetto for a deeper register The track is further proof that after abandoning the college-party-friendly sound of Oracular Spectacular, MGMT continues to come into its own as a couple of skilled composers who just want to nerd out and make kooky psychedelic rock When MGMT comes out later this year, we will definitely be in for a treat

Don’t Forget to Blame Hollywood,Too

hy did do it? It’s a question we always ask after heinous acts of violence We never reach an allencompassing answer, or even one that helps us sleep easier at night But, damn, do we try

As the talking heads on television push the why behind the Boston Marathon bombings, let us consider the more practical question of how Capitol Hill blames the scourge of mass violence basically on three things: 1) access to military-grade weapons, 2) mental health and 3) violent entertainment media None of these factors address why a human being would deliberately and brutally terminate the lives of those he or she has never met, but each contributes to an environment where this violence can occur including item number three

Most social liberals would disagree with me on this one, especially those who spend as much or more time talking about movies as I do, but how can violent movies, television and video games not somehow influence the thoughts and expectations of those who engage with them? What effect does “finishing” your opponent in Mortal Kombat or taking a gun-mounted chainsaw to another character’s flesh in Gears of War have on the player, particularly when both actions are dutifully rewarded? How does the remorseless slaughter of hundreds of Latin American soldiers in The Expendables not reflect our desensitization to violence, if not our cultural prejudices? Why are the zombie beheadings in The Walking Dead so awesome?

and more humor than others compare Iron Man to The Dark Knight yet all must include a few show-stopping action scenes, where enemies are dispatched in novel, unserious, CGI-intensive ways Why do we love action scenes so much? Why do we take the presence of violence, however trivialized, as a given in popular movies? Why do the characters in these movies, TV shows and video games never stop to question these vicious cycles? Why do those who do, like the protagonists in Fargo and Spec Ops: The Line, find themselves in movies and video games considered outside the mainstream?

With the summer movie season upon us, these questions should be asked now more than ever Almost all of the films to be released over the next few months make no attempts to be anything more than mindless entertainment, reliant on primal sensations

We live in a culture saturated with violent images, to the point where on-screen violence has become a prerequisite for entertainment success Some blockbusters feature less terror

and overworked images that assault the eyes and brain in their own violent ways Surely, most viewers will ignore the thematic similarities between the post-apocalyptic trifecta of Oblivion, After Earth and Elysium and choose a victor dependent on which boasts the slickest action scenes The video game industry relies on cool, non-stop action, an unfortunate obsession that has effectively kept the medium as a whole from achieving any designation as art Recently, the independent game scene has been distancing itself from this culture, delivering titles like Journey, where play-

ers unravel a story without harming other characters But the industry remains in Call of Duty mode, selling playable Michael Bay movies for $60 a pop Violence sells, of course Maybe there is an innocuous undercurrent to this obsession, in that most people would never dream of killing another human, and thus see violent media as a form of innocent escapism, as a portal into another life with different desires, stakes and priorities, like that of a superhero

Yet where is the line between healthy catharsis and numbing overexposure? Did The Passion of the Christ really need to show the bladed whip tearing apart Jesus’ skin in order to convey its message? Did The Hangover Part II really need scenes with exploding pig carcasses and severed fingers? Did Modern Warfare 2 really need a mission where the player massacres droves of innocent civilians in an airport? Mature” rating or not, isn’t that game marketed, with tremendous success, to prepubescent boys? This column reads more like a list of

rhetorical questions than a rigorous argument against this new, violent media landscape

The biggest problems boil down to the simplest questions, questions that most popular movies, television shows and video games have forgotten as of late We, the ordinary, non-fiction masses, must concern ourselves with the question of how: How did this happen? How can we stop it in the future? We can find answers to these questions

However, if we want to keep this carnage away from our world landmarks and elementary schools, we must also favor the media that asks the question of why: Why did this bloodshed occur? Why does it continue? We call this type of media “ art ” Art may not provide answers to all of our questions, but it gives us moments of pause, reflection and grace, moments where hate and violence go to die

Zachar y Zahos is a sophomore in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at zzahos@cornellsun com A Lover’s Quarrel With the World appears alternate Wednesdays

Knick s ’ J.R. Smith Wins Si xth Man of the Year Award

GREENBURGH, N Y (AP) J R Smith won the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award Monday after turning a role he didn’t want into one of the strengths of the New York Knicks’ first division championship team in nearly two decades

Smith received 484 points, including 72 first-place votes, from a panel of 121 writers and broadcasters The Clippers’ Jamal Crawford finished second with 352 points, getting 31 first-place votes

Smith averaged 18 1 points in 80 games, all off the bench He had 29 games in which he scored 20 points as a reserve, tying Crawford for the NBA lead

The 6-foot-6 swingman wanted to start, but said he accepted it fairly quickly once coach Mike Woodson told him he would be a reserve

The New Jersey native had by far his best NBA season, helping the Knicks to their first Atlantic Division title since 1994

“I just wanted to show everybody that I could be a team guy and it’s all about the team, ” Smith said at a news conference attended by his family, teammates and coaches

Smith helped the Knicks to their most victories since they went 57-25 in 1996-97 New York is the No 2 seed in the Eastern Conference and leads the Boston Celtics 10 in their first-round playoff series

It’s the second individual award in two years for the Knicks, following Tyson Chandler’s Defensive Player of the Year honor last season Smith joins former Knicks sixthman winners Anthony Mason in 1995 and John Starks in 1997

Despite not making a start, Smith was one of the Knicks’ most important players He played more than 40 minutes seven times and was often their only scoring threat

behind Carmelo Anthony

“Couldn’t have happened to a better guy, ” Woodson said “I’m so proud of him, in terms of buying into what we wanted him to do earlier in the season And it started this summer I wasn ’ t going to start him, coming into this year, and I knew that And he bought in He didn’t like it, but he bought in And it couldn’t have happened to a better person, because he put in the time and he worked his butt off to get to this point, and he got rewarded for it I'm happy for him ”

Crawford seemed to be the favorite for most of the season before Smith overtook him with his strong play down the stretch He had three straight 30-point games from March 26-29, the first time that was done by a reserve since Milwaukee’s Ricky Pierce in 1990

“I more credit it to winning,” Smith said “We’ve had guys hurt, it just so happened I was one of the guys that stepped up and tried to get us through the tough times that we had ”

Crawford said he and Smith exchanged congratulatory texts

“I can ’ t say I was shocked because I started seeing where it was going over the last few weeks,” said Crawford, who thinks he and Smith have different roles with their teams

“He is the second guy over there after Carmelo,” Crawford said “I’m just a piece of the bench ” Golden State’s Jarrett Jack finished third, followed by Kevin Martin of Oklahoma City and Ryan Anderson of New Orleans

Smith joined the Knicks in the middle of last season after returning from China, where he had signed during the lockout But it wasn ’ t until the middle of this season when he finally learned to stop settling for erratic jumpers,

instead taking smart shots

“The opportunity was there,” said Anthony, a former teammate in Denver

“ They asked me what I thought about him, I told them we’ll be fools not to go get him At that point in time he was the only thing that was out there, he was tr ying to get out of China, and we had to go get him I’d played with him for mostly all my career so I know what type of person he is, I know what type of player he is And this right here was almost like a second chance for him

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Smith came to the NBA out of high school in 2005 and admittedly made a number of mistakes along the way He clashed with coaches and pleaded guilty to reckless driving in a 2007 auto accident that killed his friend, spending 24 days in a New Jersey correctional facility and getting suspended by the NBA for the first seven games of the 200910 season

“I’ve been to known to make so many mistakes I haven’t been making recently,” said Smith, thanking his veteran teammates and Woodson for helping him “Just keeping my head, mentally on the court and off the court ”

Teammate Kenyon Martin said the 27-year-old Smith has “ grown up a lot ”

“I played with him a lot of years in Denver, he was still a kid then He’s become a grown man, ” Martin said “I think he’s got better people around him, which is huge, and he’s learning He’s learning on the fly, that’s all you can do is keep learning each and every year you ’ re in the league ”

The award is sponsored by Kia Motors, which will donate a 2014 Kia Sorento to the J R Smith Youth Foundation

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the biggest spectacles in the world of track and field

“We are running just the best kids on the team, ” he said “We’ve got about 30 men and 30 women making that trip The Penn Relays is one of the best spectacles in the world of track and field There’ll be 125,000 spectators, 15,000 athletes from over 300 colleges and well over 1000 high schools ”

Bowman said although the Penn Relays give his team the opportunity to see great competition, they can be tough, especially before the Heps meet

“Penn Relays has always been a meet where you take some time out of the team score and really get some good competition,” he said “It’s hard to travel down there and then turn around and travel the next weekend to

Bowman also spoke about how the season is going in the right direction for the most part

“The process is to get to the end of the season and have your team at full health,” he said “In most of the cases, we ’ re moving in that direction We haven’t had the best weather, but we ’ ve done all the training we need to pull that all together ”

Competing at the Penn Relays is an honor for athletes The athletes will see the best competition from all around the county, according to Taylor

“Going to the Penn Relays and doing well is a great accolade and great preparation for the Heps,” he said “Every good track program in the country will be there ”

Juan Carlos Toledo can be reached at jtoledo@cornellsun com

Women Finish S econd at Nationals

Players take home individual awards

a matter of us coming back next year and coming back with all the horses healthy and all the players healthy ”

At nationals, the No 1 women ’ s team finished as runner-ups to No 2 UVA after a shootout loss in the finals The No 3 men ’ s team ’ s season ended in the semifinals after a loss to No 2 Colorado State eliminated the team from the tournament In a surprising twist, Colorado State then lost in the finals to first-time champion Westmont college, the No 4 seed who advanced to the finals by topp i n g t h e d e f e n d i n g c h a m p i o n

C a v a l i e r s i n t h e o t h e r s e m i f i n a l s matchup

D e s p i t e n o t t a k i n g h o m e a n y national titles, Eldredge said he was proud of the individual awards the

team claimed at the tournament, even if the teams did not have their best performances of the season at the tournament

“For the men ’ s team, it could have been a better day for us it wasn ’ t a bad day, but we could have had a better day in the semifinals,” Eldredge said “At the same time, I can be ver y h a p p y K a i l e y a n d [ f re s h m a n ] Anna [ Winslow] both received allAmerican honors for their play at nationals, [and] Nik Feldman took h o m e t h e s p o r t s m a n s h i p a w a rd , which is something that is ver y meaningful at nationals it shows the spirit and kind of attitude we tr y to put out ”

Emily Berman can be reached at eberman@cornellsun com

Boston Teams Honor Their

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played on Saturday, and each paid tribute to the previous week’s events True heroes were honored and victims remembered And then, people who were not from Boston had to represent their city and fans

A common cliché in sports is playing for your city, but for Boston teams playing this week, it is the truth Much like the Mets and Yankees after 9/11, Boston players had higher expectations thr ust upon them Everything they did was of elevated importance Daniel Nava’s game winning three r un homer for the Red Sox is now considered “heroic” or the stuff of legends instead of just another home run Boston athletes had to represent the city, even if it was only their professional home, and become true role models

The Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins opened with a pregame ceremony paying tribute to the Water town Police Department But the most dramatic ceremony occurred when the Sabres played the Br uins last Wednesday Before the game, the crowd sang the National Anthem in unison This was a totally impromptu moment, and likely the start of a new Boston tradition After the game, a close shoot win for the visiting Sabres, both teams saluted the home crowd This was the idea of

Soon enough, a Bruins, Celtics, or Red Sox game will feel just like that a game That’s ok That’s normal

At Fenway, the green monster is now “Boston Strong ” For the game on Saturday, The Boston Red Sox uniforms had “Boston” emblazoned on them, esche wing the traditional “Red Sox ” David Ortiz, a Dominican Republic native, gave an emotional talk before the game, where he said, “This is our f ing city ” But more than players can represent a city Neil Diamond, who showed up by his own accord, led the singing of “Sweet Caroline” (a Fenway tradition) in person before the bottom of the 8th inning Later that inning, the Red Sox took the lead for

Thomas Vanek, the star Austrian for ward for the Sabres As Vanek told the Buffalo Ne ws, echoing Or tiz’s sentiment, “Even though they play in that city, it doesn't matter where you ' re from Buffalo, my case Europe, or whatever Everyone gets affected by it ” Before the tragedies in Boston, a Knicks Celtics first round matchup was being hyped Old divisional rivals, there was talk about each team ’ s “hatred” of the other But then it was gone In New York, “hatred” of Boston was shelved There was no hatred of anyone in Boston New York and Boston, two rival sports bases, stood together During a Yankees game, Sweet Caroline was played

During the song, the scoreboard displayed “New York stands with Boston,” and “ pray for Boston ” The Boston Celtics opened their playoff series on the road in New York at Madison Square Garden But the teams still had a ceremony The Celtics wore a patch proclaiming “Boston Stands as One ” Both Carmelo Anthony and Paul Pierce spoke and Pierce actually received cheers in New York, a rarity to say the least Anthony remarked how Ne w Yorkers understand tragedy and sadness and gave his full support to Boston But then the game star ted All of a sudden, the pleasantries were gone Every time Pierce touched the ball on offense, he was booed Things were normal The Celtics were defeated, but as Pierce said before the game, “Boston will rise and run again ” In Boston and around the US, eventually things will return to normal These pregame ceremonies will stop, even if tradition was born out of them When Sweet Caroline plays at Fenway Park, it’ll just be a recording that gets cuts off before the inning, not Neil Diamond Soon enough, a Bruins, Celtics, or Red Sox game will feel like just that a game That’s ok That's normal But for now, it’s all part of the healing process

John Zakour can be reached at jzakour@cornellsun com

Spor ts

Cornell Men and Women Storm

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By JUAN CARLOS TOLEDO Sun Staff Wr ter

building upon its outdoor campaign with a focus on capturing the Heps title, hosted by Princeton from May 4 - 5

Tallying 143 points to Binghamton’s 101 and Buffalo’s 85, the men ’ s team won the meet with 11 event wins and 13 IC4A qualifying marks Men’s head coach Nathan Taylor was pleased with the way his team performed

“We moved the meet from Saturday to Friday,” he said “[It] ended up being a great move We didn’t run everybody in the meet Some guys were taking the weekend off, but I was pleased with how a lot of guys did Our [4x100m] team ran very fast The [4x400m] team ran very fast The sprinters all ran very well [Montez Blair] was outstanding as well ”

Notable performances included the 4x100m tandem of freshman Ryan Hynes, senior co-captain J D Adarquah, junior Bruno Hortelano-Roig, and junior Kinsley Ojukwu winning in a time of 10 45, junior Montez Blair winning the high jump clearing 7’2 25”, and junior Hercules Stancil winning the long jump with a leap of 24’3 5”

The women ’ s team tallied 164 5 points to Buffalo’s 117 5 and Binghamton’s 95 to win the meet with ten event wins and 8 ECAC qualifying marks Despite the weather conditions during the meet, women ’ s head coach Rich Bowman felt that his team took everything in stride

“I was really pretty pleased with it,” he said “Because we rescheduled the meet, we weren ’ t really sure what was going to happen We did it on Friday and I think the kids did a great job competing The conditions were okay It was difficult for a lot of them to adjust in the situation, but I think they did a great job ”

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Victoria Imbesi winning the javelin with a throw of 149’10”, senior co-captain Ailish Hanly winning the high jump clearing 5’7 25”, senior Claire Dishong winning the pole vault clearing 12’8 25” and freshman Udeme Akpaete

As much I love sports, I get sick of some of its worst aspects Media coverage can be awful as it tries to hype up rivalries and drum up interest In reality, as fans, we have a lot in common with our rival fans To be rivals, we need to have common experiences, close games and shared values As

sports fans we can lose sight of this But when tragedy struck in Boston, the media got it mostly right We were reminded of why we love s p o r t s a n d we re p rov i d e d with some great games Fans came together over a common bond True heroes were honored, people got together to watch a game, and things began to return to normal I’m not from Boston, and

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Up next for the Red is its last weekend of competition before the Heps, during which the men and women will both travel to the Penn Relays hosted at Penn as well as host the Big Red Invite at home

Select members of the team will have the opportunity to compete in the Penn Relays, the oldest and largest track and field competition in the United States, hosted annually since April 21, 1895 According to Taylor, this is one of

C.U. Ends S eason, Heads to Alumni Game

By EMILY BERMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

With the national championships over and the official season complete, the men ’ s and women ’ s polo teams will engage in a more relaxing competition this weekend at its annual alumni game

The match will feature current players against graduated players, and serve as a send-off to the athletes in the senior class

“Every year, it’s kind of a celebration,” head coach David Eldredge ’81 said “It’s also partially a senior’s game where our seniors who are graduating go off and get to play their last time ”

The graduating seniors can also look forward to getting dunked in the horses’ water tank as part of a polo team tradition Notable leaving seniors include captain Ali Hoffman for the women and captain

“Every year, it’s kind of a celebration.”

Br a n d e n Va n L o o n f o r t h e men, but both teams can look forward to next year ’ s incoming talent On the men ’ s side, the team is gaining an experienced polo player from Peru, while on the women ’ s side, Emma Eldredge will join older sister Kailey the team ’ s leading goal-scorer who ser ved as captain this season alongside the departing Hoffman under their father’s coaching Reflecting on the season, David Eldredge said he was pleased with the team ’ s first-semester play and noted that the horse virus that swept through the barn during the spring season made second-semester play more difficult

“It ended up that [in] the fall, we were especially happy with how both teams performed,” he said “The spring was very challenging for both teams on the whole, because we had the interruption with the horses getting sick That really threw a kink in to the works as far as for us having that continuity throughout the whole entire year It’s something that we hope for the future that doesn’t happen it’s just