04-29-13

About 200 students and Ithaca community members marched down to the Commons to “Take Back the Night,” showing solidarity against sexual violence and speaking up in support of survivors

The night, which brought together students from Cornell, Ithaca College and local high schools, as well as City of Ithaca residents, ended with a candlelight vigil

Cries like, “People unite, take back the night!” rang through the air as students and locals led three separate marches to Dewitt Park from Cornell, Ithaca College and the Greater Ithaca Activities Center

Speakers at the event included Deborah Mohlenhoff (D-5th),

By JINJOO LEE Sun News Editor

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weather FORECAST

Transformative Theatre:

Using Theatre as an Agent for Social Change 12:15 - 1:15 p m , 202 Uris Hall

Cards and Cake Pops! 4:30 - 8:30 p m , Appel Commons Lobby

The Last Walk: Caring for Companion Animals at the End of Life 6 -7 p m , LH1 Schurman

Cornell Women in Computing

7 - 8:30 p m , 117 Upson Hall

Mark Lynas: Author Book Signing 10:45 - 11:15 a m , Cornell Store

Jazz Voices: “Jazz Isn’t Dead ” 7 - 9 p m , Willard Straight Theatre

David Schneider’s “Last Lecture” 7 - 8:15 p m , H E C Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall

C.U. Music: Cornell Chamber Singers

8 p m , Auditorium, Barnes Hall Tomorrow

BUSINESS

St artup Culture: Cultivating Entrepreneurship at C.U.

By MANU RATHORE Sun Senior Editor

Being smart, hardworking and affable may get you a job and even an early promotion But it takes more to become a startup entrepreneur, according to John

P Jaquette, Jr , executive director of Entrepreneurship@Cornell

How to Build a Startup

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Develop a star tup concept

Assemble a dedicated and hardworking team

Define your competitive advantage

“The value proposition we endorse is that entrepreneurship is a way of thinking about things,” he said “The point of entrepreneurship from my viewpoint is helping people identify how they add value other than simply being smart and being able to do a job How do you bring something to the equation that is not necessarily expected of you and makes you stand out? What’s your competitive advantage?”

Create the business: move from concept phase to market phase

Searc h for investment and funding or bootstrap

So what does it take to make a successful startup entrepreneur? To begin with, entrepreneur hopefuls should develop a “ concept ” a more holistic approach than an “idea,” according to Dan Cohen, the director of eLab, an organization that helps accelerate business concepts using Cornell entrepreneurs

A concept, according to Cohen, is formed after going through discussions with a tar-

get group of customers and confirming that they are willing to pay a certain amount to buy a product “An idea, [in contrast,] is that maybe there is a market out there and maybe they will buy the product,” he said

Furthermore, a startup becomes more valuable if it possesses dedicated and able startup founders, a committed team and a quality product, according to Cohen

“There are two major things that we look for The first one is that we believe that the founder, the person who created the idea and put the concept together, has the ability to build a company that is valuable Number two is how good is the team, because you won ’ t do much without a good team, ” he said “And the third thing we look at is the quality of the product or service: how good is the product or market fit?”

At eLab, teams have worked hard to adopt these qualities, according to Cohen

“We are not just incubating the best startups on campus We are incubating the very best concepts across the state, ” he said “We had a team that worked

consistent 90 hour weeks and it paid off ”

However, just being smart and working hard will not set a concept apart, according to Jaquette A startup needs to define its competitive advantage in order to make it big in the market, he said

“Does [being] smart set you apart? No! Everywhere you turn it is like ‘Gee, everyone I meet seems like they are smarter than me?’” Jaquette said “So, [being] smart is not going to define your competitive advantage ”

In addition to working 90 hours a week, thinking apart from the traditional grocery shopping experience is what helped Rosie a Cornell startup developing web and mobile shopping platform that learns and predicts a shopper’s purchasing behavior for household goods and groceries define its competitive advantage, according to Matt Ford ’13, head of business development for Rosie

Manu Rathore can be reached at mrathore@cornellsun com

Importance of Alumni Networking: My th or Reality

By JOSEPH SARKIS Sun Contr butor

Getting a job lined up before graduation or landing a summer internship is often more stressful than the prelim season for Cornell students Yet in a world where LinkedIn is to job search what Facebook is to social life, Cornell students have ignored one of the most useful assets available to them: alumni, according to Rebecca Sparrow, executive director of Cornell Career Services Networking is especially important for students looking to go into business or finance careers, according to Sparrow

because most finance companies’ first-round campus interviews are conducted by Cornell alumni who can recommend candidates to the company ’ s human resources department

“Human resources places your resume on the top, as an alumni working at the company suggested your name, ” he said “They actually review your candidacy,

“It is a good way to get your foot in the door. The rest is dependent on your candidacy and qualifications ”

“It’s just a numbers thing It is not unusual for one of the popular banks to receive 380 resumes for one of its job postings And you can imagine that, of those 380 students, probably nearly all of them meet their credentials on paper, ” she said “You could have a dartboard and throw darts to pick your 13 candidates for that [desired] schedule ”

Recruiters usually pre-screen the job applications they receive from undergraduate students According to Sparrow, a common process is for recruiters to “sit down at a round table, and the first thing they’ll say is: ‘Okay Who do we know?’”

Arnav Sahu ’15, who will work as an economic analyst for a think tank over the summer, said alumni connections are essential

instead of spending just 15 seconds on your resume ”

However, alumni may not always be eager to help prospective applicants, according to Sparrow

“Many [alumni] will be [eager], some might not be and the worst off you are is when that person doesn’t answer your email,” she said

But there is always a possibility that connecting to alumni will be fruitful, according to Sparrow

“It can be quite flattering to the people whom you ’ re asking information from to hear that you think there’s something about them that’s interesting and that they may be able to help you, ” she said

Ratnika Prasad ’14, who will be working with an investment

bank over the summer, said that connecting with alumni is similar to aiming for high SAT scores to get into one ’ s dream college

“It is one of the many factors considered and might ultimately determine the result, but it is not the only thing,” she said “It does not mean that one won ’ t get an internship or a job because one has not connected with alumni ” It is certainly possible to get a job without a connection, according to Ji Won Ok ’13, who plans on joining a consulting firm in South Korea after graduating

“I didn’t go through any alumni connections I applied for the job by sending my resume and got an interview,” she said

However, alumni are more inclined to help Cornell students, as they share a common alma mater, according to Sparrow

“When you call [alumni], it is not quite a cold call, as you already share something,” she said “When you call someone else out of the blue after finding their contact information, for example, from an article in The Wall Street Journal, that personal commitment isn’t there ”

But applicants should not treat networking as a requirement Rather, they should treat it as a way to gather information, according to Prasad

“A lot of people see networking as a check mark on a list,” she said “That completely misses the point because the reason that one

should be talking to recruiters from these institutions in order to understand what is different about each of them and because the institutions can tell when a person is trying to be fake ”

There are many ways a student can be an applicant the recruiter knows, according to Sparrow One method is searching the database of mentors on the CCnet website, she said

“You can go in there and search in the database of mentors There are a lot of ways in which you can search by their major,

company [and] location,” she said “After you identify a person you ’ re interested in, you send them an email essentially saying, ‘I’d like to pick your brain ’” However, landing a job is ultimately dependent on one ’ s qualifications, according to Sahu “[Networking] is a good way to get your foot in the door,” he said “The rest is dependent on your candidacy and qualifications ”

Joseph Sarkis can be reached at js2656@cornell edu

Sun Market Watch

Both S&P and the Dow Jones closed at record highs recently after the recession hit global markets in 2007 The stock market has been relatively stable since then What is your outlook on investments?

“The U S markets are finally seeing a resurgence; the increased M&A activity this year coupled with a decreasing unemployment rate are both positive signs It’s important, though, to note that in today’s globalized world, what happens in other regions such as the Eurozone sovereign-debt crisis and slowing growth in China and India does affect the U S economy so I remain cautiously optimistic ” Siddhant Trivedi ’13

It s encouraging whenever these two markets are performing well, as they are often seen as a barometer of U S economy ' s health However, there are more numbers unemployment, inflation, bank lending, etc that don’t mirror a ‘record-setting’ environment ” Ken Babcock ’13

“The best way to describe my investment outlook going forward is that of cautious optimism The markets seem to have stabilized at these high levels, but the current monetary policy cannot continue indefinitely Although inflationary expectations have yet to materialize, they remain to be an impending concern At some point, the Federal Reserve is going to have to raise interest rates and the equity markets will have to adjust to sustainable levels ” Andrew Freiman ’14

Participant Calls Skate Jam One

People Unite to Support Victims, Raise Awareness

back; just meant to let people have fun,” said Jarrod Monacelli ’14, Ithaca College, a par ticipant in the event

The event has become an attraction for both the Ithaca community and the skateboarders who par ticipate Spectators sat on the rooftops of the houses along Buffalo Street and in color ful folding chairs with boxes of Coor’s Light to admire the skaters and shout encouraging words when they successfully completed a trick

This year, Comet’s Ithaca Skate Jam attracted s k

skaters, some of whom drove hours to get to Ithaca, said they were drawn to Buffalo Street for its closed hill, fresh pavement and consistent 15-

percent grade, according to Monacelli “

Mar yland,” said Ian Jones, a high school par ticipant “It’s $40 to register, and they pretty much invite ever yone to come out and have a good time ”

Ithaca Skate Jam as an oppor tunity to fulfill ever y skater’s dream: “ We look at this hill ever y day and wish there were no cars on it ”

“It’s quite a lot of people –– spectators, skaters [and] ever yone, all just having a good time,” said Devin Bailey, a high schooler from Boston and a par ticipant in the Skate Jam “ This is one of the gnarliest [skate] jams of the year ”

Ashley Chu can be reached at achu@cornellsun com

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Advocates of Gun Law Consider Taking Issue to Voters

OLYMPIA, Wash (AP) After struggling to sway both state and federal lawmakers, proponents of expanding background checks for gun sales are now exploring whether they will have more success by taking the issue directly to voters

While advocates generally prefer that new gun laws be passed through the legislative process, especially at the national level, they are also concerned

a b o u t h ow m u c h s w a y t h e Na t i o n a l R i f l e Association has with lawmakers

Washington Rep Jamie Pedersen, a Democrat who had sponsored unsuccessful legislation on background checks at the state level, said a winning ballot initiative would make a statement with broad implications

“It’s more powerful if the voters do it as opposed to our doing it,” Pedersen said “And it would make it easier for the Legislature to do even more ”

On Monday, proponents of universal background checks in Washington will announce their plan to launch a statewide initiative campaign that would require the collection of some 300,000 signatures, according to a person involved in the initiative planning who spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to pre-empt the official announcement

The Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility has scheduled a fundraiser in Seattle at the end of next month and hopes to have a campaign budget in

the millions of dollars

Ballot measures may be an option elsewhere, too Hildy Saizow, president of Arizonans for Gun Safety, said an initiative is one of the things the group will be considering as it reconsiders strategies An organizer in Oregon was focused on the Legislature for now but wouldn’t rule out a ballot measure in the future if lawmakers fail to pass a proposed bill there

While advocates have had recent success on background checks in places like Connecticut and Colorado, they’ve been thwarted in some other states and in Congress The U S Senate rejected a plan to expand background checks earlier this month, although lawmakers in the chamber are still working to gather additional votes

Brian Malte, director of mobilization at the national nonprofit lobbying group Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said passage through Congress is the ideal in order to have a national solution and so that states with strong gun laws aren ’ t undermined by nearby states with weaker standards He noted that initiative campaigns are costly

resources

Still, Malte said, the ballot measures are an option to consider

“At some point, certainly decisions need to be made about what the right time is to say we take it to the people,” Malte said

Senate Immigration Bill May Not Benefit All Immigrants

SAN DIEGO (AP) Carlos Gonzalez has lived nearly all his 29 years in a countr y he considers home but now finds himself on the wrong side of the border and the wrong side of a prop o s e d ov e r h a u l o f t h e U S immigration system that would grant legal status to millions of people

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nearly 2 million removals from the United States since Barack Obama was first elected president “I have nobody here,” said Gonzalez, who ser ves breakfasts

while nursing a foot that frac-

jumped the border fence in

extended family in California

duced earlier this month would bring many of the estimated 11 million people living in the U S illegally out of the shadows, not ever yone would benefit They include anyone who arrived after Dec 31, 2011, those with gay partners legally in the U S , siblings of U S citizens and many deportees such as Gonzalez

New EPA Estimate May Have Major Implications for Fracking Debate

PITTSBURGH (AP) The

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Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural gas production, in a shift with major implications for a debate that has divided environmentalists: Does the recent boom in fracking help or hurt the fight against climate change?

Oil and gas drilling companies had pushed for the change, but there have been differing s

amount of methane that leaks from wells, pipelines and other facilities during production and delivery Methane is the main component of natural gas

The new EPA data is “kind of an earthquake” in the debate

Shellenberger, the president of the Breakthrough Institute, an environmental group based in Oakland, Calif “This is great news for anybody concerned about the climate and strong proof that existing technologies

The scope of the EPA’s revision was vast In a mid-April report on greenhouse emissions, the agency now says that tighter pollution controls instituted by the industry resulted in an average annual decrease of 41 6 million metric tons of methane emissions from 1990 through 2010, or more than 850 million metric tons overall That’s about a 20 percent reduction from previous estimates The agency converts the methane emissions into their equivalent in carbon dioxide, following standard scientific practice

The EPA revisions came even though natural gas production has grown by nearly 40 percent since 1990 The industry has boomed in recent years, thanks

drilling in previously untapped

hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which injects sand, water and chemicals to break apart rock and free the gas inside

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“Evaluating the role of activism on campus is certainly necessary, especially when you have so many students afraid to participate because it might hurt the golden future Cornell has promised them I’ve seen far too many ‘student leaders’ standing NEAR demonstrations so they can later say they shared solidarity when they never actually participated. Let’s just be clear that, in the status quo, the state of speech is not entirely free.”

Jing Jin | Ringing True

Re: “LURIE-SPICER: Stifling Dissent: Exploring the Role of Protest on Campus,” Opinion published April 26, 2013

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Big Red Runway | Models showed off collections prepared by Cor nell Fashion Collective members on Saturday night Clockwise from top right: model getting prepped for show; collection by Matthew Gottesman ’13; model getting prepped for show; (“Apples”) a part of the Second Level Designer collections; part of the First Level Designer collection with theme 7 Deadly Sins; part of a collection by Dale Kinney’s ’14

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The Cornell Fashion Collective’s 29th Fashion Show

BY KATHERINE CARREÑO Sun Staff Writer

More than 2,500 attendees filled Barton Hall Saturday for the 29th Cornell Fashion Collective show, hungry for the visual delights that the student community had cooked up for them

Textures of all types were utilized to make the beautiful and sculpturesque garments: chicken wire, aluminum and crochet sweater-fabric were just a few of the notable mediums The audience witnessed an artful display of ballet-inspired catwalks, a spiced-up rendition of a certain pair of royal wedding guests with a penchant for distinctive hats and even a knee-length pleated skirt made entirely of interlocking aluminum sheets

Following a flourish of skirts and feminine silhouettes were a deliciously shocking pair of space-apples: giant white, round figures covered in white vinyl scales encasing the abdomens of each male model Multi-colored neon wigs adorned the bottoms The worm hole-like front opening, allowing a tantalizing view of almost-goodies, was a tad risqué, but it wasn ’ t until the models made their catwalk roundabouts that the audience erupted into a whoop of shocked delight the uncovered back allowed for a gratuitous view of derriere The experimental piece, meant to envision “perversion and Asian pop-art, ” was designed by Brandon Wen ’16 Laughing, Wen recounted how the camera crew shamelessly “zoomed in” on the the goods, but he was delighted at the attention to his design nonetheless Unique works like Wen’s exemplify the annual fashion show’s nature as an arena of creative freedom and dedication to wearable art, and of course, the age-old adage: Expect the unexpected

First-level designers really shined this year with their “ seven deadly sins” designs Pride herself was an uncompromisingly regal figure in a metallic, gunmetal skater dress embellished with intimidating gold shoulder-spikes Designer Tiffany Zhang ’16 implemented a beading embroidery technique to secure goldchain designs all over the bodice She even made matching goldchain hand pieces and a chain headpiece to crown her Pride as the leading sin Greta Ohaus’ ’16 red dress was just as commanding Meant to evoke both gluttony and greed, the angular red dress could have doubled as an architectural project The hips flared out into a trapezoid-like silhouette, which Ohaus says is meant to invoke the avaricious shape of a person toting multiple shopping bags; and the smooth collar was emblazoned with molten gold syrup-like drippings, bringing to mind the sin of gluttony

The show’s traditional Pendleton menswear collection updated juvenile fashion with a modern, adult twist The designs, created by a team of designers awarded a Pendleton scholarship, are available for Pendleton to use in their commercial collections

The team merged classic Pendleton wools, known for their colorful Native American-inspired prints, with knit fabrics and monochromatic mediums Knee-length shorts and fitted silhouettes brought to mind conventional boy-scout garb, but the colorful patterns and eclectic accessories such as a headdress made of tree branches, a printed backpack in the shape of a bear’s head and a fluffy-tailed fur hat the like of Peter Pan’s lost boys gave this collection a playful, modern and nostalgic air

As always, the long-awaited senior collections were saved for last Meant to showcase the skill development of the fourth-year designer, these are collections of eight to twelve signature pieces

Rachel Kuhns’ ’13 collection, Coalescence, was a swish of delicate fabrics: layers of airy chiffon skirts and feminine, demure figures

Clad in blush pinks, creams and lilywhites, her models floated down the runway, each with thin, white bows securing their top buns and ball-shaped white purses in hand On the opposite spectrum, Matilda Ceesay’s ’13 Semblance was a bold display of saturated colors, patterns and textures, creating an energetic finish to the show Fusing traditional African prints with clothing constructions to envision a modern-day manner of dress, Ceesay’s collection was exemplary of high fashion Stand-out pieces included a bright red blouse with over-sized puff sleeves, an expertly-draped pair of printed, harem-style capri pants and a mixed-medium flame-orange mini-dress

All in all, the 29th Cornell Fashion Collective show culminated into the perfect way to usher in the colorful nature and sense of freedom that signals springtime at Cornell

Arts Around Town

Locally Grown Dance Festival

7:30 p m on Thursday, Friday and Sunday Kiplinger Theatre

There is something inherently similar about dancing and risk-taking Take this preconceived conception one step further and watch as the Locally Grown Dance Festival 2013 explores this relationship in a beautiful form This week, starting on Wednesday, the Locally Grown Dance Festival will put on shows in the Kiplinger Theatre that explore riveting questions such as, “When do we step over the precipice? or “where is the political edge?” through dance If you are interested to see how these artists transform such abstract principles in the form of dance, be sure to check out this festival

Gaby Velkes

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Emily Wells

9:00 p m on Friday at The Haunt

This Thursday, Emily Wells will bring her genre-defying act to the Haunt Wells employs a wide variety of instrumentation in her live shows

Rather than employing pre-recorded loops, she creates her own loops w h i l e p e r f o r m i n g , m a k i n g f o r a u n i q u e c o n c e r t - g o i n g e x p e r i e n c e

For anyone looking to expand their musical horizons with aspects of classical, hip-hop and folk, Wells’ performance is a can ’ t miss opportunity

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Slope Day

1:00 p m on Friday on Libe Slope(!)

Hey guys, it’s almost Slope Day! What, did you already know that? You bought your custom pinny and cool, cheap shades? You scheduled no classes on Friday just with Slope Day in mind? You think it’s stupid we have an Arts Around Ithaca on the biggest event of the year? Well, that all may be true, but The Sun would like to caution that if you pre-game too hard, you may even forget to make it to the Slope Be there, in whatever capacity 5 & A Dime kicks off the festivities, followed by Hoodie Allen who I am just going to assume is Woody’s gangsta rap alter ego, although my editors tell me I’m dreadfully wrong and, finally, Kendrick Lamar All the gripes we ’ ve shared over lunch and on The Sun website’s comments section should give way to a boozy, sticky good time Just make it to, and from, the Slope in one piece, alright? We warned ya Za

Yamatai Presents: Pulse 2013

7:00 p m on Saturday at Bailey Hall

Looking for your Japanese taiko dr umming fix in Ithaca? Look no fur ther than Yamatai’s Pulse 2013 this Saturday Even if you have never even heard of taiko dr umming, Cornell’s premier taiko dr umming team over whelm you, in a good way, as you witness per formers play the largest dr ums that have ever graced Bailey Hall This year Yamatai will honor Shimtah, Cornell’s first and only Korean traditional percussion group, and introduce you to the wondrous world of Korean Folk music Your last chance to see Yamatai take the stage this semester is at Pulse 2013, so don’t miss out Buy your ticket fast, because if last years show was any indication, this show will sell out fast Ga b y Ve l k e s ’

The Contradiction of a Clean Conscience

Last Wednesday in Dhaka, Bangladesh, an eight-story factory named Rana Plaza collapsed Rana Plaza housed around 3,000 workers in what we now know to have been sub-human working conditions Though workers observed and complained of cracks in the walls over the past months, higher-ups maintained their low safety standards, not wanting to spend the necessary money to renovate Over 300 perished, though many of the bodies were too mangled or buried too deeply to be identified In the news, photos of horrified Bangladeshis abound

At first, the brands subcontracting out to this factory remained in the shadows, hiding behind their out-of-sight, out -of-mind mantras and business models We now know some of the culprits: a Canadian retailer that markets the brand Joe Fresh, Spain’s Mango and, likely, Benetton and Wal-Mart

The brands utilizing this factory are of little importance, though What matters is that these are our clothes Or they might as well have been I checked the labels I put on this morning “Made in Vietnam “Made in Bangladesh “Made in China ”

And we don’t really have much of a choice I mean, sure, we could buy American I can think of a few brands that exclusively manufacture in the United States But these alternatives seem prohibitively expensive in comparison to the Old Navy’s and Targets of the world If not our clothes, it’s our oil, sucked out of the ground by migrant laborers, our coffee, grown in exploitative farming conditions throughout the world, or anything else, with the omnipresent chain of exploit from ground to consumer

Living an impact-free life is not only far out of my pricerange, but also conceptually impossible given the opaque production schemes that govern the globalized world

If the above sounds like a Marxist diatribe, it shouldn’t or at least not entirely With the 20th century as our reference, capitalist excesses seem a small price to pay given the succulent goodness of first-world living, curated like a museum exhibition here at Cornell University Yes, I understand that Cornell

strives to achieve a certain diversity of class, but compared to Bangladesh, there really is no comparison

This contradiction is by no means a new problem it may in fact have improved since the days of outright colonialism To reject the Nobel Prize in Literature, Jean-Paul Sartre sent a letter to the Swedish Press that was translated and republished soon after in Le Monde His reasoning referred to a certain disaffection with the occidental Ivory Tower, but also made an interesting concession that referred to the inherent contradictions of his own ideology He claimed to be no more qualified for a Nobel Prize as a European author than for a Lenin Prize as an avowed socialist, acknowledging the benefit that his bourgeois upbringing conferred upon him Without his wealthy capitalist youth, Sartre himself recognized that he would not have achieved the success that he did, or been in a position to advocate socialism so publicly

In an interview with Claude Lanzmann, director of Shoah and Editor-in-Chief of Les Temps Modernes, Sartre used this paradigm to define what it means to be an intellectual A nuclear physicist, Sartre claims, who simply practices his profession may be intelligent, even a savant Still, unless he realizes the irony in his own vocation, the fact that his craft will likely be exploited to threaten and destroy in warfare, and protests the end result of his endeavors, he is not an intellectual Much as we cannot conceivably live an impact-free life, Sartre claims that the nuclear physicist cannot feasibly cease to be what he is a nuclear physicist Instead, he must recognize the contradictions inherent in a supposedly meritocratic system that conferred him such privilege through bourgeois birth, and recognize the irony implicit in his contributing to and yet condemning the system itself

Since this is my last column for The Cornell Daily Sun, I find it appropriate to make a generalized and potentially foolishly over-extended claim about my soon-to-be alma mater Cornell, great academic institution that it is, has a dire paucity of intellectuals in the Sartrean sense Our activists ap-proach their own activism with

a mind-numbing lack of selfawareness for me, the foolhardy divestment campaign that has swept campus the last few months embodies this entirely Worse still are the future financiers and consultants who enter their p r o f e s s i o n s entirely unironically, failing to see that a headnod Obama vote and professed liberal values do not counterbalance the striking alacrity with which they auction their intelligence off to the highest bidder, no matter what the tentacles of this corporate beast may be engaged in up or downstream Don’t get me wrong there are a million different reasons to choose a career and I’m sympathetic to any of them but none of these warrant the self-imposed myopia that our campus culture seems to validate

If it seems I’m leaving with a bitter taste in my mouth, I assure you that nothing could be farther from the truth I would never try to counsel my peers on what future path to take, nor could I claim honestly that even the noblest of undergraduate intentions can truly enact change at anything but the margins However, I do hope that when we open our browsers to CNN or unfold our morning New York Times and witness the sorts of tragedies that happened at this Bangladeshi factory or at the countless others across the third world, that none of us are comfortable mourning without a heaping helping of guilt There’s nothing more contradictory than a clean conscience

Adam Lerner is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at alerner@cornellsun com Slow Lerner runs alternate mondays this semester

La xer s Claim V ictor y in

Back-and-Forth Game

By SCOTT ECKL Sun Staff Wr ter

Red Takes Perfect Ivy League Regular

Season Mark Into Upcoming

Playoffs

C.U., Columbia Top ped by Brown for Dunn Bowl Trophy

By SYDNEY ALTSCHULER Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell women ’ s rowing team travelled to Providence, R I , this past Saturday t o c o m p e t e a g a i n s t

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field so I thought our defense in general played really well altogether and just made them take shots that probably weren ’ t the best look, and I was just seeing the ball really well ”

Another big factor in the Red’s victory was shutting down Princeton’s Tom Schreiber, who was held to only two goals

“It wasn ’ t personally all me, ” said senior defenseman Jason Noble, who covered Schreiber for much of the game “We threw a bunch of looks at him and we just emphasize playing the team system We weren ’ t relying on any one man or just me to stop him We wanted to stick to our gameplan, stick to our team defense, really didn’t want to change anything out of the ordinary to accommodate them so we were just playing the team system [ We were] a little more focused on him than any other player, but we were getting early slides to him, making him move the ball and making them make uncomfortable passes ”

While the victory cements the Red’s perfect Ivy League regular season record, perhaps the sweeter part of the game was avenging last season ’ s 14-9 defeat at the

hands of the Tigers

“Fresh in our minds was the loss that we took to them last year at their place,” DeLuca said

The Tigers will remain fresh in mind, as Cornell and Princeton will face each other again next weekend in the Ivy League Tournament’s opening round at Schoellkopf Field

Despite the daunting task of knocking off a high-ranked Princeton squad two weeks in a row, coach DeLuca said he has been impressed by the way the Red has been playing as of late

“[I] could not be more excited for our guys, ” DeLuca said “Our guys prepared extremely hard this week in practice We battled, knowing we were going to face a very tough opponent, a very dangerous opponent This was a league game the Princeton-Cornell game in any situation is always one of the most important of the year for our program and to elevate it, to put it on this stage in MetLife Stadium and to get a win in the manner in which we did today, just can ’ t say enough about the way that our seniors and our captains led our guys in practice and prepared in the right way ”

“Every race is an opportunity to test ourselves and gain more speed ”

bowl The trophy is awarded to t h e v i c t o r i o u s team in best-ofthree races Despite a strong performance from the Red, defending champions No 9ranked Brown topped Cornell for the trophy

Still, the No 15 Red captured the win in the varsity four B, clocking in at 7:52 30 No 16 Columbia beat both the Red and the Bears in the varsity eight, but Brown won all three other races to secure the Dunn Bowl The Red faced some tough conditions

out on Seekonk River, as the first three races of the day had debris in the last 500 meters that caused some steering complications Despite mixed results, the Red looks ahead to the Eastern Sprints, its champio n s h i p r a c e i n May, with determ i n a t i o n a n d confidence

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“Despite dealing with debris in the water in the last 250 meters, the A4, B4, and third varsity raced hard and effectively,” assistant coach Liz Denison said in a statement “Ever y race is an opportunity to test ourselves and gain more speed, and we will carr y the lessons learned into practice this week ”

Sydney Altschuler can be reached at saltschuler@cornellsun com

Red Cr ushes Tigers In Big City Classic

By CHRIS MILLS Sun Staff Wr ter

On the final day of the regular season, the Cornell laxers scored one of their best performances of the year on perhaps the team ’ s biggest stage thus far, running away from rival Princeton, 17-11, in the Big City Classic at MetLife Stadium

The Red’s victory over the No 12 Tigers (8-5, 3-3) cements No 6 Cornell (12-2, 6-0) as the favorite going into this weekend’s conference tournament

“[O]ur guys never quit and kept their foot on the gas and kept the lead at a manageable level, a manageable distance, and we were able to come out of here with the win,” head coach Ben DeLuca ’98 said “And again, the leadership of our captains I can ’ t say enough [about] how important their influence on our team has been this year And to see it come to fruition, today in particular, under the big lights and [on] the TV with everyone watching, it’s extremely satisfying for me as a head coach and for our coaching staff ”

The Red nabbed an early pair of unassisted goals from senior attackman Rob Pannell in the captain’s final regular s e a s o n p e r f o r m a n c e Fro m t h e re , s o p h o m o re Ma t t Donovan scored two of his own in the first and second periods to extend the lead to 4-1, with Pannell tacking on another unassisted goal later in the quarter to give Cornell a decisive 8-1 advantage The Red led, 9-3, at halftime

Pannell, who became the Ivy League’s all-time leading points leader last week against Brown, wrote another chapter of his Cornell legacy Saturday with five goals and four assists more than doubling his career goals against the Tigers

“It’s great for my confidence,” Pannell said “[C]oach

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DeLuca’s been getting on me quite a bit and he pushed me to that next level I had my best week of practice this week To go out there and do it in practice is probably the hardest part, and game-day is when it’s fun when I enjoy [lacrosse] most So [if ] my teammates and coaches [hadn’t] pushed me to that level this week, I wouldn’t have had the game I had tonight ” Despite building a significantly early lead, however, the Red could not sleep on the Tigers in the second half Princeton scored three consecutive unassisted goals in the third quarter and a late goal from star junior midfielder Tom Schreiber put the Tigers within striking distance down 13-9 with more than 11 minutes remaining

Going pro | J C Tretter, who started at left tackle for the Red, was selected 122nd overall in the

Red Offensive Lineman Selected In Fourth Round of NFL Draft

Senior offensive lineman J C Tretter became the 31st Cornell player of all time to be selected in the NFL draft as the Green Bay Packers chose him this weekend in the 2013 draft Tretter was chosen as the 25th pick in the fourth round, making him the 122nd overall selection

Tretter, who initially started at tight end for the Red, switched to left tackle in his junior season and played his final 20 games for Cornell at that position An intimidating 6’4” figure weighing around 300 pounds, Tretter and his skill at protecting quarterback Jeff Matthew’s blind side helped the Red set new passing records and have the third-best passing attack in the FCS

Tretter was named a unaniminous all-Ivy first team selection, becoming the first offensive lineman to earn that honor since Kevin Boothe in 2005 Boothe was later drafted in the sixth round of the 2006 draft by the Oakland Raiders Overall, only 11 players from Cornell have been selected earlier than Tretter

According to some NFL analysts, Tretter’s strong NFL Scouting Combine performance made him stand out among the other top offensive linemen in the draft Statistics from the Bleacher Report list Tretter’s results from the combine as eighth in the vertical jump, eighth in the three-cone drill, 12th in the bench press, and 14th in the 40-yard dash

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“They fought back in the second half like we knew that they would,” DeLuca said Still, Cornell remained confident, riding the defense and senior attackman Steve Mock who scored two goals within the final 3:06 to a 17-10 advantage and eventual 17-11 final

“I think we just stuck to our game-plan, really,” said senior goaltender A J Fiore, who made 13 stops on the afternoon “We really wanted to force them down the side They really try to play a two-man game and try to get to the middle That’s probably the most dangerous area of the

Rowers Fall Short in Carnegie Cup

By ANNA FASMAN Sun Staff Writer

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