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CUPD Investigate Vandalism Of Arts Quad Flag Display

By STEPHANIE

Cornell police are currently investigating an incident of vandalism on the Arts Quad in which nearly 200 of 250 flags in an Cornell Amnesty International display were stolen and scattered around North Campus, as recounted in a statement by the club

The exhibit was part of the Week of Action which aims to raise awareness about the obstacles refugees face and was erected on the quad Wednesday, featuring flags from Palestine, Syria, Sudan, Iraq and Somalia

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We d n e s d a y n i g h t , a c c o rd i n g t o Christopher Hanna ’18, co-president of

Amnesty International Hanna added that most of the flags removed were from Palestine, Iraq and Syria

“I don’t know if it was a coincidence, but the countries that were targeted were the three ‘Arab’ countries in the ‘Middle East,” he said “[These countries] are the same ones whose residents and expatriates often bear the brunt of racist sentiment in the U S , which leads me to believe that there is a connection between this incident and the larger atmosphere of xenophobia accompanying the refugee crisis ”

Hanna said he believes the vandalism was motivated by a desire “ to obstruct and silence political dialogue” at Cornell

“In light of toxic anti-refugee sentiment

See FLAG DISPLAY page 5

Committee Considers Presidential Criteria

Will hold two open meetings this week, seek broad input

By STEPHANIE YAN and JOSH GIRSKY Sun Assistant News Ed tor and News Editor

Cornell’s presidential search committee is still determining the criteria for its candidates, according to committee member Prof Emeritus Isaac Kramnick, government Two open meetings which will be held on May 4 will allow Cornellians to provide feedback on the search, according to a University press release

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“The committee wants to hear what students, faculty and staff are hoping for in a president and will be on campus this week to listen, ” Kramnick said Kramnick added that he, personally, is seeking a president who “will be an inspirational champion for learning ”

“I am hoping that the new president [defends] the academy against those who attack [it], such as science-deniers, humanitiesbashers and state legislatures who

are defunding the great public universities,” he said Kramnick has held positions from vice provost for undergraduate education to associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

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University He has taught English and American political thought and history at the University since 1972 and was voted “favorite professor of the year ” in 1996, in a

See COMMITTEE page 4

Cornell Police Respond To Reported Altercation on Campus

Cornell Police responded to reports of an ongoing fight at approximately at 2:20 a m on Sunday The exchange left one male Cornellian with “substantial injuries ”

When the officers arrived to the scene they found a male Cornell student who had been injured during the dispute that had just taken place on College Avenue near Myron Taylor Hall, according to a CUPD crime alert

The injured student reported that he was trying to diffuse a fight between a friend who was not a Cornellian and several Asian males and an Asian female, the release said The victim then reported that he was assaulted by additional Asian people who joined the group after the altercation had started

The cause or nature of this altercation are currently unknown to the CUPD Immediately after the fight all suspects fled the area, heading southbound on College Avenue

Despite incurring serious injuries, the student victim refused medical treatment at the scene CUPD’s investigation of this incident is open and ongoing

Compiled by Madeline Cohen

Gala Supports Syrian Refugees

Aims to raise funds, boost ‘ awareness of crisis’

By JOSH GIRSKY Sun News Editor

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Cornell for Syrian Refugee Gala on Saturday, designed to “ not just raise funds for Syrian refugees, but also to raise awareness of the crisis,” according to President of t h e A r a b

Salma Shitia ’18

The gala featured music from t h e C o r n e l l Mi d d l e - E a s t e r n Music Ensemble, spoken word poetry, a testimony from a Syrian whose cousin is a refugee and an auction, Shitia said Although most know of the

Cornellians are aware of “who the Syrians are, ” according to ASA Treasurer Ahmad Sabbagh ’17 “[Saturday] night we helped e

Syrian people and restore their forgotten humanity by sharing their names, faces, feelings and culture,” Sabbagh said “I hope that after this event, people will recognize refugees for the beauty that stems from their human lives rather than the taints of war ” Shitia said she was excited to see how the Cornell and Ithaca

Monday, May 2, 2016

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Wildlife Disease Investigation Outbreak: Why You Shouldn’t Visit the Jersey Shore in 2038 Noon - 1 p m , LH3, College of Veterinary Medicine

Navigating Cornell: What It Takes to Be the Captain of Your Career Noon - 1:30 p m , Ramin Parlor, Sage Hall

A Look at the Evolution of Determinign the Impacts Of Climate Change Through the IPCC 3:35 - 4:35 p m , 233 Plant Science Building

The Refugee Crisis and Beyond: Challenges to Germany’s Immigration and Integration Policies

5 - 6:30 p m , Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall

Tomorrow

Matters of Life and Death: Legal Issues in Veterinary Patient Management

8 - 9 a m , C2-539 College of Veterinary Medicine

The Cancer Genome Atlas Pan-Cancer Analysis

4 - 5 p m , Boyce Thompson Institute Auditorium

The Nigrescent Beyond: On Colson Whitehead and Future

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Einaudi Center Lund Critical Debate: Is Nuclear Power the Answer to Climate Change? 4:30 - 6:00 p m , Klarman Hall Auditorium

Inter esting geographic weather facts, courtesy of www climateandweather com:

The South Pole is the least sunny place on Earth; it only gets 182 days per year of sunshine

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Arts Quad Explodes in Color for Annual Holi

By STEPHANIE HENDARTA Sun Staff Writer

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Cornellians participated in Holi, the Hindu spring “festival of colors ”

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Dur vasula said that the event in which attendees throw bags of colored powder at friends is designed to bring a taste of the Indian event to Cornell’s campus

“It’s what Holi is like in India too, ”

Durvasula said “The only difference is that it’s entire country that’s taking over the streets with powdered colors ”

The event also contained stations where participants could receive henna tattoos and samosas

Attendee Raeann Titus ’18 called the

By ELEANOR GOOD Sun Staff Writer

Two citizens who refused to serve in the Israeli military spoke about their experiences as conscientious objectors to the country ’ s service requirement on Saturday in a talk hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine

S a h a r Vardi, program coordinator of the A m e r i c a n Friends Service C o m m i t t e e ’ s I s r a e l Program, said the organization believes militarization in Israeli society is one of the root causes of the occupation of Palestine

“The way in which soldiers are perceived creates prestige around it,” Vardi said “They are able to get better jobs, and you aren ’ t able to criticize the military because in doing so, you are criticizing everyone around you ”

The prevalence of the military in Israeli society creates a stigma implicit with refusal to ser ve, according to Yasmine Yablonko,

energy of the event contagious

“It’s so amazing how so many Cornell students came to celebrate it,” Titus said “It’s a great feeling to be able to share such a great culture with other students You could definitely tell how everyone was really enjoying themselves ”

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b e g a n p l a n n i n g Ho l i b e f o re t h e s t a r t o f t h e spring semester “ T h ro u g h o u t t h e semester, we make sure that everything is set for the event and that everyone is safe,” Durvasula said “Luckily, we ’ ve done this for so long that the process goes pretty smoothly By now, our board knows what vendor to talk to and what permits to get Every year, the event continues to improve ”

Archana Choudary ’18, a native of Jaipur in Northern India, noted that the Hindu

one of the speakers, who works with the organization Mesarvot to organize and elevate the voices of young military refusers

“The Israeli education system indoctrinates students as young as kindergarten to become soldiers when they finish school,” Yablonko said “You grow up in Israel thinking that ever yone is going and you don’t have any other options, so you don’t even question it ” In reality, Yablonko said less than 50 percent of Israeli citizens serve in the army

Yablonko, who is half Jewish and half Palestinian, said she chose to refuse her military service for moral reasons However, she clarified that she officially refused for mental health reasons, as the military rarely exempts citizens because of their personal morals

Palestinian Druze a religious minority that stems from Islam are also not exempt from service for ethnic reasons because the Israeli government classifies

Student Council did “ a good job of crowd management ”

“I have spent my first 17 Holis in India, and it’s a lot more intense there,” Choudary said “We don’t just play with colors, but also water, eggs, anything that i s re m o t e l y l i q u i d

C o r n e l l’s Ho l i w a s extremely fun, albeit more gentle ” Dur vasula added that he hopes the event will continue to attract more p e o p l e i n t h e c o m i n g years

“Sometimes as a board, we struggle with whether or not we should have more educational things, but we also think that the beauty of this event is the rather chaotic feel of it,” Durvasula said “The ultimate goal here really is to come throw colors at each other and have fun ”

Police Discover Meth Lab On West Buffalo Street

Ithaca Police discovered a meth lab near the 700 area of West Buffalo Street at 12:25 a m on Sunday, according to a press release from the Ithaca Police Department The lab was located in a shed near a vacant commercial business lot

After arriving on the scene, officers searched the area and discovered many materials commonly used in the production of methamphetamine, according to the release

Officers secured the area and called in the New York State Community Emergency Response Team, which arrived later Sunday morning, the release said

After discovering multiple items in the shed that are used to make meth, including liquid meth oil, police also found a large amount of suspected stolen property from the Ithaca area, according to the release The property was collected and brought back to IPD headquarters for processing

No charges have been filed at this time, the release said

Compiled by Josh Girsky

Druze as a different ethnicity than Palestinian or Arab, according to Khaled Farrag, the other refuser Farrag is a member of Orfud, an organization that works to end compulsor y militar y ser vice imposed on Druze men

“This is an intentional policy to deepen the gap between the Dr uze and the rest of the Palestinian community,” Farrag said “It has created a negative reputation for the Druze in the Palestinian community They see us as traitors ”

Because he was not exempt from service, Farrag said he had to serve time in prison for his deci-

sion Although his family supported his decision to refuse, he had no other support or way to raise awareness about refusing service as a Druze, according to Farrag

Farrag added that the Israeli government paints the Druze as a model minority who do not refuse militar y ser vice, but he added that only 48 percent actually serve

Many Druze are reluctant to enter the army due to the social atmosphere surrounding the military, and face economic hardship while they are serving even while the army offers benefits to its soldiers after conscription, according to Farrag

“Many people will not go into the military because it only pays $160 per month, and they need to support their families,” he said

Despite the difficult nature of their situations, Yablonko and Farrag both expressed hope for the future of Israel

“It’s hard to be hopeful in a violent situation when the mainstream is shifting to the far right,” Yablonko said “But this makes my work so much more meaningful Everything I do will have much more impact and be more powerful

Professors, Students, Businesspeople

COMMITTEE

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The committee is headed by Jan Rock Zubrow ’77, a member of the Board of Trustees Zubrow also led the search committee that chosePresident Elizabeth Garrett, who died of colon cancer on March 6, according to the press release She currently ser ves on

organizations that promote education nationally and internationally, and was previously the

MedCapital, LLC, a venture capital firm that invests in health care companies,

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and helps plan Cornell’s annual Diversity Hosting Month initiatives, according to the College of Arts and Sciences website David Croll ’70, a member of the Board of Trustees, founded and is currently a managing partner of M/C Venture Partners, w h i c h m a n a g e s f u n d s f o r 1 0 media and telecommunications ser vices, according to the website Croll and his wife are trustees of a family foundation supporting education, art and the environment, the University said Ruben Jose King-Shaw Jr ’83 is a featured lecturer at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Public Health and chief invest-

a company run by Tisch and two relatives Tisch is also a director o f C N A Fi n a n c i a l , D i a m o n d Offshore Drilling and Boardwalk Pipeline Partners and K12 Inc, according to the University He and his wife have created a found

research, the University said Prof Charles Van Loan, computer science, was elected dean of the Faculty Senate on March 25 and has previously been the D

Science’s director of undergraduate studies, director of Ph D studies and chair Van Loan’s research focuses on matrix computations, according to the University Fred Van Sickle is the

am humbled, but proud, to once again lead a committee that will choose a leader.” J a n R o c k Z u b r o w

Beth’s momentum for ward and bring his or her own unique

Zubrow said in the release

Robert S Harrison ’76 is the chair of the Board of Trustees and the CEO of the Clinton Global Initiative He previously

Global Communications, Media and Entertainment Group in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs and a lawyer at Davis Polk & Wardwell, according to the University Yamini Bhandari ’17 is a student-elected trustee and a member of the Committee on Student Life, Committee on Academic

Committee She ser ved on the Student Assembly as a freshman-

women

s representative Bhandari is also a youth ambassador for the Parliament of World Religions, the University said Jessica M Bibliowicz ’81 is a member of the Board of Trustees and a senior adviser at Bridge Growth Par tners, LLC an equity firm that invests in technology and financial ser vices

Bibliowicz as its “Innovator of the Year” in 2003, when she was

Financial Partners, which advises

high net worth, the University said Dara Brown ’13 grad, who was elected student trustee on April 20, is a student in the

involved in community ser vice and women ’ s issues while she was an undergraduate On the S A she was the chair of the Women’s Issues Committee and promoted bystander inter vention programm

d Cornell’s late night shuttle system, according to the University Chad O Coates was chosen employee-elected trustee on April 22 and is an assistant dean of admissions and academic advising in the College of Arts and Sciences Coates also directs the Pre-freshman Summer Program

ment officer of Mansa Capital, LLC an investment firm specializing in health care ser vices a c c o rd i n g t o t h e Un i v e r s i t y Through a fellows program in their name, Shaw and his wife f u n d w o r l d w i d e p r o j e c t s i n health care, education and community development, according to the University Peggy J Koenig ’78 is a memb e r - a t - l a r g e o f t h e B o a rd o f Trustees and on the board of overseers for Cornell Tech She is also co-CEO of ABRY Partners, LLC, an investment firm that focuses on the media, informat i o n a n d b u s i n e s s s e r v i c e s , according to the University Prof Bruce Lewenstein, science and technology studies and communication, is the speaker of the Faculty Senate and a trusteee l e c t L e we n s t e i n s t u d i e s h ow science is communicated to the public and how the public perc e i v e s c o n t r ov e r s i a l s c i e n t i f i c topics, according to his website

Ro n a l d D Mc Cr a y ’ 7 9 , a member of the Board of Trustees, i s t h e i n t e r i m p r e s i d e n t a n d CEO of the Career Education

C o r p o r a t i o n , a c o m p a n y t h a t provides online and on-ground

d e g r e e s t h r o u g h t h e d o c t o r a l level He was previously the vice president and chief administrative officer of Nike Inc , according to Nike

Donald C Opatrny ’74 is a member of the Board of Trustees and a private investor Opatrny was also a managing director at G o l d m a n S a c h s , a n a d v i s o r y director for the firm and a memb e r o f t h e c o m p a n y ’ s Pr i v a t e

E q u i t y Gr o u p A d v i s o r y Committee, the College of Arts and Sciences website said

L e l a n d C Pi l l s b u r y ’ 6 9 , a member of the Board of Trustees, founded and is co-chairman and CEO of Thayer Lodging Group, which sponsors private equity f u n d s f o r l a r g e i n s t i t u t i o n a l investors, according to the presidential search website Six of his nieces and nephews have attende d C o r n e l l , a c c o rd i n g t o t h e University

Andrew H Tisch ’71 is the vice chairman of the Board of Trustees and holds multiple positions within Loews Corporation,

Cornell Prior to joining

Januar y, Sickle was the chief development officer of the Institute for Advanced Study in

alumni relations for Columbia

University Bar ton Winokur ’61 is a

ving his second term on Cornell’s Board of Tr ustees He is the chair of the board’s Audit Committee and is

Development, and the Volunteer Leadership Initiative Task Force,

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associate department chair of her department She is

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Graduate School

Peter Meining ’61 is chairman of a private holding company of different manufacturing and service businesses He has been a member of the Cornell Board of Trustees since 1991 and ser ved as c

rd f r o m 2002 to 2011, according to the University

Harold Tanner ’52 is president of Tanner & Co Inc , a private investment banking firm in New York City Tanner has ser ved as a trustee of The University for over 30 years and was vice-chair of the Presidential Search Committee that selected Hunter Rawlings to be the 10th president of Cornell He is now ser ving on his fifth Presidential Search Committee, according to the University S a n

r chairman of Citigroup and CEO of Casa Rosa Ventures He was named one of CNBC’s First 25: top rebels, icons and leaders He

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Stephanie Yan can be reached at syan@cornellsun com Josh Girsky can be reached at jgirsky@cornellsun com

Arts Quad Flag Display Vandalized

Display’s organizers suspect politics motivated incident

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Stephanie Yan can be reached at syan@cornellsun com

Arab Student Association Hosts Gala in Support of Syrian Refugees

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communities could collaborate to s u p p o r t re f u g e e s a f t e r Ma yo r

Svante Myrick ’09 pledged to help refugees relocate to Ithaca

“I was honestly very happy when I read the news that Mayor [Myrick] was welcoming refugees, but I was even more impressed when I learned there was a nonprofit being formed in the Ithaca c o m m u n i t y c a l l e d ‘ It h a c a Welcomes Refugees,’” Shitia said “It was very nice to get in contact with Ithaca community members who support the cause as well ”

She added that she was grateful for the Ithaca community’s support of the gala

“Sometimes I feel like we ’ re stuck in our own Cornell bubble,” Shitia said “But to have an entire community and an entire city that also feels that way is very rare, and I’m honestly so grateful

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that I could attend Cornell and be a part of the Ithaca community where individuals are so kindhearted and open-minded ” Christopher Hanna ‘18, cop re s i d e n t o f A m n e s t y

“Individuals have lost their family, or don’t have the ability to go back to their homeland ” S a l m a S h i t i a ’ 1 8

International at Cornell, added that cooperation between Cornell and Ithaca will be necessary to successfully settle refugees in the city

“Ithaca will be one of the first American cities to resettle Syrian re f u g e e s , a n d t h e i

resettlement here will depend on the efforts of both the Ithaca and C o r n e l l c o m m u n i t i e s , ” Ha n n a

said “The gala served as a first step in establishing a robust local s u p p o r t n e t w o rk f o r Sy r i a n refugees ”

Due to United Nations funding issues, many refugees receive l i t t l e f o o d a s

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ve below the poverty line, according to Hanna Shitia added that, in addition to these issues, refugees face barriers because they lack personal and financial connections to their host countries

“ I ’ m a n Eg y p t i a n , I ’ m n o t Syrian, but I do have a lot of Syrian friends,” Shitia said “Each summer I get to go back to Egypt and I get to visit my family, but these individuals have lost their family, or don’t have the ability to go back to their homeland, or recognize that more of their homeland has been destroyed ”

Josh Girsky can be reached at jgirsky@cornellsun com

Discover Body in Himalayas

LOS ANGELES (AP) The bodies of a renowned mountain climber and expedition cameram a n w h o we re b u r i e d i n a Himalayan avalanche 16 years ago have been found

The widow of Alex Lowe said in a statement Friday that two climbers attempting to ascend the 2 6 , 2 9 1 - f o o t Sh i s h a p a n g m a i n Tibet discovered the remains of two people partially melting out of a glacier

The climbers described the clothing and backpacks seen on the bodies to Conrad Anker, who was climbing with Lowe and cameraman David Bridges at the time of the October 1999 avalanche and survived Anker concluded that the two were Bridges and Lowe, the statement said

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said She married Anker, her husb a n d’s f r i

climber, in 2001 They live in Bozeman, Montana, and run the Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation together

Anker said the discovery has brought closure and relief to him

He told Outside magazine that although he hasn’t seen photos of the remains, he’s convinced they are those of Lowe and Bridges

“They were close to each other Blue and red North Face backpacks Yellow Koflach boots It was all that gear from that time period They were pretty much the only two climbers who were

there,” Anker said Lowe, Anker, Bridges and several others were on an expedition to climb Shishapangma, the 14th highest mountain in the world, t

19,000 feet when they saw a slab of snow break free 6,000 feet above them

L owe w a s re g a rd e d a s t h e world’s greatest mountain climber when he was swept to his death at age 40 He was known jokingly as “Lungs With Legs” for his incredible strength and stamina He had made difficult climbs all over the w o r l d , i n c l u d i n g Ne p a l’s Kwangde and Kusum Kanguru, and twice reached the summit of Mo u n t Eve re s t In Pe r u , h e climbed the southwest buttress of Taulliraju

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

‘A Space for the Freaks’:

BY ARMAAN SOBHAN Sun Contributor

Ithaca Underground has long been lauded as one of the few music and art collectives in Ithaca that truly keep their ears to the ground and deliver the locals exactly what they want to hear With that being said, last night’s concert was a dream come true for those who love to let the music visibly shake them up and down, those who feel not fear but exhilaration from the prospect of a mosh pit and those who like to keep their face down and, as Jimi Hendrix famously put it, “ wave their freak flag high ”

Last night’s show was kicked off by Ithaca cat-pop group Teencat, whose energetic basslines and straightforward, if dark, riffs were topped off by the optimistic lyrics and strong lead vocal performance delivered by Kari Aldrich

They were followed by local favorite Shore Acres Drive, a three person-collective that blends emo, punk and posthardcore and first debuted their music at the Ithaca Underground stage of the 2014 Ithaca Festival Shore Acres Drive consists of Cornell students Charlie Fraioli on guitar and vocals, Jake Burchard on the drums and Ithaca College student James Manton on bass Shore Acres Drive started as a solo acoustic project, with their music written exclusively by front man Charlie However, their new EP Cabin is the result of the three locking themselves up in a cabin in Bovina, New York (in the Catskills) and secluding themselves from the influence of Wi-Fi, cell-phone service and distractions I got the special opportunity to speak with band members Jake and Charlie before the show

According to drummer Jake Burchard, this collaborative and distraction-free writing environment lead to a “stylistic departure” for the band, characterized by “dynamic play, with softer, free-time sections, and louder, more cathartic parts too ” This leads to mini buildups of tension within tracks, such as their set-opening track “Lobotomizertron,” which had audience members alternatively swaying their bodies slowly in phase with the instrumental music and

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On Thursday, Cornell’s Fanclub Collective organized yet another fantastic line-up for a sweet night of trippy light shows and punk and nosie music at Cayuga Lodge

Up first was Nicki Duval of What Ner ve Unfor tunately, I could only listen from several stories up in the building as I was hurriedly finishing school work so I could head to the show Luckily, his glitchy dance-noise beats shook the whole house I only heard positive things about the performance I’ll definitely keep my eyes peeled for upcoming What Nerve shows, but for now I’ll have to satisfy my ears with their Bandcamp page I made it down just in time for the start of Eagle Daddy’s set This New Jersey band started things rolling down the hard rock hill

They played a punk alt-rock set complete with wailing vocals from the guitarist who put on a show with some athletic moves The bassist also contributed vocals that ranged from moody and sensitive (see “Upset” off of 2016’s You Should Try Jogging More ) to hardcore shouting He graced the audience with goofy dancing and betweensong-banter The crowd really seemed to enjoy their set, dancing wildly and respond-

thrashing their heads to the catharsis of the loud, screaming breakdowns Similar reactions were held to the band’s third track, “Not Now, Ambien Walrus,” which has a cello track on the recorded version, emulated live by guitarist Charlie using a freeze pedal, which allowed himself to play guitar on top of himself and mimic the building tension and noisiness of the record version Frontman Charles Fraioli described the aesthetic of Cabin and the newest music by Shore Acres Drive as, “atmospheric post-rock with angst ” Particularly with regards to the new untitled track debuted by the band last night, Charlie and Jake are right on The audience released their tension almost uniformly as each long instrumental vamp gave way to its accompanying vocal outcry

Following up for Shore Acres Drive was Therm, the new and improved name for Ithaca punk favorite Lust!, returning to Ithaca at long last after an absence that was clearly felt by their dedicated fans Therm’s lineup also includes a Cornell student, bassist Lewis Chesebrough Therm’s set was the most boisterous of the five bands The music was very fast paced and the lyrics were on the border between singing and shouting The audience moshed hard to the set Therm played loud punk music with bitingly funny lyrics while managing to offer up serious social commentary about topics such as isolation and consumerism The dark humor was well-received by the dark-jeans wearing audience in the dimly-lit room

After Therm cleared the stage, the palpable and buzzing anticipation for Palehound commenced Palehound are a quartet of Boston indie-rockers, led by guitarist and vocalist Ellen Kempner, a former roommate of Speedy Ortiz A group originally formed in response to Kempner’s breakup, Palehound’s frenetic and agitated riffs combine with some downright vir tuosic dr umming to remind you that Kempner is okay, despite her incredibly vulnerable, angsty lyrics Kempner’s vocals come with a technically beautiful, but obviously pained delivery that suggest a sincerity beyond what you hear at a typical indie rock show I got the impression throughout their performance that the band

ing to the bassist’s jokes They said they were missing a band member, but the trio nevertheless played their tunes without missing a beat They closed their set with a bang, playing a song with abrupt halts and climbing guitar riffs called “Staircase ”

was just barely keeping their temper, relegating anger or some other negative emotion to bubble just below the surface of their sound This is one reason Kempner’s vocals got the visceral reaction and unanimous cheers they did: she was teasing at explicitly what the instrumentals left to imagination

Pile, the DIY indie-punk quartet from Boston, was undoubtedly the main attraction for much of the crowd Fresh off their fifth LP, You’re Better Than This, Pile loves to mix the beautiful with the offensive Their live set was characterized by guitars intertwining into dissonant melodies and tom-heavy drumming, which combined to give the music a certain density, but not a lonely one Their sound is dense like an urban center, not dense like a jungle Pile’s reliance on odd time signatures and unpredictability in their music led to a similarly volatility in the audience This is the good type of volatile Frontman Rick Maguire was the mouthpiece for Pile’s vulnerability in a similar way to the way Kempner was for Palehound The audience loved the set, but Maguire definitely toed the line between lovable singer and total dickhead, as best evidenced by the two part encore Maguire stated that there were “ two ways to go about” the encore First, a short thrashing number meant for all-out moshing, which Maguire himself described as the “dick move ” And finally, Pile closed on a more amiable note with a longer track, teeming with gorgeous guitar harmonies and softer singing

The most memorable moment of this show for me was when Kempner of Palehound instructed the crowd to “raise your hand if you ’ re a freak,” which was met with a hundred fists in the air in solidarity She went on to remind us how lucky we are to have “ a space for the freaks,” which is “something special ” The crowd seemed to agree and left the show with a renewed appreciation for the weirdness of Ithaca, New York, and just how liberating that weirdness can be

Armaan Sobhan is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at ams685@cornell edu

“Hanging on the Telephone” by The Nerves, which really pumped up the crowd, and closed out with “King of the Beach” by Wavves While their covers were fantastic, their original music was just as much fun Dr ummer Aaron Goldstein contributed

with smiles on their faces The band seemed to have as much fun and energy as the crowd and per fectly prepped ever yone to be Guerilla Toss-ed

Next up was Therm, previously called Lust They kept the fun going with a silly Ramones vibe, able to incite the kind of pit that has the crowd smiling and laughing rather than what you might find at a Motörhead show They played two covers:

most of the vocals His voice is something special: simultaneously smooth as David Byrne’s and strong as Billy Idol’s, and as memorable as both Therm’s guitarist and bassist, Warren Lowell and Jon Samuels, contributed some shouting vocals as well, and

Hailing from NYC, Guerilla Toss has a stand-offish east-coast punk attitude They didn’t catch me at first song, which I found just little too whiney and loud But by the second tune, they added in some Latin beats and I was hooked They described themselves on their Facebook page as “ new age rage, ” but I like to think of it as psychedelic-riot-funk I felt I was on a rocket ship hurtling through an asteroid field like a pinball The female lead singer’s vocals were screechy in the best of ways, rising above the heavy synths and spacey guitar effects Some of her squeals were like sexy battle cries, forcing the crowd to rebel with their bodies, and a pit would ensue But it would quickly tone down back to funky grooves

Although they were coming to the end of a long tour for their new album Eraser Stargazer (2016), they mustered up enough energy for an enthralling performance

The crowd was left sweaty, sore and smiling after the most fun night of music at Cayuga Lodge this semester

Clyne is a junior in the College of Agrilculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at

As the number of members in a given band decreases, the worries of a “Ship of Theseus” transformation increase if band members join on or drop out As such, Blink-182’s decision to slot in Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba in place of former vocalist and guitarist Tom DeLonge 14 years into their career must have elicited trepidation amongst many long-time fans

In “Bored To Death,” the first single off of Blink-182’s Califor nia, which is slated for a July 1 release, fans get a glimpse of Skiba’s contributions to the trio The ne w collaborators have seemingly decided to pass on delving into radically ne w material in their first public debut, instead offering up a song that could easily slot into any of Blink-182’s most middleof-the-road, polished releases (Enema of the State, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket)

“Bored To Death,” however, evidences the darker, more mature tone that Blink-182 has star ted moving towards as its band members near their mid-40s In his signature remarkably

even tone, Skiba declares, “Back on Ear th, I’m broken/Lost and cold and fading fast ” Musically, “Bored To Death” works around

Travis Barker’s hyperactive dr umming, cleanchannel, minimal guitar lines and a drawn out instr umental bridge that has grown to characterize many of Angels & Air waves ’ releases Still, while many of Blink-182’s younger contemporaries have moved towards a gimmickheavy, stadium pop approach, Skiba, Hoppus and Barker’s devotion to unadorned power punk-pop is a welcome statement

Blink-182 long suffered from fan sentiment that their sound had grown homogenous and uncreative “Bored To Death,” does not affirmatively break from such an approach, but the addition of Skiba will hopefully set Califor nia off from past releases

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Rubin Danberg Biggs | The Common Table

Really a Very Cowardly Thing to Do

Last week, laid out in the center of the Arts Quad were five sets of sets of flags, each displaying a number Heading each display was the name of a different nation: Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Somalia and Sudan These signs, placed there by Cornell Amnesty International as a part of the Week of Action, counted the number of refugees displaced from each nation, and were designed to raise awareness about the hardships faced these millions On Wednesday night, nearly all of the 250 flags were removed from the ground and scattered throughout North Campus

And it is very difficult to understand why

The display made no mention of policy prescriptions, nor did it assign blame to any nation or group of people It made no normative claims about the states it mentioned or any conflicts in which they are currently involved In fact, apart from the choice to highlight these nations, the display was entirely apolitical, so it is not obvious why a person might find cause to object to a set of demographic statistics But I think it comes down to the shortcuts we take when we reach the limits of our empathy

When I was 12 years old, I read Night like it was written by my father It’s a short book, the 110-page account of Elie Wiesel’s life in Auschwitz and Buchenwald from 1944 to 1945 He calls it his deposition Thumbing through the light paperback on what I remember as a Saturday afternoon, I read this stranger ’ s narrative like it was a deeply personal family memory The features of the character I constructed in my head were familiar, and every pain he felt seemed immediate Fear and heartbreak jumped from the text on the page, and landed somewhere near my chest This, I think, was a shortcut taken in deference to an empathy that had reached the limit of its ability The extent of Wiesel’s tragedy was such that the only way I could think to process it was to place myself within it

When faced with a certain scale of devastation, we are often confronted with the reality that the full scope of a stranger ’ s pain is impossible to comprehend on face Staring at a flashing news banner or reading gory statistics in a textbook makes it clear

that no matter how brutal a distant tragedy may be, it is extremely difficult to fully understand And that is a deeply unpleasant experience Much as I may like to be able to say that I know and can cognize the pain of some far away other, this is just so rarely the case

Instead, we construct narratives to give ourselves a hand In a certain context, like a movie or a book, where the narrative is laid out in detail, we will impose ourselves into the story But when the presentation is more dispassionate, like a sign with a number, the shortcuts we take tend to be altogether more political We might choose to digest the casualties of war as a necessary consequence, or the sign of a misguided leader The victims of a natural disaster become the evidence of a necessar y policy prescription, or a neglectful government Regardless of the specifics, even when we are sympathetic to the pain that is being felt, the bodies and the lives are not really the point They are the function of whatever larger meaning we would like them to have The lens through which Americans have chosen to witness the exodus of millions of refugees has been largely dominated by a perception of threat It is hard to disentangle the various flavors of hysteria that have amalgamated in political discourse to create a widespread feeling that it would be a risk to allow the entry or support the survival of the victims of widespread war Race and religion certainly play a role, but more than anything it is the overarching perception that advocacy for these refugees comes somehow at the expense of American safety Viewed in this light, it is unsurprising that someone might see these signs as something other than a humanitarian announcement Those who took these flags, just like those who continue to peddle terror and hate, have chosen to understand this suffering with a narrative of fear For months, America has been afraid of the shadows of huddled children walking in the dark, and for want of empathy, it seems we still are

Rubin Danberg Biggs is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at red243@cornell edu The Common Table appears alternate Mondays this semester

To Harrison: On the Folly of Time

Little brother: I have a condition called Lymphedema, which causes my right leg to swell and forces me to wear a compression sock at all times I’m constantly getting inquisitive looks This would be enough uniqueness, but then I also take the stickers off of fruit and place them on my hand Did you know that? I like to wear earmuffs on a hot summer day, looking like an idiot because people don’t know that they’re also bluetooth headphones And when Ithaca inevitably shifts to rain and cool, you’ll find me under a bright pink umbrella Kid, have you noticed that I wear flip flops and socks regardless of the weather or fashion scene? I’m a cumbersome character on the dance floor too, fumbling and bungling my way through a song with off-beat, unseemly gestures Harrison, there’s more: I have a laptop case that I wear on one shoulder like a purse, some might say Or, even worse, I like to wear the strap of that same case across my chest, the contents slapping the back of my behind as I walk When I’m alone at elevators, I pretend I’m earthbending (or metalbending) the elevator up and down, miming the motions as I ply the doors open with my psychokinetic abilities And guess what, kid? When I’m alone in my room, I sometimes speak out into the air, conjuring up imaginary conversations with no one in particular I am, quite simply, not the

conventional cool In other words, I’m a geek I remember how you once told me that geeks “ are just people who like a buncha stuff ” Oh how I loved you for that When I’m home with you, I have all the time in the world, although I’ve often mismanaged that time If I could, I would go back and reevaluate my time allocation this past Spring Break Maybe then I wouldn’t be in my current predicament of scrambling just to stay afloat, caught in the frenetic insanity of trying to do too much Still, no matter what, I would never, ever change the time I spent playing with you Of that, more than anything else, I don’t get nearly enough Kid, I had a point in telling you all of those details about me earlier: Nothing has to change with time I may make fun of you as is my brotherly obligation for all of your artistic, flamboyant idiosyncrasies But I want you to know that, in truth, nothing has to change This is why I admire you, because I am so confident that you will remain yourself no matter how old you get Even moreso than me I can see your resilience in how, despite everything, you refuse to relinquish those absurd costumes, made of cardboard shields and belts for tails I can see your

Responsibility

is scary People don’t like being reminded that they are responsible for everything they do, and that these actions have consequences While some things are obviously out of our control, the world is the way it is because of the things people do To someone like me, who can barely find her toothbrush in the morning, this seems an alarming level of responsibility

However, it’s not at all uncommon to hear about the World-Changing-Impact one single person can have The entire human experience is motivated by the vaguely paranoid notion that every individual’s actions are capable of changing the world, for better or for worse Refrains like “ one person can save the world” and “ every vote counts ” are important to us because, while the scenarios they call to mind are unlikely, they are also not impossible The idea of the potential importance of a single human life is attractive it validates not only the human experience but our responsibility to humanity itself

Existence is lonely by definition; we can only understand the world around us through our own consciousness This is equal parts depressing and liberating We are condemned to a freedom that offers no possibility of escape The idea of responsibility, then, becomes a creative way to reclaim agency in the face of the inherent isolation of existence

Our responsibility, first and foremost, is to ourselves But we also have an obligation to improve the quality of life for all of humanity, provided we are in a position to do so While top-down societal change can occur and is important, most change happens on an individual level This is a powerful idea for many people, but it’s also self-motivated; even if our intentions are to improve the collective good, it’s hard to avoid the somewhat-selfish desire to have an impact beyond our own, non-

tremendous capacity to forgive in the quickness with which you rebound from an ass-whooping I’ll never understand how you can emerge from your room within the hour, bright-eyed and bubbly as if nothing happened You have a relentless creative energy and an unbridled, obsessive passion for the arts I’m fascinated by your remarkably eidetic memory, how you can see a television show once and then act out an entire scene with all the nuance of a professional actor And even when other kids

While I don’t want you to ever stop being the adorable, kind, sweet, brilliant child that you are, I look forward to having more mature conversations with you. There’s much for you to know

with law and logic And that’s not all

We are fundamentally different in that I have retained a strong emotional connection to my colloquial slang, while you have yet to pick any of it up This is totally fine But your brown skin means that many people, even those who look like you, will not expect or appreciate your vocal cadence and style That’s why the kids at school make fun of how you talk and say you sound white

try to put you down with cruel insults, you are almost always some combination of affably oblivious or triumphantly happy

Your empathy and warmth is a dangerous power to wield Because while I contemplate the fastapproaching day that calling you cute will no longer be appropriate, I know that there are many in this world who have never fully seen you as truly a child Your brown skin means that you can be shot dead for being a child and many people will not bat an eyelash In fact, they will justify your death

Emily Hardin | Free Lunch

Your brown skin means that you can be as g r e g a r i o u s and forgiving as you want, and you might still be met with a l i e n a t i o n from your peers Your brown skin means that all the weird, geeky, “lame” stuff you like will often run counterpoint to the images of people like you that are conjured by the world In Atlanta, this is not as evident right now, but it will be soon Trust me, I can see the future

So while I don’t want you to ever stop being the adorable, kind, sweet, brilliant child that you are, I look for ward to having more mature conversations with you There’s much for you to know

I want you to know that the older you get, the more the world will tr y to elevate you above

Enjoy Responsibly

transferrable human experience

I started writing this column two semesters ago because I wanted to write one essay about political correctness Since then, I’ve come to realize that “political correctness ” has everything to do with this idea of individual responsibility Political correctness, best understood as a conscious avoidance of coded language and actions, is motivated by an awareness that words are rarely neutral and that it is our responsibility to address the inequalities inherent in the creation of our language (and reinforced by it) We are not coddled; we are taking responsibility for the consequences of our words and of our actions As l a n g u a g e d e v e l o p s along with our understanding of the history that shaped it, it becomes our responsibility to consciously update our linguistic register This is not something that happens naturally; it requires awareness, openness and willingness to accept that what was okay in the past is not necessarily okay today (and what is okay today will not necessarily be okay in the future)

tude, it almost seems silly to think that one person ’ s actions can really make a difference It is unlikely, but once again, not impossible People don’t recycle because they think they’ll really be able to make enough of a difference for it to have been worth the effort There is an intensely social aspect to actions like this; if we see more and more people recycling (or taking public transportation, or composting, or switching to solar energy, etc ), we’ll be more likely to accept the validity of the belief that change can come from the bottom We cling tightly to the idea that if

We are responsible for ourselves, each o and our futures. Life is brief and arbitrar the least we can do is own our actions and try to make a difference.

women, both in your own head and in the classroom I want you to know that when mom and I tell you that you ’ re too old to cry, it should never be because “ you ’ re a boy ” Brother, I want you to know that it’s okay to prefer staying inside and playing video games to riding your bike and playing basketball You’ve only ever known the athletic wrestler version of Amiri who learned how to work the system and feign cool when necessary But I once fashioned myself a “Tomgirl ” I look forward to telling you all about this and more Listen, there is no one way to be a human being And no one not me, mom, your peers or the world has the right to tell you who you are, inside and out, or what your destiny is Here’s something you probably do already know though: Harrison, in eight days, you will turn 11 Eleven? The number sounds garbled and mucky in the context of your age To me, you are still the plump, red, soon-to-be-braided infant whom my mother received as a one-day-late Mother’s day present back in 2005 And while I don’t know who you will become, I know you will be beautiful I love you for that

Amiri Banks is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He may be reached at abanks@cornellsun com Honest A B appears alternate Mondays this semester

I am fascinated by the tension between individual responsibility and collective issues Consider the individual response to climate change: Even if I woke up tomorrow and decided to recycle everything I ever come into contact with, never drive a car again and avoid fossil fuels forever, my impact as one person would have absolutely no effect on the collective problem of environmental degradation When faced with an issue of this magni-

enough people come together, we can make something bigger than the sum of our individual actions We are social creatures, bound together by the restless desire to ease the tension between the isolating nature of the human condition and the collective humanity that links us all If I’ve learned anything during these four expensive years of college, it’s that responsibility is everything I cannot emphasize enough how lucky we are to be here We are responsible for ourselves, each other and our futures Life is brief and arbitrary; the least we can do is own our actions and try to make a difference I can ’ t think of a better way to end my college newspaper career than with an entire paragraph of unsolicited advice So, here are the highlights of What I Learned in College:

Remember people’s names This will make more of a difference than you expect Own your words Be precise with your language and take note of the impact you have on people Respect others, and do not take other people’s respect for granted You are not owed anything Be selective in what upsets you, but not in what makes you happy There is unmistakeable joy in remembering you have leftover Chipotle in the fridge Sleep This may be the last time in a while that you can nap for three hours on a Monday afternoon Do not confuse hard work with luck, or vice versa Finish everything you start, especially that entire pizza you ordered at 2 a m Call your parents and remind them you love them They’ve given up more than you can imagine for you to be here Turn your phone off at night Go to class, but be prepared to leave if something better comes up You won ’ t remember the lectures you went to as well as the ones you didn’t Find that one person you just can ’ t help yourself around and tell them how they make you feel If you ’ re able to do this, please let me know how Pay attention to people as you walk around Keep a mental image of that expression of humble wonder that flashes across someone ’ s face as they admire the beauty of this campus when they think no one is looking Keep your toothbrush somewhere you’ll remember Do not worry about your future It is a privilege to have a future to worry about Most importantly, take responsibility You are made up of your words and your actions And remember, you can change the world It’s unlikely, but not impossible

Emily Hardin is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at enh33@cornell edu Free Lunch appeared alternate Mondays this semester This is its final installment

Red Drops Final Game to Penn, Looks to Rebound

By JEFFREY ASIEDU Sun Staff Writer

It was a closely contested game, and several times it appeared as though the Red would finally take the lead However, on Saturday the No 18 Cornell women ’ s lacrosse team (11-4, 5-2 Ivy) dropped its last game of the regular season in a heartbreaking 10-6 loss to No 14 University of Pennsylvania (12-3, 6-1 Ivy) With the win, Penn claimed a share of the regular season Ivy League title with Princeton as well as a top seeding and hosting rights for the Ivy League tournament

The day began with Cornell honoring the Class of 2016 seniors for their Senior Day Hopes were high at Schoellkopf with such a large and active crowd

The competition was close in the first half, and the Red and Quakers looked fairly evenly matched; Penn was able to get out to an early 2-0 lead, but the Red answered with force and Olivia Mattyasovszky ’16, Kristy Gilbert ’17, and Amie Dickson ‘17 scored three unanswered free position goals to get up 3-2 However, the Red’s lead was short-lived, as Penn shifted the momentum yet again, scoring two goals to go into halftime with a 4-3 advantage

At the start of the second half, Penn and Cornell went back and forth scoring goals, but the closest the Red got was a one-goal deficit Then after a goal by sophomore

midfielder Joey Coffy the Red was almost completely shut down by the Quakers’ nearly impenetrable man-to-man (woman-to-woman) offense in the last 24 minutes

“I really think that they played a really

good game plan in face-guarding Emily Tripodi, our senior feeder,” said head coach Jenny Graap “A lot of our players that normally drive to the goal up top were having trouble dodging and getting around them, so I think Penn’s defense did a really nice

job of limiting our chances ” “I think that the biggest thing is that we were being approached by them we weren ’ t approaching them,” said senior attack and co-captain Emily Tripodi “They dictated the way the game went I think that’s sort of what had the biggest factor on our offensive end ” Penn went on a 4-1 goal-scoring run to end the half and win the game, dashing Cornell’s hopes at the regular season Ivy title However, the Red will likely get a chance at revenge next weekend when they travel to Penn for the Ivy League tournament Penn and Princeton, the one and two seeds in the tournament, are the only Ivy League foes that defeated Cornell this season, and the Red will have to come out aggressively against both teams to defeat them

“I think we have to play fearless,” Graap said “Now we get a second chance at them, and we’ll probably play them in the first round of the Ivy tournament, so we get a chance to go a bit harder ” Cornell travels to Philadelphia this weekend to play in the Ivy League tournament, with hopes to conquer Penn, Princeton, and all the other Ivies and cap off their outstanding 2016 season with an Ivy League Championship

Jeffrey Asiedu can be reached at jasiedu@cornellsun com

Men’s, Women’s Rowing Take Home Titles in Successful Weekend

By JESSICA BROFSKY

Sun Staff Writer

The weekend proved successful for Cornell rowing The men ’ s heavyweight rowing team swept Penn and Dartmouth, and the women beat Dartmouth in three out of five races

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“Going into this race our goal was to beat Dartmouth,” Barrett said “We did, and now our next goal is to try to widen the margin between us and them at the Ivy League championship ”

“Our hard work paid off and each boat got a win Any time you get a sweep it’s amazing.”

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With the win, the Red reclaimed the Madeira Cup and James Wray Memorial Trophy for the ninth straight season The races also marked the last day of home racing for the team ’ s seniors

“It was a day of fun racing, and it was special for the seniors since it will be their last home race at Cornell,” said senior captain Creg Davis “There was a bunch of family and friends out in support which was nice ”

The women ’ s victory secured the Parent’s Cup for the second year in a row The victory marked the fifth time in the past six years the team won this award

Moving forward, the women ’ s team is now solely focusing on the

Similarly, the men ’ s team has been training hard with their sights on Eastern S p r i n t s , which will take place in two weeks

meantime, they attribute their successful races to their focus on themselves

“I think we all just wanted to execute our own race and not worry about anyone else,” Davis said “Our hard work paid off and each boat got a win Any time you get a sweep it’s amazing, everyone came together and did their job ” Colella was not necessarily expecting this outcome due to difficulties in the previous week of training

“We wanted to win, but we had to focus on taking a positive step forward,” she said “I couldn't have told you we were going to sweep, but I am really glad we did ”

The women ’ s rowing team has a tough task ahead and will use the positive momentum from this weekend to propel them in the right direction

“This race was definitely a step in the right direction,” Barrett said “We are happy with our perfor-

mance, but we know what we can work on in the next two weeks to get faster

The men ’ s team is especially content to finish up its last home race on this note

“We won every race from the varsity to the 4V,” Colella said “It was amazing for the 15 seniors to finish their last home race with a program-wide victory ” Limiting chances | Penn

“ A f t e r this weekend’s win, we will see if we move up in the rankings,” Davis said “If we move up, it will help us get a better lane at the Eastern Sprints which could help us at the championship ”

Senior captain Michael Collela explained this process further “Rankings determine seeding order for our conference championships, which plays a large role in your ability to compete in the grand final,” said senior captain Michael Colella “Hopefully we will move up in the rankings, but all of the crews are ready to have their best race in two weeks to vie for a spot in the finals of the EARC ” The team will find out their ranking on Thursday In the

Jessica Brofsky can be reached at jbrofsky@cornellsun com