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Additional Org s. Required to Submit Plans for Diversity

By SOFIA HU Sun Staff Writer

The Student Assembly updated the United Student Body resolution, which will require additional organizations to submit a Diversity and Inclusion Plan to receive funding, according to Ulysses Smith ’14, president of the Student Assembly Student reactions to the resolution were mixed, with some saying the University will benefit from additional diversity as a result Other students, however, called the resolution “racist” and “artificial ”

During the 2013-14 academic year, only byline funded organizations were required to submit Diversity and Inclusion Plans

“Diversity should be created organically, through a meaningful cultural change.”

Body resolution, which was

by

Student Assembly to aid stu-

implementing diversity and

students have criticized the

implementing diversity plans in campus organizations

United Student Body was crafted in response to Towards New Directions, a set of University diversity initiatives created in February 2012 On Friday, the Student Assembly expanded the United Student Body resolution to include Student Assembly Finance Commission funded organizations

Under the updated resolution, organizations will need to submit Diversity and Inclusion Plans to the Student Assembly Committee for Inclusion and Diversity Initiatives prior to Fall Break Before then, the S A plans to notify all affected organiza-

By SUSHMITHA KRISHNAMOORTHY Sun Staff Writer

By ANUSHKA MEHROTRA Sun News Ed tor

Cornell revoked its recognition of the Chi Psi fraternity for a minimum of three years due to reports of hazing incidents that occurred during the spring semester, the University announced Friday

The decision was made after the fraternity was placed on interim suspension in March and provisional recognition in June 2013 both for allegations of “serious”

Festival held on Saturday in Willard Straight Hall, with the teams winning financial grants to invest into their

Recognition

physical and psychological hazing according to the University

According to the University, some hazing incidents that led to the Chi Psi’s June 2013 probationary status were potentially dangerous to members Chi Psi was put on interim suspension earlier this semester after reports of additional threats posed to the safety of fraternity members and guests, the University said Chi Psi is the fifth fraternity to be disbanded within the last two

County, received first place

composted, can be recovered per meal per dining hall,”

“Our vision is to reach every all-youcare-to-eat dining hall on campus ” J o h n L o w r y ’ 1 6

founder and co-director of the organization “Our vision is to reach ever y all-you-care-

to-eat dining hall on campus ”

According to Lowr y, the prize money from Red Ideas w

more containers to store food as well as thermometers and coolers to ensure that the food is at a safe temperature when it is transported

“It takes a community to plant the seeds of a better future and grow that vision into a reality,” Lowr y said

He attributed the success of the idea to administrators i n C o r n

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n g , C h e f Tony Kveragas in Carl Becker Ho u s e , t h e Fr i e n d s h i p Donations Network and pro-

academic years and the second after the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity to be disbanded for incidents involving hazing Tau Epsilon Phi was disbanded January 2013 following a “sexually humiliating” hazing incident, according to the University

In March 2014, Chi Psi held an Anti-Hazing Symposium, which required attendance from two new members and one new

fessors and advisors who supported them

Student run Dilmun Hill Organic Farm’s composting toilet for disaster relief won second place

“Portable toilets become u

ment needed to empty them is not available in disaster scenarios,” said Phil Duvall ’ 1 5 ,

option, latrines, can contaminate ground water supply with scores of pathogen ” According to Ethan Keller ’15, another student manager

Campus ‘Midnight S cream ’

To Occur as Of cial Event

By ZOE FERGUSON Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell tradition of a campus-wide scream on the night before finals will be a m o re c o m m u n i t y - o r i e n t e d e ve n t t h i s spring, according to Resident Advisor David Zakalik ’15

The “midnight scream ” is a campuswide tradition that occurs annually before finals week, according to Zakalik, an RA in high rise 5 This year, he said the scream which will begin May 11 at 11:59 p m and continue for several minutes will occur on both Ho Plaza and Mews Courtyard

“It’s

The location on Ho Plaza is intended to make the event accessible to more students, including upper-level students who may live in Collegetown or else where off-campus, according to Zakalik

Planning for the community scream began in Januar y, according to Zakalik

The High Rise dormitories on North Campus are “spearheading” the event

Zakalik added that the High Rises have had this program for the last three semes-

ters Last semester, he said about 150 people participated As the result, the organizers said they believe the scream will be “really big” this semester

“It’s a nice way to bring people together during finals when we ’ re most in competition with each other, and we ’ re most isolated from each other,” Zakalik said “People can come together and express their solidarity by screaming ”

The program will provide free snacks to students who come together to scream,

Vegan Society and

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nut-free options

Zakalik said that the snacks are “half incentive and half a nice treat for ever yone ”

“It’s incentive that instead of screaming out your window, people will come together to do it,” he said “ We wanted to make i

would go to together, instead of doing it in

isolation ”

Zakalik said that volunteers will promote the event by putting up flyers, chalking near the two locations, and displaying ads on campus television screens

Sa n j u l a Si n g h a l ’ 1 7 s a i d t h a t s h e

thought the organized scream was a good idea

“It’s a really good idea because the scream before finals lasts about two seconds,” she said “If it were more of an event, it would be less stressful and it gives you a lot more time to enjoy the scream ”

However, Sean Cartwright ’17 said he was not in favor of a consolidated scream

“It makes something informal into too much of an organized thing,” Cartwright

said “It loses its charm ”

Several residential communities and student organizations are part of the effort to centralize this tradition, including the Na t i o n a l Re s i d e n c e Ha l l Ho n o r a r y, Willard Straight Hall Union Board, and Residential Student Congress, according to Zakalik

Other dorms participating in the event include Clara Dickson Hall, Hans Bethe House, the Ecology House, and Carl Becker House Zakalik added that there are several students from Alice Cook House involved with organizing the event

Ferguson can be reached at zferguson@cornellsun com

Four C.U. Faculty Members Receive Carpenter Advising Awards

By ANUSHKA MEHROTRA and ANNIE BUI Sun News Editors

Four members of Cornell’s faculty were recently named recipients of the 2014 Kendall S Carpenter Memorial Advising Awards which highlight the significance of faculty advising the University announced Thursday

Prof Jack Little, applied economics and management, Prof Anita Racine, fiber science and apparel design, Prof Wolfgang Sachse, mechanical and aerospace engineering, and Prof Julia Thom-Levy, physics, will be honored at a trustee-faculty dinner May 24, the University said

Little currently teaches core undergraduate finance classes, including Applied Economics and Management 2210: Financial Accounting Cornell has added eight additional accounting classes for students since Little has joined Cornell’s faculty as a result of Little’s guidance, according to the University

“The best part of my job is helping my students not only learn accounting but also about career opportunities available to them in the accounting profession,” Little said Racine currently serves as a senior lecturer for the University and has helped develop the curriculum for the fiber science and apparel design major in the

College of Human Ecology She has also helped place numerous undergraduate students in careers and internships in the fashion industry, the University said Additionally, Racine oversees a team of students organize fashion designs for the yearly Cornell Fashion Collective undergraduate fashion show The show typically draws audiences that exceed 2,000, according to the University Sachse joined Cornell’s faculty in 1970 and was awarded The Golden Whistle the highest award bestowed by the International Congress on Ultrasonics in 2013, the University said He currently coordinates project team students and advisers in the Sibley School of

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Thom-Levy who joined Cornell faculty six years ago serves as a physics major adviser, according to the University Among her accomplishments include the launching of a science education program for “high-need rural elementary students” in the upstate area

“I feel honored to receive this award,” Thom-Levy said “It is a priority for me to involve under-

graduate students in my research work, and to mentor and advise them My mentors did this for me and I know how important it is, [and] I hope that my work contributes to a culture of support and open communication at Cornell ” Each faculty member will receive $5000 from Cornell, according to the University

In commemoration of May Day, over 50 students held a demonstration on Central Campus, which culminated in the occupation of the intersection of East Avenue and Tower Road Thursday afternoon

Planning for

project to improve the uppermost por tion of a walkway along the nor th rim of Cascadilla Gorge will begin this summer, with constr uction likely to end in 2015, according to City of Ithaca transpor tation Engineer Tim Logue

During

open

held

Monday by the recentlyformed Presidential Search Committee, faculty members stressed the impor tance of having Cornell’s next president prioritize on properly allocating University resources and money

is proud to present: Lavender Graduation 2014 Be recognized!

Be a part of this ceremony celebrating the achievements of graduating students and honoring the lives and contributions of Cornell students, faculty, and staff for their work within and for the LGBT community

Even if you have not been involved in the LGBT community during your time at Cornell, we encourage you to be a part of Lavender Graduation. All graduating students will receive a lavender honor cord and rainbow tassel to wear during commencement ceremonies. There will also be a recognition walk at Lavender Graduation for all graduating students.

To register, please see the “Lavender Graduation 2014” Facebook event page or contact shura.gat@cornell.edu, by May 9th

Please join us for this most special occasion.

Sunday, May 11th 2:00-4:00 PM Physical Sciences, Clark Atrium

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Letter

Divestment: the folly of dismissing symbolism

To the Editor:

Re: “University: Divestment Will Have Minimal Impact,” News, April 9

From fossil fuels to military occupation of Palestine, divestment has received its share of attention this spring Now, with the innocuous name “Carbon Neutrality and Divestment,” a University Assembly resolution up for vote Tuesday seeks to dismiss divestment as “essentially symbolic ”

The resolution is correct to label divestment as symbolic, but is frustratingly simplistic in using this label dismissively To dismiss symbolism is a grave injustice one that demonstrates an unapologetic lack of historical and scientific awareness

The resolution claims that “ as a symbolic act [divestment] does not rise to the level where a constraint should be levied on the investments contained in Cornell’s endowment ” Chief Investment Officer A J Edwards has stated that Cornell’s investments in the energy sector make up about 0 048 percent of market capitalization of that sector, and therefore divesting would have little effect on fossil fuel companies themselves I don’t doubt Edwards’ analysis, but some perspective is key Based on a conservative estimate, Cornell’s greenhouse gas emissions account for roughly 0 0008 percent of global emissions That’s two orders of magnitude less And yet, we ’ ve spent nearly $200 million since 2000 on carbon neutrality projects Given Cornell’s relative influence as investor and as emitter, why is the former considered symbolic and dismissed while the latter is not?

This is obviously not a statement against carbon neutrality Rather, it’s an affirmation that both divestment and carbon neutrality have power only in their ability to inspire similar actions elsewhere both are essentially symbolic

In fact, divestment and carbon neutrality are inseparable Only once we ’ ve cleaned up our campus and our endowment can we call ourselves carbon neutral To do one without the other to make the statement that we stand for a fossil-free future on our campus while continuing to invest millions in the financial viability of the fossil fuel industry is simply hypocritical

The resolution claims that “educating students and conducting world-class research in the areas of carbon neutrality and sustainability will be far more beneficial” than divestment But achieving carbon neutrality while maintaining investments in fossil fuels is not “educating students ” It’s justifying hypocrisy to them It’s teaching that integrity and ethics can be sacrificed if they’re inconvenient to maintain, or if doing so comes with a profit And all our world-class research can ’ t achieve its full potential if politics continues to lie upstream, blocking its implementation We don’t just need a technological or scientific solution to climate change; we also need a political one

Perhaps most unfortunately, dismissing symbolism is failing to appreciate its great power Had Cornell faculty, staff, and students been dismissive of symbolism in 1985, when we sparked a national divestment movement, how many more years of Apartheid might there have been in South Africa?

I ask our representatives in the U A to keep the science in mind when considering this resolution

Namely, we ’ re on pace to burn enough fossil fuels by mid-century to put 91 percent of New Orleans, 18 percent of Miami, and seven percent of New York City under water

We’re on pace to displace some 3 7 million Americans living within one meter of high tide We’re on pace to lose 20 percent of our grain-producing land due to climate change

Now ask yourself if we should be dismissive of a symbolic act with a history of achieving real political results

David Beavers ’14

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As part of a generation that faces the bleakest economic outlook after graduating from college, how can we help but feel that the odds are stacked against us?

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Does Collegetown Bagels even need a blurb? As much a part of the Cornell Saturday morning, Tuesday homework crunch and Friday late-night as Central Perk is of Friends, or that hometown pizza place was of your American Graffiti adolescence, it’s the place for non-Starbucks coffee (am I right? That stuff is acid water). Also, coincidentally the place for pastries shaped like mice, sandwiches named after mythical creatures, smoothies named after comic book sound effects and a variety of Ithaca-themed apparel that it’s impossible to believe that anyone buys. Cut that hangover with a pizza bagel and a black cup of joe, ace that pre-lim on three shots of the best espresso in C-town, impress the visiting ‘rents with the wholesome side of your weekend debauchery — Collegetown Bagels is the most versatile eatery in the 607.

— Compiled by

Kaitlyn Tiffany ’15, Sun Arts & Entertainment

Editor

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Given all the gorges in Ithaca, it’s near impossible to remember the name of every waterfall in the area. However, the name of this state park conjures up mental images of falling pancakes, so it wasn’t that hard to commit to memory.

Buttermilk Falls is one of those magical places that reminds you Ithaca isn’t terrible all the time.

A mere 10 minute drive from Cornell University, it’s a beautiful location for hiking, camping, or a pleasant picnic by the water. Weather dependent, of course.

So before you graduate, befriend someone with a car, head to Buttermilk Falls, and take some obligatory profile pictures with nature. Just don’t caption aforementioned profile picture with “Ithaca is Gorges,” because we all know that already.

O T L E

THISIS CORNELL, and this is Ithaca. We curse it for its multitude of inclines and frequent snowfall. We praise it for its vibrant, quirky surroundings and natural beauty. Yet we often fall so deeply into the routine of papers, projects and prelims that we tend to forget about it altogether.

The Best of Cornell, a collaboration between the Social Media, Arts and Entertainment, and Photo departments of The Sun, aims to spotlight a few of the noteworthy attractions of Cornell and the city of Ithaca. We present to you the results of this year’s Best of Cornell survey, in which over 500 of our readers have cast votes in over 20 categories.

This list is by no means exhaustive; we hope to stimulate discussion and thought. But most of all, we hope this compilation will inspire a newfound appreciation for all that Cornell and the City of Ithaca have to offer.

S T E O F T H A I

In a small university town with Thai restaurants in abundance, the legendary Taste of Thai remains undeniably the top choice. Located conveniently and centrally on the Ithaca Commons, the over-the-top kitschy Thai decor sets the stage for a great dining experience.

Taste of Thai offers a wide range of dishes on its menu, and never disappoints, no matter what you order. For vegetarians, meat can be substituted by mock chicken or tofu, and many options are also available for wheat-free types.

Recommended appetizers include Hoi Mang Phu Nung (Steamed Mussels) and Plaa Muk Tod (Fried Calamari). The Tom Yum soup can be ordered fiery hot and is great for fighting winter blues. In main dishes, the Pad Thai and the Panang Curry are outstanding. The Pad Prik King (green beans and bell peppers) is wonderful, and all the fish dishes are worth trying, especially Jungle Catfish. Most dishes range from $10 to $15. Dessert options are limited, but try the exotic and subtle Sweet Black Sticky Rice.

— Compiled by Katherine Carreño ’13, Sun Staff Writer

Moe’s is sub par, Mexeo closnd TBP is a soggy wet mess. n the “shit your pants” mood Chipotle is your best bet for a esh, Mexican-American food. e hailed by many as addictive. ocado heaven. Get the burrito rtilla on the side and you will mount of fillings as in the burtos are rumored to be 1000 nd feel like a small child sitting h. But somehow, the lines usund the store as people line up faces with one of the fastest asual” restaurants in the indusget a ride down (and most ck up), Chipotle is the best n, no questions asked.

— Compiled by Zach Reisler ’15, Sun Staff Writer

Clothing store:

U R B A N O U T F I T T E R S

Whether or not you adopt the lifestyle and dress of today’s Bohemian, i.e. “the Hipster,” is no real matter when choosing to enter the artsy-grunge mecca that is Urban Outfitters. At Urban there’s something for everyone. This place evokes a certain je ne sais quois. It’s young. It’s trendy. It doesn’t care, ‘cuz it’s young, man. This season it’s all about the neon: neon pants, neon mini dresses, socks, v-cuts, you name it. You’ll also find delicate, feminine designs juxtaposed with mild yet undeniably psychedelic prints. Dudes can get their funny T-shirt fix here and embrace their inner child in the form of a Cookie Monster beanie. Urban is all about selfexpression and standing out; however, so don’t count on finding your interview outfit here.

If you’re not browsing clothes, do peruse through Urban’s book collection, for these speak particularly to the soul of the college student —provided he/she is into dirty humor, sarcasm, a cute animal or two and ornate and embellished covers that evoke a classic 1800’s vibe. The intricacies lure you in, but seeing the words “shit” or “Twitter” emblazoned in ornate gold print on these pseudo-classics will make you laugh. Quickly flip through Hot Guys and Baby Animals or learn to curse in several different languages while your friend is trying on that cloud-print cut-out dress. As an added plus, the quiet city/town locale of Ithaca means that the sale rack is usually stocked with choice (price) cuts.

— Compiled by Katherine Carreño ’13, Sun Staff Writer

Best Grocery Store:

W E G M A N S

The Finger Lakes’ pride and joy (raise your hand if you’ve claimed to see Danny Wegmans out on Canandaigua Lake on the family yacht), Wegmans has not only been voted the best grocery store in Ithaca, it has also been named the best grocery store in America. What’s not to love? Their generic brand is so good, you can’t even taste the savings, just listen to them jangle around in your wallet; there are live lobsters to look at, free samples to get between pay checks off of and they have stretch breaks for their employees! Not to mention the bulk candy section, which still looks like a shot of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, no matter how old you get, and the absurdity of their beer selection. Born and bred in the Northeast? Wegmans is as much a part of your identity as hating the New England Patriots. An out-of-towner? Your first Wegmans trip is as consequential as your first … anything. It’s a rite of passage, and seeing someone experience Wegmans for the first time is like watching an international student at the re-screening of Titanic last year.

— Compiled by Kaitlyn Tiffany ’15, Sun Arts & Entertainment Editor

Place to Spend Your BRBs: S TA T L E R

Choosing where to spend your precious BRBs is a difficult decision. Beyond buying your unfortunately necessary Monday morning Skinny Vanilla Latte and your regrettable late night mozzarella stick order, the choice of which eatery is worthy of your parents’ hard earned money takes some serious consideration. Good thing there’s the Statler. Safely partitioned from the world of official Cornell Dining, the Statler brings a welcome alternative to the student body’s general dining experience. Because honestly, between the salads at Terrace and the Miyake sushi at Mac’s, how can you not spend all your BRBs at the Statler? The sheer variety of options that Statler holds for your dining pleasure is only rivaled by the quality of their meals. You can always trust the phở to be steaming hot, the pesto alfredo sauce to be deliciously creamy, and the enchiladas to be extra cheesy. Basically, you cannot go wrong. —

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

‘Fan Ser vice’ and Feeble Feminism

h e A m a z i n g S p i d e r- M a n 2

BY SEAN DOOLITTLE AND ZACHARY ZAHOS Arts and Entertainment Editor and Sun Senior Writer

The (hardly) new Spider-Man movie is out and instead of writing a traditional review, current and former Arts and Entertainment Editors Sean Doolittle ’16 and Zachary Zahos ’15 just wanted to talk about it, informally This dialogue covers major plot points of the film (so: SPOILERS) as it digs into the concept of “fan service,” director Marc Webb’s influences and the sorry state of the superhero movie

ZACHARY ZAHOS: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a bad movie that I don’t hate

SEAN DOOLITTLE: It had a lot of promise it could have been a good movie, a fine movie

Z Z : There’s something sweet about the Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy relationship, you know

S D : Spider-Man is just an inherently charming and funny character who connects to everybody, and it s really hard to mess that up And the film was full of moments like that You can ’ t hate Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man Although I think I preferred Tobey Maguire’s depiction; I think Maguire and Sam Raimi were truer to what Spider-Man is supposed to be

Z Z : The only actually good scenes are Peter and Gwen just talking, with their very off-the-cuff style Marc Webb, who did 500 Days of Summer, does a good job with that That was the best part of the first one, too You can enjoy those scenes but then you realize that the whole movie is rather empty and motivated by some of the most bold-faced capitalist bullshit this business has ever seen It’s sort of ridiculous, in fact How derivative it all is When Harry Osborn meets Peter for the first time, you almost feel like it s the beginning of another romantic comedy It’s just people being so sarcastic in a meet-cute type of way

do all that Here it’s just co-opting the most popular form of media nowadays, which might be television more than movies They’re co-opting that style of cut to here, cut to there show this things happening but that doesn’t work

S D : On a TV show you have a juggling act of different storylines But in a movie it just seems sort of jammed in Always setting up things, things being set in motion and it all seems very disingenuous when compared to the slower moments All these characters trajectories get put together in ways that don’t always feel necessary or even right

Z Z : The first one had the origin story that we’d already seen before The first two-thirds of the movie only just following his growth and that’s affecting if it’s done right and it’s done okay in that movie The screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman have done Star Trek and Transformers and a lot of these big movies that just have bloated plots to them but they’re not really movies they have some sense of three-act structure but they’re not really satisfying Cutesy, precious montages there are too many of them And they give the false impression that we ’ re really digging into Peter Parker’s character The rest of the movie is about corporate overthrow, the guy who is obsessed with Spider-Man and then wants to take him out There might be a lot of themes going on but they’re not cohesive and they cloud each other

want to see the same things over and over again? That’s sort of almost the big question behind the whole movie Why are we seeing this? We paid money to see this by the way, we ’ re part of the problem potentially Is there no room for even new set

pieces? New action sequences? It’s not even homages, that’s not what they’re doing It’s ripping off a lot of properties that are still on our minds

S D : One of my biggest things with this movie was the huge misuse of Electro They set him up as this kind of awkward, obsessive nerd who’s just been stepped on all his life and they want you to sympathize with him but then once he becomes Electro he becomes this

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S.D.: I really loved all the character interactions, especially between Peter and Harry All of the conversation moments are all so good but when you try to stuff all these different character relationships into one movie it just feels really bloated Any one of these relationships are so deep and complex, they could definitely warrant their own movie There could be a whole movie about Peter and Gwen or Peter and Harry becoming the Green Goblin You re expected to sympathize with Harry Osborn but he becomes a sociopath and his one scene of personal character development is forgotten, because then he’s throwing pumpkin bombs around and he looks gross

Z Z : And he’s doing his Joker laugh The movie is very strange when you look at it’s narrative and its script and its almost like a television show s worth of story And that s maybe why some parts are nice and the interactions are much more like a TV show, it’s just some people talking, there’s not a bomb that needs to be defused, nothing that needs to happen desperately at the time, some moments are quite genuine A television show works because of that because it has multiple hours and time to

S D : This is our second set of Spider-Man movies in our own lifetime How much can you add to Spider-Man without either alienating fans of the first series by leaving stuff out or outright stealing from it?

Z Z : Mark Webb is a good director but there’s only so much he can do to make this movie special He does a few things I liked seeing the Blow-Up poster that Peter Parker has in his room That’s a hardcore cinephile reference that he’s just trying to do, and you ’ re like “Okay, you put a famous art movie in your big blockbuster movie, that’s not a big accomplishment on its own ”

Amazing Spider-Man 2 Directed by Mark Webb Starring Andrew Garflied, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan

have this hilariously bad origin story for Electro and his motives remain unclear and confusing

Z Z : The point of comic book movies now, to be true to the source material now is almost boring If you just look at the trailer you know that Jamie Foxx is going to end up as this electric Dr Manhattan There’s a whole two-minute long sequence when he’s precariously climbing this catwalk to plug something in over the electric eel tank It’s comical how long that scene goes on for because we know exactly what’s going to happen There’s nothing surprising about him falling in at the end The movie is almost two and a half hours long they’re wasting your time with a lot of laying tracks, you should have done that in the first one The whole point of a sequel is to go from where you just left off

S D : They still leave us learning things about Peter Parker’s parents We don’t care about this, it should have been covered earlier

Z Z : The beginning scene with his parents on the plane borrows liberally from The Dark Knight Rises’ Bane sequence at the beginning But then it puts a nice soundtrack and a theme of sacrifice and family on top of that to make it very reminiscent of 2009’s Star Trek The scene maybe works a little bit in its moment but then you scale back you realize it’s been done before in those big big movies you saw last year and the year before that and it’s done better there You just sort of wonder why they throw these scenes in, we ’ ve seen these things before Is all we

S D : He’s trying to show that he knows more about film than he’s letting on

Z Z : When Peter’s at Oscorp there’s this part where he tries to protect Gwen by doing a whole balletic Charlie Chaplin bit and at the end he does a Chaplin-esque kick in the hallway I say, “Cool, he’s saying Chaplin or he’s saying film noir in that closet with the shades on their eyes So he’s calling on these things, but all it is is trivia ” Perhaps I appreciate that he’s doing it more than if he didn’t do it, but it sort of shows how much he can actually do, which is not much He cannot stop there from being a part where he has to blow up Times Square He still needs to blow up Times Square He can try to make the rest of it okay

S D : As many times as we ’ ve seen Times Square blow up, this was a pretty nice portrayal of that In terms of visual effects that was one of the greatest parts of the movie Everything looked very nice The visual effects were stunning, seeing electricity crackle across the air It was all very bright and the CGI was excellent throughout

Z Z : I guess I can give it credit for being a brighter CGI movie, whereas Man of Steel is pretty dark So, the beginning, the intro with Spider-Man where he’s fighting criminals on the streets, that’s sort of a side of how I hoped the movie would go which is over the top and hammy They got the best, most overqualified actor to do that, which is Paul Giamatti playing the Russian, huge machine gun-toting bad guy, Rhino

S.D.: Yeah, you could just tell that that’s the sort of role that Paul Giamatti has a lot of fun with You can tell he lobbied for the part himself, he must have begged to do that They essentially revealed that he’s going to have a starring villain role in the next Spider-Man movie And it’s nice to see that we have a lot of other famous actors lining up to be a part of the superhero movies

Z Z : But they’re not expecting an Oscar from that

S D : No, they make a movie for the Academy and then they make one for themselves, a movie they can show their kids

Z Z : The people who made this movie got the memo that empowered female characters are in so they had those little moments of turning the tables on Peter by having Gwen say “I’m breaking up with you ” And near the end she decides to help Basically, “You’re not telling me what to do, I have agency here ” She potentially has the ability to say “Oh, I’m doing this,” but it’s the same result in the end Her character has one line here, one line there, to say okay, she’s a human being potentially but it’s still a 1940s comic book plot

S D : For everything she does, she ends up being wrong in the end Peter’s saying “Stay, it’s not safe” and then she ends up being the damsel in distress It’s kind of a conservative movie in that it’s giving the audience this strong female character but it turns out that she doesn’t know what she wants, she’s always second guessing herself and she dies, she never gets to do those things that she says

Can we talk about the film’s relationship to the source material? Something that I like about the Spider-Man movies and a lot of recent superhero movies is how audiences who are familiar with the comics go in and they know what’s going to happen and they know the iconic story arcs and directors have to find this balance between what is expected while throwing enough curve balls that it’s going to surprise them This movie did an alright job with this, there were enough homages to the original Spider-Man comics, with the whole Gwen Stacy death arc People knew that was going to happen but it was finally adapted that was a nice sequence, too and it was done faithfully enough that it would both shock audiences that weren ’ t expecting it and have a feeling of “About time we saw this happen!” for comic fans They were also, just in the background, setting up this whole Sinister Six thing, you see Dr Octopus’ tentacles and Vulture’s wings and Rhino’s suit

Z Z : Are you saying this is all just in fan service?

S D : There was enough fan service that it still feels like a superhero movie The Dark Knight had no fan service

Z Z : Yeah, sure, but my problem with fan service is, because the comic book universe is so large, it’s sort of a way to keep saying we ’ re going to keep doing these movies Now, at the end you ’ re spending the last 10 minutes of the movie not wrapping up these horribly frayed plot lines, you ’ re just trying to forget all that because you didn’t have any way to put it all together, you ’ re just saying “Here’s the next movie ” You have a shadowy Gustav Fiers walking around going to Harry Osborne saying “This isn’t over yet!” We’re gonna have another movie now, because we gotta, because the studio’s going to make a lot of money I guess

it’s all fan service but it’s a little depressing to have your movie end in a way that’s an advertisement for the next one

S D : That’s true, but I think that’s more of a criticism of a comic book genre than the film in general It might not make for a satisfying movie when only taken as a movie, but when taken as a part of an existing universe, it’s nice to see that it’s an adaptation first and foremost If they were to forsake all these elements that make an iconic comic book to make a good movie, it really wouldn’t be a Spider-Man movie

Z Z : You just sometimes wonder if the story is strong enough to be so sacrosanct The Gwen death is a moving moment because it’s one of the few points where they seemed like they took a risk, but they actually just followed the story, and that’s good But I feel that making the priority respecting the source material is often not the best priority That’s why I liked The Dark Knight series because they took the character and they made a whole new thing I wonder what a comic book fan gets out of seeing the story translated

vibe, especially seeing the two planes almost

They make you feel like Spider-Man’s this embodiment of

everyman hero but then it feels so fake

The whole story is conservative, it’s very wholesome The plane crash during the power outage is so artificial The whole proliferation of story lines I almost feel is a way for them to just generate suspense or generate a certain emotion at one scene and then forget about it It’s not a true story it’s just scenes that are trying to shake you in that one second

S D : It’s a lot of jolts between tone

Z Z : I think that’s the most egregious when you don’t have any character that you saw before involved in this The power goes out in New York City and then two planes are going to crash into each other because the air towers go down and the air traffic controllers can ’ t direct them So, it’s totally manufactured tension and I realize that that’s sort of point of film is to do that but usually you want to tie it to a certain character or to something that you ’ re going for But in the middle of the fight scene with Electro you have these two planes that are going to crash into each other and of course they don’t They do their crazy maneuver that saves both planes and you cut to the traffic controller room where the music swells and they throw their fists in the hand and it’s a great success but we didn’t hear these people before, we didn’t hear them later

S D : Spider-Man, his character, is very tied to this idea of New York City They always try to make New York City its own character Spider-Man always interacts with a police man or a firefighter and they always have this very stereotypical Brooklyn accent, he’s always this average guy There’s always a post-9/11

Z Z : Aunt May in the hospital doing her nursing gig, and the airplane stuff It’s very generic, not really tied to the city Just these obvious sets that they cut to for a second, that’s not the onlocation New York City vibe that I liked The tone of the whole thing seemed very safe to me It’s quite P C , a little bit boring Because Spider-Man is a vigilante, but there’s no conflict with the cops, the cops like him

S.D.: The Dark Knight did that very well We had this whole Gwen Stacy’s father was what sort of tied us to this police thing, in this movie everyone is pretty much in agreement that SpiderMan is a great person and it’s just him versus these two villains and you know he’s going to win In the first one there’s this tension about whether he’s doing the right thing, is he doing this for selfish reasons?

Z Z : The whole middle act of Spider-Man 2 was him doubting himself and then the backlash, and it’s perhaps a bit of melodrama, but it at least acknowledges the fact that superhero movies can be a bit of a soap opera at times And this one doesn ’ t even have any personal conflict

S.D.: There’s a lot of destruction, he’s wise-cracking the entire time Times Square gets destroyed and everyone ’ s laughing about it like “Yay, Spiderman saved the day,” but did he?

Sean Doolittle is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at arts-editor@cornellsun com Zachary Zahos is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at zzahos@cornellsun com

Arts Around Ithaca

COURTESY OF K TCHEN

Frozen Sing-along

7:30 p m on Wednesday, 9:30 p m on Friday, 7:15 p m on Saturday at Cornell Cinema

This week, Cornell Cinema will give three screenings of the Academy Award-winning Disney musical sensation Frozen Lauded as the Best Animated Feature and for Best Original Song, Frozen follows the story of sisters Ann and Elsa in the perpetually-frozen kingdom of Arendelle This smart, original comedy is perfect for a study break for Cornell kiddos or a fun evening for Ithaca families Tickets are $4 for adults and $3 for children under 12 Kaitlyn Tiffany

Romeo and Juliet and Our Town Saturday and Sunday at the Hangar Theatre

Seminar April 30 through May 18 at Kitchen Theatre It h a c a t h e a t re c o m p a n y T h e a t re In c o g n i t a w i l l e n d i t s f i f t h s e a s o n w i t h a d o u b l e b i l l i n g o f t w o c l a s s i c s : T h o r n t o n Wi l d e r ’ s c l a s s i c o d e t o A m e r i c a n a , O u r Tow n , a n d Sh a k e s p e a re ’ s i c o n i c R o m e o a n d Ju l i e t T h e p l a y s w i l l b e p e r f o r m e d i n a l t e r n a t i n g re p e r t o r y R o m e o a n d Ju l i e t w i l l b e s h ow n a t 2 : 0 0 p m o n Sa t u rd a y a n d 6 : 3 0 p m o n Su n d a y, a n d O u r Tow n w i l l b e p e r f o r m e d a t 7 : 0 0 p m o n Sa t u rd a y a n d 1 : 3 0

The Finer Details Of a Baseball Game

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pulls the string that forces you to creep one step for ward, he lands and so do you Out of the corner of your eye the shadow has settled into ready position, merged with the not-so-cleanly trimmed grass, the tips of the blades just now turning from brown to green and shivering as the bree ze picks up

Sometimes you have to squint to catch the ball’s flight, because the faint yellow of the lights clashes with that tiny white dot, and only the spinning red seams allow you to pick the ball out of the dark night that is continuing to cover the field It’s a fastball for a strike and the echo of ball on leather is electrifying The catcher holds it there for a fe w seconds, as if to preser ve the echo just a little longer; it lingers in the air along with the pine needles that have star ted to flutter to the ground from the trees that loom above the left-field wall The bree ze has picked up

The ball is back in the pitcher’s glove and ever ything star ts over again, but no, that’s too simplistic, because it isn’t repetitive, there is no cycle, the pitcher winds up again and you ’ re moving with the same creeping for ward motion but it isn’t really the same because maybe it’s a cur veball this time and you ’ re squinting, squinting to see the rotation And once you recognize it there’s something in you, maybe it’s those invisible marionette strings that seem to control ever y one of your steps again, something that triggers a slight movement to the left this time instead of your routine shift to the right, and maybe that’s what makes the difference

Off the bat it looks like a hit and the left-fielder is charging hard anticipating the bounce on the lip of the left field grass, and the players in the dugout rise to their feet in unison, the same way you would in Church when the Priest rises from his knees They all do it together but none of them realize that anyone else is doing it, it’s a collective individuality that can ’ t be replicated anywhere The shells of sunflower seeds fall from their laps, they sound like hard raindrops finding the ground But the ball never makes it to the outfield It was that one movement to the left, that slight deviation from the routine that ever yone thinks is so rote and insignificant Now you re one step closer off the bat and there’s only time for a dive and your feet never really leave the ground because they’re anchored by the spikes that dig divots into the dir t You never leave the ground but at the same time you do, or you feel like you do, for a moment you think that maybe you can fly You can ’ t But somehow ball finds leather, even you are surprised; it’s a magnetic attraction that’s impossible to control, but right now you are controlling it, you ’ ve mastered it and the ball is still stuck in your glove and the force holds You rise and with your rise comes the fall of the players in the dugout; they dust the seed shells off the bench and return to their seats You dust off your pants, but there’s still the faint outline of the dir t, not quite disappearing yet A reminder

Baseball isn’t boring It’s beautiful

Scott Chiusano can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun com

S abathia Struggles; Yanks Fall

NEW YORK (AP) Just when the Ne w York Yankees need CC Sabathia to shore up a shaky rotation, the big left-hander is letting them down

A reliable ace for so long, Sabathia str uggled again Sunday and was chased in the four th inning of his shor test star t since 2009 Consecutive defeats have swelled his ERA to 5 75 following a subpar season last year when his velocity dropped off

The 33-year-old Sabathia is str uggling to adjust, and the timing isn’t good

“I still think he’s evolving as a different kind of p

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i said “ We have to star t getting some length out of our star ters and get some guys on a roll or it’s

bullpen ”

Wil Myers hit an inside-thepark homer, his latest big blow against the Yankees, and drove in four r uns in Tampa Bay’s 5-1 victor y Erik Bedard (1-1) earned his first win as a star ter since last June, and Evan Longoria had an RBI double to help the Rays take two of three in the series

Sabathia with a ringing RBI double in the four th Tampa Bay has won eight of its last 10 in the Bronx Sabathia (3-4) gave up 10 hits and five r uns in 3 2-3 innings, his shor test star t since lasting 2 2-3 innings on Oct 2, 2009, at Tampa Bay He was late covering first on a potential double play and got booed by the crowd of 41,122

“I would have booed myself today, too I wouldn ’ t want to come to the ballpark and watch that,” said Sabathia, who is 0-3 with a 7 47 ERA at home this season “It’s fr ustrating I just didn’t have the stuff ” Pe y t o n M a n n i n g a n d h i s brother, Eli, showed up to watch buddy Derek Jeter play one last time during his final season The s t a r q u a

“We have to start getting some length out of our starters and get some guys on a roll.”

J o e G i r a r d i

suite along the first base line but didn’t see much of a show a slumping Jeter went 0 for 4 and stranded four r unners He was 4 for 30 ( 133) on Ne w York’s 3-5 homestand and is hitless in 13 atbats

Ne w York is minus two injured star ters in Ivan Nova (season-ending elbow surger y) and Michael Pineda (back), leaving Japanese rookie Masahiro Tanaka as the only steady arm in a rotation that looked formidable just a fe w weeks ago

“I feel like I could turn this thing around,” Sabathia said “I think last year I got down on myself and made myself miserable This year I’m going to stay positive I know I can get these guys out ” Myers knocked in three r uns with his homer off the top of the center-field fence and then chased

“I concern myself with how I feel,” Jeter said “I feel good ”

Logan Forsythe, the first batter Sabathia faced, doubled off the wall in left and scored on Longoria’s ground-r ule double to right

“He was out of sync from the get-go, ” Yankees pitching coach Larr y Rothschild said “He didn’t warm up par ticularly well I was kind of watching to see what we could do, but there wasn ’ t much

“ We’ve got some things to work on, ” Rothschild added “It can turn anytime and we ’ re all thinking that it will

Pierce’s Block Lifts Nets O ver Raptors

TORONTO (AP) Slowed by foul trouble and struggling with his shot, Paul Pierce still found a w a y t o c o m e u p b i g f o r t h e Brooklyn Nets

And, right when they needed him most Pi e rc e b l o c k e d Ky l e L ow r y ’ s shot from the lane on the final play of the game, and the Nets held off the Toronto Raptors 104103 in Game 7 on Sunday to advance to the second round of the playoffs

“I just happened to be in the right place at the right time,” Pierce said “I saw him split the defenders, I saw him go up, I went up with him

“I got my hand on the ball game over ”

The Nets will begin the confer-

o n Tuesday night, facing the two-time

defending NBA champion Heat Pierce had more fouls (three) than points (none) in the second half, but his only block of the game punctuated a hard-fought series win for the Nets

Leading by one, Brooklyn used its final timeout after failing to inbound the ball On the second o p p o r t u n i t y, Sh a u n L i v i n g s t o n tried a lob pass to Pierce, but Terrence Ross got a hand on the ball and then knocked it off Pierce and out of bounds for a turnover “ I r u s h e d i t a l i t t l

n k i n g Paul is going to hold him off He kind of slipped there Once he slipped, it was a jump ball and Terrence Ross is probably the last guy you want to throw a jump ball to ” Toronto used a timeout and gave the ball to Lowr y, whose dri-

ving shot was blocked by Pierce as time expired Lowr y lay prone in the key as the Nets surged onto the court in celebration

“I really didn’t have a great offensive game, ” Pierce said “I was in foul trouble for most of the night Sometimes you ’ ve got to find ways to help your ballclub win ” Ne t s c o a c h Ja s o n K i d d s a i d Brooklyn’s defense “bent a little” but didn’t break, thanks mostly to Pierce’s clutch play

“Paul said it best, that’s why he’s here, to make plays,” Kidd said “He didn’t have a great game, but it only takes one play to help a team win and that’s what he did tonight ”

Br o o k l y n w e n t 4 - 0 a g a i n s t Miami in the regular season, but t h a t d i d n ’

Brooklyn’s Kevin Garnett

Parker, Ginobli Lead S an Antonio Into S emis Battle With Portland

SAN ANTONIO (AP)

Tony Parker scored 32 points and the San Antonio Spurs led by as many as 31 on their way to 119-96 victory over the Dallas Mavericks, closing out a tense first-round series Sunday in seven games

Manu Ginobili scored 20 points, Danny Green added 16 points and Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard had 15 points apiece for San Antonio The Spurs advance to face the fifth-seeded Portland Trail Blazers, who upset the Houston Rockets in a six-game series Dirk Nowitzki had 22 points and nine rebounds to lead Dallas

Last season ended for the Spurs with a Game 7 loss in the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat

Facing a much earlier end, San Antonio rode a raucous home crowd and overwhelmed Dallas in the deciding game of a physical series

There were two technical fouls and two flagrant fouls in Game 7 and two more flagrants reversed upon review

Parker was assessed a technical with 31 6 second left in the first quarter after making a layup on and jawing with former teammate DeJuan Blair as the two ran down the court They have been talking smack to each other all series and Parker was clearly frustrated with the hard fouls committed by Blair on his drives earlier in the series

Blair was later assessed a flagrant foul for elbowing Ginobili in

the face on a drive After the foul, Blair stared down San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich, who was screaming at officials over the severity of the foul

The flagrant foul energized the Spurs, who went on a 14-2 run to take a 51-27 lead with 8 minutes remaining in the first half Duncan dove into the Mavericks bench during that run to save a loose ball and start a fast break

Later, Vince Carter tackled Ginobili in the lane three minutes into the second quarter The play was initially ruled a flagrant foul but was reversed when reviews showed Carter was trying to hold Ginobili up as both tumbled out of bounds

Wild Roses Win Regionals, Set For National s

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Sports Editor

After winning the Metro East regional tournament on April 27th, the women ’ s ultimate frisbee team nicknamed the Wild Roses earned a trip to the Division I National Championship, which will take place from May 23-26 in Mason, Ohio

It was a difficult road in the regional tournament for the Wild Roses, who found themselves matched up against Ottawa in the semifinals, a strong team that has given the squad problems in the past

“We have always had a hard time against Ottawa mentally,” said captain Sarah Zhou “But this time, it was different I believe that our team went in with the mentality that ‘ we have to beat them ’ There was no choice ”

According to Zhou, it took a total team effort to best Ottawa, but the Wild Roses saw some strong individual play as well

“Rebecca Baldwin essentially led our offense with her tireless cutting ability, and scored the last two points on a layout that sealed our spot in the finals ”

Zhou also noted that Margaret Zientek made some important plays on defense that transitioned into offense, and that Sharon Chiu one of three freshmen on the team also played an integral role in the match The Wild Roses enjoyed the return of Lisa Levine and Christine Georgakakos from injury, two players that have been standouts for the team throughout the season, according to Zhou

The victory over Ottawa catapulted the Wild Roses into the championship match, with the possibility of advancing to the National tournament on the line The Wild Roses took on an Ivy League rival, Columbia, in the match According to Zhou, there was a different mentality heading into the championship, because the team had not faced off against Columbia so far this year

“I know that I was overwhelmed by by the idea that we had finally beaten Ottawa that I couldn’t focus myself on the championship game, especially against a team that we hadn’t played against this season, ” Zhou said

Nevertheless, Zhou said that her team understood that Columbia would bring out a similar style of play to the Wild Roses

“We knew that we were pretty evenly matched,” Zhou said “Many of their players were similar to ours, and we have similar styles ”

It was an exciting finish to the championship match, with the game tied, 8-8, going down to the hard cap, which signaled the last point for the Wild Roses

“We were right in front of our own end zone, and if we didn’t score, I didn’t know if we would physically be able to anymore, ” Zhou said

The Wild Roses were able to score as the disc was called live, though, ending the match with a narrow one-score victory Zhou highlighted the play of freshman Kimberly Brown, who was matched up against one of Columbia’s freshmen

“These two were very evenly matched tall, fast and

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“Princeton was really threading the needle with feeds to McMunn and she was able to get a couple more goals this way even with pressure right on her,” Thomas said of Cornell’s failure to contain McMunn, even after a tactical change

There were hopes of a Cornell comeback early on in the second half when D’Amico scored unassisted two minutes after the restart However, another fivegoal scoring run by the Tigers soon squashed those hopes

With the score at 11-2 and eight minutes left to play, Cornell showed a mini-

revival, forcing Princeton to fight until the end for their victory

Junior attacker, co-captain and Ivy attacker of the year Lindsay Toppe scored her 46th and 47th goals of the year to round off a strong season

D’Amico finished off her hat-trick with 90 seconds left to play to end the game at 12-5, with Cornell knocked out of the Ivy tournament The defeat leaves Cornell still looking for its 300th program victory, with the Red now stuck on 299

Though Cornell outshot the Tigers, 26-24, Princeton’s 13-6 advantage in draw controls proved to be decisive, with the Tigers also winning more ground balls than the Red (15-11)

“I think they just came out as the scrappier team and were able to run through the 50-50 ground balls, which we struggled with,” Thomas said

With the whistle blowing at the Sherrerd Field at Class of 1952 Stadium, the lacrosse team ended another season of highs and lows With the curtain falling over her collegiate career, Thomas was keen to highlight some of the positives of the season

“Playing No 2-ranked Syracuse to a 7-5 game in the middle of a blizzard was pretty outstanding,” Thomas said “I’m extremely proud of how our defense was able to limit Syracuse’s offense to so few goals We definitely proved that we can compete with top teams when we play together as a unit We definitely worked for our wins, especially in our three overtime Ivy games ”

read the disc well deep but every time a disc went up, Kim would come down with it,” Zhou said

The win secured the Wild Roses’ spot in the National championship at the end of May

“We are simply so lucky to be going there, and playing against some of the best players in the nation,” Zhou said “This is a chance that so many of my upperclassmen never got to have, and I think this team paved the starting point for future years ”

Zhao said that the team ’ s success this season can be accredited to a solid mix of youth and experience that has meshed particularly well With a trip to the National tournament in the near future, Zhao said her team is beginning to realize the importance of how far they have gotten

“We now represent more than just Cornell we represent the entire Metro East region, and we represent all of the teams whose seasons we ended,” she said “I want to make them proud Our performance here matters, and I am excited for us to make some noise in Ohio ”

Red

Tournament Fate

scored unassisted to cut the Quaker deficit to 10-8 at 13:57 in the fourth With the Cornell attack out of rhythm, Losco delivered two more strikes for another tie, 10-10, before again beating Knight, this time on a running shot, with just 50 seconds to play In total, Losco accounted for all four of Penn’s fourth quarter goals, leaving the Red with the short end of the stick at the conclusion of an 11-10 thriller

“It was a heck of a game, ” Ker wick said “It’s too bad we had to come out on the wrong end, but a lot of credit goes to Penn ”

“I thought we showed a lot of character,” Peters said “ We were down 7-4 and we responded with six unanswered goals I think [Coach Ker wick’s postgame] emphasis was to keep our heads up Unfortunately, now, selection into the Tournament is out of our hands At this point it’s up for the selec-

tion committee ” With the Ivy League’s automatic bid decided in the Har vard-Penn championship game, the Red spent Saturday and Sunday hoping for an at-large entr y to the 16-team NCAA Tournament Cornell ranked fifth in the men ’ s lacrosse RPI entering the weekend, giving the team some optimism of being selected Sunday

“It’s out of our hands now, ” Ker wick said “But we have a great group of young men and we hope we get another shot to play again ”

“ We’ll get together as a team, ” Peters said prior to Sunday’s announcement “ We really don’t know [the selection outcome], but it’s important to be as a team, important to be together, share that brotherhood that we have and just hope for the best ”

Laxers Fall to Penn in Iv y Semis

By CHRIS MILLS Sun Staff Writer

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By HAMDAN AL YOUSEFI

Sun Staff Writer

The women ’ s lacrosse team ended its season in defeat Friday evening, falling 12-5 to Princeton in the semifinals of the Ivy League Tournament The Red ends its season at 7-9 overall and 4-3 Ivy

Cornell went into the game as the fourth seed against a Princeton side that had topped the Ivy table, losing only one league game all season The Tigers went on to lose in the final on Sunday afternoon to

the now ten-time champions Penn

The Red also lost to Princeton in March, although it took the game into overtime This most recent victory gave Princeton a 33-4 record over Cornell in program history

“It was definitely painful losing in overtime in March and the same goes for this game, ” said senior defender Cat Thomas, commenting on the different performances “Things just weren ’ t going our way on most parts of the field, so it was difficult to get any momentum going ”

Princeton’s Erin McMunn was the game ’ s standout player, scoring seven goals and recording one assist It took McMunn only 35 seconds to open the scoring, giving Princeton an early lead

“We started out having McMunn in a regular mark-up, but she was able to produce a few goals early in the first half,” Thomas said “As a result, our coaching staff decided to put a faceguard on her, which helped to slow her down to some extent ”

Senior midfielder and co-captain Amanda D’Amico brought the Red level 12 minutes later with a fine finish through traffic It was the last time Cornell was even throughout the game, though, as the Tigers went on a five-goal scoring run after that point

M c M u n n scored three of those five She opened the scoring and then promptly put Princeton back ahead with 15 minutes left in the half McMunn scored her 32nd and 33rd of the season, sandwiched between goals from Alexandra Bruno and Blake Dietrick Princeton ended the half with a 6-1 advantage over the Red

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ball season: “People ask me w h a t I d o i n w i n t e r w h e n there’s no baseball I’ll tell you what I do I stare out the wind ow a n d w a i t f o r s p r i n g ” There’s something about the first baseball game of the spring season that is hard to beat It’s a night game and there’s a cool

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