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The Corne¬ Daily Sun

C.U. Law Seek s Surge

In Minority Faculty

By SARAH MEYERS Sun Staff Writer

As part of a University-wide diversity push, the Cornell Law School is aiming to increase the number AfricanAmerican and Hispanic faculty and the percentage of admitted African-American students –– a push some students say is essential to ensuring that minorities feel supported at the law school

Stewart Schwab, dean of the law school, said that 48 percent of the law school’s first-year students identify as a member of a racial or ethnic minority, in addition to the school’s significant number of international students The racial and ethnic makeup of the student body “ compares favorably with other top programs, ” he said Erika Lopez law, president of Latino American Law Students’ Association which aims to support LatinoAmerican students in the law school emphasized the importance of hiring a racially and ethnically diverse faculty

methods to recruit Latino professors should be a priority for the law school ”

Lopez mentioned that the Latino faculty member who is leaving, Prof Eduardo Peñalver ’94, is the LALSA advisor She stressed the importance of having mentors of diverse backgrounds

“Having that support system of someone we can relate to is very, very important,” Lopez said “We really do need professors who identify as Latino or African-American because they have more of a connection to our organizations and our students ”

Cheyenne Sanders law, president of the Native American Law Students’ Association, said that she wants to see the law school focus on “building a critical mass ” of minority students particularly Native Americans

“I do think that right now, the law school definitely needs to focus on increasing diversity,” Lopez said “There’s only one Latino professor, and he’s leaving at the end of the semester, which is not very encouraging for Latino law students Trying to find

“It’s hard to build a community with four or five Native Americans per class,” Sanders said “Native students are one of the smallest groups in the bar It’s important that Native students feel supported through NALSA, financially and academically when they get here The administration has been very receptive to our ideas, but we would love to see an increase in the amount of Native students enrolled ”

By JEFF STEIN

The man accused of placing a fake bomb outside a downtown Ithaca bank says he has invented a “free energy ” device that will transform the w o r l d’s e c o n o m y He a l s o claims to be the Antichrist In his book, YouTube video a

By BYRON KITTLE Sun Senior Writer

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Whitney was arrested and charged with “placing a false bomb or hazardous substance” in the second degree, a class E felony, according to a police statement released Oct 31 The Oct 11 bomb scare shut d ow n s e ve r a l b u s i n e s s e s i n downtown Ithaca, drew multi-

s t u d e n t s a t C o r n e l l e xp re s s e d e xc i t e m e n t ove r t h e v i c t o r i e s , o t h e r s s a i d t h a t m u c h m o re c h a n g e h a s ye t t o b e a c h i e ve d f o r t h e LG BTQ c o m m un i t y “Par t of me is like, ‘Oh, that’s cool,’ it opens u p t h e o p t i o n [ f o r LGBTQ citizens to get married],” Anthony Santa Maria ’13 said

Today Daybook

Monday, November 12, 2012

weather FORECAST

Hi: 60° F Lo: 37° F Mostl y Cloudy

A warm Sunday is followed by a warm Monday Enjoying that lingering warmth and gear up for those last few prelims Watch out for the strong winds sweeping the cold into Ithaca tonight W ishing it was Friday already? Don’t Though the weather becomes increasingly colder as the week progresses, it is high time that Cor nellians accept that Jack Frost is on his way and here to stay!

A chilly 37 degrees is sadly as high as temperatures with get today Pull out that winter coat, the boots and the gloves They’re your best friends today!

Hi: 37° Lo: 28° Par tl y Cloudy

The weather today is like a double-take of yesterday’s, only slightly colder Here’s to persistence, the shivers and white chocolate mochas

Hi: 38° Lo: 27° Par tl y Cloudy

8:30 - 9:45 p m , 401 Physical Sciences Building

Lacan and the Question of the Political Subject Noon - 1:30 p m , 304 Morrill Hall

Social Zooarchaeology: Humans and Animals in Prehistory 4:30 p m , 106G Olin Library

Choice in America: What It Means to Be Pro-Choice Today 5:30 p m , 305 Ives Hall Tomorrow

Though temperatures are on the up by Thursday, stay bundled Don’t leave that coat behind you on your way out tonight!

Hi: 43° Lo: 28° Par tly Cloudy

A sweltering 43 degrees is as warm as it’s going to get this week At least Friday ends the week on a relatively warmer note!

Hi: 44° Lo: 28° Par tly Cloudy

Compiled by Manu Rathore and Lianne Bornfeld

Students Create Startups At Entrepreneurship Event

By JONATHAN SWARTZ Sun Staff Writer

On the third floor of Upson Hall, 40 students gathered this weekend to begin turning their ideas for new startup companies into reality

The event, called “3 Day Startup,” took “the most talented engineers, designers, M B A students and entrepreneurs on campus and [helped] them create startups over the course of three days,” said Najla Elmachtoub grad ’12, the lead organizer of the event

“We bring in mentors from industry, venture capitalists, people who are experts in their field to help these students,” she said

Because of the success of last year ’ s 3 Day Startup event in which two companies emerged from the ideas students pitched the organizers decided to hold the event again this year, according to Elmachtoub

“This is definitely something we want to do every year, ” said Sohan Jain ’12, last year ’ s lead organizer who returned this year to serve as the participants’ mentor

Jain organized the event at Cornell last year after developing an interest in entrepreneurship while working at Facebook the summer before his final semester at Cornell

“At Cornell, I never felt like I was exposed to tech entrepreneurship When you think of tech entrepreneurship in universities you think of Stanford, MIT and maybe Harvard,” he said “Cornell was just not known for that I wanted to bring the culture of Silicon Valley, of tech entrepreneurship, back to Cornell and expose other students to the environment I was surrounded by when I was at Facebook ”

The 40 students who participated in 3 Day Startup were chosen from a pool of 150 contenders through an application and subsequent inter view process, according to Elmachtoub

“We have 40 ideas in the room, and what we do is split them all into groups and

[they] negotiate the ideas convince each other that their ideas are the best,” Elmachtoub said

Some of the ideas that emerged over the weekend included creating an app, primarily for college campuses, that identifies the locations of parties on a map; an app, suited for independent filmmakers, that allows its users to control a video camera from an iPad; a product that allows international students to have virtual guidance counselors over video for the fraction of the standard price; and a radio station that changes its music based on the user ’ s location

Nick Nickitas grad, a participant in 3 Day Startup, worked on a team that developed Rosie, a smartphone app that will make its users aware when they run low on basic necessity items at home, like paper towels and groceries

Nickitas said that 3 Day Startup gave students the ideal environment to create a new business

“[3DS] creates the atmosphere for entrepreneurs to be able to grow and thrive

do is to join a large company, ” he said “You make plenty of money, you can live a comfortable life and you have a lot of security Starting a startup is an insane life choice It is extremely difficult, you have no money at all for a long time, it could result in absolutely nothing and total failure, and even worse, humiliation if the whole thing falls apart ”

After last year ’ s 3 Day Startup, Nick Fishman ’12 and Arthur Soroken MBA ’12 co-founded the San Francisco-based company sonicpanther The company ’ s smartphone app enables users to choose the music playing in the restaurant they are dining at by using their smar tphones, according to Fishman

ship all day, but if you actually dedicate time to try and build something even if it does not succeed you are already attempting and getting into the entrepreneurial spirit, which is the difference between talk and action ”

Despite the challenges associated with creating startups, Novikoff said that it was ultimately worth the risk for him to pursue startup work

“I haven’t gotten a nickel from Vantageous but it’s not about those things It’s about the journey of creating a company and creating an organization and hustling And for me, it’s been worth it because I have enjoyed the journey so far,” he said

Bringing together a diverse group of people with different backgrounds, with different talent sets and putting them together, almost locking them in a room for a weekend,” he said “It’s not just a great idea to try and create new ventures, but [also] to cultivate the startup culture that is so important to a place like Cornell ”

Tim Novikoff grad, a mentor for this year ’ s event, co-started his company Vantageous through 3 Day Startup

Novikoff acknowledged that there are obvious benefits to joining a large, wellestablished company and evident risks to founding a startup

“Definitely the safe and smart thing to

“I was planning on doing a Masters of Engineering degree, and then I helped organize 3 Day Startup last November and it got me thinking about entrepreneurship in a way I hadn’t before,” Fishman said “[Soroken and I] didn’t think [sonicpanther] would go anywhere, but the more and more we worked on it after this event, we realized that this was an actual company and we could actually take this and make it big ” Fishman said that he supports events such as 3 Day Startup because they encourage students to “ get their hands dirty” and delve directly into the world of startups

“I really like events like this because they encourage people to talk less and do more, ” he said “You can read about entrepreneur-

As he strives to get his own startup off the ground, Novikoff said that he has seen an explosion of entrepreneurial spirit at the University that is not limited to 3 Day Startup

“I think that there is a bigger story about 3 Day Startup that’s part of a growing spirit of entrepreneurialism at Cornell University, both in Ithaca and at the incipient Cornell tech campus in New York,” he said “I think you are going to see Cornell becoming the world’s top institution [for] turning out entrepreneurs in the next few years ”

Cornellians Thank Militar y in Honor of Veterans Day

By SARAH CUTLER Sun Staff Writer

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about the militar y ’ s role in American society He said the militar y should “ proj e c t d e t e r m i n a t i o n ” t o other nations and emphas i ze d t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f honorable behavior among its members

“ What you do in times

of peace is just as important as what you do in times of war, ” he said Hall, who ser ved in an air campaign in Kuwait during the first Gulf War before retiring in 1995, also stressed the influence that ROTC membership had on his time at Cornell He advised his 200-person a u d i e n c e e – – c o m p o s e d primarily of ROTC members and their families ––to take advantage of the d i v e r s e o p p o r t u n i t i e s offered at Cornell

Bu t H a l l’s t o n e w a s somber as he described the hardships faced by members of the militar y, citing in particular his grandfat h e r ’ s w o u n d s i n Wo r l d War I from a mustard gas attack

“ Ta k e a m o m e n t t o look to your left and right, then imagine that all the people you see had been killed,” Hall said Cornell IT security liais o n D a v i d Ju e r s , a Vietnam War veteran who attended Friday’s ceremon y, s a i d p a r t s o f H a l l’s address –– including his point that militar y action

should be a last resort if p e a c e k e e p i n g e f f o r t s a re unsuccessful –– resonated with him

“I recognized a couple things, like militar y action being a result of failure in other areas, ” he said

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“ I t h i n k i t r a n v e r y s m o o t h l y, ” Ba r t l e t t s a i d “ The speaker was amazing I l i k e d w h a t h e t a l k e d about I thought it was interesting that he linked past conflicts to current engagements ” In his address, Hall also commented on the impermanence of militar y solutions He urged audience m e m b e r s t o f o r c e t h e i r representatives to “ answer the hard questions

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“ To d a y, o u r s u p e r b l y trained militar y asks less of us than ever before,” he said “Are we ready to support the real needs of vete r

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Cornell Reacts To Obama’s Victory Relief and joy swept through much of the Cornell and Ithaca communities late Tuesday night as President Barack Obama fought off challenger Gov Mitt Romney to win a second term

Worker Hospitalized After Fall At

Construction Site

A worker fell about four stories from the construction site of Gates Hall and was hospitalized Thursday morning, according to University officials Eckert, 43, was climbing a ladder to access a higher level of the construction site when the ladder collapsed from underneath him

Man Accused of Bomb S care

Addresses ‘Ithacan-Earthlings’

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ple police agencies to the area and closed activity on the Commons for several hours

In a message recently posted on Craigslist, a man claiming to be Whitney takes credit for the bomb scare and explains why he put the package at the Bank of America

“Hurting people is the only way to get attention with today’s media bias,” says the message, which has since been removed “I learned some things about being a terrorist: No terrorist wants to hurt people I AM A TERRORIST, but only to the FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY ”

Though The Sun could not prove that the post was written by Whitney, the message was nearly identical in several ways to Whitney’s many other writings It began by downplaying the criminality of the bomb scare

“Ithacan-Earthlings,” Whitney starts “I’m M G Whitney, the menacing looking fella that left the metaphorical bomb on the wall at [Bank of America] It turns out that what I did is a class E felony, before 9/11 it was a class A misdemeanor, either way, in objective reality it was a cardboard Nike shoe box with a word sharpied on it ”

Adding that a copy of his book, Godlike: The Abomination, was left in the box on the Commons, Mathews writes, “How long does it take to evacuate the Commons? How long does it take to xray/sniff a potentially explosive package?

Was anyone actually terrorized? No, just annoyed ”

The act appears to be part of Mathews’ efforts to garner attention for his work Elsewhere on the Internet, Mathews pleads for people to help fund his energy projects

“I would rather remain poor and anonymous, but I MUST be rich and famous to do my job,” Mathews writes in a slide of a YouTube video “I have been reluctant to make this video; I thought my book would go viral or my free energy device would get prototyped All you have to do to support me or learn more is buy my book ”

While not knowing the specifics of Mathews’ individual proposal, many people think wrongly that they have found a way to transform energy processes, said Prof Emeritus Theordore Loder, earth sciences, University of New Hampshire

“I’m not saying this guy doesn’t have something; I haven’t seen it But, frankly, I’ve been doing this for 50 years: I’ve had dozens and dozens of inventors who have had all sorts of claims [and built] things that whir and buzz and make a lot of noise and go around,” Loder said “People claim this all the time but either they’re fooling themselves or they haven’t measured themselves properly ” Whitney remained in jail as of Sunday night on a $15,000 cash bail, according to an officer at the Tompkins County Jail

Jeff Stein can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun com

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Jinjoo Lee can be reached at jinjoolee@cornellsun com

Law Students Call for More Diversity in Classroom

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Lopez and Sanders both said that diversity of thought and of experience has the potential to add important perspectives to students’ law school experiences

“Cornell Law focuses on diversity because it adds so much to classroom discussions,” Sanders said “You need a variety of opinions in order to foster legal thinking When they’re looking to build their incoming class, they want to see differences of opinion ”

For instance, Sanders said, when her constitutional law class discussed the Marshall Trilogy a series of Supreme Court cases that defined Native American sovereignty she became particularly conscious of the importance of having different perspectives in the classroom

“There was one other Native student in the class, and she and I were the only two that had the same kind of different perspective on Native sovereignty issues,” Sanders said “That’s one example of students’ cultural background changing and/or supplementing the discussion ”

With Power Still Out,

NEW YORK (AP) New Yorkers railed Sunday against a utility that has lagged behind others in restoring power two weeks after the superstorm that socked the region, criticizing its slow pace as well as a dearth of information

About 120,000 customers in New York and New Jersey remained without power Sunday, including tens of thousands of homes and businesses that were too damaged to connect to power even if it was running in their neighborhood More than 8 million lost power during the storm, and some during a later nor ’ easter

Separately, U S Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano visited with disaster-relief workers Sunday in Staten Island’s Midland Beach neighborhood, which is still devastated two weeks after

Lopez agreed, saying that a general emphasis on diversity “brings a different perspective” into the classroom

“Members of the Latin-American community are all very, very different,” Lopez said “They come from different socioeconomic backgrounds, different countries in Latin America People who have roots in the Latino culture are able to offer so many different perspectives, which is valuable in the legal community because it helps people understand what our community goes through ”

To help increase the diversity of the law school, administrators have outlined the school’s “base goals” for the year, according to Schwab This academic year, the law school established an eight-member faculty committee, chaired by Prof John Blume, law, to implement and monitor the school’s diversity initiatives

“We want to study where we ’ re being effective,” Schwab said “What’s most effective is a general commitment to diversity as part of the mission [of the law school] it plays out in the admissions and faculty appointment committee ”

Schwab expressed hope that the initiatives will improve students’ experiences at the law school

“There have been some success stories, but [diversity] is an area that’s always good to monitor,” Schwab said “We’ve had these goals in mind for a while We want to make sure students are feeling comfortable, feeling as though they have mentors and good job prospects ”

The initiatives would add to the law school’s existing outreach efforts, which include Diversity Weekend an event the law school hosts for students of color in April to attract students who have been accepted

“Right now, I think the school does a very good job with Diversity Weekend after students have been accepted to the law school,” Lopez said “Affinity groups are able to host admitted students and show them around the law school, introduce them to the student organizations and share our experiences ”

Lopez said the weekend played a significant role in her decision to attend the Cornell Law School

Frustration Simmers Among Hurricane S andy Victims

Sandy hit

The lack of power restoration for a relative few in the densely populated region at the heart of the storm reinforced Sandy’s fractured effect on the area: tragic and vicious to some, merely a nuisance to others

Perhaps none of the utilities have drawn criticism as widespread, or as harsh, as the L o n g Is l a n d Powe r Au t h o r i t y Ne a r l y 50,000 of the homes and businesses it serves were still without power Sunday evening, and 55,000 more couldn’t safely connect even though their local grids were back online because their wiring and other equipment had been flooded It would need to be repaired or inspected before those homes could regain power, LIPA said

“We certainly understand the frustration that’s out there,” LIPA’s chief operating officer, Michael Hervey, said in a conference call late Sunday But, he said, the storm had been worse than expected, no utility had as many workers in place beforehand as it would have liked, and the power was coming back rapidly “compared to the damage that’s been incurred ”

Customers told of calling LIPA multiple times a day for updates and getting no answer, or contradictory advice

“I was so disgusted the other night,” said Carrie Baram of Baldwin Harbor, who said she calls the utility three times a day “I was up till midnight, but nobody bothered to answer the telephone ”

Baram, 56, said she and her husband, Bob, go to the mall to charge their cell-

phones, and Bob, a sales manager, goes there to work They trekked to her parents ’ house to shower At night, they huddle under a pile of blankets and listen to the sound of fire engines, which Baram assumes are blaring because people have been accidentally setting blazes with their generators

“It’s dark,” said an exasperated Baram, “it’s frightening, and it’s freezing ”

LIPA has said it knows that customers aren ’ t getting the information they need, partly because of an outdated information technology system that it is updating Sunday, executives said they were working on setting up information centers near the most heavily damaged areas The company also said it had deployed 6,400 linemen to work on restoring power, compared to 200 on a normal day

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NYC Employees Can Set Aside Pay for Storm Relief

NEW YORK (AP) New York City employees who want to contribute to relief efforts after Superstorm Sandy will be able to do it through an automatic payroll deduction

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced the program on Sunday

They said city employees will be able to earmark part of their paychecks to the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City for storm relief

The fund has raised more than $35 million for hurricane restoration efforts

Bloomberg says the money is used to address immediate needs including water, hot food, toiletries, baby supplies, warm clothing and blankets

The funds will also address long-term needs including housing City employees’ tax-deductible deductions will run for two months spread over four pay periods

Senators Propose Immigration Changes

WASHINGTON (AP) Two senators on opposite sides of the aisle are proposing comprehensive changes to the immigration laws that would include a pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants now in the United States

Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York and Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who promoted similar proposals on separate Sunday news shows said that no path to citizenship would be available until the country ’ s borders were secure

Only then could those in the U S without authorization “ come out of the shadows, get biometrically identified, start paying taxes, pay a fine for the law they broke,” Graham told CBS’ “Face the Nation ” ‘‘ They can ’ t stay unless they learn our language, and they have to get in the back of line before they become citizens They can ’ t cut in front of the line regarding people who are doing it right and it can take over a decade to get their green card ” A green card grants permanent residency status a step toward citizenship

Schumer told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he and Graham have resumed talks on immigration policy that broke off two years ago and “have put together a comprehensive detailed blueprint on immigration reform” that has “the real potential for bipartisan support based on the theory that most Americans are for legal immigration, but very much against illegal immigration ” Graham, however, made no mention of working with the chairman of the Senate Judiciar y subcommittee on immigration, refugees and border security

Immigration policy, largely ignored during President Barack Obama’s first four years in office, has re-emerged as a major issue as Republicans seek ways to rebound from their election performance More than 70 percent of Hispanic voters supported Obama, who has been more open than Republicans to comprehensive overhaul of immigration laws

Three days after Tuesday’s election, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said it was time to address immigration policy He urged Obama to take the lead in coming up with a plan that would look at both improved enforcement of immigration law and the future of the estimated 11 million people living in the country illegally Boehner, however, did not commit to the citizenship issue

Graham said that the “ tone and rhetoric” Republicans used in the immigration debate of 2006 and 2007 “has built a wall between the Republican Party and Hispanic community,” causing Hispanic support to dwindle from 44 percent in 2004 to 27 percent in 2012

“This is an odd formula for a party to adopt, the fastest growing demographic in the country, and we ’ re losing votes every election It’s one thing to shoot yourself in the foot, just don’t reload the gun I intend not to reload this gun when it comes to Hispanics I intend to tear this wall down and pass an immigration reform bill that’s an American solution to an American problem,” he said

Both senators said the overhaul would include developing a secure document to assure employers they’re hiring people authorized to work in the country, and allowing legal immigration for needed workers at all skill levels The path to citizenship would require immigrants to learn English, go to the back of the citizenship line, have a job and not commit crimes

Graham said the overhaul would have to be done in such a way that “ we don’t have a third wave of illegal immigration 20 years from now That’s what Americans want They want more legal immigration and they want to fix illegal immigration once and for all ”

In exit polls on Tuesday, The Associated Press found 65 percent favored offering most illegal immigrants workers in the United States a chance to apply for legal status, more than double the number who said most should be deported Even among Republicans, the party associated with crackdowns on illegal immigration, about half favored a path toward staying in the U S

Judge Returns to Bench After Suspension for Video Footage of Child Abuse

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) A Texas judge shown in a video beating his teenage daughter in 2004 will return to the bench this week after the Texas Supreme Court lifted his suspension

The justices reinstated Aransas County Cour t-at-Law Judge William Adams on Tuesday, a year after they suspended him with pay when a video of him beating of his daughter became an Internet sensation

Adams is scheduled to preside over cases on the regular court docket Wednesday in Rockport, Aransas County District Clerk Pam Heard told the Corpus Christi Caller-Times for an article in Sunday’s edition

However, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services will no longer present him with cases involving violence against children

County commissioners voted earlier this year to cut Adams’ 2013 salary by 1 6 percent to $144,000 Other elected county officials received a 2 percent cost-of-living increase Adams doesn’t come up for re-election until 2014

The sheriff ’ s office said it will enhance security the day he returns to work, a move Heard welcomed in light of the intense emotions generated by the family law cases presented in Adams’ court

“Everything is different now in this day and age, and you always have to worry about it,” she said

Adams’ older daughter, Hillary Adams, uploaded the 2004 video to YouTube just over a year ago The video shows William Adams repeatedly whipping his then-16-year-old daughter with a belt for illegally downloading music

The nearly eight-minute video viewed millions of times shows the judge lashing Hillary in the legs more than a dozen times and growing increasingly irate while she screams and refuses to turn over on a bed to be beaten

“Lay down or I’ll spank you in your (expletive) face,” Adams screams as Hillary wails and pleads for him to stop

Adams wife at the time, Hallie Adams, also is shown striking the then-16-year-old girl She and her daughter have reconciled since then and have argued that Hillary’s father is unfit to sit on the county bench

Adams’ attorneys have argued in court that his ex-wife is motivated by a desire to strip him of custody of their youngest daughter and Hillary, now 24, is motivated by bitterness over losing his financial support

N.Y. Man Shot Dead In Parked Car in Buffalo

BUFFALO, N Y (AP) Police in Buffalo are looking for a suspect and a motive in the shooting death of a 24-year-old western New York man shot dead in a car

The Buffalo News reports that 24-year-old Rashiene Carson of Lockport was sitting in the back seat of a car parked at a Buffalo gas station when he was shot shortly before 1 a m Saturday

Chief of Detectives Dennis Richards said investigators are trying to determine if an armed robbery turned into a homicide case Police are looking for the public’s help with any information

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Hey, y oung world: nas at barton

BY NICOLE HAMILTON Sun Staff Writer

Playing a 30-song set in a little over an hour, Nas (Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones) kept the crowd jumping At Saturday’s show, presented by the Cornell Concert Commission, Nas proved why he is widely regarded as one of the top MCs of all time In 2012, The Source crowned him the second best lyricist of all time

Jhené Aiko, who recently released her album Sailing Soul(s), opened with a few soulful songs, including Tupac’s “Keep Ya Head Up ” She also happened to be wearing an outfit that if you couldn’t see, you could hear the guys around you talking about Nas opened with “The Don,” a hit from his most recent album, Life is Good He then cut to songs from his 1994 debut album, Illmatic, including “N Y State of Mind,” “It Ain’t Hard to Tell” and “Represent ”

He even poked some fun at Cornell before playing a Marvin Gaye remix of “A Queens Story ” “What do you guys know about Marvin Gaye? You guys know a lot about everything,” Nas said

One of his most emotive songs was dedicated to his ex-wife and artist, Kelis, whom he recently divorced During most songs, it could be difficult to hear the famed lyricism over concert-goers ’ screaming and the deafening bass, but every word was audible in “Bye Baby ” In recent interviews, Nas has cited his divorce as an influence for the lyrics in Life is Good The album cover features Nas holding one of the dresses Kelis left behind

issues from violence to poverty to the degradation of cities

What separates Nas from many rappers is his lyricism He doesn’t rely on kitschy tactics or simple wordplay, everything he raps is often dense with meaning and influenced by his personal involvement Responding to allegations that he has a ghostwriter, Nas said during an August 2012 interview with KPWR, “No, you know who my ghostwriters are? My friends, people I meet on the street Things I read

Ur Self A , ” all of Barton echoed the word he left out: gun

The audience’s excitement peaked during “Made You Look” when everyone, including myself, was yelling “Bravehearts!”

The concert also yielded an interesting crowd, given that Nas began performing before most current Cornell students were born Some people were there just because it was a concert, but others were there for the music (And to the couple making it out in front of me for the hour before Nas went on stage, thanks for that ) Also, there were several local high school age kids, which really shows the diverse audiences Nas’s lyrics continue to reach He’s survived all the changes and currents of the rap industry for decades, and since 1994, eight of Nas’s albums have gone platinum and multi-platinum

Somebody will say something that sparks something in me ” His sincerity is what listeners most appreciate

A major highlight of the concert was definitely the song choice Nas went through nearly all his albums, in addition to covering a few songs He performed “Hey Young World,” the 1989 single by eye-patch donning rapper, Slick Rick

At the end of the show, Nas performed “One Love,” an homage to his recent foray into reggae He collaborated with Damien Marley on his 2010 hiphop and reggae fusion album, Distant Relatives

Though the show was slightly short, Nas revisited his entire songbook without there being a lack of excitement, unless of course Nas wanted people to calm down and really listen The concert was a rarity, in that Nas put on a show full of lyricism rich with decades of experience which is a lost art among so many modern rappers

The songs took the crowd through a spectrum of social

BY MEREDITH JOYCE Sun Staff Writer

Walking into Risley’s production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, I felt a bit like Janet and Brad entering Dr Frank-N-Furter’s castle A stripper-heeled girl in a black bra and sequined briefs put a lipstick “V” on my cheek

At the puzzling time of 10:30 p m , I sat down on the ground of Risley’s dining hall in front of a large screen with red lips The students around me, both boys and girls, wore the kind of complicated lingerie, high heels and fishnets that I didn’t imagine Cornell students could have I soon regretted wearing pearls

An hour later, not knowing what I was in for, I still wasn ’ t sure if this was a movie or a musical By the end of the night, after losing my Rocky Horror virginity, I realized it was neither To the crowd and the actors, Friday night’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show was a selfindulgent, bizarre and fun party

The show was full of true fans, yelling out the lyrics even when Nas wasn ’ t When Nas yelled the title lyrics of “Got

background while the live actors mouthed the words and songs in costume before the audience Every actor was dressed perfectly, particularly the “Sweet Transvestite from Transsexual Transylvania” Dr Frank In the opening credits, dancers in underwear performed on a stripper pole During the chase

weren ’ t bored if it was their third or 20th viewing Nobody was there to analyze the sexual implications of self-indulgence or to make a comment on the conservative lifestyle The actors knew that watching Rocky Horror was about the showing, not telling For the first 30 minutes, all the Rocky

The story follows newly engaged Brad and Janet who get lost one rainy night and accidentally walk into a mad doctor’s terrifying castle Originally a musical, Rocky Horror has had a cult following since the film version was released in 1975 Experienced audience members dress up, memorize lines and chant profane “Call Backs ” In that cult style, the Denton Drama Troupe’s performance played the film in the

scenes, the actors and dancers ran around in platforms At one point, an actress even flashed the audience

The audience literally stole the show They screamed at the actors on stage and on screen They talked to the characters in their own witty ad-lib-ed talkback lines They called Brad an “asshole” and Janet a “slut ” When the “Time Warp” came on, they got up and danced They knew all the lines and they

Horror “virgins” went onstage, grabbed an ass, and recited, “I, Rocky Horror virgin scum do hereby admit in front of all of these people that I am a Rocky Horror virgin I am willing to lose all of my morals tonight and accept decadence into my heart ” Afterwards, a selected group of virgins played intentionally awkward games like eating a kiwi off another ’ s lap and faking an orgasm in front of the entire room

From the “Virgin Games” to the conservative Brad and Janet characters, Rocky Horror was meant, if I could even give something this chaotic a meaning, to put the audience out of their comfort zone In the Rocky Horror world, the nerdy, quiet kid who sits next to you in lecture could dress up like a stripper without anyone blinking twice Kids dressed up as they pleased, making the provocative surprisingly expressive Nobody judged anyone for wearing underwear and, at the same time, nobody criticized me for wearing a sweater Despite all the costume, Rocky Horror was about forgetting about what you were wearing and being able to let go Rocky Horror lets you cast off the person you are offstage and embrace this person who wears unflattering corsets, fishnets and sequined high waisted shorts For a couple hours, the audience is convinced that nothing else matters because there is an entire room under the same strange, freeing spell By the ending credits, despite the recent death of Dr Frank, the audience got up and did the only thing they could: dance

Meredith Joyce is a junior in the School of Industrial of Labor Relations She can be reached at mjoyce@cornellsun

Brightly Does It: Serkin and the Shanghai Quartet

BY TYRAN GRILLO Sun Staff Writer

Reputations of internationally renowned ensembles are bound to influence our expectations; the immediacy of a live performance allows us to truly bask in the music Such was the dynamic at Bailey Hall last Friday, when pianist Peter Serkin joined the Shanghai Quartet for nearly two hours of enrichment The centerpiece was the New York State premiere of Chinese-American composer Bright Sheng’s “Dance Capriccio ” Born in the quartet ’ s namesake, Sheng spent seven years studying the folk culture of the Tibetan borderlands during the Cu

Shanghai Conservatory and uprooting to the U S , where he now teaches composition at the University of Michigan The spirit of that research continues to inform his work, and the deft shuttling of western Nepalese Sherpa idioms through a loom of classical counterparts in the “Dance Capriccio” is no exception Yet, rather than oversimplify his craft as a fusion of East and West, as much press on Sheng is wont to do, we should take this newly commissioned piece on its own terms The spectral qualities of its awakening were clear from note one; its eddies of ink and time were as brooding as they were animated This brief glimpse into the lives of an ethnic group rarely known for anything beyond mountaineering was a treat for jaded ears The layering of rhythmic signatures, combined with challenging octave splits from Serkin, made for rich tonal brocade and many translucent, if not also transcendent, passages Making a sandwich of the evening were two no-less-col-

orful examples of standard repertoire Of these, the “A-Major Piano Quintet” of Antonín Dvorák made the deepest impression and paired naturally with Sheng’s montage At its heart is the Dumka, a Slavic form of which Dvorák was particularly fond As the jewel of the performance, it showcased the

meld with the keys formed the golden thread that began the piece and flowed through a landscape, pastoral yet pensive, toward an effervescent Scherzo in the Bohemian style All of this seemed mere preamble to the gnarled finale, in which Dvorák’s cellular approach and astonishing instinct for forested textures was clear as day

musicians’ superb dynamic control even the single pizzicato strokes from second violinist Yi-Wen Jiang rang true The Dumka’s characteristic balance between sadness and gaiety was embodied by Serkin and cellist Nicholas Tzavaras The composer ’ s affection for the cello, outside of his concerto for the same, is elsewhere hardly so apparent, and its mind-

“String Quartet No 17 in B-flat Major Nicknamed “The Hunt” for the first movement ’ s triadic evocation of hunting horns, it offered a conservative start to a concert otherwise roiling with emotion These delicate considerations drowned in the swoon of the second movement, with its beautiful gilding from first violinist Weigang Li and permeable support from violist Honggang Li The “Adagio” was the night’s first highlight and proved that these four bows are at their virtuosic best when given time to ponder With so much elasticity to savor, we were won over by the enchanting syncopations of the final movement Its winding circles of light, full of intent yet never cajoling, played a game of chase in lieu of capture The quartet rendered Mozart just right: evocatively without ever being too theatrical Serkin, a player I’ve long admired on disc, was splendid on stage He plays like a violinist, wiggling his fingers for a cerebral vibrato effect, sculpting notes in their post-attack resonance He also possesses some of the most elegant legato phrasing in the business In combination with this world-class act, the effect was dazzling

Tyran Grillo is a graduate sutdent in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at tgrillo@cornellsun com

Four Mor e Years of Adorabl e

By Wednesday evening, I was sick of hearing about the election My friend, Sun Arts and Entertainment Editor Zachary Zahos ’15, was also sick of the election Specifically, he was sick of reading about it in The Cornell Daily Sun, and said to me, “Thank god your column’s on Monday I can always count on you to talk about something not serious ” Well, sorry to disappoint you, Zach I’m talking about the election Specifically, I’m talking about how thrilled I am to have four more years of media coverage of my favorite celebrities on the planet: Sasha and Malia Obama

From an early age, life as a child in the White House has fascinated me I was captivated by the idea of growing up in the spotlight On a family vacation to Washington D C when I was about five or six, my mom bought me a book of paper dolls of First Families I have many fond memories of playing with these dolls including the time I accidentally beheaded Mar y Todd Lincoln while attempting to cut her out of the book

But mostly, it was the kids who intrigued me I would play for hours with the Kennedy kids and make Chelsea Clinton sit with my Barbies

try and just wants to experience normal life They paint the White House as a stuffy and oppressive place for a girl to grow up in

In my lifetime, the only presidential children I got to see were Chelsea Clinton, and Barbara and Jenna Bush By the time I was old enough to pay any attention at all to the world outside of Cocoa Puffs and Scooby Doo, these women were already women to me They were real people, which to me translated as boring and thus reinforced the “truth” behind My Date with the President’s Daughter and Chasing Liberty

But Sasha and Malia are different When Barack Obama was elected, Sasha was 10 years old and Malia was seven At the end of President Obama’s second term, Sasha will be 18 and Malia will be 15 America will truly have watched them grow up Eight years isn’t a whole lot of time relatively speaking, but there is a whole lot of difference between a ten

Much of this fascination has to do with the films My Date with the President s Daughter and Chasing Liberty which were both powerful influences on my imagination In both of these movies, the teenage daughter of the president is tired of the pressures of being a member of the most important family in the coun-

year old and an 18-year-old I know this from having attended a school that taught 7th grade through 12th grade, and knowing how tall I felt as I walked through the 7th grade locker hall as a senior

And I am happy to say, that Barack and Michelle are breaking the stereotype created for me by the Disney Channel and Mandy

Moore Sasha and Malia make the White House seem, not like the straitlaced, Secret Service nightmare of those films, but like the most amazing place to be a kid ever They are growing up to be just as undeniably awesome as their parents (especially their mother) Although they’ve met my idol Beyoncé, the girls do their own laundry, go to summer camp and wear that really cute coral-colored coat from Anthropologie Hey Malia, if you ’ re reading this, a) AHH OH MY GOD MALIA OBAMA IS READING THIS, and b) if we are ever besties, can I borrow that coat?

Tuesday night was a fantastic night, and not just because the President was reelected When Sasha Obama reminded her father to turn around and wave to the people sitting behind him, my heart melted Anyone who doesn’t think that isn’t super adorable, doesn’t have a heart It was then, that I was reminded that this election didn’t just mean four more years of the President, but four more years of his family

Even if you were a supporter of Mitt Romney, you have to admit, that it is way more fun to watch Sasha and Malia than it would have been to watch Tagg and the rest of the Romney brood who all look the same On an SNL skit a couple of weeks ago, Jay Pharaoh as the President said, “Sasha, Malia, go to bed I do that to remind you that I have two adorable young daughters, and not five creepy adult sons ” So Republicans: learn to find the silver lin-

ing and embrace the little things in life Be grateful that we have four more years of Sasha and Malia Ever yone can appreciate the J Crew-fabulousness of our First Lady and the overall fabulousness of her daughters At the end of the next four years, the President will no long have two adorable girls, but two adorable young women who I am very excited to see grow up and do amazing things Also, Bo, the First Dog, is really cute

Julia Moser is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at jmoser@cornellsun com Carrot Top Confessions runs alternate Mondays this semester

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Rookie Point Guard Cressler Contributes To Cornell’s Success

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with Cressler’s game, he was confident of the freshman’s abilities entering the game

“It’s hard to expect a guy to get 20 [points] in 18 [minutes],” Courtney said “But we know he’s going to have some days like that The other day in practice he went 11-for-12 from three ”

The game also featured the return of senior forward Errick Peck, who was a key player on the 2010-2011 squad but was sidelined all of last season with a knee injury Peck scored 10 points and hit two free throws to give the team a six-point lead with 23 seconds to seal the victory for the Red

“He’s in the form he was before he left,” Courtney said, expecting Peck to have a big season

The 2011-12 Ivy League Rookie of the Year Shonn Miller scored nine points and went 5-of-6 from the free throw line His six blocks were instrumental in the team ’ s defensive effort He finished last season with

48 blocks an all time team-high for a freshman

The Red faces off against the St Bonaventure Bonnies at home on Wednesday at 7 p m The game will be nationally televised on the NBC sports network The Bonnies are 1-0 after a victory on Friday in their home opener against Bethune Cookman

In their first game, the Bonnies had three players score in double digits Senior guard Eric Mosley had 14 points, junior guard Matthew Wright had 13 points and forward Demitrius Conger dropped 12

“We’re going to play a pretty good team coming up on Wednesday,” said sophomore guard Galal Cancer

The Red is poised to come out with a victory and confident in their deep squad this season, according to Cancer

“Even big-man wise, we have a lot of depth,” he said “We’ve got a good core of guys this year ”

With a non-conference schedule that pairs Cornell with powerhouses like Duke, Wisconsin and Vanderbilt, the Red looks to improve in every game and to prepare for battle in a competitive Ivy League this season

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ed and very good at possessing the ball,” said senior forward and tricaptain Tyler Regan “I think that we played very solidly defensively There were very few chances for either team, but Haber put away a great goal and it was all that we needed ”

Leading up to the goal, Nissl had a solid shot on goal, but Columbia’s senior defender Brendan O’Hearn was unable to clear the ball out of the Lions’ defensive third Junior defender Jake Rinow headed the ball back into the box, where Haber was waiting for the right opportunity to score The junior striker caught the ball, edged past a defender and sent the shot home away for the win and the Ivy League title With the shot, Haber picked up his 18th goal of the season, lifting him to 43 points for the year

All season Zawislan stressed that every next game and next play are the most important of the season, and the contest against Columbia was no different Cornell outplayed the Lions in almost every aspect of the game recording a 6-2 advantage in shots on goal, 5-4 in corner kicks and 15-5 margin in total shots After Haber’s early goal, Cornell continued to give a dynamic effort, especially in the defensive third where senior goalkeeper and tri-captain Rick Pflasterer made two saves

behind a solid back line of junior defenders Jake Kirsch and Patrick Slogic, sophomore defender Peter Chodas and Rinow Pflasterer helped the Red to its seventh shutout of the season The victory is his 15th of the year, which breaks the Cornell record for wins in a single season and places him in second place for all-time wins in a career (29) Saturday also marked Cornell’s first win over Columbia since 2010 Last year the two Ivy rivals battled on Nov 12, where each team had a share of the conference title on the line; however, after a hard-fought 110 minutes, the teams shared a 1-1 tie and missed out on winning the Ivy crown

“Last year we felt that [Columbia] took away our chance at an Ivy title and we took away their chance at an Ivy title,” Haber said “This year they were trying to play spoiler and we didn’t let them ”

The regular season may be over now, but the Red still has a long road ahead Today at 5:30 p m the NCAA selection show will air on NCAA com, announcing if the Red will play in the first-round on Thursday of next week or earn a first-round bye and play in the second on Sunday Winning the Ivy League Championship opened a Pandora’s box for the Red

“[ Winning the title is] definitely a double-edged sword because we achieved the goal, but now we are getting greedy,” Regan said “That’s now not our goal anymore Our goal is to win the first tournament game and then win the second tournament game We are never going to be satisfied until we win the national title

Lauren Ritter can be reached at lritter@cornellsun com CORNELL

McIntosh Takes Home Gold in Foil

By HALEY VELASCO Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Junior foilist Christine McIntosh earned a gold medal in foil at the 33rd Annual Temple Fencing Open in Philadelphia, Pa The two-day individual collegiate meet is the largest of its kind, with more than 30 universities and 600 competitors

“It was a historic showing It was the first time in the histor y of Cornell that we won so many medals I am ver y pleased with our senior fencers We got the record number of medals,” said assistant head coach Oleg Brusilovsky “I am really impressed with the team spirit and how the fencers supported each other It was ver y competitive and I hope that the momentum continues into next tournament ”

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Olivia Weller took fifth, while sophomore Khelsi Clarke grabbed sixth Freshman Ashley Muller finished 20th and freshman Taylor Wong grabbed 31st “ We did really well overall I know that epee had three people in the finals Christie won her foil event and we had two other foilists in the finals We also had two sabers in the finals,” said Weller “Overall, as a team, we had eight of the 15 girls we took placed in the finals in some variation, so it was a really good tournament It was a really good turnout It was our first team event so it was the perfect season opener ”

“It was the first time in the history of Cornell that we won so many medals.”

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more Alexis Mandon finished out the group with a 32nd place finish

“ The foil squad did really well We had ever yone finish in the Top-32 We had two girls in the Top-8 Ediona finished in third, Angelica finished fifth and I took gold,” McIntosh said “It was a really exciting day for foil I think it says a lot of great things about how our season is going to go this year ”

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e n i o r Ma r i a Napolitano tied for third place in the meet Sophomore

For the sabreists, seniors Audrey Speer and Beverly Yang tied for third among the 78 fencers in their event Freshman Alaina Uhouse came in 28th, senior McKellen Rattray placed 29th and sophomore Kristen Holl took 53rd “ We had probably one of the most successful sabre squad finishes ever, ” Yang said “ This was the first year that all five of our girls made it past the preliminar y rounds which is huge for us We had four girls in the Top-32 ”

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Dickinson, Haverford, Hunter College, Sacred Heart, Stevens, Tufts, Vassar and Wellesley Last year, the Red achieved a perfect 6-0 mark for the day and won 130 out of 164 individual rounds Cornell has faced each team previously at least six times in dual meet competition and has posted a winning record against all eight squads (70-12 alltime against the eight schools)

“[This season] we have one tournament at Sacred Heart We have another one at Brandeis on December 2,” McIntosh said “ Then we are off for break for a while and

Nacita gave the Red a first down and put the offense in good field p o s i t i o n a t t h e 4 3 - y a rd l i n e

Red was unable to score, falling 34-17 in the Empire State Bowl

“ The last-minute drive definitely changed the momentum, but I don’t think we lost it completely,” said freshman running back Luke Hagy “ The first couple plays of the second half we moved the ball well, and we still felt like we had some momentum ”

After a 27-yard kickoff return at the start of the second half by j u n i o r w i d e re c e i ve r Gr a n t

Gellatly moving the ball to Cornell’s 31 junior quarterb a c k Je f f Ma t h e w s c o n n e c t e d with senior wide receiver Luke Tasker for another 15 yards Two

s t r a i g h t r u s h e s by Ha g y a n d f re s h m a n r u n n i n g b a c k Si l a s

However, Nacita fumbled on the next set and the Lions regained

momentum the Red had left

In Cornell’s next two offensive drives, Mathews was sacked twice and the Lions were eventually able to cash in on their relentless defense which recorded six sacks and three interceptions on the day scoring two straight touchdowns to put them up 24-17

entered the game for Cornell In his first offensive set, the Red was forced to punt and the Lions were able to convert for another touchdown, putting them ahead 34-17

T h o u g h t h e l e a d w a s n o t i n s u r m o u n t a b l e , t h e Re d w a s unable to keep the ball in its hands due to some unlucky plays

come back a bit early for training camp Then we go straight to Pennsylvania at the beginning of next semester Between the three tournaments this semester we have a lot to look for ward to ”

Haley Velasco can be reached at hvelasco@cornellsun com

The third quarter ended at that score, and the Red went into the final period behind by only o n e t o u c h d ow n Howe ve r t h e Lions connected on a field goal in their first drive of the quarter to put them up by 10 Senior quart e r b a c k C h r i s A m r h e i n t h e n

“ Tw o i n t e rc e p t i o n s we re deflections off our receivers and the other was lying on a receiver’s back and [the Lions] picked it up, ” Hagy said “ We always talk about protecting the ball, and whoever makes the most plays and protects the ball best is going

to win But they just played harder than us in the second half ” Hagy was one of the bright spots for Cornell on the day, scoring one of the team ’ s two touchdowns on a five-yard rush after freshman defensive back Jarrod Watson-Lewis caught an interc e p t i o n a n d re t u r n e d i t t o Cornell’s six-yard line On the day, Hagy set career highs in rushing with 124 yards and in all-purpose yards with 186 He also became the Red’s first 100-yard rusher since Ryan Houska ’12 ran for 108 yards against Princeton last year Hagy was also just two y a rd s a w a y f ro m s

record in rushing

“It was an awesome feeling I’m really starting to feel comfortable in our offense, I’m learning

the linemen’s tendencies and am getting used to the cuts I have to make Our offensive line did a great job yesterday, it made it so much easier for me to run the ball w h e n t h e y ’ re m a k i n g h o l

Hagy said of his performance “But in the end we didn’t get the win which is always the most important thing ” With just one game left in the season against Ivy League leading Penn (5-4, 5-1), the Red has its work cut out for it at Schoellkopf Field next weekend in order to finish the season at 500 overall According to Hagy, the squad has already watched the film of Sa t u rd a y ’ s g a m e a g a i n s t Columbia and is working to fix the mistakes it made

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Grabs first outright title since 1977 season

By LAUREN RITTER Sun Sports Editor

“Anyone can give up, it’s the easiest thing in the world to do But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength ” While the original author is unknown, the sentiment is one that many athletes can relate to After going 1-15 in 2008, expectations for the men ’ s soccer team were low; however, in four years under

the leadership of head coach Jaro Zawislan, the program has grown stronger and experienced a complete turn around This season the No 14 Red finished with a 15-1 overall record and a 6-1 mark in the Ivy League, which earned the team the Ivy League Championship outright for the first time since 1977 “

attacking midfielder and tri-captain Nico Nissl “I remember standing in the middle of the field and watching all my peers cheering I was like ‘Wow we

goal

It was definitely a moment that was hard

think it hit a lot of us until quite a bit later,

t we ’ ve achieved it, it’s really

true ” Ending the 2012 fall campaign on a positive note, Cornell handily defeated Columbia (48-4, 2-3-2 Ivy League), 1-0, succ e s s f u l l y c l i n c h i n g t h e Iv y League crown outright for the second time in program history With the conference title, the Red also earned an NCAA Tournament berth its first since 1996 However, the team celebrated the NCAA n e w s o n Fr i d a y night after learni n g t h a t Dartmouth (97 - 0 , 5 - 2 - 0 ) beat Brown ( 1 2 - 2 - 3 , 4 - 12), 2-1, in overtime

“The number one goal of the season [to win the Ivy League Championship] has been accomplished,” Zawislan said “I am so happy and proud of the players Their hard work has been validated ” Pl a y i n

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was going to be a battle for the Red, but the team was completel y f o c

biggest goal of the season: winn i n g t h e Iv y L

e C h a mpionship While the Lions were determined to spoil Cornell’s t i t l e d re a m s , C o l u m b i a w a s unable to contain the Red after j u n i o r s t r i k e r Da n i e l Ha b e r scored the game-winner at the 14-minute mark

“It was a hard fought game and [the Lions] were very talent-

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By SKYLER DALE Sun Staff Writer

Cornell started its 2012-13 campaign on a strong note, winning the first game of the season, 63-55, against the Western Michigan Broncos (0-1) at Newman Arena on Saturday afternoon

The Red (1-0) was propelled by an aggress i ve

1 3 blocked shots one shy of the team ’ s all-time record The squad also recorded eight steals in the game

Although the team ’ s defense was a crucial part of its victory, the Red committed 19 personal fouls and gave the Broncos the opportunity to make a number of 3-point plays late in the game

“We’re going to have to keep [the other team] off the foul line,” said head coach Bill Courtney “That’s going to be a point of emphasis for us ” On the offensive end, the Red benefited from a solid game by freshman guard Nolan Cressler, who went 7-12 from the field and scored a game-high 20 points Of the six 3pointers that Cressler knocked down, his last one came after a timeout with 1:44 left in a 5point game

The play was designed so that sophomore guard Galal Cancer would penetrate, attract Cressler’s man and then kick it back to Cressler for the three The crowd exploded when they