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Veterans: Inef ciencies Complicate Financial Aid Process

Say disorganized processes force them to turn to loans

By DANIEL ZIMMERMAN Sun Staff Writer

“Cornell was applying my housing allowance to tuition, which is meant to pay for my rent.”

For military veterans at Cornell, filing for financial aid and receiving support through the Post-9/11 G I Bill can be a “nightmare ” Many veterans who spoke with The Sun described a slow and disorganized system, even as administrators insist that veteran admissions remains a priority for Cornell There are currently 130 students who receive benefits under Chapter 33 of the Post-9/11 G I Bill, 69 of whom are veterans, according to Melissa Osgood, deputy director of media relations However, many of these veterans described the filing system to receive aid as disorganized and criticized the time it takes the University to transfer necessary documents to the U S Department of Veteran Affairs

Jason Locke, associate vice president for enrollment, stressed that care for military personnel and veteran admis-

sions has long been a priority at Cornell, and said the University has recently partnered with a new program called Service to School VetLink, in an effort to attract more veterans “Veterans are an institutional admission priority for Cornell and have been for many years, ” Locke said “We

have historically benefited from a regular pool of self-identifying active duty military personnel, who are getting ready to depart the service, and veterans who are interested in Cornell They most often have been prospective transfer stu-

Cornellians Mourn Individuals Affected

By Paris, Beirut Attacks at Monday Vigil

By YUN SOO KIM Sun Staff Writer

tragic events in Beirut, Lebanon and Paris, France on Ho Plaza Monday Coordinated terrorist attacks killed over 129 people in Paris Friday and two

suicide bombers killed 43 people in Beirut Thursday, with the attacks in both locations leaving hundreds wounded

The vigil was organized by the Cornell French Society, according to Adélaïde Pacton ’17, the organization’s president Pacton said the French Society held the vigil “ to honor the innocence of the deceased in the two tragedies ”

“[We wanted] to remind people that

this is not only something that affects Western countries, but also the rest of the world, and that it is something that is very recurrent, ” Pacton said

Both the French and Lebanese flags were displayed in the center of the circle of mourners, and attendees wrote messages of solidarity on the flags The

Remembered for Work on Campus

By KIMBERLY LEE Sun Staff Writer

Jonathan Hunn ’15 a natural resources major and co-founder of the Cornell Environmental Collaborative died on Nov 10 in West Bloomfield, N Y He was 22

In the spring, Hunn walked with the graduating class of 2015 at Cornell He remained on campus this semester to finish a few last credits, according to Nyle Taylor ’15, Hunn’s freshman and sophomore year roommate

On campus, Hunn was involved with environmental and sustainability groups Friends said he was passionate about making the campus greener and brought people together through efforts towards a common goal to benefit the entire community

Taylor said Hunn “ was always quick to smile or laugh and he was quick to make others do the same ” He described Hunn as a great listener and confidante, who would “drop everything” to help a friend

Screening and Panel Discussion of “Negritude: A Dialogue

Initiative Aims to Remove Financial Barriers to Greek Rush

By JENNA RUDOLFSKY Sun Staff Writer

Multicultural Greek Letter Council will begin providing subsidies during recr uitment next semester to cover initial dues for ne w members who might other wise be deterred by the financial burdens of Greek life

The initiative, which was originally p

approved in October, will attempt to eliminate the financial barrier that prevents some students from r ushing Ne w

members will soon be able to apply for a one time $700 subsidy that will be paid to their chapter, according to Kendall Grant ’16, president of the Panhellenic Council

By looking through the Panhellenic Council’s budget, Emma Keteltas ’17, vice president of finance for Panhellenic Council, said she was able to find the

Panhellenic and Multicultural Greek letter members

The MGLC initiative was formed by the executive board and also approved by chapter delegates in October, according to President Andrea Kim ’16

financial need prior to the formal recr uitment process, but may be awarded subsidies based on both need and merit after the process concludes There will be a formal application process to receive these s

revie wed by the executive board and the Pa

Fraternities, Sororities, and Independent Living, according to Grant “ We will assess the quality of the application, as it includes a shor t response section, the student’s academic transcript, and whether or not the student receives financial aid,” Grant said

Once initial dues are covered, students w

sources for financial assistance, such as i

, according to Grant

“In an ideal world, we would have the fiscal capacity to subsidize ever y semester ’ s wor th of dues per member,” Grant said “However, we are launching this great initiative to remove the financial b

which is often the greatest deterrent for potential ne w members ”

Dues for sororities are high and discourage those with financial limitations f

Sororities also often have hidden fines for infractions or misconduct that add up to the cost in addition to dues, apparel and ‘Big-Little Week,’ The Sun previously repor ted

While dues usually remain stagnant after ne w members become officially initiated into their chapter, ne w member dues are usually the highest costs incurred for members, according to Grant

“Ne w member dues include fees for initiation and programming For exam-

Students Tackle Community Issues at 24 Hour Hackathon

By MELVIN LI Sun Staff Writer

Nearly 150 students participated in the University’s first Random Hacks of Kindness hackathon, coding for 24 hours straight from Saturday to Sunday morning to formulate solutions to community problems put forth by local organizations and nonprofits in Tompkins County

At the end of the hackathon, representatives from Accenture, the AFYA Foundation and the Cornell Public Service Center selected three winning teams out of the 25 participating teams, who were eligible to receive $2,000 to $3,000 to execute their proposed solution, according to the Random Hacks of Kindness website

wanted to do for a long time but knew it would take an extra amount of effort due to the very unique nature of it ”

The hackathon lasted from 11 a m Saturday until 11 a m Sunday and had a “unique” spirit, according to Kyler Ruvane ’18, a member of the winning team Coding Connectors, who won by designing a new website for the

that,” said Adam Gleisner ’18, another member of Coding Connectors “There was one on healthcare There was the one we did on Girls Who Code There was one on transportation for disabled people There were a lot of different areas you could go into and all of them had really cool solutions ”

“The unique thing about this hackathon was that it was all altruistic projects that people were working on ” K y l e r R u v a n e ’ 1 8

nonprofit Girls Who Code chapter at Cornell

The hackathon was sponsored by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, which hosts several hackathons a year, according to Tech Events manager Ami Stuart ’10 However, this was Entrepreneurship at Cornell’s first hackathon with an altruistic theme

“We have several hackathons per year, all at Cornell Tech in New York City,” Stuart said “Each of our hackathons are ‘themed’ around a topic or field This is the first time we ’ ve done ‘Random Hacks of Kindness ’ It was a passion project, something we ’ ve

“The unique thing about this hackathon was that it was all altruistic projects that people were working on, ” Ruvane said

The Cornell Student Assembly and nine local nonprofits presented the teams with at least 12 community problems to choose from on Friday These issues included collecting and delivering medical surplus supplies, to developing affordable transportation options for people with disabilities and providing mental support for youth and families

“Nine nonprofits from the community came around pitching their ideas to us We found what our passion was and went towards

The Coding Connectors team sought to improve the representation of women in information technology and computer science by working with Women in Computing at Cornell and Accenture to increase the number of girls studying in STEM fields

The team decided to design a website for the new Girls Who Code chapter at Cornell, according to Jerican Huang ’19

“The issue was to get girls interested in the new club the WICC was forming, so we made an informational homepage, a forum and a social network,” Huang said “To get them interested there’s this game for onboarding and it introduces them to what coding is ”

Another winning team, Freshman Five, named their project “Momentum,” and designed a new S A forum to allow students to directly communicate their problems online, said Siddant Basnet ’19

“We implemented a Student Assembly forum where Cornell students can sign up and post about their issues There’s no cur-

ple, a sorority pin might cost a couple hundred dollars,” Grant said W h i l e t h e I n t e r f r a t e r n i t y C o u n c i l began a similar program last year, Grant and Kim have been working on adding the initiative to their budget since last semester, according to Kim “ The Tri-Council’s presidents noticed that we emphasize the idea of ‘fraternity and sorority for ever yone, ’ but wanted to actually act upon this by not having finance be the reason for students not joining a Greek organization,” Kim said

Following the Panhellenic Council’s approval of the initiative, which was proposed as an amendment to the budget that delegates from Cornell’s 13 chapters voted on, Kim said she worked to incorporate the initiatives to the chapters represented by MGLC

Members of the Tri-Council have been working on getting an initiative passed to subsidize dues, but have stumbled upon problems in the past, according to Kim “ The issue we had when sketching this idea was making sure the money goes directly to students’ ne w member dues, but we had a hard time making sure it didn’t affect their student financial aid,” Kim said

By

Keteltas said she hopes the initiative will promote diversity within the Greek community

“ We are ver y excited that this initiative h a s p a s s e d , ” K e t e l t a s s a i d “ Is s

diversity and inclusion have long been topics of discussion within Panhellenic, and we are proud that we will be able to affect real change with the creation of this ne w member dues program ”

Jenna Rudolfsky can be reached at jrudolfsky@cornellsun com

Coding for a cause | Students present their final projects at the Random Hacks of Kindness Hackathon this weekend

rent website that, does that so we implemented a website where people can go add their things where others can view them and support them,” Basnet said “The more popular [an issue] gets, the more likes and support it gets, the more likely it will be seen by the Student Assembly and when they resolve it they will post messages saying so ” Cari Hills ’98 of Accenture, one of the four judges for the competition, said the winning teams were chosen for their innovative solutions, ability to solve business needs and feasibility within a nonprofit budget

Hills said a third winning team, Rackers Hackers, developed a transportation system known as “Wind & Sun” to focus on transportation issues facing students with disabilities “ They are working with a group in town that’s focused on people with disabilities [Wind &

Sun] is helping transport them around using an Uber-like model, but in a social way, ” Hills said “You’re getting people who are volunteering their time to drive people around ”

The 25 teams were narrowed down to 10 finalists before the three top winners and two honorable mentions were selected Nevertheless, Hills said all the projects created by the hackathon participants over the weekend were “incredible” considering their limited time and resources

“They took their knowledge as students who are aware of the community, limited resources of non-profits and using technology and came up with these solutions to solve incredible business problems,” Hills said “We were just blown away by what they did ”

Melvin Li can be reached at mli@cornellsun com

Veterans Report Dif culty Securing Financial Aid

After admittance, veterans call for streamlined process without enrollment cap on aid programs

VETERANS

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dents ” T h e Un i v e r s i t y a c t i v e l y r e c r u i t s v e t e r a n s t h r o u g h t h e

Ser vice to School VetLink, the

M a r i n e C o r p s L e a d e r s h i p Scholar Program, the Veterans Education Guide and through p a r t n e r s h i p s w i t h c o m m u n i t y colleges, according to Locke, but

c a p s t h e n u m b e r o f s t u d e n t s a c c e p t e d u n d e r t h e Ye l l o w Ribbon financial aid program at 100

The Yellow Ribbon program

p a r t n e r s c o l l e g e s w i t h t h e

Ve t e r a n ’ s A s s o c i a t i o n t o c ove r remaining tuition costs after aid provided by the Post-9/11 G I Bill As a result of this cap, veterans often do not receive sufficient financial aid if the spaces are filled, and must turn to taking out other loans

Ev e n o n c e a d m i t t e d t o Cornell, veterans repor ted that financial aid suppor t from the Un i ve r s i t y w h e n d e a l i n g w i t h the G I Bill often stalled or was unnecessarily complicated

S c o t t Jo h n s o n ’ 1 6 , w h o ser ved in the U S Navy in San Diego, Djibouti and Nor folk, V i r g i n i a a n d i s c u r r e n t l y a reser vist, said in his opinion, veterans must undergo two unofficial steps for acceptance: first, to be accepted, and second, to see if they can actually afford tuition “ The first acceptance doesn’t

really mean anything until you know you ’ re going to be able to come; that took a ver y long time to get, ” Johnson said “So even after you ’ re approved to come to t h i s s c h o o l , k n ow i n g w h e t h e r yo u ’ re a c t u a l l

took a long time It took maybe eight weeks or so to finally get any G I Bill funds at all; the same thing happened again this year ”

Seamus Murphy ’16, c o - c h a i r o f C

Undergraduate Veterans

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Station Sigonella in Italy

Outlaw said when he initially applied to the Yellow Ribbon program for alternative funding beyond the G I Bill, he called the Office of Financial Aid only “ to speak with several personnel

He said that eventually, his applica-

has no maximum school contribution amount how much the school will offer in addition t o t h e V A b e c a u s e t

Yellow Ribbon program, which Cornell determines, is finite

Other schools in Ne w York, s u c h a s C o l u m b i a Un i v e r s i

“With Cornell’s cap on Yellow Ribbon funding slots, the ‘any person’ part of our motto is only partly true ”

networks on behalf of veterans said veterans face numerous difficulties at Cornell, and that many par ticularly str uggle with the financial aid system Murphy, who ser ved two tours in Iraq in the U S Army, called the problems on campus sys-

kind of stuff that’s been happening to us ” C

process veterans ’ financial forms

many veterans to find an alternate source of money before the aid is available, Murphy said D

founder and co-chair of CUVA, joined the U S Navy in 2007 and ser ved at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, where he was a logistics specialist aboard a nuclear attack s

financial aid for scholarships and policy analysis

“Although I was grateful for h

Financial Aid should have more personnel trained on what the Yellow Ribbon fund is and who the point of contact is,” Outlaw said Cornell accepted 100 undergraduate students and 73 graduate and professional students for t h e 2 0

under the Yellow Ribbon prog r a m ,

c

m 4 0 undergraduates and 50 graduates from 2013-14, according to data from the U S Depar tment of Veteran Affairs

With the exception of Weill Cornell Medicine, the University

serious inconveniences for individuals, they can make life even more difficult for students who have to suppor t others

program, although they do not necessarily offer u

h

Cornell could potentially offer

Veterans at Cornell argued that not only do they not receive insufficient funding, but that because of the cap, Cornell also limits the number of veterans that could attend a problem that Cornell has par tially alleviated by increasing the number of capped spots through the Yellow Ribbon program from 40 to 100

“I strongly encourage Cornell to increase the slots available for the Yellow Ribbon fund, or to r e m ov e t h e c a p a l t o g e t h e r, ” O u t l a w s a i d “ Wi t h C o r n e l l’s cap on Yellow Ribbon funding slots, the ‘ any person ’ par t of our m o t t o i s o n l y p a r t l y t r u e It would be a tragedy to lose wellqualified talent to other schools, merely because of financial constraints ” Jo h n s o n s a i d a n o t h e r i s s u e faced by veterans is the lack of i n f o r m a t i o n t h e y h a ve d u r i n g the semester about their financial situation

“I completely ignore my bursar account, because it’s never right,” he said “It’s never ever right ”

After changes were made last year on the state level to assist v e t e r a n s w i t h c o l l e g e t u i t i o n , Jo h n s o n c l a i m e d t h a t C o r n e l l did not reach out to assist those who were affected

“After a fe w weeks, I made a phone call, and what I heard was that ‘ Well, we weren ’ t sure how many of you were out there, most people just call us at some point and let us know what’s going on, ’” Johnson said “[ They were] just waiting for us to make the phone call while we ’ re at school, while we may have famil i e s , w h i l e w e ’ r e d o i n g o t h e r things, while some of us [are] still reser ve ” Timothy Wilson ’15 ser ved in the Navy from 2005 to 2011 in a c t i v e d u t y a n d a s i n a c t i v e r e s e r v e f r o m 2 0 1 1 t o 2 0 1 3 While Wilson had trouble with the Yellow Ribbon program, calling it a “nightmare to deal with,” he also expressed concerns with the housing allowance provided through the G I Bill

“I found out that Cornell was applying my housing allowance to tuition, which is meant to pay for my rent, not school,” Wilson said “ This meant that I had a credit balance with Cornell that they didn’t actually receive So w h e n I t o o k o u t a l o a n o f $15,000 to pay for the remaining balance and to pay my rent f o r t h e r e s t o f t h e s e m e s t e r, Cornell took almost all of it ” Johnson said that while some of these housing concerns are

“I have a family, which is different than some of the other [veterans],” Johnson said “Some of the others don’t have a family, so you can camp out on someone ’ s couch, and that’s no big deal When you have a family, you can ’ t put your whole family on someone else’s couch You have to dip into your savings, put it on a credit card or take out a loan ”

Wilson said par t of the issue with financing is that the V A won ’ t release funds until they receive a cer tificate of enrollment from a university, and once they h a v e re c e i v e d t h e c e r t i f i c a t e s , they are processed in the order received

“ When it takes an additional four weeks for them to get the cer tificate you can imagine we are at the back of the line,” Wilson said “ This means no rent money and no book money until about two months into the semester Most of us can ’ t afford this ”

While he did say this year was a marked improvement in processing speed, Wilson said he believes there are still ways to improve the process fur ther

“I would like them to streamline the financial aid process, and to have a contact who specializes in veteran applications,” Wilson said “It seems ridiculous that we have to apply for the same programs ever y semester when it’s clear the assistance is needed ”

Murphy said his friends at other universities have access to a veteran resource center with a V A

paper work

“ They’re kind of your liaison between the university and other off campus [resources] like netw o r k i n g a n d s c h o l a r s h i p s , ” Murphy said “ They have these kind of vet centers or vet counselors, so to speak, to help guide you through this transition from militar y to civilian life ”

According to Cassandre Pierre Joseph, director of diversity engagement for the department of inclusion and workforce diversity, Cornell does have visits from a State Veteran Counselors through the Cornell’s Veterans Colleague Network Group a University sponsored resource group for employees One of the counselor’s roles is to help veterans receive their V A educational benefits, but some veterans said they would appreciate a staff member on campus to aid with the process

“ The University needs a permanent veterans ’ resource official and allocated office space to suppor t veterans, ” Outlaw said “Having this official on campus would take the weight off of var-

who volunteer their time and resources to assist veterans The resource official would ser ve as the main point of contact for

Daniel Zimmerman can be reached at dzimmerman@cornellsun com

Recent Cornell Graduate Dies Suddenly at 22

Jonathan

Hunn ’15 remembered by friends as

and could often be found learning new songs, according to friends

always ready to try something new and loved sharing his passions with others

“You could always find him chatting with someone new in one of the coffee shops in collegetown or on campus, ” Taylor said “He seemed to make a new friend every day I think people were just drawn to his kind and honest demeanor ”

Zoe Carlson ’15, a close friend of Hunn, said he “loved to just get out and do things”

including gorge jumping in the rain, going to the Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival and seeing obscure indie bands Carlson also remembered Hunn’s passion for music and recounted how he organized groups to see bands perform in the Ithaca area

“He would always offer to drive in his crappy car that you weren ’ t sure was even going to make it to the venue, ” she said Hunn taught himself to play the guitar

Cornell Vigil Remembers Attack Victims

French motto ‘liberty, equality, fraternity’ was one of the messages written on the French flag to honor the spirit of the French people and remember those lost

At the start of the vigil, Pacton encouraged attendees to “ express their sentiments about the tragedies” if they wished to Those attending also participated in a moment of silence to remember and honor the victims of the attacks

After the moment of silence, several crowd members began to sing ‘La Marseillaise,’ the French national anthem and ‘Alensheyd Alewteny Alelbenaney,’ the Lebanese national anthem

“There is no time limit [to the vigil], we just want people to spend as much time as they need here,” Pacton said “People at Cornell have lost their loved ones in Paris and I’m sure Lebanon is the same ”

Boustros described the events as an “ act of humanity” and called the spoken and written contributions of attendees “ very meaningful ”

Yamini Bhandari ’17 said the vigil demonstrated the unity of the Cornell community in a time of global tragedy

“It was nice to see students, faculty, and administrators come together and have a moment to reflect on the tragedies around the world,” she said “It gave me a sense of hope that we all could agree that actions like these terrorist attacks were inhumane and Cornell stood for peace ” Pacton stressed that the vigil was not a time for political commentary

“This is a moment where we all need to just reflect,” she said Throughout the event, the clocktower played several songs, from ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon to the French national anthem

Wesley Rogers ’14, who played intramural soccer with Hunn and lived with him in fall 2013, described him as a genuine and kind person

“He was always down to meet new people and make new friends, and he could start a conversation with anyone, ” Rogers said “Some of the best memories I have of him were the nights we would all make dinner together in the apartment and just hang out ” Rogers said Hunn loved to be outdoors and was particularly enthusiastic about rock climbing

“One of my fondest memories with Jon was visiting him at the Cornell Biological Field Station during a summer in Ithaca,”

“I think people were just drawn to his kind and honest demeanor ”

Lauren Harris ’15 added that Hunn was

Harris said “We spent the night with his fellow interns at the Taste of Syracuse music and food festival and the next morning we went for a sunrise kayak on Oneida Lake ” Hunn will be remembered for his contributions to the Cornell community, including the founding of ECO, his work with the Cornell Cooperative Extension, research with the Cornell Biological Field Station and additions as a field research technician to the Department of Natural Resources

Hunn’s memorial service will be held at a later date, according to an obituary printed Sunday in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Friends and family of Hunn star ted a crowdsourcing fundraiser on Crowdrise for the Hunn family, which may be used for memorial services The fundraiser has already raised over $5,300 of its $10,000 goal as of Monday evening University Resources: Members of the Cornell community seeking support can call Gannett Health Services’ Counseling and Psychological Ser vices (607-255-5155), EARS’ peer counselors (607-255-3277), the Faculty Staff Assistance Program (607-2552673), the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255) or find additional resources at caringcommunity cornell edu

Kimberly Lee can be reached at kimberlylee@cornellsun

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

B o m b a y C o m e s A l i v e i n C o u r t

BY HADIYAH CHOWDHURY Sun Staff Writer

I walked into Cornell Cinema to watch Court with absolutely no context and fairly average expectations, but Chaitanya Tamhane’s directorial debut sets the bar incredibly high for his future work Though it was slow-paced and at times disregarded plot entirely, it was absolutely beautiful and had me laughing constantly While at first it seemed to be a commentary about India’s court system, it turned into an intimate look into the characters’ lives and as a result produced a really beautiful conception of life in Bombay

In general, the film concerns itself with the trial of a folk singer who is being tried for writing a song with controversial lyrics One of my favorite parts of the film was its use of color and cinematography Being from a rural area myself, I am not usually very impressed by cityscapes, but Court completely overwhelmed my senses; while the scenes in the court were mostly dominated by shades of grey, white and light pink, the scenes in the city of Bombay were explosive with vivid yellows and oranges powdered with the dust from the streets Although the city was bustling, it was not suffocating and I found myself longing to be there, if only to catch a glimpse of the women ’ s radiant saris or to have a taste of the street food

eat lunch This scene, while very stereotypically Indian, struck a chord with me because of its accurate depiction of family life; I cannot count the number of times I have witnessed a similar scene in my own family In any case, the other scene was quite different because it took place in the home of a lawyer with her own family Her husband watched television as she served him dinner and grunted as she did so another scene I have witnessed so many times in my own life, but have never stopped to think about While this depiction of gender roles was fairly subtle and

Though Bombay was illustrated beautifully on screen, I did not feel like it was romanticized too excessively, for Court also provided a look into how poorer residents of the city lived While looking for a witness, one of the lawyers runs across a woman living in a rundown apartment complex in the middle of the city, but even the passage that led to her home was lit up with bright colors and conveyed a sense of warm comfort to the viewer There were two others scenes that stood out to me in particular, both of which took place in lawyer’s houses The first lawyer lived with his parents and had to go through the embarrassment of having his mother interrogate his colleague about his love life while trying to

Tcertainly not shoved to the forefront of the viewer’s mind, it made me think about the behaviors I have observed in my own life I think a big part of the reason I felt I could make connections with so many characters in the film was because of the incredibly realistic acting paired with the humor they brought to each performance After watching Court, I did a little research and discovered that none of the main characters had made an appearance in Bollywood before I was shocked The acting was so real and convincing that I wanted to linger in each scene after it had finished While the humor in the film was not necessarily very obvious throughout, I thought the sarcastic tones of the court scenes were performed to perfection

The film’s portrayal of activism also caused me to reflect upon my own actions and experiences While not directly poking fun at it, Court definitely did not take activism too seriously; the plot revolves around the trial of a folk singer who had supposedly controversial lyrics in his work Right after he was bailed out of jail, he returned to the streets and continued his work, essentially disregarding the court and lawyers who had been trying so desperately to control his actions I loved this depiction of activism because of how it made fun of itself One of the things I took away from this film was to not take anything too seriously, regardless of how important it may seem in the moment, an idea I can definitely get behind

In any case, I do think the film was more about the lives and character of the city of Bombay and less about any sort of direct message to its audience, and I enjoyed the lightheartedness that surrounded the atmosphere of the film The only criticism I had for the film was that without cultural context a lot of the scenes do not make a lot of sense; for example, there are scenes during which the defendant speaks in Marathi, but without understanding the importance of the language, it became a little difficult for me to fully understand the comments some of the lawyers were making However, I do not think this took away from the overall impact or understanding of the film

One final point I want to touch on was the epilogue of the film Court seemed to have been over after the lights dim to darkness over the last court scene, but there are a couple of scenes of a random family at a Bombay resort that close off the story The very last scene in particular was amazing; a group of children scare an older family member awake in the midday heat and he lashes out against one of the boys, whose whines can be heard until the credits start rolling I am not entirely sure what the implications were at that point, but it made me laugh until my stomach hurt, so I enjoyed it

Hadiyah Chowdhur y is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at hrc39@cornell edu

Stop Fellating Kendrick Lamar

ypically, music fans will tolerate a friendly disagreement about almost any band, singer, or rapper Not a Beatles fan? Find EDM repetitive and dull? Think Drake is a wuss? Fans of any of the three will abide your opinion without throwing things at you This is America, after all, a countr y founded on the principle of patriotic dissent I may dislike your Radiohead, but I will defend to the death your right to continue listening to it though I might ask you to please turn it down

Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly has proven that ever y rule has its exception Fellow citizen, I dare you: Voice a negative opinion on this album around the wrong people and see what happens Should you voice that negative opinion, you’ll be one of the first Butterfly’ s critical response has been like a praise competition, each reviewer tripping over the next to see who can lavish the most jaw-dropping hyperbole on Kendrick’s album This hyperbole so often contains the word “ master ” or “masterpiece” that you’d think Kendrick was a Renaissance painter; “masterful,” said the Chicago Tribune “A masterpiece,” said Rolling Stone No reviews, as far as I can tell, contain the word “ masturbator y ” This is a shame, because To Pimp a Butterfly is

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grandiose self-mythology “Loving you is complicated,” he says to himself, but by the end of the album, it’s clear that whatever complications he found are no longer a problem He’s so in love with his reflection that he’s lucky it was a mirror he was looking into and not a pool of water; he’d have drowned tr ying to kiss himself

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re Kendrick legitimately believes himself to be a sort of prophet, like a preacher Don’t take it from me: “I’m the closest thing to a preacher that they have,” he told the Times, speaking of his fans “I know that from being on tour kids are living by my music ” He did acknowledge that his words are second to someone ’ s, at least: “My word will never be as strong as God’s word,” he acknowledged “All I am is just a vessel, doing his work ” God’s vessel himself was perhaps proudest of his album title: “Just putting the word ‘pimp’ next to ‘butterfly'’[ ] that will be a phrase forever It’ll be taught in college courses I truly believe that ” T h a t ’ s o n e p r o p h e c y o f K e n d r i c k’s t h a t h a s a l m o s t come true Butterfly has indeed found itself taught in high school lit by a man named Brian Mooney, who wrote a popular blog post about supplementing the evidently-too-dr y work of Toni Morrison M A ’55 in his curriculum with Kendrick’s album Morrison herself teaches creative writing at Princeton Were a student to bring her a short stor y in which he meets a homeless man and at first dismisses him before realizing that the man is in fact

God in disguise, thus costing him a place in Heaven, I bet she’d have graded it down as corny, clichéd bullshit But now “How Much A Dollar Cost?” is right up there alongside The Bluest Eye Woe to Mooney’s students, who’ve had the experience of reading a novel partially replaced by that of studying a thoroughly puffed-up album You’d think he’d teach Kendrick in the same unit as the Solipsistics

Ke n d r i c k , I ’ m d o i n g this because I love you I won ’ t deny it, the man really is one of the most talented rappers around Anyone who’s heard his world-shattering “Control” verse can attest to his sheer lyrical skill, and good kid, m A A d city is the most well-written, absorbing day-inthe-life rap album of the new millennium You need talent like that to have great ambition, and only great ambition can lead to an album as ostentatious as To Pimp a Butterfly: so self-consciously aspiring to capital-G Greatness, so obviously self-enamored The critical reception to good kid was almost as euphoric (one reviewer compared it to Ulysses); was that what drove Kendrick’s head straight up his ass? And how, after the endlessly quotable good kid, did Kendrick manage to craft a follow-up whose most quotable, easily recognizable line is “ This dick ain’t free?”

To Pimp A Butterfly aside, 2015 is among the best years for rap I can remember Young rappers have been dropping modern classics all year, from Vince Staples to A$AP Rocky to Earl Sweatshirt Please, people, I’m begging you: check out Summertime ’06 Listen to Drake, whose own brand of money-and-women egotism is far more honest Even put “I Don’t Fuck With You” on repeat and let it rattle your trunk But for the love of God, stop blowing Kendrick, a man whose dick must be raw and chafed from such overzealous sucker y Give it a rest Give him a break; he’s just a rapper, not a prophet Or listen to it if you must, but please, turn it down

Max Van Zile is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at mfv23@cornell edu

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n old acquaintance from my hometown watched footage of the student confrontation last Thursday with professor Nicholas Christakis He posted it on Facebook, mocking participants for their outbursts: “The idea that such smart people can be so dumb is really comforting!” When I pointed out that it might be more productive to ask what led bright 20-year-old students to sob and scream in the middle of a courtyard, he derided them for using curse words To him, the students were “doing an injustice to their movement; ” to him, their yelling undermined the foundation of their anger

There is an unjust burden on students of color to express their thoughts on recent events, and on their experiences more generally, in a dispassionate and academic way Fur thermore, not ever yone shares this burden equally The onus of rational justification never seems to fall on those who dismiss the protesters as “hysterical ”

Yet, there is good reason for marginalized students’ fear and outrage Students at the University of Missouri were forced to stay home from class in the wake of racialized murder threats Yale student organizers, too, have had to seek protection after receiving death threats More generally, students of color live in an environment where attempts to discourage blackface and other belligerent displays of racism are met with thundering declarations of “free speech ” And when they leave the university, their status as Yale graduates will not magically eliminate material raceand gender-based dangers to their lives and livelihoods

Shyamala Ramakrishna is a student at Yale University This column originally appeared in the Yale Daily News Comments may be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun com Ivy Wire appears periodically this semester ANNIE BUI 16

A s s e m b l y, I n t e r f r a t e r n i t y C o u n c i l a n d t h e C l a s s C o u n c i l s , w i l l l i k e l y n e e d t o f i n d a d i f f e r e n t s p a c e o n c a m p u s f o r m e e t i n g s n e x t s e m e s t e r A l t h o u g h w e u n d e rs t a n d t h e n e e d f o r s p a c e o n c a m p u s t o c o n d u c t p r o g r a m m i n g f o r s t u d e n t o r g an i z a t i o n s , w e f i n d t h e St u d e n t Un i o n B o a rd ’ s d e c i s i o n t o b e a s h o r t - t e r m s o l ut i o n t o a l a r g e r i s s u e f a c i n g o u r c a m p u s T h e p o s s i b l e r e m ov a l o f t h e S A f r o m t h e Me m o r i a l R o o m o n c a m p u s i s t h e m o s t c o n c e r n i n g W h i l e a t t e n d a n c e a t S A m e e t i n g s o f t e n v a r i e s f r o m w e e k - t ow e e k , t h e Me m o r i a l R o o m s e r v e s a s t h e m o s t a p p r o p r i a t e s p a c e o n c a m p u s f o r c o m m u n i t y m e m b e r s t o c o m e a n d a d d r e s s t h e i r c o n c e r n s d u e t o i t s l a r g e c a p a ci t y Fe w s p a c e s o n c a m p u s o f f e r t h e s a m e l e v e l o f a c c e s s a n d c a n h o l d m o r e i n d iv i d u a l s f r o m t h e c a m p u s c o m m u n i t y d u r i n g p r o t e s t s o r c o n t e n t i o u s d e b a t e s t h a t d r a w l a r g e r a t t e n d a n c e a t t h e S A m e e t i n g s Fo r t h e s e r e a s o n s , t h e S A s h o u l d c o n t i n u e t o b e a l l o w e d t o u t i l i z e t h e Me m o r i a l R o o m d u r i n g s e m e s t e r s t o c o m e A l t h o u g h o p e n i n g u p t h e St r a i g h t t o a d d i t i o n a l p r o g r a m m i n g w o u l d p r ov i d e s t u d e n t s o n c a m p u s g r e a t e r a c c e s s t o a l a r g e s p a c e o n c a m p u s , t h i s d e c i s i o n f a i l s t o a d d r e s s t h e s y s t e m i c c h a l l e n g e o f f i n d i n g p r o g r a m m i n g s p a c e o n c a m p u s St u d e n t o r g a n i z a t i o n s o f t e n f a c e r o a d b l o c k s t r y i n g t o f i n d a f f o rd a b l e a n d a c c e ss i b l e p l a c e s o n c a m p u s t o h o l d e v e n t s a n d c a n o f t e n g e t l o s t i n t h e b u r e a u c r a c y o f r e s e r v i n g a r o o m W i t h v a r y i n g r e g u l a t i o n s a n d p r o c e s s e s f o r u t i l i z i n g s p a c e s a c r o s s b u i l d i n g s o n c a m p u s , f e w s t r a i g h t f o r w a rd m e t h o d s e x i s t f o r s t u d e n t o r g an i z a t i o n s t o u t i l i z e To a d d r e s s t h e c o n c e r n s s u r r o u n d i n g f i n d i n g s p a c e o n c a mp u s t o h o l d e v e n t s , t h e Un i v e r s i t y c o m m u n i t y m u s t c o m e t o g e t h e r t o f i n d a s o l u t i o n t o t h e s e p r o b l e m s R e m ov i n g t h e S A f r o m t h e Me m o r i a l R o o m p o s e s a n u m b e r o f c h a l l e n g e s t o t h e s h a r e d g ov e r n a n c e g r o u p t h a t w o

bonnets as Halloween costumes? Are those choices not plainly tone-deaf?

The regulation of anger is intentional here It derails the conversation from the racism and misogyny that run deep in our communities

Calls to facilitate discussion sound great, but dialogue means little when students must underplay the ways they’ve been hurt in order to participate in it Media outlets continue to use the word “coddled” to describe students who openly express frustration at the way they’re treated What about the “free speech” crowd, who have coddled themselves into only accepting the so-called “level-headed” language they find palatable? What about the responses we ’ ve received from the highest levels of Yale’s administration, vaguely encouraging students to “ engage in discourse?” They fail to address the inherent unevenness of a discourse that has, until now, forced students of color to intellectually justify their feeling unwelcome here

Calls to facilitate discussion sound great, but dialogue means little when students must underplay the ways they’ve been hurt in order to participate in it. Media outlets continue to use the word “coddled” to describe students who openly express frustration at the way they’re treated.

Students are not just being criticized for having “disproportionate” reactions Critics also police their emotional reactions in racialized and gendered ways The vocabulary of “shrieking” and “whining,” when applied to concrete arguments by Black, Latino, Native and Asian-American women, unmistakably evokes tropes that were built to silence them The easiest, laziest way to disregard a Black woman ’ s argument is to make her the “ angry Black woman ” no matter how reasoned and articulate it might be In addition, this tactic tastelessly overlooks how easy it is to be “calm” when the students chanting “white power ” at Mizzou are not directly threatening you

Furthermore, the people who question these students’ pain are not subject to the same degree of scrutiny Where were the tone police when Christakis likened students chalking in Silliman to a “mob,” or when he shouted a student down to tears? Where are they when students don war

Dehumanization is, by nature, emotional To ignore that is to coddle students who haven’t come to terms with their role, their complicity, in white supremacy To be sure, raw anger has never been and can never be a social movement ’ s final objective Neither is it the be-all end-all of student activism here on campus The Black Student Alliance at Yale has already laid out a concrete list of demands to the administration Other cultural centers have begun to articulate policy changes that would help afford all students the dignity and institutional recognition they deserve No administrative response would have occurred this week without an outpouring of emotion and anger from our community The hearts and the minds of students of color cannot be dissociated from these projects they are inextricable from each other What critics of the emotional response are missing is not evidence of concrete action It is basic empathy

Students and faculty who have called for a “civil” discussion of these issues have not “elevated” our discourse, but couched it in the language of respectability politics They have not merely limited the scope of acceptable perspectives to those that omit real emotional trauma They have also ignored the ugly truth that the fears of marginalized students are perfectly rational

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Terrorism Implications

Enter 2016 Race

The aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris will continue to reverberate throughout the presidential race On Saturday night, CBS altered the focus of the Democratic debate to include more national security and foreign policy questions, placing front-runner and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the defensive for most of the evening Despite heightened scrutiny and a few missteps by Clinton, the consensus was that the debate would do little to rework the Democratic field Though traditional political thought suggests an event that seriously threatens national security would cause voters to align with candidates that have more serious foreign policy experience, it seems likely that the Republican field will remain unchanged as well

Currently, Ben Carson and Donald Trump are the only Republican candidates garnering over 20 percent of the national vote; the first three primary states Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina each feature Carson and Trump in either first or second place with Ted Cruz placing third in New Hampshire and South Carolina With national security and foreign policy back in the spotlight, some might expect establishment candidates like Jeb Bush or the increasingly favored Marco Rubio, who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to rise in the polls However, this would only occur if voters perceived Carson and Trump as incapable of pursuing an appropriate foreign policy strategy

In a late-October, earlyNovember poll from Reuters, over 80 percent of voters selected either Carson or Trump as the candidate they trusted most to negotiate with foreign leaders Nearly 75 percent of voters identified Carson or Trump as the candidate they trusted most with handling the nation s nuclear weapons While this poll was conducted before the terrorism in Paris and voters could certainly shift

course, it’s also arguable that the attacks may reaffirm and solidify the already existing trust of voters Before this past weekend, data from Pew Research shows only 30 percent of Republicans approved of the United States accepting more refugees in response to the migrant crisis, compared to 69 percent of Democrats One would anticipate those percentages to decrease in both parties, but especially in the

choice in each of the aforementioned foreign policy questions in the Reuters poll, Cruz is already using the renewed focus on national security in attempt to cut into the support of Rubio, telling an Orlando crowd, “If you ’ re supporting amnesty, you ’ re supporting the Obama-Clinton weakness and appeasement to radical Islamic terrorism ”

Though undocumented immi-

The terrorism in France has returned emphasis to national security and fore policy discussions, oddly with the potential to solidify support for Carson and Trump

already hesitant Republican base

This suggests that voters already susceptible to anti-immigrant rhetoric would congregate to candidates with similar reservations, namely Trump and Cruz Rubio is already attempting to backtrack his positions to reflect the fluctuating landscape In September, Rubio clarified, “We’ve always been a country that’s been willing to accept people who have been displaced and I would be open to that if it can done in a way that allows us to ensure that among them are not infiltrated people who were, you know, part of a terrorist organization that are using this crisis ”

But this past Sunday found Rubio doubting the ability of the government to accept and filter refugees, declaring, “The problem is not the background checks The problem is we can ’ t background check them And that’s one of the reasons why I said we won ’ t be able to take more refugees Because there’s no way to background check someone that’s coming from Syria ” While Rubio was the third

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grants and “radical Islamic terrorism” have little connection domestically, this line of attack will likely be effective against Rubio who has already faced criticism on the right for his past attempts at constructing and passing comprehensive immigration reform

The terrorism in France has returned emphasis to national security and foreign policy discussions, oddly with the potential to solidify support for Carson and Trump, while also offering Cruz an opportunity to make inroads into Rubio’s candidacy With the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season approaching voters become less engaged and therefore candidates have diminished ability to influence polls and the Iowa caucuses following, Ben Carson and Donald Trump appeared poised to throw the Republican establishment and nominating process into disarray

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“It was huge for us to come out in the second and score the power play goal,” Schafer said

The tying goal seemed to deflate Colgate, as the team struggled to muster the same level of offensive pressure they put on Cornell in the first period

“We had a tremendous amount of chances in the next two periods with 24 shots,” Schafer said “We played with real good energy for the rest of the night ”

In the third period, the Red put consistent pressure on Colgate goalie Charlie Finn Nonetheless, the goalie made several impressive games to keep the game knotted at 2-2 With a minute left in the third, Tiitinen saw a great shot denied by Finn

As soon as overtime started, the Red continued their explosive play and Angello sealed the deal when Colgate got caught on a line change

“We had them pinned down a little bit and we had talked about trying to catch Colgate on a line change before overtime,” Schafer said “We got fresh guys on the ice and bumped the puck up from the neutral zone ”

“Anthony went back into the zone and shot the puck,” Schafer said “Good things happen when you shoot the puck ”

Luo, Ma Shine in Weekend

Meets for Red Swimmers

tion for this stage in the season

Our focus this year is to continue to build on each performance and improve every time we race ”

Some of the standout performances by the men included senior captain Victor Luo’s victories over both the Crimson and Green in both the 100 and 200 breast stroke events Sophomore Kevin Ma proved equally impressive, earning first place win in the 100 freestyle

“For me, this weekend Victor Luo and Kevin Ma were two big standouts They both stepped it up, raced tough and won events, ” Newman said “We had a number of exciting swims, both those two athletes had noteworthy swims, which bode well for the rest of the season ”

The Red have their next meet on November 21, another trim e e t m a t c h u p a g a i n s t o t h e r Ivies, this time against Princeton a n d Pe n n i n Pr i n c e t

Jersey The team will have to wait

Teagle again, but they’ll surely be looking for ward to showing the home crowd what they’re made of again

“We don’t claim to have the newest or state of the art facility in the league, but the dual meet atmosphere in Teagle Hall is second to none in the Ivy League,” Gallagher said “We had such a great turn out for both swim meets and the diving events Friday night and the team really feeds off that energy ”

Trying to Understand Boogie

SHATZMAN Continued from page 16

continues to shoot the deep ball with success, his inside-outside combination has the potential to be like Shaq meets Dirk Nowitzki

Cousins is also a willing and underrated passer Last season, he ranked among the top in assists by big men His ability to pass out of the post makes for a nightmare matchup; he can embarrass any defender one-on-one and if he’s double teamed, he will find an open teammate Through five seasons, Cousins has recorded 10 or more assists in three games Tim Duncan, one of the greatest passing big men to play the game, has done that only four times in 18 seasons Cousins’ skillset is unlike any other in the league today

Boogie is an admittedly emotional player He gets a lot of technical fouls He’s been ejected from games and has been suspended Of course, these factors contribute to his reputation In an interview with ESPN last April, talking about Kevin Garnett, Cousins said, “ But when he does something, he’s passionate ”

He isn’t the only star who gets his fair share of technical fouls Cousins is an emotional, passionate player who turned 25 years old in August On-court emotion does not mean a person needs counseling And in no way does it convey the likelihood of a person ’ s arrest

My intention is not to defend Cousins as if he is a friend of mine I’m merely a fan of his But offthe-court actions speak volumes about a person far more than do a fe w technical fouls When he signed a contract extension with the Kings in 2013, Cousins, then just 23 years old, donated $1 million to Sacramento charities to help families in the community He also helped provide free eye care and eyewear to hundreds of kids in both Sacramento and his hometown of Mobile, Alabama Cousins purchased high-tech scoreboards for a Sacramento high school and he donated 700 pounds of dog food to a local animal shelter

Just days ago, a Sacramento city council member announced that Cousins would be paying for the funeral of Jaulon Clavo, a local high-school student who was shot

and killed on the way to a football team meeting Cousins wanted this deed to be anonymous It takes a special type of person to want to do something like this in the first place, but to want to do it anonymously reveals Cousins’ true character

On Jan 30, 2015, Cousins posted a picture on social media It was a screenshot of Clay Travis’ prophecy, exactly five years later, to the day The caption read, “Today’s the day!! Let’s all show him some love!!”, What information did Clay Travis have that suggested Cousins a teenager with no record would be arrested within five years? None Clay Travis didn’t know DeMarcus Cousins All Travis knew about Cousins was that he played basketball with passion

Emotion is a part of DeMarcus Cousins both on and off the court in Cousins the ball-player and in Cousins the human being One is an MVP candidate The other is a good human being

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Freshman Sensation Angello Nets O.T. Winner

By TROY BRIDSON Sun Staff Writer

One minute and ten seconds into overtime, freshman sensation Anthony Angello found some space and let a blistering shot fly into the back of the net, securing the win for the No 18 Cornell (5-1, 3-1 ECAC) men ’ s hockey team It was the first points of the weekend for the talented right wing that now leads the Red in goals scored The bench erupted and the whole team skated onto the ice to surround Angelo, who celebrated with outstretched arms

Colgate (4-7, 1-3 ECAC) played their hearts out tonight, giving the Red all they could handle The Raiders led Cornell 2-1 after the first period and appeared to be the more physical team early on in the evening

In last night’s matchup, the Red used their size to dominate Colgate on the boards Coming out physical in the early minutes was clearly something Colgate emphasized after Cornell ran away with an early lead Friday at Lynah

“We got off to a real slow start, ” head coach Mike Schafer ’86 said “I was disappointed with our effort, which led to a of penalties in the first period ”

The deficit could have been worse for the Red early on In the first period alone, the Red gave up a breakaway goal to Colgate forward Tyson Spink and committed five penalties Colgate was only able to score on one of their power plays, a five on three that led to a goal from defenseman Brett Corkey

Junior defenseman Patrick McCarron continued his stretch of solid play tonight, adding a goal in the first period He also moved the puck around well and created several scoring chances McCarron, who was injured at the start of the season, has found different ways to contribute to the Red since getting healthy

“Patrick keeps getting better and better,” Schafer said “He’s really grown as a player back on the blue line and he had a great shot to get through to the net tonight ”

Late in the first period, Colgate had a chance to break open a two-goal lead with another five on three power play

The Cornell defense was resilient though and senior captain Teemu Tiitinen made a series of nice plays to get the puck out of the Cornell zone

“When you don’t come out ready to play some nights

Swimmers Split Weekend Matches

Men’s, women ’ s swimming teams beat Dartmouth, fall to Harvard

By JEFF ASIEDU Sun Staff Wr ter

This weekend, Cornell’s swimming and diving team finally got the early season matchup that they’ve been waiting for: an Ivy League matchup The Red’s men and women faced off against Dartmouth and Harvard in their first conference meet of the season, and in front of an excited home crowd at Teagle, both the men ’ s and women ’ s teams split the meet, beating Dartmouth but falling behind the Crimson

The women ’ s team put in a great performance, thoroughly defeating Dartmouth by a 205-95 margin, and falling to Harvard by a closer 191-109 score Cornell’s women managed to win

four of 16 events during the meet behind strong performances by senior Jennifer Zhang, sophomore Micaela Luders, freshman Hannah Bollinger and senior Jenna Immormino Immormino, now a captain on the swimming team, competed in the sprint events, winning the 50 and 100yard freestyle races

“The 500 freestyle was a strong event for us and Jenna Immormino really dropped the hammer in the sprint events, ” women ’ s head coach Patrick Gallagher said “However, individually, Jenn Zhang’s 200 butterfly was a race that still stands out ”

“I was happy with my individual performance,” Immormino said “I felt strong considering the larger volume of training we ’ ve been doing, but there’s

always room for improvement

“I was really happy with the result this year, ” Immormino said “We came back even stronger in the second half of the meet, something that is very difficult to do going up against such a highly ranked team It demonstrated that our girls don’t give up and that they approach each race with equal focus That’s very inspiring to me even as a captain ” Gallagher said he was also impressed by the team ’ s performances in the pool

“Getting a win in this league always feels good regardless of the title,” Gallagher said “I am very pleased with how the team fought on Friday and Saturday ”

The meet marked the first time the team has competed against other Ivies this season, and was a pivotal contest for the Red to see how they stack up against their rivals

“ We are continually looking to improve and peak our season at Ivy League Championships,” Gallagher said “Prior to intercession training, this week and last will be some of the heaviest work we put in all season The fact that we were able to come out and swim fast under those conditions bodes well for February ”

On the men ’ s side of the meet, the Red garnered similar results in the meet, beating Dartmouth 183-117 but losing to Harvard 188 5-106 5

“We feel very strong about our performance this past weekend,” said men ’ s head coach Wes Newman “The team raced hard and are in a good posi-

you never get it back,” Schafer said “The penalty kill at end of the first period was the turning point in the game where we were able to block some huge shots ”

When the Red tied the game in the second period on a goal from junior forward Matt Buckles, the momentum fully swung in Cornell’s favor The Red settled down and began making fewer and fewer errors

Figuring Out DeMarcus Cousins

“There is a 100 percent chance that DeMarcus Cousins is arrested for something in the next five years 100 percent Write it in stone ” Fox Sports analyst Clay Travis wrote these words in early 2010 when Cousins was a 1 9 - ye a r - o l d f re s h

y o f Kentucky Travis’ prediction was gratuitous Cousins had no history of legal trouble but even so, many agreed

People said Cousins was immature One writer said Cousins needed psychiatric help This became a pattern in Cousins’ life; the baseless characterization of DeMarcus Cousins the person not the basketball player ultimately molded Cousins’ reputation among the basketball sphere The truth is, though, that the people making those judgments didn’t know DeMarcus Cousins at all

On the court, “Boogie” Cousins is arguably the best center in the league Now 25, in his sixth season in the NBA, Cousins has taken his game to another level Cousins has always used his 6-foot-11, 270 pound frame to dominate the paint, but now he has added an outside element to his repertoire

During the Sacramento Kings’ current three-game winning streak, Cousins has averaged 36 points and 11 rebounds per game, shooting 60 percent from beyond the arc As of today, Cousins has a higher 3point percentage than Atlanta Hawks marksman Kyle Korver with a similar sample sizes No center dominates down low like Cousins shoots three-pointers at a similar clip much less at a successful rate If he