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In a victor y for workers’ rights advocates, nine more employers in Tompkins County have agreed to pay their workers a “living wage, ” or the equivalent of $12 62 an hour

A living wage is the minimum amount an employee must be paid so he or she can meet basic needs and maintain a decent standard of living, according to the Tompkins County Workers’ Center The living wage exceeds New York State’s minimum wage, which is currently $7 25 an hour

The center, which argues that living wages not only benefit employees but also employers, says

By JINJOO LEE Sun News Editor

C o r n e l l i a n s f ro m Ne w Yo rk C i t y a n d i t s s u r ro u n d i n g a re a s e x p re s s e d s h o c k w h e n , o n Su n d a y m o r n i n g , a Me t r o - No r t h p a s s e n g e r t r a i n d e r a i l e d i n t h e Bro n x T h e d e r a i l m e n t re s u l t e d i n t h e d e a t h o f f o u r p a s s e n g e r s a n d d o ze n s o f i n j u r i e s , a c c o rd i n g t o t h e Ne w Yo rk Ti m e s A s o f Su n d a y e ve n i n g , t h e e x a c t c a u s e o f t h e d e r a i l m e n t re m a i n e d u n k n ow n C o r n e l l i a n s w h o re g u l a r l y t r a ve

there are now 92 employers in the area that pay living wages

The center ’ s success in advocating for living wages locally is part of a nationwide movement among employees and workers’ rights advocates to raise the minimum wage While supporters say raising minimum wages to a “living wage ” standard is necessar y to support workers struggling to make ends meet, opponents argue that such a move could in fact reduce the number of jobs available

Peter Meyers, director of the center, said that despite concerns that raising wages may nega-

By TYLER ALICIA

Campus bus was struck by a vehicle that struck and killed a New York Police Department traffic agent NYPD Traffic Enforcement Agent Kalyanarat Ranasinghe, 71, was killed on-duty after being hit by a truck pulling out of a parking spot, the A s s o c i a t e d Press repor ted A f

John Carberr y said that no one on the Campus-to-Campus bus was injured

Passengers on the bus were informed of Ranasinghe’s death by police and were eventually

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Corey Ryan Earle ’07, associate director of student programs in the Office of Alumni Affairs

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questioned by the police before

“Cornell University will continue to cooperate fully with local police as they investigate this tragic event ”

dent, the driver ’ s truck collided with the Campus-to-Campus bus, one of many coach buses that offers transportation between Ithaca and New York City The bus had been tr ying to parallel park in front of the Cornell Club on East 44th Street

R a n a s i n g h e w a s d e c l a r e d dead after the accident, which occurred at around 2:30 p m , the Associated Press reported

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police as they investigate this tragic event, ” Carberr y said Police said that the investigation will continue The 43-yearold truck driver has not been

With the help of a $500,000 grant from MasterCard, Cornell Weill Medical College will bolster its efforts to research treatments for women ’ s cancers

The grant, announced Nov 18, will help Weill Cornell find ways to end breast, ovarian and uterine cancers, MasterCard said in a press release With the funding, the University will be able to create a researcher-in-residence position The person in the position will collaborate with other researchers and be directed by Dr Lewis Cantley, director of the Weill Cornell Medical

College Cancer Center, according to the press release

As an additional effort to bolster its cancer research, in 2014, Weill Cornell will open the MasterCard Principal Investigator Office Suite in the school’s Belfer Research Building

The facility is intended to maximize collaboration between researchers In addition to directing Weill Cornell’s Cancer Center, Cantley is also involved in leading research efforts for Stand Up to Cancer, a national cancer research organization MasterCard has previously helped raise over $17 million for the organization, according to the press release

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Staying in Ithaca for Thank sgiving, Students Say They Find Little to Do

By MANU RATHORE

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“If Cornell initiated a program to help students meet for dinner, it would help students staying back feel more involved.”

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Facing Possible Expulsion, DKE Fraternity Prepares for University Appeal

The Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity will be appealing the University’s decision to revoke its recognition after it allegedly failed to call for help when two students consumed too much alcohol on Aug 30-31 According to a University press release, fraternity brothers did not call for emergency medical help and tried to impede police from assisting

Cornell Employee Exposed Himself to Woman, Ithaca Police Say

A program analyst at Gannett Health Ser vices who allegedly exposed himself to a woman and sexually propositioned her has been arraigned and released, according to Ithaca Police He was charged with two misdemeanors

Prepare for Inclement Weather, Cornell Says

The University released a statement last Monday as students prepared to leave for Thanksgiving Break, reminding students, faculty and employees of Cornell’s inclement weather policies Despite storms that were set to hit the region last Tuesday, an email to the Cornell community said that the University would tr y to remain open

Compiled by Tyler Alicea

Student Recovering After Fall From Frat’s Roof

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Ne w s L o c a l re s i d e n t s s a i d t h e y w e re a w a k e n e d b y “ a p r o l o n g e d c r a s h i n g s o u n d , ” a c c o rd i n g t o t h e Ti m e s Ac c o rd i n g t o t h e Me t r o p o l i t a n Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n

Au t h o r i t y, t h e t r a i n w a s h e a d e d t o Ma n h a t t a n f r o m Po u g h k e e p s i e a n d w a s c a r r y i n g r o u g h l y 1 5 0 p a s s e n -

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Jinjoo Lee can be reached at jinjoolee@cornellsun com

Student s, Leaders Discuss Living Wages

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increase in wages is the best economic stimulus since the money earned will ultimately be cycled back into the economy

“Poor working class people are the ones who are more likely to spend it locally It seems like a stimulus to an economy to have more money in the economy When you think about what things help stimulate economy, it seems like this is one of the best ways to do it,” Meyer said

Meyers added that employers also benefit from the increase in wages

“The higher wages you pay, the higher employee retention rate You don’t have to spend as much money to train them again,” he said

Howe ve r, t h e o p p o s i t i o n h a s argued that increasing the minimum wage will cause employers to stop hiring The consequences are dangerous given that unemployment is still high and the country is still recovering from the recession, students say Kyle Ezzedine ’14, chairman of the Cornell Republicans, said the move to increase the minimum wage could in fact cost many employees their jobs

“A large portion of people who w o rk m i n i m u m w a g e j o b s a re teenagers who don’t need to make $15 an hour at the expense of other minimum wage workers losing their jobs,” he said “A teenager who works a minimum wage job to make some extra cash on the side but still has his or her parents to rely on does not need to make $15 an hour when

they’re 17 years old ”

Ezzedine added that he believes programs such as food stamps are more effective in combating poverty than raising the minimum wage

But Meyers said the minimum wage will affect students who need to sustain themselves in addition to paying for tuition He also added that 75 to 80 percent of workers who receive the minimum wage are not students

“The right wing is sort of saying that these are all students That’s just not true, ” Meyers said Prof Richard Mansfield, economi c

ve research on the subject, no academic consensus has been reached about the long term effects of raising wages on employment

“My best guess is that very few jobs would be lost in the first few months or years if a living wage was imposed more broadly, since it is difficult and costly for businesses to instantaneously change how they operate to require fewer workers,” he said “The concern is that in the long run new businesses will invest in labor-saving technology, like selfscanning stations at Wegmans, before opening up in order to avoid paying the higher wages ”

Despite some apprehension about the long-term effects of raising wages on the economy, TCWC said on its website that by agreeing to pay the living wage, businesses take advantage of the service and profit cycle

A higher living wage guarantees a higher level of employee satisfaction which translates to better customer service, and satisfied customers will

return and spread the word about the q u a

TCWC’s website

Though Meyers credited the program ’ s victories to both the business advantages of certification and the incentive to “do the right thing,” he also said that grassroots pressure is critical for success in living wage campaigns

Just two years ago, the TCWC worked to ensure employees working under Sodexo Ithaca College’s food service provider received the living wage Meyers noted that advocates strategically pressured Ithaca College, which has more of a local presence as opposed to Sodexo, a company based in France

“The political solution of getting legislators to pass something seems like a challenge without the grassroots pressure We’re not only relying on legislative solutions, not that doesn’t play a part, but the problem with the legislative solutions is that the power, especially beyond the local level, is being bought by corporate interests,” Meyers said

According to Meyers, the living wage movement is driven by community support, as well as driven workers who are passionate about the cause

“We can sit here and wave placards saying a Living Wage for All, but until the workers actually stand up and feel like they have a community that’s supporting them, it’s not ultimately going to change,” Meyers said

Meixin Luo can be reached at ml942@cornell edu

WCMC Gets Grant From MasterCard

WEILL

Cantley and the team focus on developing protocols, procedures and clinical trials in treating many types of women ’ s cancer, according to the press release

According to their website, Stand Up to Cancer takes pride in “bringing together the best and the brightest researchers and encouraging collaboration instead of competition amongthe entire cancer community ” Cantley said in the press release that MasterCard’s grant “ ensures that Weill Cornell can continue the critical scientific investigation that leads to breakthrough therapies ” MasterCard president and CEO Ajay Banga said the corporation hopes “ to spark the research that will deliver treatments that will turn cancer patients into sur-

vivors” through supporting and funding research

Continued from page 1 Ariel Seidner can be reached at abs253@cornell

Cantley is the William Bosworth Castle Chair in Medicine at Harvard, as well as the director of the Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center in Boston Cantley’s discovery of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase was a major breakthrough in the field of cancer research and introduced a new way for researchers to observe how defective cells grow and become cancerous, according to the National Academy of Sciences In addition to the MasterCard donation, Weill Cornell has also received another major gift this year In September, the school received $100 million from Joan Weill and Sanford I Weill ’55 to help launch two new research centers and bolster medical research

Hit by Tr uck in New York

charged and remained on scene to cooperate with officials, the Associated Press repor ted

Paul Walker, Fast and Furious Star, D ies in Crash S aturday

LOS ANGELES (AP) A fier y car crash nor th of Los Angeles has killed 40-year-old Paul Walker, the star of the Fast & Furious movie series, and one other person in the vehicle

Deputies found a Porsche Carrera GT engulfed in flames when they responded to a report of a collision Saturday afternoon in the community of Valencia, the Los Angeles County Sheriff ’ s Department said Two people who were found in the car were pronounced dead at the scene

Walker’s publicist Ame Van Iden confirmed the actor ’ s death

A statement on Walker’s Facebook page said he was a passenger in a friend’s car, and that Walker was in the area to attend a charity event for his organization Reach Out

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The Sheriff ’ s Department said that speed was a factor in the crash

The Santa Clarita Valley Signal reported that the Porsche crashed into a light pole and tree and burst into flames The fundraiser, to benefit victims of Typhoon Haiyan, took place at a nearby racecar shop Attendees rushed to put out the flames with fire extinguishers to no avail

“All of us at Universal are heartbroken,” Universal Pictures, which has released the Fast & Furious franchise, said in a statement “Paul was truly one of the most beloved and respected members of our studio family for 14 years, and this loss is devastating to us, to everyone involved with

the Fast and Furious films, and to countless fans ”

His Fast & Furious co-star Vin Diesel posted a photograph of him and Walker arm-in-arm on Instagram with the message: “Brother I will miss you ver y much I am absolutely speechless ” Walker rode the Fast & Furious franchise to stardom, starring in all but one of the six action blockbusters, beginning with the first film in 2001 The blond-haired, blue-eyed Los Angeles-native brought California surfer goodlooks and an easy, warm charm to the popular street-racing series

The son of a fashion model and a sewer contractor, Walker grew up in a working class, Mormon household in Glendale, Calif The oldest of five siblings, Walker’s

Thanksgiving Eats Away at Black Friday Sales

T h a n k s g i v i n g D a y i s n o longer all about turkey: It's eating away at Black Friday shopping

U S shoppers spent $9 74 billion on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving That's a drop of 13 2 percent compared with

l a s t y e a r, a c c o rd i n g t o d a t a released on Saturday by research firm ShopperTrak

The decline appears to show that more Americans shopped on t h e h o l i d a y i t s e l f : C o m b i n e d spending on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, which had been

considered the official start to the holiday buying season until this year, rose 2 3 percent to $12 3 billion T h e d a t a r e f l e c t s t h a t Thanksgiving, which along with Christmas was one of two days a year that most stores were closed, is becoming an important day for major retailers Black Friday is a time when big retailers open early and offer deep discounts, but a few started opening and offering those discounts on Thanksgiving a couple years ago And this year, at least a

dozen did so, with a few opening earlier in the holiday than they did last year

T h e Na t i o n a l Re t a i l Federation, a retail trade group, p re d i c t e d t h a t 3 3 m i l l i o n , o r almost a quarter, of the 140 million people who planned to shop d u r i n g t h e f o u r - d a y h o l i d a y weekend that ends on Sunday, would do so on Thanksgiving Analysts had questioned whether the holiday openings would steal sales away from Black Friday or result in people spending more overall

mother began taking him to auditions as a toddler He was a child model beginning at the age of 2

Walker has said the early induction to show business wasn ' t to start him on a career path, but as a way to help provide for the family

After a string of TV roles as a child in the ‘80s, including small roles on Who’s the Boss and Charles in Charge, Walker made his feature film debut in the 1998 comedy Meet the Deedles Supporting roles in the films Pleasantville, Varsity Blues and “Flags of Our Fathers” followed His performance in the 2000 thriller The Skulls caught the eye of producer Neal H Moritz, who cast him in The Fast and the Furious as undercover police offi-

cer Brian O'Conner Adapted from a Vibe magazine ar ticle about underground street races, the film became an unexpected hit

In the sequel, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Walker moved to center stage with Diesel temporarily dropping out Walker, a self-described “ gearhead,” kept his character’s sports car from the film

Walker starred in other films, including the crime thriller Running Scared, the Antarctic adventure Eight Below and the heist film Takers Though his stardom didn't make as much of an impact outside the Fast & Furious series, Walker continually drew praise from his co-stars and directors as a kind-hearted and eager collaborator

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REBECCA HARRIS 14 Editor in Chief

HANK BAO 14

CAMUTI 14

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RACHEL ELLICOTT 15

Editor DAVID MARTEN 14

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COURT 15

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BROMER 16

COHEN ’15

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b ro a d e r s o c i e t y, t h a t m a k e i t p e r s i s t

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p l a t e o u r p e r s o n a l a n d c o m m u n i t y g o a l s f o r t h e n e w ye a r, we m u s t w o rk t o g e t h e r m o re e f f e c t i ve l y t o a d d re s s s e x u a l m i sc o n d u c t i n a l l i t s f o r m s Fo r t o o l o n g t h i s h a s b e e n c o n s i d e re d a “ w o m e n ’ s i s s u e , ” b u t i t i s i n f a c t o n e t h a t c o n c e r n s u s a l l It i s c r i t i c a l t h a t we re c o g n i ze t h a t s e x u a l v i o l e n c e i s a “ m e n ’ s i s s u e ” a s we l l Se x u a l v i o l e n c e i s n o t a n e w p ro b l e m f o r o u r s o c i e t y o r o u r c a m p u s , b u t s e ve ra l re p o r t s s i n c e 2 0 1 2 o f s t r a n g e r a n d n o n - s t r a n g e r a s s a u l t s h a v e h e i g h t e n e d c o n c e r n s w i t h i n o u r c o m m u n i t y I t h a n k a l l t h e i n d i v i d u a l s a n d g ro u p s s t ud e n t s , f a c u l t y, s t a f f a n d c o m m u n i t y o r g a -

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Ef f o r t s t o c o m b a t s e x u a l v i o l e n c e a n d s e x u a l h a r a s s m e n t re s t o n s e ve r a l g u i d i n g f a c t s We k n ow, f o r e x a m p l e , t h a t s e x u a l v i o l e n c e c a n o c c u r i n a r a n g e o f c o n t e x t s , i n c l u d i n g s o c i a l s e t t i n g s a n d t h e w o rkp l a c e , a n d c a n i n vo l ve s t u d e n t s , s t a f f o r f a c u l t y In t h e m a j o r i t y o f c a s e s , s u r v i vo r s o f s e x u a l v i o l e n c e a re f e m a l e w h i l e t h e p e r p e t r a t o r s a re m a l e Re s e a rc h s u g g e s t s t h a t o n c o l l e g e c a m p u s e s , t h e p e r p e t r a t o r i s m o s t o f t e n k n ow n t o t h e v i c t i m ; a n d t h a t t h e m a j o r i t y o f s e x u a l a s s a u l t s a re

c o m m i t t e d by a s u b s e t o f m e n w h o a re re p e a t o f f e n d e r s W h i l e m o s t m e n d o n o t e n g a g e i n t h e s e b e h a v i o r s , o u r s i l e n c e o n t h i s i s s u e a d d s t o a c l i m a t e w h e re r a p e -

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Pre ve n t i o n ( C S V P ) , w h i c h i s c h a i re d by Su s a n Mu r p h y, v i c e p re s i d e n t f o r s t u d e n t a n d a c a d e m i c s e r v i c e s , a n d M a r y Op p e r m a n , v i c e p re s i d e n t f o r h u m a n re s o u rc e s a n d s a f e t y s e r v i c e s T h e c o u nc i l , w h i c h i s c h a r g e d w i t h a d d re s s i n g s e xu a l h a r a s s m e n t a n d s e x u a l m i s c o n d u c t t h ro u g h s t r a t e g i c p l a n n i n g ; re s e a rc h a n d e va l u a t i o n ; a n d e d u c a t i o n a n d o u t re a c h , i s h o l d i n g i t s s e c o n d m e e t i n g t o d a y ( De c 2 ) C S V P w o rk s c l o s e l y w i t h Ti t l e I X c o o r d i n a t o r s , C o r n e l l Un i v e r s i t y Po l i c e , Un i ve r s i t y C o m m u n i c a t i o n s a n d t h e Of f i c e o f t h e Un i ve r s i t y C o u n s e l I i n v i t e y o u t o l e a r n m o re a b o u t C S V P a n d a b o u t s e x u a l h a r a s s m e n t a n d s e x u a l v i o l e n c e t h r o u g h t h e S e x u a l H a r a s s m e n t a n d A s s a u l t - R e s p o n s e Ed u c a t i o n ( S H A R E ) we b s i t e T h e s i t e c ove r s a va r i e t y o f t o p i c s i n c l u d i n g h ow t o re p o r t a n i n c i d e n t ; g e t c a re ; l e a r n a b o u t re l e va n t p o l i c i e s a n d l a w s ; a c c e s s s a f e t y re s o u rc e s ; a n d t a k e a d va n t a g e o f e d u c a t i o n a l a n d e n g a g e m e n t o p p o r t u n it i e s T h e Un i ve r s i t y i s o b l i g a t e d by l a w t o p ro m o t e a n e n v i ro n m e n t f re e o f s e x u a l v i o l e n c e f o r a l l m e m b e r s o f o u r c o m m un i t y Bu t t h a t i s a n i m p e r a t i ve f o r o u r c o m m u n i t y, f a r b e yo n d t h e re q u i re m e n t s o f t h e s t a t u t e To a c h i e ve t h i s we m u s t e x a m i n e o u r c u l t u re a n d c h a l l e n g e a t t it u d e s a n d b e h a v i o r s t h a t f o s t e r s e x u a l v i o l e n c e W h i l e we c o n t i n u e t h i s e s s e nt i a l w o rk , we a l s o n e e d t o l o o k o u t f o r o n e a n o t h e r a n d t o c

o f a n o n - s e x u a l n a t u re c a n i n vo l ve i n t im a t e p a r t n e r s St ro n g s a n c t i o n s , a s we l l a s e d u c a t i o n , a re n e e d e d t o p re ve n t s e x u a l v i o l e n c e i n a l l f o r m s Of c o u r s e , p re ve n t i o n i s p re f e ra b l e t o re s p o n s e s a f t e r t h e f a c t , b u t c o mp re h e n s i ve e f f o r t s t o a d d re s s s e x u a l v i ol e n c e m u s t i n c l u d e c o n f i d e n t i a l s u p p o r t s e r v i c e s a n d a d vo c a c y, i n c l u d i n g f o r s u rv i vo r s o f u n w a n t e d s e x u a l e x p e r i e n c e s t h a t m a y b e e m o t i o n a l l y t r a u m a t i c e ve n i f t h e y d o n o t m e e t j u d i c i a l c r i t e r i a f o r a v i o l a t i o n O ve r t h e p a s t ye a r, o u r e f f o r t s h a ve c e n t e re d a ro u n d p re ve n t i o n , i n c l u d i n g e d u c a t i o n a l a n d s a f e t y i n i t i a t i ve s a n d e n h a n c e d d i s c i p l i n a r y p r o c e d u r e s To i n c re a s e c a m p u s s e c u r i t y, f o r e x a m p l e , we ’ ve e x p a n d e d t h e h o u r s f o r t h e Bl u e L i g h t e s c o r t s e r v i c e , w h i c h i s a va i l a b l e f ro m d u s k t o d a w n w h e n c l a s s e s a re i n s e s s i o n C o r n e l l Un i ve r s i t y Po l i c e C h i e f K a t h y Z o n e r c o n t i n u e s t o s e n d o u t we e k l y Bl u e L i g h t s a f e t y e m a i l s t o t h e c a m p u s c o m m u n i t y A m o n g o u r “ a w a re n e s s ” e f f o r t s i s a n e w e d u c a t i o n p ro g r a m , “ Sp e a k Ab o u t It , ” t h a t e x a m i n e s t h e ro l e by s t a n d e r s c a n p l a y i n p re ve n t i o n o f s e x u a l v i o l e n c e We p i l o t e d t h e p r o g r a m w i t h e n t e r i n g u n d e r g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s l a s t Ja n u a r y a n d , b a s e d o n a f a vo r a b l e re s p o n s e , i n s t i t u t e d i t a s a m a n d a t o r y c o m p o n e n t o f n e w s t ud e n t o r i e n t a t i o n So m e 8 8 p e rc e n t o f u n d e r g r a d u a t e s s t a r t i n g t h e i r C o r n e l l p ro g r a m s l a s t Au g u s t p a r t i c i p a t e d i n t h

Zach Pierce | Fear and Loathing

Partin g Words

It was at an intimate gathering in the home of a professor, with members of the Class of 1966 and current students in attendance, when the question arose: What is the essence of the Cornell experience? The alumni spent much of the evening regaling their youthful audience with tales of life on the Hill in the early sixties, from the Cuban Missile Crisis that loomed over their first year, to the assassination of President Kennedy that devastated their second Once the stories had finished, we all came to wonder about the tie that bound young and old together in the warmly lit living room that night One alumnus shared this cryptic musing: “The key to understanding what makes this place special is inscribed on the stone bench that sits at the top of Libe Slope ”

I had passed the bench in question many times before, but had never stopped to study it In fact, much of the beauty and mystery of this campus had long ceased to instill any sense of wonder within me Each day, as I hurried past McGraw Tower and Sage Chapel on my way to class, or as I studied frantically in Uris Library, I grew increasingly numb to the charm of our University Every trivial item on my to-do list was its own little doomsday that weighed on my mind I was always too preoccupied with my own worries to reflect on the spirit that

To those who come to the University many years from n and are struck by the majesty its presence, sympathy and greeting; so have I been in my own time

reverberated just below the surface of my surroundings

Several weeks after that evening spent with the alumni, I awoke on a Saturday morning with an urge to read the inscription on that fabled bench The trek up the Slope was quiet, save for sound of my own footfalls and panting breath Every now and then a gust would come up from the lake and cut through my flimsy sweatshirt With the exception of the three huddled figures at the bottom of the hill waiting for the bus, I was alone

After a few minutes, I reached the bench It was frigid to the touch Bordered by a repeating floral pattern was a dedication carved into the backrest: TO THOSE WHO SHALL SIT HERE REJOICING, TO THOSE WHO SHALL SIT HERE MOURNING, SYMPATHY AND GREETING; SO HAVE WE DONE IN OUR TIME

Beneath it was the date, 1892, and the initials of the university’s cofounder and first president, Andrew Dickson White, along with those of his wife, Helen Magill White 121 years stood between the bench’s consecration by President White and the curious prodding of its frozen surface by your humble columnist, and yet somehow a spark of compassion managed to span the distance I recalled the words of the French mystic Simone Weil, who posited that every separation was itself a connection It is the very wall that divides the cells of two prisoners that allows them to tap messages to one another And it was this seemingly indifferent, cold stone, which had endured wind and frost for more than a century, that made possible the transmission of human warmth from founder to student

Kindled by this numinous ember, I looked upon the path I had taken up the Slope with new eyes All along the empty trail I could almost make out the spectral footprints of the tens of thousands that had tread it before me I realized that even if I never amass the wealth to have a building erected in my name, my own ghost will haunt this path long after I leave, not to terrify, but to encourage and console As we each make our way up this slope, shouldering our own burden and bracing ourselves against the wind, we can draw strength from the friendly whispers of our predecessors In less than three weeks, I’ll be graduating and heading back to California Though my departure will leave little physical trace of the time I have spent here, I hope a touch of my spirit will persist With the parting words of this final column, I humbly echo the sentiment expressed by President White: To those who come to this University many years from now and are struck by the majesty of its presence, sympathy and greeting; so have I been in my own time

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Comm en t of the day

“I think the medical amnesty law for NYS is good enough As bad as getting your fraternity kicked off is, it definitely does not beat jail For not calling, the President could be charged in this case. There’s a lot of liability imposed on the officers of the fraternity that people maybe don’t know about Luckily, no one got killed, but if they did and they refused to help, there would definitely be criminal charges here That actually operates as the incentive to call, it’s not really just about “knowing the administration won’t kick off your frat” being an incentive whysoserious

Re: “Facing Possible Expulsion, DKE Fraternity Prepares for University Appeal,” News, published Nov 26, 2013

Don Oh | Bi the Way

Thank sgiving in Ithaca : Stranded and Star ved

While the majority of Cornell students will spend this week reorienting to academic work after few days of turkey feasts and black Friday shopping, some of the student body will be recuperating from 96 hours of hunger and isolation Spending 96 hours or four days in desolate Ithaca may not be as traumatic as getting trapped in Blue John Canyon for 127 hours, but it can be nonetheless deflating One might argue that choosing to stay here over Thanksgiving Break is a self-inflicted harm It should be a common knowledge that Ithaca winters are consistently cold and gloomy So, why would anyone volunteer to spend any more time than necessary lingering in this dark, lonely place? Because sometimes, it isn’t necessarily a choice

Around 60 percent of Cornell students hail from New England and the Mid-Atlantic with half of them coming from within New York These students’ permanent homes are within a 500 mile radius from campus, a one-hour direct flight or a less than six hour drive away The proximity of home enables these students to visit families over a regular two day weekend, if desired, and a five day thanksgiving weekend is more than plentiful

dents, their homes are far enough away that driving home for a five day weekend is not a viable option Our free market economy works wonderfully during this time of the year, spiking the price of airline tickets to twice or three times the price of a regular fare Unlike lengthier and more variable winter breaks, the Thanksgiving holiday is extremely short and universal throughout the country Its constant demand fixes airfares at exorbitant levels, no matter how far in advance you book tickets Despite varying degrees of distance and difficulty we have to endure to reach our destinations, the single decisive factor that determines our whereabouts over Thanksgiving break is not our hometown, but our family income

For a large number of Cornell stu-

University painfully reminds us which group of students it primarily caters to: The rich who can afford to leave campus over break All the buffet-style dining halls close at the hour of break’s start and don’t seem to reopen until the dinner before classes resume A la carte cafes are just as exclusive, except for Nasties but sorry, I’m not walking all the way to North just to get some mediocre sandwich

Break after break, the University painfully reminds us which group of students it primarily caters to: The rich who can afford to leave campus over break.

Every year, Cornell’s International Students and Scholars Office hosts Thanksgiving dinner at RPCC Hundreds of students and families partake in this feast every year and tickets usually get sold out in advance When there’s a clear demand, I don’t understand why Cornell can ’ t keep one dining hall in operation over break, even for just one meal a day With dining halls closed and no TCAT service on Thanksgiving, left behind students persevere on junk food from vending machines

For Midwesterners at Cornell, the distance away from families is within a 500-1000 mile range In the grand scheme of things, 500 miles isn’t even so far to travel for a five day weekend One must remember, however, that students from the Midwest make up a mere 7 percent of Cornell’s undergraduate body (far less than international students who make up 11 percent of the undergraduate body) As a Michigander myself, I have always had a hard time finding any shared ride back to the Midwest

Then we have students from the West and the South For these stu-

dents, flying home to California, Florida, or Texas doesn’t require much hassle on their part Their parents notify them of their itinerary and all they have to do is pack up and grab a cab to the airport Heck, I wouldn’t be surprise if some students flew across the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean over break But for other students, flying is simply too expensive With our humble, frugal upbringings, spending hundreds of dollars to spend only a couple of days at home doesn’t seem economically sound

Cornell’s is ranked 9th Best Value School in the country and its generous financial aid policies even award grants to students whose parents incomes are in the six figures But unfortunately, every break, especially Thanksgiving and Spring Breaks, painfully reminds lower income students what type of school Cornell really is Break after break, the

Yale and Stanford give students the entire week off, allowing every student to travel during a nine day period Dartmouth’s new quarter system assigned finals prior to thanksgiving, giving students an extensive Thanksgiving-Christmas winter vacation Penn and Columbia have only Thursday and Friday off, which seems harsh, but their urban settings provide convenient access to major transit centers as well as plenty of local vendors and shops for remaining students

If Cornell is really “ open ” to students of all backgrounds, the administration ought to reconsider the length of Thanksgiving recess, and at the very least, keep some dining halls “ open ” over these shorter breaks

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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Hunger Games: Catching Fire was a delightful surprise Magnificent in scope but fine in detail, Catching Fire, based on the book by Suzanne Collins, is much more than another tween bestseller turned into a movie Instead, it raises the stakes, bringing in the heady morass of morality and revolution, death and rejection Lead by an excellent cast, the capable directing of Francis Lawrence and impressive aesthetics, Hunger Games captivates and engages the audience on a level that most movies, adaptions and otherwise, fail to reach

Catching Fire is set in a future dystopia in a country called Panem an assembly of 12 hard working districts and a lavishly wealthy Capitol In case you ’ re new to the series, The Capitol annually organizes a “Hunger Games,” a fight to the death competition between two contestants from each district Katniss Everdeen ( Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta ( Josh Hutcherson) won the previous Hunger Games, and at the start of Catching Fire are forced to embark upon a victory tour by the cruel President Snow (Donald Sutherland), who is concerned that Katniss’ defiant victory is inciting revolution among the people With the victory tour failing to deflate her stature as an icon for an uprising, Snow decides to call a special Hunger Games, composed entirely of past winners

The movie can be split into two parts: the lead up to the games and the games themselves Interestingly, it is the lead up and not the climax that is most impressive It is a bleak h o u r, f i l l e d w i t h

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o p p re s s i o n , b u t t h e sacrificial imagery and braver y is touching, the old man sacrificially executed for his defiance is both a martyr and a hero Possible remnants of Francis Lawrence’s time directing music videos, there are occasional moments like this where music, imagery and cinematography combine to transcend the limitations of a conventional blockbuster

novelty of the arena design, something that has to be credited to Collins, who wrote a book that is an ideal framework for a movie However, the actual sequence within the game is relatively predictable It also lacks the acting dynamism present in the other scenes This is not necessarily a fault of the actors, but during the game scenes they simply have flatter, less i n t e re s t i n g c h a r a c t e r s

This is not to say that the time spent in the arena is not also fantastic; it simply holds less gravity I did enjoy the

One notable exception is the work of Jena Malone a s Jo h n a n a Ma s o n Malone is sultr y, spicy and defiant, lending some flair to an otherwise largely static group

The absolute star of t h i s m ov i e t h o u g h i s

Je n n i f e r L a w re n c e Sh e brings so much complexit y a n d h u m a n i t y t o Katniss that one immediately feels attached to her Her simple pout is perfect i t i s som ehow simultaneously vulnerable a n d d e f i a n t , c o n f i d e n t and terrified Every movement, every facial expression is calculated, but never robotic She acts with an energy that is almost exhausting, leaving me frayed by the end of the movie It is incredible that Lawrence not only understands the depth of Katniss, but that she can portray it I suspect this is a result of her having entire novels to consult, allowing her to condense and purify Collins’ vision, along

with her own, into a remarkable character The depth and the ferocity of Lawrence’s acting makes this more than just a means to lure fans of the book into buying a ticket she makes it a film

She does not do it all herself, though Lawrence is surrounded and assisted by a variety of mature, fantastic actors Phillip Seymour Hoffman as Game Designer Plutarch Heavensbee and Sutherland (President Snow) are fantastically despicable people, but never approach farcical Young actors Hutcherson (Peeta) and Liam Hemsworth (Katniss’s love interest Gale Hawthorn) both perform admirably, with Hemsworth almost matching Lawrence’s passion Elizabeth Banks portrays the ludicrous Effie Trinket, Katniss’s chaperone, perfectly allowing the character ’ s misgivings about the current situation to resonate under the overtones of superficiality And finally, Woody

Harrelson (alcoholic mentor Haymitch Abernathy) is charming, sarcastic and fun, lending some comedy to an often dark movie

The actors all reap the benefits of a vivid, rich setting and environment The costumes in every scene are incredible, beautiful and extreme, with costume designer Trish Summerville drawing inspiration from current designers like Alexander McQueen Francis Lawrence also takes great pains to show us the setting, whether it is the grandeur of the capital or the unencumbered overgrowth of the Game’s arena And notably, the music, with contributors including Coldplay, Christina Aguilera and Lorde, is wonderfully done, working well with the actors and perfectly setting the moods and tones of the movie

Ultimately, despite being a being a bit long (146 minutes), Catching Fire is absolutely worth fighting through the hordes of teens to see Virtually every aspect of the movie is well done, and some of the scenes and acting are legitimately inspiring This movie, the fantastic performances included, will probably be completely overlooked by an Academy that consistently undervalues science fiction/fantasy, but this does not mean it was not one of the more enjoyable watches of the year

Calvin Patten is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciencess He can be reached at cpatten@cornellsun com

Arts Around Town

The Temptations

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To my fellow students and faculty: Congratulations You’ve made it to the last Monday of classes of 2013 All you have to do is get through this day, then the rest of the week, then exams, and you get to be done These last few weeks are fun ones (minus the studying and writing papers and whatnot), so enjoy them

For me, this last stretch of 2013 comes with some sadness, as well as relief I will be spending next semester studying at the University of Edinburgh and saying goodbye to CTB and my friends for a time This Monday is especially bittersweet, as it marks the final installment of this column: Carrottop Confessions

As much as I would love to write to you about the many adventures I will be having with Ewan McGregor and James McAvoy next semester, the higher-ups at The Sun tell me I’m not allowed Apparently they will permit me to pen some guest columns, but I will probably be too busy with Ewan and James, as well as my new best friend Jo (Rowling), to write one anyway I’m sure you’ll be hearing from me in some form or

another when I return next fall, but I’ve been toying with the idea of applying for an opinion column so I can rant about things other than Saturday Night Live Or maybe I will continue to rant about SNL in Arts, but under a pseudonym or at least a different column title now that I’ve announced the end of Carrot-top Confessions

I figured this would be a good opportunity, for those of you who have read my column on days in which the arts section is printed in black and white, to explain why I have entitled my column Carrot-top Confessions

The easy explanation is that I have red hair and I divulge much too much personal information in this bi-weekly hot mess than my mother tells me I should Also, Carrot Top is an immensely entertaining human being and my celebrity doppleganger But, if you have met me, you will know that my hair isn’t actually that red You may wonder why then I make such a fuss about it While I would call myself more of a mild redhead than a severe one, that wasn ’ t always the case When I was a child, my hair was the color of a tomato; like a non-organic, non-heirloom, beautiful, pesticide protected, shiny, red tomato I am the only person in my entire family with that color hair

Quick fun Moser family anecdote: when I was a baby, driving across the Canadian border with my family, we almost were not allowed to leave the country because the Canadian border officials did not believe I was a member of my family They thought that my parents had kidnapped some redheaded Canadian child And that is how I almost spent my childhood in a Canadian orphanage Anyway, as the only redhead in my immediate and extended family (I have my father’s short legs and short temper and my mother ’ s teeth, so I know I’m not adopted) as well as the only one in my elementary, middle and high school classes, I received a fair bit of attention Contrary to the picture painted by Kathy Griffin and South Park, the gingerism I faced was minimal But I did have a few odd encounters Strangers in the street told me they wanted to trade hair with me, mul-

tiple hairdressers saved some of my hair after a haircut to match the color for dyes and my first grade teacher made me dress up as Anne of Green Gables for class When there were four Julias in my grade in high school, I wasn ’ t Julia Moser or the freckly one or the one with the obnoxiously loud laugh I was The Redhead

So even though now you may be baffled as to why I make such a big deal about my hair when some people (who would be wrong, by the way) call it strawberry blonde, growing up, it was a pretty huge part of my identity It is also why I have long been fascinated with the nation of Scotland, which has the highest population of redheads in the world It is why I have always known I’ve wanted to live there at some point (more than just a love of smoked salmon and plaid)

and why I am leaving you all to go there in January

It’s been a treat writing this column every other Monday for the last two years, but I think it’s only fitting to retire my column that emphasizes the uniqueness of hair color as I go to place where I will simply blend in with the crowd, or at least be able to count on not being the only redhead in a room So, thank you to everyone who made this biweekly rant possible, and don’t worry, I’ll be back next year with lots of new stories and possibly a really annoying fake Scottish accent

Julia Moser is a junior 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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Phil Dawson kicked three field goals, and San Francisco’s swarming defense made things tough on Kellen Clemens all day The Rams managed only 73 total yards in the first half

Crabtree, San Francisco’s leading wide receiver during last season ’ s Super Bowl run, had two catches just more than six months after he tore his right Achilles tendon and had surger y Just having him on the field kept the St Louis defense from focusing all its attention on Boldin and Davis Davis displayed his athleticism with a new signature move, and did so not once but twice: a high hurdle over defenders He led with his right foot while leaping over safety Rodney McLeod in the first half, then again to reach the end zone on his team-leading 10th touchdown catch

Clemens went 19 of 37 for 218 yards with a late TD pass in a dismal afternoon by the Rams (57), who were tr ying for their first three-game winning streak of the season

A year after the teams left Candlestick with a 24-24 tie, the 49ers methodically took care that it didn’t happen again and snapped a two-game skid Next up is a visit from the first-place Seahawks next Sunday

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defense failed to make the game-changing plays it had the past two weeks even when 49ers left tackle Joe Staley was lost to a right knee injur y early in the game The St Louis defensive line had scored touchdowns in each of the past two games

The Rams thwarted drives with costly penalties, settling for a 43-yard field goal by Greg Zuerlein just before halftime in their best drive of the half Zuerlein kicked a 34-yarder in the third quarter

After a debated 15-yard personal foul penalty on Jo-Lonn Dunbar when he ran into a sliding Kaepernick, the quarterback completed a 23-yard pass to Davis Dawson kicked a 32-yard field goal He added a 43-yarder early in the second period, then a 24-yard field goal in the third

The Rams managed 11 total yards in the first quarter and 73 in the first half The 49ers held the Rams in check before the second-team defense s u rre n de re d Brian Qu ic k’s 3 -y ard t ou c h dow n catch with 18 seconds remaining

St Louis lost left tackle Jake Long late in the third quarter to a possible head injur y after he collided into running back Zac Stacy, who played after dealing with concussion-like symptoms following a win against the Bears

Making history| The Cornell women ’ s swimming and diving teams b eat Princeton for the f irst time in 32 me et s

Cornell Women’s Swimming,

First v ictor y over Tigers in 32 meetups

he women ’ s swimming and diving team took down Princeton for the first time in 32 meets and Penn for the first time since the 1999-2000 season on Nov 23 The team improved its record to 4-1 for the season so far and 3-1 in the Ivy League The team ’ s record so far is the best that Cornell has seen since the 2004-2005 season and the most wins against the Ancient Eight since the 1997-1998 The Red captured 18 top-three finishes for the meet overall Columbia is also off to strong 3-0 season start as it opened with a win over Har vard and then consecutive wins over Penn and Yale The Green was also swept, 2-0, with losses against Har vard and Cornell as it started the season off on a tough note

Compiled by Haley Velasco

Men’s Swimming, D iving Fall to Princeton, Penn

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After setting historic records on the women ’ s side against Penn and Princeton and str uggling on the men ’ s end The Cornell men ’ s and women ’ s swimming and diving teams will finish off this semester with the Ithaca College Invite Cornell will return for second semester and star t with an Ancient Eight meet against Yale on Jan 8 and then a meet against Colgate and then one against Har vard to finish off the month

Compiled by Haley Velasco

C.U. Falls in Tig ht 3-2 Game

MEN’S ICE HOCKEY

Continued from page 16

the Terriers sprinting down the ice He sent a pass across the offensive zone ice for an easy tap-in, leaving the Red down 2-0 at the close of the frame

“I thought some guys played very well on the big stage, but other guys struggled with it, whether it was energy or nerves or what,” Schafer said “But it was a great experience for them for down the road ”

B U scored the first goal of the third period less than three minutes into the period With the Red down on the penalty kill, freshman Terriers forward Nick Roberto slammed home a one-timer past Iles for the 3-0 lead

The Red finally began to convert its offensive chances a minute and a half later Down in the offensive zone, junior forward Brian Ferlin’s shot deflected off of the skates of sophomore forward Christian Hilbrich and slid into the back of the net The play was reviewed, but the referees determined that no intentional kicking motion was used and the

goal stood

With 3:40 left to play, top-line center and assistant captain Cole Bardreau got on the board to cut the deficit to one Bardreau’s linemates Joel Lowry and captain John McCarron picked up the assists on the play

The Red maintained offensive pressure for the final minutes of the period, coming close to an equalizing tally multiple times With the Terriers on the penalty kill in the final minute and Iles pulled for the extra attacker, the Red were again denied by O’Connor, who made four saves in the 6-4 stretch to hand B U the win “ They’ve been great college hockey games, ” Schafer said of the Red Hot Hockey series with B U

“You can get kids in here in this kind of environment, that’s all you can ask for They’re great games; they’re close games; they’re competitive They’re learning experiences ”

Emily Berman can be reached at eberman@cornellsun com

Red Preps for Game Against Binghamton

guard Megan DeLuc

The Red went into the second half with a three point advantage: the overall score at intermission was 28-25 As Dr a k e b e c a m e m o re aggressive with its tact i c s , C o r n e l l m e t i t s a g g re s s i o n w i t h g re a t plays and skill

Though Drake was able to attain a lead at 12 minutes and 42 seco n d s i n t o t h e s e c o n d half, the advantage didn ’ t last very long In the next ten seconds of the game, Cornell was able to cut Drake’s advan-

t a g e O ve r a l l , C o r n e l l achieved a victory of 5949

Un f o r t u n a t e l y, t h e

Red did not do as well in its second game against Seattle University The game began with a low scoring beginning to its first half

However, about halfway through the first half, Seattle achieved an 18-2 lead, and eventually pushed its lead to 20 points on a jumper with one minute and 35 seconds left on the clock

The Red aggressively re s p o n d e d t o Se a t t l e ’ s l e a d a s s e n i o r g u a rd St e p h a n i e L o n g h i t a jump shot on Cornell’s next possession At half, the score was 31-13 in Seattle’s favor

Du r i n g t h e s e c o n d h a l f, C o r n e l l’s o f f e n s e became tenacious in its pursuit to win Just over a minute into the sec-

ond half, senior guard Shelby Lyman hit a deep jump shot from the corner The Red continued with stron play as freshm a n f o r w a rd Ni a Ma r s h a l l c o n ve

play and helped to connect on two more free throws for five consecutive points, which cut Seattle’s lead to just 13 points at the 17 minute mark of the second half

T h e Re d’s o f f e n s e was on fire as senior forward Allyson DiMagno hit a back-cut layup, off a p a s s by Ma r s h a l l , which forced a chain of t h re e c o n s e c u t i ve Cornell buckets With just three minutes on the clock and Se a t t l e i n t h e l e a d ,

Bounce Back From Loss

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY

Continued from page 16

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Ben Horowitz can be reached at bhorowitz@cornellsun com

s o p h o m o re g u a rd Allison Bockrath hit a three pointer Then during Seattle’s next possession, Lyman made a fast b re a k l a y u p, w h i c h made it a 51-49 game After many fouls, the game ended in Seattle’s favor with a score of 5249 Though the Red was not victorious overall, the players proved their skills and showed determ

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Elani Cohen can be reached at ecohen@cornellsun com

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Men’s Icer s Fall in Close Game to Boston U. at MSG

Despite more than tripling Boston University’s shot output, the No 14 men ’ s ice hockey team saw its fourgame winning streak come to an abrupt end during a 3-2

loss to the Terriers in front of a crowd of 18,006 at Madison Square Garden The Red (7-4-1, 4-3-1) fell to 03-1 all-time against the Terriers (7-6-1, 2-3-0) during Red Hot Hockey match-ups

The Red was continuously stonewalled by B U sophomore goalie Matt O’Connor, who made 37 saves on the

night, including 13 stops while the Red had the man advantage The Red went 0-7 on the power play, marking the first time in six games the team has not scored with the man advantage “I thought [B U] did a good job of killing penalties,” head coach Mike Schafer ’86 said “Your best penalty killer has to be your goaltender, and I thought when we did get good looks at the net and get good oppor tunities [O’Connor] did a good job of capitalizing ”

The Red snagged more than 30 seconds of two-man advantage time in the second period, but despite several close opportunities couldn’t find the back of the net O’Connor made several saves and one shot rang off the post to deny the Red the equalizer

The Terriers then followed up the Red’s narrowly missed chances by adding the team ’ s second goal during the last six minutes of the second period B U forward Evan Rodrigues made a hip check in his own zone to send

The Cornell women ' s hockey team was undefeated heading into a set of two games at this past weekend

a g a i n s t B o s t o n C o l l e g e a t Lynah Rink

H o w e v e r , despite shutting out the Eagles in the first game, 20 , t h e Re d fell in the second game by a score of 41

learn from the loss moving forward

“We had a good run there being undefeated, and that itself is something to be confident about,” she said

“We know that we can be a top running team in the NCAA , not just the E C AC o bv i o u s l y i t would have been nice to get the sweep, but to have the confidence to know that when we do play our best we can come out on

“We had a good run there being undefeated, and that itself is something to be confident about.”

J e s s i c a C a m p b e l l

According to senior forward and captain Jessica Campbell, the Red will build confidence from the win and

something we should be holdings our heads high about Not dwelling on the negatives from the weekend, but if we just keep learning from them and keep

See W. ICE HOCKEY page 15

Red Plays in Thanksgiving Tournament

Due to its win in its most recent game against Loyola University, the Red went into its Seattle tournament, also known as the Delta Dental

Though Seattle had the home-court advantage, all of

the games were played at it’s own Connolly Center, the team ’ s record was 1-4, which does not really compare to Coastal Carolina’s record of 41, Cornell’s record of 4-2, and Dr a k e ’ s re c o rd o f 2 - 3 Overall, Cornell faced ver y competitive opponents

The tournament star ted out with Cornell against the team from Drake University Friday Cornell star ted the game on a positive note, with senior guard Shelby Lyman hitting a three-pointer on the Re d’s

senior guard Stephanie Long and senior forward Allyson Di Ma g n o k n o c k e d d ow n three pointers within the first eight minutes of the first half T h e Re

u e d t o keep its advantage as freshman forwards Nicholle Aston and Nia Marshall racked up another six points for Cornell Though Drake was able to c u t t h e Re d’s a d va n t a g e , Cornell quickly reacted to Drake’s threats with a nice layup by DiMagno and late t h

See MEN’S ICE HOCKEY page 15 See W. BBALL page 15