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Fraternity Condemned for Sexual Contest

By ANU SUBRAMANIAM Sun Staff Writer

Cornell’s Zeta Beta Tau fraternity has been placed on probationary recognition after the University found that it was conducting a “pig roast ” in which “ new members could accumulate ‘points’ by engaging in sexual intercourse with women ”

The new members were instructed not to inform the women of the contest and, in case of a tie, the member who had sex with a woman who weighed the most won, according to an investigation conducted by the University’s Fraternity and Sorority Review Board that concluded last month

The report said the contest occurred in 2017, but did not specify who was involved or for how long the contest ran The brothers were made aware of the allegations in December before a hearing with the review board

Vice president for student and campus life Ryan Lombardi said ZBT ’ s behavior “is abhorrent to me and antithetical to our values as a community ” “ Be h a v i o r t h

women contributes to a climate and culture of tolerance for sexual violence,” Lombardi said In response to the report, ZBT released a formal statement saying these events were not “chapter sanctioned activities nor ones that brothers were aware of ”

described are contrary to the values that Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity espouses and works in direct conflict with the beliefs

Chapter ”

ZBT will be on probationary recognition for two years and must fulfill other requirements, including a full chapter brotherhood and external review by its national organization It also has to participate in p

Awareness Week and Cornell’s bystander intervention program The statement confirmed the chapter ’ s intentions of following through with these requirements, stating “this inexcusable behavior will not be tolerated ”

“Through this brotherhood review process if we

See ZBT page 4

By SARAH SKINNER Sun Staff Writer

After 80 years in a warehouse, a second-century mosaic has found a new home a display case in the atrium of Klarman Hall

According to Henr y Crans, director of facilities for the College of Arts and Sciences, the mosaic was exca-

University led the effort in the excavation and gifted it to Cornell as a “reward” for a professor’s help with

Zeus Raises Prices

By VICTORIA MOORE Sun Staff Writer

Temple of Zeus, a popular on-campus cafe, has increased some of its prices by roughly a quarter after New York State raised the minimum wage

The items affected include coffee, soup and some snacks, according to Keith Mercovich, the Temple of Zeus manager A l e j a n d ro Pa r r a , a Ze u s staff member, explained that this change went into effect after the New York minimum wage went up to $13 beginning Dec 31, 2017

C o n s e q u e n t l y, e m p l oye e s at Temple of Zeus benefited from a pay raise However, t h o u g h t h e n

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f f, there will be an undesirable effect on consumers “A l m o s t a l l

Mercovich said “A few items went up 27 cents, or a penny up or down from that to keep the totals even with tax ” Simran Mahanta ’21, who visits the cafe about once a week, said, “It’s annoying that

the drinks are so expensive

[ Ma n y p e o p l e h a ve ] m e a l swipes, but if you want coffee, you have to be willing to pay around five bucks ”

The cost of living can be a difficult for the average university student who, according t o C o r n e l l’s Fi n a n c i a l A i d Office, is already paying an approximate $5,766 annually for dining alone

Julia Greenberg ’18, a Zeus student employee, also said that there will be an effect for the “people who come in and get multiple cups of coffee a day ”

Parra anticipates that regulars will notice the impact, but for the most part, the increase will not alter students’ spending habits

Zeus is a trendy location, o

because of its central location, Mahanta said

One of the great things a b o u t Ze u s , a

n g t o Mercovich, is that “by design, [it] only breaks even, and this is after being already support-

the project, said Crans

The mosaic shipped from Antioch to Cornell’s campus the same year

Once it arrived at Cornell, however, its path to display was derailed for some time

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“It’s been in the original packing

“[There was] no place to put it where it could be shown well and secured ”

The mosaic remained in its original packing materials in a Cornell warehouse for nearly 80 years before the effort to install it on campus began

According to Crans, the restoration of the mosaic was done by Kasia Maroney, a conservator from Boston Restoration in Trumansburg Other than Maroney’s work, the project was handled by the University

“Our Cornell shops did the work of mounting it and creating the opening for it, and one of the Cornell architects, Gary Wilhelm, designed

Crans

The mosaic fragment likely deco-

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1969 Takeover Alum Speaks at BSU Event

“He is a thinker, but he is also a doer He is a truth teller He is a quintessential disrupter ”

For Renee Alexander Ph D ’74, associate dean of students, there was no better way to introduce Ed Whitfield ’70 a key player in the Willard Straight Hall takeover of 1969 to those gathered on Friday evening at the opening ceremony of Black History Month

Whitfield’s presence was even more significant as it came less than six months after hundreds of black students marched into Willard Straight Hall and occupied the building for several hours

Black Students United at Cornell is hosting a series of events to commemorate Black History Month The events that will be interspersed throughout the month offer a chance to “integrate black life on the Hill,” according to BSU co-chair Delmar Fears ’19

“The month is a celebration of our uniqueness, our beauty, our majesty and our power, ” Fears said “It is about the legacy to fight for our freedom and the trials that our ancestors had to face to give us the resources to succeed ”

Alexander also brought up how salient the month was for the black community and the importance of Whitfield’s presence

“When I came to Cornell one year after the takeover there were certain names that lived in infamy, and Ed Whitfield was one of them,” Alexander said “He is a part of the legacy of black history at Cornell ”

In the early 1960s, then President James Perkins initiated the Committee on Special Education Projects to provide more black students access to Cornell Whitfield was one of many African-Americans who came to East Hill as a result of the program

Whitfield began by talking about how he was made to realize the importance of the opportunity that had been presented with on one of his first few days at the University

“I was told by John Garner a

Community Rallies for Puerto Rico

By ANNE SNABES Sun Staff Writer

At a rally featuring the live-streamed speeches of Governors Ricardo Rosselló (PNP-Puerto Rico) and Andrew Cuomo (D-N Y ) Cornell students and members of the Ithaca community voiced their support for Puerto Rico and demanded federal action be taken to help the U S territory

The rally took place Saturday morning at the Biotechnology building Similar rallies to Cornell’s took place at five other locations across New York state the same day

Participants at the rally listened to the governors ’ speeches and to Cornell leaders involved in the Puerto Rican recovery effort At one point during his speech, Cuomo mentioned Cornell, which was followed by boisterous applause from the audience

“We have a rally at Cornell University where all the students are gathering in unity with Puerto Rico,” the governor said

Cuomo also addressed Rosselló specifically in his address, and described the empathy that New Yorkers have for Puerto Rico

“Governor, I hope you know, as the congressman said, that your pain is our pain,” Cuomo said “The Puerto Rican community in New York shed tears right along with the people in Puerto Rico And it wasn ’ t just the Puerto Rican community in New York because when you are a New Yorker, the association, the relationship with the Puerto Rican community can ’ t be any closer ”

Arce also talked about the importance of securing federal assistance for Puerto Rico

“Congress has dragged its feet with getting Puerto Rico equitable funding under the Medicaid program which Puerto Rico pays into equally, and that’s had a major consequence for the island,” Arce said

Cuomo echoed this notion, saying he was “proud” of New York State’s work but “ashamed” about how the United States has acted

“Puerto Rico deserved better than this country has responded,” he said “Governor, I want you to know that what this federal administration has

American people ”

Lourdes Zapata, executive vice president and executive director of the Division of Minority and Women’s Business Development at Empire State Development, also spoke at the Cornell rally, where

senior at the time you probably think you ’ re here at Cornell because you ’ re real smart and work really hard, but I’ll tell you the real reason you ’ re here at Cornell It’s because your grandparents were dragged over to this country in chains ”

This realization made a great impact on Whitfield and spurred him to work toward giving back to his community Whitfield is currently the co-founder and co-managing director of the Fund for Democratic Communities and has been involved with community organizing and peace work since he left the University Whitfield was even involved in the anti-war movement during his high school days At a conference in Little Rock, Arkansas, during that time, he introduced a resolution to make civil rights workers exempt from being drafted for the war in Vietnam

“I didn’t see why they had to go halfway around the world to fight for democracy when they were doing so right at home,” Whitfield said Whitfield’s resolution didn’t pass, but he felt that it was important that he took a stand against the majority opinion in the country

“I couldn’t make an attempt to fit in,” he said “Not at the expense of my morality ”

During his speech, Whitfield talked about how he believes that no one is ever too young to make a difference Recalling the Greensboro, North Carolina, sitins of 1960, he told the audience that he hopes they too would be like the four freshmen who took a stand and helped shape the Civil Rights movement

For Whitfield that was the most important message of the night He hoped he had inspired people in the audience to work against the inequality and corruption in the system

“We’re all sacred people and you can be employed as a tool of the system irrespective of your color I hope like the freshmen in Greensboro you make the effort to change the world,” Whitfield said “You’re never too young to change the system ”

In an address to the Cornell and Ithaca audience, Chris Arce ’19, co-president of the Puerto Rican Student Association, praised the efforts of New Yorkers to aid Puerto Ricans

“It’s been inspiring to see the response of New Yorkers across the state, especially here on campus, ” Arce said “Puerto Rico’s absolutely better off today because of your support Immediately after the hurricane, I saw Governor Cuomo and many New Yo rk St a

respond, send generators to the island and try to help many of the hospitals that were hit quite hard ”

Kremlinologist Myron Rush Dies at 96

By JILL CROSBY Sun Staff Writer

In 1957, Myron Rush established himself as a worldrenowned Kremlinologist after his analysis determined that Nikita Khrushchev had won the power struggle to succeed Stalin The former professor died Jan 8 of kidney failure at his home in Herndon, Virginia He was 96 Rush taught in Cornell’s government department for 28 years, during which he focused on the succession of leadership in the USSR and countries under Soviet influence He retired in 1992, around the same time the Soviet Union collapsed Rush was born and raised in Hyde Park on the south side of Chicago In 1938 he won a competitive scholarship to study at the University of Chicago, where he eventually received his doctorate from the Committee on Social Thought

His career began with his work as an economist for the CIA and then as a member of the Foreign Broadcast Information Service Analysis Group, where he developed the methodology of Kremlinology Rush then joined the RAND corporation, where he worked until he made his transition into a scholar and teacher at Cornell

His family said that Rush was an avid athlete whose applied study, discipline and competitiveness overcame an aversion to cold and any limitations in talent to

win pickup basketball, stickball, football and tennis games throughout his life

Prof Peter Katzenstein, Walter S Carpenter, Jr Professor of International Studies, referred to Rush as “ among the most warmhearted of colleagues ”

“His courses on Soviet politics and foreign policy were for decades a mainstay of the department ’ s offerings,” said Katzenstein “If you wanted to understand world politics during the Cold War, Professor Rush’s highly-valued lectures and seminars were mandatory ”

Rush wrote four books concerning Kremlinology and foreign policy His joint effort with Arnold Horelick led to the creation of the analytical book “Strategic Power and Soviet Foreign Policy,” which provided an important look into the Cuban Missile Crisis

Sidney Tarrow, the Maxwell Upson Professor of Government, Emeritus, regarded Rush as “ a retiring, thoughtful colleague and teacher who did what he did well and never tried to range beyond

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Zeus Raises Prices to Break Even After Minimum Wage Increase University Condemns Fraternity’s Pig Roast

ZEUS

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ed by the university ”

In other words, the cafe strives to provide fair wages and quality food for Cornell students without actually turning a profit itself

“The mission is to serve the community,” said Mercovich, and “ money is just a means to choose what we care about Zeus offers fair livable compensation to all its workers and I love that ”

However, future price increases remain a possibility If the cost of ingredients or the minimum wage goes up, so will prices at Zeus, according to Mercovich Students say that despite this possibility, it is nearly impossible to significantly adjust their spending patterns because dining options in Ithaca are so

limited

“Things are generally overpriced,” Ismail said, “[So] I don’t always have a choice to spend money or not ”

Despite high campus expenses, neither Ismail or Mahanta are upset by Zeus’ prices, nor are they less likely to come to the cafe

“I think it’s good,” Mahanta said “Imagine one of us working here We would want the extra quarter, or whatever it is ”

Ismail added, “I would much rather have the increase be for something good The difference between $8 50 and $8 75 is not that much for the good it’s going to do ”

Victoria Moore can be reached at

vmoore@cornellsun com

Prof Who Predicted Stalin’s Successor Dies

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his considerable expertise, which many ‘Kremlinologists’ did at the time ”

“When he came to my class to offer his considerable expertise to my students, he was always wellprepared, thoughtful, and responsive to the students’ needs,” Tarrow said “With typical Rush understatement, he once complimented my interaction with my students: ‘You ask good questions,’ he offered ” Rush took leave from Cornell in the mid-70s in order to serve as the first scholar-in-residence at the CIA “ to forge a relationship with academia,” accord-

ing to his son Throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, Rush consulted for the CIA despite student protest, as he felt that it was in the country ’ s best interest for foreign policy to be influenced by his expertise and analysis

According to his family, in retirement Rush read, listened to music and enjoyed walks in the parks and idling on benches where he took in the view and passing parade of dogs and children

Rush is survived by his three children, grandchildren and a great-granddaughter

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identify individual brothers we find not committed to [social responsibility and integrity] they will be expelled from the brotherhood,” the statement said

ZBT ’ s actions, according to Paul Russell ’19, Interfraternity Council president, are “ not normal” and IFC has been “working to make sure these sorts of incidents don’t become normalized ”

“The IFC was appalled and disgusted by the activity described in the reports, ” Russell said “The decision about the specific sanctions placed on ZBT was made jointly by administrators and IFC leadership in a review board hearing earlier this year after a hearing and a review of the allegations ”

their members about sexual misconduct and help them to foster a healthy culture,” Russell said

In the statement the brothers expressed their “mutual disgust,” saying they are “horrified at the notion of the degradation and/or objectification of women ”

“The community will be watching to see whether the members of ZBT ... live up to their public pledge ” R y a n L o m b a r d i

The review board found the chapter guilty of violating the University’s Fraternity and Sorority Recognition Policy by implementing section 11 of Cornell’s Fraternity and Sorority Expectations of Membership, which prohibits “sexually abusive behavior on the part of its members ”

“We think the IFC and the Office of Sorority and Fraternity life are uniquely poised to respond to this type of activity because we can and have mandated that the chapter now participate in programming to educate

“We intend to offer this programming to the entire community as we believe this is a message and area of concern that impacts the entire Cornell Community,” the statement said “ZBT intends to be a convener and leader in this type of education ” The chapter is also required to work closely with the OSFL this semester to hire an adviser, do a facility walkthrough, create a transition program and have monthly meetings about progress updates

“While sanctions have been levied against this fraternity by the Fraternity and Sorority Review Board,” Lombardi said, “the campus community will be watching to see whether the members of ZBT as individuals and as a group live up to their public pledge to demonstrate ‘through our actions that this inexcusable behavior will not be tolerated ’”

Anu Subramaniam can be reached at asubramaniam@cornellsun com

Gifted Mosaic Displayed After 80 Years in Storage

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rated a dining room, according to Prof Annetta Alexandridis, classics and history of art and visual studies, as reported by Cornell University Made of limestone, it weighs over 800 pounds

Alexandridis oversaw the project of installation, according to Crans

The mosaic can be viewed on t h e g ro u n d

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n Hall, behind a sheet of glass and directly under the large video screen It is made of an alternat-

ing pattern of red, yellow, grey, white, and black stone, and is a permanent addition to the atrium

Crans was happy to see the completion of the project as well as the opportunity to install some of the artwork waiting in longterm Cornell storage

“It’s good to get some of this artwork that we have stored away in the warehouse out in display,” he said “This one has been a particularly long time coming ”

Sarah Skinner can be reached at sskinner@cornellsun com

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she critiqued the federal government ’ s behavior towards Puerto Rico

“The federal government, meanwhile, has failed to uphold its responsibility and the people of Puerto Rico

have been treated as second-class citizens, and it really is time for all of us to say that enough is enough with this treatment, ” she said

Zapata awarded certificates from the governor ’ s Executive Chamber to Marielisa Cabrera ’18 and Arce,

co-presidents of the Puerto Rican Student Association

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Sexist ZBT ‘Contest’ Shows Need for Action

THE BEHAVIOR ATTRIBUTED TO ZETA BETA TAU by the Fraternity and Sorority Review Board on Friday is abhorrent, and the sexist ideas underlying such behavior must be addressed within the University The “ contest ” described in the report is an exercise in hazing and sexism, and shows a severe lack of judgement by those involved

Women are not points to be won Using women and their bodies as a path toward higher social stature is unacceptable The casual labeling of women as “pigs” is sexist and dehumanizing and the brothers of ZBT should take a moment to think about how the women they objectified are feeling today Those women didn’t ask to be treated with disrespect, and the reported lengths to which ZBT went to keep the “ roast ” a secret indicates that they themselves understood how hurtful their actions were, and yet continued them anyway And they should also consider whether they want to continue to be a fraternity that places positive value on misogyny

Furthermore, the “ contest ” is incredibly disrespectful to the new members of the fraternity It institutionalizes the notion that copious (straight) sex, and the commoditization of women, is the way to acceptance Associate members of fraternities occupy a socially vulnerable position, and it is abusive on the part of full brothers to establish sex as the metric by which pledges prove their worth to the brotherhood

Although the University made the decision to place ZBT on probation rather than suspension, sororities should strongly consider refraining from mixing with the fraternity until substantial changes are implemented and improvements demonstrated The actions detailed in the report are not the actions of an organization that deserves social privileges

Last semester, an act of hate brought national attention to Cornell’s struggles with racism, and as a result, the Greek Tri-Council wrote and began to implement a broad diversity and inclusion plan We should approach this act of misogyny with the same seriousness and fortitude, and let it motivate us to create a safer, more welcoming Cornell Importantly, the University and IFC cannot merely focus their educational efforts on just this one chapter Throwing the rulebook at ZBT while allowing similarly destructive environments to fester elsewhere will accomplish little in the long term Any solution must be comprehensive, include input from campus leaders from within and without Greek life, and be applied fairly and consistently

These changes are not going to happen overnight Racism and sexism are not “quick fixes,” and anyone who thinks otherwise simply hasn’t been paying attention for the past six months, or the past 60 years But that does not mean we should ignore them

Students and faculty at Cornell already work year-round to solve problems that confound the rest of the world Let us too be on the cutting edge of the fight against racism and sexism, starting here

The first step identifying the problem when we see it What ZBT did is part of the problem, and we all must recognize and acknowledge that Their actions are detrimental to the Greek community and all students who call Cornell home We can and must expect better

In a powerful long-form piece, The New York Times directs much-needed attention to the crumbling infrastructure of its city’s subway Highlighting the governmental neglect the city has endured over the years, the paper invokes necessar y reparations as an opportunity to preser ve New York’s self-absorbed legacy as the world’s greatest city I still vividly remember among my first visits in 2013, marveling at the tall buildings, enraptured by the bustle and feeling as if I were at the center of the world While I didn’t grow up t h e re , I s o m e t i m e s j o k e d p e r h a p s because of that formative vacation that I was a “spiritual New Yorker ” What partly compelled me to attend college in the northeastern USA, moving all the way from Sydney, is that I found the latter too “Californian,” or languid And, as someone passionate about both the financial m a rk e t s a n d t h e e n t e r t a i nment industr y as a teenager, Ne w York seemed like the only place to be How e v e r, i n t h e y e a r s since, my love for New York City has regrettably withered After having spent a summer interning in the city, and this most recent winter too, I begin to wonder why the international imagination continues to place New York at the apex of global metropolises Admittedly, it’s technically safer today than it has ever been since the mid-20th centur y, but as the Times piece details, the infrastructure upon which the city’s former greatness was built is decaying, leaving in its wake frustrated passengers, frequent delays and disastrous accidents But even worse, the diverse populations that contributed to the city’s vibranc y a re b e i n g d i s p l a c e d t o i t s f r i n g e s , increasingly priced out by wealthy people in peripheral boroughs who were themselves priced out by the even wealthier who have colonized Manhattan And just looking at the prices of goods and ser vices on the island, one can ’ t help but feel as if t h

on the subway and overhearing another young person, in a Columbia sweater, boast to his friend loud enough for me, in my Cornell sweater and Bloomberg cap, to overhear about his forthcoming Bloomberg internship at first made me think: “ What a piece of shit ” But quickly, as he continued, my disdain transformed into profound pity, as I imagined him pursuing, over the course of his one lifetime, the ornaments of career success as feeble placations of his deep insecurity New Yorkers from lower socioeconomic strata suffer more than just disenchantment An older Australian friend who visited New York in 2012 told me that right before Hurricane Sandy hit, he and his then-girlfriend decided to stroll through the deserted streets, either out of braver y or naive curiosity While the rest of the city w

My love for New York City has regrettably withered.

dwellings, he saw a line of over 30 homeless people with their backs pressed against a wall, huddling from the howling wind

To this day, it remains among the most striking images from his travels And indeed, as heartbreaking as it is, it wasn ’ t long before I stopped extending dollars to the homeless asking for money, for while my heart hadn’t yet hollowed I worried that my wallet eventually would And then, the fear that some of them would use them on drugs took hold, prompting my f

largest gated community The gates may not be literal, but considering the growing private reclamation of public space, one simply has little reason to visit Manhattan u n l

o become noticeably thinner Despite this, it’s still undeniable the city remains a cultural and economic hegemon New York continues to hold sway as a place to be, at least for work, evident at least in the exodus of Cornellians following Wall Street’s siren call southeastwards However, what once struck me as an attractive quality about New York that many young, ambitious people congregate there, seeking to become exceptional in their field has since devolved into something deeply-saddening The exceptionalism, definitionally, means that ver y, ver y few people get to be exceptional No other city in the world therefore hosts a population burdened by as broad an existential rift between who they are and who they want to be And while this rift is, according to many philosophers, intrinsic to our humanity, there comes a point when the impossibility of bridging it results in frustrated unfulfillment Riding

g about this city breeds mutual distrust So, why continue glamorizing New York, a city famous for the “I’m walking here!” hostility of its residents almost all of whom will never meet the heights of their ambition, and hence manifest their emotional burden by elbowing past others like them in a Dar winian struggle to be the exceptional one? Why romanticize target number-one for both terrorists and Kim Jong-Un as the cost-of-living looms large and star ving people literally beg for their next meal on creaking subway cars (for which more fortunate New Yorkers consistently resist subsidizing much-needed repair)? As these same cars become lined with messages warning of how to prevent a loved-one’s heroin overdose and New Yorkers able to afford it blissfully gawk at Hamilton, one can ’ t help but have their pleasant stroll through Central Park interrupted by a sense that this could be the “Brave New World” Huxley imagined At his second inauguration, Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke of how his re-election would mark the beginning of a “ new progressive era ” in the city’s histor y One hopes for more than fossil fuel divestment, as the decline in New York’s mystique that that Times piece warns of isn’t a distant possibility, but happening right now

Lorenzo Benitez is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at lbenitez@cornellsun com Not a Cop appears alternate Mondays this semester

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To W h o m It Ma y C o n c e rn :

My name is Chad, 22, and I a m a s t u d e n t a t C o r n e l l University only two miles away I’ve had the pleasure of looking through your photos and deeming you worthy of the highest honor, my personal seal of attractiveness, a right swipe, and I am interested in pursuing the position of Your Romantic Suitor

My colorful personality, releva n t e x p e r i e n c e , a n d c h i s e l e d physique make me an outstanding candidate to serve your needs

To help you get to know me better, I’ve provided you with a unique and varied canon of photos that display the many facets of my personality

First and foremost, I am an artist I am a master of the art of the shirtless bathroom mirror selfie As you can see in this first photo, not only have I captured

my primary personality trait my love of lifting but also the fruit of my labor: my six beautiful abdominal muscles They symbolize my strength and masculinity These abdominal muscles will keep you interested long after my personality has failed to do so W h e n e ve r yo u c o n s i d

e n d i n g t h i n g s , t h e s e a b d o m i n a l m u s c l e s w i l l keep bringing you back As you may have suspected, my skills do not end there I have many additional talents, including guitar This picture of me playing guitar in my bedroom shall serve as evidence of my soft, musical side Swipe right, and I shall pull out my dusty guitar from the back of the closet just for you You can choose between my vast repertoire of three songs and

What’s ‘Not Normal’ About Sexism In Fraternities?

Anote to the Interfraternity Council: This was definitely “normal ” To imply that the commodification and abuse of the female body is anything but ordinar y is naive To suggest that the sort of amplified masculinity inherent in the system of the American fraternity is neither an incubator of nor a conduit for misogyny is deluded To deny that sexism in Greek life is routine is appalling To say we should be surprised is an insult I won ’ t rehash all the arguments against Greek life, because I could never explain them as well as Priya Kankanhalli ’19 in the eloquent

a n d c h i l l i n g “ B r o t h e r h o o d Inverted” or as Ara Hagopian ’18

d i d b l u n t l y a n d a s s e r t i v e l y i n

“Greek Life Should Not Exist”

a n d a l s o b e c a u s e t h e y ’ v e b e e n repeated over and over again in almost ever y collegiate and national publication But I have a lot of anger; anger not only at the recurring abhorrent conduct of members of Greek organizations, but anger at the responses from both the Un i ve r s i t y a n d f ro m t h e Gre e k community

T h e a l l - A m e r i c a n m e t h o d o f a d d re s s i n g c r u e l t y i s t o e x p re s s shock and then to sculpt that shock into an ersatz response This is explicit in the way our nation’s legislatures respond to mass shootings or corruption, for instance, but the same sentiment exists on a micro scale, and it especially exists in the laughably lazy responses from both Zeta Beta Tau and the University Brief educational programs and training that focus on “increasing awareness or changing beliefs and attitudes” don’t work, according to a 2014 CDC review of campus sexu a l a s s a u l t re s e a r c h “ T h e s e approaches may be useful as one c o m p o n e n t o f a c o m p re h e n s i v e strategy, ” the report says “However, they are not likely to have any impact on rates of violence if imple-

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I shall sing you to sleep with the melodious sound of my cracking voice over a strained attempt at Oasis’ “Wonderwall ”

I’ve had the pleasure of looking through your photos and deeming you worthy of the highest honor,

sleep with and will detail every part of our sexual encounter the day after Through my beautiful bonds of boyhood, I can provide you with the social capital to do such things as get drunk at a party, get drunk at a wine r y, a n d g e t d r u n k a t a Chinese buffet Be h o l d t h

mented as a primar y component of a prevention plan ” So for ZBT to insist it “educates its brothers on the topic of healthy relationships” or for the Fraternity and Sorority Review Board to mandate “75 percent participation in at least two events during Cornell’s Sexual Assault Awareness Week” is i n s u l t i n g

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gterm, multi-year educational programs that start early are the only

evidence of success That means no “75 percent participation” and def-

house bullshit like a “brotherhood review process ” It means the University needs to

sanctions and seriously invest in

based violence or dismantle these

campus altogether

Furthermore, I am a deeply committed individual As you can see from the large group of men in this next photo, I am bound by the sacred bonds of fraternité These are the boys I eat with,

beauty of my professional headshot This may be only suit I own; however, this headshot stands as a testament to my belief that one day, when I am a professional financier, I will have a lot of money I will spend such monies on nice cars, dinners and gifts Swipe right, for one day I may have just enough money to pay for your Uber home Just in case you ’ re still leaning left, I’d like to clarify that I am a highly-coveted individual See me

The latter, of course, will not happen any time soon as long as institutional (rich alumni network) support (money) continues to stabilize the putrefied masculinity present within American fraternities The former is possible, but not without pressure from our already exhausted student body In the meantime, the University and the IFC need to pull up their pants and acknowledge that the

are per vasive diseases inherent to the system not exceptions

woman in my arms? Yes, I am wanted by many women She is most definitely not my sister Feast your eyes upon the beauty of me with another women, for one day you might just have the honor of making it to my Tinder profile to make future women jealous I look forward to further discussing my qualifications with you Thank you very much for your time and consideration I’d like to leave you with the poetic simplicity of my bio: Endless opportunities await All you have to do is swipe right

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Anewera has dawned in rap music, one fueled by the angst commonly associated with grunge acts such as

Ni r va n a A n d t h e 1 9 - ye a r - o l d Fl o r i d a native XXXTentacion, along with the likes of Lil Uzi Vert, finds himself at the forefront of this new culture What separates these young anti-label artists from rappers of the past is their unwillingness to be forced into taking on the label rapper, making music that at times sounds more like the metal, and simply not giving a damn about being well liked

X, born Jahseh Onfroy rose to prominence with his single “Look at me!,” a clubturnup song based off a distorted Mala sample and a gnarled 808 which has garnered nearly 93 million streams since its release in 2016 Since then there has been no turning back for X, who even landed a set at Rolling Loud this year His violent and dark lyrics seem to resonate with a generation of anti-establishment youth from all walks of life

However, X ’ s story is not one of humility and peace that o n e w o u l d e x p e c t f ro m a potentially generation-defining artist Behind the success and empowering stage presence lies a violent criminal X ’ s

re c o rd d i s p l a y s c h a r g e s o f armed robber y, grand theft auto and, most notably, the brutal assault of his pregnant then-girlfriend While “Look at me!” climbed the charts, X sat in a county jail cell awaiting release

the lost ones, ” X posted on his Instagram account And on August 25, coinciding with the release of his colleague Lil Uzi Vert’s long anticipated project Luv Is Rage 2, X delivered 17 In its first week 17 sold nearly 86,000 copies and even gained the endorsement of one of hip-hops most powerful voices, Kendrick Lamar

If you can muster the strength to look past Onfroy’s numerous violent crimes, you will find an album filled with raw emotion and honesty, a true piece of art Although succinct, barely crossing the twenty-minute threshold, X powerfully conveys his struggle with depression and suicidal tendencies

Immediately following the release of 17, Onfroy once again found himself in a tidal wave of controversy On September 12, X released a music video for "Look at me!" featuring a previously unreleased verse boldly addressing police brutality and white

On July 30, 2017, X announced the release of his highly anticipated debut album, 17, sending a shockwave through the hip-hop world X immediately indicated that his new material would be nothing like the mosh-pit worthy singles of his past: “If you listen to me to get hype or to not think, don’t buy this album, this one is for the depression, for the depressed ones, for

prejudice in America The director, JMP, juxtaposed videos such as Philando Castile's shooting and the brutal beating of Rodney King with X's music to create a piece that is truly evocative

However, when the music in the video cuts, the viewer is left with a disturbing image: Onfroy standing on stage with both a black and a white child and a noose dangling between them Onfroy then seems to offer the children a choice which ultimately culminates in the white child being hanged The child is then shown struggling against

his inevitable death, and given Onfroy's history of violence, it seemed that he had crossed a line

But one must ask, was the controversy

Onfroy's legal trouble or was it a direct result of white privilege and prejudice in American society? Further, had the video depicted a black child being hanged by X, would it have received the same backlash?

In my opinion, the viewers of the video sees a white child hung as non-existent “ reverse racism” where as they would have seen a black child being hung as a historical reference However, the reality is both scenarios intend to conjure thoughts of lynchings that have haunted the United States’ history

The music video, although carrying a potent message, was not delivered in the correct way Had X not simulated the hanging of children, people would have been much more receptive to the ideas expressed

Although Onfroy seems to have a sincere desire to act as an aid to those struggling with depression and as a political voice for change, his consistent association with violence prevents society from appreciating

him It seems that X is still searching for a way to communicate with a society that already stereotypes black hip-hop artists as “ scary people” before hearing about their

important his statements are, his past along with his race may prevent him from garnering respect

As X releases his collaboration with Joey Bada$$, an artist who has proven himself an advocate for civil rights in a widely

(assuming he is able to, as he currently faces nearly 30 years in prison for witness tampering and the aforementioned strangling of his pregnant ex-girlfriend) his messages on race relations in America may finally break through But unless he is acquitted, it seems to me that Onfroy will remain unlistenable to the majority

Peter Buonanno is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at pbuonanno@cornellsun com Guest Room runs periodically this semester

William Lim: The Architect and His Collection

BY VARUN

Once an architecture student at Cornell, William

L i m h a s s i n c e h a d a transformative effect on the artistic landscape His style is concise yet evocative, and his works represent a compelling intersection between art and architecture a s u b l i m e p u r s u i t o f e l e g a n c e removed from the exclusive preser ve of the museum In addition to his role as a prolific creator, he has maintained an impressive art collection, exercising a particular e m p h a s i s o n re p re s e n t i n g t h e artists of his native Hong Kong

L o c a t e d i n t h e Jo h n H a r t e l l Galler y in the Sibley Dome until March 15, William Lim: The Arc h i t e c t a n d Hi s C o l l e c t i o n e x h i b i t s a s t u n n i n g s e l e c t i o n from the artist’s collection and from his own works

One of the particularly moving pieces of the exhibition is “ Pa s t o r a l Mu s i c ” b y Sa m s o n

Young While the title offers the suggestion of a tranquil image, the piece itself exposes a much harsher narrative The artwork is a turbulent coalescence of the sonic and the seen, combining the physical elements of pencil, ink, watercolor, modeling paste and a paper medium with a haunting and agit a t i n g s o u n d t r a c k The latter’s origin is unknown, but it is a s o u n d s c a p e w h o s e inspirational point of origin is the human e x p e r i e n c e o f c o nf l i c t Ab s t a i n i n g from a conventionally myopic and reductive gaze of war that which often derails the human figure from its humanity the visual art is greatly enhanced by the accompanying sonic terrain This richly textured piece takes the form of a centralized horizontal timeline corresponding to the

s

inter vals of time are eschewed in favor of a temporal understanding rooted in conflict and its inherent irregularities and rec-

arranged in a manner evocative of a violent ejection This chaotic arrangement on the canvas is also suggestive of the dissonance of conflict The scream, seldom

tangular blocks of watercolors branch off from this central vein

The dissonance is further accompanied by minimalist symbols and onomatopoeic inscriptions of the auditor y output Screams in the soundtrack, for example, correspond to “AA”s and “AAA”s

being a voluntar y action, is violently wrenched from its person not only as it is delivered in its spontaneity but also through the absurdity evoked by the reduction of the shrieks to a pair of capital letters Exploring some of Lim’s own

works, something that immediately draws my attention is the inclusion of preliminar y sketches along with the finished models

O n e p i e c e i n p a r t i c u l a r, “Routes,” presents a model of two buildings whose sole connective vein is a small bridge of red bamboo The bridge in and of itself is elegant in design, but it is the breathtaking union between concrete and bamboo, of modernity and tradition, that lends “Routes” its position as a sublime point of aesthetic convergence

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s sketches is also of comparable importance to the appreciation of the piece, leaving the viewer with a point of context or

Alongside the ink drawing is his closing inscription: “ to create a cavity inside the bamboo ladder that has been displaced by the other object ”

Varun Biddanda is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at vdb22@cornell edu

Oscar for an Ape

Asmuch as I love foisting my movie opinions on others, I don’t envy the jobs of Academy voters

Ever y year they put forth their best guesses as to what films and actors they feel stood out over the last 365 days and ever y year somebody

s

favorite piece or person has been snubbed and those opinions are consistently more boisterous than the silent consent of the masses That said, I think they’ve done a good job this year for the most part

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Check Best Director has Christopher

Editing has Baby Driver? Check Best P

Ever ything pretty much checks out

Sure, I can see being upset that The Boss Baby grabbed a nomination in a year where the The LEGO Batman Movie got overlooked LEGO Batman’ s got a far more compelling Caped Crusader arc than either of his recent DCEU appearances

two most recent Star Wars films He’s also ventured into more “traditional” acting with a recurring role (Ulysses

But that’s not what this is about This is about why the hell Andy Serkis isn’t nominated for Best Actor Andy Serkis plays, a n d y e s h e “ p l a y s , ”

Caesar, the lead ape in War for the Planet of t h e Ap e s , t h e f i n a l

c h a p t e r i n t h e

acclaimed Planet of the Apes trilogy

War, on its own, is a good enough film to get its lead actor nominated for some serious hardware, but it’s Serkis’ particularly poignant performance in the emotional resolution of the series that makes his Oscars snub all the more infuriating On top of that, the Academy had the gall to ask him to present the nominees alongside Tiffany Haddish (who could soon make an argument for her own Oscar-worthiness) I mean what is that? An acknowledgement the Academy knows he should be considered? A backhanded insult to his “lower-tier” medium? Ugh

If you ’ re not familiar, Andy Serkis is a “ mocap ” performer What that means is that he dons a technical bodysuit and acts out scenes for his characters which are then animated in post-production And you ’ ve almost certainly seen him before! He’s lent his motions and speech to Gollum in Lord of the Rings and Snoke in the

Klaue) in the Mar vel Cinematic Universe The fact is, if Serkis had played humans throughout his career he’d be a household name but since he choose a different path rising to the top of mocap performing he’s more likely referred to as “that little fella from LoTR” or even “the dude in the money suit ” Too often people think Serkis’

h e Ja c k Nicholsons and Tom Hankses of the world, but I’d ask them why? What do actors lend to their roles but their voices, mannerisms and expressions? The CGI people who “dress” Serkis after his performances aren ’ t changing his voice They aren ’ t changing his movements either! Serkis’s performance retains levels of emotional nuance through the filter of computer editing that most other actors consistently fall short of If you don’t believe me, look up some videos that show his performance before and after his computerized transformation it’s still him behind the pixels People don’t fall in love with Serkis’ characters because of his CGI team ’ s work (not that the CGI people aren ’ t themselves awe-inspiring), but rather because of the strength of his acting

His lack of nomination isn’t a one-off problem either This is a symptomatic flair up from an organization that’s been historically behind the eight-ball on changing with the times With just how much the technology “behind” Serkis’ performances has advanced, we ’ re at the

point where it’s equatable to plain old costuming and makeup Caesar the ape hardly looks any more real or fake than a human Woody Harrelson in War for the Planet of the Apes In the new movie, Serkis ser ves up a performance as impactful as anyone on the nomination list He delivers such bitter sadness and unbridled rage throughout the performance that at times it’s hard not to feel connected with what, in reality, is a fictional monkey As has been said about so many great actors in convincing roles, Serkis disappears Gar y Oldman’s going to win Best Actor for his role in Darkest Hour which is fine, he’s great in the movie but why do we draw the line at the actor ’ s transformation taking place before the cameras start rolling? The acclaimed Brit was entirely unrecognizable in the film I’d venture to say an uninformed obser ver w

matching Oldman’s face to Churchill’s as you would matching Serkis’ to Caesar’s Darkest Hour’ s makeup artist Kazuhiro Tsuji’s work was incredible but I still can ’ t wrap my head around why we ’ re giving it so much more valence than what War for the Planet of the Apes’ CGI team achieved Both films were headlined by men that delivered transcendent performances through what, at the end of the day, are both “ costumes, ” so why is only one of them being considered for the award?

I understand the flip-side of this argument: “Serkis’ performances aren ’ t complete without a hefty dose of CGI ” And that’s fair! But can we really tell ourselves that Oldman’s role was complete without a fatsuit and record time spent in a makeup chair? Can we really say any role is complete without an army of directors, cameramen and other artists all pouring their time and effort to it? Ol

Winston Churchill So why shouldn't Serkis be considered for “becoming” an ape? Isn’t that, on some level, even more impressive?

I’ve heard the more mild “well maybe they’ll make a Best Motion Capture categor y ” solution and I think it’s bullshit That’s just another way to discount what people like Serkis do so unbelievably well as somehow “lesser ” Acting is the art of becoming someone, or something, else and Andy Serkis is one of the best in the business, so why isn’t he being treated like it?

Nick Smith is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at nsmith@cornellsun com Guest Room runs periodically this semester

OnBY JACQUELINE WONG Sun Contributor

Saturday evening, Cornell students, alumni, faculty and local Ithaca residents were treated to a screening of the documentar y Agents of Change at Kennedy Hall

The event was hosted by Associate Dean of Students Dr Renée T Alexander ’74 and co-sponsored by Black Students United, OADI, Omega Psi Phi, Ujamaa Residential College and the Office of the Dean of Students

The winner of both Jur y and Audience awards at the 2016 Pan African Film & Arts Festival, Agents of Change takes us back in time to the 1968 strike at San Francisco State University and the 1969 Willard Straight Hall takeover at Cornell

Both SFSU and Cornell protests were based on similar demands for an increase in black faculty and students and the development of a black studies program The directors Abby Ginzberg ’71 and Frank Dawson ’72 cleverly juxtapose the two events. In particular, the contrasting sit-in conditions and the differing responses from university faculty and administration are paired with moving recollections and archival footage

Perhaps my only disappointment with the documentar y would be during the film’s first scene: reminiscent of an educational video shown during histor y class, a presenter emerges to remind viewers of how these two events

heavily influenced the role of higher education in the civil rights movements But the rest of Agents of Change makes up for its sententious opening, giving a truly humanizing narrative of what drove student protestors to take action

and

Saturday’s screening and opened the floor to a questionand-answer session Discussion topics surrounded how Dawson began embarking on the seven-year film project, Dawson and Whitfield’s personal experiences during their time at Cornell and how the movement shaped their current work False information in the news following the takeover was what lead Dawson to a career in communication and media studies, while Whitfield dedicates his

life to introducing cooperative economics to self-sustain communities

Specifically, Dawson and Whitfield stressed that the rifles brought in were for protection as a result of violence from an outside group attempting to break into Willard Straight and attack protesters They also took the time to commend the actions of James Perkins and Dale Corson, then president and provost, respectively, in ensuring the safety of protesters during the takeover and that the students’ demands would be met

Both guests concluded the evening’s discussion on the theme of community Dawson and Whitfield emphasized that it was not only protesters, supporters and university administrators that made Cornell histor y that day, but local Ithaca residents as well While it was not mentioned in the movie, the speakers revealed that there were twice as many activists leaving Willard Straight after the takeover compared to the number that first entered the building as members of the Ithaca community and students from SUNY Cortland joined in to show solidarity for the Cornell Afro-American Society

“Community is not just about where you come from, but where you are now, ” Dawson said, expressing his desire for students to bring about positive change beyond home and school

Jacqueline Wong is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at lw583@cornell edu

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Cornell Holds Steady Against Late Union Push

Va n d e r l a a n , s e n i o r f o r w a rd a n d a l t e r n a t e c a p t a i n Ja re d

Fi e g l b u r i e d a p a s s f ro m f re s h m a n d e f e n d e r A l e x Gre e n f o r h i s f i r s t g o a l o f t h e s e a s o n “ It f e l t , o bv i o u s l y, a m a z i n g , b u t l o n g t i m e c o m i n g , ”

Fi e g l s a i d “ I f e l t l i k e I w a s a l m o s t t h e re , j u s t n e e d e d t o

k e e p p u s h i n g ”

A f t e r C o r n e l l s e e m e d i n c o n t ro l a f t e r t h e o p e n i n g

f r a m e , t h e Du t c h m e n i m m e d i a t e l y t o o

o r t h e Du t

a b o u t e i g h t g a m e m i n u t e s l a t e r Ju s t l i k e t

Raphy Gendler can be reached at rgendler@cornellsun com UNION

Top Ranked Red Lose Unbeaten Streak to

over the course of the night and we didn’t respond well to it ”

C o r n e l l s i m p l y c o u l d n o t recover from the early goal RPI

g o a l t e n d e r L i n d e n M a r s h a l l closed the door on a number of C o r n e l l c h a n c e s l a t e i n t h e opening period

Midway through the second,

R P I ’ s B r a d y W i f f e n m a d e Cornell’s sloppy power play unit

p a y, s c o r i n g s h o r t h a n d e d t o extend his team ’ s lead to 2-0 It

w a s t h e f i r s t s h o r t c o r n e r allowed by the Red this season

“Our power play didn’t get it done, but our power play was

r e f l e c t i v e o f t h e r e s t o f o u r game, ” Schafer said “ We had g u y s w i d e o p e n We h a d chances, but for whatever reason tonight we just didn’t have it ”

E r r a t i c p a s s i n g m a y h a v e

been the worst plague to hit the Red Saturday Several possible scoring chances morphed into turnovers due to mistimed and mishandled passes “ [ We ] we re s t r u g g l i n g t h e w h o l e n i g h t t o s t r i n g p a s s e s t o g e t h e r, ” S c h a f e r s a i d “ We didn’t execute in those areas, and when you ’ re not executing, it’s going to make for a long night ”

An excellent sprawling save by Galajda with just over six minutes left in the second kept the game 2-0 He made a lunging stick save, sliding across his crease to stop an Engineer tapin

One minute and 35 seconds into the third period, senior forward Jared Fiegl, battling the flu, gave the Red new life, netting his second goal of the weekend and second of the entire season

“He was hurt and sick, and h e p ro b a b l y p l a ye d w i t h t h e most energy of anybody on the team, ” Schafer said Fiegl’s goal appeared to set the stage for a Cornell bid at another come-from-behind win Ho w e v e r, M a r s h a l l a n d t h e Engineers had oth e r i d e a s T h e R P I g o a l t e n d e r squashed a number of Cornell opportunities late in the contest to preser ve his team ’ s lead

“Give credit to RPI they played hard,” Schafer said “And we got to respond, you ’ ve got to overcome adversity ”

The Red now enters somew h a t u n c h a r t e r e d t e r r i t o r y : responding to a loss Schafer said he hopes the performance will be a wake-up call for his team that needs to get back to playing with intensity

“ [ W h e n ] y o u

RPI

don’t get through to guys, and we ’ ve been pretty solid in our games up to this point, but we haven’t been good,” he said “It’s a lesson [that] we all need to show up to play, we need to play hard [and] we need to play simple ”

The team has six days until a crucial road contest with No 3 Clarkson, one that has broad implications for both the ECAC playoffs and the NCAA tournament

“I’m thinking we better get our shit together this week,” Schafer said “ That’s what I’m t h i n k i n g I ’ m t h i n k i n g t h a t these guys better wake up ” Cornell travels to face the Golden Knights on Friday, followed by a matchup with St Lawrence Saturday

Raphy Gendler can be reached at rgendler@cornellsun com

Red Falls To Harvard in Third Straight Close Game

BASKETBALL Continued from page 12

str uggles from the line, Cornell fared quite well against the preseason Ivy League favorites The squad fronted a solid defensive p e r f o r m a n c e

Crimson to zero points in transition

“ We fought pretty hard and I w

w i t h effor t, ” said head coach Brian Earl “ We did miss a fe w free throws in the end [but] hopefully in the future, this will be the w

a n blowout losses ” G

d t h e night with 32 points and 10 rebounds, which represents the for ward’s third 30-point game o f t h e s e a s o n Ju n i o r M a t t Morgan also added 16 points and 4assists The duo combined to drain all nine of the Red’s three-pointers on the night

“My teammates did a great job getting me wide open shots and luckily I just knocked them in,” Gettings said “ That’s the greatest par t of our team: we just take what we get and don’t force anything ” With the loss to Har vard, C o r n e l l e n d s i t s s h o r t t

game homestand and will prepare to head back on the road to

weekend

”Tonight we took a loss, but really learned a lot about ourselves in the process, ” Earl said “ We’ll have the oppor tunity to r

practice [and] I think our guys will respond well ” Tip off will be next Friday at 7

Saturday at 7 p m against Yale

Joshua Zhu can be reached at jzhu@cornellsun com

M E N ’ S H O C K E Y

Icers Lose Unbeaten Streak in RPI Shocker

By RAPHY GENDLER Sun Staff Writer

It wasn ’ t easy and it wasn ’ t pretty, but No 1 Cornell men ’ s hockey defeated Union 4-3 on Friday to extend its unbeaten streak to 11 games and push its ECAC lead to three points, helped in part by second-place No 3 Clarkson’s defeat at the hands of Quinnipiac

The Red (19-2-1, 131-1 ECAC)

c a m e o u t f i r i n g , n e tt i n g t w o goals in the first 13 minutes of play

Se n i o r f o rw a rd A l e x Rauter got the scoring started first, blasting in a sizzler from just inside the blue line on the second of three Cornell power-

p l a y o p p o r t u n i t i e s i n t h e opening frame

But after a second-period offensive outburst, Union (1513-1, 10-5-0) erased Cornell’s lead In the final frame, the hero was freshman for ward Brendan Locke, who collected

a rebound and fired into the net for the go-ahead goal with under three minutes to play

C l a s s m a t e Ma t t Ga l a j d a and the defense in front of him

s u c c e s s f u l l y k e p t t h e Dutchmen, who were sporting an extra attacker, at bay in the ensuing minutes to secure the 4-3 victory During the Red’s traditional postgame center-ice s a l u t e , t h e t e a m w a s s h o w e r e d with chants of “number one ” by the L y n a h Faithful “ W h e n we went up 2 - 0 we thought it was going to be easier than it was, ” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86 “They came right back out in the second period and had pushback r i g h t f ro m t h e o p e n i n g draw We took a couple of u n d i s c i p l i n e d p e n a l t i e s a n d they capitalized ” R a u t e r ’ s f i r s t - p e r i o d g o a l and Locke’s game-winner were a welcome sight for a power

play unit that has struggled recently to find the back of the net “We’ve gotten one or two power play goals this whole s e c o n d h a l f o f Ja n u a r y, ” Schafer said “It was what carried the day for us [tonight] ” Later in the first, after a beautiful setup by junior forw a rd a n d c a p t a i n Mi t c h

Second-to-last RPI catches Red sleeping

By RAPHY GENDLER Sun Staff Writer

The No 1 team in the country ’ s reign atop the rankings will be shortlived after being beaten soundly by an opponent stuck near the bottom of the conference standings

Rensselaer (5-20-4, 4-10-2 ECAC), the 59th-best of 60 teams in the nation according to the PairWise rankings, skated into Lynah Rink and shocked the Red by a score of 2-1 Cornell (19-3-1, 13-2-1) surrendered a goal 20 seconds into the contest, and things failed to get much prettier from there

The Red looked nothing like the team that dominated the month of January, seeing its unbeaten streak end at 11 The Red hadn’t trailed in any game since Jan 12 at Yale and had boasted a 3-1-1 record when down by multiple goals heading into the contest with RPI

This time, however, the topranked team in the nation couldn’t find a way to claw back for a gritty victory as it had three times before

“The resiliency [came] a lot earlier [in other games,]” said head coach

Mike Schafer ’86

“This game was a little bit like Niagara We sucked for two periods against Niagara and we

Free Throws Doom Red Against Harvard

By JOSHUA ZHU Assistant Sports Editor

( 1 0 - 1 1 , 5 - 1 ) Bu t t h i s t i m e , t h e Re d w a s u n a b l e t o c l o s e o u t Wi t h C o r n e l l d ow n by t h re e p o i n t s i n t h e f i n a l m i n u t e , j u n i o r St o n e Ge t t i n g s d r a i n e d a j u m p e r w h i l e g e t t i n g f o u l e d f o r t h e a n d - o n e o p p o r t u n i t y H o w e v e r, t h e f o r w a r d w a s u n a b l e t o c o n ve r t o n a p o t e n t i a l g a m e - t y i n g f re e t h row a n d t h e Re d l e f t t h e a re n a f a l l i n g j u s t s h o r t i n a d i s a p p o i n t i n g 7 6 - 7 3 d e c i s i o n “ T h e y k n o c k e d d ow n t o u g h s h o t s a n d h i t t h e i r f re e t h row s [ a t t h e e n d o f t h e g a m e ] , ” G e t t i n g s s a i d “ It w a s d i s a pp o i n t i n g , b u t t h e e n d o f t h e d a y, [ we p l a ye d ] a b e t t e r d e f e n s i ve g a m e a n d

played well in the third The difference tonight is we tried but just didn’t get the job done ”

The Engineers went on the rush on their first possession of the game

“We didn’t execute ... and when you’re not executing, it’s going to make for a long night.”

RPI’s Jacob Hayhurst slapped a sharp-angled shot, which benefited from a fortuitous bounce and caught some of Anthony Angello’s stick, rocketing past freshman goaltender Matt Galajda The reigning ECAC Rookie and Goaltender of the Month has allowed five goals in two total February games after posting a dominant 71 goals against average in January

“[Angello] jammed [the shot] and it went right in the back of the net and that kind of signified what the rest of the night would be like for us, ” Schafer said “But [RPI] played hard