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Dean’s Impending Resignation Kept

Secret From Top Business Admins

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS Sun City Editor

Cornell University so carefully and closely guarded the impending resignation of its business college dean last week that it kept even the college’s own top administrators in the dark

Kate Walsh, dean of the School of Hotel Administration, said in a closed-door meeting with several dozen faculty members late Monday afternoon that she learned of former dean Soumitra Dutta’s abrupt resignation only when Cornell’s provost publicly announced the change in an email to business college employees and students last week

Walsh’s comments in the private meeting related by a person in the room who spoke on the condition of anonymity, citing fear of retaliation by the University show that even while Cornell planned for at least a day for the resignation of the SC Johnson College of Business’s chief, it kept top administrators within the college clueless

The College of Business, which launched in July of 2016 despite protests from students and faculty, brought the hotel school, the Johnson Graduate School of Management and the C h a r l e s H D y s o n S c h o o l o f Ap p l i e d Ec o n o m i c s a n d Management together under one college

L Joseph Thomas, the interim dean of the business college,

said Cornell asked him on Monday, Jan 29, to take on the interim position and said he was surprised by the request Provost Michael Kotlikoff said in an email to business college employees and students the next day, Jan 30, that Dutta had submitted his

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“It has been a privilege to serve Cornell as a Dean ”

The unexplained resignation has stunned the Cornell community, sending rumors and concern rippling through Ithaca campus halls and alumni networks On Feb 2, Walsh wrote to hotel school faculty members

TED Founder Challenges Defnition of Innovation

By AMINA KILPATRICK Sun Staff Writer

Technology, Enter tainment and Design Talks founder and creator Richard Saul Wurman shared his thoughts on design while jumping from topic to t o p i c

metaphors to address innovation

“All my speeches are a conversation,” Wurman said Breaking away from the tra-

, Wurman began with a question and answer period

himself with the audience

Grads to Object To C.U. Actions During Election

By BREANNE FLEER

Cornell Graduate Students United plans to file an objection to the University’s conduct surrounding the graduate student union recognition election held last March

Jaron Kent-Dobias grad, CGSU communications and outreach chair, told The Sun that CGSU’s membership “ pretty decisively chose not to accept the University’s offered settlements” in a referendum vote, nearly one year after the results of the election were determined too close to call

Michaela Brangan grad, former member of the Union Management Committee, previously told The Sun that the referendum would present CGSU members with three options: filing objections with the arbitrator,

By PARIS GHAZI Sun Staff Writer

repeatedly requested audience members to sit in the front rows

The talk was not Wurman’s first time at Cornell decades ago, he taught in the architecture school as a visiting professor Although the talk was spons o re d by C

, Wurman did not talk about Judaism aside from a few jokes

“I am very proud of being a Jew, but I can ’ t speak about Judaism,” Wurman said Instead, he began by sharing some of his wisdom around

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Researchers Tackle Food Insecurity in Study

By KYLA CHASALOW Sun Staff Writer

C o r n e l l re s e a rc h e r s h a ve released case studies of northeastern food supply chains that could help policymakers understand the needs of independent supermarkets that provide food security to low-income communities

Re s e a rc h e r s , l e d by Pro f Miguel Gómez, applied economics

a n d m a n a g e m e n t , c o n d u c t e d interviews and tracked food prices along food supply chains to create an economic picture of how food moves from grower to supermarket to consumer

Part of a seven-year, multi-university investigation, the project focused on 11 supermarkets in rural and urban areas across the Northeast and was funded by the U S Department of Agriculture to study the role of regional food pro-

duction in providing food security in the Northeast

Because low-income areas tend to have small supermarkets with less ability to order from large

Northeast would be sufficiently able to reach these supermarkets,” Kristen Park, extension associate of the Charles H Dyson School of Ap p l i e d Ec o n o m

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a n d Management, told The Sun “Many times it’s a smaller,

store or supermarket,” Park said “They don’t have enough volume to be able to buy directly from manufacturers because manufacturers would never fill up a big truck of canned peaches and then drop off one pallet ”

The team also looked into the differences between regional sup-

Researchers Create Mental Health Aid

Device monitors user ’ s heartbeat

By MARIN LANGLIEB Sun Staff Writer

A Cornell research team has developed a watch-like device meant to help students calm down during stressful scenarios

Jean Costa grad created EmotionCheck, which was recently featured on the Daily Planet, a Discovery Channel program, alongside a team of researchers at the People-Aware Computing Lab

Users experience gentle vibrations on their wrist when their heart rate increases This tapping, which is slightly slower than the user ’ s heart-rate, is shown to help the user regulate their emotions and calm down, according to Costa

“When you feel the vibrations and you ' re not really thinking about it, you have the impression that you ' re actually feeling your own pulse,” Costa said

Costa wanted to help people overcome their anxiety without feeling distracted by technological intervention

“People can focus on their task at hand but, in the back of their mind, the technology can still act on them,” he said

Prof Tanzeem Choudhury, information science, who leads the People-Aware computing lab, said that part of what makes EmotionCheck unique is that it requires very little of the user

dents, Costa said that universities, especially Cornell, have been a great place to study the intersection of mobile technology and mental health intervention

“Students and college students in particular have just left home and experience a lot of changes and stress, but they are also avid users of technology,” Choudhury said “They are a receptive audience to use technology and help understand problems in mental health and to deliver intervention ”

Although EmotionCheck has only been researched in a lab, Costa is now trying to incorporate the same technology into a smartwatch app The project, which Costa plans to

“People can focus on their task at hand but, in the back of their mind, the technology can still act on them ”

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start in the next month, will test if the technology works in the real world

The lab team will conduct a study in which students will try the technology with Apple Watch to determine whether the program functions in classes, exams or at home, according to Costa

ply chains and those originating in

whether regional supply chains might sometimes provide a better option

To study these questions, the researchers could not rely on existing data, according to Park

“When we ’ re looking at supply chains and trying to look at regional supply chains and other supply chains, there isn’t any data that’s collected by the government or by companies that’s publicly available

So we went with the case studies in order to unearth that data ourselves,” she said

“When someone is struggling with mental illness often times they are not proactive,” Choudhur y said “ We see EmotionCheck as a way to deliver early-on inter vention that is keeping tabs on a person in a way that just blends into their everyday life, without requiring them to take a lot of initiative and effort ”

This method can be more effective than devices that encourage users to perform breathing exercises, according to Costa

“If a college student is in the middle of a presentation, he can ’ t really stop in the middle and take his phone out of the pocket and do a deep breathing exercise,” Costa said

While the device was not initially aimed at college stu-

“In this way, we can better understand the effectiveness of technologies like EmotionCheck in our daily lives,” he said

In the future, Costa said the device might be able to predict times or places where individuals will feel anxious and could calm them down before they realize that they are stressed Costa also noted that, while the smartwatch will be able to collect information that can help users, data collection isn’t the goal of the project

“My goal is to focus on intervention,” he said “The sensing part is important, but if you can ’ t intervene to directly help the person, it doesn’t solve the problem ”

Marin Langlieb can be reached at mlanglieb@cornellsun com

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Food Insecurity Investigated

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r, manager and then we inter vie wed their suppliers, ” Park said “ We asked them about how much volume they move, how much they paid in transpor tation, what were the prices purchase price, selling price to get a sense of what volumes came from what areas of the countr y ”

What they discovered left them with i m p

“ The environmental impact is not built into the cost, ” she said “ We’re not paying for the carbon dioxide emissions ”

Despite the lower transpor tation costs and fuel use, Park cautioned that the debate over whether regional supply chains are cheaper or more environmentally friendly is not resolved

“A lot of times nor theast production might not be as efficient as California,” she said “ They

“Growers were big enough [that] everything that they had to offer could be offered through the supermarket . ”

providers, including foods from the Nor theast

“ We found out that growers were big enough and had enough volume that they sold through the wholesaler and then ever ything that they had to offer could be offered through the supermarket,” Park said

The researchers also discovered clear differences in transpor tation costs between regional and non-regional supply chains

One of their most impor tant findings was that lower transpor tation costs and fe wer delays times will allow “the Nor theast to continue to be an impor tant supplier,” according to Park

She also compared regional suppliers to other suppliers from an environmental perspective, saying that lower transpor tation costs also means less fuel consumption

even factoring in transpor tation ” “ We’v

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tions,” Park continued

Still, Park said that her team ’ s research is an impor tant step towards creating better numerical models of food production that could help poli-

which areas of production and transpor tation to suppor t and to evaluate whether there might be “policy measures that are inhibiting those producers ”

The hope is that more informed policies will benefit both independent supermarkets and producers throughout the region

“ You can use the numbers to help talk to policymakers or other people about the nor theast and it continuing to be a provider of food in the region,” she said

Kyla Chasalow can be reached at kchasalow@cornellsun com

Mystery of Dean Dutta Resignation Continues

No motive for departure after 1 week

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urging them not to speculate on the reasons for Dutta's resignation with students

“Please, please refrain from doing so, as well as from talking about it in front of them,” she wrote to the faculty “It does not provide support to our students and heightens their anxiety levels ”

“If they ask you about it, p l e a s e s i m p l y s a y y o u d o n ' t know, but we are moving forward as a school and college,” s h e c o n t i n u e d “ It w o u l d b e helpful if you could do the same with our alumni ”

O v e r t h e w e e k e n d , Du t t a , who will stay at Cornell as a professor of management, made his first public comment since his r e s i g n a t i o n i n a p o s t o n LinkedIn

“ The time had come for a transition in leadership given the c o m p l e t i o n o f t h e s u c c e s s f u l merger of the three schools within the SC Johnson College of Business and the many achievements of the College over the last years, ” Dutta said in the post

“It has been a privilege to ser ve Cornell as a Dean and I am ver y grateful to my team and the faculty, staff and students of the College for their support, dedication and friendship,” added Dutta, who has not responded to multiple requests for comment “I look for ward to being part of t h e C o r n e l l c o m m u n i t y a s a Professor in the coming years ”

Dutta had given no indication that he planned to resign, and at an alumni gathering on Jan 25 five days before stepping down Dutta painted a positive picture of the college, a c c o rd i n g t o a n a l u m n u s i n attendance

Tim Cole ’83 MBA ’84 said in an email to The Sun that Dutta “provided a comprehensive and ver y positive update” on the business college at the alumni event at a conference center in Midtown Manhattan

“ There was no mention or i n d i c a t i o n o f a n i m p e n d i n g departure,” said Cole, a hotel school alumnus who is now the general manager of a countr y club in Westchester County “I was stunned when I received an e-mail about his resignation ”

Jo h n S D y s o n ’ 6 5 , a f t e r whose father the Dyson school is n a m e d , o n c e c r i t i c i z e d t h e process by which Cornell proposed and sought to create the C o l l e g e o f Bu s i n e s s b u t l a t e r relented after winning concessions from the University

In an email to The Sun last week, Dyson, founder and chairm a n o f M i l l b r o o k C a p i t a l Management, a private equity firm, said that, as a trustee emeritus, he had followed Dutta’s abr upt resignation “with great interest ” “ I c o m p l e t e l y s u p p o r t t h e decision of [President Mar tha Pollack] and the Provost as we c o n t i n u e t o b u i l d a n e v e n s t r o n g e r b u s i n e s s p r o g r a m a t Cornell,” Dyson said

He emphasized that H Fisk Johnson ’79 and he have “been ver y supportive of cherishing the d i s t i n c t i v e n e s s ” o f t h e t h r e e schools that merged under the College of Business umbrella

“I am sure we are now on the right track with Fisk’s transform a t i o n a l g i f t i n c l u d i n g a n important challenge grant portion ” Johnson’s $150 million donation in Januar y of 2017 the largest ever to Cornell’s Ithaca campus affixed his name to the school Johnson, the CEO and chairman of SC Johnson w h o h a s f i v e d e g r e e s f r o m Cornell, had no part in Dutta’s resignation, a senior vice president of the company, Kelly M Semrau, said in a statement to The Sun last week

Dutta was scheduled to participate in an event on Monday in which he would answer questions live on Twitter, but the Indian software and ser vice companies trade association hosting t h e e v e n t , N A S S C O M , c a nceled, telling The Sun that Dutta was delayed in his travel

“His absence was caused by travel delays today as he moved from Boston to France," Kavita Doshi, senior manager of corporate and digital communications at NASSCOM, told The Sun on Mo n d a y “ We a re l o o k i n g t o reschedule it next week ”

In the meeting on Monday in St a t l e r H a l l , Wa l s h s a i d t h e change in leadership was a personnel decision and that Cornell w o u l d i s s u e n o f u r t h e r c o mment, she confirmed Several faculty members said they were concerned about the d i r e c t i o n o f t h e C o l l e g e o f Business, the person in the room said

Walsh said in an email to The Sun on Monday that the hotel school is “ on a growth trajector y and it will continue, even with this change in leadership ”

D e a n T h o m a s e x p r e s s e d a desire to “ move for ward and not just keep idle until a permanent dean is found,” Walsh said “ That’s what I am hopeful will happen and I ver y much appreciate that he has agreed to take on this role ”

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Dutta’s statement on LinkedIn

Asked if Cornell employees who speak to The Sun are at risk of retaliation, John Carberr y, the director of media relations, said in an email that Cornell employees “with work-related access to c

taining to employees, students or patients are aware of their responsibility to protect privacy ” “Beyond that, the university does not restrict anyone ’ s right to speak to the press, ” Carberr y said

TED Founder Talks Innovation

#MeToo Organizer Speaks at Cornell

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Continued from page 1 Amina Kilpatrick can be reached at akilpatrick@cornellsun com

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i n g h a rd b e h i n d t h e s c e n e s t o m a i n t a i n s i l e n c e , a n d a b r i e f s t a t e m e n t re l e a s e d by Du t t a o n h i s L i n k e d In p a g e o f f e r s n o f u r t h e r s u b s t a n t i ve e x p l a n a t i o n f o r h i s e x i t

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T h o m a s , b u t f a c u l t y a n d a d m i n i s t r a t o r s i n a n d o u t o f t h e b u s i n e s s c o l l e g e , i n c l u di n g t h e d e a n o f t h e h o t e l s c h o o l Pro f e s s o r s a n d s t u d e n t s a l i k e h a ve b e c o m e a m at e u r Po i ro t s a n d Ma r p l e s , s p e c u l a t i n g ove r c o f f e e a s t o t h e re a s o n s w h y t h e d e a n l e f t s o a b r u p t l y C o n t i n u e d s t o n e w a l l i n g o n Du t t a w i l l o n l y h a ve o n e e f f e c t : a l o s s o f t r u s t i n t h e Un i ve r s i t y Fa c u l t y, s t a f f a n d s t u d e n t s h a ve a r i g h t t o k n ow t h e a n s we r s t o t h e i r m a n y q u e s t i o n s , a n d e ve r y d a y t h a t g o e s by w i t h o u t a n e x p l a n a t i o n f ro m t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n i s a n i n d i c a t o r t h a t Da y Ha l l i s u n i n t e re s t e d i n a c c o u n t a b i l i t y a n d u n d e s e r v i n g o f o u r t r u s t By re m a i n i n g s i l e n t , t h e Un i ve r s i t y h a s a l l owe d f o r t h e c re a t i o n o f a f a s t - g rowi n g r u m o r m i l l , w h i c h , i f n o t c h e c k e d by f a c t s , w i l l i n e v i t a b l y s p i n o u t o f c o n t ro l a n d d a m a g e C o r n e l l T h e o n l y w a y t o p u t s u c h s p e c u l a t i o n t o re s t i s t o p rov i d e a n a c c o u n t i n g f o r Du

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ou ’ re told to write about what you know with good reason, in order to avoid assuming the likeness of a total dud and expounding on topics that a re f a r b e yo n d yo u r e x p e r t i s

To d a y, though, decor um begs to be broken as I attempt to comprehend the national spectacle that is the Super Bowl Power ful enough to coax a purr out of President Donald J Tr ump, Super Bowl LII transpor ted us to an alternate universe where vie wers ’ pride and happiness are inextricably linked to the wins of their

Eagles on a great Super Bowl victor y!” a tweet posted last night from Tr ump ’ s own account, staggering and confounding in its authenticity, begins to capture the scope of this annual match Such a priority is the occasion, in fact, that previous commitments are rescheduled and responsibilities are dismissed for a fateful fe w hours For 52 years now, the Super Bowl has commanded respect Arguably, a sizable chunk of loyalty lies in tradition, so for the Super Bowl to age so gracefully is unsurprising Yet, year after year, the Super Bowl receives heavier, more energetic vie wership than any of several award s h o w s f e a t u r i n g Ho l l y w o o d ’ s e l i t e It always graduates in status to something of a historic development, and, I think, understandably so

The renowned halftime per formance, headlined by Justin Timberlake’s smooth vocals, invites some speculation on the junction of ar ts and athletics The entertainment industr y is founded on extravagance and profits from vie wers ’ inclination to escape reality It encourages our emotions to latch onto distinctly extrinsic events We experience the joys and sorrows of our favorite on-screen personalities We develop affections for our dream celebrities (or “ stan ” them, so to speak); we vocalize approval and dissent over actions that have no direct bearing on us We are personally offended or pleased or angered by the lifestyles and relationships of well-known figures This level of comfor t that so many onlookers feel with unrequited attention is incredibly strange to me

Spor ts, in contrast, narrow the rift b e t w e e n c e l e b r i t y a n d s u p p o r t e r T h e

Super Bowl, then, is a meaning ful investment It is an over t testament to the common man, self-made, fancy watch on his wrist earned through strenuous training

Although athletes also live lavishly and, to some degree, distance themselves from the middle class, their diligence is unique to them While film stars are concerned with appearance from a largely cosmetic standpoint, athletes rely on health and fitn e s s t o m a i n t a i n t h e i r c a r e e r s

Recognizing this distinction elevates the significance of spor ting events beyond simply enter tainment they are culminations of concentrated personal effor t

Still, the craze surrounding reputed ar tists often overshadows the contributions of athletes, many of whom, like Colin Kaepernick, also mobilize themselves for noble causes It’s intriguing to compare the sway of usual celebrities in the film and television space with the reach of drafted athletes Fundamentally, both par ties embody cer tain palpable idealities that many an American strives toward Exceeding this implicit commonality of attractiveness, however, is a shared image of success, easily standardized and easily subscribed to It may be that the affinity for actors, actresses and musicians grows more profound due to fluctuating depiction in the media vie wers per-

haps feel more intimately connected after a series of scandals and triumphs, but, in my perception, athletes tend to live less glamorously and toil more regularly than ar tists do Yet, athletes remain in the p

bypassed by those seeking to #relate, fueling a curious discrepancy

There’s also the phenomenon of Super Bowl commercials, where ar ts and athleti

multibillion-dollar companies that can afford even 30-second slots in the advertisement queue are, well multibilliondollar companies the ones that already revel in their established brands It is a little bit just a little bit tipped in favor of the wealthy megacorporation, but what isn’t? At first glance, it seems a daunting task to cater an adver tisement to the approximately 110 million sets of eyes soaking up the Super Bowl, but these corporations follow the science Some light, friendly humor, a deftly chosen face and a smidgen of flatter y reduces all of America to a single target identity This is not to discredit the ideation and production of visual media or the value added by actors and actresses it is just to highlight the various circles of social influence and their differing fibers

In some ways, the appeal of the Super Bowl resembles that of the Olympics You w o u l d n ’ t r e q u i r e

I wonder what it would take to produce screams and shouts, hot tempers and feverous excitement, about things of real, pressing consequence.

being a spor ts enthusiast tr ust me to feast on mar velous displays of physical prowess, often challenging the limits of the human form So, I appreciate the c h a r m o f t h e Su p e r B ow l , a n d i t i s refreshing to witness such passion, in players and fans alike, amidst a decade with dwindling interest in unity Still, it’s quite mysterious that, despite its global scale, in the U S , the Olympics fails to stimulate such concentrated scr utiny and engrossment outside an immediate sphere of impact as does the Super Bowl

I’m not grappling with the prestige of the Super Bowl as much as with the fierce sentiment it evokes I wonder what it w o u l d t a k e t o p r o d u c e s c r e a m s a n d shouts, hot tempers and feverous excitement, about things of real, pressing consequence I wonder what it would take to sustain the zeal and prevent it from dissipating as soon as a shinier distraction enters the stage Sometimes, we are quieter about matters of life and death than we are about what’s playing on TV I’m cer tainly guilty of it It’s less controversial and less taxing to be this way, but maybe it’s wor thwhile to direct the same enthusiasm inwards and, time permitting, consider bettering ourselves and our neighbors’ circumstances rather than meddling with stardom

Rubin Danberg Biggs | The Common Table

Defending Our Neighbors

Th e re i s a s u d d e n a n d e x p l i c i t w a y t o e x p e r i e n c e

o u r o b l i g a t i o n s t o o t h e r s , b u t i t u s u a l l y re q u i re s

s o m e k i n d o f l o s s T h e m a yo r d i e s A n e i g h b o r

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o b l i g e d o u r s e l ve s t o c a re a b o u t t h e l i f e a n d we l l b e i n g o f a s t r a n g e r Un l i k e t h e c u l t u re s a n d c o n g re g a t i o n s t h a t f o r m t h e p i l l a r s o f o u r i d e n t i t i e s , t h e s e a re i n c i d e n t a l c o m m u n i t i e s T h e y r a re l y d e m a n d d e l i b e r a t e c a re o r p ro a c t i ve a t t e n t i o n , b u t i n s t e a d f o r m a we b o f t r a n s l uc e n t c o n n e c t i o n s t h a t a re o f t e n o n l y f e l t w h e n t h e y a re

In a very basic sense, this means a comprehensive defense of our incidental communities. That is, why we owe a duty to a stranger.

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It’s a d i s p u t e b o r n e o f f i xe d re s o u rc e s , t h e t a c i t u n d e rs t a n d i n g t h a t we s i m p l y c a n n o t p rov i d e f o r e ve r yo n e a n d t h a t we s h o u l d n o t b e e x p e c t e d t o L e s s t a n g i b l y, i t a r i s e s f ro m t h e b e l i e f t h a t n a t i o n a l i d e n t i t y o n l y h o l d s s i g n i f i c a n c e i f i t i s a l s o e xc l u s i ve T h u s w h i l e c o u n t l e s s o t h e r q u e s t i o n s s p i r a l o u t f ro m t h i s c e n t r a l d i s p u t e , t h e i n d i s p e n s a b l e p e r s o n a l q u e s t i o n we a re a s k e d t o c o n s i de r i s : t o w h o m d o we owe a d u t y o f c a re ?

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2018 was going to be my year This

s e m e s t e r w o u l d b e o n e w h e r e I would finally expand my network, get good grades, find an internship and just feel great about myself I returned from a de-stressed break a week before school star ted to get over the jet lag and prepare for the upcoming semester, by planning out classes to take and striving to become a morning person

A s t h e s t a r t o f t h e s e m e s t e r approached, I began to feel tired and I developed a tickle in my throat I was awfully exhausted on the first day of classes and had to drag myself to Cornell Health only to find that I had a fever of over 100 degrees I couldn’t let this happen This was supposed to be the star t to a great semester, and I just couldn’t allow myself to star t it out by being sick

In hopes of recovering soon, I did ever ything I could possibly do took over-the-counter medicine for cold symptoms, drank lots of warm water and tea (often with honey), and rested as much as I could But none of that seemed to work because my fever jumped to 102 degrees, my throat felt like it was burning and I was coughing non-stop Despite being told that it wasn ’ t the flu, I felt awful both

physically and emotionally

I had spent so much effor t tr ying to star t out the semester right, but was already behind on my classes and feeling miserable

People say that time will heal ever ything, but it didn’t feel like that at all All I could think about each morning was how much I wanted to go back home, halfway across the world I felt terrible just walking to Ives, dreading the thought of having to repeat this for another four months Never had I wanted to get out of It h a c a a n d C o r n e l l s o b a d l y, s i m p l y because of this dreadful cold

Homesickness was another illness that

almost as bad as Ithaca’s, I felt like being home would have made all the difference No number of friends or acquaintances in Cornell could make up for the warmth of family I had back home

What’s worse, I hated myself for havi n g s

I shouldn’t feel sad to be here because I am privileged enough to have this position of Cornell student over some other person that didn’t get in, or some other person that couldn’t afford to come here

m m u n i t y i n a w a y t h a t re j e c t s o u r w o r s t i n s t i n c t s In a ve r y b a s i c s e n s e , t h i s m e a n s a c o m p re h e n s i ve d e f e n s e o f o u r i n c i d e n t a l c o m m u n i t i e s T h a t i s , w h y we owe a d u t y t o a s t r a n g e r T h i s t a k e s s e l f - re f l e c t i o n a n d a c t i ve d e b a t e t h a t d o e s m o re t h a n j u s t v i r t u e - s i g n a l o u r s u p p o r t f o r t h e i d e a o f i m m i g r a t i o n W h e n s o m a n y l i ve s a re p ro f o u n d l y a f f e c t e d by t h e s

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n d c u l t u r a l c h a n g e , w h i l e f ro m t h e l e f t i t ’ s t h e p ro m i s e t h a t m i g r a t i o n w i l l s p a rk e c o n o m i c g row t h W h i l e t h e y a r r i ve a t d i f f e re n t c o n c l u s i o n s , b o t h a r g u m e n t s t re a t t h e l i ve s a n d c o nc e r n s o f i m m i g r a n t s a s s e c o n d a r y If t h e s a l i e n t e f f e c t s o f i m m i g r a t i o n p o l i c y a re o n l y t h o s e t h a t a re f e l t by c i ti ze n s , t h e n t h e i m p l i c a t i o n i s t h a t t h e y a re t h e o n l y g ro u p t o w h o m we owe a n o b l i g a t i o n o f c a re Ma y b e m o re c r u c i a l l y, t h e w a y i n w h i c h i m m i g r at i o n p o l i c y i s e xe c u t e d o f t e n re m ove s a n y c h a n c e o f o b s e r v i n g t h e p e r s o n h o o d o f i t s s u b j e c t s I C E a r re s t e d t h re e m e n i n It h a c a l a s t m o n t h , b u t I c o u l d n o t t e l l yo u t h e i r n a m e s By d e s i g n , we d o n o t k n ow t h e c o n t e n t s o f t h e i r l i ve s , t h e d e t a i l s o f t h e i r re s i d e n c e , o r t h e c i rc u ms t a n c e s o f t h e i r a r re s t s T h i s s t r a t e g y, w h i c h i s t y p i c a l o f I C E , o b s c u re s h u m a n c o n s e q u e n c e , m a k i n g i t e ve n h a rd e r t o e x p e r i e n c e t h e c o n n e c t i o n s t h a t s h o u l d t r i gg e r o u r o u t r a g e T h e s u m re s u l t i s a j u m b l e d , o f t e n va g u e s e t o f p l a ti t u d e s t h a t m a k e t h e l e f t ’ s s t a n c e o n i m m i g r a t i o n c o nf u s i n g e ve n f ro m w i t h i n T h a t i s , I a m p e r f e c t l y c o mf o r t a b l e c l a i m i n g t h a t I s u p p o r t c o m p re h e n s i ve i m m ig r a t i o n re f o r m , b u t w o u l d h

Stress

I’ve realized how much an illness can make one feel completely drained I was hopeless as I saw no end to this cold I was upset, watching the rest of the world carr y on fine without me I had planned

friend and potential intern I had been so fixated on developing a better me for others and never really thought about what it means to be a happy, healthy version of and for myself I now know how critical

to sit in on all these different lectures to choose suitable classes for the semester I was hoping to attend club info sessions and mock inter vie ws before my coursework piled up But none of that could work out without being healthy I finally u n d e r s t o o d w h a t m y g r a n d m a m e a n t when she constantly reminded me that health is the most impor tant vir tue of all

Prior to the star t of the semester, my goal was to become a better student,

it is to fully care for and look out for myself, because only then will I be able to fulfill any other aspirations I also know that 2018 will still be my year; I’ve only taken a small step back to make a bigger leap for ward

(Margaret) Lee is a sophomore in the ILR school She can be reached at margaretlee@cornellsun com Here There and Everywhere appears alternate Tuesdays

SCIENCE

E-Cigar ettes: A Shiny Alternative To Smoking?

By CHENAB KHAKH Sun Staff Writer

Smoking is cool again Who would have thought?

Just when many thought smoking was on the decline, with stomach-churning advertisements of charred lungs on public television and the preeminence of smoke-free environments, an alternative form of nicotine deliver y is gaining popularity: high-tech e-cigarettes One of the most popular of these is the J U U L , w h i c h a c c o u n t s for 32 percent of the U S e-cigarette market share

T h e J U U L i s a b o u t one-fifth the size of an iPhone and uses patented nicotine juice cartridges, called JUULpods With a

m e t a l l i c f i n i s h a n d shaped like a USB drive, J U U L s ’ m a r k e t i n g a n d style takes total advantage of millenials’ infatuation

w i t h t e c h n o l o g y a n d sleek design

comprehensive report about e-cigarettes and their implications after analysis of 800 journals and experiments They found conclusive evidence that substituting conventional smoking for e-cigarettes completely reduces users ’ exposure to carcinogens and toxins in nicotine and lowers risk for short-term health issues

While the JUUL is a ‘safer’ alternative to cigarettes, the NASEM study also

ventional cigarettes in the short-term, but that there are many unknowns about the long-term effects of vaping

Current smokers, who are the target market for e-cigarettes, often overestimate the risk of e-cigarettes and continue smoking cigarettes

“If we conducted a public health education campaign that helped people realize the true riskiness of e-cigarettes, it’s

“The addiction is so severe that I have witnessed Canadian students traveling to the U.S. just to refuel their JUULs.”

Since 2015, more than one million JUULs have been sold In 2017 alone, JUUL Labs brought in $224 million in sales, which is a 621 percent increase from the previous year Additionally, as of Oct 2017, 20 million pods are being produced per month, and JUUL Labs is struggling to meet demand, according to Business Insider

JUULs were designed to make conventional smoking obsolete and decrease public health risks On Jan 23, the Na t i o n a l A c a d e m i e s o f S c i e n c e s , Engineering, and Medicine revealed a

showed there is insufficient evidence that e-cigarettes like these are successful

smoking completely

Prof Donald Kenkel, policy analysis and management, has emphasized the complexity of the health implications of e-cigarettes

spaces might prompt some smokers to continue smoking instead So banning

health,” he said

Additionally, the study claimed that e-cigarettes are less harmful than con-

s could lead to a big improvement in public health if the new information prompts smokers to become vapers ” Although e-cigarette awareness might possibly reduce adult cigarette smoking, a new demographic has developed an interest f o r e - c i g a r e t t e s : n o n - s m o k i n g adolescents, making the rise of vaping a double-edged sword In 2016, a study at Weill Cornell Medicine showed that 13 2 percent of teens opt for JUULs, compared to 9 2 percent f

A c c o rd i n g t o t h e Fo o d a n d D r u g Administration, more than two million middle and high school students were users of e-cigarettes in 2016

Pre v i o u s l y n o n - s m o k i n g t e e

, who likely would never have touched a traditional cigarette, have caught the nicotine bug and vaping is on the rise in school communities

A t t h e Un i v e r s i t y o f S o u t h e r n California, Dr Jessica Barrington-Trimis

h a s b e e n r e s

c h i n g J U U L s

n d teenagers for two years She has found t h a t m o re t h a n 4 0 p

n t o f h i g h schoolers who use e-cigarettes have never

smoked a conventional one, suggesting that JUULs and similar products are indeed enabling the emergence of vaping culture

“ You cannot walk into a librar y on any college campus without seeing kids juuling,” Marisa Gerard ’20 said

Teens are not only becoming addicted to nicotine but are also falling into the trap of peer pressure Often, having a JUUL can signify wealth, social status and popularity among teens Listed at $34 99, the JUUL device is not cheap, even when bought legally On the black market, JUULs are being sold for $80 to $100

“ The addiction is so severe that I have witnessed Canadian students traveling to the U S just to refuel their JUULs,” Shraddha Harshvardhan ’20, an international student from Canada, said

In concurrence with Kenkel, Weill Cornell Medicine reported that, since ecigarettes are a substitute for conventional cigarettes, regulation to remove them from the market would drive nicotine users some of whom only started due to the invention of the JUUL to conventional cigarettes

Policies from 2016 that upped the minimum age to legally buy e-cigarettes to 21 are also no obstacle for American teens, who are finding creative methods of getting their hands on these products

A Boston psychologist reported to the Boston Globe that one of his patients “used his parents ’ credit cards to buy thousands of dollars of JUULs online, and then turned around and sold the devices and flavored pods to other kids at a profit ”

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The Weill Cornell investigators’ report suggested that a minimum purchasing age of 21 for conventional cigarettes would be better than a minimum age of 21 for e-cigarettes to regulate adolescent smoking

This way teenagers addicted to nicotine would at least have access to the ‘safer’ option of e-cigarettes

What began by two Stanford students as an alternative for adult cigarette smokers

to decrease their smoking habit is now a teen sensation PAX Labs, which is responsible for producing JUULs, is aware that their product is reaching an unintended market Former CEO Tyler Goldman reiterated his support for regulation to uphold its initial goal to help cigarette smokers switch to a “safer” option

“[We have] actually stopped trying to create new users by leaving some stores purposefully out of stock of the vaporizers It sells only refill cartridges to those stores, so people who use JUUL and switched off

cigarettes can stay switched,” Goldman said

Despite the company ’ s efforts to stay true to their original intentions, the combination of users ’ addiction to nicotine with their obsession with the sleek look of the JUUL have led to a booming accessory market, including JUUL cases, stickers and vape art

If e-cigarettes worked for their intended goal and ended conventional smoking, then they would result in a net public health benefit However, with the signifi-

cant increase in smoking teens who previously had never touched a cigarette, the long-term impact of e-cigarettes is unknown

Originally conceived as a safer alternative to traditional cigarette smoking, e-cigarettes are currently fueling an interest among non-smoking juveniles The jury is still out on the long-term societal impacts of vaping

Cornell Tech Pr ofessor Explains Hype

And Pitfalls of Cr yptocurr encies

By AMOL RAJESH Sun Staff Writer

C h a n c e s a r e y o u k n o w s o m e o n e who's mined bitcoin However, cr yp-

t o c u r re n c i e s a re n o t e ve r y t h i n g t h e y appear to be Drawing the ire of governments and financial institutions alike, questions about its reliability are on the rise

Prof Ari Juels, computer science, discusses the impact, technology and regulator y environment of cr yptocurrencies

C o - d i r e c t o r o f t h e I n i t i a t i v e f o r

Cr yptoCurrencies and Contracts a

c o l l a b o r a t i o n b e t w e e n C o r n e l l , t h e

University of California, Berkeley and the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, based at Cornell Tech Juels helps lead research on blockchain technology and its applications

Cr yptocurrencies are one of the most notable applications of blockchain technology Blockchain is a digitally-secured distributed ledger of transactions Juels talked about possible reasons behind the surge in popularity of cr yptocurrencies such as Bitcoin

“Cr yptocurrencies are digital assets created and managed in decentralized or p e e r - t o - p e e r s y s t e m s , ” Ju e l s s a i d

“Bitcoin is so popular now because it points the way to ne w and interesting models of digital tr ust But of course the main reason is simply that its price has skyrocketed

”

According to CoinDesk, the price of one Bitcoin today is $7,011

Bitcoins are created

t h r o u g h a “ m i n i n g ” process in which cer tain

c o m p u t e r s s o l v e c o m -

p l e x m a t h p r o b l e m s Ever y time a computer “mines” a ne w Bitcoin, it becomes harder to mine

m o r e B i t c o i n s T h e increase in Bitcoin mining has taken a large toll

o n o v e r a l l e l e c t r i c i t y consumption

“ The Bitcoin network consumes as much electricity at this point as a small

n a t i o n T h i s i s u n c o n s c i o n a b l e a n d

u n s u s t a i n a b l e Ha p p i l y, l e s s w a s t e f u l alternatives are the subject of active research and deployment,” Juels said In the past fe w years, there have been

m a n y i n s t a n c e s o f c r y p t o c u r r e n c y exchanges getting hacked Bitcoin has been subject to thefts with damages often exceeding tens of millions of dol-

lars Cr yptocurrencies, despite being a relatively ne w development, have the same security lapses as the general internet, according to Juels

“ The difference is that cr yptocurrencies are a par ticularly rich and juicy

target and their par tial anonymity helps black-hat hackers,” Juels said, referencing groups of illegal hackers Juels elaborated on security concerns and other drawbacks which are associated with fully decentralized cr yptocurrencies

“Price volatility is only one problem High and volatile transaction fees are another And the perennial challenge of managing private keys, i e , the secrets

needed to hold and transact with cr yptocurrencies, is yet another,” said Juels

Juels added that securing private keys are even challenging for security experts

He expressed doubt on the ability of current cr yptocurrencies to be widely u s e d a s a m e a n s f o r exchange

“ W h e t h e r ‘ p e r m i ssionless’ cr yptocurrencies can function effectively as tr ue currencies re m a i n s t o b e s e e n , ” Juels said

Ju e l s g a v e h i s thoughts on the curr e n t r e g u l a t o r y e n v ironment for cr yptocurrencies

“I’m a computer scientist, not a regulator But I’ll point out that cr yptocurrencies and decentralized systems more generally were intended to spark a revolution and throw off the yoke of institutional and governmental oppression,” Juels said

An Initial Coin Offering is a method by which the organizations behind an u p c o m i n g c r y p t o c u r r e n c y c a n r a i s e funds ICOs have come under scr utiny f

Commission and they have been a topic i n a n o n g o i n

cr yptocurrencies should be legally treated as currencies or as securities, like stocks

Despite the current controversy surrounding cr yptocurrencies, Juels hopes for positive regulation in the future to ensure stability and foster innovation

“I’d like to see regulation that effectively brings the best of the old and the ne w, removing corr upt players in the traditional financial industr y, but preventing ne w and worse unscr upulousness, ” Juels said

Although cr yptocurrencies are contentious, Juels emphasized the impor-

“ Bl

promise to strengthen

ust relationships and automate business processes in areas ranging from humanitarian aid to food supply chains,” Juels said

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Cornell’s Artistic Window: Highlights from the Collection

BY RAMYA YANDAVA Sun Staff Writer

From Picasso to Piranesi, Cassatt to Cu n n i n g h a m , t h e Jo h n s o n Mu s e u m ’ s

Highlights from the Collection: 45 Years at the Johnson showcases a wide variety of art

The scope is immense in both historical and geographical breadth Upon entering the exhibition, I found myself face-to-face with a cow with its head turned to the side, eyeing some distant pastoral horizon as though musing over the kinds of deep insights only cows are sensible of Its front legs are posed as though aware of an audience Constant Troyon’s 19th centur y bovine scene is at once striking and peaceful, unique and unobtrusive

Past the cow is a row of medieval Asian art where a bronze 12th centur y Ganesha is adjacent to a 15th centur y Burmese tile depicting two elephant-headed warriors

This links to works that display the intricacies of religion in Asia Richly decorate d m a n u s c r i p t s f ro m t h e Qu r a n , t h e Ramayana and the Buddhist Prajaparmita are juxtaposed as well It’s no doubt that the Asian collection is one of the Johnson’s strengths Elsewhere throughout the exhibition, Asian art abounds: from Zao Wouki’s 1953 “Lune Noire,” a dreamlike vision of blue and gold, to the delicately detailed ukiyo-e woodblock prints, to Nam June Paik’s “Global Grove,” an avant-garde 1970s video art that both reflects on and

foreshadows the growing impact of television as “the landscape of tomorrow ”

In fact, the idea of a “landscape of tomorrow ” is seen in a variety of pieces

e o ’ s g u i t a r c h o rd s a n d p i c ki n g f i t p e r f e c t l y w i t h

Ha r m o n y ’ s b a s s o r v i c e ve r s a w h e n t h e y t r a d e o f f T h e i r vo c a l s t y l e s a l s o s e e m t o h a ve b e e n m a d e f o r e a c h o t h e r a n d a re i n s t a n t l y i d e n t i f i a b l e T h e i r m u s i c w a s p e r f e c t a l re a d y w i t ho u t a d r u m m e r H o w e v e r, t h e y b e g a n t o c h a n g e l a s t y e a r w i t h t h e i r a l b u m Powe r p l a n t , w h i c h w a s t h e f i r s t t o f e a t u re a d r u m m e r No w, t h e i r n e w s i n g l e “ Pi c t u re s o n g ” n o t o n l y f e a t u re s d r u m t r a c k s , b u t s y n t h e s i ze r s a n d D e v Hy n e s o f B l o o d

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Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, Cassatt, Picasso, Goya, Piranesi and Dürer Goya’s “El Sueño de la Razon Produce Monstruos” in particular stood out due to its small size and the prominence of its subject in a mob of owls and bats which represents the artist’s fear of darkness and ignorance in the midst of the Enlightenment

Finally, it wouldn’t be 45 Years at the Jo h n s

Cornellians Specifically, the exhibition

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Hopper’s “Monhegan Landscape” utilizes rich colors and heavy brushstrokes in the m

s a unique contrast to some of his later, more well-known works Several paintings in or following in the tradition of abstract expressionism highlight the modern spirit especially well

Against one wall, a series of stencil cutouts by Matisse pulse with nearly-neon colors and abstract shapes and evoke a sense of movement and rhythm similar to a cubist print by Fernand Léger in another section of the exhibit These foreshadow more contemporar y works such as Syed

Ahmed Jamal’s “Rockin,” a medley of rich colors and bold brushtrokes, and Joanne Greenbaum’s “Color System,” a maze of bright abstractions, pigments, and gridlike patterns

The Museum also boasts an impressive photography collection Although categorized thematically, these photographs flow smoothly into each other and are wellintegrated into the context of their surrounding mediums Nineteenth centur y Meiji-era photos ser ve to bridge the gap between Japanese woodblock prints and early 20th centur y British and American photography

On the opposite wall, a series of midand late-20th centur y photographs, such as Sebastião Salgado’s image of the horrendous conditions suffered by workers in gold mines, demonstrate the importance of photography’s social and documentar y power

I also really loved the exhibition’s collection of prints and drawings, which featured works by well-known artists such as

works show the influence of impressionism while his later works demonstrate a willingness to experiment with style and form For example, “Sunset” almost seems to depict the sun melting into its surroundings and darkening into moodier colors, though the shapes remain simple and unadorned

Through the breadth and diversity of the works displayed in this exhibition, the Johnson Museum shines a light on the richness of its permanent collection and p o i

Cornellians over the years In doing so, the exhibition demonstrates the ways in which the past and present continually reshape each other, transcending geographic and social boundaries

Ramya Yandava is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at ry86@cornell edu

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Resilient Skaters Set Up for Resurgence

Red await crucial Clarkson rematch

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the national attention, this team was far from perfect

“There are a few areas of our game that we have to get better at, ” he said before the weekend

Cornell also says goodbye to its nation-best 11-game winning streak, something Schafer’s group isn’t likely to lose sleep over

“If you lose one game, it doesn’t matter what happened in the previous 10,” Schafer said last week “It means everything in the world to everybody else except the guys in that locker room And that’s the culture that exists on our team right now, not being slaves to praise ”

This is a sentiment that is consistent with all of Schafer’s soundbites this season and many seasons before And with a winning streak of zero games and a slip in the

“If you lose one game it doens’t matter what happened in the previous 10 ” H

rankings, it will be key for the Red to hold onto its mindset if it hopes

to cement this season into the annals of Cornell hockey history

Now, the focus shifts to a road contest against No 7 Clarkson, which lost to both Quinnipiac and

“I’m thinking we better get our shit together That’s what I’m thinking. I’m thinking these guys better wake up ”

Princeton this weekend, to try and make a statement against the ECAC’s second-place squad

When asked what his thought process was heading into such an important game after such a disappointing loss, Schafer had no trouble mixing words

“I’m thinking we better get our shit together this week,” he said “That’s what I’m thinking I’m thinking that these guys better wake up ”

Whether this loss was the wake-up call that Schafer describes remains to be seen, but this weekend’s perennially-tough trip to North Country will surely provide the answer

Dylan McDevitt can be reached at dmcdevitt@cornellsun com

Red Wins Twice Thanks To Solid Freshman Class

Rookies push red past Lock Haven

WRESTLING

them for the entire season so we h

men ” In addition to Darmstadt’s win by fall, a bonus point win a

from another one of Cornell’s d

y technical fall over Kyle Schoop, 19-3

Darmstadt and Diakomihalis combined for more than half of the Red’s points on Sunday, representative of their impact on the

picked up two bonus point wins on the weekend to bring their s

9 , respectively

Despite picking up two more wins, Koll expected more from his team but recognized the difficult circumstances

“It is very tough to wrestle at home, hop on a bus and turn around and wrestle the following day.”

“It is ver y tough to wrestle at home, hop on a bus and turn around and wrestle the following day,” he said “It’s not ideal but our guys need to learn to wrestle well even when the environment is not perfect As a team we didn’t

achieve that goal today I am thankful we still came away with the victor y ” Sa t u rd

Columbia (3-10), on the other hand, saw Cornell in the driver's s e a t f r o m s t a r t t o

Beginning the meet with a fall from Darmstadt, the Red ended the day with five bonus point victories and only two losses

“Our guys need to learn to wrestle well even when the environment is not perfect.”

Two weight classes 157 and heavyweight did not see any wins over the weekend despite h e a v y we i g h t w re s

m y Sweany’s return on Sunday

“Sweany has missed a couple weeks due to injur y, ” Koll said “I expect he will improve markedly in a short period of time ” With the win over Columbia, Cornell picked up its 81st consecutive Ivy League victor y and continues to lead the Ancient Eight with a record of 3-0

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a t Drexel on Friday, the Red will visit Penn (8-5) and Princeton (2-7) on Saturday to close out Ivy League play and look to clinch the program ’ s 16th-straight Ivy League title

Jack Kantor can be reached at jkantor@cornellsun com

Runners Find Weekend Success in Four Meets

Both teams benefit from strong individual performances, women fnish frst at Penn State

By ZORA HAHN Sun Staff Writer

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w o n t h i s m e e t ” T h e re we re a f e w s t a n d o u t s f o r t h e w o m e n , p a r t i c ul a r l y i n t h e 5 0 0 0 - m e t e r r a c e C o r n e l l d o m i n a t e d t h e l e a d e r b o a rd , p l a c i n g f i r s t , s e c o n d , t h i rd a n d f i f t h

“Our ultimate goal is to win the Indoor HEPS Track & Field Championship in three weeks ” M e n ’ s C o a c h A d r i a

“ In p r a c t i c e , I s h ow u p e ve r y d a y w i t h t h e m e n t a l i t y t o g i ve a 1 0 0 p e rc e n t re g a rd l e s s o f w h a t m a y h a ve o r m a y n o t h a ve o c c u r re d d u r i n g t h e s c h o o l d a y, ” A l f re d s a i d o f h e r w o rk e t h i c “ To c o n s t a n t l y h a ve a c l e a r, f o c u s e d m i n d i s c r i t i c a l i n o rd e r t o e xe c u t e s p r i n t w o rk o u t B o t h t h e h e a d c o a c h e s , a s we l l a s t h e p a r t i c i p a n t s i n t h i s we e k e n d’s m e e t s , c o m m e n t e d o n t h e i r f u r t h e r g o a l s f o r t h e s e m e s t e r T h e y n o t e d p a r t i c u l a r a re a s t h a t n e e d w o rk a n d h ow t h e y w i l l u s e t h e i r p r a c t i c e t i m e t o i m p rove f o r n e x t we e k e n d’s m e e t s “ Ou r u l t i m a t e g o a l i s t h e w i n t h e In d o o r H E P S Tr a c k & Fi e l d C h a m p i o n s h i p i n t h r e e w e e k s , ” D u r a n t s a i d “ Go i n g f o r w a rd we ' l l f o c u s o n c o m p e t i t i o n r a t h e r t h a n t r a i n i n g We ' v e j u s t a b o u t d o n e a l l o f t h e t r a i n i n g we c a n d o , n ow a l l t h a t ' s l e f t i s t o c o m p e t e h a rd ” “ We w a n t t o c o n t i n u e t o i m p rove e a c h we e k a n d c o n t i n u e t o h o n e o u r c o m p e t it i ve s k i l l s , ” Sm i t h a

Women Return From N.E. With Draw, Win

W HOCKEY Continued from page 16

lead heading into the third period ” Ju n i o r g o a l k e e p e r M a r l e n e Boissonnault came up huge for the R e d i n t h e c r e a s e with a split-save one minute into over time

t o k e e p t h e p e r i o d s c o r e l e s s a n d f o r c e the draw

B o i s s o n n a u l t a l s o recorded 23 saves on the night and was an integral par t of the penalty kill unit that kept Har vard 0-4 on the man advantage

Unsatisfied with the draw, Cornell looked to fix its errors from the night as it turned its attention to the Green “ We created more chances to score

but we have to conver t more on those oppor tunities,” said head coach Doug Derraugh ’91 “It was a solid effor t on the road but execution both defensively and offensively will have to be better ” And the Red was

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Joie Phelps and Willow Slobodzian highlighted the night with one goal each

Zora Hahn can be reached at zhahn@cornellsun com

M HOCKEY Continued from page 16

Cornell will next take a brief respite f r o m c o n f e r e n c e p l a y t o w e l c o m e S

Lynah this week The Red handed the Orange a 6-3 loss the last time the two squads faced off, and will look to do the same once again

“At this time of year you want to become the best version of yourself, so we will be focused on improving our habits so we continue to improve,” Derraugh said The puck drops against the Orange on Tuesday at 7 p m

Defensively, Boissonnault was brilliant once again, recording 18 saves on the day “ We did a good job of getting pucks to net and accumulating shots on goal each period,” Serdar said “ We can continue to work on bearing down on our chances and capitalizing on them ”

Smita Nalluri can be reached at snalluri@cornellsun com

Spor ts

Grapplers Dismantle Columbia, Survive

By JACK KANTOR Sun Assistant Sports Editor

“Dean and Darmstadt have only lost three matches between them for the entire season so we have grown accustomed to counting on these two freshmen ”

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t i m e s b e f o re A v i c t o r y by t h e ro o k i e g r a p p l e r w o u l d g i ve h i s t e a m t h e l e a d A f t e r 6 7 s e c o n d s , t h e m a t c h w a s

ove r No t o n l y d i d Da r m s t a d t t a k e c a re o f b u s i n e s s by w i n n i n g h i s m a t c h , b u t h e p i n n e d L o c k Ha ve n ’ s Tre y Ha r t s o c k , g i v i n g C o r n e l l t h e b re a t h i n g ro o m i t w o u l d n e e d f o r i t s n i n t h w i n o f t h e s e a s o n T h e

Icers Earn Three Points in Road Trip

By SMITA NALLURI

Staff Writer

- 2 ) t o a 2 - 2 d r a w o n Fr i d a y b e f o re s k a t i n g p a s t Da r t m o u t h ( 5 - 1 7 - 1 , 3 - 1 4 - 1 ) t h e f o l l ow i n g Sa t u rd a y f o r t h e 3 - 1 v i c t o r y C o r n e l l g o t o f f t o a t h u n d e ro u s s t a r t a g a i n s t t h e Cr i m s o n , w i t h f re s h m a n f o r w a rd Ke n d r a Ne a l e y a n d s e n i o r f o r w a rd Br i a n n a Ve e r m a n b o t h l i g h t i n g t h e l a m p i n t h e f i r s t p e r i o d t o g i ve C o r n e l l a n e a r

By DYLAN McDEVITT Sun Staff Writer

Gre a t t e a m s a re b u i l t o n re s i l i e n c e A n d f o r t h i s C o r n e l l m e n ’ s h o c k e y t e a m , t h a t m a n t r a h a s h e l d s t ro n g a l l t h ro u g h o u t i t s i m p ro b a b l y s u c c e s s f u l 2 0 1 71 8 c a m p a i g n Eve n o n Sa t u rd a y, w h e n t h e t e a m w a s s h o c k e d a t h o m e , 2 - 1 , b y a f o u r - w i n R e n s s e l a e r t e a m , C o r n e l l a p p e a re d d e t e r m i n e d t o n e t a n e q u a l i z e r d o w n t o t h e f i n a l b u z z e r A l a t e t h i rdp e r i o d p u s h w a s p e r h a p s t o o l i t t l e , t o o l a t e , a n d t h e Re d f e l l s h o r t o f w h a t w o u l d h a ve b e e n i t s f i f t h c o m e b a c k t o t i e o r w i n f ro m d ow n m u l t i p l e g o a l s t h i s s e a s o n “ Yo u p l a y w i t h f i re [ w h e n ] yo u g e t d ow n i n a g a m e , ” h e a d c o a c h Mi k e S c h a f e r ’ 8 6 s a i d a f t e r h i s t e a m ’ s l o s s t o t h e En g i n e e r s “A n d t h e n yo u h a v e t o s t r i n g s o m e p l a y s t o g e t h e r, m a k e s o m e g re a t p l a y s A n d we j u s t d i d n ’ t d o t h a t [ a g a i n s t R PI ] ” W i t h t h e l o s s , C o r n e l l s u r re n d e re d i t s n e w l y - a w a rde d c o n s e n s u s n a t i o n a l No 1 r a n k i n g , a p o s i t i o n t h e t e a m h a s n o t h e l d s i n c e 2 0 0 3 In a m a t t e r o f t h r e e h o u r s , C o r n e l l’s re i g n h a d e n d e d “ It’s a g re a t h o n o r f o r o u r p ro g r a m t o b e [ r a n k e d No

1 ] , ” S c h a f e r s a i d d u r i n g l a s t w e e k’s m e d i a a v a i l a b i l i t y “ Bu t I ’ m m o re f o c u s e d o n [ t h e p l a ye r s ] a n d w a t c h i n g t h e m re s p o n d t o i t ” In Fr i d a y ’ s 4 - 3 w i n ove r Un i o n , t h e Re d c o u g h e d u p a n e a r l y l e a d a s c