02.23.12

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Undocumented Student to Pay C.U. Debt

By AKANE OTANI Sun Senior Writer

One week ago, Eric Hyun Jae Cheon ’12, an undocumented student, was not sure he would be able to stay enrolled at Cornell for much longer As a result of strong support from students, alumni and DREAM Act activists around the country, however, Cheon discovered Wednesday that he will be able to finish his final semester

Saddled with $10,000 in outstanding tuition from the fall 2011 semester a debt he needed to

pay by Friday in order to remain enrolled at the University Cheon launched a fundraising campaign on Feb 14 to fight to stay at Cornell Ineligible for federal financial aid or loans as an illegal immigrant, Cheon had, in the past, taken a leave of absence to work full-time to afford his education But after sharing his story, Cheon saw a wave of donations that has given him a chance to stay and complete his senior year at Cornell

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Dong Quan Hao, Engineering Graduate Student, Dies of Unknown Causes at 27

Dong Quan Hao grad, who was pursuing a degree in the field of materials science and engineering, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, the University announced Wednesday The cause of Hao’s death has not yet been released He was 27 years old

During his time at Cornell, Hao served as president of the Engineering Graduate Student Association from 2009 to 2010 He was recognized as a FlexEBio fellow for his work in the field of flexible electronics for biological and life science applications at Cornell

According to an email sent to students, faculty and staff in the College of Engineering by Lance Collins, dean of the College of Engineering, several students said that Hao was “the best [teaching assistant] they ever had at Cornell ” Dong will be remembered for his joyful smile and his willingness to always lend a helping hand no matter what the project [was],” Collins wrote

In a statement Wednesday, President David Skorton asked the Cornell community to take a “ moment to acknowledge the tragic loss of a cherished member of our community ” Hao was a temporary teaching assisstant for Prof Peter Thomas Wolczanski, Chemistry, two years ago

“[Hao] was a great kid, we had a lot of fun together,” Wolczanski said

Plans to commemorate Hao’s life will be made in consultation with his family and friends, according to the University

Compiled by Liz Camuti

In Faculty Renewal Push, C.U. Seeks Jobs for Spouses

By CAROLINE FLAX Sun Staff Writer

This article is the second in a series about hiring initiatives and faculty renewal at the University

As the University prepares to replace retiring professors as part of an ongoing faculty renewal initiative, administrators say they are prioritizing securing employment for the spouses and partners of new recruits

This push comes despite some challenges Ithaca poses to hiring

Because Cornell has started a hiring wave this year, the number of people who take advantage of the Dual Career Program which helps spouses and partners of Cornell faculty recruits find jobs in Ithaca may increase, according to Allan Bishop, senior director of administrative human resources at Cornell’s Recr uitment and Employment Center

Because Ithaca is a small city without many well-known industries, Cornell often has difficulty drawing potential faculty members

“Based on the focus on faculty renewal, we would expect to see additional faculty hires and an increase in the number of couples that would be served,” Bishop said

Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Peter Lepage said that one of the major challenges when hiring new faculty is finding employment for the recruited faculty’s partners and spouses

Because Ithaca is a small city without many well-known industries, Cornell often has difficulty drawing potential faculty members and their partners to the University, according to Lepage

Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs John Siliciano said many new faculty members are apprehensive about taking jobs at Cornell because they need to find employment for both themselves and a

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C.U. Honor s Police D og

For ‘Hearts He Touched’

By MANU RATHORE Sun Staff Wr ter

Cornell’s first police dog, was honored by the Cornell University Police Depar tment and members of the Cornell and Ithaca community Wednesday in a memorial ser vice Sabre died last month at the age of 12

CUPD officers arrived in full uniform to remember the fallen K-9 team member Sergeant Anthony Tostanoski and Investigator Daniel Gonzalez, members of the Honor Guard, flanked a table on which two candles burned to symbolize a deceased comrade

“It’s been such a hard time since this happened and I didn’t realize how many hear ts Sabre touched,” said Lieutenant Jeffrey Montesano, Sabre’s handler “I can ’ t thank you all enough ”

Rev Janet Shor tall, star ted the ser vice with a prayer and opening remarks

“It is a bittersweet occasion when a police dog transitions to retirement ” she said

CUPD Chief Kathy Zoner followed with a welcome address and a poem

The 12-year-old dog died of a chronic infection, The Sun repor ted last month Trained to detect explosives, Sabre ser ved

venues safe for Cornell students and visiting dignitaries such as Secretar y of State

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Sabre’s ser vices were also employed throughout the county, including at the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airpor t and local schools, before he was retired in 2008

“His skills were renowned in not only our community but also in the entire Southern Tier,” Zoner said, “Sabre was a celebrity on this campus ”

Officer Kevin Noter fonzo, handler of the K-9 unit’s new dog, Reggie, spoke at

Montesano

“ There are no words to describe the inseparable bond between a canine and his handler,” Noter fonzo said

Noter fonzo presented Montesano with a memor y plaque for Sabre in the ceremony Montesano was emotional and welled up at the ceremony for the dog who had stayed with the Montesano family after his retirement from the K-9 team and as the mascot of CUPD Montesano and Sabre’s K-9 team will be succeeded by Noter fonzo and Reggie, who graduated from the Southern Tier Police Canine Association Training in 2007 The pair have successfully complet-

Sen. Gillibrand to Speak at Cornell

By DAN TEMEL Sun Staff Wr ter

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Rebecca Harris contributed repor ting to this ar ticle

Names New Chief of

The Board of Tr ustees of the Village of Cayuga Heights voted in Januar y to appoint James Steinmetz the ne w chief of the village’s police depar tment Steinmetz, who has worked for the depar tment for almost 18 years, replaces former police chief Thomas Boyce

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Dan Temel can be reached at dtemel@cornellsun com

Following Boyce’s retirement on Jan 27, the board made its decision to appoint Steinmetz to the position at a Feb 13 meeting at the village’s Marcham Hall, according to The Ithaca Journal “Given [Steinmetz’s] experience and conversations we had with him, it made sense to move him up, ” Mayor Kate Supron told The Journal

After five years of ser vice, Boyce retired to p u r

Delaware State Police, Steinmetz said

As the ne w chief of police, Steinmetz who was a sergeant before his promotion said his primar y goal is [to maintain] a safe and healthy community and to meet the challenges of these tough economic times ” He added that two of his top priorities are “ to maintain our outstanding community ser vice to o u r r e s

enforcement of vehicle and traffic laws in the village

Steinmetz said that he encourages anybody, village resident or not, to call or contact him with questions or concerns

“I have an open door policy,” Steinmetz said “Don’t be afraid to come talk to me ”

Compiled by Rebecca Friedman

Administartors at Yale University plan to reform science teaching and upgrade science facilities to help combat the drift of prospective science majors to other fields, The Yale Daily News reported on Wednesday

The Har vard College Microrobotics Laboratory developed a new fabrication technique for creating robotic insects, The Harvard Crimson reported on Wednesday The technique is the latest development in the RoboBee project, which aims to produce autonomous robots about the size of a quarter

Compiled by Danielle Sochaczevski

Univ. Hopes to Attract Faculty Couples With ‘Dual Career’

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spouse or a par tner

“ What you often hear is that Cornell has a ‘dual career ’ problem Looking at it up close, that implies that Cornell is not doing what it should,” Silicano said “[Ithaca] does not offer the depth of jobs that one can find else where, but Cornell itself is as good as a program as you’ll find anywhere else ” Vice President for Human Resources

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“Some of the challenges of the program are that the individuals that aren ’ t being recr uited are accommodated in a potential employment situation that is going to be satisfying for them long term, ” Wagstaff said “It needs to be a good career move for [the par tner] ”

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“If both of them aren’t happy then nobody’s happy, and then they end up leaving ” P rof R obert Harris -Warric k

spouses has always been a priority of the University, but the faculty rene wal initiative has presented ne w challenges for Cornell’s dual career ” problem

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rene wal, Opperman said Kelly Wagstaff, director of the Dual Career Program, said that she works to find oppor tunities for spouses and par tners of prospective professors

“ The jobs are there but it’s just a ver y,

Ithaca are enthusiastic about the ne w talent pool because Cornell s recr uitment strategies may bring the qualified

Ithaca

oppor tunity of being able to recr uit some ver y high-caliber candidates who, if it were not for their spouse coming to Cornell, would be ver y difficult to recr uit them to a small community like Ithaca,” Wagstaff said

included in the ne w community, according to Siliciano “ What you want a dual career spouse

to feel is that he or she, although they f o l l ow e d s o m e b o d y t o It h

re really welcome and a full par t of it,” Siliciano said “ That really keeps the couple here more successfully We look to make sure placements evolve to a point where the person who follows is motivated to stay here ”

Prof Rober t Harris-Warrick, neurobiology and behavior, noted the consequences of a spouse or par tner not finding employment after a move to Ithaca

“If both of them aren ’ t happy then nobody’s happy, and then they end up leaving, Harris-Warrick said

qualified recr uits were not taken due to

Siliciano, with faculty hires dropping by about 50 percent in 2008 and 2009 Now, however, the search is beginning to pick up again, he said

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Eastern studies, was hired under the faculty rene wal initiative along with her husband, Prof Adam Smith, anthropology “ Various units of the college worked hard to coordinate effor ts and overcome the challenges that these situations present, and the net result was a positive experience Cornell accommodated our

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Cornell faculty in 1980 said that when ne w faculty members are being cour ted by the University, they often want to move to Ithaca with a spouse or a par tner

“ This is the r ule not the exception,” Harris-Warrick said “If Cornell didn’t do anything about it we would never hire anybody So it’s a sur vival issue for Cornell to be able to get top quality people there just aren ’ t many of them who are single or who have spouses who don’t work ”

Caroline Flax can be reached at cflax@cornellsun com

Undocumented Student ‘A stonished’ by Support

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“It happened in the middle of work,” Cheon said, recalling the moment on Tuesday when he learned he had reached his fundraising goal I was working at the restaurant and then Adrian [Palma ’13] called me and said, ‘Did you hear we passed $10,000?’”

One of Cheon’s co-workers at the restaurant, Laura Schwar tz ’12, said she did not realize Cheon was an undocumented student until she saw his personal website by chance Stunned, Schwar tz said she spent the week refreshing the website to see how close Cheon was to his fundraising goal

“I thought, oh my gosh, that’s Eric If anybody deser ves to be here, it’s him,” Schwar tz said “I felt I needed to help him I’m really proud of him for getting as far as he did ”

The outpouring of suppor t was “astonishing, Cheon said, adding, “I just realized that Cornell is such a good place I feel like this is the first time I’ve been tr uly happy here ”

Although Cheon, by speaking publicly about his undocumented status, risks depor tation, he said he is not considering the possibility right now He hopes that other undocumented students will also come for ward and share their stories

Palma, who helped publicize Cheon’s fundraising campaign, said that by putting a personal face to the issue,” Cheon sparked suppor t for other undocumented students in the community

“Hopefully this will help undocumented students at Cornell know that Cornell students are willing to think outside of academics and daily tasks and think about a community that is out there, Palma said That s the beauty of it that a community united to help him out ”

With $20,000 left to pay toward spring semester tuition, Cheon said “it’s not the end of the stor y ” Still, he expressed his gratitude to those who reached out to him

“It doesn t really matter if you donated or signed a petition No gift is too small,” Cheon said “ The fact that [people] went to my blog, were interested and wanted to know about me really gives me courage and strength I really thank ever ybody ”

Akane Otani can be reached at aotani@cornellsun com

Newark Mayor: NYPD’s Muslim Files ‘Deeply Offensive’

NEWARK, N J (AP)

The mayor and police director of Ne w

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Depar tment misled their city and never told them it was conducting a widespread spying operation on Ne wark’s Muslim neighborhoods Had they known, they said, they never would have allowed it

“If anyone in my police depar tment had known this was a blanket investigation of individuals based on nothing but their religion, that strikes at the core of our beliefs and my beliefs ver y personally, and it would have merited a far sterner response, ” Ne wark Mayor Cor y Booker said

In mid-2007, the NYPD’s secretive Demographics Unit fanned out across Ne wark, photographing ever y mosque and eavesdropping in Muslim businesses The findings were cataloged in a 60page repor t, obtained by The Associated Press, that ser ved as a police guidebook to Ne wark’s Muslims There was no mention of terrorism or any criminal wrongdoing

Officials reacted strongly on Wednesday

“It is deeply offensive to me to do blanket sur veillance for no reason other than religious affiliation,” said Booker, who called on his state ’ s attorney general to investigate

Ne wark Police Director Samuel DeMaio, who was deputy chief of the depar tment at the time, said the NYPD asked to be shown around the city Ne w York police said it was par t of an investigation but never revealed what it was about, DeMaio said

“ We really want to be clear: This type of activity is not what the Ne wark PD would ever do,” he said

Ne w Jersey Gov Chris Christie, who was the top federal prosecutor in the state in 2007, said he didn t remember the NYPD ever approaching him about sur veillance in the city or a threat that would justify it He called the Ne wark repor t “disturbing” and said Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa was looking into the repor t

“ The NYPD has at times developed a reputation of asking forgiveness rather than permission,” he said

N.Y. Law Enforcers Push For Expanded DNA Database

BUFFALO, N Y (AP) Gov Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to make New York the first state to require every convicted criminal to provide a DNA sample was endorsed Wednesday by law enforcers who listed among their reasons the need to satisfy potential jurors who ve come to expect the scientific evidence from watching crime dramas

The state currently limits DNA testing to certain felony and misdemeanor convictions, meaning about 48 percent of criminals are required to give samples Pending legislation would expand the law to cover all remaining criminal misdemeanors, along with felonies like aggravated animal cruelty or driving while intoxicated that fall under statutes such as traffic and business law

“DNA is undoubtedly the single most important advancement of a generation,” Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita III said during a news conference in Buffalo, attended by dozens of law enforcers from surrounding towns and counties who support the measure

Not only does DNA evidence help solve crimes and exonerate the innocent, officials said, it s a tool jurors now look for, thanks to any number of television crime shows

“Frankly, I think jurors expect it now, ” said Niagara County District Attorney Michael Violante, who said prosecutors have begun asking potential jurors if they’d have trouble convicting someone without DNA evidence

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A Candidate’s Resp onsibility

The vast majority of the positions on the Student Assembly will be contested this year with one notable exception: president As The Sun reported Tuesday, current S A Executive

Vice President Adam Gitlin ’13 will run unopposed for the S A ’ s top position While Gitlin has proven himself over the course of his time on the S A to be a natural leader and The Sun endorses his candidacy, the students deserve a voice in electing their leadership Even though he is running unopposed, Gitlin has a responsibility prior to the election to put forth a clear and specific platform informing the student body of his vision for Cornell

Since his election to the Student Assembly during his first semester on campus, Gitlin has proven himself to be an active member and an influential voice His previous responsibilities as the S A vice president of internal operations and his current role as executive vice president give him a strong understanding of the Assembly’s inner workings Gitlin has also established himself as a leading advocate for alcohol safety, working on promoting awareness of medical amnesty and spearheading the “Cayuga’s Watchers” initiative We trust that he will make the transition from overseeing the day-to-day function of the S A to crafting the Assembly’s broad view easily and effectively

However, regardless of our faith in Gitlin’s leadership, the power to vote for S A president was given to the student body with the goal of electing a popularly chosen student advocate Only four years ago, the S A voted to grant undergraduates the ability to directly choose their leadership It is regrettable that this year with only one candidate for president, students do not have that choice

Running in a competitive election forces a candidate to create a coherent plan for the S A and the University as a whole During a campaign, students look for a leader who both understands their viewpoints and can articulate his or her own vision Gitlin has promised to meet with students and student organizations over the campaign period, and to listen to their perspectives While it is commendable and appropriate for Gitlin to actively seek out the concerns of the student body, listening is not enough During a campaign, a candidate, whether opposed or not, has an obligation to his or her constituency to develop and publicize a specific set of goals By choosing to run for the position of S A president, Gitlin assumed a responsibility to share his vision for the University’s future with those he would be representing: the entire student body He has already promised to listen, but he needs to develop a broad platform that appeals to and accounts for all students We hope he demonstrates this over the course of the next few weeks

Four years ago, the student body was given an opportunity not just to elect a president, but also to run for this office if they choose to Engaging in the electoral process on campus, whether as a voter or a candidate, has become the responsibility of the students No matter how many candidates there are, any election that does not develop a substantive dialogue with the student body would set a bad precedent

Ben Gitlin Adam Gitlin’s brother is The Sun’s editor in chief He played no role in writing this editorial

D ebating the Technion

To the Editor:

Re: Stand Up for Israel, President Skor ton” Opinion, Feb 20

In a recent opinion piece, Judah Bellin 12 criticized the initiative of Cornell Students for Justice in Palestine to oppose the collaboration with the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology The column claims that the motivation behind our petition opposing the Cornell-Technion collaboration is simple: We wish to “delegitimize Israel ” We reject that accusation as a smokescreen meant to obscure the core issues

The key question is whether the Israeli militar y is carr ying out war crimes and a belligerent occupation The answer is simply yes However, the article changes the question and moves straight to what it considers the main absurdity of our position: that by opposing defensive measures as “basic” as improved tank armor and the separation barrier, we are against Israel itself But of course, tank armor is not meant simply to protect soldiers but to protect them as they engage in violence toward others

Israeli tanks have not been used for defense in almost three decades They are used for offensive incursions Better tanks make better killing machines, as Gaza in 2008-09 or Lebanon in 2006 showed The armor plating that the “Stand Up for Israel” column defends allows Merkava tanks to rove murderously in the Gaza Strip, a tiny territor y filled with children

If the wall Israel is building were purely defensive it would be built along the Green Line Because it extends far into the West Bank, taking 12 percent of its territor y, the International Court of Justice condemned it as tantamount to de facto annexation, and said that other states should not “recognize the illegal situation resulting from the construction of the wall ” Does international law apply to Israel or simply to the weak?

The column further claims that delegitimization of Israel is the “unmistakable subtext ” of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, since, according to him, those who call for BDS apply a standard toward Israel that they spare other human rights offenders like the US and Syria This is proof, for Bellin, that BDS isn t about human rights but about bashing Israel However, as Naomi Klein has succinctly written, “boycott is not a dogma; it is a tactic ” If there were a boycott being actively undertaken against Saudi Arabia, we would eagerly endorse it Furthermore, the Palestinians called for the boycott, not us Surely they have the right to take action against the occupation

No one should have to show his or her passport or religious backgrounds in order to participate in a debate about universal human rights But hidden in Stand Up for Israel’s” bilious references to “delegitimization” of the “Jewish state ” lies an implicit accusation of anti-Semitism So we should mention that Cornell SJP includes several Jews and Israelis among its membership We do not think it wise that Israel burns children with white phosphorus in the name of the Jews But then we do not think it wise that Israel burns children with white phosphorus at all Our campaign against the collaboration with Technion is not about delegitimizing Israel (whatever that may mean) but rather reflects our principled opposition to our university’s partnership with an institution that contributes to human rights abuses

We categorically reject the accusation of delegitimization, and invite the Cornell community to learn more about Technion’s role in the Israeli occupation so that they can decide for themselves if we are delegitimizing Israel or merely the crimes it carries out

Monday’s article got one thing right: This is an inherently political issue The Israeli political establishment desperately needs legitimacy and recognition in the eyes of global civil society High profile collaborations like the one in New York City with Cornell are a way of legitimizing institutions, like Technion, that are intimately involved in the occupation Such a prestigious project will invariably make it seem a little more normal, a little more acceptable for universities to ser ve as gadget factories for militar y oppression, rather than as centers of knowledge and critical inquir y This, perhaps more than any other reason, is why we oppose this collaboration

Max Ajl grad, Carl Gelderloos grad, Ari Linden grad, Mario Martone grad, Kevin McGinnis ’13, Liron Mor grad, John Robbins grad, Dan Sinykin grad Members of Cornell Students for Justice in Palestine

To the Editor:

Re: “Organizations Debate Technion Partnership News, Feb 21

An article recently appearing on the Technion debate mentions allegations of Israeli “ war crimes ” An example of these spurious claims is clear when looking at the 2008-09 Operation Cast Lead For eight consistent years, Hamas, the terrorist organization controlling Gaza fired over 8 000 rockets into Israel with the outright intention of targeting civilians Operation Cast Lead aimed to protect Israeli citizens by ending the endless rain of rockets from Gaza Facing Hamas, a terrorist entity that uses civilians as human shields, the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) did all in its power to protect the Palestinians The IDF sent text messages, leaflets, and made phone calls to warn residents and urge them to seek shelter Also, one can look at the case of Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza which Hamas was using as a haven for terrorist activity At the risk of compromising its own safety, the IDF chose not to attack the hospital in order to protect the Palestinian patients It s hard to imagine other armed forces going to such great lengths to ensure the security of civilians on the opposing side Even more, Justice Richard Goldstone, who penned the original U N report condemning Israel for war crimes, later infamously retracted the report as it was inherently biased against Israel

Further, we don’t support tactics to boycott Israel Any effort to isolate one party in this two-sided conflict ignores that to establish peace, the grievances of both the Palestinians and Israelis must be recognized To advocate a boycott of Israel is to blame Israel for the entire conflict Boycotting an Israeli university and alleging that it somehow symbolizes Israeli war crimes is an attempt to delegitimize Israel and its right to self-defense This tactic stalls any form of dialogue and is counterproductive to reaching a lasting peace

Yotam Arens ’12 and Emily Rotbart ’12 Co-presidents of the Cornell Israel Public Affairs Committee

Ionce wanted to bow down to the genius who invented text messaging I wanted to make him a shrine using discarded wads of his own che wing gum (I’m a little more like Helga G Pataki than I’d like to admit) Now I want to sucker punch that jackal He’s the Alfred Nobel of our generation Nobel, inventor of dynamite, was indirectly responsible for countless deaths You may think this is an extreme comparison; texting never killed anyone, after all That’s only because texting isn’t merciful enough to kill Its intentions are cr ueler than Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Texting will torment you to no end It s the abusive boyfriend that won ’ t leave you alone

Gre a t Te x tp e c t a t i o n s

him/her) And now what? You text him? No you should call Wait is that too much? Who calls anyone anymore? Don’t waste your minutes; just send an “It was nice meeting you we should hang out sometime” text No, no, it’s too soon to text him you ve only just met! Plus, you can ’ t disregard the three-day r ule now, not after all you ’ ve been through together Ladies and gents, the agony has begun

I have been known to frequent the gym, though you’d never confuse me for a tennis player in a tampon ad But when I manage to distract myself for a whole day to avoid texting my cr ush and seeming needy I put myself on par with the Williams sisters (or, as my roommate affectionately refers to them, the Venus twins) That kind of self-control takes a lot of mental training Especially when y o u c o n s

your weekend plans and Oh dear God, I a m g a g g i n g j u s t d e s c r i b i n g y o u r thought process I didn’t realize how sick and twisted this was until I wrote it down

Let’s skip the mental fast-for ward and actually fast-for ward because your (my?) thought process is more disgusting than Snooki’s tanorexia So, the requisite three days have passed Huzzah! You can text him now But what will you say? Well, my little nouveau douche, here are some

s o m e t h i n g f u n n y ( o r a t l e a s t s o m e t h i n g t h a t s o u n d e d f u n n y i n yo u r h e a d ) a n d

s e n t e n c e s It might not happen just like that, but you get the idea The point is, you get the phone number of someone you think y o u m i g h t

Almost-texts are the kind you compose and delete or, worse still, banish to the Drafts folder They’re the kind you write in class before you somehow stop yourself from pressing send

And now, with a head full of almosttexts, you ’ ve star ted the mental fast-forward You’ve already pictured having a great time with him on your first date Now you ’ re thinking of inviting him to join your Thirsty Thursday Rende zbooze crowd Maybe you’ll go to the librar y together to study (or copulate in the stacks I won ’ t judge you for that)

He’ll buy you coffee on his way over to your place and then you can do the crossword together while deciding on

options for you to mull over:

“Are you going out tonight?” No, can ’ t send that It’s not like you ’ re his drinking buddy

“Hey, what’s up?” Too open ended for a first text

“So wtf is with this weather?” It’s Ithaca the weather is not a conversation star ter, it’s a filler for lulls in the conversation

“ Want to get drinks later?” Too forward? Maybe you should wait for him to ask you out Maybe you should stick with “Hi ”

“Hi”? That’s your big plan? If that’s all the game you ’ ve got, you ’ re destined for a

Tlife of conversational blue balls You have 72 hours wor th of almost-texts saved in your Drafts folder; why not consult one of those? Just don’t mention doing the crossword together It s too soon for that: It’s the emotional slut’s equivalent of first date sex, or worse, first date period sex ( Was it as awkward for you to read that as it was for me to write it? I’ll leave the sex talk to my girl Morgan from now on ) The long and shor t of it is that no

matter how much you pretend you don’t constantly second-guess yourself about what to say in that “ cr ucial” first text, you do Ever yone does Spoiler aler t: The Rico Suave you ’ re thinking of texting is likely doing the the same thing But think of it this way if you ’ re lucky he’ll nut up and text you before you wear yourself out pondering what to get him for your three-month anniversar y

Hazel Gunapala is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She may be reached at hgunapala@cornellsun com Appropriately Cynical appears alternate Thursdays this semester

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A Vacation From O urselves

hink back to the craziest most promiscuous moment you ve ever had Got it? Good I d be willing to bet that the moment that ranks No 1 o n y o u r l i s t o f St o r i e s I l l Ne v e r Te l l My Grandmother” occurred while on some type of vacation The Weekender Phenomenon has its roots in basic psychology Anyone who took Psych 1101 (Prof Maas, we’ll miss you hanging around Bailey Hall) remembers

more pain on others when their identities were kept anonymous with large coats and hoods It’s called deindividuation, and it works with sex too

The Weekender Phenomenon goes like this: You’re markedly more promiscuous when you ’ re on a shor t trip to a ne w place

So say, hypothetically, that you decide to visit your best friend in D C for a long weekend over the Four th of July Taking the train in, you don’t realize that you left all inhibitions and shreds of restraint at the plat-

form

A fe w hours later, you find yourself in an underground secret club again, all hypothetical where you and your best friend see a group of attractive men who look like they just finished up a long day at the office

“Go talk to them,” your friend says Usually you never go up to per fect strangers and hit on them, but tonight, you ’ re in a strange city You are a stranger yourself

“Hi, I’m Morgan ” Oh wait This was all supposed to be hypothetical Fine, I admit, this actually happened; please don t tell the remainder of the stor y to my grandmother

So I walk up like I’m at some alcoholic, sexed-up career fair and these people were Deloitte I chose the one that I deemed most attractive, who turned out to be a 28-year-old chemical salesman He looked more like a regular-Joe frat bro in his Chinos and Sperr ys, but I was smitten I was as surprised as you are that my strategy worked, and I spent the night with this boy no man

Now, I know at this point you may think I m a slut That’s fine; I take no offense to that word I’ll make my choices, and you make yours Anyway, the weekend didn’t end there

On the night of the Four th, we tried so hard to find

a rooftop par ty, that eventually we found some friends with a rooftop and made a par ty This rooftop not only had a flat sur face per fect for raging, but it had a pool, which was also per fect for raging

Stripped down to our under wear, a group of five of us entered the pool, armed with a handle of vodka and a bottle of honey It seemed only natural that we would take shots and chase them with honey, not from the bottle, but from the lips of different wet, semi-dr unk members of the group

Ever yone was making out with ever yone, shots were flying honey was sticking sexual mayhem And that wasn ’ t even the first five-way-make-out of the weekend

Would I ever find myself in a pool making out with large numbers of people on a regular weekend in Ithaca? Probably not But of course the weekend was an abnormal level of sexual craziness, even for me The only way to explain the events of July Four th is the Weekender Phenomenon Why do you think people are slutty (and I mean that in the best way) on Halloween? In costume, they are someone else It’s all related Spring break madness? Those kids from that state school will never see you again, so sure, flash your tits Look out for it next month as you jet away to Cabo and Punta Cana As Seinfeld’ s George suggests, and as my man Wale preaches: It’s a vacation from ourselves

Morgan T is a junior in the College of Human Ecolog y She may be reached at morgant@cornellsun com After Midnight appears alternate Thursdays this semester

Hipster Kitchen: Party Hard With Artichokes

By CLARE DOUGAN Sun Contributor

I’m just going to come out and say it this time: The artichoke is the hippest of vegetables It’s quirky, obscure, aesthetically pleasing and plays a minor role in the film Amélie, thereby meeting all criteria necessar y to win over legions of hipster folk As if that weren ’ t enough, it contains the word art making it ripe for punning I understand puns are frowned upon in polite society, but please excuse me if I transgress in the following article I’ve been known to make use of injudicious jeux-de-mots

Also I just realized that the word “ripe, in context, might constitute a pun I know I have a problem Please forgive me

Being tragically hip, I’ve always looked fondly on artichokes I like eating their pickled hearts straight from the can I like

peeling the flesh from the leaves with my teeth I like using them as a vehicle for melted butter However, I have always thought of them as an extravagance, and never tried to make them at home that is, before this weekend, when it dawned on me that most restaurants prepare their ar tichokes by steaming or pan-fr ying them, two of the simplest techniques in existence

Thus it came to be that I found myself at Wegmans at 1 a m in pursuit of artichokes Have you ever been in Wegmans when it’s empty? It’s weird A soft and pervasive existential confusion swept over me upon seeing the deserted produce section, misters misting the undisturbed rows of vegetables until they glittered with a fine dew, looking fresh-picked for absolutely no reason at all Then Bruce Springsteen s “Hungr y Heart” blared from the tiny speakers above me, and I turned to my grocer y-shopping companion, and we banished the big-box e n n u i w i t h a n impromptu tacky 80’s dance party

I came home with a p p rox i m a t e l y t h re e pounds of ar tichokes a few normal-sized globes as well as a twopound box of “baby artichokes,” which are like regular artichokes only smaller and there-

Now Taking Graduation Reservations

fore cuter and more delicious I decided to make these my first foray into artichoke cooking With a little help from my sous-chef er, roommate I had the entire box cleaned, quartered and sizzling away in a skillet in a little less than 15 minutes

The finished product was a platterful of tender morsels drenched in olive oil, fragrant with garlic, garnished with fresh parsley and brightened with a squeeze of lemon They were exquisite right out of the pan, but kept their flavor and texture as they cooled As I lingered at the kitchen table I found it difficult to keep from sneaking them into my mouth at fiveminute inter vals The leftovers proved equally irresistible We made bruschetta

by toasting them atop bread with a smattering of Pecorino cheese, and I bet they’d be amazing with any straight-from-the-jar pasta sauce I no longer consider artichokes an u

e y remain one of the more peculiar and unexpected vegetables, I’ve discovered they’re simple as hell to prepare and even simpler to devour They’re the perfect snack or side dish for the chef looking to strike a balance between impressive and effortless Also, they’re in season for now until summer so get your hip self to the grocer y store and fr y some up tonight

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With her pin-straight dark brown hair, tattooed arms and usual preference for black leather or r ugged denim jackets, Sleigh Bells Alexis Krauss seems qualified to be the lead singer of an indie rock band But a former elementar y school teacher? Yeah, right

Clearly, Krauss is unlike most leading women in the alternative rock industr y She s the combination of ever y possible high school stereotype: the punk, the perky cheerleader, the bully and the cr ush Girl or guy, you cer tainly don’t want to mess with her, but you don’t want to r un away from her either

And one thing is for cer tain: both Krauss and producer / guitarist / co-songwriter of the band, Derek Miller enjoy making noise lots of it With their 2010 debut Treats, they offered 32 minutes of screams, moans, yelling, electric guitar and lots and lots of bass Sleigh Bells’ sophomore album Reign of Terror does not disappoint in the noise depar tment, but this album is much darker Just a comparison of the two albums’ cover ar t says it all: Treats featured a hazy photograph of a group of cheerleaders in uniform in front of a bright blue cloudy sky, while Reign of Terror simply features a pair of blood-stained white sneakers

Despite this edgier, more rock-and-roll approach to the second album the songs tend to be more anticlimactic and droning and with ver y fe w hooks, something for which the band’s previous songs were lauded

Channeling this darker theme, the tracks Born to Lose” and “Demons,” both sadistic even in title, combine Sleigh Bells’ traditional love of noise and an appre-

Three years after the release of their album Aim and Ignite, American indie-pop band fun has returned with its sophomore album titled Some Nights The band seems to be going for bigger and better things with its ne w album, and the lyrics of lead single “ We Are Young” featuring Janelle Monae confirm the band’s grand ambitions “ Tonight / We are young / So let’s set the world on fire / We can burn brighter than the sun Overall, Some Nights is a triumphant album with sing-a-long anthems, wildly energetic beats and youthful lyrics Listening to the entire album from beginning to end shows its consistency and continuous creativity

The “Intro” to the album is theatrical, a little eerie and most definitely attention-grabbing, drawing similarities to Queen s Bohemian Rhapsody Frontman Nate Ruess channels his inner Freddie Mercur y immediately and continuously displays his expressiveness and vocal range throughout the album

Some Nights introduces the cool beats and upbeat energy patterns that are exhibited in most of the following songs This song makes you want to sing and bang a dr um along to the joyous chor us with an African chant feeling “Intro” is a great song to star t off the

ciation for rock Both songs embody a harsher intensity, but the constant clamor is exciting and slightly riles the listener up Born to Lose features the singing of a raspier and less feminine Krauss over a steady, pulsing beat and heavy bass “Demons,” on the other hand, par ticularly emphasizes the electric guitar and Krauss’ singing is less hazy and closer to yelling, but this evened out with the faint sound of her softer singing voice simultaneously playing in the background

One par ticular highlight of Reign of Terror is the improved production and clearer sound “ You Lost Me” demonstrates this refined vocal and audio quality, and though it is not one of the louder and more memorable songs, it is still pleasant in its composure Krauss’ voice is light and girly as she recalls memories from her past and youth rebelliousness: “ teenage metal heads in your denim vests / ’ cause you ’ re holding hands through your favorite bands ” On “Never Say Die,” Krauss seems rough but confident with her whispered, sultr y singing The lack of a heavy bass allows the focus to turn to the technological production and the editing of her voice with its echoing effects

“Cr ush” is similar to a track that would be found on Treats, with its jollier pep-rally sounding audio frenzy

Even the lyrics are lighter and more pop-influenced as exemplified when she playfully describes a cr ush in a manner resembling high school lust “Comeback Kid,” the album s first official single, applies a similar youthful approach; it is fast-paced and the lyrics are lighter and more innocently juvenile: “ you ’ re the comeback kid

/ you’ll go away but you’ll come back someday ”

However, Krauss’ voice seems especially wear y in some of the songs; it lacks the energy of her more youthful sound on Treats On mellower songs like “Road to Hell” and “End of the Line,” Krauss bears a whispering and soft-spoken tone in combination with a steady unchanging beat, generating an exhaustive overall sound While some ar tists can get away with such slower tracks, Sleigh Bells is so characterized by its booming intensity and mix of screaming, yelling and eccentric sounds that these songs simply fail to reach the same level of dynamism

With Reign of Terror, Sleigh Bells proves that it should stick to its comfor t zone: noise Though the audio in this album is better produced and smoother on the ears, there is not as much exhilaration and non-stop energy as on their previous effor t There is cer tainly more variety among the tracks on this more experimental album, but this also results in several tracks that focus too much on creating a dark image and not on providing listeners with sufficient enter tainment

For tunately, even as they test out ne w domains and take a more refined, less spontaneous approach with this album, Sleigh Bells does not sacrifice any of its signature fierceness or sass and Krauss more impor tantly lives up to her intriguing paradoxical rock star image

Dina Khatib is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at dk527@cornell edu

album it invites us to join and march along and is probably the strongest song next to “ We Are Young” We Are Young, is the song to best represent the entire album and the band at this point of its career It’s the band’s first cer tifiable hit and its claim to fame

For tunately, fun did not compromise its ar tistic integrity to churn out more hits Although it has changed its style a bit from its first album and that of the members’ previous bands The Format, Anathall and Steel Train, it still manages to be original

The lyrics are likely directed towards angst-filled teenagers in the song “Carr y On:” “If you ’ re lost and alone / Or you ’ re sinking like a stone / Carr y on / May your past be the sound / Of your feet upon the ground / Carr y on They go for the same angsty vibe on It Gets Better:” “Like starlight crashing through the room / We’ll lose our feathers / Yes I know it hur ts at first / But it gets better ” After hearing “It Gets Better” I couldn’t shake the feeling of a ’90s pop rock song that could have been written by Blink-182, but fun ’ s work is far more unfinished

Up to a cer tain point, the songs seem to blend together in a mass of extremely catchy sing-a-longs The

songs “All Alone” and “All Alright” have similar titles and an even more similar sound Never theless, they are still enjoyable and don t sell wholly to the pop genre that seems to dominate the radio

The weakest track here is “One Foot;” the band tries to achieve an epic ska-like anthem, but it misses and the repetitiveness gets to be too much The album wouldn’t suffer without it But the last song “Stars” is refreshing and an appropriate closer to the album It abandons the over-excessive catchiness of “One Foot” and offers a surprising use of a voice vocoder

Overall the album is unique, consistent and promising for the buzz band We can only look towards more creative albums lying ahead in its future Going off of the album s lyrical theme of finding a way home, (“’Cause we are / We are invincible / We are who we are / On our darkest day / When we ’ re miles away / So we’ll come / We will find our way home”) fun has found its home in the music industr y and is ready to set the world on fire

Honoring New York’s

Landmarked Treasures

BY JOEY ANDERSON Sun Arts & Entertainment Editor

From a simple, quaint old clock on a street corner in Manhattan to Central Park, a wide range of buildings, parks and other sites in and around New York City benefit from the New York Landmarks Law a legislative triumph for historical preservationists that helped secure the care of cherished spaces, both public and private A current selection of site photographs, on display in Milstein Hall Gallery until Friday, catalogues some of the city s most famous and surprising sites that benefit from their status as landmarks Curated by Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, the exhibit celebrates both the New York City Preservation Movement and the sites that the Landmarks Law protects Passed in 1965, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Law came in response to a growing concern among New Yorkers that important sites around the city were being demol-

Aished The demolition of Pennsylvania Station in 1963 particularly galvanized preservationists to call for the legislative action, and ultimately contributed to the city’s status as a world leader in preservation, according to the exhibit

Penn Station, which now lurks under Madison Square Garden, was once a sprawling, seven-acre indoor space the largest indoor space in New York City and a magnificent imposition on the local area around it Arguments in favor of preservation grew after the decision was made to demolish the station in the early 1960s, as the cost of maintaining the building became a concern and the city became more congested The spirit that Penn Station s demolition brought to the city, which precipitated in the 1965 act, contributed to the maintenance of Grand Central Station, whose iconic architectural layout is still intact today

The law also protects Morningside Park, tucked away in Harlem behind Columbia University The park, conceived in 1883 by Jacob Wrey Mould, gave city planners a simple solution to the problem posed by the rocky terrain along the Hudson River which according to the park’s website prevented the grid’s extension to the water ’ s edge After Mould died in 1886, the city hired Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux the architects who designed Central Park (another landmark protected by the law) to finish the plans

In addition to a host of other protected monuments around the city the Landmarks Law which is administered by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission highlights the different phases in the evolution of the city, from the agricultural period through the Gilded Age, and into a period of global commerce

Landmarks like the Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House in Brooklyn date back to early Dutch settlement and reflect Dutch colonial vernacular architectural style The Wyckoff House is one of the oldest buildings in New York State, and was bought directly from the Canarsie Indians by Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch director General of the Colony of New Netherland as it was then called and namesake of Stuyvesant High School in the city

The oldest house in Queens called the Bowne house is another vestige the colonial era Erected in 1660, the Bowne house served for many years as a haven for Quakers, who were prohibited to worship under Stuyvesant’s rule Bowne was brought to trial and later acquitted, and the house continued to provide a religious space for Quakers and served as a bulwark for religious freedom

In her introduction to the exhibit, Diamonstein-Spielvogel exhorts preservationists across the board to put aside recurring disputes and move unilaterally against the “detractors” who have proved effective” in stifling preservation efforts in the past And though she does not mention which side of the normal disputes she tends towards, nor the nature of the recent detractions against preservationists, her tone does suggest a need for another widespread effort like the one made during the 1960s to preserve sites within the built environment

Joey Anderson is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at janderson@cornellsun edu

S c e n e s F r o m t h e L o u d n e s s Wa r

s the existence of people who condescendingly informed you, in their postGrammy rage, that Bon Iver “isn’t even a new artist indicates, whispered vocals, subtle arrangements and delicate lyricism dominated popular independent rock last year Even a band with a name as kickass as Destroyer released a record that was more Steely Dan than AC/DC But that was 2011; 2012, with the end of the world approaching, will not, as T S Elliot hypothesized, go out with a whimper As long as Sleigh Bells is involved, on Dec 21, 2012 we will be hearing a decisive bang

Vocalist Alexis Krauss formerly of teen pop group Rubyblue and an advertisement for Nickelodeon Magazine, and guitarist Derek Miller, formerly of Florida hardcore band Poison the Well work somewhat predictably as an exhibition of dichotomy Created as a way to unite Miller’s love of hardcore’s blastbeat breakdowns with his penchant for female-sung pop music, Sleigh Bells takes the “LOUDquietLOUD” dynamic perfected by the Pixies to its logical conclusion, juxtaposing Krauss s cooing voice and cheerleader chants with riffs that would not sound out of place on a Black Sabbath record Miller creates a punishing sound by using the medium of digital recording against itself, committing sins that would make audiophiles and studio experts cringe The guitars and percussion are pushed way into the red and compressed so that they clip fairly regularly It s a tinny listening experience on, say, laptop speakers, but succeeds in the same way that an alarm clock awakens a whiny teenager: by sheer magnitude of volume

Volume has been an integral part of pop music’s visceral thrill since the very beginning Amplified sound is, at its core, a beautiful thing; when done right, it shakes your very soul to the core There are those, though, who contend that pop music, as technology has advanced, is favoring volume over dynamic range (that is, the

range of sound from very soft to very loud) So, I present to you some of the turning points in this very contentious Loudness War:

1960s and 1970s: A Prelude to the War:

People have been trying to get their records to sound louder since the dawn of pop music because, as I said before, loudness sort of has a place in pop music Producers would try to get their 45 to sound louder than the other guy ’ s 45 so it stood out to the guys who programmed radio shows would put them on the playlist So, of course, The Beatles demanded that their 45s be made out of better, thicker vinyl so they would produce a more full-bodied bass sound

The MC5, in an act that has been repeated by every single local band that wanted to make their record sound loud as fuck,” recorded Back in the USA at such a volume that it ended up sounding like something one would record on a Nokia cellphone circa 2002 (Note to aspiring Brooklynites: Please dont make that joke the basis for your experimental noiserock group ’ s debut E P)

1980s: The Introduction of C D s: Compact discs begin to get manufactured on a wide-scale basis for music consumption

While C D sales still lagged behind those of tapes, they did reveal a certain potential for loudness This potential, however, was untapped, because it seems that tape-decks were in vogue (perhaps I am on to some sort of 80s Hipster Epidemic that has long gone overlooked?) and kept loudness from being the main point of differentiation

lower so that, in general, the track was louder

Not only did such tracks stand out on the radio, but they also took up less space on C D s Oasis, probably after descending Mount Cocaine, looked at this trend of louder releases and likely made hyperbolic statements about how “the best band in the world also has to be the loudest ” Thus, (What s the Story) Morning Glory? was born A hit in England and the States, this record hit average decibel levels that were at this point, unheard of Some people attributed the record’s success to its loudness, as it made Oasis songs notable when they came on in a pub

1997: Iggy Strikes Back: Somewhere between vomiting onstage, cutting himself with glass for kicks and sacrificing politicians to the devil (citation needed), Iggy got around to remastering The Stooges epic Raw Power Somehow, Iggy listened to “Search and Destroy” and decided that it just wasn ’ t quite intense enough, so he mixed everything to the max and

created something that, deservedly, is the loudest rock record ever made As Henry Rollins has since realized, one does not simply outdo Iggy

Pop

1995: Oasis Goes Overboard (As Usual): Throughout the 90s, as C D s became the preferred medium of the record-purchasing public, engineers found new ways to push the levels higher Digital compression was one such technique; it made the lows higher and the highs

2009: Metallica Does Something That Upsets Music Fans, Part Deux: Metallica released Death Magnetic in two formats: C D and Guitar Hero The C D version, predictably, was compressed and loud as all hell in comparison to the uncompressed files featured on

Guitar Hero Suddenly music fans were sick of dynamic compression (also, shitty Metallica records) Critics of modern recording practices came out of the woodwork, among them Bob Dylan, Alan Parsons and Beatles’ engineer Geoff Emerick, and petitions against compressed music emerged all around the Internet Complaints about distortion, clipping and general noisiness brought about changes in consumer behavior (compressed records started selling less) and critical reception (people turned their backs on acts like the Arctic Monkeys and Queens of the Stone Age, who both utilized high-compression production techniques)

2012: Sleigh Bells Don’t Care: Sleigh Bells take everything that people hated about compressed audio clipping, high volumes, distortion crowded aural spaces and invented their entire aesthetic around it It’s a brave choice that comes to fruition on Reign of Terror and may represent something about how artists are interacting with recording technology After all, auto-tune ’ s ubiquity in modern hip-hop and electronic music is the utilization of a technological flaw for stylistic purposes; perhaps trying to make music sound like it should isn’t the point anymore Anti-compression journalist Nick Southall once wrote “music is about more than just song ” He was referring to the need for suitable recording techniques to be used so the music is presented ideally, but we ’ re seeing more and more, especially with the prevalence of home recording acts like Ariel Pink and King Krule, that we might need to reconsider what makes a good recording Just try not to blow out your speakers

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your clothes?

I’ve never been more angry with my roommate, Cam Simaz ’12 He occasionally goes on cleaning sprees where he just cleans everything in the house, and I guess he thought that my bag of clothes was garbage and he threw out all my singlets, my workout gear all my clothes that I use for wrestling And when I asked him about it, he acted like he didn’t know at all, and then I explained that this garbage bag with all my clothes was in the living room, and he immediately knew and apologized But everything is fine now, just for a day or two I was upset with him

Did you ever get him back for that?

No, I didn’t get back I should though No, he was very apologetic, so it is what it is

8 What’s this about your allorganic diet that lasted all of about two days?

I don’t think that pesticides, growth hormones antibiotics are particularly good for people, so I decided I was going to try an allorganic diet But after leaving Wegmans I realized that “organic” is just another word for “twice as expensive,” so I quickly got off of that

You’re a nutritional sciences major, correct?

No, I switched

They really need to update those CornellBigRed com profiles

Yeah, they do But anyway, apparently you watched a documentar y about organic foods and that got you started on this kick?

My mom eats organically and she told me to start watching some documentaries on organic food, and I watched a documentar y called Food Matters it’s very interesting, I liked it a lot and I also watched another documentary called Food, Inc It kind of got me on the boat to start eating healthier and more organically

9 One of your teammates wanted me to ask you “What is it like spending long days in the clock tower, making sure the bell tolls every half hour?” Does this mean you have a job in the clock tower?

[laughing] So this is a joke referencing my back I have a hunchback it’s called my “ power hump” and they often joke with me about it all the time, and it’s all fun and games I mean, I know my back is hunched; I have bad posture, and it comes out mostly when I wrestle and wear a singlet I guess if there was going to be someone to ring the bell tower every day at 12 o ’clock, that would be me

So it doesn’t interfere with your wrestling?

No, I mean I make time Time management is the key

Apparently you are in a secret underground society known as the Gauntlet Can you tell us a little bit about that?

Yeah, so my freshman year Warner Phipps ’12, Oney Snyder

and I decided to make up a secret society that did not have really much going for it It basically is just a club that requires us to wear tee shirts around when we lift that say the Gauntlet with a fist coming through it I mean, it’s pretty prestigious

Do you have to be a wrestler to be included?

Yup, one of the credentials is being a wrestler and someone who likes to have fun and hang out

Do you have a tapping process?

The tapping process does not take place Basically, if they hang out with us a lot and spend a lot of time, we “ tap ” new members

Recently we tapped Stryker Lane ’13 he’s our newest member

So it s not so much “ secret as it is exclusive?

It’s not a secret who’s in the Gauntlet, it s a secret about what we do

10. Which green cold-blooded Muppet character do you identify most with? And have you found your Miss Pigg y yet?

Okay, so I occasionally sound nasally and my teammates gave me the nickname “Kermit the Frog ” It kind of stuck and guys joke around with me, call me it quite a bit And I’m hesitant to answer this but I’m going to go against my better judgment and say yes, I have found my Miss Piggy

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Men Head to Blue-Gray Invitational

By TINA AHMADI Sun Contriubtor

Following strong performances in the ECAC tournament last week, the men ’ s and women ’ s tennis teams are primed to compete in matches this weekend that will provide the Red with opportunities for further improvement While the men will travel to Montgomery, Ala to compete in the Blue-Gray Invitational, the women will play the Binghamton Bearcats at the Reis Tennis Center

This weekend will be the first time in Cornell history that the men ’ s team is participating in the Blue-Gray Invitational, which will also feature Auburn, Clemson, Mississippi State, Texas Tech, Alabama Boise and Tennessee

“It’s a very prestigious tournament, ” said men ’ s head coach Silviu Tanasoiu It’s an honor to participate in it This is a fantastic opportunity to see where we are compared to some of the best teams in the country

Tanasoiu said that the men ’ s team was extended an invitation to participate in the Blue-Gray tournament this year, as well as next year, because

of the positive outcomes that the team achieved last year According to Tanasoiu, although the rest of the season does not depend on the outcome of this tournament it will provide great opportunity for improvement

We have the youngest team in the country, ” he said “My goal is to transition the guys into official matches ” The women ’ s team is favored to win the match against Binghamton, given that the Bearcats were defeated, 7-0, last Sunday by Temple Owls a team which the Red defeated earlier this year, 5-2 Disregarding the results of the ECAC tournament, the women are coming off a winning streak this month, defeating all of their February opponents, including the University of Mar yland Baltimore County St John’s, Buffalo and Temple

“This week all the girls have their individual goals ”

Mike Stevens

“We want to improve the way each of our players play this week-

S quad P uts Focus on Doing the Little Things

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the Red won the Ivy League championship and went on to play UConn in the first round of the NCAA tournament With a te am that on ly fe atu re s tw o seniors, the Red has already surpassed last season ’ s win total and is looking to improve as a squad each day

We are really excited about this weekend ” said junior forward Claire Fitzpatrick “The last time we played against both Brown (15-9, 6-4 Ivy League) and Yale (15-9, 7-3), we just did not give our best effort In addition to that, we also feel we have improve d gre atly as a te am Because of this, we plan to give both teams a better game than we did the first time ”

end ” said women ’ s head coach Mike Stevens “This week all the girls have their individual goals ”

According to Stevens, junior Sarah O’Neil had an excellent outcome last weekend, toppling the country ’ s No 89-ranked player from Princeton on Friday, 6-2, 6-4 O’Neil also fought hard against Columbia’s Nicole Bartlett in singles the following day

Sarah almost beat the region s number one ranked player from Columbia on Sunday,” Stevens said “We expect her to do well ”

Stevens and Tanasoiu spoke of their teams with pride, highlighting how hard the athletes have been working

All the women have been working very hard at practice, and we want to make sure they’re getting their games set better for each competition, Stevens said Tanasoiu is expecting similar results from the men ’ s team

“There are specific things I’m expecting each player to do, and I’m very confident that the results will come ” he said

Tina Ahmadi can be reached at

sports@cornellsun com

Seniors Cap Off Memorable Four Years

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divers that include standout sophomores Bianca and Manita Herlitz-Ferguson Manita has perhaps been the Red’s most reliable diver as she placed first in the three-meter boards against Penn, Princeton and Brown and led the complete sweep of the one-meter board against the Bears

Lucia also noted the specific per formances of freshmen swimmers Meredith

2010, Spinazzola set an Ivy League and school record in the 100 back at the Ivies, winning the title She also set a school record in the 100 fly that year Last season, the Red posted its secondhighest point total in school histor y with 730 It finished seventh in the championship

“Very honestly I expect the entire team to perform life time best swims ”

J oe Luc ia

“We hope to play fundamental basketball against them and get a win in our own house ”

S arah P oland

Like the first game against the Bears, the Red did not play to its potential when it traveled to Yale on Feb 10 The team came out with a lack of energy that the Bulldogs capitalized on, hitting 10 3-pointers in the first half

Although the Red received a strong effort from junior guard Spe nc e r L an e , w h o s c ore d a career high 18 points, it seemed as though every attempt the Red made to get back in the game was thwarted by the Bulldogs The closest that the Red came to the home team was 12, as Yale won the game, 86-73

“Yale took it to us last time,” s aid fre s h man for w ard Sarah Poland “We hope to play fundam e nt al b as k e t b all again s t them and get a win in our own house ”

Finally, although the season has seen both positive and negative shifts in momentum, the Red looks to finish strong with only five games left

“We just have not been playing our best basketball lately,” Poland said “We really believe that if we just play Cornell basketball, we can win the last five games of our season ”

On Friday, the Red (10-13, 4-5) will face a talented Brown team that had gone on a 20-9 run to close out the Red in the final four minutes in the teams previous matchup After squandering a six point lead at halftime, the Red came out lethargically in the second half, as the Bears capitalized on numerous turnovers and poor rebounding by the Red However, according to Fitzpatrick, the Red has made legitimate improvements in fundamentals and defense since and looks to give Brown a much better game than it did before Brown is a really good team However, we know that if we can control the boards against them, we can be competitive,” she said “In our previous matchup we were sloppy and failed to execute on numerous opportunities We know now that we need to be able to do the little things in order to compete ”

Nick Rielly can be reached at nrielly@cornellsun com

D r u m m o n d a n d Mo n i c a Pa t t e r s o n

Dr ummond has had an exceptional first year, Lucia said winning the 200 fly and 200 IM against Brown She has also scored wins in other e v e n t s t h r o u g h o u t t h e y e a r a g a i n s t Pe n n , Princeton and Colgate

When looking ahead to this weekend’s competition, Lynch reflected on the significance this meet will have for the seniors

For the seniors, Ivies will be especially memorable, as it is the last meet of our career and our last chance to compete for Cornell,” Lynch said For the three other senior captains of the team, Sadie Ellison, Emily Dean and Chiara Spinazzola, the Ivies will mark the end of four great years In

Cornell is optimistic that it can improve upon last year and knows that each swimmer will give their best effor ts “I know it sounds like a cliché but ver y honestly I expect the entire team to per form life time best swims,” Lucia said The championships r un from Thursday to Saturday at Har vard’s Blodgett Pool The only other three-day event this season was the Ithaca Invitational, which Cornell won

Scott Eckl can be reached at seckl@cornellsun com

Women Prepare to Take On Rival Stanford

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“I think that we’ve come a long way since the beginning of the year.”

Lauren S ac h v i e

Devoy “[ They] are ranked one position ahead of us at No 6 For us, that’s our big match [It is] something that we are defin i t e l y c a p a b l e o f w i n n i

ever ybody comes to task on the day And if we do win that, then obviously that will improve our end-of-year ranking and give us a shot at playing five or six [seed] ”

“Ever since I was a freshman we ’ ve been kind of back and f o r t h w i t h [ St a n f o rd ] , a n d switching from six to seven [in the nation] with them,” added Sachvie “I think beating them is kind of our main priority this weekend ” Ac c o rd i n g t o Sa c h v i e t h e r e g u l a r s e a s o n s e r v e d a s a reminder of what the women are capable of as both a team and as i n d i v i d u a l p

, w h i c h s h e hopes will push the squad into nationals with an extra dose of confidence

“I think that we ’ ve come a

long way since the beginning of the year Our team is way more united and the last couple of weekends that we ’ ve had matches, ever yone ’ s been really supportive,” she said “Some people have pulled out some really great individual results Hopefully this weekend we can all come together on the same day, and play really well and take some wins off some of the higher teams ”

“From our matches thus far [the women] have realized that they are ver y competitive with the top eight teams that we ’ re a part of ” Devoy added “ Whereas in the past we really didn’t have much chance, now we really test these teams that are ranked above us We’ve proven that this season ”

Olivia Wittels can be reached at owittels@cornellsun com

By ALEX KUCZYNSKI-BROWN Sun Senior Writer

Following in the footsteps of Troy Nickerson ’10 and Kyle Dake 13 before him, NCAA All-American wrestler Steve Bosak ’12 sat down for a 10 Questions interview with columnist Alex Kuczynski-Brown ’12 in a Starbucks that was way too crowded for 1:30 p m on a Monday They discussed Steve’s summer job, the time he almost got arrested on West Campus for breaking and entering, ringing the clock tower every day at noon (hypothetically) why he hates date auctions and his plan to save the Wegmans pasta bar

1 How is it that you came to wrestle for Cornell? Well, coach Koll recruited me and he’s actually from my hometown, State College, Pa Originally, I verballed to Brown, and he told me that if I didn’t at least come on a visit he was going to drive down to State College and throw me in the back of his truck and drag me here, just to make sure that I wasn ’ t making any mistakes You know I laughed it off and I said okay I would come on a visit, and ever since I came here I didn’t want to leave You re from State College, so I can understand you not necessarily growing up with any professional sports team allegiance, but what is it that made you decide to become a diehard Pittsburgh fan seemingly overnight? [laughing] Yeah, I tend to be a bandwagon fan I just never really had the opportunity to get into a sports team I just decided one night that I was going to become a Penguins and a Steelers fan I only know a few guys on the Penguins team, but I bought a sweatshirt, I bought some tee shirts, and I’m going to make a point to go to a game after the [wrestling] season ’ s over

Well, if I may say so, I think you made the wrong choice, because I m from Philadelphia and it’s the far superior sports city But anyway, your friends claim you only know one player on the Penguins I know Crosby and Malkin, and that’s about it But I’m going to step up my game and eventually become a bigger fan

2 How did you and your girlfriend Katie [ Watts ’12] first become acquainted before meeting at Cornell?

So before my freshman year I came up here during the summer in order to train and get some good lifts in, and my roommate Oney Snyder ’12 and I decided to add a bunch of the incoming freshman class girls on Facebook Katie happened to be one of those girls, and I would use the classic line of Wow, Cornell-bound that s impressive every time, and I think a bunch of the girls started to catch on because they saw that I was writing on multiple girls’ walls So I don’t know what part of that seemed like a good idea, but at the time I hadn’t seen a girl in two months, so it was only logical [laughing]

On that note, why were you so obsessed with snagging New Jersey girls?

I don’t really know why at the time I mean my girlfriend’s from New Jersey so something obviously appealed to me I think it’s because of their attitude and their charisma I don’t know, I just like it

Apparently you had a technique for how you were going to attract them?

[laughing] Yeah so I refer to these days as “Freshman Bosak ” My freshman year I decided to get my ears pierced, and then wear this Dr Dre hat backwards I thought that if I dressed like I was from New Jersey, I was going to be able to reel in New Jersey girls [laughing] And it was all fun and games until I walked into practice one day with those earrings in and my Dr Dre hat on and I’d never seen coach Koll more angry with me in my entire life To him, I was this innocent freshman boy coming in dressed as somewhat of a thug He was pretty angry with me

So as I can see now you don’t even have the holes anymore?

[laughing] Okay, so my girlfriend Katie she always gets auctioned off in date auctions and she always wants me to bid on her, and she tends to go pretty high because she knows a lot of people So after our first date this was really early on in our relationship Katie was auctioned off for a [Student-Athlete Advisory Council] event, and there were jokes that were explained in her bio [that] resulted in people wanting to bid really high on her I thought it would be cute if I bid on her, and it turned out that I got into a bidding war with this one guy It kept getting higher and higher Eventually he bid $100 and, regretfully, I bid $101 and he immediately spiked it up to $125, and I bailed But I mean, he won the battle with his wallet, but I won the war with my charming personality

Did you ever call him out on that after the fact?

We’ve joked about it, and we ’ re friends it’s all fun and games

A couple weeks ago there was actually a Senior Class Campaign date auction I was there, and I know Katie was being auctioned off and they said something in her bio about her dating you but you weren’t there?

I refused to go because I knew what was going to happen again This was the third date auction she’s been in, and the last one I almost got reeled into paying $65 I just feel like it’s unnecessary for me to go, because why would I pay for a date with my girlfriend who I’ve already won over?

3 Where was it that you worked this past summer? I worked for a subset of Student Agencies called Big

No, I’m pretty sure if I had left them in any longer he would have ripped them out, so I quickly removed them and never put them back in

Why do you hate date auctions so much?

Red Shipping & Storage It was fun, I worked with Adam Cherubini ’13 and Alex Rawitz ’13, and I did well

What’s this I hear about you, Cam and Alex being arrested on West Campus while working?

Yeah, so we had one late night where we had to work until 2 a m , and we had to do a move-in in someone ’ s apartment before they got there We had the keys and everything, we went in and dropped our items off in the room Well, we didn’t realize somebody else was living in

the house at the time, so they thought someone was breaking and entering in the house, and they called the cops

And we were walking off after we dropped off everyone ’ s items, we had the cops right there next to our truck So we explained it to them, but we were all good and everything

Everything was fine, and we met the guy who was terrified at the time

Who or what is the “A-Team”?

So Alex Rawitz and I were considered the A-Team

We tend to have the best tips in the typical appointment, and I guess it was because we were just able to charm people and be friendly, and I guess [those customers] just liked to tip better

Does this have something to do with you going alpha male” while on appointments?

I was actually never the alpha male What would happen is, Alex would occasionally decide to go alpha male on me, where he’d try to boss me around in order to impress the girl And I was fine with it because I had a girlfriend, and occasionally he got some numbers, so it worked out

4 Can you talk about the whole debacle involving the CTB mug that Katie got you as a present?

So for our one-year anniversary present, Katie bought me this coffee mug that gets me unlimited coffee for a year I loved that mug maybe more than Katie No, just kidding But I loved that mug And I thought I lost it one day, and it just struck me I immediately woke up and started searching at 1 a m for my mug where I thought I might have lost it I thought it might have fallen off the roof of my car when I left Ithaca Bakery So I searched for about an hour, gave up, and then went back to sleep The very next morning I basically went to CTB, crying, and explained that I lost my mug And they were very friendly, very nice and understanding and they gave me a new one Well about a day later I actually found my original mug, so now I have two

So for insurance purposes in case you ever do actually leave it on the roof of your car

Yeah, I refuse to let anybody else use the other mug because I love CTB, and they trusted me So I decided that no one else can use the other mug And in case I ever lose my mug in the future, I have it

5 Earlier this year you beat Robert Hamlin, who was ranked No 1 at the time in your weight class He had beaten you three times last year, you beat him at home in front of a large Cornell crowd, obviously a very emotional moment. Can you just describe your reaction? Because I understand it was very uncharacteristic for you

So normally when I win matches, I try not to get too emotional I get my hand raised and I walk off the mat But this was a big win for me, and I don’t know what happened, I just blacked out out there I haven’t watched the film, but supposedly I kissed the crowd and I got down on one knee and Tebowed But like I said, I don’t remember it, so in my mind it never happened

6 Apparently you love Wegmans I mean, we all do but is it seriously true that the pasta bar is closing soon?!

One of the workers gave me the inside scoop the last time I was there, when I was explaining how much I love the pasta bar And they said that’s too bad, because it’s probably going to be shut down soon I think I almost cried that night I’m emotionally attached to that pasta bar I go all the time

You can make healthy pasta meals out of it, and I want to actually start a campaign in order to save the pasta bar at Wegmans So if anyone out there is reading this, make sure you go to Wegmans and fill out a complaint card saying that you want to keep the pasta bar

We’ll get this story out there, because I love the pasta bar too It’s one of the greatest parts of Wegmans

The Corne¬ Daily Sun

Women to Close

S eason With Iv y Championships

By SCOTT ECKL Sun Staff Wr ter

The Cornell women s swimming and diving team is ready for its final battle of the season starting Thursday at the Ivy League championships at Harvard Snapping a 13-game conference losing streak its last time in the water against rival Brown two weeks ago, the women (2-6, 1-6 Ivy League) enter the finals with momentum and confidence, “All year we have been training for championships, and building momentum along the way, ” according to senior diver Kate Lynch We ended our regular season with a very exciting win at home over Brown The team is looking to keep in the same mindset, and go into championships and perform with the same intensity ”

The three-day event is the culmination of a season defined by ups and downs The Red started off poorly and struggled to adjust to a new training regimen implemented this year However, it finished strong, winning the Ithaca Invitational, defeating a tough Colgate team and cruising against Brown on Senior Day at Teagle Pool

“We are excited about the meet and feel the team is ready

Spor ts

to perform well in both the pool and on the boards, said head coach Joe Lucia “Each person has the ability and we as a team will be thrilled to have that type of team performance ” Lucia noted the importance that the divers will have in the outcome of the championship Lynch led a strong and

consistent team of divers in the 2011-12 campaign, he said Lynch scored a win in the one-meter boards in the meet against Colgate and was part of a top four Red sweep of the one-meter board against Brown Lynch is the only senior

Red Will Take on Yale at Nationals

By OLIVIA WITTELS Sun Staff Writer

Friday’s first-round match at nationals will not be an easy task for the women ’ s squash team Cornell is set to play Yale Friday, currently the No 2 team in the nation The seventh ranked Red (11-6, 3-4 Ivy League) lost to the Bulldogs earlier in the regular season, but is hoping for a competitive match this time around

“There isn’t as much pressure for us because we ’ re playing higher-ranked teams to begin the tournament ” said senior co-captain Lauren Sachvie “I think that taking some matches off Yale in the first round would be great for the team If we could just

improve on what we did during the season against them that would be awesome ”

“It will be uphill for us to pull that one [against Yale] off, but on the day anything can happen,” added head coach Julee Devoy “It would be nice to win that one and be playing in the top four as opposed to the bottom four of the draw, but as I see it that’s a stretch for us It’s something that we ’ re definitely going to give our best ” If the squad does indeed upset Yale (15-1, 6-1), the women will enter the semifinals of the draw in

“It would be nice to win against Yale and be playing in the top four ” J u lee D ev oy

what Devoy refers to as the “winner s half A defeat will match Cornell up against the loser of Friday’s clash between Princeton (10-3, 32) and Stanford (7-5), the third and sixth seeds, respectively Statistically speaking the women will likely face Stanford, a team the Red is itching to exact revenge on after a close match at nationals

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By NICK RIELLY Sun Staff Writer

After a weekend in which women ’ s basketball saw mixed results against Ivy opponents Penn and Princeton, the team plays host to the Yale Bulldogs and Brown Bears, two teams that have already defeated the Red in previous outings this season In addition, the Red can rise above 500 in Ivy League play, a feat that has not been achieved this late in the season since the 200708 campaign, the year that the

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Looking for revenge | The women will likely take on rival Stanford this weekend, and, according to head coach Julee Devoy, the team is hoping to come away with a win after losing to the