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Alum Pens ‘Complete Guide’ to Penis

By MATTHEW MCGOWEN Sun Staff Writer

A trip to the urologist might sound like the furthest thing from entertainment, but it may not be if your doctor is a former stand-up comedian, regular daytime television guest, health policy advocate and author of The Penis Book

Dr Aaron Spitz ’88 M D ’92 is all of those and a practicing urologist to boot

Spitz holds a degree from Weill Cornell Medical College, but his career path and public persona have been anything but typical of a practicing doctor Spitz spoke to The Sun via phone from Washington, D C about how his Cornell education led to a wide variety of professional pursuits and projects

“I come to Washington at least annually for this kind of formal lobbying process, ” said Spitz, who serves as the lead representative of the American Urological Association on the American Medical Association’s policy-making body, the House of Delegates

Spitz traces his interest in policy and advocacy work to his undergraduate education at Cornell, where he studied government

“I really enjoyed my major and I really found that kind of stuff interesting, and this is that world,” Spitz told The Sun

His experience with the Cornell Speech and Debate Society also gave Spitz his first exposure to the multimedia entertainment forms he would come to embrace later in his professional life

“The debate team, that’s really what launched my stand-up career, ” Spitz said

After seeing the success of deploying humor in oral argument, Spitz spent his first summer during medical school performing at open mics and working for a production company that made promotional videos for pharmaceuticals

Spitz’s undergraduate courses also foreshadowed his predilection for entertainment, as he opted for multiple electives in theater arts

Even during his time at Weill, Spitz felt the pull of comedy, and recalls thinking, “Hey man, if I get a big break I’ll just do that, I’ll quit medical school ”

While Spitz was in medical school, he saw the movie Punchline, where Tom Hanks played a medical student in New York who drops out to pursue stand-up comedy For Spitz, the parallels were obvious

“I thought, is the universe speaking to me?”, he said

During his second year, however, the academic coursework became too much to balance, and by fall he had to quit comedy Yet both his medical experience and ability to perform for an audience made Spitz an appealing candidate to be a guest on daytime television shows like Dr Phil and CBS’s The Doctors

“[The producers for The Doctors] contacted me and I ended up coming out and doing a segment on erectile dysfunction and it went great, ” Spitz said “I threw some humor in it, and from that point on I’ve been on that show every season ”

In addition to television appearances, Spitz has applied his humor and communication experience to writing The Penis Book: A Doctor s Complete Guide to the Penis - From Size to Function and Everything in Between

“There’s a fair amount of humor in it, but it’s really an instructive factual book that’s got a lot of important, very serious information,” Spitz said

So far it has been translated into six languages, and is also available in audiobook format Among the book’s variety of topics, pornography and its influence on the brain and sexual health was one of the most surprising takeaways Spitz found

“When I was doing my research I was just really amazed to find out how very damaging pornography actually is to sexual function,” Spitz said

The impact is also disproportionate on high school to college-aged men, Spitz noted

Spitz also used the book to advocate for a vegan diet, which he claims has numerous positive health effects, and encourages patients to move toward a plant-based diet

“I learned of the health benefits of a plant-based diet probably eight or nine years ago, and I saw some really good research out there on that specific to urology but also in general,” Spitz said

Because of his reputation as a vegan diet advocate, experience on television and medical credentials, Spitz was featured in From the Ground Up, a documentary about vegan athletes, which is set to be released on Netflix in a few months, according to Spitz

In addition to his policy work, advocacy, authorship and TV appearances, Spitz is still a practicing urologist in Orange County, California, where he lives with his wife and three sons

C.U. Removes Asbestos

Process poses possible respiratory risk

By AMANDA CRONIN Sun Staff Writer

As seen in warning signs that have been posted on various buildings, Cornell has been working on a series of asbestos abatement projects on campus

Recently, black and red signs on the exterior of Rand Hall and Balch Hall advised the entry of “authorized personnel only” and the wearing of “respiratory protection and protective clothing,” warning that asbestos can cause cancer and lung damage

Since February, one Rand Hall sign was removed while signs on Balch Hall entry doorways remain

Tim Fitzpatrick, director of occupational health and safety at Cornell, told The Sun in a statement on Wednesday that asbestos abatement projects “ occur on an ongoing basis” at the University He said the only current active abatement project is occurring at the Cornell Dairy facility in Hartford, New York

Asbestos has been used in many building materials since World War II, including in ceiling tiles, pipes, walls, thermal insulation and other structures, according to the National Cancer Institute However, asbestos is only harmful when the small fibers are airborne and can be breathed in and get stuck in the lung tissue So even though many buildings contain it, the risk of coming into contact with it is low unless the building materials are disturbed

It was not until the 1980s that health professionals identified its carcinogenic and lethal effects on the respiratory system According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act, passed in 1986, requires all schools and public facilities to routinely test asbestos levels and provide procedural guidelines for asbestos handling and removal

When interviewed by The Sun in late February, some students expressed concern about the projects that are currently ongoing to tackle asbestos removal on campus

Alumna Wins Award for Book on Bald Eagle With 3D-Printed Beak

By DENA BEHAR Sun Staff Writer

T h e A m e r i c a n A s s o c i a t i o n f o r t h e

Advancement of Science awarded bestselling children’s author Deborah Lee Rose ’77 a prize for her book that tells the story of an injured bald eagle that gained a 3Dprinted beak

Rose’s book, Beauty and the Beak, won

t h e A A A S / Su b a r u S B & F Pr i ze f o r Excellence in Science Books Rose worked with raptor biologist Jane Veltkamp, to write this story about Beauty, a bald eagle who was illegally shot and lost her top beak before Veltkamp and her team created a 3D-printed prosthetic beak to save her Learning what Veltkamp and her team had done to reconstruct the bird’s beak, Rose felt inspired to write her book, she told The Sun

“I was very inspired by Jane’s work and how she pulled together a team to accomplish something that had not been tried,”

Rose said

She said the most challenging aspects of writing her book were her lack of knowledge regarding bald eagles and the distance between her and Veltkamp, as she lives in California while Veltkamp lives in Idaho

“I knew nothing about eagles when I started, but that never stops me because I am ready to learn whatever I need to learn

to write a book,” Rose said “I’ve been a science writer for a very long time, covering all types of topics, so I am not afraid to take on new topics if they grab me It’s endless learning ”

Rose said her and Veltkamp were constantly communicating while writing the book, even while Veltkamp was “busy rescuing raptors all the time ”

When asked what made Beauty and the Beak special in comparison to the 14 other books she has authored, Rose cited her collaboration with Veltkamp and with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology which, as an alumna, seemed “like an amazing full circle ”

The award, which is given by one of the largest scientific organizations in the world, “acknowledges the science of the book as well as the story, ” she said

Rose was influenced by the science classes she took at Cornell and her time on The Sun, where she said she wrote news articles and features

“I recognized I could love the topic and understand it and communicate about it even if I weren ’ t a scientist,” Rose said “I got to share my newfound knowledge with a very broad audience ”

The award is meant to “emphasize the importance of good science books and encourage children and young adults to turn to science books, not only for infor-

mation, but for enjoyment too, ” according to the AAAS’ website

Rose wanted to impart the importance of bald eagle protection and conservation to her readers through her work on the book

“A huge part of the fact matter is about bald eagle conservation, and most children

don’t know that bald eagles almost went extinct,” Rose said “This book educates kids about the bald eagle as a species and the challenges it faces, and there are still challenges it faces ”

Dena Behar can be reached at dbehar@cornellsun com

according to The New York Times

Ithaca Youth Protest Lack of Action on Gun Control

They displayed signs saying “Hear Their Voices” and “Keep the Guns Out!”

she has learned at her school

everyone raised their hands ”

Kingsley said that just before 10 a m , she and her classmates saw people walking in the hallway, so her class then “just stood up and walked out ” Kingsley also described how she was thankful that New York State has “ strong ” gun legislation

“We’re really lucky to live in a state that has strong gun laws, and I’m lucky that I don’t have to worr y about coming to school and getting shot or anything like that,” she said

Kara Eaton, a parent, said she does not believe teachers should “be forced” to keep weapons with them

“I shouldn’t have to be lucky to not get shot during school. It should be a given ”

“I shouldn’t have to be lucky to not get shot during school It should be a given,”she added

Autum Niver, a ninth-grade student at IHS, said she believes “there needs to be a change ”

“I felt that me being there is showing that I support that we need to change the laws and that we need to change gun control,” she said “And we need to just show that we have the empathy for the kids that died, and that we can ’ t just blame it on mental illness and we can ’ t just blame it on people of disabilities or of people of color, like, we have to show that we need a change, and it needs to come now ”

Community members also participated by standing in a crowd near the end of the bus lane

“If teachers really feel they need to, that should be their choice, I guess, ” she told The Sun “But I personally don’t feel that that’s a way to bring the message I think we need to provide better schools, more funding for schools, more funding for mental health, and stopping these making these gun laws stricter for underage people and people with mental health and criminal backgrounds ”

Chelsea Kingsley, Wren Kingsley’s mother, said the government can do more to “ protect children in school ”

“I mean what it really boils down to is I think that legislation allows for these kinds of tragedies to happen,” she said Chelsea said she was at the walkout because she wanted to “stand with the students and for the students ”

“I don’t want them to have to just stick up for themselves,” she said “I want the adults in this world to stand up for them And I want legislators to stick up for the children You know all the way up They shouldn’t have to be out here standing and trying to stand up for themselves ”

Megan Hay, a co-host of the IHS walkout’s Facebook event, told The Sun that the walkout is a reflection of what

“At Ithaca High School, I feel like they do a really good job, for a public school, teaching us to use our voices and to be active in stuff that we feel passionate about,” she said “It was a really good way for us to be like, ‘Hey, we ’ re using our voices, we ’ re advocating for something we believe in, and this is a cause that we feel strongly about ’”

Hay and Wren decided to create the walkout while the two were on spring break together in Florida

They created a Facebook event page, and later met with IHS administrators to talk about the walkout Hay told The Sun that the school said it cannot “condone anything” because it is a public school, and is not allowed to express “political views ”

“They basically told us that the school can ’ t condone anything, and that they’re not technically in support of it, but they weren ’ t going to do anything to discipline us, ” Hay said “We weren ’ t going to get suspended or anything ”

According to Hay, administrators said participation in the walkout would be considered an “unexcused absence for the period ”

Hay said the walkout allows student to show they have voices, despite their inability to vote

“We are a school just like any of these other schools that have been subjected to this tragedy, and so, I feel like we as students wanted to say, just because we can ’ t vote doesn’t mean we don’t have a voice Our safety matters, and we aren ’ t taking this laying down ”

Anne Snabes can be reached at asnabes@cornellsun com

gressive liberal thought and action,”

not only ser ved to honor the victims of the Parkland shooting, but to “remember each and ever y victim of ever y school shooting, unnecessar y death and murder that could have

b e e n p re ve n t e d w i t h s t r i c t e r a n d common sense gun laws ”

Ad d i t i o n a l l y, Br ow n s a i d t h e walkout was also meant to show “ our frustration, dissatisfaction and anger with our congressional representatives who are not doing their job and representing us, ” mentioning representative Tom Reed (R-N Y ) who Brown said has “ taken thousands of dollars of NRA money ”

“ We have had enough,” Brown

d e c l a re d , w h i c h w a s m e t w i t h applause from the protestors Gar y Pudup, western New York

re g i o n a l d i re c t o r o f Ne w Yo rk e r s Against Gun Violence, was the featured guest speaker Calling “this region in New York” a “home of pro-

h e f o c u s e d o n m a i n t a i n i n g t h e momentum in instituting tougher gun laws

Pudup said he hopes to achieve “ a society free from the constant fear of gun violence ” He spoke about the “false arguments ” that are used to “distract us from our goal,” pointing to the argument that the shooter was evil

“Evil is an organization that holds the value of profits higher than the value of our children’s lives,” Pudup said He spoke out against a lack of init i a t i v e f r o m Pre s i d e n t Do n a l d Trump, Congress and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in instituting stricter gun laws

“As I stand here in the midst of higher learning, of free thought and research, I ask why anyone would deny us a right to information and study [on gun violence],” Pudup said Pudup was a former member of

the NRA and a police officer in Ro c h e s t e r, N Y He s a i d h e w a s inspired to take action against gun v i o l e n c e a f t e r h i s w o r k i n l a w enforcement

After the event, Pudup told The Sun about the “societal neglect” of failing to take action against gun violence

“Gun violence is like cancer there’s not one form of cancer, ” he said, emphasizing that gun violence takes the form of crime, mass shooting and suicide issues that he said must be kept in mind

“I saw a lot of those things in my time as a police officer,” Pudup said Concluding the protest, Brown reminded the crowd not to forget the fight against gun violence

“Unless we stay united in our resolve for this issue, it will fall flat,” she said “So you can ’ t check out after walking away today ”

Asbestos Removal Taken Seriously

report and ever ything ”

Catherine Wei ’20, a resident advisor in Balch Hall, told The Sun that she was concerned when she was not alerted when in Januar y, her unit vending machine room was undergoing asbestos removal

“As an RA, a main part of my job is making sure that residents feel comfortable and safe living in their dorms,” Wei said “I think there should be a better policy or notification system for RAs to be informed about asbestos removal so that they are able to address any concerns from residents or parents ”

Sa va n n a L i m ’ 2 1 , Student Assembly freshman representative and resident of Balch Hall, shared her unease too

“ It d o e s n ’ t s u r p r i s e me that we have a problem like this, since Balch was constructed almost 100 years ago, but I am surprised that I wasn ’ t informed of this in an email,” Lim said “I am concerned for the health and safety of our residents ”

The company even monitors the surrounding areas during removal so that in the case some particles slip out, they can detect and address the problem

Program that includes an annual abatement plan and steps to address incidental disturbance of

Cornell’s Environmental Health and Safety website

Regarding notification of building users or residents, Fitzpatrick told The Sun that signs can be used for “larger jobs ” “ T h e N Y S

“Cornell takes this very seriously. Before a project begins, we do a thorough study of the materials we will be touching ” F r a n k P a r i s h

Asbestos has been incorporated into construction materials on campus since workers broke ground on the first University buildings in the late 1800s

However, according to Frank Parish, Rand Hall Unit Facility Director, there is no reason for concern

“Cornell takes this ver y seriously ” Parish said “Before a project begins, we do a thorough study of the materials that we will be touching and we have to test them to see if any of them are asbestos-containing If they are, we actually hire companies to abate the asbestos and lead paint ”

Parish said that Sunstream, the contracted company in charge of asbestos removal in Rand Hall, follows a ver y careful procedure

“ They come in and they encapsulate the room, know all the laws and testing procedures around getting rid of it,” Parish said “And they issue a

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Department of Labor is notified prior to conducting asbestos abatement, ” he wrote in a statement “Larger jobs require notifying buildi

s Notification to building occupants is done by placing signage on building entrances ”

Wei said she would prefer a different medium of notification

“I think there should be a better policy or notification system for RAs to be informed about asbestos removal,” Wei said “ That way, they are able to address any concerns from residents or parents ”

According to The Sun archive, Cornell has been actively addressing asbestos-producing disturbances for a long time An article from Dec 4, 1980 details asbestos removal efforts in the A D White Librar y in Uris Librar y and on the sixth floor of Mar y Donlon Hall

Parish said asbestos abatement projects can take a long time because the goal is to remove all asbestos from building materials

“So basically asbestos is ever ywhere,” Parish said “In the tiles you ’ re walking on, the walls This takes forever because most of the buildings are old ”

Amanda Cronin can be reached at acronin@cornellsun com

Professors Remember Stephen Hawking

“Although some of the toddlers were undeniably appealing,” Jane later wrote, “ a stay in a mammoth nurser y was not what we had expected ”

“ We stayed in a dormitor y that was full of couples with noisy small children,” Hawking wrote in My Brief Histor y, “and it put quite a strain on our marriage ”

Hawking, who was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease, or ALS, at 21, also had a difficult time getting around Cornell, Jane wrote She said Hawking’s struggles to get to lectures on time, which required her to accompany him nearly ever ywhere, forced her to realize for the first time how debilitated Hawking was by ALS

The couple had never disc u s s e d t h e d i s e a s e , a t Dr Hawking’s request, until he suffered from a sudden choking fit

d u r i n g a c h i l l y It h a c a n i g h t , according to Stephen Hawking: A Bi o g ra p h y , b y Pr o f K r i s t i n e L a r s e n , a s t r o p h y s i c s , C e n t r a l Connecticut State University

“ The demonic nature of the illness had announced its prese n c e m u c h m o re d r a m a t i c a l l y than in lameness, difficulty of movement, and lack of coordination,” Jane recalled in Travelling to Infinity, a revision of her 1999 memoir, Music to Move the Stars: A Life with Stephen Hawking

Jane said she was left “shocked and helpless ”

At one point, Jane wrote, the c o u p l e w a s l e f t “ w o n d e r i n g w h e t h e r w e w e re d o o m e d t o spend the whole period of the summer school confined to the c a m p u s o f C o r n e l l Un i ve r s i t y and the third floor of the hall of residence ”

But while his brief stay at Cornell nearly 53 years ago was a r o u g h , i f c r i t i c a l , t i m e i n Hawking’s life, his vision and discoveries have inspired a younger g e n e r a t i o n o f C o r n e l l i a n s t o explore the unknown and disseminate what they learn

On Wednesday, the day after Ha w k i n g d i e d i n C a m b r i d g e , professors remembered how his g r o u n d b re a k i n g re s e a r c h h a d affected their careers

The director of the Carl Sagan Institute, Prof Lisa Kaltenegger, a s t r o n o m y, j o i n e d H a w k i n g among six speakers at a conference at The Pontifical Academy of Science in Vatican City in 2016 She said in an inter view that while Hawking was not able to easily interact with people, it was a great honor to even be in the same room with him

Kaltenegger said Hawking has i n s p i re d h e r s i n c e s h e w a s a young girl and that she quickly shared the 2016 experience with her mother

“I texted my mom and said, ‘Mommy, you won ’ t believe this, I just gave a talk in the same ses-

s i o n a s St e p h e n H a w k i n g ! ’ ” Kaltenegger said, laughing “It’s like giving a talk in the same [room] as Albert Einstein ” She recalled being a student in

high school and presenting one

o f H a w k i n g ’ s b o o k s t o h e r physics class Kaltenegger said it not only blew her 15-year-old mind with its discussion of the imaginar y time theor y, but also ser ved as an important reminder to make scientific knowledge as accessible as possible

“He made the cosmo somet h i n g e v e r y b o d y c o u l d g e t a glimpse at and be part of,” she said “I think that is what we all strive for as researchers and professors, [and] that is also what

S a g a n p i o n e e r e d h e r e a t Cornell ”

Prof Mason Peck, mechanical and aerospace engineering, ser ves as an advisor to the Breakthrough Starshot initiative, which is over-

s e e n b y a b o a rd o n w h i c h Hawking as well as Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg ser ved

Peck said Dr Hawking’s “spirited support of this audacious project” which is working toward laying the foundation for a launch to Alpha Centauri, a neighboring star system led Peck to admire Hawking even more

“Stephen Hawking was brilliant, of course, but also innovative,” Peck said in an email to The Sun “It was a tremendous honor for me to ser ve with him as an advisor to the project

“ This project is an effort to send a probe to a nearby star, which would teach us so much about the universe that Hawking helped unravel,” he wrote

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d a t t h e meeting According to Kielmann, the sale of the Nines to a developer was their “retirement plan ” “

Kielmann said “[But] I don’t feel I’m being treated ver

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y s planned to sell to a developer, they allowed sections of the building to fall into disrepair, s o m e s a i d T h e c o m m i t t e e recently toured the building in order to view the building first-hand, after which chair Seph Murtagh (D-2nd Ward) expressed concern Possible alternate plans, a m a j o r re a s o n f o r f u r t h e r review, could include development of only the deteriorated back section of the building

Prior to Wednesday’s meeti n g , t h e It h a c a L a n d m a r k s Preser vation Committee and t h e P l a n n i n g a n d D evelopment Board had both u n a n i m o u s l y re c o m m e n d e d designation of the entire property, as reported by The Sun T h e P l a n n i n g a n d E c o n o m i c D e v e l o p m e n t C o m m i t t e e , a s o p p o s e d t o other review boards, is permitted to take into account the owners ’ personal stories and the practical, legislative and economic effects of designation

“A d e s i g n a t i o n o f t h i s property would have a ver y severe, real-world impact on the owners, ” Murtagh said, urging the committee to consider all factors “ We have contributed a lot t o t h i s c o m m u n i t y, ” s a i d Shirley Kielmann, wife of one of the owners “ We would like to end on a good note ” The Nines building is curre n t l y va l u e d a t $ 7 7 5 , 0 0 0 , according to review by Jay Franklin, county Department of Assessment If it were permitted to be sold, the value of t h e p r o p e r t y c o u l d b e upwards of $8 million, said Br o d y Sm i t h , a t t o r n e y f o r Kielmann and Schultz According to Smith, this could result in over $250,000 a year

more for allowing the average person to understand complicated matters like black holes than for his advanced theories, which have inspired thousands of scientists, Kaltenegger said

“Aside from all his scientific accomplishments, it is an incredible thing to do [to] inspire people to be curious,” she said “I’m sure this is the biggest thing he’ll be known for ”

Shruti Juneja ’20 and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs ’19 contributed research to this article

in tax revenue for the city T h e Ni n e s b u i l d i n g i s nominated for designation on merit of its histor y as the No 9 Fire Station in Collegetown, which ser ved as an operating station in the early twentieth centur y before it was renovated as a restaurant in the seventies

John Schroeder ’74, alumn i a d v i s o r f o r t h e C o r n e l l D a i l y Su n A l u m n i A s s

ciation, urged the preser vation of at least part of the building as a necessar y historical reference for future development

“It’s matter of wisdom and balance,” Schroeder said, “and putting the community first ” Schroeder, who ser ved on t h e P l a n n i n g a n d D e v e lopment Board for more than 18 years but was speaking as a private citizen, was the first at the meeting to suggest preser ving only part of the building C o m m i t t e

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r s showed interest in this plan, as it would preser ve the streetfacing facade and open plaza of the Nines while allowing the owners to have “ some sort of return ” on their 40-year investment, Murtagh said “ What we ’ re tr ying to do here is find a compromise that will allow us to move for ward, that will allow the property owners to retire, and that will allow the histor y to be protected,” Murtagh said

The final decision on the Nines’ status will be made at the next Common Council meeting, slated for April 4

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If I was going to accept my letters and the history that came with them, I would dedicate my time in sorority life to help reform the Greek system.

Jade Pinero | Jaded and Confused

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Academia, at least in the social sciences, is the pursuit of knowledge by and for the elite It’s a circle-jerk for nerds

Joining a university faculty is like signing up to play a professional game of whack-a-mole Institutions require scholars to publish in order to remain employed; specifically, they require regular original research written for p e e

Behind each publication awaits the due date for the next

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researched work reveals its driving implicit goal: the absolute aggregation of knowledge This fundamental premise, upon which the entirety of academia rests, is patently absurd The sum of the universe’s information is by definition infinite; its total master y is a both all-consuming and totally futile pursuit It is academia’s white whale

Academia’s mandated curiosity (“publish or perish”) is problematic, but its mandated stylistic orthodoxy is a bona fide tragedy The only scholarship these institutions recognize is formally written with a lexicon too complex and a subject too specific for all but the most erudite audiences

The bulk of scholars’ time and energy is spent on such research, leaving even those who would prefer to create more accessible content exhausted Our most gifted, inquisitive minds exist in a vacuum Their revelations are not endeavors in awakening the masses, but fancy accoutrement for privileged pedants

The pursuit of knowledge has, unfortunately, always been the pur view of the elite

From the 18th to early 20th centur y, the Western world’s movers-and-shakers partook in exclusive ‘salons’ where VIP attendees discussed politics, philosophy and culture Like those salons, the contemporar y world of academic literature cultivates revolutionar y ideas far away from those who most need the revolution

Yiannis Gabriel, professor of sociology at the University of Bath, (ironically) co-authored a book for Oxford University Press on academia’s structural flaws and penned a peer-reviewed journal piece advocating potential solutions

As a committed blogger, Gabriel puts his money where his mouth is, distilling complex concepts into simple summaries Blogging about the flaws his book addresses, he argues, “Society at large is a loser, as most burning social issues fail to be addressed by researchers preoccupied with discovering tiny gaps in the literatures of their sub-specialisms and pretending to fill them ”

Academia’s explicit goal original, meticulously-

As a writer, I’m always fighting with myself, wrestling with the questions of “what stories are mine to tell?”

These questions get even more complicated when I bring my identity into the conversation

I’m a white-passing Japanese-American, and I often feel uncomfortable claiming an identity that isn’t obvious to the outside world I face no racism on the basis of my Japanese culture, and I don’t want to assume the experience of people who have To avoid all this confusion, I usually stay quiet on topics related to East Asian culture, but, today, I took a different route

Japanese culture is fetishized among white people in the United States Whether it’s anime, Buddhism or sushi, Americans love to pick and choose the pieces of Japanese culture that best fit their desired aesthetic Although I can ’ t speak for the entire community, it personally doesn’t bother me when I see thorough appreciation for Japanese culture and a sincere desire to be more understanding and inclusive Eat sushi! Watch anime! Learn about Buddhism! It doesn’t matter to me But and this is an absolutely crucial ‘but’ half-hearted, exotifying attempts to assimilate to a culture, without acknowledging its history or context, is offensive, careless and

Pl a t o , t h e ve n e r a b l e d a d d y o f tern academia and higher eduion, was interested in knowldge, justice and existential purose He explored these questions in The Republic, a collection of stories in which the characters philosophize cooperatively, arriving at answers battle-tested by the reciprocal exchange now known as the Socratic method

Greek philosophers did not simply advocate the enlightened society in theor y; they strove to make it reality by writing plainly and debating publicly Plato, for instance, wrote “entertaining” narratives, within which he couched profound philosophical dialectic; Socrates, his mentor, was a dirty barefoot hippie who roamed the streets engaging regular-degular folks in conversation Academia today bears no resemblance to its origins, but is instead individualized, elitist and entirely divorced from any notion of greater purpose

Gabriel says the “ more than 50 million [academic] articles in circulation [and] more than two million added each year ” generates a “black hole of meaning ” Why do we lock our greatest thinkers in a soundproof box? Why don’t we, instead, push them into the bully pulpit, as our forebears intended?

Plato’s Republic features a comparable black hole: the famous allegor y of the cave, which critically examines the pursuit of knowledge, the ignorance of the masses and the obstacles to enlightenment

The cave is home to prisoners who have never been in the outside world They are chained up, unable to move or turn Behind them, a fire burns They face a wall where they watch the shadows of movement behind them cast by the fire Having never seen what casts the shadows, they believe the shadows are beings unto themselves (rather than mere projections)

This metaphor teaches two lessons relevant to academia

First, Plato posits that a caveperson dragged up to the surface would become enlightened, come to feel pity for those still in the cave, and recoil at the thought of returning to live amongst them Second, Plato argues that should

this newly enlightened individual ever return, their eyes would struggle to re-adjust to the darkness, preventing t

returned individual’s inability to comprehend the cavepeople’s reality convinces the prisoners that nothing is gained by ‘enlightenment ’

On the first lesson: Social science academia insulates its members from the ‘unenlightened’ world It prohibits those who genuinely care about humanity from interacting with it in practice, confining their participation to theor y These limitations separate intellectuals from the characters and communities they study Over time, the chasm widens, sharpening scholars’ macro view but simultaneously moving them out of earshot of those they left behind

On the second: The elite academic bubble speaks a dialect difficult for most people to understand PhDs often struggle to communicate their knowledge, even to the brightest undergrads in their own fields Worse, when researchers write, they make no attempt at simplification; to the average person, it’s an entirely different language

In academia, the terms ‘ pop science’ and ‘ pop histor y ’ have a derogator y connotation Rather than degrade those who attempt to make accessible the wealth of wisdom other wise hoarded by institutions, academia should consider ‘ pop ’ content just as legitimate as conventional research Doing so would improve the access, quantity and sophistication of the education available to all people

Academic administrations must transform the role of the scholar from that of peer educator to that of public educator Original research is incredibly important, but the vast majority of what is produced today is superfluous addition to an already-crowded bubble Outside the bubble, however, reading is on the decline, anti-intellectualism is on the rise, and accepted ‘objective’ reality, while always manipulated and incomplete, is now completely subjective

Universities can no longer hide their luminaries Now more than ever, we need a guiding light

Jade Pinero is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at jpinero@cor nellsun com Ja d e d a n d C o n f u s e d appears alter nate Thursdays

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There are blatant examples of cultural appropriation that certain communities face daily Aspects of African culture, Native American culture and Latinx culture are frequently turned into “trends” by mainstream, white America Using an er ’ s culture for re ational purposes never appropriat and it feels as almost ever y day another celebrity needs to be called out for cultural appropriation

East Asian cultures as props Handing out fortune cookies to the crowd showed a surface-level, anglicized understanding of the culture he was drawing from My 100-year-old great grandmother started her family in an internment camp on the West Coast She and my great-

This past week, multiple friends reached out to me, discussing the fallout from the Cornell Fashion Collective show This is a student production that I admire a lot, so I was pretty disappointed to hear about some of the controversy When I heard a non-Asian man presented a line of clothing with vaguely East Asian influences and instructed his models to hand out fortune cookies, I was a bit shocked Perhaps this could have been executed effectively, but, instead, it was done coarsely, using Japanese and other

grandfather were held captive and had everything taken from them on account of their ethnicity It might feel like a distant memory, but this is recent history My great-grandmother carries this story with her every single day I can ’ t understand how she is so forgiving, never holding any bitterness in her hear t for what happened However, it’s still difficult for her, and for me, and for countless Japanese-Americans, to see white people today claiming aspects of Japanese culture for themselves, when

less than a lifetime ago, having anything to do with Japan was cause for imprisonment

When talking about Japanese culture, there must be acknowledgment of America’s racist history Without this, the conversation is incomplete I am hurt that I have to watch my family’s culture become a costume due to the actions of appropriators Even if it is meant to honor East Asian people and their fashion, instead, it often feels exotifying, and I find myself extremely uncomfortable

Like I said earlier, I am a white-passing woman I, too, have the opportunity to pick and choose the pieces of Japanese culture that fit American ideals of what is “ conventionally cool ” I could assimilate to my culture when it is convenient and abandon it when it is not; however, this is not a decision that most people can make Culture, and race and ethnicity, are not masks to toss on and off Asian cultures are not a homogenous

Treating a cultural piece so blasély, with neither care nor caution, is irresponsible, and I implore all of us who will have an opportunity to showcase a culture in their art, to do better

Sarah Lieberman is a junior in the College of Arts

Your source for good food

By MIKAYLA KUYKENDALL Sun Staff Writer

IThe Sweet Spot in Collegetown

Ithaca and perhaps the world When I first walked in, it felt

like to consider myself a loyal customer to the dessert case at CTB, but I noticed a new place had opened, and how could I resist the flashing neon signs lighting up all of Eddy Street, boasting of sweet treats? I didn’t,

Skittles The walls were painted with rainbow stripes, and the stools at the tables were bright red I was welcomed by three TV

options from ice cream to baklava to smoothies to freshly baked cookies The owner (who also owns Oasis Halal Grill) was ver y friendly and allowed me to

few treats, all of which

Good Angel of Nutrition on my shoulder

My first taste was a hefty slice

“I found myself in Sweet Spot, the brightest and most colorful dessert spot in Ithaca and perhaps the world. When I first walked in, it felt like I had entered a bag of Skittles ” since 1880

dessert was brought to us with a vanilla pudding filling topped with fresh blueberries and strawberr y slices I’m not the biggest fan of fruity desserts or pudding for that matter, but the combination of soft cake with the creamy pudding and the slight tang from the berries was an excellent combination

While I loved ever y dessert we tasted and would recommend it to anyone looking for a fun place

Sweet Spot are unclear There are no hours listed on the door, and I have only seen it open that one time However, the cheesecake and small mountain of ice cream cost only $7, which is much cheaper than other dessert spots in Collegetown while still being equally delicious

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creamy cake It had the perfect mildly sweet flavor with just a touch of tartness There was a credit card minimum the cheesecake alone didn’t reach, and I didn’t have any cash on me, so a couple (four, actually) scoops of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream were added to the plate I ended up picking out the cookie dough chunks and left the ice cream part for my food associate It tasted just like any other cook-

eaten

Halfway through the cheesecake, the owner brought out a warm chocolate chip cookie that I devoured in no time It was a little crisp around the edges with

a soft center and melty chocolate chips I’m also a fiend for chocolate chip cookies, so I may have been biased

Then, after the cookie was gone and my blood sugar started to spike, a small shortcake-like

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Tian Jin Foods: Homey Hole-in-the-Wall

By JACQUELINE QUACH

Sun D ning Editor

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BY VARUN BELUR Sun Contrbutor

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( o r i n c i t e ) m e a n i n g f u l d i a l o g u e a n d

b r i n g p e o p l e t o g e t h e r w i t h c o n ve r s a t i o n a n d l a u g h t e r T h e i r i n a u g u r a l s h ow On T h i n Ic e a t t h e R i s l e y T h e a t e r l a s t Fr i d a y n i g h t w a s a s m a s h h i t T h e d o o r s o p e n e d a t

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t u r n e d a w a y by t h e m u s t a c h i o e d Gr a d y

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o f t h e t ro u p e a n d o n e o f t h e b i g g e s t s t a n d o u t s o f t h e n i g h t T h e s h ow b e g a n w i t h a c o l d o p e n s k e t c h s t a r r i n g Ba rk e r, O we n s a n d t h e

e q u a l l y d e l i g h t f u l a n d d a rk Z vo n i m i r

St o j a n ov s k i ‘ 1 8 T h e a u d i e n c e q u i c k l y w a r m e d u p a s St o j a n ov s k i’s b i z a r re a n d h i l a r i o u s c h a r a c t e r p l u n g e d u s i n t o a z a n y w o r l d i n h a b i t e d by f i s h m o n g e r s , Cro a t i a n s e a c a p t a i n s a n d We s t o n Ba rk e r

Fo l l ow i n g t h a t a n d a p rovo c a t i ve j i n -

g l e ( t h e b e s t o n e s a l w a y s a re ) i n t ro d u c i n g

t h e t ro u p e , Ba rk e r t o o k t h e s t a g e a g a i n w i t h a b r i e f s t a t e m e n t a b o u t t h e m i s s i o n

b e h i n d t h e s h ow Sp e c i f i c a l l y, t h a t i f t h e

a u d i e n c e s h o u l d f i n d i t s e l f s h o c k e d o r o f f e n d e d , i t s h o u l d u s e t h a t m o m e n t a s a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o o p e n u

a t m a d e u p i t s a u d i e n c e Sp e c i f i c a l l y, o f o u r c o l l e c t i ve c o m p l i c i t y i n t h e c o n s u m p t i o n o f g o o d s s u c h a s c o ff e e , s n e a k e r s a n d i Ph o n e s , a l l o f w h i c h a re p ro d u c e d w i t h n o s m a l l a m o u n t o f h u m a n s u f f e r i n g Me n t a l h e a l t h w a s a l s o a d d re s s e d i n a s k e t c h i n w h i c h a s u i c i d e h o t l i n e g e t s m i xe d u p w i t h t h e f ro n t d e s k

o f Ha p p y En d i n g s Fu n e r a l Ho m e Bu t t h e s t ro n g e s t p o l i t i c a l s t a t e m e n t w a s m a d e i n t h e s t a n d o u t s k e t c h o f t h e n i g h t , w h i c h o p e n e d w i t h a f a m o u s

Be n j a m i n Fr a n k l i n q u o t e : “ In t h i s w o r l d , n o t h i n g c a n b e s a i d t o b e c e r t a i n e xc e p t

d e a t h a n d t a xe s ” It f e a t u re d Ba rk e r a s

Last year I took an elective that touched on the study of sound design, or the ways in which sound is organized or unintentionally disorganized in various settings A big philosophical topic of interest in this field is the use of headphones by individuals in personal transit By using headphones, are we effectively silencing the natural soundscape of a place? This initially seems like a rather pedantic point, one best mulled over in a musicology elective Yet, shouldn’t we be worried about so many people dismantling the collective identity of a place, just as we are worried about climate change or the tearing down of the Nines?

Yeah, yeah, yeah One time, as I was tearing across the Arts Quad, headphones blasting, I ran into the professor of this elective “Forging your own soundscape, are we?” he said I begrudgingly ripped the headphones out of my ears I wanted to listen to music Despite missing out on whatever track on Spotify I was enjoying, if I concentrated and listened attentively enough, I could hear music, almost as if it was pulled out of the air

For the sake of transparency, I should mention that a friend and I

t h e g r i m re a p e r t h e re ’ s a p a t t e r n h e re

c o m p e t i n g w i t h a n I R S c o l l e c t o r, Sp e n c e r Bl u m e n b e r g ’ 2 1 , f o r t h e i m m o r -

t a l s o u l o f a re c e n t l y d e c e a s e d p e r s o n T h e s k e t c h t o o k j a b s a t t h e e c o n o m i c i n e q u i t y o f t h e l a w T h e a p p l a u s e w a s w i l d ; i t w a s t h e p e r f e c t c o c k t a i l o f r i d i c u -

l o u s n e s s a n d m e a n i n g f u l d i s c o u r s e a

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h e e l a b o r a t e d a l i t t l e o n h i s i d e a s “ Wi t h

d a rk c o m e d y c o m e s a re s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r

i n t e g r a t i n g d i a l o g u e , ” h e t o l d m e He

s p o k e a b o u t h i s h o p e t h a t t h e a u d i e n c e

w o u l d t a k e m o re t h a n j u s t a l a u g h a w a y f ro m t h e s h ow He e n v i s i o n s a u n i f y i n g ro l e f o r h i s t ro u p e b r i n g i n g t o g e t h e r p e o p l e u n i t e d by l ove o f c o m e d y a n d s e n d i n g t h e m a w a y w i t h

I t h a c a a n d I t s N a t u r a l Wa v e s

have recently launched our own radio show on CornellRadio com

Our program is called Songs for Dads, and it airs every Wednesday night from 9-10p m Instead of adhering to a specific thematic format, we simply conduct some prior emotional research and play the songs we love the most on any given Hump Day It is both a bless-

occasionally tuning in to a few classic rock shows that transmitted from Philadelphia, or cruising around in my car to the experimental noise which emanated from Princeton’s public station (not always the best driving music) Once I came to Cornell I essentially stopped listening to any radio whatsoever Perhaps this is to

ing and a wonder to be endowed with such a platform, and we greatly appreciate any of you who may have spent the hour enduring our angsty tunes and less-than-witty banter

But enough with my shameless plug Being involved with a radio program for the first time has made me realize how much I once took the radio, any radio, for granted Back in high school I would listen to a few local stations I can recall

be expected Of course, the radio as a source of music and entertainment has declined as we move further into the digital and streaming era Entire parties are sustained by someone ’ s Spotify playlist, and it is difficult to imagine an era when people had to play cassettes or vinyl records for fun, let alone gather around a radio

On the other side of the speakers, however, I am beginning to see the vibrant culture in which radio

DJs dwell A significant amount of work goes into producing even the most innocuous shows Curating a playlist and engaging in live dialogue are not merely functions that lead to some output, but rather they are modes of performance In picking a song to play and discuss, a DJ is broadcasting something of personal significance and this is not so far off from performing an original piece of music written to convey some meaningful sentiment Nevertheless I push even further the profundity that I see in radio, for ultimately it transcends the more artificial act of programmatic performance I assert that radio broadcasts are as natural as the physical climate from which they originate

Really! Radio waves are all over, especially in Ithaca We can not see them, but they are there, constantly, soaring at a blazing pace over the town, up East Hill and down South Hill They penetrate the gorges and bounce around, and maybe they rush to Cayuga and mingle with the other waves on the shore for a while Through all of my metaphysical clamor, I mean to indicate that the physical traits of radio waves literally represent how significant radio

culture is to the identity of a local place And what robust culture defines Ithaca! There is of course WVBR and CornellRadio com

While WVBR branded itself as a classic rock station for decades, it recently just expanded to a more alternative format to better represent the diverse environment it serves and reflect the wide variety of tastes and impressions that form the community WICB, Ithaca College’s station, transmits a rather stunning mix of music and talk programs Rewind 107 7 offers aural snapshots of what came before us, playing classic pop and running spots like “did you know a [dissolved chain business] used to be in Collegetown?”

I implore you to listen to the wide variety of Ithaca’s local radio stations Sometimes, when driving around listening to the radio, I find my student anxiety quelled as I am welcomed into a part of Ithaca’s identity, like I am a part of the scenery, and I hope for you to find this ease as well

Nick Swan is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at nswan@cornellsun com His column Swan’s Song runs alternate Thursdays this semester

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make them play in their defensive zone ”

Princeton’s first line of Veronneau, Kuffner and Alex Richie has earned a healthy plus/minus rating of plus-57 combined, while the other Tiger forwards stack up to a lackluster minus-43

Cornell, on the other hand, prides itself on its scoring depth

The Red does not have a “ top line” with multiple 50-plus point scorers Instead, Cornell has no players with more than 26 points but 15 players with double-digit totals, while Princeton a higher scoring team than the Red has just nine

“Our [whole] team is our secondary scoring,” Schafer said “I love a team like that It worries me when you have one line, and you rest your laurels on that line If another team does a great job of shutting down that line now where’s the offense?”

The Tigers are also owners of the nation’s best power play unit, sporting an eye-popping 29 percent success rate on extra-man opportunities

“It goes back to being in shot lanes, having strong sticks,” Schafer said “They have some great players, and if you give them time and space or you make a mistake, they’re going to make you pay ” On the penalty kill, and on defense in general, one of the hallmarks of this Cornell squad has been key shot blocking a point Schafer said he’s been emphasizing in practice all year long

“Shot blocking isn’t the most popular thing to practice,” Schafer said “But if you can block shots and keep pucks from getting to the net, your defense is going to be much better ”

Speaking of defense, Cornell’s is the best in the country and has been for months, allowing a stingy 1 45 goals per game on average The defensive unit believes its success has been primarily forged by its character and resilience

“Guys are willing to sacrifice [themselves] for the greater good of the team, ” said junior defenseman Alec McCrea, recently tabbed as the ECAC’s top defensive blue-

liner “It’s showed when we ’ ve faced adversity too guys are still laying out and blocking shots or getting the puck out and going to the dirty areas ” On offense, the Red will look to duplicate its production from the last matchup against Princeton, a 7-1 thrashing of the Tigers at Lynah Rink on Jan 5 Cornell swept the season series, which also included a come-frombehind 5-4 victory on the road Nov 4, 2017

The Red has already secured a bid the NCAA tournament via its position in the PairWise rankings used to determine seeding in the national playoffs so regardless of the outcome this weekend, Cornell will still have some hockey to play

“That actually takes pressure away from this weekend,” Schafer said “It allows us to really focus on the weekend, because we know

“We’re excited to be back at Lake Placid We have some unfinished business there.”

we ’ re in [the NCAAs] ” Last season, Cornell made it to this same point, where it defeated Union in the ECAC semifinal but fell short in the conference championship game against its archrival Harvard

“We’re excited to be back at Lake Placid,” McCrea said “We have some unfinished business there from last year, and we can ’ t wait for the opportunity ” In a season that has already become the program ’ s best in more than a decade, the Red will look to cap it off with an ECAC Championship before taking its place on the national stage next weekend

If Cornell defeats Princeton in the league semifinal at 1980 Herb Brooks Arena at 4 p m Friday, it will face the winner of the second semifinal between fourth-seeded Harvard and third-seeded No 7 Clarkson in the championship game at 7:30 p m on Saturday

Dylan McDevitt can be reached at dmcdevitt@cornellsun com

Red to Take On UMass in Neutral-Site Matchup

After knocking off Colgate and Columbia, Cornell will look to extend its winning streak to three games

By GRACIE TODD Sun Contributor

After earning its first Ivy win of the yo u n g 2 0 1 8 s e a s o n , C o r n e l l w o m e n ’ s lacrosse will fight a non-conference tilt against Massachusetts this Saturday in Sparks, Maryland

The Red (3-2, 1-1 Ivy) will enter the competition with a two game winning streak after beating Colgate and Columbia in last week’s games

“These past two wins give us a lot of momentum going into this weekend’s c o m p e t i t i o n , ” s a i d s e n i o r c a p t a i n Id a Farinholt

But UMass (4-2) has been winning too it will enter the competition with a three game winning streak after beating Marist, Connecticut and Ohio State

The Minutewomen averaged 15 points per game in the making of their winning streak, which makes the defensive aspect of the game especially essential, according to senior captain Taylor Reed

“[UMass] has a solid offensive presence, and we will need to work hard to shut down its scoring locks,” Reed said

Junior captain Sarah Phillips said the Red’s offensive performances in the last two wins boosted its confidence which it hopes to keep building this weekend

“It’s going to be important to ride that wave, ” Phillips said “The focus will be on continuing to find our flow and our chemistry, and with that we will become more and more confident ”

The Red holds a 2-1 advantage over the Minutewomen in the overall series but was left with a bitter taste in its mouth when it last faced the team in 2016 at Schoellkopf Field In that game, UMass earned a 7-6 victory in the second round of the NCAA tournament This Saturday will lend the Red a shot at vindication

“I think that some of the older players on our squad will have a bit of that memor y from their last competition against UMass,” said head coach Jenny Graap ’86 “So hopefully they’re fired up with the thought of that chance to avenge ”

This time around, the game will be played on neutral ground, at the U S

L a c ro s s e He a d q u a r t e r s i n Sp a rk s ,

Maryland, which Graap says adds an extra element of excitement Just last weekend, the Cornell men ’ s lacrosse team earned a victory over nationally ranked Penn State at the same site

“We’re hoping to bring a good Cornell lacrosse crowd down to Maryland,” Graap said With no midweek game, the Red will spend all week preparing to face the Minutewomen

“They are fast and gritty and scrappy and always come ready to fight,” Phillips said “It’s important that we don’t look past that and that we focus this week on going hard and competing so we are ready to go come Saturday ”

Gracie Todd can be reached at gkt26@cornell edu

Streaking strong | The Red has a two-game winning streak that it will look to build on against UMass this weekend

Hoopers Close Out Exciting Season Cornell Looks to Take Down Yale

By BENNETT GROSS Sun Staff Writer

Despite a losing record in Ivy League play, this season

Cornell men ’ s basketball was able to qualify for the Ivy League tournament and give its fans something to watch and cheer for in the playoffs

A l t h o u g h t h e Re d we re bounced from the tournament in the semifinals by top-seeded Harvard, 74-55, the team feels that its experience this year leaves it with nowhere to go but up

“ To experience the Ivy League tournament this year was huge for our team, ” said junior guard Matt Morgan

“We are a very young team, and we are bringing almost everyone back next year, so just to get that experience is

d e f i n i t e l y g o i n g t o b e a building block going into next season ”

The Red came into the season ranked sixth in the Ivy League preseason media poll

However, the squad exceeded expectations despite having

t o re l y o n o n e o f t h e

yo u n g e s t ro t a t i o n s i n t h e conference

Mo r g a n b u i l t o n h i s impressive sophomore season by averaging 22 5 points per game and nearly 50 percent shooting from the field, earning first team All-Ivy recognition for his impressive play

Ju n i o r f o r w a rd St o n e Gettings broke out in his third season in Ithaca, ending the year second on the

team in points and first in rebounding with just over six per game He parlayed this success into a second team

All-Ivy selection

Newcomers such as freshman guard Terrance McBride and transfer junior forward Steven Julian helped the Red surpass last season ’ s sixthplace finish McBride took over for senior guard Wil Bathurst in the starting lineup after Bathurst was injured just seven games into the year, and Julian brought energy and effort every game attributes that the Red h a d s o m e t i m e s lacked in previou years

The Red did get off to a strong t h i s s e a s o n , d ro three of its first fou but the team wa rally and defeat toughest opponen son, Toledo and i n b a c k - t o - b a c k Those games mark winning streak in Earl era C o r n e l l e n t e r play at 6-8 and q its first three Ivy ga which were on th that point, makin tournament seem long shot, but as t year, the Red we right the ship The Red ende ning three of its

themselves as an Ivy League title contender They were then able to win arguably their most important regular season game of the season, defeating Princeton at home 107-101 in a triple overtime thriller

Heading into the final weekend of the year, the Red were on the bubble to make the Ivy League tournament

There were a myriad of scei h l d d

was sent to Philadelphia Next year, the Red will return its entire starting lineup and most of its key bench pieces Additionally, Cornell will add incoming freshmen Matt Harshany and Kobe Dickson, as well as junior college transfer Chaz Mack

“I don’t like to look too far into the future to determine what I think our goals for next season should be,” Earl said “I am more wori d b what our spring l look like and s are going to be they go home mer The next will determine re content being e team or if we work everybody h atop the con-

W h i l e t h e Red appear to b e t re n d i n g u pw a rd , s o does the Ivy

L e a g u e a s a w h o l e T h e re ere no seniors the entire first t e a m A l

Iv y l eight members ent Eight will mate chance to the Ivy League ent and earn the ence ’ s automatinto the NCAA ament in 2019

Bennett Gross can be reached at bgross@cornellsun com

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with Additionally, in terms of team defense, the squads are both eighth in goals allowed per game, exactly at 8 40, with Cornell anchored by Knight in goal

“I feel great, lighter, healthy, ever ything just seems to be coming together,” the Knight said “A lot of my personal success comes down to the defense We’ve been playing unbelievably on that side of the ball

It’s just the whole team playing well ”

When it comes to these two main categories, it may seem that the Red has the edge statistically However, the team still has struggles which lie elsewhere

With a dismal faceoff win percentage of 328, Cornell lags behind, failing to rank in the top 50 On the other hand, Yale is in the top-20 in faceoffs

“We are going to continue to strategize w i t h f a c e o f f s , ” Mi l l i m a n s a i d “ I think that was a big part of last weekend,

we threw a handful of d i f f e re n t t h i n g s a t [Penn State] I think that paid dividends we won [faceoff battle in] the fourth quarter ” The Bulldogs, like the Red, have been finding ways to win as of late It will thus be a tall order to slow down this Ivy League stalwart come Saturday

“We have to have our ducks in a row; we got to play well, be sharp and execute.” I n t e

“We have to have our ducks in a row; we got to play well, be sharp and execute, ” Milliman said And if they do just that, this team will be one step closer to its ultimate goal Cornell and Yale will square off at 1 p m Saturday at Schoellkopf Field Jack Kantor can be reached at jkantor@cornellsun com

No. 2 Icers Hit Lake Placid on Quest for Title

Men on a mission | After a dominant quarterfinal victory over Quinnipiac, the Red aim to conquer Lake Placid this weekend and secure its 13th ECAC Championship

By DYLAN McDEVITT Sun Sports Editor

The rafters of Lynah Rink are donned with dozens of gleaming red banners tokens of the accomplishments of Cornell men ’ s hockey across several decades This weekend, the 2017-18 team will get another chance to add to that collection after it clinched the Ivy League title earlier this year

The top seed in the conference, Cornell (25-4-2, 17-3-2 ECAC) travels to Lake Placid this weekend fresh

off a dominant quarterfinal series against Quinnipiac in which it outscored the Bobcats, 11-1, across two games Its task is to capture a conference-best 13th ECAC Championship its first since 2010

“Our role is to put another banner in those rafters,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86 “We want a championship banner That’s the first and foremost in our mind: to win an ECAC championship ”

The first obstacle in Cornell’s path is seventh-seeded Princeton (17-12-

4, 10-10-2), a red-hot team that recently upset second-seeded Union on the road in a quarterfinal sweep of its own The Tigers boast a high-powered offense that is ranked third in the nation, averaging a potent 3 73 goals per game “Princeton [has] some depth and obviously some very lethal threats offensively,” said freshman forward Kyle Betts “It takes four lines to matchup all four lines have to be responsible if we ’ re going to shut

those guys down ” The Princeton offense is led by two of the nation’s top four scorers in Max Veronneau and Ryan Kuffner, who have 53 and 50 points on the year, respectively

“They’re a very skilled team, so we need to take away their time and space, ” said freshman defenseman Cody Haiskanen “We just [need to] play our game, transition well and

Laxers Gear Up for 1st Ivy Contest

By JACK KANTOR Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Fresh off a top-20 upset, Cornell lacrosse is ready to set itself apart this season as it begins its Ivy League schedule Up first, No 8 Yale the three-time defending Ivy League champions will come to town this Saturday for a conference showdown at Schoellkopf Field

After finishing in the middle of the pack last season, the Red (3-2) will attempt to reestablish itself in the conference when it challenges the Bulldogs (4-1) this weekend at home

“Our goal is not to show well in the Ivy League or maybe sneak into the Ivy League playoff,” Milliman said “Our goal is to win the Ivy League ” Cornell did not fare well against the Bulldogs last year, dropping the league-opener, 17-8 The Red would go on to finish fifth in the conference, an improvement over the year before when it finished sixth, but not where it wants to be The Bulldogs this season will be formidable opponents again ranking as a top-10 team in the

nation with a record of 4-1 to start the year In addition, Yale has found itself at the top of the standings for three straight regular seasons

“[ Yale is] good at pretty much ever ything,” said interim head coach Peter Milliman “I think our sharpness is going to need to come through at the beginning of the game We can ’ t have a slow start ”

The Red is coming off a 9-7 win over thenNo 20 Penn State at U S Lacrosse’s Tierney Field in Maryland last weekend The underdogs used a six-goal run in the fourth quarter to beat the Nittany Lions

On offense, sophomore attack Jeff Teat continues to lead the way, totaling 28 points so far this season

Specifically in the goals department, junior attack Clarke Petterson has greatly contributed with 14 goals of his own But when it comes down to it all, it’s a group effort, according to Milliman

While Yale will arguably be the toughest Ivy foe in 2018, this Cornell team is ready to win, and seems to be finding its groove as of late

“The Penn State game was huge for us, ” said senior goaltender Christian Knight “The momentum definitely carries over ”

“I think the offensive success in a lot of ways is built off of chemistr y, ” he said “Guys understand what we are doing, [work] well together reading each other and [have] a good sense of what we ’ re trying to accomplish System wise, we keep things pretty simple and let them play and that’s why I think chemistry is a big piece ”

Compared to the rest of the nation, the Red ranks 13th in goals per game, averaging 12 4 goals per game while Yale comes in at 27th