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JT Baker ’21, Jaewon Sim ’21

Baker is expected to fll vacant trustee spot after re-tabulation shows he would have won

By MEREDITH LIU Sun Assistant Managing Editor

JT Baker ’21 would have won the position of the student-elected trustee had he not been disqualified from race, the University announced Wednesday. A Board of Trustees committee has recommended he fill a vacant spot alongside Jaewon Sim ’21, the undergraduate student trustee-elect, for the next two years starting July.

The Trustee Nominating Committee disqualified Baker, who is a football player, on April 16 over an email sent by a staff member in the athletics department alerting student athletes of Baker’s campaign. The TNC said Baker was disqualified for failing to notify the committee of this email, which violated election rules.

On the same day, President Martha E. Pollack and Chair of the Board of Trustees Robert Harrison ’76 said in separate statements to The Sun immediately after the result was announced that they believed election rules were not applied appropriately, but they will not seek to overrule the TNC, which is independent of the Board and the administration.

A re-tabulation of the election votes — conducted by the Office of the Assemblies under the request of the Committee on Board Composition and Governance — showed that Baker would have won the election had he

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been included in the tally. John Carberry, a University spokesperson, said in an email to The Sun that the updated vote totals will be posted Thursday.

Based on this result, the CBCG — an 11-member committee which both Pollack and Harrison sit on — said

Student-Run Pantry to Expand Services

By KATHRYN STAMM Sun Staff Writer

“I’m feeding these students, can I get some help?” Gloria Coicou grad asked Cornell after launching Bread N Butter, an on-campus, student-run food pantry in fall 2018.

First founded in Coicou’s car, Bread N Butter now exists in a temporary space in Anabel’s Grocery. The food pantry offers free food and prepared meals to students on campus. It functions as a resource to all Cornell students, both offering free food and decreasing food waste on campus.

With its newly established partnership with the University,

it affirmed Sim’s election but also recommended that the Board select Baker to fill a currently vacant trustee seat, according to a statement from the chair of the CBCG,

“I'm feeding these students, can I get some help?”

Gloria Coicou

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the pantry looks to continue expanding, rescuing more food and serving more food-insecure students in the fall. Since its creation, the group has grown and adapted to fit the community’s needs. This has included creating more leadership positions, changing the pantry times and increasing outreach.

The changes have allowed the pantry to expand the number of people it serves each day, increasing from just 22 people on its first day to about 100 on most days, according to Pantry Director Laura Yang ’19.

“We've definitely made a lot of progress this semester in terms of working out the logistics, sort of figuring out exactly how we want to run the pantry most efficiently,” Yang told The Sun.

The University’s help has already been “instrumental” in the success of the food pantry, founder Coicou told The Sun in a phone interview. The Center

Rand Hall, Cocktail Lounge Construction to Conclude

By JEFFREY LI Sun Staff Writer

There are two seasons at Cornell — winter and construction. As the former gradually leaves Ithaca, the latter is also coming to a close for the Cocktail Lounge and the Fine Arts Library this summer. Rand Hall, which is located in the College of Architecture, Art,

and Planning, has been under construction since fall 2017.

The Cocktail Lounge in Uris Library, a beloved 24-hour study space, has also been closed for renovation since the start of this semester.

“Major construction activities in the interior, including the restrooms, study areas, and a small vending area, have been completed at this point,” said John

Ladley, facilities and planning manager.

“Furniture, finishes, and electronic equipment will be installed in the coming weeks.”

“The exterior work is still in progress and is weather dependent,” he continued.

Several changes are being made to maximize the views of Libe Slope. In the

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Beyond Debt: Islamic Experiments in Global Finance 4:30 - 6 p.m., 404 Morrill Hall

China and Asia-Pacific Studies Open House 5 - 6 p.m., 204 Uris Hall

Art of Agriculture 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Arts Quad

Algorithms in the Era of Machine Learning: An Inconvenient Truth 3:30 p.m., Rhodes Hall

Cornell Chamber Orchestra: C.U. Music 7 p.m., Barnes Hall

Director of Cornell University Press to Leave for Duke

By STACEY BLANSKY Sun Staff Writer

After four years with Cornell University, Dean Smith, director of the Cornell University Press, will head to North Carolina as he takes on the role of director of Duke University Press on July 1.

The Cornell University Press is a politically neutral publishing press that serves as a credentialing service, enabling scholars to receive tenure through publication, Smith said. It is one of the biggest university presses in the country.

During his time as director, Smith helped increase the number of published eBooks from 350 to more than 3,000 and add 150 open access texts to the Cornell Open website, according to the Duke Chronicle.

Smith also helped revamp Project Muse, an online database for journals published by university presses in the humanities, social sciences and mathematics.

“We serve the academy of scholars, the University, the community, our staff and — to some degree — the world,” Smith told The Sun. “My feeling is that universities really need to be about the diffusion, advancement and insemination of knowledge.”

As director of the Cornell

University Press, Smith said his role is heavier in “business development, as he is constantly searching for ways to increase the press’s long-term sustainability. Currently, Cornell is a Tier 3 University press, with revenues between $3 to $5 million. Smith said that has spoken with his financial team about getting Cornell to Tier 4, with revenues of over $6 million.

“I am looking for opportunities for us to generate beyond the breakeven,” Smith said. “That will help us pay for the scholarship and the mission-side of the business.”

He said that he envisions himself doing similar work at Duke, given that one of the main goals of university presses is to stimulate academic growth and generate curiosity. Duke University Press is a Tier 4.

“All presses for me are laboratories for change,” Smith told The Sun. “Just like any department on campus, there is innovation that has to be done.”

Looking back at his four years at Cornell, Smith said that the unique “entrepreneurial spirit” of the University has taught him to be open to all possibilities. The fact that students, staff and faculty alike are all willing to connect with one another in order to share and advance knowledge amazed him.

“I’ve met more interesting people in this place that is somewhat remote than I have in any major city,” Smith said. “Those experiences I will never forget.”

When asked about his motivation for the New York to North

Nutrition, Not Pills, Are Key to Good Health, Prof Says

By GRACE LU Sun Staff Writer

America’s health condition is worsening every year. In the past 10 years, obesity rates have risen from 34 percent to almost 40 percent. As of 2017, more than 100 million U.S. adults suffer from diabetes. At the same time, heart disease is the cause of one in every four deaths in the U.S.

These are all issues that nutrition can resolve before medicine and surgeries need to be involved, according to T. Colin Campbell Ph.D. ’61, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Emeritus.

In a lecture Tuesday afternoon, Campbell said that Americans’ heavy reliance on animal protein in their diet causes obesity and many cardiovascular diseases. Meanwhile, having a plant-

and grain-based diet can significantly improve one’s health.

Campbell first became interested in nutrition’s effects on health after his research revealed that a diet with 20 percent of animal dietary protein led to a steady growth in cancer risk. When the same study was repeated with soy and wheat proteins instead of animal proteins, pre-cancer development did not occur.

At the time of his research, cancer was still thought to be a genetic disease, according to Campbell. His study revealed otherwise.

“Cancer primarily is a nutrition-determined disease, not a genetic-determined disease,” Campbell said.

Campbell continued his research on protein’s nutritional role in the American diet. His research first determined that animal proteins

promoted disease formation, while plant proteins prevented and even reversed it.

The optimal amount of protein an average adult should consume is between 5 to 6 percent of their daily calories, Campbell said. However, Americans get between 16 to 17 percent — most of which comes from animal sources, one of the primary causes of America’s declining collective health.

“We need protein, but once we exceed a certain amount, that is when disease risks begins to grow,” Campbell said.

Mitigating the heavy reliance on animal protein would not only be beneficial for health, but would also alleviate the money people spend on healthcare and reduce their reliance on pharmaceuticals, according to Campbell. He advocated for wholist nutrition, which

Carolina move, Smith said the decision was not made purely for career purposes. Rather, he and his wife had been considering moving to that region for nearly a decade.

“It’s always been an area that we’ve been interested in,” Smith said. “It’s more of a holistic, lifestyle, family decision. Besides, the [Duke University] Press is a world-leading publisher.”

Having spent four years at

Risley Greeter Tina to Transfer

By CAR0LINE JOHNSON Sun Staff Writer

Risley — a place filled with fun, laughter, character, a range of dining options and smiles. Some of those smiles are caused by Tina Andrews, who has greeted students with a smile as she swipes them into Risley Dining Hall every day for the past three years. Now, she’s leaving her role at Risley to work in facilities on West Campus.

Tina began her time at Cornell working in the convenience store in the old Noyes building and, since then, has worked multiple roles on campus.

After returning from a work-related injury a few years ago, she worked at Goldie’s in the Physical Sciences Building at various positions for two years. After that, she was transferred to Risley’s dining hall, which is gluten-free and an exact replica of the Christ Church

Refractory at Oxford University.

As one of the first people students see when they walk into the dining hall, Andrews has made an impact on hundreds of new students every year as they are met by her memorable greetings and a smile.

“I like this position because you see the freshman come in and they’re so unsure, you know,”

promotes a whole-foods, plant-based diet with no animal protein as a means of preventing major diseases.

“Nutrition is about whole foods, not pills and procedures,” Campbell said. “If we can adopt this wholist nutrition lifestyle, which promotes preventative health, diseases won’t arise so often. If there

is no disease, there is nothing that we need to treat.”

Based on his findings, Campbell promotes a more comprehensive understanding of nutrition among the American public as a means of preventing disease.

“Medical schools don’t teach nutrition. They teach reductionist medicine: one

disease, one cause, one mechanism, one drug treatment,” he said. “But they don’t look at the big picture: all of the events that lead up to disease is the part that we should be focusing on. That’s the point of wholist nutrition.”

University Supports Bread N Butter

Free food pantry works with the University to fght food insecurity

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for Transformative Action has not only provided them with its current space in Anabel’s Grocery, but also with supplies like boxes and signs for the food drives and coolers for transporting rescued food.

The new Cornell partnership will also allow the pantry to evolve and become more established, with plans to find a permanent space, according to Coicou. Anabel’s Grocery is expected to be “fully operational” in Fall 2019 according to Anke Wessels, director of CTA.

off at the pantry — it was just a woman from the community who had heard about our efforts and had some food she wanted to donate,” Yang said.

In addition to the boxes, Bread N Butter has a partnership with Friendship Donations Network, a local organization that redistributes food over the county to prevent food waste. They also have connections — facilitated

“There is not one food pantry in the U.S. that is doing all the efforts we’re doing to feeed our food insecure students.”

Gloria Coicou grad

“Cornell is championing this initiative,” Coicou said. “They’re going to renovate a space; they’re going to open it up.”

Coicou said one major concern over partnering with Cornell was that the pantry would lose its central mission of fellowship and its status as a non-stigmatized space. However, the University has agreed to keep the pantry student-run and open to all without eligibility requirements.

Bread N Butter currently has 13 donation box locations across campus, where anybody can donate pantry items. Yang said she has been surprised by the generosity and willingness to help with the pantry’s efforts.

“I had some donations dropped

through Cornell — with various corporations in Ithaca, including Wegmans, Tops and Panera Breads.

The leaders of the pantry have also embarked on their own food rescue missions from various Cornell eateries. Since March 8, Bread N Butter has recovered over 600 pounds of food from five eateries that would otherwise be thrown away, according to Coicou.

“What’s really unique about Cornell and this food pantry is that no one else in the U.S. is doing this,” Coicou said. “There is not one food pantry in the U.S. that is doing all the efforts we’re doing to feed our food insecure students.”

“I'm excited to see how the pantry will grow,” Yang said about the future of the pantry. “I really want to see everything running super smoothly, super efficiently … I do know there are some people who don't know about the existence of the pantry, so [we’ll be] making sure this is something that's accessible to as many people as possible.”

There are big plans ahead as Bread N Butter looks to capitalize on the Cornell partnership, including expanding to rescue from more eateries more often and hosting more events.

For example, on Tuesday, April 30 at 10 a.m. on the Law School patio, Bread N Butter will host an event with Food Bank of the Southern Tier to also provide perishable items. In similar past events, students walked away with nearly 50 pounds of food each.

“Cornell is realizing there’s a need,” Coicou said. “We’re here to fill it.”

Bread N Butter currently operates out of the space previously utilized by Anabel’s Grocery in Anabel Taylor Hall and is open Mondays from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. and Wednesdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Kathryn Stamm can be reached at kstamm@cornellsun.com.

Two Cornell Profs Selected for Academy of Arts & Sciences

By JEFFREY LI Sun Staff Writer

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced its 214 new members on April 17, an honor distinguishing leaders across disciplines. Members on the list include former First Lady Michelle Obama and author Jonathan Franzen, as well as two Cornellians — Prof. Stephen Ceci, human development, and Prof. Kelly Zamudio, ecology and evolutionary biology.

Unlike most professors, Ceci said he loved working on multiple research projects at the same time. He is currently running programs with three different focuses — children’s memories, children’s intellectual development and women in science.

laboration. According to Ceci, he is close to finishing a project about why there are so few women in fields like particle physics, for which he is collaborating with a particle physicist, an information scientist, a sociologist and a psychologist.

“Because we come from very different disciplinary training backgrounds, we see things very differently. And it makes it very hard to collaborate,” Ceci told The Sun. “...[But] I think there is a big payoff. I think what we are going to produce is better than what I would have done with my psychological background.”

“I find it somewhat refreshing to work on [several programs] at the same time. [Switching among programs] rejuvenates my thoughts,” Ceci said.

Ceci started his program in children’s memories more than 40 years ago, when he was still in graduate school. His lab now applies his research to informing the ability of children to testify in a legal context, according to Ceci. And he has also filed briefs in U.S Supreme Court cases.

These interdisciplinary collaborations often come from national debates, according to Ceci. Scholars from different fields would go back and forth when arguing with each other, but the arguments eventually ended up becoming great collaborations.

“If your personality is such that you can tolerate the uncertainty of working with people in other disciplines and accept that they know really important things you don’t know, then [you will] find great values in collaborations,” Ceci said.

One of these cases was Ohio v. Clark , in which a child claimed that Darius Clark, who was the boyfriend of the child’s mother, beat him and caused bruises on his face. Ceci co-wrote a brief with another colleague to support the argument that a child’s memories were reliable enough to count as sufficient evidence to convict Clark.

Ceci has also been actively involved in “radical collaboration” faculty task forces that encourage interdisciplinary col-

Zamudio is an expert in evolutionary biology, herpetology and genetics. Her research focuses include biodiversity, reptiles and amphibians. She also studies processes of microevolution, which explains how populations become differentiated and how selection acts in species adaptation.

Zamudio’s research also touches a host of global problems, such as how wildlife diseases impact frogs across the world.

“It turns out there are a lot of wildlife diseases that cause distinctions and population

Dean Smith Headed to Duke

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Cornell University — the same length as a typical undergraduate degree — Smith urged students to always be open to new possibilities, because one never knows which opportunity will lead to something greater.

“Continue to have a global view

of the world, especially with an eye towards technology, because what you are doing with your phones and with your computers is what we need to learn from,” Smith said. “Continuing to push that will help us determine what the mode for scholarship is for the future.”

Although he is looking forward to his new position at Duke, Smith said he had an incredible expe-

rience at Cornell and will miss a community that, to him, felt like family.

“It’s very bittersweet for me, because I love being here,” Smith said. “I’ve loved every minute of being at Cornell. It’s going to be hard to leave.”

Stacey Blanksy can be reached at sblansky@cornellsun.com.

Risley’s Tina to Work on West

Andrews told The Sun. “Then the next year when you see them, they’re in power and they got this down pat.”

Andrews said her favorite part of her job is being able to talk to everyone who comes through the door and being able to make their dining experience as best as she can.

“A lot of people are really quiet,” she said. “I try to get them out of their shell by remembering their name.”

In addition to students,

Andrews has also developed connections with fellow coworkers who have been with her through the years and have become an “extended family,” she said.

Andrews said this family was disappointed when they found out that she was transferring to West Campus as she has been a part of their community experience for quite some time.

She recalled that while working on West Campus this past summer, she climbed the flight of steps in the Gothics of Hans Bethe House multiple times with one of her coworkers, despite the heat. They had a fun and brought laugh-

ter into each other’s day.

“She’s worked here forever and I’ve never seen her smile so much as she did last summer,” Andrews said of that co-worker. “We just kept her laughing.”

While Andrews may be leaving Risley dining hall, her smiles and greetings will continue to be shared with students, faculty and coworkers at Cornell.

“I’m a happy person and I try to be positive,” she said. “I get to spread the light and love on West Campus.”

Caroline Johnson can be reached at cj374@cornell.edu.

Cornell Faculty Recognized for Research

Two faculty were elected into the Academy of Arts and Sciences

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declines. With climate change, we are in an era when humans have a huge impact on wildlife. The total number of diseases are outbreaking,” Zamudio said.

For her future plans, Zamudio said she hopes to research on how certain adaptations that have to do with reproductions actually contributed to the diversification of frogs. On the disease side, she planned to collaborate with other scientists to explore what genes could be responsible for making some frogs resistant to disease.

Both Ceci and Zamudio said they were not expecting to be inducted into the Academy.

“A couple of colleagues asked me if they can nominate me [5 to 7] years ago. But I didn’t hear anything, so I assumed I was not going to be elected to the Academy,” Ceci said. “Then last week, totally out of the blue, I got a letter congratulating my election to the academy. I would say the least [that I was] very surprised.”

“The way [I learnt it] was that I got a letter from FedEx,” Zamudio said. “I was a little bit surprised [when I opened the

letter].”

Zamudio also said she looks forward to continuing teaching and offering advice to younger faculty members with what she learns from other members in the Academy.

“I always tried to lead by example. A lot of people in the Academy are the people I have been watching and learning from. That’s the thing I look forward to offering [to younger scientists],” Zamudio told The Sun.

Jefrey Li can be reached at jli@cornellsun.com.

Baker, Sim Both to Serve as Trustees

A committee passed the decision in light of Baker’s would-be win

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Ronald D. McCray ’79.

Cornell’s bylaws state that trustee-at-large — which takes up 43 of 64 seats on the Board — is the only type of position that allows nomination by the CBCG, while all other types of trustee are either elected by constituencies or reserved for individuals occupying certain positions such as the Governor of New York.

two-year terms concurrently starting July, the statement reads. In its review of the election process, the CBCG found TNC’s actions to disqualify Baker were “made in good faith,” but that the election rules and procedures “urgently require meaningful review and revisions.”

“It stands as an affirmation of shared governance while also acknowledging the concerns about fairness surrounding the election.”

Prof. Bruce Lewenstein

Should the Board approve this recommendation “as expected” in its upcoming meeting in May, both Baker and Sim will serve

However, the details of the reforms will not take shape “until after the Board has a chance to discuss this issue at future meetings,” according to Carberry. Prof. Bruce Lewenstein, science and technology studies and chair of TNC, said in a statement to The Sun that he “strongly endorses this outcome.”

“It stands as an affirmation of shared governance while also acknowledging the concerns

about fairness surrounding the election,” Lewenstein’s statement reads. “I am grateful for the CBCG’s recognition that the TNC acted in good faith in addressing its commitment to ensuring that the election process take place in a respectful and fair arena.”

Sim, who originally won the student trustee race by a 1,025vote margin over the closest candidate, congratulated Baker for his nomination in a statement to The Sun.

“I’m honored to be serving as the next student-elected trustee and I look forward to working with him and all members of the Board,” Sim’s statement reads. Baker had not responded to requests for comment by late Wednesday night.

Meredith Liu can be reached at meredithliu@cornellsun.com.

Dining Guide

Your source for good food

Thompson and Bleecker: Neapolitan With a Twist

By LUCY SPAHR Sun Staff Writer

It is my fourth or fifth time dining at Thompson and Bleecker Pizza and Wine Tavern since its opening this past August, and I still find it a challenge to pick what to order. The menu has been carefully curated, broken into antipasti, salad, pizza and dessert, yet the familiar debate ensues. Should we order an antipasto of spicy feta dip? Will we be limited to getting less pizza if we do? What pizza should we even order? If only we could have all ten of their perfect pies.

I’m a fan of the Diavola, which consists of spicy soppressata, an Italian sausage, hot honey and Greek oregano. My friend reminds me that I should try a new pizza this time around, like the Di Parma, comprised of prosciutto, arugula and shaved pecorino. While I agree with her, I can’t give up the Diavola since I have ordered it with every visit. Finally, we arrive at an agreement: Caesar salad, one Diavola and one Di Parma. I reassure myself that next time, I will be able to try more of what Thompson

and Bleecker has to offer. And what Thompson and Bleecker has to offer surely goes beyond its creative artisanal pizza. Gazing around this vibrant Ithaca Commons spot on a Thursday evening transports me; I am no longer in Ithaca, but

tiled structure that crackles and pops with each pizza that enters.

Pro-tip: The best seats in the

in New York City, almost. Perhaps this feeling is evoked since

owners Milly and George named Thompson and Bleecker after the intersection of their first apartment in the city. The candles on each sleek, wooden table twinkle. Milly makes her rounds, ensuring all guests are having a wonderful time, which is an easy feat. Patrons sip on red wine while simultaneously biting into doughy crust and cheesy goodness. The center of all the hum is the pizza oven, a large-

house are the ones closest to the show. Waiting in anticipation, we

Waiting in anticipation, we watch. George lovingly rolls out the homemade dough, twirling it like a scene from a movie. He drizzles vibrant red tomato sauce on top, followed by careful arrangements of garlic, endives, olives — you name it. The aroma of fresh mozzarella wraps around us like a comforting blanket.

watch. George lovingly rolls out the homemade dough, twirling it like a scene from a movie. He drizzles vibrant red tomato sauce on top, followed by careful arrangements of garlic, endives, olives — you name it. The aroma of

fresh mozzarella wraps around us like a comforting blanket. While each pizza is lovingly crafted, it would be a mistake to overlook the other dishes like their salads, which range from a Greek salad of feta cheese and tomatoes to the classic Caesar.

Promptly, our

incredibly fluffy, and the lightness of the dough complements the clean taste of the tomato sauce.

waiter arrives with a flourish and presents our own Caesar salad, which is stacked on the china dish like a mountain. We heap piles of romaine lettuce tossed in a house-made caesar dressing onto our plates. Its simple elegance is the perfect precursor to the pizza, but still holds its own, especially with the decadent addition of parmesan cheese. Is it the best caesar salad I’ve ever had? Yes. We are still scarfing down the salad when our two pizzas arrive, the Diavola and the Di Parma, straight from the pizza oven. My friend asks for some lemon, which she squeezes on top of her first slice. The lemon enhances the flavor of the soppressata, but the freshness of each ingredient alone means every single one can be savored with no additional sauce necessary. The pizzas range from $13 to $17, which is on the pricier side, but all of the ingredients are organic and the menu items are made in-house — no microwave, no freezer. The proof is in the pizza. The crusts of both pizzas are

That being said, I appreciate how Thompson and Bleecker takes inspiration from the traditional Neapolitan style and adds their own special savoir faire. Take, for example, their festive Party on Dude pizza, whose main toppings include pepperoni, mild pepperoncini and pecorino topped with a dash of sea salt. All of their pizzas are not only bursting with flavor, but are unique.

In an homage to Europeanstyle pizza-making, Thompson and Bleecker advertises its own pizzas as “Neapolitan.” The definition of Neapolitan-style pizza, according to the True Neapolitan Pizza Association, includes basic dough, mozzarella cheese, basil, olive oil, tomatoes and must be prepared in a very specific way. The True Neapolitan Pizza Association is the traditional authority on whether a pizza spot can be officially branded as Neapolitan. Since the pizzas at Thompson and Bleecker contain a variety of other ingredients like sausage, prosciutto, garlic, endives and onions, they cannot be verified as truly Neapolitan. That being said, I appreciate how Thompson and Bleecker takes inspiration from the traditional Neapolitan style and adds their own special savoir faire . Take, for example, their festive Party on Dude pizza, whose main toppings include pepperoni, mild pepperoncini and pecorino topped with a dash of sea salt. All of their pizzas are not only bursting with flavor, but are unique. I am already planning my next visit, but what to order? Perhaps it is time for some Party on Dude followed by a rich tiramisu.

Serves: Neapolitan Style Pizza

Vibe: Warm and stylish

Price: $$

Overall:

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Comics, the MCU and Why Endgame Might Just Be the GOAT

In the mid-to-late ’90s, it looked as if the market for comic books was headed for collapse — not a temporary downtick, but its demise.

In 1992’s Superman 75 , D.C. Comics killed Superman, which alongside other “milestone” events and publishers trying to dub those events as “collectible,” gave rise to a market of speculation. People would buy up a disproportionately large quantity of an anticipated issue with intention of selling them for a profit later.

In response to that artificially inflated demand, the supply side of the market exploded — existing and new publishers flooded shelves. The entrance of small upstart retailers with insufficient knowledge of the medium created a moral dilemma for distributors, who choose to let uninformed sellers over-buy comics to make themselves money in the short term.

If you’ve ever taken an economics class, you know this is headed in a bad direction. People were going to lose money. DC brought back Superman, undercutting the value of Superman 75 and all similar “milestone” comics for that matter. Marvel reported losses of $48.5 million dollars in 1994 and then filed for bankruptcy in 1996. The comic book industry wouldn’t recover for years.

Fast forward to the present day. Avengers: Endgame comes out tonight and I believe it’s going to be the biggest, and quite possibly best, movie ever . . . like, of all time. We’ll get to that in a second. First, let’s take a look at how we got here.

Before the turn of the 21st century, comic book movies hadn’t fared well. The early 2000s were a glimmer of hope

— X-Men (2000), X2 (2003) and the first two films in Sam Raimi and Toby Maguire’s Spider-Man run (2002 and 2004) all outperformed projections. Then Christopher Nolan made Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008), which were . . . um . . . good, to say the least. Hiccups were still common, though — Elektra (2005), Spider-Man 3 (2007), Green Lantern (2011) — but there was something to this whole comic thing. People were responding to these movies.

Two months and 16 days before The Dark Knight’s release, the Marvel Cinematic Universe launched when Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury appeared

in a post-credits scene (at that time this was still an oddity) in Iron Man (2008), recruiting the newly publicly outed hero Tony Stark to join the “Avengers Initiative.”

“You think you’re the only super-hero in the world?” Fury asked that question as if he were speaking directly to the audience. He was putting together a team and we’ve spent the last decade meeting these heroes, learning who they are, where they’ve come from and what they’ve done. We’ve seen 20 films since then — three Iron Man’s , three Thor’s , three Captain America’s , two Guardians of the Galaxy’s , two Ant-Man’s , one each of Hulk , Doctor Strange , Spider-Man , Black Panther and Captain Marvel and three Avengers (the flag under which our heroes team up) — only two of which I’ve deemed unworthy of a second viewing, those being Thor: The Dark World (2013) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), which made $645 million and $864 million dollars, respectively.

Now, I know that using money as an indicator of success for movies is incredibly problematic. However, if we can put aside the quashing of creativity that hunger for cash often brings about and look at what Marvel has done here in terms of sheer numbers for just a moment, it’s almost incomprehensible. When looking at all 21 movies to date, the MCU has grossed more than $18 billion dollars. That’s billion with a “b.”

According to the International Monetary Fund’s data from this time last year, if the MCU were a country it would sit just between Mali and Gabon in terms of GDP. Interestingly, it’s also right above the country of Georgia (and far below the state of Georgia). Go Dawgs.

At present, MCU films sit at spots #4 ( Infinity War ), #6 ( Avengers ), #8 ( Age of Ultron ), #9 ( Black Panther ), #17 ( Iron

Man 3 ), #19 ( Captain America: Civil War ) and #25 ( Captain Marvel , released just a month and a half ago) in all-time worldwide box office records. Atop that list are 2009’s Avatar (yes, the one with the blue people), 1997’s Titanic and 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but I believe every one of these films is about to take one step down. Avengers: Endgame comes out today.

I don’t just think Endgame is going to beat Avatar — I don’t think it’s going to be close. I think this is finally going to top the long-awaited $3 billion-dollar mark. It will have both the opening momentum and the long-term staying power to set a box office record that could very well never be challenged. I’m talking Barry Bonds’s 73-home-run season and Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game. As I and millions of people across the world walk into theaters tonight, we will be on hallowed ground.

Whether or not you like what these Marvel movies have done to cinema, in 100 years we will look back at this event and the unparalleled success of the MCU’s run as having as distinct a mark on the medium as did the introduction of color to film 100 years ago. Cinema has been serialized.

Endgame is less a standalone film than it is a series finale, which brings me to the more controversial of my two predications: This is going to be among the best movies of all time. I’m no longer talking Avatar , Titanic and Star Wars , but rather The Godfather , The Shawshank Redemption , Citizen Kane and Pulp Fiction . And while to the uninitiated, I’ve now used my first two columns — the first of which I used to argue why SpiderMan: Into the Spider-Verse was the best film to hit theaters last year — to entirely discount myself as someone whose opinions on movies should be taken seriously, this point is not a hollow one. I have heard it before — “superhero

movies just aren’t for me” and “I wish I could be a little more stupid so I could enjoy them” — but I would argue that these 22 films have been among the most accessible and inherently cinematic to ever grace the silver screen. What’s so beautiful about the Marvel movies is that almost any person in the world regardless of age, gender or race can walk into a theater in any mood and walk out feeling as if they can touch the sky.

And all of that is coming to a head. “We’re in the endgame now.” Tonight, the world will see whether or not Kevin Feige, President of Marvel Studios, can cash a check that no one else in the history of cinema has ever even dared to write, and if early accounts are to be believed, he can.

In this movie’s very nature is the potential to play the heartstrings of its viewers in ways we’ve never experienced, and if I can get a little more philosophical and forward-thinking for a moment, that’s what I hope a future generation of filmmakers will take away from it. What’s made these movies so truly special is not their jaw-dropping action — though that’s certainly helped put butts in seats — but rather their emotion. Like I said earlier, by this point I have known these characters better and longer than I have most people in my life, and no matter what happens, this movie is going to hurt.

I was in elementary school when I saw Iron Man, and these films have been near the forefront of my relationship with popular culture since. This movie is in a position to be an emotional crux of my 21st year on Earth, one in which I’ve started to see glimpses of the man I might be when my kids are this age. God-damn it do I need this movie to deliver.

I’ve run out of words. I’ll see y’all next time.

Nick Smith is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at nsmith@ cornellsun.com. Media Relations runs alternating Tursdays this semester.

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A Messy but Acceptable End to the JT Baker Saga

WHAT A TERRIBLE MESS. THIS YEAR’S STUDENT-ELECTED TRUSTEE

RACE saw Jaewon Sim ’21 take the prize, but only after the ugly disqualification of JT Baker ’21, who ran a campaign focused on student-athletes.

The latest news is that Baker would’ve won were he not booted out for breaking an election rule. In light of that, the Committee on Board Composition and Governance opted to split the difference. The CBCG recommended Sim take the traditional student-elected trustee seat and Baker fill a vacant trustee seat. It’s an imperfect compromise — but perhaps the best option on offer.

The CBCG’s recommendation grapples with the tension that underlies Baker’s disqualification — whether rules or outcomes matter more. In this case, the CBCG decided outcomes should win the day. We agree. Permitting Baker’s minor rule violation is far better than tossing out all the votes that would’ve constituted his victory. Moreover, the entire ordeal underscores the need for fundamental reform of Cornell’s faulty electoral system.

It’s worth emphasizing the rule Baker is accused of breaking is a somewhat minor one. The Trustee Nominating Committee, in a near-unanimous vote on his disqualification, ruled that Baker failed to meet a requirement that candidates email the TNC about “potential violations immediately after they occur.”

The “potential violation” in question is an email sent out by Carmen Rogers, a Cornell Athletics director, expressing enthusiasm for Baker’s candidacy. The email violates an earlier TNC memo — distributed to all trustee candidates after Baker himself reached out — which barred any “official university unit” from taking any action that might resemble an endorsement, as Rogers’ email plausibly might.

Cornell Athletics officials did eventually walk back Rogers’ email, issuing a series of correctives and clarifications. But that was eight days after. Within that span, Baker had more than enough time to notify the TNC about Rogers’ email. The TNC reasonably concluded Baker broke the rules.

Yet despite Baker’s likely violation, we think the CBCG’s recommended solution is a fair one. The reality is that Baker’s infraction — which, to reiterate, was merely failing to tell the TNC about Rogers’ email — probably didn’t alter election results in any meaningful way.

What’s more, shutting down Baker’s candidacy would come at a serious cost. The prospect of thwarting the first student-athlete trustee on a technicality cuts against the principles of shared governance. The student-athlete community, which so ardently backed Baker’s successful campaign, deserves representation on the Board of Trustees. And Baker’s error is not grave enough to justify annulling hundreds, if not thousands, of votes — thereby ignoring an entire community’s democratic input.

The CBCG’s recommendation also means greater undergraduate representation on the Board of Trustees. In one seat sits Sim, a Korean international student and STEM major with experience on the Student Assembly. In the other sits Baker, an African-American Hotelie beloved by his fellow football players. All the better for undergrad voices being heard on the Board.

And just as voiding Baker’s victory would be undemocratic, so would undoing Sim’s victory, which has already been certified by the TNC. As such, the CBCG’s compromise solution represents a tidy remedy to muddy circumstances, the best solution available.

But it can’t be left there. This election was borne of a fundamental flaw in Cornell’s elections — namely, having no way to punish campaigns for rule-breaking short of disqualification. As we wrote after last year’s S.A. election meme debacle, “This all-or-nothing approach can produce an incredibly undemocratic result, by which the will of the voters can be overturned by an unelected committee operating in a confidential setting.”

Our preferred fix is instituting a 48-hour campaigning blackout period before polls open. Disqualifications would be announced in this period, ensuring no votes are cast for an ineligible candidate. But no matter the fix, concrete reforms, not just vague talk, are needed from Cornell’s administration so that the JT Baker saga is remembered as a one-off mishap — and not as the outgrowth of a dysfunctional electoral system.

Nile

Jones | Rivers of Consciousness

Stop Making West Campus Residents Buy Unlimited Swipes

Big-eyed and stunned, my friends and I gasped while reading a brochure for a West Campus main house. It was as if someone listened to all our complaints about our freshman dorms and knew exactly what we wanted. Clean restrooms, air conditioning and proximity to Collegetown were enough to convince us that West is the best.

But no exceptional amenity comes without a hefty price tag. Living in the West Campus House System includes a particularly frustrating commitment: enrolling in a dining contract for unlimited meal swipes — a massive $3,000 semesterly bill that totals to a rough $4,500 cost of living on campus.

This dining contract, also known as the House Meal Plan, has been a requirement of all WCHS residents since the house system’s inception. The House Meal Plan gives residents unlimited access to meals at any West Campus dining hall, $400 in Big Red Bucks and 50 meal swipes that can be used at any non-West dining room. Moreover, it is cheaper than the Bear Unlimited Meal Plan, which is available to all students not living on West. Considering these benefits, then, the House Meal plan is arguably worth the price tag.

meal plan. Likewise, for me, if I were not a recipient of financial aid, I could not fathom the thought of enrolling in an unlimited meal plan, let alone live on West.

The worst part though is that having one dining option for West residents is unreflective of the general student body. Cornellians everywhere have different preferences for the number of dining hall meals they want or need weekly. Many freshmen enroll in meal plans that give them access to 10 or 14 meal swipes weekly. Many Cornellians that live off-campus choose to have seven dining hall meals weekly or forego the meal plan altogether. These students do have access to an

But no exceptional amenity comes without a hefty price tag. Living in the West Campus House System includes a particularly frustrating commitment.

Indeed, the House Meal Plan is a fair option, but only for people who want it and need it. The problem is not the House Meal Plan itself, but that Cornellians who decide to live on West are forced to enroll in it.

When asked why this requirement exists, Hans Bethe House Assistant Dean Erica Ostermann referenced the vision statement of West Campus, stating it adds to “the deep value for the enhanced sense of community that is created with shared meals in your home.”

This is true, and completely agreeable. The community-building that occurs over the dinner table is superb, and in my experience has been “magical,” as she stated.

unlimited meal plan, but avoid it rightfully because it is not the best choice for them. Even now, as a junior, I struggle with eating more than 10 meals a week at dining halls, yet I am still enrolled in a contract that gives me unlimited meals. Why spend an extra $1,000 – $2,000 yearly for meal swipes you don’t even use?

Perhaps I would feel less remorseful if my unused funds from meals went to a better cause than back to the Big Red IRS that is Cornell University. Every now and then, I see the Swipe for Hunger program vending outside of my House’s dining room, encouraging students to donate one of their guest meal swipes to help end hunger amongst college students.

There’s no need to burden West residents with a possibly unwanted and expensive dining experience for the sake of community.

However, the West Campus House System offers plenty of other resources for community building, such as opportunities to interact with House Fellows and professors outside the dining hall, as well as house events hosted by students. There’s no need to burden West residents with a possibly unwanted and expensive dining experience for the sake of community.

In fact, living on West the past two years has shown me the incredible influence the House Meal Plan has on Cornellians deciding where they want to live. Most of my friends have decided to live off campus simply because it’s more affordable. Others have told me that they would live on West were it not for the commitment to have an expensive

Since Cornell does not reimburse students of their unused meal swipes, this program at least ensures that a portion of the remnant funds goes towards someone who might need it more. The problem though is that each student can donate only one meal a semester and cannot donate their regular meal swipes. I’m sorry, but why? Given that so many West residents underuse their meal swipes, their expensive plan is a great opportunity for growing such a program. I end nearly every semester with roughly $200 leftover BRBs and God knows how many meals. Why can’t most, if not all these unused funds go directly towards an altruistic cause?

If Cornellians cannot choose directly where their unused meal funds go, they should at least have the freedom to enroll in any meal plan, regardless of residence. It’s fine to give West Campus residents the choice to eat anywhere, at any time, but the most important choice mustn’t be forgotten: the choice of quantity.

Nile Jones is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at nnj9@cornell.edu. Rivers of Consciousness runs every other Wednesday this semester.

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How to Bust Your Nut Like a Perfectly Ripened Avocado

Oh, how the stars have aligned! Check out your sex-o-scope for the next month to ensure you’re prepared for whatever dirty delights are in your future!

Aries (March 21 - April 19): The piercing on your foreskin will get snagged on the inside of your second-favorite inflatable sex doll and you’ll be forced to walk to Cornell Health with an Inflatable Judy Doll dangling from your flaccid micropenis. The nurse will look exactly like your mother.

Taurus (April 20 - May 20): While singing “Your Body Is A Wonderland” in the back of a broken-down tour bus, a lustful John Mayer will give you mediocre, toothy head. You’ll then remember he’s 40 and balding.

Gemini (May 21 - June 20): Driving home alone from Kuma Charmers on a Tuesday night, you’ll pick up a blonde bombshell hitchhiker who will convert you into a born-again Scientologist. You’ll fall madly in love, destined to an eternity of worship to the Supreme Being and Tom Cruise.

Cancer (June 21 - July 22): At your first ever Frat Party™, while looking for the bathroom, you’ll walk in on your RA and your first campus love having sex on a mattress on the floor. You’ll politely

s a nerd boi — a math boi in particular — I find hookup culture to be both frustrating and difficult to navigate. For one, I do want to have sex with girls, primarily lesbian girls, but that’s a whole separate issue. However, hooking up is not the way for me to achieve that goal. To start, a basic requirement for hooking up is being relatively presentable and attractive. When you stay up all night once a week doing your algebra, analysis or topology homework with a bunch of repressed bois, that’s something that can’t happen. Don’t get me wrong though. It is by no means a result of a lack of time. It is a lack of will derived from mental and physical self-mutilation that itself was derived from an attitude of no-holds-barred perseverance.

It’s a verb that means setting up all the anticipation for a hookup, realizing you’re not interested and just talking to the person about your feelings while they lie on your bed and you sit in a chair on the opposite side of the room, leaving enough room for Jesus to not only stand but lie lengthwise between you instead of having sex. This is one possibility for what happens when you don’t enjoy hookups but feel compelled to have sex.

To start, a basic requirement for hooking up is being relatively presentable and attractive.

you include the moment I discovered sex, which was while playing a Naruto dating sim on the notorious flash game website Newgrounds in the 6th grade. I recall comparing it to learning logarithms at the time in the sense of how natural an answer it was to the question: “What is this thing?” My first actual sexual experience came when I hooked up with this girl at nerd summer camp. We stayed in a dorm on campus — part of which was unused — and we snuck into the unused stairwell and starting having, as I later described it to my friends, “one-sided lesbian sex.” That is, I awkwardly fingered her and ate her out on a stairwell, and she did nothing for me. I know that hookups generally don’t go that way. However, mine did, and I sort of wanted it to. She offered to do more for me, but even then, I thought, I don’t want this girl I don’t really know to look at, touch or breathe

This disinterest has only increased over time. I have at this point been in multiple hookups where I just leave in the middle or stop it before it can even start. Here’s a term to add to your Urban Dictionary: “Holden Caulfielding.”

tap Madam RA on the shoulder and say, “May I kindly have my jacket out from under you?”

Leo (July 23 - August 22): In the next week, you’ll have a pregnancy scare, tearfully come to terms with parenthood in the childwear section of Target, have a Facebook-viral gender reveal party involving hot-air balloons and lose your best friends in a fight over who’ll be the kid’s godparents. Suddenly, you’ll remember that you’re a dude, and you can’t get pregnant. You’ll enroll in a sex-ed class.

Virgo (August 23 - September 22): The mirror you hung on the ceiling above your bed will allow you to see a developing precancerous mole in your ass crack, which will allow you to schedule an early dermatologist appointment, saving your life. Unfortunately, the mirror will fall on you while having near-death-experience-survival celebratory sex, shattering, and you’ll have seven years of bad luck.

Libra (September 23 - October 22): Congratulations! You’ve beaten Tinder! You’ve creamed every Twinkie within 50 miles of Jameson Hall. You’ve filled every jelly donut in the Finger Lakes region. You’ve spilled your sprinkles all across the Tri-State area. Your plaque will arrive at RPCC in 3-5 business days.

Scorpio (October 23 - November

On top of this, I am gonna add a few conditions to describe my personal situation that only worsen this phenomenon. The first I suggested in my first article: I didn’t masturbate until I was 19 years old, which is empirically uncommon, especially among men. Furthermore, I didn’t masturbate until months after I had sex for the first time, which was notably with someone who I liked so much that it was literally ruining my life and who had an IUD, two facts that were surprisingly completely unrelated. Even then with how pent-up I was, I still was not down for hookups and needed to be in a relationship to get anything done. But now, there’s no fucking way. Comparing cumming consciously for the first time in your life from unprotected sex with someone you love deeply to shoving your dick crudely wrapped like a Jolly Rancher into some drunken rando is impossible. I’m not religious and don’t advocate for abstinence by any means, but that first time, I busted my nut like a perfectly ripened avocado. So you may be thinking, “This is a lot of info about Erogenous Jones,” but here is a possible takeaway. Not all of us — including particularly horny guys who have been working through the same one-hour Pornhub video over the course of the last week each time they masturbated — like hooking up. It’s not a matter of interest in sex. We all have our reasons for liking the way we have sex, and the standard method doesn’t necessarily work for everyone. I personally go about developing immensely deep emotional connections with girls before sleeping with them but only for the same reason my good friend adds hot sauce to almost everything he eats: I can’t feel anything otherwise.

Jones is a student at Cornell

21): At Greenstar, you’ll meet a man in a Co-Op. He’ll invite you over to “recycle and chill.” You’ll barbeque vegan sausages on his hemp oven while filtering microplastics out of your laundry water. You’ll have sex. Months later, you’ll find out you have chlamydia.

Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21): In the next year, you’ll accidental ly get married in Vegas to your Great Aunt Sally. Luckily the marriage will be annulled and you won’t have to explain to your cousins how she entranced you with her sultry gaze across the poker tables.

Capricorn (December 22 - January 19): Accidently sneezing, sharting and ejaculating all at once while going live on Instagram, you’ll become a famous influ encer. Ellen Degeneres will have you on her show. Your Grandma loves Ellen.

Aquarius (January 20 - February 18): While watching holiday-themed porn, you’ll accidentally develop a kink for Santa Claus. You’ll struggle to find love for the rest of your life. In fear of incon venient arousal, you’ll avoid grandmas who make gingerbread cookies and malls around Christmas time.

Pisces (February 19March 20): You’ll fall in love with an anonymous sex column writer for your cam-

I still was not down for hookups and needed to be in a relationship to get anything done.

pus newspaper. You’ll travel to the ends of the Earth attempting to determine her identity, only to stumble across her at your local Denny’s, and discover she is the dullest scumbag of a woman you’ve

Fill in the empty cells, one number in each, so that each column, row, and region contains the numbers 1-9 exactly once. Each number in the solution therefore occurs only once in each of the three “directions,” hence the “single numbers” implied by the puzzle’s name. (Rules from wikipedia.org/wiki/ Sudoku)

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Red Finishes Dead

Last in Ivy Tourney To Close Out Season

C.U. Splits Doubleheader Drops one of two to Division III Ithaca College

By SMITA NALLURI Sun Staff Writer

Punching below its weight in a crosstown matchup, Cornell probably hoped for better.

Cornell (8-31, 3-11 Ivy) headed across town to take on Division III powerhouse No. 14 Ithaca College (22-61,10-0 Liberty) in a midweek matchup with mixed results.

The Red dropped its first contest on Tuesday, 3-2, against the Bombers but came back to take the second game of the evening, 6-3.

“The team put together 14 innings of quality play,” assistant coach Janet Maguire said. “It started in the circle with the pitching staff executing each pitch and taking the Ithaca hitters out of their rhythm, especially in some key moments.”

That pitching played a key role in the doubleheader is an encouraging sign for a Red

pitching staff that has struggled with injuries all season. Junior Lisa Nelson returned to the mound in game one for the Red after battling a season-long lower leg injury, and freshman Ashley Delany pitched in game two.

After a narrow loss in game one, the Red remained composed to rally back and win game two.

“Even in game one when we had some miscues behind them,” Maguire said, “they did not waiver. [Freshman] catcher Emily Muniz was instrumental in their success. She was a wall behind the dish and set the tempo for the game.”

The Red kicked off game two with a leadoff home run from freshman Miranda Lawson. Cornell managed to put its seven hits to good use, scoring six thanks to timely hitting. Freshman Hanna Crist drove in three RBIs with two doubles. In addition to earning the win on the mound, Delany tallied her first career home run in the game.

“Offensively, we made adjustments in each game to take advantage of our opportunities to score,” Maguire said. “It was a total team effort on both sides of the ball.”

The Red will continue to learn from its mistakes and will be back in action this weekend as it returns to Ancient Eight play. Cornell will welcome Princeton (13-21, 8-6 Ivy) to NiemandRobison field as it honors its lone senior Olivia Lam in her last home series for the Red.

“Our offense has demonstrated throughout the season that we are capable of hitting with just about any opponent,” Maguire said.

“When we piece that together with strong pitching performances and sound defense, we can put ourselves in a position to win.”

First pitches are slated for 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m on Saturday and 12:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Smita Nalluri can be reached at snalluri@cornellsun.com.

By BENNETT GROSS Sun Staff Writer

After placing in the top four in each of the last three Ivy League Championship tournaments, the Red concluded their season with a seventh-place finish, 21 strokes behind firstplace Princeton.

The Red was carried by senior Tianyi Cen, who ended the weekend and his collegiate golf career with a six-over-par cumulative score. He shot two over par in his final round, which clinched him the sixth

ing into the tournament, carded the second-best score for Cornell, shooting 10 over par for 20th-best out of 40 in the tournament. While the tournament did not represent his best performance of the season, Casler dominated the par fives, scoring four under par on those holes in the tournament.

“Overall, we have a lot of work to do in order to be the best team in the Ivy League, but the potential is there.”

Charlie Dubiel

best score individually in the tournament and garnered him a spot on the All-Ivy second team for a second consecutive year. Last season, Cen finished the tournament in the eighth spot.

Junior Jack Casler, who had been the Red’s best golfer com-

Bennett Gross can be reached at bgross@cornellsun.com. 7th-place f nish was 21 strokes back from f rst-place Princeton

Sophomore Charlie Dubiel carded an 11 over par but ended his season with an impressive one under par final round. His score put him in 21st place overall for the tournament, one spot behind teammate Casler. Freshman Noah Schwartz and junior Mike May rounded out the scorecard for Cornell. Schwartz shot 21 over par, placing him tied for 32nd, while May ended his season with a 22-over-par performance, leaving him tied for 34th. Princeton won the tournament, their 21st in school history and their first in the last five seasons. The Tigers edged

out Columbia by one stroke and defending champion Yale by two.

The Bulldogs came into the weekend as the undisputed favorites, but Princeton was able to pull out the championship in their home state.

“This week was a little disappointing just knowing that you don’t really have to shoot any crazy low scores to win the Ivy League Championships because it is always on a very difficult golf course where course management is key,” Dubiel said. “I think as a team we tied Princeton for birdies on the week but finished seventh and over 20 shots behind their winning total. That tells me

that we hit enough good shots to win, but did not manage the bad shots nearly as well as they did.”

Yale senior James Nicholas placed first individually with a score of two-over-par. Princeton’s best scorer on the weekend was junior Evan Quinn, who shot four-over-par and concluded the weekend in second place.

Next season, the Red will return much of the same core as this season with the exception of Cen. The team expects to compete for an Ivy League title — a feat which has never been accomplished in school history.

“Overall, we have a lot of

work to do in order to be the best team in the Ivy League, but the potential is there,” Dubiel said. “We are obviously very sad to lose Tianyi [Cen] to graduation this year, but we have a few solid players coming in who should be able to make an impact right away.

The highlight of the spring season for the Red was their first-place finish in the one-day BCD Invitational in Florida. However, the squad faltered down the stretch, finishing in the last place in the Rutherford Intercollegiate the week before the Ivy Championships.