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Provost: Business College Aims To Unite Fractured Programs Kotlikoff defends initiative to create new College of Business

By TYLER ALICEA

posed in the past. A number of analyses, created by faculty and trustees between 2009 and 2014, highlighted the strain of Cornell's three accredited business schools: the Provost Michael Kotlikoff justified the need for a School of Hotel Administration, the Charles H. Dyson College of Business, citing reports from faculty and others School of Applied Economics and Management and the since 2009 that noted deficiencies in Cornell's Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of business programs.

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The college, which the Board of Trustees "Each of those are required to fulfill accrediauthorized through the creation of an administation standards individually, and that causes trative unit Saturday, has divided Cornellians substantial stress on the schools and is an even since its announcement in December. Many more compelling opportunity to think about have criticized the administration for its lack of how these schools can work together," Kotlikoff transparency, prompting some prominent said of the accredited business schools. alumni to threaten to pull donations from the A report in 2009, conducted by the KOTLIKOFF University.

Management Sciences Task Force as part of the Yet in an interview with The Sun on Monday, Kotlikoff “Reimagining Cornell” strategic planning initiative, sugsaid he and President Elizabeth Garrett are committed to See PROVOST page 4 implementing the college, which he said has been pro-

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Day Hall, Shared Governance Leaders to Discuss Divestment The University may announce whether it will divest its endowment from the fossil fuels industry as early as today.

Senior-ranking administrators will be meeting with leaders from each of the shared governance groups, which all voted to encourage Cornell to divest, on Tuesday before any public announcement is made, Joel Malina, vice president for University Relations, told The Sun in an interview Monday.

The announcement could bring discussions surrounding divestment to an end, after the Student Assembly initially called for divestiture in 2013.

Both President Emeritus David J. Skorton and President Elizabeth Garrett have voiced their concerns regarding divestment, arguing that doing so is not the right way to affect climate change.

— Compiled by Sun Staff

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Atrium activity | Faculty and students utlize Sage Atrium Monday in Sage Hall, home of the Johnson Graduate School of Management.

2035 Carbon Neutrality Goal Not A Priority for Cornell,Garrett Says

By TALIA JUBAS Sun Senior Writer

Although the Climate Action Plan report released by Skorton last year stated that Cornell would achieve carbon neutrality by 2035, President Garrett said in an October interview with The Sun that she does not support it.

“For me, the more important thing is the research and creative work and education that goes on and not thinking about some arbitrary year date that we really haven’t

studied with respect with how feasible it is for us to reach that,” Garrett said.

The first version of the Climate Action Plan was released in September 2009, announcing a 2050 goal for campus carbon neutrality. However, Skorton moved the goal date to 2035 after a 2013 Faculty Senate resolution urged the University to accelerate its plans.

Skorton pledged to transform Cornell into a carbon neutral campus by 2035 as a way of addressing climate change. The Climate Action

Plan report consisted of 16 specific recommendations and prioritized six “key milestones” to help achieve this goal.

Accomplishing this goal would make Cornell a leader in sustainability practices and help the campus become more environmentally conscious, according to the University.

However, the University never officially adopted this goal, according to Garrett. She said she believes See CARBON NEUTRALITY page 5

Jeremy Ojahlehto’14 Dies at 23

Cruz to victory

By JOSH GIRSKY Sun Staff Writer

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) campaigns days before winning last night’s Iowa caucuses. As of 2 a.m., the race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders was too close to call.

Jeremy Ojalehto ’14 — a neurobiology student and Sigma Phi Epsilon brother known to his friends as “G” — died on Jan. 26 at age 23 in Monroe, Washington.

After he sustained complications from a traumatic head injury after a jogging accident in 2013 during his senior year at Cornell, Ojalehto suffered from chronic migraines and long-term mental health issues.

After Ojalehto’s brain treatment. injury, his family launched Prior to his injury, a crowdfunding campaign Ojalehto had entered on youcaring.com in Cornell after securing Februar y roughly $200,000 in 2015, with federal grants and the goal of scholarships, accordraising ing to The Herald of $40,000 to Everett, a local cover his Washington newspatreatment per. fees. At the While at Cornell, t i m e , Ojalehto’s friends OJALEHTO ’14 Ojalehto said that his work had just been accepted to ethic and dedication Skyland Trail — an Atlanta earned the respect of many nonprofit mental health classmates of his. organization that would See OJALEHTO page 5 have provided him with

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Ithacans Petition for Uber’s Entry to Upstate N.Y.

By ALEXA ESKENAZI Sun Staff Writer

Although ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft have been restricted from New York State due to the New York State Insurance Law, nearly 2,000 people have signed an online petition pushing to pass a bill that would allow ridesharing services to operate in upstate New York.

Although similar action has failed previously, upstate New Yorkers and Uber are both pushing hard to pass New York State Legislative Bill A6090, which would establish, regulate and provide proper insurance for transportation network companies and drivers, according to the New York State Assembly.

Currently, ride-sharing services in New York state are only allowed to operate in New York City and the surrounding area.

Ithaca officials are not against Uber coming to the area as long as state or local regulations ensure inspections and insurance on drivers and vehicles, according to city clerk Julie Holcomb.

“We believe that people should have a choice of transportation providers,” Holcomb said. “We just want to ensure that the public safety standards are applicable across the board so that Uber, Lyft or other providers meet the same criteria as our local taxicab companies.”

Holcomb added that the City of Ithaca is holding off on any related legislation until Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-

N.Y.) decides on a state-level plan of action.

According to Kadar, the fact that Uber and Lyft are Moreover, Ithaca taxi services said they welcome Uber minimally regulated and do not incur the costs that burden and Lyft if policy change ensures they are compliant with effective taxicab operation bring up safety issues for passenlocal taxi laws. gers.

“Uber's current business model allows them to sidestep “The result is a service preferred by consumers who are costly taxi insurance policies and procedures for obtaining oblivious to matters of personal safety,” Kadar said. “Not a taxi licenses,” said Paul Kriegstein, owner of Collegetown week goes by without news about a rape or assault commitCab. ted by an Uber or Lyft driver.”

If Uber is willing to modify parts of how the service Despite the potential safety risks, many Cornell stuworks, however, a future in Ithaca could dents remain in favor of Uber’s potentially be viable. arrival.

“Uber would be a safe, “Cab companies, and fortunately “I think it’d be a mutually bensome regulatory officials, believe in a rea- easier alternative to walking eficial both for patrons and as well sonably fair field of competition and home in the cold after a long as drivers,” Eric Chen ’19 said.

“Drivers would be students lookappear to acknowledge that upstate cab night out in collegetown.” ing to make a couple extra bucks companies will be at a major cost disadand patrons could be students simvantage in addition to a driver-recruiting Anya Skor ’18 ply trying to get home in Ithaca’s disadvantage against Uber,” Kriegstein brutal winters.” said.

Anya Skor ’18 agreed and said that in addition to conJohn Kadar, president of Ithaca Dispatch, also said he hopes that such a policy would allow taxi services to hire venience, Uber could potentially be a safer mode of transportation at night. part-time drivers with their own cars.

“Uber would be a safe, easier alternative to walking “This would be at cheaper employment rates than costly taxicab premiums while still maintaining the same stan- home in the cold after a long night out in Collegetown,” dards of safety and responsibility to drivers and cus- Skor said. tomers,” Kadar said.

Still, some local taxi owners are still apprehensive that Alexa Eskenazi can be reached at aeskenazi@cornellsun.com. ridesharing services might be a public safety risk.

Dyson Atrium in Sage Hall Gets Makeover

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Renovations to better accomodate events and collaborative workspace

By ISABEL LING Sun Staff Writer

The Dyson Atrium in Sage Hall — the home of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management — received a makeover during winter break with the addition of new furniture, an updated sound system and the installment of more electric outlets.

Last semester, a small group of faculty, staff and students with architecture and interior design backgrounds worked together to create a space that would accommodate the events and students

“The Johnson program prides itself on being a really close-knit collaborative community.”

Amanda Sloane Shaw using the atrium, according to Amanda Sloane Shaw, associate dean for student services of the Johnson School.

Renovation plans began last semester when the committee made design decisions to enhance the events that would take place in the atrium, according to Teodoro Guzman grad, chair of the student council facilities.

“We have high tables around the perimeter for informational conversations, tables of various sizes to accommodate diverse group types, soft seating areas for more relaxed conversations and bigger desks with power outlets for more extended work sessions,” Guzman said.

In addition, Guzman said state of the art LED lighting and new recycling bins, as part of a new waste management campaign, were installed.

According to Shaw, the addition of more two and four-seater tables has more than doubled the seating capacity of the space.

Guzman said these upgrades are part of the ongoing updates to Sage Hall in an attempt to make the facilities more accessible and to promote day-to-day interaction.

“The Johnson program prides itself on being a really close-knit collaborative community,” Shaw said. “It is a crossroads of the community that allows students, faculty and outside community members to interact with each other at events.”

Some students have already said they have experienced the benefits of the new space.

“I think the new chairs and tables provide a comfort you couldn’t previously get at Sage,” said Katrina Simon ’16. “I loved studying there, but it was always a painful task. Now, I’m actually looking forward to studying there come prelim time.”

More renovations will also be made to create a collaborative workspace for Johnson students on the third floor of Sage Hall this semester, according to Shaw. The upcoming renovations will include the addition of new furniture and the creation of a new entranceway.

Isabel Ling can be reached at iling@cornellsun.com.

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Prof. Emeritus Isaac Kramnick, government, speaks Sunday at a memorial service in Sage Chapel for Prof.

Emeritus Benedict Anderson, international studies, government and Asian Studies.

Tinder Adds STI Testing Locator

By STEPHANIE YAN Sun Staff Writer

Following an awareness campaign by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the dating app Tinder, added a sexually transmitted illness testing locator to its website on Jan. 21, according to Business Wire.

The testing locator, provided

by Healthvana — a website that locates nearby STI testing centers and allows users to schedule appointments and check their results online — is linked at the bottom of Tinder’s new section on sexual health, according to Time Magazine.

The addition of the health safety section is especially significant, because Cornell’s sexual health education is lacking. according to Matthew Indimine ’18, co-chair of the Student Assembly Health and Wellness committee.

“Even if students know of resources available, they most likely haven’t had a ‘sexual health education’ lecture in

years,” Indimine said. “I haven’t since the ninth grade.”

In 2014, incidents of sexually transmitted diseases — predominantly among young adults, the demographic that Tinder targets — increased by as much as 27 percent, according to the Center Disease for Control.

Tinder lead sociologist Jessica Carbino said in a statement she hopes other dating sites will add features similar to Healthvana’s.

“An important aspect of any healthy relationship — whether formed on Tinder or otherwise — is ensuring sexual health and safety,” Carbino said. “We would be delighted to see other major social networks follow in our footsteps.”

Students said they appreciated Tinder’s efforts to encourage users to receive testing for STIs and use protection.

“People could be very inclined to lie about their STD or STI status,” said Rahul Rajagopalan ’18. “As that is a form of sexual assault, I believe that it is important to prevent

this as much as possible.”

Juliana Batista ’16, S.A. president and 2015 chair of Cornell’s International AIDS Awareness Week, said she thinks Tinder could make the STI testing locator more well known.

Neither she nor Rajagopalan had heard of the feature.

Batista also criticized Tinder and Healthvana’s use of the term STD, which she said is associated with more stigma because of the word ‘disease.’

“Many people prefer to call them STI’s and Tinder seems behind the curve on understanding terminology,” Batista said.

The Healthvana feature may also need some debugging, according to Batista.

“If you type in an Ithaca zip code like 14850 or 14853, it neglects to return Gannett and Planned Parenthood, both of which are nearby STI testing locations,” Batista said.

Stephanie Yan can be reached at syan@cornellsun.com.

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Kotlikoff Defends Business College ADMINISTRATION Continued from page 1

was created, is to have the faculty, students and alumni work to fill that vessel with the details of the college.

Had the College of Business been introduced with time for deliberation among Cornellians, he argued, opponents of the college would have stalled its creation rather than make meaningful progress. “[Doing so] would have provoked certain constituencies to oppose it,” he said. “They

gested three possibilities for alleviating concerns regarding business programs at Cornell — move the Dyson School into the Johnson School; combine portions of the AEM program with the Department of Policy Analysis and Management and School of Industrial and Labor Relations to create a School of Management and Public Policy or create a Division of Undergraduate “Creating the business college Business.

Other reports citis going to challenge this ing fragmentation long-held association included the University’s 2010 for many alumni.” strategic plan and a Provost Michael Kotlikoff white paper presented to the Board of Trustees in 2013, according to Kotlikoff. Each of would have done everything the analyses, Kotlikoff said, they could to delay or stop the “pointed to deficiencies in our proposal, and we would have current structure, weaknesses gotten into an endless discusassociated with fragmentation sion about should we proceed.” and all of which recommended some level of reorganization.”

Alumni Voice Concerns Although reports calling for With notable alumni threataction to address Cornell’s frag- ening to pull donations from mented business program date the University, Kotlikoff said he back to 2009, Kotlikoff said a and Garrett have written or number of factors led to the talked to “virtually all” of the administration to propose the concerned individuals. college, including changing “Creating the business colleadership within both the hotel lege is going to challenge this school and the Dyson school. long-held association for many alumni, who tend to look at Facing Criticism their school as something they Many Cornellians — from cherish and don’t want to students, faculty and alumni — change,” Kotlikoff said. have lambasted the administraAdditionally, Kotlikoff said tion for its proposal to create a he has been working with John College of Business, which was Dyson ’65, who in a letter announced at the end of the fall obtained by The Sun expressed exam period. concern regarding the college, Kotlikoff said the adminis- since the announcement. The tration expected some level of administration and Dyson have come to an agreement since then, according to “Our intent has always been Kotlikoff.

“Part of what I've to preserve the identity and been doing in the last excellence of these month and a half was having a conversation schools.” with John Dyson, Provost Michael Kotlikoff which ultimately led to us shaking hands in his house, and [him] sayoutcry following the announce- ing, ‘I agree, this is the way we ment of the College of Business, should do it,’” Kotlikoff said. but said he did not predict the level of speculation that resultMoving Forward ed.

A number of steering com“If you look at the emails and mittees, consisting of students, the communications, there was faculty and alumni, will largely a lot of suspicion. I thought that be responsible for shaping the was a little over the top,” he new college with assistance from said. “Our intent has always the Provost’s Steering been to preserve the identity Committee, Kotlikoff said. The and excellence of these schools.” Provost’s Steering Committee The two largest misconcep- will consist of the Provost, the tions, according to Kotlikoff, vice provost of academic affairs were that the administration and the deans of the hotel made all of the decisions about school, Dyson school, Johnson the new college from a “top- school and College of down” perspective and that the Agriculture and Life Sciences. hotel school and Dyson school This committee will then would lose their identities. integrate these ideas, and He said the administration’s through an iterative process, use decision to create a College of the suggestions to form the basis Business is two-part. The first of the College of Business, part is to have the Board of Kotlikoff said. He described this Trustees “enable” the University as an “open-ended process, to create the College of Business adding that the administration by creating “an empty vessel.” will not impose a deadline on The second part, which will See ADMINISTRATION page 5 take place now that the college

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Garrett:Research Before Neutrality Provost’s View on CARBON NEUTRALITY

said he believes Garrett should be leading the charge toward reducing climate change, and not hindering the effort.

“It is the responsibility of universities in general, and the University’s priorities lie elsewhere.

Cornell in particular, to take a leadership role in alerting “What we ought to focus on is: how do we produce the society to knowledge-based issues,” Ellner said, quoting the best research that can change the world? How do we 2013 Faculty Senate Resolution. demonstrate it here and show the scalability and how do we “We already know that rapid, drastic reductions in cartrain the next generation in a bon emissions are essential to way that will be sensitive and avoid massive disruptions from proactive on those issues,” “What we ought to focus on: how do we climate change,” he said.

Garrett said.

Although it was never formalproduce the best research that can Garrett added that although ly adopted, the University has change the world?” this approach may lead the camalready taken some of the plan’s pus to become carbon neutral, it recommended steps, according President Elizabeth Garrett will, more importantly, “lead to to Prof. Brian Cabot, ecology results throughout the world and evolutionary biology. that I think would have a greater “There is a significant numimpact on climate in the long run.” ber of faculty, staff and students who understand the need However, several faculty members disagree with to reduce Cornell’s climate impact,” he said. “Despite Garrett’s plan to step away from the Climate Action Plan, President Garrett’s retreat from the Skorton commitment, maintaining that its implementation is a key part of the we are continuing to work without pause.”

University’s mission.

Prof. Stephen Ellner, ecology and evolutionary biology, Talia Jubas can be reached at tjubas@cornellsun.com.

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Hillary in Iowa

Business College Kotlikoff justifies need for creation of new college PROVOST

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the committees.

"At the end of the day, this is the biggest thing Cornell has done since Cornell Tech, and it's a great affirmation of the importance of these schools to Cornell," Kotlikoff said.

An information session will be held Tuesday from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Willard Straight Hall for students to ask questions regarding the college. A faculty and staff town forum will be held in Goldwin Smith Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 17 from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Tyler Alicea can be reached at talicea@cornellsun.com.

Alleged Sexual Assault Reported

By JOSEPHINE CHU Sun Staff Writer

DOUG MILLS / THE NEW YORK TIMES

A man waves his cowboy hat as Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton answers questions at Iowa caucus.

Sigma Phi Epsilon Brother Remembered For Passion and ‘Incredible Curiosity’ OJALEHTO

and thinking about how he could be the best version of himself. He didn’t take anything for granted.”

“He was a completely self-made Austin Jarrett ’16, another Sigma Phi man,” Austin Gage ’14, a Sigma Phi Epsilon brother, called him “very Epsilon brother, said. “He was an indepen- respectable.” dent self-sufficient man and that carried “When he was faced with a challenge him all the way to an elite institution like he would get the job done and he instilled Cornell. That was the reason so many peo- that in me,” Jarrett said. ple had respect for Many of Ojalehto’s him.” fraternity brothers also “He was a perfect role Gage also respected him for his described Ojalehto as desire to join the milimodel to everyone spirited about everytary. including myself.” thing he did.

“His grand plan was “He was just full of to join the special forces Austin Jarrett ’16 passion about everybecause he wanted to thing,” Gage said. “He serve in the military had this incredible and be in the elite curiosity. He was a branch,” Gage said. really committed academic.”

“He was this brilliant intellectual at this Beyond neuroscience, Ojalehto was elite university, and when he was done he innately curious about things around him was going to the service. We have so many and worked hard to improve himself, peers chasing Wall Street jobs and he just according to Gage. wanted to serve, which I think is really “He had this unwavering dedication to admirable.” the betterment of self,” Gage said. “He was Friends of Ojalehto also remembered someone who was constantly researching him for his athletic ability and his motivatContinued from page 1

ing presence.

“He was an inspiration for a lot of people to get involved in weightlifting or just being physically active and fit, and [he exemplified] the full spectrum of being well rounded,” Gage said.

Jarrett added Ojalehto “would really motivate [him] a lot” when they worked out and said he would remember Ojalehto as a role model.

“He was like a big brother to me. I looked up to him,” Jarrett said. “He exemplified everything that an ideal student wants to be in college. He was a perfect role model to everyone including myself.”

University Resources: Members of the Cornell community seeking support can call Gannett Health Services’ Counseling and Psychological Services (607-255-5155), EARS’ peer counselors (607-255-3277), the Faculty Staff Assistance Program (607-2552673), the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255) or find additional resources at caringcommunity.cornell.edu.

Josh Girsky can be reached at jgirsky@cornellsun.com.

Cornell Police issued a crime alert Monday afternoon regarding an alleged sexual assault that occurred Sunday morning at 2 Forest Park Lane, the location of the Psi Upsilon fraternity.

A female student reported she was sexually assaulted at approximately 2:00 a.m. on Sunday after the perpetrator led her to a bedroom.

The perpetrator was described as “a white male, approximately 170 pounds, around 5 feet 9 inches tall, with a medium complexion and wavy dark brown or black collar-length hair,” according to CUPD. Reports like this are relatively rare in our community since sex offenses are significantly underreported, according to David M. Honan, CUPD Deputy Chief.

“We take careful steps to connect victims of these crimes with supportive resources available here on campus and in our community,” Honan said.

This case is currently under active investigation

by CUPD, Honan said.

Josephine Chu can be reached at jchu@cornellsun.com.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Morbidity in Modernity

BY GRIFFIN SMITH NICHOLS Sun Staff Wrter

It is with a twang of guilt that the archetypal bingewatcher of Netflix’s “Making a Murderer” realizes that the taut, expertly-told story he or she is watching could be summarized as though it were the schmaltz-ified voiceover in a trailer for any puffed-up TV legal drama. The narration writes itself: cops corrupt to their medalled gills. An unwitting, simple man in the slammer for a crime he (apparently) did not commit. Two lawyers on an All- American crusade to prove his innocence.

All this with an uncomfortably intimate Midwest backdrop just naïve enough to be rocked to its core by the murder of the new millennium, and any viewer familiar with In Cold Blood and the past few decades of American true crime will be instantly at home.

The mini-series, which chronicles the tumultuous legal battles endured by Wisconsin native Steven Avery, accused of the rape and murder of photographer Teresa Halbach and forced to defend himself in court, is an uncanny spectacle.

The Avery family, disdained by their hometown in Manitowoc County as hick untouchables, is accosted on every side. TV news bulletins shrilly preempt guilty verdicts, archival footage of interviewed townsfolk reveals wild oscillations in public opinion on Avery’s culpability and the sheriff’s department seems involved in everything from death threats to planting evidence at the scene of a murder.

The series and its creators Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos cannot be faulted for lack of thoroughness or for sense of pacing. Without ever verging on soporific, a massive amount of information is crammed into the series’ meticulous presentation of the Avery murder investigation and trial: bloodstains, genetic tests, a mysteriously conjured car key, inconsistencies in timetables and so on. The homemade nature of the series’ footage keeps the audience perpetually in the grip of the emotions the protagonists are undergoing: a breath of momentary relief, the palpable haze of tension surrounding any major decision and the cosmic sadism of watching real people’s lives being gutted. This is how a crime story is told at optimum; that much is beyond denial. Dean Strang and Jerry Buting, incidentally, are nothing short of heroic.

A review of the series, however, should not merely focus on the program itself. “Making a Murderer” is as much a cultural

phenomenon worthy of study as good TV, because does not conclude with the outcome most viewers want. A consequence of the build-up and disappointed anticipation is that the viewer reemerges from his rheum-inducing binge with an opinion, an opinion he is going to share and act upon. There has been a positive flood of “Making a Murderer”-related material online: Buzzfeed, which published a video compilation of “17 Thoughts You Had Watching ‘Making a Murderer,’” can even read minds to this end! One intrepid Tumblr user created a blog dedicated to Dean Strang’s newfound status as a fatherly sex symbol (“Strangcore”); another Internet user sent the sexual offender and fan-hated prosecutor Ken Kratz a glitter bomb. This is all standard fare as far as Internet humor regarding any given day’s cultural happenings goes.

Facetiousness aside, it is easy to see that the series is cultivating its own miniature petri dish of a fanbase, which adds up to a disquieting prospect: a murder trial is a TV event. The series does not treat it as such, and goes so far as to actively discourage such a mentality. Nevertheless, a headline posted on Jan. 30 on the Daily Mirror online about a “shock revelation” in evidence left out of the Netflix documentary is flanked in the recommended TV news section by “Celebrity Big Brother viewers aren’t happy,” (boo-hoo, celebrities) and “Stephanie Davis DUMPED Zayn Malik,” (encore, boo-hoo).

What, then, does analysis of the aforementioned petri dish reveal? A swab of legal-istas, plus a swab of armchair detectiveing, plus a swab of “TERESA’S GRIEVING BROTHER DID IT” hue-and-criers, equals change.org! The sacredness and gravity of the loss of one human life and the perpetual confinement of two more suddenly turn into a spasmodic, whodunnit game of Clue, providing the fodder either for overly sincere packs of piranha-like social media-goers or those inclined to blatant flippancy in the name of “humor.” Consult the series’ Facebook page for the former and Seth Meyers’ spectacularly unfunny parody for the latter.

Not all coverage of the series has been thoughtless, however, and that which is is by no means the fault of the show’s creators.

In making a compelling documentary, they happened unfortunately to have stumbled upon a knee-jerk reaction of the viewing public. “Making a Murderer” triggers a very specific emotion in the impressionable viewer: unambiguous, unquestioning righteousness. Of course, Steven Avery must be innocent, of course, the viewer is qualified to point as many fingers as he

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pleases, the viewer has just watched “Making a Murderer!” The viewer sees through the corruption and lies of the contemporary USA; his outrage-of-the-minute sense is positively tingling.

It is one thing to suggest that Manitowoc law enforcement should have investigated more options; it is quite another to bandy about “Making a Murderer” “theories,” as one would about the JFK assassination and 9/11, those other real-life tragedies turned to farce. Still, it feels just so darn good to be on the right side of the docket, right? Is it not gratifying?

Dean Strang cautions towards the series’ end that all human endeavor is inherently imperfect, and the series strongly implies that the bombardment of premature, openly hostile news coverage tampered with the Avery trial from the very beginning, rendering a fair verdict impossible. “Making a Murderer,” incredibly, contains and condemns the seeds of the phenomenon which could cause its own destruction: why would a viewer exposed to so much of the folly of mass hysteria then interpret the pang of loss and the pain of separation as a speculative crime drama that just happens to have really happened? Perhaps it is because they are just people on the TV, after all. Or perhaps the answer is simpler: The average viewer is not very bright, and unsolved murder and wrongful conviction make for a double whammy of feel-good fun.

Griffin Smith Nichols is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at gds82@cornell.edu.

The Meaning of Life in Butler’s 300,000,000 ples to participate in the wholesale eradication of the entire American population. Darrel plans to do this by activating its own consciousness in every American, replacing whatever perBlake Butler’s 300,000,000 will churn stomachs, induce sonality came before it. With all of America under the thrall of headaches and inspire bewilderment and consternation. For the Darrel’s mind, each citizen, recognizing all other individuals as diligent reader who pushes past its exhaustive 455-page span, it hosts of the same consciousness, all with the same intention, will provoke such a range of emotional responses that one will kill as many people as possible until every would not be wrong to think it able to cull the entire specAmerican is dead. This reads, at first, as the lunatic trum of conceivable sensations. In fact, this is exactly nonsense of a Manson-like figure. E.N. Flood, a what the novel intends to do with nearly police detective who makes sense of the notebook every sort of living experience jottings through explanatory footnotes of packed into its grafting lanGravey’s oft-inexplicable writings, thinks the guage and phantasmagoric same. Until we begin to see the clarity of his plot. thought start to blur as well.

After finishing the book, Flood’s exegesis of Gravey’s ramblings the usual questions ran leads him to etch words from the notebook through my mind: What did into a copy of the Bible. He even expresses Butler try to accomplish here? a desire to tattoo himself with lines from Was he successful? Did I even like it. He convinces himself that the Gravey it? But I knew these questions, and case was destined to be his in a display any answers I could give to them, of megalomania comparable to had no footing in a reading experiGravey’s own. He eventually cannot ence as visceral and vast as distinguish a day from any other 300,000,000. I truly believe that the day in his life and his identity most appropriate response one can give begins to crumble. When the to a book of this caliber is a long, pronotebook ends, the reader lapsed scream. What you read here is a secmoves on to Flood’s own elecond-best alternative. tronic journal of the Gravey Initially, 300,000,000 presents itself as the case. To our terror, his mustranscription of a notebook journal written by ings resemble the same mania Gretch Gravey, a serial-killer who feeds drugs to of the previous text. Other people local teenage burnouts. The drugs don’t come comment on his ramblings: his sergeant, S IN LL S CO free, of course; in return for them, the addicts co-workers, friends, a psychiatrist. But even these PER R A H Y OF must listen to Gravey’s maniacal sermons, in which voices and personalities begin to blur and coalesce.

TE S R U he espouses the teachings of an ineffable presence he CO And then, slowly, it happens: everyone who had any kind of calls Darrel. These teenagers soon begin to stay at Gravey’s interaction with the arrested Gravey, even the cafeteria chef who house, treating him as a holy figure. Shortly thereafter, Darrel, prepared his meals, begins to murder those around them. Then using Gravey as his material avatar, instructs the burnout disci- the relatives of those killed begin to do the same. Darrel spreads.

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Butler breaks the fourth wall numerous times, bringing the reader into the carnage. Indeed, the amphibian narrator, a patchwork of voices shifting from the idiolects of Gravey and Darrel to that of Flood and even his dead wife, cites the performative nature of reading, the act of creating the plot’s events as we engage with it and realize them in our minds, as an indictment of every reader. We are left with the uncanny sensation of having initiated the manifestation of a horror almost beyond imagining. As Gravey tells us, channeling his voice through Flood’s own investigative entries, “If I’m not here yet…then invent me. Make me come.” About halfway through the novel, everyone in America is dead.

The question remains: what could possibly take another 220 pages to express now that everybody in the novel is dead? It is in these pages, however, that the genius of 300,000,000 flaunts itself. Darrel’s plan does not end with the deaths of approximately 300,000,000 people. It ends with the “mnemonic American mush,” a vision of the afterlife, layered with the sensations, memories, dreams, fantasies, and yearnings of every single person killed, that I will not and cannot attempt to explain any further.

In these pages are some of the most harrowing, compassionate and alien displays of narrative and diction you are likely to encounter since Finnegans Wake and Gravity’s Rainbow.

But the best thing about 300,000,000 is that everyone can, and should, read it. And while 300,000,000 is no less complex than an epic Joyce or Pynchon novel, the profound, sublime vision realized by its enigmatic Darrel figure requires no understanding of textbook entropy or the philosophy of history. For this novel, all you need is life, memories, aspirations, relations, all the qualities that make a person a person, let alone an American. And in this day and age, with our greed and fears multiplying so eerily like that of the Darrel virus, the vision of horror and empathy this novel provides is one of absolute necessity. Blake Butler’s 300,000,000 is without a doubt our latest iteration of the Great American Novel.

Alexander Lugo is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Being an Actor of Color at Cornell

’m confused. Why is a decidedly white English man portraying Michael Jackson in a new television movie entitled Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon later this month? Can anyone provide any insight? Maybe this is where you stop reading. Haven’t I been subjected to enough media about #Oscarssowhite, #Cornellsowhite, #WorldSOGODDAMNwhite already? you ask yourself. I understand; I am tired of hearing about the ongoing whitewashing and racial inequity that unfurls itself in every sector of our society too. Thus, my plea is an honest one: Someone please tell me why Joseph Fiennes is playing Michael Jackson. Jackson had vitiligo, a chronic skin disorder that causes skin to lose its pigment. He wore makeup to even out his skin tone and may have undergone some procedures to lighten his s k i n .

Ap p e a r a n c e wise, he looked somewhat white towards the end of his life. Maybe his looks were too confusing for the casting director of the film? After all, every single member of the same racial background should share the exact same skin tone, right? If this were indeed the case, any confusion one might have over the race Jackson identified as would be mollified by his own words. In a 1993 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Jackson stated: “Why would I want a white child to play me? I’m a black American. I’m proud to be a black American. I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride in who I am, and dignity.” His thoughts on being

cast by a white male were stated explicitly; yet, here we are.

Casting a white actor as a minority character is obviously not an isolated, or even infrequent, occurrence. But as much as we hear about this happening on a macro level, discussions about this and other racial contentions occurring at a micro level are rare. Thus, I began to wonder: What exactly is the racial climate in our own backyard? Namely, in Cornell University’s very own theater community? I began to ask friends who identified as POC and are involved in theater at Cornell. Their names have been changed so as not to affect their future casting and theater experiences in the department.

My own theater experience at Cornell has luckily not been overshadowed by my race (at least to my knowledge), despite my ethnic diversity.

Still, as a Puerto Rican, Lebanese and Irish actor, I know race and its external footprint on my face do Gwen Aviles have an impact on the roles I am considered for. Once at a summer acting program, my race was used to determine how “marketable” I would be in the entertainment industry. It was determined that I would be “hard to place” given I didn’t look like a “real, exotic Hispanic” or a “typical white ingenue.” One of my peers has expressed similar frustrations, commenting that she is “used to being typecast an ‘ethnic’ role only when there aren’t enough students of color in a cast to represent certain demographics.” She has been told she can “pass” for Caucasian because she looks just

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“‘other’ enough.” As a result, she is not a primary choice in performances about Latinas. She wants to represent Latinas on stage but knows she’s “not necessarily the most capable of achieving that because of not looking like a traditional Latina.”

What happens to those actors of color whose race might seem less ambiguous? Ben expressed that minority representation at Cornell can go “one of two ways. When including POC in theater, the plays performed are either written specifically about the experience of being a POC and don’t extend far beyond that or tend to appropriate and make fun of race.” Kylie substantiates this claim by recounting her own experiences in a show a few years ago. The directors of the show were explicit that they were casting according to race. Kylie, an Asian female, was asked in a “coded” way to “be quieter,” and consequently, she felt that she was being asked to play the “stereotypical, token Asian.” She saw the character she was playing as one that transcends race, a fighter that strives to get what she wants by the end of the play. The director’s instructions for this strong-willed character to be played quietly simply because the actor portraying the character was Asian did not fit and eventually even the director realized this. Another actor currently feels that he “can’t ever be cast as major character in a Schwartz production that doesn’t resort to making caricatures or stereotypes of non-white people.” He attributes his feelings to “color conscious casting” and felt “strange watching a peer of his last semester succumb to a director’s instruction to become a parodied version of a Latino.”

Multiple students were uncomfortable with the Schwartz Center’s production of Federico García Lorca’s Blood Wedding in Spring 2015.

The play, written by a Spanish playwright, doesn’t necessarily call for Spanish actors. But Nick said that he “did not feel POC were represented in the

play or that they were even reached out to before the casting decisions occurred,” and that it should have been a play where POC are “specifically called upon and wanted.” Matt remarked that, “In Blood Wedding, a play set in Spain, the Schwartz Center failed to point out that Spaniards don’t wear sombreros and that flamenco shouldn’t be bastardized or butchered. An effort should have been made to consider the authenticity of the culture presented on stage.”

Where does that leave us? Mostly with the knowledge that our very own theater community is far from post-racial. Not only do more diverse stories need to be told with proper dramaturgy and cultural sensitivity, but more diverse casting liberties need to be taken. While the reasoning behind certain casting decisions are never disclosed and therefore cannot be completely attributed to race, there should be an acknowledgement that race is a factor in them. As Kylie admitted, “If you were to tell me what someone who played Elizabeth Bennett looked like, I probably wouldn’t pick an Asian girl. That’s on me too.” Many of us are in fact guilty of picturing our heros and heroines canonically, but the importance of minority representation in theater goes beyond giving minorities the chance to perform. Art has the ability to change lives, to pave the way for social change and self-acceptance.

Madison recalls watching Cinderella as a young girl and thinking, “Cinderella’s beautiful. I don’t look like her. I’m not pretty.” We all need people we can relate to, if only to discover that we belong. What a colossal feeling to think that a POC actor at Cornell could be the reason someone feels worthy or that their story and they themselves matter.

Gwen Aviles is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at gfa28@cornell.edu.

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A Cowardly Retreat From Carbon Neutrality UNDER PRESIDENT EMERITUS DAVID SKORTON, Cornell began striving towards carbon neutrality by 2035, but this progress has been quickly halted by President Elizabeth Garrett. In an interview with The Sun in November, Garrett said she does not support the 2035 carbon neutrality goal; instead, she believes that the University should emphasize sustainability research rather than making the campus more environmentally conscious.

By prioritizing faculty research, Garrett rightly highlights the wide-reaching impact Cornell faculty have as leaders in sustainability and climate studies.

However, she ignores the tremendous student and faculty movement calling for a more sustainable campus and the incredible progress this movement has achieved — such as a 30 percent decrease in Cornell’s greenhouse gas emissions since 2008 and energy conservation projects that have saved hundreds of thousands of dollars to date.

Stepping away from the Climate Action Plan disrupts this progress and is ultimately a foolish move backed by a flimsy excuse. Academic research and sustainability practices need not be mutually exclusively. In addition to emphasizing environmental research, Cornell should set an example for peer institutions as a pioneer in campus sustainability.

Garrett’s cold-shoulder to the on-campus sustainability movement is not only a cowardly retreat from Skorton’s earlier pledge, but also demonstrates a disturbing trend within Cornell’s administration to brush off student voices. This tonedeaf approach — as seen in the College of Business decision and Garrett’s carbon neutrality decision — is eroding student and faculty trust. An administration that genuinely cares is an administration that respects the widespread concerns of students, faculty and staff and supports their actions to improve campus.

CORRECTIONS A Feb. 1 news story, “Board of Trustees Approves Business College,” incorrectly stated that an open forum addressing faculty concerns about the College of Business will take place Wednesday. In fact, the forum will take place on Feb. 17, two weeks from Wednesday.

Obamacare and the Bureaucracyof Medicaid Expansion: What Happens Next?

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The Federal government is going to s the Democrat and Republican candidates are getting closer to fund 100 percent of the costs of newly their race for the White House, eligible Medicaid enrollees for the first one of the main curiosities of the gener- three years (i.e. 2014-2016). Beginning al public is about the Patient Protection in 2017, it will pay 90 percent and and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Thanks states are expected to bear the remainto the ACA (popularly know as the ing 10 percent cost thereafter. Even Obamacare), for the first time in the though the Supreme Court has made history of the US, the uninsured rate the Medicaid expansion optional, there among U.S. adults aged 18 and older is no rationale behind turning down has dropped to 11.6 percent in the third such a huge amount of money from the quarter of 2015. The uninsured rate has federal government other than political declined 5.5 percentage points since the affiliations of the states, at least for the fourth quarter of 2013. Under the ACA, first three years. No surprises, the states the income limit for Medicaid eligibility that have turned down the money are primarily Republican has increased to 138 states. percent of the federal In an article in poverty level in 2014 the Cornell for all people. Many There is no rationale Chronicle, Sean poor adults who were behind turning down Nicholson, professor ineligible before can policy analysis and now qualify for such a huge amount of ofmanagement at Medicaid.

H o w e v e r , money from the federal Cornell University said, “Over the next Medicaid expansion under ACA is option- government other than few years, most of the states that currently al. According to the political affiliations of are choosing not to Kaiser Family expand Medicaid Foundation, 31 blue states have adopted the states, at least for coverage under the the new Medicaid the first three years. ACA will reverse course and will expansion. There are No surprises, the decide to expand cov19 states currently erage.” that are refusing to According to the expand Medicaid. states that have turned New York Times, the Ironically, these are down the money are 31 states that are the states where expanding Medicaid many of the insured primarily Republican under the ACA have people live. They are states. experienced the turning down billargest reduction in lions of dollars of the uninsured rate. new funds from the federal government that would improve With time, we will know if more states the health of the currently uninsured will actually expand their Medicaid program. We will also have to wait to see people in their states.

In states where Medicaid has not what happens to the ACA if the expanded, people whose income is less Rrepublicans win the race for the White than the federal poverty guidelines are House. For now, the ACA has shown ineligible for Medicaid and subsidized hope to millions of Americans including private health insurance on the the poor and minorities for a better exchange. For instance, in Virginia, health care system where many people individuals earning less than $11,670 have access to health insurance. fail to qualify for subsidies to buy insurance under the ACA exchange and the Chapagain is a junior at the College of state’s existing Medicaid program. The Sagar Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at problem is that the federal government sc2595@cornell.edu. Guest Room appears periodically cannot force states to expand their this semester. To submit to Guest Room, email opinion@cornellsun.com Medicaid program.

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Annie O’Toole | Trustee Viewpoint

Enhancing Business Education At Cornell

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his past weekend, the Board of Trustees created the Cornell College of Business. In a meeting held entirely in open session, the Board unanimously voted to change Cornell’s bylaws to add the College of Business as one of the University’s major colleges, schools and other major academic units.

This vote came after several hours of impressively thoughtful and respectful presentation and discussion. However, this vote was also preceded by over a month of controversy about the administration’s intention to create a College of Business consisting of the School of Hotel Administration, the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and the Johnson Graduate School of Management.

My initial reaction to the news of this initiative was — like many of yours — mixed. I was excited about the possibilities that this could create for our students, faculty, staff and broader University. But I was also concerned about the seeming lack of constituent input and poor communication of the concept.

However, since the initial announcement, my excitement has grown and my concerns have shrunk. President Garrett and Provost Kotlikoff have presented a bold vision to vastly improve undergraduate and graduate business education at Cornell, about which you have and will continue to hear many details.

They have proceeded thoughtfully with a concept that already addresses many of the concerns and needs expressed by students, staff, faculty and alumni from each of the programs that will be

The College of Business will further Cornell’s mission of serving the world’s needs, as the only business school with the expertise to address the world’s major chalenges: sustainability, shared prosperity and wealth imbalance. united under the new College of Business, and those who are not included in the new College. And they will now engage in deeper conversations with these important constituencies to flesh out the structure and implementation of the new College of Business and ensure that the identities of these three schools and their academic programs are enhanced, rather than diminished.

As a trustee, I believe that the College of Business will improve Cornell.

It will give our strong business programs the attention and stature they deserve and it will make our institution stronger overall. The College of Business will further Cornell’s mission of serving the world’s needs, as the only business school with the expertise to address the world’s major challenges: sustainability, shared prosperity and wealth imbalance.

As a student, I believe that the academic and student experience will improve for those students who are studying business at Cornell.

Cornell’s vast curriculum is one of its greatest strengths, but its resulting decentralization is one of its greatest challenges.

Opportunities for collaboration are among the most valuable experiences that students have at a diverse institution like Cornell. As an undergraduate student at Vanderbilt and professional student at Cornell, I remember best my coursework and extracurricular activities that expanded my interests and connected me with people with whom I would not ordinarily interact in my field.

The Cornell College of Business will integrate our business curricula, providing students with the opportunity to pursue a more interesting and well-rounded business education. Further, the student life experience will be enhanced by close collaborations between students and faculty with similar interests but different perspectives and expertise.

It was for these reasons that the Board of Trustees unanimously supported the administration’s bold vision to transform our University. This change was visionary, necessary and will transform Cornell to the benefit of our University and its students.

Annie O’Toole is the graduate student-elected trustee. She can be reached a anniedotoole@gmail.com. Trustee Viewpoint appears on alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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Republican Race May Come Back Down To Earth

he campaigning in preparation for the Iowa caucuses has rewritten the traditional playbook for how to win a presidential election. Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, the $100-million man who smashed previous fundraising records when he declared his run for the nomination, has struggled to register in national and statewide polls.

Senator Ted Cruz, the architect of the 2013 government shutdown and a Senator with virtually no congressional allies, has benefited from the contentious political environment and found traction in Iowa and throughout the SEC primary states. Governing experience is a liability, and policy rollouts have proved trivial. A billionaire businessman and realityTV star is about to find out if his frontrunner status is built upon his celebrity or actual votes.

However, with the Iowa caucuses in the rear-view mirror, the nominating battle might begin to resemble a more traditional Republican primary.

Maybe. If Donald Trump manages to emerge from Iowa with a percentage of the vote similar to polling expectations, all bets are off. According to the latest Des Moines Register poll, the standings in Iowa heading in to caucus night are: Donald Trump at 28 percent, Ted Cruz at 23 percent, Marco Rubio at 15 percent and Ben Carson at 10 percent.

A Trump victory not only legitimizes the polling in Iowa, but also in New Hampshire as well as nationally. A combination of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina — the first three states in the nominating process, all of which Trump currently leads — could be a knockout punch for the candidate. Yet, there’s cause for hesitation before anointing Trump; polls are historically unreliable.

In the week preceding Iowa in 2012, Rick Santorum was polling in the RealClearPolitics average at 7.7 percent, good enough for sixth place. He won with over 24 percent of the vote. In 2008, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were in a virtual tie in the state at 31 percent to 29 percent, respectively.

Obama won by nearly 10 percentage points while Clinton dropped to a third-place finish.

Trump has silenced the initial doubts regarding his viability and exhibited astonishing staying power. But when the enormous rallies are in the past and it’s time to actually vote, will enough Iowans be willing to put a man whose name has

for a primary candidate… Since July, Trump has received 54 percent of the media coverage of the GOP primary — about six times more than Jeb Bush, who’s in second place with just 8 percent of coverage.”

Monday night will prove whether media coverage is predictive of actual support or whether voters and polls were simply caught up in the hype.

If Trump falters in Iowa — an indication his support may be overstated in further primaries — Cruz is poised to claim victory and the New Hampshire race will be blown wide open; what has been a bizarre election cycle may not actually be all that abnormal. A

Besides the variability in the polls, Trump presents a unique case; no candidate before him has singlehandedly consumed the majority of oxygen in the media while suffocating his competition. never before appeared on a ballot on a path toward the presidency? The Iowa caucuses are a relatively complicated and time-consuming system. If speculation about Trump’s lagging get-out-the-vote apparatus proves true, the businessman may find himself a loser for the first time this campaign. It may be that a campaign sustained on the concept of winning, that doesn’t win, isn’t all that sustainable.

Besides the variability in the polls, Trump presents a unique case; no candidate before him has singlehandedly consumed the majority of oxygen in the media while suffocating his competition.

According to FiveThirtyEight, “Trump has received about the most disproportionate media coverage ever

social conservative — Cruz — wins Iowa, like Santorum in 2012 and Huckabee in 2008, while a moderate candidate — Rubio, Kasich or Bush — wins New Hampshire, much like Romney in 2012 and McCain in 2008.

If that’s the case — and that’s where my money is — look for a stronger than expected showing from Rubio as well as Carson, and for Cruz to limp his way to a victory. In a few weeks, the most provocative campaign season in recent history may seem irrelevant. Of course, I could be wrong and we could wake up one step closer to a Trump presidency.

Jake Forken is a senior in the College of Human Ecology. He may be reached at jrf285@cornell.edu. My Forken Opinion appears alternate Fridays this semester.

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the game strong.

“I thought we got off to a good start,” he said. “I thought it was an evenly played game.”

With both teams tied in points entering the contest, stakes were high. “[There] was a playoff game mentality,” Woods said.

Although both teams had opportunities in the first period, the game remained scoreless until Woods capitalized midway through the second to make it a 10 Cornell lead. RPI scored a goal of their own later in the period to make it 1-1. The game would go into overtime knotted right there, before the Engineers ultimately repeated their overtime result from earlier this year at Lynah.

Derraugh attributed the low-scoring nature of the contest to both teams playing risk-averse in response to the playoff implications of the final score.

“There weren’t a lot of chances for either team,” Derraugh said.

“It was a cautiously played game.”

With the bunched-up nature of the ECAC standings and the season entering its closing stretch, Cornell was disappointed in the game’s final score.

“The team took it really hard,” Derraugh said.

Although unsatisfied with Saturday’s final score, Derraugh remains confident in this team’s ability.

“I know we still have a chance,” Derraugh said.

Keith Bollt can be reached at kbollt@cornellsun.com.

Top NBA Stories At Midseason SHATZMAN

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it takes to beat Golden State once.

But one game is a far cry from a seven-game playoff series. Stephen Curry is on another level. He’s on his way to his second consecutive MVP award, and if he stays healthy, he may win many more.

His backcourt-mate, Klay Thompson, is among the best shooters in the league, and has established himself as a lockdown wing defender. Then add Draymond Green, who has nine triple-doubles on the season. Some people say Green is the product of Curry’s brilliance. Those people are wrong. He excels in every facet of the game — scoring, rebounding, passing, defense — and he’s shooting 41 percent from beyond the arc. Harrison Barnes is the fourth option on Golden State. He could, and will down the road, be a go-toguy for an NBA team. If healthy, I expect the Warriors to break the ’96 Bulls’ single-season record of 72-10 on their way to another NBA title. This team is something else.

To read the rest of this story, please visit cornellsun.com.

Ben Shatzman can be reached at bshatzman@cornellsun.com.

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Icers Split Key ECAC Matchups Cornell skates to dominant win at Union, falls in overtime at RPI Derraugh said the Red were able to use the early lead to set the tone for the game.

“We were moving the puck well in the first period,” Cornell women’s hockey bookended its weekend he said. “We controlled much of the play [throughout with two goals in the first five minutes from senior for- the game].”

Senior forward Taylor Woods said Union took a ward Jess Brown and an overtime loss Saturday against Rensselaer. In between, the Red held tough on the road timeout early in the game to slow down Cornell’s and maintained its ninth place position in a jam-packed momentum. The Dutchwomen made it a one-goal game just over a minute into the second period after ECAC playoff picture.

Cornell (9-10-4, 5-7-4 ECAC) triumphed against taking advantage of a power play opportunity. After Union (0-22-6, 0-13-3) 3-1 on Friday night in their two-goal lead was cut in half, Woods said Cornell refocused in the task at hand, Schenectady, with Brown’s knowing the next goal would 10th and team-lead-tying be very important.

11th goal being the early dif- “Our forechecking was very Later in the second, freshference makers. On Saturday clean. We kept it to the game man forward Diana Buckley afternoon, the Red lost a low tallied her first career collescoring 2-1 game to we like to play.” giate goal to make it 3-1 and Rensselaer (9-13-4, 7-7-2) in Doug Derraugh ’91 opened the Red’s lead back overtime. up to two. The third period Friday’s ultimate game winner came only 5:04 into the contest. Cornell head was scoreless as Cornell held its lead en route to victory. coach Doug Derraugh ’91 said it was important that his Woods said the Red played a very strong overall game.

“Our forechecking was very clean,” she offered as an team was able to push off on the right skate against the example, and reiterated Derraugh’s point, “We kept it to Dutchwomen.

“We really emphasized ... before the game that we the game we like to play.”

After a victory on Friday, the Red headed down the needed to get off to a good start,” he said.

By KEITH BOLLT

Sun Staff Writer

JASON BEN NATHAN / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Down the stretch | Senior forward Taylor Woods scored the Red’s first goal in the overtime game against RPI.

road to Troy to take on the Engineers of RPI. Derraugh said he believes Cornell was once again successful in See W. HOCKEY page 11

NBA Midway Red Prevails in Overtime Versus Green Update I

By OLIVIA MATTYASOVSZKY

Sun Staff Writer

t has been 15 years since the Lakers and Sixers met in the 2001 NBA Finals. That series featured several notable names. Let’s focus on two of them: Kobe Bryant and Tyronn Lue. Bryant, the five-time champ, former league MVP and future HOF-er, is retiring at the end of this season. I’m sure you know this. The other guy, Tyronn Lue, who is best known for being that dude Allen Iverson crossed-over in the ’01 Finals, is now the coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Tyronn Lue is LeBron James’ basketball coach. The Sixers are 7-41 this season. The Lakers are 9-41. Both occupy

Ben Shatzman Calling the Shatz last place in their respective conferences.

Crazy what 15 years can do, huh? Below I will take a look at some of the major NBA storylines as All-Star Weekend approaches.

1. The Warriors

Are they beatable? It depends. They’ve lost four games thus far, so yes, on a single night, they can lose. After starting the season 24-0, the Warriors lost to the Bucks on December 12th. But get this.

According to ESPN Stats & Info, the Warriors shot 8-48 from outside of the restricted area that night. That is 16.7 percent, which is the lowest FG percentage from outside the restricted area by a team in the last 15 years. That, plus a great See SHATZMAN page 11

This past weekend, the Red hosted Harvard (8-9, 3-1 Ivy) and Dartmouth (7-13,2-2) at Newman Arena and went 1-1, losing to the Crimson, 56-65, but rallying to beat the Big Green on Saturday night, 71-58.

“We really play our best basketball when we work off each other.”

Nicholle Aston Cornell (11-7, 3-1) entered the weekend undefeated in the Ivy League after beating instate rival Columbia the previous week.

The Red was coming in hot on a three-game win streak, and had yet to be beaten at Newman Arena. They boasted both the Ivy League Rookie of the Week in freshman Caroline Shelquist and Ivy League Player of the week in junior Megan LeDuc. The two were matched in the backcourt by Crimson guard Kit Metoyer, who scored the first points of the contest with a 3pointer, and added 23 more points in the rest of the game.

Cornell’s scoring was balanced, with both LeDuc and junior forward Nia Marshall finishing with 17 points each.

Throughout the first half, the Crimson and Red changed leads, but Kit Metoyer kept the visiting team ahead as the Crimson led at the end of the first half, 30-21.

Then senior guard Maddie Campbell cut the lead to one with a post move. From here it turned to strategy, with both teams taking timeouts and fouling for possession. The score was 52-49 with seconds to go. Megan LeDuc sank a three just before the buzzer sounded, and the game went to overtime.

In overtime, both teams were hacking each other up and down the court. The Crimson’s Metoyer once again proved to be a major threat; she converted on two free throws and made an assist. After regaining the ball with seconds to go, the Crimson ran out the clock and took the game, 65-56.

“This weekend had both highs and lows,” said junior forward Nicholle Aston. “We learned a lot from our tough loss on Friday.”

The next night was no less exciting when the Dartmouth Big Green came to Newman Arena Shelquist once again played outstanding and earned Ivy League Rookie honors for the second week in a row.

Aston, Campbell and junior forward Nia Marshall all scored in the double digits.

Cornell’s shots were falling all night, shooting a solid .491.

The Red also pressured well on defense to holding Dartmouth to only .375.

Dartmouth won the turnover battle, forcing 11 Cornell turnovers while only losing the ball themselves eight times.

Marshall led the scoring with 19 points, and shot .690.

“We really focused in on pushing the ball and getting assists on passes against

Dartmouth because we really play our best basketball when we work off of each other,” Aston said.

The teams changed leads the entire game, but with three minutes left in the fourth quarter, LeDuc once again made her shots count.

She hit a jumper and put Cornell in the lead, 54-51.

Dartmouth guard Lakin Rowland hit a three and tied the score at 56-56 with under a minute to go.

After a Cornell turnover,

Dartmouth got the ball and held it for a final shot from Emily Slagle. The shot did not fall and Cornell was sent to overtime for the second time in two nights. This time the Red pushed through and came out with a win.

“Two overtime games back to back are tough but we are happy that we ended the weekend on a high note,” Aston said.

Olivia Mattyasovszky can be reached at omattyasovszky@cornellsun.com.

BRITTANY CHEW / SUN NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Lights out | Senior guard Maddie Campbell’s double-digit point effort helped the Red defeat Dartmouth at home on Saturday.