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Cornell Law Review Elects All-Female Board

Demographic is the first for any law review among the nation’s top 14 law schools

By ROCHELLE LI Sun Staff Writer

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Boy-less board | The student-run Cornell Law Review, which receives over 100 submissions from a range of legal scholars each week, elected only women this year. The new board is pictured above.

For decades, the legal profession has long been a man’s game: Just over one-third of all lawyers are women, according to the most recent U.S. Census report.

In similar fashion, law reviews and legal scholarship have also been historically male-dominated. Today, only between 43 and 49 percent of J.D. candidates are women, according to a research paper published Lynne N. Kolodinsky J.D. ’14.

But on Saturday, the Cornell Law Review bucked that longtime trend in dramatic fashion, electing an all-female board — the first among any of the top 14 law schools in the country.

The Review typically receives over 100 submissions each week submitted by legal scholars, including professors, judges and other law students. Past issues have included articles penned by Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54 and William Douglas.

The journal is completely student-run and elects third-year law students to its board every February. This year, the election resulted in See WOMEN page 4

New Program Allows Ex-Congressman to Head New Institute Students to Donate Swipes

By OLIVIA WEINBERG Sun Staff Writer

Food insecure students can access ‘central bank’ of donated food swipes

By AMINA KILPATRICK Sun Staff Writer

Cornell’s 10 all-you-care-to-eat dining facilities — and Big Red Bucks cannot be shared between individuals. While some meal plans offer guest swipes, the amount of bonus meals is limited, ranging from four swipes to eight swipes per semester based on different meal plan offerings.

Individuals who do not have a meal plan pay $13.05 for

Unused meal swipes no longer need to go to waste. Under a new pilot program, students can now donate unused meals on their meal plan to other students in need.

The new plan, launched Feb. 4 by Cornell Dining, will create a “central bank” of unwanted, extra See PROGRAM page 4 meals accessible to students experiencing food insecurity.

Currently, Sharing swipes | meal swipes As part of a pilot pro— which gram, students can can be used in any of offer swipes to

Beltway politics are soon set to migrate northwards as Cornell’s Institute of Politics and Global Affairs readies to open on Mar. 1.

Set to be directed by former Congressman Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), the new center plans to link domestic and global political organizations.

This includes policy think tanks,

political leaders, businesses and individuals within the academic world, Provost Michael Kotlikoff told the Cornell Chronicle, a University-run publication.

Israel previously represented two Long Island-based congressional districts from 2001 to 2017, according to his website.

Following his time in politics, he worked as a commentator for MSNBC and served as the inaugural chair for Long Island University’s Global Institute.

“One of the reasons I believe that an institute of politics is valuable in New York is because New York has become an epicenter of intense political activity,” Israel said in an interview with City and State New York.

While New York has long had a reputation for being a “one party” state, Israel highlighted New York’s “fabric of different outlooks and dispositions” as a See INSTITUTE page 4

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Knitting Connects Cornell Students to Local Community Alpha Phi Omega’s weekly finger knitting aims to benefit Ithacans one stitch at a time

for several years, according to members, and has seen steady growth in both membership and popularity since its inauguration.

Knitting sessions are now held weekly in collaboration with other service organizations on campus, such as the Golden Key International Service Fraternity and Epsilon Eta Sustainability Fraternity.

Beyond providing wares to those in need, the finger knitting events also help fulfill the fraternity’s goal of placing a large “emphasis on service learning,” which is intended to teach brothers practical skills through charity, according to Kelly Stone ’20, organizer of the project.

“In the end, it provides someone in a rough place with a handmade scarf and some assurance that someone else cares” Isabelle Amlicke ’21

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Knitting for a cause | Students gather weekly at the Keeton dorm to finger knit scarves and other wares to be donated to local charity. The event has become one of APO’s most popular and now attracts the participation of other organizations, as well.

By LUCAS REYES Sun Staff Writer

The extreme weather and wind chill that swept Ithaca last week emphasized problems for homeless individuals in the Ithaca community. Even on nicer days, changing weather and environmental conditions can prove to be a challenge.

Cornell’s co-ed service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega has once again continued a project where students finger knit clothes for the people in need.

To better respond to the surging need for resources, APO partnered with the Catholic Charities of Tompkins-Tioga, which receives APO’s freshly assembled garments and distributes them through its free clothing closet to Ithacans.

The finger knitting project has been a staple APO event

Tompkins County Public Library Opts to Eliminate Late Fines

By MEREDITH LIU Sun Assistant News Editor

Ever worried about returning a book late and having to pay fine for it? That won’t be the case anymore at Tompkins County Public Library, which eliminated its fine on late items starting Jan. 14.

The reason behind this decision, according to Library Director Annette Birdsall, is that libraries have realized fines have become a social equity barrier: some people can’t afford to pay the fines when they have to return something late,

which brings them embarrassment and reduces their visits to the library.

“Fines have become a privilege and they — not only do they not work — they actually encourage people to keep materials longer if they can afford it. If you can afford it, you pay your fines, you don’t feel guilty and you support the library,” Birdsall told The Ithaca Voice. “We don’t love that it was a privilege and that people who couldn’t afford fines stopped using the library altogether.”

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“Finger knitting is a great way to work toward this goal since the volunteers learn the skills to make scarves using just yarn and their fingers,” Stone told The Sun. “They can take those newfound skills with them and use even outside the context of the service event.”

But ultimately, the chief benefit of the weekly knitting sessions lies in providing a space for “brothers to talk and form bonds,” while letting struggling Ithaca residents know Cornell has not forgotten about them, according to Isabelle Amlicke ’21.

“In the end, it provides someone in a rough place with a handmade scarf and some assurance that someone else cares,” Amlicke said.

Lucas Reyes can be reached at lreyes@cornellsun.com.

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In flux | Canvas is to completely replace Blackboard by the end of 2019, though not all are convinced the transition is worth the effort.

Transition to Canvas Sparks Mixed Opinions Among Wary Students class assignments on one page instead of having to do it yourself. That being said, my course After using Blackboard for isn’t using the feature at all,” over two decades, Cornell has he said.

Figueroa thinks once his proofficially started the transition to Canvas, sparking discussion fessors adjust to Canvas, “it will be a much better experience than among students and faculty.

“The transition takes some Blackboard,” but until then, this transitiongetting used al period is to,” Jayson “No major issues have “more annoyFigueroa ’21 come up yet, but having to ing than helpsaid.

“No major issues jump between Blackboard ful,” he said.

L i k e have come up and Canvas is irritating.”

Blackboard, yet, but havCanvas is ing to jump Jayson Figueroa ’21 a learning between manageBlackboard ment system and Canvas is irritating.”

However, Figueroa noted which allows students to access that he thinks this method of course contents and assign“experimental transition” is a ments online. Several other unibetter way to ease students and versities, including Columbia faculty into Canvas, rather than University, Brown University and Dartmouth College already switching over all at once.

Figueroa also said he likes use Canvas.

Prof. Marianella Casasola, the calendar feature on Canvas, but wishes his course would use human development, was among the first professors to it more.

“The course calendar feature switch classes over to Canvas as seems powerful, as it allows stuSee CANVAS page 5 dents to see the dates of all their

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After Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam became embroiled in a racist yearbook scandal, many have now turned their attention to Lt. Gov. Mark Fairfax, who, if Northam succumbs to the pressure to resign, would become the state’s second black governor.

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a historic moment for collegiate law. One after another, a woman was voted into each subsequent position until the entire board was female.

“I think it didn’t quite hit me until the entire process was over,” said Beatriz Albornoz J.D. ’19, the Review’s outgoing editor-inchief. “It was kind of a moving period for me.”

This academic year, the journal has placed a greater emphasis on promoting diverse voices. When selecting articles to publish, the journal also considers in scholars’ race, gender, and sexual orientation. In each issue, the Cornell Law Review aims to select an article by at least one female author.

Saturday’s elections weren’t the first time the law review broke gender barriers in the

legal field. Mary Donlon Alger LL.B. ’20, the frankly prestige, it is really special,” Albornoz namesake of the North Campus freshman told The Sun. “This is a massive paradigm dormitory, became the first female editor- shift.”

Moving forward, the in-chief of any law review in board hopes to continthe United States when she “We’re proud to be part ue encouraging diverse attended Cornell Law School.

This milestone in female of this moment and look voices in the law review representation in the legal field and scholforward to using it as a membership came alongside larger shifts in arship. catalyst.” the national climate. Twelve “We’re proud to be out of the top 15 law schools part of this moment and Julia Hollresier J.D. ’20 have elected female editorslook forward to using it in-chief for their law reviews, as a catalyst to increase according to Albornoz. the accessibility of our Columbia University, Georgetown University journal, for people regardless of their identity and the University of Chicago have yet to or background,” said Julia Hollresier J.D. ’20, report their election results. the incoming managing editor.

“Now in terms of leadership positions, especially now in terms of these topmost Rochelle Li can be reached at positions that carry a lot of responsibility and rli@cornellsun.com.

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Kurt Vonnegut ’44, ESPN’s Jeremy Schaap ’91, various Pulitzer Prize winners and many others.

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New endeavors | As part of President Martha E. Pollack’s “One Cornell” vision, Cornell will open an Institute for Politics and Global Affairs to help bridge connections between campuses.

C.U. to Open Institute for Politics and Global Affairs

Institute will be headed by former Congressman Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) in an effort to better connect students and faculty to leaders in the political reason for the state being field, mainly by offering a prime location for an internships, symposiums organization charged with and a richer variety of lecstudying and showcasing turers from the world of government, according to politics.

“I served as a congress- the University. This conman for 16 years represent- cept is a part of Martha ing a quintessential mid- Pollack’s larger “One dle-class community that Cornell” vision, which could as easily vote for a aims to work to bring Democrat as a Republican campuses and potential … it’s mostly pockets of employers closer together.

The Ithaca campus will purple,” Israel added.

The institute will be home to a faculty direcbridge Cornell’s Ithaca, tor, who will be in charge Washington, D.C. and of programming, includNew York City campuses ing guest speakers and a faculty and student fellows program.

The speakers will come from a variCar Wash ety of disciplinary Fast, Friendly, fields and speak on Professional. issues including policy, new technoloHappy gies and journalism, NewYear according to The Chronicle.

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Cornell’s and Long Island University’s institutes to co-sponsor certain events.

The former congressman will also teach at least one class a semester on the Ithaca campus as a part of the new program.

“My goal is to create a platform for deep and meaningful experiences.”

Steve Israel “I’m honored to be a part of the Cornell family,” Israel said in a university press release. “Political dynamics in the United States and around the world have become volatile and complex, and my goal is to create a platform for deep and meaningful experiences.”

Olivia Weinberg can be reached at oweinberg@cornellsun.com.

lunch and $16.15 for dinner at all-you-careto-eat dining halls, according to Cornell Dining’s website.

“Food insecurity can cause other issues, such as sleeping in class, being unable to concentrate or struggling to complete assignments,” Shakima Clency, director of first-generation and low-income student support, told the Cornell Chronicle, a University-run publication.

of planning, Anabel’s Grocery opened as a way to provide affordable groceries to students in a convenient location.

However, Anabel’s is currently on a hiatus this semester as it is used in the teaching of a course. A mobile food pantry will operate out of the grocery store space this semester in its place.

Additionally, Clency launched a program last fall that allowed individuals selected by Cornell Dining to act as “ambassadors” to give out passes to

“Food insecurity can cause other issues, such as sleeping ... or struggling to complete assignments.”

Shakima Clency “It is important that we address these larger concerns,” Clency, who will be in charge of the program, said.

A Cornell University PULSE survey found that up to 20 percent of students reported “skipping a meal due to financial constraints.”

Clency said the program is partnered with the nationwide Swipe Out Hunger group, an organization that seeks to provide innovative solutions to reducing college student malnourishment.

The Cornell community has approached food insecurity in a variety of ways prior to the launch of this program. In May 2017, after two years

the AYCTE facilities “no questions asked,” according to the Chronicle.

“For many years, Cornell addressed food insecurity on a person-by-person basis,” Ryan Lombardi, vice president for student and campus life, told the Chronicle.

“Now we are tackling the issue systematically through a multifaceted approach,” Lombardi said. “...not only meeting immediate needs, but also more fully understanding the challenges students face in meeting their nutritional needs.”

Amina Kilpatrick can be reached at akilpatrtick@cornell sun.com.

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Two Men Accused of Stealing Motorcyles from Cornell’s Campus

Four motorcycles were reported stolen in October, valued at about $7,500 in total, Cornell University Police said. Since December, two men — Lucas Thomas and Jason Denmark — were charged with larceny for allegedly stealing the motorcycles off of Cornell’s campus. After one of the owners said that he believed a motorcycle of his was posted on Craigslist, investigators of Cornell Police and Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office said they recovered one of the motorcycles from a nearby town. An investigation led police to two of the remaining three missing motorcycles. The two men were charged with three counts each of fourth-degree grand larceny.

Local New Director for Johnson Art Museum

Jessica Martinez will lead the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, beginning July 15, the University announced Monday.

Since its 1973 founding, Martinez will be the museum’s fourth director. The new recruit will be filling the shoes of Stephanie Wiles, who left to join the Yale University Art Gallery. Martinez, who served at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art for four years, praised the uniqueness of the Johnson Museum because it “drives scholarship,” according to the Cornell Chronicle, a University-run publication. Martinez served as the research curator for African art at Harvard, where she won the Harvard Hero Award, an honor annually given to the university’s most exceptional staff members.

The University Board of Trustees approved Martinez as Richard J. Schwartz Director of the museum on Jan. 31 at their New York City meeting.

National Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54 Makes First Public Appearance Since Surgery

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54 attended a “Notorious RBG in Song” production in Washington, D.C. Monday night, her first public appearance since a December cancer surgery that was followed by the justice’s first time missing oral arguments since joining the court in 1993. In December, the Cornell alumna underwent a pulmonary lobectomy after doctors found cancerous nodules in her left lung; Ginsburg had not made a public appearance since that surgery, which, according to The Washington Post has a recovery period up to eight weeks long.

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part of the pilot program in fall 2017. She is also a member of the advisory board for the transition to Canvas, which aims to “review and improve the transition plans to help support faculty and students,” according to a University press release.

“The advisory board has placed a lot of thought and effort so that the transition to Canvas will be as smooth as possible. They have been seeking feedback and outlining solutions for some time,” Casasola told The Sun. The professor said that she has had “no issues so far” with Canvas and “really like[s] the feel and usability.”

Some students have also reacted favorably to the change, citing a better course calendar and a mobile application.

“I like Canvas so far. It’s straightforward, it has a much cleaner [user interface] than Blackboard, and I also specifically like the

blog-type posts — they are much easier to on each page, and it is not clear where to navigate than any equivalent features on look for, say, the schedule of office hours,” Blackboard,” Daniel Parangi ’21, who uses Hanson said.

Canvas for two of his classes, said.

A University press release regarding the Sally Gao ’20 also said she likes the platform transition noted that students and grades feature on Canvas. faculty can look to “curated online resourc“I like that es; onsite training, you can see all workshops and your grades “[The advisory board] has been seeking demonstrations; in one secand consultafeedback and outlining solutions for tion, and can tions with a team some time” test-modify of experienced your grades to instructional Prof. Marianella Casasola see how your designers” regardperformance or ing using Canvas. status would W h i l e change if your grades were different,” Gao Blackboard will still be available through said. fall 2019, the University will require all However, others, including Caroline classes that use an LMS to transition to Hanson ’21, still prefer Blackboard to Canvas by spring 2020.

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“I find [Canvas] too wordy and confusing to try and find specific information Vale Lewis can be reached at and files. There are many embedded links vlewis@cornellsun.com.

Tompkins Library Pick up your FREE COPY of Corne¬ Daily Sun Eliminates Late The at the following locations: Fees for Patrons LIBRARY

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In addition to breaking the socioeconomic barrier, the TCPL also believes that late fines actually don’t work. According to a Colorado State Library whitepaper referenced on its website, “the scant research on the impact of library fines and fees does not indicate a clear benefit to

renounced all fines on children starting October 2017.

In the past, libraries around the country have experimented with “amnesty days,” during which libraries were able to regain countless overdue books and reconnect with old patrons, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Although TCPL once collected around $100,000 in fines,

“We don’t want to rely on negative income, we want to rely on people supporting the library.”

Annette Birdsall administering these policies and may be costly to enforce.”

Although patrons will no longer receive late fee charges, they will still receive bills if they do not return an item in 30 days, according to TCPL’s frequently asked questions page. Past replacement fees and processing charges for lost or damaged items also still apply, the library said.

The Tompkins County Public Library is not the only library going fine-free. The movement has already reached some members of the Finger Lakes Library System — such as Seneca County public libraries — as well as some libraries nationwide.

Libraries in New York City also have

overdue fines on average only make up less than one-quarter of 1 percent of the library’s annual budget.

“We don’t want to rely on negative income, we want to rely on people supporting the library because they want to, not because of this artificial punishment,” Birdsall said to the Voice. “It’s exciting. I think it’s really going to open doors for people and allow us to really embrace our mission in a way that we just haven’t been able to because of that barrier.”

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

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Past Time to Investigate Cornell’s Qatar Campus

The University’s longstanding, disturbing refusal to investigate labor conditions at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar has fallen out of the discussion as of late. It is past time to bring the discussion back to light.

Some context for the uninitiated. Human rights groups charge that Qatar’s foreign labor sponsorship system enables exploitation bordering on slavery. Migrant laborers come to the Gulf nation seeking work, but are quickly funneled into involuntary servitude. Laws which let employers revoke workers’ exit permits, prevent them from switching jobs and deny them housing on a whim bind expatriate workers to Qatar.

A much-discussed 2014 report from the International Trade Union Confederation, a labor group, alleges widespread worker exploitation in Education City, the Qatari state-sponsored education complex that WCM-Q calls home. All this creates the very real possibility that WCM-Q may be, directly or through some contractor, exploiting its workers.

And yet Cornell has been frustratingly tight-lipped on labor conditions at WCM-Q. It has resisted a third-party investigation. Former Cornell presidents did little more than downplay and dismiss concerns about WCM-Q. A 2017 Student Assembly resolution on WCM-Q was met with a chilly acknowledgment — and no commitment to accountability.

It is not as if Cornell does not understand the moral imperative here. Indeed, in 2015 when pressed on concerns over labor conditions, Robert Harrison ’76, chair of the Board of Trustees, said, “We treat our staff in Doha, Qatar exactly the same way [as] in Ithaca, New York. We have values to protect. We have missions to accomplish that are consistent with those values.”

So why, then, does the administration filibuster a third-party investigation, one that could put all these questions finally to rest? In the face of this inconvenient question, the laudable sentiments Harrison offers cannot help but ring hollow.

The administration needs to provide answers on WCM-Q, and urgently. The best way to credibly do so is with an independent investigation. President Martha Pollack has said little on the issue. But she must realize the University cannot be in the business of abetting forced labor. Just the possibility alone ought to make President Pollack shudder — and then investigate.

Martha Pollack’s New Position Needs Scrutiny

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n its surface, the appointment of President Martha Pollack to IBM’s board of directors — effective Feb. 1 — seems to be a boon for Cornell’s foothold in New York City’s tech industry. However, with the added obligation of satisfying IBM shareholders, the implications of our university president participating in corporate board service are worth exploring.

For more than a half-century, IBM has had a presence in New York City where its headquarters for the Watson artificial intelligence and cloud computing divisions are situated. It comes as no surprise, then, that IBM and Cornell Tech have a history of partnering on technological ventures. In 2014, former Cornell Tech professor Rajit Manohar and IBM developed a microchip that simulates processing functions by neurons and synapses of the brain. Then, in

Some of our questions regarding Pollack’s corporate service are still unanswered.

2017, Cornell Tech partnered again with IBM to create WiTNY, an initiative to promote the participation of women in technological industries in New York.

Of course, strong corporate relations are valuable to a university educating thousands of future industry leaders.

Pollack sums it up in her press release: “It is important both for universities to have an awareness of the corporate world, where many of our students go on to work, and for those in the corporate world to have a better sense of what happens in universities.”

Some of our questions regarding Pollack’s corporate service are still unanswered.

The other members on the IBM board of directors received at least $300,000 in compensation for their board membership in 2017, according to the IBM Proxy Report. Yet, according to an AGB report, fewer than onethird of chief executives generally serve on for-profit corporate boards. Of those who do, only 3.6 percent receive $300,000 or more in compensation. It is still unclear whether or not Pollack will receive the standard $300,000 for her role on the IBM board of directors.

Further, the AGB report notes that those typically serving on corporate boards have had longer terms of service, with the majority serving at least three to seven years. Having just arrived to Cornell in 2017, Pollack seems eager to hop on the corporate bandwagon.

Presidents should avoid being overcommitted, especially early in their tenure.

In 2017, the role involved nine overall board meetings and 16 committee meetings in 2017, a burdensome commitment among all Pollack’s others.

But why does compensation and time commitment matter?

Cornell University Policy 4.14 delineates conduct for real and apparent con-

flicts of commitment and conflicts of interest for trustees, faculty and staff.

Pollack’s new role on the Corporate Board of IBM seems to breach this University policy regarding external entities: Conflict of Commitment, Conflict of Interest, and Conflict Management, defined below.

Conflict of Commitment: A situation caused when an individual undertakes external commitments that may burden or interfere with his or her primary obligations and commitments to the University, even if the outside activity is valuable to the university or contributes to professional development and competence.

Conflict of Interest: A situation where an individual has the opportunity to influence the University’s business, administrative, academic, or other decisions in ways that could lead to personal gain or advantage of any kind.

Conflict Management: Measures taken to address the risk of bias or the appearance of bias when members of the university community have real or apparent conflicts of interest.

Moreover, the policy outlines that presidents, as part of the upper echelon of the institution, are held to a higher standard in regards to conflicts of commitment and conflicts of interests: The president “owe[s] special duties of care and loyalty to the institution as a whole, and must keep the University’s interests paramount to all others.”

As a member of a corporate board, Pollack may open herself up to a number of reputational risks, including lawsuits if the board is a party to a failed endeavor. Also, Pollack may be disinclined to question or oppose an industry executive at IBM who may have sway in her continued compensation.

To what extent did the Cornell Board of Trustees approve of this decision, if at all? How extensive is Pollack’s time

Given the objective to bring the precepts and principles of a university to the table at IBM, Pollack’s lack of transparency is incongruous. commitment and obligation to IBM? For a decision made in the name of student benefit, student consideration seems largely absent.

Given the objective to bring the precepts and principles of a university — values of openness, student voice and discourse — to the table at IBM, Pollack’s lack of transparency is incongruous.

Pollack should address the drawbacks and questionable implications of corporate board service, placing transparency above all.

Laura DeMassa and Canaan Delgado are sophomores at Cornell University. Double Take appears every other Tuesday. They can be reached at demassa-delgado@cornellsun.com.

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William Wang | Willpower

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An Escape From Cornell

his weekend, I went with a group of friends from the LGBT resource center to Escape Ithaca. The facility, which is surprisingly one of five escape rooms within commuting distance, is located just a couple of blocks from Cornell in Downtown Ithaca. Escape Ithaca, which is the first escape room in Ithaca, charges $10 for each person (we had 10 people in total), which is rather cheap for an escape room (which usually charge $20 to $45 per person).

I swear people have a Ph.D. in creativity when it comes to fun. We invented skydiving to fly, rafting to churn and Catan to indulge in our imperialistic urges.

It was only a matter of time before someone had the idea to invent the escape room.

The term “escape room” comes from the early 2000s video games of the same name in which players tried to crack a code to break out of a room and make it to the next level. It was Takao Kato, founder of the Japanese company Scrape who came up with the idea

It was only a matter of time before someone invented the escape room. of fleshing out the video game for a locked room filled with clues and cryptic messages that eventually lead to a way out of the room.

Kato — who looks like a man from the past hiding in the future, with his fedora and rim horn glasses mashed with his clean blazer — believes earnestly in the value of games. The goal was to immerse oneself in the game and break away from reality, to get away from the stressful omnipresence of work and school.

The man, as oddly as he dressed, was a genius: In the 10 years since he invented escape rooms, the game has sparked a massive following. Just five years ago, there were only 22 escape rooms in America. Today, there are 2,000.

Escape rooms have become a worldwide phenomenon, sprouting up from Asia to Europe to the Americas. They have found a special home with overworked, young professionals and students who find a certain joy from being locked out of their small room living a fantasy life, far from a world that rushes them from one place to the next without a moment of rest.

And even though we’re thousands of miles away from Japan, Kato’s vision has remained intact. My friends and I are directed towards an escape room dressed up as an old-fashioned sea ship. Below deck, with shells and wooden crates around us, our Escape Ithaca guide fills us in on what’s happened. It’s not good.

There’s a deranged man named Captain White who’s drugged us at the bottom of a ship, waiting to come back to torture and kill us. Meanwhile, there’s a diamond in the black safe worth a priceless amount of money, and we have to break the safe open to take it with us. Personally, I would have just run for it, but Escape Ithaca took up a notch. What good was escape without financial security? Being a business major, I kinda appreciate that nice little practical touch.

We got an hour to work through everything, and so I don’t blow up the whole intricate setup by Escape Ithaca, I won’t go too much into detail. But we went through everything: drawers, crates, paintings, bookshelves. We found a blacklight halfway through the event, and went wild shining it everywhere to find clues.

“Give me the blacklight!” was a common thing we repeated over and over again, like we were on the hunt for some perverse killer.

I found a hint from a crumpled-up letter that led to a world map. Latitudes and longitudes of the Indian

Ocean swirled in my head. I pondered the letter for an agonizing 15 minutes. I felt sure it meant something.

For 45 minutes we hunted, until we realized that we were dangerously close to running out of time, with one crate still unopened and one number left to find.

We called in the guide to help us.

With two minutes to spare, we punched open the crate, revealing a letter and a plastic skeleton. Finally, we had our last clue. We rushed to the safe box. We punched in the key code, a buzzer whirred, and voila, there was the diamond.

Cha-ching.

It wasn’t until we were almost walking out that I realized something was amiss. So wait, I asked the Escape Ithaca guide, how do we use the map to solve the puzzle, then?

Well, she said with a sly smile, we have to put in some red herrings to throw off some people. Just because.

Ugh. Still, Escape Room Ithaca was fun, if not a bit silly, but I get why it’s spread around so quickly. We’ve gone from Generation Y to Generation “Y not” — we’ll try anything to temporarily avoid the daily rigors of modern work or school. It’s a fun fad now, but I do wonder if people will eventually tire of it, given that a whole new industry of immersive gaming focused on VR and motion capture has arisen in the past couple of years. But for now, the escape room is your best bet to break away from reality, one that’s cheap, fun and convenient for local Cornell students, and one I think I’ll try again during the semester. 5542, 124 W State St: Escape Ithaca. Check it out.

But for now, the escape room is your best bet to break away from reality, one that’s cheap, fun and convenient for local Cornell students.

William Wang is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Willpower runs every other Monday this semester. He can be reached at wwang@cornellsun.com.

Victoria Pietsch | Fancy Pants

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In Defense of Fashion Knockoffs

pl knocking each other off lol,” quips the nonchalant Instagram bio of the account @diet_prada. An angry undertone is palpable in the account’s ironic humor, however. The owners of the account, and the 1.1 million users who follow it, have had enough.

Diet Prada has been popularized — and trademarked, according to the account’s name on Instagram — as a term referring to knockoffs in fashion. Within the account, a garment that resembles Prada is exposed as a cheaper rendition that leaves behind a toxic aftertaste. Consider the industry exposed.

Diet Prada is popularizing social media call-out culture through juxtapositions of originals and knockoffs.

Designers are pitted at one another through tags in an awkward, public stare-down, as followers take to their comment-pitchforks. Designers-inquestion have three options: defend themselves, concede or ignore the issue, accepting a loss of consumers’ respect.

Critical to understanding the account is the distinction between a knockoff and a counterfeit item. According to Women’s Wear Daily, a knockoff “resembles another item but isn’t exactly identical,” while a counterfeit good “is identical to another product” and “infringes upon its trademark.” In the fashion industry, counterfeit goods are illegal and are typically sold online.

Knockoffs are permitted in the industry due to the popularity of designs and the difficulty of regulating them.

The obvious opinion denounces copied designs. When a prominent designer

finds so-called inspiration from a smaller designer, the action can shut down a start-up business and defeat a designer’s ambitions. In one example, Diet Prada called out Virgil Abloh for his “luxury knockoff business,” after his brand, OffWhite, presented designs remarkably similar to those created by ex-Nike employee Elisa van Joolen. She was up for a design position at Off-White that “curiously never materialized.” Entire cultures may be harmed, as well, as when Urban Outfitters added to its rich history of ripped-off designs by mocking another one: In 2016, it marketed a “Navajo print flask.” Fashion knockoffs also harm the industry as a whole.

When original designs are copied without penalty, the entire creative process is undermined.

While these injustices are undoubtedly just that, I believe the right to copy designs benefits the fashion industry and is necessary for the advancement of fashion design.

T h e regulation of design copyright violations is infeasible. While logos or specific colors may receive trademark protection, and iconic silhouettes may qualify for trade dress protection, copyright in fashion is effectively nonexistent. Each design ultimately has too many facets to evaluate, organize and document for legal protection, and countless designs

are produced each day. This is what allows Balenciaga to sell women’s “foam platform sandals,” while the fashion public gossips about the new Balenciaga “Crocs.”

Large companies, with resources to repel legal action against them, unfairly dominate with current legal policy.

However, smaller businesses and designers would still lack the upper hand even if they could sue for copyrighted designs. The reality is that all designers are copied, albeit to varying extremes.

While Zara profits off copying designs from lesser-known artists, legal action with stronger footing would likely still lack power. A Goliath like Zara has the power to file suit against every small designer that carries a similar silhouette for a particular shoe. Market domination continues.

Modern original content is not the product of a brilliant idea in isolation. A new design is a collection of old ones, sewn together too often with a tool fashion journalists love to call “a fresh spin” on a popular garment. As a result, it may be difficult to distinguish copying from mere coincidence. John Galliano, the creative director of Maison Margiela, expressed his frustration with the overwhelming influx of design information the Internet provides in his Spring 2019 collection. Modern designers face the unique

I believe the right to copy designs benefits the fashion industry and is necessary for the advancement of fashion design.

challenge of avoiding copying existing designs, which may occur even without conscious awareness. Overwhelmed by content, Galliano expelled the imagery back out as a sensory overload of texture and color. These designs, ironically commended for their originality, are merely a regurgitation.

Amidst a laundry list of negative issues presented by the fast fashion industry, such as poor factory working conditions and an immense amount of waste, the increasing affordability of clothing presents a glimmer of light. Businesses like Zara, Forever 21 and Steve Madden are known in the industry for their knockoffs, but their ability to stay constantly on trend has rightfully resulted in their market domination. Fast fashion’s ability to copy designs on the cheap allows fashion consumers to avoid the emotion of Mike Posner’s “Cooler Than Me.” On campus, a fifty-dollar rendition of a Canada Goose is close enough.

From haute couture to ready-to-wear, fall/winter to spring/summer seasons, women’s wear to men’s wear, designers are under constant pressure to deliver new ideas. Hedi Slimane, among others, is even criticized for copying himself.

Diet Prada’s account holds so many Instagram stories in twenty-four hours that one questions how its owners afford the time to focus on their own design careers.

Marcel Duchamp once said, “Art is either plagiarism or revolution.”

Victoria Pietsch is a senior in the College of Human Ecology. Fancy Pants runs every other Monday this semester. She can be reached at vpietsch@cornellsun. com.

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Cornell Volunteers Travel to Colombia To Promote Higher Education in Biology Cornellians establish pilot program to teach interactive biology lessons to high school students in Santa Marta

By SHRIYA PERATI Sun Staff Writer

Over winter break, eight Cornell volunteers collaborated with seven students from the Universidad del Magdalena in Santa Marta, Colombia, to teach biology to Liceo Samario high school students.

For some time, Prof. Timothy DeVoogd, psychology, has been trying to create international experiences for Cornell students in the sciences. He realized that one way to promote students’ international involvement might be to work with peers in Latin America over winter break.

DeVoogd proposed the idea to Carlos Coronado, director of International Relations at the University of Magdalena.

Coronado then found a public high school in which 80 percent of its students come from families below the Colombian poverty line, DeVoogd said.

“Carlos selected seven students from the University of Magdalena to work with us, and a kind of magic happened,” DeVoogd said.

The Cornellians were in Colombia from the beginning of January until the start of the spring semester.

“We used the first week as a preparation week: meeting our University of Magdalena partners, exploring the high school and Santa Marta, and developing our classes and activities,” Christine Relander ’20 said in an email. The next two weeks was the teaching portion.

Each of the Cornell volunteers worked closely with students from Universidad del Magdalena in Santa Marta. Volunteers from both schools were split into four different groups to teach a specific aspect of biology.

“The four concepts we taught about were the circulatory system, microbiology, vaccines, and nutrition,” Amrit Hingorani ’20 said in an email.

According to Hingorani, these concepts were important topics that the high school

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Strength in numbers | Cornell and University of Magdalena teachers with Liceo Samario students at the University of Magdalena campus. students may never have been exposed to acted out the concept of herd immunity in resistance in their own communities and before. a sort of dodgeball fashion. how to counteract it.

According to Relander, most of the “An infected person threw balls at other “As many of the students expressed group of Cornell students were Biological members of the community — those that interest in becoming doctors in the future, Sciences majors, with one Developmental were unvaccinated couldn’t run around or it’s my hope that they will be able to advoSociology major and one Biology and move their arms,” Brown said. cate for decreased antibiotic usage both Society major.

According to Brown, the “vaccinated” among their future patients and with their To make the learning experience more students figured out pretty quickly that it family now,” Fogel said. interactive and enjoyable, volunteers had to was their job to protect those that couldn’t In addition to teaching students about get creative. fend for themselves. core biology concepts, the Cornell and “This meant taking the abstract the“We saw the light bulbs go off in their Magdalena students described what it was ories and concepts mentioned in lecture heads when they connected this back to like to be in university and how to choose and turning them into interactive games, immunocompromised individuals,” Brown a major.

“The purpose of these meetings was to demonstrations, simulations, and competi- said.

To further promote interactive learning, give the students a more realistic representions,” Natalie Brown ’20 said.

For example, the immune system and the Cornell at Magdalena program donat- tation of college education from people vaccines group volunteers and students ed small cardboard that are in university microscopes called “Some students claimed that and to spark an inter“Foldscopes,” preest in them to seek this experience helped them higher education above made slides and blood pressure cuffs solidify the career path that the high school level,” Treasure Nwokeleme to Liceo Samario they wanted to explore in ’21 said.

High School.

The program had a “We had them college.” lasting influence on the take each other’s Karen Franco ’19 students, Karen Franco blood pressures and ’19 said. pulses in the circu“Some students latory unit and look at local water samples under microscopes in claimed that this experience helped them solidify the career path that they wanted microbiology,” Hingorani said.

Volunteers also tried to leverage this to explore in college,” Franco said. “Some interactive approach to promote sustain- students even claimed to be inspired to able community influence. For example, learn English and to study abroad in the Paula Fogel ’20 made sure to emphasize United States.”

While the Liceo Samario high school the mechanisms and impact of antibiotic students did most of the learning, “the resistance.

“Antibiotics can be bought over the Cornell and Magdalena students who led counter in many parts of Latin America and the activities, similarly, seem excited with many people frequently use antibiotics for what they learned about their own ability colds and flus that they’re not appropriate to teach and perhaps even change lives,” DeVoogd said. for,” Fogel said.

COURTESY OF CORNELL AT MAGDALENA According to Fogel, by the end of the Heart dissection | Liceo Samario high school students learn heart anatomy with hands-ontwo weeks, the students had a new appre- Shriya Perati can be reached at instruction from a Cornell volunteer. ciation for the negative effects of antibiotic sperati@cornellsun.com.

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’ll be the first to admit I know nothing about the NFL were crying to everyone, “Look, we’re not sports. No one in my immediate family particularly racist!” cares to watch or play sports. I think the closest my Amid all the controversy surrounding the Super dad ever gets is solitaire. Yesterday, however, when I Bowl, Maroon 5 were probably the safest choice, went to Bethe dining hall for dinner, I was subjected though not the first. In an interview with Entertainment to the Super Bowl, in all its spectacle and glory, for the Tonight, Levine stated, “I’m not in the right profession first time. I can’t lie; it was mildly entertaining. if I can’t handle a little bit of controversy.” However, Much of this spectacle comes from the auxiliary, several artists, such as Rihanna and Jay-Z, refused non-football stuff — the ads and the halftime show. Yet to perform because they wanted justice for Colin both were rather lackluster. Robot ads seemed to be a Kaepernick. Cardi B, who rapped in Maroon 5’s trend, serving as morose reminders of the unfortunate “Girls Like You,” stated that she wouldn’t perform mechanical future we have ahead of us. In a Michelob at the halftime show unless Kaepernick “gets hired Ultra ad, a robot out-athletes its human competitors, again.” but tugs at our only mortal heartstrings when we see it Nevertheless, she made an appearance in a Pepsi ad excluded from the warmth of human companionship where Steve Carell yells at a waiter for asking a woman, and beer. Then there was the Pringles “Sad Device” “Is Pepsi OK?” when she requests Coke, until Cardi B commercial, where a robot’s spiel of existential dread and Migos show up to defend the good name of Pepsi. is interrupted by an order to play “Funkytown.” Does refusing to perform at the halftime show while Although I find still making an appearance these robots more in a Super Bowl ad conrelatable than the tradict her initial purpose? human characters in Perhaps it’s a less insidious these ads, it’s interor direct form of participaesting to consider tion, yet it’s participation why companies that nevertheless.

Ramya’s don’t sell robots are In “The World of Rambles trying to make us Wrestling,” from Roland feel bad for them. Is Barthes’ seminal 1957 work it because we’ve lost Mythologies, Barthes writes, our empathy for our fellow man and now only have “The virtue of all-in wrestling is that it is the spectacle the emotional capacity to feel for speculative hunks of of excess.” Is this also not the primary virtue of the metal? Too much Westworld? Hard to tell.

Super Bowl? Why watch, if not for the “grandiloIn contrast, the halftime show presented us with a quence,” “the euphoria of men raised for a while above group of sad androids from the recent past — Maroon the constitutive ambiguity of everyday situations?”

5. Frontman Adam Levine goes through all the Clearly, football is not apolitical. But in a world motions expected of him, though there’s nothing that in which everything is made to be sanitized, pleasreally makes him or his band’s performance stand out, ant, uncontroversial, even the entertainment can’t be compared to, say, the theatrics of Lady Gaga two years entertaining; the “euphoria” falls flat. On the flipside, ago. Their music is mild and inoffensive, a catchy, art- would it really mean anything at all for Super Bowl ads less pop-rock. It’s happy, generally substanceless, based and the halftime show to definitively choose a stance around the usually harmless theme of romance and and, say, come out in favor of Kaepernick? In the easy to forget, although some of their older songs like world of mass media, especially something so inescap“She Will Be Loved” might get points for nostalgia. able in America as the Super Bowl, it’s difficult to win.

They weren’t even worthy fodder for the Internet Then again, maybe it’s Tom Brady’s world, and meme machines — most of that material came we’re all just living in it. from the three seconds of SpongeBob used to introduce “Sicko Mode,” a song which probably has Ramya Yandava is a sophomore in the College of Arts more to unpack than Maroon 5’s entire discography. and Sciences. She can be reached at ry86@cornell.

Nevertheless, Travis Scott came and went quickly, as edu. Ramy’s Rambles runs alternating Tuesdays this did Big Boi (one-half of hip-hop duo OutKast), as if semester.

Ramya Yandava

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J.I.D to Perform at Ithaca College By: Pete Buonanno Sun Assistant Arts Editor After nearly a decade-long career, performing as a part of the Earthgang collective Spillage Village and most recently as a member of the Dreamville team, J.I.D has become a global sensation following the release of his latest album DiCaprio 2.

The J. Cole prodigy is set to take the stage this Saturday at Ithaca College. According to the Ithaca College website, the performance is set to feature “special guests” — which will most likely be IC student artists, given past performances at the college.

The 28-year-old East Atlanta artist is currently dual-signed to Interscope and Dreamville. DiCaprio 2 features collabs such as “Off Deez” with fellow Dreamville artist J. Cole, “Westbrook” with A$AP Ferg and “Skrawberries” with BJ the Chicago Kid, which he performed on Fallon.

In a review of DiCaprio 2, Pitchfork wrote that the best lines on the album “feel like J.I.D is performing acrobatics on a 20-foot tightrope” and even compares his flow with that of Compton great Kendrick Lamar.

Recently, after Tory Lanez questioned the legitimacy of the Dreamville label lineup, J.I.D responded with a tweet suggesting that the rapper was all talk and “balding.”

J.I.D is currently touring in support of DiCaprio 2 and is set to make stops across the East coast as well as in Dublin and Melbourne. This is his first major label tour so expect high energy from J.I.D and a perCOURTESY OF NBC fomance of most, if not all, of DiCaprio 2.

Tickets are currently on sale for around 25 dollars and can be purchased at the IC website. The Sun recommends drinking lots of water before the show in preparation for rampant mosh pits and dehydration #ArtsCares.

Peter Buonanno is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences.

He currently serves as the assistant arts editor on The Sun’s editorial board. He can be reached at pbuonanno@cornellsun.com.

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Men’s Basketball Red Places 2nd Loses in Overtime At Weekend Meet Against Princeton GYMNASTICS

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three blocks for the home team. Princeton center Richmond Aririguzoh scored 20 points on a perfect six-for-six from the field and eight-for-10 from the free throw line. He was aided by Stephens and Ryan Schwieger who added 15 and 14 points, respectively.

“I was basically just trying to do whatever the team needed me to do out there,” Julian said. “My contribution to this team is to do anything I can to help us win.”

Princeton was without leading scorer Devin Cannady, who was suspended by the team indefinitely after being arrested at a Wawa convenience store a few weeks ago.

Cornell will con-

tinue Ivy League play next weekend when it travels to Dartmouth and Harvard. Last season, the Red swept the Big Green, while the Crimson defeated Cornell all three times the rivals faced off in 2018, most importantly in the Ivy tournament.

“This weekend is over now, so we just have to focus on next weekend,” Morgan said. “We have to do everything we can to steal two road wins against Dartmouth and Harvard; we won a good game [against Penn], so we just have to bounce back from this game. We couldn’t pull it out today, but the season goes on.”

Bennett Gross can be reached at bgross@cornellsun.com.

doing lots of rehab, pool therapy and lifting,” Dudley said.

“The key to getting all my skills back was building up enough strength and stability so that I could be confident my knee could handle them.”

Her work has paid off, as evidenced by her high scores at her team’s most recent meet.

“Lyanda was a huge asset to this team her freshman and sophomore years, setting many personal and team records,” Hall said. “Her return to our vault, bars and beam lineups is incredibly impactful. She is very consistent which is key to our team score.”

Despite the debilitating injury she experienced, Dudley has been consistently and confidently leading her team. She has pushed herself over the past year to regain her skills.

“Personal goals for the rest of season include beating my personal high-score of 9.85 on bars and making event finals at nationals,” Dudley said.

Finally back from the tough injury, Dudley said she hopes her hard work inspires the team going forward.

“I think our biggest hope is the team continues pushing forward with the incredible momentum we’ve gained over the past four years,” Dudley said. “Personally, the legacy I hope to leave this team is that the hard work and attitude you put into any experience is exactly what you will get out of it.”

The Red will host SUNY Brockport and Ithaca College at Teagle Gymnasium on Saturday.

Zora Hahn can be reached at zhahn@cornellsun.com.

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McGrath’s replacement last weekend after McGrath had a rocky start against Colgate at Lynah Rink. “[Galajda] in his last three games has got two shutouts and

a win at Colgate,” Schafer said.

“Whether we continue with the rotation, we’ll see, but he’s kind of getting back into the groove a little bit.”

The Red traveled a few minutes down the road to Rensselaer where they tied with the Engineers.

Following Yale’s victory over Brown this weekend, the Red will have to wait to secure what would be their second Ivy title.

Dylan McDevitt can be reached at dmcdevitt@cornellsun.com.

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MEN’S HOCKEY

Men’s Hockey Scores Crucial Win Against No. 18 Union

By DYLAN McDEVITT Sun Sports Editor

Reigning ECAC player of the month Morgan Barron wasted no time in defending his selection. The sophomore forward scored twice and led Cornell men’s hockey to a 4-0 victory over Union on Friday in Schenectady.

The win earned Cornell (13-6-1, 9-3-1 ECAC) two conference points on a night when Yale, the Red’s partner atop the ECAC standings, didn’t play. The Red now stands alone in first place for the time being with 19 points. Barron’s classmate and linemate Cam Donaldson had three assists on the night — the first time this season that a Cornell player has had three points in one game.

“That whole line, Morgan, Cam and Brenden [Locke] … we put them together and they’ve kind of just taken off together,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86. “They’re classmates, and they know each other pretty well, and magically they’ve hit “They’re classmates, and it off.”

The Red jumped they know each other out to an early and pretty well, and magically commanding lead over the Dutchmen they’ve hit it off.”

(12-8-5, 5-7-1), scoring three times Mike Schafer ’86 in the opening period. First, a nice play from junior forward Jeff Malott led to a goal from freshman forward Michael Regush. Barron capitalized next thanks in part to a solid assist from Donaldson before sophomore defenseman Cody Haiskanen’s one-timer — his first goal of the season — lit the lamp a few minutes later. Barron’s second of the game came on a power play in the second and rounded out the Red’s scoring. “[After getting an early lead,] we talked about coming out and just trying to win the second period,” Schafer said. “And in the third period, we started playing some of the other guys who hadn’t played a lot … but overall, even in the third period, I thought we didn’t give up many scoring chances.”

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Penalty kill | No. 13/11 men’s hockey killed five penalties to secure their 4-0 victory over Union on Friday. This was the second time this season that all six starting defensemen were able to play at the start of the game.

All of Cornell’s offense notwithstanding, the story of the game was the defense, which benefited from the return of sophomore Alex Green after he missed nearly three months. It was only the second time this season that the Red had all six of its starting defensemen ready to go for puck drop.

“Getting Alex Green back … allowed us for the first time in a long time to roll six defesnemen,” Schafer said. “[The system] just had some flow to it.”

The health of the blueline unit showed — Cornell was a perfect five-for-five on the penalty kill after Union’s

power play gave Cornell fits last season.

“Our penalty kill did a great job,” Schafer said.

“Twenty two blocked shots, that’s kind of a recipe for our team … [Union is] such a good team at getting pucks to the net.”

Sophomore goaltender Matt Galajda earned the start in net and earned his second shutout of the season.

Galajda got the nod after serving as his classmate Austin

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Revenge sought | Princeton was able to hold off the Red this weekend, despite a valiant overtime effort. Last year, the Red won their matchup in triple-overtime.

Red Fails to Find Win in Overtime Against Princeton

By BENNETT GROSS Sun Staff Writer

As Princeton’s junior guard Jose Morales drove to the basket with one second remaining, the 1,800 fans inside of Newman Arena held their collective breath as his acrobatic layup attempt and Myles Stephens’ putback attempt were both unable to find the bottom of the basket, sending the game to overtime.

Although Cornell (10-10, 2-2 Ivy) downed the Tigers in a 107-101 triple-overtime thriller last year, Princeton had too many weapons for Cornell to overcome despite a valiant Cornell comeback that forced overtime.

After last year’s triple-OT win in Ithaca, Princeton exacted its revenge, claiming a 70-61 victory on Saturday.

Coming off an 80-71 win over defending Ivy League champion Penn the night

before, Cornell attempted to extend its able to carry a 31-23 lead into the break.

In the second half, Cornell was able to home winning streak to six games, welcoming head coach Brian Earl’s alma mater slow down the Tiger offense by playing a three-quarter court press, making it diffiPrinceton.

The 2017 Ivy champion, Princeton cult on the Princeton ball handlers to ignite (12-5, 4-0) was dominant in the rebound- the offense. This issue was compounding department and ed for the Tigers when defensively in the first their star freshman point “It seems like the half, collecting five more guard Jaelin Llewellyn rebounds than the Red lesson for us is that ... we left the game with 16:51 and holding the home remaining due to a right should be comfortable team to 32 percent ankle injury; he was being uncomfortable.” shooting from the field unable to return. and 17 percent threeAs a result, the Tigers Brian Earl point shooting. shot just 37.5 percent Cornell was unable in the second half and to make a field goal missed all six of their throughout the final five minutes of the three-point attempts. The Red, on the half, while the Tigers shot 62 percent from other hand, stepped up their play to send the field — Princeton led for 19 minutes the game into an extra session. before halftime.

Despite Princeton leading for nearly 37 With the strong effort, the Tigers were minutes of regulation, the Red forced OT

behind 11 second half points from junior forward Josh Warren, who hit two clutch free throws with 18 seconds left to tie the game at 56.

In overtime, Princeton got to the free throw line 14 times, where they made 10 of their attempts. On the other hand, Cornell shot just 22 from the field and did not attempt a free throw in the extra session.

“It seems like the lesson for us from this game is that a lot of these games are going to come down to the last couple of seconds for us, so we should be comfortable being uncomfortable,” Earl said. “Also, as always, we have to make foul shots.”

Star senior guard Matt Morgan and Warren had 16 points apiece to lead the Red. Additionally, senior forward Steven Julian had 12 points, eight rebounds and See BASKETBALL page 14

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Wrestling Clinches Win With 5 Back-to-Back Victories

With two undefeated wrestlers and a home-field advantage, the Red looks to continue win streak

By GRACIE TODD Sun Staff Writer

Eight of 10 Cornell wrestlers won their matchups on Saturday at the Friedman Wrestling Center, earning Cornell a 32-9 victory over Lock Haven. Cornell is now 9-2 for the season.

Junior Brandon Womack of the 174 weight class and classmate Max Dean of the 184 weight class both won tight decisions, starting the competition strong for the Red. Next up, senior Ben Honis won his match in a major decision, continuing the momentum for the Red. In the 285 weight class, senior Jeramy Sweany fell to a nationally ranked opponent, but the Red bounced back — freshman Vitali Arujau in the 125 weight class, junior Chas Tucker in the 133 weight class, sophomore Yianni Diakomihalis in the 141 weight class, senior Jonathan Furnas in the 149 weight class and junior Adam Santoro in the 157 weight class claimed five victories in a row for Cornell.

“These guys have each had great competition this year so they should be comfortable in close matches.”

Rob Koll Arujau and Tucker both won in tight decisions.

Similar to Womack and Dean, Tucker clinched victory after a close battle. Head coach Rob Koll said that Cornell wrestlers win these close matchups because of their experience in competing and training.

“These guys have each had great competition this year so they should be comfortable in close matches,” Koll said. “They also have great workout partners in the practice room that can put them out of their comfort zones in preparation for matches like these.”

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Clinching the competition | The Red will compete against Penn and Princeton next weekend at home.

Though the Red had already claimed victory, the This was the Red’s first home competition since Bald Eagles responded with a win in the last matchup of mid-November, which Koll says gives it an advantage. the day, beating freshman Andrew Berreyesa in the 165 “We are extremely difficult to beat at home,” Koll said. weight class.

“I look forward to continuing this home-field advantage Notably, two Cornell wrestlers remain undefeated this next weekend.” season: No. 11 Arujau and No. 1 Diakomihalis, the latter The Red will face two conference foes at Friedman of whom won the national title as a freshman last season. next weekend: the University of Pennsylvania on Friday In addition to these two, the Red’s 10-wrestler lineup evening followed by Princeton University on Saturday contains four other nationally ranked individuals: No. afternoon.

15 Womack, No. 10 Dean, No. 13 Tucker and No. 17 Honis.

Gracie Todd can be reached at gtodd@cornellsun.com.

Meeting Goal of Consistency, Red Earns Second-Place Finish

GYMNASTICS

By ZORA HAHN

high 9.825 on bars, and senior Kaitlin Green performed best on the beam with a score of 9.675. On floor, junior The women’s gymnastics team lost to Samantha Henry and sophomore Claire Penn this past weekend, earning a score Haklik scored 9.800. of 191.125 against the latter’s 193.900.

Individually, the team performed Despite the disappointing defeat, most strongly on vault with a score of Cornell triumphed over the other two 48.100 given the three high scores by schools competing in the meet, beat- Maughan, Prescott and Dudley. With ing Brown’s 191.000 and Ursinus’s the Red’s bars, beam and floor earning 183.025. scores consistently in the mid-47 range Associate head coach Melanie Hall (47.825, 47.525, 47.675), beam and said the team’s effort during the meet floor are areas where the team has room was strong. for improvement.

“Once again we had some strong One of the team’s goals for this season performances on every event,” Hall was improving its consistency. Given the said. “Scoring was a similar scores over bit low on bars and first few meets “We were very consistent the beam, but overall the of the season, the team did well. We on vault and as a team took Red is working well were very consistent toward its goal. first place on that event. on vault and as a team Dudley came It continues to be a took first place on back with a venthat event. It contingeance this season solid event for us.” ues to be a solid event after tearing her ACL for us.”

Melanie Hall last year and taking Various perfora break during her mances drove Cornell junior year. She is to its second-place finnow co-captain, and has been working ish, including freshman Sara Maughan, hard every week. junior Maci Prescott and senior Lyanda “I spent the first seven to eight months Dudley’s 9.650 scores on vault. Prescott is up 0.1 from her 9.550 score last weekSee GYMNASTICS page 14 end. Dudley, a senior, also scored a team Sun Staff Writer

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Keeping consistent | Earning similar scores in their first few meets, the gymnastics team is meeting the consistency mark they set for themselves at the beginning of the season.