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By OLIVIA LUTWAK Sun Staff Writer

Although administrators at Gannett Health Services say there has been no increase in depression on campus overall, they say mental health still remains a priority at Cornell.

Forty percent of Cornell undergraduates reported that their academic performance has been negatively impacted in the past year due to depression, stress or anxiety, according to Marchell.

“While these data do not suggest an overall increase in emotional problems among Cornell students, including first year students, they do point to that fact that mental health is an important foundation for See DEPRESSION page 4

Cornell Student Charged Int’l Students Union With Murder of Father Expands Presence at C.U.

By SOFIA HU

Investigators began interviewing witnesses and neighbors following the incident. A search warrant of the house early Tuesday morning Charles Tan ’17 was arrested Monday and found a shotgun in the garage, according to the charged with second degree murder press release. in Pittsford, New York, after he Charles Tan was arraigned at 6 allegedly shot his father, Ling Tan, a.m. this morning and has been according to a Monroe County kept in the Monroe County Jail Sheriff’s Office press release. with no bail.

Deputies responded to a report According to the Cornell of a domestic incident at the Tan resUniversity websites, Charles Tan is a idence at approximately 6:10 p.m. student in the College of and found Charles Tan and Qing Agriculture and Life Sciences and Tan — Charles’ mother and Ling’s was a member of the sprint football TAN ’17 wife — standing in the driveway. team in 2013.

Ling Tan, 49, was found dead in the house and Sofia Hu can be reached at shu@cornellsun.com. was taken to a medical examiner.

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By MELVIN LI Sun Staff Writer

The International Students Union, which was created last month to replace the International Students Board, is expanding international students’ presence across the Cornell community.

By approving a Student Assembly resolution from last fall, President David Skorton allowed for sweeping

role in various global issues such as women’s rights, LGBT awareness, religious conflicts and dissolving stereotypes, Susumpow said.

“We have a great international student body that is ready and eager to talk about issues wherever they come from. ... We want to respresent those voices,” Susumpow said.

“Overall, I believe [the ISU] is going to be a more comprehensive representation of international life at

“We have a great international student body that is ready and eager to talk about issues wherever they come from. ... We want to represent those voices.”

Tarn Susumpow ’15

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Jim Strawser and John Humphrey wait at the probate court in Mobile, Alabama, which, for a second day in a row, remained closed rather than issue same-sex marriage licenses on Tuesday.

The couple said they would wait there as long as it took for local authorities to heed the federal ruling granting same-sex couples the right to marry in Alabama.

changes to the ISB constitution and its evolution into the ISU. These changes are intended to allow students to be directly involved in the international community, according to a letter sent by the S.A. to Skorton.

“Pending the submission to and approval from the Student Leadership, Engagement and Campus Activities office, I do not have any issues with this resolution,” Skorton said in response.

According to ISU President Tarn Susumpow ’15, the ISB was created in 1981 as a programming and funding board for international-related events. Originally, it was comprised of 12 to 18 students and focused mainly on programming activities.

As it becomes the ISU, the organization will assume a greater advocacy

Cornell.”

Shivang Tayal ’16, S.A. vice president for diversity and inclusion, said that when he first arrived at Cornell, the ISB was a very selective organization, consisting of only seven students, with a $40,000 annual budget allocated by the S.A. for international causes.

On the other hand, the newlycreated union is a much larger organization, with over 100 fully connected members who can advocate for international issues, as opposed to merely serving as a funding organization, according to Tayal.

“Basically, [the ISU] is a much more holistic organization today,” Tayal said.

He added that the ISU may help See UNION page 4

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Sailing fueled interest in engineering for Williamson

By MADELINE COHEN Sun Staff Writer

Whether Prof. Charles Williamson, engineering, is planning one of his performative teaching demonstrations, sailing on Lake Cayuga or researching sustainability practices, he said he is constantly inspired by the successes of his students.

Williamson — who is the Willis Carrier Professor of Engineering — said he gained his interest in engineering early in his life, when he and his father built boats.

“I lived on boats until I was four, one of which was a 135-foot diesel-powered Pilot ship” Williamson said.

“When I ultimately lived in an actual house, and found [its] cellar, I called it the engine room.”

After spending the majority of his childhood sailing on and repairing boats, Williamson said he did not apply to college immediately after secondary school.

“Instead, I worked at a sailmaking company in southern England,” Williamson said. “I became a specialist at finishing off the sails, but also an expert in polishing the floors and emptying rubbish.”

Williams said his work at the sailing factory fostered his enthusiasm for engineering.

“When I was sailing, and working at the factory, I always had to repair things and put things back together, which I suppose fueled my interest in engineering,” Williamson said.

After receiving his Ph.D. in fluid mechanics from Cambridge University, Williamson went to work at an offshore engineering company in London. While he was on holiday at a regatta in the south of France, the company “went bust,” he said.

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“[I used] the money that [the engineering company] left me … to travel around America,” he said. “Losing my job was the best thing that ever happened [to me].”

After he returned to London, he started offering private tutoring sessions to students in the city. His first pupil was Prince Pavlos of Greece.

“I taught him high school mathematics,” Williamson said. “That was my first time teaching, and when I realized that teaching could be fun.”

Williamson said he was a research fellow at the California Institute of Technology when he was first offered a teaching position at Cornell.

“I was attracted by both Lake Cayuga as well as by the faculty in fluid dynamics and turbulence,” he said.

“A mathematician from Cornell came and found me in the library at Cal-Tech and showed me a brochure on Cornell — in particular some yachts on the lake — which tipped the balance to apply for a professorship.”

Since arriving at Cornell in 1990, Williamson said he has tried to engage students by using a demonstrative approach to teaching.

“We put on a bit of a show, where it looks to the students like it is all spontaneous, but it actually isn’t.

But don’t tell them that, please.” Williamson said. “We have to practice up to one week before. If you don’t plan ahead, I guarantee it falls flat.”

Bill Nye ’77 has been a guest lecturer in Williamson’s fluid mechanics course many times, which is “the most fun thing ever,” he said.

“In fall 2013, we set up a smoke vortex cannon, and we shot vortex rings across the entire room, which is absolutely incredible to watch,” Williamson said. “Last

time Bill was there, we also had his dancing partner, as well as the cameraman, from Dancing With the Stars, learning about vortex rings.”

Williamson also works to engage with students outside the classroom — he has been the faculty advisor for the Cornell sailing team since 1999.

“We won third place in the women's national championships two years ago, mostly because we have a fabulous coach, Brian Clancy, some great sailors and wonderful facilities at the new Merrill Sailing Center,” Williamson said. “Now they have just transitioned into a Varsity team with the help of some amazing alumni.”

Williamson said his experience at Cornell has been defined by the success of his students.

“The reason Cornell is so great is [because of] the quality of the students,” said Williamson. “I have had about 300 undergraduates and M.Eng. students do research with me at Cornell, and a number of them have won Merrill scholarships.”

Williamson said one of the proudest moments of his life was when he won the Weiss Fellowship — an award for teaching and mentoring students — in 1999.

He currently has a number of research projects underway including energy harvesting, supported by the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, and projects in wing vortex wakes and fluid-structure interactions, he said.

“We’re doing a project on wind power,” Williamson said. “Our emphasis is on ‘mini-turbines’ that would work in an urban setting and are sculptures in themselves. We are trying to make them strong, powerful, beautiful and self-starting.”

Williamson said he advises Cornell students to keep their perspectives open.

“I remember being in the tea room at Cambridge, and [everyone] was panicking about what jobs they were going to have,” he said. “But I was just enjoying what I was researching. It’s a luxury if you get the opportunity to hang loose and consider what you want to do next. In grad school, just like being an undergrad, you have four long years to figure out what you want to do.”

Madeline Cohen can be reached at mcohen@cornellsun.com.

Prof.Sternberg:Land Grant Universities Encourage Creativity

By SAMANTHA ACRICHE Sun Staff Writer

Renowned psychologist and psychometrician Prof. Robert J. Sternberg, human development, spoke Tuesday about his

book, The Modern Land-Grant University, as a part of a semester long book talk series that celebrates Cornell’s Sesquicentennial.

During the discussion, Sternberg spoke about the major differences between land grant institutions and private institutions ALEJANDRO HERNANDEZ / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Going public | Prof. Robert J. Sternberg, human development, talks about his book The Modern Land-Grant University in Mann Library Tuesday.

and explained how the values of land grant values that make them much greater than institutions could be applied to all institu- people may perceive them to be,” Sternberg tions. His ideas were based upon personal said.

Private institutions tend to view appliexperiences he gained working at Yale University, Tufts University and Oklahoma cants at entry value, focusing too heavily on grades and test scores, according to State University.

“I spent 30 years of my career as a pro- Sternberg. On the other hand, land grant institutions judge students fessor at Yale,” Sternberg based on “how much value “All land grant said. “The whole time there was kind of a para- institutions have certain could [they] add to the university and world,” he dox for me personally.”

The paradox, values that make them said. much greater than Sternberg said he looks Sternberg said, was that at the administrative office the values of the school people may perceive.” as the second difference were not on par with his Robert Sternberg between land grant and pricentral research focus, vate institutions. While which showed that kids working as an administrator with challenging backgrounds had abilities that were not being recognized in traditional at Yale and Tufts, he said that he noticed some of his coworkers were “happy to reject kids,” academic settings.

“The challenge for me was [figuring out], because it made the school “look better.” He is there something missing here?” Sternberg said that land grant institutions are different.

“We are going to take kids who might said. “The conclusion I came to was … that we really need to broaden our notion of not look the best in terms of entry value, but [still] give them opportunities that they what greatness in a university is.”

Sternberg said private institutions — would not have elsewhere,” Sternberg said.

Land grant institutions are different in such as Yale — need to look at land grant institutions like Cornell for guidance.

See LAND GRANT page 5 “All land grant institutions have certain

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At Lecture,Prof Cornellians Respond to National Talks Implications Spike in Freshman Depression Of Land Grant Act DEPRESSION

ing concern behind anxiety.

In light of the study, many students, including Priyanka Kompella ’18, said they believe Cornell students’ academic and personal success,” Tim freshmen might experience depression in part Marchell, director of mental health initiatives at because they are still recovering from the college Gannett, said. process.

The administrators comments follow the release “Often students work so hard in high school that of University of California, Los Angeles study pub- when they get to college, they come with high expeclished last week that found more college freshmen tations and are honestly burnt out before it begins,” nationwide experienced frequent depression last fall Kompella said. “This, coupled with the fact that than any previous year. finances, peers, the surrounding environment and The survey — titled “The American Freshman: almost every other variable is different for the stuNational Norms Fall 2014” — found that self- dent, can be rough.” reported emotional health among freshmen was at Wenjia You ’18 also said it can be difficult for an all-time low last semester. Only freshmen to “accept the fact that 50.7 percent reported no prob[they] may not be as successful as “The best ways to get lems with emotional health, 2.3 we once were in high school.” percentage points lower than the help are to quickly notice “Two of my freshmen friends entering class of 2013. The perchanges in yourself and decided to take a gap semester centage of students who reported because of pressure,” You said. “I those around you.” feeling “frequently depressed” rose feel like the first source of depresto 9.5 percent, which is 3.4 persion is the pressure from peers and Gregory Eells centage points higher than it was academics.” in 2009, according to the survey.

Joshua Mensah ’18 also said he Marchell said that sorting out the causes of stu- has experienced pressure at Cornell. dents’ stress is “complex and defies simple explana“Freshmen are experiencing a lot of change, and tions.” in the middle of all those changes they’re being told “Some people may point to economic factors, to find their own way in a competitive world at a though levels of reported depression were lowest in competitive school,” Mensah said. “Sometimes you 2009 when the economy was in a very poor shape,” either feel extremely alone or extremely oversaid Marchell, citing the UCLA study. “Other whelmed by what’s going on.” potential factors that may play a role include the Marchell said that identifying students in need influence of technology on our daily lives and the of help ahead of time is especially important level of competition to get into the school of one’s because around five to seven percent of students choice. report feeling depressed during their senior year of This past year at Cornell, Counseling and high school.

Psychological Services provided psychological ser“The best ways to get help are to quickly notice vices — including individual counseling, group changes in yourself and those around you with counseling and medication management — to respect to mood and coping,” Eells said. “When you approximately 3,900 students, according to Gregory notice these changes it is essential to reach out and Eells, associate director of Gannett Health Services get connected socially and seek professional help as and director of CAPS. needed.”

“Depression historically has been one of the primary reasons students seek help,” Eells said. Olivia Lutwak can be reached at “Currently, it is the second most common present- olutwak@cornellsun.com.

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that they see “abilities as modifiable,” according to Sternberg.

Instead of just looking at scores and grades, they also look at a student’s potential, he said.

Sternberg added that he believes modern-day testing can leave some students behind. Although scores may assess memory and analytical skills, they do not show creativity or practical skills, he said.

“Land grant institutions go beyond test scores,” Sternberg said. “They look at creativity skills that are so important if you are talking about developing leaders that will change the world.”

Sternberg also spoke about his own work — including the Rainbow Project and the Collideoscope Project — which seeks to find modes of testing that measure creativity and practicality instead of just memory and analytical skills. Both projects showed great improvements to the academic prediction levels of the SAT, according to Sternberg.

Sternberg said he was able to apply the values of a landgrant university to a private institution when he worked at Tufts University. He said that the changes he initiated to the Tufts application process resulted in a stronger and more diverse applicant pool.

Sternberg said his personal dedication to education reform comes from his personal experience in the schooling system.

“When I was a kid I did poorly on IQ tests and the result was that my teachers thought I was stupid,” Sternberg said.

“Then in fourth grade I had a teacher who thought there was more to a student that just his IQ score.”

Samantha Acriche can be reached at sacriche@cornellsun.com.

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various cultural organizations already on campus, such as the Chinese Student Association and the Cornell Indian Organization, which primarily serve specific cultural and ethnic groups and are somewhat divided from each other.

“The International Students

Union will bring these different cultural groups all together, where students from all these different cultures, get used to each other, and actually interact with each other against a common backdrop,” Tayal said.

According to Susumpow, the ISU is working on a semesterlong recruitment plan aimed at both undergraduate and graduate students of all origins.

“Our events are meant to promote internationalism at Cornell,” Susumpow said. “The best way to take advantage of the ISU is to get involved. Whether you are an individual with an idea or an organization that is looking to co-host an event, we are always interested to hear from you.”

Melvin Li can be reached at mli@cornellsun.com.

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Man Tied to Abduction of U.Va. Student Charged With Murder

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Nearly four months after his arrest in the disappearance of a missing University of Virginia student, Jesse Matthew Jr. has been indicted on a murder count in the case — but he will not face the death penalty and still has not been charged in the death of another student.

Matthew, 33, is charged with first-degree murder and abduction with intent to defile, Albemarle County prosecutor Denise Lunsford said Tuesday. Hannah Graham, 18, disappeared in September and was found dead in the county a few weeks later.

Lunsford declined to explain why Matthew was not charged with capital murder, which would have carried a possible death sentence. The abduction and first-degree murder charges are punishable by up to life in prison.

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Restoring sanity | Jon Stewart, left, and Sephen Colbert perform during Comedy Central’s “Rally to Restor Sanity and/or Fear” in Washington, D.C., in October 2010. Stewart announced Tuesday that he will leave his program, The Daily Show, later this year.

Jon Stewart to Depart Daily Show This Year LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jon Stewart, who turned his biting and free-wheeling humor into an unlikely source of news and analysis for viewers of The Daily Show, will leave as host this year, Comedy Central said Tuesday.

His departure was announced by Comedy Central President Michele Ganeless after Stewart, host of the show since 1999, broke the news to the audience at Tuesday’s taping in New York.

“Through his unique voice and vision, The Daily Show has become a cultural touchstone for millions of fans and an unparalleled platform for political comedy that will endure for years to come,” Ganeless said in a statement.

She called Stewart, 52, a “comic genius.” He will remain as host until later this year, she said, but did not specify his exit date or what led to his

decision.

Stewart’s influence is seen in the work of Stephen Colbert, John Oliver and Larry Wilmore, who went on to earn shows of their own. Other Daily Show alumni include Steve Carell, Ed Helms, Josh Gad and new Saturday Night Live Weekend Update anchor Michael Che. “Shocked & sad to see the man who gave me my big break on @TheDailyShow is ready to hang it up,” Frozen actor Gad posted on Twitter.

Stewart leaves a substantial void for Comedy Central, which has no heir apparent to replace him — unless Oliver bolts his HBO show to return to the fold.

For political junkies who depended on Stewart for his acumen as well as comic relief, the 2016 presidential election may be looking bleak.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — As businesses were burned and looted in Ferguson, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon was inundated with messages from the public criticizing him for not using the National Guard to prevent the civil unrest that followed a grand jury’s decision in the Michael Brown case.

Documents provided to The Associated Press under an open records request show Nixon received hundreds of online messages from people in the St. Louis area and across the country expressing bewilderment, frustration and outrage that guardsmen were not preemptively deployed to the most troubled locations.

A Missouri legislative committee is to begin holding hearings Wednesday aimed at

determining why not. The bipartisan panel is to first hear testimony from local officials as a prelude to calling upon members of Nixon's administration in the coming weeks.

A Nixon spokesman said Tuesday that the Guard was intended to provide a “support role,” so that hundreds of law enforcement officers could be devoted to policing the area.

The governor has said previously that he was pleased there were no deaths in the riots but was “somewhat surprised by the amount of violence” that occurred the night of Nov. 24, when a prosecutor announced that grand jurors had decided not to charge Ferguson officer Darren Wilson, who is white, for killing the unarmed 18year-old Brown, who was black.

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Increasing Greek Member Education

LAST WEEK, THE LAMBDA CHI ALPHA FRATERNITY was placed on interim suspension, in addition to a reported sex offense. Approximately one third of Cornell’s undergraduate students are members of a Greek organization at Cornell — whether it is the Interfraternity Council, the Panhellenic Association or the Multicultural Greek Letter Council. Recently, however, there have been a string of incidents regarding fraternities and sororities, which has often lead to suspension or ultimately removal from campus.

While we at The Sun agree that these problems need to be eradicated, we believe the best way to combat these issues is not to reactively punish, but to proactively mandate more education for all members of the Greek community.

In recent years, Cornell has taken a stance against the dark side of the Greek system, which includes hazing and alcohol-related dangers, even going as far as the death of George Desdunes ’13 in February 2011. Following the incident, President David Skorton issued a challenge to the University to “end pledging as we know it” and eradicate hazing and other high-risk behaviors associated with Greek traditions.

Despite the changes that the University has begun to make campus safer, statistics still prove that Greek members are more likely to be involved in certain high-risk situations.

For example, according to the NASPA Journals, fraternity members are more likely to commit rape than non-fraternity members. Additionally, they found that women in sororities are 74 percent more likely to experience rape. Journalist Caitlin Flanning investigated fraternities for The Atlantic, where she found that sexual assault is the second most common insurance claim filed against fraternities — about 15 percent — after assault and battery.

The Greek system has recently been moving towards providing their members with more information. The tri-council has enacted the Delta Series, which is an informational, weekly program for new members. In October, 2014, the Interfraternity Council made strides towards providing members with more education through a mandate that requires every chapter to host an in-house or in-person training on sexual assault and alcohol education which goes over bystander intervention and consent education. The tri-council has also worked together to create the No More Campaign where, according to the project, “The IFC, MGLC, and Panhellenic communities say No More to sexual assault and domestic violence.”

We believe that the Interfraternity Council is making positive changes with the policy to mandate education. However, we also believe that similar programs should be required across the tri-council on a variety of topics that could include drinking, sexual assault and bystander intervention. We see a disparity of education by class year and suggest that all members of each chapter be required to attend educational programming every year.

Additionally, new member education — such as the Delta Series — should have increased mandatory attendance from each chapter. We at The Sun have previously called for “additional educational programming, seminars and awareness campaigns” and believe that Cornell is on the way to educating the Greek system more effectively.

However, we think that there are simple yet effective ways to implement new policies and mandates that would continue to improve Cornell.

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y Sorel boots have been put to to failure.

As reassuring as it might be to know good use this winter. Reluctant to procure Bean boots and con- that a Cornell degree will speak wonders form to the Bean boots/Canada to future employers about work ethic and Goose/Moncler Cornell winter uniform, ability to withstand biting temperatures, I have an odd personal attachment to there will always be a sense of doubt these shoes. Each morning, I snug my when applying to jobs. Just as we may feet into these insulated winter boots and feel tentative to approach our most brace myself for the post-apocalyptic- attractive T.A.’s out of sheer embarrassresurgent-ice-age adventure that is my ment — go get ‘em Christo — we may walk to class. Aside from the complete feel unsure of our ability to succeed in irrelevance that these boots may have the face of exorbitant competition.

This job-hunting season, I offer that with anyone’s life on campus, they serve as a symbol of the durability and tough- we disregard the notion of failure in its ness needed for a winter at Cornell. Each entirety. Behind each reassuring cliché — day, we trudge our way through the you miss 100 percent of the shots you snow, recoil into our jackets upon a gust don’t take, fall down seven times, get up of wind like sea turtles and somehow vic- eight — is a humane societal acceptance and embracement of failure. We certainly toriously arrive to our destinations.

Life within the tundra occasionally don’t look towards losers or failures for justifies a mental trip to a destination advice, but we learn from them through with more hospitable temperatures. their blunders.

Aggressive little league coaches are a Recently, I imagined travelling to a beach in Jamaica. Think Corona’s “find your great example of how completely disrebeach” commercial, sitting on the tiki bar garding failure sets oneself up for embarcounter with a perspiring orange-pineap- rassment and humiliation. Childhood recreational ple smoothie. Behind sports are meant the bar stood a jolly At Cornell, much of one’s to serve as a conRastafarian, chatting duit for teamwith me about his mixology methods. success is ultimately defined work and selfEventually, I snapped by a job offer or acceptance sufficiency. Drill sergeant coachout of this Spring letter, and I empathize with es, who bark at break mirage and contheir nine-yeartinued to climb the the stressful nature of the old shortstop for slope, thinking of internship and job hunt. missing a rouboth the usefulness of tine ground ball, $350 campus-wide while espousing a tax to fund a ski lift up Libe and Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction relentless pursuit of victory, completely neglect the importance of failure. Rather of six more weeks of winter.

As a junior, this winter seems particu- than approaching the game as a represenlarly important for both me and my tation of the ups and downs of life, they peers. It’s a pivotal moment in our lives, see the game through a narrow, limited when we must decide what jobs to pur- perspective. This creates a “victory lens” sue, whether we want to go to graduate of the world, where if one is not successschool or if we should just drop every- ful, their efforts are futile.

Little league baseball publicly rejects thing and start a smoothie shop in Jamaica. While my pineapple-orange this notion, and brazenly states on its twist would surely contribute to Jamaica’s website that, “By espousing the virtues of strong tourism industry, I decided to character, courage and loyalty, the little league baseball and softball program is start considering different internships.

At Cornell, much of one’s success is designed to develop superior citizens ultimately defined by a job offer or rather than superior athletes.” This acceptance letter, and I empathize with explicit recognition of the wider implicathe stressful nature of the internship and tions of one's approach to the game job hunt. The mental and physical applies directly to these coaches, and it demands of writing cover letters, updat- allows us to recognize that learning how ing one’s resume, preparing for inter- to fail is just as important as learning views, traveling, contacting employers how to win. and keeping up with coursework is almost a job in itself. All this work and Philip Susser is a junior in the College of Human effort put into the ultimate goal of suc- Ecology. He can be reached at cess bargains for introspective moments, pss226@cornell.edu. An Ithaca State of Mind in which we decide how we plan to react appears on alternate Wednesdays this semester.

CORRECTION A Feb. 10 editorial, “Respectful Discourse,” incorrectly stated that the takeover of a Student Assembly meeting took place last semester, when in fact, it occurred last spring.

A Feb. 10 sports story, “Team Takes Fourth Place at ITC’s,” incorrectly stated that the women’s tennis captain is Jane Stewart, when in fact, she is Dena Tanenbaum.

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Letters to the editor must be in response to a piece in The Sun, while guest columns can be on any topic.

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OPINION

Sarah Byrne |

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Adventures Comment of the day In Swiping Right I

f Tinder was a party, then I showed up when everyone was already drunk and passed out on the couch. Although I’m pretty sure that nearly everyone on Tinder is drunk and passed out on their respective couches anyway.

When I first downloaded the app, I was very selective about whom I swiped right on. My biggest fear (an extremely arrogant one) was that I would somehow meet my future husband on Tinder, and then we’d have to tell everyone how we met. And, if it was on Tinder and he wasn’t at least attractive, my friends and family would judge me forever. This is the way my mind works — I didn’t choose it, but I can’t control it.

I am constantly hearing horror stories of friends who are harassed by creepy people on Tinder. When I say “harassed” and “creepy,” I do not mean someone with a quirky pickup line. I mean some being persistently rude and aggressive, even after being turned down, as he (usually they’re boys) insists that the girls are into them, because clearly they are, having already swiped right. Unless you’re living in Nicholas Sparks novel, it’s probably impossible to convince someone to be attracted to you.

My rough hypothesis after hearing all of these stories was based on the assumption that my friends, like me, were being quite selective in their rightswiping, and that they were therefore matching mainly with relatively attractive guys. Because these guys were attractive, they were used to being liked without putting in much work, and they were thus more prone to sending messages like “dtf?” Quite simply, they were matching with a lot of people, so they had little to lose by being rude to one or two.

What logically follows this theory is that the people with a less attractive Tinder profile would be kinder, or at least be subtler in their propositioning.

Maybe, just maybe, fewer girls were giving these guys a chance, but when given that chance, they would turn out to be the gems of Tinder. And maybe, girls complaining about guys on Tinder are just missing out on the proverbial “nice guys” of the app. So, I decided to find out.

The Great Tinder Experiment began at approximately 1:17 a.m. on Friday night, and lasted until about that same time Saturday night. I swiped right on everyone. I’ll say it again: I swiped right on EVERYONE. This is not to say that I spent every minute for 24 hours on Tinder, swiping through every person in the greater Ithaca area. Rather, every time I would have gone on Tinder anyway, I swiped right on every person who came up, regardless of what I would have normally done. My friend Caroline also did it with me, just for the fun of some comparison, and all observations that follow are based on both of our experiences.

There was no validity to my hypothesis about the “niceness” gradient based on attractiveness. Like, when I say none, I mean none. If anything, people who came off less attractive based on their pictures turned out to be, on average, creepier and more insulting.

Across the board, the boys on Tinder were extremely weird and sometimes unsettling. Not that this isn’t something I already knew from life, but there is something about Tinder that really lowers people’s inhibitions. As one of my friends observing the experiment said, “Once you match, they already feel like they’ve done all the work.” And it was true.

My matches felt like they already knew me. They called me by my name.

One of my pictures is of me wearing a baseball cap for a specific team, and on numerous occasions they felt the need to condescendingly ask me if I was really a fan, and then ask me to name players on said team.

The first Tinder message is a magical time of possibility. A Schrödinger’s relationship, if you will. There is one chance to make an impression, and it’s usually the boy who’s doing it. So, here comes some advice, if any boys have made it this far: Come up with a clever Tinder message! I received hundreds of horrible pickup lines, but the ones that were funny made me want to respond.

However, there were also the ridiculously absurd messages, to which I could not have responded and still been able to live with myself. For example, “Are you the Gulf of Mexico? Because I want to drill you and make a big mess of you.” I accept the possibility that this person may have just been having fun sending weird messages to girls — he should just know that this is never going to lead anywhere.

In the end, I really enjoyed the experiment. As someone with a verging-onchronic fear of commitment, I like chatting without any strings attached. I thought I would hate the rampant creepiness of my matches during the swiperight rampage, but I was amused, because I didn’t feel threatened by them.

And for all of the complaining I’ve done so far, I actually had some nice conversations with people, including a great one about the musical Jersey Boys and one guy who played Connect Four with me via Emojis. For the record, that’s what they should be used for — not weird sex pictorials.

Despite a less-than-ideal verdict, I’ll admit that my experiment takes Tinder out of its social context, away from its intended purpose. Maybe, if you have really thought through someone’s profile before swiping right, the work has already been done, and you can skip a few steps in the relationship. For now, I’m going to return to my normal, low amounts of time on Tinder. I’ve had enough for a while.

But, here’s what I learned: Tinder is pretty wonderful. It allows us to meet people while still feeling comfortable behind the security of our smartphones.

It can actually lead to real-life relationships, but it doesn’t have to. No pressure, no “percent compatibility” and no blind dates. It epitomizes our generation’s desire for comfort and casual relationships. And, in four years or so, when some of us overcome our commitment-phobia, I can’t wait to go to my first Tinder wedding.

Sarah Byrne is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She be reached at sbyrne@cornellsun.com. Let It Byrne appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

“If maintaining and improving the health care of the student body is a priority, then the board of trustees and leadership should be allocating a higher portion of endowment investment returns into the Gannett health system.”

Eco626 Re:“Skorton Urges Protesters to Work ‘Collectively’ With Administrators,” News published February 10, 2015

Teresa Kim |

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Her Meneutics

A Good Man Is Really Hard to Find

he should’ve been a resemblance with the wisdom good woman,” the of my mother — at first, the Misfit said, “if it had words they speak are seemingbeen somebody there to shoot ly grotesque and deemed unfit her every minute of her life.” to find a relation to my life. It Single or not, the advent of is only at the very end when I Valentine’s Day will undoubt- begin to piece together the edly make anyone stop to tem- profundity of it all; I regret porarily rewind their memory that I didn’t conduct a more reels and replay those short- closer reading of their words. lived sparks of a spring fling or I’ve come to finally understand the last chapter of a rather that I don’t need to live out all destructive relationship. And of love’s destructive capabilithrough it all, I, at least, real- ties to know what love is all ize one thing I should have about. done but haven’t — listen to There’s still a lot that’s left my mother. unwritten. But in retrospect, I But like many before me, I now clearly see all the warning have voluntarily positioned signs that I completely and myself in front of “Misfits” of voluntarily avoided. I acted many shapes and forms in the like a seasoned love expert hopes that I would be interest- after my one and only serious ing enough to find myself a relationship. I looked for affir“good man” one day. I stood in mation from people who front of one too many guns — not because I was I’m gradually beginning to underunaware of stand the heart of my mother as I the conse- see girls mindlessly step under the quences of an blow-torch of romantic ideals and unhealthy r e l a t i o n s h i p Hollywood beauty standards. or an arduous extension of a one-sided interest. I stood shouldn’t be giving me affirbecause I needed to see how mation anyways. I shaved off these consequences would weight without realizing it was manifest themselves in my life shaving off my confidence as and not just in another book I well. Ignoring these warning read. Live and let live, right? signs didn’t make my life more Wrong — and it’s taken 21 interesting in the way I wanted long years to realize that how to but only put me well on my interesting, creative or beauti- way to emotional paralysis — ful I came to be wasn’t entirely if anything, they deterred me dependent on perching myself from being well on my way to on a knife’s edge, as my moth- becoming the person I could er has repeatedly told me all have been by now. these years. I didn’t stop to I’m gradually beginning to think that the reason my understand the heart of my favorite writers wrote what mother as I see girls mindlessly they wrote was not to raise a step under the blow-torch of generation of individuals who romantic ideals and would mimetically re-live their Hollywood beauty standards. mistakes. Instead, I went on Even as I eat my dinner in the ahead to believe just that.

Ivy Room right now, I over“Anybody who has survived hear conversations of girls fighis childhood has enough uring out ways to get rid of the information about life to last infinitesimal amount of excess him the rest of his days,” fat on their arms in preparaFlannery O’Connor once tion for their “big date” on wrote in her book of essays, Valentine’s Day. I say to you Mystery and Manners. girls what my mom said to me, The words of Flannery “You can’t love someone if you O’Connor strike a similar can’t love yourself.”

We all want to be esteemed, loved, chosen — and somewhere on this journey to be esteemed, loved and chosen, we forget the people who have lovingly taught us all we know, let alone what they have told us. We choose to live under the pretense of knowing everything when we know nothing.

We forget them and replace their sage advice with what seems glamorous, acceptable, romantic — à la mode.

Guys, I never wanted to be the girl who started her sentences with, “But mom said…” (it was and still is totally uncool). Especially on a campus where self-made greatness thrives, we neglect to give credit where it’s due. But, in my own conscious effort to make smarter romantic decisions, I have begun to finally rely on the wisdom of my mother.

My mother is turning 50 this weeke n d , Va l e n t i n e’s Day weekend, and there is still a lot of love I need to send her way. Oftentimes, we neglect not only the advice of our mothers but their day-to-day existences as well. We paper our walls with pictures of our moms yet fail to show them love. We say we are grateful for them but consciously derail from the advice they share with us. And, we may even occasionally vilify them to nullify any debt we have towards them.

So here’s the long and short of it: We will never stop growing up. In fact, our moms are still growing up. We, as flawed human beings, are both experiencing successes and failures.

We’ll love the right people and we’ll love the wrong people. In the meantime, we can start by loving the people who already love us unconditionally.

Teresa Kim is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at tkim@cornellsun.com. Her Meneutics appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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SCIENCE

Food science

EntOmology

Professor Studies Food-Poison Bacteria

Food’s fiend | Researchers at Cornell have developed a better way to track populations of Listeria monocytogenes bacteria — a leading cause of food poisoning.

By YVONNE HUANG Sun Staff Writer

Prof. Martin Wiedmann, food science and technology, has combined the fields of microbiology and big data to better predict disease outbreaks and preserve food safety.

Wiedmann conducted a study focused on Listeria monocytogenes bacteria and related Listeria species — a leading cause of foodborne illnesses and deaths.

“The main goal of the study was to find better ways to determine whether lettuce or similar produce grown in a field are likely to have bacteria on them that could make you sick if you eat the product,” Wiedmann said.

According to Wiedmann, there are about 1,600 cases of Listeriosis annually in the United States, with more than 20

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percent of those infections resulting in death.

Upon ingestion, the bacteria will cause inflammation, followed by diarrhea and vomiting. These symptoms are not uncommon in normal foodborne illnesses. However, Listeria can also enter the bloodstream, infecting the liver and brain.

It can also cause severe complications in pregnant women.

According to Wiedmann, the potency of the bacteria differentiates it from other forms of food poisoning.

“It is definitely not your middle-of-theroad food poisoning disease, which makes [Listeria] so important to understand and study,” Wiedmann said.

In recent years, there have been a number of Listeria outbreaks, including a 2011 outbreak linked to cantaloupes from a Colorado farm. This past year, a retailer

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Bacteria research | Steven Warchocki grad, a staff member in the Food Safety Lab, prepares reagents for charachterization of Listeria by genetics methods.

had to recall caramel apples after an outbreak of food poisoning related to Listeria.

The disease is a serious concern, both for producers and consumers.

Perhaps the most worrying aspect of this particular bacterium is its ability to survive adverse conditions and stress.

Normally, raw and unprocessed foods will be preserved with refrigeration or salting to prevent bacterial growth. Listeria can grow under refrigeration temperatures and high salt environments, thus making these typical methods ineffective at killing off the bacteria.

“It makes it a unique challenge for the food industry, especially since Listeria is often found on products that go straight from field to table without any high heat or treatment,” Wiedmann said.

Products that are taken directly from growing conditions and consumed are high risk produce. They are the foods most likely to transmit foodborne pathogens — unless necessary precautions are taken.

“Therefore, it is necessary to make sure the product is safe and free of these pathogens while it is still in the field,” Wiedmann said.

Wiedmann and colleagues collected many samples from various farms in upstate New York.

“In addition to isolating Listeria species from the sample, we also collected Geographic Information System data (GIS), which records the exact location of where the sample was collected,” Wiedmann said. “With this, we can ask questions such as how close was Sample A to water or to a major road?”

Wiedmann uses the data to understand the factors that are conducive to Listeria growth.

“We collect all this other information that we can use in mathematical modeling to understand which factors make it more likely that Listeria is present,” Wiedmann said.

Analysis of the data revealed that proximity to water is a major factor of a high risk Listeria presence.

“The analysis of the data allows us to predict high and low risk areas for Listeria and also see whether different types of the bacteria behave differently,” Wiedmann said.

This becomes especially important when food safety testing is carried out, as

it is necessary to know which organisms are almost always found together. It is easier and less expensive to test for some organisms than others. Information about bacteria that are found in similar or different geographical locations would facilitate testing that may ensure safer products, according to Weidmann.

“We’re at a point now where we can develop maps of various fields in New York and predict higher and lower risk areas and start to make recommendations to produce growers,” Wiedmann said.

However, it must be noted that it is relatively easy to take past data and build a model — the challenge is predicting the future.

This past summer, Wiedmann and his colleagues took data from previous years and predicted areas that were high or low risk and took samples based on this model.

“We’re in the process of analyzing this data and being closer to give even better and more reliable recommendations,” Wiedmann said. “It’s a much more targeted and rational approach to finding out where you should plant what.”

The ultimate impact of this work would be safer food for consumers — something that is hard to measure or quantify.

“In general, we hope to see an increased safety of fresh produce-type products. One of the reasons we started with Listeria is that it is found more often in the environment. It is easier for us to get enough data to develop good models,” Wiedmann said.

He has also started working on collecting data for Salmonella and Escherichia coli, two other very important foodborne pathogens. According to Wiedmann, the next steps will be to analyze different states and regions in conjunction with different pathogen species to better understand food production and the pathogens that afflict it.

“You can’t do this kind of research everywhere,” Wiedmann said. “This project is a good illustration of the unique environment that Cornell provides to do important but also practical research, taking knowledge and translating it into actions that can change people’s lives.”

Yvonne Huang can be reached at yhuang@cornellsun.com.

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SCIENCE

Graham Montgomery ’15 Investigates Bee Genus’ History Studies Rediviva bee species’genome to determine the insects’ phylogenetic history

By KATHLEEN BITTER Sun Science Editor

Rediviva is a South African genus of bee species that is not your average honeybee.

According to Graham Montgomery ’15, who did his senior thesis on the evolution of the different species within Rediviva, the genus is known, among other things, for having massively-elongated forelegs.

“In these bees they get up to twice their body length,” Montgomery said.

“They use these elongated forelegs kind of like normal bees use their proboscis.”

Rediviva bees forage for oil specifically from flowers within the genus Diascia, which have long floral tubes for the bees’ legs to reach down and gather oil from the flowers’ oil-secreting glands. Rediviva species are also known for being one of the few species of bee the collects oil from flowers in addition to pollen and nectar.

The bee will dab Diascia oil on its body to carry back to its nest, where it will use it both to waterproof the nest and to create a ball of pollen to lay its egg on. The larvae, when it hatches, will eat the pollen-oil ball, according to Montgomery.

“It’s good for a cell lining and also for the larvae,” he said.

Rediviva bees, unlike honeybees, do not live in large hives as a group.

“These are solitary bees,” Montgomery said. “They nest in holes in the ground.”

Montgomery works in the laboratory of Prof. Bryan Danforth, entomology, where a collaborator in South Africa first proposed the idea of working out the evolutionary history of the species within Rediviva. Prof. Anton Pauw, botany and zoology, University of Stellenbosch, was interested in Rediviva bees because of their affiliation with his own research specialty.

“The guy in South Africa who sent us the bees studies plant-pollinator interactions,” Montgomery said. “He is especially interested in orchids, which some of these Rediviva also visit.”

In order to reveal the evolutionary history behind Rediviva, Montgomery first extracted DNA from the 21 species of bees he had received from South Africa.

“There are 26 species in the genus, and we wanted to find out how they’re related,” Montgomery said. “Once we did that, we were able to map traits of interest onto a tree of their evolutionary history.”

Montgomery first extracted DNA from each species of bee by crushing them up. From there he made thousands of copies of eight specific genes from each bee’s genome.

“Instead of analyzing the whole genome, it's easier to look at little regions of DNA, especially nuclear protein-coding genes,” Montgomery said.

“These genes evolve relatively slowly, so that means that there won’t be so many changes in base pair identity.”

Base pairs are the individual letters that make up DNA’s genetic code.

According to Montgomery, genes that code for important proteins are unlikely to evolve very quickly because changes in code can result in disastrous mutations that prevent the bees from surviving beyond the embryonic stage. But small changes in the right places will have little to no effect on these important proteins, and can show scientists when different species branched off from each other thousands of years in

the past.

Once Montgomery had enough copies of each gene from each bee, he sent the samples off to be sequenced by the DNA sequencing facility at Cornell.

When he received the DNA code for each gene he was able to get to work piecing together the evolutionary, or phylogenetic, history of the Rediviva genus. This work was done with the help of several computer programs, Montgomery said.

“The way we did it, it was necessary to learn how to use quite a few programs,” he said. “It’s not like you just put a bee into a machine and you get back a tree. You have to go from your raw data to one program, then on to a couple others, and finally you get something, and then you might have to put it back into another program to read it.”

The computer programs compared the DNA sequences of the eight genes from each of the 18 species of Rediviva bees and looked at the similarities and differences in each. Bees which had fewer similarities between their DNA sequences are likely less closely-related than bees who had more similarities between their DNA sequences.

Montgomery said the analysis programs would produce phylogenetic “trees” showing which species of bees were more closely or distantly related as well as statistics indicating how likely it was that Rediviva species actually separated from each other in the order indicated, based on the DNA sequences.

Montgomery’s analysis of Rediviva found that a separate genus of bees, Redivivoides, was too closely related to Rediviva to be considered its own separate group.

“This genus, which was also included [in the study], is nested within Rediviva, so it turns out that it shouldn’t be a real genus,” Montgomery said.

According to Montgomery, a possible follow-up study to his work on

Rediviva might be COURTESY OF ANTON PAUW looking at the evolutionary history of the Diascia flowers the bees have evolved to collect pollen from.

The unique shape of the flowers and its matching length with the bees’ forelegs indicates a coevolutionary relationship, he said.

That is, the flowers and the bees have likely been interacting for thousands of generations and are now specialized to interact with each other — the bees pollinating the flowers and the flowers giving the bees oil.

According to Montgomery, Rediviva and Diascia are a more complex example of coevolution than the classical example of Darwin’s sphinx moth and the single orchid species it visits.

“There are so many species of Rediviva and so many species of Diascia, and they’re all interacting at once — we call that diffuse coevolution,” he said.

Montgomery said he plans to pursue graduate work after graduating from Flower power | The Rediviva bee retrieves pollen and oil from Cornell and is interest- flowers in the Diascia genus. ed in conservation biology, but could also actually really important.” see himself continuing to study bees.

“Bees are awesome, I’d love to keep on going with bees,” he said. “Solitary Kathleen Bitter can be reached at bees are often overlooked, but they’re science-editor@cornellsun.com.

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Bee’s buzz | The Rediviva genus of bee is known for its elongated forelegs. The bee uses this adaptation to retrieve pollen from flowers within the genus Diascia.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Memory, Fragmented: Test/Roma at Hartell Gallery

BY SHAY COLLINS Sun Staff Writer

Stan Taft delicately couples emotional evocation and technical precision in his latest exhibition, Test/Roma.

Through 32 rectangular oil paintings displayed in a line and a pair of circular paintings, Prof. Taft, architecture, art and planning, depicts “fragments of a continuing fictional narrative,” according to his artist statement. However, Taft imitates the imperfections of memory, writing, “Certain moments are inadvertently out of sequence, perhaps inaccurately recollected.” The resulting collection of works is captivating and juxtaposes compact scenes of human anxiety and violence, colorful ahorizontal lines and household still-lifes.

Taft’s usage of motifs unifies the long strand of paintings. Eight of the paintings consist of horizontal lines in various colors, and painting “8” foregrounds an image of a woman bathing — another motif — against blue and black lines.

Furthermore, the repeated images comprise pieces of the “fictional narrative” that Taft builds into the series. Paintings “9” and “11” both portray the woman bathing; she is mostly obscured by the bath curtain in “9,” but peers out with a look of surprise in “11.” Even when not directly illustrating fragments of the narrative, Taft repeats images in sequential works and changes the colors used in the composition.

By slightly altering successive paintings, Taft alludes to the creative process behind the finished work. Looking at pairs of images feels like working on a “spot the differences” page. For example, paintings “4” and “5” focus on the edge of a bed, the bedside table and a green curtain. Moving from “4” to “5,” the frame tightens on the bedside table, the point of view rotates slightly and the coloring of the work becomes darker. Taft thus causes his viewer to focus on important, but often forgotten, aspects of paintings by contrasting their different permutations. The changes, however, are not always subtle.

The entirety of painting “12,” for example, becomes a component of painting “13,” juxtaposing the work-as-finished-piece and work-as-ongoing-form. Whereas the portraits that comprise “12” are rendered in greater detail against a yellow background, Taft instead incorporates the same portraits in “13,” but blurred and against white paper.

Taft’s modifications are especially interesting with consideration to Taft’s artist statement.

The text accompanying Taft’s paintings consists of two sections: “She’s Crying Now” and “Test/Roma.” “She’s Crying Now” alternates between stage direction-like accounts of a couple’s interac-

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tions (“She holds a rose. They pause a moment for him to look at the sole of his left shoe. It is precisely noon”) and precise descriptions of the physical setting (“Also behind the bench is a section of rustic fence two feet high, with diagonal members intersecting with verticals a meter apart”). The latter statements evidence Taft’s artistic, focused method for viewing and re-creating the narrative fragments.

The two paragraphs that comprise “Test/Roma” contain an even more startling transition. The first paragraph detachedly describes the moments preceding a man’s rape

of a woman. In contrast, the second paragraph explains the preceding paragraphs and many of the connections between different paintings in the collection. “Fragments of a continuing narrative are at once familiar, banal, trivial, pleasant,” writes Taft, and I think of painting “28,” two thick hands and a pair of crossed legs centered around a notebook open to a blank page.

In contrast, painting “17” seems to depict the events from the first paragraph of “Test/Roma.” Painted in intense, vibrant lavender, a man holds down a woman, covering her mouth and grabbing her hair as she extends a hand out towards the foremost plane. The unexpected violence subverts the sense of domestic tranquility and beauty that Taft cultivates in the other paintings. As Taft states, “The same fragments unfold in an atmosphere of anxiety and fear.” Compared to the other paintings of the collection, “17” feels urgent, hectic and painful, and it serves as a testament to the emotional force of Taft’s fragments.

Test/Roma is especially interesting in two aspects. First and foremost, Taft’s subtle alterations between successive paintings evidence both his impeccable technique and the restraint of his composition. Taft successfully renders the same, recognizable scene and components from one work to the next, yet he also modifies the composition in a slight, but apparent, manner. Additionally, Taft’s depiction of fragments, through painting and writing, employs narrative in a compelling and complex manner.

Viewers examine the same sites, meet recurring characters and subjects and read snippets of strained romance and violent assault.

Yet, the narrative as a whole does not rule over and organize the individual works. Rather, like in human memory, the fragments are nestled haphazardly together, contrasting tenderness with brutality, light with dark, comfort with surprise and exploring the possible permutations of experiences half-recalled.

Shay Collins is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at scollins@cornellsun.com.

In Heat: Broad City Season Two from executive producer Amy Poehler. All three have passed through the Upright Citizen’s Brigade, an improv group known for churning out modern comedic heroes.

Jacobson and Glazer play “15 percent exaggerations” of Our favorite Brooklyn bitches are back, running wild themselves on their show, drawing from personal expein New York once again in the second season of Broad rience to build their characters and episodes.

Abbi is 26, Oprah-obsessed, desperately crushing on City. If you missed out on the first season, now is your chance to catch up, as only four episodes of the current her almost-angelic neighbor Jeremy (Stephen season have aired so far. Abbi and Ilana are two best Schneider) and dreaming of being a Soulstice trainer friends just looking to have the best time in everything instead of a cleaner, largely responsible for wrangling they do. Unabashedly taking on hilarious sexual body hair in the gym bathroom. Ilana is 23, perpetually encounters, littering conversation with vulgarity and looking for a good time and passively crushing on Abbi smoking pot every chance they get, these girls don’t hold when she’s not splitting her time between her “buddy” back. Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer are the most crass Lincoln (Hannibal Buress) and looking for some strange ladies on television, and that’s exactly why we love them. across the city. Lincoln is a fan-favorite and arguably the Broad City started out as a web series by the duo and most responsible person on the show: A dentist with his was given the boost to the small screen thanks to help own practice who, despite offering a reality check for the girls, is too drawn to Ilana to not get COURTESY OF COMEDY CENTRAL caught up in the ladies’ antics.

Abbi and Ilana spend their time trying to become their best selves. Except for her desk job, Ilana is probably there already, but Abbi is definitely the more relatable one for young women who just want to get more out of life. They fight for Lil’ Wayne tickets, celebrate minimal amounts in their bank accounts and spend most their waking hours psyching themselves up for every social interaction.

The third episode of the current season is one of the best to air so far. After Abbi has her wisdom teeth removed by Lincoln, it is up to Ilana and her roommate to act as caretakers. Thanks to a mix-up and a cocktail of drugs (both legal and illegal), Abbi escapes across the city and Ilana is forced to track her main girl down. The comedy of this episode is on point, as are

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the pop culture references — “yas queen.” If you aren’t already familiar with that phrase, I can’t really help you out, but will congratulate you for not spending as much time on the Internet as I do. There is a quality to this episode that feels like a mini-movie inside of a show, much like the “One Man’s Trash” episode of HBO’s Girls, except this one involves an adventure with a giant stuffed animal instead of a hunky Patrick Wilson.

So far, this season has tackled everything from a heat wave to fetishes to knock off handbags to mortality, all with the duo’s signature lazy-chick humor. They are also able to thread feminist, racial and social commentary throughout the show with honesty and wit, simultaneously calling others out and poking fun at themselves without ever taking away from the light-heartedness of the show.

Broad City also boasts a roster of impressive cameos including Amy Poehler, Seth Morris, Amy Sedaris, Rachel Dratch, Matt L. Jones, Jason Mantzoukas, Janeane Garofalo, Fred Arminsen, Seth Rogen and even Ricky Ullman.

This season is shaping up to be even better than the stellar first. Glazer and Jacobson have now taken on the roles of executive producers after parting ways with season one’s Tami Sagher last winter. Now that they have no one to answer to but the network, the girls basically have free reign to stay true to their ideals and the unique voice of the show. Comedy Central is putting their trust in Broad City’s originality and humor, but also in it’s ability to speak to young women who just don’t have it all quite together yet. In Poehler’s own words, “Women always have to be the eye rollers, as the men make a mess. We didn’t want that. Young women can be lost, too.”

Zoe Kaplan is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at zkaplan@cornellsun.com.

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After most major music publications named last October’s Run the Jewels 2 Rap Album of the Year, the dynamic duo of Killer Mike and El-P have returned with their third music video off that project, “Lie, Cheat, Steal.” Directed

by Ruff Mercy, the video uses psychedelic filters to shoot the two 39 year old MCs trading bars in front of a graffiticovered wall. Upon closer examination, the cement wall features a piece from the group’s “Tag the Jewels” graffiti initiative, a call-to-action for street artists around the world to put their own spin on the artists’ “pistol fist” iconography, a hand symbol which adorns their album covers.

Both the location and seizure-inducing editing of the video add a sense of urgency to Run the Jewels’ manic anarchism, perfectly complimenting the song’s politicized subject matter. While older than most relevant rappers, Mike and El-P’s years of experience and pent-up frustration with the apparent stagnation of social progress grant them a singular insight into today’s political discourse, which shines through in spades on this particular song. Killer Mike steals the show here with his cascading condemnation of American political hierarchies.

The minor-key children’s choir chanting in the background suggests that people will not stop lying, cheating, stealing or killing to win anytime soon, but at least we get to watch two brilliant social commentators rap to each other while wearing Nixon masks.

Chris Stanton is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at cstanton@cornellsun.com.

Breakups totally suck, or at least that’s what we learn in the first few seconds of 32-year-old Kelly Clarkson’s recently released music video for “Heartbeat Song.” It seems like Clarkson has remembered all the single folks out there for the upcoming holiday, dedicating her newest video to the finding of lost love.

“Heartbeat Song” is a brief peek into Clarkson’s upcoming album Piece by Piece, which is set to hit iTunes on March 3. The video centers on the lives of five couples, their breakups and subsequent romantic forays.

Through rough breakup texts and the crying over lost causes, things may seem hopeless — but it’s a simple meeting on the street, at a party or over coffee that can turn someone’s life around.

The lyrics call for hope when it all seems lost as Clarkson confidently belts: “You, where the hell did you come from / You were a different, different kind of fun / I can feel it rising / Temperature inside me / Haven’t felt it for a long time.”

Many claim that, based on lines like, “Until tonight I only dreamed about you/ I can't believe I ever lived without you,” the song was inspired by Clarkson’s newborn daughter, River Rose Blackstock. “Heartbeat Song” is the singer’s first musical release since the birth of her daughter. The artist also has told several audiences that the song writing process occurred over her pregnancy. In the production of the single, Clarkson was assisted by former American Idol colleague and co-writer Kara DioGuardi as well as Greg Kurstin, the producer of several of Clarkson’s previous music videos including 2011’s “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You).”

The video focused on the stories of lovesick characters in their pursuits of happiness in romance, while Clarkson appeared in only short intermediary clips due to her pregnancy, however, she still steals the show while twirling in colorful Valentine’s Day-themed shots. Calling all singles — “Heartbeat Song” proclaims that love is unexpected, so although chocolate and Netflix are great, it’s a reminder to keep an open mind this Valentine’s Day. Madeline Day is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at mday@cornellsun.com.

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HL-Day and the Liberation of a Watchman

ront page, above the fold, in Monday’s New York Times, was an article about a book. “Isn’t that amazing?” asked a friend. “That’s like DDay space!” The article discussed not just any book, but the book that is the sequel to Harper Lee’s 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird, which was announced last week to the surprise and delight of the world.

Lee’s lawyers and publishers have said that the sequel, Go Set a Watchman, about adult Scout Finch’s relationship with her father Atticus during the racial turmoil of the 1950s, was actually written before Mockingbird and apparently shelved and lost after it was rejected by an editor who said delving into Scout’s childhood would be more interesting. It was only “rediscovered” by Lee’s lawyer and friend Tonja Carter in August.

The Monday Times article taking up “D-Day” real estate above the fold explores the controversy surrounding this supposed “discovery.” Neighbors, friends, acquaintances and literary experts are all consulted about the implications of the new book for its author and for the world. Many believe that Lee’s health is declining and she is being taken advantage of, some swearing that the reclusive author who lives in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama said she’d never publish another book. The dynamics of Monroeville (population: 6,500) and the gossip and speculation surrounding this incident and the town’s most celebrated resident could be the subject of its own critically acclaimed novel.

But the acclaim and scandal doesn’t fully explain why a story about the literary world should make the front page; the fol-

lowing statistics, however, might.

Mockingbird has sold over 40 million copies worldwide, Lee makes an average $3.4 million in royalties from the novel annually and according to an informal poll I took of some friends and acquaintances, 100 percent of Americans read To Kill a Mockingbird in their high school English classes.

Although I am no statistician and my sample-size was admittedly small (and the extent to which “read” was interpreted as “watched the movie” or “skimmed the Sparknotes” cannot be accounted for), it is true that an overwhelming majority of high schools in the United States require their students to read Mockingbird.

In 1988, the National Council of Teachers of English reported that the novel was required reading in 75 percent of American high schools. I could not find

Julia Moser Carrot Top Confessions a more recent statistic on the frequency of mandatory Mockingbird reading, but someone who was a high school senior in 1988 is now 45 years old, which means that, at the very minimum, 75 percent of American adults in their 40s, along with at least 75 percent of Americans in their 30s, 20s and teens, have been required to read Mockingbird. Furthermore, that they all read the novel during their teen years.

Despite the sheer number of individuals who’ve been forced to write five para-

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graph essays about the themes of race, gender, class, justice, innocence and so on, the novel still remains remarkably unique.

Judging by my informal study, everyone who has read Mockingbird, no matter how long ago, has a profoundly personal connection to the characters. The way in which systematic prejudices and injustices are viewed through the lens of a precocious but naïve child makes those prejudices and injustices resonate that much more with a younger audience reading the novel. People don’t just identify with Scout — they care about her.

The novel remains one of those rare mandatory assignments that proves to be meaningful, instructional and enjoyable.

Its portrayal of real racism, real gender and class conflicts and the very real way that those issues get tangled and confused into a giant rat-king-esque mess, has a way of sticking with readers.

Go Set a Watchman supposedly just happened to have been discovered in a pile on the apparently very messy desk of Tonja Carter. However, the increased national discourse on race after Ferguson, on false accusations of sexual assault after the

Rolling Stone/University of Virginia debacle and on the inadequacies of the justice system after Serial scrutinized the case of Adnan Syed makes me wonder if the discovery was more than serendipity.

Those themes — all explored in To Kill a Mockingbird — seem more relevant than ever. The many people, including myself, who will take this opportunity to reread the novel before its sequel’s arrival will undoubtedly feel a much-needed catharsis.

I hope that the next installment of Scout Finch’s life will likewise cause the whole country to feel that same catharsis. So don’t think about how incredible it is that news about a book should be front-page, above the fold. Instead, be thrilled at the just placement of a story about the heroic liberation of Go Set a Watchman from the bowels of Tonja Carter’s desk and of To Kill a Mockingbird from its “required reading” prison.

Julia Moser is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at jsmoser@cornellsun.com. Carrot Top Confessions runs alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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SPORTS

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Women Host Big Red Invitational,Take First

By VERONICA DICKSON Sun Contributor

The energy in Teagle on Saturday afternoon was palpable. The competitors were poised and by the end of the afternoon, the Red came out on top. The Cornell gymnastics team prevailed and won three out of four events at the Big Red Invitational, matching its season-high score of 190.65.

“This was the first time in the season we’ve been able to do that,” said Courtney Spitzer, a freshman and top scorer in her events. “The energy in the gym was so high so that

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Number one | The Cornell gymnastics team won three of its four events on Saturday.

was a lot of fun. Being out there is so nerve wracking, exciting and thrilling — it’s really great.”

From freshmen to seniors alike, the team dominated the competition in the vault, uneven bars and balance beam categories. Although the squad might not have won the gold in the floor, freshman Joy Gage pulled in second place, earning Cornell the overall winning title. This was especially impressive considering that several Red gymnasts have been in and out of practice due to illness, including Gage.

“My favorite part of being at the meet was seeing my teammates all step up to the plate and compete aggressively and confidently,” said junior Kaylie Cronin. “We had a lot of people out sick during practice this week but looking at everyone’s performances you would never have known. I was extremely proud of our team for that.”

While most competitions are known as “dual meets” — just one team against the other — Cornell hosted Brockport State University, Southern Connecticut State University and Ithaca college, a four team meet. However this year’s Big Red Invitational stood out compared to years past. This “pink meet” was in support of Breast Cancer Research. The girls all wore pink leotards and collected donations for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and Friends of Jaclyn, two prominent breast cancer awareness organizations. While the team came together to help support an admirable cause, it also supported one another throughout the meet.

“I’ve been a gymnast since I was three, but collegiate gymnastics is so much fun,” Spitzer said. “In the past it was more individual but here it’s a team sport.”

Cronin agreed, noting that the support from her teammates, both this weekend and in general, has helped her in competition.

“I couldn’t have wished for any better teammates or coaches. I can’t even explain the feeling of competing for this team, and hearing your teammates cheering for you on the sidelines, knowing they have your back. It’s just amazing,” she said.

Associate head coach Melanie Dilliplane also had only good things to say about her squad.

“Floor wise, Joy was sick but she came back for a great win and was able to pull out the win,” she said. “We had some really outstanding performances with some star athletes and when all four events go at the same time, the energy level is a lot higher. The overall feeling is great when the audience is right there so close to the gymnast.”

Although the Red notched a hard earned victory, there were some bumps in the road on the way to the top.

“We may have had a much better overall performance this weekend, but we had the same exact score as the previous weekend,” said senior Maia Vernacchia. “There were great performances but the scores were way lower than expected. Luckily, the team didn’t get discouraged so we pulled through and started competing much better.”

Despite the obstacles that came up, the Cornell gymnastics had an overall successful weekend. The team will gear up to compete this Valentines Day at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Victoria Dickson can be reached at vd54@cornell.edu.

Transfer Gil Could Make the Red Lets Penn in From Behind Drops game after holding lead at halftime Difference in Villa’s Midfield BASKETBALL

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responsible for scoring are the forwards, so let’s start there. Christian Benteke, a tall Belgian striker, is Aston Villa’s forward and is generally thought of as its best player.

However, he has been injured often this season, and although he is back now, he is struggling and has not gotten his scoring groove back. The team has other forwards like Andi Weimann and Libor Kozak, but Weimann has only scored a few times and the Czech has been sidelined due to injury all season.

When the forwards are struggling to score, it is up to a creative force in the midfield to make scoring opportunities. However, all year, this is where Aston Villa has struggled.

Manager Paul Lambert figured that out and signed Carles Gil in the transfer window. Gil is a talented Spanish playmaker, who could be exactly what Aston Villa needs. As I have noted in past weeks, the squad needs Gil badly and I do expect him to be a success there. He created Villa’s goal in Saturday’s game, which ended the 10-hour scoreless streak. However, the squad is in dire need of more help, and now that the transfer deadline is over, the help can’t come from outside the team.

Simply put, the reason Aston Villa can’t score is because it doesn’t have players who can create opportunities and it doesn’t have players who can put those opportunities in the back of the net. The defense, although not perfect, is good enough for now and its American goalkeeper, Brad Guzan, is solid. Yet, looking at the way the team has played this season, it looks as if the offense might need a complete overhaul.

Fixing Villa’s offense, however, could be as easy as a formation change. The team has been starting a bunch of similar midfielders, like Carlos Sanchez, Fabian Delph, Tom Cleverley and Ashley Westwood. All are good central midfielders who can link up the team well with good passing. It is very important to have one or two of these kinds of players in the line-up, but playing four of them clogs the midfield and limits the ability to give different players time on the field.

Lambert should ditch the formation containing all of these passing midfielders, and only retain Sanchez and Delph as he switches to a 4-2-3-1 system, one similar to that

which most teams use in the modern game.

Sanchez and Delph will work well as the two defensive midfielders — as a more defensive player, Sanchez will focus more on winning the ball back, while Delph will play a “boxto-box” role. As one of Villa’s best players, Delph is capable of being a box-to-box midfielder, which means he contributes both offensively and defensively due to good stamina and the ability to play on both sides of the ball.

In front of those two, Lambert can now utilize two wide players, as well as a central attacking midfielder, when he takes Cleverley and Westwood out of the line-up. Two good options he has out wide are his new loan signers, Scott Sinclair and club youngster Jack Grealish, and his central attacking midfielder will no doubt be Gil. Of the winger candidates, Sinclair is a very quick player who can add a new dimension to Villa’s attack. Grealish is a very talented young player who has the potential to become a star winger. However, the latter is mysteriously not being given a chance by the manager at the moment, as Grealish has played 218 minutes all season in nine bench appearances. Why he can’t get a start is puzzling fans everywhere. He may not be ready yet, but by not giving him a chance, Lambert is possibly missing out on a gamechanger that could provide the missing creativity the team needs. Lambert should try three attacking midfielders in his formation, and his best options are Sinclair, Gil and Grealish.

Aston Villa is a team that should be in the middle of the standings. This year, however, it has scored at a shockingly low rate of one goal in every other game on average. This is a soccer team with players and coaches that are capable of far better. Perhaps all it needs is to use some different players and a different arrangement and it could lead to more success later on in the season. Either way, there are still 14 games of a 38 game season left, plenty of time for a good strategy to have a positive effect. Villa could have success in front of the goal if Lambert tries some of these recommended changes, and for the fans who want to see their club score, these changes would be appreciated.

Kevin Linsey can be reached at klinsey@cornellsun.com.

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ference wins against Dartmouth and Columbia, the Tigers faltered early, scoring just three points in the first five minutes of the contest.

Princeton would heat up after that, however, building a seven point lead that was eventually cut down to four going into the half. After a few minutes of back and forth early in the second half, Princeton went on a 101 run, giving the Tigers a 12 point lead with 10 minutes to play. Cornell responded with a furious rally. In a little under seven minutes the Red turned a 12 point deficit into a 10 point lead. Cornell scored 22 straight points, hitting shots from everywhere on the court and sinking all eight freethrows.

On the defensive end, the Red deflated the Tigers, forcing six turnovers. Over the last 11 minutes of the game, the Cornell’s stifling defense allowed only one field goal to Princeton, the Ivy League’s second best offense.

“It was really what we envisioned this team could be,” Courtney said of the run. “We were able to do all the things that we talk about everyday.

Our defensive pressure was tremen-

dous [and] we forced them into rushed shots. We controlled the tempo of the game.”

The game was an excellent showcase of just how far this team has come since last season. Eleven months ago, Princeton came into Newman Arena and scored 25 consecutive points to open the game. The Tigers would go on to win by 40, handing Cornell it’s 25th loss of the season. A year later, Cornell came away with the big run and the victory.

Four Cornell players finished with double digits in scoring, including freshman forward Pat Smith. Smith scored a career-high 10 points in his first start of the season, all of which came in the Red’s dominant second half. Courtney said he’s encouraged by his team’s resiliency to bounce back like they did even after a close defeat.

“It was great to see the team recover from that tough loss,” he said.

“They really put together a stretch of basketball that was our best all year.”

This weekend, the Red travels to Dartmouth on Friday to battle the Green and then onward to league leader Harvard on Saturday.

Adam Bronfin can be reached at abronfin@cornellsun.com.

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healthy and uninjured to follow up last year’s placement in the Top-10 NCAA wrestling teams.

Undoubtedly, sophomore Gabe Dean, one of the team’s most successful wrestler, will be leading the men on the mat as they approach next week’s meet. Dean, a wrestler in the 184-weight class, contributed greatly to the success of last weekend, winning both of his matches with bonus points. He has continuously proven his worth on the Red squad, something that will hopefully continue into

the post-season.

In addition, junior captain Nahshon Garrett, sophomore Brian Realbuto and Senior Jace Bennett won each of their matches.

The next month will be crucial for the Cornell squad, and if history is any indication of future success, the Red will take on each opponent with tenacity and strength while it battles for the No. 1 spot in the country. Next weekend the men take on the Drexel University Dragons (7-10) in Newman Arena.

Hannah Noyes can be reached at htn27@cornell.edu.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Men Drop Game to Quakers

Red comes back from behind against Princeton to notch a victory

made a 3-pointer with 42 seconds left, giving Penn a 69-68 lead. Miller was fouled on the other end but could only convert one of two from the line.

With the game all tied up, Hicks made a clutch floater in This weekend, the Cornell men’s basketball team split its set of games, losing, 71-69, to rival Penn on Friday and snag- the paint over the outstretched arms of several Red players to ging a victory over Princeton, 68-60, on Saturday. In its first give the Quakers a two point lead with four seconds left.

Without a timeout to spare, Cherry was game of this past weekend’s home conforced to take a running 3-pointer that tests, Cornell was the victim of a powerPENN @ CORNELL clanked off the side of the rim. ful second half comeback, however, the gotta give Penn a lot of credit,” following day, the Red (11-11, 3-3 Ivy) 71 69 said“You head coach Bill Courtney. “They was the team to beat, storming back Game: 2ND FINAL 1ST made a lot of tough shots. But at the after being down at halftime.

Penn 44 71 27 same time, we feel like we didn’t guard The Red started strong against the Cornell 34 69 35 well down the stretch and we kind of Quakers (7-12, 2-3 Ivy) jumping out to allowed them to stay in the game.” a 12-0 lead. However, Penn cut the lead Although it was on the losing end, the to eight points before halftime thanks to PRINCETON @ CORNELL Red did a great job of securing the bassome sharp-shooting from behind the arc. Penn’s Tony Hicks tied up the game 60 68 ketball, committing just seven turnovers on the night while forcing 17. Courtney at 43 with 11 minutes to go. Hicks Game: 2ND FINAL 1ST also noted that the offense looked good would score an overall game high 25, Princeton 29 31 60 against the Quakers. including four of six from 3-point terriCornell 43 68 25 “We scored the basketball a little bit tory. Overall, the Quakers shot 10 of 19 better and that was a big thing for us on 3-point field goals.

Quick baskets from senior guard Devin Cherry and because we had struggled shooting the basketball in our presophomore guard Robert Hatter extended the Red’s lead vious games,” he said. “Shonn Miller was able to get back on back to five. Cornell continued to apply pressure and led by track, scoring inside a little bit.”

However, Cornell struggled in other aspects of the game. eight with five minutes to go. The Quakers chipped away at the lead, but senior forward Shonn Miller converted a three The Red, the best free-throw shooting team in the league, point play to give the Red a five point advantage with under shot poorly from the charity stripe, connecting on 66 percent of its shots, its lowest percentage since November. The two minutes to play.

Penn’s Sam Jones, who was three for four from deep, Red also had its lowest rebounding total of the season and

By ADAM BRONFIN

Sun Staff Writer

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Cherry Red | Though the Red fell to the Quakers on Friday, senior guard Devin Cherry had a strong offensive game.

allowed the Quakers to shoot almost 50 percent.

Against Princeton on Saturday, Cornell found itself on the other end of a late game collapse. Coming off big conSee BASKETBALL page 15

Why Can’t Aston Villa Score?

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s a sport, soccer has its fair share of critics.

People claim they just can’t watch soccer because it’s not exciting. Often, those of us who are fans of “the beautiful game,” as Pelé called it, feel the need to defend the world’s most popular sport from those who oppose it. The soccer fanatics of the world like

tinues to fall down the league standings, it will need to turn this around fast in order to survive relegation to the Second Division.

Aston Villa Football Club plays in the British city of Birmingham. It has a good team — certainly not one of the best teams in the 20-team Premier League, but good

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Pinning the win | Sophomore Gabe Dean has contributed greatly to the Red’s success this season, winning both

Kevin Linsey The Beautiful Game to point out that most games do have several goals, and even bad teams will score plenty of goals throughout a season.

However, for one team in the English Premier League this year, that simply is not the case. Aston Villa has managed to score just 11 goals in 23 games this season. This includes six recent games, a total of over 10 hours straight of play, in which the team has not scored. That is an absolutely woeful record, considering at its most basic level, the job of a soccer team is to score goals. As the squad con-

enough to finish in the middle of the pack. It also has a great history — the group has won the First Division (the Premier League’s predecessor) seven times, the F.A. Cup seven times and even the European Cup once. This year, however, the club has been downright horrendous offensively, and as such, has struggled to win games. So, let’s take a closer look, identifying the problem and providing a possible solution.

In soccer, the players most See LINSEY page 15

of his matches this weekend against Columbia and Hofstra.

WRESTLING

Red Takes 13th Straight Ivy Title, Earns Two Wins on the Weekend

By HANNAH NOYES Sun Contributor

It’s not easy going from one competitive meet to another in a week, let alone six hours. That’s exactly what the Cornell men’s wrestling team did when they took on Hofstra University (5-10) and Columbia University (4-3) in a dual meet this past Saturday. The Red swept the competition, beating Hofstra, 41-7, and walking away from Columbia with 38 wins and no losses.

This weekend solidified one thing for the Red: for 13 years, the men have held the title as the best of the Ivy League and they still remain on top. With the win against Columbia, Cornell is riding on a 27 meet winning streak against colleges and universities in New York State, as well as keeping its title as Ivy champi-

ons. Additionally, Cornell has not let Hofstra leave with a win over the past 12 times they have faced off, and they have not lost to Columbia in 29 meets.

Over the past 13 seasons, Cornell has won 68 straight matches against fellow Division I, Ivy League competitors, making it the team to beat across the East Coast.

Head Coach Rob Koll’s dedication to each individual player has certainly paid off over the season. He stresses the importance that every meet is different for each man, so as a whole they cannot assume success because of past triumphs.

So far, the Cornell wrestlers have only lost one meet in the 2014-2015 season. As the championships approach, the team will hopefully keep all of its men See WRESTLING page 15