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A Group Show art exhibition captures global interpretations of self through analog photography. | Page 3

The Moth at the State Theatre presented inspirational stories that Matthew Pegan ’17says he loved. | Page 7

Mayor Myrick ’09 Calls for Supervised Heroin Injection Sites

Women’s hockey secures playoff spot after wins over Dartmouth and Harvard. | Page 12

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Plan modeled on European success, created to address local drug abuse Don MacPherson, director of Canadian Drug Policy Coalition — an organization that has utilized these Mayor Svante Myrick ’09, injection sites— said the facilities proannounced a proposal to install the vide “people [with] a safe place to inject nation’s first supervised drug injection drugs, where they won’t overdose and facility in Ithaca, according to an offi- die, where they won’t get HIV, Hepatitis C, or other cial statement released by blood-born diseases.” the City of Ithaca According to Monday.

MacPherson, the “public Myrick proposed the health facility” provides a strategy to address issues safe environment for of drug abuse and “inefactivities that are already fectiveness of approaches occurring in the commurooted in the criminal jusnity, such as people injecttice system,” he said in a ing heroin. statement. The facility “They take that probwill enable heroin drug users to inject the drug “Municipalities lem and they surround it under supervision of a can ... create with a help context,” he said. “There’s people there nurse, without being arrested. more effective to help if you overdose, there’s people there to The plan is based on the success of drug facili- drug policies.” make sure you inject properly, there’s people there to ties implemented in severMayor Svante help you get counseling or al cities in Europe and Myrick ’09 better housing.”

Canada, the press release The service — which said. aims to provide a safe “While much of drug policy is driven at the state and federal community for the drug users — will level, there is a great deal that munici- usually be available for people who palities can do to create more effective are homeless or suffer from mental drug policies,” Myrick said in a stateSee MYRICK page 5 ment.

By YUN SOO KIM

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Students organized into small groups to discuss sexual assault issues at the campus-wide Greek Tri-Council summit Monday in the Memorial Room of Willard Straight Hall.

Garrett Continues Treatment After Surgery As Kotlikoff Assumes Presidential Duties President Elizabeth Garrett was released to date as we continue to move Cornell from Intensive Care Unit but remains at forward to meet the challenges of the 21st Weill Cornell Medicine following surgery century,” Garrett said in a Feb. 8 stateon Friday, according to Acting President ment. and Provost Michael Kotlikoff.

On Friday, Garrett underwent surgery “I remain in touch with her, and she has asked that I convey “The outpouring of support to you and the entire Cornell community her appreciation has meant so much to for all the well-wishes and her and Andrei.” prayers,” Kotlikoff said Monday.

Acting President Michael Kotlikoff Garrett announced her diagnosis of colon cancer on Feb. 8 and is pursuing “aggressive treat- and Kotlikoff assumed the duties and powment.” ers of the presidency, Board of Trustees “The senior leadership of the University chairman Robert S. Harrison ’76 anwill be handling many of my commit- nounced. ments, representing me and keping me up — Compiled by Sun Staff

Night at the museum

Grad Students Vote Discontent With Business College Decision

By JOSH GIRSKY Sun Staff Writer

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A belly dancing troupe performs at the annual International Gala in the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Friday evening.

The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly passed a resolution on Monday expressing dissatisfaction with the decision process undertaken in approving the College of Business.

Alex Brown, grad, who sponsored the resolution, said he did not intend for it to inspire action, but rather to was trying to add something to the record.

“I think the important part of this resolution is it doesn’t have teeth. I think that’s precisely the point,” Brown said. “Our not

being involved or not being listened to in the shared governance system, that is what this resolution is hitting at. It was positive to hear other GPSA members’ concern for having a voice in campus governance, and so it’s a good thing that our resolution emphasizes the Board’s years-long pattern of neglecting meaningful student input in critical campus decisions.”

Brown stressed that the establishment of the College of Business is indicative of a pattern of Cornell administrative action without regard to non-executive opinions.

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“Omphaloskeptical” I want to do a lot of things.

I want to want To do a lot of things.

But what I do not want to do Is do any of them At the expense of doing Any others. In this way, I will probably do nothing more Than do nothing.

~ Andrés Vaamonde ’18

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NEWS

Home Plate Program Brings Cornellians, Ithacans to Dinner Table

By JOSEPHINE CHU Sun Staff Writer

Home Plate — a new program organized by the Student Assembly’s City and Local Affairs Committee that arranges dinners between students and members of the Ithaca community — held its first dinner Sunday.

“What I really hope for this program is that more Cornell students get to form lasting bonds with Ithaca community members, and through their connections become more active community members themselves,” Millicent Kastenbaum ’16, chair of the S.A. City and Local Affairs Committee, said. “It is such a wonderful, informal way for students to expand themselves outside of the Cornell bubble.”

The program embodies the committee’s mission to bridge the gap between the Ithaca and Cornell communities, according to Kastenbaum. Kastenbaum said she hopes Home Plate will encourage students to interact more with the Ithaca com-

munity.

This semester is a “pilot round” working with 13 host families and 46 students, according to Zach Praiss ’16, a student organizer of the program and a Sun designer. Starting this fall, each group of three to four students will join a host family to eat three to four dinners, according to Praiss.

He added that the program was inspired by the Home Plate program at Washington University in St. Louis and introduced to the committee at their first meeting last October.

Praiss said his family was a host family with the St. Louis program, and his successful experience prompted his decision to bring Home Plate to Ithaca. He said he sees the program as an opportunity for students to enjoy a home-cooked meal with a local family and for hosts to engage with college students in an informal dinner.

“Recognizing that such a program could blossom here in Ithaca, we got in touch with Washington University and have been blown away by their support for us starting essentially the

By TOM SCHREFFLER

Newfield Methamphetamine Bust Brings Another Woman Into Custody

Chainworks to Fill Ithaca Vacancies With Entire Neighborhood UnChained Properties LLC plans to renovate the vacant Emerson Power Transmission site on South Hill and turn it into new retail workshop, event and office spaces, plus a townhouse neighborhood and apartments, according to The Ithaca Voice.

In the next 10 to 15 years, the 800,000 square-foot factory will be turned into a neighborhood of over 900 condos and apartments. The buildings will be both inside and outside renovated walls of the existing factory buildings.

Those outside the existing walls are not expected to be ready until the 2020s. The project will be presented at the first public hearing tentatively scheduled for the end of March, The Voice reported.

— Compiled by Alexa Eskenazi and YunSoo Kim

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University of Ottawa Prof Analyzes Sources of Economic Inequality

Local

Newfield Police took another woman, Mandy Morton of Enfield, into custody in conjunction with the investigation of methamphetamine production and sales in the area, according to The Ithaca Voice. Nine people have been charged thus far in the investigation.

The charges against Morton, 27, are a misdemeanor for second-degree criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing material and felony second-degree conspiracy. On Friday, she was released on her own recognizance at the Ithaca City Court. This follows the arraignment of seven people in front of the Ithaca City Court Judge Thursday, according to The Voice reported.

same program here,” Praiss said.

Roberta Walcer ’74, one of the hosts, said she decided to do the program because she loves interacting with the Cornell community and getting to know the students.

“We’ve downsized now, and our kids are out of the house.

It’s nice to have contact with people who are active and doing things,” Walcer said.

The “get-to-know-you dinner” – which included a variety of hors d’oeuvres, salad, chicken and chocolate cake –turned out better than expected, according to Walcer.

“We shared our backgrounds, how we arrived in Ithaca and what our daily lives involve professionally,” she said. “We also compared what the University was like when we were students compared to the current student experience.”

One student attendee of the dinner, Sue Ahn ’18, said she had a wonderful time being in a “home setting.”

Sun Staff Writer

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Exploring inequality | Prof.

Miles Corak, University of Ottawa, speaks on unequal economic opportunity Monday.

Nearly 100 people attended a lecture on the variables affecting income inequality delivered by Prof. Miles Corak, economics, University of Ottawa, in Goldwin Smith Hall Monday.

Corak began the talk titled ‘Too many children left behind?

Inequality, Life Chances, and Public Policy’ by introducing “three facts” related to intergenerational economic mobility and levels of income inequality.

He said “generational earnings mobility” – the measure of the extent to which one’s parents’ income determines one’s own income – varies from country to country. The United States and

United Kingdom are among the highest ranked of the countries in this metric, that is, in those countries, the most inequality from generation to generation is preserved, according to Corak.

Corak also presented a graph that plotted income inequality against generational earnings mobility. Countries that are more unequal have lower levels of mobility, Corak said.

Corak stressed that income inequality has risen from 1985 to 2008 in most advanced countries.

He said there are many value judgements involved when determining public policy to address economic inequality.

“Most citizens of the rich countries would agree that we don’t want to live in a society in which

the allocation of jobs or access to important sources of human capital like healthcare or education… are allocated by nepotism,” he said.

Corak also stressed the importance of correct interpretation of the statistics on this topic.

“We need to be very careful in translating our statistics into equality of opportunity,” he said. “[The] correlation we saw [showing generational earnings mobility] might reflect fundamental differences in the diversity of societies. After all, Denmark is a very homogeneous society with particular policies toward immigration that probably don’t match the historical experience in the United See INEQUALITY page 5

Student Artists Depict Identity in Group Show Analog photographs from fall 2015 class to analyze roles of race, gender, geography

By JENNA RUDOLFSKY Sun Staff Writer

“Group Show: Identity and the Global Lens” — an art exhibition on how contemporary culture is visualized and affected by global interpretations of self — opened Monday in the Olive Tjaden Gallery.

The exhibit will feature analog photography work by seven students, completed as part of a course in the fall, Art 3601: “Photography: Identity in the Global Lens.”

The photographs present a visual interpretation of how identity in contemporary culture is visualized and affected by global interpretations of self through race, gender and geography, according to the exhibition detail.

The students’ use of analog photography is the precursor to today’s digital photography, according to the Prof. Jean Locey, art, the class lecturer.

The photography was shot with manual film cameras, then processed in the dark room.

“They’re shooting with medium format using 120 film and produce large negatives that make beautiful enlargements,” Locey said.

Within the class, students

explore of this type of photography as both an art form and a representation of self.

“My photography has so far been about unusual or slightly uncanny imagery, so how I decided to deal with identity was to photograph these uncanny representations of the human form in a somewhat deadpan way,” said Alli Plache ’18, one of the student artists featured in the exhibition. “The forms photographed are simultaneously living and nonliving, artifacts of society that signify how people perceive their own forms and identities.”

Working with analog photography, students said they learned about black and white exposure as well as exploring color.

“It’s kind of like an Instagram filter,” said Larissa Castellano Pucci ’18, another student from the class. “It’s the old way of doing it. It really makes you understand color.”

Castellano Pucci, originally from Italy, said her background influenced her work shown in the gallery, for she was not used to the large volume of consumerism here as compared to Italy.

“I remember my first experience shopping in America at

Walmart and how I saw an endless row of cereal,” she said. “It both amazed me and terrified me. In my photo exhibition, I tried to show windows and products, and how it is so ingrained in American life.”

The students said they spent the past two weekends piecing together the exhibit, giving them firsthand experience into the process of preparing for shows.

“Each student had to decide which photos to use, how to arrange them, how to curate,” Locey said. “Once they had decided which photographs to use, then, the group had to determine how to install the

work and which images work best next to each other, content wise and color wise.”

Plache pointed out that when piecing together the exhibition, the all-female classroom influenced her resulting art work.

“Interestingly our class this semester was all female, and that perspective was very present at all of our critiques during the semester, so that probably has something to do with why all my images ended up portraying female forms,” Plache said.

Jenna Rudolfsky can be reached at jrudolfsky@cornellsun.com.

Film photos | All photographs in the exhibition were shot on manual film cameras and developed in a dark room by the students, the project detail says.

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NEWS

Home Plate Program Connects Community

Cornell students share home-cooked dinner with Ithacans, exchange stories HOME PLATE

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“When you’re at college, you have to kind of learn how to be an adult by yourself, and it’s nice to fall back and sit around a table for dinner,” Ahn said.

Natasha Sinha ’18, who also attended the dinner, said she was encouraged with the family’s “warm and friendly” hospitality.

“I was really nervous to meet the family, but they made us feel so welcome from the minute we stepped into their home,” she said.

“They were so happy and excited to see us, and it just made the atmosphere so pleasant. I was surprised at how much there was to talk about.”

Sinha added that she had a great experience and is excited for the next dinner.

“I think meeting the two families, playing with their dog and eating a delicious home-cooked meal made me much less home-sick,” she said.

While some details of the program still need to be ironed out, Kastenbaum expressed her optimism about the future of the Home Plate program.

“We obviously have things that we will have to work out when we expand the program to the greater Cornell community, but I'm so proud of what the committee has achieved with Home Plate thus far,” she said.

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

GPSA Calls College of Business Approval Procedure‘Unjust’ GPSA

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who is involved in the College of Business could afford to be engaged in,” said Aravind Natarajan, grad.

Jesse Goldberg, grad, agreed that even if those with an interest in the College of Business were not intentionally shut out, the meeting still should not have been held in New York City.

“Even if it is not the intention, it is the outcome,” Goldberg said.

Members also discussed how

“Based on recently poorly handled decisions, it seems that administrators are still clueless about touchstone values of Cornell and other universities, among them transparency, free academic inquiry and democratic decisionmaking,” Brown said. “Just look at the examples from the past three years alone, from their thwarted attempt to cut first-year “This is a conversation we’ve bus passes, to the unpopubeen having for years. Some of lar hiring of us are tired of it.” new deans and the uniJesse Goldberg grad lateral levying of a new health fee.” they were disappointed with the Brown continued that in order administration’s actions and what to abolish “unjust” university struc- they demonstrated about the tures, these kinds of resolutions are shared governance system. only a beginning. He emphasized “This is not the first time we’ve the importance of obtaining the talked to the University about support of tenured faculty and of shared governance,” said Goldberg. recording expressed opinions, espe- “This is a conversation we’ve been cially at a place like Cornell. having for years. Some of us are “The important part about this tired of it.” resolution is to get something on After the resolution passed by a the record,” he said. “It’s really vote of 10 to 0, with 2 abstaining, important [that] in a large institu- GPSA president Richard Walroth tion to make sure that expressions said that he hoped they could now of dissent or expressions of dissatis- move on. factions with the way a process was “I do think that this was a good handled are on the record.” resolution for us to pass,” Walroth A common concern voiced at said. “Now moving forward, I the meeting was the fact that the hope that we can turn to the Board of Trustees voted to approve College of Business and see it as a the College of Business at a meet- good thing.” ing in New York City.

“I think it’s important to highlight the fact that it was supposed Josh Girsky can be reached at to be a public hearing that nobody jgirsky@cornellsun.com.

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Prof Discusses Causes of Uber Driver Charged with Murder Former insurance adjuster guilty of shooting six Uber passengers National Wealth Disparity INEQUALITY

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States.”

Additionally, he pointed to the significance of family structures and investing in children.

“Families that tend to have more human capital, better health care, are more educated, tend to have the monetary and the nonmonetary resources to invest in their kids,” he said. “Families with more money invest more in their children, enriching their lives outside of formal schooling.”

Corak suggested that the variation in generational earnings mobility between countries should be a public policy concern and stressing that “the family, the market, and the state” all play large roles in this disparity.

“More unequal societies will likely not experience more mobility without concerted and effective public policies,” he said.

Corak also said economics literature “does not really support” the idea that free tuition dramatically increases access to college.

Regarding immigrants’ impact on the labor market, Corak said that “there are economists that fall on two sides of the fence.”

“My sense is that immigrants don’t have that much of a downward push [on wages],” he said.

Tom Schreffler can be reached at tschreffler@cornellsun.com.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — The Uber ride-hailing service acknowledged Monday that it received complaints about erratic driving by the suspect in the random shootings that killed six people in Kalamazoo, and a prosecutor said the man admitted carrying out the attacks.

As authorities pieced together Jason Dalton’s actions, the prosecutor said he picked up Uber fares after the first shooting and probably got more riders after the subsequent shootings.

Dalton, the 45-year-old former insurance adjuster, appeared briefly in court by video link and was charged with six counts of murder. A judge denied him bail.

During a talk with investigators, Dalton waived his right against self-incrimination and confessed his role in the Saturday night shootings, Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeff Getting said.

Dalton admitted “that he took people’s lives,” Kalamazoo police Det. Cory Ghiringhelli told the court. The murder charges carry a mandatory life sentence. Michigan does not have the death penalty.

An Uber passenger said he called police to report that Dalton was driving erratically more than an hour before the shootings began. Matt Mellen told Kalamazoo television station WWMT that he hailed a ride around 4:30 p.m.

Saturday. He said driver Jason Dalton introduced

Mayor of Ithaca Proposes Nation’s First Supervised Injection Facility “I firmly support the exploration of a Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program for Ithaca, but I am wary of supervised injection sites,” Barber said. health problems, according to MacPherson.

The City of Ithaca will also be releasing a report on “It’s a good thing,” MacPherson said. “It sends a strong message to people who are using drugs that the the supervised injection facility called “The Ithaca community cares that they stay alive and it gives peo- Plan: A Public Health and Safety Approach to Drugs and Drug Policy” at a press conferple who use drugs a place to go ence Wednesday. that is not in someone’s backyard “It sends a strong Myrick will hold a live press or not in a back alley — it’s in a conference in Ithaca at 9:30 a.m. clean hygienic help facility. It’s a message to people who and a national teleconference at win-win-win.” are using drugs that the noon Wednesday to speak with MacPherson added that injecmore details on the newly proposed tion facilities had beneficial community cares.” supervised injection facility. impacts for people who used them Don MacPherson “It is common sense to take a in Vancouver. method and try it. If it fails, admit “There’s no evidence to show it frankly and try another. But that supervised injection facilities increase drug use,” he said. “If you’re a drug user who uses Vancouver’s above all, try something,” Myrick tweeted, quoting injection room, you are 30 percent more likely to go former president Franklin D. Roosevelt, on Monday to drug treatment, so it’s a door into the rest of the evening. system as well as a place to inject your drugs. You’re 30 Alexa Askenazi ’19 contributed reporting to this percent less likely to inject using risky behavior.”

John Barber, Chief of Ithaca Police Department, article. said he agrees that the city needs to address a societal drug problem, but voiced concerns over the introduc- Yun Soo Kim can be reached tion of the proposed injection sites. at ykim@cornellsun.com.

MYRICK

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Argentine Government Settles for €185M, $250M in Bonds to End Debt Crisis NEW YORK (AP) — Argentina has reached a settlement with several bondholders for $250 million and 185 million euros, a court-appointed mediator said Monday as the country continues work toward ending a debt crisis that has damaged its ability to maneuver financially abroad.

The latest deals boost to more than $1.5 billion the amount Argentina has committed in deals since President Mauricio Macri took office on Dec. 10.

Court-appointed mediator Daniel Pollack has announced a string of agreements over several weeks after Argentina

announced it expected to pay about $6.5 billion to settle claims of about $10 billion by bondholders, including U.S. hedge funds.

The latest settlements involve bondholders including Lightwater Corp, Old Castle Holdings, VR Capital, Procella Holdings and Capital Ventures International, Pollack said.

The bondholders refused to swap their bonds at a steep discount when Argentina offered swaps in 2005 and 2010 to ease its financial crisis after it defaulted on $100 billion in bonds in 2001. They went to court instead, winning judgments.

Meanwhile, 93 percent of Argentina’s creditors accepted the exchange offers, trading their bonds for new ones worth between 25 percent and 29 percent of the original value of the bonds.

Pollack announced the latest settlements the day Argentina asked a Manhattan federal appeals court to drop oral arguments scheduled for Wednesday in one of several cases involving bondholders.

Argentina said in court papers filed with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that it had decided to drop the appeals since Macri took office.

himself as “Me-Me” and had a dog in the backseat.

Mellen sat in front. About a mile into the trip, Dalton got a phone call, and when he hung up, he began driving recklessly, blowing through stop signs and sideswiping cars, Mellen said.

“We were driving through medians, driving through the lawn, speeding along, and when we came to a stop, I jumped out of the car and ran away,” Mellen said. He said he called police and that when he got to his friend’s house, his fiancée posted a warning to friends on Facebook.

Uber said riders complained Saturday about Dalton’s driving. When alerted to unsafe driving, company policy is to contact the driver. But Uber officials would not say whether anyone at the company spoke to Dalton, deferring to law enforcement.

Dalton passed a background check and became a driver on Jan. 25. He had given about 100 rides, the company said.

Since Dalton’s arrest, several people have come forward to say that he picked them up for Uber in the hours after the first attack. The Associated Press could not confirm those accounts.

Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller said Uber is cooperating with law enforcement officials, and he believes the company will “help us fill in some timeline gaps.”

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The Trouble With Yeezus Fever

he better and better I get at what I do, the younger est record The Life of Pablo. Listening to TLOP, it was imposand younger I am… when I made Graduation I was sible for me not to judge it in light of the creative philosophy six years old… when I made 808s I jumped to five laid out by its creator on the Bret Easton Ellis podcast. years old… then the Taylor Swift thing happened right and I Ultimately, I found myself with a deep nagging sense that while had to grow back up and I delivered what could be considered TLOP has its excellent moments, it could have my most… perfected work and I had to turn to like a seven been magnitudes better had it been more year old… I almost reached 10, I almost reached 10 years old focused and mature. TLOP sounds like maybe when I did Dark Fantasy… and then when I went to Yeezus like 10 good ideas for an album crammed into one, I kinda got back to under five like four-and-a-half and now I’m with none of them developed past a track or mentally, completely, three years old… but don’t let me get two. As damning as the fact that the album lacks proper money support backing and put my work out and let cohesion is the fact that it lacks consistent enjoythe earth speak back to it, I’m going to be two-and-a-half years ability. The glorious highs are drawn apart by stifling lows in the old, by the time I’m like form of asinine lyrics fifty I’m going to be one, (see especially the and by the time I’m dead business about a I’m going to be zero.” model at the beginKanye West said this ning of “Father as a guest on the Bret Stretch my Hands,” Easton Ellis podcast back and the hypothetical in November 2013. about what-if-weListening to the full interhad-sex-right-hereview, one hears a characright-now on teristically exuberant “Freestyle 4”), and Kanye basking in the patience-trying filler. glow of his recent critical I was far from success, Yeezus. alone in having both Originally, opinions negative and positive on Yeezus had been more things to say about mixed. In the months TLOP, but in my immediately following its COURTESY OF THE NEW YORK TIMES overall disappointearly summer release, a vocal minority of reviewers criticized the lyrics on Yeezus for ment, I was in a much smaller group. Writing for Pitchfork, their sloppiness and their frequent lapses into nonsense and Jayson Greene admitted that the album felt “like Kanye ran needless offensiveness. Indeed Kanye must have been feeling across town to deliver a half-wrapped gift to a birthday to some of this backlash even in November, as later on in the which he was 10 minutes late,” but nevertheless awarded it a Easton Ellis Interview he used his Peter Pan-ism to justify what score of nine out of 10. The tone of this review and others was are arguably the most odious lyrics on Yeezus: “Eatin’ Asian that TLOP was flawed and sloppy, but that this was totally pussy, all I need was sweet and sour sauce.” The criticisms, dope: a natural, even inevitable chapter in the Kanye West saga.

It is precisely this tone I wish to however, were soon argue against in this column. I want drowned out by the far to suggest that we cease with the more abundant praise.

Kanye fanboy and fangirling. Kanye Yeezus was lauded highly is charismatic enough that it is easy for its originality and to put a positive spin on anything he intensity. Such praise does, but we should resist doing this. came from many key Guest The question we must ask is whether sources, including Room the positive spin is having a positive Rolling Stone, Pitchfork or negative effect, both on Kanye’s and alternative-music ubermensch Lou Reed. By the end of the summer it seemed music, and — it is hard not to add given recent, well-publicized that the jury had reached its consensus and that Yeezus had difficulties — the man himself.

“Name one genius who ain’t crazy?” Kanye asks on TLOP been accepted, at least by the indie crowd, as a work of genius.

To get things straight, let me say that I was, and to a large banger “Feedback.” This question seems scarcely charming in extent still am, as much a proponent of this acceptance of light of Kanye’s recent behavior on Twitter, and name-dropping Yeezus-as-genius as anyone else. My opinion on the Kanye of Lexapro, a medication used for the treatment of anxiety and the Yeezus and post-Yeezus era, however, has become much depression, but it seems many of us are all too eager to romanticize Kanye in the roll of the unhinged artistic mastermind. more complicated as of late.

This all started around the time I first turned on Kanye’s lat- Meanwhile, friend and long time collaborator Rhymefest —

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Hozier Cherry Wine Columbia Aishwarya Singh

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Two days before Valentine’s Day, Hozier released the music video for his song “Cherry Wine.” The song has a delicate, pretty melody that relies heavily of an acoustic guitar that sets the stage as a couple enjoy a lovely, romantic Valentine’s Day. A woman removing her makeup is the center of the video as it switches between her, looking in the mirror, and her memories with her husband earlier that night. The couple returns to their apartment, casually drinking and playfully kissing each other.

It appears that they are deeply in love with each other and have a #goals relationship. When the video returns to the woman by herself removing her

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who, it’s worth noting, is partially responsible for some of the most meaningful lyrics in Kanye’s whole catalogue as co-writer of “Jesus Walks,” “Power” and “New Slaves” — tweets: “my brother needs help, in the form of counseling. Spiritual & mental.

He should step away from the public & yesmen & heal.”

The Life of Pablo indeed bears the mark of an unhealthy obsession with the public life, and a whole entourage of y e s m e n .

Listening, I got the sense that its creator believed that no matter what finished product he ultimately delivered, it would be accepted as genius. This isn’t to say that TLOP doesn’t THE NEW YORK TIMES also bear the mark of hard work; on the contrary, it seems at least as labored over as anything else Kanye has ever released. Rather than a lack of work, the slapdashery of TLOP is owed to an abdication of a control: an embrasure of unchecked creative output at the expense of any sense of linearity and a deeper undercurrent of meaning. The line between Kanye’s twitter and Kanye’s music has never seemed more faint: like his twitter, the album is a book of snapshots from his hectic mind. Kanye declared himself a god, and we saw that it was good, and now he feels like he can drop anything on us. It seems like the yesmen described

by Rhymefest on Twitter aren’t just Kanye’s business associates, but his entire fanbase.

Jayson Greene ends his Pitchfork review of TLOP quoting a letter from the album’s namesake, St. Paul, to the Corinthians: “if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.” Greene ties this line in with the sweeter moments on TLOP in which Kanye reflects on his status as a husband and father. There is wisdom in another line of St. Paul’s letter, however, which is nowhere to be found on the album: “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.”

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Hozier wrote“Cherry Wine” from the perspective of a man suffering from domestic abuse and focuses on the cycle of justification that can be used to continue the abuse.

“With the song Cherry Wine, I tried to get across the difficulty of coming to terms with and facing up to domestic violence and the dynamic of an abusive relationship,” Hozier said in an interview with the website radio.com. The disconnect between the sweet tune and its lyrics is reflected in

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the video as it is shocking to see that the woman was abused.

Hozier sends a powerful message with “Cherry Wine” and its video about domestic abuse and how everything can seem lovely on the outside without revealing the true nature of a relationship. Anyone can be a victim of domestic abuse and a seeming perfect appearance can be deceptive. All proceeds of downloads of “Cherry Wine” will go directly to a series of international domestic abuse charities.

Aishwarya Singh is a sophomore in the College of Engineering.

She can be reached at as2539@cornell.edu.

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Winging It | The Moth has presented story-telling based shows throughout the United States and internationally since its creation in 1997.

The Moth Mainstage At the State Theatre

BY MATTHEW PEGAN Sun Contributor

New York-based nonprofit The Moth treated Ithacans to a Saturday evening of true stories told live, and I was lucky enough to be there, sitting in the orchestra section of The State Theater. As a long time listener to The Moth’s highly subscribed-to podcast and someone who has therefore been informed innumerable times during the podcast's opening that “since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide,” it felt great to finally be seeing the spectacle in person.

Given the intimate nature of The Moth’s platform, it is not uncommon for stories to inspire tears at one moment and laughter in the next, from tellers and listeners alike. The Moth never fails to keep its audience engrossed from start to finish, and Saturday night’s event was no exception. Storytellers spoke of experiences ranging from the relatable (being a child and constructing something marvelous in your backyard) to the totally unexpected (being a punk-rocker, and having your heart melted while serving jury duty). Stories ranged, too, from the commonplace (trying to convince your despondent nine-year-old to go to school) to the unimaginably frightening (being kidnapped in wartime Baghdad).

The show was separated into two parts, each composed of two to three roughly ten-minute stories. Each part opened with an emotive, mood-setting cello piece from Ithaca College music professor Elizabeth Simkin. Along with Simkin’s music, the evening was enhanced by the host, former Moth GrandSLAM champion Peter Aguero, who emceed with skill and genuine hilarity, ribbing Ithacans for their commitment to IPAs, farm-to-plate meals and public radio.

During his introduction, Aguero reminded the audience that sitting around and telling each other stories is perhaps the oldest of human pastimes, calling to my mind the image of a group of hunter-gatherers shooting the breeze while cooking meat over an open fire. Replace the smell of the meat with the smell of very-buttery popcorn popping behind the State Theater’s concession stand and replace the flicker of the open fire with the shine of an ellipsoidal light glistening on Aguero’s tastefully selected purple-velvet blazer, and you’ve established, however crudely, the thread connecting Saturday evenings event with the dawn of humanity.

Later in the introduction, Aguero encouraged everyone present to stop worrying about all the issues and stresses of their lives lead outside the State Theater, and to instead simply focus on the stories being told on stage. As someone who generally has an extremely hard time letting go of anxiety, no matter where I am or what I’m doing, I found it surprisingly easy to follow Aguero’s advice and slip right into the stories being told in front of me, taking on the perspectives of the story tellers as my own, however briefly. The overall experience was like that of reading great literature: cathartic and enriching.

It is unlikely that The Moth will be back in Ithaca any time in the near future, but if you regret missing Saturday night’s event, the internet and airwaves are rife with ways to tune in. The Moth Radio Hour airs weekly on hundreds of NPR stations — including the Ithaca area’s own WRVO (92.5 and 90.5 FM) — every Saturday night at 8 p.m.

Additionally, The Moth podcast is free and frequently updated on themoth.org.

Matthew Pegan in a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at mpegan@cornellsun.com.

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TO CURB HEROIN OVERDOSES IN TOMPKINS COUNTY, Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 announced Monday that he hopes the City of Ithaca will host the first supervised heroin injection facility in the United States. According to his proposal, at such a facility, heroin users would be allowed to inject themselves under the supervision of a nurse and be connected with recovery services. While Myrick worked to model his plan after similar facilities in Canada, Europe and Australia, the plan’s feasibility — given the significant legal and political hurdles to come — remains questionable.

While we find Myrick’s emphasis on prevention addiction through mental health professionals admirable, we question whether this is the correct solution in regards to heroin usage given the emphasis on creating an injection facility. Myrick has not yet identified how the facility will be funded — through tax dollars or otherwise. Also unexplained is why Myrick places such heavy emphasis on overdose prevention rather than dedicating all resources to preventing addiction in the first place.

On principle, giving individuals with long-time addictions a facility to be supervised while injecting, potentially preventing deaths and providing a place for treatment for those in need is backed up by several studies. Supervised injection facilities reduce overdose deaths, prevent the spread of HIV and Hepatitis C, increase the chance that users seek drug treatment and generally reduce street crime, according to The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering criminal justice in the United States. Myrick based his plan off the Insite Injection Facility in Vancouver, the only place of its kind in North America. Vancouver — a city of 600,000 people — being a significantly larger city than Ithaca — a city of 30,000 — had a much larger scale heroin issue, with Insite recording 376,149 injections in 2009 by 9,259 users. According to data released by the Canadian government, the facility costed $10.21 per visit and over $2.18 million to operate in 2007.

The intentions behind Myrick’s proposal are undeniably in the right place: However, given the political and legal firestorm that will likely follow this plan, it is questionable whether Ithaca should be the testing ground for the first injection facility in the United States. While similar plans have worked internationally, the current political climate in the United States will likely not prove to be conducive to allowing an extremely radical measure in the war against drugs. Given what has been revealed about this plan, the City should reconsider whether such a plan is appropriate at this point in time.

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hen T.S. Eliot wrote that the world condemned the Bush family. This was is not a would end “not with a bang but a politically savvy move. George Bush is still popwhimper” he may have been allud- ular in Republican circles and in South ing to the unsuccessful Gunpowder Plot of Carolina. That said, Trump clearly blames him 1605, but he might as well have been writing for the deaths of his colleagues, and Trump’s the epitaph for Jeb(!) Bush’s star-crossed presi- insistence on making a campaign issue about it dential campaign. In what was a far cry from speaks volumes about why he was in the race to the “Mission Accomplished” days of his older begin with. brother, a tired and defeated Jeb appeared on Back in the spring of 2015, the media had TV late Saturday night and announced the end quickly and unanimously dubbed Jeb as the of his once promising bid for the White House. “presumptive front-runner.” After Team Bush His departure leaves a field of five candidates, successfully elbowed out Mitt Romney, it winnowed down from a record 17 aspirants looked as if Jeb had a clear shot at the nominajust a few months ago. tion. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was an afterThis column, however, is not about Jeb(!). thought, Chris Christie was in disgrace, and We all knew why Jeb fought. The Republican everyone assumed Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) Party has not won a presidential election with- would stay on the sidelines in deference to his out a Bush or a Nixon on the ticket since 1928, mentor. Jeb’s super PAC was raising money at a and while neither name brings to mind the feverish pace, and it seemed as if America were proudest moments in American history, the headed towards yet another Bush v. Clinton Bush name just edges out Nixon in terms of showdown. Cue the Donald. acceptability. As the pundits of early 2015 said, Nobody builds like Trump and nobody it was Jeb’s destiny to continue the family busi- destroys like Trump either (and I’m not just ness. No, this is not a column about Jeb, but talking about his bankruptcies). This is a man rather a look at the man who launched a gold- who made a career for himself firing people on plated torpedo at the Bush flagship. national television. This campaign, at least at Everyone has their own theories as to why the outset, was no different.

Donald Trump fights for the nomination: he’s The goal was never to win. The goal was to power-hungry, he’s an egotistical megalomani- beat Bush. The goal was to be so outrageous, so ac or he’s been driven insane by the chemicals overly aggressive and belligerent so as to bully he uses to style that dead fox on his head. The Jeb out of the race. Analyses of Trump’s prolific list goes on. Like him or not, however, the man has successfully built himself an Like [H. Ross] Perot, Trump too empire. He has the money. He has the has succeeded in stopping a Bush mansions. He has the from becoming the next president. trophy wife. Life can only get so much bet- That is why Trump fights. ter for the Donald.

The last thing a man like Trump, who is so accustomed to the unilateral power of a chief online commentary in the second half of 2015 executive office, would want or need is the indicate that he attacked Jeb three times as stress, heartache and the measly $400,000 much as he attacked the other 15 candidates salary that comes with the White House. So combined. He repeatedly went out of his way why do it? Why subject yourself to the rigors to attack and belittle Jeb during the debates, and potential fallout from a presidential cam- and he relished at seeing the former governor paign? squirm under his relentless teasing.

For months, I too struggled with the No one will ever be elected president on Donald’s decision to enter the fray. Then, a Trump’s outrageous platform, but that was week ago it became all too clear why he fights. never the plan. The plan was to be the anti-Jeb. It’s not for the glory. It’s not for the money. It’s Where Jeb was soft, Trump would be rock certainly not for the fame. No, it’s for some- hard. Jeb has a Mexican wife? Let’s build a wall thing far more boring: Jeb Bush. to keep the Mexicans out. Jeb thinks we need Jeb “low-energy” Bush? That guy? Why to reach out to the Muslim world? Let’s ban all would such a titan of industry like Trump care Muslims from coming into the United States. about a man who more resembled a frustrated Jeb’s a Catholic? Let’s engage in a fight with the substitute teacher than the leader of the free Pope. Everything Jeb did, Trump did opposite world? What could Trump possibly have and ten times louder. against a man who has to follow up the most Twenty-four years ago, another eccentric passionate lines in his stump speech with a plea billionaire took on the Bush family. H. Ross for the audience to “please clap?”

Perot structured his third-party campaign in The answer can be found in last week’s 1992 on his opposition to Bush’s North Republican debate in South Carolina. After a American Free Trade Act, and he used his popslow start, the conversation turned to national ulist economic message to win almost 20 persecurity. Trump called into question Jeb’s broth- cent of the popular vote and deny George H. er George’s decision to invade Iraq, and Jeb W. Bush a second term. Some historians allege responded, in golly-gee indignation, that he that Perot too was motivated by a personal wished Trump would stop attacking his family, vendetta against Bush. As vice-president, Bush and that President George W. Bush had “kept had cut Perot out of Reagan’s efforts to rescue this country safe.”

POWs in Vietnam, and during the campaign, And then it happened. Seven months after a Perot associate was quoted as saying that “if he glided down that escalator like a majestic Perot denies Bush the presidency, he’ll be on golden peacock, Donald Trump showed true top of the world.” emotion. Yes, the Donald had shown anger, Like Perot, Trump poured enormous indignation, and spite many times before, but resources into his campaign and relied heavily this time was different. This time, there was a on force of personality to further his cause. Like vulnerability and rawness that doesn’t come in Perot, Trump too has succeeded in stopping a a gold-plated variety.

Bush from becoming the next president. That “I lost hundreds of friends.” Donald is why Trump fights. Or, at least, that is why Trump, proud New Yorker, stood on that stage Trump fought. At the beginning, winning was in South Carolina, and finally let Bush in on not the goal, and no one thought it possible. why he was running. Trump’s campaign wasn’t Now it is not only possible but also probable. a play for political power. The campaign was a This election cycle has been one of the most revenge killing. Trump, by that point practical- unpredictable in history, so it doesn’t do much ly assured victory in the state, was able to stand good to try and divine what the future holds for over the body of his once-mighty rival and Trump and the gang, but one thing is for sure: twist the knife, knowing full well that Jeb it’s gonna be yuuuuuge. would not be able to recover from his impending defeat later that week.

Jacob Rubashkin is a freshman in the College of Arts and “How did he keep us safe when the World Sciences. He may be reached at Trade Center came down?” Over the boos of jrubashkin@cornellsun.com. The Jacobin appears the audience, Trump forcefully and personally alternate Mondays this semester.

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veryone has heard about Ke$ha through one facet or another. Recently, she’s been in the news for breaking down in a Manhattan courtroom after a judge refused to release her from a contract with a producer she claims sexually assaulted her. Twitter (and Taylor Swift) responded immediately with support for Ke$ha as she looks to a future of more legal battles, while Dr. Luke — or Lukasz Gottwald, Ke$ha’s current producer and alleged sexual predator — obviously responded with pretty much the direct opposite.

Just like anything else in the news that involves high profile celebrities, legal battles and an uncertain future, there are a host of sides (and opinions) to what has occurred and what should occur moving forward. As simplified as most media outlets may have it sound in presenting it to the public, Ke$ha’s case is not as straightforward as “Ke$ha vs. Sexual Predator: U.S. Courts Make What Seems Like the Obvious Wrong Decision.”

Let’s start from the beginning: Ke$ha Rose Serbet began her journey to the platinum 2010 debut album when she was 17. Moving to Los Angeles from Nashville, Ke$ha recorded with Dr. Luke, the producer who runs Kemosabe records.

Luke himself started off as the lead guitarist for Saturday Night Live before making the switch to music production. Since moving into the industry, Luke has been behind a series of hits, including Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been Gone,” Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” and my personal favorite to belt out in the 17 hour car ride up to Ithaca from quite literally anywhere, “Party in the USA.” As for the “Dr.” attached to his name, Luke says it is a nickname bestowed upon him by rapper Mos Def during a recording session and has absolutely nothing to do with his past as a marijuana dealer.

Since then, Ke$ha has filed a suit against Dr. Luke, claiming he has drugged, raped and emotionally abused her, ultimately resulting in her eating disorder. The suit asks for her to be removed from her contract from Kemosabe, allowing her to make music (and money) with another producer. Dr. Luke filed his own countersuit in response, citing the abuse allegations as fabricated in an attempt to be released from the contact. This past Friday, New York Supreme Court Justice Shirley Kornreich denied Ke$ha’s request for a preliminary injunction in the case. This would have allowed the singer to record songs outside of her contract until the case is finalized, however, Kornreich stated the filing would require the court to “decimate a contract that was heavily negotiated and typical for the industry,” and Ke$ha’s request was denied.

Ke$ha’s case in not dead simply because her request was denied. However, it does mean she has a long road ahead of her. The contract legally binds her to produce the next six albums with Dr. Luke — even with Dr. Luke and Sony offering Ke$ha the chance to work with another producer during this time, Ke$ha has refused, stating this to be simply an empty promise. Even if she does accept, her lawyer argues Ke$ha’s new music wouldn’t be promoted or supported by Sony.

So why is this really that relevant? Well aside from the fact that it’s Ke$ha and the case in itself is set up to be in the news, I personally think it’s interesting for the precedent it has set so far.

Behind Dr. Luke is Sony, the music producing giant that releases and promotes hundreds of artists a year. Taken beyond face value, this case is Ke$ha vs. a multinational corporation — and so far, just as you might have predicted, it seems as if the side with the most money is winning.

Ke$ha’s case is clearly not over yet; news media aside, preliminary injunctions are rarely granted, and this is a minor setback for Ke$ha. What I see myself watching for in Ke$ha’s case moving forward is how it will continue to be portrayed in the news.

Hebani Duggal is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at hduggal@cornellsun.com. Teach Me How to Duggal appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

“At least from my perspective, much of the frustration comes when – as with the business school – there is a consensus among groups that the administration claims to consult, but they are repeatedly ignored regardless. When faculty and students are nearly unanimous in their opposition to an administrative action, it would be nice if the response was more than lip service and misdirection.”

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ers. ere hours after Supreme remain.

So who should candidates The weight of the cases before Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead two the Supreme Court and the parti- advance as their choice in order to weeks ago, the Washington san politicization of the judicial squeeze out every last drop of machine was alight. The two par- nomination process have thrown American outrage? Well, one possities were mudslinging in the halls more fuel onto the 2016 campaign ble (read: unlikely) scenario could of Congress, with Republicans fire. The left’s dread of another see Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) sugvowing to reject any Obama-nomi- Scalia and the right’s fear of another gest that if he were to win in nated replacement and Democrats Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg have November, he would nominate Ted excoriating them for such barefaced raised the ante of the presidential Cruz to replace Scalia. Yes, yes, the politics. Around the country, pub- election — at stake is not only four two aren’t the best of friends and lic sector unions and women, years of federal executive control they’re currently competing for a among others, rejoiced at their sal- but decades of judicial green lights. much more glamorous job but it Supreme Court Justices and could work out well for Rubio (and vation — Scalia’s death dissolved the Court’s conservative majority. As the Supreme Court considers cases involving The weight of the cases before the Supreme religious freedom, state marijuana laws Court and the partisan politicization of the and legislative districting rules (which could judicial nomination process have thrown have large effects on parties’ electoral more fuel onto the 2016 campaign fire. strength in some states), conservatives have lost control at a precipitous their rulings are an important issue Cruz, if his ambitions were to folamong American conservatives. In low his face and melt just a little moment.

The aforementioned unions are the eyes of many on the right, deci- bit).

Rubio’s more moderate stance watching Friedrichs v. California sions on same-sex marriage and the Teachers Association, a First Affordable Care Act are an assault (albeit still quite conservative) Amendment case which, if the on religious freedom and American would be more palatable in a generNinth Circuit’s decision is upheld, values. Maintaining and reinforc- al election than that of Cruz and would imperil public unions’ fund- ing a conservative bulwark against Rubio would forge a concrete coning. Despite having ruled on this progressive presidents and lawmak- nection with Cruz’s base. Pledging issue in Abood v. Detroit Board of ers is essential to preserving what to nominate his rival — an experiEducation (1977), the Court’s con- they consider the American way of enced Supreme Court litigator and frequent writer of smarmy amicus servative majority was predicted to life.

Republican ire, combined with briefs — would present a solid prooverturn Abood and rule against existing political organising, has the posal to preserve the conservative the union.

Whole Woman’s Health v. potential to boost conservative majority and replace Antonin Hellerstedt, an abortion regulations electoral turnout in 2016, particu- Scalia with a man of similar intelcase, is also scheduled to be decided larly those strong conservatives who lect, confidence and conviction.

Removing Cruz from the gang this term. The Court will consider may not have otherwise voted for a whether Texas law H.B. 2 places hypothetical moderate nominee. warfare of the Republican primary undue burden on women seeking Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) arguably would finally offer Rubio, the sinan abortion. If Scalia was still in the stands to benefit the most from this gle plausible alternative to Donald picture, a 5-4 decision would most — that extra turnout will comprise Trump, as the establishment nomilikely have upheld the abortion voters likely to support him and his nee. This Cuban-American Batman restrictions, assuming Justice familiarity with the Supreme Court and Robin team could be what’s Anthony Kennedy sided with the could be a further optics advantage. needed to finally thwart Donald “J With the tenor of the Court’s for Joker” Trump. Then Cruz’s exile conservatives.

Yesterday’s clear rulings are ideological balance at play — to the Supreme Court would keep today murky. As long as Scalia’s seat potentially for a very long time, one of those meddlesome kids away remains empty, the Court is likely particularly if other Justices retire from Congress. Poor Teddy, marto split 4-4 on these cases, an out- or die during the next president’s tyred for Marco. come that affirms the decision of term — candidates should offer the lower court within its circuit clear examples of whom they would but does not apply the law nation- nominate to replace Scalia. Both Alex Davies is a junior in the College of Arts and ally, preserving the legal status quo. Democrats and Republicans should Sciences. He can be reached at Until a successor is appointed and make the contours of their thinking ajd253@cornell.edu. Have I Got News For confirmed, the legal lockjaw will on the next Justice(s) clear to vot- You? appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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We have availability for 2016 spring semester at Hudson Heights Apartments.

The studio apartments located on a bus route and a 25 minute walk to Cornell come with heat, water, electricity and free parking, included in the rent. Garbage and recycling are on the premise, and coin-operated laundry is available on-site for your use. Prices start at $720/month. If you have any questions or would like to take a tour of an apartment email: renting@ithacals.com or call 607-280-7660.

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TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23, 2016

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Women’s Hockey Clinches Spot In Playoffs After Pair of Wins “Both goalies played well,” he said. “I thought we played well defensively as a team.”

In addition to the relatively unusual 1-0 final score, Cornell had been ahead for the entire game, and time Friday’s game was different in that Cornell had to kill off its was running out on the clock. Harvard pulled its goalie in a first five minute major of the season during the second perilast-chance effort. With the Lynah Faithful on their feet and od. Brown said she believes successfully keeping Dartmouth 26 seconds left on the clock, the Crimson knotted the game off the board during that penalty kill helped Cornell build momentum. up at two apiece. The rink grew quiet.

“I honestly think it gave us more enerMaybe it was the hard wooden bleachDARTMOUTH @ CORNELL gy,” she said. “We were like a well-oiled ers, but nobody sat back down. Fortymachine.” seven seconds into sudden death over0 1 Between games, Derraugh said he time, Red senior forward Jess Brown Game: 2ND 3RD 1ST looked at Friday’s other ECAC results to scored, and Cornell beat Harvard on Dartmouth 0 0 0 check in on Cornell’s playoff push, as the Senior Night, clinching a spot in the Cornell 0 0 1 Red was eighth after Friday’s action. playoffs.

Derraugh added that he did not talk with Along with the Crimson, Cornell HARVARD @ CORNELL his players about playoff odds and women’s hockey closed out its regular seamatchups before Saturday’s game. Some son and home schedule by beating Ivy 2 3 players looked up the results for themrival Dartmouth this past weekend. The 1ST 2ND 3RD OT selves, while others, like assistant captain Red (13-12-4, 9-9-4 ECAC) won 1-0 Game: 1 1 0 Harvard 0 and senior forward Taylor Woods, did over the Green (6-19-3, 6-13-3) on 0 0 1 not.

Friday and 3-2 in overtime against the Cornell 2 “I really don’t like paying attention to Crimson (16-10-3, 12-7-3) on Saturday.

In doing so, Cornell moved from ninth to seventh in the stats a lot,” Woods said. “It just puts on our shoulders extra ECAC, earning a playoff spot and clinching second in the pressure.”

Saturday’s game between the Red and Crimson was not Ivy League.

The lone goal of Friday’s low-scoring affair was scored by to be missed. Lynah Rink was enveloped in an aura of close, junior forward Kaitlin Doering on a breakaway while short- playoff-style hockey between two long-time rivals in front of a large and energetic crowd. The Red jumped out early two handed.

“We had a lot of shots and we couldn’t bury them,” said goal lead, which further enliven the already festive atmosCornell captain and senior defenseman Cassandra Poudrier. phere.

“It’s great to have a lead and to have that extra cushion,” The game was dominated by strong defensive play from Woods said. “You could see the increase in energy. The ice both teams, said head coach Doug Derraugh ’91.

By KEITH BOLLT Sun Staff Writer

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Time to celebrate | Women’s hockey has secured a playoff position after defeating Dartmouth and Harvard.

was tilted in our favor.”

Cornell was ahead big, but there were still two periods of hockey to be played.

“Especially against Harvard, it’s never over until the buzzer [goes] off,” Poudrier said.

Slowly, the Crimson began to drag itself back into the game over the next two periods. Crimson junior forward Sydney Daniels scored in the second to make it a one-goal game and also tallied the game’s late third period equalizer.

“In that moment, my stomach dropped,” Woods said.

“We were ready to just fire out of a cannon. It only took one shift.”

Brown, who got mobbed by teammates after her goal and was the first of Cornell’s six seniors honored in a short ceremony after the game, said she felt “blessed” to have experienced Saturday’s happy ending surrounded by family, teammates and fans.

“It honestly couldn’t have gone any better,” she said.

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

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

Red Opens Season With Victory Over Wildcats Weathering fourth quarter comeback,Cornell holds off Villanova to open 2016 with 7-6 win

By CHARLES COTTON Sun Staff Writer

It was closer than wanted, but the Cornell women’s lacrosse team (1-0) held off a late rally and earned a 7-6 victory over the Villanova Wildcats (0-2) at Schoellkopf Field to open up its 2016 campaign Saturday afternoon.

Head coach Jenny Graap ’86 said she was happy with the win, but knows the team has room to improve.

“It certainly felt good to secure the victory in our first game of the 2016 season, but

there’s no doubt [we] will take some valuable lessons from our first game,” Graap noted.

The Wildcats, who finished 9-8 last season and made the Big East tournament for the first time in program history, came out strong on both sides of the ball and took a 10 lead just two and a half minutes into the game.

It took the Red some time, but as the half went on, they began to figure out Villanova’s aggressive zone defense. Freshman Tomasina Leska scored her first career goal to tie the game off on an impressive wrap around move, beating Wildcat goaltender Jaclyn

DANA DANIELS / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Starting on a good note | The women’s lacrosse team was aided by senior Olivia Mattyasovszky’s three points to earn its first win.

Fraum. Just a few minutes later, senior Olivia Mattyasovszky picked up a ball and scored to give Cornell their first lead. The Red would score two more goals going into halftime to take a 4-1 lead following their most productive stretch.

“It felt amazing to finally be out on Schoellkopf playing someone other than ourselves,” Mattyasovszky said. “The win wasn't pretty and we have a lot to work on, but it was good to finally get tested against an opponent.”

Early in the second half, Villanova’s Jackie Frocarro beat two Cornell defensemen for her first of three goals on the day to cut the lead to two. The Red answered with two goals in under two minutes, including a quick one from just outside the crease by junior Amie Dickson, followed by a left handed shot by classmate Kristy Gilbert. At this point, Cornell had built its largest lead of the game of four.

Villanova got one back, but Mattyasovszky answered by whipping a laser into the net, notching her second goal. The senior gave credit to her teammates for her successful day.

“I think anyone’s success on the field is due to the team around us,” she said. We’re incredibly close and it’s easy to have success when we're all playing for each other.”

After regaining the four-goal lead, the Wildcats scored two quick goals. The Red lost a step and looked sloppy to close out the game, forcing Graap to call a timeout with six minutes remaining.

“Lacrosse is a game of momentum, and we were lucky to have a four goal lead late in

the second half,” Graap said. “Conceding three goals to Villanova in the final ten minutes was certainly not the ending we would have liked.”

Cornell tightened things up after the timeout and was able to hold off the comeback despite a late Villanova goal with just 13 seconds left in the game. Junior goalie Renee Poullott saved six shots in the victory and Cornell controlled an impressive eleven out of fifteen draws. The win marks the fifth year in a row the Red won its season opener and drops Villanova to 0-2.

The Cornell players were thrilled to finally have some real competition, but they know there is still much to improve upon.

Next up, Cornell hits the road to face No. 20 Albany this Saturday at 3 p.m. Graap knows that her team will need to work hard in practice to keep up with a very strong squad.

“We have a lot to work on before facing Albany on the road next weekend,” Graap said. “We need to clean up our skills while continuing to improve the synergy on the field. Players need to start gelling in all areas of the field — offense, midfield and defense so we can more effectively play as a team.”

Still, the players are confident and have lofty goals for the season.

“The whole team, especially our senior class, wants to win the Ivy League championship,” Mattyasovszky said. “We have a long way to go, but it's going to be a really exciting season.”

Char;es Cotton can be reached at ccotton@cornellsun.com.