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The former Alpha Phi Alpha house in downtown Ithaca has been named an endangered historic place. | Page 3

The fifth season of Girls has exploded onto HBO, according to Madeline Day ’18. | Page 9

JoJo Fallas ’17 works hard to balance school, basketball and religion.

E.A.Urges Trustees toValue Input From C.U. Employees Plans to share concerns with Board of Trustees about lack of influence, policy input compared with other shared governance bodies

By SUZY PARK

Other members agreed that although the staff play an integral part of the University’s daily operations, they are not receiving necessary recognition in The Employee Assembly resolved to ask the the policy-making process.

“We need to remind [the Board of Trustees] that Board of Trustees to increase representation for this university is a Cornell employees at land-grant university a meeting Wednesday “We need to stop asking and that they have to night. give back to the comAssembly members for permission to do munity and the New prepared requests to some of the things we York State on certain bring before the can do.” levels,” said Michelle Board March 22, Seymour, a nonwhere they will disB.J. Siasoco exempt member of cuss the changes that the Employee As the Assembly wants to “At the end of the day, [each sembly. “[They need see in the shared govto be] more conscious ernance system. job is] supporting the goal that their decisions One of the of the University — affect employees.WithAssembly’s biggest out employees, you research and education.” concerns is that its are not going to have influence is not as Jeramy Kruser a university.” strong as those of Seymour added other constituent “Without employees, you that student concerns assemblies — such as should not be Corthe University As are not going to have a nell’s only focus. sembly — although university.”

“Some of the funits staff members are damental things on greatly affected by the Michelle Seymour the day-to-day basis University’s policy affect staff and studecisions, according dents equally, like the to B.J. Siasoco, the transportation issue and affordable housing,” Assembly’s chair.

“We need to stop asking for permission to do Seymour said. “[The Board should remember that] some of the things we can do,” Siasoco said. “We employee concerns follow parallel student concontinuously defer to what should we be doing ver- cerns.” sus what do we want to be doing. And that, I think, See ASSEMBLY page 4 is harder for staff members because our relationship to the university is very different from that of a student or a faculty member.”

Administrative matters | The Employee Assembly Sun Staff Writer

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Wyatt Piazza ’16 Arrested For Selling Prescription Drugs Police arrested Wyatt A. Piazza ’16 for selling prescription drugs in Collegetown on Monday, according to a statement released by the Cornell University Police Department.

Piazza, a senior in the School of Hotel Administration, is a student executive chef at the Statler Hotel, according to the Statler Hotel website. He participated in the SHA’s collaborative degree program with the Culinary Institute of America last semester.

Along with staff member Randy Sims, Piazza won the Statler Hotel’s “Going the Extra Mile” program in Nov. 2014. He was also a member of Cornell’s Delta Tau Delta before deactivating in 2014, according to the fraternity’s website.

CUPD and Ithaca Police have charged Piazza with criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fourth degree, a Class C felony.

The arrest was made after police announced that they were investigating drug sales in Collegetown, according to the release. Piazza was arraigned in Tompkins County and held in the Tompkins County Jail in lieu of $3,500 cash bail or $7,000 bond.

The Ithaca Police Special Investigations Unit, Tompkins County Sheriff ’s office and New York State Police Community Narcotics Enforcement Team contributed to the investigation, according to the release.

American Gladiator Actor Reherman’88 Found Dead Tuesday

By DAVID BROTZ Sun Staff Writer

The girlfriend of Lee Reherman’s ’88, star of American Gladiator, found him dead in his Manhattan Beach, Calif. apartment on Tuesday. He was 49 years old.

“He was such a light of sunshine, always positive in good and bad times,” his manager Kathy Carter told CNN. “He had so many fans, not just of Hawk or his Disney shows but just life fans. You can’t forget Lee Reherman.”

While at Cornell, Reherman gained prominence as a standout offensive lineman for the football team. After completing his bachelor’s degree, Reherman participated in the Miami Dolphins’ training camp, but did not make the team, accordREHERMAN ’88 ing to CNN. Afterward, Reherman attended the University of California at Los Angeles, where he earned his MBA. Reherman began to pursue a PhD in economics before leaving to begin a career in television and film, according to ABC News.

After a few small acting stints, Reherman gained See REHERMAN page 4

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High-level administrators of the physical education and athletics departments were met with hostile questioning and a special report calling for the abolition of the physical education requirement at an open hearing of the University Senate’s Subcommittee on Physical Education and Athletics last night.

At the meeting in Kaufmann Auditorium attended by about 25 persons, Richard A. Levao law ’74, presented a six page report analyzing the financial and philosopical basis of the physical education requirement. “...the Physical Education graduation requirement is a remnant of the dead in loco parentis doctrine,” Levao writes.

“Should the University play ‘father away from home?’ Traditionally the answer has been yes. But in the last decade, the philosophy of surrogate parents has come tumbling down along with the parietal hours and housing restructions it inspired,” Levao states.

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lished in fall 1972. The other two members, Regina E. Baker ’75 and Prof. Wendell G. Earle, agricultural economics, could not agree with Levao on a joint report, and so they will report separately to the Physical Education and Athletics subcommittee.

Levao points out that if the university abolished the requirement, the physical education department would not necessarily receive a substantial budget cut.

The department presently receives $260,000 in accesory instruction fees from New York State indirectly to compensate it for providing physical education courses for students in Cornell’s statutory colleges.

Supporters of the two-year requirement have argued that if it were abolished, Cornell might lose this subsidy, with much of the loss passed on to the department in the form of a budget cut.

Athletics Crippled Some requirement supporters argue that such a cut might seriously cripple the university’s intercollegiate athletic program, since most team coaches are paid a large part of their salary out of the physical education budget for teaching gym courses. This supplements the salary they receive under the Athletics budget.

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Student,Cochlear Implant Recipient Wins Scholarship

Tsao’19 recognized for excellence in academics, leadership, service after hearing loss

By ALEXANDER CHAKRIN Sun Contributor

Willa Tsao ’19 was chosen as one of eight U.S. students to be honored with the 2016 Graeme Clark Scholarship — an award that recognizes cochlear implant recipients who show academic achievement and leadership — according to a Graeme Clark press release.

Tsao said she suffered bilateral progressive sensorineural hearing loss — a sudden drop in hearing in her right ear — at age five.

Although her cochlear implant allows her to hear, Tsao said she is often not aware of how she sounds when she speaks. As a result, she sometimes needs to ask for accommodations in her classes.

She said that although some classes are challenging due Student organizations like the Deaf Awareness Project to her disability, professors have been “very have helped spread awareness of deaf issues flexible” about accommodations. on campus,” Tsao said.

Tsao credited the Cornell Office of Each of the scholarship honorees will Student Disability Services with giving her receive $2,000 per year for up to four years guidance on how to ask for assistance and at any university, according to the press said she hopes that other students in a simirelease. lar position will be able to utilize these serTsao, who received the scholarship over vices. winter break, said she found out about the opportunity through her local cochlear com“You have to advocate for yourself,” she munity chapter in Wisconsin and applied for said. “It’s important for me to be aware of TSAO ’19 the scholarship last summer. my own shortcomings.”

Tsao is a biological sciences major and currently conOn campus, Tsao also credited carious student organizations with helping her pursue her endeavors.

“Students at Cornell have been supportive of me.

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Former Fraternity House Named Historic Site

By EMILY FRIEDMAN

Local Animal Expert Jack Hanna to Visit Ithaca Jack Hanna, producer of the three-time Emmy Awardwinning series “Into the Wild,” will bring his live show to the State Theater of Ithaca this Sunday at 3 p.m., according to The Ithaca Journal The show, “Jungle Jack,” features around 15 live animals. While the exact animals Hanna will show are currently unknown, popular animals he features include a baby cheetah, a sloth and a kangaroo.

Hanna will also share film from his expeditions from around the world, featuring places such as Africa and Antarctica, The Journal reported.

Tickets cost up to $45 and can be bought online or at the theater’s box office.

National Presidential Hopefuls Alter Campaigns Following Super Tuesday Republican candidate Donald Trump’s Super Tuesday wins brought him antagonism from members of his own party.

Trump’s Republican opposition calls him a “KKK sympathizer,” among other titles, according to The New York Times.

With the rise of this movement, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has turned the focus of her campaign her campaign on Trump rather than Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.), the other Democratic candidate, The Times said.

Opponent Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the Florida senator, won only one state, Minnesota, in the primary elections, but is still campaigning strong.

“I’m happy to be an underdog,” Rubio told The Times.

“We’re excited to earn a victory in Florida in a couple weeks, and continue unmasking Donald Trump for the con artist he is all across the country.”

— Compiled by Jenna Rudolfsky

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The Preservation League of New York State added a historic Cornell fraternity house to the league’s biannual “Seven to Save” list of historical places in deteriorating condition on Wednesday.

The Dennis-Newton House — located by the Commons at 421 North Albany Street — is the original home of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first African-American fraternity in the United States. The fraternity was founded by Charles Cardoza Poindexter in 1906, according to The Ithaca Voice.

The Preservation League’s list is meant to raise the profile of “endangered” historic places so that they can be appreciated and revitalized, according to The Ithaca Journal.

“We want to move forward in the next year or so to make sure that next year, these buildings are in a much better place than they are now,” Jay DiLorenzo, president of the Preservation League, told The Journal.

Alpha Phi Alpha is also interested in protecting its historic house, according to DiLorenzo.

“Now, unfortunately, the Dennis-Newton House is condemned and in disrepair, but Alpha Phi Alpha wants to claim, restore and revive this building that was essential to their founding,” DiLorenzo told The Journal.

The City of Ithaca recognized the property as a historic landmark in April 2015, according to The Voice.

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Legendary beginnings | Located at 421 North Albany Street, the Dennis-Newton House was the home of the nation’s first African-American fraternity.

The landmark status requires the house’s owner to maintain the property or face penalties or fines, according to the Ithaca Voice.

The house was built by African American mason Norman Dennis in 1868 and inherited by Dennis’s daughter Lula and her husband Edward Newton, according to a Preservation League press release.

The Newtons rented the space to a group

of African American students that included Poindexter. These students used the house as a social space for African American students before developing into Alpha Phi Alpha, the release said.

The property is currently privately owned and unoccupied, according to The Voice.

Emily Friedman can be reached at efriedman@cornellsun.com.

Students Discuss Diversity, Inclusion at Dialogue Event

By MAXWELL DOPSCH Sun Staff Writer

At a small group discussion event titled “Act On It,” members of the Cornell community gathered to discuss diversity and inclusion, the affordability of a Cornell education and sexual assault in Willard Straight Hall Tuesday.

As a follow up to “Speak About It” — a community town hall that took place late last spring

— “Act On It” brought students together once again to share their thoughts on possible practical solutions to these issues, according to the event’s Facebook page.

Maria Jiang ’16, an organizer for “Act On It,” said attending “Speak About It” motivated her to plan a new event.

“At ‘Speak About It,’ I was really inspired by all of the crosscommunity dialogue that was happening,” Jiang said. “There

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Deep talk | Students propose solutions to issues facing undergraduates at “Act On It,” a discussion at Willard Straight Hall on Tuesday.

were a lot of administrative and student intersectionalities.”

Julia Montejo ’17, a predesignated facilitators who headed the discussion on affordability and access. As an undocumented student, Montejo reported a strong personal resonance with the topic.

“For me, being engaged in these types of dialogues is extremely important so that we can meet students across campus who face a lot of these issues in different ways,” Montejo said. “I think that in any form of student advocacy or student engagement there has to be that cooperation among students of all communities.”

Kartik Ramkumar ’16, another facilitator, said he was also moved to participate in “Act On It” after his experience with “Speak About It,” which he said he felt created a good dialogue, but lacked a well-defined path to addressing the issues raised.

“I really wanted to take a step towards action,” Ramkumar said.

Ramkumar said he especially

appreciated hearing different viewpoints at “Speak About It.” “It was really great to hear from a lot of different perspectives,” he said. “I found it very interesting to hear from a South Asian student who wasn’t heavily involved with South Asian groups on campus, for example.”

Jiang highlighted the key role that the facilitators, such as Ramkumar and Montejo, play in making events of this type a success.

“At the end of the day, this event is really successful because of the facilitators,” Jiang said.

“They do a lot of work within their respective organizations to really bring people together.”

Ramkumar added that he hopes similar events will carry on the work of “Speak About It” and “Act On It.” “I feel like these events should happen again with different topics,” Ramkumar said. “Dialogue is always an answer.”

Maxwell Dopsch can be reached at mdopsch@cornellsun.com.

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Supporters and opponents of abortion rights rally against each other in protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington Wednesday.

Reherman ’88 Remembered for C.U. Football Career,Work in Acting Alumnus, producer, American Gladiator star dies at age 49 REHERMAN

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fame as a participant on the television show American Gladiator. Known as Hawk, Reherman stayed with the show until its cancellation.

Reherman then went on to work in television, film and voice acting, making guest appearances on shows including Ellen, Gilmore Girls, The XFiles and The Shield.

At the time of his death, Reherman was in the process of producing a documentary called The League, which would have explored college football in the Ivy League.

Reherman is survived by his father and two brothers. The cause of his death is currently unknown.

David Brotz can be reached at dbrotz@cornellsun.com.

Employee Assembly Urges C.U. Trustees To Value Employee Recommendations ASSEMBLY

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Staff members who do not interact directly with students also feel Cornell does not always recognize their work, according to at large Employee Assembly member Jeramy Kruser.

Kruser said staff members should remember that their work also serves the University’s mission.

“Whether it be shoveling the sidewalk so that students can get to their classes and professors can get to their labs, or making

sure that there is food available, that the computers are running, at the end of the day, [every job of every staff member is] supporting the goal of the University — research and education, Kruser said.

Kruser added that the Employee Assembly supplies important perspectives to the University’s constituents.

“The more we can get everyone to feel that they are supporting the core mission [of the University], the happier our constituents are going to

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be,” Kruser said. “And the way to do that is by convincing the Trustees and other leadership roles that it is part of [the E m p l o y e e Assembly’s]job to remind the constituents that that is the bigger picture, that that is what they are valued for.”

The Assembly agreed that the Board of Trustees needs to acknowledge the importance of the University’s staff because employee job satisfaction is directly related to students’ experiences at

Cornell.

“President Garrett brought up that she wants Cornell students to have ‘the Cornell experience,’ and that is going to trickle right down to every person that those students interact with,” Seymour said.

“If you have a high turnover rate in the employees, or the like, and employees do not have a good grip on what is going on in operations, students are not going to have a very good experience.”

Suzy Park can be reached at spark@cornellsun.com.

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Undercover FBI Agent Testifies Against Islamic State Sympathizer NEW YORK (AP) — A Los Angeles undercover FBI agent posing as an Islamic State sympathizer testified Wednesday at a terrorism trial that a U.S. Air Force veteran revealed that he expected to be arrested when he returned to the United States from a trip to the Middle East.

The agent, identified only by the alias Talib Nassib, testified at the Brooklyn federal court trial of Tairod Pugh. It is one of the first of dozens of cases brought against suspected U.S.-based Islamic State sympathizers to reach trial.

Pugh, 48, has pleaded not guilty to charges that he went to Turkey last year, hoping to make his way to Syria to join the Islamic State.

The agent said he was wearing traditional Muslim religious clothing when he sat down next to Pugh at Kennedy Airport in an area where people waited to be cleared to enter the United States after a trip abroad.

He said the Neptune, New Jersey, resident told him he had been sent back to the U.S. from Egypt.

“On more than one occasion, he said he expected to be arrested,” the agent said, recalling that Pugh seemed nervous whenever a law enforcement person passed by.

The agent testified that Pugh warmed up to him after seeing an Islamic State flag on his Facebook page. The agent said Pugh told him that if he went to Turkey, he should not look pious.

“He said: ‘Shave the beard. Wear the pants.’

He said the object is to blend in," the agent recalled.

At one point, the agent said, Pugh told him: “Allah willing, the next time I travel as a tourist to the area, I'll wear a Yankees baseball cap.”

As the agent testified, a prosecutor played video and audio recordings of Pugh’s airport encounter with the agent. Journalists were permitted to hear audio of the testimony but were kept out of the courtroom as the agent spoke, though Pugh's family members were permitted to watch in the courtroom.

The agent said Pugh told him he was stopped in Turkey and sent back to the U.S. because of his appearance.

“I don’t want to get into the specifics ... with anybody or anything about my experiences,” Pugh said, according to a transcript entered into evidence at the trial. “But I'll tell you how I got stopped. I was wearing a jellabiya. I looked like a Muslim.”

On cross examination, defense lawyer Eric Creizman established that his client never told the agent he had any contact with the Islamic State or any plans to go to Syria.

Creizman also had the agent acknowledge that Pugh never said he wanted to wage jihad or become a martyr.

Arrival on Earth

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Astronaut Scott Kelly gives two thumbs up after landing in Kazakhstan. Kelly returned Wednesday after spending 340 days in space.

Recipient of Implant Wins Scholarship TSAO

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ering careers in computer science and medicine. The scholarship is instrumental to her ability to complete her education, she said.

“The scholarship provides me an opportunity to pursue a higher education and to continue to attend a school like Cornell,” Tsao said.

The application committee received 150 applications for the grant that were reviewed by a panel of judges, according to the press release.

Alexander Chakrin can be reached at awc83@cornell.edu.

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Letter to the Editor

Don’t get choked up To the Editor: My son, a Cornell student, sent me and his friends the article “On Choking” by Essie M., appearing in The Sun on Feb. 25. Not much bothers him, and he doesn’t contact me often since he’s in college. However, this article appalled him, as it does me. Pornographic personal narratives should have no place in a college newspaper, to say nothing of a Cornell publication.

My son decided to go to Cornell because of its reputation, not to be ashamed. Moreover, the article makes feminists look bad, and most importantly, is alarmingly misleading. The writer glorifies a dangerous practice without giving a balanced discussion of its serious negatives.

As a former women’s studies undergrad, I have to note that her juvenile, insecure voice doesn’t impress or inspire me as a woman at all; in fact, I find it anti-feminist and degrading.

Yes, Essie, listen to your own questions, the whispering intuition you mentioned (“demeaning . . . violent?”) because your rational mind can’t operate when it’s being deprived of oxygen!

Someday you will learn that Feminism means a striving for equality between the sexes, and you get that by building women up, not by tearing men down. Your feminist forerunners have worked so hard, to bring us to this?

I understand that the writer has the right to free speech, and that my son could simply choose not to read the column. As an English professor, I would defend her right to freedom of expression, but not when it involves a public safety issue. Her article is recklessly promoting domestic violence against women and men, but especially women, who tend to be physically not as strong as men — in this case, in being able to ward off choking that is going too far.

Although you say that your sexual decisions are strictly personal, they lack judgment, have consequences and could have an impact on those around you.

I did research on erotic asphyxiation after reading your article, because I considered that maybe I’m just too “old school.” I looked at what both medical people and feminists had to say. “Erotic asphyxiation is, at the very least, damaging, and at the worst, absolutely lethal,” says Andrew Jenkins, Professor of Health Education at Central Washington University.

Jenkins puts it in no uncertain terms: “This practice is not an acceptable variation of sexual behavior.” In another article, Dr. Gail Dines, sociology and Women’s Studies professor at Wheelock College in Boston and feminist award-winning author of Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality, says that people frequently tell her stories about negative experiences with erotic asphyxiation. I read of many other women who had similar experiences and tried with difficulty to get the word “No!” out during choking, even with consent.

This practice is frowned upon even by the Kink community. In an article called “The Dangerous Appeal of Choking,” in The Daily Beast, Gideon, a member of the NYC Kink community, who has experimented with erotic asphyxiation himself, explains that despite any safety precautions taken, it can still go wrong. He describes the scary physiology and warns against any sort of dabbling: “Engaging in asphyxiation games should always be viewed as a prohibitively risky endeavor ... one small slip, or a miscalculation could result in a sudden strangulation, a crushed windpipe, or even a snapped neck.” And even if there is no obvious physical accident done at the hands of the partner, the mere process can bring on death.

Readers, is the brief erotic pleasure really worth your life?

What was so concerning to me about the future is that as individuals like Essie M. glamorize and promote sexual choking, it is insidiously becoming more mainstream for millennials in our society due to peer pressure. Cavalier attitudes lead to acceptance of this practice, which leads to lack of request for consent. But sex is between individuals, not between society. Taking permission for granted because of a perception that the rest of the world does is never okay!

Essie, why did you merely “appreciate” his request for consent? Shouldn’t you have expected, even demanded it? As Dr. Downs wisely summarizes, “There are as many sexual turn-ons as there are things in the world, and no one can keep you from feeling the way you do. If asphyxiation is your thing, however, it’s best left to fantasy.”

Essie, why not write on sexuality, appealing to a broader audience, in a more appropriate, useful way? With free speech comes responsibility. These readers are your fellow students.

God forbid, a few of them may experiment as a result of your article, and even one harmed is too many. Try to do better next time.

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unsets.

We are sitting on top of a rock in Park Güell, feet dangling off the sides.

It’s late December, but a warm wind ruffles my hair and blows across my skin. From our spot high up, we can see all of Barcelona sprawled out in front of us. La Sagrada Família’s unique structure and style stands out among the many buildings and, beyond and almost hazy, is the sea. An old man is playing the guitar at the bottom of the rock and the gentle tones drift into the air. I have the feeling he is trying to sell his C.D. to the many tourists enjoying

around me.

I’m sitting on my bed in the dorm, hair still damp from a shower and wearing an oversized flannel (a man’s flannel, infinitely comfier and cozier than a woman’s). The Paper Kites are playing in the background. I lean back against my tapestry, cross-legged, totally surrendering to the wall. My friend sits in the chair across from my bed, just the two of us. As the sun starts to set, I shush him and watch as the soft light of the sun illuminates us for a short while.

Then it sets fast, dropping, falling, out of sight.

The Stars.

We have only known each other for

I remember stumbling upon a quote that read, “Collect moments, not things,” and from that point on those words have stuck with me. this Gaudi spot, but no one is paying attention to that. As I perch, I am only aware of the presence of my sister and her friend sitting next to me, the peaceful ambiance the sound of the guitar creates, and the overwhelming feeling of being totally and completely at ease.

The sun is setting slowly but I am here in one of the most vibrant cities and my heart is fire.

“Tuesday June 16, 2015 8:19 p.m., Adirondack Train: Montreal to New York City The sun is setting outside and it’s beautiful. I feel so content and tranquil right now. The sky is blue with hints of warm orange and we’re rolling past green hills and open water and I’m at the window looking out and trying to take it all in. The clouds are white streaks. It’s weird that I have the entire summer free. I get so restless I need to keep going. I don’t ever want to feel as if I’m wasting time away. I want everyday to count. The sky is pink now. It makes the water look pink. I want love and I want adventure. I want to be myself and explore myself.

The sky is a tangerine color.

Orange now. The color is fading — 8:48 p.m.”

The rows of cacti seem to stretch on forever. I’ve never seen anything like it.

Maybe it’s because this is my first exposure to the Southwest, but everything about the landscape is blowing me away. The sky is huge, as if it might swallow me whole at any second. All the Edward Abbey quotes from the Desert Solitaire make sense now. Sitting high on a rock in Saguaro National Park — I’m beginning to think I have a thing with rocks — I watch the sunset create a background for the hundreds of cacti. It’s a moment where I can actually hear nature, like it’s breathing a sigh of relief because the day is over and the dry heat of the afternoon is fading. As the sun makes its descent, I feel the life from the sky and the ground and the wind and the cacti vibrating all

a week now, but that’s the funny thing about summer camps. It’s a three week program, and even though most of us aren’t even in the same one, we keep coming back to each other. There is something so comfortable and real about our interactions that make us find each other at the end of the day.

It’s nighttime and we are hanging out together on the lawn, lying on our backs and looking up at the sky.

Snuggling closer to him, I sing some lyrics from a Coldplay song (“Look at the stars, look how they shine for you”) while he laughs. We revel in the peacefulness of the dark sky and the flecks of light. I don’t know how long we lay there, with the stars watching us from above, but this moment is all I need.

We are making our way back from the party in a huge group, fumbling up the sidewalks and up the hill. We are happy and laughing, talking about the obnoxious guys who wouldn’t leave us alone at the party and our own dysfunctional lives. We are holding hands as if we need support, and maybe we do. I tell everyone to look up and see how there are so many stars in the sky tonight. It has to be the fact that we are in Ithaca; nowhere else have I seen the sky so full of light.

They mirror the lights of downtown Ithaca you can see if you look down the hill and into the distance, as I do so often at night. Exhausted and tired, content and happy, we follow the stars back home.

It’s these moments that make me regain an appreciation for life — some of the best moments have not been crafted or forced, but occur at the most natural times. I remember stumbling upon a quote that read, “Collect moments, not things,” and from that point on those words have stuck with me. Moments are pieces that we look back upon, reminisce and cherish. The more we collect, the more we live.

Gaby Leung is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached atgl376@cornell.edu. Serendipitous Musings appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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OPINION

Kevin Kowalewski | Democratic Dialogue

A Time for Contrast O

n Super Tuesday, the presidential campaign went national. In more than a dozen states across the country, voters of both parties turned out to choose their presidential nominee. On each side, the outcome reflects the unique composition and desires of each party’s base. in the Democratic race, despite several victories from Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.), Hillary Clinton ultimately won a commanding victory. For the Republicans, the worst fears of the establishment appear to be coming true. Donald Trump demonstrated his widespread appeal, trouncing Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) across the country. This may be a crucial moment of clarification, and a taste of the general election to come.

Let’s consider how far we’ve come since last year. At the early stages of the race, Republicans were focused on the promising candidacies of several current and former governors.

Emboldened by large gains in the 2014 midterm election, the establishment was eager to find a candidate who could recapture the White House. Soon, the largest presidential primary field in recent history would emerge.

Almost everyone expected that the party’s conservative base would attempt to find an alternative to the more traditional choices of Jeb Bush and Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.). No one expected it would be Donald Trump.

The Trump campaign has been an endless fury of nativism, reckless populism and outrageous statements. It has relied on a brilliant grasp of 21st century

media coverage, repeatedly wrestling all attention away from Trump’s competitors. To the disbelief of the establishment, Trump has developed an enormous constituency within the Republican base. By the time they realized it was actually happening — an obnoxious Manhattan billionaire truly was hijacking their party — it was nearly too late. Yes, they might still stop him, but the possibility appears remote. Senator Marco Rubio’s attempts to use Trump’s insult-strategy against him have been clumsy at best, and humiliating at worst.

Indeed, the essential fact is that the Republican campaign is not really about issues, or even personality. Instead, it is a contest of sentiment. For the past seven years, the GOP base has been building its outrage. They are angry not only with President Barack Obama, but what they see as an ineffectual Republican Congress. Increasingly, they view the problem as systemic. Trump, to his credit, has effectively used his “outsider” status to harness this populist revolt. Rubio, an overly-polished senator, is simply not a good fit for this mood.

On the other hand, while Cruz has spent the entire campaign castigating Washington D.C., his failure to defeat Trump has come from a misunderstanding of the discontent. It is not particularly ideological. The average Trump supporter is not dissatisfied with government because it’s too big, but because it doesn’t work. Smaller government is seen as the solution to inefficiency, but not necessarily a goal in itself. It’s not really that liberals are deliberately transforming America — they just

have no idea what they’re doing. Now, Trump is ready to turn this attack toward Hillary Clinton.

She is, after all, his likely competitor in the general election. It is true that things also haven’t quite gone as anticipated on the Democratic side. Spared from having to fight off the candidacies of Vice President Joe Biden or Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Hillary Clinton has still encountered a difficult rival.

Her unexpected challenger, Sen. Bernie Sanders, has captivated the Democratic base with his unabashedly progressive call for a political revolution.

However, even as he enjoys astonishing fundraising numbers and massive audiences, his path to the nomination appears to be closing. Despite several victories on Super Tuesday, he earned merely a fraction of Clinton’s delegates. But one has to consider whether at this point, he has already won. His campaign has launched economic inequality into the center of the political conversation. And Sanders has made Hillary Clinton a substantially better candidate. Instead of the divisive nightmare on the Republican side, the Democratic campaign has emerged as a relatively fair, issue-based campaign. In fact, Sanders’ criticisms have led Clinton to a stronger and more message.

If Super Tuesday proves predictive, she will soon have the opportunity to put this message up against Trump’s. It will be a stunning contrast. Trump’s candidacy is one of the bleakest in history, bemoaning the downfall of America and stressing the urgent need to “Make

America Great Again.” Clinton, by comparison, has directly countered Trump with her declaration that “America is already great.”

Further, while Trump has relied on racist and xenophobic appeals, Clinton has put forth an agenda that specifically addresses injustice against immigrants and racial minority groups.

Clinton and Trump are as different as the primary races they are currently leading.

“Currently” is key; during this cycle, it’s impossible to say anything for certain. Trump might be defeated, and Sanders could stage a comeback. But right now, things look good for both Trump and Clinton as the presumptive nominees. If so, Hillary Clinton has two responsibilities. She must expose Trump as an individual who is uniquely unsuited for the White House. Yet, as Rubio and Cruz are learning, the mantle of “anti-Trump” is not enough to win. Most of all, Clinton must continue to put forth her own compelling vision for America’s future.

The presidency is not something to be taken lightly, and neither is Donald Trump. If Trump stands at the Republican National Convention as the nominee, it will be because far too many Republicans failed to take him seriously. If he stands at the U.S. Capitol in January as our next President, it will be because Democrats made the same mistake.

Kevin Kowalewski is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at krk78@cornell.edu.

Democratic Dialogue appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

THROWDOWN THURSDAYS Michael Glanzel | Cornell Shrugged

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merican higher education is facing an ever-growing plague of exploding tuition costs. Currently, the average tuition rate for private schools stands at an eye-popping $32,405 –– and the number keeps growing.

As each year passes, more and more students contribute to the ballooning student debt bubble (which currently totals $1.2 trillion). And considering the modern job market all but demands at least a bachelor’s degree, America’s student loan crisis is set to grow even further. Now, more than ever, it is crucial to look into how the nation’s colleges and universities can effectively respond to this growing crisis. To examine where changes can be made, I suggest that we look at the micro-level –– specifically, we need to look at how changes can be made at a single university. And what better place to look than Cornell?

This university is one of the most expensive colleges in America, where students are charged a jaw-dropping $50,000 per year in tuition (and another $15,000 per year in housing, books and food). Furthermore, for much of the past year, Cornellians have faced endless problems with the university’s administration. The combination of the new $350 health fee, yearly three to four percent tuition hikes (hikes that are more than twice the rate of inflation), and endless nickel and diming (I’m looking at you gym, printing and parking fees), has left many Cornellians feeling as if they are drowning in a vast sea of university expenses.

Among the most vulnerable of Cornellians are those from the middle class. Middle class students are trapped in a dangerous “no man’s land” of paying for Cornell: their parents cannot simply hand them the money to pay for their expenses while financial aid isn’t nearly enough to adequately cover costs. And so, it is these students who are forced to take out tens of thousands of dollars in student loans to cover their expenses. In my case, I currently sit on a mountain of debt totaling $55,000 –– and I’m only a

sophomore.

If Cornell, and the American system of higher education in general, is serious about dealing with the issue of student costs, then cost cutting must be at the center of the discussion. Throughout the past two decades, Cornell and other universities have undergone a period of excessive waste and spending. If we truly want to fight student debt, we must fight spending first.

An obvious first step is for the university to cut back on the number of buildings it constructs each year. Cornell just finished construction on Klarman Hall, is currently building additions to Gannett, Stocking Hall and Kimball Hall, and is building a brand new campus on Roosevelt

I believe the great betrayal of the University’s students lies with the administration’s inability to consider the damning effects of exploding tuition.

Island (costing an estimated $2 billion). Certainly, each of these constructions are not coming at the expense of tuition dollars, as private donations and funds from the University’s endowment are being used to cover the costs.

But there is a larger point to be made from these buildings.

Each new construction demands heating, air-conditioning, plumbing, water, internet, electricity, cleaning supplies and janitors. And guess what? While you may not be paying for the buildings to be built, you are definitely paying for their upkeep. So the more buildings Cornell constructs, the more you have to pay for water, heat, electricity, and so on.

A less obvious and more controversial step is to take a hard look at the number of the University’s employees.

Currently, the number of non-academic employees is more than three times the number of faculty. The University employs over 6,000 non-academic staff members –– all of which have full-time salaries, pensions and benefits that are paid for by tuition dollars. Of these 6,000 plus employees, only 1,090 hold positions as janitors or service workers.

Cornell’s mass army of administrators, clerical and professional staff, however, stands at more than 4,500. According to several statistics, the vast abundance of these non-academic employees has done little to help the university. For example, over the past 15 years the number of administrative staff in the department charged with increasing campus diversity has steadily increased. Yet the University has not seen a major increase in the number of students and faculty members of color over the same period of time. So, what is the use in hiring these new employees?

Though many are frustrated with Cornell for a variety of reasons, I believe the great betrayal of the University’s students lies with the administration’s inability to consider the damning effects of exploding tuition. The lack of concern for the financial health of the University’s students is not only economically reckless, but morally reprehensible.

Not only are students saddled with burdensome high interest loans that will forever follow them, but the university is also contributing to the ever-growing student debt bubble that threatens the economic well-being of this nation. So, if Cornell and the nation’s system of higher education want to help combat the growing problem of university finance, they better learn to live within their means.

Michael Glanzel is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at mg786@cornell.edu. Cornell Shrugged appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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By OLIVIA LUTWAK Sun Staff Writer

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hate breakfast. I never eat it.

Forget about it being the most important meal of the day — I’m either rushing out the door to get to class, or sleeping in until lunchtime anyway. But brunch? Now we’re talking.

I don’t know why exactly I love brunch so much. Maybe it’s because the term “brunch” is vague enough to allow it to be eaten at any hour. Maybe it’s because you can eat almost any food for brunch without being judged. Maybe it’s because drinking alcohol in the morning is socially acceptable when it’s over brunch.

For many reasons, brunch is fantastic, which is why I was at the brink of tears last semester when my favorite brunch place, Mahogany Grill, stopped serving brunch. Determined to continue savoring the best meal of the day, I set out to discover some new brunch places. Here’s what I found:

Northstar House Not to be confused with the dining hall on North Campus,

Northstar House is located in Fall Creek, causing it to be easily passed over by students who limit their dining experience to Collegetown and the Commons. I had visited Northstar many times for their delicious (and locallysourced) dinners, but I had never tried their brunch. So I convinced some friends that t r y i n g Northstar’s brunch was an urgent matter, and in doing so disc ove re d my new favorite b r u n c h place.

Appetizers are usually reserved for dinner, but a particular item on Northstar’s specials list caught my eye: chocolate chip doughnuts with lemon curd and whipped cream. They were unlike anything else I’ve eaten in Ithaca, which speaks to Northstar’s uniqueness and creativity. I wanted to try as much as possible, so I ordered their brunch plate which came with eggs, bacon, grits and French toast. Here was where I was blown away.

The eggs were good — nothing to write home about — but the rest of the plate was amazing. As any bacon-lover knows, there are right and wrong ways

of cooking bacon. Northstar definitely did it the right way.

I wasn’t too excited about the French toast and wouldn’t have ordered it had it not come with the plate. Despite my love of

But I love them, and Northstar’s cheesy and delicious grits were no exception. The other people I was dining with claimed to hate grits, but after trying Northstar’s, they changed their minds.

All in all, despite Mahogany Grill’s brunch discontinuation, I was able to find a new love in Northstar.

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brunch, I have never liked French toast — but Northstar converted me. Their French toast was not the sloppy, syrupy mess I usually associate with the dish; instead, it was a piece of brioche topped with apple butter. The syrup came on the side so you could decide whether or not you wanted to drown your food.

I was perhaps most excited about the grits. I’m not Southern and have no idea how grits are “supposed” to be done.

T h e Carriage House is w h a t m o s t Cornell students and Ithaca residents think of when they think of brunch, and for good reason. Located in a literal 19th century carriage house, the Café has an atmosphere you can’t find anywhere else. The inside is beautiful and rustic, and even the outdoor waiting areas are pictureperfect.

Carriage House is known for their brunch. It’s what they do, and they do it well. I always start out with a latté. Since coffee is often the first item diners experience when they sit down at brunch, I feel like it’s a good way of initially judging a restaurant. If I were judging these restaurants on coffee alone, Carriage House would win.

Their lattés come in giant mugs so that one drink lasts the entire meal. They also bring out a little bowl of sugar instead of individual packets, which I love because I put a ridiculous amount of sugar in my coffee.

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Their lattés also always feature a little design drawn in the foam.

I’m not condoning Instagramming your lattés — but if you were to do so, this would be the place.

I have to admit, my go-to dish at Carriage House isn’t a traditional brunch dish. Along with items such as eggs and French toast, Carriage House also offers an array of sandwiches. I almost always get the Vietnamese Banh Mi, which is one of the messiest sandwiches out there, but is also packed full of flavor. Their pulled pork sandwich, while similarly messy (and pricy), is also delicious.

Again, I don’t usually like French toast, but a classic Carriage House specialty is their brie-stuffed French toast.

Served with berry coulis, it’s a unique dish that at least one of my dining companions seems to order during every time I go to the restaurant.

Carriage House’s food and atmosphere are almost unbeatable. Their major drawbacks are the high prices (which is why it’s a good place to take your parents to when they come visit, and make them pay) and their waiting time. Carriage House doesn’t take reservations, and when they’re busy I’ve seen waiting times of up to two hours.

Boatyard Grill Almost everyone in Ithaca knows about and has been to the Boatyard Grill, but few people know that Boatyard also offers brunch on Sundays. I’ve lived in Ithaca my whole life and only learned about Boatyard’s brunch last summer.

Without Mahogany Grill’s brunch, I was worried I wouldn’t be able to find Eggs Benedict anywhere. Fortunately for me and for all other Eggs Benedictlovers, Boatyard offers it at a very reasonable price. In fact, all of their brunch items are under ten dollars, which is a broke college student’s dream. Their hollandaise sauce was slightly too citrusy and not spicy enough for me, but it was enjoyable nonetheless.

Boatyard is the best place to get brunch during the summer.

If you’re lucky enough and it’s not too crowded, you’ll be seated outside with a gorgeous view of Cayuga Lake and Cornell’s campus from afar. Of all the places I’ve enjoyed drinking latemorning coffee, Boatyard Grill’s patio may be my favorite.

Olivia Lutwak is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at olutwak@cornellsun.com.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Girls’ Fifth Season Goes Off Like a Bomb

BY MADELINE DAY Sun Contributor

The first episode of HBO’s Girls hotly anticipated season five is simply and ineptly named “Wedding Day.” A more fitting title may instead be “The Abominable Bridesmaids,” or “Rain on Her Wedding Parade,”or even perhaps most accurately, “Lives of 20-Somethings Go Off Like Bombs in Slow Motion (at a Wedding).”

Girls has been a staple of quirky feminist television since 2012, drawing much of its plot line from writer Lena Dunham’s own life experiences. Few other shows offer such powerful statements on the modern female existence, incorporating key elements on issues of self-image, body shaming in the social media and hard-hitting takes on women’s rights to services such as abortion. Naturally, the show has drawn several points of controversy — namely regarding its ethnic representation. In The Independent, Catherine Scott critiques both the writers and characters in the show in a scathing review, “What’s there to celebrate for feminism when black, Hispanic or Asian women are totally written out of a series that’s supposedly set in one of the most diverse cities on earth? But also, what’s there to celebrate for feminism when a show depicts four entirely self-interested young women and a lead character having the most depressing, disempowered sexual relationships imaginable?”

At the end of season four last year, audiences were left with a number of dilemmas spawning from the four main characters’ hectic personal relationships.

Hannah (Lena Dunham) said a tearful goodbye to her long-time boyfriend Adam (Adam Driver).

Marnie’s (Allison Williams) man-child-turnedboyfriend Desi (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) left her to

perform solo.

Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) abandoned her New York City life in favor of a new one in Tokyo. Finally, Jessa (Jemima Kirke) toyed with the idea of finally relinquishing her usual free-spirited romping and committing to an actual career as a therapist.

I don’t know about everyone else, but 2015’s rapidly tied-up finale made me think that these “girls” were finally growing up.

However, this premiere confirms that nothing has truly changed.

While each character has gone through so much in the series’ five years — different boys, different jobs, different lives altogether — they behave as if the 42nd episode was actually the second.

Nonetheless, Girls proves that while there may be no substantial character development, there certainly can still be drama. What’s a TV wedding without it?

Even the first few seconds of the season’s opening scene drags audiences into the emerging crises, when Marnie looks out the window in her skin-colored spanx and edgily remarks, “It’s going to rain.”

Immediately following, viewers are then re-introduced to the wedding guests one after the other in rapid-fire fashion. We see hair dressers flitting about, the groom attempting to drown himself, stolen kisses

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between betrayed friends and even a little snippet of car sex.

Despite feeling bewildered, no one watching this first episode could possibly be unentertained. As this is the penultimate season of Girls, it’s quite possible the writers are trying to swiftly sort out Hannah and Marnie and the others for a top-tier 2017 finale by making the 30-minute episodes even more saturated with spectacle. It’s certainly arguable that a whirlwind first episode is a good way to jump-start a season. In another week, we’ll all be tuning in again.

Madeline Day is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences.

She can be reached at mzd4@cornell.edu.

Deadpool Electrifies Marvel Universe

BY LAURA KERN Sun Contributor

Deadpool has electrified Marvel fans since the film’s announcement. The wisecracking “Merc with a Mouth” — whose real name is Wade Wilson — unprecedentedly secured a movie all to himself, despite his relatively narrow fan base and lackluster appearance in 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The film actually uses these original failures to its advantage. In Deadpool, the fourth wall is broken numerous times in an attempt to poke fun at Origin’s missteps and to give the antihero Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) a history with audiences, eliminating the need for any previous knowledge of his character.

In fact, Deadpool might be Marvel’s most skillfully told origin story yet. The film introduces Deadpool with an immediate frenzy of blood-spattered excitement, drawing viewers in with gory humor and earning its R-rating.

Some of this violence is difficult to take, but Deadpool’s constant humorous commentary somewhat distracts from the carnage. This careful balance of comedy and blood is an artful and necessary echo of the composition of the original comic book, pleasing longtime fans while creating new ones.

The movie then delves into Wade’s past, revealing the cause of his physical and emotional scars. Though these moments are sentimental, they are never maudlin. Raucous fight scenes and foul-mouthed banter punctuate any romance or tragedy, keeping the movie generally light and satisfyingly dark. The movie bounces repeatedly between present and past, shrouding Deadpool’s story in faultlessly frustrating mystery.

This flashback structure may border on annoying in a longer film, but at only 108 minutes, Deadpool is the perfect length to maintain viewers’ interest.

Because the film is so short, it only has time to focus on a few characters. However, each is well cast and developed. The hilarious T.J. Miller exercises his comedic skills , perfectly filling the role of Wade’s seedy bartender friend Weasel, a trustworthy — though not particularly heroic — confidant. In some of the darkest portions of the movie, Miller’s lines buoy the storyline, maintaining Deadpool’s humor even when Wade is not fit to

crack jokes himself. As a result, Weasel remains with the audience as a valuable and likeable character despite his lack of participation in the most memorable action scenes in the film.

In these action scenes, two other superheroes take Weasel’s place as Wade’s support: X-Men Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead. In the film, Wade snidely remarks that the production company must not have been able to pay for any more well known superhero accompaniments. Though this may have been true, both characters are more than satisfying additions to Team Deadpool. Granted, Colossus’ exaggerated

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Russian accent is a little much — it brings back disappointing memories of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch in Avengers: Age of Ultron — but his ironclad righteousness provides a humorous foil to Deadpool’s dark, nontraditional heroism.

Further, Negasonic Teenage Warhead — played by the relatively unknown Brianna Hildebrand — gives Wade another target for snarky banter and puts the spotlight on a superhero few even knew existed. Though the exact parameters of Warhead’s powers remain ambiguous, the addition of a powerful, young female character definitely adds interest to the plot.

She is just so cool. Her presence also succeeds in giving Wade’s character even more depth; despite his “moody teen” jabs, toward the end of the film, he seems almost protective of Warhead. His relationship with Warhead humanizes his char-

acter in a way that his relationship with Vanessa cannot.

That said, Morena Baccarin is fantastic as the sharp Vanessa, Wade’s love interest and the guiding force for much of the movie’s plot. Not only is her character likeably rough around the edges, but she is just as funny as Wade himself. Baccarin plays Vanessa with emotion and genuineness, which endears her to the audience and makes Wade’s dedication to her believable. Too often, the romance in superhero movies results in the widespread hatred of one half of the couple. However, the careful character development and clear chemistry between Reynolds and Baccarin ensures that Deadpool — while chiefly a superhero movie — retains a solid foundation in humanity and relatability.

Reynolds, in fact, plays an enormous part in building this foundation. The character Deadpool is notoriously exaggerated and obnoxious, and Reynolds delivers in that arena: acting in a mask is especially difficult — the power of facial expression is all but lost — but his voice work (and the help of a little CGI face detailing) gives Deadpool the same amiable cynicism he displays in the comics. When the mask comes off, Reynolds subtly shows Wade’s insecurities, using humor as a barely visible buffer between himself and his audience. His scenes with the villainous Ajax (Ed Skrein) are on their surface comedic, but Reynolds simultaneously imbues them with a deep anger, revealing the pain beneath Deadpool’s flippant exterior.

Despite his past failed portrayal of the character, fans need not worry that Reynolds might mishandle the role; indeed, it is quite the opposite. Reynolds truly makes Deadpool.

Bloody fight scenes, inappropriate humor and gratuitous shots of Ryan Reynolds make Deadpool a universally enjoyable movie with few to no flaws. Certainly, opponents of violence or nudity should avoid the film, but neither negatively affect the movie on the whole. As the next (and Hugh Jackman’s last) Wolverine movie uses Deadpool’s success in attempts to secure an R rating, one cannot help but see Deadpool as a vitally significant installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Deadpool’s movie — similar to his comic book upon its release — is truly a game-changer.

Laura Kern is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at lkk36@cornell.edu.

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In the self-directed music video for “Freak,” from her album Honeymoon, Lana Del Rey invites you into her oversaturated, trippy vision of California. Featuring Josh Tillman (Father John Misty), the video is supposedly inspired by his experience dropping acid at a Taylor Swift concert. “Freak” opens with Tillman and Del Rey walking in the desert before she presses a tab of acid on Tillman’s tongue, cuing the hushed chorus “Baby if you wanna leave /Come to California/ Be a freak like me too.”

Sun-drenched and hazy, the rest of the track unfolds lazily like a dream with shots of Tillman surrounded by young women in white and a surreal close-up of Kool Aid gushing down Del Rey’s chin as she drinks. A sequence of the couple slow dancing in a thick fog marks the end of the song “Freak.” The dance continues in silence for a few seconds before switching to an underwater shot and the opening notes of Debussy’s “Claire de lune.” In the rest of the 11-minute track, Del Rey, Tillman, and the young women glide in this glittering underwater place, in a continuation of a scene from her previous video for “Music To Watch Boys To.” Those who complain about her inauthenticity forget that Lana Del Rey is a purposeful, carefully created persona that produces pop music too weird for the mainstream. Her goal is aesthetic pleasure, and in her self-aware, at times self-mocking art, she achieves it. “Freak” is entirely Lana’s world: something strange but undeniably beautiful.

What has remained constant throughout James Blake’s career — from his basically instrumental, sampleheavy, early E.P.s, to the steady turn toward full-scale R&B documented by his two studio albums — is that he has always seemed to be an artist in the process of evolving.

For this reason, I was surprised when I turned on “Modern Soul,” a song Blake debuted on BBC1 last week.

A possible selection from his forthcoming studio album Radio Silence, the song would have seemed right at home on Blake’s more recent L.P., 2013’s Overgrown.

Like so much of Overgrown, “Modern Soul” is piano based and melodic, but also features electronic instrumentation and distortion. All is set to the background by Blake’s soulful baritone, sounding great, but pretty much the same as ever.

If there is one thing that stands out about “Modern Soul” it is that it exhibits Blake’s minimalist lyricism at its finest. “I know a crossroads where I see them,” he croons enigmatically in the songs first few moments, and this looming sense of dilemma pervades throughout the remaining five minutes of the track. The refrain finds Blake becoming self-reflective about his status as a successful singer-songwriter, repeating the line, “because of a few songs, because of a few songs.” As the track winds down Blake assumes the brooding role he seems so comfortable with, falling again into a meditative repetition, declaring over and over again that he “want[s] it be over.”

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here’s a great moment in Woody Allen’s Manhattan where Woody’s character Isaac chats with socialites at a cocktail party and he brings up a Nazi march coming to New Jersey. Isaac suggests that those at the party “get some guys together, get some bricks and baseball bats and really ... explain things to them.” A partygoer responds that there was a devastating satirical piece on the march in the op-ed section of The New York Times.

Another argues that “biting satire is always better than physical force.” Finally, Woody retorts that physical force is always better with Nazis, “because it’s hard to satirize a guy in shiny boots.”

I thought about that scene on Sunday night, when John Oliver went on TV to propose a solution to Trump’s domination of the GOP primary: #MakeDonaldDrumpfAgain. Since actually calling out Trump for his pandering and lies achieves absolutely nothing, since he can and will say anything with the knowledge that he has a reputation for speaking the truth among those voting for him, Oliver proposed taking away his last name — a word which evokes triumph and trump cards, not to mention decades of mostly effective branding — and replacing it with Drumpf. Apparently, Donald’s winemaking ancestors in Germany had used that name. Oliver posited that its clunkiness and evocation of chubby little Bavarian boys eating bars of chocolate had the potential to take away the Trump’s allure for voters. Along with his proposal, his team created donaldjdrumpf.com, where you can find a Google Chrome extension to change all appearances of the word “Trump” in your browser to the word “Drumpf.”

The idea that a liberal purveyor of (in

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my opinion, consistently clever and spoton) political satire would be able to go on TV, EVISCERATE (thanks again, HuffPo) Trump and change the course of the election and American history is undeniably appealing. However, many people out there have caught wind of the fact that, in all likelihood, that’s not going to happen.

After the inevitable avalanche of gushing social media posts the morning after Oliver’s show, the backlash began to unfold on intelligent-but-still-weirdTwitterdom.

The basic sentiment can be summed up in Andy Levy’s tweet, “trump winning all these states is weird because i was assured that john oliver had ANNIHILATED him.” But some got more creative, as those

Sam Bromer No Place Like Brome on Twitter are bound to do. Caleb Horton, AKA @crushingbort, mocked the media’s tendency to overrate both the jokes of Oliver’s ilk and their possible political effectiveness, tweeting “ ‘Just what the fuck were you thinking?!’: John Oliver’s Brilliant Takedown of the Yellowstone Super volcano Catastrophe.” My personal favorite was @bro_pair’s comparison of the Trump phenomenon to the formless, ceaseless specter of death through the poetry of Philip Larkin, which you can find here.

Indeed, as impossible as it is to imagine,

at least on a liberal-leaning college campus, it increasingly looks like Donald J. Trump has a legitimate shot at winning November’s general election. The Atlantic published a piece today entitled “How Donald Trump Can Beat Hillary” and the answer seemed relatively simple (in the same way that it’s probably not all that hard to make chili out of humans): continue to shit on Establishment Politics, offer magical solutions to our nation’s woes and cynically dial up the fears of so-called regular Americans. And maybe dial down the horrifyingly racist and divisive rhetoric about Hispanics and Muslims just a little bit (though maybe not that much, because, according to one poll, six out of ten GOP voters in Tuesday’s Republican primaries agree with Trump’s proposed Muslim ban).

It’s really not so absurd. As long as he sells a populist, “tell-it-like-it-is” message and promises to protect the white middle class — via vaguely sketched out protectionist policies and the Great Wall of America That’s Built by Mexico — his pandering just … might … work.

Even though, in an interview on CNN, he refused to disavow KKK member David Duke, a man he had trashed years ago, out of fears of alienating white supremacists.

Even though Politifact judged that 76 percent of his statements in the last year have been “false or mostly false.”

Even though he has seemingly gone out of his way to alienate every minority in America over the course of his campaign.

Even though his now-defunct energy drink company Trumperade poisoned hundreds of children, and when asked to comment, he replied simply, “fuck children, drink Trump.”

Okay, the last thing didn’t happen, but

would you have been that surprised if it had? Neither would I. In all likelihood, shows like Oliver’s, which appeals to the exact demographic of people who would never consider voting for Trump anyway, probably don’t pose a threat. In fairness, Oliver knows that. His show is meant to provide humor and a semblance of rationality in a political season scarily devoid of such things. The problem comes in when we believe that satire is enough to defeat those who don’t agree with us, or that by reading, liking and sharing such content, we are actually working to enact change in our system.

Perhaps that belief is to blame for the fact that young voters perpetually turn out less than their older counterparts, much to the chagrin of Bernie Sanders supporters.

No one knows exactly what November holds, though it seems like Hillary Clinton’s popularity with black and hispanic voters are a major boon for her campaign. Until then, I recommend taking some advice posted by a Facebook friend recently: “Everyone shut up about primaries for one second and remember that we are, with a few notable exceptions, empathetic creatures … How we treat each other is infinitely more important than any numbers contest. I still haven’t given up on the cosmic insignificance of everything, but I have started to make sense of what to do with the time and space we’ve got. Fucking love each other.”

So don’t despair. There’s at least eight months before there’s any need for that.

Sam Bromer is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. No Place Like Brome appears alternate Thursdays this semester. He can be reached at sbromer@cornellsun.com.

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The last time the Cornell men’s lacrosse team played Albany, the Greyhounds’ goalie scored. It was just that kind of day for the Red. Last year, Albany blasted Cornell, embarrassing the Red at home. With hopes that that defeat is far in that past, Cornell will travel to Albany this weekend to take on the Greyhounds’ high-octane offense.

“We’ve been really focusing on our defense and just controlling the pace of the play,” said freshman midfielder Clarke Petterson, the reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Week. “We just want to limit their opportunities and try to make the most of ours.”

Senior goalkeeper Brennan Donville agreed.

“They play a very up-tempo style so definitely this week at practice has been very uptempo in preparation for a great Albany team,” Donville said.

Both players also emphasized that maintaining a team-first mindset will be essential against Albany as well as the rest of the opponents throughout the season.

“Our goal every weekend is just to play our style of game and … make the hustle plays — that’s what wins games,” Petterson said. “We always just focus on us-first, and we try and focus on our play, and we really just want to kind of play to the best of our ability.”

Part of staying within oneself is taking each week and match one at a time.

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Pressure defense | Junior defender Marshall Peters and the rest of the defense will have their hands full against Albanys’s offense.

to just be better than we were the last two games and just kind of make every week, every practice, every time we’re together, make it better than the last,” Donville said. “It’s noticeable every day at practice how much better we’re getting [and] how much the younger guys are adjusting to the college game.”

With a number of young players on the team, head coach Matt Kerwick continues to emphasize the importance of senior mentorship. When the freshmen look up to the seniors as role models, that can make for a very cohesive group.

“We [have] always [had] an expression on our team,” Donville said. “We say ‘well done is better than well said.’ If there’s something you want the freshmen to do, if there’s a way you want them to play or way you want them to act when they’re with Cornell lacrosse, you don't tell them how to act that way [but] try to show it every day in practice.”

It appears as though Donville’s efforts are working.

“I think they’re really helping lay the foundation for how to be a good Cornell lacrosse player and good Cornell teammate,” Petterson said when asked about the mentorship from the seniors. “They’re really showing us — both through vocal leading and through their actions — just kind of how things are done the right

way.”

Cornell has one of the best lacrosse teams in the country, so its freshmen are always very experienced and talented. This makes the mentorship not so much about lacrosse skills but rather about what it means to be a lacrosse player representing Cornell.

“Everyone who comes to Cornell to play lacrosse is a good player, so telling them how to play the game isn’t necessarily as important as just to show them how to be a Cornell lacrosse player, how to fight for ground balls, how to make the hustle plays [and] how to do all the little things,” Donville said. “I know when I was a freshman [and] watched seniors make those kind of plays, that kind of gave me the confidence and it … showed me what it would take to be a good player at this level.”

Ivy League play does not begin until March 19th and the conference and NCAA tournaments are not until May, so the Red has plenty of time to develop. But it is essential to take the season one game at a time, and right now the focus is on No. 15 Albany.

Play against the Danes begins this Saturday at 1 p.m.

Shan Dhaliwal can be reached at sdhaliwal@cornellsun.com.

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tion. Some have called for fewer games in the Premier League schedule, theorizing that more rest for players will allow coaches to begun to use the F.A. Cup as a means to test play their best talent in all competitions. younger players. While some would deride Others wish to award more money to the this, in my opinion it benefits the game for winning team to encourage clubs to play managers to use the F.A. Cup to test out a few their best talent in the F.A. Cup. Perhaps this youngsters. It allows them to find their feet suggestion explains the F.A. Cup’s new title against possibly lower-league opposition, sponsorship with Emirates Airlines; technibefore entering the all-out battle that is the cally, I should be calling it the “Emirates F.A. Premier League. However, it can be problem- Cup” every time I reference it (sponsorships atic when it goes too far. are terrible when the company name is longer Two weekends ago, than the name of the Manchester City faced sponsoree, but I digress).

When managers pick Chelsea in an F.A. Cup Arsenal boss Arsene tie. The manager of City, weakened lineups for the Wenger has a different Manuel Pellegrini, was suggestion, however: faced with a number of competition, it decreases change nothing. He injuries to key players and claims that the tournaits popularity and had many upcoming ment remains historic attractiveness to fans. games in other competiand attractive to mantions slated for the near agers, and the practice of future. He thus named a playing youngsters in starting lineup which had four players who early rounds does not hinder the competitivehad never played one minute of senior action ness of the F.A. Cup. for the club. Two more had never played a Personally, it is unclear which of these minute before this season, leaving just five changes could benefit the F.A. Cup the most. players who could be considered squad regu- It would be positive to see the British lars. Furthermore, Pellegrini’s two substitutes Football Association (the F.A.) attempt one in that game had never started a game for the of these changes to see if it has a positive club either. His team was embarrassed, 5-1, impact. What is certain is the downward by a Chelsea team made up of most of their trend in importance of the F.A. Cup is conbest players. Throwing so many youngsters cerning for the game and for fans. While the into a big game at the same time does not oldest football competition faces no existenbenefit the youth, the team or the fans. When tial threat, it is losing relevance to players, managers pick weakened lineups for the com- managers and fans, a slide that needs to be petition, it decreases its popularity and attrac- arrested. tiveness to fans.

Many figures in and around British soccer Kevin Linsey can be reached at have suggested ways to improve the competi- klinsey@cornellsun.com.

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losing in regulation once in its first 15 games, but as of late, along with the sevengame winless drought, their flame has somewhat cooled off. That hasn’t bothered the team, though.

“The team is feeling good,” McCrea said.

“We’re excited and happy with the way we’re playing now. Obviously, every season is going to have some adversity, but I thought we overcame it pretty well. The way we battled back and stuck together just shows the type of team we are and how resilient we are.”

Knisley stated that there’s no reason that Cornell won’t be able to return to its early season success.

“We had a good stretch to open the season, so why can’t we do it now?” Knisley added. “We have gone through a period of success and a period of failure. We stayed closed together. We have some good confidence in the room and excited to get after it.”

That confidence has some players anxious to get the playoffs underway as soon as possible.

“It’s only Tuesday, but I just cannot wait until the weekend comes,” McCrea said.

“Lynah is going to be rocking and to have home-ice advantage is a special feeling. I’m looking forward to it.”

Zach Silver can be reached at zsilver@cornellsun.com.

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From Orthodox Jewish High School to Division I JOJO

Because the team was not particularly good before JoJo arrived, basketball was never an important part of daily life at Shalhevet. The Friday nights. As the team comteam struggled to draw fans to the prised solely of Orthodox Jews, his majority of games. high school had to get special perBut not always. The games mission to avoid the Sabbath and against Shalhevet’s crosstown rival, play on Saturday nights.

Yeshiva University High School of “We’ve always had a real good Los Angeles (YULA), always balance,” Michael said. “We elicited excitement from the small always try to fit everything in, relischool and drew the most fans. gion and basketball and acadeWith dozens of parents of the mics. I think the challenge is great players’ classmates in the audience, for him to have a dual curriculum the games had a high profile. And in high school and need to work because of this, all players had to on his body and his game. It’s the wear yarmulkes while playing. best thing for a young man to not The matches held special signifhave any free time and just keep High school days | In big games in high school, JoJo and his icance for JoJo who originally working hard.” attended YULA, an all-boys Michael recalls one vivid exam- teammates had to wear yarmulkes. ple of JoJo’s hardworking person- other’s differences has been a great his average minutes played and school, before transferring to ality. During his freshman year of experience and has contributed to saw time in twice as many games. Shalhevet, the less religious of the high school, JoJo missed a free the team’s camaraderie, JoJo said. This season, he’s averaging five two schools. Many of his old teamthrow at the end of a game. That Aside from differing back- more minutes per game than in mates actually played for YULA. In the 22 years before Fallas night, following the loss, JoJo grounds, JoJo also entered Cornell 2014-15. went out and shot 500 free with a different style of play than “He has shown improvement joined Shalhevet’s team his freshthrows. “He was always very con- his teammates. Courtney’s proto- every year,” Courtney said. “He’s man year, Shalhevet defeated fident to shoot a free throw at the typical recruit has great length and earned everything he’s gotten in YULA exactly once The two end of the game because of that possesses excellent athleticism. this program. He’s become invalu- schools usually play each other loss,” Michael said.

“I don’t fit that model,” said able to our team and he’s a guy once a year but in JoJo’s junior seaJoJo, who unhesitantly admits who works hard and kind of goes son, the rival teams also duked it ‘Home Away From Home’ out for a bid that he lacks the Even in an environment now athleticism that to the chamwhere it’s not as easy to keep the many of his pionship of Sabbath, JoJo strives to maintain teammates posthe Sarachek his Judaism. Cornell’s basketball sess. “My freshTournament, team is supportive of his religion, man year was a Yeshiva whether it involves providing a little difficult University’s different team meal before games because we play national touror understanding that JoJo doesn’t that type of nament for use his phone on Saturdays.

Orthodox [uptempo] game “He never stands out and says and I wasn’t realJewish high look at me,” Cornell basketball ly used to it and schools held head coach Bill Courtney, said. didn’t really fit in New York “He never acts like he feels bad in.”

City each because he’s got to do something year.

And so, as he different.”

With his did with those His dad said the team has done free throws way team leading a great job of helping JoJo transi- back in ninth by three with tion to Cornell. five seconds grade, JoJo set “Religiously, I think he feels his mind to left, JoJo very comfortable,” Michael said. working hard to fouled out on “Everybody knows who he is succeed. when he CAMERON POLLACK / SUN SENIIOR PHOTOGRAPHER inside and all of his friends are intentionally “In the sumreally supportive and the program mer between my fouled a Driving to the hoop | JoJo is averaging five points per game this is very supportive and understands freshman and YULA player season, good for fifth on the team. exactly what he needs.” beyond the 3sophomore year, While Michael described the I realized that the way that I was after what he wants.” point arc. team as “home away from home,” going to contribute was with my That mentality is clear when The guy he was guarding tossed it’s fair to say the makeup of his outside shooting and with just JoJo steps on the court. He’s a pest the ball straight up in the air as team at Cornell is decidedly differ- scrapping on defense,” JoJo said. against opposing players, banging JoJo grabbed him. The refs whisent than what it was like at “I was going to have to play so knees with opponents and diving tled that it was a shooting foul.

Shalhevet. much harder than everyone else. for loose balls every chance he gets. JoJo, in disbelief, walked to the In high school, JoJo was a That’s where I kind of found my “When he was a freshman, he bench, watching the guy he fouled member of a team comprised of niche on the team.” couldn’t necessarily compete casually hit three free throws to players just like him, Orthodox In JoJo’s freshman year, he defensively,” Courtney said. “Now send the game to overtime.

Jewish kids from Western Los played in just 14 In the extra period, YULA he’s become — because of his Angeles. At Cornell, JoJo is team- games, averagscrappiness, his feistiness, his desire again came back to tie and eventumates with guys from all parts of ing four min— one of the more bothersome ally win the game, sending them the country, each with different utes a condefenders in the league, a guy that to the finals and Shalhevet to a upbringings. Learning about each test. Last people don’t want to face because s e a - he will give you everything he has son, he and he’ll lay it on the line.” tripled Junior leader | Continued from page 16

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As one of the older guys on the team, JoJo has moved into a larger leadership role this season.

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long offseason.

“I’m sitting there, at a national tournament, in a full gym, just sitting on the bench thinking there’s nothing I can do,” JoJo said.

That game — the last of his junior season — inspired JoJo and his team to go all in over the offseason and work to become a better team.

“We got to do this, we have to finally figure out how to get over this hurdle,” Fallas said of team’s mindset following the game. “It was like enough is enough” True to his word, JoJo and his team defeated YULA in the regular season the next year and went on to come out victorious in the Sarachek Tournament.

‘It’s a Great Lesson for Life’

Michael has always been a huge supporter of JoJo’s basketball career. From coaching him when JoJo was young to traveling across the country for home games, Michael has tried to be with his son every step of the way.

Before the Red fell apart against Harvard, Michael is in the second row, cheering wildly for the team as shot after shot find the bottom of the net. He turns around to the crowded gym, waving his hands, getting the rest of the Cornell fans to chant, “Go Big Red.” Play resumes on the floor and Michael spins around, eyes locked on the action on hardwood court. Quick ball movement allows JoJo to get open and he calmly sinks a 3pointer.

Michael pumps his fist and yells, “Way to be JoJo, way to be.”

He’s supported his son through youth basketball and AAU and at Shelhevet and now at Cornell.

With only one more level of basketball left for JoJo, Michael completely supports him in his quest to play professional basketball in Israel.

“There’s nothing like it,” Michael says about the importance of basketball in JoJo’s life.

“It’s a great lesson for life. It’s all the things that we want to give him.”

Like coming to Cornell, JoJo and his dad both realize that it will difficult. But, as Michael says, life’s about accomplishing.

“I believe that if you have a challenge in front of you, there’s a reason,” Michael says.

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

‘We Weren’t Talented, We Weren’t Tall’

While at Cornell, it took a little while for JoJo to find his place on the team, in high school, he had no difficulty finding his niche. Far and away the best player on the squad, the onus of scoring fell to him; he averaged over 20 points per game for his career.

“Our team was good for the school we were, but we weren’t talented, we weren’t tall. Everything was kind of run through me,” JoJo said.

JoJo, listed at a generous 5foot-11, is the shortest player on the team at Cornell, but in high school, he was the second-tallest guy on the roster, oftentimes having to guard players six to eight inches taller than himself.

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Sharp shooter | In 74 attempts this season, JoJo has connected on 42 percent of his 3-point shots.

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Threes, Tests and Torah: JoJo Fallas Balances It All

Underdog | JoJo Fallas has adjusted from being a star at an Orthodox Jewish high school to his secondary role at Cornell.

By ADAM BRONFIN

‘It Was Always Like a Balancing Act’

In general, there are two types of student athletes.

The first type focuses on sports; the other works Michael Fallas is sitting in the last row of hard to juggle athletics and academics. Cornell’s athNewman Arena. Harvard just completed an letes tend to belong in the latter category. But JoJo improbable comeback, dealing Cornell a devastating has never been quite like everyone else. loss. A final shot with five seconds deflated the JoJo falls into his own category: he balances arena, sucking the air out of the crowd that had been sports, school and religion. so raucous earlier in the game. The men of the basWhen he attended a small orthodox Jewish ketball team slink out school in California, the stadium as Harvard Jojo spent half the players celebrate the “It’s the best thing for a young man school day in Judaic victory. and the other to not have any free time and just studies Michael watches his half in general studson, JoJo, trudge off the ies. For most people, keep working hard.” court, toward the locka nine-hour school Michael Fallas er room, away from day would be tiring Harvard and the sting— but for JoJo, the ing defeat. He’s asked most exhausting part what he’ll say to JoJo when he see him after the team of his day began after school ended: basketball emerges from the locker room. It’s the same message practice.

Michael has impressed upon his son for years.

“It was always like a balancing act,” JoJo said.

“It’s not about the scoreboard,” Michael says. “It’s “With trying to figure out how to keep the religious about the learning. No matter what you do, it’s all a aspects but also understanding that athletics was a learning experience. You’re going to learn more from very important part of my life.” a difficult situation than you are from an easy one.”

Balancing these three priorities involves more JoJo has never shied away from difficult situa- than just time management. Sometimes basketball tions that require hard work — his presence on the would get in the way of religious rules. The biggest basketball team is a testament to that. After all, who playoff games of the season were scheduled on expects a short kid from an Orthodox Jewish high See JOJO page 15 school to play Division I basketball?

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Tough Times Cornell Faces Familiar ECAC For the F.A. Cup Playoff Foe: Union Dutchmen T MEN’S HOCKEY

By ZACH SILVER

Sun Staff Writer

For the men’s hockey team, the past is in the past, but that doesn’t mean it still doesn’t sting.

“For us four seniors it’s in the back of our mind,” said forward John Knisley about being bounced out

by Union the past two playoffs. “Us four have had some history with Union in our time here and we’re right back at it again. We’ll try to get some revenge for past Cornell years.”

What’s different this year compared to last is that the Red (13-9-7, 8-8-6 ECAC) was unable to defeat the vs.

Dutchmen (13-12-9, 6-10-6) this year in their two meetings prior to the playoffs. Last year, Cornell won both matchups with Union in the regular seaUnion son.

The last loss to the Tomorrow, 7 p.m.

Dutchmen came in a 5-1 Ithaca, N.Y. defeat this past weekend. The two tied earlier in the season, but in that game two late Union goals in the third had the Red see their lead dwindle. Cornell hopes to change the downward trend starting this Friday in Lynah.

“There’s familiarity with breaking down video and know who their personnel is,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86 about being well-acquainted with Union.

“Probably neither team is going to change a whole lot in one week. They’re a good hockey team and we have to work a heck of a lot harder this time than the last that we played them.”

Additionally, these playoffs mark the last collegiate playoffs for the four seniors, who were just honored this past weekend during the Senior Night ceremony.

Their leadership is one of the most invaluable resources that’s not on the stat sheet, Schafer said.

“They’ll help the younger guys just by playing their game,” Schafer said. “They’ve been a great group, always supportive of the underclass underneath them. They all lead in their own different ways.

They’re tremendous young men and care deeply about their teammates and Cornell hockey.”

What has been the story as of late, however, is the stellar showings by the younger core. This week, freshman forCornell ward Anthony Angello, who tallied two goals and an assist in the tie with RPI, has been named as the ECAC Rookie of the Week for the second time vs. this season.

“We’re looking to everybody, not just [the freshmen],” Schafer said. “They have had a solid year, but I saw for the first Union time on Saturday night that we started getting back to offensive Saturday, 7 p.m. scoring chances from multiple Ithaca, N.Y. lines. We’re a team that needs three lines at least going offensively to create scoring chances.”

While it is true that every new year of playoffs brings about a clean slate, the Red is well aware of its history with the Dutchmen.

“You hear about it from the older guys and what they went through last year,” said freshman defenseman Alec McCrea,who tallied three points in the RPI game. “Hearing the older guys get passionate about the rivalry that there is makes us younger guys buy into that and feel the same way towards it.”

It is true that Cornell started red-hot this year, only See M. HOCKEY page 14

he F.A. Cup is the oldest soccer competition in the world. The tournament, which has been played annually since 1871, is contested by soccer clubs from Britain’s top divisions in a knockout format. The winner gets a chance to lift the iconic trophy at London’s famous Wembley Stadium. At first glance, this would seem a competition worth winning.

In recent years, however, the F.A. Cup has lost its luster. The

Primarily, it is important to analyze managers’ reasons for prioritizing other competitions. First, the fans prefer the week-in, week-out excitement of the Premier League. Every month or so, an F.A. Cup game pops up on the schedule, and it can seem like a distraction to the regular league campaign for the team and the fans. Second, the fiscal benefits are significantly higher for succeeding in the Premier League or in European compe-

Kevin Linsey The Beautiful Game top teams in England compete in several other leagues as well during the season, including the Premier League, League Cup and possibly the Champions League or the Europa League.

The F.A. Cup has taken a backseat in importance levels to many top managers. This has led to these managers not playing their best stars in F.A. Cup games and a corresponding decline of interest among fans.

What can be done to reverse this disappointing trend?

titions. Thus, the third reason is the club’s board members (the people who have power over the manager) encourage the manager to prioritize the Premier League. Pressure from fans and club boards have shifted interest away from the F.A. Cup. The loss of managerial interest has decreased the quality of F.A. Cup games. In the last ten years or so, managers have See LINSEY page 14