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Italian photographer Federico Busonero captures the “diminished land” of Palestine. | Page 3

Wrestling won its 11th straight EIWA title, and looks to make another splash at NCCAs. | Page 16

Becky Frank ’19 says Lion is an emotional, outstanding must-see. | Page 10

CGSU Gains Over 1,200 Signatures Supporting Union

By ANNA DELWICHE Sun Staff Writer

In a landmark moment for graduate students, Cornell Graduate Students United has announced that they will be notifying Cornell of their intention to file for a union recognition election.

"We are excited to move for-

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CGSU | Graduate students present a petition with over 1,200 signitures.

ward and we have a strong majority of grads behind this movement with over 1,200 signatures on the petition. We are ready to vote yes and win," said Paul Berry grad, CGSU member.

In presenting a petition to the University with over 1,200 signatures from graduate students in support of CGSU, this petition will trigger the process to initiate voting for graduate student unionization on campus.

“I found out today actually through text that the union is going forward with the election.

This is a very exciting moment,” said Tyler McCann grad, CGSU member. “This has been building up for a long time. A lot of us are feeling this great relief that it’s finally being filed.”

This official announcement to the administration, per the agreement outlined in the contract, gives the University seven days advance See CGSU page 3

GPSA Debates University’s Workers’Compensation System

By JEANETTE SI Sun Staff Writer

The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly invited Jason Kahabka, associate dean for administration, graduate school, to clarify current University policy on workers’ compensation at their meeting on Monday.

Kahabka’s presentation comes following a proposed resolution offered by a Cornell Graduate

“In general terms, Cornell is a very safe space. The rates of injury are low.”

Jason Kahabka Students United member at a past meeting this semester.

Kahabka acknowledged the

importance of the topic for the GPSA, but assured assembly members that the current rate of serious injury at the University is relatively low.

“The reality is that with over 5,000 students, some level of injury … is a reality,” Kahabka said. “But we are reinforcing that in general terms, Cornell is a very safe place. The rates of injury are low, and the types of injuries, when you look at the data, are most frequently very minor.”

Kahabka outlined the University’s tripartite policy of health insurance, fiduciary obligation and workers’ compensation when dealing with injuries on campus.

Workers’ compensation was tightly regulated under New York State law and only covered individuals who were injured in the “process of working” or performSee GPSA page 5

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Tragedy | Angel Hierro ’17, was found dead in the Latino Living Center on Sunday night.

CALS Student Found Dead

Angel Hierro ’17 remembered as a ‘caring friend’

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS Sun Staff Writer

A College of Agriculture and Life Sciences student who aspired to become a veterinarian and was active in LGBTQ and other groups on campus was found dead in the Latino Living Center in Anna Comstock Hall on Sunday night.

Angel Hierro ’17, remembered as a caring friend who represented the familial qualities of the living center, was studying animal science and

was set to graduate this year, Vice President Ryan Lombardi said in a statement.0Cornell

“The impact he has had on all of us will never leave.”

Claudia Quihuis ’20 Police are investigating the death but do not believe any foul play is involved, Lombardi

said, adding that Hierro was found in his residence.

Hierro was from North Bergen, N.J., Lombardi said, and was active in many campus organizations promoting the rights of LGBTQ+, first-generation and Latinx Cornell students.

“He was an active member and leader in the LGBTQ+ community, Latinx community, and the First Generation Student Union,” five Student Assembly members said in a See TRAGEDY page 3

Olympic Medalist Aly Raisman to Speak

By ZACHARY SILVER Sun Staff Writer

She has been to London and Melbourne. Rio and Tokyo. Glasgow and Indianapolis, and even the Netherlands. But now, the Aly Raisman tour will make its way to East Hill when the threetime gold medalist comes to speak at Cornell on March 22.

Cornell Hillel told The Sun it plans to announce Raisman as part of its Major Speaker Series, according to Molly Pushner ’19, chair of the series’ committee.

Raisman will speak to Statler Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on March 22, with a VIP reception taking place earlier at 5:30 p.m.

Information on the reception's availability to the public is yet to be released.

“We hope students learn

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Perfect score | Aly Raisman competes on the floor exercise on Day 2 of the women’s gymnastic U.S. Olympic Trials in 2016.

about how her struggles as well as successes made her able to achieve her goals,” Pushner said. “We also hope student

learn how Judaism inspired and motivated her as an athlete.”

See RAISMAN page 5

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Calendar Changes Move Forward New Vending Machines Committee sends survey to Cornellians for feedback Dispense Chargers, Detergent

By CHANCE MASLOFF

Sun Staff Writer

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS Sun City Editor

Cornell students who find themselves digging through their backpacks for headphones or asking strangers to borrow chargers now have a new place to turn with the installation of a dozen vending machines around campus that dispense headphones, chargers and other items.

The collaboration between startup Vengo Labs and The Cornell Store to install 12 vending machines around campus — including in Appel Commons, Clara Dickson Hall and

of dollars of investments in the company. College campuses, hotels and gyms are the ideal locations for the vending machines, Coven said.

The vending machines will also be in some laundry rooms around Cornell, offering dryer sheets and detergent pods, while others will offer pain relieving medicine like Advil.

“In-store traffic is getting crushed,” Coven said, emphasizing the importance of putting products where people are to “merge the digital world with the physical world.”

Vengo machines are at several other schools, including New York University, Quinnipiac University,

“If you’re in a remote place, are you really going to walk outside ... to go get a product.”

Aaron Coven ’16 Robert Purcell Community Center — means students can purchase items between classes instead of trudging to The Cornell Store in Ho Plaza.

“Ithaca is super super cold and I didn’t have a car for most of the time I was on campus,” Aaron Coven ’16, business development associate at Vengo, told The Sun. “If you’re in a remote place, are you really going to walk outside and walk up the hill ... to go get a product?”

Vengo was founded in 2011 and appeared on Shark Tank in 2016 (taped in 2015), kicking off millions

University of Pennsylvania and all of the City University of New York schools.

The Cornell Store partnership, in addition to adding a recognizable logo to the machines, means the campus shop can run promotions through the digital Vengo screens.

Coven said he hopes the machines will be helpful students and make them smile — even if that requires putting a meme or two on the screen.

Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs can be reached at nbogel-burroughs@cornellsun.com.

CGSU to File Petition to AAA Announcement brings CGSU one step closer to union CGSU

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Brangan grad, CGSU administrative liaison.

The announcement on Monday will allow the election to take place before spring break.

“Our choice is clear: either we can keep things

trigger the election procedure, the Union must make a showing of valid, signed authorization cards from at least 30 percent of the bargaining unit in the form of a representation petition to the American Arbitration Association.

“We will come to agreement on voting

“There is nothing but excitement and well-earned confidence that we will win the recognition that we deserve!”

Michaela Brangan grad the way they are — where Cornell is the sole decision-maker with regards to our working conditions — or we can vote ‘yes’ to create a fair and democratic graduate union that will give us a seat at the decision-making table,” said CGSU members Danny Rosenberg Daneri and Jaron Kent-Dobias in an announcement on CGSU’s website.

According to the contract between CGSU and the University, in order to

dates, times and balloting places with the University and hold the vote — likely over three days — on campus within 15 business days of when we file,” Brangan said. “We expect the vote will be held just before Spring Break.”

The AAA will then review the representation petition and upon determining that the authorization cards represent at least 30 percent support, will process the petition

and call for the election.

Those eligible to vote in the election are graduate students within the bargaining unit — teaching assistants, research assistants, graduate research assistants and graduate assistants.

On Wednesday, CGSU members will march to Bailey Hall to deliver the petition. Graduate students will be gathering outside of Bailey Hall as a show of solidarity and union support to the administration.

“There is nothing but excitement and wellearned confidence that we will win the recognition we deserve!”

Brangan said. “So many people have worked so hard to build our union over the years, and to finally get to this point with so much support from hundreds of grads across every study at Cornell has been incredible.”

Anna Delwiche can be reached at adelwiche@cornellsun.com.

“Everything is on the table” in Cornell’s 2018-19 academic calendar change, according to Dean of Faculty Charles Van Loan, one of the co-chairs of the Academic Calendar Committee.

The committee is currently surveying Cornell students, faculty and employees for feedback on potential academic calendars with several different structures for the fall and spring semesters.

The co-chairs of the committee — Van Loan and Rebecca Stoltzfus, viceprovost of undergraduate education — are focused on creating a calendar that is optimal for academic success.

Following a complete restructure of the calendar in 2013, part of the agreement was that the calendar would be reviewed again in five years, according to Van Loan.

Potential changes to the calendar include a longer Thanksgiving break, the elimination of February break, an earlier start to the Spring term and a completely new orientation format.

The survey proposes two different structures for the fall semester and four different structures for the spring semester. At the end of filling out the survey, one of the questions asks the survey taker to rank different nine different combinations of the proposed fall and spring semesters.

The committee will start analyzing survey responses on Friday, March 17, and plans to submit a tentative proposal to the Student Assembly, Faculty Senate and Provost mid-April.

“We are getting lots of opinions, but our clear charge was to focus on the academic issues and then we will work through the implementation that promotes an excellent academic experience for our students at Cornell,” Stoltzfus said.

The committee began research in the fall upon “mandate,” and has done a “broad sweep of data gathering, pulling together external benchmarking [of peer institutions] and lots of internal data,” according to Stoltzfus.

Van Loan has met with student groups, faculty assemblies and other

organizations on campus to gauge whether or not an updated Academic Calendar will be beneficial.

The committee hopes to incorporate varying viewpoints in order to get the best possible schedule.

“It is important to recognize that this is a complex set of considerations,” Stoltzfus said. “We are trying to optimize across many differing viewpoints and stakeholder groups.”

At this point, the committee has received over 2,000 responses to their recent survey. Students have varying opinions on the potential changes to the Academic Calendar.

Smita Nalluri ’19 hopes for a longer Thanksgiving break, saying that for students who live far from the University, “travelling home for just three days is really difficult.”

Nalluri also favors an earlier spring semester.

“The proposal to start the spring semester a week earlier and end a week earlier is smart because I think we have an excessively long winter break now and getting out earlier in the spring would be nice,” Nalluri said.

“We are getting lots of opinions, but our clear charge was to focus on the academic issues.”

Vice Provost Rebecca Stoltzfus Julia Gleason ’20 favors a longer January break, where students can take time to “decompress, celebrate the holidays with family and friends, and spend time at home between semesters.”

Despite differing opinions, students valued the opportunity to provide input in the survey format for a revised academic calendar.

“I liked the survey overall as there were a lot of different options and the differences between options were clearly highlighted,” Nalluri said. “I also appreciated being able to give reasoning behind choosing a certain response.”

Chance Masloff can be reached at cmasloff@cornellsun.com.

Photographer Shows Images of Palestine

By EMILY YANG Sun Staff Writer

Italian photographer Federico Busonero presented the “vanishing land” of Palestine from a collection in his published book The Land That Remains in a lecture Monday.

On a United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization assignment, Busonero spent seven months in Palestine from 2008-09, where he recorded what he said was “what was left of Palestine.”

According to Busonero, UNESCO feared that centuries of civilization were on the brink of vanishing in the midst of the military conflict in Palestine — history that Busonero said was “largely unseen and unspoken.”

“I wanted to give a voice to the heritage of

this land,” he said of his mission there.

Busonero hoped to capture the permanence and the fragility of Palestine, creating the book to “preserve the memory of Palestine.”

Busonero presented a slideshow of select images from the book. These photographs — captured on traditional film — included a tomb, a desert oasis and a view of Bethlehem, among others.

Prof. Emeritus Neil Hertz, English, who introduced Busonero, said he admired the unusual lighting and washed-out colors of Busonero’s work, labeling them a “different kind of landscape photography.”

According to Busonero, he does not crop or photoshop his images, and always waits for the ideal natural light.

He often first visits a location without his camera to

gain a full experience.

“I need to photograph one moment, one light and that’s it,” he said.

“Photography is light, and the light is a revelation which gives us the moment.”

Only two images actually contain human subjects, since Busonero sought to focus on the land itself to preserve its timelessness.

“It’s a kind of archaeology in the present,” he said. “The past in the present, the present in the past.”

He also said he had no ambition to change the situation in Palestine, and his work solely represents an “elegy for a land which is vanishing,” he said.

“Photographs are there to witness,” he said. “I don’t see them as political.

They are fact.”

Emily Yang can be reached at eyang@cornellsun.com.

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CALS Student Remembered for Campus Activism TRAGEDY

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statement. “Angel was always the first student to welcome us to any event and he was always a strong advocate for the needs of his community.”

Hierro emphatically supported the rights of undocumented students and queer students and was the internal relations chair of HAVEN, Cornell’s LGBTQ student union, according to its Facebook page.

Peers remembered Hierro as a caring friend who was a welcoming, warm presence in the living center’s main lounge, always offering support and advice to residents and friends.

“He supported me whenever I leaped out of my comfort zone, gently motivated me, and gave wise advice whenever it was needed,” Claudia Quihuis ’20 said. “The impact that he has had on all of us

will never leave. “I can only hope that I can be to future younger students what Angel was to me.”

“If anyone represented what the Latino Living Center is (a family), it was him,” Viri Garcia ’20, a resident of the living center, said.

Hierro is listed as an officer for MOSAIC, a Cornell “social support group that caters to the interests and issues of queer people of color and allies,” and, in one picture online, stands holding a sign that reads, “I support undocumented immigrants.”

In another picture, he smiles holding pictures of the flags of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico in each hand.

“It is with great sadness that we share in the loss of our friend and colleague Angel Hierro,” Haven said in a statement. “Angel’s impact on our community and our work on campus was immense and we send

love and light to his friends, family, and the larger Cornell Community.

We are so thankful that we were able to know him.”

A vigil for the general Cornell community to honor the life of Hierro will take place at noon on Tuesday at Sage Chapel.

Cornell support services include counselors from Gannett Counseling and Psychological Services, who can be reached at 607-255-5155. Students may also speak with a peer counselor by calling EARS at 607-255-3277.

Employees may call the Faculty Staff Assistance Program at 607-255-2673.

The Ithaca-based Crisisline is available at 607-272-1616. For a full list of resources,visit caringcommunity.cornell.edu.

Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs can be reached at nbogel-burroughs@cornellsun.com.

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Flag activism | Angel Hierro ’17 holds the flags of the Dominican Republican and Puerto Rico.

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NEWS / SPORTS

One of ‘Final Five’ Dean Details Workers’Comp Policies To Speak at C.U. GPSA

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RAISMAN

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Raisman has never been one to shy away from her Jewish identity. As part of the “Fierce Five” in London in 2012, she competed in the individual floor exercise with popular Jewish hymn Hava Nagila blasting in the background. It was tribute to the 11 Israeli athletes murdered during the 1972 Munich Olympics, and Raisman went on to take gold in that event on the 40th anniversary of Munich.

“Having that floor music wasn’t intentional,” Raisman told the media after her performance in 2012. “But the fact it was on the 40th anniversary is special, and winning the gold today means a lot to me.” “[She] shows the resiliency of the Jewish people to achieve with all of the difficult history that the Jewish people have faced,” Pusher said, adding that Raisman is “also positive role model from the Jewish community.”

Raisman most recently took three medals in Rio, a team gold and silvers on both individual all-around and floor, part of Team USA’s “Final Five.” On that squad, she joined Simone Biles, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian and fellow London Olympian Gabby Douglas in securing nine total medals for Team USA. In London, she garnered two additional medals, golds in team and floor, and a bronze in balance beam.

“She is someone who has worked hard to achieve her goals and can serve as an inspiration for anyone looking to something very [few] people will ever do,” Pushner said.

ing “work-related activities,” according to Kahabka.

“The workers’ compensation benefits that are offered are offered on a very fine and strict schedule related to the type of injury — this type of injury to this location on the body equals this amount of medical coverage and salary compensation at a fixed rate,” Kahabka said.

One GPSA member expressed concern regarding the loose definition of “work-related” activities of

“One concern that the graduate school has is that we can’t say that everything a graduate students does is work.”

Associate Dean Jason Kahabka graduate students, a classification Kahabka explained would be resolved on a “case-by-case” basis.

“One concern that the graduate school has is that we can’t say that everything a graduate student does is work [when] in practice, there are laws in different segments in state and federal policy that define what is work,” Kahabka said.

He added that since the University has implemented a new injury reporting system in 2014, all 13 work-related injuries reported by graduate students up until December 2016 have qualified for workers’

compensation.

Paul Berry grad, both a GPSA and CGSU member, presented the resolution on workers’ compensation at a GPSA meeting earlier this semester. While this resolution asked the University for clarity on its policy regarding workers’ compensation, the Assembly voted to send the resolution back to the Student Advocacy Committee for revision.

Berry said that while he commended the administration’s transparency regarding the issue, he felt that the situation is still unfair for graduate and professional students. “[A]ll of the major issues remain the same: grads are only eligible for workers' compensation benefits in a narrow range of circumstances, and the amount of coverage available is far below what is provided to every other type of employee on campus.” Berry said.

For Berry, despite the examples given by the administration during the presentation, he maintains that the existing workers’ compensation system is flawed and aims to push for change from the administration.

Despite these concerns, Kahabka ended his presentation with a suggestion to consider that workers’ compensation is not always the best way to resolve each student’s situation.

“In our experience, the workers’ compensation system is available, and in many cases it is to the University’s advantage,” Kahabka said.

Jeanette Si can be reached at jsi@cornellsun.com.

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Zach Silver can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Syracuse Basketball Coach’s Son Commits to Cornell

By ZACH SILVER Sun Sports Editor

He shares the same name as his father, but Jimmy Boeheim — son of legendary Syracuse men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim — announced his commitment to play 50 miles south of his father for Cornell.

The six-foot-seven son of college basketball’s second-most winningest coach took to Twitter to announce his commitment, saying he is “excited” to join the Cornell program.

Donna Ditota of Syracuse.com reported that Boeheim was getting looks from Dartmouth, Harvard and Davidson, with Cambridge being his desired destination.

But in the end, Cornell turned out to hold the keys for his future. His father said he took a backseat role in his son’s collegelookout process.

“I used him for the resources,” Boeheim said of his father’s role.

Boeheim currently plays for New Hampton Prep, where teammates of his have made commitments to Northwestern, Arizona St., St. Mary’s College in California and a future rival of Boeheim, Dartmouth.

His decision to attend New Hampton after high school came with the hopes of elevating himself to a level where he would get looked at by Division I schools.

“Just to get some more exposure, and have a year to improve my game, taking steps to reach my dream of playing Division I basketball,” Boeheim said of that decision to Syracuse.com. And it worked.

Before that, the lefty played at Jamesville-DeWitt High School,

where he averaged 23.3 points per game — a 12.5 point improvement from the year prior — en route to a 15-8 season, per Syracuse.com.

Boeheim also represents one of the first gets for the first-year head coach Brian Earl, who took the reigns of a team without any personal recruits. In his first season, Earl’s team has gone 7-20 — eliminated from postseason contention with two games left in the season.

“Just to have more exposure ... taking steps to reach my dream of playing Division I basketball.”

Jimmy Boeheim Boeheim, who considers himself a shooter, sees a nice fit for in Earl’s program that he hopes to fulfill.

“I like his system a lot, and a really nice guy,” Boeheim said of Earl. “Excited to get to work with him.”

Boeheim and his father have been on the court practicing together for years, and the future Cornellian has watched his father become one the winningest coaches in Division I history, several of which wins have come over Cornell.

But during the Cornell’s annual trip to Syracuse’s Carrier Dome next year, his allegiance will now be shifted to the team in red.

“It will be an awesome experience,” he said.

Zach Silver can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.

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Mac and Maggie join along in a demonstration outside the White House, showing their solidarity with a protest against President Donald Trump’s travel ban.

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No Endorsement!

OVER THE PAST WEEK, the editors of The Sun have conducted in-depth interviews with all five of the candidates for the office of undergraduate studentelected trustee. After much consideration, The Sun has decided to withhold its endorsement. We do not take this decision lightly, and we want to share with you why we have declined to endorse any of the five candidates.

The student-elected trustee is a fully-vested member of the Board of Trustees; they must be comfortable working with, and arguing against when necessary, entrenched and powerful interests. A position of this gravity demands the most experience possible from those who would seek to occupy it. While Lauren Goldstein ’20 brought to her campaign unbridled enthusiasm and a willingness and capability to learn on the job, she lacks the leadership experience on campus and throughout her career that The Sun must see in any candidate we endorse.

Furthermore, as a freshman, Goldstein would have only slightly more than a semester of time at Cornell to draw upon as trustee. Although the student-elected trustee serves a two-year term, they must be prepared on their first day to represent (and so possess a deep understanding of ) the entire student body, and one semester of experience is not enough time to gain that understanding.

The student-elected trustee is the singular representative of the 14,000-strong undergraduate student body. Caleb Sturman ’19 has lived his whole life in and around Cornell and is incredibly familiar with the inner machinations of the University, his father having served as an assistant dean in the School of Hotel Administration. Sturman is correct when he calls on the Board of Trustees to forgo the short-term gratification of a positive press release for the long-term stability: he cited the mishandling of the College Business rollout as an example of a Board too interested in positive press and rather than functionality. However, Sturman is asking the 14,000 undergraduates to trust him when he says that his extended time at Cornell gives him access to information and relationships unavailable to his competitors. It is impossible to verify that Sturman can use the connections he boasts of (and on which bases his campaign) to leverage his position on the board to advance the interests of students, and so The Sun cannot offer him our endorsement.

The job of the student-elected trustee is not an easy one, but Jimmy Putko ’19 has never bothered taking the easy path. As a freshman, Putko was both a member of Cornell’s varsity soccer team and enrolled in Navy ROTC. Putko’s time in ROTC has taught him how to work within the confines of a system to achieve one’s goals while not disrespecting authority, an invaluable skill when engaging with the Board of Trustees and the Cornell administration. Moreover, Mr. Putko would bring a much needed perspective to the Board of Trustees and to Cornell as a campus leader — he is truly an outsider, and has made it central to his campaign to reach out to portions of the Cornell community not usually involved in or even aware of student governance. Putko was genuine in and spoke at length about his desire to engage directly with as much of the student body as possible, a mission much appreciated by The Sun. However, Putko appeared unfamiliar with many of the prominent issues facing Cornell today, especially the safety of undocumented students and the question of free speech as it relates to campus speakers. Putko is a capable leader and would serve well as a member of the Student Assembly, but at this time we cannot endorse him for student-elected trustee.

The only candidate to present The Sun with a clear platform and outline of priorities was Olivia Corn ’19. Corn’s top priority is making the Cornell campus a safer place for students — she proposes several initiatives to expand blue light services and increase awareness among students of existing campus safety resources, as well as an expansion of Gannett / Cornell Health to provide more emergency services and an increase in the number of gender neutral bathrooms across campus. The Sun wholeheartedly supports these initiatives and appreciates the specificity with which Corn presented her ideas, a facet of her campaign that set her apart from her competitors. That being said, The Sun has serious reservations about Corn being the right trustee to advance those ideas. As the leader of a prominent campus organization, Corn has shown an adeptness at generating controversy and argument, but less so unity and cooperation. As recently as last week, in the midst of her campaign to represent all 14,000 students, Corn cited a Sun article on social media and included a caption intentionally and inaccurately impugning another prominent campus organization. While Corn stated in our interview that the post was a mistake which she regrets and assured The Sun that her personal ideological leanings would not affect her decisions as trustee, actions like these, as well as dismissive comments on the renaming of the Cornell Plantations and the misreading of the Cornell community throughout last semester’s Rick Santorum debacle, call into question if Corn can be a unifier on campus and on the Board of Trustees.

The final candidate, Dustin Liu ’19, has served in student government since he arrived at Cornell, as both Freshman Representative and LGBTQ Representative.

He spoke at length about his commitment to “putting students at the table” and forging relationships between the trustees and the student body. Exceedingly personable, Liu discussed with us how he views the role of the student-elected trustee to represent Cornell as it is in reality to the often-detached board members.

However, Liu did not present us with a platform, and despite repeated questions asking for specific policies or changes he would like to see enacted, he did not provide The Sun with a clear indication of what he stood for. Although Liu made clear his intention to establish continuous dialogue with a broad variety of campus organizations to remain appraised of the issues, he resisted staking out a position for himself. A student-elected trustee is the sole voice of the students on a 64-member board — it is essential that the trustee have a tangible plan to guide them. There is no opportunity during a trustee meeting to check back with a campus organization; the trustee must be able to stand alone. Moreover, it is impossible to hold accountable a trustee who has never voiced a commitment to a specific plan or policy. Putting students at the table is an admirable goal and one that The Sun can support, but it is not a platform, and we cannot endorse Liu. All that being said, The Sun was pleased by the unanimity displayed among the candidates for issues such as administration funding for campus organization security fees, graduate student unionization, defense of Cornell’s undocumented students and increased minority representation among Cornell faculty and administrative staff. While we are unable to offer our endorsement to any candidate this year, we hope that whomever is elected will serve with integrity and advance the interests of the student body in an effective manner.

Trustee Viewpoint | Yamini Bhandari

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he importance of voting has been deeply emphasized in past the last few months. While many may feel disenfranchised by the larger political system, Cornellians can find solace in knowing that the university prides itself on its shared governance system. By no means perfect, shared governance at Cornell allows for students to have the chance to have a voice in administrative decisions. This week, the elections for the undergraduate student-elected trustee are taking place. Voting goes from March 8 at 8 A.M. to March 9th at 8 P.M., and is open to both graduate and undergraduate students. All students will receive an email with the link to vote.

Having served in the role for the past two years, I want to take this time to share some learnings, and emphasize how important it is that students vote.

Few students know the relation the Board has with the university at large (to be fair, I didn’t either until I joined). For

Remember to Vote some background, the Board of Trustees “student trustee” but rather “studentis charged with “supreme control” over elected trustee,” and as such I was on the university. The undergraduate stu- equal footing with the other 63 trustees. dent-elected trustee serves on the Board I have been pleasantly surprised and of Trustees of the university as the sole honored in this role because of the underrespect graduate my fellow Having served in the role for the past voice. trustees Cornell is h a v e two years, I want to take this time to the only shown school in me. I’ve share some learnings, and emphasize the Ivy had the League, opportuhow important it is that students vote. and one nity to use of few student schools across the country, with student opinion to help in making better decisions trustees. Cornell’s board is also unique in and been challenged by my peers to push that it has representation from under- for changes. graduate and graduate students, as well As students, we all go through as faculty, employees and alumni.

Cornell with our unique circumstances.

When I joined the board, one of the The role of the student-elected trustee is trustees reached out to me with advice to understand those perspectives and elethat I consider deeply reflective of my vate issues to the highest level of decision experience. He noted that the title is not making. That being said, I cannot stress

how important it is that students vote in this election. The student whom you elect will have the power to shape decisions that will directly affect current students, and also shape the long-term trajectory of the university.

The past two years have been tumultuous for Cornell. We inaugurated a new president only to mourn her tragic passing months later, we founded a new college, we discussed important issues about the environment and diversity and we found a new president. It has been an honor serving in this capacity and watching the university grow and change. To my eventual successor, I hope that you continue advocating for students and think carefully about the university’s next steps. To all the undergraduate and graduate students: please remember to vote.

Yamini Bhandari is a senior and the current Undergraduate Student-Elected Trustee. Trustee Viewpoint appears periodically throughout the semester.

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Margaret Lee | Shining a Light

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Progressive And Pragmatic

rom its beginning, Cornell University has been bold and unorthodox in many ways. It was one of the first few universities to become coeducational in 1870, nearly 100 years before its peers in the Ivy League. University cofounder Ezra Cornell was a pioneer in the telegraph business, devising the idea of connecting telegraph lines with glass-insulated poles. The “any person, any study” mantra that still forms the backbone of the institution today was revolutionary for the time.

Due to its origin and development, Cornell inevitably became progressive and pragmatic. Unlike many universities that have one or two colleges at the undergraduate level, devoted to a broad range of arts and sciences, Cornell houses seven different specialized colleges, each tailored to distinct interests. The School of Hotel Administration’s requirements, for instance, include 800 hours of work in the hospitality or service industry, taking professional development to a level beyond most undergraduate studies in the nation.

Moreover, Cornell places a strong emphasis on career advising and job searches. In 2015, more than 60 percent of ILR bachelor’s degree recipients reported finding employment by utilizing the school’s advisories, such as career services or on-campus recruiting. The way in which professional networking is viewed as a prized asset also indicates the university’s prevalent business-oriented ambience.

As such, Cornell has often received criticism for being too careerfocused and lacking a liberal arts character in its academics. Critics, many of whom include Cornell’s very own faculty and students, assert that higher education should stress scholastic depth over mere employment preparation.

However, I don’t believe that Cornell’s career-oriented climate is harmful. Rather, it prepares graduates for the “real world,” which

However, I don’t believe that Cornell’s career-oriented climate is harmful. Rather, it prepares graduates for the “real world,” which places emphasis on practicality over scholarly learning. The endless career service emails and campus-wide networking sessions serve as stepping stones toward achieving such pragmatism. places emphasis on practicality over scholarly learning. The endless career service emails and campus-wide networking sessions serve as stepping stones toward achieving such pragmatism. The best type of learning encompasses both theory and experience. The demanding coursework and intense professional atmosphere at Cornell helps its students to develop a fuller undergraduate experience, both educational and functional.

Such an atmosphere can make some feel as if they’re left behind.

The few classics majors struggle to preserve their specialty as the world around them demands more practicality. Those who came to Cornell in search of a more pure academic experience may be lost trying to navigate as the rest of their peers in business and engineering appear to have definitive professional goals.

Nevertheless, times have changed. The value of college does not merely lie in its academics, but also in its ability to prepare scholars for their future career path. In this age of rapid transformation, the ability to adapt to such change is a necessary virtue. Likewise, Cornell should help students acclimate to these demands of the world. It should prepare its students for adulthood by embracing the true meaning of learning in the modern day, which incorporates both scholarship and proficiency.

DongYeon (Margaret) Lee is a freshman in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

She can be reached at margaretlee@cornellsun.com. Here, There and Everywhere appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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The Wrong Way of the Left T

he other day, one of my close friends at Cornell liked an ironically-transphobic comment on Facebook.

While it’s no surprise that he was immediately lambasted, the hostility of his challenger betrays a deeply worrying trend in political discussion. Indeed, my friend was challenged in a public post to “fucking explain himself ” before the peanutcrunching crowd, yet his persuasive defense of irony as a way to undermine bigotry was promptly dismissed in further hostile language for being too academic. And we all know how Western, white and cismale an institution academia is, thereby “invalidating” his argument.

Irrespective of the soundness of my friend’s self-defense, it should bother us all that the merits of an argument are now ignored while considerations of its speaker’s identity take ultimate precedence. Instead of devoting the effort into unpacking a belief, it’s easier for well-intentioned liberals, a group in which I place myself, to simply attack someone for their perceived privilege.

However, if a thoughtful opinion on a sensitive issue emerges from a privileged source — in this specific case, academia, of all places — it is not enough to lazily dismiss it. This recent trend is likely a regrettable side-effect of identity politics — which, make no mistake, has mostly been an important and positive development in political discourse — but it isn’t one we should accept. An argument is not invalidated by the identity of its source. The identity of a person who believes that two plus two equals four has nothing to do with the veracity of this argument. Similarly, while social commentary on the political state of the United States is admittedly influenced by identity to a greater extent than math, the robustness of a claim is ultimately distinct from the privilege of its source. It’s uncommon, but it is possible

for a gay person to hold a homophobic belief, the same way it is possible for a white, straight, cis-male to voice a sound argument on a controversial issue.

Indeed, it is likewise worrisome that some people I know seemingly voice their political beliefs not with the intent of starting a civil debate on the merits and weaknesses of their views, but to broadcast an aspect of their identity that they consider unmalleable. The fact that political beliefs can be considered “in vogue,” as if they were fashionable ornaments with which to decorate our personality, is evidence of this problem. We shouldn’t treat political expression as a means of showcasing our membership within the liberal bubbles of our respective prestigious colleges. Rather, it is crucial that we see political discussion as an opportunity to debate people on the opposite side with civility for their ideas, no matter how disagreeable they may seem. Only then can we hope to persuade people to change their minds, and to recognize the real problems confronting America today.

This is a problem that extends further than the confines of a Facebook post.

Sometimes, when discussing politics with my friends, I sense the need to publicize an aspect of my identity for my argument to be even given a fair chance. I’m an LGBTQ person of color, born in a developing nation, who’s currently in the United States as a foreigner.

This article is actually the first time I’ve ever publicized an aspect of my sexual orientation.

It’s deeply troubling that I sense the need to broadcast my credentials as a “victim” to have my arguments taken seriously by some of my left-leaning compatriots: I literally need to sacrifice an aspect of my privacy even to be heard. I may be mistaken, but it appears the left has inadvertently created a new system of oppression out of their obsession with the identi-

ty of the speaker rather than the soundness of their argument. When legitimate defensive mechanisms are appropriated for offensive self-policing, they begin to harm the very people they intend to serve.

Indeed, this inability to engage in civil political debate with people who hold opposing views, a problem evident on all ends of the political spectrum, will likely ensure Trump’s reelection. When left-leaning Cornellians attempt to silence visitors like Michael Johns and Rick Santorum instead of listening to them and then engaging with their arguments, they only play further into the narrative being constructed by the right that free speech is under threat. After all, one could argue that the protests that cancelled Milo Yiannopoulos’ speaking engagement at Berkeley only heightened his public profile. Moreover, such political tactics also rob the left of a valuable opportunity to learn from these speakers.

Indeed, we can only deliver the strongest counter-argument to this contemporary bastardization of conservatism after we have heard its proponents make the best case on its behalf.

There are far greater threats to social liberalism in the United States than “oppressive, privileged” institutions like academia. By preoccupying ourselves with battles against false enemies, we distract ourselves from the actual social struggle at hand. As seen by my friend’s online exchange, the recent tactics employed by some left-leaning people alienate potential allies and only strengthen the zeal of the right.

Aggressive, identity-obsessed posts like the one my friend was outed in aren’t going to change anyone’s mind. Until something changes, we will not have the necessary dialogue that would tangibly actualize a progressive vision.

Lorenzo Benitez is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at llb224@cornell.edu.

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Wanted: Great Barrier Reef, Alive Cornell professor refutes news of reef’s death

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE OCEAN AGENCY / XL CATLIN SEAVIEW SURVEY

Toxic waters l Coral bleaching in The Maldives, resulting in decoloring and eventual coral death.

By SAMUEL NADELL Sun Contributor

In October 2016, an article began circulating social media outlets with the headline “Obituary: Great Barrier Reef (25 Million BC-2016),” announcing the abrupt death of one of the most diverse and complex ecosystems in the world. Understandably, ecologists and nature enthusiasts alike cried out in alarm. The pinnacle of environmental beauty that had made it into every introductory ecology textbook had passed away, another casualty to the seemingly unstoppable force of climate change.

There is no doubt that action needs to be taken immediately if humans ever hope to impede the potentially disastrous effects of climate change, however those who use the recently ‘deceased’ Great Barrier Reef as their first piece of evidence are missing one critical detail.

“The Great Barrier Reef definitely sustained some of the biggest impacts its seen from warming events, but it’s definitely not dead,” said Prof. Drew Harvell, ecology and evolutionary biology. “It’s kind of like saying if half the trees in a forest died, the forest is dead.”

Harvell has studied coral reefs all over the world and while the Great Barrier Reef is by no means immaculate, there are particular areas where corals have been even more severely bleached from rising temperatures, ocean acidification and increased predation.

“Coral bleaching is the breakdown in symbiosis between the coral animal and its symbiotic algae,” Harvell said.

Within coral, there are two species working together: algae, which uses photosynthesis to make food from sunlight and the coral animal, which houses the algae. “Corals are solar powered, basically,” Harvell said.

Unfortunately for corals, when temperatures are too high, the coral animal becomes stressed and releases its algae. The algae gives corals their vibrant colors and without them, corals turn white, a process known as coral bleaching. Having lost their main provider of food, corals may die shortly after.

According to Harvell, the northern sector of the Great Barrier Reef has recently been hit the hardest with bleaching.

“It was estimated to have been over 80 percent severely bleached,” Harvell said.

Harvell pointed out that coral cover in that area, which used to be 40 percent, has dropped to less than 10 percent. The central and southern sectors of the

reef, though still heavily damaged, have been relatively spared and only one percent of corals in the southern sector were severely bleached.

This is not the case for many of the pristine coral reefs found throughout the Pacific island nations. In 2016, an El Niño related event increased temperatures for this region by two to five degrees celsius, resulting in the death of 90 percent of the corals in those reefs.

Harvell emphasized that this 90 percent represented mortality, not bleaching.

El Niño is not a new phenomenon; it is a climate oscillation in the Pacific Ocean that occurs roughly every three to seven years, bringing anomalous weather and temperatures with it. However, the strength of the 2016 El Niño event was likely magnified by increasing

“The Great Barrier Reef suffered from warming events, but it’s not dead. It’s kind of like saying if half the trees in a forest died, the forest is dead.”

Prof. Drew Harvell global temperatures.

While the cause of climate change will continue to be debated amongst politicians, the majority of earth and atmospheric scientists have made it clear that it is human-driven and not slowing down anytime soon.

The five hottest years since 1880? 2016, 2015, 2014, 2010 and 2013.

“If you’re 29 or younger, no month of your life has had below average global temperatures,” Harvell said.

“It’s awful to think this generation has lived with warming impacts for their whole lives. It blows my

mind that this is normal.”

Without these rising temperatures, coral reefs around these Pacific islands may recover, albeit slowly.

Unfortunately, humans cannot expect the Earth to get cooler anytime soon.

“Given that the last three years have each successively been the warmest year on record, I think the prospect of another warm year in the next five years are pretty good,” Harvell said. “Reefs are really amazingly resilient, but they can’t sustain biodiversity with repeated hot years.”

As corals begin to die off, so do the ecosystems they support, impacting marine life and humans alike.

Along with habitat loss for fish that are important for local fisheries, damaged corals fail to act as wave breaks in low-lying island nations surrounded by reefs. This makes these islands more susceptible to tsunamis and powerful storm surges.

It is easy, in the face of such bad news regarding the health and state of global corals, to pronounce the Great Barrier Reef dead. It seems as though dramatic gestures and absolute headlines are the only options to get people to act instead of sitting idly by. But despite this temptation, we must predicate their desire to fight with facts as opposed to feelings. Facts tell us that strides are being taken towards preserving the corals that are still alive.

Harvell notes that the aforementioned article’s headline, although incorrect, likely had good intentions. However, announcing its death makes saving coral reefs appear to be a lost cause, instead of a challenge that scientists and politicians have begun to take on. Last year, the third annual Our Oceans conference, hosted by then-Secretary of State John Kerry, reiterated the importance of marine protected areas to protect fragile marine environments. It also highlighted new technology and ideas to reduce marine pollution, overfishing and carbon dioxide emissions.

As for what Cornell students can do to help coral reefs? Harvell does not limit the possibilities, but gave one main suggestion.

“In the end, I find that education is one of our most important tools and if Cornell students could spread what they learn to their families, it could make a big impact,” Harvell said.

Coral reefs throughout the world, though damaged by direct and indirect human activity, are not gone. As long as there are well informed leaders and citizens, the Great Barrier Reef ’s obituary will have to wait.

Samuel Nadell can be reached at san55@cornell.edu.

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SCIENCE AROUND ITHACA CIS Seminar Series — Human-Interpretable Machine Learning The development of artificial intelligence is accelerating. A range of transformative innovations now appear likely within the next decade, including self-driving cars, real-time speech-to-speech translation, fully automated image recognition and autonomous robots. These technologies will have a substantial level of both autonomy and intelligence. Several of the world’s most prominent intellectual and technology leaders, including Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and Bill Gates, have recently suggested careful consideration of the potential impacts of intelligent machines on society. This seminar series considers this issue from a range of perspectives, including machine ethics, human labor and employment, autonomous decision-making as well as concerns about the potential emergence of superhuman intelligence.

Where: Room 155, Olin Hall, 6-44 Ho Plaza, Ithaca, N.Y. When: Monday, March. 13, 7:30 — 8:30 p.m.

Cornell Astronomical Society Members Analyze NASA’s Exoplanet Discovery Enthusiastic over implications for planet formation theories and future atmospheric analysis endeavors

By JOSHUA EIBELMAN Sun Contributor

If planet hopping is your notion of a relaxing vacation, then a recent NASA discovery may be for you.

On Feb. 22, NASA announced that it had found seven earth-size planets orbiting a single star in the constellation Aquarius. Scientists named this exoplanet system TRAPPIST-1, for the Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope they used to make the discovery.

Located at a miserly distance of 40 light years from Earth, TRAPPIST-1 includes three planets located in the ‘goldilocks’ zone, within the distance range for liquid water to exist.

Consequently, NASA scientists believe these three to be the most hospitable within the system.

The Sun spoke with members of Cornell’s Astronomical Society and the

astronomy department to understand the importance of the discovery.

“It’s very difficult to have that much mass around such a tiny star,” said CAS President Zach Murray ’18.

According to Murray, the most exciting aspect of the discovery was not the possibility of finding extraterrestrial life. Instead, it challenges existing ideas about the efficiency of planet formation and may mean that scientists have been underestimating the limits of planetary systems.

“Previously we were finding systems which were different from one another. Now we’re getting to the point of finding systems like ours,” said CAS Vice President William Woodruff ’18.

“If anything, this confirms the astronomy communities’ focus to detect temperate, Earth-like exoplanets that are well suited for atmospheric characterization. The six inner planets around TRAPPIST-1 have orbital peri-

Infinity and beyond | Relative size of TRAPPIST-1 to the sun.

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ods that are near-integer ratios. This using a technique known as specstrongly suggests that the planets troscopy. Using the fact that different formed further gases reflect from their stars different and then migratwavelengths of ed inwards.” said light, scienProf. Alexander tists measure Hayes, astronothe intensities my. of these waveScientists find lengths from a exoplanets by particular tracking the planet and brightness of infer its comstars. Momentary position. dimming indiAccording cates that a planet to Woodruff, may have passed such analysis in front of it. is often According to reserved for Woodruff, scienlarger planets tists confirm the because it is existence of an usually very exoplanet when difficult to use this dimming the technique occurs at least on smaller Prof. Alexander Hayes three times. ones, such as Using this the ones in the technique, however, poses significant TRAPPIST system. challenges. Waiting for three orbits Hayes, however, asserts that there usually takes years and detecting are aspects of this system that make miniscule changes in brightness from such analysis easier. objects light years away requires “Typically, Earth-sized bodies are extremely precise instruments. difficult to study because they are very “It’s like detecting a firefly passing small compared to the size of their in front of a lighthouse 50 miles star, making it difficult to isolate the away,” Woodruff explained. light passing through the planet's Along with further study on how atmosphere from the stronger signal these planets formed, scientists will coming from the star directly. The examine their atmospheric content. planets in the TRAPPIST system, According to Murray, a particularly however, are orbiting very close to an important reason for doing so is that ultra cool dwarf star, TRAPPIST-1, certain gases do not coexist for long similar in size of Jupiter. Its smaller periods of time without something size optimizes the signal coming from producing them. the planet’s atmosphere and actually “If you see a planet with both oxy- makes TRAPPIST a good candidate gen and methane in its atmosphere it’s for in-depth studies of atmospheric a probable indicator of life,” Murray properties,” Hayes said. said.

Scientists analyze the chemical Joshua Eibelman can be reached at composition of a planet’s atmosphere je332@cornell.edu.

“This confirms the astronomy communities’ focus to detect Earth-like exoplanets that are suited for atmospheric characterization.”

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Lion Is a Heartwarming True Story

BY BECKY FRANK Sun Contributor

Why have so few people seen Lion? It has been out in theaters since Nov. 25, and has gone somewhat unnoticed.

When it was one of the nine movies nominated for Best Picture, the majority of viewers questioned what it was and why it was recognized as a top movie.

I first saw Lion this past December with my Mom. I too knew absolutely nothing about it. As the previews were going on, I turned to my mom and whispered, “So is this about a lion? A Zoo movie? A comedy? Sci-Fi?” My mom just laughed and told me to watch the movie.

I realized quickly that I was in for an emotional journey in the heart of India. From the start, it was hard not to fall in love with the young boy, Saroo. He is adorable.

Honestly, if I could adopt him right now and give him a hug and become his best friend in the whole world, I would. Wow, the pure thought of young Saroo, played by Sunny Pawar, is making me smile (hint: if you have not watched the Oscars yet, find the clip of Jimmy Kimmel lifting Sunny into the air like a lion. It will make your heart melt).

In the film, five-year-old Saroo somehow convinces his older brother, Guddu, to let him tag along on an overnight work trip. Saroo and Guddu lose each other at the train station, and Saroo is left all alone on a train for days. He finally gets off on the streets of Kolkata, 1500 miles away from his home. It is heartbreaking to watch lovable five-year-old Saroo attempt to survive by himself.

Viewers are forced to confront the realities of conditions in India, as applied to a young lost boy.

Later on, Saroo is adopted by a couple in Australia. We see some of his upbringing there, then a flash-forward to 20 years later. Grown-up Saroo is played by the extraordinary Dev Patel. Eventually, he starts to question his past:

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Where was he actually from in India? What happened to Guddu? What happened to his mother? Were they still looking for him?

Without telling you too much of the plot, I will tell you this: Lion is a tear-jerker. You will cry. I did not see a single dry eye in the entire theater, either time that I saw it.

The acting in Lion is phenomenal. I have already told you how fantastic I think Sunny Pawar is. Dev Patel also does a great job: his acting is very passionate and he mastered an Australian accent.

Nicole Kidman portrayed Saroo’s adopted mother and exquisitely illustrated the joys and complications of adopting children from India.

Rooney Mara did a solid job playing Lucy, who quickly becomes Saroo’s significant other.

The original score was also sensational: it was the perfect, serious music for the movie. I also thought the cinematography was so well done. I will not forget the image of tiny five-year-old Saroo standing on a post in the busy streets of Kolkata, or the beautiful, seemingly endless images of the deserts in his hometown.

There have been mixed reviews of Lion. I am clearly on the end of the spectrum that thinks Lion is absolutely outstanding. However, I, along with some other critics, will admit that there is a bit of a lag mid-movie. The plot of older Saroo in university searching Google Earth drags on

a little too long.

Other critics thought it was a basic storyline over-dramatized by Hollywood and actors who look unrealistically attractive compared to the real people. Some others thought it was an advertisement for Google Earth’s wonders of discovering the world from your computer.

At the end of the film, we see a message about all the children around the world that COURTESY OF WEINSTEIN need help. Critics thought that this was the underlying message and ploy of the movie to get money for children in India. I, however, disagree. I think that the message may be there, but it was not the point of the movie. And, if anything, it just reminded me that there are so many people out there less fortunate than me who need help.

Lion was nominated for a number of awards. At the Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best Picture, Best Achievement in Cinematography, Best Original score and more. While Lion did not take home any Oscar trophies last weekend, merely its nomination for six awards is a testament to its greatness.

Lion did win awards at the BAFTA Awards, AACTA International Awards, African-American Film Critics Association, American Society of Cinematographers and more.

Lion left me yelling “Saroooo! Sarooooo!” as tears of joy streamed down my face. This amazing true story is still playing at Cinemapolis in the Commons and I highly encourage you to spend a night travelling with our adorable lion, Saroo.

Becky Frank is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at rnf33@cornell.edu.

On Freaks and Geeks and Music

would like to initiate this piece by making the rather bold assertion that Freaks and Geeks is a most profound creative portrayal of white, suburban and American high school life. Although it was tragically cancelled after its first season, it has surely attained cult-classic status. Yet, for those of you who do not know about this masterpiece of American television culture, Freaks and Geeks takes place in 1980 Michigan, and follows student Lindsay Weir in her attempt to abandon her confining, “mathlete” persona and hang around the burnedout group of “freaks” in her high school.

This is not some desperate call for attention, or a problem that needs resolving, but rather an act of personal expression on the part of Lindsay. This is perhaps the thesis of the entire show; that youthful expression is both liberating and emotionally healthy,

frustrated “DISCO SUCKS” mentality that plagued pop music affairs during that time period. It is the very last episode (“Discos and Dragons”) of the series that most prominently features music. In this episode Lindsay has to choose between attending an academic summit at the University of Michigan during the summer or instead spending the time with her friends. It is the ultimate choice between embracing her mathlete expectations or her own self-expression. Meanwhile, the group discovers that one of its members, Nick Andopolis, has been regularly attending a discotheque with his new girlfriend and actually loves the music. They all accuse Nick of using this new scene to make Lindsay jealous, but by the end of the episode it becomes clear that Nick has discovered this new music as a means of differentiating his own personality and interests from those of the rest of the group, and as a rejection of his father’s parental inadequacy. In the meantime, Lindsay is given the Grateful Dead album American Beauty by her guidance counselor to aid in her decision — an interesting route given the Dead’s burgeoning relevance in 1980.

Nevertheless, this album as well as the cult of carefree personality surrounding the band has a significant effect on Lindsay’s outlook on her own life, inspiring her to reject the academic expectations placed upon her.

I like to spend time thinking about essence of the music that will eventually define the tastes and apprehensions of “high-millennials” such as ourselves. If history does indeed progress in a cyclical nature — like in theories such as the Strauss-Howe Generational Theory, which asserts that time periods and the individuals that inhabit them run on an observable,

Nick Swan Swan’s Song and it is crucial that young people surround themselves with accepting peers in the process. Maybe The Breakfast Club approaches this level of conceptual and creative profundity, but Freaks and Geeks has eighteen immaculate episodes to develop its themes and characters.

Many moments and situations throughout Freaks and Geeks consider the characters’ reactions to the popular culture of 1980, particularly musical trends and happenings. The core band of freaks loves the hard rock that was prominent in the 1970s.

They all seem to embrace that hopelessly

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repeating cycle — then millennials will possess the same pragmatic, communal attitude that characterized, for example, the GI generation that fought World War II. Our popular culture, and particularly our music, should reflect these qualities. It seemingly does, for the most part. There are no easily defined rifts dividing popular music, such as that between rock and disco as depicted in Freaks and Geeks. At this year’s Grammys, artists as varied as Adele and Chance the Rapper can both win awards in the same ceremony (not to give the Grammys any divine power of naming what is good or not good). In general, popular music currently being produced does not seek to alienate anyone, but rather attempts to bring people together, to the same party.

That being said, it is still a polarized world in which we live. This is where that Freaks and Geeks discussion comes in handy. I think we can learn much about

ourselves, and others, by listening to music that we have never before considered.

Chance and Adele may bring young people together, but those two artists surely do not define the tastes of every person alive, or every person who ever lived. Listen to the deeply introspective hippie music of the Grateful Dead’s era, or the politically fueled hip-hop of groups like Public Enemy (the same hip-hop that ultimately led to the music of artists like Chance or Rihanna). There is no better way to learn about other people than by discovering that to which they get down, or dance, or cry, or yell in agreement. And like Lindsay and Nick, there is a great deal of self-discovery to be had in challenging ourselves with someone else’s music.

Nick Swan is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at nswan@cornellsun.com. His column Swan’s Song runs alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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Julia Curley With cover art that looks like a 1960s cinemascope collage, deep, resonant chords and nostalgic lyrics, Eisley’s fifth album exudes longing. The Texas-based indie pop group, founded in 1997 by an eclectic bunch of siblings and cousins, tries to capture and harmonize something simultaneously far-off and contemporaneous.

Like the collage cover art indicates, the album truly melds a universal sympathy that connects so many unrelated moments — the far-off planet—and yet it also retains a sense of western egotism — the Marilyn Monroe-esque figure crying newspaper tears. This collage metaphor carries beyond the cover art, the track list and the album. Eisley — which translates to ice island in many Germanic languages — named itself after Mos Eisley, a space town in the fictional Star Wars universe.

The band blends a sense of ephemeral, light hearted pop culture with sounds and emotions that strike incurable human sensitivities.

Eisley ambitiously bridges the now and the forever in I’m Only Dreaming, released on February 17. And despite a bass guitar nearly drowning out the lyrics in “Defeatist,” the family band largely succeeds. Sherri Dupree, the band’s 33-year-old lead vocalist, hones a young teen-drama-queen character turned poet. Her voice holds a simple, inherently listenable quality that invites listeners into her dream-world. While Sherri sings innocuous words, her siblings add a connotative strength to the music with their instrumental accompaniment.

This wordless dramatization strips away Sherri’s pop-star façade and offers a new perspective on what could have been another replaceable dance song. Among other factors like tone deafness and an inability to sight-read music, my own childhood sibling band, the “Pink

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Posse,” failed for lack of what makes Eisley succeed — a message worth sharing. The band grasps the complexities of what it means to sing lightly about the things we deeply feel. The result captures in words and sounds what it feels like to fall in love, to fall apart, to feel inconsequential and to also think your world might end.

Eisley reconciles the seemingly cataclysmic power of a moment and the minuteness of that event in a larger view.

When a listener takes Eisley’s “small, sweet hand” they wade through a mix of psychology and reality. When the lyrics sound insignificant, the music necessitates a reaction. When Sherri’s voice picks up an emotional chord, the instruments listen back. Each track plays out with a double consciousness — a public and private self. This dynamic works well because Eisley’s members act as collaborative musicians while also being siblings. The band, a public venture, also exists as a family unit — a family unnaturally sympathetic, communicative, receptive and musical. I’m Only Dreaming explores this relationship between a social and independent character by inventing new ways of not just singing about, but understanding, familiar subjects, emotions and events. The mixedmedia cover art accurately represents the hybrid nature of Eisley’s pop-alternative album.

That 1960 Internationalist collage-style artwork came as a reaction to the commodification, fetishization and financialization of artwork through the bourgeois avantgarde and the politically figurative movements of the post WWII era. Internationalist artists worked to resist these pressures by making art of mundane objects and subjects. They got ahead of commodification’s progress in flattening a sense of individualism and satirically

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amalgamated consumer-culture images in an unusual, strange, thought-provoking manner. Now nearly eighty years later, an art industry further monopolized by capitalist interests creates the same environment for resistance. With some careful cultivation by a mainstream producer, Eisley’s I’m Only Dreaming could be a series of radio hits for weeks on end. This same producer might also cut half the family for a more attractive, talented, provocative dynamic. Eisley flirts with this boundary between super-stardom pop success and instead falls — or climbs — to the side of uncontrived art making. An ear for honesty predominantly influences Eisley’s work where many musicians listen for marketability. While artists trade self-fulfillment for brand consistency, Eisley holds strong to fluid thoughts, feelings and stories.

Eisley stands directly against the mainstream music market just like 1960 collage art and the I’m Only Dreaming cover work. Their music incorporates all the right elements but assembles these sounds, lyrics and melodies in unconventional tracks. In Internationalist art, critics identified this oppositional device as the grotesque — in which everything appears as one thing but functions exactly oppositely. Given its lyrics, I’m Only Dreaming could be light, dance music — pop. But the instrumentals lend an innovative interpretation to something so close to radio candy. Just like the Internationalist movement shook up the lulling over politicized art world, Eisley’s album arouses an ear trained to top ten hits.

Julia Curley is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences.

She can be reached at jmc628@cornell.edu.

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Previously, the band had released two singles from the album, “Paseo Sideral” and “Altamar.” Both singles gave listeners a preview of the concept of the album: finding someone you trust completely and going on an unreal journey with them.

The album may be about love, but not the tired, cliché kind where the singer can’t stop thinking about their muse. Aliados explores a much deeper concept of love and intimacy: one involving a true connection achieved when two people know each other inside and out, to the point of spiritual fusion.

The track that best represented the theme was “Paseo Sideral,” for which a music video was also released. “Paseo Sideral” featured León Larregui, a singer from the same record label as Costera, Discos Panoram. The duo complemented each other perfectly with their similar voices and musical styles. “Paseo Sideral” featured a laidback, spacey beat while the two singers’ voices made the listener feel as

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if they were floating listlessly through water. The lyrics were about the beautiful central theme, which gave the song more soul. Songwriter Mau Garcia truly wove a loving, reassuring promise with his lyrics “Seguiremos bien, prometo no quemarte el corazón/Déjate caer, yo te levantare, todo esta bien,” which translates to “We’ll always be fine. I promise not to burn your heart/Let yourself fall and I’ll pick you up.

Everything is okay.” While this rings familiar to the lyrics of artists like Ed Sheeran, the overused theme of love, the context is far different, which the music video establishes.

The music video for “Paseo Sideral,” directed by León Larregui, opens to Mau Garcia scribbling equations and numbers on a chalkboard before going to bed. Once he falls asleep, his being leaves his body and he begins to swim through a dark, ominous body of water. However, scenes of these events alternate with those of a woman in a white, flowing dress also swimming through what appears to be a different body of water, or possibly a parallel astral plane. Eventually, the two meet

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and kiss through the division of the planes they’re in. Garcia then wakes up to find that he is now holding a crystal, which tells him that he really did travel in his sleep. Throughout the video, the background appeared dark while Garcia and the woman seemed to glow, implying a strong connection between the two.

“Altamar,” the other track that unified the album’s central theme, did not have a music video. However, Costera still unified the theme with lyrics like “Abracemos el momento, somos diferentes,” translating to “let’s embrace the moment, we’re different.” While “Paseo Sideral” was about an ethereal experience with a loved one, “Altamar” was more about finding that person and the experience associated with it, such as embracing individuality. Like most of the album, “Altamar” featured a moderate, driving melody and Mau Garcia’s vocals gave it a surrealistic, abstract feeling that makes the mind wander and explore the parts of ourselves Garcia wants us to.

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the album was number seven on the alternative rock category on iTunes. Costera had previously opened for Zoé, León Larregui and Reyno, all major Mexican artists under Discos Panoram. Now Costera is ascending into the spotlight and their future looks promising from all the positive feedback Aliados has received.

Their success, along with that of their fellow new artist Salvador y el Unicornio, has reassured me that Discos Panoram still holds greatness and perhaps a new future for Mexican music, one that will explore fresh themes. Love is what most modern music is about, but it has become an increasingly shallow kind of love based on vanity, looks and superficial knowledge.

Aliados, however, explores the most intimate type of love, which involves finding someone as unique as yourself and being able to trust them with your entire being, knowing their intentions are pure.

Viri Garcia is a freshman in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at vg23@cornell.edu

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SPORTS

Red Notches 25th EIWA Women to Face Clarkson Title Ahead of St.Louis In First Round of NCAAs WRESTLING

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Two-time NCAA champion Dean became the 11th wrestler in tournament history to take home an EIWA title four times. With a pair of falls and technical falls each on the weekend, Dean moves within two wins from setting a program record for career wins.

Realbuto and Palacio won their third and second straight conference titles, respectively. They along with Dean become four-time NCAA qualifiers. For his first time, Womack placed first and will appear in the National Championships. These first place finishes were key in the squad’s championship campaign.

To its benefit, the Red entered the final session Saturday night with a comfortable lead over its competition.

“I'm really proud of the younger guys who stepped up and got bonus points early on and gave us the boost we needed to keep the streak alive,” Realbuto said.

Yet positive results did not just fall into the defending champions’ lap. Several of Cornell’s final matches ended in decisions that had the fans on the edge of their seats.

“Although the matches were all close, our guys controlled the tempo and pushed the pace,” Koll said. “That being said it’s always nerve wracking to be one mistake away from disaster.”

In one of the most exciting matches of the evening, Realbuto came through with a clutch third period takedown to top Lehigh’s Ryan Preisch, 3-2, in the 174

finals match.

“I felt good in the finals,” Realbuto said. “I knew it would be a close one like it was in the dual, but I just stayed composed and waited for my openings. I had a few chances to score, but I was ultimately able to get in on a good shot in the third to secure the takedown.”

Palacio also was involved in a low-scoring and close affair. The 157 pounder defeated Russell Parsons’s of Army with a score of 4-2. Honis also claimed a place on the podium with a hard-fought 3-1 win in sudden victory for third place.

Cornell did have its fair share of comfortable victories as well. Sandwiched between Palacio and Realbuto’s tight championship matches came a dominant performance from Womack. The firsttime EIWA champion racked up 16 points and surrendered only one in his final match for a technical fall victory. A couple matches later, Dean followed suit with 24-9 tech fall win by taking down Navy’s Michael Coleman time after time.

“As a senior, winning another EIWA title as a team was extremely important,” Realbuto said. “It means a lot to keep our streak going especially in a year such as this where our rival Lehigh was expected to make it close. We really needed go above and I'm glad that we all stepped up to the challenge.”

On March 16, at least six Cornellians will travel to take on the nation’s best in a three-day showdown in Missouri.

Jack Kantor can be reached at jkantor@cornellsun.com.

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another shot at familiar foe Clarkson on Saturday in the first round of the NCAA tournament. It will be the While the Red ultimately came up third time in less than a month that short at winning the ECAC title, the two will meet.

Cornell’s strong showing in the con- “We played each other during the last ference tournament — coupled with a weekend of the regular season as very successful regular season — led well,” Derraugh said. “I don’t think the selection committee to grant there is going to be many surprises as Cornell an at-large bid for the NCAA far as either teams go.” tournament. Just eight teams in the A close game is expected, as neicountry are selected each year to play ther team has been able to win by for the more than title. one goal in “This is a team that really bought into three contests “I am extremely so far this seawhat we were teaching them and proud of son. Clarkson wanted to get better every day.” this team,” leads the De r r a u g h series with Head Coach Doug Derraugh ’91 added. two wins, “This is a including the team that really bought into what we two most recent games. Cornell beat were teaching them and wanted to get Clarkson earlier in the season on the better every day.” road in what was a vital win for the Derraugh credited multiple reasons women. for his team’s successful run this seaBoth teams have found plenty of son. Cornell began its season with a success this season, so there is little significant deal of uncertainty, as the reason to suspect either team will try team welcomed in a large freshman to mix things up this weekend. class with gaps to fill on the roster.

“You can tinker with a few things Commitment to the game and leader- here and there but you’re going to go ship were instrumental in Cornell’s with what has made you successful all success, Derraugh stressed. year long,” Derraugh said. “It will “This team plays hard and cares for come down to which team executes one another,” he said. “The leadership better.” in the locker room has been tremendous and that has been a key for us.” Troy Bridson can be reached at The tight-knit group will get yet tbridson@cornellsun.com.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Morgan Hits 1,000 Points in Year-Ending Series Split

By BOBBY MARANI Sun Staff Writer

After being routed in New Haven, 9063, during Friday night’s matchup against Yale, the Cornell men’s basketball team finished its 2016-17 season on a high note, pummeling Brown in Providence, 92-78, and notching one final win for the seniors before the close of the season.

The Red (8-21,4-10 Ivy) faced a strong Yale roster (17-10,9-5), whose consistent shooting performance and efforts in the paint over the course of the night led to the Red’s downfall. Hitting 57 percent on field goals and 45 percent from 3-point land, as well as having four total players score in the double digits, Yale lept out to a 40-27 lead by the end of the first half.

Bulldog senior guard Anthony Dallier commanded the Yale offense throughout the night, contributing 18 points, five rebounds and four assists. Combined with Bulldog freshman guard Miye Oni posting 12 points, six assists and five boards, as well as senior forward Sam Downey’s 11 points. and nine rebounds, the Bulldogs effectively fended off the visitors. “[Yale] played good defense and took a lot of good shots” head coach Brian Earl said about the results of Friday night’s game.

Compared to the Bulldogs’ 57 and 45, the Red shot 44 percent from the field and 30 percent from beyond the arc.

Although sophomore guard Matt Morgan unleashed a hefty 28 points in Friday night’s matchup — becoming the first sophomore in Cornell history to reach the 1,000-point mark — the Red simply could not produce enough points to overcome Yale. WIth Downey’s consistent rebounding throughout the night, the Bulldogs outscored the Red in the paint, 46-30. Senior guard Robert Hatter and sophomore guard Troy Whiteside conversely posted just eight points each, but not enough to match Yale’s overall scoring efforts.

“Friday turned into [a game] where we were going punch-for-punch with them and all of a sudden laid down and that was disappointing” Earl said. “I just felt like we didn’t play well and didn’t execute what we said we were going to do.”

In terms of mental preparation, Earl had

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Lawrenceville School in New Jersey at the age of 15.

Since then, he has captained the Chinese national team at the 2015 IIHF World Under-18 Championships, spending his last year with the Capitols, where he has appeared in 37 games.

Despite not yet playing a game the NHL, let alone NCAA, the spotlight is shining brightly on Song. He models his game after Nicklas Lidstrom — one of the all-time greats — his draft selection was broadcast live on a Chinese television station and he has a nation of over 1.3 billion behind him.

“Feels like I’m a star already, but, long way to go,” he said.

Soon, Song will trade in that mall skating rink for one of college hockey’s most hallowed arenas in Lynah Rink, and that ‘long way to go’ will get a little shorter on East Hill.

Zach Silver can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.

an overall message for his team which resonated with his players regardless of the matchup.

“I mentioned it before the game that if you’re an underclassman it’s worth playing for your friends here — to go out on a good note … and if you’re a senior it’s worth playing for your friends who are going to be here next year — to let people know how and what we can look like if we’re playing well and that worked out on Saturday” As for dealing with the issues his team illustrated in Friday night’s weak scoring performance, Earl sought positive change through reflective film process rather than drilling his team with a last-ditch shooting practice to try and lift its percentages.

“So Saturday morning, instead of doing shootaround we just watched the first half [of the Yale game], and I think that may have been helpful … it’s always painful to see yourself, it goes to a different level of teaching” Earl said about the ways in which his team responded to Friday night’s unfortunate outcome.

With this reflective film-based process in mind, Earl and the Red traveled to Providence mentally confident in their physical abilities to crash the Bear’s senior night and bring its eighth and final win of the season back to Ithaca.

“It felt good to come away with a win in the last game for a few of the guys on our team.”

Head Coach Brian Earl In Saturday’s matchup, Brown’s (1317,4-10) offensive attack was led onedimensionally by way of senior forward Steven Spieth, who scored 31 points, including eight of 16 from the floor and a perfect 11-for-11 from the charity stripe.

However, instead of lying down and falling into the bad habits which caused many of its games to fall against them this season, the Red responded to the adversity that the weekend’s games presented and controlled Saturday night’s game as Earl had gameplanned.

Creating an offensive storm in

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Sophomore surge | Sophomore guard Matt Morgan became the first Cornellian to reach the 1,000 point mark as a second-year player.

Providence, senior guard Robert Hatter scored 20 points, moving into the school’s top-10 scorers bracket to wrap up his career with 1,241 total points and 200 assists.

Furthermore, junior guard Will Bathurst added his first double-double of the season with 12 points and 11 rebounds, sophomore forward Stone Gettings contributed 21 points and Morgan topped his incredible scoring weekend off with 16 more points. Putting forward a performance that consisted of multiple double digit scorers and shooting at 59 percent from the floor, the Red offense was finally able to kick into gear and grind the Bears into their home court for a 92-78 win.

“It felt good, especially after the Yale game with a team that you’re not sure which way it’s going to go,” Earl said. “It felt good to come away with a win on the last game for a few of the guys on our team and to really have a good effort overall from start to finish.”

Now with 2016-17 in the rearview, Earl is both optimistic and humble regarding what the future and the 2017-18 season hold for the program, especially given the youth that fills the Ancient Eight at the moment.

“We have a good part of our contributors back next year but it’s a young league, and you’re looking around the league and

Princeton ran the table with a couple seniors helping but also a couple sophomores,” he said. “As you go down the line you have Harvard in second with younger guys, and Yale has two freshmen who are really contributing, and Penn is the same way. So we’re excited about the future but we very much know that there are other teams that have a bright future too.”

As the Red ventures into its offseason, Earl hopes to engrain consistent offense and a relentless defensive nature into his returning team’s play over the course of the next several months.

Cornell finished the 2016-17 season with an overall record of 8-21, and 4-10 within the Ivy League.

“We are going to use this spring and summer and fall to try to build a consistency and that’s one of the things what’s frustrated us most is that you can go out on a night in Princeton and hang with them for 30-something minutes, and then get blown out at Penn in the first half by 30,” he said.

“And that’s something that we’re going to instill over the next couple months, that there’s a way to go about your business and you’re expected to do it and that starts now.”

Bobby Marani can be reached at bmarani@cornellsun.com.

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WRESTLING

Red Qualifies 6 in 11th-Straight EIWATitle Win

By JACK KANTOR Sun Assistant Sports Editor

For an 11th-straight year, Cornell wrestling returns to Ithaca with the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Championship trophy. Four members of the Red took home first place, and six total wrestlers qualified for the NCAA Championships starting next Thursday.

This was the first time in recent memory that Cornell entered the tournament not as the favorite to win it all, but the Red was able to silence its opponents with a total of 163 points in the meet. Head coach Rob Koll did not doubt his team could pull off the program’s 25th EIWA title.

“We knew we could Head Coach Rob Koll win if everyone contributed to the effort,” Koll said. “At the end of the day every wrestler not only won a match but scored bonus points. This team continually surpasses my expectations, and I have pretty high expectations.”

Lehigh — which entered the tournament as the favorite over rival Cornell — placed second with 117.5 points.

“I think Lehigh had some pretty clear falters that led to us winning by such a large margin,” said senior Brian Realbuto. “That is just a testament to our team's ability to

“This team continually surpasses my expectations, and I have pretty high expectations.”

rise to the occasion. It could have just as easily been us making those mistakes, but instead we came together and got it done.”

Seniors Dylan Palacio (157), Realbuto (174), Gabe Dean (184) and sophomore Brandon Womack (165) were crowned champions on Saturday. Senior Mark Grey (133) and sophomore Ben Honis (197) finished third in their weight class and will join that group in St. Louis for the NCAA Championships. Also placing third in the

EIWA was freshman Noah Baughman (125), who could potentially receive an at-large bid.

“We did just about as well as I could reasonably expect,” Koll said. “We had a couple missteps but far less than could be expected at a tournament as tough as the Eastern Championships.”

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Unfinished business | After recording the program’s 25th conference title, Cornell has six wrestlers who automatically qualify for NCAAs, and others who could recieve an at-large bid. The ultimate prize still awaits.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

MEN’S HOCKEY

Icers Secure Spot in NCAA Tourney First Chinese-Born Semifinals win over SLU,finals loss to Clarkson get the job done

By TROY BRIDSON Sun Staff Writer

A strong performance over the weekend in the ECAC playoffs from Cornell women’s hockey granted the team a spot in the NCAA tournament starting this coming weekend. After a 3-1 thrashing over St. Lawrence, the Red squared off against Clarkson in the ECAC championship — a 1-0 game that could have gone either way.

“In the first game I thought we had a good jump,” said head coach Doug Derraugh ’91. “It was big for us to get the first goal against St. Lawrence.”

On Sunday, Clarkson edged Cornell with a first period power play goal to beat the Red in a one-goal affair. Cornell had a few chances to tie the game, but ultimately Clarkson shut the door with strong defense and goaltending.

“They did a really nice job defensively of shutting us down,” Derraugh said.

Cornell’s offense went quiet on Sunday just one day after the team outpaced St. Lawrence. In that game, goals from freshmen forwards Kristin O’Neill, Amy Curlew and Paige Lewis opened up the game for the Red and allowed the team to play to its strengths — defense and goaltending — for the entire third period.

But on Sunday, after Clarkson got out to an early lead, the game evolved into a defensive battle. Yet both teams generated scoring chances off of power play opportunities, but to no avail.

“We had our opportunities on the power play and it became more of a special teams game,” Derraugh said.

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NHL Pick Chooses C.U.

By ZACH SILVER Sun Sports Editor

The first time he skated was on a shopping mall ice rink in the middle of Beijing.

Now, Andong Song is set to call one of college hockey’s most famous rinks home.

Better known as Misha, Song has already had a pio-

pick, of the 2015 draft — a monumental occasion for those in his home country that have already been inspired by his story. But it was when he came across an ice rink in the middle of a Beijing mall at the age of six that he learned what hockey actually was.

“Being the first Chinese

“What I want to do, is really rag up the people behind me ... I really want to do something good for Chinese hockey.”

Andong ‘Misha’ Song

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You again? | Cornell and Clarkson will face off in the first round of the NCAA tournament. It will be the third time in less than a month that the two play one another, with Clarkson taking both matchups in that span.

neering bullet on his resume when he became the first Chinese-born NHL draft pick in 2015. He can add another accomplishment to that resume, as he will become the first Chineseborn Division I NCAA hockey player now that he has announced his commitment to join the Cornell men’s hockey program.

The United States Hockey League announced on Twitter last Wednesday that the Madison Capitols defenseman has decided to take his talents to Ithaca.

Song was selected by the New York Islanders in the sixth round, 172nd overall

player [drafted] is a lot of pressure from the people back home,” he said to the media after his selection. “I hope that will motivate me to become a better player and make them proud.”

“What I want to do, is really rag up the people behind me,” he continued.

“I’m really not focused on myself. I really want to do something good for Chinese hockey.”

Sparse opportunity in China drove Song, and his family, to move to Ontario at the age of 10. A few years later, he enrolled at the See SONG page 15